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| Posted by: C.SuperFreak
- [2385118] Mon, Sep 01, 2014, 19:05
We're back for our tenth year of fantasy hockey. Thanks everyone for sticking around for a decade. It's been a good ride so far, hope everyone can return.
Yahoo! is open and email message has been sent.
Here's last years crew and draft order.
1. Tommy D
2. Wolfer
3. Perm Dude
4. Ira
5. Goldcoach
6. Taxman
7. The Dienasty
8. I Am Canadian
9. Little M
10. Filthy
11. Cobwebs
12. SuperFreak
A) Sept 1 - 7. Confirm your participation.
B) Sept 8 - 20 - RGFHL trade period is open.
C) Sept 8 -20 - Discuss new suggestions and proposals for our league.
D) Mon Sept 21 - RGFHL Draft begins.
E) Thur Oct 9 - NHL Regular Season Starts.
Keepers: 4
- 1 goalie max
- 2 max per every other position
I'm IN. :) |
| | | 1 | Ira
ID: 387372612
Mon, Sep 01, 2014, 19:54
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I like that there's a schedule this time. I'm excited for this year just so I can finally get rid of the burden on my team that has been Cam Ward for the last few years
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| | | 2 | Little M
ID: 4785121
Mon, Sep 01, 2014, 22:05
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My participation is confirmed.
5 of us already in Yahoo, which is a great start.
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| | | 3 | The Dienasty
ID: 10831718
Mon, Sep 01, 2014, 22:27
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I am in. Thanks commish for getting us rolling again!
Let's do this.
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| | | 4 | Perm Dude
ID: 431013412
Tue, Sep 02, 2014, 02:33
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In.
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| | | 5 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Tue, Sep 02, 2014, 03:40
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In. Looking like 5 keeper candidates here. If anyone's not liking their depth, message me.
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| | | 6 | Cobwebs
ID: 36843169
Tue, Sep 02, 2014, 04:15
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In!
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| | | 7 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 088210
Tue, Sep 02, 2014, 11:08
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I forgot to mention the keepers. Please submit your keeper list before Sept 19th.
I'll be able to populate the draft with the keeprs prior to the first pick.
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| | | 8 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Wed, Sep 03, 2014, 00:03
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Nice catch, nice job commish!
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| | | 9 | Ira
ID: 782467
Wed, Sep 03, 2014, 04:16
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Would like to trade two of Vanek, JVR, Hossa and Doughty for a better goalie, or one of them + Luongo
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| | | 10 | wolfer
ID: 52830319
Wed, Sep 03, 2014, 20:31
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in also.
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| | | 11 | I_AM_CANADIAN
ID: 3833219
Thu, Sep 04, 2014, 00:04
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I'm in. Do we have a list of the end of year rosters?
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| | | 12 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Thu, Sep 04, 2014, 07:23
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Im in
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| | | 13 | Cobwebs
ID: 36843169
Thu, Sep 04, 2014, 08:57
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IAC, on the standings page in Yahoo, you can choose season 2013 in top right corner.
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| | | 14 | I_AM_CANADIAN
ID: 6623011
Thu, Sep 04, 2014, 12:00
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I'm not sure I can see last years info?
I'm getting an error msg when I try to load it:
"There was a problem
You are not allowed to view this page because you are not in this league. (Error #152)"
Also, I don't see the season 2013 listed for me?
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| | | 15 | Perm Dude
ID: 431013412
Thu, Sep 04, 2014, 12:12
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You might need to log in again.
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| | | 16 | I_AM_CANADIAN
ID: 6623011
Thu, Sep 04, 2014, 12:30
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I just tried once again... still nothing. If someone wants to send me an email with a screenshot of what to do... I'm seriously at a loss.
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| | | 17 | I_AM_CANADIAN
ID: 6623011
Thu, Sep 04, 2014, 12:34
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nevermind... found it... it was staring me in the face, just couldn't see it.
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| | | 18 | Taxman
SuperDude
ID: 029463114
Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 00:13
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joined @ yahoo but didn't bother to post here that I am both in and jacked about Hockey 2014-15 just days away.
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| | | 19 | Cobwebs
ID: 46855517
Fri, Sep 05, 2014, 18:57
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Question, is McDavid draftable this season?
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| | | 20 | Little M
ID: 51823523
Sat, Sep 06, 2014, 00:23
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Re 19: In the other keeper league that I am in, we have a rule that players had to be drafted by an NHL before they could be picked up in our league. We did that because people were drafting 16 year-olds and were about to start drafting 15 year-olds.
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| | | 21 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Sat, Sep 06, 2014, 05:07
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Tank it for McDavid?!!
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| | | 23 | The Dienasty
ID: 10831718
Mon, Sep 08, 2014, 03:05
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Seems like we only need Goldcoach signed up to have everyone back..
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| | | 24 | wolfer
ID: 44824920
Tue, Sep 09, 2014, 21:25
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First proposal....................
I know this has been brought up before, but could we see if we can get enough intrest to get a setup like there is for the RIFC, RIBC, and RIBC? My idea is to keep this league as is, and possibly get 2 different leagues going in the style of the RIBc etc.
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| | | 25 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 3851119
Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 10:51
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4th email sent to GoldCoach. Hopefully his spam filter is catching the Yahoo! invites.
Wolfer, I'm willing to open it up to the format you mentioned but we'd need a serious committment from at least 20 players.
I'll check-in late next week and ask for your keepers.
thanks.
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| | | 26 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Thu, Sep 11, 2014, 22:48
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I'm definitely not interested in commishing any leagues, but all it would take is someone 'stepping down' to be a commish of aaa league? (Do they make us have an even number of teams?) I'm sure we could all send a recruit or two that way? Allowing the commish to run two teams with the aaa team not eligible to rise may be an option even. Extra curveball with a keeper league though? Not really I suppose? I'm all for it if I don't have to do anything! hahaha
Another proposal, pretty farfetched I must confess, but here goes: Free Agent budget rather than a draft. Instead of drafting we could have a 2 week period where we can post our bids and have a 12 or 24 hour limit to outbid. Or maybe draftime has something like this already? Any thoughts? I have auction fever after doing a football auction recently.
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| | | 27 | The Dienasty
ID: 10831718
Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 02:15
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I think an RIBC format would be great, but also echo CSF 's concern about whether the demand is there and enough managers would be interested to support a league like that.
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| | | 28 | wolfer
ID: 44824920
Sat, Sep 13, 2014, 18:53
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Its also probably too late for this year also.
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| | | 29 | The Dienasty
ID: 10831718
Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 01:13
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Still no sign of Goldcoach, unfortunately. Should we be consider looking into a replacement manager?
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| | | 30 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 06:52
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keeper deadline in 3 days? consider looking for sure.
in case i forget, this is final unless i post otherwise: varlamov, benn, duchene, johansen
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| | | 31 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 278421613
Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 14:42
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Re: 29. I agree. I think we need to find a replacement manager for his team so that we can stick with the schedule.
I sent him an email from my home account, it didn't bounce back and/or I'm sure it didn't get captured by any type of spam filter.
I have sent out a final reminder. If I don't hear from him tomorrow we'll have move on and look for a replacement.
Hopefully nothing too serious has happened to him.
Draft will be begin Monday September 22. I know, I know, I had the original date wrong.
Keepers must be declared prior to draft.
I'll set up drafttime and send out the invites.
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| | | 32 | I_AM_CANADIAN
ID: 3833219
Tue, Sep 16, 2014, 22:38
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Keeper list (tentative):
Ben Bishop, G
Tyler Seguin, C-RW
Claude Giroux, C-RW
Milan Lucic, LW
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| | | 33 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 248361812
Thu, Sep 18, 2014, 13:36
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Almost time to declare keepers.
2 Options for the Goldy dilemma:
1) Find a replacement.
2) Drop to 11 managers.
I have sent out few emails to see if someone can step in. If I don't hear back I'm wondering if you guys would know of someone who is interested.
If not, I'll see if I can drop Gold out of the league and we can go will 11 managers.
thanks
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| | | 34 | Cobwebs
ID: 78401816
Thu, Sep 18, 2014, 17:40
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Mailedfoot was interested in joining a couple of years ago. There's a link to his email in that season's thread.
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| | | 35 | mailedfoot
ID: 531322718
Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 06:33
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If you need a manager, I'm willing
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| | | 36 | The Dienasty
ID: 10831718
Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 06:48
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Nice. If Goldcoach is indeed MIA, this league has my vote to transfer Goldcoach's team to mailedfoot.
My keepers:
Ryan Getzlaf C
Chris Kunitz LW
Wayne Simmonds RW
Kari Lehtonen G
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| | | 37 | Cobwebs
ID: 36843169
Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 08:42
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Keepers:
Tuukka Rask G
Erik Karlsson D
Nicklas Backstrom C
Nathan MacKinnon RW
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| | | 39 | Perm Dude
ID: 431013412
Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 10:44
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Henrik Lundquist, G
Martin St. Louis RW
Jonathan Toews C
Matt Moulson LW
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| | | 40 | Cobwebs
ID: 568461512
Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 17:06
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I'm just worried about Goldcoach. I hope that he's OK.
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| | | 41 | Little M
ID: 238261916
Fri, Sep 19, 2014, 17:26
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G - Marc-Andre Fleury
C - Henrik Zetterberg
RW - Patrick Kane
LW - Daniel Sedin
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| | | 43 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Sat, Sep 20, 2014, 12:59
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Jordan Eberle -RW
Taylor Hall - LW
Steve Stamkos- C
Duncan Keith - D
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| | | 44 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 438552012
Sat, Sep 20, 2014, 13:55
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Thanks mailedfoot for stepping in. I'll send you the yahoo invite and draftime info. Appreciate you stepping in on short notice.
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| | | 45 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Sat, Sep 20, 2014, 17:51
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Did we already get the drafttime info because I probably deleted it. Any chance of getting a resend? thanks in advance
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| | | 46 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Sat, Sep 20, 2014, 20:16
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I doubt we got draftime info yet? Actually, if I forgot, it wouldn't be that surprising.
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| | | 47 | Ira
ID: 387372612
Sat, Sep 20, 2014, 23:37
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John Tavares - C
Thomas Vanek - LW
Corey Perry - RW
Drew Doughty - D
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| | | 48 | mailedfoot
ID: 531322718
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 00:05
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Thanks, everyone, for welcoming me to the league. I hope Goldcoach is okay and if he should make a last minute appearance, I will, of course, step aside.
After looking at the final roster from last year, keepers are:
Carey Price, G
P.K. Subban, D
Anze Kopitar, C
Max Pacioretty, LW
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| | | 49 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 578392023
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 00:40
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Same combo of Keepers:
Ovechkin
Crosby
Kessel
Quick
Great to have mailedfoot step in and take over for GoldPucks.
I am concerned about him as he hasn't responded at all.
Check your emails tomorrow for Drafttime.
We begin on Monday. No clock.
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| | | 50 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 578392023
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 00:45
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check your email for the drafttime link. I have also posted it in our yahoo! league.
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| | | 51 | wolfer
ID: 44824920
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 09:09
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My keepers
Saad
Kesler
Okposo
Crawford
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| | | 52 | wolfer
ID: 44824920
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 09:10
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My keepers
Saad
Kesler
Okposo
Crawford
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| | | 54 | Taxman
ID: 448412112
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 13:42
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keepers
Antti Niemi
Patrick Sharp
Evgeni Malkin
Zach Parise
If I am MIA (or if you want to let me know I'm up) please text me at 512-8zero1-66zero5
Thanks
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| | | 56 | Taxman
ID: 448412112
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 18:19
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why does wolfer get eight keepers ;o)
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| | | 57 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 438552012
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 18:28
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Tax, wolfer needs all the help he can get.
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| | | 58 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 20:06
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Is there any way to set up a q before the draft starts. I have to work tomorrow and might not have internet access?
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| | | 59 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 438552012
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 21:14
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I could start the draft now or I could start it tomorrow 9am eastern time?
Draftime is ready to go.
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| | | 60 | Perm Dude
ID: 431013412
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 21:40
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start it now, with no clock.
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| | | 61 | I_AM_CANADIAN
ID: 3833219
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 21:53
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I'm good to start whenever. Are all the keepers entered yet?
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| | | 62 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 21:56
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start now
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| | | 64 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 168372121
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 22:39
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D'oh, my bad. I did not enter Filthy's keepers. I have to find a way to either add them or remove them from the available player list.
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| | | 65 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 168372121
Sun, Sep 21, 2014, 22:51
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message sent to KKB to figure out what the best course of action would be in this scenario.
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| | | 66 | Ira
ID: 387372612
Mon, Sep 22, 2014, 02:08
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We could just all avoid his listed keepers
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| | | 67 | The Dienasty
ID: 10831718
Mon, Sep 22, 2014, 02:45
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Right, I think we can go if nobody touches Varlamov, Benn, Duchene and Johansen until we get then properly placed on flithy's team?
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| | | 68 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Mon, Sep 22, 2014, 05:57
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Well I will be out until 2:00 pm or so eastern time today. Will try to check in around 10:30 am, if I can. If the commish can make my pick though I'll take Cory Schneider G NJD.
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| | | 69 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 318372210
Mon, Sep 22, 2014, 11:37
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Fix has been made by kkb. Draft has been restarted. Good Luck!
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| | | 70 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 318372210
Mon, Sep 22, 2014, 11:40
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I was able to pick for tommyd. Nice selection!
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| | | 71 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Mon, Sep 22, 2014, 13:00
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q'd for 2 picks. out for the day if we happen to fly.
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| | | 72 | Perm Dude
ID: 431013412
Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 10:03
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This is the part of the draft where my queue gets totally decimated. Tough choices, at this point. Had to go with the second goalie or else I'd be left with a scrub, but that means great skaters Marleau and Nash (next in my queue) are bypassed.
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| | | 73 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 10817239
Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 10:17
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It's sick. The teams all look well balanced right now. Rounds 6 thru 10 will shake out the contenders from the wannabee's. :)
Good pace to the draft so far.
To assist with Q management I'm updating Yahoo! as we draft - Assigning the players to teams. It removes the selected players from the available players list. It should help speed up the process when picking for the next rounds.
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| | | 74 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Tue, Sep 23, 2014, 14:22
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Thx CSF makes it a lot easier to see whose available.
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| | | 75 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 03:29
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thanks CSF. definitely helps keep my Q flowing smooth!
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| | | 76 | Perm Dude
ID: 431013412
Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 13:31
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Sorry for the delay. It's probably too early to toss the dice on a guy like Drouin, but he's got such high upside I didn't think he'd fall another round.
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| | | 77 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 508532412
Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 13:53
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Never too early PD. Nyquist, Nichushkin, and Drouin have all been snatched away from my queues in successive rounds.
The joys of drafting in the 12th position.
In all fairness the same statement could be said by everyone other manager in their current draft slot. I'm constantly changing my strategy based on 23 picks that I must painfully watch.
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| | | 78 | Perm Dude
ID: 431013412
Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 14:30
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Hmmm. Thought Drouin had an "upper body" injury (which would keep him out a couple of weeks, at most) and now I see he'd got a fractured thumb. Sigh.
Well, he's a good stash, anyway.
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| | | 79 | Ira
ID: 387372612
Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 02:32
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I feel your pain! I find out my most recent pick in Stepan will be out the first month
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| | | 80 | Cobwebs
ID: 36843169
Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 04:35
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Sorry for the delay yesterday, don't know why but I never got an email telling me that it was my turn:-(
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| | | 81 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 05:39
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i've been on autopilot and haven't noticed delays! gone again all day thursday, maybe even early friday too. got a large queue though.
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| | | 82 | Ira
ID: 387372612
Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 06:55
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Haha same. My parents are visiting from Canada and my partner has her last week of university thus commandeering the laptop. I've just had my phone to do my picks all week :S
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| | | 83 | The Dienasty
ID: 10831718
Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 08:35
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I've made all of my picks from my phone :)
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| | | 84 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Thu, Sep 25, 2014, 15:18
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First time my q has been really decimated before I pick. Really wanted Kreider or Palat there.
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| | | 85 | Goldcoach
ID: 26243621
Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 09:23
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Hi guys, I have moved to Ecuador. Haven't been able to keep in touch too well. Hope mailedfoot is happy with his team. Go get 'em!
It was a nice ride, Thanks guys.
Glenn
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| | | 86 | Cobwebs
ID: 68342911
Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 12:37
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Good to hear that you're OK Glenn! It has been great having you aboard. mailedfoot is a having a really strong draft, so he'll do your team proud, if he doesn't mess up and break the rules by not picking a D with his last pick that is;-)
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| | | 87 | mailedfoot
ID: 531322718
Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 13:55
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Hey Goldcoach, glad to hear everything is okay with you. I think the team has a strong nucleus for the season and if you still want to continue in the league, all you have to do is say so and I will step aside.
Best Regards,
Foot
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| | | 88 | Goldcoach
ID: 42751516
Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 14:35
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Thanks guys. Down here they play some sort of game with a spotted round ball, no sticks, no ice and a net that's about 25 times the size of the goalie and they still struggle to score....Go Figure :)
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| | | 89 | Perm Dude
ID: 431013412
Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 14:39
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HA! Thanks for checking in, Glenn. Glad things are OK.
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| | | 90 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 10852917
Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 18:05
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Ecuador? I'm sure there is a good story behind the move. Anything like the movie Moon Over Parador?
It's great to hear from you Goldy and thanks for checking in. Sorry you couldn't join us this year. I had to do what was best for the league as we ran out of time waiting for you.
Mailedfoot had an excellent draft and I'm a bit bummed with him and his picks. Nothing got by him.
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| | | 91 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 10852917
Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 18:08
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Draft over in record time. Well done everyone. Results have been entered into Yahoo! Please check your teams for issues. You can review your teams by selecting Draft Central and then select Draft Results.
Let me know if there are errors. I have plenty of time to correct them.
I'll set up a Draft Recap thread.
Once the checks are complete I'll open the league next week.
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| | | 92 | Little M
ID: 258192922
Mon, Sep 29, 2014, 23:19
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Great going everyone getting the draft completed without any major holdups.
Thanks to CSF for entering the players into Yahoo during the draft.
Glad to hear that everything is good with Goldcoach.
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| | | 93 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Thu, Oct 02, 2014, 01:43
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baseball stretch run in ribc aaa, more like sprint, and the draft combined with what turned out to be a week of birthday fun (31 for what it's worth!) had me wiped out completely! needed to breath out after the draft for a bit. but i'm back.
my draft looks correct if you're still wondering commish. made a mistake for my last queue, but i'll fix that hopefully without waivers, i'll let you guys know if anyone snakes my guy while i gamble!...thanks for the commish work csf! thanks for the sweet draft everyone. i'll also echo that it's great to hear from goldcoach. game ooon!
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| | | 94 | The Dienasty
ID: 51859711
Thu, Oct 02, 2014, 02:25
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Great draft everyone! Also great to hear from you Goldcoach, good luck with your new sporting endeavors!
CSF, my team looks correct. Thank you for your work again this year, especially keeping the picks updated in Yahoo and getting us reg'd on Draftime!
filthy, HBD! Welcome to the 31 club :)
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| | | 95 | Cobwebs
ID: 36843169
Thu, Oct 02, 2014, 09:08
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Thanks CSF, for paying the Draftime fee, and fixing us up in Yahoo. I've looked through the draft results and can't see any errors. You even got the Backstroms right again;-)
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| | | 96 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Thu, Oct 02, 2014, 09:29
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Great job CSF , team looks good.
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| | | 97 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Fri, Oct 03, 2014, 02:27
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Thanks Dienasty!
I tossed up a pretty wild league idea in post 26, but now I have a more reasonable idea or two for next season.
One thought is that we roster only 1 goalie. With 2 goalies, it feels like everyone has to try hoarding. Often seems to be good fortune deciding the goalie categories.
Another is to turn a bench (or 2nd goalie spot into) another centre position. There has been thoughts in the past about the games played maximums being low, and with so many players eligible at centre, I think adding another centre position would help. Personally, the maximums are why I tend to roster so many goalies, so this would also help with giving goalies a more reasonable value.
All for now.
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| | | 98 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Fri, Oct 03, 2014, 02:29
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Not that I don't like or haven't adapted fine to the current settings. Just tossing in some more thoughts.
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| | | 99 | Cobwebs
ID: 36843169
Fri, Oct 03, 2014, 07:15
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Changing to only 1 goalie spot sounds a little drastic and boring to me, I'd rather change maximum games for goalies from 164 to 120, but I don't know if that's doable in Yahoo. Turning a bench spot into another centre position is an interesting idea that we should explore further.
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| | | 100 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 1894839
Fri, Oct 03, 2014, 10:48
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I don't believe Yahoo! has the capability to adjust maximum games for a specific position. It's a general pool setting.
With that said, another possibility is to reduce the number of stat categories at the goalie position. The two goalie positions currently account for 40% of the scoring.
780 total points are available.
468 points to skaters. 14 positions.
312 points to goalies. 2 positions.
Other option could be to increase another stat category for forwards.
I like the thought of adding another C option.
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| | | 101 | Cobwebs
ID: 68342911
Fri, Oct 03, 2014, 15:57
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Maybe we can abandon Yahoo for another site that can meet our needs?
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| | | 102 | Little M
ID: 8914316
Fri, Oct 03, 2014, 17:14
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There is some good discussion here.
Regarding additional positions, I am not opposed to adding another player, however, I wouldn't want to limit it to an additional centre. Instead, I would make it either:
F Forward Any centers, left or right wingers or
Util Utility Any non-goaltender
Adding another non-goalie would dilute the impact of each forward though. As CSF posted above, the standings are heavily skewed towards goalies. In the past, I have been against adding categories in hits and/or blocked shots, but these stats are becoming more accepted in hockey (and more reliably counted), so maybe we should consider them.
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| | | 103 | Cobwebs
ID: 68342911
Fri, Oct 03, 2014, 19:20
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Adding hits as a category for skaters sounds like a good idea. Two categories for goalies are not directly related to the number of games played, GAA and SV%, so we should keep them, but is there another category that can replace W and SHO?
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| | | 104 | Little M
ID: 8914316
Fri, Oct 03, 2014, 19:53
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I think the possible goalie categories are:
GS Games Started
W Wins
L Losses
GA Goals Against
GAA Goals Against Average
SA Shots Against
SEC Seconds Played
SV Saves
SV% Save Percentage
SHO Shutouts
I am not a fan of shutouts as a category, but I like the alternatives even less. Maybe, the best solution is just to drop shutouts as a scoring category.
PS: I am talking about for next season.
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| | | 105 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Sat, Oct 04, 2014, 02:20
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Ya yea, next season for sure!
I really, just out of tradition, do like Yahoo for fantasy sports. Staying is preferred to me. Shutouts is a crapshoot. I like it and I don't like it. Adding a flex position leads to multiple strategy options ideally, which would be great. As mentioned before, another roster position to get points out of, takes away from the goalie hoarding, which would be optimum I think? Losing shutouts would help also.
I'm quite indifferent overall, definitely not picky about any settings, I can adapt! This just seems like a good time to get the talks going. My vote goes to the commish if he'll have it.
I had suggested one goalie, cause in my mind, it would make the day to day decision making more exciting. Right now it's very hard to hit 164 goalie games with 12 teams. I realize this contributes to a lot of the fun too. I'm just thinking out loud at this point... don't mind me!
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| | | 106 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Sat, Oct 04, 2014, 02:23
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Oh, I was gonna mention hits originally and again just in that last post, but keep forgetting. I will echo that the tracking has improved and would be open to trying hits and/or blocked shots for sure. D value is pretty low, aside from having to roster 5. (Another thought, cut one D spot? Nah...)
All for now, I swear!
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| | | 107 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Sat, Oct 04, 2014, 02:27
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I lied. Abandon plus/minus? Shorthanded points? Turn a D into Util spot rather than BN? Just stirring the pot. I live on the fence?! K, for real, later!
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| | | 108 | The Dienasty
ID: 10831718
Sun, Oct 05, 2014, 21:45
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Adding another scoring category for skaters would be my preferential choice. Hits probably the most interesting since it counts up faster than blocked shots, and isn't as flukey as say short handed goals and gwg's. Also I do agree, goalie stats are weighted quite heavily in this league.
By neutralizing them a bit with more emphasis on quality skaters I think managers will be inclined to draft fewer goalies, thus leaving more in the selection pool and lessening the hoarding effect during the draft.
CSF, can we get the yahoo league activated so I can start setting up my roster for this week? :)
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| | | 109 | Ira
ID: 387372612
Mon, Oct 06, 2014, 07:25
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I like a lot of these ideas.
I'd be in support of
1. Adding a 'hits' category
2. Dropping +/- (I always thought its a ridiculous stat for fantasy)
3. Would be open to dropping G.A.A. and/or SV%
I'm also of the opinion that the goaltending position has too much weight in our scoring. I wouldn't mind if we just used the classic 'Wins' (and Losses) and 'Shutouts' categories for goalies and abandoned the rest.
4. However, if we did keep GAA and SV%, I would support dropping the SO category to weaken the goaltending position from the scoring weight
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| | | 110 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 349069
Mon, Oct 06, 2014, 10:00
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Yahoo! league will be activated within the hour.
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| | | 111 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Wed, Oct 08, 2014, 16:26
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Good luck everone. Hopefully I'm not in the "No honor for Connor " sweepstakes this year.
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| | | 112 | C.SuperFreak
ID: 39919912
Thu, Oct 09, 2014, 14:21
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Bah, I made a big mistake with the waiver wire. I didn't set the waiver priority in the draft prior to turning it on.
So the waiver wire has been reset and adjusted based on the order of pickups made today.
It hurts me. I made a waiver claim on Desharnais and didn't get him. That's how I figured out the waiver wire issue. LOL.
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| | | 113 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Sun, Dec 14, 2014, 06:58
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K I couldn't wait, I had to check and bring this back up.
Can we get a consensus before All Star break or even sooner?
Not to step on toes, but to be proactive and recap what I have just skimmed, as well as add my own random twist on what I have just skimmed, feel free to edit as needed:
A- Add hits? Yay or nay.
B- Add util? Yay or nay.
C- Swap +- for block shots? Or add block shots? Any other offensive change propositions?
D- Drop GAA? Or drop shutouts? I suggest drop GAA based on reading Ira's post above. GAA & S% can be redundant, and high scoring team goalies tend to suffer in GAA, so eliminating GAA would give us more elite goalie options in my mind.
E- Trade draft picks? Is that already a thing? We should do it.
F- What else? I was either too noob or too busy in the past to make suggestions, so forgive me for going overboard here fellas! haha. Cheers.
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| | | 114 | Perm Dude
ID: 431013412
Tue, Dec 16, 2014, 18:28
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I would go
A. Nay on hits
B. Yay on add UTIL
C. Not sure about this. If forced to choose, I'd say keep this the same.
D. It always struck me as a lot of overlap with the Goalie stats. But since they don't do much I don't think we can get away from that. Maybe add saves to help boost goalies who are on bad NHL teams?
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| | | 115 | tommyd
ID: 28237206
Wed, Dec 17, 2014, 20:03
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A. Nay
B. Yay
C. Add block shots
D. Get rid of SO
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| | | 116 | The Dienasty
ID: 10831718
Thu, Dec 18, 2014, 05:30
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A. Yay
B. Yay
C. Nay
D. Nay
E. I'd always assumed we were allowed to do this.
My overall feeling is that yes, we should make an effort to balance out the weight of goaltending stats towards scoring, I think adding a skater scoring stat like Hits would be a good way to do it. I'm opposed right now to removing either save% or GAA, but shutouts Id have to think longer about.
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| | | 117 | mailedfoot
ID: 531322718
Mon, Dec 22, 2014, 19:02
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Not sure I have enough perspective for this yet but here goes:
A. I could support Hits
B. I could support adding a UTIL in place of a D man
C. Keep +/-; add Face Offs Won
D. Not really in favor of changing Goalie categories
E. Have no problem with trading draft picks
F. Add one or even two more keepers
In summary, adding Hits and Face Offs Won would add 2 different skater categories and in effect reduce the weight of Goalie stats
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| | | 118 | Cobwebs
ID: 36843169
Tue, Dec 30, 2014, 06:16
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A. Yay to Hits
B. Nay
C. Keep +/-, add Points
D. Drop Shutouts, replace with Saves
E. Have no problem with trading draft picks
To get a better balance between goalie stats and skater stats, we need to add 2 new skater categories, preferably Hits and Points. Shutouts is a quantity stat that doesn't happen often enough, so it becomes a freaky stat, could be replaced with Saves which also is a quantity stat. I'm not a fan of the +/- category, maybe Game Winning Goals would be better, Face Offs Won is to dependent to the C position.
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| | | 119 | filthy
ID: 4157202
Wed, Dec 31, 2014, 06:59
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I didn't really give my own votes before. woops.
A- Yay. Add hits will make some of the fringe D options into decent pickups. This is rolling towards a majority yay if a nay campaign doesn't happen.
B- Yay. And to clarify, I'd vote to add Util at expense of a BN spot. If a nay campaign for hits happens, I'd want Util in at the expense of D5 spot instead.
C- Nay. Especially after seeing the lack of consensus on what we'd change to. For a couple seasons away, discussions on changing +/- to something else should be brought up again.
D- Nay. Again, after a season or two of seeing how adding hits and a util spot evens things out, we may want to revisit things. If adding hits fell apart, I'd be on board the drop shutouts campaign however.
E- I feel like draft picks have been traded before, so I guess it's sweet to know for sure. I'd assume run it past commish and give reminders at drafttime as well would be smart if the situation arose.
F- Change keeper outlook eh? I'd be very on board with changing to six keepers. 1G, 2D, 1LW, 1C, 1RW (based on end of season positions) would be sweet.
Also expansion idea? 2 tier league would be cool. We just transitioned to this in a football league this year and it went surprisingly smooth. The use of co-owner team function in Yahoo worked out well for the guy commishing everything. If nobody had their hearts set on commish duties, I'd step up to commish the 'AHL' league if I wasn't already in it and there was no interest among the 'AHL' owners. If we upped our keepers to six, dropping the 'NHL' league to 10 teams might be nice too. Bottom 2 teams plus 6-8 recruits should be doable by September? I have 4-5 guys in mind, and if 1 accepted, and half of you guys had similar scenarios unfold, we'd be set. I'll start seeing if interest exists among my friends throughout the rest of winter, just in case.
In summary, barring some nay campaigns, it feels like we'll add Hits and a Util spot for next season. And barring some focussed opinions, the rest looks to remain the same. Talks about keeper numbers and expanding to a tiered puck system have now begun while we await any more thoughts on changes.
Happy New Year gang.
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