The Issue With VHFL

[a_Ferk 766]

In the 2019-20 NHL season, the top 2 scorers in the league were Edmonton’s power duo, Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid. With that in mind, it should be no surprise at all that the best two forwards in fantasy hockey were also Leon Draisaitl and Connor McDavid. Keep this in mind as it is relevant as a comparison in the next paragraph.

 

Meanwhile, in the Victory Hockey League, we had a two way tie at 121 for first place in points this season. As a result Moscow centre Mikko Lahtinen and Vancouver centre Andrew Su will share the Mike Szatkowski trophy for the VHL’s leader in points. Lahtinen finished first in goals as well, thus giving him the bragging rights over Su in that category. That must mean they ranked first and second in Victory Hockey Fantasy League results, with Lahtinen having a slight edge, right?

 

Not exactly. In fact, you would be quite wrong. Why, might you ask? The short answer is that the VHFL has an obsession with hits, of which Lahtinen had many. Su isn’t known for throwing the body around, and this gave Lahtinen a huge advantage. Now you may be asking yourself, “Why are you so mad Ferk? Surely Su isn’t that mad that he got second, he would’ve finished behind Lahtinen anyway.” That’s just it, Su didn’t get second place in the standings. He didn’t get third, fourth, or fifth, either.

 

 

All the way down at eighth place, we see Andrew Su with 214.4 fantasy points, a whole 55 points behind Su. At second we see Ola Vikingstad, which is pretty acceptable considering that he was third overall in points with 110. The fact that Benny Graves and Christian Mingle are third and fourth is pretty criminal considering they ranked 14th and 16th in points this past season. They shouldn’t be anywhere near the top of this list. They had 94 and 93 points, respectively. Why did they score so high then? You guessed it, they get a lot of hits. Mingle ranked second in the league with 354 hits, while Graves ranked second with 334. Kyl Oferson finished 18th with 97 points and he was 10th place in the league in points. Meanwhile according to the ratings my player was 3 spots better even though he only finished with 85 points on the season. Perhaps the most ludicrous thing on the list is Jim Bob's ranking of 12th. He finished the season with 68 points, but had a lot of hits. If my counting is correct, he finished the season ranked 47th for points league-wide.

 

The main argument that I’ve seen against changing the point system for VHFL is that we should just change our drafting habits. If it is known that players that tend to hit more do better, just draft them instead. I however think this is unfair to the players. As many point out, they like to see their players do well. If you don’t add anything into checking you essentially have no chance of ever winning. Obviously it isn’t required to play fantasy, but for someone who wants the opportunity to draft themselves, why should it dictate how they build their player?

 

TL;DR: VHFL is broken, please nerf hitting.

[jRuutu 2,464]

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please nerf hitting.

 

[Victor 10,937]

Hitting is an important part of mental health as it releases a lot of pent up frustration, I think this I very inconsiderate of Boulet contenders everywhere. 

[fishy 1,757]

you should apply to be fantasy zone manager and change it urself

 

https://vhlforum.com/topic/100100-vhl-fantasy-zone-manager/

 

 

Edited March 8, 2021 by fishy

[a_Ferk 766]

4 minutes ago, fishy said:

you should apply to be fantasy zone manager and change it urself

 

https://vhlforum.com/topic/100100-vhl-fantasy-zone-manager/

 

 

I would but I'm burning out as it is. Taking on a job is probably a bad idea