Re: League Stats - Why Blocked Shots?
Pengwin makes some great points as usual. Adding on:
1. Blocked Shots is an older, more defined stat (still not perfect) thus its better understood and offered by more providers (mainly yahoo, ESPN). It's easier to understand what a "blocked shot" is as opposed to a giveaway/takeaway.
2. It adds value to D-men. I find most leagues that have added Bks have done it with a specific intention to add value to D-men and specifically a certain type of D-man ("gritty and defensive focused")
3. Since its more defined there is more of a history of it and its easy to write intelligently about expectations for a player going forward. Without knowing how takeaways will be scored it's impossible to project totals, so bloggers don't write about it, so it doesn't get attention, so fantasy players don't think to add it.
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
NO IR