23-24 Fantasy Hockey Draft Strategy: Everything you need to win

[@psuley1977]

This is one of the best single fantasy advice videos I have ever watched. Deep and simple, rather than shallow and needlessly complex.

[@sebastiengagne9251]

100%. Really useful and on point! Probably try to join as a patreon this year 😊

[@WMWAnimations]

This channel helped me win my pool last year. Anyone new watching, I highly recommend this video!

[@npz1838]

This is so useful because it covers the strategy, not just pick this guy or not this guy. I appreciate that a lot. Its reassuring because ive been doing a lot of these strategies already either subconsciously or thru trial and error. One thing i love doing each year is having one team that is completely experimental where i try out new, crazier things and evaluate how it does. Highly recommend it!

[@wizard6133]

Just wanted to come back and say I ended up winning my league because of this video. It was my first year and I had no clue how to play (been play FF for 10 years) Thank you for the help! Looking forward to this year and beyond!

[@datadraft371]

Love to hear it! Exactly why I made the channel in the first place

[@christophersalazar924]

Followed you all last season your information was so valuable for me to make the playoffs. So happy it's hockey season again!

[@SeanCollins-b1w]

Awesome video! First year doing Fantasy Hockey after years of Fantasy Football. I've grown pretty comfortable with football, and I have a pretty good knowledge of the NHL player base, but needed a guide on evaluating players based on the scoring system and general draft strategy. This was super helpful. Thanks for the time and research.

[@humphreygruntwhistle3946]

You have the best content of all of the KZbin Fantasy Hockey channels. Most simply rank players/positions but your channel is akin to sitting in a classroom, which is great for those who are new to the Fantasy process. The tables and graphs are excellent, helpful visuals. Thanks for what you do. 👍

[@davidcerenzia1226]

Arguably the most articulate account for fantasy hockey. This content is amazing. Curiosity, do you or anyone in your community have any thoughts on doing Auction Drafts? While love to know your thoughts on adapting these strategies to that format!

[@gordobeenballin9826]

Your videos are really great keep up the good analysis

[@MikaHakkinen83]

Best content in YT.

[@conwayGAMES]

i don’t wanna say im guaranteed to win this year for jinx reasons… but im very hopeful to say the least. 18-4 so far and 96.6-59.8 in round 1 so far… needless to say this tool was awesome!

[@thetank5642]

The guy who took Erik Karlsson in my league only finished third despite drafting EK, Dougie and Hischier late because he sold his first three rounds with Barkov, Hedman and Markstrom

[@TheBreakaway88]

Lol in a 10 team home league, I told my gf she should pick up karlsson because he went undrafted and my D were stacked… yea that was a mistake LOL

[@usmanbarak2615]

Dammit was refreshing your page all yesterday waiting for this video haha. Had my draft last night 😢 Still amazing advice, love your channel!

[@johnnyaguiar3088]

Great vid 👌

[@evgeniid9399]

Wondering what you think of this team in a 12 team league: G: 3pts A: 2pts PPG/SHG: 2pts PPA/SHA: 1pt (+\-) 0.5pts Goalie: W: 3pts GA: -0.5pts Saves: 0.1pts Shutouts: 2 pts Matthews 11 Marner 14 Josi 35 Connor 38 Georgiev 59 Morissey 62 Dunn 83 Reinhart 86 Saaros 107 Nurse 110 Nichushkin 131 Fantilli 134 Werenski 155 Domi 158 Lehkonen 179 Hall 182 Schmaltz 203 Hayton 206 Vilardi 227 Marchenko 230 4C 4W 4D 2G

[@datadraft371]

Really solid first half of the draft, some good deeper options too. Good value goaltending, I'm not a fan of Hall but I see why you'd take a shot on him there

[@evgeniid9399]

@@datadraft371 I appreciate the insight thanks, love your vids keep up the good work!

[@fraserberry7381]

Let’s get some 2024 content! Won my league from these videos last year

[@catchandcook1]

Great content! Is it possible to add categories in the tableau by any chance? Would need to add defenceman points and +/- stats.

[@magicseadog8674]

Some great advice here. I have to pick 5 keepers. And i my best players are Kutcherov Kapriztov Makar Ottenger Sorokin Gunzel Tuch Debrincat Im thinking of taking the top 5 players as i have written them. Im not a big fan of taking goalies early but i was drunk last year and missed the 1st half of the draft and got a bunch of auto picked goalies. Our leauge is a cats leauge with bangers. If i take both sorokin and otter obviously I can just run two goalies and will have lots of starts, but it means that 2 of my two other keeper players are makar and kutch and so I think i can just give up on ever winning goals or face offs as I have 1/5 of my top players as a goal scorer (kapritzov). So I was thinking about targeting the goalie stats (obviously) as well as assists, hits and blocks. So maybe i pick up the best defencmen available with my first pick (someone who is assist heavy and or blocks/hits and try to focus on forwards who get assists, hits and blocks? Is this a terrible strat? Am i fucked? (i think so) should i maybe drop the goalies and keep debrincat and gunzel and pray that gunezal gets healthy, the pens are god and debrincate bounces back this year? Please help. Staying sober for this draft by but I'm very hungover.

[@dahabs123]

im glad i rewatched this. draft order changed, now im drafting 12/16 points weighted heavily towards wins/goals.hits are .1.shots .1 that removes a play from my playbook.but it does open up a wraparound of otter and georgio or shasty :O guys will run 3 g on me that opens up me using 1 extra something else.or 5 something elses during the week :O gohabsgo

[@eliaspera7047]

Thanks for the great content. Was wondering how much of your approach you would change for a 12-team keeper league with TGs and forwards rather than individual positions up front? I usually focus on D and TGs early cause never enough to last long with this setup

[@CD-hy6fg]

Drafted 7/10 in my points league. My picks: M Tkatchuk C. Makar C. Beddard D. Hamilton J. Saros M. Boldy M. Sergachev J. Markstrom K. Connor J. Eichel (what a steal at 94th pick) F. Anderssen A. Larsson J. Huberdeau L. Schenn F. Vatrano S. Jarvis

[@datadraft371]

Looks really good, some huge steals late, solid D and goaltending too

[@Ash-uh2ot]

Goat

[@shakeypudding6563]

Very good advice 👍

[@91Pulp]

I feel like there's not quite enough elite Dmen to draft 2 unless you spend picks 2 and 3 on them. At least in my league, tier 1 Dmen (Makar down to Hamilton) were gone by round 4. I got Bouchard but only manage follow up with Seider, Dobson, and Werenksi over the 20 round draft. Also, I agree with focusing on scoring wingers (or C). I had Matthews fall to me at 7th OA so I got him, Tage (maybe he gets RW?), Kyle Connor, and Caufield plus a bunch of 30-35 goal scorers. In cats leagues at least, goals are just harder to come by and win than assists.

[@datadraft371]

Depends on league size but I think there are more d options this year with so many guys splitting pp time just maybe fewer solidified #1 pp unit Qbs

[@ThePalePatriot]

@@datadraft371 12 man POINTS league, punted G a bit, drafted Kuemper, Levi and Merzlikins, but I like him to bounce back. 5 PTS per win, 5 per SO, -1 GA but 0.25 per save, can I survive?

[@Josh-fo5oy]

Would you take Mackinon or matthews 3rd I have G A PPP SHP GWG SHOTS HITS BLKS PIMS

[@datadraft371]

I'd take Mackinnon but if you believe Matthews can get back to 60 goals and 1.45 points per game like he did two years ago, Matthews is more complete with his Blocks

[@millionfish]

How do you feel about McAvoy, Durzi, Seider, Gostisbhere, Rasmus Andersson, Burns, Deangelo, Doughty, Sanderson/Chabot/Chychrun, Letang, Pietrangelo and Theodore? 12 team, 19 round, H2H, G, A, P, PPP, SOG, HIT, BLK, PIM

[@millionfish]

So when it comes to goal scoring wingers who also can shoot a lot, what do you think about Gaudreau, Keller, Huberdeau, Boldy, Marchand, RNH, Dubois, Hyman, Perron, Skinner, Verhaeghe, Kreider, Jenner, Buchnevich, Bratt, Hagel, Lee, Hall, Barbashev, Raymond, Bertuzzi, Lehkonen, Nichuskin, Burakovsky, Pavelski, Wilson, Tuch, Perron, Reinhart, Necas, Kyrou, Konecny, Tippett, Rakell, Marchessault, Laine, Tarasenko, Batherson, Barzal, Boeser, Terry, Jarvis, Patrick Kane, DeBrusk, Brown, Marchenko, Stone, Tolvanen, who sticks out to you that should be avoided or faded? 12 team, H2H, 19 rounds, G, A, P, PPP, SOG, HIT, BLK, PIM

[@bradlydahdaly]

how would you adjust your strategy with Faceoffs wins? Centers are more important now. Its a category league.

[@datadraft371]

I would use my custom rankings dashboard and put in the faceoff weighting

[@Vonzuli]

Drafted 4th of 8 in my H2H Yahoo Points league. Love my team, but I have a problem most people would envy. I ended up with Pasta and Rantanen unexpectedly, then took Nylander as well. I wanna keep them all but I think Nylander is riding the pine more often than not with my current roster. Any suggestions how I could alleviate this should I look for a trade? 😅 1) David Pastrnak (BOS - RW) 2) Mikko Rantanen (COL - RW) 3) William Nylander (TOR - RW) 4) Zach Hyman (EDM - LW,RW) 5) Evan Bouchard (EDM - D) 6) Dougie Hamilton (NJ - D) 7) Mikhail Sergachev (TB - D) 8) Filip Gustavsson (MIN - G) 9) Marc-Andre Fleury (MIN - G) 10) Nico Hischier (NJ - C) 11) Claude Giroux (OTT - C,RW) 12) Evander Kane (EDM - LW) 13) Luke Schenn (NSH - D) 14) Anze Kopitar (LA - C) 15) Justin Faulk (STL - D) 16) Nick Suzuki (MTL - C) > Dropped post draft for Joel Eriksson Ek from waivers

[@millionfish]

So after the big 3 forwards, which order would you put Matthews, Hughes, Rantanen, Pastrnak, Robertson, Kuch, Kaprizov in? I feel like round 1-2 might be too early to take Stutzle. 12 team, 19 round, G, A , P, PPP, SOG, HIT, BLK, PIM

[@millionfish]

So my league has 12 teams and 19 rounds, bangers league. When should I start taking risks? After round 10?

[@LyleMurphy]

Would you change your strategy if the league starts 6 D in category 12 team league? The rest of the roster is 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 2G

[@datadraft371]

I'd probably grab the 1-2 elite pp qb, then d3 and d4 would be guys who share pp time, then I'd go high risk or specialty players later like Byram or Schenn/Gudas. Probably same areas of the ADP ranges

[@Gx22]

How would you adjust your custom category ratings for a salary cap league?

[@datadraft371]

Probably not applicable. Rotowire has that feature I think

[@stevenhachigian4860]

Jut a thought here. Because there aren't many elite defenseman, shouldn't you NOT draft them? Many teams you play won't have them.

[@RavenMadd9]

Ok got third pick in my.draft keeper 20 team league .....what round do I start drafting my tandem?......LA goalie are left .....I kept no goalies as keepers

[@datadraft371]

Maybe at the turn of the snake the second time around? Idk 20 teams is too many for my taste let alone keepers too.

[@RavenMadd9]

​@@datadraft371agree

[@josephmorra4447]

my league gets two points for plus minus... idk how to go about that

[@evasegod]

Assuming the first three obvious picks happen and Matthew Tkachuk is gone, is it smart to reach on Jack Hughes since he has top 5 upside or just go with a safer pick? And with the safer picks, is it just picking whoever you like just as long as you can cover their deficiencies later on in the draft?

[@datadraft371]

You can go Hughes that early bc of dual eligiblility. Pete jensen picked him at 5 for his upside and dual eligibility and it does make sense despite the lower historic point ceiling. Safer picks would be guys you know are at worst gonna give you above a point per game, at best 1.3-.15 points per game

[@evasegod]

@@datadraft371 Ah okay, I see the line of thinking here. Thanks for the very good advice and keep up the hot content tried getting my league mates here many times and they don't listen.

[@ahhhhhhhhhhh9o9o9o]

Dude you saved me

[@Emerson_Beau]

Hey bud, would your drop raymond for wilson in a league with hits and blocks Also would you drop fantilli for norris Thanks G

[@datadraft371]

Yes and yes. I'd probably wait until the end of camp for the Norris thing just to see him healthy and play a few preseason games and make sure he's his old self but yeha

[@Emerson_Beau]

@@datadraft371 beauty reply ❤️

[@williams428]

I’m feeling pretty good after watching this. My 12 man cats yahoo standard. M. Tkachuk Stü Meier Josi Bouchard Vanecek Montour Guentzel Vergaehge Buch Korpisalo Mark stone Thompson Ekblad Tippett Klingberg Def a public league lol I don’t love all the panthers and I really don’t like stone overall. But at the adp how do I not

[@mremptytheeclip9420]

I messed up and took goalies too late. You think Woll and Knight will get 3 starts a week?

[@datadraft371]

Probably not, who's left on the wire?

[@mremptytheeclip9420]

​@@datadraft371Raanta, Copley, Varlamov, Campbell. Had the #5 pick got Matthews, Stuzle, Josi, Hedman, Hyman, Debricat, Debrusk, Carlson, Forsleng etc. This is my second year playing fantasy hockey. I've never watched a game in my life.

[@jettskys]

@@mremptytheeclip9420 I'd keep an eye on that LA tandem, if Copley gets the majority of starts you could snag him. You could always stream the first few weeks for the extra starts off of favourable matchups with guys like Varlamov and Campbell. That truly is a zeroG strat but I don't mind it. Often a goalie will come out of nowhere and steal a job for a team so keep a close eye on that too, ie: Skinner, Kotchetkov, Schmid, Hofer, all last year. If someone hasn't picked up Johansson on Tampa yet that's a must grab right now.

[@mremptytheeclip9420]

@@jettskys Awesome man. Thank you for the info. I'm going to go look right now.

[@baseballplayer6858]

Rate my team 10t h2h points Matthews Petterson Stuzle B tkachuk Jt miller Svechnikov Letang Nurse Faulk Forsling Barkov Nichushkin Verhagae Scheiffle Vanecek L Thompson

[@joshlacombe]

who would you keep between V Hedman and J Carlson? I'm having trouble deciding, Hedman could not be on pp1 as sergachev performed well on pp1 last year, but Carlson most likely will be on pp1. But I still think Hedman is better D. G A +- PIM PPP SOG HIT BLK. Rotisserie

[@datadraft371]

Even if Hedman was guaranteed PP1 Carlson is more complete. If Hedman was pp1 he'd have the higher point ceiling especially for ppp but I'd go Carlson

[@joshlacombe]

@@datadraft371 thanks for the feedback 👍🏼

[@mremptytheeclip9420]

I have both of them.

[@joshlacombe]

@@mremptytheeclip9420 I have Hedman Carlson and Trouba, I want to keep Trouba cause he’s reliable in SOG hit blks, and puts up decent points I was just stuck between Hedman and Carlson

[@mremptytheeclip9420]

@@joshlacombe Why not keep all of them?

[@TheBreakaway88]

Mackinnon over Matthews?

[@ThePalePatriot]

Hey thanks! I am new to fantasy, in a 12 team POINTS league. Could I draft goalies late with this scoring?? Wins 5, Shutouts 5, Assists 3, Goals Against -1, Saves 0.25

[@datadraft371]

Late ish, you're gonna want to target a goalie who starts, wins, and on a good defensive team, Skinner could be a good target, Georgiev will be taken early but he's the kind of goalie that fits those needs, Hellebuyck is another, Kuemper/ Markstrom etc. Those guys are currently going in the 80-100 range

[@creamrising]

Take dono's for team reviews to generate comments sparking the algo.

[@juanjuanson8533]

In my league goalies get a point for each save

[@datadraft371]

That's the only kind of format where Gibson is worth owning. Heavy volume guys are huge here, Saros, Hellebuyck, other great Goalies on middling defensive teams