I know Yandle's liked by a lot of people (myself included) but as I don't really get to see many west coast games I'm curious to see what people think of his play so far this year. I've got an offer on the table to receive him in a deal for Joe Pavelski, and I'd rather not pull the trigger without hearing some thoughts from those that can actually watch him in length. Upside, etc?

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12-team H2H; Keep 10.
Categories; G,A,+/-,PIM,PPP,SOG - W,GAA,SV%,SHO

C - Stepan, C. Wilson (/LW)
LW - Ovechkin, Ryan, E. Kane, Kunitz, Whitney, Sullivan
RW - Malkin (/C), Gaborik, Eberle, Simmonds
D - Yandle, Suter, Shattenkirk, Salo
G - Luongo, Crawford, Khabibulin, Rask

I'd keep Pavelski.
Yandle is pretty dynamic, and has a tone of skill, but I think the Coyotes are becoming the 2nd coming of the Predators where their offense is spread out over all 4 lines and through the top 4 D.

As an owner - the frustration is that he'd post a 3 pt game playing the 1PP, then be relegated to 2PP the next game. Pavelski has a much more consistent gig as the #2 C and point-man with Boyle on the SJ PP.

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20 Team Pool Points Keeper
G =1,A=1,PPG=1,PPA=0.5, SHG=1,GWG=1,PIM=0.1,+/-=0.25
Goalie cats (W=2, SO=3, SV=0.05)

F: Malkin, B.Richards, Voracek, O'Reilly, Downie, Burmistrov, Bailey, Mueller, Read, Boedker, Gomez, Adam
D: Green, E.Johnson, Elliott, Larsson, Jovanovski
G: Varlamov

If you had better depth at C then I would say sure but you need Pavelski at C for your team.

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Yandle's game has really improved where his ice time has reached Lidstrom levels on occasion. The bad part for him is that the team in front of him stinks. Its really going to hurt his offensive #'s. Id say 40-45 pts limit for now.

I am a big fan of Yandle. He has a complete game, and is doing some things this year that are "elite'" in nature.

He is on pace for a career year in shots on goal - he may even break 200.
Pavelski is also on a career pace for shots, but his percentage is REALLY low.

To choose between him and Pavelski would really depend on your need. You are pretty light on center, so what would you be doing to fix that?

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12 Team Keeper league point only (Rebuild mode)
F - Tavares, Kovalchuck, M.Richards, Horton, Ju.Williams, Roy, Tanguay, Gerbe
D - Weber, Goligoski, Souray, Salo,
G - Rask, Crawford
Farm - Elliot, Read, Hodgson, Kuznetsov, Huberdeau, Granlund, Zibanejad, Burmistrov, Ennis, McBain, Schwartz

Ideally I'd then drop one of Franson or Robidas for a waiver-wire C. The options aren't terrific (Cullen, Berglund, Vermette as the main ones) but they're certainly passable for the rest of the year. I've got other offers on the table (Myers for Eberle being my main consideration), but Yandle's always intrigued me.

Thanks for the opinions guys, always nice to hear from people that can actually watch these guys at a normal hour. West coast games are pretty much off-limits for me most of the time, at least live.

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12-team H2H; Keep 10.
Categories; G,A,+/-,PIM,PPP,SOG - W,GAA,SV%,SHO

C - Stepan, C. Wilson (/LW)
LW - Ovechkin, Ryan, E. Kane, Kunitz, Whitney, Sullivan
RW - Malkin (/C), Gaborik, Eberle, Simmonds
D - Yandle, Suter, Shattenkirk, Salo
G - Luongo, Crawford, Khabibulin, Rask

Pavelski for Yandle then pick up Vermette sounds good to me!

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15 Teams Keeper League
25 Players Roster (12F, 6D, 2G, 5B )
Keep Half (6F, 3D, 1G) + 2 Rookies (F&D=100 GP, G=70GP)
F&D = Points Only, G = Win 2, SO 3

F: Crosby*, E.Staal*, Tavares*, Ovechkin, Kesler*, Turris*, Berglund, Mueller, Vermette, Hornqvist, Hanzal, Clowe.
D: Visnovsky*, Yandle*, Hedman*, Ju.Schultz, Nikitin, Spurgeon.
G: Fleury*, Shneider*
B: Strome*, Bailey, P.Larsen, Kassian, Lehner.
* = Keepers from last year.

Cheers moxon - anyone else care to chime in as I've left the guy waiting on this offer for a few days already?

Ekman-Larsson being called back up has made me seriously consider just grabbing him off the wire, saving myself the loss of Pavelski. More patience needed there though.

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12-team H2H; Keep 10.
Categories; G,A,+/-,PIM,PPP,SOG - W,GAA,SV%,SHO

C - Stepan, C. Wilson (/LW)
LW - Ovechkin, Ryan, E. Kane, Kunitz, Whitney, Sullivan
RW - Malkin (/C), Gaborik, Eberle, Simmonds
D - Yandle, Suter, Shattenkirk, Salo
G - Luongo, Crawford, Khabibulin, Rask

OEL is not Yandle...Yet!

I am with Moxy

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