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[Phion Keneuf]

Standard Yahoo! 12-team roto league...

C - Barkov
C - Kempe
LW - Stutzle
LW - Meier
RW - Rantanen
RW - Marner
D - Dahlin
D - Bouchard
D - Chychrun
D - Rielly

G - Hill
G - Thompson
Schmid
Woll
Campbell
Grubauer


I think it's safe to say, everyone else will be playing for 2nd place...

6 goalies and no clear cut starter?

 

[Neutrinos]

6 goalies and no clear cut starter?

It's a roto league, so I have 164 games to play with out of the goalie position

Do I care if it's a clear cut starter or a backup padding my team's goalie stats?

No, I do not...

I'll start goalies based on favourable match-ups, and by season's end I should be among my league's leaders in goalie stats

 

[Neutrinos]

Just had a ridiculously successful draft in my standard 12-team roto Yahoo! Winner's League

C - MacKinnon
C - Zibanejad
LW - Stutzle
LW - Dubois
RW - JT Miller
RW - Kempe
D - Bouchard
D - Nurse
D - Rielly
D - Chychrun
Lindholm

G - Samsonov
G - Campbell
Schmid
Grubauer
Woll


Not much use for Lindholm, but his upside in the 3rd to last round was too much to ignore, so hopefully he gets off to a strong start, and I'm able to package him for an upgrade on D, otherwise I'll use his roster spot at some point to grab another goaltender

Evander Kane was still available when I selected Dubois, but I wanted to pad my PP points knowing that Nurse was one of my targets on D

Overall, I'm very pleased with my squad. I should have the best offense in the league, and while my goaltending may look suspect, I'll rotate them into the lineup based on favourable match-ups, so I should finish near the top in the goalie categories

 

[542365]

12 Team ESPN league that I’ve won three out of the past four years. Picked 12th in the draft.

Points for G, A, PPP, SHP, Hits, PIMS, Blocks, Faceoffs won, Wins, OTL, Saves

Barkov
Horvat
Marchand
Kreider
Kucherov
Laine
Makar
Josi
Seider
Bouchard
Guentzel
E. Kane
Terry
Schmaltz
Hartman

Vasilevski(IR)
Grubauer
Vejmelka
Campbell

Prioritized defense and waited a long time on goalies but I’m happy with how it turned out. I’ll probably use the Hartman and Vejmelka spots as streaming spots throughout the year.

 

[Anomie2029]

14 team ESPN league, where I was picking 13th:

F - J Hughes
F - K Kaprizov
F - A Barkov
F - M Beniers
F - P Laine
F - J McCann
F - R Rakell
F - M Stone
F - C Brown
F - A Duclair
F - N Kadri
F - B Hayton

D - B Burns
D - B Byram
D - S Jones
D - J Moser
D - R Sandin
D - J Drysdale
D - O Power
D - J Slavin

G - A Georgiev
G - J Campbell

Line-up will have 9 Forwards, 5 Defense, 2 Goalies, and one Utility.

 

[Slats432]

F	Leon Draisaitl EdmF	MOVE	--
F	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins EdmF	MOVE	--
F	William Nylander TorF	MOVE	--
F	Pierre-Luc Dubois LAF	MOVE	--
F	Martin Necas CarF	MOVE	--
F	Dylan Cozens BufF	MOVE	--
F	Mathew Barzal NYIF	MOVE	--
F	Jonathan Marchessault VgkF	MOVE	--
F	Robert Thomas StLF	MOVE	--
D	Cale Makar ColD	MOVE	--
D	Miro Heiskanen DalD	MOVE	--
D	Evan Bouchard EdmD	MOVE	--
D	Quinn Hughes VanD	MOVE	--
D	Sean Durzi AriD	MOVE	@NJ	5:00 PM
UTIL	Matt Duchene DalF	MOVE	--
Bench	Zach Hyman EdmF	MOVE	--
Bench	Jonathan Huberdeau CgyF	MOVE	--
Bench	Drake Batherson OttF	MOVE	--
Bench	Morgan Rielly TorD	MOVE	--
Bench	Evander Kane EdmF	MOVE	--
IR	Empty		--

GOALIES	OCTOBER 13
SLOT	PLAYER	ACTION	OPP	STATUS
G	Igor Shesterkin NYRG	MOVE	--
G	Joonas Korpisalo OttG	MOVE	--

 

[Devilsfan2326]

Grabbed a lot of geezers, and I like it. Made sure to have a high diversity of teams, and match my goalie to a couple star players. That way I won’t have to pit at least some star players against my own goalie. Also in consideration of the playoffs, I preferred players on teams that would be fighting for a spot in April, and deprioritized goalies since they seem to always get rested in April. I can just pick up the strong team’s back-up for that if I want. And back-ups always get the easier matches anyway. ESPN 10-team league H2H points. Draft order by position, age included:

Draisaitl (27)
Kucherov (30)
Crosby (36)
Ovechkin (38)
Stamkos(33)
Keller (25)
Malkin (37)
Kopitar (36)
Huberdeau (30)
Benn (34)
Nelson (31)
P. Kane (34)
Giroux (35)
Duchene (32)

Hamilton (30)
Burns (38)
Jones (29)
Toews (29)
Rielly (29)
Martinez (36)

Vasilevskiy (29)
Kuemper (33)

17 different teams (of a highest possible 22), assuming Kane becomes a Sabre or stays a Ranger.

While Kane, Martinez, and Vasilevskiy are on IR, Zacha, Drouin, and Levi sub in. Only two IR spots so Martinez/Kuemper are floating in FA. Kane/Vasilevskiy on IR.

I also save one spot to use up my 6 acquisitions for the week if I feel the need to pad extra points. Add/Drop players from FA who have favorable matchups to increase games played each week.

If they do well a couple months into the season, the team name will become Geezers Got Game, or Geezer’s New Groove, or Old Man Strength. I have not kept up with hockey much the last few years, so I took guys with legacy or bounceback potential. Even still, I think these guys will be very formidable.

 

[HansonBro]

Dynasty draft. Kind of fealt like a week year tbh. Didnt start till pick 22

Zellweger
Nick Backstrom (yes he was available)
Hofer
Danielson
Harley
Mateychuck

I really wanted Mintyukov, Stankoven and Benson but other people ruined my plans. So overall I just made the best out of a bad situation. Hoping to flip Backstrom and if any one of the other picks actually pans out ill be happy

 

[Mr Bojanglez]

10 team. Head to Head. Standard stats plus - FWs, Hits, Blocks, SHP, Saves Shutouts:

1.	(1)	Connor McDavid (EDM - C)
2.	(20)	Alexandar Georgiev (COL - G)
3.	(21)	Timo Meier (NJ - LW,RW)
4.	(40)	William Nylander (TOR - RW)
5.	(41)	Roman Josi (NSH - D)
6.	(60)	Claude Giroux (OTT - C,RW)
7.	(61)	Quinn Hughes (VAN - D)
8.	(80)	Tristan Jarry (PIT - G)
9.	(81)	Jake Guentzel (PIT - LW)
10.	(100)	Anze Kopitar (LA - C)
11.	(101)	Evander Kane (EDM - LW)
12.	(120)	Mark Scheifele (WPG - C)
13.	(121)	Patrik Laine (CBJ - LW,RW)
14.	(140)	Brock Nelson (NYI - C)
15.	(141)	Tanner Jeannot (TB - LW,RW)
16.	(160)	Philipp Grubauer (SEA - G)
17.	(161)	Mathew Barzal (NYI - C,RW)
18.	(180)	Matt Duchene (DAL - C,RW)
19.	(181)	Zach Werenski (CBJ - D)
20.	(200)	Shea Theodore (VGK - D)

This was about 2 weeks ago. Love my Guentzel pick.. Scheifele late is good for center position, and also Laine getting FWs to start helps. Managed to get 2 quality RWs... and waited on center depth.

Currently getting blown up by a guy that has Ottenger and Saros... but overall like my team.

 

[Devilsfan2326]

I’ve moved some players since my last post. Also made a trade for Troy Terry. It’s ESPN 10 teams h2h points with the standard stats, except shot blocks are half value, significantly reducing the point contribution of most defensemen.

FORWARDS:
Draisaitl
Kucherov
Crosby
Ovechkin
Stamkos
Keller
Malkin
Kopitar
Giroux

DEFENSEMEN:
Hamilton
Burns
Jones
Rielly
Doughty

UTILITY:
Nelson

BENCH:
Toews
Mintyukov
Benn
Terry
Carlsson

GOALIES:
Johansson (Tampa)
Woll (Toronto)

IR:
Vasilevskiy
Patty Kane

Right now it would be a hard decision to decide who to drop if someone came off IR and they needed space. Even for goaltending, Johansson just had two shutouts in a row.