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This is simply pulling defensemen out of the regular 'Rankings' list and adding a few more at the bottom. Ratings are a reflection of a player's trade value in 'rollover' fantasy hockey pools. They reflect a players predicted points, historical points, injury risk, playoff value, powerplay time, and long-term potential. Basically, if you are in a keeper league, this is my opinion based on my statistical model of a player's 'trade value'. Naturally, individual trades would depend on the direction you are taking with your team at the present.
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BTM
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... what is with Dobb's continual hatred for Ehrhoff? I don't get it. 44 and 42 points the last 2 years, he was their best plus d-man last season, and yet he's still ranked below guys like Cam Barker and Ian White? crazy |
mike hess
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DMen Dobber...nice list...I especially like the new prospects moving up on the list. Rather than take a 25 point Dman I can go for it and try to pick a young stud who is on the rise. Your focus on prospects and development should be right on the mark for many of these. I expect you will get lots of grief for this as many still have the old steady eddies on their teams, me I have Doughty and Myers already...  |
steve-o
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Mylers SoLo Myers seems too low for the kind of season he just put up. He's below OEL, and OEL hasn't even played a game in the NHL! |
Ed
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... Has the September 2010 number been posted for the Top 100 Dmen? - The top 300 Forwards have been. |
Puckhead
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Chara in a free fall??? Why does Chara continue to fall in the rankings? Last year wasn't his best, but he was injured...is he not poised to become a big time D man once again? |
mike hess
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Statistic bias In looking at the rankings it appears that up and comers have a larger increase in ranking than the tried and true from last year? I don't know the formula just a guess looking at the change from July to August; where not that many changes to team location by the top 100..just looks like a bias. thanks |
Ethan Glazener
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Jovo? Why no Jovo? I know he is aging, but he is only 2 weeks older than Dan Boyle. Jovo is also injury prone, but his fantasy relevance is still higher than a lot of the guys further down the list. |
Dobber
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... I don't have as high regard for Cumiskey as many people. I add 5 to the ratings because otherwise the dmen at the bottom of this list would have a negative value, which doesn't look nice. Just aesthetics. |
David Walker
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Ratings +5.0 over Top 300 Why is the rating on your top defensemen 5.0 higher than on the Top 300 for the same player? For example Duncan Keith is 80.7 on here, yet 75.7 on Top 300? |
Dale McCarthy
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Kyle Cumiskey What are your thoughts on Kyle Cumiskey? I think he should be on this list. |
Renegade
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DAL D Dobber, since you have no Dallas Dmen in your top 100... do you feel that Niskanen will not rebound from his bad season? I obtained him at a low cost and figured he would rebound like Tom Gilbert. Bad years.. just need more ice time and less competition. |
Gilles Courchesne
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Why P.K. Subban not in the top 100 Why P.K. Subban not in the top 100 and Sanguinetti and Kindl are. IMO Subban pass ahead Sanguinetti in is developpement. Cat-Eye. |
Mason Black
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... Is it just me or is Jay Bouwmeester the most overrated (fantasy) defenceman around? I've held this guy for 4 years now and I cringe every time I look at the box scores! How is he a top 10 Fantasy D??? |
Alain Brosseau
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Byfuglien Hey Dusty is no longer D eligible on yahoo. I think that boat has sailed. |
Chris Cruz
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... is this list only for this season? Why is Andrei Markov ranked 34? Behind Visnovsky? Are you kidding? If this is just for this year, then fine, I buy that with the injury, but if this is a list of the top defenseman to own in a keeper, he should be much higher....you have Scott Niedermayer at 22 for crying out loud....just looking for justification. |
dean little
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... Im glad you hyped up Goligoski so much, really made me go out and trade for a draft pick so i could scoop him up in my keeper draft, his start has been money, and now he is the #2 ranked dman, love it! |
Dobber
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... You commented on October 30, when the list was 29 days old. In that time, we had no idea how Quincey would do. |
lanky522
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... Tim Purcell: Does Dobber have a hate on for Sheldon Souray? I'd probably take all of those guys over souray. in a points leauge (as the rankings are based on), souray isn't really that valuable; especially considering the fact that he's played what... 2 full NHL seasons? Obviously if your league counts goals, he gets a boost in value, but the above ratings don't use that breakdown... strictly points, souray is and injury prone, 40-50 point guy. All those guys you mentioned are at least as good, and most of them are younger or more durable (arguments could possibly be made against this). Hence the higher rating. |
Tim Purcell
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Does Dobber have a hate on for Sheldon Souray? I really don't understand how Souray end's up at the 40th best fantasy D-man. Is the likes of Jovanovski, McCabe, Zidlicky, and Pitkanen really a better fantasy option? I dont think so. |
dstarsboy
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Weber? I thought Coburn would blow up last season because he was basically loaded with ice time but he didn't. That when it was just him and Timmonen. Now that Pronger's in the picture, I dunno. I think he's still a good grab for the future. Why is Weber ranked so low? |
Dean Youngblood
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Coburn over Doughty Would anyone take Coburn over doughty? What can be expected for Coburn next season as someone was forced to drop him in our league? Projections anyone? |
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