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So Game one of the Stanley cup finals goes June 3rd from Vegas, a Quick turn around for the home team and a long lay off for the road team.
The story of the Western conference finals was really Aiden Hill. I thought his play was up and down and games 4 and 5 it looked at times that the Dallas Stars had finally broke him, but he was able to compose himself and get back to form to shut out the Stars. I will give you my pick for the cup between these two teams but lets dive into what makes these teams similar first. in the new NHL you need either a guy that can put up 100 points or a slew of guys that can give you a balanced attack and that is what we have here. Vegas has just a Bunch of dudes that just keep coming at you with speed, skill and size. watching them against Dallas they where just bigger stronger and faster. a late 30's Ryan Suter averaging 25 plus minutes a night looked like a liability out there. The Panthers aren't as balanced, However they do have 2 of the best 3 players in this series with Tkachuk and Barkov. I am not going to give you the Barkov is under rated shtick because at this point in his career, people they know and respect him. Both teams have a stud on defence that can log a ton of minutes and move the puck well. Actually all of the final four teams had that. It looked really bad for Ekblad early on in his career suffering concussion after concussion many thought he would retire, but he has come into his own. on the flip side obviously Pietriangelo has the Stanley cup championship pettagre. I think he is a little bit of a better skater than Ekblad who at times can look clunky. of course the 10 million dollar reason that the Panthers are here is the man we call goalie Bob. what a story coming off the bench down to the Bruins who had the greatest season in NHL history just to slam the door shut. I have always been a fan of Bobrosky and he is hot at the right time. I don't know if he will be able to survive the just waves that Vegas comes at you in. this will be a phsyical series and it should be a good one.. Knights in 6.
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Yes, you read that headline right, TAKE A QB in the first round of your NFL Fantasy football draft.
All the experts tell you, take that skill position player first whether it be Justin Jefferson, Christian McCaffrey of this year’s toast of the town Bijan Robinson. Full disclosure I am very high on Robinson, but your draft position must be as well to get any of these guys. If you find yourself in the 7,8,9 spot of your re-draft the smartest thing to do is to take a QB. There are a few different reasons that taking a Quarter Back early is starting to make more and more sense. At 1 point in time, you could wait on them because the difference wasn’t that wide between QB 1 and QB 12 but know you really can’t win a matchup if you have Derek Carr and you opponent has Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson. So, lets dive deeper into why taking a QB in the middle of the first round makes sense. First, you won’t have to play the streaming game in the most important position in football, sure that bell cow running back will touch the ball 20-25 times and can hit a home run, but a top end dual threat QB will still throw the ball more than that and even if he throws it to the running back you are getting those free points. Patrick Mahomes didn’t lead the NFL in yards per attempt this year, he was 3rd averaging 8.1 yards per attempt, that means he is almost getting a first down every time he drops back which last time, I checked is how you stay on the field in football. There for getting more first downs. In the range that we are looking at players going there are Jonathan Taylor, Stephon Diggs and Tyreek Hill those kind of guys which are all great but if you take Mahomes there is a good chance that you will freak out the players behind you and start a run on QBs which means you are pushing those guys down the board and ultimately giving yourself a chance to get them in the second round anyway. If you want to win the championship you MUST MUST have your first-round pick on the field for all 17 games otherwise you are just at a disadvantage. Last time I checked Diggs, Taylor and Hill have all had injuries in the past and are getting older there for increasing their chances of missing time. Mahomes on the other hand, even if he gets injured will still play. If you are thinking about taking a QB in the first round I would only recommend Mahomes, Allen and a paid Lamar. (it’s funny how a paid QB is a healthy QB). I would be argued as well that Hurts can be in this group. Take that elite QB Mahomes had over 400 fantasy points last season, that high end WR known as Tyreek Hill only 228. I’ll take the 400 any day of the week and twice on Sunday. |