nobody, on 30 August 2010 - 08:13 AM, said:
I think your top scorers will still be winning most of those offensive categories! Then we have a few categories to make sure it is not just a scorers league. I also did my best to make sure goaltenders aren't going to control who wins.
As I say with everything with the league - if people think I should tweak something - please let me know what you would like to change something to.
Forwards/Defensemen Stat Category Value
Goals (G) 10
Assists (A) 10
Plus/Minus (+/-) 10
Penalty Minutes (PIM) 10
Powerplay Goals (PPG) 10
Powerplay Assists (PPA) 10
Shorthanded Goals (SHG) 10
Shorthanded Assists (SHA) 10
Game-Winning Goals (GWG) 5
Shots on Goal (SOG) 5
Faceoffs Won (FW) 5
Faceoffs Lost (FL) 5
Hits (HIT) 10
Blocks (BLK) 10
Goaltenders Stat Category Value
Wins (W) 5
Losses (L) 5
Goals Against (GA) 5
Shots Against (SA) 5
Saves (SV) 5
Shutouts (SHO) 5
This seems pretty fair for the most part. My only real beef is Penalty Minutes -- in my league I eliminated them completely. Why should penalty minutes be considered a good thing? But if you want to keep them around I would at least make it 1 or 2 points per PIM. 10 points per PIM is too much, if somebody gets a fighting penalty they're awarded 50 points. That's as much as if somebody scores 5 goals. I think that's why, as somebody noted above me, lesser-skilled players are ranked higher than superstars.
Plus/Minus is funky, too, in this scoring system. It probably shouldn't be worth 10, because if somebody goes +10 on the week, it will times it by 10 and end up with 100 points for that player.
A couple less-important suggestions, just ones out of my own personal preference:
- Special Teams points should be lowered, because they are combined with regular points. For example, if a player scores a powerplay goal, they're awarded the 10 points for a goal + 10 points for a powerplay goal (and same deal for assists). I would put it to about half of value of a regular point... ie: 10 points for a goal, 5 points for it being on the PP = 15 points for PPG essentially.
- I think hits & shot blocks are valued far too much. Like penalty minutes, why should a single hit get you as many points as a goal? I think hits & blocks should be 1 point a piece. They are more like "additional" statistics rather than the primary goals/assists/etc.
- Faceoffs are okay at 5, but Faceoffs lost needs to be set to "-5" I think, otherwise you're awarding centers 5 points for each faceoff they take.
- I think goaltender statistics need to be upped as well, to make them as valuable as a forward. Wins should be 10, losses eliminated (or changed to a negative), Saves maybe 1 point a piece, and shutouts 5 a piece.
Here is how I would do the scoring for this league...
Goals (G) 10
Assists (A) 5
Plus/Minus (+/-) 1
Powerplay Goals (PPG) 5
Shorthanded Goals (SHG) 5
Game-Winning Goals (GWG) 5
Shots on Goal (SOG) 1
Faceoffs Won (FW) 2
Hits (HIT) 1
Blocks (BLK) 1
Goaltenders Stat Category Value
Wins (W) 10
Saves (SV) 1
Shutouts (SHO) 5
Again these are all just suggestions, and I don't care either way what you decide to do. I'm not trying to sound like I'm complaining about everything, I just think the way you have it set up is a little unfair -- it totally decreases the value of scoring forwards and makes third and fourth line grit players who rack up hits/blocks/PIMs the true top scorers.
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