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Post by phoenix on Oct 20, 2004 8:13:08 GMT -5
hey gang,
Just wondering if anyone had any insight into how to use goons to the best of their ability. I have a bit of an issue in Phoenix right now. My star player Bill Guerin is getting in a lot of fights and getting ejected from the game. Luckily this last game he got 3 points before he got tossed but I'd still rather see someone else fighting instead. I have called up and started to play Jim McKenzie who does have a much higher IT and ST then Guerin and has a couple points lower DI but he is not fighting at all. Is there anyway of getting getting your goon to be the one to fight. Should I look for a better goon or do I have to play a tough guy on the line with Guerin so he takes the fight out of my stars hands?
Thanks, Mike Phoenix
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Post by Bryce - Minny on Nov 5, 2004 10:56:40 GMT -5
using goons effectively is a b*tch. Its great to have a Brashear or Laraque who can play on a regular line and not look ridiculous (in FHL anyway). With MacKenzie what I would suggest would be to put him in your top 2 lines and see if he can get into the fights when out tehir, thus allowing Guerin to play. OR you could play both of them on the same line, to try and maximize Guerins effectiveness. what if you switched Guerin to the second line and rolled something like this over the boards
Kozlov-Zhamnov-Mellanby McKenzie-Cassels-Guerin Maltby-Perreault-Kolnik Clark-Juneau-Ward
your top line has some firepower still, and Mellanby supplies the toughness. Guerin has Cassels to feed him the puck and McKenzie can create space. Its just an idea, it may or may not work, but I would try and tinker with that a bit.
Playing a goon on the fourth line only ges him about 7 minutes a game, the odds of him being out their against the other teams goon who gets 7 a game are slim, by playing him on the second line, you increase your chance of him getting into those fights, (and then Maltby slides up to play with line 2), and let Guerin get more icetime to produce.
Thats the crappy thing about power forwards in FHL, because of their ratings they tend to fight to much, which limits their effectiveness
bryce
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Post by Nashville Predators on Nov 5, 2004 20:26:16 GMT -5
Some players, no matter how and where you play them will get into fights. It all has to do with DI. Guerin has a VERY low DI. Cooke for me has a low DI, but because his ice time is limitted to the 3rd line I don't see him fight nearly as much but he still fights. I think you're just going to have to suffer the consequences of having Guerin fight. You're line up other than Guerin and Mellanby is a little soft so they do have to do all the grunt work. Perhaps a larger framed centre may help? Playing MacKenzie on the 2nd line will only see your offence dip and he'll not only fight but take other nasty penalties which will see you on the PK more often.
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Post by scruffy on Jul 10, 2006 13:58:07 GMT -5
Almost two years later and I will show everyone how to use goons
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