Grinder's Rights is a fantasy hockey league with a twist: instead of using a fixed scoring system, we randomize the point scheme at the start of every season. Each stat - goals, assists, penalty minutes, hits, faceoff wins, and more - is assigned a random weight drawn from a set range. Then we draft. The randomization means that a different type of player leads the league each year: one season it's the goal-scorers, the next it might be the grinders, the enforcers, the faceoff specialists.
The name "Grinder's Rights" reflects the core idea: even a fourth-line grinder has rights to fantasy glory when the scheme breaks their way.
The "Grinder's Rights Points" metric in this game is a direct port of the league's current scoring scheme. When it comes up in a random draw, you're not just picking the biggest star - you're asking the same question we ask at the draft table every year: who would have won this league?
The weights below are from the 2025 league draw - the most recent genuine randomization. The full league scheme also scores plus/minus, power-play assists, short-handed assists, faceoff losses, and shootout goals, but those aren't tracked in the historical data the game uses, so they're excluded here.
| Stat | Weight | Stat | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals (G) | 9 | Short-Handed Goals (SHG) | 14 |
| Assists (A) | 5 | Game-Winning Goals (GWG) | 15 |
| Penalty Minutes (PIM) | 3 | Shots on Goal (SOG) | 1.5 |
| Power-Play Goals (PPG) | 8 | Faceoff Wins (FOW) | 6 |
| Hits (HIT) | 5 | Blocks (BLK) | 4 |
Available from 1997–98 onward, when hits, blocks, and faceoff wins were first tracked consistently across the league.