Fantasy Hockey HELP!

[Two or less]

Here's the thing. I have a money league draft on yahoo tomorrow night at 7pm. My parents are flying to Europe tomorrow which my brother was going to take them. However, my bro threw out his back. So he's unable to really move, let alone drive to Toronto to drop them off and return. So i gotta do it. Now, since i gotta take them, no way i will make it for my draft.

 

It's a money league and if i win, i will share some of the money with the person who helps draft with me.

 

Please, is anyone interested? If CPU picks my team will be complete garbage. lol

[Two or less]

Anyone? Please... lol

[LabattBlue]

Anyone? Please... lol

I'd give you a hand if I knew for sure that I have nothing going on, but I am almost positive I will be chaffeuring by teenage daughter around town this evening.

[nucci]

I would but don't have confidence drafting hockey like I do baseball and football. I play in an auto draft league.

I can pull up some cheat sheets if you have no one else. Hate to see the computer pick your team. Let me know.

[SabresFan526]

If you can tell me the time, location, login, etc. I could probably do it. Fantasy Hockey is not terribly difficult, so let me know if you need some help.

[Two or less]

If you can tell me the time, location, login, etc. I could probably do it. Fantasy Hockey is not terribly difficult, so let me know if you need some help.

 

Thanks. If you can't do it, then maybe nucci will. I send both of you messages. I truly appreciate this guys.

[nfreeman]

If you can tell me the time, location, login, etc. I could probably do it. Fantasy Hockey is not terribly difficult, so let me know if you need some help.

I need help -- a friend who is a casual hockey fan (ie one of those weirdos who doesn't spend all his time on a Sabres message board) asked me if I wanted to partner with him on a hockey fantasy team. I'm sort of interested, but have never done a fantasy team and have no idea what to do.

 

Any simple pointers? It's the cbs sports fantasy league -- http://frozenice.hockey.cbssports.com/

 

Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

(sorry for hijack, Vanek-man)

[nobody]

Glad others were able to step up to help you. I just couldn't.

[SabresFan526]

I need help -- a friend who is a casual hockey fan (ie one of those weirdos who doesn't spend all his time on a Sabres message board) asked me if I wanted to partner with him on a hockey fantasy team. I'm sort of interested, but have never done a fantasy team and have no idea what to do.

 

Any simple pointers? It's the cbs sports fantasy league -- http://frozenice.hockey.cbssports.com/

 

Any thoughts/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

(sorry for hijack, Vanek-man)

Depends on the league settings, but when I have played, the leagues have not been terribly complex. Depending on your draft position, ideally you want to draft a top notch goaltender (or 2 depending on how many you start per week) early in the drafts. Top notch goaltenders are few and far between, so I generally put a premium on elite goalies in the early rounds (think running backs for Fantasy Football).

 

From there, I focus on drafting forwards that score. I don't put a ton of weight in the penalty minutes category. I generally run a Lady Byng Team, but if that's the only category I lose in a given week, I'm fine with it if I can win all the other categories. The route here is open to you, but you can go pure goal scorers and pure set-up guys or you can try to bring together a team of well-rounded guys who score in the 70-80 point range. My strategy would be with the third and fourth round picks trying to get a pure goal scorer and a pure assist man. Focus on getting the bulk of the points from top line guys. Also, if you use my strategy, you can forget about getting Ovechkin, Malkin, and Crosby because they'll be gone, but there are quite a few good players out there that can make this strategy work.

 

I typically don't go after a defenseman until about the 8th or 9th round. But, it all depends on what's on the board, so there's no hard and fast rule here. If Mike Green is sitting there at my pick in the 5th round, I'll probably jump on it. In terms of defenseman, you obviously want guys who score. But that may not happen, especially later in the drafts. So, this is where you can win the +/- category on a weekly basis if you can draft defenseman that consistently are strong in +/-. Some of the best +/- guys aren't necessarily high scorers. Think Tom Preissing with Ottawa a few years back. So, you don't need the top guys, but you want guys who play on a team with high scorers and solid goaltending. So, you could do well potentially with a Robyn Regehr if you can't get a Mike Green/Lidstrom/Rafalski/Chara, etc. I'd try to get one Norris type guy, one PP specialist, and one +/- star on defenseman. Likely, these are three different guys.

 

At forward, you can do surprisingly well with a bunch of second line guys. I once won a league with Daniel Briere as my leading scorer when he was playing with the Coyotes in 2001-2002. In general, I think I'd follow a strategy as follows:

Round 1: Goalie

Round 2: Goalie

Round 3: Top Line Forward

Round 4: Norris Calibre Defenseman

Round 5: Top Line Forward

Round 6: Second Line Forward

Round 7: PP Defenseman

Round 8: Second Line Forward

Round 9: Forward

Round 10: +/- Defenseman

 

I think I've gone into way too much detail, but I generally put a premium on goalies. From there on, it's kind of how the rest of the draft works, you react to what's available, just like you do in any other fantasy league.

[nfreeman]

Depends on the league settings, but when I have played, the leagues have not been terribly complex. Depending on your draft position, ideally you want to draft a top notch goaltender (or 2 depending on how many you start per week) early in the drafts. Top notch goaltenders are few and far between, so I generally put a premium on elite goalies in the early rounds (think running backs for Fantasy Football).

 

From there, I focus on drafting forwards that score. I don't put a ton of weight in the penalty minutes category. I generally run a Lady Byng Team, but if that's the only category I lose in a given week, I'm fine with it if I can win all the other categories. The route here is open to you, but you can go pure goal scorers and pure set-up guys or you can try to bring together a team of well-rounded guys who score in the 70-80 point range. My strategy would be with the third and fourth round picks trying to get a pure goal scorer and a pure assist man. Focus on getting the bulk of the points from top line guys. Also, if you use my strategy, you can forget about getting Ovechkin, Malkin, and Crosby because they'll be gone, but there are quite a few good players out there that can make this strategy work.

 

I typically don't go after a defenseman until about the 8th or 9th round. But, it all depends on what's on the board, so there's no hard and fast rule here. If Mike Green is sitting there at my pick in the 5th round, I'll probably jump on it. In terms of defenseman, you obviously want guys who score. But that may not happen, especially later in the drafts. So, this is where you can win the +/- category on a weekly basis if you can draft defenseman that consistently are strong in +/-. Some of the best +/- guys aren't necessarily high scorers. Think Tom Preissing with Ottawa a few years back. So, you don't need the top guys, but you want guys who play on a team with high scorers and solid goaltending. So, you could do well potentially with a Robyn Regehr if you can't get a Mike Green/Lidstrom/Rafalski/Chara, etc. I'd try to get one Norris type guy, one PP specialist, and one +/- star on defenseman. Likely, these are three different guys.

 

At forward, you can do surprisingly well with a bunch of second line guys. I once won a league with Daniel Briere as my leading scorer when he was playing with the Coyotes in 2001-2002. In general, I think I'd follow a strategy as follows:

Round 1: Goalie

Round 2: Goalie

Round 3: Top Line Forward

Round 4: Norris Calibre Defenseman

Round 5: Top Line Forward

Round 6: Second Line Forward

Round 7: PP Defenseman

Round 8: Second Line Forward

Round 9: Forward

Round 10: +/- Defenseman

 

I think I've gone into way too much detail, but I generally put a premium on goalies. From there on, it's kind of how the rest of the draft works, you react to what's available, just like you do in any other fantasy league.

Muchas gracias.