LEAGUE VOTE - Player Scoring Values

The following was brought up in the chat a little earlier on, and I wanted to address this in case other people are having similar thoughts. 

The reason to limit takeaways to 0.1 FPts was a conscious decision. There are two main reasons we did this:

1) Takeaways skew the stats in the favour of forwards (in the top 30 skaters ranked according to takeaways, there are only 4 defenseman). If we were to give more FPts to takeaways, we would need to do something to balance defensive categories. Currently the only defensive categories we have are blocks and defenseman points, which would both need to increase in value to compensate an increase in takeaways beyond 0.1 FPts.

2) Takeaways are not really a 'standalone category'. Unlike hits, PIMs or blocks which are not correlated to scoring categories, takeaways are. The vast majority of players who benefit from takeaways will therefore already be rostered, as they are fantasy relevant players. To illustrate this point, here are the free agents in the top 200 skaters ranked according to takeaways:

8 - Grabner, Michael
106 - Fleischmann, Tomas
138 - Stajan, Matt
167 - McClement, Jay
192 - Sceviour, Colton
193 - Fehr, Eric

There are only 6 players who are currently not rostered in the top 200 players ranked by takeaways. Michael Grabner is the only free agent would would stand to see a notable increase in value.

At the end of the day, takeaways are not a great fantasy category. I think there's a reason why they're not more common in fantasy formats.