Re: The Benefits of Pairings on Your Squad
Originally Posted by
Kofax
I'm also in the group that doesn't think pairs are necessary. Ultimately you should take the best player available as LawMan broke down.
As an example, if I'm at the swing pick, and I have the following rankings (for arguments sake and positions don't matter):
- Seguin 90 points
- Tavares 80 points
- Benn 70 points
I'm going to be taking Seguin and Tavares. My evaluation of these players has taken into account who each will play with and what each will ultimately produce. Seguin and Tavares give me the best overall production. Seguin and Benn will not perform any better if I am the one who drafts both of them.
Ultimately your success with pairs doesn't really have anything to do with them being pairs, but more to do with the fact that you identified that they were the strongest players available at the time you took them, and they just happened to play together.
Originally Posted by
Tobias Funke
What about leagues with weekly lineup changes?
Bingo! I believe that pairings are best suited to deny to opposing manager in a H2H format at best. This in turn takes a lot of research where you would look at the NHL schedule and then look back at the different weeks you would be facing strong managers (this is done pre-draft so it's a gamble). Getting the 2 Dallas players when you are facing a top team and they are playing an extra game that week can pay off big. In the example of Tavares outpointing Benn by 10 points, I can't argue there. On paper, you are better off getting the 10 extra points in the long run, but if you add some intangibles that are found in H2H matchups, those extra points may not factor as much.
In small leagues with weekly lineup changes, adding the 2nd or 3rd player on a given line can also work if the stars (no pun intended) are aligned during that specific week.
Thanks for the article Luigi; it has brought up some valid points from you as well as the other members chiming in!
Keeper league 14 teams (H2H, 20 active players keep 16 NHLers, 16 minors)
Scoring Cats: G-A-PTS-PPG-PPA-(+/-)-HITS-BLK-SHP-SOG-FOW-GWG / W-L-SVS-SV%-GAA-SO
C- Crosby, Barzal, Bennett, Schmaltz, Cooley, Novak
W- Forsberg, Batherson, Nichuskin, Tuch, Konecny, Maccelli, Sharangovich, Bertuzzi, Kaliyev, Neighbours, Reichel
D- Carlson, Rielly, Klingberg
G- Hellebuyck, Demko, Merzlikins, Vejmelka
Minors:
F: Fantilli, Bourgault, Perreault, Cowan, Ohgren, N. Foote, Goyette, Iskhakov, Denisenko, Tracey
D: Simashev, Willander, Lambos
G: Schmidt, Rodrigue, DiPietro, Gaudreau, McKay