Comments for Top 100 Roto Keepers - July at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 3 out of 3 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Tue, 21 May 2013 15:09:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/46-gates-imbeau/3829-top-100-roto-keepers-july#comment-15285   Thanks for the feedback guys! Nate, you bring up a good point. One that I have shared for the last little while as well. Expect the 2011-12 edition (series, rather) of the Roto Guide to be much different than the one you see before you. Version 2.0, if you will. The chart will change, the values will be altered, more categories will be in consideration etc.. etc.. Now, the line between assessing a player's keeper value vs. "win now" will always be a double-edge sword. Guys like Marty St. Louis simply scream it. However, I will never fault someone for drafting Bobby Ryan ahead of the likes of Zetterberg, Parise or Carter. He is younger, and "sexier" in terms of value - but if I had to pit them H2H, and go for the win, I'd put my money on the latter three. Again, that is only my opinion. Thing is, one player does not make a team. You have to build chemistry. I mean that in the way that you have to mix and match to compare strengths with weaknesses. I’ll admit, it is a bold statement to have Burrows ranked where his is, but he is only one where removed from a 35G, 32A, plus-34, 121 PIM, 209 SOG and 6 PPP season. Those are amazing numbers in five of six categories. (and his 2010-11 season wasn't bad either) Granted, when the new charts come out – Burrows may see a slip. We’ll soon see. Love the discussion – it’s about time! Best, GMG - GMGates Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:10:50 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/46-gates-imbeau/3829-top-100-roto-keepers-july#comment-15284 These charts are great, and I can appreciate the fact that it's next to impossible to please everyone with them. That being said, I always feel like they fail to truly consider future growth as a category. Obviously it's impossible to know the future, but I think at least some amount of "upside" should be implied on this list, and right now I'm really not seeing much. If you're in a keeper league like me, you know that sometimes you take the player who will be better next year over the player that has one or two more good years left in him. For example, Eric Staal, Bobby Ryan, Claude Giroux, all examples of players that I could get 5, 10+ great years out of. They're all going to get top minutes moving forward, they're not injury prone, and they all can perform at elite levels. Especially Ryan if HITS were counted (don't get why they're not) I would certainly take any of those players over Danny Heatley, who is coincidentally ranked higher on one of the lists. In fact, I would even take them over someone like Zetterberg, or Parise, or Carter. Zetterberg is getting old (though he's still great), Parise has injury question marks, and will Carter perform with Nash? Is Alex Burrows really worth that much? - Nate Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:59:08 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/46-gates-imbeau/3829-top-100-roto-keepers-july#comment-15283 Mercy... I enjoy those Black Aces contribution. Nice addition from Big_DL. I wasn't sure I had time to read it all but I got hooked with the following line: "We will find out exactly what they measure and whether they can be used to benefit, all in an attempt to be more like Pete than Andre." LOL. Nice edition! - Pengwin7 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:54:32 +0100