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How to Play Fantasy Hockey In most fantasy hockey leagues you draft ten players and add up their points they score, whereas other fantasy hockey league might use every stat in the book like goalie stats, plus-minus, penalty minutes, ice time, even a player's salaries. The variations are endless based on the league and the types of rules they use. The most important thing is read and understand the rules and know what you're getting yourself into. Your stars like Mario Lemieux, Peter Forsberg and my favorite Alex Tanguay could be the best pick you could ever make. Where as other years, due to injuries like knee problems, back pain etc., they are useless picks. Don't ignore these players as part a season of these stars is still better than a full season of most forwards One thing to remember is take into account players with recent injury problems. Sometimes you are surprised to see that last year's scoring champion and Vezina trophy winner are still available late in the draft and you have to wonder if they are all still sitting at home as a holdout waiting to negotiate a new NHL contract. You must consider how long they might hold out and calculate what you anticipate they will score from that point til the end of the season and make your decision to draft them or not. You have to look at a players stats over the course of their career and if they had one exceptional year of scoring then you must not overvalue them based on that one years stats. Most players careers peak at the age of 27 with a few exceptions so if a player has not produced by age 27 then the odds say he will never produce more than what he has up to then. very few players have breakout years after the age of 27 but most have that breakthrough season early in their careers. Use your top draft picks for mature veteran players to give your team strength and take the best odds on the long shots with your lower picks Keep your expectations and goals realistic. In most fantasy hockey leagues the main object is points so consider the guy who plays alot on special teams like the power play. |