Comments on: The Great Draft Experiment http://saucerpass.com/2008/09/the-great-draft-experiment/ SaucerPass.com | In-depth fantasy hockey coverage Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:40:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kory http://saucerpass.com/2008/09/the-great-draft-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Kory Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:06:38 +0000 http://saucerpass.com/?p=578#comment-285 Looks good, Armand. 20 teamer is pretty tough to draft in. Sometimes it's better to have that middle to late pick in a big league like that. AO was probably the best choice at #1 all things considered, so there shouldn't be any regrets there. Nothing you can do about waiting for your 2nd and 3rd picks though. Keeper group looks pretty good, although Khabibulin should be gone next season for Chicago, I would still try to trade for a better goalie than Huet if at all possible. For right now, as the season is winding down, you're only a handful of points back from 1st. If I'm reading the stats right, you're doing fantastic in the major offensive categories. Check the raw cumulative stats and see where you can make sacrifices (where you have the biggest lead) and then cut back on those categories to focus on PIMs. You can realistically make up a couple standings points in PIMs rather quickly by picking up some goons and using them wisely for the next few weeks, depending on how far back you are from the managers right above you in that cat. It's unlikely you'll make any significant ground up in goalie stats because of the way they are calculated, so just hope they stay the course and focus on PIMs. If you try this out, I'd be curious to know how it works out. Email me when the season is over. You can find my info on our <a href="http://saucerpass.com/about/" rel="nofollow">about page</a>. Looks good, Armand. 20 teamer is pretty tough to draft in. Sometimes it’s better to have that middle to late pick in a big league like that. AO was probably the best choice at #1 all things considered, so there shouldn’t be any regrets there. Nothing you can do about waiting for your 2nd and 3rd picks though.

Keeper group looks pretty good, although Khabibulin should be gone next season for Chicago, I would still try to trade for a better goalie than Huet if at all possible.

For right now, as the season is winding down, you’re only a handful of points back from 1st. If I’m reading the stats right, you’re doing fantastic in the major offensive categories. Check the raw cumulative stats and see where you can make sacrifices (where you have the biggest lead) and then cut back on those categories to focus on PIMs. You can realistically make up a couple standings points in PIMs rather quickly by picking up some goons and using them wisely for the next few weeks, depending on how far back you are from the managers right above you in that cat. It’s unlikely you’ll make any significant ground up in goalie stats because of the way they are calculated, so just hope they stay the course and focus on PIMs.

If you try this out, I’d be curious to know how it works out. Email me when the season is over. You can find my info on our about page.

]]> By: Armand http://saucerpass.com/2008/09/the-great-draft-experiment/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Armand Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:17:14 +0000 http://saucerpass.com/?p=578#comment-282 Great “experiment”. I read most of it and saw the errors of my ways, however, I am in an extremely competitive 20 team Keeper (4 keepers)league and the pickings are slim at best later in the later rounds! It a Roto league. Fortunately or unfortunately I had the first overall pick and took Ovechkin, as you do the math my next two picks are 40 and 41. This is how I drafted Bry and P Leclaire were the two best goalies available after the vultures were done with the goalies. 1. (1) Alexander Ovechkin 2. (40) Ilya Bryzgalov 3. (41) Mike Richards 4. (80) Lubomir Visnovsky 5. (81) Jeff Carter 6. (120) Philippe Boucher 7. (121) Niklas Kronwall 8. (160) Teemu Selanne 9. (161) Chris Neil 10. (200) Marco Sturm 11. (201) Mike Smith 12. (240) Tom Gilbert 13. (241) Viktor Kozlov 14. (280) Robert Nilsson 15. (281) Zach Bogosian Rank Team G A +/- PIM PPP SHP W GAA SV% SHO Total 1. Big daddy 12 19 5 19 19 13.5 18.5 14.5 15.5 17.5 153.5 2. Oilslicks 20 20 20 11.5 20 20 15 9 7 7 149. As you can see I’m in 2nd place but really haven’t got the goaltending to win… the way Huet has been playing Goalie first is the best way to go. BTW I made a few trades along the way My keepers are Ovechkin, Datsyuk, Richard, and Huet I also have Knabibulin but I think Huet over Knabibulin as I suspect won’t be there to interfere next year in Chicago! What do you think? (1 Goalie roster spot to fill) Armand Great “experiment”. I read most of it and saw the errors of my ways, however, I am in an extremely competitive 20 team Keeper (4 keepers)league and the pickings are slim at best later in the later rounds! It a Roto league. Fortunately or unfortunately I had the first overall pick and took Ovechkin, as you do the math my next two picks are 40 and 41. This is how I drafted Bry and P Leclaire were the two best goalies available after the vultures were done with the goalies.

1. (1) Alexander Ovechkin
2. (40) Ilya Bryzgalov
3. (41) Mike Richards
4. (80) Lubomir Visnovsky
5. (81) Jeff Carter
6. (120) Philippe Boucher
7. (121) Niklas Kronwall
8. (160) Teemu Selanne
9. (161) Chris Neil
10. (200) Marco Sturm
11. (201) Mike Smith
12. (240) Tom Gilbert
13. (241) Viktor Kozlov
14. (280) Robert Nilsson
15. (281) Zach Bogosian

Rank Team G A +/- PIM PPP SHP W GAA SV% SHO Total
1. Big daddy 12 19 5 19 19 13.5 18.5 14.5 15.5 17.5 153.5
2. Oilslicks 20 20 20 11.5 20 20 15 9 7 7 149.

As you can see I’m in 2nd place but really haven’t got the goaltending to win… the way Huet has been playing Goalie first is the best way to go.
BTW I made a few trades along the way My keepers are Ovechkin, Datsyuk, Richard, and Huet I also have Knabibulin but I think Huet over Knabibulin as I suspect won’t be there to interfere next year in Chicago! What do you think? (1 Goalie roster spot to fill)

Armand

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