Yahoo PosElig

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Many of us have been lobbying for Yahoo! to trim down their player position eligibility over last few years.
Below is a list of dual or triple eligibility players from Yahoo!s 2014-2015 Fantasy Hockey Database.
Proposed... is each player's SINGLE eligibility position for the Yahoo! 2015-2016 Fantasy Hockey Season.

Team-by-team (based on Team prior to July 1st):
Justifications based on most common linemates & line combinations and player's FOW total (via starting a shift as face-off center).

Anaheim:
LW - Andrew Cogliano ANA (not C) [ANA LW2/LW3. Primary off-wings were Silfv(RW) or Palmieri(RW)]
C - Ryan Kesler ANA (not RW) [ANA C2. 937 FOW.]
C - Chris Wagner ANA (not RW) [ANA C4/C5. Wagner had 33 FOW in 9 games, playing most spot C4 when one of Thompson/Rakell were out]
RW - Jakob Silfverberg ANA (not LW) [ANA RW2, playing reg season with off-wing of Cogliano (LW). Played most of playoffs with Beleskey(LW) and Kesler(C)]
LW - Tomas Fleischmann ANA (not RW) [ANA LW2/LW3. Played most commonly with Silfv(RW) or Palmieri(RW).]
LW - Emerson Etem ANA (not RW) [ANA LW4 in regular season with Jackman(RW) or Sekac(RW) on off-wing. Thompson or Rakell at center.]

Arizona:
RW - Sam Gagner ARI (not C) [ARI RW2, if all Arizona healthy. Can play C and had 361 FOW. But Arizona will have C1-Hanzal, C2-Arcobello, C3-Chipchura, C4-Vitale to start year until injury.]
RW - Tobias Rieder ARI (not C) [ARI RW2/RW3, though he did play RW1 with Boedker (LW) out, shifting Doan to LW1 w/Vermette(C).]
C - Kyle Chipchura ARI (not RW) [ARI C3. 473 FOW]
RW - Shane Doan ARI (not LW) [ARI RW1 with Boedker (LW) healthy. Most common linemates were Boedker(LW) and Vermette(C).]
LW - Martin Erat ARI (not RW) [ARI LW2/LW3. Played with off-wings Gagner(RW), Moss(RW), Klinkhammer(RW).]

Boston:
LW - Carl Soderberg BOS (not C) [BOS LW3. Plays w/Eriksson(RW) and Kelly(C) when healthy Bruins line-up. Will play C if Bergeron/Krejci/Kelly out.]
C - Chris Kelly BOS (not LW) [BOS C3. Plays w/Soderberg(LW) and Eriksson(RW) when healthy Bruins line-up.]
RW - Max Talbot BOS (not C) [BOS RW4. Played mostly with Paille(LW) and Campbell(C) when healthy Bruins line-up.]
RW - Seth Griffith BOS (not C) [BOS RW2. Played most with Lucic(LW) and either Krejci(C) or Kelly(C).]
RW - Bobby Robins BOS (not C) [BOS RW4/RW5. Most common off-wing to Paille(LW) to start 2014.]
LW - Loui Eriksson BOS (not RW) [BOS LW3. Played w/Soderberg(LW) and Kelly(C) when healthy Bruins line-up. Likely to be at LW with BOS rostering Hayes(RW), Connolly(RW), Patrnak(RW)]
RW - Simon Gagne BOS (not LW) [BOS RW4/RW5. Was tried at RW1 opp Lucic(LW) and fell to RW4 opp Paille(LW).]

Buffalo:
RW (new!) - Tyler Ennis BUF (not C, not LW) [BUF RW1. Most common off-wing was Moulson(LW). E.Kane(LW) & Eichel(C) additions likely means Ennis lines up at RW1 to start '15-'16.]
C - Matt Ellis BUF (not LW) [BUF C4/C5. 100 FOW in 39games, fill-in center.]
RW - Cody Hodgson BUF (not C) [BUF RW2/RW3. Only 173 FOW in 78 games. SIM Ennis, loss of Stafford/C.Stewart and addition of E.Kane(LW) probably pushes Hodgson to RW.]
RW - Zac Dalpe BUF (not C) [BUF RW4. Most common linemate was Philip Varone (Varone was the C, having 147 FOW in 28gp.)]

Carolina:
LW - Eric Staal CAR (not C) [CAR LW1. Only 343 FOW for the year, lining most up on LW1 w/J.Staal-C1. First season with majority time NOT at center.)
LW - Nathan Gerbe CAR (not C) [CAR LW2. Most common linemates were R.Nash-C, Lindholm-RW]
C - Jordan Staal CAR (not LW) [CAR C1. 499 FOW in just 46gp. 10+ FOW/gp. Brother E.Staal played on his LW.]
RW - Elias Lindholm CAR (not C) [CAR RW1/RW2. RW1 with Staal/Staal, RW2 with Gerbe/R.Nash, RW3 with Skinner/Rask]
LW - Jeff Skinner CAR (not RW) [CAR LW2/LW3. Most often as LW3 with R.Nash-C3 and Semin-RW3]
RW - Alexander Semin CAR (not LW) [CAR RW3. Most commonly with Skinner/R.Nash. Played spot time as RW1 w/Staal & Staal.]
LW - Zach Boychuk CAR (not RW) [CAR LW3/LW4. Listed as LW by Canes NHL.com site, which is one of the better ones positionally]
RW - Justin Shugg CAR (now LW) [CAR RW4/RW5. Listed as RW by Canes NHL.com site, which is one of the better ones positionally]

Calgary:
LW - Lance Bouma CGY (not C) [CGY LW2. Most common off-wing was David Jones-RW. Only 29 FOW in 78gp]
RW - Josh Jooris CGY (not C) [CGY RW3/RW4 when all Flames healthy. Did play spot C duty with players out.]
RW - Jiri Hudler CGY(not LW) [CGY RW1 playing with off-wing Gaudreau-LW]
LW - Mason Raymond CGY (not RW) [CGY LW2/LW3, most commonly played with off-wing Jooris-RW.]

Chicago:
LW - Patrick Sharp CHI (not C) [CHI LW3 for most of season. Only 53 FOW]
C - Brad Richards CHI (not LW) [CHI C2 for most of season. 399 FOW. Most commonly with Versteeg-LW, P.Kane-RW]
C - Antoine Vermette CHI (not LW) [ARI/CHI center - 872 FOW in 82gp.]
LW - Teuvo Teravainen CHI (not C) [CHI LW3. Only 29 FOW in 32gp. Likely to be CHI LW2 in 15/16.]
LW - Joakim Nordstrom CHI (not C) [CHI LW4/LW5. Only 2 FOW in 38gp.]
LW - Peter Regin CHI (not C) [CHI LW4/LW5. 1 FOW in 4gp]
RW - Patrick Kane CHI (not C) [CHI RW2. Hasn't played center in 3+ seasons. Only 3 FOW in 61gp.]
LW - Brandon Saad CHI (not RW) [CHI LW1 playing w/Toews-C and Hossa-RW for most of season.]
LW - Kris Versteeg CHI (not RW) [CHI LW2 playing w/B.Richards-C and P.Kane-RW for most of season.]

Columbus:
C- Brandon Dubinsky COB (not LW) [CBJ C2 when all healthy. 436 FOW in 47gp.]
LW - Artem Anisimov COB (not C) [CBJ LW2/LW3. Most common linemates were Dubinsky-C and Foligno-RW]
LW - Boone Jenner COB (not C) [CBJ LW2/LW3 if all healthy. Did have 151 FOW in 31gp, can play C, but only if Cs injured.]
C - Ryan Johansen COB (not RW) [CBJ C1. 851 FOW.]
RW - Marko Dano COB (not C) [CBJ RW3. Most common linemates were Wennberg-C and Hartnell-LW.]
C - Alexander Wennberg COB (not RW) [CJB C3 likely for 15/16. 288 FOW in 68gp.]
LW - Rene Bourque COB (not RW) [CBJ LW4/LW5. Most common linemates were Ry-Jo-C and Atkinson-RW. Has played both.]

Colorado:
C - Matt Duchene COL (not LW) [COL C2. 635 FOW. Most common linemates Tanguay-LW and Iginla-RW]
C - Ryan O'Reilly COL (not LW) [COL C1. 713 FOW. Most common linemates Landeskog-LW and MacKinnon-RW]
RW - Nathan MacKinnon COL (not C) [COL RW1. Primarily with Landeskog-LW and O'Reilly-C. Only 201 FOW in 64gp]
RW - Daniel Briere COL (not C) [COL RW4. Only 13 FOW in 57gp.]
C - Marc-Andre Cliche COL (not RW) [COL C4. 377 FOW in 74gp.]
LW - Alex Tanguay COL (not RW) [COL LW2. Primarily with Duchene-C and Iginla-RW]

Dallas:
LW - Jamie Benn DAL (not C) [DAL LW1. Lines up on LW when opening draw and Seguin at C. Will split L/R faceoffs with Seguin. But only 298 FOW in 82gp, < 4 FOW/gp.]
LW - Shawn Horcoff DAL (not C) [DAL LW3, if all healthy. Will play spot C if any C injured. Only 237 FOW in 76gp.]
C - Vernon Fiddler DAL (not LW) [DAL C3/C4. 569 FOW in 80gp.]
C - Tyler Seguin DAL (not RW) [DAL C1. Lines up at C when opening draw and Benn at LW. Will split L/R faceoffs with Benn.]
RW - Colton Sceviour DAL (not C) [DAL RW3. Most commonly with Fiddler-C and Horcoff-LW]

Detroit:
C - Henrik Zetterberg DET (not LW) [DET C1. 541 FOW in 77gp. Most commonly with Nyqvist-RW and LW-Franzen/Abdelkader.]
C - Pavel Datsyuk DET (not LW) [DET C2. 601 FOW in 63gp. Most commonly with Tatar-LW and RW-Helm]
RW (new!) - Tomas Tatar DET (not LW) [DET RW2. Played most season on RW, allowing Helm-LW and with Datsyuk-C.]
LW - Darren Helm DET (not C) [DET LW1, closed season with Datsyuk-C and Tatar-RW. 223 FOW in 75gp.]
LW - Joakim Andersson DET (not C) [DET LW4/LW5 if all DET C healthy: Z/Datsyuk/Sheahan/Glendening. Most commonly LW4 w/Glendening-C & Miller-RW.]
RW - Gustav Nyquist DET (not C) [DET RW1 w/Abdelkader-LW & Zetterberg-C]
LW - Justin Abdelkader DET (not RW) [DET LW1 w/Zetterberg-C & Nyquist-RW]
RW - Erik Cole DET (not LW) [DET RW1 to close season. Finished season playing w/Abedelkader-LW & Zetterberg-C. E.Cole is UFA unlikely to be re-signed.]
LW - Johan Franzen DET (not RW) [DET LW1, if healthy. Will play LW1 w/Zetterberg-C & Nyquist-RW]
RW - Daniel Cleary DET (not LW) [DET RW4/RW5 if all healthy.]
RW (new!) - Stephen Weiss DET (not C) [DET RW3. Closed season with J.Andersson-C3 and Pulkkinen-LW3. Only 52 FOW in 52gp. Likely to stay at RW if Cole/Cleary un-signed.]

Edmonton:
LW - Taylor Hall EDM (not C) [EDM LW1. Only 45 FOW.]
LW - Matt Hendricks EDM (not C) [EDM LW4, if all EDM healthy. Will play LW4 with Gordon-C and Klinkhammer-RW]
RW (new!) - Rob Klinkhammer EDM (not LW, notC) [EDM RW4, most commonly with Gordon-C4 and Hendricks-LW4]
RW - Andrew Miller EDM (not C) [Just 1 FOW in 9gp]
RW - Tyler Pitlick (not C) [Just 5 FOW in 17gp]
RW - Jesse Joensuu EDM (not LW) [EDM RW4/RW5. Most common off-winger was Hendricks-LW]

Florida:
LW - Jonathan Huberdeau FLA (not C) [FLA LW1, most commonly with Barkov-C1 and Boyes/Jagr-RW1]
LW - Jussi Jokinen FLA (not C) [FLA LW2, most commonly with Bjugstad-C2 and J.Hayes/Boyes-RW2]
RW - Brad Boyes FLA (not C) [FLA RW1 pre-Jagr & RW2 post-Jagr]
RW - Tomas Kopecky FLA (not LW) [FLA's RW4, most commonly with MacKenzie-C4 and Thornton-LW4]

Los Angeles:
LW - Andy Andreoff LOS (not C) [LA LW4/LW5, when all LA healthy.]
C - Jeff Carter LOS (not RW) [LA C2 - most commonly with King/Pearson-LW2 and Toffoli-RW2. 627 FOW]
C - Mike Richards LOS (not RW) [LA C4 - most commonly with Clifford-LW4 and Nolan-RW4. 289 FOW in 53gp]
RW - Marian Gaborik LOS (not RW) [LA LW1, most commonly with Kopitar-C1 and J.Williams-RW1. Gaborik will likely switch to RW1 with Lucic coming in as LW1.]
RW - Dustin Brown LOS (not LW) (LA RW3. Most commonly with Stoll-C3 and T.Lewis-LW3)

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Minnesota:
LW - Ryan Carter MIN (not C) [MIN LW5 if all healthy.]
C - Erik Haula MIN (not LW) [MIN C4/C5. Most commonly with Schroeder-LW4 and Bergenheim-RW4]
C - Charlie Coyle MIN (not RW) [MIN C3. 334 FOW in 82gp. Likely to stay at center if Kyle Brodziak not re-signed.]
LW - Thomas Vanek MIN (not RW) [MIN LW3 to end season. Most commonly with Coyle-C3 and Fontaine-RW3.]
RW - Nino Niederreiter MIN (not LW) [MIN RW2/RW3, depends if Chris Stewart is re-signed.]
RW - Matt Cooke MIN (not LW) [MIN RW4 likely, if Berg/C.Stewart not re-signed.]

Montreal:
LW - Alex Galchenyuk MON (not C) [MON LW2. Most commonly with Plekanec-C2. End season spot-filling LW1 w/MaxPac injured.]
LW - Devante Smith-Pelly MON (not RW) [End season as MON-RW2. Likely to start 2015-2016 as LW3 given MON added Semin(RW) and Kassian(RW).]
C (new!) - Torrey Mitchell MON (not LW, not RW) [MON-C4 to end season, w/Prust-LW4 & Weise-RW4. Just re-signed. 399 FOW in 65gp, mostly in latter-half of season.]

Nashville:
LW - Filip Forsberg NAS (not C) [NAS LW1, most commonly played with Ribeiro-C1 and Craig Smith-RW1 or James Neal-RW2. *FF will switch to RW when with Neal-LW.]
LW - Colin Wilson NAS (not C) [NAS LW2, most commonly with Neal-RW2 or C.Smith-RW.]
C - Paul Gaustad NAS (not LW) [NAS C4, if all Preds healthy, with Nystrom-LW4 and Beck-RW4
RW - Craig Smith NAS (not C) [NAS RW1, most commonly with Ribeiro-C1 and Forsberg-LW1]
RW - James Neal NAS (-) [NAS RW1/RW2, most commonly with Ribeiro-C1 and Forsberg-LW1]
RW - Taylor Beck NAS (not C) [NAS-RW4, most commonly with Gaustad-C4 and Nystrom-LW4]

New Jersey:
RW - Tuomo Ruutu NJD (not C, not LW) [NJ RW4. Most commonly end of season on RW4 with R.Boucher(LW), Josefson(C)]
LW - Dainius Zubrus NJD (not C, not RW) [NJ LW3. Most commonly as LW3 with Gionta(RW) as opp-winger.]
LW - Michael Cammalleri NJD(not C) [NJ LW1 w/Zajac-C, most common opp.wingers Jagr(RW)... Tootoo(RW), post-Jagr.]
C - Adam Henrique NJD (not LW) [Most commonly w/Jagr(RW) then Bernier(RW) post-Jagr. Likely back to C2 for 2015-2016]
C - Patrik Elias NJD (not LW) [NJ C3 to end season w/Gionta(RW) and Henrique(LW)/Zubrus(LW).]
LW - Reid Boucher NJD (not C) [LW4/LW5. Likely as LW3 to start 2015-2016.]
RW - Stephen Gionta NJD (not C) [NJ RW3 to end season, most commonly with Zubrus-LW3 and Elias-C3]
RW - Martin Havlat NJD (not LW) [NJ RW1 early season, most commonly with Zajac-C1 and Elias-LW1]
LW - Ryane Clowe NJD (not RW) [NJ LW2 early season, most commonly with Henrique-C2 and Ryder-RW2.]
LW - Joe Whitney NJD (not RW) [NJ LW5 if Brunner back playing RW.]
RW - Peter Harrold NJD (-) (*played both this year. wait for UFA to sign to project his pos*)

NY Islanders:
RW - Mikhail Grabovski NYI (not C, not LW) [NYI RW3. Most commonly played with Kulemin(LW) or Bailey(LW) as opp-wingers.]
RW - Tyler Kennedy NYI (not C, not LW) [NYI RW3/RW4. Most commonly played with Kulemin(LW) as opp-wingers, taking same slot as Grabovski.]
LW - Anders Lee NYI (not C) [NYI LW2, most commonly played with Nelson-C2 and Strome-RW2]
RW - Ryan Strome NYI (not C) [NYI RW2, most commonly played with Nelson-C2 and Lee-LW2]
LW - Nikolay Kulemin NYI (not RW) [NYI LW3, most commonly with Nielsen-C3 and Grabovski-RW3.]
RW - Michael Grabner NYI (not LW) [NYI spot RW3, most commonly with Nielsen/Nelson-C3 and Kulemin-LW3]

NY Rangers:
RW - Martin St. Louis NYR (not C) [*Retired*]
C - Kevin Hayes NYR (not RW) [NYR C3, most commonly with Hagelin-LW3 and JT Miller-RW3.]
LW - Rick Nash NYR (not RW) [NYR LW1, most commonly with Brassard-C1 and Zucc-RW1.]
RW - Mats Zuccarello NYR (not LW) [NYR RW1, most commonly with Brassard-C1 and Nash-LW1.]

Ottawa:
LW - Mike Hoffman OTT (not C) [OTT LW2, most commonly with Zibanejad-C2 and Ryan-RW2.]
LW - Zack Smith OTT(not C) [OTT LW3, most commonly with Legwand-C3 and Neil-RW3.]
C - Mika Zibanejad OTT (not RW) [OTT C2, most commonly with Hoffman-LW2 and Ryan-RW2.]
RW - Bobby Ryan OTT (not LW) [OTT RW2, most commonly with Zibanejad-C2 and Hoffman-LW2.]
LW - Milan Michalek OTT (not LW) [OTT LW1/RW4, most commonly with Turris-C1 & Stone-RW1. Likely starts 2015-2016 as LW3 with JCPageau(C3) and Lazar(RW3)]

Philadelphia:
LW - Brayden Schenn PHI (not C) [PHI LW2 when all healthy, most commonly with Couturier-C2 and Simmonds-RW2.]
LW - Vincent Lecavalier PHI (not C) [PHI LW4. Most commonly with Bellemare-C4 & Vandevelde-RW4.]
C - Pierre-Edouard Bellemare PHI (not LW) [PHI C4. Most commonly with Lecavalier-LW4 & Vandevelde-RW4. 360 FOW in 81gp.]
LW - R.J. Umberger PHI(not C) [PHI LW3. Most common off-winger Matt Read-RW3.]
C - Scott Laughton PHI (not LW) [PHI C3. 134 FOW in 31gp - injured, but should be C3 going forward in 2015-2016.]
C - Claude Giroux PHI (not RW) [PHI C1, most commonly with Raffl-LW1 and Voracek-RW1.]

Pittsburgh:
LW - Nick Spaling PIT (not C) [PIT LW3/LW4. Most commonly with B.Sutter-C3 or Lapierre-C4,
C - Evgeni Malkin PIT (not RW) [PIT C2. 322 FOW in 69gp. Most commonly with Kunitz-LW2 and Comeau-RW2.]
C - Maxim Lapierre PIT (not RW) [PIT C4. 305 FOW in 80gp. Most commonly with Spaling-LW4 and Adams-RW4/C.]
RW - Steve Downie PIT (not LW) [PIT RW3. Most commonly with Sutter-C3 and B.Bennet-LW3.]
LW - David Perron PIT (not RW) [PIT LW1. Most commonly with Crosby-C1 and Hornqvist-RW1.]
RW - Blake Comeau PIT (not LW) [PIT RW1/RW2. Most commonly RW2 with Malkin-C2 and Kunitz-LW2.]
LW - Beau Bennett PIT (not RW) [PIT LW3. Most commonly with Sutter-C3 and Downie-RW3.]
RW - Pascal Dupuis PIT (not LW) [Injured all season, but most likely will slot in to replace an unsigned UFA: Comeau-RW2 or Downie-RW3.]

San Jose:
RW - Joe Pavelski SAN (not LW, -) [SJ RW1. 642 FOW in 82gp. C/RW - Dual. Lines up on RW to J.Thornton for center-ice draw. Takes half zone draws w/Joe. Plays full C w/o Joe.]
C - Logan Couture SAN (not LW) [SJ C2. 477 FOW in 82gp. Most commonly with Marleau-LW2 and Wingels-RW2.]
LW - Patrick Marleau SAN (not C) [SJ LW2. Most commonly with Couture-C2 and Wingels-RW2.]
LW - Melker Karlsson SAN (not C) [SJ LW1. Most commonly with Thornton-C1 and Pavelski-RW1/C.]
RW - Barclay Goodrow SAN (not C) [SJ RW4. Most commonly with B.Smith-C4 and J.Scott-LW4.]
LW - John Scott SAN (not D) [SJ LW4. Most commonly with B.Smith-C4 and Goodrow-RW4.]
LW - Matthew Nieto SAN (not RW) [SJ LW 3, if all SJ healthy, will play LW3 with Tierney-C3 and either Hertl-RW3 or Wingels-RW2/RW3.]

St. Louis:
LW - Alexander Steen STL (not C) [STL LW1. Most commonly with Backes-C1 and Oshie-RW1.]
LW - Patrik Berglund STL (not C) [STL LW3. Most commonly with Stastny-C3 and Jaskin-RW3. Only 160 FOW in 77gp.]
LW - Steve Ott STL (not C) [STL LW4. Most commonly with Goc-C4 and Reaves-RW4. Only 160 FOW in 78gp.]
C - Marcel Goc STL (not LW) [STL C4. Most commonly with Ott-LW4 and Reaves-RW4. 372 FOW in 74gp.]
C - David Backes STL (not RW) [STL C1. Most commonly with Steen-LW1 and Oshie-RW1. 617 FOW in 80gp.]
RW - T.J. Oshie STL (not C) [STL RW1. Most commonly with Backes-C1 and Steen-LW1.]

Tampa Bay:
LW - Alex Killorn TAM (not C) [TB LW1. Most commonly with Stamkos-C1 and Callahan-RW1/Filppula-RW/C.]
C - Valtteri Filppula TAM (not LW) [TB C1/C3. Most commonly with Killorn-LW1 and Stamkos-C1 -or- Namestnikov-LW3 and Callahan-RW3.]
C - Steven Stamkos TAM (-) [TB C1. Most commonly with Killorn-LW1 and Filppula-RW1. 469 FOW in 72gp.]
C - Tyler Johnson TAM (not RW) [TB C2. Most commonly with Palat-LW2 and Kucherov-RW2.]
RW - Nikita Kucherov TAM (not LW) [TB RW2. Most commonly with Palat-LW2 and T.Johnson-C2.]
LW - Jonathan Drouin TAM (not RW) [Likely LW3 for 2015-2016, as B.Morrow-LW unlikely to be re-signed. TB has 11F under contract and Namestnikov-LW3 as RFA.]

Toronto:
LW - Joakim Lindstrom TOR (not C, not RW) [TOR LW2. Closed season playing with Kadri-C2 and Panik-RW2.]
RW (new!) - Leo Komarov TOR (not C, not LW) [TOR RW3. Closed season playing with Holland-C3 and Lupul-LW3.]
RW - Richard Panik TOR (not LW) [TOR RW2. Closed season playing with Kadri-C2 and Lindstrom-LW2.]
LW - Joffrey Lupul TOR (not RW) [TOR LW3. Closed season playing with Holland-C3 and Komarov-RW3.]

Vancouver:
C - Brad Richardson VAN (not LW) [VAN C4. Most commonly with Matthias-LW4 and Kassian-RW4.]
LW - Brandon McMillan VAN (not C) [VAN LW5. Only 10 FOW in 58gp.]
RW - Alexandre Burrows VAN (not LW) [At some point in every season he ends up on the Sedin line... so can we just realize he should be RW.]
LW - Nicklas Jensen VAN (not LW) [Likely may get time at LW3/LW4 if Matthias and B.Richardson not re-signed.]

Washington:
LW - Marcus Johansson WAS (not C) [WAS LW2. Most commonly with Kuznetsov-C2 and Brouwer-RW2.]
C - Evgeny Kuznetsov WAS (not LW) [WAS C2. Most commonly with MarJo-LW2 and Brouwer-RW2.]
LW - Andre Burakovsky WAS (not C) [WAS LW3. Closed season with Latta-C3/C4 and Galiev-RW3/RW4.]
LW - Liam O'Brien WAS (not C) [WAS LW4/LW5. 1 FOW in 13gp.
RW - Troy Brouwer WAS (not C) [WAS RW2. Most commonly with Kuznetsov-C2 and MarJo-LW2.]
C - Eric Fehr WAS (not RW) [WAS C3. Most commonly with Chimera-LW3 and Ward-RW3. 449 FOW in 75gp.]
RW - Chris Brown WAS (not C) [WAS RW5. 1 FOW in 5gp.]
LW - Alex Ovechkin WAS (not RW) [WAS LW1. Most commonly with Backstrom-C1 and Wilson-RW1. Closed season with Kuznetsov-C2 and Ward-RW1/RW3.]

Winnipeg:
LW - Mathieu Perreault WPG (not C) [WPG LW3. Closed season with Lowry-C3 and Stempniak-RW3.]
C - Bryan Little WPG (not RW) [WPG C1/C2. 762 FOW in 70gp. Closed season as C2 with Ladd-LW2 and Frolik-RW2.]
RW - Michael Frolik WPG (not C) [WPG RW2. Closed season with Ladd-LW2 and Little-C2.]
RW - Lee Stempniak WPG (not LW) [WPG RW3. Closed season with Lowry-C3 and Perrault-LW3.]
C (new!) - Adam Lowry WPG (not LW) [WPG C3. 402 FOW in 80gp. WPG uses him as C3. Likely to continue at C, especially if C4-Slater is not re-signed.]

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Discussion re: Dual Eligibility Players

In general, dual eligibility can give an increased value to a player in fantasy hockey.
Especially in daily leagues, the option of having two (or three) slots to place a player allows for bench players to be inserted in line-ups more often.
Roster allocation can create conditions where a 3-position player like Joe Pavelski (C/LW/RW) can have much, much more fantasy value than a 1-position player like Ryan Getzlaf (C).

re: LW/RW dual players.
There are many players in the NHL that can (& do) play either wing.
Guys like Shane Doan, James Neal, Filip Forsberg, Thomas Vanek, and Nick Foligno can easily play either wing.
Again - one position allocation is key to fairly comparing their value to single position wingers.
A singular position should be chosen - using some set methodology - but giving a player dual position even if he played 50% at each wing is detrimental to putting all players on a level field for comparison/selection.

re: C/W dual players.
With FOW being a common statistical category, there is positive AND negative effects of assigning a player with either DUAL or SINGLE eligibility.

If the average drafted center wins 700 FOW in a season, then Steven Stamkos-C winning only 469 FOW (splitting face-off duty with Filppula), has a lowered value as a Center taking sub-average FOW.
If the average drafted right wing wins 20 FOW in a season, then Steven Stamkos-RW winning only 469 FOW (splitting face-off duty with Filppula), has an incredibly elevated value as a RW taking well-above-average FOW.
And with dual eligibility, Steven Stamkos C/RW, winning FOW from the RW, may exceed the value of a winger (Ovechkin) that does not win face-offs.
Dual-eligibility skews intrinsic player value in fantasy hockey.

Two potential manners for fantasy websites (ex. Yahoo!) to minimize value-swings:
1. SIMPLE: In pools counting FOW, only players rostered in a center slot shall be eligible to "count" FOW. (This would be similar to how football kickers might not get fantasy points for scoring a TD [on a fake FG or XP attempt].)
2. DIFFICULT: Allow commissioners the option to set player eligibility.


As a general opinion for distribution of forward positions:
In a fantasy hockey league, there should be approximately the same number of LW, C, and RW.
The best way to achieve fairness and not have skewed player value is to assign each player ONE singular position to start each season.
Each NHL team should have about the same LW, C, and RW listed in the database (and then there's many prospects listed - not as critical)

There are a few cases where guys like Stamkos/Filppula typically split center duties.
So the three players on TB line 1 might come in as:
LW: Killorn
C: Stamkos
C: Filppula
But that's the rare case where a physical NHL line would not have a LW, C, and RW represented in the player positions.

Most NHL lines should contain a LW/C/RW.
For example, San Jose's top line is:
LW: M.Karlsson
C: Thornton
RW: Pavelski

Like Filppula, Pavelski really splits the duties with Thornton as face-offs go.
So why would Filppula AND Stamkos be listed as C -only...
While Thornton AND Pavelski be listed as C & RW...
Or while Seguin AND Benn be listed as C & LW...
The difference between Filppula & Pavelski & Benn, I'd say, is that Filppula has long been considered a C in league... and keeper leagues.
And Pavelski has long been considered a RW in leagues... and keeper leagues.
And Benn has long been considered a LW in leagues... and keeper leagues.
And maybe those players should keep their "Traditional" primary position as their SINGLE Position.

All this said, many players like Backes, Datsyuk, Zetterberg, and Giroux have been playing primarily center for years... and their wing-eligibility is not justified.
Wingers like Patrick Kane and Martin St.Louis and Taylor Hall have been primarily wingers for their careers... and their center-eligibility (from a spot month or two playing center) is not justified.

These dual-eligibilities need to be corrected back to singular positions so we can get back to fairly comparing & valuing fantasy hockey players.

[Pengwin7]

Discussion on positional eligibility of those changing teams.

to Arizona:
C - Antoine Vermette CHI (not LW) [ARI/CHI center - 872 FOW in 82gp.]
For New Team: C-Vermette. He played C with Arizona before. He'll play there again. C1/C2 will be Vermette/Hanzal as Arcobello gone. C3/C4 Chipchura/Vitale

to Arizona:
RW - Steve Downie PIT (not LW) [PIT RW3. Most commonly with Sutter-C3 and B.Bennet-LW3.]
For New Team: RW-Downie. Reider made slide up to Gagners-RW, with Downie becoming RW3.

to Anaheim:
LW - Shawn Horcoff DAL (not C) [DAL LW3, if all healthy. Will play spot C if any C injured. Only 237 FOW in 76gp.]
For New Team: LW-Horcoff. Anaheim seems set at C with Getzlaf, Kesler, Rakell, Thompson. They need to replace Beleskey & Palmieri, which means Horcoff likely to be a winger.

to Calgary:
RW - Michael Frolik WPG (not C) [WPG RW2. Closed season with Ladd-LW2 and Little-C2.]
For New Team: RW-Frolik. He hasn't played much C and CGY recently re-signed Backlund. Frolik probably takes over RW2 from David Jones.

to Chicago:
LW - Artem Anisimov COB (not C) [CBJ LW2/LW3. Most common linemates were Dubinsky-C and Foligno-RW]
For New Team: C-Anisimov. Sounds like Chicago intends for Anisimov to be their C2 for future years.

RW - Marko Dano COB (not C) [CBJ RW3. Most common linemates were Wennberg-C and Hartnell-LW.]
For New Team: RW-Dano. Very likely to be used at wing.

to Colorado:
LW - Carl Soderberg BOS (not C) [BOS LW3. Plays w/Eriksson(RW) and Kelly(C) when healthy Bruins line-up. Will play C if Bergeron/Krejci/Kelly out.]
For New Team: ???-Soderberg. With ROR departed, COL could either put Soderberg at C2... or make the transition to get MacKinnon there. TBD.

to Colorado:
RW - Blake Comeau PIT (not LW) [PIT RW1/RW2. Most commonly RW2 with Malkin-C2 and Kunitz-LW2.]
For New Team: RW-Comeau. If it's MacKinnon they push to C2, then RW opens up.

to Columbus:
LW - Brandon Saad CHI (not RW) [CHI LW1 playing w/Toews-C and Hossa-RW for most of season.]
For New Team: LW-Saad. It's possible they might flip him to RW, but likely to start where he is most comfortable: LW.

to Detroit:
C - Brad Richards CHI (not LW) [CHI C2 for most of season. 399 FOW. Most commonly with Versteeg-LW, P.Kane-RW]
For New Team: C-B.Richards. DET does have Zetterberg/Datsyuk/Sheahan/Glendening... but always has considered putting one of Z/Dats on wing. Assume B-Rich is C3.

to Nashville:
RW - Cody Hodgson BUF (not C) [BUF RW2/RW3. Only 173 FOW in 78 games. SIM Ennis, loss of Stafford/C.Stewart and addition of E.Kane(LW) probably pushes Hodgson to RW.]
For New Team: RW-Hodgson. Almost certain to stay on wing as NAS has Fisher & Ribeiro re-signed. Jarnkrok & Gaustad likely C3/C4.

to Minnesota:
RW - Zac Dalpe BUF (not C) [BUF RW4. Most common linemate was Philip Varone (Varone was the C, having 147 FOW in 28gp.)]
For New Team: RW-Dalpe. Minnesota is set at center.

to Philadelphia:
RW - Sam Gagner ARI (not C) [ARI RW2, if all Arizona healthy. Can play C and had 361 FOW. But Arizona will have C1-Hanzal, C2-Arcobello, C3-Chipchura, C4-Vitale to start year until injury.]
For New Team: C-Gagner. I'll speculate he is to be their C3... unless Laughton ready for full time role there. PHI stocked with wingers.

to Toronto:
LW - Nick Spaling PIT (not C) [PIT LW3/LW4. Most commonly with B.Sutter-C3 or Lapierre-C4]
For New Team: LW-Spaling. I don't think they'll put him at C.

[chuckcouples]

Wow. Nice work compiling all of this information. I like the process you are going through to accomplish your goal. Positional eligibility in Yahoo is a complete mess and it would be much better for everyone who uses it if it was straightened out.

However, I completely disagree with your thoughts on dual eligibility. If an NHL coach can choose to play Jamie Benn at LW or at C then he SHOULD have more value in a fantasy league then a LWer who cannot play C at all. My belief is that if an NHL player has shown the ability to perform at the same level at two or more different positions, then he should be eligible to play those positions in fantasy leagues. For example, Brent Burns has clearly shown the ability to play both RW and D in the NHL and should therefore be allowed to play those positions in fantasy leagues. Regardless of the fact that he only played D last season, if San Jose were to acquire two more top 4 dmen, he would easily be able to move back to RW. This ability should be rewarded in fantasy leagues and his value should be more because of it. Taylor Hall has shown that he DOES NOT have the ability to play C in the NHL should he should not have dual eligibility in fantasy leagues.

Bottom line is I feel the determining factor to dual eligibility should be has a player shown the ability to play, at the NHL level, multiple positions at the same level of effectiveness.

[Pengwin7]

^That's an interesting way to look at it.

Thanks for the help with the MIN guys and thanks for the kind words on the work!
I've probably spent 20-30 hours on this project!!!
Yahoo! would be so much better (IMO) if they could at least streamline the positional eligibility.

[LawMan]

Impressive list Pengwin. I continue to maintain that the best approach is to give every player only 1 position. Ideally providers would open on August 1st and announce every player's position. At that point the position is set for the entire season and can only be changed in the off-season. I realize that this would create some problems (you'd have a few guys marked as wingers that ended up as Centres) but ultimately I find it to be the least bad of the options. I simply don't trust providers to hand out dual-eligibility "properly" or based on any objective criteria. That's why I prefer the rigidity of single eligibility.

Pengwin, what's your plan for this data? Are you going to present it to yahoo in hopes that they review it and set all dual-eligible players to one position? I don't use yahoo but I've read on here about how they have forums and what-not. I hope they at least give you the time of day after you've put all that effort in but I wouldn't hold me breath that they change their current operating procedures.

[L2TG]

Fantastic work Pen

[Pengwin7]

BUMP.
Speculating (see green above) on some dual eligibility players that have shifted teams.
Anisimov seems like he should be C2 center for CHI.
Gagner possibly to be C3 center for PHI.

(I remember a few years ago, Yahoo! granted Seguin C-eligibility with his summer trade to Dallas, even having not played it in Boston.)