FOW vs FO% & SOG vs SH%

[Carter]

In your opinions which is the better category scoring option for category based leagues. Which is more of a " true" fantasy stat?

FOW vs FO%
SOG vs SH%

[metaldude26]

FO% so that centermen don't become overvalued and the best faceoff men aren't marginalized. On the other hand shooting percentage seems ridiculous to me.

[kovalchuk17]

Faceoff wins.
If you go by percentage, a smart gm will just pick one dominant center and fill the rest of his roster with guys that take minimal draws, including wingers who are center eligible. Guys with weak fo% will have negative value, that may make guys like nuge and mackinnon almost unplayable.

Shots on goal. S% seems ridic lol.

[Wrist_Shot]

FW for sure...love this stat in roto type leagues. It really makes the #1 centers extra valuable, especially the ones that have dual eligibility.

SOG, FTW.

[austeane]

If you don't mind complications, I think a mix of both FO% and FW could be great.
Shooting percentage is redundant. What makes up So%? Shots and goals.

Is this a head to head? If you can assign relative weights to categories I would weight Fo% .4 and FW .6. You want to reward the skill of winning faceoffs, not just being good enough that you are on the ice a tonne. If you don't want to create the faceoff equivalent of a goon (let's call them Malhotras, someone who doesn't do much else but win a couple draws), you will have to put some weigh towards volume.

[LawMan]

SOG > SH% for sure.

With faceoffs its tough as both have their weaknesses.
Go with straight FOW and guys will load up on dual eligible forwards and slot them into a winger slot, now you've got 4 wingers in a 2xRW, LW and C league per night and you win by exploiting this loophole.
Conversely, if you go with FO% then guys may stock up on good FO Centres and dual eligible wingers. Unlike some others I have no problem if FO% hurts a guy like Nuge's value for two reasons. 1- there is full disclosure before the season that FO% is a stat so everyone can plan accordingly and 2- it mimics real hockey where Nuge's terrible FO numbers are a hindrance to his team. Finally, I think it would be interesting to have a few more peripherals in a league as they can go up and down. I've never had any FO stat in my league but given a choice I think I'd take FO% over FOW as exploiting it seems harder than FOW.

So for me:
FO% over FOW and
SOG over SH%

[Carter]

Thanks guys!