never been in a league this big before. not sure of draft position yet. any particular strategy that's worked for anyone? i'm open to all suggestions!
12 Team H2H Keep 4
2 C, 4 W, 4 D, 2 UTIL, 2 G
G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, FW: W, SV%, GAA
C: Barkov, Eichel
W: Connor
D:
G: Sorokin
IR:
NA:
hard to know strategy without knowing position... but one piece of advice is to decide on strategy and sick to it...dont adjust mid way...
14 Teams H2H Dynasty, 28 roster spots (8 bench), 15 minors under 100
Weekly Matchups - Daily Lineups
Skaters: G/A/Pt/PIM/SoG/STP/H+B/ToI/Corsi
Goalies: W/GAA/SVs/SV%/SHO
C: Eichel, Kadri, Mcdavid, Sodeberg, Schenn
LW: Ehlers, Landeskog, Meier, Debrusk, Foegele, Lee
RW: Pastrnak, Marner, Palmieri, Terry, D. Brown, Bailey, Granlund
D: Krug, Josi, Ekholm, Faulk, Muzzin, Karlsson, Cernak,
G: Hellebuyck, Biship, M Jones
Position really matters, scoring system, and where you pick.
But with QBs, 16 team league does have a bit of a more dire need for getting a good one. The QB tiers for me would be
Tier 1: Mahomes, Allen
Tier 1.5: Murray Jackson
Tier 2: Dak, Wilson, Rodgers, Herbert
Tier 3: Tannehill, Stafford, Ryan
Tier 4: Hurts, Cousins, Mayfield, Roethlisberger, Hurts, Burrow
So you can see there's a big drop off between tier 2 to 3 and 3 to 4. I wouldn't really be too happy about going into a yr with Cousins as my QB in a 16 teamer unless I got him super late because other teams over drafted QBs allowing you to pick other positions that dropped.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
So found out the draft order will be randomly set 1 hr prior to the draft. Super unhelpful all around…
12 Team H2H Keep 4
2 C, 4 W, 4 D, 2 UTIL, 2 G
G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, FW: W, SV%, GAA
C: Barkov, Eichel
W: Connor
D:
G: Sorokin
IR:
NA:
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
12 Team H2H Keep 4
2 C, 4 W, 4 D, 2 UTIL, 2 G
G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, FW: W, SV%, GAA
C: Barkov, Eichel
W: Connor
D:
G: Sorokin
IR:
NA:
I'd say, have a QB by round 7. Easiest way to say it.
12 Team, H2H, Keep 6 (in Bold)
G, A, Pts, PPP, FW, SOG, Hits, Blocks
W, Saves, S%, GAA, Game Started
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1Util, 2G, 5BN, 2IR, 1IR+, 1NA
C: Horvat, Trocheck
LW: J. Robertson, Byfield (C), Guenther
RW: Pavelski (C), Giroux (C), Svechnikov (LW)
D: Fox, Makar, Bouchard, Morrissey, Gudas
Util: Meier (LW, RW)
G: Oettinger, Georgiev, Samsonov, Woll
I'll disagree on QB, as there isn't much difference between QB 7 and QB 16. I'd rather have the advantage at WR, as WR thins out pretty quickly. I'd rather have Tee Higgins and Matt Ryan than Cole Beasley and Tom Brady.
I'm personally a zero-RB or one-RB type guy, so depending on where you draft, I'd take one of two strategies. If you draft in the top 4, I'd go RB and then either WR or TE with your next four picks, making sure to pick up one of the top 6 TE along the way. Then I'd go either RB for 2-3 rounds and then when you feel that people are starting to want to take their backup QBs, I'd quick grab 2. Then more RB until all backup RB are out. For your 2nd RB, I'd target high-volume pass catchers like James White or (if healthy) Gio Bernard because they will at least give you a baseline of PPR catch points. If your pick is after the first 4, I'd go with WR or Kelce in the first round and then a bunch of WR or TE if you didn't take Kelce. As of today, Davante Adams is likely the most safe, dependable, high-end production guy. While McCaffrey's ceiling is higher, there is no way that Adams doesn't return 1st round value absent catastrophic injury.
While this strategy doesn't yield the best opening day roster, given how many RBs get hurt during the year, I think it works better provided that you've got some good backups in your bullpen and are aggressive in free agency when RB opportunities show up. Mike Davis was free on draft day last year and when McCaffrey got hurt, he was like 75% of what McCaffrey was doing for a few weeks. That's the tactical advantage.