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[bdc30 0]

(I Suck At Fantasy Hockey So Help My A$s Out)Ok fcp...there are obviously guys around here that know a LOT aboutthis fantasy hockey stuff. I, unfortunately, am NOT one of them.Here's my auto-drafted roster, rankings were adjusted with some"sleepers" from the Fcp thread. Who should I be looking to move?Eric Staal - CPeter Forsberg - CDaniel Sedin - LWRaffi Torres - LWChuck Kobasew - RWTony Amonte - RWMatt Carle - DBrian Pothier - DAlexi Zhitnik - DRoman Hamrlik - DEvgeni Malkin - CMark Recchi - RWJosef Stumpel - CMike Rathje - DJohn Grahame - GMartin Brodeur - GI finish last, usually due to lack of interest, in almost every stupidsports pool at the office...Hockey is the only one I want to be passionateabout, so I'm hoping you guys can give me a hand here.Thanks!!

[ajs510 122]

(I Suck At Fantasy Hockey So Help My A$s Out)Ok fcp...there are obviously guys around here that know a LOT aboutthis fantasy hockey stuff. I, unfortunately, am NOT one of them.Here's my auto-drafted roster, rankings were adjusted with some"sleepers" from the Fcp thread. Who should I be looking to move?Eric Staal - CPeter Forsberg - CDaniel Sedin - LWRaffi Torres - LWChuck Kobasew - RWTony Amonte - RWMatt Carle - DBrian Pothier - DAlexi Zhitnik - DRoman Hamrlik - DEvgeni Malkin - CMark Recchi - RWJosef Stumpel - CMike Rathje - DJohn Grahame - GMartin Brodeur - GI finish last, usually due to lack of interest, in almost every stupidsports pool at the office...Hockey is the only one I want to be passionateabout, so I'm hoping you guys can give me a hand here.Thanks!!

There pretty much *has* to be a better option than the guys I bolded, but without seeing your Free Agents list I really can't be very helpful. Post the League ID, or a list of available players at Forward, Defense and Goal, and I'll let you know who the best options are. Of the guys I bolded, you really need to cut John Grahame and Mike Rathje immediately, the rest are decent fantasy options but there's almost undoubtedly a better choice out there. Rathje won't give you anything positive as a fantasy player, and Grahame will barely get any starts unless Cam Ward really struggles.

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It's a Yahoo league, Id# 43623, and my team is the Ice Holes.I'll work on Graeme and Rathje, anyone else you can let me knowof is greaaaatly appreciated!!Thanks ajs!

[ajs510 122]

It's a private league, I can't get in there unfortunately. If you want to post the players that are available I'll try to help. If it's a 12 team league then there will definitely be better players sitting in the talent pool waiting to be plucked.

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Here's the top few defensemen available.It's a 16 team league. Slim pickins...I'll post the goalies underneath...we're tryin to replace Graeme and Rathje first.J. Corvo (Ott - D) D. Westcott (Cls - D) B. Witt (NYI - D) C. Ehrhoff (SJ - D) J. Heward (Was - D) F. Tyutin (NYR - D) D. Morris (Pho - D) B. Hedican (Car - D) DTD A. Lilja (Det - D) C. Chelios (Det - D) J. Leopold (Col - D) S. Hannan (SJ - D) and for the goalies Rankings Goaltending Player Action Opp: 10/4 Owner O-Rank Rank W GAA SV% SHO R. Emery (Ott - G) @Tor W (Oct 5) 157 148 23 2.82 .902 3 M. Garon (LA - G) W (Oct 5) 159 151 31 3.22 .894 4 C. Mason (Nsh - G) W (Oct 5) 164 157 12 2.54 .913 2 A. Niittymaki (Phi - G) FA 213 210 23 2.97 .895 2 P. Budaj (Col - G) Dal FA 235 233 14 2.86 .900 2 S. Burke (TB - G) NA FA 254 253 14 2.80 .895 2 J. LaBarbera (LA - G) FA 292 295 11 2.89 .900 1 J. Hedberg (Atl - G) FA 297 301 12 2.67 .898 0 P. Leclaire (Cls - G) FA 310 314 11 3.23 .911 0 M. Tellqvist (Tor - G) Ott FA 328 332 10 3.13 .895 2 K. Weekes (NYR - G) FA 339 344 14 2.95 .895 0 M. Dunham (NYI - G) FA 340 345 8 2.77 .893 1 B. Johnson (Was - G) FA 355 362 9 3.44 .905 1 O. Kolzig (Was - G) FA 370 378 20 3.53 .896 0 Y. Danis (Mon - G) NA FA 376 873 3 2.69 .908 1 M. Leighton (Anh - G) NA FA 377 - - - - - J. MacDonald (Det - G)

[ajs510 122]

Corvo is the obvious replacement for Rathje, he's injured at the moment but won't be out very long and he'll be a major contributor to a potent Sens power play. I think I'd probably keep the D I have over any of the others, personally. Leopold might be good if he gets PP time with the Avs, but he's more of a stay at home guy than an offensive weapon.*Edit* Pascal Leclaire is going to be the starter in Columbus, so he'll at least get you time on the ice. Columbus won't be as bad this year as they were last, so he's a good option. If he struggles, you can pick up Nittymaki once he gets closer to returning from the hip injury. Kolzig will be a starter as well, but he's not getting any younger and the Caps will give up a ton of goals. I'd go with Leclaire if it was my team. The rest of those guys are backups, and Leighton and Burke will be in the AHL this year.

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Corvo for Rathje done,awaiting goalie move...lolThanks again!and here's the top 25 guys available overall.anyone else we should be looking to get?? Rankings Offense Player Action Opp: 10/4 Owner O-Rank Rank G A +/- PIM PPP GWG FW M. Cammalleri (LA - C) W (Oct 5) 126 115 26 29 -14 50 34 4 309 J. Corvo (Ott - D) @Tor W (Oct 5) 156 147 14 26 16 38 21 3 0 C. Gratton (Fla - C) W (Oct 5) 197 194 17 22 6 104 8 2 492 A. Vermette (Ott - C) @Tor W (Oct 5) 204 201 21 12 17 44 2 4 311 D. Scatchard (Pho - C) W (Oct 5) 210 207 15 18 -13 112 16 3 465 J. Sim (Atl - RW) FA 222 219 17 15 -7 54 10 5 0 C. Kelly (Ott - C) @Tor FA 225 222 10 20 21 76 2 2 370 P. Turgeon (Col - C) Dal FA 228 225 16 30 1 32 20 1 282 R. Robitaille (Phi - C) FA 229 226 12 28 -5 54 20 2 196 M. Stajan (Tor - C) Ott FA 230 227 15 12 5 50 4 5 166 Z. Parise (NJ - C) FA 232 229 14 18 -1 28 11 5 69 J. Halpern (Dal - C) @Col FA 233 230 11 33 -8 79 20 1 803 R. Zednik (Was - LW) FA 236 234 16 14 -2 48 12 4 1 T. Fedoruk (Anh - LW) FA 243 241 4 19 6 174 2 1 3 B. Willsie (LA - RW) FA 244 242 19 22 -19 77 21 2 27 C. Clark (Was - RW) FA 246 244 20 19 9 110 2 0 103 C. Higgins (Mon - C) FA 248 246 23 15 -1 26 12 3 23 J. Chimera (Cls - LW) FA 249 247 17 13 -10 95 1 5 8 S. Brylin (NJ - LW) FA 250 249 15 22 -4 46 13 3 393 D. Westcott (Cls - D) W (Oct 5) 253 252 6 22 1 133 14 0 0 T. Arnason (Col - C) Dal FA 256 256 13 32 1 44 15 1 309 P. Eaves (Ott - RW) @Tor FA 257 257 20 9 7 22 6 4 3 S. Begin (Mon - C) FA 258 258 11 12 9 113 2 2 287 J. Hedstrom (Anh - RW) NA FA 259 259 13 14 2 48 3 5 7 G. Roberts (Fla - LW)

[ajs510 122]

Pick up Tyler Arnason and Patrick Eaves, they'll both have career seasons this year (Eaves will likely be playing the top line in Ottawa with Heatley and Spezza, Arnason will be centering the 2nd line with Svatos and Wolski in Colorado). Drop Amonte for Eaves, and Stumpel for Arnason. Dropping Raffi Torres for Mike Cammalleri would be a good move as well, Cammalleri should be a stud this year from the Conroy-Frolov line, good for 65-70 points or so. Torres won't get more than 45, probably less. The Oilers are experimenting with Torres on the Hemsky line though, so you may want to hold off on this move until seeing what he can do early in the season.

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Thanks for your help AJS, I made all those moves.I'll hold off on Cammalleri for now, but keep it in mind.

[ajs510 122]

Thanks for your help AJS, I made all those moves.I'll hold off on Cammalleri for now, but keep it in mind.

No problem, good luck this season!

[ajs510 122]

One more thing, despite a certain FCPers rantings about Chuck Kobasew being the second coming of Owen Nolan, he's been bumped to the 3rd line in Calgary, which means his production will obviously drop significantly. He's another candidate for a drop in favor of Cammalleri or maybe taking a flier on Zach Parise or Steve Begin. Might want to check on some other FA's, see what stars they're paired up with to start the season. Guys like Michal Handzus, Danius Zubrus, and Steve Rucchin are more valuable than other options because they are fortunate enough to be centering the Havlat, Ovechkin, and Kovalchuk lines for their respective teams (which almost automatically adds 25-30 assists to their point totals). Just a thought, there may be some gems still out there that aren't on the top page of the Yahoo rankings.

[Fenxis 99]

One more thing, despite a certain FCPers rantings about Chuck Kobasew being the second coming of Owen Nolan, he's been bumped to the 3rd line in Calgary, which means his production will obviously drop significantly.

One report from the Calgary camp:Iginla, Hamrlik and Kristian Huselius were the leaders in Flames scoring this preseason all with 5 points a piece. Tony Amonte has come into the season in the best shape of his life and is determined to resurrect his career after an off season last year, and was mentioned by Playfair as the “The best right winger for us in camp”.Among those who struggled, Chuck Kobasew, Jeff Freisen and Matthew Lombardi. Miikka Kiprusoff also had a rough preseason, but played better in the game against Vancouver, in which he was shell shocked for 39 shots against. Kiprusoff has a history of slow starts, so this should not be worrisome yet.Here are the current lines as used in today’s practiceTanguay-Langkow*-IginlaHuselius-Lombardi-AmonteFreisen-Nilson-KobasewGodard-Lundmark-McCartyRegehr-PhaneufA.Ference-GiordanoHamrlik-ZyuzinKiprusoffMcLennan* woot for me (in the FCHL)From what I have read about Kobasew it will be another year before his breakout, still has a ton of work on his game as goal scorers take longer. FYI: The Hockey News projects him to 78gp, 26g, 13a, 39 pts for the year.

[ajs510 122]

I like Amonte as much as the next guy, but being in the best shape of his life isn't going to change the fact that he's 36 years old and playing the second line with minimal PP time. If he puts up 50 this season I'd be flabbergasted. 35-40 is more likely, IMO.

[Fenxis 99]

I like Amonte as much as the next guy, but being in the best shape of his life isn't going to change the fact that he's 36 years old and playing the second line with minimal PP time. If he puts up 50 this season I'd be flabbergasted. 35-40 is more likely, IMO.

I think your projection is bang on.

[mrdannyg 274]

is Garon not the starter in LA? he seems like a solid option.also, scroll down for defencemen. yahoo has a few good ones ranked very low, like Ryan Whitney, Bryan Berard, Brian Pothier, and some others.edit - you already have pothier, good. i'm not so sure about some of the other forwards ajs suggested, but you should be ok. Ehrhoff is also a good alternative on D.

[ajs510 122]

is Garon not the starter in LA? he seems like a solid option.

No, Cloutier will be the starter, until he screws it up anyway...Then probably LaBarbera, he had better numbers last year although Garon got more starts and has more experience. I don't know if LA is carrying 3 goalies or not, haven't seen anything and they're all on the roster still.

[nell789 0]

is Garon not the starter in LA? he seems like a solid option.also, scroll down for defencemen. yahoo has a few good ones ranked very low, like Ryan Whitney, Bryan Berard, Brian Pothier, and some others.edit - you already have pothier, good. i'm not so sure about some of the other forwards ajs suggested, but you should be ok. Ehrhoff is also a good alternative on D.

Isn't cloutier getting most of the starts in LA?

[digitalmonkey 929]

One report from the Calgary camp:Iginla, Hamrlik and Kristian Huselius were the leaders in Flames scoring this preseason all with 5 points a piece. Tony Amonte has come into the season in the best shape of his life and is determined to resurrect his career after an off season last year, and was mentioned by Playfair as the “The best right winger for us in camp”.Among those who struggled, Chuck Kobasew, Jeff Freisen and Matthew Lombardi. Miikka Kiprusoff also had a rough preseason, but played better in the game against Vancouver, in which he was shell shocked for 39 shots against. Kiprusoff has a history of slow starts, so this should not be worrisome yet.Here are the current lines as used in today’s practiceTanguay-Langkow*-IginlaHuselius-Lombardi-AmonteFreisen-Nilson-KobasewGodard-Lundmark-McCartyRegehr-PhaneufA.Ference-GiordanoHamrlik-ZyuzinKiprusoffMcLennan* woot for me (in the FCHL)From what I have read about Kobasew it will be another year before his breakout, still has a ton of work on his game as goal scorers take longer. FYI: The Hockey News projects him to 78gp, 26g, 13a, 39 pts for the year.

Last years preseason top scorer: Josef Vasicek!

[rinswun 6]

No, Cloutier will be the starter, until he screws it up anyway...Then probably LaBarbera, he had better numbers last year although Garon got more starts and has more experience. I don't know if LA is carrying 3 goalies or not, haven't seen anything and they're all on the roster still.

LaBarbara got put on waivers yesterdaySee bottom of link.TSN Waivers

[DB10-2 0]

corvo was an obvious pickup. he's very good.i'd pick up nittymaki in goal. he's marginally hurt right now, but they say he's going to be able to play this year. you may as well try to get some mileage from him.

[Fenxis 99]

corvo was an obvious pickup. he's very good.

I dont' know if it was conclusively determined if Preissing or Corvo would get PP1 time with Redden et al. Just something to keep in mind.

[Belanger25 3]

I dont' know if it was conclusively determined if Preissing or Corvo would get PP1 time with Redden et al. Just something to keep in mind.

Corvo will shoot wide. The man has a hell of a shot. But it's only on net one in every 5.

[zsta2k6 0]

keep an eye out/on jiri hudler on the wings roster, he is likely to stay up and will provide a very nice boost to a slightly depleted red wings offense. Also look for Nickolis Kronwall for the wings as well. These two put up great preseason numbers and should stay with the wings all year. Please note these 2 are better off in a keeper league.

[serge 904]

One more thing, despite a certain FCPers rantings about Chuck Kobasew being the second coming of Owen Nolan, he's been bumped to the 3rd line in Calgary, which means his production will obviously drop significantly. He's another candidate for a drop in favor of Cammalleri or maybe taking a flier on Zach Parise or Steve Begin. Might want to check on some other FA's, see what stars they're paired up with to start the season. Guys like Michal Handzus, Danius Zubrus, and Steve Rucchin are more valuable than other options because they are fortunate enough to be centering the Havlat, Ovechkin, and Kovalchuk lines for their respective teams (which almost automatically adds 25-30 assists to their point totals). Just a thought, there may be some gems still out there that aren't on the top page of the Yahoo rankings.

That would be me about Kobasew..Do not I repeat do not drop Kobasew..you will be sorry

[ajs510 122]

That would be me about Kobasew..Do not I repeat do not drop Kobasew..you will be sorry

I wasn't actually thinking of you, but what the hell, you can be wrong too...