GM Hockey Fantasy Pool Round 1

bluewhiteandgolf wrote:Dany Heatley

1. Howie Morenz- E. Malkin
   
2. beedub- A. Ovechkin
   
3. PKC- S. Crosby
   
4. Tuk Tuk- P. Datsyuk
   
5. pgood- R. Luongo
   
6. Dash- J. Iginla
   
7. SpezzDispenser- J. Spezza
   
8. Hayden- H. Zetterberg
   
9. Wprager - J. Thornton
   
10. FireOnIce - Mike Green
    
11. MurderOnIce- N. Lidstrom
    
12. cassie_1 - I. Kovalchuk
    
13. Hemlock - D. Alfredsson
    
14. Sens19 - R. Nash
    
15. Sensgirl11 - N. Backstrom (WAS)
    
16. Blazer - V.Lecavalier
    
17. Marakh- R. Getzlaf
    
18. bluewhiteandgolf - D. Heatley
    
19. Bigrig77 - Jeff Carter
    
20. Neely4Life - H. Lunqvist
    
21. Cap'n Clutch
    

wprager wrote:By the way, Neely brought up a good point yesterday (in a PM). 9 forwards with 21 poolies means we'll be picking 189 forwards in total. We started on Sunday and are nearly done with the first round Thursday morning -- that's 4 days and a bit. Even if we continue at this rate of velocity (one of McGuire's best expressions) we won't be done until October 7, and it doesn't get any easier in later rounds. The other point -- anyone care to guess which forward placed 189th in points last year? (It's a rhetorical question, so don't bother looking it up. All right, it's David Clarkson.)

Let's rethink the numbers here. Do we really want to be picking for 2 months and end up with the David Clarkson's of the league at the bottom of our rosters?

This is how we used to do it for many years in a pool I was in. We picked 10 players and the top 8 counted toward our total (this lets you insure against long-term injuries and picking Wade Redden). You can pick any positions but in the scoring you must have a full lineup of 3 forwards, 2 defensemen and a goalie. For example, if you pick only one goalie and he pulls a Lehtonen in game 1, you will have to score zero for him in your total -- you must have at least one goalie in your "lineup".

Or we could go with what set out to do in the first place, but reduce the number of forwards to 6.

Oh, and one last point, FOI, you mentioned that a 1-0 loss in OT will get the losing goalie 3 points for the regulation shutout. The league does not count that as a shutout (it's a loss) so there will be no way to score this pool using an online pool.

FireOnIce wrote:Oh, one more thing.

Yes, I am not around today, but if I actually thought I might get a chance to pick, I would send a list of 30 players to Tuk Tuk.

BigRig77 wrote:

FireOnIce wrote:Oh, one more thing.

Yes, I am not around today, but if I actually thought I might get a chance to pick, I would send a list of 30 players to Tuk Tuk.

I have a suggestion/offer.....

I have some free time and if people want to send me a ranked list of who they'd draft, I could do the drafting according to rank? After each round, I can post the results...
thoughts?

realizing that it would take hours, I could be finished in a week (better than 2 months!)

wprager wrote:By the way, Neely brought up a good point yesterday (in a PM). 9 forwards with 21 poolies means we'll be picking 189 forwards in total. We started on Sunday and are nearly done with the first round Thursday morning -- that's 4 days and a bit. Even if we continue at this rate of velocity (one of McGuire's best expressions) we won't be done until October 7, and it doesn't get any easier in later rounds. The other point -- anyone care to guess which forward placed 189th in points last year? (It's a rhetorical question, so don't bother looking it up. All right, it's David Clarkson.)

Let's rethink the numbers here. Do we really want to be picking for 2 months and end up with the David Clarkson's of the league at the bottom of our rosters?

This is how we used to do it for many years in a pool I was in. We picked 10 players and the top 8 counted toward our total (this lets you insure against long-term injuries and picking Wade Redden). You can pick any positions but in the scoring you must have a full lineup of 3 forwards, 2 defensemen and a goalie. For example, if you pick only one goalie and he pulls a Lehtonen in game 1, you will have to score zero for him in your total -- you must have at least one goalie in your "lineup".

Or we could go with what set out to do in the first place, but reduce the number of forwards to 6.

Oh, and one last point, FOI, you mentioned that a 1-0 loss in OT will get the losing goalie 3 points for the regulation shutout. The league does not count that as a shutout (it's a loss) so there will be no way to score this pool using an online pool.

wprager wrote:SD, where are you?

1. HowieMorenz- E. Malkin
   
2. beedub- A. Ovechkin
   
3. PKC- S. Crosby
   
4. Tuk Tuk- P. Datsyuk
   
5. pgood- R. Luongo
   
6. Dash- J. Iginla
   
7. SpezzDispenser- J. Spezza
   
8. Hayden- H. Zetterberg
   
9. Wprager - J. Thornton
   
10. FireOnIce - Mike Green
    
11. MurderOnIce- N. Lidstrom
    
12. cassie_1 - I. Kovalchuk
    
13. Hemlock - D. Alfredsson
    
14. Sens19 - R. Nash
    
15. Sensgirl11 - N. Backstrom (WAS)
    
16. Blazer - V.Lecavalier
    
17. Marakh- R. Getzlaf
    
18. bluewhiteandgolf - D. Heatley
    
19. Bigrig77 - Jeff Carter
    
20. Neely4Life - H. Lunqvist
    
21. Cap'n Clutch- M. Savard