Yahoo position eligibility 2016/17

[kovalchuk17]

winger faceoffs have always been valuable, this puts that premium back on those players for better or for worse.

in my roto league that counts FWs, i basically tanked that category (3rd last lol) after winning that category every year since the league's inception since all the players that put up points and faceoffs were all picked early (aka overvalued). i dominated pretty much every other category (top 3 in each, primarily 1st/2nd) and won the league handily.

player values will adjust, will just have to adjust accordingly.

[Irriducibile11]

Tomas Hertl only C, LOL!

I hope they don't give us any "data provider"-BS anymore, because then it would take like 3 years to adjust it again. It needs to be done asap.

[Pengwin7]

This has to push Pavelski pretty darn high with his C/RW eligiblity, right?

Last year I felt ballsy taking him over Malkin at pick #9.
This year its a LOCK he goes before Malkin... AND... I have NO chance to get him at #13.
Sad Pengwin.

[Hoochie Coochie Man]

After doing a mock draft, so many players are only centres now, it really makes it tough to fill out a roster. Also, I think the feasibility of running short a D-man or two on some leagues to get more forward games played is over, there's simply going to be too many conflicts barring a bunch of players getting multi position eligibility back. Still might work in leagues that start a lot of players.

[Dikoi]

After doing a mock draft, so many players are only centres now, it really makes it tough to fill out a roster.

I noticed the same thing while doing a mock draft this morning too. I think centres who play often on off nights like Calgary or Anaheim will be pretty valuable.

[trc4lyfe]

I think it makes centres even less worth drafting high, it was bad enough before but now there's even more to choose from.

[dooley89]

Last year I felt ballsy taking him over Malkin at pick #9.
This year its a LOCK he goes before Malkin... AND... I have NO chance to get him at #13.
Sad Pengwin.

Yeah, I think I am almost locked on taking him at 5th in my Roto league this year.

[tomastop]

Last year I felt ballsy taking him over Malkin at pick #9.
This year its a LOCK he goes before Malkin... AND... I have NO chance to get him at #13.
Sad Pengwin.

I felt lucky taking him in 3rd round last year (league in my sig). He should go in 1st round this year.

[horrorfan]

As expected, people aren't happy with many positions being removed, especially those in keepers:

https://yahoo.uservoice.com/forums/206160

Yahoo will continue to have this hassle until they are completely transparent on how they/they're stat provider assign(s) these positions.

[horrorfan]

Is this a start of things to come?

Sep 2
Phillip Di Giuseppe Car - LW,RW
Added RW

Aug 31
Teuvo Teravainen Car - LW,RW
Added RW

[tomastop]

"That is not the plan."
https://twitter.com/YahooFantasy/sta...35712487387136

But I'm afraid, they'll add many positions back again...

[horrorfan]

"That is not the plan."
https://twitter.com/YahooFantasy/sta...35712487387136

But I'm afraid, they'll add many positions back again...

Thanks for the link. Can you ask why suddenly two 'lesser' players just got additional eligibility, and what plans to evaluate further?

[Invictus]

They added Vesey! But still no Marner among others..

[pmorrow]

They added Vesey! But still no Marner among others..

Two new players in 1 week, now we're getting somewhere! I'm worried about how long it takes them to add Zaitsev. Feel my league won't be able to start any time soon...

[havanablast21]

Need Laine a/o Pulj to be LW eligible. Fingers crossed!