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Post by shooter61 on Feb 27, 2023 9:51:55 GMT -6
Wow, this year seemed to fly right by, what a YEAR ! not alot separation, except for Big T, but I got him figured out , he's tanking for bedard lol I built My team for the riggers of a long playoff, so you guys better watch out
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Post by BigT on Feb 28, 2023 7:21:54 GMT -6
One thing I’ll bring up, and I brought this up last year. I don’t understand how or why, but every night/week I’m always behind in man games? It’s impossible to win when you’re down 5-7 man games a week. I’ve been watching and counting. Even this week, after tonight I’ll be down 5 man games. It’s like I’m playing with a shortened roster.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’ve been busy and I’ve forgotten to set my roster some nights. And that’s on me. But a couple years ago I noticed I was down in man games. Last year I actually started counting, this year I’ve counted again and there’s only been a few weeks that I’ve been ahead. I’m not saying this squad is the best, by no means. But it can’t be this bad. I’ve even dropped guys to add in guys and still wasn’t close in man games.
So my proposal is simply to have a league where it’s not head to head. Or week to week. Where we pick our teams and it’s by overall points. And at the end of the year we see who wins. You can still make trades, drop players etc. but this way the law of averages comes into effect. If you have an injury, it won’t kill your season, cuz other people will get them and you don’t have to lose 3-4 weeks in a row because of it.
I’ve been in many leagues like that and they end up the most fun. Usually who ever is in first at the beginning won’t be there at the end. It gives everyone a chance. Maybe I just don’t understand the week by week thing? But so far I really don’t find it much fun and I just forget to set the roster. And that’s not fair to other people in the pool. So for me. I don’t think I’m interested in this format. It requires too much detail and if you forget one day to set your roster, you’re screwed. And it’s very easy to forget. Especially when you’re away on a hockey tourney all weekend, get home, unpack, pass out, wake up Monday, run to work, head to practice after work, then realize sometime Tuesday you just forgot. I know not everyone has that problem. But I do unfortunately.
I just think it’d be much easier and more fun to only have to check your rosters once or twice a week instead of every night. If there’s an injury, then you tend to the matters at hand. It’s just better to never have to set a roster. And don’t have to worry about man games unless you make a trade for a guy with 4 games in hand!!!
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Post by T-man2010 on Feb 28, 2023 9:22:01 GMT -6
You're talking a rotisserie league then.
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Post by Nikos on Feb 28, 2023 11:54:59 GMT -6
One thing I’ll bring up, and I brought this up last year. I don’t understand how or why, but every night/week I’m always behind in man games? It’s impossible to win when you’re down 5-7 man games a week. I’ve been watching and counting. Even this week, after tonight I’ll be down 5 man games. It’s like I’m playing with a shortened roster. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’ve been busy and I’ve forgotten to set my roster some nights. And that’s on me. But a couple years ago I noticed I was down in man games. Last year I actually started counting, this year I’ve counted again and there’s only been a few weeks that I’ve been ahead. I’m not saying this squad is the best, by no means. But it can’t be this bad. I’ve even dropped guys to add in guys and still wasn’t close in man games. So my proposal is simply to have a league where it’s not head to head. Or week to week. Where we pick our teams and it’s by overall points. And at the end of the year we see who wins. You can still make trades, drop players etc. but this way the law of averages comes into effect. If you have an injury, it won’t kill your season, cuz other people will get them and you don’t have to lose 3-4 weeks in a row because of it. I’ve been in many leagues like that and they end up the most fun. Usually who ever is in first at the beginning won’t be there at the end. It gives everyone a chance. Maybe I just don’t understand the week by week thing? But so far I really don’t find it much fun and I just forget to set the roster. And that’s not fair to other people in the pool. So for me. I don’t think I’m interested in this format. It requires too much detail and if you forget one day to set your roster, you’re screwed. And it’s very easy to forget. Especially when you’re away on a hockey tourney all weekend, get home, unpack, pass out, wake up Monday, run to work, head to practice after work, then realize sometime Tuesday you just forgot. I know not everyone has that problem. But I do unfortunately. I just think it’d be much easier and more fun to only have to check your rosters once or twice a week instead of every night. If there’s an injury, then you tend to the matters at hand. It’s just better to never have to set a roster. And don’t have to worry about man games unless you make a trade for a guy with 4 games in hand!!! BigT-Thanks for your comments and certainly appreciate all of the long hours, dedication and hard work outside of your normal everyday life. The sacrifices parents do for their kids and family is to be applauded and hopefully yours have told you how much they appreciate what you are doing. Back to your comment about losing man games, I am not really understanding and forgive me if it is that simple. Each team has a complete roster, sure some might have more injuries, but you are allowed to use the IR and add players, although I believe it is only one per team, so if you get multiple injuries I can see where that will hurt. You always have the option to drop the injured player and if its season ending then it makes even more sense to do it sooner rather than later. Outside of players being injured you have up to 7 moves each week to add/drop players so you can have a full roster available. You can only have 6 dmen playing each night if you use one spot as utility. However, if you only have a total of 4 dmen on your entire roster and only 2 are playing that particular day you will be down 3 spots. Maybe that is what you are referring to as man games, although not sure. One thing I learned is to position your roster to have as many playing on Sunday which will help if you are in a close battle with the other team. What you are advocating for is rotisserie style fantasy. I am not sure what others feel, but for me personally I like the head-to-head, it brings a little extra meaning/juice for me at least. Look I am rookie this year and have about 11% chance to make the playoffs and I need to win the last two weeks and Bottoms up need to lose both, including my head-to-head with him this week. I am not off to a good start this week but will do everything I can to try and beat him this week and hope he has a bad week the following, no offense (Bottoms up). With rotisserie there is no drama like that and understand you are looking for less.
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Post by BigT on Feb 28, 2023 15:23:36 GMT -6
Thanks Nikos. My daughter now plays. While it’s only house league. We’re gone sun up to sun way down most days. I just forget to do a lot of things along the way. Unfortunately fantasy hockey is one.
I’ve been doing this for a few years now. I don’t think my teams are all that bad. But it seems like every night I have less man games than the person I’m playing. When I’ve had time, I’ve watched the waiver wire, and seen how many guys were dropped. After two days this week, I’m down 5 man games. Last week it was only like 4-5 the whole week. But none the less, if I have time I’ll post my man games to my opponents. And you’d think at some point it would average out. A few weeks back I was in a good battle. Leading and then on Sunday I had like 3 guys going and the other team had a full roster. You’re not going to win with that disadvantage. I noticed the same thing a few years back and mentioned it. I actually took the time to count and it seemed every week I was short handed. Now, that very well could be my wrong doing? But whatever it is. It gets old and I feel sorry to do that to someone who needs my team to win. I’d say most have more wins this year than I have in my 3 years on here. And I used to be in 2 other leagues that I’ve won. So I’m not ignorant to it.
Even in the 1st year. I’d set my roster and then it wasn’t set. Other people on the league that I was playing said they checked in the morning and my roster was set. But it ended up not being set for some reason. It happened a solid 5-6 times and you just lose interest. So for me. This ESPN site I wouldn’t recommend. Seems like something is always wrong.
Last season. I was in Toronta for a tournament. We ended up on the subway. My internet went out. So it auto picks for you. Everyone on here knows I’m not fond of Russian players. I did the first 6 rounds on auto pick. Not by choice. But I had set the guys who I’d like to pick. Kucherov was not one of them. I picked #2 and he was definitely available. Yet I got Kucherov somehow? I never auto selected him. Or the other 5 guys I got at first. So the site has been rather shit for me. For whatever reason. I just don’t think I’ll be part of this. Mostly because I feel awful about losing every week. Looks like you don’t care and you’re screwing others over.
All in all. I don’t care much about losing at these things. But it just seems like kicking water uphill. And hopefully someone else can get that water uphill!!!
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Post by Nikos on Feb 28, 2023 15:59:01 GMT -6
Thanks Nikos. My daughter now plays. While it’s only house league. We’re gone sun up to sun way down most days. I just forget to do a lot of things along the way. Unfortunately fantasy hockey is one. I’ve been doing this for a few years now. I don’t think my teams are all that bad. But it seems like every night I have less man games than the person I’m playing. When I’ve had time, I’ve watched the waiver wire, and seen how many guys were dropped. After two days this week, I’m down 5 man games. Last week it was only like 4-5 the whole week. But none the less, if I have time I’ll post my man games to my opponents. And you’d think at some point it would average out. A few weeks back I was in a good battle. Leading and then on Sunday I had like 3 guys going and the other team had a full roster. You’re not going to win with that disadvantage. I noticed the same thing a few years back and mentioned it. I actually took the time to count and it seemed every week I was short handed. Now, that very well could be my wrong doing? But whatever it is. It gets old and I feel sorry to do that to someone who needs my team to win. I’d say most have more wins this year than I have in my 3 years on here. And I used to be in 2 other leagues that I’ve won. So I’m not ignorant to it. Even in the 1st year. I’d set my roster and then it wasn’t set. Other people on the league that I was playing said they checked in the morning and my roster was set. But it ended up not being set for some reason. It happened a solid 5-6 times and you just lose interest. So for me. This ESPN site I wouldn’t recommend. Seems like something is always wrong. Last season. I was in Toronta for a tournament. We ended up on the subway. My internet went out. So it auto picks for you. Everyone on here knows I’m not fond of Russian players. I did the first 6 rounds on auto pick. Not by choice. But I had set the guys who I’d like to pick. Kucherov was not one of them. I picked #2 and he was definitely available. Yet I got Kucherov somehow? I never auto selected him. Or the other 5 guys I got at first. So the site has been rather shit for me. For whatever reason. I just don’t think I’ll be part of this. Mostly because I feel awful about losing every week. Looks like you don’t care and you’re screwing others over. All in all. I don’t care much about losing at these things. But it just seems like kicking water uphill. And hopefully someone else can get that water uphill!!! BigT: Hope you can post, I still do not see what you mean about losing man games. Every team has a roster with same amount of player slots, some teams have decided to not include goalies which gives more options with forwards and dmen. Maybe it is so simple I cannot see it, sorry. With respect to the auto pick in draft, I am not sure how that happened, maybe the algorithm what you selected and what was available was off, not sure. I am not a big fan of the ESPN app either, but it is free and seems to work ok for the most part. Not sure what you mean by not caring and screwing others over. I believe what I said was I will do everything (within the rules) to try and knock off Bottoms up this week and hope he loses next week. Anyway, sorry for your terrible experience with the app and hope you part of the league next year. Good luck to your daughter the rest of the year and same to you son who I believe plays too, I am sure you are very proud.
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Post by shooter61 on Mar 1, 2023 16:42:07 GMT -6
wonder why ESPN doesn't believe McCabe was traded to tor, they still have him a hawk I'm playing him any way , Very smart of me to notice
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Post by vadarx on Mar 1, 2023 16:56:12 GMT -6
wonder why ESPN doesn't believe McCabe was traded to tor, they still have him a hawk I'm playing him any way , Very smart of me to notice lol, I noticed that too. no idea wtf is taking so long. if it messes up tonight let me know. I do enjoy giving their tech support people shit...
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Post by shooter61 on Mar 1, 2023 18:08:31 GMT -6
No, Way, would much rather be able to whine all year about TMan beating me on a technicality,
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Post by vadarx on Mar 1, 2023 18:16:02 GMT -6
No, Way, would much rather be able to whine all year about TMan beating me on a technicality, 😅
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Post by T-man2010 on Mar 1, 2023 19:02:10 GMT -6
No, Way, would much rather be able to whine all year about TMan beating me on a technicality, The "technicality" of having more points? That one?
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Post by vadarx on Mar 1, 2023 19:06:15 GMT -6
No, Way, would much rather be able to whine all year about TMan beating me on a technicality, The "technicality" of having more points? That one? 🤣
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Post by T-man2010 on Mar 4, 2023 20:00:31 GMT -6
I think I left 25 points on the bench tonight while playing the "better" players.
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Post by vadarx on Mar 5, 2023 9:49:09 GMT -6
I think I left 25 points on the bench tonight while playing the "better" players. yeah, that was a rough one for ya yesterday. I hate having too many guys on my bench like that cuz it seems they inevitably score and the ones playing do not... you still have a fighting chance today, though, if you can pick the right free agents to add...
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Post by T-man2010 on Mar 5, 2023 10:10:15 GMT -6
I think I left 25 points on the bench tonight while playing the "better" players. yeah, that was a rough one for ya yesterday. I hate having too many guys on my bench like that cuz it seems they inevitably score and the ones playing do not... you still have a fighting chance today, though, if you can pick the right free agents to add... I risked it all by picking up Quick for the Knights today.
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Post by shooter61 on Mar 5, 2023 19:20:29 GMT -6
I think I left 25 points on the bench tonight while playing the "better" players. I feel for ya T, The one thing I hate about this league , is deciding who to sit , but you really F,,up, lol
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Post by T-man2010 on Mar 5, 2023 20:07:11 GMT -6
I think I left 25 points on the bench tonight while playing the "better" players. I feel for ya T, The one thing I hate about this league , is deciding who to sit , but you really F,,up, lol Doing the math, I would have only gained 10 more points if I sat my low scoring guys with the bench guys
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Post by vadarx on Mar 5, 2023 22:40:05 GMT -6
holy balls, jaws/ice.... that was a fackin slobberknocker....
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Post by bigbarn27 on Mar 5, 2023 23:10:37 GMT -6
holy balls, jaws/ice.... that was a fackin slobberknocker.... Yeah that was a great match unfortunately for the Beavers my late night pick ups will end up costing me as earlier in the week I dropped the wrong Miller oooopppps
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Post by bigbarn27 on Mar 5, 2023 23:11:28 GMT -6
Oh and Vad sorry the Irish could not get it done this weekend
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Post by vadarx on Mar 5, 2023 23:26:14 GMT -6
holy balls, jaws/ice.... that was a fackin slobberknocker.... Yeah that was a great match unfortunately for the Beavers my late night pick ups will end up costing me as earlier in the week I dropped the wrong Miller oooopppps you and me for the President's trophy this week. should be a fun one!
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Post by vadarx on Mar 5, 2023 23:56:39 GMT -6
Oh and Vad sorry the Irish could not get it done this weekend yeah, I know... really let me down!
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Post by T-man2010 on Mar 6, 2023 10:16:51 GMT -6
Big T and me will be battling for the gutter the next couple weeks.
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Post by vadarx on Mar 6, 2023 10:54:38 GMT -6
Big T and me will be battling for the gutter the next couple weeks. lol, I didn't even realize you guys are playing 3 weeks straight now, as are Greek Heroes and Punishing Klobasky. hell all four game might be the same for 3 weeks... T has clinched that first pick already, though. top two draft spots are set and the 3rd and 4th will be determined by the PK/GH game this week. the rest will be determined by the playoff results.
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Post by shooter61 on Mar 6, 2023 10:54:52 GMT -6
as per your name,,,, you even suck at finishing last HaHaHa , Big T will have the first chance to draft bedard ! Well don't know about you guys but I'm having fun ,another exciting year almost in the books ,Thanks for letting me Play! and to finish second every year.
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Post by shooter61 on Mar 6, 2023 10:57:15 GMT -6
I feel for ya T, The one thing I hate about this league , is deciding who to sit , but you really F,,up, lol Doing the math, I would have only gained 10 more points if I sat my low scoring guys with the bench guys I know, but it's still pisses me off ,
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Post by vadarx on Mar 6, 2023 11:36:18 GMT -6
as per your name,,,, you even suck at finishing last HaHaHa , Big T will have the first chance to draft bedard ! Well don't know about you guys but I'm having fun ,another exciting year almost in the books ,Thanks for letting me Play! and to finish second every year. is this a reverse jinx maneuver here?? I see what's happening... the more things change... same final 4 this year, gents. fingers crossed my boys can get er done this spring, not that it was any of their fault. ran into a buzz saw named shooter last spring, hoping for better luck this go around! I'll be honest, after the awful draft I had, I am just happy to have made the playoffs...
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Post by shooter61 on Mar 6, 2023 21:53:48 GMT -6
Looks,like Jaws and I are in for 3 weeks also, if I'm reading it right
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Post by shooter61 on Mar 7, 2023 8:51:31 GMT -6
and I'm not, lol
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Post by vadarx on Mar 12, 2023 22:37:26 GMT -6
well then... second verse, same as the first....
first off, good game, Barn. I got pretty nervous late today, but the lads held on. good luck to ya in the semis!
unbelievable. no way anyone could have convinced me I would end up as the top seed even a couple weeks ago. a hearty congrats to Ice Beavers, back to back West divison Champs!
I humbly accept the division title and President's trophy, but I ain't touching neither of 'em...
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