I don’t think I’ve ever drafted as low as 10th in a 12 team league. Looking at some of the options for the spot, I didn’t mind the draw as the 2nd pick would come around quickly. 1.10 C Aleksander Barkov was precisely the guy I had circled for the pick. His defensive play gets all the attention and rightfully so as he earned his first Selke Trophy last season. But keep in mind, he has 468 points in 531 career games. That includes 96 in 82 in 2018-2019 and 58 in 50 just last season. This is clearly a premier offensive player too. And the 2021-2022 Panthers team is shaping up to be the best he has ever been a part of with a very deep skater group. Barkov is a dark horse Hart Trophy winner if he maintains his elite level of play while the talent around him gels under the tutelage of Joel Quenneville. The narrative case will be there if the Panthers can break the stranglehold that the triumvirate of Lightning/Bruins/Leafs have had on the Atlantic. Barkov will easily return 1st round value once again.
2021-2022 Fantasy Hockey Draft Recap
2021-2022 Fantasy Hockey Draft Recap
2021-2022 Fantasy Hockey Draft Recap
I don’t think I’ve ever drafted as low as 10th in a 12 team league. Looking at some of the options for the spot, I didn’t mind the draw as the 2nd pick would come around quickly. 1.10 C Aleksander Barkov was precisely the guy I had circled for the pick. His defensive play gets all the attention and rightfully so as he earned his first Selke Trophy last season. But keep in mind, he has 468 points in 531 career games. That includes 96 in 82 in 2018-2019 and 58 in 50 just last season. This is clearly a premier offensive player too. And the 2021-2022 Panthers team is shaping up to be the best he has ever been a part of with a very deep skater group. Barkov is a dark horse Hart Trophy winner if he maintains his elite level of play while the talent around him gels under the tutelage of Joel Quenneville. The narrative case will be there if the Panthers can break the stranglehold that the triumvirate of Lightning/Bruins/Leafs have had on the Atlantic. Barkov will easily return 1st round value once again.