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The Everything NHL Thread

Don't use Waivers, wait a few days and pick him up from Free Agents so you don't sacrifice your waiver position unless you already had the last pick, if he didn't get drafted no one will pick him up before them. I'd be careful if he ends up at C/LW like last year(I'm unsure what he is currently), having two players of the same position on the same team creates issues fitting people in, I find.

You're anywhere from respectable to decent at D since there's some degree of unpredictability with Niedermeiyer, Weber, and Liles having such big performances gaps from last year - I drafted the later two in smogon's league last year and ended up dropping both of them but in theory they 'should' be more like they were two years ago as solid fantasy defenseman.

Your strongest position is definitely Center - Staal and Spezza are both #1 Centers and Marleau has the upside to be one even though he was more like a weak #3 last year. It's debatable whether you have a #1 RW or LW(Rolston and Pominville are kinda 'maybes' in that department although as a Devils fan I really hope so for the former ~_~) but the main thing that worries me is the fact you don't have a third RW - you definitely need one on your roster. Obviously you can't fit one on currently but it's usually best to have 3C 3RW 3LW and then either 4D or 2G if you don't have a lot of players who are eligible at multiple positions to let you be more flexible, which is never the case in the preseason. I personally would drop Hainsey, I don't think I would touch a Thrasher this year other than Kovalchuk or Lehtonen and while Hainsey is probably going to end up with decent fantasy stats if you ignore +/- Enstrom is the rising star on that blue line and will probably be competition for the ideal situations - with Zidlicky gone Weber "should" have a better year . Liles is an issue for many of the same reasons as Hainsey(+/- is not going to be good on a team with two backup goaltenders) but he has a lot more offensive upside and is easily the best offensive defenseman on his roster.

If you can deal a Center to upgrade at LW(there's probably someone perfectly decent on Waivers at C anyway) or RW(ideally), I would do so but Center is the deepest in fantasy hockey by a wide margin so you'll likely have a bit of an issue there.



Just my analysis, one of the other guys might have a better second opinion!
 
Also double posting to separate my thoughts a little better -

I finished my first season on Be a Pro today. I was somewhat proud of the fact I stuck to my guns as far as not quitting games early or restarting from previous saves when things went poorly as I often do in sports games, and I think in doing so it kind of made everything more exciting(agonizing?) for me with the life or death aspects of real sports applied a bit better.

I ended up finishing the regular season on a 4-7 slide, finishing 2 points below the Sharks for the President's Trophy which was particularly agonizing because we ended up with the same amount of wins, so if I'd gotten one more to tie them I'd have had home ice throughout.

Things didn't work out for San Jose or I, though. After stumbling into the playoffs my Devils won six in a row, sweeping the Senators and taking a commanding lead against the Penguins, in a series that eventually went into three double overtimes(2, 3, 6), but home ice ruled in the series and I won in game seven after losing 3 games in mellon arena. Round 3 was appropriately against the fucking New York Rangers, which ended up going seven games. In an inverse to the previous series this time the home team never won, with an exciting double overtime win by my Devils quickly ruined by losing at home in Game 7 against our biggest rival. Goaltending was the key to the series, we tripled them in shots almost every game and somehow lost anyway so I don't really know what to say - we definitely weren't outplayed.

In the West San Jose was upset in round 2 by an upstart Blackhawks team that was no match for Make-a-Wish girl and her Nashville Predators(I am removing her if I ever start a new BAP file) who went on to crush the Rangers in a slop I'm almost glad I wasn't involved with, showing how realistic that little inclusion has made this year's game as far as simulation.

As far as trophies and shit


Finalist:
Art Ross(apparently even though its based on stats...)
Maurice Richard Trophy(see above)
Hart Memorial(even though my GM told me I won actually the makeawish girl did!)

Winner:
Calder Memorial Trophy
Norris Memorial Trophy(Lidstrom was apparently so distraught he retired)
Lester B. Pearson Award(thanks for picking me and not a girl, NHLPA)

In addition to the hart the Make-a-wish bitch got the Vezina(even though Brodeur had much better numbers?) and the Conn Smythe and really just generally frustrates me in spite of it being a nice thing to do for a dying kid. I had just been really getting into the psuedorealism and having an 11 year old take home most of the best individual hardware in addition to carrying a subpar team to the Stanley Cup is really frustrating.

Mostly for my own user later, for reference my stats this year:

AHL
15 games played, 12 Goals, 5 Assists, 6 PIM, +7
NHL(Regular Season)
66 games played, 43 Goals, 51 assists, 74 PIM, +67
NHL (Playoffs)
18 games played, 4 goals, 10 assists, 25 PIM, +9

I could have probably helped my cause by scoring a bit more in the playoffs but of my goals two were on the power play and one was shorthanded so at least they were timely!

I know a lot of you are owning me in that department but I'm a defenseman its not my job to score goals ok.
 
Well since Teifu did it... I'm going to do it, too.

I finished my first full season with Montreal a couple of days ago in an agonizing 4-1 conference finals loss against the Presidents' Trophy Buffalo Sabres whom in my game happen to have the Make-a-Wish 10 year old Uber Goalie. What sucked was that I led the playoffs in scoring even after registering only a couple of points the whole Conference Finals.. that Conn Smythe was as good as mine if we went to the Cup finals. We mostly lost because nobody could score. The last two games were 1-1 OT games that ended in losses..

Trophies that year included a Calder Trophy for me despite only playing half a season and the Vezina, Hart, and William M. Jennings trophies for Carey Price.

However, I was disappointed in/annoyed by the lack of scoring help and Plekanec's inability to win faceoffs for my line so I decided to take a different offer after the end of the season. I got calls from Montreal to resign as well as the Rangers (lol they would make an offer), Stars, and Blue Jackets. $2.15 mil, $2.25 mil, $2.20 mil, and $2.15 respectively with 4 years for all of them except Columbus, who offered me 3 years. I chose to run from the East and the Uber goalie and accepted the shortest deal.. signing with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Halfway through this sophomore campaign I am in a dogfight with Marian Hossa for the top line RW spot. Apparently I am good enough to keep getting bumped up but not good enough to maintain the spot. Either way, I like our chances of making a deep playoff run despite not having an elite center (Umberger is top line as an 80). Our team leads the league in GAA (Leclaire has 9 shutouts) and we have enough offensive depth to take away some of my scoring pressure. I'm even picking up assists this season! I'm the league scoring leader 37 games into the season with 60 points.

Here's my career stats for reference:

08/09 Season:
AHL: 42 games played, 43 Goals, 6 Assists, 0 PIM, +13
NHL: 41 games played, 47 Goals, 16 Assists, 2 PIM, +34
NHL Playoffs: Apparently I can't see this anymore but I remember it was 23 points, mostly goals

09/10 Season:
NHL: 37 games played, 43 Goals, 17 Assists, 12 PIM, +39

My PIM total has increased this season because of my aggressiveness with the stick lift. I'm trying to average A's in all three categories each game rather than getting a C in Team Play like I did last season.
 
Stall said:
So yeah, tonight my other League confirmed that I can't access the Drafts for some reason...My team seems pretty stacked, though, anyways. Any suggestions on how to play this?

Jason Spezza (C)
Eric Stall (C) <---- Staal?
Patrick Marleau (C)
Brian Rolston (LW)
Andrei Kostitsyn (LW)
Wojtek Wolski (LW)
Jason Pominville (RW)
Nikolai Zherdev (RW)
Scott Niedermayer (D)
Wade Redden (D)
John-Micheal Liles (D)
Ron Hainsey (D)
Shea Weber (D)
Evgeni Nabokov (G)
Chris Osgoode (G) <--- No 'e' in Osgood <.<
Mike Smith (G)

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My initial reaction is to try and trade 1 of my C for a LW.

Edit: Vermette was on Waivers, which shocked me. Pending transaction Wolski <-> Vermette
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How many bench spots do you have? I'm wondering since you only have like 2 RWs and ya.
 
Extra right wing always makes more sense than an extra defenseman to me.

Defensemen just dont produce as much.
 
Vineon said:
Extra right wing always makes more sense than an extra defenseman to me.

Defensemen just dont produce as much.
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Don't I need an extra defenseman in case of injury/really short week, though?

CaptainKishimoto said:
How many bench spots do you have? I'm wondering since you only have like 2 RWs and ya.
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Yeah, typos in the names.

4 bench spots, which are currently C, LW, D, G. Are none of the forwards able to play multiple positions?
 
Last season I ran enough defensemen to take up the playable roster spots and just let them rot there. No sense wasting a bench spot on players that don't produce much in the stats department. Some people only ran 3 defenseman last year despite having 4 playing slots just to give you an indication of their impact. I'd rather have more options at the scoring positions.
 
wow. what a difference the NHL makes.

Marc Goudge, after being called up to the Leafs, has been on a tear. Although averaging just over 2 points in the AHL is very respectable, in 4 games i've registered 11 points. The strange part is the distribution. 4-7 goals to assist ratio. I have to say this is due to my chemistry with one of my line mates. Alex Steen and I have been dominating defenses with easy pasing plays, and have been switching turns finishing them off.

I know I'm going to win Calder if I even keep up a 1.25 point rate. The real question is if I can get Ryan Getzlaf for the Art Ross
 
Well I got royally screwed in my league (never play shoddy while in a draft), so I decided to see how some rookies would do:

Sidney Crosby (C)
Shawn Horcoff (C)
Kyle Turris (C)
Ryan Smyth (LW)
Todd Bertuzzi (LW)
Alex Tanguay (LW)
Patrick Kane (RW)
J.P Dumont (RW)
Jamie Langenbrunner (RW)
Chris Pronger (D)
Brent Burns (D)
Braydon Coburn (D)
Ryan Miller (G)
Cam Ward (G)

Bench:
Angelo Esposito (C)
Nikita Filatov (LW)
Chuck Kobasew (RW)
Jonathon Bernier (G)

*note* - H2H League with 14 teams

I know I'm going to be weak in goals, and probably SOG. Just want to see what you guys think outside of that. <.<
 
CaptainKishimoto said:
Well I got royally screwed in my league (never play shoddy while in a draft), so I decided to see how some rookies would do:

Sidney Crosby (C)
Shawn Horcoff (C)
Kyle Turris (C)
Ryan Smyth (LW)
Todd Bertuzzi (LW)
Alex Tanguay (LW)
Patrick Kane (RW)
J.P Dumont (RW)
Jamie Langenbrunner (RW)
Chris Pronger (D)
Brent Burns (D)
Braydon Coburn (D)
Ryan Miller (G)
Cam Ward (G)

Bench:
Angelo Esposito (C)
Nikita Filatov (LW)
Chuck Kobasew (RW)
Jonathon Bernier (G)

*note* - H2H League with 14 teams

I know I'm going to be weak in goals, and probably SOG. Just want to see what you guys think outside of that. <.<
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I'll be honest, I think you're pretty screwed. You seem really weak on the Right Wing and in Goal. I also don't like Crosby in this format, or at least wouldn't take him before Round 2.
 
I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but I'll ask anyways. Is there any chance of doing the draft on another client (irc or something), so that I can participate in the actual draft?
 
lazy jackal...............

Stall why don't you try to find another computer to use on Sunday? Borrow someone's, go to a library or public place that has computers to use, I dunno.. something like that. Unfortunately for you, I think you're the only person with this problem so I'd either find another computer or email yahoo's fantasy team to see if they can help you out.
 
sorry guys its been a busy past few days.

it turns I need the draft later also, so this works out for everyone! (i hope this doesnt ruin gr33n though)

EDIT: ok yahoo servers cant have too many drafts going at once, so my options were 6:00 or 10:30 EDT and i wouldnt be home by 6 so i took 10:30. Sorry gr33n i tried :(

EDIT2: AND since vineon is not playing im doing a max moves and max moves per week. This really shouldnt end up effecting anyone, but it does prevent streaming.
 
Carl said:
lazy jackal...............

Stall why don't you try to find another computer to use on Sunday? Borrow someone's, go to a library or public place that has computers to use, I dunno.. something like that. Unfortunately for you, I think you're the only person with this problem so I'd either find another computer or email yahoo's fantasy team to see if they can help you out.
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Yeah, alright. Hopefully there's a library or internet cafe open at 10:30pm on a Sunday.

jackal - Does the 5 Max Moves per week mean only 5 moves can be done between Draft day and the end of Week 1? If so, couldn't that cause problems?
 
Would be fine with 10.30 or so on monday, rather be sleepy while doing some work on tuesday then making a shit impression on a job interview :P
 
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