Namestnikov RW Eligibility?

[Spurgeon]

Is it just me or is RW really thin this season? LW used to be made up of a bunch of low scoring PIM guys, but even at the draft, seemed like quality LW's were in abundance (and even now sitting on WW), while strong RW's dried up quickly after the first 4-5 rounds.

I'm in a head-to-head league with a stacked bench full of LW's I'm unwilling to drop and will be tough to trade. My RW spots are often left wasted.

One big help would be if Namestnikov picks up RW eligibility (Yahoo). Noticed that he played there a bit during their line shuffle a couple weeks ago. Any chance he gets RW anytime soon?

[CaptainK]

No.

Johnson has played RW for the past few games (1st & 2nd) line and he hasn't even gotten it.

[Axeman33]

I don't see it. I believe he has to play at that position for a certain amount of games before most sites (Yahoo, Fantrax, etc) will even consider giving him that designation.

[stevegamer]

I don't see it. I believe he has to play at that position for a certain amount of games before most sites (Yahoo, Fantrax, etc) will even consider giving him that designation.

That's the standard method for almost all sites in all sports. Sometimes a commish can tweak it.

[GSD]

Right wings are very tough to come by this year.

[Spurgeon]

I don't see it. I believe he has to play at that position for a certain amount of games before most sites (Yahoo, Fantrax, etc) will even consider giving him that designation.

Isn't the requirement 5 Games Played to gain positional eligibility?

[Axeman33]

Isn't the requirement 5 Games Played to gain positional eligibility?

Not 100% sure to be honest. I think the different options for websites may have varying requirements before offering it as an option.

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Isn't the requirement 5 Games Played to gain positional eligibility?

Not 100% sure to be honest. I think the different options for websites may have varying requirements before offering it as an option.

[stevegamer]

[QUOTE=Axeman33;1840433]Not 100% sure to be honest. I think the different options for websites may have varying requirements before offering it as an option.[/COLOR]

This is correct in my experience across varying sports and platforms. Some sites allow people to submit tickets to the site, which triggers investigation of eligibility for certain players.

[Axeman33]

[QUOTE=stevegamer;1840464]

Not 100% sure to be honest. I think the different options for websites may have varying requirements before offering it as an option.[/COLOR]

This is correct in my experience across varying sports and platforms. Some sites allow people to submit tickets to the site, which triggers investigation of eligibility for certain players.

They also have to be prompted to make the changes. If no one asks, it won't happen.

[stevegamer]

[QUOTE=Axeman33;1840485]

They also have to be prompted to make the changes. If no one asks, it won't happen.

I know that in football if a player changes official depth chart positions significantly, such as moving between RB/QB/WR for football, most sites will get that done. A flip on defense such as CB/S or LB/DE/DT usually doesn't get noticed. Baseball has a long history of games played minimums as the way to determine it, and position is part of the standarad stats package, so that's easy.

I'd suspect a forward to defense (or vice versa) in hockey move gets picked up easily by sites, but not so much breakout of forward positions. Burns & Byfuglien have done that, but it's rare.

[Spurgeon]

No.

Johnson has played RW for the past few games (1st & 2nd) line and he hasn't even gotten it.

Well looks like johnson just picked up RW.