Comments for Geek of the Week: Cody Franson at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Wed, 22 May 2013 18:27:43 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/916-geek-of-the-week/5292-geek-of-the-week-cody-franson#comment-24372 Fair point Skin Blues. I agree that his +/- is unsustainable and did mention the same above in the article. The unsustainable +/- is one of the reasons that I also said he won't remain as the 17th most valauble in the league at the end of the season. Even without +/- though, Franson provides great value. I ran the same league in FHG and omitted +/- as a category and Franson was still the 16th most valuable D-man in the entire league. That's incredible value for a 28% owned guy. The infliated +/- isn't the only thing giving him great value, it is all of the other things I outlined above. His +/- will come down and his assists will likely slow down too, but the hits and shots are there as well as the PPP and I have reason to believe that his goal scoring will actually increase. So, what I am saying is: Will his +/- continue on its current pace? No. Will Franson continue to be the 17th most valuable in the league? No. But will he be a very viable fantasty asset and could he finish as a top 20-30 fantasy d-man like I suggested in the article? I think it's entirely possible and for a WW addition I will be happy to be the GM to take a shot on him. - T-Camp Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:47:04 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/916-geek-of-the-week/5292-geek-of-the-week-cody-franson#comment-24370 The real reason Franson is ranked so high in this format is is insane +/-. His value is not coming form his goals, so his shooting % is irrelevant. A +11 is basically equivalent to scoring 40 goals in a span of 16 games. Mystery solved. I`ll leave it up to you guys if you think a Leafs defenseman will keep up with an elite +/- pace (Hint: no Leafs defenseman has finished with a positive +/- since 2009-10 and the goalie situation is not exactly ideal). Not to mention what will happen if/when his PP time starts to dwindle and the Franson bubble bursts entirely. This goes for all players whose value is almost entirely propped up by their +/-. - Skin Blues Mon, 25 Feb 2013 06:30:25 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/916-geek-of-the-week/5292-geek-of-the-week-cody-franson#comment-24369 Terry, thanks again for looking. That's so funny and coincidental that you mentioned picking up Smid because I grabbed him on WW a couple weeks ago. I had Karlsson on my team, and after he went down there wasn't really anyone on WW to fill in for him. Fortunately I have Shattenkirk, Hamhuis, and Franson to put up points, so I just filled in the rest of my D with H & BkS guys like Smid, Mark Methot, Jan Hejda. - ChewBackes Mon, 25 Feb 2013 05:49:54 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/916-geek-of-the-week/5292-geek-of-the-week-cody-franson#comment-24360 ChewBackes: Removing shots and adding blocked shots certainly doesn't help Franson. 12 blocks is a very low number for a d-man. Of the top 30 valued D in this league, Franson's block totaly would be the lowest. Franson still contribute well in all other categories though and is certainly worth owning. As a WW pickup, that was a total steal for you like you said. His actual ranking would depend on the rest of your league settings (how many D are rostered etc), but in terms of D-men in that league he would currently be ranked about 10th. Lower than the league that counts shots but still impressive. I wouldn't be surprised if he ends the season as a top 20-30 D in this league. Great find on the WW. If you are looking to compliment Franson with another value add, take a look at Luke Schenn (definitely worth an add) or Ladislav Smid (in a deeper format). Both have good value in your league and are widely available...and both will help to atone for Franson's lacking in BkS. - T-Camp Mon, 25 Feb 2013 02:23:19 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/916-geek-of-the-week/5292-geek-of-the-week-cody-franson#comment-24358 Picked him up a week ago off the waiver wire. He has always had thevoffensive ability. He just needed to be given the right opportunity to show it. - coldsquad2002 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 15:41:10 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/916-geek-of-the-week/5292-geek-of-the-week-cody-franson#comment-24356 Terry, good stuff. Franson went undrafted in my league and has been a great steal for me off the waiver wire. What about a league that scores Goals, Assists, PPP, +/-, Hits, and Blocked Shots? Was wondering how that would affect Franson's value since SOG is no longer included. Let me know if you have a chance to take a look. Cheers & Thanks - ChewBackes Sun, 24 Feb 2013 10:17:35 +0100