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September 11, 2007
Fantasy Hockey anyone?: Yahoo! has opened registration for hockey leagues a couple of days ago. Who will start a SpoFi league? Not me, since I'm taking a break from fantasy sports this winter. But SpoFi still needs to see another edition of the battle royale between Weedy and grum (and new contenders) for fantasy hockey supremacy.
Usually there's a long discussion about when it's best for everyone to hold the draft. You (meaning all interested SpoFites) could start arguing now.
posted by qbert72 at 01:10 PM on September 11, 2007
Can't wait to underwhelm the competition
posted by garfield at 02:00 PM on September 11, 2007
I can do the head to head league.
posted by Ying Yang Mafia at 02:47 PM on September 11, 2007
Maybe I should quit now before I slip any further. 1st 1st 2nd 3rd I don't want to be like Jeremy Roenick and hang on well past my prime.
posted by grum@work at 07:27 PM on September 11, 2007
Well, should I set it up, then? Okay, here we go: Yahoo has changed it so we now have our own permanent page, which we can apparently reuse from season to season. [ League ID: 40206, Password: grapes ] You all can go on and sign up now. I'll post something more formal looking in a few days. I set the live draft for Friday, September 21, at 6:30pm EDT (3:30pm PDT, 8:30am Saturday morning in Melbourne). The late afternoon/early evening thing seems to have worked best (meaning, everyone is equally inconvenienced) in past years, so I stuck with it. And I imported the same stat categories from last year, so if we wanted to change them, now's the time to start that discussion.
posted by chicobangs at 08:36 PM on September 11, 2007
i'll be in the Bronx by 6:30 on 9/21 (extra ticket up for grabs too if anyone is interested). so i suppose i'm at the mercy of auto-draft this year.
posted by goddam at 10:06 PM on September 11, 2007
Oh yeah, the stat categories, those always foster discussion too. It's a shame Samsonov14 isn't here to profess his usual "Fucking Shooting %."
posted by qbert72 at 11:04 PM on September 11, 2007
Weren't there a couple of stat categories that caused discussion last season? I seem to recall some general disgruntlement, but I can't remember any of the specifics. As for the time, it's a lot easier for me to be inconvenienced on Saturday morning than Friday evening. That is all. And what the hell is up with the Brazilian Women's National Soccer Team? Did nobody tell these girls that the jheri curl look went out years ago? Yes, I'm watching the Women's World Cup. You got a problem with that?
posted by The_Black_Hand at 04:44 AM on September 12, 2007
Blades of Glory is gonna straight up murder your asses. And, after registering and checking out the settings, I recall it was SHP, GWG, and GAA that were being discussed as candidates for elimination.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:09 AM on September 12, 2007
I am in, and this year I am not giving up my seat for anybody. You will have to pry it from my cold dead fingers.
posted by MrFrisby at 08:20 AM on September 12, 2007
Is it more or less work than Fantasy Baseball?
posted by apoch at 08:57 AM on September 12, 2007
I'm in and looking forward to some fantastic competition. Thanks Chico for stepping up again and I'm looking forward to all those great trade rejection emails once again. (qbert has the best trade rejection emails) I like the current settings from last year and hope they remain unchanged. Draft day as currently set is OK with me but if it's more convenient for others any time will do. That is all........
posted by skydivedad at 09:05 AM on September 12, 2007
Oh. I still haven't heard a good argument for the exclusion of Shut Outs in the goalie stats for this league. I'm all for eliminating GAA if Shut Outs are included. IMHO shut outs are a great indicator of a teams D and I feel it should be reflected in a Roto League Points Scoring System. It also provides entertaining anticipation as I watch the final minutes of a goalie performance and hope for the shut out. My further 2 cents.
posted by skydivedad at 09:37 AM on September 12, 2007
Ahhh, a favorite time of year. However, y'all have a great shot this year, since on Sept. 21, I have an engagement and will have to autodraft. Now... a name.... a name....
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 10:39 AM on September 12, 2007
I'm in. 40 Years Futile in honour of the local team's futility and mine own with fantasy leagues (save for some pick'ems). Too bad I don't use my old username anymore, mostly because of the Flickr forced yahoo-id BS, so I can't see my old stats. Maybe it's for the best.
posted by mkn at 06:13 PM on September 12, 2007
Iorek Byrnison is totally gonna crap all over ya.
posted by NoMich at 06:57 PM on September 12, 2007
i'm in as Grumbait. i wasn't gonna use it for the hockey league, but grum's message that we all suck has forced my hand.
posted by goddam at 07:07 PM on September 12, 2007
So, is the league filled up with returners...or is there an opening for rooks? I don't think that I was in this one last year...
posted by chris2sy at 08:40 PM on September 13, 2007
The Robin Goodfellows are ready to be giving you the business. We approve of any date that is bad for Weedy and Grum.
posted by The Crafty Sousepaw at 01:03 AM on September 17, 2007
..or is there an opening for rooks? Hey chris2sy........ Grab yourself a squad the league is capped at 20.
posted by skydivedad at 09:15 AM on September 17, 2007
dad, chris2sy: go for it. (New thread here.)
posted by chicobangs at 03:30 PM on September 17, 2007
I ran it the last couple of years. I'm fine with setting it up again. I was going to post something next week, after training camps opened. It seemed silly to jump the gun.