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goalie playoff strategy - weekly starts play BOS tandem?
Get a bye into the playoff semifinals (starting April 1st). Both the semis and finals are two weeks long.
Goalie categories (W=1, GAA=1, SV%=1, SHO=1, GS=0.5) count for 4.5 out of 16.75 weekly points.
I have Rask (1st overall), Niemi (8th overall), Bobrovsky (4th overall), Khudobin.
Last 2 weeks:
Bob 6 GS, 4W, 1.11, 0.966, 2 SHO
Rask 5 GS, 3W, 1.38, 0.945, 1 SHO
Khudobin 3 GS, 2 W, 1.68, 0.947
Niemi 7 GS, 2 W, 3.55, 0.884
Had been riding Rask/Niemi all season, and got and Khudobin for insurance recently. Now with Niemi struggling (and if continues to struggle) have to decide whether to:
(a) play Rask + Bob/Niemi
- Bob's been on fire (especially at home), but more road games left
- go for Niemi if SJ turns it around
(b) play Rask + Khudobin
- Basically would lose GS, might lose Ws, but likely preserve GAA, SV%
Is the 2nd strategy crazy? thinking I should just play whoever's hot between Bob/Niemi
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Who are their opponents for the week?
8 Team Yahoo Weekly H2H (1yr)
3C, 3LW, 3RW, 6D, 1Util, 2G, 4BN, 3IR
G, A, +/-, PPG, PPA, SHG, SHA, GWG, SOG, FW, HIT, BLK
W, L, GA, GAA, SV, SA, SV%, SHO
C: Tavares, Eric Staal, Getzlaf, Ribeiro
LW: Lupul (LW,RW), Hartnell, Elias (C,LW), Cammalleri (C,LW), Ott (C,LW)
RW: Malkin (C,RW), Backes (C,RW), Seguin (C,RW), Callahan
D: Pietrangelo, Ekman-Larsson, Subban, Bouwmeester, Streit, Burns (D,RW), Wisniewski
G: Rask, Backstrom, Bobrovsky
IR: Spezza (C), Oshie (C,RW)
Semifinals
CLB - @NAS, @STL (B2B), MIN, SJ, STL, @MIN (B2B)
BOS - OTT, NJ, @MTL, CAR, @NJ, NYI (B2B), CAR
SJ - VAN, MIN, CGY, DAL, @CBJ, @DET, @DAL
CLB has a couple B2B's, and playing STL and MIN twice.
BOS has decent schedule I think (7 games)
SJ just has VAN and DET to worry about?
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I'm in a similar situation to you, holding both Boston goalies.Originally Posted by cdubb
I'm trending towards strategy "A"... But since you count games played, I think you're best off going with plan "B". I'd play Rask and stream favorable match-ups with Niemi and Bob. You'll probably be in good shape...
Yahoo! H2H, 1 year, 12 teams, Daily starts
G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, HITS, W, GAA, SV%, SO
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G, 5BN, IR, 3IR+
Used 41/45 moves
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C} Matthews, Barkov, Hertl
LW} B.Tkachuk(C), Guentzel, Nichushkin(RW)
RW} Miller(C), Rust, Schmaltz(C)
D} Josi, Fox, Dobson, Carlson
G} Nedeljkovic, Daccord, Grubauer, Pickard
IR} Demko
IR+} Neighbours
We have Weekly starts, so can't just stream daily starts. CLB is doing well today at least.
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No daily starts? Hmmm. I think I'd still roll with plan "B". Since you've already identified who CLB and SJ will be playing each week, you'll get a decent idea if their opponents that week will put up much of a fight, or not.
Yahoo! H2H, 1 year, 12 teams, Daily starts
G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, HITS, W, GAA, SV%, SO
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G, 5BN, IR, 3IR+
Used 41/45 moves
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C} Matthews, Barkov, Hertl
LW} B.Tkachuk(C), Guentzel, Nichushkin(RW)
RW} Miller(C), Rust, Schmaltz(C)
D} Josi, Fox, Dobson, Carlson
G} Nedeljkovic, Daccord, Grubauer, Pickard
IR} Demko
IR+} Neighbours
Niemi, Rask or Bob
With this past week, picking my 2 weekly starters even more confusing. Ruled out using Khudobin and Rask as a combo.
Niemi b2b shutouts, likely start him now.
Rask had one blowout, hasn't wonrecently (lost 4/5 but only let in more than 2 goals once), but has been my main guy all year.
Bobrovsky got a shutout, then another blowout game, but has been hot the past month.
Any advice?
Last edited by cdubb; March 30, 2013 at 8:06 PM.
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Rask and Niemi - dance with the one who brung you.
Second this... in terms of the selections at least... don't necessarily agree with the dancing with who brought you theory
Simply a matter of probability don't you think - the probability that numbers should stay relatively consistent throughout.Second this... in terms of the selections at least... don't necessarily agree with the dancing with who brought you theory
I think the idea of going with a handcuff has merit only if one is confident that their skater cats are going to be easily handled - split the tender stats and romp home. But the handcuff could open the door for demise if your skaters go soft for a couple of weeks - you then want the maximum opportunity to pull home all the goalie cats.
Niemi will be fine.
I agree, the long-term probabilities should hold up the majority of the time. I wasn't advocating the handcuff here.
Having said that, I wouldn't hesitate to deviate from my year-long starter and roll with a hot hand (or leave the dance with a hotter woman) if the circumstances were right
Thanks for the replies guys.
Yah, initially I was leaning towards Bobrovsky over Niemi (SJ had underperformed for 6 weeks, while Bob was the top goalie past month).
But then Niemi seems to have recovered, and Boston was struggling a bit.
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