I\'ve always used a point spread system. My general rule is to look where the #20 forward and #20 Dman would be in terms of points... or #50 and #50. My point is to compare the players by their ordinal position in the points totals for their positions (F, D or G) and then compare apples to apples. If a typical spread is (say) 30 points, then take the D man if the spread betwwen the two players is less than 30 and the forward if the spread is greater.

I think Whitney is a no brainer ! Three years ago I took Gonchar 19th overall. After two picks I din\'t have a forward.

First year : I finished 2nd overall
Second year : I won

Just wanna say that you can always find a good forward, but the excellent d-men are like gold, they aren\'t so easy to find ! :blink:

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15 GMs (keep 25 before the draft and can't have more than 30)
Pts only
Start 9F, 1 rookie, 5D and 1G

F : Iginla, Marleau, Eriksson, Berglund, Jagr, Kunitz, Kopitar, Marchand, Hossa
Rookie : Schultz
D : Carlson, Campbell, S. Weber, Seidenberg, Gonchar
G : Lehtonen

Bench : Hudler, Colborne, A. McDonald, Selanne, Zidlicky, Orlov, Lindback, Luongo, Halak

Minor : Weiss, Jurco, Jarnkrok, Kaberle, Lack

hah k man im gonna stack up the D

You can count on one hand how many D-men can get 70 points, so they should take precedence over any player except a Top 5 goalie or a 100-point forward. Just my immediate thoughts...

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DobberHockey Rules
14 Team Keeper, points only, best 12 skaters 2 dman 2 G count. Playoffs count.
F - Crosby, C.Smith, Wheeler, Parenteau, Hudler, Clowe, Grabovski, Atkinson, Frolik, S. Kostitsyn, Marchand, Peverley, Tavares, Read, Brouwer, Bickell, Gionta, Setoguchi
G - Anderson, Hiller, Markstrom, Brodeur
D - Letang, Del Zotto, I. White, Kronwall, Brodin, Nikitin