Which fantasy teams would win in a 7 game series this year?

[Joey Moss]

Please help vote on teams competing in a Fantasy Mock Draft. You need to pick one team from each matchup based on which you think would win in a 7 game series this year assuming everyone is healthy. The teams are labeled A or B and numbered based on the series. Here are the rosters and matchups:

TEAM A1
Mike Hoffman - Sebastian Aho - Josh Bailey
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Seguin - Justin Williams
Carl Hagelin - Andrew Shaw - Richard Panik
Mark Jankowski - Jordan Martinook - Sam Bennett

Hampus Lindholm - Charlie McAvoy
TJ Brodie - Jacob Trouba
Jordie Benn - Noah Dobson

Matt Murray
Cal Petersen

TEAM B1
Zach Parise - Sean Monahan - Alex Radulov
Tyler Johnson - Vincent Trocheck - Josh Anderson
Ryan Donato - Mikko Koivu - Michael Grabner
Antoine Roussel - Chandler Stephenson - Leo Komarov

Morgan Rielly - Erik Cernak
Adam Pelech - Shea Weber
Michael Del Zotto - Colin Miller

Jordan Binnington
Curtis McElhinney

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TEAM A2
Jake Guentzel - Sidney Crosby - Brett Connolly
Oskar Lindblom - Kevin Hayes - Phil Kessel
Brendan Lemieux - Chris Tierney - Colton Sissons
Pierre Engvall - Pavel Zacha - Tomas Nosek

Jake Muzzin - Seth Jones
Vince Dunn - Ethan Bear
Dan Hamhuis - Matt Benning

Carey Price
Alex Stalock

TEAM B2
Jake Virtanen - Leon Draisaitl - Reilly Smith
Alex Killorn - Brayden Schenn - Alex Iafallo
Nicolas Aube-Kubel - Jack Roslovic - Adam Gaudette
Nick Paul - David Backes - Andrew Ladd

Ryan Graves - Aaron Ekblad
Matt Grzelcyk - Brandon Montour
Nathan Beaulieu - Mark Pysyk

Jacob Markstrom
Joonas Korpisalo

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TEAM A3
Jeff Skinner - Connor McDavid - Teuvo Teravainen
Jonathan Drouin - Matt Duchene - Ryan Dzingel
Danton Heinen - Kirby Dach - Dominik Kahun
Brock McGinn - Brian Boyle - Brandon Pirri

Sam Girard - Jared Spurgeon
Dmitry Orlov - Nick Leddy
Jamie Oleksiak - Greg Pateryn

Devan Dubnyk
Cam Talbot

TEAM B3
Alex Galchenyuk - Pierre-Lub Dubois - Mark Stone
Denis Gurianov - Anthony Cirelli - Tom Wilson
Miles Wood - Nick Bonino - Joel Armia
Nicolas Deslauriers - Brandon Sutter - Blake Comeau

Roman Josi - Chris Tanev
Ryan Murray - Adam Fox
Jonas Siegenthaler - Stephen Johns

Tristan Jarry
Semyon Varlamov

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TEAM A4
Brad Marchand - Sean Couturier - Kyle Palmieri
Adrian Kempe - Nico Hischier - Timo Meier
Marcus Johansson - Martin Necas - Paul Byron
Joakim Nygard - Derek Ryan - Josh Archibald

Ryan McDonagh - Colton Parayko
Will Butcher - Sami Vatanen
Mirco Mueller - Trevor van Riemsdyk

Pekka Rinne
Martin Jones

TEAM B4
Micheal Ferland - Steven Stamkos - Vladimir Tarasenko
Matthew Tkachuk - Mikael Backlund - Ilya Kovalchuk
Lawson Crouse - Charlie Coyle - Gabriel Vilardi
Zach Aston-Reese - Mitchell Stephens - Ryan Reaves

Duncan Keith - Neal Pionk
Joel Edmundson - Jason Demers
Mike Reilly - Robert Bortuzzo

John Gibson
Adin Hill

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TEAM A5
Max Pacioretty - Ryan O'Reilly - T.J Oshie
Patrick Marleau - Logan Couture - Rickard Rakell
Andrew Mangiapane - Jordan Staal - Josh Leivo
William Carrier - Jordan Weal - Troy Terry

Alex Edler - Alex Pietrangelo
Devon Toews - Dylan DeMelo
Dmitry Kulikov - Radko Gudas

Elvis Merzlikins
Craig Anderson

TEAM B5
Andre Burakovsky - Nicklas Backstrom - Jesper Fast
Alex Nylander - William Karlsson - Elias Lindholm
Calle Jarnkrok - Johan Larsson - Jakob Silfverberg
Kevin Stenlund - Lucas Wallmark - Melker Karlsson

Victor Hedman - Anton Stralman
Marcus Pettersson - Jonas Brodin
Jacob Larsson - Tim Heed

Robin Lehner
Anders Nilsson

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TEAM A6
Gabriel Landeskog - John Tavares - Jason Zucker
Tanner Pearson - Brayden Point - Joonas Donskoi
J.T Compher - Derick Brassard - Andreas Johnsson
Zach MacEwan - Brad Richardson - Jordan Kyrou

Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Nate Schmidt
Jake Gardiner - Matt Niskanen
Victor Mete - Josh Manson

Pavel Francouz
Jack Campbell

TEAM B6
Tomas Tatar - Elias Pettersson - Anthony Mantha
Nino Niederreiter - Joe Pavelski - Ondrej Kase
Matt Nieto - Alex Wennberg - Vinnie Hinostroza
Mathieu Perreault - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Denis Malgin

Mark Giordano - P.K. Subban
Erik Gustafsson - Brenden Dillon
Jon Merrill - Taylor Fedun

Sergei Bobrovsky
Thomas Greiss

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TEAM A7
Brandon Saad - Aleksander Barkov - Evgeni Dadanov
Andreas Athanasiou - Claude Giroux - Cam Atkinson
Jimmy Vesey - Cody Eakin - Anders Bjork
Patrick Maroon - Noel Acciari - Vladimir Sobotka

Calvin de Haan - Brent Burns
Esa Lindell - David Savard
Nick Holden - John Moore

Ben Bishop
Louis Domingue

TEAM B7
Taylor Hall - Nathan MacKinnon - Corey Perry
Jordan Greenway - Sam Reinhart - Bryan Rust
Mikkel Boedker - Radek Faksa - Colin White
Austin Wagner - Andrew Cogliano - Daniel Sprong

Travis Dermott - Drew Doughty
Darnell Nurse - Niklas Hjalmarsson
Shayne Gostisbehere - Madison Bowey

Marc-Andre Fleury
Mike Smith

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TEAM A8
Alex DeBrincat - Evgeni Malkin - Mikael Granlund
Roope Hintz - Jonathan Toews - Yanni Gourde
Jason Dickinson - Joel Eriksson-Ek - Vladislav Namestnikov
Trevor Moore - Luke Glendening - Cal Clutterbuck

Rasmus Dahlin - Brett Pesce
Alec Martinez - Adam Boqvist
Christian Djoos - Justin Holl

Braden Holtby
Ryan Miller

TEAM B8
Brady Tkachuk - Mika Zibanejad - Mats Zuccarello
Jamie Benn - Adam Henrique - Brock Boeser
Ilya Mikheyev - Nick Bjugstad - Wayne Simmonds
Milan Lucic - Jason Spezza - Darren Helm

Mattias Ekholm - Dougie Hamilton
Ben Chiarot - John Marino
Andy Greene - Dante Fabbro

Juuse Saros
Jonathan Bernier​

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[Ainec]

Oskar Lindblom has cancer
#oskarstrong

A2 and B2 is tough

 

[Ainec]

A1
A3
A5
A6
B7
B8

A2 vs B2 (flipped a coin)


A4 (garbage goaltending) vs B4 (entire first line is injury prone)
^ idk

 

[TopShelfWaterBottle]

A3 vs B7

 

[Llamamoto]

A3 vs B7

Vote! We need as many votes as we can get.

 

[hockeynorth]

B4's depth is better

 

[hockeynorth]

A1
A3
A5
A6
B7
B8

A2 vs B2 (flipped a coin)


A4 (garbage goaltending) vs B4 (entire first line is injury prone)
^ idk

You’re assuming every team is heathy that’s the important part

 

[Ainec]

You’re assuming every team is heathy that’s the important part

Durability is a factor in a 7 game series

 

[hockeynorth]

Durability is a factor in a 7 game series

True but part of the criteria was assuming full health

 

[hockeynorth]

OH MAN a5/B5 neck in neck

 

[m0pe]

That B5 team is All Swedish? Wow. That chemistry would be insane...definitely gotta vote for them

 

[hockeynorth]

Honestly I voted A5 but was super conflicted and am leaning more B5 now the more I look at it, I voted super quick as I was busy...

B4 though has the better goaltending, D depth and offensive depth, yes A4 has more big names at the top but their depth is a huge drop off in comparison. The Tarasenko/Stamkos, Tkachuk/Backlund pairs are awesome too, I really think they should go over A4.

 

[belair]

Honestly I voted A5 but was super conflicted and am leaning more B5 now the more I look at it, I voted super quick as I was busy...

B4 though has the better goaltending, D depth and offensive depth, yes A4 has more big names at the top but their depth is a huge drop off in comparison. The Tarasenko/Stamkos, Tkachuk/Backlund pairs are awesome too, I really think they should go over A4.

Fun police.

You were in the draft. You didn't notice the guy drafting the all Swedish team?

Honestly I had them as one of the bottom teams. Neat idea, but they're an incredibly flawed roster. Weak first line, weaker second line, top heavy defense and mediocre goaltending. A5 is deep through the middle, has six top four defensemen and ridiculously deep scoring depth.

The fact that it's so close shows how unreliable these polls are.

 

[Paralyzer008]

Durability is a factor in a 7 game series

Saying Tarasenko is not durable because he had one injury this year makes me wonder if you follow the Blues at all.

77 games, 80 games, 82 games, 80 games, 76 games prior to this year.

Say it about Ferland and Stamkos, even though this is a "if they were healthy" playoff vote, but like really?

 

[biturbo19]

A1. Stronger pretty much top to bottom, but especially that defence.

A2. Better depth down the middle, and despite having a non-player with cancer 2LW, i can't overlook the edge A has in the defence corps either.

A3. Better high end talent up front by far. Don't love the lack of size/physicality in general, or the pair of smurfs on defence, but the latter is a pretty simple fix to just split them up and have a better mix. And the roster is just too much stronger to worry about that.

A4. Tough one, but i think there's just a touch more balance, depth, and better fits to A up front, and just a bit more depth on the blueline. Gibson not enough to swing it.

B5. Another tougher one, and you have to love the 1-2-3 punch down the middle for A, but the defence isn't quite as strong, both goalies are untrustworthy but kind of a wash, and i like the top-end of B forward group a bit more, and the potential chemistry. Though it's super weirdly Swedish.

A6. Probably the toughest one for me. Feel like A has a fairly marginal advantage up front and on the blueline, but have to weigh whether that's enough to offset the goaltending deficit with A being particularly weak. I think it is, but it's tough.

A7. Just a far more coherently constructed team. B feels weirdly over-invested in the blueline or something, but not even mostly defencemen i like. To the detriment of Top-6 up front and right down the depth at center in particular. A doesn't have the flashiest defence, but it's a solid group that seem like they'd work well together. That's plenty to carry the much better forward group.

A8. Might be the best 1-2 punch down the middle, and with some decent enough wingers to move around the Top-9. Stronger defence too probably, though B has better depth there. Trust the goaltending of A more behind that though.


I swear i don't just hate the letter B or something.

 

[biturbo19]

A4 (garbage goaltending) vs B4 (entire first line is injury prone)
^ idk

I don't really see A4's goaltending as that garbage. It's obviously not a strength, and it's in the bottom-half for sure, but they've got two guys who can still at least have good stretches here and there, and could probably just ride the hot hand (or less cold hand, or whatever). There are significantly worse goaltending duos here.

Don't really see B4's first line other than Ferland as particularly injury prone either though.

 

[Ainec]

Saying Tarasenko is not durable because he had one injury this year makes me wonder if you follow the Blues at all.

77 games, 80 games, 82 games, 80 games, 76 games prior to this year.

Say it about Ferland and Stamkos, even though this is a "if they were healthy" playoff vote, but like really?

Shoulder injury out for the entire season. That affects his value

 

[Ainec]

I don't really see A4's goaltending as that garbage. It's obviously not a strength, and it's in the bottom-half for sure, but they've got two guys who can still at least have good stretches here and there, and could probably just ride the hot hand (or less cold hand, or whatever). There are significantly worse goaltending duos here.

Don't really see B4's first line other than Ferland as particularly injury prone either though.

Considering all 3 guys are out the entire season. That's a bad sight

Almost achievement worthy to draft 3. On their own it shouldn't affect voting but together it's glaring

 

[Ainec]

A1. Stronger pretty much top to bottom, but especially that defence.

A2. Better depth down the middle, and despite having a non-player with cancer 2LW, i can't overlook the edge A has in the defence corps either.

A3. Better high end talent up front by far. Don't love the lack of size/physicality in general, or the pair of smurfs on defence, but the latter is a pretty simple fix to just split them up and have a better mix. And the roster is just too much stronger to worry about that.

A4. Tough one, but i think there's just a touch more balance, depth, and better fits to A up front, and just a bit more depth on the blueline. Gibson not enough to swing it.

B5. Another tougher one, and you have to love the 1-2-3 punch down the middle for A, but the defence isn't quite as strong, both goalies are untrustworthy but kind of a wash, and i like the top-end of B forward group a bit more, and the potential chemistry. Though it's super weirdly Swedish.

A6. Probably the toughest one for me. Feel like A has a fairly marginal advantage up front and on the blueline, but have to weigh whether that's enough to offset the goaltending deficit with A being particularly weak. I think it is, but it's tough.

A7. Just a far more coherently constructed team. B feels weirdly over-invested in the blueline or something, but not even mostly defencemen i like. To the detriment of Top-6 up front and right down the depth at center in particular. A doesn't have the flashiest defence, but it's a solid group that seem like they'd work well together. That's plenty to carry the much better forward group.

A8. Might be the best 1-2 punch down the middle, and with some decent enough wingers to move around the Top-9. Stronger defence too probably, though B has better depth there. Trust the goaltending of A more behind that though.


I swear i don't just hate the letter B or something.

B7's defense is below average. Same with A7

The team with Hall - MacKinnon - Rust is better (B7)

Also in what universe does team sweden have better top end fwds. I don't think their D is better too

 

[Joey Moss]

Any player like Lindblom, Bouwmeester etc.. who's career has been haulted or had a season ending injury is irrelevant. We drafted with the assumption that players were healthy.

 

[hockeynorth]

Fun police.

You were in the draft. You didn't notice the guy drafting the all Swedish team?

Honestly I had them as one of the bottom teams. Neat idea, but they're an incredibly flawed roster. Weak first line, weaker second line, top heavy defense and mediocre goaltending. A5 is deep through the middle, has six top four defensemen and ridiculously deep scoring depth.

The fact that it's so close shows how unreliable these polls are.

I saw it but in a clear matchup sense I mean

 

[Makaveli]

A5 vs B5 and A7 vs B7 are so damn close

 

[hockeynorth]

You should all switch to B4 over A4... also B5 is gonna do it man........

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Re; Colorado over Dallas (I think)

I voted B3 over A3.

For me all of the Colorado centers may get caved in the playoffs.....and on top of that I'd pick Dallas D and G.

Are people really just looking at the 1st line centers and then voting?

 

[Llamamoto]

Re; Colorado over Dallas (I think)

I voted B3 over A3.

For me all of the Colorado centers may get caved in the playoffs.....and on top of that I'd pick Dallas D and G.

Are people really just looking at the 1st line centers and then voting?

Connor McDavid?

Duchene did really well in the playoffs last year, and Dach is built for the playoffs.