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Post by Roggy on Sept 6, 2013 13:41:31 GMT -5
Hey kids, I didn't run the league in the lockout year last year, but will get it up and running again this year. Probably stick to the same format as years past. If you're interested, just reply to this post or PM me your email address. If you've entered in previously and you still have the same Yahoo info, send me that one and Yahoo should have all your past history ready.
I'll keep you updated on when I get things set up.
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Post by christrpn on Sept 6, 2013 18:26:16 GMT -5
Is it free, or we play for winnings?
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Sept 6, 2013 18:58:26 GMT -5
I'm in Roggy. It's always a good pool for sure. Thanks for organizing it every year.
I have a pool for some of the guys I used to work with. I didn't activate that one either. I wasn't all that enthused about hockey, at least in the beginning. They could have settled that a long time beforehand.[/rant]
Oh yeah ... fantasy hockey ... there's a gradual changing of the guard going on in the NHL. Lots of hugely-talented youth coming up through the ranks every year ... nice to see ... hard to figure out sometimes ... the suprise players are always nice ... I got one year out of Steve Mason in CLB before he emploded ... Luongo destroyed my team too ... interesting that there are a lot of good goaltenders in the league now ... they're all over the place ... only never in Philadelphia ...
Cheers.
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Post by Bones on Sept 7, 2013 17:26:17 GMT -5
I'm in, as always, thanks Roggy!
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Post by HABSINFL on Sept 7, 2013 18:40:00 GMT -5
I'm in
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Post by Bobs_HABit on Sept 7, 2013 19:01:45 GMT -5
I'm in
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Post by franko on Sept 7, 2013 19:40:55 GMT -5
well, I took my year off . . . pencil me in again if there's room.
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Post by HFTO on Sept 8, 2013 18:07:04 GMT -5
Yup me too!
HFTO
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Sept 8, 2013 19:55:03 GMT -5
I too would like to join. What are the rules?
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Post by Polarice on Sept 8, 2013 21:43:53 GMT -5
I'll give it a try.
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Post by Roggy on Sept 9, 2013 14:26:42 GMT -5
OK, so Yahoo is useless when it comes to setting up their site. They're lucky that the actual fantasy portion of their stuff works well, because their Help and Forums are about the most useless on the internet.
Long story short, I cannot renew the past years league because we didn't run it in 2013. Because I'm not renewing a past league, I have to start over collecting email addresses from Team Managers on where they want their invite sent. You will have to click the link in the invite email you get from Yahoo to join the league, I cannot just give you a league number to join.
So...PM me the email address you want me to send the invite to.
As for questions posed above, the league is free, the only winnings are bragging rights!
Rules are getting to be pretty standard:
Weekly Head to Head competition against another manager, pretty standard Stats categories, although I've added Hits and Blocked Shots to make Emelin and Gorges more attractive Fantasy Options. Daily roster updates, but can be set as far in advance as you like.
I have tentatively set the draft for September 30, 6:15, but I'm not even sure what time zone that's in. I will change it if everyone sends me a preferred time and we can accommodate as many as possible.
Any other questions, let me know.
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Post by Polarice on Sept 9, 2013 18:46:34 GMT -5
I have tentatively set the draft for September 30, 6:15, but I'm not even sure what time zone that's in. I will change it if everyone sends me a preferred time and we can accommodate as many as possible. Any other questions, let me know. That will be around 3:30 my time I will still be working. If you did it on the weekend it will work out a little better on my end.
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Post by Roggy on Sept 9, 2013 19:13:55 GMT -5
So, I double checked the time zone, and it is 6:15 in my Mountain Time. Reaper I think this is 5:15pm for you in BC, 8:15 for Easterners, etc.
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Post by blny on Sept 9, 2013 20:13:19 GMT -5
Don't forget the Atlanticers Newfies. The true "easterners". Val cornered me today to ask if the pool was back this year. She was bouncing about when I told her I saw a thread about it.
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Post by ValkyrieNS on Sept 12, 2013 10:08:51 GMT -5
Don't forget the Atlanticers Newfies. The true "easterners". Val cornered me today to ask if the pool was back this year. She was bouncing about when I told her I saw a thread about it. Darn rights baby! Roggy, I'm back! Please to be signing me up. Will PM you my email addy. HOCKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm inordinately thrilled about Sunday night's preseason game against the Sabres. Because I'm that desperate to see hockey again
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Post by christrpn on Sept 12, 2013 15:58:01 GMT -5
Just to confirm the draft time, it's 8:15pm for us here in montreal.
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Post by Roggy on Sept 12, 2013 17:48:21 GMT -5
Just to confirm the draft time, it's 8:15pm for us here in montreal. Correct. Hopefully this time works for everyone. I don't think anyone has spoken up saying they cannot make the date/time it is currently set for. Everyone that has sent me an email address has had an invite sent to them. A few are form a few days ago, so if you haven't received it yet, check your junk mail folder. I can also resend quite easily, there is a little "Send Reminder" button beside each pending invitation. Just let me know. We are also currently at 12 teams, this is a great number for a Yahoo league. If anyone else still wants in, we'll have to take them two at a time, as we cannot Live Draft with an uneven number of teams. Thanks!
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Post by christrpn on Sept 13, 2013 19:21:04 GMT -5
Just to confirm the draft time, it's 8:15pm for us here in montreal. Correct. Hopefully this time works for everyone. I don't think anyone has spoken up saying they cannot make the date/time it is currently set for. Everyone that has sent me an email address has had an invite sent to them. A few are form a few days ago, so if you haven't received it yet, check your junk mail folder. I can also resend quite easily, there is a little "Send Reminder" button beside each pending invitation. Just let me know. We are also currently at 12 teams, this is a great number for a Yahoo league. If anyone else still wants in, we'll have to take them two at a time, as we cannot Live Draft with an uneven number of teams. Thanks! Quick question, what happens if, for some reason out of our control, we can't make the draft. After our 1 1/2 mins, does it just pick the highest available player for us? Or do we miss out completely?
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Post by franko on Sept 13, 2013 20:42:13 GMT -5
Correct. Hopefully this time works for everyone. I don't think anyone has spoken up saying they cannot make the date/time it is currently set for. Everyone that has sent me an email address has had an invite sent to them. A few are form a few days ago, so if you haven't received it yet, check your junk mail folder. I can also resend quite easily, there is a little "Send Reminder" button beside each pending invitation. Just let me know. We are also currently at 12 teams, this is a great number for a Yahoo league. If anyone else still wants in, we'll have to take them two at a time, as we cannot Live Draft with an uneven number of teams. Thanks! Quick question, what happens if, for some reason out of our control, we can't make the draft. After our 1 1/2 mins, does it just pick the highest available player for us? Or do we miss out completely? yup, autodrafts BPA according to their list, unless you have an alternate draft list
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Post by christrpn on Sept 14, 2013 6:22:22 GMT -5
Quick question, what happens if, for some reason out of our control, we can't make the draft. After our 1 1/2 mins, does it just pick the highest available player for us? Or do we miss out completely? yup, autodrafts BPA according to their list, unless you have an alternate draft list Thanks, cant wait
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Sept 14, 2013 10:19:58 GMT -5
What are the rules? How many players, goals or points, goaltenders, pick by position, etc.....?
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Post by christrpn on Sept 15, 2013 6:55:14 GMT -5
What are the rules? How many players, goals or points, goaltenders, pick by position, etc.....? What stats are being counted and the players drafted are all explained on the site, my only question would be how are they scored? Goals=2 points? Assists=1point? How are the PIMS and blocked shots counted? They can't possibly work as a 1-1 point system. My team would be fillled with Prust, white, Orr, Parros. A lot easier to get 100 PIMs than 100 points.
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Post by franko on Sept 15, 2013 7:54:16 GMT -5
What are the rules? How many players, goals or points, goaltenders, pick by position, etc.....? What stats are being counted and the players drafted are all explained on the site, my only question would be how are they scored? Goals=2 points? Assists=1point? How are the PIMS and blocked shots counted? They can't possibly work as a 1-1 point system. My team would be fillled with Prust, white, Orr, Parros. A lot easier to get 100 PIMs than 100 points. 12 categories. win penalties lose points = 1-1 against your opponent. etc.
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Post by Roggy on Sept 25, 2013 18:15:58 GMT -5
Folks, 5 days to draft time!
We have 14 teams invited, but only 11 have registered. We need an even number to draft and 1 entry waiting in the wings for either another participant to sign up, or one to back out.
If you haven't already done so, could check your emails and register with the link sent or PM me and we'll get it straightened out.
Thanks!
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Post by Roggy on Sept 29, 2013 18:15:49 GMT -5
OK Kids,
I've locked down the league, so the teams that are in will be drafting tomorrow (Monday) evening. There were a couple of invitations that were sent that did not register, but since we have to have an even number of teams to draft, I had to close it down without them getting in. If one of them had registered a few minutes before draft time and the other didn't, we would not get a live draft and the teams would be Autopicked for us. That's no fun for anyone.
If you received an invite and just hadn't got around to registering, PM me. If both of you want to get in, I'll unlock it so you can both register.
Thanks!
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Post by IamCanadiens on Sept 29, 2013 20:21:21 GMT -5
Not sure I understand how faceoff losses are a category. Help!
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Post by franko on Sept 30, 2013 6:03:06 GMT -5
that's a lot of categories!
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Post by Roggy on Sept 30, 2013 8:24:46 GMT -5
I added more categories for skaters as the goalies were too important otherwise. Previously, if you had very solid goalies early, you could almost count on winning 5 of 12 categories. Now it's a little tougher.
I liked the faceoff categories as its a stat that there is little interpretation on, faceoff losses are a way of counting guys that take faceoffs, even if they aren't particularly good at it.
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Post by Bones on Sept 30, 2013 18:53:07 GMT -5
Ugh drafting 6th in a 12 team league in a staggered draft, can there be a worse position?
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Post by christrpn on Sept 30, 2013 20:27:19 GMT -5
Ugh drafting 6th in a 12 team league in a staggered draft, can there be a worse position? you can't have more than 12 picks in between. I was fourth.
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