I know he has been mentioned in a handful of threads lately, but do people think that he is going to really break out from where he is at now? I have him on two teams and just wonder if this is less of a slow start and more of a sign of things to come this season? Sounds like Pietrangelo may be stealing some thunder from him?

I know everyone is and has been very high on EJ and thinks he will be a star someday, but as time goes on does this become a little less likely?

I have him also. Sometimes d-men take a while to develop. He had 39 points and 79 PIM in his first full season(more than 75 GP) so I think that is a sign of things to come. I still have faith.

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C: E. Staal/Krejci/Kessler/Brassard/Tavares
RW: Iginla/Hornqvist/Backes
LW: Pacioretty/Ennis/Zetterberg
D: Doughty/Chara/Phaneuf/Kronwall
G: Brodeur/Pavelec/Luongo/Lundqvist
IR: Markov/Brassard/Streit
Farm:N. Filatov,N. Kadri,A. Salak,A. Loktionov,L. Leblanc, V. Voynov,J Gardiner, H. Karlsson, J. Morin

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Cats G/A/+-/PIM/PPP/GWG/SOG//W/GAA/SV%/SHO

He is still a great prospect, but I think some people may have gotten carried away with all the hype around such a high pick. He should develop into a solid 50 pt dman, with good supporting stats, but I wouldn't expect any HUGE offensive numbers. As mentioned, especially with Pietriangelo hovering around.

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Yup EJ is a great prospect if you can still classify him as that - I think he is so young and still developing - his season was good last year and we are so few games into this year that it is far too early to get an indication of how it is going to go for him.

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GS, W, L, SV, GAA, SV%, SO G, A, P, +/-, PIM, SOG, GWG, PPP, SHP, HITS, FOW

3C: H. Sedin,Stepan, Stastny, R. Johansen, Hanzal, Anisimov,
3LW: Burrows, Vanek, Ott, Lupul, Dubinsky
3RW: Doan, Pavelski, Brown, Okposo,
6D: Franson, Doughty, Voynov, Subban, Markov, Gonchar, Karlsson
1Util:
2G: Price, Emery


Farm: (< 100 games): S. Elliott, J. Bernier, Galchenyuk, Etem, Eakin, Atkinson

This guys has all the tools required to become an elite D-Man. I will hang on to him for years to come as he slowly becomes the next Chris Pronger

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10 team Keepers league 18 man roster (+1 UFA-FCFS)/protect 13. Auto Count top 6 Fwd, 3 def and 1 keeper. Points only(def goals = 2pts). Keepers in Bold

Fwd: N.Backstrom, D.Sedin, P.Datsyuk, C. Perry, E.Malkin, Z.Parise, C.Giroux, J.Eberle, M.Ribeiro, D.Desharnais

Def: E.Karlsson, D.Byfuglien, J.Shultz, M.Streit

Goalies: I.Bryzgalov, C.Ward, C.Crawford

Id rather have his brother.

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Erik Johnson is a complete player who is developing his skills and learning good habits. It will be a couple more years until he hits 50 but he will get there and will be steady for a long time.

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START = 13F, 6D, 2G
F Pts = G (2), A (1), PP/SH (+1), GW (+2)
D Pts = G (3), A (2), PP/SH (+1), GW (+2)
G Pts = W (3), OTL (1), SO (+2), SV (.10)

F: Backstrom, Kopitar, Perry, P.Kane, Spezza, E.Staal, Nash, Vanek, Couture, B.Ryan, Eberle, J.Staal, D.Brown, Lucic, N.Horton, Backes, Tarasenko, van Riemsdyk, T.Ennis, B.Gallagher, Armia, Teravainen
D: Karlsson, P.Subban, Pietrangelo, Shattenkirk, Doughty, Yandle, Chara, Kronwall, J.Johnson, Myers, J.Faulk, E.Johnson, A.Larsson, J.Morrow, S.Elliott, M.Rielly, Ceci
G: Price, Rask, M.Smith, Hiller

yeah i think this guy is the future of this team. the issue right now is they are struggling to score and get that offense going. so they do what most teams do run 4 forwards on the powerplay and 1 dman. EJ is not on that first PP unit bc he has more of an offensive role when he is out there or atleast should. until they balance there PP out and he gets back on that PP unit look for EJ to start slow. but he points will come. i think he will round out to atlease 35 points this season. i am still hoping for 40+ but we have to try to control ourselves at times.

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12 team H2H Keeper League
g/a/+-/PIM/PPP/SHP/SOG/W/GAA/SV%/SHO
play 4c/4lw/4rw/6d/2g (2min start)
Center: Datsyuk, Getzlaf, Marleau, Ribiero, Brian Boyle
RW: Hossa, Horton, Downie, Franzen, vrbata, Cole
LW: Kovalchuk, D.Sedin, Semin, Fleischmann,
Defense : Enstrom, E.Johnson, Goligoski, Wisniewski, Hamilton
Goalies: Lundqvist, Brodeur, S.Mason, Garon

Farm noteables: Niederreiter, Avtsyn, Greiss, Frazee, Kinkaid

I think I made a great buy low sell high move by trading Ak46 and Coliacovo for Ej, Stillman and Osullivan but EJ has yet to produce since the move. I hope everyone is right and EJ develops into a 50 point damn but he is off to a rough start this season.

I kept him over Goli, Bogosian and Yandle in my latest keeper draft.....

Re-drafted Yandle...but hopefully that gives you an idea of what I think.

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12 team H2H Keeper
G,A,PP,PIM,SOG
W,GAA,SV%,SO
C:Giroux,Zberg,Marleau,Kadri
LW:Ovi,Neal,Pach,Benn
RW:Perry,MSL,Wheeler
D:Yandle,Subban,Edler,OEL
G: Lundqvist,Miller,MAF

12 Team H2H
R,2b,3b,HR,RBI,AVG,SB,BB,K,E
W,L,SV,HLD,K,ERA,WHIP
C:Buck
1B:Santana
2B:Kipnis
3B:Zimmer
SS:Tulo
LF:Marte
CF:McCutch
RF:Pence
Util:Ozuna
SP:Cain,Moore,Latos,Kennedy,Ryu,Guthrie
RP:Henderson,Rivera,League,Gregerson,Herrera
DL:Hart,Anderson,Bailey