Choose carefully girls. And the goalie list is a little extended so you HAVE to have a starter on your team. Anyway enjoy!
HLOG Fantasy Draft List
Showing posts with label hockey fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hockey fantasy. Show all posts
Saturday, September 29, 2007
HLOG Suck Fantasy Draft List
HLOG Fantasy Suck League Reminder
If you haven't registered, DO IT NOW. I don't care if your kitty's sick. Our draft is on SUNDAY 12:30 PM ET. If you can't attend, try to autodraft but I can't promise much. The draft takes usually less than an hour, so you could go back to sleep after to catch some Zs. I will post a roster of top picks which you can draft from only soon. If you skip the draft and fuck up or accidentally draft downwards, I will bug you to fit with the rules or I will kick your ass.
Read More......Wednesday, September 26, 2007
HLOG Fantasy Teams II
Here's the deal, it's been sitting in my head. We have 12 teams like the last league. Except this one you don't play to win. You play to lose. Capische? Alright here's how it works. Everyone's players have to be selected from the top yahoo list. So if it's D-men, you have to pick from the top 48-50 d-men suggested by yahoo. And so forth. However the person with the least points win the league, as opposed to the person with the most points.
So you put your claim of "my team will so suck" to the test, and we'll get ourselves a hoot of a league. And the winner/loser will get a free shirt. I dunno.
If you're in, sign your name in the comments!
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Ultimate HLOG Fantasy Draft
The Ultimate HLOG Fantasy draft was today. I think almost every team was present at the live draft (not sure if Elly made it) and even Leanne had Dave step in to prevent Yahoo! from crapping on her team. With 12 teams and 16 rounds the draft surprisingly took under an hour to complete. I bet it would have been shorter if Steph hadn’t taken 1:59 to complete each pick. Her internal debates and last second picking strategy finally bit her in the ass when she ran out of time in the 15th round and Yahoo! gave her the good ol’ F-You by selecting Shane O’Brien.
Bethany was the lucky lady with the first pick and, of course, she selected Crosby. Some may loathe him but I think it was the smart pick. How can you pass up Crosby? However, she did shock a few when she selected the indecisive Scotty Niedermayer in the 6th round! She received her fair share of ridicule but apparently she’s convinced he’s coming back.
Speaking of another Duck who may retire, Teemu Selanne was actually selected by Teka, although this time it was done in the 13th round. Teka made her Pens fascination known by selecting Colby Armstrong, M-A Fleury, and Maxime Talbot. Hmmm, Maxime….yum!
Jordi was definitely the most vocal during the draft. Although, I guess you can’t really blame her since her internet crapped out on her and Yahoo! selected Luongo for her. Wait, Jordi’s complaining about getting a top goalie in the first round?? Hmm…not quite sure what she was complaining about. She also let it be known that the whole draft was unfair only to her and that everyone was stealing all of her players! Jordi ended up with a good team, although she did pick Souray in the 4th round. I kept waiting for her to select Pennersquee but she absolutely refused to do it.
CapsChick got her Ovie and reluctantly picked up Kolzig, who probably wasn’t that bad of a selection considering she had already selected Turco to carry her team. She also picked up the other Alex (Semin) so she has her fair share of Caps representation.
Sherry has a strong set of Senators on her squad with Alfredsson, Spezza, and Meszaros. IPB will be happy to know that she has Zach Parise.
Steph apparently has a thing for Henriks (Zetterberg, Lundqvist, and Sedin) and also picked up Darcy Fucker and Corey Perryshit (nicknames courtesy of Jordi).
My first 5 picks were from the Pacific Division (J Thornton, JS Giguere, Cheechoo, Frolov, and Visnovsky). I have a huge thing for Frolov and Lubi and I couldn’t let them get away from me so I had to act quickly. I’m still upset that I have a Ducks player on my team but at least I don’t have Perryshit. I almost picked Patrick Kane but the ladies quickly talked me out of it (“Dude, doesn’t he still have to make the team?”). I still can’t believe I got Elias in the 13th round!
Kirsten surprised all of us (except for Leanne/Dave) with Josh Harding. (Apparently he’s good! Isn’t she sneaky!) I thought Steph was going to reach through the interwebs and strangle Kirsten when she picked Ales Hemsky. She might also have the best Squee team with Nicklas Lidstron, Rick Nash, Chris Drury, and Vesa Toskala.
Leanne should bake Dave a huge cake because he drafted her a great team with players such as Iginla, Kiprusoff, Pronger, Nylander and Getzlaf.
Kristin certainly surprised me with some intriguing draft selections. The Philly fan picked Ryan Miller in the first round! Woah, Miller over Biron? (I guess it was a smart move, kind of like me picking Giguere over Cloutier or LaBarbera.) She also picked Kopitar in the second round, Avery in the 10th round (somebody actually picked him!) and Gomer in the 13th round. I was half expecting her to slide in JR in the last round but she has her limits.
Tracy got a lot of laughs when she selected Marc-Andre Bergeron, although honestly, I don’t know why since I don’t know much about him. Maybe someone can explain that part in the comments.
The Draft went really well and I think the teams are evenly balanced, even if some of us selected players because we couldn’t live without them (me and Frolov, Jordi and Souray, Teka and Armstrong). We still need to figure out what the winner(s) will receive from the losers, but we have until April to figure that out.
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Bethany was the lucky lady with the first pick and, of course, she selected Crosby. Some may loathe him but I think it was the smart pick. How can you pass up Crosby? However, she did shock a few when she selected the indecisive Scotty Niedermayer in the 6th round! She received her fair share of ridicule but apparently she’s convinced he’s coming back.
Speaking of another Duck who may retire, Teemu Selanne was actually selected by Teka, although this time it was done in the 13th round. Teka made her Pens fascination known by selecting Colby Armstrong, M-A Fleury, and Maxime Talbot. Hmmm, Maxime….yum!
Jordi was definitely the most vocal during the draft. Although, I guess you can’t really blame her since her internet crapped out on her and Yahoo! selected Luongo for her. Wait, Jordi’s complaining about getting a top goalie in the first round?? Hmm…not quite sure what she was complaining about. She also let it be known that the whole draft was unfair only to her and that everyone was stealing all of her players! Jordi ended up with a good team, although she did pick Souray in the 4th round. I kept waiting for her to select Pennersquee but she absolutely refused to do it.
CapsChick got her Ovie and reluctantly picked up Kolzig, who probably wasn’t that bad of a selection considering she had already selected Turco to carry her team. She also picked up the other Alex (Semin) so she has her fair share of Caps representation.
Sherry has a strong set of Senators on her squad with Alfredsson, Spezza, and Meszaros. IPB will be happy to know that she has Zach Parise.
Steph apparently has a thing for Henriks (Zetterberg, Lundqvist, and Sedin) and also picked up Darcy Fucker and Corey Perryshit (nicknames courtesy of Jordi).
My first 5 picks were from the Pacific Division (J Thornton, JS Giguere, Cheechoo, Frolov, and Visnovsky). I have a huge thing for Frolov and Lubi and I couldn’t let them get away from me so I had to act quickly. I’m still upset that I have a Ducks player on my team but at least I don’t have Perryshit. I almost picked Patrick Kane but the ladies quickly talked me out of it (“Dude, doesn’t he still have to make the team?”). I still can’t believe I got Elias in the 13th round!
Kirsten surprised all of us (except for Leanne/Dave) with Josh Harding. (Apparently he’s good! Isn’t she sneaky!) I thought Steph was going to reach through the interwebs and strangle Kirsten when she picked Ales Hemsky. She might also have the best Squee team with Nicklas Lidstron, Rick Nash, Chris Drury, and Vesa Toskala.
Leanne should bake Dave a huge cake because he drafted her a great team with players such as Iginla, Kiprusoff, Pronger, Nylander and Getzlaf.
Kristin certainly surprised me with some intriguing draft selections. The Philly fan picked Ryan Miller in the first round! Woah, Miller over Biron? (I guess it was a smart move, kind of like me picking Giguere over Cloutier or LaBarbera.) She also picked Kopitar in the second round, Avery in the 10th round (somebody actually picked him!) and Gomer in the 13th round. I was half expecting her to slide in JR in the last round but she has her limits.
Tracy got a lot of laughs when she selected Marc-Andre Bergeron, although honestly, I don’t know why since I don’t know much about him. Maybe someone can explain that part in the comments.
The Draft went really well and I think the teams are evenly balanced, even if some of us selected players because we couldn’t live without them (me and Frolov, Jordi and Souray, Teka and Armstrong). We still need to figure out what the winner(s) will receive from the losers, but we have until April to figure that out.
Monday, August 27, 2007
Ultimate HLOG Fantasy
Yahoo! Fantasy Hockey is now OPEN! I've created a league for the HLOGers.
In case you've never played before here are the rules:
The league is set up for "Head-to-Head" play. This setting means that (a) there needs to be an even number of teams and (b) every week your team plays only one other team and whichever teams wins the most number of categories will win for that week.
Points are based on the following categories: G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, W, GAA, SV%, and SHO. Note: you win the PIM category by getting the most penalty minutes.
Your goalies must play a combined three games per week. The minimum number of games played is there so if one of your goalies gets a shutout on Monday, you can't sit your goalies for the remainder of the week.
Here are the positions: 2 Centers, 2 RW, 2 LW, 4D, 2 Goalies, and 4 bench positions. The 4 bench positions can be any position. Most of the time you will have all of your players playing on one given day and, therefore, you must decide who will play and who will be benched. Tip: In the past two years that I've played fantasy hockey, teams who carried 3 goalies fared better than those who only carried 2.
The Live Draft is set for Sept 9th at 3pm Pacific time (6pm Eastern) but it can change if the majority wants to move it. If you are unable to be present for the Live Draft, you can have Yahoo! automatically select your team.
I think that's it. I'm going to try and fill up the league with HLOGers first, and then if there is room I'll take HLOG readers. I think the ideal number of players in one league is 10 or 12 and based on the comments from my previous post on fantasy hockey, I think there was interest from at least 8 people. There was talk about the losers sending the winner some sort of knick-knack. I think it would be fun for it to either be something you received as a free giveaway at a game or something just hockey related, but we can figure it out at a later date. If you want to play leave a comment with your email address and I'll send you an email. Or, if you do not want to leave your email address, send me an email at pc[dot]velvet[at]gmail[dot]com and I'll send you the details for signing up.
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Saturday, August 11, 2007
Fantasy...Hockey
While I knew bringing up Fantasy Hockey to my non-hockey friends at this time of year would produce strange stares in my direction, I was fairly certain that HLOGers would appreciate coming across the words fantasy, hockey, and competition in a post.
For the past two seasons I've played Fantasy Hockey on Yahoo! along with friends from high school and college, among which only one other participant is a huge hockey fan. Since not enough of my friends cared too deeply about Fantasy Hockey both seasons did not involve competition with monetary compensation to the winner(s). Due to the lack of "real" competition, each season started with a certain number of players and ended with a few less. The winner was still able to brag about his or her accomplishment but it was always pretty anticlimatic.
Now that I have interweb friends who are just as interested in hockey as I am, I was wondering if any of you would like to form a Fantasy Hockey group. I've only ever used Yahoo! but I'm open to another format. Since I don't actually "know" any of you, I would prefer to partake in a free group, unless someone puts up a convincing argument. If you're interested in forming a group (or wouldn't mind if I joined yours) leave a comment or send me an email at pc[dot]velvet[at]gmail[dot]com. (I really should have created a better email address...)
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For the past two seasons I've played Fantasy Hockey on Yahoo! along with friends from high school and college, among which only one other participant is a huge hockey fan. Since not enough of my friends cared too deeply about Fantasy Hockey both seasons did not involve competition with monetary compensation to the winner(s). Due to the lack of "real" competition, each season started with a certain number of players and ended with a few less. The winner was still able to brag about his or her accomplishment but it was always pretty anticlimatic.
Now that I have interweb friends who are just as interested in hockey as I am, I was wondering if any of you would like to form a Fantasy Hockey group. I've only ever used Yahoo! but I'm open to another format. Since I don't actually "know" any of you, I would prefer to partake in a free group, unless someone puts up a convincing argument. If you're interested in forming a group (or wouldn't mind if I joined yours) leave a comment or send me an email at pc[dot]velvet[at]gmail[dot]com. (I really should have created a better email address...)
Thursday, May 31, 2007
7 Hockey Players Picked to Live in a House…
When I was 13, watching The Real World in London, proclaiming that I love every person in that season’s cast, I wasn’t embarrassed about liking and viewing the show. Almost 12 years later, things have changed; my boyfriend absolutely hates The Real World (and everything on MTV) so now I have to sneak in viewings when he’s not home and I’m starting feel like I’m too old to admit that my guilty pleasure is watching RW, Road Rules, and RW/RR Challenges.
Last night I caught the reunion show for RW Denver and the RW Vegas Reunited. What?! That cast is being reunited? Do we seriously want to see Brynn throw a fork at Steven again? Hell, she’s 5 years older so maybe she’s upgraded to knife throwing. And Trishelle…oh, poor Trishelle. She was just an anorexic, train-wreck on the first show and I sure hope she’s wised up over the years.
The only drama revealed in last night’s episode (the first for the Vegas Reunited show) was the two black chicks arguing over whether Arissa made a move on Alton or if Alton made a move on Arissa. I was quite surprised that neither threw a drink at the other nor were fingers snapped with the usual accompanying dramatic head bob. Alton seems like a smooth-talking ladies man so I’m taking Arissa’s side. I know, I know, where’s this going and why am I posting this on hlog?
Well, with my RW fix satisfied I began to think: What would happen if you put 7 hockey players in a house together?
Since most tough guys (think Brashear) are known to be completely different off the ice, I’m going to judge the guys based on their on-ice personalities. I think it would be fun to have each position represented but it’s not a requirement for my casting. So what personalities would need to be represented so that the “show” would be interesting?
Here’s my first crack at casting this show:
Shane Doan - the good innocent guy
Sean Avery - the douchey, cocky white guy
Ray Emery - the token black guy
Sidney Crosby - the family spokesperson
Alexander Ovechkin - the foreigner
Brett Hull - the outspoken, obnoxious a**h****
Tie Domi - well, you just need a Domi
What drama would ensue?
Avery would incessantly make fun of Doan and push every little button he has. Since Doan apparently never says a bad word he would just constantly say, “Guys, c’mon guys, be nice. Can’t we all just get along?” Then Avery would punch Doan in the face, knock him down, stare him in the eyes and say, “No.”
Emery’s T-Mobile Sidekick would go off with a Snoop Dogg song as his ringer and Doan would jump in horror and ask, “oh my God, are you a drug dealer?!” (just as Julie from Season 1 did when the black chick’s beeper went off…haha, she had a beeper! Remember those?). Emery, wearing his burgundy crushed velvet suit with a dark gray button down shirt and silk burgundy tie, black hat, black cane, and crocodile wing-tip shoes would say, “No, Doan, I’m a pimp, didn’t ya know?”
Ovechkin would challenge Crosby at anything in hopes of winning so he can declare himself the number 1 player in the house, “Me house player one!” (Almost Ovie, almost.) And the guys will never correct his grammar because then what would they have to laugh at?
When Domi gets arrested in the first episode Crosby will hold a press conference and be the only person who talks, because let’s face it, the kid has all the right answers even if they are repetitive and safe.
Since Lemieux won’t be there to wake up Crosby, cook him breakfast, lunch, and dinner, bathe him, tell him it’s bedtime, Crosby will look to Hull for direction. Hull will then look back at Crosby and say, “F*** off kid! Don’t you know who I am? I’m Brett Hull! That’s right, Brett F***ing Hull!!”
I thought about putting the Sedin twins in the house because the RW has never had siblings or twins on the show. But having the twins might make it boring because I don’t think they could bring enough drama to the show.
The life of 7 hockey players living under one roof…I really hope this type of show is never made because it would be a new low for the NHL and sports in general, but it is fun to think about.
x-posted on kms2's inner monologue
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Last night I caught the reunion show for RW Denver and the RW Vegas Reunited. What?! That cast is being reunited? Do we seriously want to see Brynn throw a fork at Steven again? Hell, she’s 5 years older so maybe she’s upgraded to knife throwing. And Trishelle…oh, poor Trishelle. She was just an anorexic, train-wreck on the first show and I sure hope she’s wised up over the years.
The only drama revealed in last night’s episode (the first for the Vegas Reunited show) was the two black chicks arguing over whether Arissa made a move on Alton or if Alton made a move on Arissa. I was quite surprised that neither threw a drink at the other nor were fingers snapped with the usual accompanying dramatic head bob. Alton seems like a smooth-talking ladies man so I’m taking Arissa’s side. I know, I know, where’s this going and why am I posting this on hlog?
Well, with my RW fix satisfied I began to think: What would happen if you put 7 hockey players in a house together?
Since most tough guys (think Brashear) are known to be completely different off the ice, I’m going to judge the guys based on their on-ice personalities. I think it would be fun to have each position represented but it’s not a requirement for my casting. So what personalities would need to be represented so that the “show” would be interesting?
Here’s my first crack at casting this show:
Shane Doan - the good innocent guy
Sean Avery - the douchey, cocky white guy
Ray Emery - the token black guy
Sidney Crosby - the family spokesperson
Alexander Ovechkin - the foreigner
Brett Hull - the outspoken, obnoxious a**h****
Tie Domi - well, you just need a Domi
What drama would ensue?
Avery would incessantly make fun of Doan and push every little button he has. Since Doan apparently never says a bad word he would just constantly say, “Guys, c’mon guys, be nice. Can’t we all just get along?” Then Avery would punch Doan in the face, knock him down, stare him in the eyes and say, “No.”
Emery’s T-Mobile Sidekick would go off with a Snoop Dogg song as his ringer and Doan would jump in horror and ask, “oh my God, are you a drug dealer?!” (just as Julie from Season 1 did when the black chick’s beeper went off…haha, she had a beeper! Remember those?). Emery, wearing his burgundy crushed velvet suit with a dark gray button down shirt and silk burgundy tie, black hat, black cane, and crocodile wing-tip shoes would say, “No, Doan, I’m a pimp, didn’t ya know?”
Ovechkin would challenge Crosby at anything in hopes of winning so he can declare himself the number 1 player in the house, “Me house player one!” (Almost Ovie, almost.) And the guys will never correct his grammar because then what would they have to laugh at?
When Domi gets arrested in the first episode Crosby will hold a press conference and be the only person who talks, because let’s face it, the kid has all the right answers even if they are repetitive and safe.
Since Lemieux won’t be there to wake up Crosby, cook him breakfast, lunch, and dinner, bathe him, tell him it’s bedtime, Crosby will look to Hull for direction. Hull will then look back at Crosby and say, “F*** off kid! Don’t you know who I am? I’m Brett Hull! That’s right, Brett F***ing Hull!!”
I thought about putting the Sedin twins in the house because the RW has never had siblings or twins on the show. But having the twins might make it boring because I don’t think they could bring enough drama to the show.
The life of 7 hockey players living under one roof…I really hope this type of show is never made because it would be a new low for the NHL and sports in general, but it is fun to think about.
x-posted on kms2's inner monologue
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