Buds Board Keepers League

In a yahoo $$$ keeper with buddies and with the deadline looming I wanted your guys take on what to do for keepers. I traded away most of my top picks last year so my team is crap this year; so I've tanked all year and stand to have 1st overall next. Only one keeper per position so you cant keep 2 Cs and such.

Definite Keepers:

Eric Staal - C
Antti Niemi - G
Brent Burns - RW/D (if he has D eligibility at draft hes a definite D keeper - anyone remember what he had this years draft???)

Possible Keepers:

T.J. Oshie - RW (anyone think he repeats???)
Nail Yapukov - RW (drafted him as my keeper but hes been terrible so likely out)
Brayden Schenn - LW/C (how does project over next 3 years)
Brandon Saad - LW/RW (see Schenn)


Trade Bait:

Paul Stastny - C
Kyle Turris - C
David Legwand - C
Jiri Hudler - LW/RW
Teddy Purcell - RW
Wayne Simmonds - RW
Andrej Sekera - D
Mark Giordano - D
Paul Martin - D
Robin Lehner

Any suggestions for my last 1 or 2 keepers (Burns will be a keeper if he has D eligibility)? Right now I like Oshie as my 4th keeper if Burns is a D. What do you guys think?

when i tell you how to win what % cut do i get?

I own Burns in a yahoo league and he is W/D, but I'd expect he loses D eligibility next season. What is the scoring format? Strictly points or do they count PIMs, hits etc.

G, A, PIMS, PPG, PPA, SHG, SHA, GWG, SOG

Im hoping with how slow yahoo always is to react to anything they might keep Burns as a D. If not my decisions get harder...

Reason Im asking is cause I just got an offer for Oshie on the books and I need to decide if I use him as my RW keeper or do I take one of Burns (if no D status), or Saad/Yapukov as my RW keeper.

Tough call between Oshie/Saad/Schenn all three are likely within 10pts of each other next season. If goals are worth more I'd probably lean towards Schenn or Saad due to age and potential.

As the owner of 2 of those 3, and all 3 last year, i'd go with this order:

Saad - Oshie - Schenn

lets not forget Oshie is only like 25 and plays with Backes and Steen.

C Staal
LW Schenn
RW Yak
D Burns

Would be what I'd do if you have a decent offer on Oshie since I don't think there is a big gap between him and your other choices. If you don't have the patience or faith in Yak than Saad instead

C - Staal
LW - Saad
RW - Oshie
D - Burns

SuperMario wroteCOLONC - Staal
LW - Saad
RW - Oshie
D - Burns

i didn't include staal or burns because i thought they were '100% keepers'

but this would be my top 4 as well. (under your scoring format)

No wrong answers other than maybe Yak if he doesn't get his game going.

Fair Deals Steve wroteCOLON

SuperMario wroteCOLONC - Staal
LW - Saad
RW - Oshie
D - Burns

i didn't include staal or burns because i thought they were '100% keepers'

but this would be my top 4 as well. (under your scoring format)

The tricky part comes is if Burns loses D eligibility then I have to decide between Burns, Oshie and Saad on RW

Chuck Norris wroteCOLON

Fair Deals Steve wroteCOLON

SuperMario wroteCOLONC - Staal
LW - Saad
RW - Oshie
D - Burns

i didn't include staal or burns because i thought they were '100% keepers'

but this would be my top 4 as well. (under your scoring format)

The tricky part comes is if Burns loses D eligibility then I have to decide between Burns, Oshie and Saad on RW

If Burns loses D eligibility:

C - Staal
LW - Saad
RW - Oshie
D - Sekera

I'd go gio over sekera easily.

Bruyns wroteCOLONI'd go gio over sekera easily.

I normally would but Gio is stuck in CGY and they struggle to produce offence. And Sekera is wayyy too important to Carolina. Not even trying to pump my own player's tires. Whenever you watch a Canes game, Sekera is literally involved in every situation. They use him everywhere

Bruyns wroteCOLONI'd go gio over sekera easily.

+1 giro is a good player

SuperMario wroteCOLON

Bruyns wroteCOLONI'd go gio over sekera easily.

I normally would but Gio is stuck in CGY and they struggle to produce offence. And Sekera is wayyy too important to Carolina. Not even trying to pump my own player's tires. Whenever you watch a Canes game, Sekera is literally involved in every situation. They use him everywhere

Gio is just under a PPG this year

heck, even TJ Brodie has more points than my other offensive stud John Carlson


As i've said before i watch a lot of CGY and Oiler games. Now the oilers are trash (no system, no grit, no D, no nothing)

But the flames remind me of the leafs of old (the 9th place leafs). Lots of fight, not a lot of talent. When Mohanen develops and they get a few more young studs they'll be a fun team to watch. it's really proving that drafting nothing but skill doesn't work, u have to draft guys with good 2 way games, and then add guys like Hall, Kessel, Vanek, etc...

having a lot of Halls, RNHs, with no one to protect them or win battles in the corners doesn't win u many games. It's crazy how important excellent 2 way C's are like Toews and Bergeron.

Ya I'm a huge Gio fan too so I'm not going to argue with a different opinion than mine here. I just know how good Sekera has been too and CGY is such a shithole of a team that I'm doing my best to stay away from any assets on that team personally

I love acquiring players on awful teams. Not surprised when I lose +/-.

Last week I had three sabers dressed!!!