Laine or Olofsson as sniper?

[PenguinHunter]

We are talking about one week here, not who's a better goal scorer....


This week Olof has 4 games against DAL(19 ga), ANA(6 ga - this cant last), LA(26 ga), SJ (22 ga)
Laine only 3 games against ARI (7 ga), NYI (15 ga), EDM (13 ga)

For this week I take Olof, the teams he is playing are relative seives.

Exactly!! Go with Olofsson this week!

Got to make sure you read the whole question before answering it haphazardly!

[Swedish Meatball]

You go with the guy who has more opportunity in games and that is Olofsson.

[Nuck Chorris]

Olofsson has a long way to go before he can be considered in the same stratum as Laine. Long, long, long way to go.

This....although, Olofsson is trending in right direction and he is on a pretty good tear.

[audiopile]

Exactly!! Go with Olofsson this week!

Got to make sure you read the whole question before answering it haphazardly!

Glad someone heard me.

[lucafen4]

Eventually, gravity will win and Laine will own your sniper spot. Right now - given the hot hand & extra game - I'd go Olofsson - then you'll likely want to switch back next week.

[beefiest]

Thanks all for the feedback. Ya, it can actually be a tough call in this format. Basically you want to make your sniper the guy whose points are more heavily skewed to goals vs. assists. If one guy gets 3 goals and no assists, and the other gets 5 goals and 4 assists, you're better off with the 3 goal guy as your sniper.

For those asking, the position came about when we made the tough (but correct) decision to eliminate a goon position a few years back. Felt we needed something a bit more interesting than just forward, defence, goalie. It's actually a Flex position of tagging one player as either a sniper (2x goals + 2x hattrick) or a playmaker (1.5x assists). Worked pretty well so far.... Often makes for some tough weekly decisions and gives some goal-heavy or assist-heavy players a bump in value.

[hockeyrobot]

Laine > Goalofsson.