Brilliant advice so far.
I'm a bit in between bondon and Pengwin's advice when it comes to goalies. Given that you have two ratio categories, one regular counting one and one fluky counting one that is usually a draw per week, I would not leave it too late to grab a good goalie. If there were saves then I would lean a bit more towards Pengwin's advice for your #2, but I would still want an anchor. That's personal preference. You can do well with both strategies.
I wouldn't pick one in the first round unless I had the last pick of a snake draft, as an inevitable goalie run could leave me scrambling. Depending how much risk you are willing to take you could wait but depends on whether you want a middle of the road goalie as your starter. There are lot of good value offensive players in the later rounds that on a weekly basis can help you, especially in a relatively shallow league for starters, so I don't feel that you should go all offense early necessarily. I would secure one goalie, probably in round two or three, and then adjust as the rounds go on to decide on when the second one should come. Perhaps fourth, maybe fifth, sixth or even later depending on who's left.
Agree about the value of wingers who take faceoffs, and move them up the draft as that'll be key to remaining strong in that category. I would even look at some later round guys for your bench that could help you there e.g. Little, especially if you facing a strong FOW opponent that week. This is especially important if the other managers are also on the ball in picking up FOW heavy wingers earlier and you miss out a bit.
I think given your setup that defensemen can be left a little bit later, as there is pretty good depth in the middle rounds. But try to go for guys that shoot a bit more - they may not all guarantee you consistent offense each week but could contribute to more categories more regularly.
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Last edited by horrorfan; 10-17-2012 at 02:45 PM.
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