Silver Seven Fantasy Hockey League

by Adnan on Aug 26, 2011 4:33 PM EDT

************ Edit: The league is now full. ************

As some of you may have known, Yahoo! has their fantasy hockey system up and running. So here are the preliminary details:

Currently a maximum of 20 teams allowed in the league. If there are a few more interested, I'll make another league. I'll try to keep the number balanced, so if there are 32 teams, I'll make two leagues of 16.
Rosters must have: 2 centres, 2 left wingers, 2 right wingers, 4 defencemen, 2 goalies, 4 bench players. Bench players can be any position.1 injured reserve spot is also available.
The league is in a head-to-head format, you get 1 "win" for every category you beat your opponent in. There are 10 scoring categories, so a perfect week will result in 10 wins, 0 losses.
Categories are goals, assists, +/-, power play points, shots on goal, penalty minutes (higher the better), goalie wins, goals against average, save percentage, shutouts. Goalies must play at least 3 games/week.
Waiver waiting period is two days, all free agent pickups will only show up the next day. Maximum of four moves/week.
No one is allowed to draft Erik Karlsson but me. Okay just kidding...kind of. :/
Draft is currently set for 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, 10 September 2011. I changed it to a week later since the first weekend is a long weekend. I know this won't work for everyone, but a weekend afternoon is generally what will work for most people. This can be changed if everyone prefers an alternative. In the end, I will make an executive decision based on the general opinion.
I would ask that only people who plan to be active and watch their teams the entire season play. Otherwise it ruins it for the rest of us. If interested, email me at the address on my profile here for the link and password.

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WOO HOO

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by Peter Raaymakers on Aug 26, 2011 5:17 PM EDT reply actions

Can't wait!

I’m the Dirty Puckers

I’ve pre-ranked some players, just in case I can’t make it to the draft. 3pm on a Saturday can get pretty crazy at an ice cream and chocolate store!

This puts me even MORE into a hockey sort of mood…
GO SENS GO!

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by BigSlice on Aug 26, 2011 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

Put me in, Coach!

I emailed ya Adnan, just waiting to hear back! And if I draft Karlsson first overall, will that lessen my chances of getting in the pool? lol

by Smiles on Aug 26, 2011 8:25 PM EDT reply actions

No, but it will lessen your chances of a championship!

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by Mark Parisi on Aug 26, 2011 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I think I'd be ok with that

It would provide me with humour and entertainment :)

by Smiles on Aug 26, 2011 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions

I would love to join! Can i?

by Gabriel17 on Aug 26, 2011 11:21 PM EDT reply actions

I’d love it if the draft would be delayed on the same day at like 6:30 or 7:00 because i work that day… :(

by Gabriel17 on Aug 26, 2011 11:22 PM EDT reply actions

I emailed you Adnan!

I’m excited. But it looks like I’m gonna have to pre-rank too. If you really are considering other dates: Literally any time that’s not the 10th to 14th of September works for me.

by dudebun on Aug 27, 2011 4:18 AM EDT reply actions

Might I also suggest

a max number of goalies one can have?

by dudebun on Aug 27, 2011 4:50 AM EDT up reply actions

I don't think that's much of an issue

With only four spares and just four goaltending categories, anyone loading up ridiculously on goalies won’t likely be doing themselves much of a favour.

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by Peter Raaymakers on Aug 27, 2011 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Someone should tell Garth Snow that.

by The Tif on Aug 29, 2011 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions

I got Garth Snow and Garth Brooks mixed up for a second

… was wondering what the hell you were talking about.

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by Peter Raaymakers on Aug 29, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Last year it was a bit of an issue

If you had a bunch of goalies you were pretty much guaranteed a win in your head-to-head, but last year we counted Games Started and a few other Goalies categories too I think, so with only 4 this year it’ll likely be fine.

by dudebun on Aug 27, 2011 1:47 PM EDT reply actions

Ya last year had Shot Against and Saves, so this year will be better. I know some teams had no goalies so they were pretty much screwed. I had to hoard back up goalies just to hope to get games from them.

by Lady Gaga on Aug 27, 2011 1:57 PM EDT up reply actions