January’s Roto Guide undergoes a New Year’s clean up and breaks away from the lone Roto Score column. This time around, the Top 100 features a current on-pace Roto Score as well as a Potential Roto Score based on career performance. By doing so, readers get the best of both worlds – a more accurate month-to-month representation as well as the player’s peak rotisserie abilities.
December’s Roto Guide will be short and sweet as we gear up for 2012. This report also recognizes a big achievement for the Black Aces.
In just over a year, the Black Aces have grown to over 30-plus members. The crew features 25 writers that cover NHL teams, as well as eight daily Studs and Duds writers that bring you the best and worst of the NHL. Dig a little deeper and you will find a number of articles published in the PG Advised section with an open invitation to aspiring writers. Check out the Black Aces Report following the Top 100 to see how this project became a smashing success.
Click here to download the December 2011 PDF Edition!
Download the November PDF right here.
By request, accompanying the Roto Exclusive this time around are columns dedicated to shorthanded points (SHP) and faceoffs won (FOW). In addition, following the Black Aces report this month are two featured articles by Peter Harling and Brandon Landry.
Accompanying the Roto Exclusive this month is a column dedicated to salary. Much like any category you add to a fantasy league, salary completely changes the game. Suddenly you are faced with the challenge of filling out a productive, yet affordable, roster. Some like it and some do not. This edition is catered to those that do.
Welcome to the Roto Guide 2.0 (click here to read in PDF).
With puck drop under a month away and a new season upon us, it seemed like perfect time to take the opportunity to bring about the next chapter of the Roto list – extended categories. The Top 100 now officially features eight categories: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SOG, Hits and Blocked Shots (BS).
Readers, you are looking at the last edition of the Roto Exclusive - Vol 1. September’s edition will see major modifications done to the top 100 including the addition of hits and blocked shots, a revamped “PG” roto score, more distinction between “win now” and “rebuild” players and much more. Going with a to-the-point type feel gives you a clean cut product. Check the list out here.
The following entry features two teams with opposing building goals become perfect trading partners - eventually coming to terms on a blockbuster. This trade effectively triggers one team’s rebuild, and actively attempts to complete the other team’s road to victory. Experience both views in detail and witness the results of their decisions.
This offseason edition of the Top 100 Roto Players brings you hockey enthusiasts an excellent new series: “Hockey Analytics” by Doran Libin. Better known as Big_DL on the DobberHockey forums, Doran delivers a quality piece (and introduction) on the benefits of advanced metrics. Under the Poolie Journals title, we are handed a chance to explore a new side of analyzing statistics, giving us a great advantage over our fellow managers and competition. Be sure to check it out on page 19.
Now that you got your fill on defensemen, it is time to showcase a few deserving forwards who excel in the combined ‘Hits’ and ‘Blocked Shots’ department. Forwards are a very different breed than defensive defensemen and blocked shots are not very forward friendly.
Hits and Blocked Shots are two rotisserie categories that have been thrown into the limelight of fantasy hockey as of late. This edition of Roto Keeper Monsters allows you to experience a different mindset of category evaluation. By taking a proactive approach and diving into the world of extended categories, I hope to provide you with an alternative way of building a winning team.
This combination of categories accentuates the value of physical defensemen. Thus, added importance must given to the few defensemen who willingly throw their bodies in harm’s way for the good of their team.
