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Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comJan 29, 2024, 12:00 PM ET
CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard.
It’s one of the extended weeks in the fantasy hockey world thanks to the NHL All-Star Weekend scheduled for this coming weekend. Week 17 of the fantasy season is technically two weeks, extending from Jan. 29 to Feb. 11. But, because of the break for all-star festivities, teams are still limited to between two and four games.
Eleven teams have only two games on the docket, so there are some light slates for key players. The Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals and Vancouver Canucks have four games across the extended week, so they could be leaned on for additional stats.
Now might be a good time for a reminder about your game limits in some rotisserie and points leagues. If you are playing a season-long format, there is an option to limit how many starts each of your roster positions is allowed called your “games played limits (maximums)” in the ESPN settings. If you go to your team, there is a link in the bottom-left corner of the page that says “view game maximums” and it should give you a hint next to it as to how you are trending.
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Whether you set your lineups daily or weekly in these season-long formats, if your league has a games-played maximum for each position, it will cut you off from accruing additional points once it is reached. While it is more of a late-season problem, you don’t want to be trending way ahead when you get to April. If you are too far ahead and lock up one of your positions before the season is done, it could reduce your team’s overall potential.
For example, if you reach your games-played limit for defense on April 10, you would not get to count the final three games of the season played by Noah…
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Author : Sean Allen
Publish date : 2024-01-29 17:38:16
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