HS Fantasy League - Hockey [Archive]

Leafs_Fa_Life

8-20-05, 6:47 PM

Well registration has started up for Yahoo Fantasy Hockey, and since nobody has jumped on creating a league, I decided to do the deed :nod: :thumb:

Anyways, here's the stuff:

League ID - 10335
Password - hockey

The scoring categories and draft time can change if any of you have complaints, but lets get this thing rolling :pimp:

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From Mel: Not to stomp all over LFL's thread... but I guess he's cool with the idea of waiting till Setember 15 or so , and see how many people we get total... and then starting multiple leagues if the numbers warrant it.

So I'm gonna keep a list here of people who want in. please respond to this thread if you want in but haven't signed up yet.... this way we'll make room for every body.

Current members that want to participate in HS Yahoo Fantasy hockey...

Leafs_Fa_Life
Madferret
Amoroq
J.R.
The Insider
Mad Devil
Mel
LiAmTrAnSdEmOn
PDO
Matt Cooke
Man Utd.
KeithM
scorpionn

13 managers are accounted for. Still don't know who Team Monster is though.

Any way, We'll update this as we get more names... and then see if it's worth it to split into 2 leauges (which I think it will be). To be fair to those who signed up early, we can give them fiist choice of staying in the original league (the one LFL set up) or splitting out to a different league if we have too many people. Late comers won't have a choice. Personally I don't mind which league I'm in.

So if you'd like to participate, respond to this thread so we get a head count. I think Sept. 15 is a good cut-off date but it's not just up to me, I can go with the flow.

Madferret

8-21-05, 12:33 AM

In!
Graci Dre...

Amoroq

8-21-05, 12:37 AM

I'm in and ok with everything but the draft time. But if thats the consensus then ok,I'll pre-rank and hope for the best. But 10 pm on a Saturday night, early fall!! People, ya need to get some girls or the preference of your choosing (re:Sienfeld) ;) My excuse is I'm working :mad:

J.R.

8-21-05, 12:38 AM

J.R.'s OIL Legends will hit the ice in October 2005 for their inaugural fantasy hockey season.

Thanks A. Great turnout in just a few hours. Looking good, boys. The only thing that I notice that could be changed is only the 12 roster spots. As I mentioned, this is my first fantasy hockey season, so I don't know what's typical. Could that be increased?

The Insider

8-21-05, 1:30 AM

Well I'm sure the Mike's Maple Leafs was a dead giveaway, but that's me in the pool. I always liked the yahoo pools as the head to head matchups are always intriguing. Should be fun, and for the record I am guareenteeing victory :thumb:

MadDevil

8-21-05, 1:33 AM

I'm in as well. I'm going to a preseason game between the Wild and Panthers the day before, but I should be home in time the next day for the draft. It'll be my first year in a hockey fantasy league, so it should be interesting.

Madferret

8-21-05, 1:36 AM

Silver Sevens is one bad MF...

http://www.cchockeyhistory.org/hockeyimages/OttawaSilver7_1906_small.jpg

MadDevil

8-21-05, 1:38 AM

Off-topic here, but I forgot to mention I love your sig there Ferret. I remember Berglund getting destroyed by Volchenkov. Looks like he could be the next Scott Stevens (physically at least).:thumb:

Madferret

8-21-05, 1:51 AM

Off-topic here, but I forgot to mention I love your sig there Ferret. I remember Berglund getting destroyed by Volchenkov. Looks like he could be the next Scott Stevens (physically at least).:thumb:

It is Berglund than eh? Mel had asked me about who the unfortunate Devil was and I just took a guess based on the jersey number and a foggy memory...

Good luck in your first NHL pool, gotta pop that cherry sooner or later Doc..

http://www.sparkimg.com/emoticons/wink.gif

Leafs_Fa_Life

8-21-05, 2:05 AM

The only thing that I notice that could be changed is only the 12 roster spots. As I mentioned, this is my first fantasy hockey season, so I don't know what's typical. Could that be increased?

If enough people want the roster spots increased I'll do it, but for now I just left things with the Yahoo defaults.

Also, right now the I have the league set at a max of 10 teams, but I'll go as high as 14 if there's enough interest (probably will be).

Madferret

8-21-05, 9:21 AM

Week 1
Silver Sevens
vs
The Dynasty

Hehe...
http://www.sparkimg.com/emoticons/matrixfight.gif

Mel

8-21-05, 2:14 PM

Matt's Evil Empire has shed the baseball bat for the hockey stick..... :pimp:

Mel

8-21-05, 3:34 PM

Madferret

8-21-05, 8:15 PM

How are you guys ranking Bert?
Normally he would be the #1 or #2 RW in the league. He's always been the complete package when it comes to fantasy hockey.
But do you think the whole Moore incident will change his game?

If he plays with Naslund in a more offensive minded league I can't see his PT production doing anything but rise.
But seeing as he is going to be under a microscope from the officating you might not get allot of PIMS out of him, or you might get a ton.
Wow, there is so many ? players now in the new NHL now eh, how do you handicap them?
Still though Matty, if I were you I'd be taking Wayne Primeau with your first rounder...
http://www.sparkimg.com/emoticons/brushteeth.gif

Mel

8-21-05, 8:36 PM

If he plays with Naslund in a more offensive minded league I can't see his PT production doing anything but rise.
But seeing as he is going to be under a microscope from the officating you might not get allot of PIMS out of him, or you might get a ton.
Wow, there is so many ? players now in the new NHL now eh, how do you handicap them?
Still though Matty, if I were you I'd be taking Wayne Primeau with your first rounder...
http://www.sparkimg.com/emoticons/brushteeth.gif

:rollover2

seriously, your right it is tough to rank given that 1) we lost a whole year of track record 2) the rules of the game are changing.

I'm pretty much leaning towards youth and speed over aging vets, with a few exceptions. But Bert is still one of my top ranked RW's. He is still capable of being the full package. He's still going to be a top winger on a decent team in Vancouver. Even if he needs a "re-adjustment" time, I think he'll get his game back before long.

LiAmTrAnSdEmOn

8-21-05, 10:24 PM

I joined as Demons.

PDO

8-22-05, 1:22 AM

High Octane Oilers are in..

SHP need to be added.. I'd like to see 2 bench spots added.

Leafs_Fa_Life

8-22-05, 1:36 AM

Added SHP and SV

Matt Cooke

8-22-05, 3:55 PM

I think having 4 W instead of 2 LW, 2RW is better. Unless Yahoo! lists some players as both LW/RW, because there are plenty of players in the league that can move around from position to position.

J.R.

8-22-05, 4:15 PM

We're now at 12 teams, the current limit. I say bump it up to 16 and leave it at that as the final maximum.

Mel

8-22-05, 4:53 PM

ehhh, in my estimation... 16 teams is way too many for a fantasy hockey league. I played for 2 full years (2 teams each year - 1 roto, 1 head-to head), prior to the lockout season.

Think of it like this... each teams needs at least 2 goalies who start on a regular basis to be competitive. Most teams like to carry 3... Do the math real quick and you'll realize that there are not really enough decent goalies to go around even with 12 teams. I was in a 12 team league and there was one guy who, because of injury literally could not get a goal tender off the wire who played on a regular basis... even a crappy one! They were all taken and what was left was very occasional back-ups. He was begging for a trade for a goalie who was a #1 starter on a team just so he could make the weekly minimums, and not forfeit all his goalie stats each week.

With 16 teams, we are guaranteed to have this problem for at least several teams... not much fun to play for or against a team that has no goalies.

Leafs_Fa_Life

8-22-05, 5:56 PM

That's why 14 is as high as I'll go. If we have 16 teams there will be 2 teams in our league who might not get to the minimums every week, and gives their opponents 5 guaranteed victories. With 14 everybody should be able to get one decent starter, and then one second tier starter. Unless of course they put off drafting goalies until late in the draft, and in that case it's their fault.

Man.Utd

8-22-05, 6:00 PM

I'll join up if you're going to bump up to 14. No worries if I missed the boat.

Leafs_Fa_Life

8-22-05, 6:12 PM

Yep I bumped it up to 14.

J.R.

8-22-05, 8:10 PM

With 16 teams, we are guaranteed to have this problem for at least several teams... not much fun to play for or against a team that has no goalies.I understand. Remember though, I'm a rookie. :) It makes total sense, because with 16 teams, then two teams aren't going to get two regular starters to fill the two goalie spots. Thanks for the explanation.

The Insider

8-22-05, 8:24 PM

I'll say I like how this has shaped up, there's a 3/14 chance that the Leafs will win... Go Leafs Go!!! :thumb:

Madferret

8-22-05, 8:39 PM

Can't we split the league?

KeithM

8-22-05, 11:42 PM

You guys mind that i joined?? (E-town Crushers) :shrug:

League now has an even 14 people.

J.R.

8-23-05, 12:24 AM

You guys mind that i joined?? (E-town Crushers) :shrug:Well, I don't know.

At least you've come up with a better name than "Kings of" Some substance that begins with a C.

KeithM

8-23-05, 1:01 AM

Well, I don't know.

At least you've come up with a better name than "Kings of" Some substance that begins with a C.

Well of course you dont want me to join...

Anybody else care?

J.R.

8-23-05, 1:15 AM

Well of course you dont want me to join...

Anybody else care? I'm kidding. First 14 in gets to play.

Leafs_Fa_Life

8-23-05, 1:21 AM

You guys mind that i joined?? (E-town Crushers) :shrug:

League now has an even 14 people.

I don't mind you joining.

I do mind that your name isn't Kings of Crunk though (it pisses J.R. off ;), change it back ).

KeithM

8-23-05, 1:36 AM

I don't mind you joining.

I do mind that your name isn't Kings of Crunk though (it pisses J.R. off ;), change it back ).

Hahah maybe.

JR we all know that deep down inside you love to get crunk, :pimp:

Leafs_Fa_Life

8-23-05, 1:45 AM

I think deep down we all love to get crunk :)

J.R.

8-23-05, 1:50 AM

I think deep down we all love to get crunk :) Okay, I did a little research and I'm a little confused.

Is it a combination of crazy and drunk (http://crunk.urbanup.com/131038) or a specific type of hip hop music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crunk)?

I always thought it was just another one of those damn ebonics terms.

KeithM

8-23-05, 1:54 AM

Ok i think i got it down.

Crunk is another word for Drunk. Crunk is commonly used by rappers for saying drunk. There is also a drunk called "crunk juice" , which is made of cogniac and red bull.

Madferret

8-23-05, 9:26 AM

Once again, if 14 is too much, why not randomly remove 7 teams and start another league? Is it possible?

Leafs_Fa_Life

8-23-05, 11:35 AM

Once again, if 14 is too much, why not randomly remove 7 teams and start another league? Is it possible?

I could delete 7 managers, but I think 14 is a good number. Anything over that would be too much because of the goalie situation that Matt already addressed.

Madferret

8-23-05, 11:37 AM

I could delete 7 managers, but I think 14 is a good number. Anything over that would be too much because of the goalie situation that Matt already addressed.

That's why you're the judge, and I'm the crazy law talking guy..

Leafs_Fa_Life

8-23-05, 11:59 AM

Is it a combination of crazy and drunk (http://crunk.urbanup.com/131038) or a specific type of hip hop music (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crunk)?

Both.

Crunk is a term for being drunk and high. However, in recent years many rappers from the Dirty South, most notably Lil' Jon, having started to call their music crunk music (possibly because they were on cocaine when they produced it :thumb: ). So both of your definitions are correct ;)

Mel

8-23-05, 12:33 PM

You know,we could wait to see how many we get total. It's only August 23rd. Plenty of time to form leagues. There's probably more than 14 of us who want to join. Let's set a deadline of say Sept. 15. We'll keep a running count in this thread. If we wind up with say 20 teams, we make 2 leagues of 10.... 24 teams we form 2 leagues of 12 etc. We can just set the max at 12 and the min at 8 and see what we wind up with... maybe 2 leauges of 8? 3 leagues of 10? :shrug:

I still think 14 teams is realistically too many in fantasy hockey. Imagine your star goalie goes down for 3 months with an injury. And your other goalie falls into a start-splitting situation only getting every other game. You're third goalie is a backup who rarely gets a start).

I know what you're saying... just grab the injured goalie's backup. Well there's a good chance with 14 teams he may already be taken. In probability, there will be 42 goalies taken right off the bat, 3 per team. The first major injuries to a #1 goal tender, could decimate that team. Next thing you know you can't even reach the weekly minimum and you lose all your goalie stats for the week. As I said, I've seen it happen with 12 team leagues.... therefor I assume it's inevitable in a 14 team league (although I've never played FH with that many teams).

I'll give it a try at 14 if that's the concensus, but I think we'd be better off forming multiple leagues of 8, 10, or 12 max. 10-12 being ideal

Leafs_Fa_Life

8-23-05, 2:32 PM

That's cool with me if we have more people wanting to join :thumb:

Mel

8-23-05, 6:22 PM

OK it seems like no one objects... to keep this organized, simply reply in this thread if you want to get into to an HS Yahoo fantasy league. We'll keep the list updated in the original post (http://www.hockeystation.com/showpost.php?p=16264&postcount=1) until Sept. 15 (or a different date if that doesn't suit you guys).

This way no one should miss the boat. We'll form extra league(s) if we get enough people. So if you want in just say the word. :)

Mel

8-26-05, 8:41 PM

Well it's been 3 days and not even one reply. It just goes to show you that I know nothing...

Sorry for butting in on this LFL - I thought we'd have more takers, let's just go ahead and schedule the draft for whatever day is convenient to all. I'll keep my big mouth shut now. :slant:

Let the league commence :toast:

a4l

8-28-05, 12:56 PM

I would join but I would hate to be the one who makes it an odd number.

J.R.

8-29-05, 12:21 PM

Get rid of the Game Winning Goal statistic. Some of you may remember our friend Mushroom Cloud, well he opened my eyes to the flaws of that statistic last summer. I don't think it's fair to have the GWG as one of the scoring categories in Fantasy Hockey. Thanks.

Mel

8-29-05, 12:52 PM

Matt Cooke

8-29-05, 4:16 PM

There's not much to replace it with, except shots on goal and faceoffs. GWG doesn't bother me personally.

The top player in that category usually finishes with 12-14 GWG's per season. In other words, he averages .016 GWG per game. Pointless. :)

Awarding faceoffs won is an alright stat, but only appeals to players in the Center position.

Personally for me, less stats is better. For instance in our Fantasy Baseball, my head just spins at all the statistical categories. I mean, holds?!

I think shooting percentage (SH%) is a valuable stat. Benefits the less talented players in the league that don't put up points like Markus Naslund or Ilya Kovalchuk.

PDO

8-29-05, 4:21 PM

The top player in that category usually finishes with 12-14 GWG's per season. In other words, he averages .016 GWG per game. Pointless. :)

Awarding faceoffs won is an alright stat, but only appeals to players in the Center position.

Personally for me, less stats is better. For instance in our Fantasy Baseball, my head just spins at all the statistical categories. I mean, holds?!

I think shooting percentage (SH%) is a valuable stat. Benefits the less talented players in the league that don't put up points like Markus Naslund or Ilya Kovalchuk.

FW is problematic because of idiots in Dallas and Florida that don't know what a FW is.

GWG is a random stat ala Holds.

SH% is over too small of a period for fantasy hockey.

Personally..

Goals, Assists, +/-, PPP, SHP, SV%, Saves, Shutouts, GAA should be all we need.

Matt Cooke

8-29-05, 4:58 PM

FW is problematic because of idiots in Dallas and Florida that don't know what a FW is.

GWG is a random stat ala Holds.

SH% is over too small of a period for fantasy hockey.

Personally..

Goals, Assists, +/-, PPP, SHP, SV%, Saves, Shutouts, GAA should be all we need.

SHP is in the same boat as GWG. Probably an even more useless statisic.

I don't mind SV%, but it just increases your point total if you happen to have a premier goaltender on your team. Saves is great because a goaltender like Biron, Luongo or Kolzig that have higher GAA than the average goaltender, will face a lot of shots night in and night out.

Mel

8-29-05, 5:05 PM

Goals, Assists, +/-, PPP, SHP, SV%, Saves, Shutouts, GAA should be all we need.

You forgetting Wins and PIM? Both important fantasy stats.

If people want to lose GWG or even SHP that's fine, but let's not start cutting out the basics. We should have at least 5 of each...

Offense: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP

Goal: W, GAA, SV's, SV%, SO's

That's what we have now, minus GWG and SHP.

PDO

8-29-05, 5:09 PM

You forgetting Wins and PIM? Both important fantasy stats.

If people want to lose GWG or even SHP that's fine, but let's not start cutting out the basics. We should have at least 5 of each...

Offense: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP

Goal: W, GAA, SV's, SV%, SO's

That's what we have now, minus GWG and SHP.

Forgot PIM... I still think W is a stupid stat for 'tenders though. Battle I won't win however.

J.R.

8-29-05, 5:16 PM

Offense: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP

Goal: W, GAA, SV's, SV%, SO's

That's what we have now, minus GWG and SHP.My votes goes to those ten statistics.

Offense: G, A, +/-, and PPP are staples, so it's go to add the bonus PIM for drafting enforcers with some talent.

Goal: W, GAA, SV's, SV%, SO's - the W is the only question mark, but just be sure to pick a goalie on a winning team.

This is shaping together nicely.

J.R.

9-01-05, 1:48 AM

Recent Transactions
8/31 - SC_P changed from 'G,A,+/-,PIM,PPP,SHP,GWG' to 'G,A,+/-,PIM,PPP'Thank you, Mr. LFL.

By the way, welcome back.

:wave:

Mel

9-01-05, 7:49 AM

but just be sure to pick a goalie on a winning team.

That's good for the Wins category, but it's not so clear for the others. One year I had Cloutier, his numbers were no better than average, but he piled up the wins for me because the Canucks won a lot of games that year.

But it can be deceiving, last year (03-04) I grabbed Esche on one of my rosters after Hackett went down (and eventually out). Esche gave me lots of wins, and an excellent, top-tier GAA. But then there would be those nights that the Flyers would have a 3-3 tie... but they only faced 16 shots, meanwhile at the other end you have someone like Luongo or Nurminen who faced 51 shots. Both guys gave up 3, so wins, GAA, and SO categories are equal. But who's the big winner on the night in saves and save percentage? ;)

When are we drafting anyway?

Amoroq

9-01-05, 3:51 PM

I had to drop out. There is no way I can make the draft and I don't like to build a team with pre-rankings. Sorry :(

Good luck to everyone :)

Matt Cooke

9-01-05, 5:23 PM

I too cannot make the draft. I'm willing to drop out. I'm already running another Yahoo! league for NHL and NFL, so I'll be keeping busy.

PDO

9-01-05, 5:55 PM

I'm 50/50... I might be there, but it's just as possible something comes up and I'm not.

Leafs_Fa_Life

9-01-05, 6:14 PM

I can always change the draft time guys ;)

Madferret

9-01-05, 6:26 PM

When is the draft again anyways?

J.R.

9-01-05, 6:34 PM

When is the draft again anyways? Sat Sep 24 10:00pm EDT.

I vote that we have it on a Sunday night for the sake of tradition. ;)

Amoroq

9-01-05, 6:50 PM

Sat Sep 24 10:00pm EDT.

I vote that we have it on a Sunday night for the sake of tradition. ;)If that becomes the new date I'm back in :)

KeithM

9-01-05, 7:59 PM

Sat Sep 24 10:00pm EDT.

I vote that we have it on a Sunday night for the sake of tradition. ;)

That date should be fine for me.

J.R.

9-01-05, 8:57 PM

If that becomes the new date I'm back in :)You know I had you in mind, SW. As you say, any Sunday night is good. I have agree with that. I don't think it's fair to expect people to show up to an online fantasy sports draft at 10:00 pm on a SATURDAY NIGHT. Same goes for a Friday night.

http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum/images/smilies/2cents.gif

Leafs_Fa_Life

9-01-05, 9:43 PM

New draft time: Sun Sep 25 9:30pm EDT

Is this ok with everyone? If more of you can't make it on Sunday I can always change it back to Saturday. Doesn't matter to me, chances are I'll be home most weekends this fall nursing various injuries from varsity football :nod:

Madferret

9-01-05, 9:50 PM

Sat Sep 24 10:00pm EDT.

I vote that we have it on a Sunday night for the sake of tradition. ;)

That date should be fine for me.

http://www.sabeel.org/old/images/Exchange-of-Olive-Branch.jpg

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The Insider

9-01-05, 10:25 PM

Sunday night is probably the most convenient simply because if there is any night where you're going to get a good turnout, it's Sunday. It is going to be hard to appease everyone, but if everyone can agree on a fixed date and time and stick to it, we'll be able to get it done and not have to worry about people dropping out :thumb:

monster

9-01-05, 11:17 PM

ahh just to let everyone know I'm team monster. I also think SHP HAS to be in. It's actual work that players should be awarded with. Whatever though. Good luck everyone.

J.R.

9-02-05, 12:06 AM

http://www.sabeel.org/old/images/Exchange-of-Olive-Branch.jpg

?Not a chance, Dev-O.

I'm quite certain he was disagreeing with my suggestion of moving the draft to a Sunday, saying that Sat. 24 Sept. was 'fine' with him.

The 25th it is. :) Hopefully that date will be late enough to know where everyone will be playing, on which teams and in what leagues.

Amoroq

9-02-05, 1:39 AM

You know I had you in mind, SW. As you say, any Sunday night is good. I have agree with that. I don't think it's fair to expect people to show up to an online fantasy sports draft at 10:00 pm on a SATURDAY NIGHT. Same goes for a Friday night.

http://www.vbaexpress.com/forum/images/smilies/2cents.gifThanks bud, BTW you were the nicest and gave me an avatar that I didn't have to choke down. Can't wait for this week to be over, so I can get a good and proper avatar on ;)

Matt Cooke

9-02-05, 6:00 AM

You can count me out. I'm in too many leagues as it is. Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll be looking forward to fantasy football though.

J.R.

9-02-05, 9:07 AM

You can count me out. I'm in too many leagues as it is. Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll be looking forward to fantasy football though. I don't think it creates a problem, Matt. That is unless we end up with an odd number of participants. But if people are willing to drop out because of other commitments, then that's fine, because it reduces the total number of teams. And the more I think about the goaltending situation the more I agree that the final number should be 10 or 12 teams.

Mel

9-02-05, 9:50 AM

I will drop out if you have an odd number. Let me know.

I was hesitant about being in a league with more than 12 teams any way.

Amoroq

9-02-05, 10:53 AM

I will drop out if you have an odd number. Let me know.

I was hesitant about being in a league with more than 12 teams any way.I'll drop out again as well if need be to keep it even. I am in another league as well as 4 football leagues so I won't be hurting for something to do. Let me know as well.

Madferret

9-12-05, 9:11 PM

Hey Andy can you kick me out so I can re-join? I had to make a new Yahoo ID as I lost my old one with the move....thx. PM me when it's good for me to re-join.

Mel

9-15-05, 6:05 PM

Amoroq

9-16-05, 1:50 AM

I think I want to bail. I think 14 teams is too many based on past experience.

But I don't want to leave you guys hanging with an odd number of teams... so I'll only bounce if someone wants to do it with me, knocking the league down to 12 teams total.

I already have 2 other teams, so I don't mind stepping down here. But like I said, I'll stay if need be... no harm in it.Ok, I'm with ya Mel, I have too much on my plate. combined I'm in 10 pool, (Hockey, Football, Soccer) :thumb: I'll delete when and if this is a go with you. I too don't want to leave this group hanging.

Mel

9-16-05, 7:41 AM

OK Amo. Let's do it.

I'm going to remove myself now. You guys should be left w/ 12 teams. Good luck to all. :)

----------------
Edit: I had mentioned my roster from another team... but I don't want to clog up your league thread.

so I made a dedicated thread to roster discussion and advice.

http://www.hockeystation.com/showthread.php?t=1557

Amoroq

9-16-05, 10:49 AM

Ok soon as I can login to yahoo I'm out. Good luck fellas. :)

monster

9-20-05, 10:56 PM

ahhh this sucks that it's sunday I can't make it anymore.

capebretoncanadien

9-22-05, 6:46 AM

hey i joined up, is that cool or no?

Madferret

9-22-05, 7:52 AM

Draft's is this weekend no?

Leafs_Fa_Life

9-22-05, 7:15 PM

Draft's is this weekend no?

Yes it is. Sunday Night.

Leafs_Fa_Life

9-22-05, 7:17 PM

hey i joined up, is that cool or no?

Definitely not cool ;)

I forgot to change the max teams to 12 after Mel and Amo left, because I thought interest in the league had died and nobody else would try joining. Anyways, if somebody else wants to join to make it even again feel free. If not I'll have to delete your team cbc :(

Mel

9-22-05, 9:06 PM

I didn't want to screw the league... but I thought 14 was too many teams for NHL fantasy.

That's why I looked for a partner (Amo) to leave. If you guys still want 14, and are in a jam to get the 14th team... I'll jump back in just to help out. Or maybe Amo would as well. Just let it be known here if you need more teams.

LIke I said earlier... I don't mind participating if it will keep the amount of teams even and help the league. Otherwise, I'll pass it on to someone else who wants in. :)

charlio lemieux

9-22-05, 9:33 PM

Originally posted by Mel
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You know,we could wait to see how many we get total. It's only August 23rd. Plenty of time to form leagues. There's probably more than 14 of us who want to join. Let's set a deadline of say Sept. 15. We'll keep a running count in this thread. If we wind up with say 20 teams, we make 2 leagues of 10.... 24 teams we form 2 leagues of 12 etc. We can just set the max at 12 and the min at 8 and see what we wind up with... maybe 2 leauges of 8? 3 leagues of 10?

Is multiple leagues an option?

capebretoncanadien

9-23-05, 5:35 AM

Amoroq

9-24-05, 2:00 AM

I've re-upped to max the league out. If Mel or anyone else would like the pot please let me know.

Leafs_Fa_Life

9-25-05, 10:59 AM

Draft tonight at 9:30PM eastern time.

Madferret

9-25-05, 11:06 AM

Draft tonight at 9:30PM eastern time.

Going to the Beer Store momentarily..

Mel

9-25-05, 11:16 AM

Going to the Beer Store momentarily..

Getting an early start are we? LOL :nod:

Madferret

9-25-05, 12:04 PM

Getting an early start are we? LOL :nod:

Just making sure they'll be nice and cold by tonight.
You see Mel, here in Canada its beer and hockey; while down there in the 'States its whiskey and firearms.

:nod:

charlio lemieux

9-25-05, 6:56 PM

Just making sure they'll be nice and cold by tonight.
You see Mel, here in Canada its beer and hockey; while down there in the 'States its whiskey and firearms.
:rollover2

Leafs_Fa_Life

9-25-05, 10:48 PM

Added 2 bench spots and a C spot. Go knock yourselves out on waivers.

PDO

9-26-05, 2:29 AM

Great draft fella's.

I noticed some of you are.. a bit short on 'tender depth ;).

Aebischer is available; but for a price. If you don't want him, I'm just fine keeping 3 starters on my team just in case.

J.R.

9-26-05, 4:52 PM

GAH! I knew I was forgetting something last night. I planned to be at the draft. Now I see what Yahoo! automatically drafted for me. WTF? Owen Nolan? Kenny Jonsson? And to make matters worse my starting goalies are Turco and Lalime. :curse:

I expect to be in the basement of the standings for most of the season. I won't miss a fantasy draft again.

Madferret

9-27-05, 8:43 PM

J.R.

9-27-05, 11:19 PM

I shall tear you a new hole week one Junes... Yep. I think I'll set the spread at -7.5 in favour of the Silver Sevens. :o

scorpionn

10-02-05, 6:17 PM

Hey AMO.

If you're looking for a backup, I might consider dealing one of Conklin or CUJO.. let me know.

Amoroq

10-03-05, 8:03 AM

Hey AMO.

If you're looking for a backup, I might consider dealing one of Conklin or CUJO.. let me know.CUJO for Bondra?

Madferret

10-07-05, 3:17 PM

Yep. I think I'll set the spread at -7.5 in favour of the Silver Sevens. :o

lol
You're up 5-3...
:curse:

J.R.

10-10-05, 1:52 PM

lol
You're up 5-3...
:curse: :laughing:

I also led 5-3 going into yesterday's games and you came back to win this week 6-1.

:hammer2:

I think Patrick Lalime has to go.

Amoroq

11-27-05, 7:13 AM

The top 2 teams in the HS Fantasy league have been facing each other all week.

The 1st place Toronto Maple Leafs and the 2nd place Team Monsters soon head to the 3rd with the Leafs having a sight edge at 5-3, but in the new game, no lead is safe.

Now with the call of the 3rd period, Bob Cole and Harry Neal ;)

Madferret

12-01-05, 10:02 AM

Did anyone else lose all their goalie stats for the current week that's being played?

LiAmTrAnSdEmOn

12-01-05, 11:32 AM

Something was going on for Yahoo yesterday. I couldn't get into my football leagues and none of my hockey changes held up. But it looks like it's all back now.

scorpionn

12-01-05, 1:08 PM

Did anyone else lose all their goalie stats for the current week that's being played?

Yep. Lost all of Fleury's stats and I put in Auld last night for the Canucks win.

Stupid Yahoo. :burning:

Madferret

12-01-05, 1:09 PM

Something was going on for Yahoo yesterday. I couldn't get into my football leagues and none of my hockey changes held up. But it looks like it's all back now.

I just checked again, goalie stats still gone.

:curse:

Madferret

12-01-05, 1:13 PM

Yep. Lost all of Fleury's stats and I put in Auld last night for the Canucks win.

Stupid Yahoo. :burning:

I followed the 'contact us about scoring' links on there, if I hear anything I'll keep it posted. I blame Andrew, they know he's a Leaf fan..:laughing:

LiAmTrAnSdEmOn

12-01-05, 1:28 PM

I just checked again, goalie stats still gone.

:curse:

Yeah, I just rechecked my stats and noticed that Esche was missing a game. They only had last nights game but the not the ones before. My other league is fine though.:shrug:

Amoroq

12-01-05, 5:33 PM

I noticed this yesterday. It appears all of Tuesdays stats are gone. Hey it gives me a tainted lead ;)

Madferret

12-01-05, 6:23 PM

I noticed this yesterday. It appears all of Tuesdays stats are gone. Hey it gives me a tainted lead ;)

I know I was handing it to you with my goalie stats..

:curse: :curse: :curse:

Amoroq

3-13-06, 10:17 AM

Its the last week before the playoffs begin and only 3 teams have qualified, so this week should be very interesting indeed!!

In the playoffs

1: Toronto Maple Leafs 127-58-25 .664 279
2: The Dynasty 110-76-24 .581 244
3: Silver Sevens 110-81-19 .569 239

Fighting for a spot in the top 6 bracket

4: J.R.'s OIL Legends 101-82-27 .545 229
5: Demons 97-80-33 .540 227
6: Scorp's Leafs 96-82-32 .533 224
7: Blazers (http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/10335/12) 95-93-22 .505 212
8: The Rogues 90-96-24 .486 204

Final Week key match ups

J.R's Oil Legends VS Demons (2 point difference)
Scorp's Leafs VS Blazers (3 point difference)
The Rouges VS East Town Crushers

Championship Bracket

1st Seed VS Bye
4th Seed VS 5th Seed
3rd Seed VS 6th Seed
2nd Seed VS Bye

1st Seed VS 4th or 5th Seed
2nd Seed VS 3rd or 4th Seed

1st, 4th or 5th VS 2nd, 3rd or 4th

Madferret

3-13-06, 10:49 AM

Those Silver Seven are a strong club..

LiAmTrAnSdEmOn

3-13-06, 1:17 PM

Thanks for the workout on mod powers Amo. I blame Led Zeppelin but I digress.

JR will go down and the ironic MVP of this week will be Chris Pronger. Just kidding...like an Oiler would ever be MVP.

Amoroq

3-20-06, 10:25 AM

First Round Match ups

The Dynasty VS Scorp's Leafs

Mike's Maple Leafs VS High Octane Oilers

J.R's OIL Legends VS Demons

Ottawa Eagles VS Korea Fidomunchers

First Round Byes:

Toronto Maple Leafs
Silver Sevens

I had 5 losses the entire season, and Ferrets Sevens were responsible for 2 of them!! There is always one team that has anothers number!!

Good Luck Everyone :)

Madferret

3-20-06, 10:28 AM

Good show lads...enjoy the playoffs.

PDO

3-20-06, 11:15 AM

Alright, time to make sure I change my players daily now :nod:

MadDevil

3-21-06, 2:28 PM

Good show lads...enjoy the playoffs.

Yes, and once again you're welcome for Fernandez.:nod: :D

Madferret

3-21-06, 2:30 PM

Yes, and once again you're welcome for Fernandez.:nod: :D

Thanks Doc..

Amoroq

3-27-06, 6:14 PM

Toronto Maple Leafs
vs.
J.R's OIL Legends

Scorp's Leafs
vs
Silver Sevens

The winners of each play for the Cup and the losers for 3rd place!!

The 5th place matchup:

Demons
vs
The Dynatsy.

Over in the consolation bracket.

Blazers
vs
Mike's Maple Leafs

Koreafidomunchers
vs
The Rouges

The winner of each plays for 7th place.

11th place matchup

High Octane Oilers
vs
West Ottawa Eagle

Good Luck everyone :)

LiAmTrAnSdEmOn

3-27-06, 7:49 PM

Amoroq

3-27-06, 7:57 PM

I protest and would like to see the tiebreaker rules. Me and JR tied and he got tomove on while I get to batle for 5th place. If they have a legit reasno as to why he moved on that's fine, but if it's cause of some BS reason like he had more goals, that's gay.Hope this helps.

In the event that a playoff game ends in a tie, the deadlock will be broken using the following system:

Most team goals.
Most team assists.
Lowest team GAA.
Highest team SV%.
Most team wins.
Most team shutouts.
Most team powerplay points.
Most team game-winning goals.
Most team penalty minutes.
Most team plus/minus.
Random "coin flip." :laughing: I'm not kiddin, this is there in the rules.* If a team does not meet the minimum goalie games requirement used in the league, they will automatically lose any tiebreakers goalie statistics.

J.R.

3-30-06, 7:14 AM

From 0-6 down, I've come back to tie my semi-final series with the No. 1 ranked Toronto Maple Leafs 4-4 in one day. And if I wouldn't have forgot to set my lineup on Tuesday, I likely would have the lead.

Bring it on, Amo.

Madferret

3-31-06, 4:21 PM

Scorps Leafs are getting it handed to them Silver Seven style in the other semis...

J.R.

3-31-06, 6:50 PM

Amoroq

4-02-06, 11:07 PM

Worried Amoroq?

You seem to be making a lot of moves, a la fantasy football, and we know how that's worked for you in season's past. :wicked:

I'm quite comfortable with my group of guys.

Go OIL Legends!

:thumb:Good game JR.

The finals are set. Arch rivals Toronto Maple Leafs VS Silver Sevens. The Sevens beat the Leafs twice in the regular season. Will this trend continue or will the Leafs find a way to change it? It all starts on Monday!!