I've had him as a keeper for a couple years in my pool and this year he's a total joke. 9 goals tonight by the Leafs and he's got zero points yet again and is a minus 1 in a 9-3 game. WTF!

Last year you could give him the benefit of the doubt but what's his excuse this year. Kaberle is on fire and at 18 points now so I really have no clue what excuse can be made for his performance in 24 games now.

Drop him and move on?

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13 teams - 8 man keeper league. Points - C-2 LW-2 RW-2 D-4 G-2 Bench-4 Keep any 8. Carries over into the playoffs.

Keepers:
C- Getzlaf
LW- Vanek, Huberdeau
RW- Tarasenko, Yakupov
D- Shattenkirk, Pietrangelo
G- Miller

On the Bubble:
D- Carlson
G- Mason

show your team and lg info. Who would you pick up for him?

your sig says that each team has 4 defensemen in an 8 man keeper league, so therefore the top 32 defenseman should be on teams. Phaneuf is not a top 32 defenseman fantasy wise.

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Twitter: @TK12555

Updated my sig. I can keep any 8 players before next season starts. Not sure who else to pick up right now I could use another center with a few more points so I don't need to drop him tonight or anything but is there even any sense in keeping this guy anymore. What sucks is he was my second round pick after he had a 60 point season when we switched our league to keeper.

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13 teams - 8 man keeper league. Points - C-2 LW-2 RW-2 D-4 G-2 Bench-4 Keep any 8. Carries over into the playoffs.

Keepers:
C- Getzlaf
LW- Vanek, Huberdeau
RW- Tarasenko, Yakupov
D- Shattenkirk, Pietrangelo
G- Miller

On the Bubble:
D- Carlson
G- Mason

Show your best FAs

Top point FA's. Grabovski got 3 more points tonight for 32 total but wouldn't help me for the playoffs or be a keeper at the end of the season. He has more points then Kreji but I'm falling behind a bit in the pool. Last number is total points

Mikhail Grabovski
(Tor - C) Player notes Player Highlights
Add player Add to Watch List @Atl FA 278 72 42% 15 14 29
Alex Steen
(StL - C) New player notes Player Highlights
Add player Add to Watch List FA 179 89 39% 14 14 28
R.J. Umberger
(Cls - C,LW) Player notes Player Highlights
Add player Add to Watch List @Anh FA 270 88 50% 14 14 28
Tuomo Ruutu
(Car - LW) Player notes Player Highlights
Add player Add to Watch List @Fla FA 300 152 18% 9 19 28
Ray Whitney
(Pho - LW) Player notes Player Highlights
Add player Remove from Watch List FA 199 100 35% 8 19 27
Kris Versteeg
(Tor - LW) Player notes Player Highlights
Add player Remove from Watch List @Atl FA 275 120 28% 11 16 27
Derick Brassard
(Cls - C) Player notes
Add player Add to Watch List @Anh FA 246 129 20% 9 17 26
Michael Frolik
(Fla - RW) Player notes
Add player Remove from Watch List Car FA 274 103 18% 8 18 26
Sam Gagner
(Edm - C) Player notes Player Highlights
Add player Add to Watch List @Van FA 194 195 19% 10 16 26
Stephen Weiss
(Fla - C) Player notes Player Highlights
Add player Remove from Watch List Car FA 102 113 55% 13 12 25
Nikolai Kulemin
(Tor - LW) No new player Notes
Add player Add to Watch List @Atl FA 416 179 14% 13 12 25
Anthony Stewart
(Atl - RW) No new player Notes
Add player Remove from Watch List Tor FA 481 115 25% 10 15 25
Rich Peverley
(Atl - C) Player notes Player Highlights
Add player Add to Watch List Tor FA 277 119 17% 11 14 25
Rene Bourque
(Cgy - RW) Player notes
Add player Add to Watch List Det FA 148 183 63% 13 12 25
Jamie Benn
(Dal - LW) No new player Notes
Add player Remove from Watch List NYR FA 255 211 14% 9 15 24
P.A. Parenteau
(NYI - RW) Player notes
Add player Add to Watch List FA 485 165 9% 9 15 24
Teddy Purcell
(TB - RW) No new player Notes
Add player Add to Watch List FA 448 139 14% 6 18 24
Jarret Stoll
(LA - C) New player notes Player Highlights
Add player Add to Watch List FA 254 137 31% 9 15 24
Derek Stepan
(NYR - C) No new player Notes
Add player Add to Watch List @Dal FA 552 318 11% 11 12 23
David Jones
(Col - RW) No new player Notes Player Highlights
Add player Remove from Watch List FA 477 192 15% 13 10 23
Jakub Voracek
(Cls - RW) Player notes Player Highlights
Add player Add to Watch List @Anh FA 115 312 45% 8 15 23
Bryan Bickell
(Chi - LW) No new player Notes Player Highlights
Add player Add to Watch List Ott FA 512 198 8% 11 12 23
Mark Recchi
(Bos - RW) No new player Notes
Add player Remove from Watch List FA 280 131 16% 7 16 23
Michael Ryder
(Bos - RW) No new player Notes
Add player Add to Watch List FA 302 197 11% 11 12 23
Ryan Callahan
(NYR - RW) IR No new player Notes
Add player Add to Watch List @Dal FA 219 168 32% 10 13 23

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13 teams - 8 man keeper league. Points - C-2 LW-2 RW-2 D-4 G-2 Bench-4 Keep any 8. Carries over into the playoffs.

Keepers:
C- Getzlaf
LW- Vanek, Huberdeau
RW- Tarasenko, Yakupov
D- Shattenkirk, Pietrangelo
G- Miller

On the Bubble:
D- Carlson
G- Mason

Long-term, I like all your other D guys better than Phaneuf. I would even rather have Markov moving forward, hoping he could get a bionic leg or something. Dion is one of my personal favorites but man he is fantasy kryptonite right now.

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6-GM, Wk-H2H, Keep 40
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

Thats the point. I refuse to give up on him. call me stubborn. I believe hes under tremendous pressure at this time.

There are many issues at play here with Dion. Yes, there is a ton of pressure on him. He also needed to break the label of being a one trick pony who is wreckless.

Now he is trying to do everything and obviously Wilson wants him focused on defense. Unfortunately, as a Phaneuf rooter, I want the old nasty kid back. So what if he was a cowboy in his own end, he was a treat to watch!!

He is too young and talented to write off for good, but DS has a ton of nice D guys and Dion has sunk to the bottom of that list.

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6-GM, Wk-H2H, Keep 40
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

Based on my forwards and goalies I might only be able to keep 2 d-men.

I was thinking keeping Miller, Kiper, Savard, Getzlaf, Semin and one of my LW. Probably Cammellari if he picks it up. Not sure though Vanek and Leino doing ok. That would leave 2 d and I was thinking Markov and Visnovski. Myers was a previous keeper but I got to make some tough choices.

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13 teams - 8 man keeper league. Points - C-2 LW-2 RW-2 D-4 G-2 Bench-4 Keep any 8. Carries over into the playoffs.

Keepers:
C- Getzlaf
LW- Vanek, Huberdeau
RW- Tarasenko, Yakupov
D- Shattenkirk, Pietrangelo
G- Miller

On the Bubble:
D- Carlson
G- Mason