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Hate to admit it... but that does make me feel better! :D

(At least I resisted posting my pic with the Cup again. ;) )

Hope you guys are treating Craig Adams and Andrew Ladd well. Ladd was one of my favorite Hurricanes. :ss

(sorry for getting lost and winding up in the Fantasy thread... must be 3:00 AM or something.)

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Adams has been scratched every game, and word is Ladd may be gone soon with Quenneville at the helm, Joe.

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Yeah... had heard about Adams. Shame... he was well-liked in Raleigh.

Sorry to hear that about Ladd. :ih

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I don't think the new coach is impressed, Joe....frankly, he hasn't looked willing to "pay the price" so far this year.

In Chicago, no pics of the Stanley Cup in my lifetime so far. We Chicago fans have to be content with the Wolves Calder Cups the past decade. ;)


http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...g3/calder2.jpg

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Nice pic...I know when Wade one the Jack Butterfield Trophy(Playoff MVP in 2004) his kids would take it outside when they would play street hockey and would drink kool aid out of it. Only later did they realize that the kool aid stained the inside all to hell.:r:r:r

I'm not sure if the trophy guy got the stains out but I saw some pictures of it(with the stains) when I was out in BC this summer. It was pretty bad :r:r:r

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Who has Danny Briere in their pool? It looks like he will be sidelined up to a month because of a torn abdominal muscle. Ouch!

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My man Milan Lucic had the old hat-trick last night!! Whoo-hoo!! :tu

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Here's the standings as of today.

Rank - Team - Pts
1. Nads - 140
2. romwarrior - 125
2. Biting Weasels - 125
4. icehogs - 121
5. Fuji Fighters - 119.5
6. Mr.Maduro - 107.5
7. Prefy's Best - 104.5
8. icedogs(niagara) - 101
9. Detroit Wings - 98.5
9. Warhawks - 98.5
11. Green Bastards - 97
12. Bigwaved's Midgets - 94
13. The Freeze Pops - 87
14. GERIHAT-TRICKS - 77
15. patrickroy - 69
16. Goz - 67.5

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I see the Blackhawks in my line-up helped me move from 7th to 4th overnight. :D

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So I'm watching the Leafs last night not expecting much. They are playing Valiquette(one of my many back ups). I'm torn as the Leafs are still my team but I want the points from Valiquette. What happens? The Leafs score lots in a short amount of time and good old Steven goes from 0 GA to 5GA.

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Well well well, look who's in first place. Kind of early for you, Tom? Isn't it? :D :hm

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You ain't just whistling Dixie, Albert.....I'd rather be in first in April. ;)

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Looks like we've lost a couple of managers, huh?

Team Name Last League Activity

GERIHAT-TRICKS Oct 9 9:24pm PDT

patrickroy Oct 12 7:34am PDT

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I DON"T KNOW HOW TO DO IT!!

Sorry.

I really have no idea what I'm doing and how it all works. Tom has tried to help but I think this is just one of those things I can't seem to grasp.

I need to hire a manager and I can be an owner. That way I do nothing but ***** about the results.

UGGGG!

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Sorry, Allen! Didn't realize that. If only there were some goalies available. You're doing OK with your forwards and D but it seems EVERYONE (except Tom and, amazingly enough, the other MIA manager) is having troubles getting goalie games. With the size of this league and with so many bench spots, it is practically impossible to get enough goalies. Maybe something worth reconsidering for next season.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me or post it here.

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No doubt, might need to go with two goalie positions rather than 3 next season.

Or you can do like I did, and make a goalie your top draft pick....just my luck Brodeur gets hurt for 4 months! :r

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Yeah, that would definitely help...

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Here's the standings at the X-Mas break:

Rank - Team - Points
1. romwarrior 137.5
2. Biting Weasels 130
3. Warhawks 119.5
4. Nads 117
5. The Freeze Pops 113.5
6. Prefy's Best 111.5
7. Fuji Fighters 110.5
8. Mr.Maduro 108.5
9. Bigwaved's Midgets 107.5
10. icehogs 102.5
11. icedogs(niagara) 96.5
12. GERIHAT-TRICKS 90
13. Green Bastards 88.5
14. Detroit Wings 88
15. patrickroy 58.5
16. Goz 52.5

It's only December. :D

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-76 +/- !!!!! I have no idea how to overcome my "stars" that seem to be on the ice for every frickin goal that's scored against their team.

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Hey!! No inflating stats!! I only see -73!! :D:D

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Inflating? -73 is better than -76! ;) :r

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I meant that he was inflating his badness. :D

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:tu :r :r

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Somebody was quick on that Brendan Shanahan deal.....:rolleyes:

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I don't think anyone on my team has scored a goal in January! :r

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I think I finally figured out how to play, but I'm out on a limb, so it may result in disaster. I need defensemen.

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So far Weekes is looking good with the shutout!

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Yup...only I kept him out since Clemmensen has been playing every game, and played Quick for LA. :hn :r:r

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The missing piece of the puzzle. I'm making my move!:D

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I'm just happy Lundqvist finally got his first shutout the other night, and second last night!

He led the league with ten last year, and it took him half a season to get one this year. Damn defense.

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I can't believe I have 5 guys on IR right now!!! Not fourth liners either. Phillipe Boucher, Mike Smith (G), Thomas Vanek, Tomas Kaberle, and Danny Briere. :fl:bh

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Man, I'm still getting used to this rotisserie scoring. I had one of my best nights in a while and I still lost points. I know how it works but it is still strange.

Darn you Prefy!!! Stay away!!! :)

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Well seems I couldn't get to sleep tonight as I'm hacking like crazy(coming down with a cold) so I decided that I would crunch some numbers to how much of a difference there would be if our pool used the S% stat instead of the GAA stat. Personally I think S% is a more reliable stat when trying to measure individual goalie performance like we are doing in this pool.

Here's what I cam up with:
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/381...dstandings.png


Take what you want from these stats but I thought it was interesting to see some significant point differences between the two stat. Hopefully my data entry skills are O.K. and I inputted the data properly but keep in mind its 4:35 in the morning.:r

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With only one day left, it looks like we have our winners!! :wnr

Congrats to Brett (romwarrior) for winning the 2008-2009 CA Fantasy Hockey!!

Congrats to Dave (Bigwaved) for second place!!

As per the initial post, please send (at least) 2 nice cigars to Brett, and (at least) 1 nice cigar to Dave....

Brett and Dave, I will also send an e-mail out through YahooFantasy. Please PM Brett and Dave for their addys, and please post DC numbers in the thread by April 26th. In 3 previous years of running fantasy hockey, we have only had 3 players not honor their commitment, hoping that number stays the same after this year.

Thank you all for playing, and you 15 will all be the first 15 invited to play again next season. I had a blast, I hope you did too.

There has also been talk of doing a cigar pool for the playoffs. 16 teams, 16 players, Basically, everyone who is interested would commit a 5'er of good cigars. We would then put all 16 teams in a hat, and pull them out, randomly assigning each player a team. We could do something like 10 5'ers for the Stanley Cup Champion, and 6 5'ers for the runner up? PM me if you want in on this, you 15 will get first crack before I open it up to others.

Thanks again, and Let's Go Hawks! :D

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Next season I need to pay more attention to the scoring categories. I drafted thinking the penalty minutes were still in effect. :bh I had a lot of mad scrambling to do to get rid of my goons and pick some scorers. I think the auto draft machine was broken, too. How else would it pick a broken down fishstick goalie(DiPietro) for a Ranger fan. :fl :r

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PIMs will come back next season, Dave. :tu

I have Patrick, Brett and Albert committed to the playoff pool? Any other current fantasy players want in?

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No thank you Tom.

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Not drafting a worthwhile goalie cost my ass bigtime early in the season. Started in the bottom 3 and moved up into the top 10 so it is a moral victory. Thanks Tom for running this. :tu

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Congrats to those who won! I hoped my players would have finished the season stronger but what can you do. Thanks for running the pool Tom and I'm definitely game for next year.

Now I just need some addy's:D

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I sent my address via the league email. I thought it would be easier that way.

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Thanks everyone...I felt ending up in 7th was a victory after languishing in the bottom 5 most of the season.

Still looking for yay or nay from all of you regarding a playoff pool, it would need to be set up by Wednesday afternoon.

Playoff Pool
1. icehog3
2. Mr. Maduro
3. romwarrior
4. stevefrench

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Congrats to the winners!

I have no idea how I came in 11th as I got pissed off early not knowing how to run the damn thing and essentially just "let it ride" the entire season.

I'm a much happier hockey guy just watching I think.

Have fun with the playoffs and Tom, I will not take up a slot next year. Let a guy play that is smart enough to handle it. :)

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11th place after not playing most of the season? I think you underestimate yourself, Al. :tu

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Another who will not be back next year. Just don't like the routessiere way of playing. Could be that I'm stupid, but I had a real tough time.

Congrats to the winners. Will send out my cigars soon.:)

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Congrats to the winners. I killed myself by only having one starting goaltender. But I still did a lot better then last year :D

I will pass on the playoff pool as well Tom. Im not sure I have enough cigars left in the humidor to enter!

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I have tomorrow off, so I will pack up the "wieners" cigars then.

I'm gonna have to pass on the playoff pool.

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Congratulations to Brett and Dave. :tu
Goodies are on the way. :D

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I will have mine out on Monday or Tuesday the latest. The Post Office here is absolutely crazy today (4/15) and I won't have the chance to get there Thursday or Friday.

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Cigars went out today, might be a little delayed because of 'Tax Day' :tu

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Cigars are packed and should be in the mail tomorrow:tu