Originally Posted by rtstr

Hi all,

drafting for a new league tonight-- 20 team, head-to-head points league. 15 man rosters, keep 2.

start 2 c, 2 lw, 2 rw, 4 d, 1 g. 5 bench spots.

scoring values are:

Skating
Goals = 3
Assists = 2
Plus/minus = 0.3
Penalty Minutes = 0.2
Power Play Goals = 0.6
Power Play Assists = 0.4
Short Handed Goals = 3
Short Handed Assists= 2
Faceoffs Won= 0.1
Shots on goal= 0.1
Hits = 0.2
Blocked Shots = 0.3

Goaltending
Wins = 5
Goals Against = -0.96
Saves =0.08
Shutouts = 4
Overtime Losses = 2.5

the obscure point values make it tough for me to figure out what kind of player this format favors.

I'm thinking my first 2 picks should be drafted according to the fact that we keep 2 players; then I will build around them. Ideally, that'll be a star forward and a goalie. Getting a good goalie is going to be huge in a 20 team league.

But, I am having a tough time analyzing this format. I know a lot of the guys on here are good at that. If someone could take a look at this setup and weigh in on how they would approach this draft, that would be great.

i've also never done a 20 team draft-- i don't know my draft position, so it's hard to plan ahead. I'm going to have a lot of time between picks so I need to draft to fill positions and not sacrifice depth.

Thanks for the input fellas