Comments for Five Teams to Invest In (For the Future) at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Mon, 20 May 2013 01:27:53 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/jeff-angus/3134-five-teams-to-invest-in-for-the-future#comment-8560 Great pair of articles Mr Angus. And the comments they've generated have been great too. Personally, I think offense by committee situations can be fertile grounds in keeper leagues. - Steffen Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:36:23 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/jeff-angus/3134-five-teams-to-invest-in-for-the-future#comment-8550 I enjoyed both articles. But the worst thing is, is you could make a case for Washington being 1st on both lists; with the likes of Carlson, Alzner, Perrault joining such young stars like OV, Backs and Green this year, and exciting euros like Johansson and Kuznetsov in development. Damn you Caps!!! I really liked the inclusion of Carolina, they have very quietly rebuilt in the last 2 years despite going as far as the conference finals 2 playoffs ago with many of the same players from the current roster. Staal, Skinner, Sutter is gonna be a deadly trio at Center in a few years, rivaling the likes of Sid, Malkin and young Staal. As an Oiler fan it took 4 long years to stop hating the Canes, but it's finally happened. - donions Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:39:29 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/jeff-angus/3134-five-teams-to-invest-in-for-the-future#comment-8549 It's hard to quantify a lot of the measures above. It depends on what aspect of your fantasy team you are building. You generally don't want to draft top line players early on from teams with depth (like St. Louis). It means the quality of internal competition is high, and their ice time security isn't. Contrary to that, you want to get stars from teams with a huge talent drop off. Hello Pittsburgh. This column is mostly designed to promote discussion. There are a half-dozen other teams who could easily have an argument made for their inclusion among the top five. Long Island, Columbus, and so on. - Jeff Angus Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:55:01 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/jeff-angus/3134-five-teams-to-invest-in-for-the-future#comment-8548 Yeah, I dunno how to approach this article... In a way I agree in the "real world", teams that are deep generally do pretty well because they have scoring depth, but following along what donions said too, I don't really see that offensive leader to just go out and carry the team. If you kinda look at the teams that have won recent cups, Hawks have Toews/Kane, Pits had Crosby/Malkin, Detroit had Datsyuk/Zetterberg, and Anaheim had Selanne/Getzlaf/Perry. I still think its a bit early to judge Oshie and co., but I don't really see that cup winning potential that I see in the other stars. Also if you kinda look at their team structure. I don't know if they'll be green lighting the young kids as a top-line guy for awhile. If you look at the numbers, McDonald is still signed till 2013, with him still there and earning $4.7 per year, he'll always be a roadblock for the young kids. Same could be said for Steen signed till 2014 at $3.3 per year. It's not a bad cap-hit, where you could put him in a third line role in 2-3 years time, but he takes a top-six spot away from the young up and comers for the next couple of years. With that said, teams that are "offense by committee" generally don't do well for fantasy owners. The scoring is just too spread around. With guys like McDonald, Steen signed for the long term, you have to think whether or not they're going to shift that mentality in the next 5 years... But who knows, FLA might tank the next 2-3 years grab a couple of "Kane" and "Toews" like players and with the D they already have, could follow in the exact footsteps of the Chicago model they had in the mid 2000's... With Seabrook (2004) vs Kulikov, Barker (2005) vs Gudbranson. Or Isles with their "spray and pray" approach... Okposo, JT, El Nino, Kabanov, Bailey, if they land another top 3 pick they could be very good once everyone develops... Either way it's damn near impossible to predict the future, but thanks for sharing your thoughts with us Angus. - Ryan Ma Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:35:29 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/jeff-angus/3134-five-teams-to-invest-in-for-the-future#comment-8545 I dont know if i'm buying into the Blues hype. I think they'll be a team that contends for the playoffs year in and year out for the foreseeable future. But they don't have the high-end talent upfront to be a cup contender, or a team that dominates offensively. Maybe it's too early to judge guys like Oshie, Perron and Berglund, but I dont picture them as future studs like I do with Hall/MPS/Eberle, Duchene, Skinner, or in the Canes and Kings case who already have young stars like Staal, Kopi and DD. - donions Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:23:56 +0100