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You all may have noticed a thread the last week or so where a few of us drafted a complete fantasy roster. The draft is now complete and we'd love some feedback on the rosters we have constructed. The parameters were a 88M cap, 23 man rosters, 2015 draft eligibles in play, no overseas players and cap hits determined by their 2015-16 salary (UFA/RFAs were allowed to use their salary from 2014-15).
Please help choose the "best" roster below. Best in terms of best team to take the ice now and in the future, essentially which roster you would choose as your own. The poll above is for "best roster" but if you have any opinions on best/worst use of cap space, most/least realistic, etc then we'd love to hear your opinions. This is all in fun, I'll reveal the anonymous team GMs when the poll closes (or you can cheat and look in the other thread).
Please help choose the "best" roster below. Best in terms of best team to take the ice now and in the future, essentially which roster you would choose as your own. The poll above is for "best roster" but if you have any opinions on best/worst use of cap space, most/least realistic, etc then we'd love to hear your opinions. This is all in fun, I'll reveal the anonymous team GMs when the poll closes (or you can cheat and look in the other thread).
Team A: Atlanta Flames
Andrew Ladd (4.4) - Anze Kopitar (6.8) - Patrick Kane (10.5)
Gustav Nyquist (.950) - Matt Duchene (6.0) - Patrick Sharp (5.9)
Jeff Skinner (5.725) - Jack Eichel (.925) - Nail Yakupov (2.5)
Curtis Lazar (.894) - Brandon Sutter (3.3) - Tom Wilson (.894)
Dylan Larkin (.925), Jamie McGinn (2.95)
Jonas Brodin (4.16) - Drew Doughty (7.0)
Morgan Rielly (.894) - Tyler Myers (5.5)
Patrick Wiercoich (2.0) - Matt Dumba (.894)
Josh Morrissey (.894)
Roberto Luongo (4.53)
John Gibson (.721)
= 79.25M
Team B: Atlanta Thrashers
James Van Riemsdyk (4.250m) - John Tavares[C] (5.5m) - Mika Zibanejad (925k)
Alex Galchenyuk (925k) - Ryan O'Reilly[A] (6m) - Jiri Hudler (4m)
Alex Tanguay (3.5m) - Tomas Plekanec (5m) - Jaromir Jagr (3.5m)
Matt Beleskey (1.350m) - Carl Soderberg (1m) - Nikolai Kulemin (4.187.5m)
Duncan Keith[A] (5,538,462m) - Brent Burns (5.760m)
Simon Despres (900k) - Tyson Barrie (2.6m)
Mattias Ekholm (1.037.5m) - Jared Spurgeon (2,666,667m)
Pekka Rinne (7m)
Andrew Hammond (1.350m)
Nacho Connoisseurs: Jarred Tinordi(870k) - Patrick Bordeleau (1m) - Artem Anisimov (3.283m)
cap: 72,143,129
Team C: Brooklyn Americans
Alex Ovechkin(9.538) - Ryan Getzlaf (8.250) -Mats Zuccarello (4.500)
Johnny Gaudreau (1.850) - Ryan Kesler (5.00) - Nikita Kucherov (0.894)
Ryan Callahan (5.800) - Kevin Hayes (3.750) - Kyle Okposo (2.800)
Michael Frolik (3.300) -Bo Horvat (1.744) - Devante Smith Pelly (.800)
Erik Johnson (3.750) - Jay Bouwmeester (5.400)
Dan Hamhuis (4.500) - Justin Faulk (4.833)
Kris Russell (2.600)-Shea Theodore (.894)
Cory Schnieder (6.00)
Scott Darling (.570)
Scratches:
Adam Lowry (0.925)
Nick Ritchie (.925)
Chris Bigras (.894)
Total Cap - $79.517
Team D: California Golden Seals
Evander Kane (5.250) - Sean Monahan (.925) - Jakub Voracek (4.250)
Jaden Schwartz (2.350) - Kyle Turris (3.500) - James Neal (5.000)
Chris Kreider (2.475) - Zemgus Girgensons (.894) - Brendan Gallagher (3.750)
Adam Henrique (4.000) - Lars Eller (3.500) - Tyler Ennis (4.600)
Max Domi (.863) - Mikko Rantanen (.950)
TJ Brodie (4.650) - Alex Pietrangelo (6.500)
Karl Alzner (2.800) - Dougie Hamilton (.894)
Danny Dekeyser (2.187) - Erik Gudbranson (2.500)
Jon Merrill (.840)
Carey Price (6.500)
Steve Mason (4.100)
Current Cap Used: 73.278
Team E: Colorado Rockies
Taylor Hall(6mil) - Nathan Mackinnon(0.925mil) - Corey Perry(8.625mil)
Marian Gaborik(4.875mil) - Patrice Bergeron(6.5mil) - Marian Hossa(5.275mil)
Alex Steen(5.8mil) - Val Filppula(5mil) - Jarome Iginla(5.333mil)
Andrew Cogliano(3mil) - Sean Couturier(1.75mil) - Carl Hagelin (2.25mil)
Andrej Sekera(2.75mil) - Erik Karlsson(6.5mil)
Olli Maata(0.894mil) - Kevin Shattenkirk(4.25mil)
Darnell Nurse(0.925mil) - Zach Bogosian (5.142mil)
Devan Dubnyk (0.800mil)
Ryan Miller(6mil)
extras:
Nik Ehlers (0.925mil)
Kerby Rychel (0.925ml)
Connor Hellebuyck
total cap $85,369,000
Team F: Hartford Whalers
Jamie Benn "A" (5.25) - Aleksander Barkov (0.925) - Blake Wheeler (5.60)
Tomas Tatar (2.75) - Derick Brassard (5.00) - Evgeny Kuznetsov (0.900)
Nino Niederreiter (2.666,667) - Nick Bjugstad (4.10) - Bryan Little (4.70)
Justin Abdelkader (1.80) - Darren Helm (2.125) - Sam Reinhart (0.925)
Cam Fowler (4.00) - Shea Weber "C" (7.857,143)
Niklas Kronwall "A" (4.75) - Jacob Trouba (0.894,167)
Trevor Daley (3.30) - Damon Severson (0.605,833)
Jonathan Quick (5.80)
Robin Lehner (2.225)
Press box: Michael Dal Colle (0.925), Scott Laughton (0.863,333), Mirco Mueller (0.894,167)
Total: $68.856,310
Cap Space: $19.143,690
Team G: Minnesota North Stars
J. Huberdeau (0.894) - L. Couture (6.000) - T. Oshie (4.175)
M. Boedker (2.55) - D. Krejci (5.250) - L. Eriksson [A] (4.25)
T. Hertl (0.925) - M. Hanzal (3.100) - D. Brown [C] (5.875)
V. Namestnikov (0.925) - C. Eakin (1.900) - R. Smith (3.425)
E. Condra (1.25) - L. Draisaitl (0.925)
V. Hedman [A] (4.000) - S. Jones (0.925)
O. Ekman-Larsson (5.500) - C. Ceci (0.894)
N. Hanifin (0.925) - A. McQuaid (1.567)
G. Reinhart (0.925)
T. Rask (7.000)
C. Pickard (0.622)
Cap Hit: $63.771 M
Cap Space: $24.229 M
Team H: Montreal Wanderers
Nick Foligno --Evgeni Malkin -- Vlad Tarasenko
Alex Killorn-- Pavel Datsyuk -- Radim Vrbata
Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Bobby Ryan
Marcus Johansson-- Mark Scheifele -- Anthony Mantha
Lawson Crouse -- Dylan Strome
Dmitry Kulikov -- Johnny Boychuk
Nikita Zadorov -- Dustin Byfuglien
Brooks Orpik -- Dennis Wideman
Ivan Provorov
Semyon Varlamov
Andrey Vasilevskiy
Total Cap Hit: $85,896,333
Team I: Nashville Predators
Pacioretty(4.5)-Backstrom(6.70)-Nichushkin(.925)
Parise(7.538462)- Nugent-Hopkins(6.0) - Simmonds(3.975)
Nash(7.8) - Jordan Staal(6.0) - Pastrnak (.925)
Martin(1.0) - Shaw(2.0) - Clutterbuck (2.75)
Josi(4.0) - Ekblad(.925)
Muzzin(4.0) - Ellis(2.5)
Gorges(3.9) - Klein(2.9)
F. Anderson (1.15)
Allen (.850)
Extras
Wennberg (.925)
Duclair (.7725)
Gudas (.991667)
Salary- 73.027629
Cap- 88.00
Space- 14.972371
Team J: Pittsburgh Pirates
Hartnell 4.75 - Seguin 5.75 - Forsberg .832
Lee .850 - Johnson 3.33 - Strome .863
Drouin .894 - Stastny 7.0 - Williams 3.65
Komarov 2.95 - Sheahan .950 - Fast .783
Leddy 5.5 - Carlson 3.9
Hjalmarsson 4.1 - Klingberg 4.25
Gardiner 4.05- Tanev 4.45
Nylander .925
Oleksiak .833
Petry 3.075
Bishop 5.95
Mzarek .550
Cap = 70.185
Team K: Quebec Bulldogs
Saad - Crosby - Hornqvist
Hoffman - Toews - Pavelski
Nelson - Thornton - Toffoli
Marchand - Bäcklund- C.Smith
Marner, Fiala
Giordano - Strålman
Vlasic - Vatanen
Enström - Braun
Greene
Lundqvist
Läck
Cap ~87M
Team L: Quebec Nordiques
Gabriel Landeskog(C)(5.571)-Ryan Johansen(4.00)-Jeff Carter(A)(5.273)
Sam Bennett(.925)-Connor McDavid(.925)-Jordan Eberle(6.00)
Eric Staal(A)(8.25)-Jason Spezza(7.5)-Elias Lindholm(.925)
Tanner Pearson(1.4)-Brayden Schenn(2.5)-Zack Kassian(1.75)
Hampus Lindholm(.925)-Kris Letang(7.25)
Ryan Murray(.894)-Adam Larsson(.900)
Marc Staal(5.7)-Travis Hamonic(3.857)
Braden Holtby(1.85)
Jonathan Bernier(2.9)
Extras: Derrick Pouliot(.863)-Ryan Pulock(.894)-Jake Virtanen(.925)
Cap:71.977
Team M: Vancouver Millionaires
Henrik Zetterberg (6.083) - Claude Giroux (8.275) - Phil Kessel (8.000)
Ondrej Palat (3.333) - Derek Stepan (3.075) - Mark Stone (0.873)
Milan Lucic (6.000) - Brandon Dubinsky (5.850) - Boone Jenner (0.778)
Teuvo Teravainen (0.894) - Marcus Kruger (1.325) - Jakob Silfverberg (0.850)
Ryan McDonagh (4.700) - PK Subban (9.000)
Keith Yandle (2.625) - Brent Seabrook (5.800)
Braydon Coburn (4.500) - Rasmus Ristolainen (0.925)
Sergei Bobrovsky (7.425)
Michael Hutchinson (0.575)
BMS 3rd Stringers, AKA "Special Teams Unit"
Artem Panarin (0.950)
Lance Bouma (0.775)
Oscar Klefbom (0.894)
Cap Used: 77.494 mil/88.000 mil
Andrew Ladd (4.4) - Anze Kopitar (6.8) - Patrick Kane (10.5)
Gustav Nyquist (.950) - Matt Duchene (6.0) - Patrick Sharp (5.9)
Jeff Skinner (5.725) - Jack Eichel (.925) - Nail Yakupov (2.5)
Curtis Lazar (.894) - Brandon Sutter (3.3) - Tom Wilson (.894)
Dylan Larkin (.925), Jamie McGinn (2.95)
Jonas Brodin (4.16) - Drew Doughty (7.0)
Morgan Rielly (.894) - Tyler Myers (5.5)
Patrick Wiercoich (2.0) - Matt Dumba (.894)
Josh Morrissey (.894)
Roberto Luongo (4.53)
John Gibson (.721)
= 79.25M
Team B: Atlanta Thrashers
James Van Riemsdyk (4.250m) - John Tavares[C] (5.5m) - Mika Zibanejad (925k)
Alex Galchenyuk (925k) - Ryan O'Reilly[A] (6m) - Jiri Hudler (4m)
Alex Tanguay (3.5m) - Tomas Plekanec (5m) - Jaromir Jagr (3.5m)
Matt Beleskey (1.350m) - Carl Soderberg (1m) - Nikolai Kulemin (4.187.5m)
Duncan Keith[A] (5,538,462m) - Brent Burns (5.760m)
Simon Despres (900k) - Tyson Barrie (2.6m)
Mattias Ekholm (1.037.5m) - Jared Spurgeon (2,666,667m)
Pekka Rinne (7m)
Andrew Hammond (1.350m)
Nacho Connoisseurs: Jarred Tinordi(870k) - Patrick Bordeleau (1m) - Artem Anisimov (3.283m)
cap: 72,143,129
Team C: Brooklyn Americans
Alex Ovechkin(9.538) - Ryan Getzlaf (8.250) -Mats Zuccarello (4.500)
Johnny Gaudreau (1.850) - Ryan Kesler (5.00) - Nikita Kucherov (0.894)
Ryan Callahan (5.800) - Kevin Hayes (3.750) - Kyle Okposo (2.800)
Michael Frolik (3.300) -Bo Horvat (1.744) - Devante Smith Pelly (.800)
Erik Johnson (3.750) - Jay Bouwmeester (5.400)
Dan Hamhuis (4.500) - Justin Faulk (4.833)
Kris Russell (2.600)-Shea Theodore (.894)
Cory Schnieder (6.00)
Scott Darling (.570)
Scratches:
Adam Lowry (0.925)
Nick Ritchie (.925)
Chris Bigras (.894)
Total Cap - $79.517
Team D: California Golden Seals
Evander Kane (5.250) - Sean Monahan (.925) - Jakub Voracek (4.250)
Jaden Schwartz (2.350) - Kyle Turris (3.500) - James Neal (5.000)
Chris Kreider (2.475) - Zemgus Girgensons (.894) - Brendan Gallagher (3.750)
Adam Henrique (4.000) - Lars Eller (3.500) - Tyler Ennis (4.600)
Max Domi (.863) - Mikko Rantanen (.950)
TJ Brodie (4.650) - Alex Pietrangelo (6.500)
Karl Alzner (2.800) - Dougie Hamilton (.894)
Danny Dekeyser (2.187) - Erik Gudbranson (2.500)
Jon Merrill (.840)
Carey Price (6.500)
Steve Mason (4.100)
Current Cap Used: 73.278
Team E: Colorado Rockies
Taylor Hall(6mil) - Nathan Mackinnon(0.925mil) - Corey Perry(8.625mil)
Marian Gaborik(4.875mil) - Patrice Bergeron(6.5mil) - Marian Hossa(5.275mil)
Alex Steen(5.8mil) - Val Filppula(5mil) - Jarome Iginla(5.333mil)
Andrew Cogliano(3mil) - Sean Couturier(1.75mil) - Carl Hagelin (2.25mil)
Andrej Sekera(2.75mil) - Erik Karlsson(6.5mil)
Olli Maata(0.894mil) - Kevin Shattenkirk(4.25mil)
Darnell Nurse(0.925mil) - Zach Bogosian (5.142mil)
Devan Dubnyk (0.800mil)
Ryan Miller(6mil)
extras:
Nik Ehlers (0.925mil)
Kerby Rychel (0.925ml)
Connor Hellebuyck
total cap $85,369,000
Team F: Hartford Whalers
Jamie Benn "A" (5.25) - Aleksander Barkov (0.925) - Blake Wheeler (5.60)
Tomas Tatar (2.75) - Derick Brassard (5.00) - Evgeny Kuznetsov (0.900)
Nino Niederreiter (2.666,667) - Nick Bjugstad (4.10) - Bryan Little (4.70)
Justin Abdelkader (1.80) - Darren Helm (2.125) - Sam Reinhart (0.925)
Cam Fowler (4.00) - Shea Weber "C" (7.857,143)
Niklas Kronwall "A" (4.75) - Jacob Trouba (0.894,167)
Trevor Daley (3.30) - Damon Severson (0.605,833)
Jonathan Quick (5.80)
Robin Lehner (2.225)
Press box: Michael Dal Colle (0.925), Scott Laughton (0.863,333), Mirco Mueller (0.894,167)
Total: $68.856,310
Cap Space: $19.143,690
Team G: Minnesota North Stars
J. Huberdeau (0.894) - L. Couture (6.000) - T. Oshie (4.175)
M. Boedker (2.55) - D. Krejci (5.250) - L. Eriksson [A] (4.25)
T. Hertl (0.925) - M. Hanzal (3.100) - D. Brown [C] (5.875)
V. Namestnikov (0.925) - C. Eakin (1.900) - R. Smith (3.425)
E. Condra (1.25) - L. Draisaitl (0.925)
V. Hedman [A] (4.000) - S. Jones (0.925)
O. Ekman-Larsson (5.500) - C. Ceci (0.894)
N. Hanifin (0.925) - A. McQuaid (1.567)
G. Reinhart (0.925)
T. Rask (7.000)
C. Pickard (0.622)
Cap Hit: $63.771 M
Cap Space: $24.229 M
Team H: Montreal Wanderers
Nick Foligno --Evgeni Malkin -- Vlad Tarasenko
Alex Killorn-- Pavel Datsyuk -- Radim Vrbata
Daniel Sedin -- Henrik Sedin -- Bobby Ryan
Marcus Johansson-- Mark Scheifele -- Anthony Mantha
Lawson Crouse -- Dylan Strome
Dmitry Kulikov -- Johnny Boychuk
Nikita Zadorov -- Dustin Byfuglien
Brooks Orpik -- Dennis Wideman
Ivan Provorov
Semyon Varlamov
Andrey Vasilevskiy
Total Cap Hit: $85,896,333
Team I: Nashville Predators
Pacioretty(4.5)-Backstrom(6.70)-Nichushkin(.925)
Parise(7.538462)- Nugent-Hopkins(6.0) - Simmonds(3.975)
Nash(7.8) - Jordan Staal(6.0) - Pastrnak (.925)
Martin(1.0) - Shaw(2.0) - Clutterbuck (2.75)
Josi(4.0) - Ekblad(.925)
Muzzin(4.0) - Ellis(2.5)
Gorges(3.9) - Klein(2.9)
F. Anderson (1.15)
Allen (.850)
Extras
Wennberg (.925)
Duclair (.7725)
Gudas (.991667)
Salary- 73.027629
Cap- 88.00
Space- 14.972371
Team J: Pittsburgh Pirates
Hartnell 4.75 - Seguin 5.75 - Forsberg .832
Lee .850 - Johnson 3.33 - Strome .863
Drouin .894 - Stastny 7.0 - Williams 3.65
Komarov 2.95 - Sheahan .950 - Fast .783
Leddy 5.5 - Carlson 3.9
Hjalmarsson 4.1 - Klingberg 4.25
Gardiner 4.05- Tanev 4.45
Nylander .925
Oleksiak .833
Petry 3.075
Bishop 5.95
Mzarek .550
Cap = 70.185
Team K: Quebec Bulldogs
Saad - Crosby - Hornqvist
Hoffman - Toews - Pavelski
Nelson - Thornton - Toffoli
Marchand - Bäcklund- C.Smith
Marner, Fiala
Giordano - Strålman
Vlasic - Vatanen
Enström - Braun
Greene
Lundqvist
Läck
Cap ~87M
Team L: Quebec Nordiques
Gabriel Landeskog(C)(5.571)-Ryan Johansen(4.00)-Jeff Carter(A)(5.273)
Sam Bennett(.925)-Connor McDavid(.925)-Jordan Eberle(6.00)
Eric Staal(A)(8.25)-Jason Spezza(7.5)-Elias Lindholm(.925)
Tanner Pearson(1.4)-Brayden Schenn(2.5)-Zack Kassian(1.75)
Hampus Lindholm(.925)-Kris Letang(7.25)
Ryan Murray(.894)-Adam Larsson(.900)
Marc Staal(5.7)-Travis Hamonic(3.857)
Braden Holtby(1.85)
Jonathan Bernier(2.9)
Extras: Derrick Pouliot(.863)-Ryan Pulock(.894)-Jake Virtanen(.925)
Cap:71.977
Team M: Vancouver Millionaires
Henrik Zetterberg (6.083) - Claude Giroux (8.275) - Phil Kessel (8.000)
Ondrej Palat (3.333) - Derek Stepan (3.075) - Mark Stone (0.873)
Milan Lucic (6.000) - Brandon Dubinsky (5.850) - Boone Jenner (0.778)
Teuvo Teravainen (0.894) - Marcus Kruger (1.325) - Jakob Silfverberg (0.850)
Ryan McDonagh (4.700) - PK Subban (9.000)
Keith Yandle (2.625) - Brent Seabrook (5.800)
Braydon Coburn (4.500) - Rasmus Ristolainen (0.925)
Sergei Bobrovsky (7.425)
Michael Hutchinson (0.575)
BMS 3rd Stringers, AKA "Special Teams Unit"
Artem Panarin (0.950)
Lance Bouma (0.775)
Oscar Klefbom (0.894)
Cap Used: 77.494 mil/88.000 mil
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