My pools a keeper league thats been ongoing for about 6 years I think. As stated I managed to finish last to retain the first pick in the upcomming draft. I have M.A Fleury already as well as Cam Ward and was thinking of taking Seman Varlamov from russia 1st overall?? other guys available are guys like bobby ryan, shrempf, andy macdonald, prucha, umberger, bernier...etc. thoughts???
I dunno boys. Some guys here seemed to actually understand and some seemed to just feel the need to post. I know its hard for some of you to understand my position in my league and its structure but in a keeper league you go through phases, such as rebuilding. Rebuilding would be deffined as my teams getting old and not matching up anymore, resulting in a "sell off" of older talent for younger talent/prospects/draft picks.
For instance my trade
selanne 35.83 (age)
alffy 33.5
sundin 35.5
for
J Williams 24.5
Frolov 24
legwand 25
1st2006 (turns out to be the 13th pickoverall)
So yes granted i gave up the better players. But in reality those players do me no good in 2 years when they retire or get injured anyday. So you sell them off while you can still get "full" value for them persay. Again you only do that once your team is getting beyond repairable by a simple trade. With 13 poolies and a 28 man roster we go pretty deep into drafting and take it pretty serious. History shows that the top 3 finishers (money winners) win with their team built around their goalies. Mainly meaning you want your team to "peak" at the same time your goalies do. Goalies are the most valuable asset in this pool.
So for those who think someone is doing something wrong, why not try and help them rather than posting nonsence and looking no better than what apparently you think you are.
So anyways did anyone watch varlamov in the IIHF under 18 tourney in april?? I caught a couple games and he made some very good saves and looked solid. Going by the books and magazines are good to some point but nothings better than scouting your own. I see Antropov gets picked what 13th overall? by the leafs and watching that kid skate like a donkey I wonder how anyone thought hed be good boggles my mind. Peace