Yes and no...

My problem with z-scores is because it's a "cumulative" score, if you have 1 really bad negative like in Staal's case (+/-), that negative gets exasperated even though it's only 1 stat. Same could be said, if I plugged in Dorsett, his PIMs would singlehandedly boost him positively because he's so much more above the average, but it's only 1 stat.

In fantasy hockey (especially in H2H), the scoring isn't based on a cumulative score of all the players, they're individual categories, so when Staal is better than the average in 3 of the 6 categories, and on average for 1, below average for 2. To me he still has "positive" value, so I don't buy the fact that in a "cumulative" scoring summary that he should be a negative player and mostly punished for the 1 +/- category.

It's like you said before, if that's my "punt" category, if I win 4 out of 6 tied 1 and completely tanked +/-, I'm still winning my small battle in H2H leagues, so how can it be negative? And if Dorsett really only provides me an advantage in 1 stat, how can he positively affect my fantasy team and lead me to a championship when he only influences 1 stat...

But one thing that absolutely makes sense is as you said, FHG is great a determining player valuation, but that's just it, it doesn't take into account "team value"...

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