Okay, here\'s the deal...and keep in mind, my defense is Kaberle, Zidlicky and Pitkanen and has been a thorn in my side since day one....

I trade....St. Louis, Connolly and Zidlicky for his Rolston, Arnott and Zubov...

1 year, H2H, G-A-PTS, GAA SV, DG, DA.....

What do you think????

I really don\'t like it for you. Arnott seems a good sell high candidate right now. In the end him Connolly should get around the same points. Although we all know that Connolly is injury prone. As for the other two I would prefer owning St. Louis and Zid should give you more points then Rolston and Zubov. Sure Zubov will give you more points then Zid, but you\'ll lost a lot with Rolston compared with St. Louis.

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24GMs Dynasty (G A +- PIM PPP SOG W SV GAA / 4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 1G)
Cap hit: $1188 out of $1250

C-Malkin $157,Schwartz $5,Granlund $5,Shaw $5,Rinaldo $5,Cervenka $5,Schroeder $5,Galchenyuk $5
LW-Hartnell $136,Nash $115,Leino $29,Kulemin $49,Gagne $32,Paajarvi $5,MFoligno $5,Joensuu $5
RW-Brown $115,Jagr $14,Grabner $40,Gallagher $5,Knight $5,Radulov $5
D-Karlsson $105,Edler $83,McDonagh $18,Bogosian $27,Mitchell $22,REllis $5,Salvador $5,Hamilton $5
G-Halak $127,Montoya $24,Bishop $5,Fasth $5,Allen $5

Yeah I don\'t really like it much either - I see your need but I think you are paying too much to fill it. Joni P has been turning it around and Zids seems to be stepping up - I don\'t think you are all that desperate just yet.

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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

Sounds like you are already leaning towards doing it.I also don\'t like it. St. Louis is the best player in this trade. Rolston and Arnott are overachieving right now. Don\'t become a victim of a sell high and lose out big time. St.Louis should put up another 100 pt season. Thats something no Rolston or Arnott owner can say, EVER. Your defense is not so bad. They are starting to pick it up. Just overall looking at this you don\'t reap enough reward for giving up a great a RW. Have to told the rest of you league that you will trade St.Louis? That usually helps to grab the best offer for your guy. Hope this helped

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C- TAVARES, H.SEDIN, M. Koivu, Henrique
LW- BENN, PARISE, Brown, Pacrioretty
RW- GIROUX, KESSEL, Nash, Read
D- YANDLE, KARLSSON, Wisniewski, Gologoski
G- LUNDQVIST, Luongo, Schneider, Halak
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8 Team Keeper League Keep 2C 2LW 2RW 2D 1 G
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I differ in my opinion. I feel that Fantasy hockey championships are built from the blueline out. If you can get one or more of the elite point producing Dmen, you have the ability to swap parts all season in forwards and goalies. Replacing close to Zubovs numbers is MUCH HARDER than replacing close to StLouis numbers. I know it is hard to deal a StLouis for a Zubov but it is the right move. Zubov is in the middle of that last great year and you should ride that. StLouis is a solid PPG but the downgrade to Rolston is not killer. He has 12 goals and if they can keep Demitra and Gaborik healthy his numbers could get to 30 and 70. Arnott may slow a bit but his numbers could end up close to that as well. Figure by the end of this year on this:

Arnott 28G 65Points
Rolston 28G 65Points
Zubov 10G 65Points

StLouis 30G 90Points
Zidlicky 5G 30 Points
Connolly 12G 55Points

Gotta make that move.

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FWD = G(2), A(1), PP/SH(+1), GW(+2), SHOG(1)
DEF = G(3), A(2), PP/SH(+1), GW(+2), SHOG(1)
GOAL = W(3), OTL(1), SO(+2), SV(.10)

FOR: Malkin Ovechkin Kessel Stepan Gaborik Carter Pacioretty Duchene Skinner Semin CStewart Hornqvist Lupul Ladd Yakupov Galchenyuk Grigorenko Granlund Burmistrov Etem Strome Kuznetsov Bjugstad DBrunner Burns
D: Phaneuf Letang Byfuglien Goligoski Voynov JustinSchultz DHamilton Fowler Gardiner Orlov RyanMurphy Barberio Sproul Bouwmeester
G: Lundqvist Schneider Nabokov Kiprusoff Brodeur

Tiantonio...it\'s scary...this was my EXACT thought process when contemplating this deal. I couldn\'t have said it any better....

I think I may do it...and believe me, I know what I\'m giving up in St. Louis. The thing is though, I continue to lose week in and week out on defense. My team is stacked up front and in net, yet I\'ve won only 3 times in 11 weeks...Mainly, because my defense shits the bed every week.

As a guy who normally drafts the Kaberle\'s and Niedermeyers of the word (and has had the privelege and pleasure of owning Lidstrom before), there is nothing better than \&quot;penciling in\&quot; 2 categories before the week even starts (not always a given, but you get my point)..

Give me a \&quot;good\&quot; offense with an EXCELLENT defense and DOMINANT goaltending **ANY DAY** over all the firepower upfront and suspect goaltending and defense.





tiantonio wrote:

Is a smaller upgrade can be done? What\'s the rest of your team? Tiantonio numbers are correct (I saw Arnott, Rolston and Connoly as 60 pts guys though) but I still think you should keep St. Louis as I think he can achieve 100 pts again this year.

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24GMs Dynasty (G A +- PIM PPP SOG W SV GAA / 4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 1G)
Cap hit: $1188 out of $1250

C-Malkin $157,Schwartz $5,Granlund $5,Shaw $5,Rinaldo $5,Cervenka $5,Schroeder $5,Galchenyuk $5
LW-Hartnell $136,Nash $115,Leino $29,Kulemin $49,Gagne $32,Paajarvi $5,MFoligno $5,Joensuu $5
RW-Brown $115,Jagr $14,Grabner $40,Gallagher $5,Knight $5,Radulov $5
D-Karlsson $105,Edler $83,McDonagh $18,Bogosian $27,Mitchell $22,REllis $5,Salvador $5,Hamilton $5
G-Halak $127,Montoya $24,Bishop $5,Fasth $5,Allen $5