Angus - ask your keeper league question - June 19!

Hey guys... Dobber did one of these a little while back and it was successful.

I will be around to answer your questions today from 1:00pm-2:00pm my time (PST), so from 4:00pm-5:00pm for those of you out in the East.

Ask away! Rumors, keeper help (points/ROTO/H2H, I've done it all), and enjoy.

cheers.

Sweet thanks Angus! My team is in my sig, dynasty w/ $70MM salary cap going into year 1. I waited until the 11th rd to take my 1st goalie and considering, i think i did pretty well. But now leclaire scares me a bit, and tim thomas is the only guy i have to throw in there (picked him cause of his $1.1MM salary next year)... i think i will pick one of ellis or vokoun to replace thomas (vokoun is only available cause of his $5.7MM salary), but I would like to add a goalie prospect, who do you like of varlamov, elliott, enroth, schneider, pavelec, bishop, steve mason or rinne? steve mason would be a nice insurance policy for my leclaire but i dont think he is on the level of enroth, schneider, pavelec...

also, kyle turris salary next year is higher than i anticipated, if i have to pick one of sully or turris to play next year who should it be? (i am leaning towards sully)

thanks for ur help.

Hey Angus,

Thanks for doing this. I'd love your input on my last keeper. We keep 15, and my top 14 are:

F: Malkin, Staal, Kopitar, Backstrom, Rudulov, Brown, O'Sullivan, Marleau
D: Gonchar, Whitney, Letang, E. Johnson
G: Nabokov, Price

For my final keeper, the options are Arnott, Hartnell and Malone. If Malone stayed with PIT he'd be my choice, but now I'm leaning towards Arnott, even though I don't expect him to duplicate last year. Who would you choose from these 3?

Categories: G, A, PIM, +/-, PPG, PPA, SHG, SHA, GWG, SO and Faceoff Wins

With these categories, Arnott has some good value in shots and faceoff wins, which is the main reason I lean towards him. Your thoughts? Thanks a lot.

Thanks ahead of time Angus!

Ok so being a newbie to the keeper league thing I got caught up in the Stamkos hype and traded away my 2nd pick in our inaugural draft (24th overall) for him. Should I try and trade the 1st overall pick for someone like Turris if I could get it, or even more, or just stick to my guns since I basically gave up on Eric Staal for Stamkos? Any advice is appreciated.

I'm still kind of kicking myself here.

keep em coming, for the next hour and a bit! I'm heading out for 15 minutes but then will be around to answer all of these in depth.

Wow! I'm sure this is quite the task your undertaking so I must offer my thanks ahead of time.


My situation is this...

Our deadline has been pushed back till Friday to make this decision...

Salary Keeper League ... 23 roster spots ... no positional requirements .. roto

We have the choice of cutting players immediately. Keeping them at there existing salary for one more year, or keeping them for 3 more years with a $5 raise. After that, all one year contracts become free agents and you have the option of re-signing all 3 year contracts to another 1 or 3 year contract.

Our cap has been set at $370.

My roster as of now stands at...

Malkin $30
Heatley $29
Hossa $25
Zetterberg $24
Gaborik $21
Frolov $20
Hartnell $17
Radulov $13
Backstrom $6
Toews $6
Mueller $6
Voracek $1
Berglund $1
Frolik $1

Lidstrom $20
Whitney $17
Letang $3
J.Johnson $3

Price $6
Miller $24
Backstrom $18
Harding $5


My first thought was to keep and raise:

Malkin, Heatley, Zetterberg, Hossa, Gaborik, Frolov,
Radulov, BackstromWAS, Mueller, Toews, Voracek, Berglund,
Whitney, Letang, Johnson, Price, Miller, BackstromMINN, Harding,
Frolik

as well as keep Lidstrom for one more year at $20.

That scenario left me $3 over with 2 roster positions to fill at the Auction.

My question for you fellow is what would you do in this case?

Most answers I have got center around Frolov or Gaborik, but I really like those guys.

Sorry for the long question, and thanks for taking the time.

Thanks...
STILLNESS

12man keeper league. Team and league info in siggy.

Should I move Kessel or will he break out? If I do move him, what should I get in return? I am trying to get Kessel/Enstrom or Redden for Green.

What should I aim to fix during the offseason on my team? I know 3rd LWer is weak as hell and 2nd starter goalie is weak.

Thanks, I know I asked too many questions lol.

Selanne... keep or deal?

in a dynasty league with a cap, how much do you think he will get if he does come back

Hey Angus,

I'm about to go through with a trade where I send my pick (#2) to take Filatov and Tobias Enstrom to get my hands on Kyle Turris. Even if the trade doesn't go through, I figure I need defense, so I've made a list of young dmen that aren't taken yet in my league. After that #2 overall pick I have picks #14, #38, #50 and possible one or two at #60+. Among the dmen I have listed are Del Zotto, Sekera, Vishnevskiy, Lepisto, McBain, Yandle, Gilbert, Girardi, Salcido and Campoli. I can imagine Del Zotto possibly being picked before #14 but the rest should be there. Of those, I'm targeting Sekera and Yandle.

So here's the dilemma I face. I also have some forwards prioritized and two that could fall to me at #14 is Luca Caputi and Andreas Nodl. Should I pick either of those two ahead of Sekera or Yandle with that #14 pick? Right now I'm ranking them Caputi, Sekera, Yandle, Nodl. Does that sound about right?

Buck Fush wrote:
Sweet thanks Angus! My team is in my sig, dynasty w/ $70MM salary cap going into year 1. I waited until the 11th rd to take my 1st goalie and considering, i think i did pretty well. But now leclaire scares me a bit, and tim thomas is the only guy i have to throw in there (picked him cause of his $1.1MM salary next year)... i think i will pick one of ellis or vokoun to replace thomas (vokoun is only available cause of his $5.7MM salary), but I would like to add a goalie prospect, who do you like of varlamov, elliott, enroth, schneider, pavelec, bishop, steve mason or rinne? steve mason would be a nice insurance policy for my leclaire but i dont think he is on the level of enroth, schneider, pavelec...

also, kyle turris salary next year is higher than i anticipated, if i have to pick one of sully or turris to play next year who should it be? (i am leaning towards sully)

thanks for ur help.

Hey... Don't worry with Pascal he is a great goalie. I'd also probably keep TT over both Vokoun (way too inconsistent) and Ellis (who knows where he ends up).

Of those prospects, I like Pavelec the most. He should get a shot in a year. Elliot is probably going to see the most action early along with Rinne, but they are not the best on that list.

As for your last question... I'd go O'Sullivan. He is a winger (LW with Kopitar and Brown), which is a tougher position to get, and he is already proven to be able to get 50 points. Long term, Turris no brainer but I'm sure you know that.