Anyone intereseted in joining a Fantasy Hockey League.

I've set one up over in Yahoo Fantasy Hockey.

It is set up the following way :

Automated Draft . ( Being that so many players are now gone, and there was no season last year to base stats on, I figure that an automated draft where you can pre-set your picks if you want will work better and take less of everyones time).


League Name: GangsterBBFHL

Draft Type: Autopick Draft

Max Teams: 12

Scoring Type: Head-to-Head

Max Moves: No maximum

Max Trades: No maximum

Trade Reject Time: 2

Trade End Date: March 9, 2006

Waiver Time: 2 days

Can't Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports

Trade Review: League Votes

Min Games Played: 3

Weekly Deadline: Daily - Tomorrow

Start Scoring on: Week 1

Roster Positions: C, C, LW, LW, RW, RW, D, D, D, D, G, G, BN, BN, BN, BN, IR

Stat Categories for Players: Goals, Assists, +/-, Penalty Minutes, Power Play Goals, Game Winning Goals.

Stat Category For Goalies : Wins, Goals Against Average, Save%, Shut Outs.

If anyone is seriously interested in joining the league, PM me YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS and I will send you the password and an INVITE with a direct link to the site.


Don Cardi

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Automated drafts aren't good, IMO.

If I already have a goalie and need a center, and my turn comes and the next available player on my list is another goalie, I'm stuck with that, even though if the draft wasn't automated I could have picked the center I need.

You can rank your players, but depending on what you need and who is available, you may not want to follow your rankings.

Or am I misunderstanding the way an automated draft works?

We just did the Yahoo football draft with 14 teams drafting 16 player each (224 total) and it only took about 2 hours.

Can I have all left wingers? I don't want any right wingers on my team.

(I assume you knew that was coming)

Troublemaker.

I understand what you are saying. But let's remember that there was no hockey all of last year, many of the players who've lost a season have either gone on to retire or went to leagues in Europe, and there is a new influx of young unproven players that many of us do not really know about. Hockey is probably a tough sport to draft normally. And add in these factors that I just mentioned, and it's that much tougher. Because of this a draft may take too long because most will not be familiar with the new players.

Anyway I've set up the league where you have UNLIMITED free waiver moves/pickups, and unlimited trading.

It makes for a more interesting way to build your team.

Troublemaker. Don't start debating me in here, or we're gonna go to war! j/k.

Just frigin join up and take the hand that you are dealt. :p


Don Cardi

Then you'll have to call your team "The Lefties."

Oh, btw, in this league we say the pledge everyday. And to be a member, you must include "One Nation Under God." :p


Don Cardi

Sorry, but I'm not much of a hockey fan...

Why should that stop you?

Update on Fantasy Hockey.

If you are interested in Playing in this league. Then PM me your E-mail address so that I can send you an invite from within the site, which should make it much easier for you to sign up.


Don Cardi

Do you know whether or not if in an auto-draft you can change the order or rankings of your players as the draft progresses?

No. You can Pre-set your rankings and put the players/postions in the order that you want them drafted. But I believe that once the draft starts, you cannot change what you have already set.


Don Cardi

I dunno, then.....While it's true what you say about being out of touch with hockey for more than a year, if it's the same as football then Yahoo ranks the players by position, so even if I have no idea who to pick I can still use the Yahoo ratings.

Two years go in Yahoo football I got really screwed when my computer crashed during the draft.

I had picked Dante Culpepper first, and when my turn came in the second round, the next highest player who was available based on my pre-draft rankings and, therefore, who Yahoo picked for me, was Michael Vick.

So I wound up with a backup QB before I had picked a RB or WR, even though there were plenty of good ones available.

If someone is capable of pre-ranking their players for an auto-draft, they're capable of making their own selections in a regular draft. If they don't know enough to do that, they probably shouldn't be playing on the first place.

Hockey is a very strange sport. The few serious fans of the game are very dedicated.

The draft is key element in forming your team, and a lot of fun besides. I think that anyone here who is interested enough to play is gonna agree with me about not having an auto-draft.

Not looking to make trouble with the commish before the league even starts.....just my .02

Well to be perfectly honest with you Plaw, I just do NOT have the time to sit down for 2 hours straight and live draft a fantasy sports team.

Whatever hand I get dealt in an automated draft is fine. Because if I am not happy with what I get, I'll just build through waivers and trades. That's the fun of a fantasy league to me.

You don't have to join if your not comfortable with the auto draft. Although I'd like you to play.


Don Cardi

Sorry guys... Not a big hockey fan.

Sorry DC, I am not into hockey at all.


DS

This may be a very small league.

I'll join, Don Cardi. Sending the PM asap.

BTW - we need a live draft, I hate autodrafts.

If We do not get 12 players by the end of next week, then I'll just have to delete the whole league.


Don Cardi

Why do we need 12 players?

I believe that is a requirement by the site. I know in my Fantasy FB league over at NFL.com, if a league did not get 12 players, it was deleted.

I'll have to look into that in the rules of the site that hosts the league.


Don Cardi

I just researched the rules of this league. Being a head to head league, we need a minimum of 4 teams and the number of teams MUST be an EVEN number, so as we can play an equal amount of head to head games.

Have you signed up yet Plaw? Didn't see your name there yet.


Don Cardi

Get your asses in the game.

Yes. I went to Rangers game once. I had good seats; about 5 rows off the ice. In front of us was a father and his young son. In front of them was a Ranger fanatic who constantly stood up and yelled stuff like, "You're a fucking asshole scumbag shithead" or " you couldn't ref you're way out of a fishes asshole." The hockey action was great though. A year ago I went to see the Wilkes Barre Penguins (Pittsburgh's AAA). Great action. I went to college at Oswego NY. They played in a tough division. Great action. Not a TV sport though.

I went to a fight once, and a hockey game broke out.

(I know, an old one. Sorry. But when you ask someone if they've ever been to a hockey game, you gotta expect someone to trot that joke out.)

Just sent you a PM Don Cardi.

I've got two people ready to join if we can have a live-draft!

I'm telling you, DC, anybody that wants to autodraft can pre-pick, while the rest of us can sit at the live draft.

We have 6 teams in the league. We are supposed to have 12. I am giving it until this Sunday to fill up the league. If not the league will unfortunately be dissolved.

Yours Truly,
Gary Bettman


Don Cardi

only 6 of 12, eh? That doesn't look too promising.
Oh well...don't worry, I would have kicked your asses in the pool anyway! :p

And don't mention Gary Bettman's name again! I cringe whenever i hear, or read it.

GO LEAFS GO

As you discovered already (above), the MAX is 12 -- the MIN is 4, and, it needs to be an even number. So, 6 meets those qualifications.