weekly league player selection

[mrmaticus]

Hi all, I'm curious how often people in weekly leagues swap out players that have less games. For example, This week Vegas plays twice and Florida plays once. So I have put Theodore in for Yandle to double the time played. I know this strategy can bite you and I'm sure some people never touch their starting lineup. I also have Barkov but he is staying in cause he's not nearly replaceable from my bench.

[hockeyrobot]

I tend to do this later in the season. Doing it now is fine but you also don't really know who might have that breakout year yet.

[MZac]

I do it almost every week. The more ice time a player gets the more likely he is to put numbers into your cats. You can't put up numbers if you aren't playing games.

I won't bench a star for one extra man game but I benched Yandle as well this week and debated between Faulk and Keith who both had 3 man games. I'll take either Keith of Faulk with 3 x the games over Yandle every single week but I'm not benching Crosby for a 2nd liner for an extra game or two. In weekly starts man games are often the difference maker in my league, I've checked and there is a direct correlation between man games and who wins the week.

[butch]

your right , sometimes it could bite you in the butt . i.e , benching a stud that has a two game week for a semi star that has 4 game week thinking you'll be ahead .

if you have a good handle on your players and how their teams are performing you can usually make the right decision a bit more often than not .