
Originally Posted by
horrorfan
Hey FHG,
I have my roto league set up in there, with the cats G,A,+/-,PIM,PPP,SOG,FOW,Hits and Blocks. When I look at the rankings for LW, I notice that the top four are: Ovechkin, Neal, Zetterberg and....Ott. Now I know that a player who contributes well in peripheral categories (PIM,Hits,FOW) on top of some offense is valuable, but 4th out of all LW? That's overvaluing him IMO as I feel that those peripheral categories are more easily found elsewhere/later in drafts etc (depending on league depth/structure, of course). I don't think they should be weighted equally (relatively speaking) as more offensive categories, especially PPP, which his is quite low. So, how are those categories weighted? Thanks.
The biggest thing I've had to learn about using FHG is it's key to separate the mathematical rankings (FHG) from other manager's opinions which greatly affect value.
The way I think of it is this:
If we set-up a draft of 12 teams with every team exactly following the draft guru we'd end up with 12 very equal teams and the winner would be whichever team got lucky and exceeded projections the most. Mathematically speaking all 12 teams would be making the correct picks and so no team could get an edge.
But that's not how leagues operate, they operate with managers who have their own opinions and biases, a major bias in mult-category leagues is a preference for the sexy named point getters over the grittier all-round guys. A smart manager can use this to his advantage. Having used FHG you will know that Ott is the 4th best LWer however, since he gets no love,he is projected to go in the 8th round, so, instead of snapping him up in the 3rd round you sit and grab him in the 7th and get killer value.
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: A. Matthews, JT Miller, T. Thompson, B. Nelson, PL Dubois, D. Strome, T. Zegras
LW: F. Forsberg, J. Robertson, K. Fiala, A. Lafreniere(NYR),
RW: A. Kempe, C. Giroux,
D: R. Dahlin, M. Weegar, D. Nurse, N. Dobson
G: S. Bobrovsky, C. Talbot, J. Daccord
NO IR