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Player Salaries

Position: Note: P Val = fppg / salary * 1000

Select	Name	Team	GP	Pos	Salary	FPPG	P Val	Updated	Change	Prev Date

Select	Robin Lehner	OTT	5	G	15496	8.84	0.57	03/06/2012	123	02/28/2012
Select	Jeff Deslauriers	ANH	1	G	18363	8.80	0.48	01/17/2012
Select	Cory Schneider	VAN	30	G	27596	8.56	0.31	03/30/2012	3262	03/27/2012
Select	Henrik Lundqvist	NYR	58	G	21618	8.32	0.38	03/30/2012	348	03/13/2012
Select	Justin Peters	CAR	7	G	14959	8.16	0.55	03/01/2012	399	02/23/2012
Select	Brian Elliott	OTT	36	G	27037	8.14	0.30	03/29/2012	4698	03/27/2012
Select	Kari Lehtonen	DAL	55	G	21377	7.95	0.37	03/30/2012	-2431	03/27/2012
Select	Mike Smith	TB	62	G	21490	7.94	0.37	03/29/2012	-718	03/27/2012
Select	Pekka Rinne	NSH	69	G	18320	7.90	0.43	03/30/2012	-1555	03/27/2012
Select	Jonathan Quick	LA	65	G	22309	7.61	0.34	03/30/2012	2636	03/27/2012
Select	Roberto Luongo	VAN	52	G	25945	7.54	0.29	03/30/2012	10178	03/27/2012
Select	Tim Thomas	BOS	56	G	20280	7.49	0.37	03/29/2012	3280	03/27/2012
Select	Ryan Miller	BUF	57	G	23274	7.48	0.32	03/30/2012	-71	03/07/2012
Select	Craig Anderson	COL	55	G	21565	7.40	0.34	02/23/2012	6527	02/15/2012
Select	Cam Ward	CAR	65	G	22343	7.39	0.33	03/30/2012	2823	03/13/2012
Select	Miikka Kiprusoff	CGY	68	G	19393	7.36	0.38	03/30/2012	-2280	03/27/2012
Select	Johan Hedberg	NJ	26	G	28908	7.33	0.25	03/29/2012	7450	03/20/2012
Select	Tuukka Rask	BOS	23	G	20645	7.33	0.36	03/29/2012	4439	03/13/2012
Select	Jimmy Howard	DET	52	G	16157	7.33	0.45	03/30/2012	-3663	03/13/2012
Select	Leland Irving	CGY	6	G	15113	7.30	0.48	03/06/2012	65	02/21/2012
Select	Jaroslav Halak	STL	43	G	18068	7.28	0.40	03/29/2012	-5641	03/27/2012
Select	Jacob Markstrom	FLA	7	G	14300	7.21	0.50	01/17/2012	-358	12/09/2011
Select	Semyon Varlamov	WAS	51	G	19568	7.15	0.37	03/30/2012	-2379	03/27/2012
Select	Tomas Vokoun	FLA	47	G	16294	7.14	0.44	03/29/2012	-2828	03/27/2012
Select	Carey Price	MON	64	G	20490	7.10	0.35	03/30/2012	4522	03/07/2012
Select	Niklas Backstrom	MIN	42	G	18982	7.09	0.37	03/29/2012	7011	03/13/2012
Select	Marc-Andre Fleury	PIT	64	G	18633	7.08	0.38	03/30/2012	-1839	03/27/2012
Select	Jose Theodore	MIN	50	G	19971	7.04	0.35	03/30/2012	-1291	03/20/2012
Select	Braden Holtby	WAS	5	G	20428	7.00	0.34	03/29/2012	845	03/27/2012
Select	Devan Dubnyk	EDM	43	G	20064	6.91	0.34	03/30/2012	-880	03/27/2012
Select	Jean-Sebastien Giguere	TOR	31	G	24952	6.90	0.28	03/30/2012	8258	03/07/2012
Select	Ilya Bryzgalov	PHO	57	G	18554	6.83	0.37	03/29/2012	-2998	03/27/2012
Select	Ondrej Pavelec	ATL	65	G	14819	6.80	0.46	03/30/2012	-3431	03/20/2012
Select	Richard Bachman	DAL	16	G	15828	6.79	0.43	03/30/2012	4014	03/27/2012
Select	Antti Niemi	SJ	63	G	19353	6.77	0.35	03/29/2012	1933	03/27/2012
Select	Evgeni Nabokov	NYI	42	G	18279	6.73	0.37	03/29/2012	5397	03/20/2012
Select	Josh Harding	MIN	32	G	20976	6.72	0.32	03/29/2012	-2161	03/27/2012
Select	Martin Biron	NYR	20	G	12370	6.63	0.54	03/30/2012	-3134	03/13/2012
Select	Jhonas Enroth	BUF	25	G	17264	6.53	0.38	03/30/2012	-313	03/07/2012
Select	Jonas Hiller	ANH	61	G	16979	6.44	0.38	03/07/2012	-692	03/01/2012
Select	Peter Budaj	COL	13	G	15614	6.41	0.41	03/30/2012	2293	03/07/2012
Select	Anders Nilsson	NYI	4	G	14056	6.40	0.46	03/13/2012	948	03/07/2012
Select	Ben Bishop	STL	6	G	14853	6.33	0.43	03/20/2012	-487	03/07/2012
Select	Scott Clemmensen	FLA	27	G	21216	6.31	0.30	03/30/2012	6214	03/20/2012
Select	James Reimer	TOR	34	G	17223	6.30	0.37	03/29/2012	-1538	03/20/2012
Select	Thomas Greiss	SJ	18	G	14381	6.24	0.43	03/29/2012	-2710	03/20/2012
Select	Jonas Gustavsson	TOR	42	G	10915	6.20	0.57	03/29/2012	-5422	03/20/2012
Select	Kevin Poulin	NYI	6	G	17186	6.18	0.36	02/27/2012	-618	02/21/2012
Select	Martin Brodeur	NJ	55	G	16100	6.15	0.38	03/29/2012	-2960	03/20/2012
Select	Nikolai Khabibulin	EDM	39	G	13821	6.15	0.44	03/30/2012	-1303	03/27/2012
Select	Corey Crawford	CHI	53	G	16152	6.11	0.38	03/29/2012	-1663	03/20/2012
Select	Joey MacDonald	DET	14	G	16038	6.09	0.38	03/30/2012	387	03/13/2012
Select	Curtis Sanford	CLS	36	G	11233	5.88	0.52	03/30/2012	-2223	03/20/2012
Select	Sergei Bobrovsky	PHI	25	G	14703	5.84	0.40	03/29/2012	2363	03/27/2012
Select	Mathieu Garon	CLS	48	G	14618	5.81	0.40	03/29/2012	-149	03/13/2012
Select	Steve Mason	CLS	44	G	12991	5.71	0.44	03/30/2012	-4480	03/20/2012
Select	Ben Scrivens	TOR	8	G	12573	5.68	0.45	11/30/2011	645	11/17/2011
Select	Andrew Raycroft	DAL	10	G	12505	5.66	0.45	12/30/2011	1812	12/23/2011
Select	Ray Emery	ANH	33	G	9050	5.65	0.62	03/29/2012	-2933	03/20/2012
Select	Matt Hackett	MIN	11	G	14315	5.64	0.39	03/27/2012	275	03/13/2012
Select	Curtis McElhinney	ANH	2	G	13910	5.60	0.40	01/03/2012	2145	12/30/2011
Select	Al Montoya	NYI	25	G	14340	5.59	0.39	03/29/2012	-4028	03/20/2012
Select	Michal Neuvirth	WAS	34	G	11818	5.58	0.47	03/29/2012	-3768	03/27/2012
Select	Jonathan Bernier	LA	15	G	17060	5.56	0.33	03/30/2012	97	03/27/2012
Select	Jason LaBarbera	PHO	19	G	10730	5.23	0.49	03/29/2012	-2373	03/27/2012
Select	Dwayne Roloson	TB	36	G	13661	5.21	0.38	03/29/2012	4223	03/27/2012
Select	Ty Conklin	STL	15	G	13849	5.01	0.36	03/30/2012	522	02/21/2012
Select	Chris Mason	ATL	18	G	6838	4.88	0.71	03/30/2012	-7350	03/20/2012
Select	Rick DiPietro	NYI	8	G	13649	4.69	0.34	12/16/2011	-121	12/02/2011
Select	Dustin Tokarski	TB	2	G	10806	4.65	0.43	03/13/2012
Select	Anders Lindback	NSH	14	G	14816	4.53	0.31	03/30/2012	-717	03/20/2012
Select	Brad Thiessen	PIT	5	G	10270	4.52	0.44	03/30/2012	-5168	03/27/2012
Select	Dan Ellis	TB	10	G	12821	4.45	0.35	01/11/2012	1474	12/30/2011
Select	Brian Boucher	PHI	8	G	15092	4.29	0.28	03/30/2012	1931	03/13/2012
Select	Henrik Karlsson	CGY	7	G	12279	4.19	0.34	03/30/2012	-1028	03/06/2012
Select	Brent Johnson	PIT	13	G	14343	4.18	0.29	03/30/2012	4791	03/01/2012
Select	Alex Auld	MON	14	G	12598	3.73	0.30	03/20/2012	606	03/07/2012
Select	Marty Turco	CHI	3	G	13289	3.63	0.27	03/29/2012	1690	03/27/2012
Select	Jussi Rynnas	TOR	1	G	10563	3.00	0.28	03/29/2012
Select	Allen York	CLS	8	G	8978	2.71	0.30	03/30/2012	2413	02/27/2012
Select	Iiro Tarkki	ANH	1	G	6663	2.10	0.32	01/17/2012
Select	Drew MacIntyre	BUF	2	G	8613	2.05	0.24	12/02/2011	1950	11/23/2011
Select	Mike Murphy	CAR	2	G	7881	1.35	0.17	12/16/2011
Select	Yann Danis	EDM	1	G	5688	1.00	0.18	03/07/2012
Select	Brian Foster	FLA	1	G	6175	0.30	0.05	02/15/2012
Select	Cedrick Desjardins	COL	0	G	21041	0.00	0.00	02/23/2012
Select	Chad Johnson	NYR	0	G	13000	0.00	0.00	02/01/2012
Select	Patrick Lalime	BUF	0	G	13000	0.00	0.00	03/30/2012
Select	Chris Osgood	DET	0	G	15421	0.00	0.00	03/30/2012
Select	Pascal Leclaire	OTT	0	G	15158	0.00	0.00	03/20/2012
Select	Antero Niittymaki	SJ	0	G	15756	0.00	0.00	01/31/2012	3234	01/31/2011
Select	Nathan Lawson	NYI		G	10302		0.00	02/22/2011	782	01/31/2011
Select	Peter Mannino	WPG		G	13000		0.00	11/08/2011
Select	Anton Khudobin	MIN		G	5831		0.00	01/20/2011

Starting Goalies

Date:

		Team	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	Pts Delta	GF	GA	Goal Diff	Diff Delta	Last 10	Streak
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Scoring System

Salary Cap: $100k
Positions: LW(2), RW(2), C(2) D(2), G, Flex (any additional skater)

Goalies:
Wins = 3pts
SO = 2pts
Saves = 0.3pts
Goals against = -1pt

Skaters
Goals = 3pts
Assists = 2pts
+/- = 0.5pt
PIMs = 0.5pts
PPG = 1pt
PPA = 1pt
SHG = 1pt
SHA = 1pt
Shots = 0.5pts

Strategy

First off, when you're getting familiar with the league, get to know the system. Rosters feature the usual 2 spots at all 4 skater positions (LW,RW,C,D), along with 1 goaltender. Draftstreet throws in a flex position that allows you to add any skater. Sorry, no doubling up on goaltenders.

The point system is well-balanced and doesn't over-emphasize goalie wins or plus-minus (both are good features in my book). A quick run through the FPPG shows that, as usual, goalies tend to carry the most value (expect 7 FPPG on a decent night), while defensemen barely register (1 to 3 points). A decent forward with earn you 3 to 5 fantasy points a night. Of course, salaries also reflect points, so goalies will cost you much more than defense.

That said, your best general approach is always pick the goalie with the best chance of winning. However, with a high value on saves (.3) versus goals against (-1), it's not a total loss to grab a goalie likely to get peppered with shots. Consider:
• A decent game - 30 save win, 2 GA --> 10 points
• A busy loss - 40 saves, 4 GA --> 8 points
• A bad game - 10 saves, 3 GA --> 0 points

There can be a huge variance in goalie salaries, so there is a balance to consider. On opening night, I was able to claim Anton Khudobin (MIN) for $5,831, while Tim Thomas (BOS) was going for $23,201. Both ended up being worthy picks that night, but I saved $15k to stock up elsewhere. That's a rare situation, but there are obviously bargains to be found.

As for defense, I don't recommend spending much coin. You'll find plenty of decent options in the $5k to $7k territory, leaving you ample space to load up your roster with higher scoring forwards.

It should go without saying, but the flex spot should be filled with a forward.

In general, pricing seems to be closely tied to past performance, versus projected performance. Salaries are recalculated daily based on season-to-date stats, with a higher emphasis on recent games. In other words, if a player is hot, his price will adjust up accordingly more quickly that on other sites. The challenge is to be ahead of the curve on player values.