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Finally got around to uploading the season’s articles. Links here with a little snippet of each. They are free to read so feel free to send the articles where I was correct to your friends and enemies alike!
Optimizer settings on 11-21-2023 probably a good one to review for this 13 game slate tonight.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-10-10-2023/ First Post. Three games. Small Slate. 3-2-1 format. Roster Construction.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-10-12-2023/ Stacking. 3-3. Not pairing a D. PP D. 3-Max Thoughts
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-10-17-2023/ Big Money. Stacking 3-3. 20-Max Thoughts.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-10-19-2023/ Picking Lines. Don’t let standout fourth line players fool you. PP1 D.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-10-24-2023/ Initial Option A/B article example of how it can win.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-10-26-2023/ Examples of how Option A/B will not always be successful. Can’t play all the lines.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-10-31-2023/ Small Slate building. 3-2-1 format. “The Solver” settings for an optimizer
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-11-07-2023/ Recap a big winner. 3-3 stack Review and using PP1 D.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-11-09-2023/ Shout out to the boss. Ownership thoughts. Goalie Leverage.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-11-14-2023/ Late swap when there is lots of late night ownership. Shiftchart as a resource. Reviewing ice-time when a surprising defenceman shows up as PP1
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-11-21-2023/ Optimizer settings at “The Solver” for 3-3 stacks and comparison for “Unique Players”
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-11-23-2023/ Large slate – trust but verify the lines you are seeing.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-11-29-2023/ Small slate – review of line changes for the day. Review of Optimizer settings at “The Solver” for small slates.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-11-30-2023/ Bankroll building with Satellite contests.
https://wp.paydirtdata.com/nhl-slate-breaks-with-ycmmat-12-05-2023/ Paying attention to correct lines and goalies.
Slate Specific Thoughts:
Option A – Top 7 from each full line (7 from each of FL1, FL2, FL3)
Option B: Top 20 lines by median projection.
Old man Patrick Kane and his wonky hip are back!
DET 2 is unfortunately WWW so tough to stack with everyone else. If you wanted you could swap in Dylan Larkin for Joe Veleno and make PP stack for $21,300. A little pricey but not bad.
Also, note that the AVS lines are still a complete mess and that is reflected in the fact that none of them show up here. Nichushkin is still OUT but Makar/Coglinao are back. May want to PP stack these fellas as well with some combo of Mack/Rantanen/Drouin/Makar/Colton.
If you are playing the Avs keep your eyes peeled on warmups yet again!
Dallas 3 and NJ3 seem to stand out if you are looking for a cheap option.
Defencemen
A lot of mid-priced D today with only Minty and Addison sub $4k for PP1 D. Not sure that ownership will congregate around anyone specifically – maybe Ghost with Kane coming back?
Goalie
With fewer cheap D choices that may force people into getting cheaper goalies like Lindgren/Montembeault/Hellebuyck. My gut says that based on name recognition and those bad Avs lines maybe people will gravitate towards Helle. However, there are a lot of options though so I don’t think he will be excessively owned.
Good luck out there and hit up discord with any questions!