OK, I know it's too general a topic, but I've never done it before, and just found out my league has pushed the draft to Wed when I'll be out of the country. I have today to set this up.
Provider = CBS, live snake draft. I'm 6th out of 10.
I was originally planning on going very late with goalies due to higher variance in shorter season I'm hoping to get almost as much value from some decent back-ups as from top guys. Wins may be hurt by using back-ups a little, but with compressed sched they'll get more work anyway. GAA and SV% can be fine from #2 guys.
I value D highly (eg I feel Chara will give 1st round value), but others in my league not as much so I planned on waiting a bit,looking for top-34 guys in 3rd+, top 10 guys in 6th+
My first round pick will be Crosby. I could take Spezza in 7th, but was waffling on if I could not keep him and draft him ven later (got him in 9th last year).
Any strategy tips on how to set up an autodraft list to try to accomplsh any of these goals? I know it will never give me exactly what I want, and have resigned myself to counting on dumb luck to contend this year (hey, happens in H2H short seasons), But I'd like to not feel sad as I set my lineup every Monday for the next few months.
Thanks for any ideas!
H2H 10 GMs Keeper: keep up to 4 at cost of draft pick (round) G, A,+/-,Blocks,SOG,PPP; Wins,GAA,Sv% Start 3C 3RW 3LW 4D 2G, weekly starts C: Еric Staal Henrik Zetterberg (LW) Matt Duchene Brayden Point Danny Heinen (C/LW/RW) LW: Johnny Gaudreau Taylor Hall Jonathan Huberdeau Nick Schmaltz (C/LW) RW: Никита Kucherov Blake Wheeler Jakub Voráček Teuvo Teräväinen (LW/RW) D: Shea Weber Dustin Byfuglien Keith Yandle Seth Jones G: Ben Bishop Jake Allen Martin Jones
I should narrow this down to a more tractable, focused question: If I keep two left wings, should I slide all other LW far down the list to assure balance among my starters? On the one hand, I'm worried that I could miss a bargain that would give me a nice trade piece if someone I don't expect slips to my spot, but on the other, I don't want to open up my team and find I don't have any RW worth starting.
I guess this is a subset of the topic of best player available strategy.
Thanks in advance.
H2H 10 GMs Keeper: keep up to 4 at cost of draft pick (round) G, A,+/-,Blocks,SOG,PPP; Wins,GAA,Sv% Start 3C 3RW 3LW 4D 2G, weekly starts C: Еric Staal Henrik Zetterberg (LW) Matt Duchene Brayden Point Danny Heinen (C/LW/RW) LW: Johnny Gaudreau Taylor Hall Jonathan Huberdeau Nick Schmaltz (C/LW) RW: Никита Kucherov Blake Wheeler Jakub Voráček Teuvo Teräväinen (LW/RW) D: Shea Weber Dustin Byfuglien Keith Yandle Seth Jones G: Ben Bishop Jake Allen Martin Jones