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~ I'm not a sociopath, it's just that my magnetic personality keeps throwing off my moral compass.~
Victoria DH
C(3): Athanasiou, Sissons, Zibanejad
LW(3): Lehkonen, Burakovsky, Hymen
RW(3): Bjorkstrand, Smith, Palmieri
F(3): Stepan (C), Bjork (LW), Poehling (C)
D(6): Carlson, Heiskanen, Bogosian, Edler, Hakanpaa, Fleury
G(1): Talbot, Sorokin, Varlamov
Bench: Parise (LW), Motte (C), Richardson (C), Hagg (D)
IR: Wood, Henrique, Johnson, Dvorak
Prospects: (F) Barre-Boulet, Khovanov, Beckman, Greig, N. Robertson, Fagemo, Tuomalaa, (D) Ceulemans, Hughes, Schneider, Zboril
Writer of the weekly Top 10 column.
12-team Keeper pool, straight points for forwards & dmen. Goalies get: 2 points per win, 3 per shutout, 1 point per assist & 1 point per shootout loss.
League champ in 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2022.
Top 8 forwards, 5 dmen and 2 goalies count.
We keep 15 players (any position) plus two rookies.
Forwards: Panarin, Ovechkin, Kopitar, Stamkos, Tuch, Rust, Marchessault, Pavelski, Miller, Bertuzzi, Stone, Kakko, Brown, Stankoven, Kovalenko
Defence: Hedman, Fox, Matheson, Thrun, Jiricek
Goalies: Kochetkov, Talbot, Vasilevskiy, Campbell, Schmid
7th place projection, damn. I was really hoping to be in or close to the top 3 - got some work to do!
12 Team H2H Keep 6
Scoring Cats - Players: G, A, P, +/-, PPG, SHG, GWG
Goalies: W, GAA, SV%, SHO
Start 2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 1G (locked in for the week)
C: Malkin, Kuznetsov, Larkin, Couture
LW: Hall, DeBrincat, Fiala
RW: Kucherov, J.T. Miller
D: Theodore, Gustafsson, Pulock
G: Hellebuyck, Shesterkin
I will say though, looking at these projections there really isn't all that much separating the top 8 or 9 teams. Really, anything could happen.
Quick look at Team Cap Situations (based on 2014-2015 cap hits):
$99.9m Fall River's Finest (MCMackerel)
$98.2m Halifax Krakens (GretzkysMullet)
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$91.2m Markham Waxers (praba)
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$88.9m Windsor Spitfires (Pengwin7)
$84.1m Highland Scotch Hounds (seadawg)
$82.0m Fort Frances Muskies (Burgundy)
$80.4m Montreal Canadiens (newfcollins)
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$78.4m CSKA Moscow (rainydrinkwater)
$73.8m Edmonton Road Runners (Lemmy)
$70.4m Amsterdam Red Lights (rataylor22)
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$69.8m Grand Rapids Griffins (brakli)
$69.8m Cleveland Barons (gopack26)
$67.0m Saanichton Cougars (InForAPenny)
$65.9m Oshawa Generals (Bobby4Ever)
$63.0m Vancouver Voodoo (GoNucks)
$62.7m Victoria Dead Hookers (Loch)
$62.4m Guelph Storm (havanablast21)
$60.9m Flint Firebirds (Pit Bulls)
...
$58.8m District-5 Ducks (evans334)
$56.7m Wheeling Nailers (Brosive)
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$49.6m Hartford Whalers (Savvy1982)
$48.8m Braham Pietasters (glorybe23)
$41.7m Manitoba Moose (GinFizz)
...
$35.0m London Nationals (VintageVibe)
Thought it would be interesting to compare how the projected standings stand up against Penguin's salary post shortly after we completed the draft.
WHL - 24tm multicast salary partial keeper
19 Active / 6 Reserve / 15 Minors
3C/3LW/3RW/3F/6D/1G
Skaters: G/ A/ +/- /PIM/SOG/PPP/Hit/Blk/FOW-C
Goalies: GS/W/OL/GAA/SV%/SV/SHO/ShL/A
Cool.
7 of the top 10 are in both lists.
Saanichton, Victoria, and Wheeling managed to get a top 10 projected standings score without the $$$ spent.
Gee. Thanks Pitbull and FHG. Feeling great about myself.
Think my total would be higher if i didn't have giordano vanek and 2 quality starters on the bench
WHL - World Hockey League (24-Team Daily H2H)
Weighted Scoring: G(1),A(1),PPP(0.5),+/-(0.5), SOG/PIM/HIT/BLK(all 0.05), FOW-C(0.01)
Fall River's Finest
C(3): Malkin, Kesler, Hanzal
LW(3): Lucic, Perron, Chimera
RW(3): Eberle, R. Smith, Doan
F(3): Stafford (RW), Parenteau (RW), Eakin (C)
D(6): S. Weber, Suter, Giordano, Yandle, Chara, Polak
G(1): Miller [+ Niemi, Zatkoff]
Bench: Filppula (C), Ferland (LW), Stalberg (LW), Weise (RW)
Prospects(10): Roy (C), Tambellini (C), Andreoff (LW), Jensen (LW), Sorensen (RW), Morin (RW), DeMelo (D), Berube (G), Campbell (G)
In a 24 team league in its 1st year, I think a top 10 rank is perfect for my team.
Can only get better, and my team is young enough to improve.
WHL - World Hockey League (24-Team Daily H2H)
Weighted Scoring: G(1),A(1),PPP(0.5),+/-(0.5), SOG/PIM/HIT/BLK(all 0.05), FOW-C(0.01)
Edmonton Roadrunners
C(3): Tavares, Couture, Girgensons
LW(3): Helm, Ott, Soderberg
RW(3): Ryan, Gallagher, Simmonds
F(3): Hemsky, Paquette, Markus Granlund
D(6): OEL, Gudas, Johnson, Savard, Quincey, Wideman
G(1): Halak, Smith, Lindback
Bench: Stoll, Stajan, Mckenzie, Pulkkinen
Prospects(10): Straka, Chartier, Crouse, EK Eriksson, Tuch, Koekkoek, Max Reinhart, Zboril, Bibeau, Jarry
RIP- Phil Philthy Animal Taylor- September 21, 1954-November 11, 2015.
My team came in a little lower than what I expected but I'm not putting too much stock into the projections.
There are so many variables - injuries, trades, player movement, rookie impact, players far exceeding everyone's projections, players not meeting expected production, coaching changes, etc. - in addition to how close the fantasy point projections are, the final standings may not look anything like the FHG projections. I just thought it would be fun to look back and try to determine what went right (or wrong)!
WHL - 24tm multicast salary partial keeper
19 Active / 6 Reserve / 15 Minors
3C/3LW/3RW/3F/6D/1G
Skaters: G/ A/ +/- /PIM/SOG/PPP/Hit/Blk/FOW-C
Goalies: GS/W/OL/GAA/SV%/SV/SHO/ShL/A
True.
And as much as I love FHG... sometimes projections don't capture what a GM can do by pure scheduling/management.
For example, each year of the RHRS (a roto league), my goalie projections always come in last and I end up projected at middle or lower half of standings.
That's because I usually draft only 3 back-up goalies.
But throughout a season I hawk spot-start back-ups & injury replacements. Three seasons, three top three finishes - and those that have posted my FHG projection has never even been close to correct.
Right now I'm rostering 3 goalies (Lundqvist, Lehtonen, Pavelec) in a start 1G format.
I'm not sure if FHG even has a way to capture how many points I might get from a 2nd/3rd goalie... or from bench players... and I have several NHL D-men in my minors-eligible club.
So, a lot of teams could be skewed.
I think the projection rank is probably more a reflection of how solid a team's starting 19 players are - and probably captures bench & minors strength less.
Based on past year's points (i.e. drafted points), praba has a dominating lead on all of us. (I've done this calc.)
Actually, I'm a beta tester for this feature as well, and from what I can tell the scores include full value for all bench players. Goalies are listed in the team breakdown at their total value, and overlap in games played is not taken into account. So if anything the projections are a bit generous in regards to bench players. I don't think minors players are factored in, however. They are included, but I think it's mostly so that the entire rostered player pool is accounted for. I would certainly agree that there are players in the minors in this league that could make a significant difference to the standings.
I'm projected to finish in the top 20!
Nice...