With the NHL season well underway, my fantasy team (12-team, standard roto, CBS money-league) currently sits in the middle of the pack in 6th place. And although they've picked it up a bit of late, they've been fairly disappointing -- Carey Price, I'm looking at you. Both Jonathan Toews, and especially Jordan Eberle have gotten off to sluggish starts, but Price has been the main culprit to blame for my team's lackluster performance, posting a sickly 2.78/0.912 average between the pipes, which, needless to say, is pretty much the opposite of what we've come to expect from the guy over the years.
Granted, I am happy with my free agent acquisitions, especially on defense. But I debated long & hard whether or not to drop Alexander Edler or Roman Josi for Trevor Daley. I ultimately dropped Edler, because he'd been in the midst of a point-slump after posting several to open the season, and Josi was just starting to heat up. Of course, Edler went nuts right after I dropped him, and exploded up the D-rankings, but Josi has played relatively well (and has far more upside), and Daley has already payed off for me, posting 10 points, including 5 goals, in 14 games. I'm actually a believer in him -- even though he's a 31 year old bruiser who's never posted more than 27 points in a season -- because he's suddenly been thrust into the role of PP quarterback with the departure of Stephane Robidas in the offseason, and the injury that's kept out ol' man Gonchar. But he's really thrived in the role to date, and looks like he's found new life in his career as a top-2, offensive-minded D-man.
My current roster
F - John Tavares, NYI
F - Jonathan Toews, CHI
F - Henrik Zetterberg, DET
F - Henrik Sedin, VAN
F - Nick Foligno, CLS
F - Jordan Eberle, EDM
D - Dion Phaneuf, TOR
D - Roman Josi, NSH
D - Dennis Wideman, CGY
D - Trevor Daley, DAL
G - Carey Price, MON
G - Jimmy Howard, DET
Bench - Sean Monahan, CGY
Bench - Mike Cammalleri, NJ
Bench - Nikita Kucherov, TB
Bench - Tanner Pearson, LA
I just added both Monahan & Cammalleri. I had considered picking up Johnny Gaudreau instead of Monahan, but he's been more of a playmaker than a sniper. Whereas the Flames have virtually made Monahan the centerpiece of their offense over the last few games. And, while they both have all-star caliber potential, Monahan's star is the brighter of the two. Plus, if I were to add both Gaudreau & Cammalleri, I'd probably have the smallest team in the league. I don't think their combined height could possibly top more than 6'0. Cammalleri must be about 3 or 4 feet tall, and Gaudreau is probably a head shorter than that. Lol.
My recent transactions
-Added Trevor Daley (D - DAL); dropped Alexander Edler (D - VAN)
-Added Nikita Kucherov (RW - TB); dropped Devante Smith-Pelly (RW - ANA)
-Added Sean Monahan (C - CGY); dropped Alex Galchenyuk (C - MON)
-Added Mike Cammalleri (C - NJ); dropped Tyler Bozak (C - TOR)
-League transactions (excluding my own):
Traded
Marian Hossa (RW - CHI) for Keith Yandle (D - ARI)
Added
Nick Bonino, C - VAN
Valtteri Filppula, C - TB
Cam Ward, G - CAR
Simon Despres, D - PIT
Marcus Johansson, C - WSH
Ryan Ellis, D - NSH
Kevin Bieksa, D - VAN
Justin Faulk, D - CAR
Justin Abdelkader, LW - DET
Brandon Saad, LW - CHI
Alexander Edler, D - VAN
Ondrej Palat, LW - TB
Clarke MacArthur, LW - OTT
Derek Stepan, C - NYR
Jori Lehtera, C - STL
Ryan Callahan, RW - TB
Marco Scandella, D - MIN
Andy Greene, D - NJ
Pascal Dupuis, RW - PIT
Tobias Enstrom, D - WPG
Jared Spurgeon, D - MIN
Steve Downie, RW - PIT
Tommy Wingels, C - SJ
Dropped
Zach Bogosian, D - WPG
Tomas Plekanec, C - MON
Mikko Koivu, C - MIN
Frans Nielsen, C - NYI
Slava Voynov, D - LA
Mike Ribeiro, C - NSH
Cody Franson, D - TOR
Hampus Lindholm, D - ANA
Nazem Kadri, C - TOR
Morgan Rielly, D - TOR
Dany Heatley, LW - ANA
Niklas Svedberg, G - BOS
Andrej Sekera, D - CAR
Ray Emery, G - PHI
Alex Stalock, G - SJ
Andre Burakovsky, LW - WSH
Brad Richards, C - CHI
Craig Smith, C - NSH
Jack Johnson, D - CLS
Jake Gardiner, D - TOR
Olli Maatta, D - PIT
Mason Raymond, LW - CGY
Ben Scrivens, G - EDM
PA Parenteau, RW - MON
Adam Henrique, C - NJ
Mikkel Boedker, LW - ARI
-My watch list (based on available free agents in my league):
C
Alex Galchenyuk, MON
Tyler Bozak, TOR
Brayden Schenn, PHI
Mike Ribeiro, NSH
Adam Henrique, NJ
Tomas Plekanec, MON
Carl Soderberg, BOS
Frans Nielsen, NYI
Mike Richards, LA
Mikael Granlund, MIN
Ryan Strome, NYI
Evgeny Kuznetsov, WSH
Nazem Kadri, TOR
Aleksander Barkov, FLA
Brad Richards, CHI
Sean Couturier, PHI
Martin Hanzal, ARI
Elias Lindholm, CAR
Derick Brassard, NYR
Mikko Koivu, MIN
Mikael Backlund, CGY
Brian Boyle, TB
David Desharnais, MON
Vladislav Namestnikov, TB
Joe Colborne, CGY
Trevor Lewis, LA
Antoine Vermette, ARI
Nate Thompson, ANA
Cedric Paquette, TB
Andrew Shaw, CHI
Nick Bjugstad, FLA
RW
Jaromir Jagr, NJ
Jiri Hudler, CGY
Shane Doan, ARI
Devante Smith-Pelly, ANA
Alex Tanguay, COL
Mark Scheifele, WPG
Troy Brouwer, WSH
Reilly Smith, BOS
Justin Williams, LA
Alex Chiasson, OTT
Charlie Coyle, MIN
David Clarkson, TOR
Michael Ryder, NJ
Nino Niederreiter, MIN
PA Parenteau, MON
Linden Vey, VAN
Matt Read, PHI
Tim Jackman, ANA
Chris Neil, OTT
Justin Fontaine, MIN
Dustin Brown, LA
Tomas Jurco, DET
Ben Smith, CHI
Ryane Clowe, NJ
Drew Stafford, BUF
Nail Yakupov, EDM
Valeri Nichushkin, DAL
Emerson Etem, ANA
Chris Stewart, BUF
Alexander Semin, CAR
LW
Johnny Gaudreau, CGY
Andre Burakovsky, WSH
Mikkel Boedker, ARI
Chris Higgins, VAN
Jason Zucker, MIN
Blake Comeau, PIT
Jonathan Huberdeau, FLA
Anthony Duclair, NYR
Michael Raffl, PHI
Patrick Maroon, ANA
Carl Hagelin, NYR
Jussi Jokinen, FLA
Jakob Silfverberg, ANA
Matt Nieto, SJ
Tomas Tatar, DET
Jiri Tlusty, CAR
Jeremy Morin, CHI
Alex Killorn, TB
Joffrey Lupul, TOR
Patrik Elias, NJ
Dany Heatley, ANA
David Perron, EDM
Sven Baertschi, CGY
Matt Moulson, BUF
D
Hampus Lindholm, ANA
Lubomir Visnovsky, NYI
Alec Martinez, LA
Zach Bogosian, WPG
Cody Franson, TOR
Justin Braun, SJ
Aaron Ekblad, FLA
Andrej Sekera, CAR
Seth Jones, NSH
Olli Maatta, PIT
Michael Del Zotto, PHI
Kris Russell, CGY
Slava Voynov, LA
Jay Bouwmeester, STL
Eric Gelinas, NJ
Morgan Rielly, TOR
Matt Niskanen, WSH
Eric Gryba, OTT
Jake Gardiner, TOR
Dennis Seidenberg, BOS
Paul Martin, PIT
Travis Hamonic, NYI
Jonas Brodin, MIN
Nick Holden, COL
Danny DeKeyser, DET
Alexei Emelin, MON
Mattias Ekholm, NSH
Cody Ceci, OTT
Ryan Murray, CLS
Marc Staal, NYR
Niklas Hjalmarsson, CHI
Erik Gudbranson, FLA
Dan Girardi, NYR
Brendan Smith, DET
Jay Harrison, CAR
Griffin Reinhart, NYI
Matthew Dumba, MIN
Jason Demers, SJ
Darnell Nurse, EDM
Dan Hamhuis, VAN
Tyler Myers, BUF
G
Alex Stalock, SJ
Ray Emery, PHI
Ben Scrivens, EDM
James Reimer, TOR
Scott Darling, CHI
Niklas Svedberg, BOS
Michal Neuvirth, BUF
Dustin Tokarski, MON
Reto Berra, COL
Martin Jones, LA
Devan Dubnyk, ARI
Evgeni Nabokov, TB
Michael Hutchison, WPG
Viktor Fasth, EDM
Thomas Greiss, PIT
Curtis McElhinney, CLS
Jhonas Enroth, BUF
Anton Khudobin, CAR
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