Underdog Best Puck Classic: Stacking
Author: Nick Knowles Editor: Billy Jones Introduction Welcome to the first post relating to Underdog Fantasy Best Puck Classic . In these Underdog-centric posts, I will be joined by my good friend, Billy Jones, a data scientist, and fantasy sports fanatic, as we discuss our teams and roster-building concepts as we attempt to build a $25,000 team. I am Nick Knowles and I live and breathe hockey. I love to watch games deep into the night and over the past five years have been mildly obsessed with fantasy hockey. My approach to fantasy hockey has been to primarily leverage ADP, expert fantasy rankings, occasional player preferences driven by personal bias, and a bit of gut instinct. Billy on the other hand wouldn’t call himself a hockey fan. He defines his knowledge as “enough to be dangerous” and only is a playoff hockey watcher. But Billy is a key piece of the team, with experience in the world of fantasy football and a strong data science skillset. Billy brings a perspective cent...