I love it...I was hoping he'd sign, but I was worried some other team would snag him.

The pieces are slowly coming together.

I think our biggest need now is a big bodied #2 centre, which hopefully we can add via trade (package Gagner and Hemsky??).

I have dreams of them somehow getting Bobby Ryan, but I don't see it happening.

What other Centres are available via trade or free agency??

Another top 4 dman would be nice too, but I think we can get by for now with the dmen we have. The biggest missing piece, imo, is the #2 centre.

I'm also assuming (hoping) that Dubnyk is up to the task.

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10 team league, multi-cat, full keeper.

Forwards: J. Toews, J. Tavares, J. Eberle, J. Neal, A. Kopitar, T. Seguin, E. Kane, M. Duchene, J. Benn, M. Ryder, D. Brown, B. Marchand

Defense: A. Pietrangelo, K. Shattenkirk, A. Goligoski, PK Subban, J. Carlson, J. Spurgeon

Goalies: M. Smith, A. Niemi

Bench: R. Clowe, B. Dubinsky, M. Calvert, P. Mueller, D. Clarkson, M. Carle, M. Niskanen, P. Wiercioch, J. Halak, A. Lindback

actually, what about Mueller? Anyone think he'd be a good fit as the #2 centre? High-risk, high reward.

Peronally, I'd like someone who can be physical, which obviously he can't, but there are worse options out there, and he'd come cheap.

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10 team league, multi-cat, full keeper.

Forwards: J. Toews, J. Tavares, J. Eberle, J. Neal, A. Kopitar, T. Seguin, E. Kane, M. Duchene, J. Benn, M. Ryder, D. Brown, B. Marchand

Defense: A. Pietrangelo, K. Shattenkirk, A. Goligoski, PK Subban, J. Carlson, J. Spurgeon

Goalies: M. Smith, A. Niemi

Bench: R. Clowe, B. Dubinsky, M. Calvert, P. Mueller, D. Clarkson, M. Carle, M. Niskanen, P. Wiercioch, J. Halak, A. Lindback

Sweet! any chance he plays top PP with Schultz? I assume Whitney will get top PP and Petry will get 2nd duty. He was a bit of a toss in, so I didn't know tons about him, but am liking it more and more. Is he an offensive guy, or a solid 2 way type with above average offense?

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19 team Dynasty League - POINTS ONLY. Daily starts: 9 fwds, 6 D, 1 goalie

G=2pts, A=1pt, Dman G=3pts, GWG=1pt, Goalie Win=3.5pts, SO=4pts, L=-1pt


Kovalchuk, Couture, Wheeler
Parenteau, Elias, Little
Desharnais, Hemsky, Zuccarello
Smith, Rattie

Karlsson, Letang, Ehrhoff
Carle, Giordano, Martin
Hamhuis

Fleury
Schneider

It might be a little crazy, but I wouldn't mind seeing Hall at centre, and then finding a LW. I'd like to see something like this:

1A) ? - Nuge - Eberle
1B) Hartikainen - Hall - Yakupov
3) Smyth - Horcoff - Hemsky
4) Eager - Belanger - Jones
Hordichuk, Petrell

There are some issues with this though: Gagner is gone, who could they get as a top 6 LW, is Hartikainen NHL ready, and can Hall slide into centre?

Intriguing line-up though.

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16 Team Keeper League, Year Three Head to Head. Keep 8. Potential Future Keepers in Bold

F (Start 6): Neal, Parise, Benn, P Kane, Simmonds, Lecavalier, Doan, Wheeler, Boyes
D (Start 4): Pietrangelo, Campbell, J. Johnson, Leddy, Fowler, Faulk, Whitney
G (Start 1): Lundqvist

Point System
G=2, A=1, DefenseG=+1, DefenseA=+1, GWG=1, OTG=1, PIM=0.5, PPG=1, PPA=1, PenaltyShotG=1, SHG=2, ShootOutG=1, Shot=0.1, +/-=1, Hat Trick=3

Goalie Points
W=4, S= 0.14, GA=-1, OW=1, ShootOutW =1, SO=2

The problem with that idea is that Mueller hasn't played center for years and years.

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GO WINGS!

12 team H2H dynasty, most categories under the sun, incl. hits/blocks. Main team, farm

C: Kopitar Backstrom Stepan Cammalleri Little Bolland Laich Johnson
LW: Parise Lupul Erat McDonald Martin Silfverberg Nyquist Schwartz Morin Nieto Conacher
RW: PKane Doan Pominville Nash Clowe Lupul Rinaldo Stafford Rattie Stone Chiasson Ritchie
D: Green Suter Seabrook Dillon Beauchemin Schenn Letang Schultz Hamilton McNabb Rielly Harrison
G: Bryzgalov Pavelec Holtby Neuvirth Nihlstorp Lack CalPickard Andersen Stalock Sateri Eriksson
IR: Halak

lol...I guess that would be a big problem, then.

I thought he still played Centre, but he hasn't played much the last couple of years so I wasn't sure where he was playing.

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10 team league, multi-cat, full keeper.

Forwards: J. Toews, J. Tavares, J. Eberle, J. Neal, A. Kopitar, T. Seguin, E. Kane, M. Duchene, J. Benn, M. Ryder, D. Brown, B. Marchand

Defense: A. Pietrangelo, K. Shattenkirk, A. Goligoski, PK Subban, J. Carlson, J. Spurgeon

Goalies: M. Smith, A. Niemi

Bench: R. Clowe, B. Dubinsky, M. Calvert, P. Mueller, D. Clarkson, M. Carle, M. Niskanen, P. Wiercioch, J. Halak, A. Lindback

at least to start the year, I think it will be like this:

Hall - RNH - Eberle
Smyth - Horcoff - Hemsky
Eager - Gagner - Yakupov
Hordichuk - Belanger - Jones

Reserve: Lander, Paajarvi

If they are able to move Gagner and/or Hemsky, I hope it is for a #2 centre. Hall is not suited to play Centre in the NHL.

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10 team league, multi-cat, full keeper.

Forwards: J. Toews, J. Tavares, J. Eberle, J. Neal, A. Kopitar, T. Seguin, E. Kane, M. Duchene, J. Benn, M. Ryder, D. Brown, B. Marchand

Defense: A. Pietrangelo, K. Shattenkirk, A. Goligoski, PK Subban, J. Carlson, J. Spurgeon

Goalies: M. Smith, A. Niemi

Bench: R. Clowe, B. Dubinsky, M. Calvert, P. Mueller, D. Clarkson, M. Carle, M. Niskanen, P. Wiercioch, J. Halak, A. Lindback

Can't say anything for sure but Oil ran 4 F on PP succesfully last year so I unfortunately think Petry's PP time will be fairly limited.

2 way ATM but was starting to develop a decent offensive game. Time will tell.

As an aside here I have noticed that there are a lot of people who really hate the Oilers now. Whether it's because of the Schultz thing, or the three straight #1 picks or whatever, there is some genuine anger and ire being tossed at the Oilers. It'sa very strange thing since usually it's just pity and mockery that the team gets from people.

All this and the team hasn't even won games yet.

I predict that once the Oilers start winning games and Yakupov showboats his way around the NHL rinks for a while (he was criticized for his antics at freaking development camp!) the Oilers are going to be utterly despised.

I love it!

jealousy

they haven't done anything yet, but even Lowe and Tambellini can't mess this thing up (can they?)...the wins are going to come soon enough

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10 team league, multi-cat, full keeper.

Forwards: J. Toews, J. Tavares, J. Eberle, J. Neal, A. Kopitar, T. Seguin, E. Kane, M. Duchene, J. Benn, M. Ryder, D. Brown, B. Marchand

Defense: A. Pietrangelo, K. Shattenkirk, A. Goligoski, PK Subban, J. Carlson, J. Spurgeon

Goalies: M. Smith, A. Niemi

Bench: R. Clowe, B. Dubinsky, M. Calvert, P. Mueller, D. Clarkson, M. Carle, M. Niskanen, P. Wiercioch, J. Halak, A. Lindback