Fantasy Hockey '11 - Game On!

[Hal Johnson]

Like I said, you guys got two out of three. Blocked shots are gone, and the goalie ratings have gone back to last year. I'm taking the liberty of keeping hits though.

[Tissue Man]

hits are a bullshit homer stat. thats why they should be nowhere near fantasy hockey.

[Booche]

We voted on the scoring changes, not 'partial' scoring changes. You lost, plain and simple. Either get rid of the hits or consider me gone. I'm sick of your tyrannical dictatorship.

Someone has to take a stand against this bullshit.

[PassedOutGuy]

I can see what you are trying to do for sure Hal but come on, we did vote, expressed our interest/ disinterest... now lets keep it the same and move on... the draft is this week. If this was something we had a month to think about maybe, but i simply dont have time to figure out a whole nother componant of drafting my team.

[Hal Johnson]

Please. Lets take this wayyyy too seriously and cry about a not-for-money fantasy hockey league. I've got a 6 yr old at home that whines less.

[Hal Johnson]

Ive never been in a league with soooo much bitching. You guys win bc I simply don't care to carry on with it.

[Booche]

I bet your six year old wins all the logic arguments around the house.

[dave-O]

It's nice that modern technology has given us so many new ways to be douchebags.

But seriously Hal, in the past you've put any dispute up for public vote and gone with the majority. It's your pool, do whatever you want, but you need to upfront and clear about how things are going to work -

Is everything up for public vote or do you make the rules?

[dave-O]

PS - If you're intent on tweaking the scoring, make shutouts worth 1.5 and call it a day.

[badams]

I am enjoying the preseason drama

[badams]

It's nice that modern technology has given us so many new ways to be douchebags.

But seriously Hal, in the past you've put any dispute up for public vote and gone with the majority. It's your pool, do whatever you want, but you need to upfront and clear about how things are going to work -

Is everything up for public vote or do you make the rules?

I agree... you don't offer to put something up for a vote and then pick what you want anyway. This league is off to a roaring start

[Hal Johnson]

Whatever guys...aside from Tissue Man who made a somwehat logical argument for not including hits, NO ONE here has made any half decent attempt at explaining why the new things shouldn`t be included.

I`ll get rid of em all. Dave-O, was 1.5 the score for SHO last year?? I thought it was 1.

anyway, fuuuuuuuuuck.

[Booche]

From everything said in here, this is the only 'somewhat logical argument' that Hal understood:

hits are a bullshit homer stat. thats why they should be nowhere near fantasy hockey.

I'm not even going to bother quoting what was said right from the start. It's all there for you to read.

[dave-O]

SHO were 1 last year, but you said you wanted to raise goalies scores a bit.

[Hal Johnson]

I think I'll play it safe and go back to 1, thanks.

[Hal Johnson]

From everything said in here, this is the only 'somewhat logical argument' that Hal understood:

hits are a bullshit homer stat. thats why they should be nowhere near fantasy hockey.

I'm not even going to bother quoting what was said right from the start. It's all there for you to read.

Its a better argument than "it makes it too realistic"

[peipunk]

Its a better argument than "it makes it too realistic"

Sorry Hal, don't mean to "pile on" with the rest, but if you want to talk about "realistic".....in hockey, the team that scores the most goals wins!

[Hal Johnson]

I give up.

[Booche]

In other news, Stephane Robidas was just picked in our keeper draft.

And I’ll tell you what, it wasn’t after Jonathan Toews, it was after Jamie Langenbrunner – and it was still too early!!

[Hal Johnson]

oh snap! You guys sure do know soooo much about hockey!

Someone else somewhere said, hey you know what, defense is a big part of hockey too, wouldn't it be fun if there was some way you could put a value on it for fantasy hockey purposes?

Obviously Robidas should be drafted later when all the scoring categories are offensive. Duh.

Hilariously enough, this guy ranked both our subjects as overrated in offense only leagues:

Jonathan Toews CHI

Despite having an incredible year, winning the Gold medal and being named top forward, followed by winning the Cup and the Conn Smythe, when it comes to fantasy hockey, don't let all that hardware blind you. In 3 NHL seasons so far, he has yet to reach 35 goals or 70 points. It's no knock on him as a player, he's clearly one of the best in the game, but unfortunately, responsible 2-way play isn't a stat in the fantasy world. Let someone else overpay for him in the first couple of rounds.

Defense

Stephane Robidas DAL

After nearly a decade of fantasy obscurity, Stephane Robidas stormed to a 10-goal, 41 point performance, ranking him in the top 10 in terms of fantasy points last year. Prior to last season, his cap was 26 points. If you're drafting purely on last year's numbers, you'll surely be overrating Robidas and will likely be disappointed when he doesn't get back to 40 this year. Let someone else make that mistake and look for someone with more upside.

Edited September 21, 2010 by Guest

[Hal Johnson]

So anyway, draft is TOMORROW NIGHT fockers, hope you've all done your homework! I've gotten over the previous drama and now I'm excited to make up for my crappy football showing thus far.

A couple of things, too:

1) I had this idea, which I know you guys will hate, but Im gonna run it by you anyway: How about this years final standings dictates draft order for next year? So, if say, Choke-Towns finishes first, he gets first pick next year. I've thought this over and I can't see any reason that this would upset someone, but Im sure it will, so let me know please.

(I'd say lets put it to a vote, but less than half of the group seems to respond to those things in the first place (which renders the voting useless, ahem, everyone that was against my stat changes ), so I will just have to make the decision based on general comments I guess)

2) We have to decide how trades will work. The easiest way, IMO, is to just let every trade go through, no matter how we feel about it. Hopefully, by having this years standings dictate next years draft order, the trades will police themselves.

Well?

[Whitey]

I hate to correct the commissioner, but isn't the live draft on Thursday?

[c-towns]

So, if say, Choke-Towns finishes first, he gets first pick next year.

Come on auto-draft!

I'm on your side, even with all the hate...

[c-towns]

and where would any new league joiners fit into the draft next year?

[Northern Wish]

* Your draft is currently scheduled for Thu Sep 30 8:00pm EDT

* Your roster will remain empty until after your league's draft.

* You may edit your Pre-Draft Player Rankings up until 45 minutes before your draft.