Hypothetical Scenario
You’ve got a 10–team rotisserie league that dresses 12 forwards and 6 defensemen. You score based on goals (G), assists (A), plus/minus (+/-), penalty minutes (PIM), powerplay points (PPP), and shots on goal (SOG). We’ll use the stats for the 2007/2008 season to illustrate a point.
You have your choice between either Mike Richards and Dion Phaneuf or Joe Thornton and Brian Campbell. Tough call, right?
Not with the Hockey Pool Geek working for you, it’s not
Our tools break it down and evaluate each player and their value in your pool.
| Player | HPG Score (value in your league) |
|---|---|
| Richards | 20 |
| Phaneuf | 36 |
| Total | 56 |
| Thornton | 35 |
| Campbell | 16 |
| Total | 51 |
With our tools, you’ll know that Richards and Phaneuf are worth more. The other GMs in your pool won’t.
But hold on, you’re in a second league too —
Armed with this knowledge that Richards and Phaneuf are worth more than Thornton and Campbell you’re feeling pretty smug, right? Unfortunately for you, your pool doesn’t score penalty minutes or shots on goal, and instead of dressing 6 defensemen, you dress 4. That changes the picture entirely, and that’s the point.
| Player | HPG Score (League 1) |
HPG Score (League 2) |
|---|---|---|
| Richards | 20 | 14 |
| Phaneuf | 36 | 8 |
| Total | 56 | 22 |
| Thornton | 35 | 37 |
| Campbell | 17 | 19 |
| Total | 52 | 56 |
When you take PIM and SOG out of the picture and have fewer defensemen on a team, it turns the values around completely. Every league is different, and player value changes drastically based on league setup.
The other fantasy hockey sites out there are run by extremely smart, talented people — but they aren’t talking about your league specifically. So how can you expect their rankings to reflect the real value of a player in your league’s setup? You can’t. Not unless you crunch the numbers. The Hockey Pool Geek has done the work, so you don’t have to.