Re: 2015/16 Rocky Horror Roto Show
Awesome stuff Peng.
Perhaps the difference between your "manifesto" and my "plan" is also going to be the difference between the depth of our teams haha.
So after frustratingly being shut out of the draft due to tech difficulties, I have some time to post some thoughts I had going in... which obviously couldn't come completely to fruition since I couldn't "read and react" as the draft unfolded.
But based on where I was drafting, I had the following plan:
1) In the early rounds, grab 2 starting G. Rask and Schneider were the two I had targeted... ideally for rounds 3 and 4. After auto-picking Rask in the 1st, I absolutely would have taken Schneids with #3. Alas, it didn't play out that way and the killer then became, the bulk of other goalies I'd pushed WAY back in my draft order, feeling pretty certain I'd get 2 in the first 3-4 rounds. Couldn't adjust though.
2) Load up on D. This actually did sort of happen with the auto-draft but of course, I wasn't really keen on using all 6 of my D picks that early. Had grouped some value guys together on my pre-draft to have them in mind... and not surprisingly they were ALL available because of that. My strategy behind this is primarlily because I'm new to the Yahoo platform - and was blown away at how many forwards have multiple position eligibilities. When I ran my list, I found really solid depth across all 3 F positions (due to the eligibilities) and felt that I could mine some strong value picks later in the draft.
3) Find the "hidden" value guys based on Y-rank and grab them on an as need basis. Zibanejad was a guy I too was VERY interested in... nice grab Peng. FOW from the wing of course was a target and I felt I could grab some high-upside scorers with blemishes (Yakupov, Skinner, Hertl, etc.) later on. Based on how the draft played out, I think I might have been able to accomplish this had I been live drafting.
4) Pay close attention to how Temek was drafting in the early rounds to see if I needed to adjust my 1st pick before the turn. (Sort of exactly what Peng was doing but I was right before/after him so it was critical that I didn't lose a guy I really wanted 1 or 2 picks ahead of time).
Obviously have a TON of work to do to straighten out my squad, but aside from a few guys I should have completed taken off my list (won't mention them as they'll look fantastic on YOUR teams - I did accomplish some of what I set out to do... just with ZERO artistry.
Apologies guys for not being able to be in there live with you - looking forward to an awesome year!
RHRS, Yahoo, 12-team, Roto
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Black & Blue, Fantrax, 12-Team, Dynasty, H2H weighted
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