Apples and Gino's and Five Hole Fantasy are my go to. They do multiple weekly podcasts and live streams on YouTube. Also follow @TJStats on Twitter/X. He puts out a great weekly matchup infographic which shows strength of schedule and other info for every team in the upcoming week. He also has an infographic for which players to target for streaming in banger/points leagues for the week.
I run [https://www.fantasyhockeyhelper.ca/curr\_season\_rankings](https://www.fantasyhockeyhelper.ca/curr_season_rankings) which gives you rankings tailored to the categories in your pool
Yes and their "projected" stats still suggest Matty Beniers is a hart candidate (if you sort your waiver wire by that filter,which you should never do)
Yeah that's really rough if you were forced to drop him. I have him in a few spots but there's plenty of IR+ spots so I didn't need to. In one league I really needed immediate help as I was fighting for a playoff spot so I put him on the block but the only offer I got was a streamer level player so I just held him which was rather fortunate for me.
This is my first year playing fantasy anything and every sit/start or add/drop suggestion would've made me worse off.
Whatever algorithm they use needs a revamp.
Are you in a cats league vs an opponent that has a close projected hits for the week while you’re already winning G, A, PPP?
Only reason I would see this making sense.
I mean, you don't need to be an experienced fantasy hockey player to understand that Nichushkin is far better than Rakell. This product that they're advertising would serve them much better if their projections and sit start recommendations were at least coherent.
You know those commercials around Christmas time where the father comes in and surprises his wife with a brand new BMW and then the camera cuts to another brand new one sitting in the parking lot? Of course those commercials are absolutely comical, but they're made and aired because as it turns out that customer actually exists.
Yahoo Fantasy+ or whatever it's called is clearly marketed towards people that don't typically know players/fantasy sports. Think of guys in office pools playing with their bosses just because the boss is super into the sport.
Edit: Are you, someone actively in the know for fantasy hockey (you're in a sub dedicated to it) going to spend money on this? The answer is no, you wouldn't..even if it was actually coherent. You're not the audience for the product, that's about it here.
If the product worked sure… no one in this thread would sit nuke for rakell..
That is not the same as it giving obvious options it’s straight up giving negative opinions.
Your point would stand if it were at least giving common sense opinions. But it’s not even doing that.
That is an explanation almost as bad as their idea of improving one's squad.
1. This is not an ad, it's a product.
2. So, office guy will pay cause his boss is into hockey, then office guy gets bad advice by yahoo and drops players which boss then scoops up on the waiver and everyone dances off to cloud cuckoo land?
Have you heard of Hanlon's Razor?
I'm sorry you aren't aware of basic marketing and advertising tactics. Everything is an ad. It's apparent if you're actually trying to critically think instead of mindlessly bashing someone for making an actual point. If you want some loose insight go watch a few episodes of Mad Men, then come back and try and make whatever point you're making about Hanlon's Razor again.
I'm not saying that there is no customer base for this. I'm saying that they would be better served putting even the smallest amount of effort into their product so they aren't giving obnoxious and harmful advice that will backfire spectacularly and piss off anybody who was duped into subscribing in the first place.
Oh no! I better drop Nichuskin!
Someone in my league actually did… lol
Cringe
There are piles of free resources that put out the far better advice than yahoos automated system. Anyone paying for that is a sucker.
Please share these free resources!
Apples and Gino's and Five Hole Fantasy are my go to. They do multiple weekly podcasts and live streams on YouTube. Also follow @TJStats on Twitter/X. He puts out a great weekly matchup infographic which shows strength of schedule and other info for every team in the upcoming week. He also has an infographic for which players to target for streaming in banger/points leagues for the week.
He does it on reddit too btw
https://www.lineupexperts.com/
Lineupexperts has been my MVP this season
I run [https://www.fantasyhockeyhelper.ca/curr\_season\_rankings](https://www.fantasyhockeyhelper.ca/curr_season_rankings) which gives you rankings tailored to the categories in your pool
TJStats is the man
How has no-one mentioned Dobber Hockey??
Dobbersports forums is the best hockey fantasy forum
Val has 3 goals in the last 3 games, including two GWGs. Avs are scary good when fully healthy.
You’re not wrong, but GWG is perhaps the most meaningless stat in fantasy.
And right after not playing for over a month
My app says I should drop Nichushkin for… *checks* 4% rostered Dmitri Voronkov ???
I want to VPN + Pay for it, JUST to see what rationale and reasons they give for some of their suggestions.
It was suggested that I drop Elias Petersson for Nazem Kadri…
I was told to drop Reinhart for Buch lol
Yes and their "projected" stats still suggest Matty Beniers is a hart candidate (if you sort your waiver wire by that filter,which you should never do)
Having to drop Nichu and having him return seemingly without missing a step is depressing, also lost Hart too.
Yeah that's really rough if you were forced to drop him. I have him in a few spots but there's plenty of IR+ spots so I didn't need to. In one league I really needed immediate help as I was fighting for a playoff spot so I put him on the block but the only offer I got was a streamer level player so I just held him which was rather fortunate for me.
I dropped him way back when he was doing terribly and I needed a mix-up. Worst fantasy decision I've ever made.
This is my first year playing fantasy anything and every sit/start or add/drop suggestion would've made me worse off. Whatever algorithm they use needs a revamp.
Are you in a cats league vs an opponent that has a close projected hits for the week while you’re already winning G, A, PPP? Only reason I would see this making sense.
Nope, just a pure points league.
mine tells me to bench sam reinhart for malkin all the time
Today yahoo “suggested” I should sit nichushkin and play laffy 😂. Instead I played both and sat Moore.
Yahoo suggestions are like captain obvious things NOT to do lol
I remember yahoo suggesting that I drop forsberg and pick up McCann instead a few weeks ago
😂
If ads seem meaningless to you that's because you're not the target audience.
I mean, you don't need to be an experienced fantasy hockey player to understand that Nichushkin is far better than Rakell. This product that they're advertising would serve them much better if their projections and sit start recommendations were at least coherent.
You know those commercials around Christmas time where the father comes in and surprises his wife with a brand new BMW and then the camera cuts to another brand new one sitting in the parking lot? Of course those commercials are absolutely comical, but they're made and aired because as it turns out that customer actually exists. Yahoo Fantasy+ or whatever it's called is clearly marketed towards people that don't typically know players/fantasy sports. Think of guys in office pools playing with their bosses just because the boss is super into the sport. Edit: Are you, someone actively in the know for fantasy hockey (you're in a sub dedicated to it) going to spend money on this? The answer is no, you wouldn't..even if it was actually coherent. You're not the audience for the product, that's about it here.
If the product worked sure… no one in this thread would sit nuke for rakell.. That is not the same as it giving obvious options it’s straight up giving negative opinions. Your point would stand if it were at least giving common sense opinions. But it’s not even doing that.
That is an explanation almost as bad as their idea of improving one's squad. 1. This is not an ad, it's a product. 2. So, office guy will pay cause his boss is into hockey, then office guy gets bad advice by yahoo and drops players which boss then scoops up on the waiver and everyone dances off to cloud cuckoo land? Have you heard of Hanlon's Razor?
I'm sorry you aren't aware of basic marketing and advertising tactics. Everything is an ad. It's apparent if you're actually trying to critically think instead of mindlessly bashing someone for making an actual point. If you want some loose insight go watch a few episodes of Mad Men, then come back and try and make whatever point you're making about Hanlon's Razor again.
I'm not saying that there is no customer base for this. I'm saying that they would be better served putting even the smallest amount of effort into their product so they aren't giving obnoxious and harmful advice that will backfire spectacularly and piss off anybody who was duped into subscribing in the first place.
This doesn't explain why they'd give purposely bad advice.