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The two most secure categories to win consistently are the highest-quantity categories: Hits/BkS. In my one-year league last year, I finished the 22 H2H weeks as 20-2-0 & 21-1-0 in these two categories. Despite having a team of underperforming early forward draft picks (Bobby Ryan, Ryan Getzlaf, Jeff Carter) I was able to finish 3 rd in a 12-team league. As a summary, if Team A played Team B 22 times, the victories each week could land around: G: Team A 11 wins, Team B 11 wins A: Team A 14 wins, Team B 8 wins +/-: Team A 8 wins, Team B 14 wins PIM: Team A 11 wins, Team B 11 wins SOG: Team A 8 wins, Team B 14 wins PPP: Team A 16 wins, Team B 6 wins (PPP is Team A’s biggest strength 95/70 = +35%) Hits: Team A 6 wins, Team B 16 wins BkS: Team A 4 wins, Team B 18 wins (BkS is Team B’s biggest strength 700/520 = +35%) Totals: Team A: 80-96 = 45.5% Team B: 96-80 = 54.5% Planning to win a Hits/BkS league is not difficult. The tack-on categories (Hits/BkS) are still two categories. A category is a category, whether it is goals or BkS. Never forget this. If you can dominate a category by taking players late in your draft, do it. This strategy is the value over investment that wins championships. Since defensemen are the only position that really rakes in the Blocked Shots in large quantities, you need to draft those players to stock that category. And once that’s your strategy, focus on getting any other categories to make those late D picks well-rounded. The best BkS defensemen can also be found with big hit totals, good +/-, or substantial PIM. Grab ‘em late and use your middle rounds to stock forwards. Let everybody else worry about filling out their empty D slots. You’ll make up Hits/BkS at the end of your draft… and you’ll do it well. D is for Domination. ~ Pengwin7 19
Lockout Ready : Players Edition (who can benefit from a lockout) by Tim Lucarelli Alex Burmistrov Burmistrov is a very skilled forward, but he has struggled to produce consistently. Anyone who has watched the Jets can attest to the fact that Burmistrov has flashes where he looks like an elite, skilled forward who can compete with the best of them. But then a few games go by and he fades back into the player who is still finding his way. Thanks to the free agent acquisitions that Winnipeg has made, if the NHL season were to start today, Burmistrov would likely end up stuck on the third line with the same developmental barriers he has been seeing. Whether he plays in St. John’s – where he is eligible to play – or for a KHL team in his homeland Russia, Burmistrov would benefit significantly in the case of a lockout. Cam Fowler Fowler had an impressive rookie campaign, but definitely hit a sophomore slump scoring only 29 points in year two. Like most young players, Fowler has specifically struggled in his own end, posting a minus- 53 rating in his short career. With a year left on his entry-level contract, Fowler will have the opportunity to fine-tune his skills in Norfolk with guys like Emerson Etem, Kyle Palmieri, and Sami Vatanen. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins/Taylor Hall/Jordan Eberle OK, it’s not one player, but these three go together. All three are AHL-eligible, and they would probably all be fine playing in the NHL next year. Now, it’s one thing to dominate in the AHL for a year and then re-join the rest of your teammates who have been training elsewhere. It’s another thing to dominate in the AHL with both of your linemates. Just imagine the confidence these three will bring once NHL action resumes. 20
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Lockout Ready : Players Edition<br />
(who can benefit from a lockout)<br />
by Tim Lucarelli<br />
Alex Burmistrov<br />
Burmistrov is a very skilled forward, but he has struggled to produce consistently. Anyone who has<br />
watched the Jets can attest to the fact that Burmistrov has flashes where he looks like an elite, skilled<br />
forward who can compete with the best of them. But then a few games go by <strong>and</strong> he fades back into the<br />
player who is still finding his way. Thanks to the free agent acquisitions that Winnipeg has made, if the<br />
NHL season were to start today, Burmistrov would likely end up stuck on the third line with the same<br />
developmental barriers he has been seeing. Whether he plays in St. John’s – where he is eligible to play –<br />
or for a KHL team in his homel<strong>and</strong> Russia, Burmistrov would benefit significantly in the case of a lockout.<br />
Cam Fowler<br />
Fowler had an impressive rookie campaign, but definitely hit a sophomore slump scoring only 29 points<br />
in year two. Like most young players, Fowler has specifically struggled in his own end, posting a minus-<br />
53 rating in his short career. With a year left on his entry-level contract, Fowler will have the opportunity<br />
to fine-tune his skills in Norfolk with guys like Emerson Etem, Kyle Palmieri, <strong>and</strong> Sami Vatanen.<br />
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins/Taylor Hall/Jordan Eberle<br />
OK, it’s not one player, but these three go together. All three are AHL-eligible, <strong>and</strong> they would probably<br />
all be fine playing in the NHL next year. Now, it’s one thing to dominate in the AHL for a year <strong>and</strong> then<br />
re-join the rest of your teammates who have been training elsewhere. It’s another thing to dominate in<br />
the AHL with both of your linemates. Just imagine the confidence these three will bring once NHL action<br />
resumes.<br />
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