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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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
I know it's only the preseason, but good grief, we're bad, bad, bad... except for Mete (or so I'm being told).
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.
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?
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.