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Post by Roberty524 on Sept 12, 2009 15:18:47 GMT -5
It's a 12-team 5x5 Yahoo league. This is my draft result. As usual I ended up with a late pick in the first round.
1. (10) Ryan Getzlaf C 2. (15) Evgeni Nabokov G 3. (34) Nicklas Backstrom C 4. (39) Marian Hossa RW 5. (58) Martin Havlat RW 6. (63) Brian Rafalski D 7. (82) Chris Kunitz LW 8. (87) Andrei Markov D 9. (106) Brenden Morrow LW 10. (111) Semyon Varlamov G 11. (130) Jaroslav Spacek D 12. (135) Craig Rivet D 13. (154) Mikko Koivu C 14. (159) Ryane Clowe LW 15. (178) Daniel Cleary RW 16. (183) Mike Smith G
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Post by Zoom Waffles on Sept 13, 2009 11:13:51 GMT -5
C is great... Koivu will be a steal in round 13. RW is very strong with hossa/havlat. LW might be a little weak. I don't expect Kunitz to score more than 65 or so, and morrow isn't much better. On D you're pretty good... Spacek/Rivet are wild cards, but Markov and Rafalski are a sure thing for a combined 120+ points. I think you're weakest in net... Nabokov is great, of course, but Varlamov is a huge question mark, as is mike smith. You may find yourself struggling there.
So you need to get one more starting goalie (trade Varlamov for someone like Anderson or Bryzgalov, or Vokoun). Then add some depth on D (i assume Goligoski was taken?). And see if you can't get another strong LW from somewhere.
Could you post an FA list?
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Post by Roberty524 on Sept 13, 2009 14:22:33 GMT -5
Thanks for the help! Goligoski is available.
Here is the rest of the FA list:
Sergei Gonchar (Pit - D) Michael Ryder (Bos - RW) Paul Stastny (Col - C) Paul Kariya (StL - LW) Danny Briere (Phi - C) Patrick Sharp (Chi - C) Bryan Little (Atl - RW) Lubomir Visnovsky (Edm - D) Brent Burns (Min - D) Tom Gilbert (Edm - D) Ryan Kesler (Van - C) Jonathan Cheechoo (Ott - RW) Chris Drury (NYR - C) Kris Letang (Pit - D) Andrei Kostitsyn (Mon - LW) Kyle Quincey (Col - D) Victor Hedman (TB - D) Claude Giroux (Phi - RW) Erik Johnson (StL - D) Derick Brassard (Cls - C) Brad Richards (Dal - C) Daniel Carcillo (Phi - LW) Drew Doughty (LA - D) Mikael Samuelsson (Van - RW) Saku Koivu (Anh - C) Kyle Okposo (NYI - RW) Ryan Whitney (Anh - D) Anton Babchuk (Car - D) Nikita Filatov (Cls - LW) Vaclav Prospal (NYR - LW) David Clarkson (NJ - RW) Peter Mueller (Pho - RW) Andrew Ladd (Chi - LW) Andy McDonald (StL - C) Sean Avery (NYR - LW) Tomas Holmstrom (Det - RW) R.J. Umberger (Cls - C) T.J. Oshie (StL - C) Steve Sullivan (Nsh - LW) Cody Hodgson (Van - C) Todd Bertuzzi (Det - LW) Mikhail Grabovski (Tor - C) Ales Kotalik (NYR - RW) Matt Duchene (Col - C) Johnny Oduya (NJ - D) Rene Bourque (Cgy - LW) Tim Connolly (Buf - C) Martin Erat (Nsh - RW) Pavol Demitra (Van - C) Patrik Berglund (StL - C)
Here's the Goalies:
Jose Theodore (Was - G) Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Anh - G) Brian Boucher (Phi - G) Alex Auld (Dal - G) Dan Ellis (Nsh - G) Jaroslav Halak (Mon - G) Antero Niittymaki (TB - G) Brian Elliott (Ott - G) Peter Budaj (Col - G) Yann Danis (NJ - G) Jason LaBarbera (Pho - G) Josh Harding (Min - G) Brent Johnson (Pit - G) Stephen Valiquette (NYR - G) Mathieu Garon (Cls - G) Erik Ersberg (LA - G) Curtis Sanford (Mon - G) Al Montoya (Pho - G) Tuukka Rask (Bos - G) Dany Sabourin (Bos - G) John Curry (Pit - G) Corey Crawford (Chi - G) Michael Leighton (Car - G) Rick DiPietro (NYI - G) Wade Dubielewicz (Min - G)
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Post by Zoom Waffles on Sept 13, 2009 14:38:43 GMT -5
wow... looks like people went nuts for goalies and totally forgot about defensemen, haha.
first, i'd take kariya over kunitz. but try trading kunitz first. see if you can package kunitz/varlamov to get a solid starting goalie... you won't get a top guy (lundqvist, luongo, brodeur) but you could probably try to get like Ryan Miller or Cam Ward as a start.
then, you should definitely take gonchar. gonchar, doughty, letang, whitney, johnson, burns... i'd take any one of those guys over rivet. but especially gonchar.
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Post by Roberty524 on Sept 13, 2009 18:09:32 GMT -5
What about taking Goligoski?
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Post by Zoom Waffles on Sept 13, 2009 18:44:54 GMT -5
nah, all of those Dmen i listed before are better than goligoski at this point. Gogo's only 3rd best in the penguins system, at this point. take gonchar and/or letang before you take goligoski.
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Post by bu11durm on Sept 13, 2009 21:31:40 GMT -5
I agree with the above comments about goaltending. Right now, your season hinges on Varmalov. While it could work out, you could eliminate some risk by working a deal there.
Had a couple other questions. - Is PIMs one of your categories and if so do you have enough. If not, wondering if Clarkson might be an upgrade over Cleary. - Is this H2H or roto? if H2H, then maybe carry only 3 D until you can resolve Goaltender and PIM issues.
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Post by Roberty524 on Sept 14, 2009 6:59:55 GMT -5
PIMs is a category and it's a roto league.
I went ahead and replaced Rivet with Gonchar. What about replacing Spacek with one of those guys?
Also, someone just dropped Anderson. Seems like Varlamov would be better since Colorado isn't going to win many this year. Maybe cut Smith and pick up Theodore?
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