von Rantala Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 Dallas Members: - GM: Jim Nill Coach: Lindy Ruff Captain: Jamie Benn Fantasy Line: (Best from every spots in team) Jamie Benn – Tyler Seguin – Jason Spezza John Klingberg – Johnny Oduya Kari Lehtonen Most underrated player: Jason Spezza Most overrated player: Alex Goligoski Best Young players: (less than 100 NHL game or no breakthrough season) Esa Linden (D) Julius Honka (D) Jason Dickinson (LW) Ratings: Goalies: 8,5 Defenders: 7,5 Forwards: 8,5 Staff: 7 (Coach 4, GM 3) Overal Rating: 31,5/40 Goalies and how much they play Prediction: Kari Lehtonen 50-40, Antti Niemi 30-40 Playoff prediction: Lose in first round Biggest Question marks: Team has one of best young defender collection if not best, that affect my defence rating, and thats is biggest question mark also, i think its take 2-3 year that current defence group can get rating 9-10 what will give them chance to compete to Stanley, second question mark is how team third line and fourth line product, they have very good top 4 forwards, what can compete almost any team of NHL, but after those top 4 forward, dropp is big and there is not big talents in that spot excluding Valeri Nichuskin who can define Dallas this season offencive production alot. Goalie situation can help them a lot, sometimes using two goalie in season help team to go long when goalies is well rested when playoffs started, and goalies push each others to play better. If Dallas make good success with two playing goalie they can be example to others and if its really work we can see two playing goalie in almost every team in the future. But its not sure that its work. There has been situations where it has work like Winnipeg last season, Hutchinson push Pavelec to play his best season, Rask push Thomas to two Vezina, but if you have to expensive goalie and its not work it mean that you lose that money from defence and offence. My Fantasy players: (who is in my fantasy team) Jason Demers Roster http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=59 Explanations = F|A members teams von Rantala = Minnesota Wild, D..X, L3fty and Pepsi = Toronto Maple Leafs, Sl@yer = Calgary GermanKilla = Colorado, Cicione = Chicago ©, LA Kings Fan = Los Angeles, Mathieu and RefL3x:> = Montreal, Yomero, Jaymee = Pittsburgh, Meow and Rattlem = San Jose, Meow = Philadelphia NHL leading team (L) Quote
L3ftY. Posted September 10, 2015 Posted September 10, 2015 i think Spezza might flourish in Dallas. he won't have the pressure on him like he did in Ottawa. look for him to possibly have a break out season. 1 Quote
von Rantala Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 i think Spezza might flourish in Dallas. he won't have the pressure on him like he did in Ottawa. look for him to possibly have a break out season. Totally agree with you! He is one of most underrated players in his time of NHL, he never got apprecation what he earned, solid two way center, leader and good team player, great point man too (scorer) It will not be surprise if he make 90 points in this season or even more! Quote
von Rantala Posted September 10, 2015 Author Posted September 10, 2015 Montreal will name Captain for the coming season http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=778637&navid=nhl:topheadsand move Galchenyuk to center as he should be, i wait that Galchenyuk will be point per game player in future and he can be that kind player in next year already, somehow i feel that there is coming samekind breakthrough season like we see from Tarasenko last year. If i would be GM of Montreal here would be my captains Captain Andrei Markov (Markov has reject to take captain spot two time already, and might be that Montreal looking longer time captain now, Markov didnt want to take role what he saw that Koivu had when he was Captain and that has been his reason to decline Captain duty two time already, Montreal fans can give a lot shit to captain when team not play well) Alternative Captains Carey Price (i know he cant wear A in jersey what is sad, goalies should be allowed to use C or A as soccer goalies too) Tomas Plekanec P.K. Subban Max Pacioretty Quote
von Rantala Posted September 11, 2015 Author Posted September 11, 2015 Detroit Members: - GM: Ken Holland Coach: Jeff Blashill Captain: Henrik Zetterberg Fantasy Line: (Best from every spots in team) Henrik Zetterberg – Pavel Datsyuk – Gustav Nyquist Niklas Kronwall – Danny DeKeyser Petr Mrazek Most underrated player: Danny DeKeyser Most overrated player: Justin Abdelkader Best Young players: (less than 100 NHL game or no breakthrough season) Teemu Pulkkinen (RW) Anthony Mantha (RW) Dylan Larkin © Ratings: Goalies: 7,5 Defenders: 8 Forwards: 8 Staff: 7 (Coach 2,5, GM 4,5) Overal Rating: 30,5/40 Goalies and how much they play Prediction: Petr Mrazek 50-40, Jimmy Howard 30-40 Playoff prediction: Lose in first round Biggest Question marks: Blashill is talent and good coach and i think team can continue they playoffs streak with him, if they get solid and good goalie game, Mrazek will get chance to take number one spot when he was playing with Blashill in AHL too, so Blashill is more confortable to give him shot, team added couple veteran player from Free agent market what can help with run to playoffs. Pulkkinen can play breakthrough season, he scored over 30 goal in AHL two consecutive seasons (34 goal and 61 points in 46 game last season) and if he do that it, it can be key for Detroit suggess, it will help that Blashill know Pulkkinen well and many of other AHL players of team. My Fantasy players: (who is in my fantasy team) No Roster http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=60 Quote
von Rantala Posted September 12, 2015 Author Posted September 12, 2015 Edmonton Members: - GM: Peter Chiarelli Coach: Todd McLellan Captain: Andrew Ference Fantasy Line: (Best from every spots in team) Taylor Hall – Connor McDavid – Jordan Eberle Justin Schultz – Andrej Sekera Cam Talbot Most underrated player: Anton Lander Most overrated player: Justin Schultz Best Young players: (less than 100 NHL game or no breakthrough season) Connor McDavid © Leon Draisatl © Darnell Nurse (D) Ratings: Goalies: 6 Defenders: 6 Forwards: 8 Staff: 9 (Coach 4,5, GM 4,5) Overal Rating: 29/40 Goalies and how much they play Prediction: Cam Talbot 40-30, Ben Scrivens 20-10, Anders Nilsson 20-10 Playoff prediction: Just Miss playoffs, but wont be surprised if they get in to playoffs. Biggest Question marks: For last 4-5 year Edmonton has been full of big question marks, they fixed two when they finally take solid and experience coach and great GM. Now biggest question mark is goalies, i was surprised that they didnt try fix that problem, Talbot is not answer in my mind, he is talent goalie, who played behind one of best defence group first two season of his career, but AHL stats was more avarage than good, defence group is huge question mark too, there is young talent players who can help team in future, but now its too earlie, they need offencive defender also, they wait that Schultz will be that, but its question mark can he be offencive threat, its will be intersting to see what Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl can do for team, Nugent-Hopkins could be third center if they decided put Draisatil in center. Forwards can get rating of 10 after this season and they might trade some of they offencive talents to get solid defender or goalie to group. But if they can reply all to those questions they can be playoff team, if not, it is one year more waiting before we see Edmonton blooming My Fantasy players: (who is in my fantasy team) No Roster http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=61 Quote
von Rantala Posted September 13, 2015 Author Posted September 13, 2015 Florida Members: - GM: Dale Tallon Coach: Gerard Gallant Captain: Willie Mitchell Fantasy Line: (Best from every spots in team) Jonathan Huberdeau – Aleksander Barkov – Nick Bjugstad Aaron Ekblad – Brian Campbell Roberto Luongo Most underrated player: Jussi Jokinen Most overrated player: Dave Bolland Best Young players: (less than 100 NHL game or no breakthrough season) Mike Matheson (D) Rocco Grimaldi © Ian McCoshen (D) Ratings: Goalies: 8,5 Defenders: 7,5 Forwards: 7,5 Staff: 6,5 (Coach 2, GM 4,5) Overal Rating: 30/40 Goalies and how much they play Prediction: Roberto Luongo 70-60, Al Montoya 20-10 Playoff prediction: Lose in first round Biggest Question marks: In my mind biggest question mark is Florida coach, can he lead team to playoffs, all other parts are ready to playoff run in my mind, Galland was little bit more than year coach in Columbus before Ken Hitckock came and replace him. Second question mark is can Aleksander Barkov who can be point per game player, can he take that next step, and how much can Jagr product is interesting to see too. Defence group is ok, but need one good defender in third line. My Fantasy players: (who is in my fantasy team) Jussi Jokinen Roster http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=62 Quote
von Rantala Posted September 14, 2015 Author Posted September 14, 2015 (edited) Los Angeles Members: LA Kings Fan GM: Dean Lombardi Coach: Darryl Sutter Captain: Dustin Brown Fantasy Line: (Best from every spots in team) Jeff Carter – Anze Kopitar – Marian Gaborik Drew Doughty – Jake Muzzin Jonathan Quick Most underrated player: Alec Martinez Most overrated player: Dustin Brown Best Young players: (less than 100 NHL game or no breakthrough season) Adrian Kempe (RW) Jordan Weal © Colin Miller (D) Ratings: Goalies: 9 Defenders: 8 Forwards: 8 Staff: 9,5 (Coach 4,5 GM 5) Overal Rating: 34,5/40 Goalies and how much they play Prediction: Jonathan Quick 70-60, Jhonas Enroth 20-10 Playoff prediction: Lose in first round Biggest Question marks: Kings put last season reason dropping of playoff that they played so much, even that Hawks played more than them and hawks won Stanley and LAK did miss playoffs, but in this season Kings go playoffs again, question mark is how they can get more production from third line, third line production has been big Achilles heel (weak point) to team in regular season and it was big reason why team didnt get playoff spot in last year, key losts from defenders group from Stanley years is biggest reason why they was outside of playoffs in last season and they biggest question mark, they havent find players who could take spot of Regehr, Mitchell, Scuder or Voyonov, that best defence group of NHL was reason why Kings won two Stanley cup and now when they has lost half of that defence group they have to find replacements or they dropp in first round or dont go playoffs at all when they playing style is so defencive they are very dependent of good defenders and goalie game. My Fantasy players: (who is in my fantasy team) No Roster http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?year0=2016&team=79 Edited September 14, 2015 by von Rantala Quote
von Rantala Posted September 17, 2015 Author Posted September 17, 2015 What i forgot add team of day couple time already, okey today come two and tomorrow two also. Minnesota Members: von Rantala GM: Chuck Fletcher Coach: Mike Yeo Captain: Mikko Koivu Fantasy Line: (Best from every spots in team) Zach Parise – Mikko Koivu – Mikael Granlund Jonas Brodin – Marco Scandella Devan Dubnyk Most underrated player: Marco Scandella Most overrated player: Ryan Suter Best Young players: (less than 100 NHL game or no breakthrough season) Matt Dumba (D) Morgan Reilly (D) Tyler Graovac © Ratings: Goalies: 9 Defenders: 9 Forwards: 9 Staff: 7,5 (Coach 3, GM 4,5) Overal Rating: 34,5/40 Goalies and how much they play Prediction: Devan Dubnyk 70-60, Niklas Bäckström 20-10 Playoff prediction: Will Win Stanley Cup Biggest Question marks: Coach Yeo is Wild biggest question mark, Yeo every year keep doing same mistakes, and i hope he finally learned to not overplay number one goalie, 2012-2013 he overplayed Bäckström who injured before first playoff game, 2013-2014 he overplayed Kuemper, who injured in first round, and last year he overplayed Dubnyk 39 start from last 40 game and in second round Dubnyk was tired and gave couple easy goal, second question mark is, can Yeo finally share ice team to defenders more equally, we have 8 solid defender now and he should not overplay Suter anymore, in last three season Suter has played over 30 min per night and third pair only 8 min per night, thats not enought to young defenders or not good to team atmosphere. So if Yeo learned to fix those we can win Cup, Zucker progress is key too, he can be 30-50 goal scorer 60-80 pointer in future, and its interesting to see how much he can product in this year, Niederreiter can be one of best powerforwards in future and we have one of best young defenders group, all of our young defenders can take next step and Brodin is already one of best defencive defenders and Scandella can be one of best two way defenders in next year. My Fantasy players: (who is in my fantasy team) Mikko Koivu Zach Parise Mikael Granlund Jason Zucker Nino Niederreiter Erik Haula Ryan Carter Marco Scandella Jonas Brodin Matt Dumba Devan Dubnyk Roster http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=63 Montreal Members: Mathieu and Refl3x:> GM: Marc Bergevin Coach: Michel Therrien Captain: - (will name it before season opener) Fantasy Line: (Best from every spots in team) Max Pacioretty – Alex Galchenyuk – Brendan Gallagher P.K. Subban – Andrei Markov Carey Price Most underrated player: Tomas Plekanec Most overrated player: Jeff Petry Best Young players: (less than 100 NHL game or no breakthrough season) Jared Tinordi (D) Nikita Shtsherbak (RW) Sven Andrighetto (RW) Ratings: Goalies: 10 Defenders: 8,5 Forwards: 8 Staff: 7 (Coach 4, GM 3) Overal Rating: 33,5/40 Goalies and how much they play Prediction: Carey Price 70-60, Dustin Tokarski 20-10 Playoff prediction: Lose in first round Biggest Question marks: Can Montreal make enough goals to support Price, they play well in defencive way and try to suggess with same style as Kings, but they need more support from forwards to make long playoff run, they added couple player who career is going down, but both are also players who can bounce back, so if forwards additions bounce back to 40-50 point range and 20-30 goal range they will get big boost from them, Galchenyuk can take step to point per player status too. My Fantasy players: (who is in my fantasy team) No Roster http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=64 Quote
von Rantala Posted September 18, 2015 Author Posted September 18, 2015 Nashville Members: - GM: David Poile Coach: Peter Laviolette Captain: Shea Weber Fantasy Line: (Best from every spots in team) Filip Forsberg – Mike Ribeiro – James Neal Roman Jose – Shea Weber Pekka Rinne Most underrated player: Roman Josi Most overrated player: Colin Wilson Best Young players: (less than 100 NHL game or no breakthrough season) Juuse Saros (G) Kevin Fiala (LW) Kristian Näkyvä (D) Ratings: Goalies: 9,5 Defenders: 9 Forwards: 7 Staff: 8,5 (Coach 4,5, GM 4) Overal Rating: 34/40 Goalies and how much they play Prediction: Pekka Rinne 70-60, Carter Hutton 10-5, Juuse Saros 10-5 Playoff prediction: Lose in first round Biggest Question marks: I have to say that Juuse Saros is most talented goalie what i has ever seen, i mean not best, but he could be best goalie in couple years, i never see so good young goalie in my life, and i watch goalies a lot, he could take Rinne starter job in 2-3 years, Rinne game style is very prone to injuries, and that can open door to Saros (in futre). So goalie situation is very interesting to follow in coming years, ofc Rinne is now clear cut number one goalie, but maybe not in future. Nashville has very talent forward Fiala too, who can win coming season Calder trophy, but Nahsville forward group is very thin and that can cause them problems in long run as it did last season too and they lose couple forward also. My Fantasy players: (who is in my fantasy team) Juuse Saros (G) (prospect not in active roster) Roster http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=65 New Jersey Members: - GM: Ray Shero Coach: John Hynes Captain: - Fantasy Line: (Best from every spots in team) Mike Cammalleri – Adam Henrique – Patrik Elias Andy Greene – Damon Severson Cory Schneider Most underrated player: Patrik Elias Most overrated player: Travis Zajac Best Young players: (less than 100 NHL game or no breakthrough season) Pavel Zacha (C/LW) Steve Santini (D) Sergei Kalinin (C/W) Ratings: Goalies: 9 Defenders: 5 Forwards: 6,5 Staff: 6 (Coach 1,5, GM 4,5) Overal Rating: 26,5/40 Goalies and how much they play Prediction: Cory Schneider 70-60, Keith Kinkaid 20-10 Playoff prediction: Miss playoffs Biggest Question marks: New Jersey prospect storage is in my view league worst, and its sad, because New Jersey current team is weak too and they would need good prospect to rise to playoffs in future, in my mind New Jersey need totally new re-build. New Jersey dont use a lot money either so its very hard to build team what could have playoff suggest, new GM Shero have a lot to do to get team back to playoffs, first they need to draft a lot better players than they do now, even that they has drafted in top 10 in couple past years, they havent got any big talents. Defence group is very young and inexperienced and from there they could raise couple key players, Larson they big draft first rounder havent be player what they waited, but for defenders its always take couple extra year, so is this his breakthrough season? My Fantasy players: (who is in my fantasy team) Tuomo Ruutu Roster http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=66 Quote
von Rantala Posted September 18, 2015 Author Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) What you think about trade of E. Staal from Carolina to Wild for J.Spurgeon, C. Coyle and first round pic, then we could open space for his salary, i started hope that we take Staal, he havent been my fav player, but i hear more and more talks that Carolina is ready to trade him. Then our two first line would be one of bests in NHL and make us real Stanley condetor. Two first line could be then look like this Vanek - E. Staal - Parise Pomminville - Koivu - Granlund Edited September 18, 2015 by von Rantala Quote
meow Posted September 18, 2015 Posted September 18, 2015 8 millions on the cap is alot. Maybe at the trade deadline when you don't have to pay for the full salary if you're in a position to go for the cup. I don't think MIN could afford to resign him. Quote
Helsen Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 I have to see if en how and when I will get them, but I just ordered tickets for the Avalanche - Rangers game on the 6th of november in Denver 3 Quote
von Rantala Posted September 19, 2015 Author Posted September 19, 2015 8 millions on the cap is alot. Maybe at the trade deadline when you don't have to pay for the full salary if you're in a position to go for the cup. I don't think MIN could afford to resign him. Yep but in these days old team can still keep some of salary to themselves, as Boston keep about 2 milj of Lucic salary after trade to LAK. Plus there is risk too that he is going down in his career. Lately Wild have signed/traded players who has gone down couple year already, like Havlat, Heatley and Vanek (from Vanek we still can see bounceback season) but is Staal player too who is going down in his career, thats is still question mark. Quote
RyderDyder Posted September 19, 2015 Posted September 19, 2015 So exciting to know that the season is almost here and its about time....the only downfall for me is that when hockey starts, its gets cold. I WORK IN THE COLD!!!!! LOL 2 Quote
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