Re: What's your draft position preference/strategy for 1yr leagues & why?
If you're talking strategy for picking through the draft, penguin right. Being near or at the turn has distinct advantages because you can pick based on what the teams inside you already have. For example, if the two teams inside you have their goalies basically full and there is the last of the second tier goalies still hanging there. You can pick a different position with your first pick knowing that the goalie will almost assuredly still be there for your next pick.
If you are in. The middle it really doesn't matter much in the heart of the draft because you don't have much control or insight into what others will be doing. But being in the middle for round one and two has some distinct advantages as well. There is a definite drop off in elite talent around the 7-9 pick, so if you can be in there and grab the last of the elite, you will have the advantage of picking first on the way back. It's less of the strategic advantage as above, but there is some edges you can make. Grabbing the last of a tier is the way to win any draft.
14 Team, Keep14 Farm5, 82GP Cap/Position
Skaters: Points only, Goalies 2ptWin/3ptSO
Start: 4C,4LW,4RW,6D,2G
C- Crosby, Zibanejad, Couturier, Zacha, Frost
LW- Marchand, Huberdeau, McTavish, Rackell, Kuzmenko
RW- Konecny, Necas, Caufield, Jarvis, Lafreniere
D- Hughes, Carlson, Werenski, Chychrun, Andersson, Dobson, Weegar
G- Andersen, Merzlikins, Daccord, Jones
Farm- Johnston, Foerster, Tarasov, Hutson, Reinbacher
Picks-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11