Nhl 2015-2016
 

2 week hype!

Pre-season games are in full swing. Who are you looking forward to watching? Will McJesus save the Oilers? How does(do?) Oshie and Ovi look together? How much more rebuilding do the Leafs need?

If only I had cable...

Anyone up for a fantasy draft or anything?

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lol McJesus

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Extremely hype for Dallas because I expect them in the Playoffs (even if knocked out R1, still the Stars put together quite the contending team now).

Still expect Penguins to be extremely inconsistent since they believe best offense = best defense when even Fluery himself is inconsistent.

Interested to see how Kings/Chicago turns out after the firesales/team problems they had.

Watched Devils v Rangers last night and boy those kids look pretty solid. 6-3 to start and they play tonight against the Flyers so I'm expecting something similar to last night.

Besides that top prospect kid the only important Oiler is Talbot<3

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I'd be down for a fantasy draft

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Hooray for watching the Canucks fail the make the playoffs, believing they will miss, and yet watch them put together some kind of 7-game winning streak, or 15-wins-in-18 games kind of an idea that'll make me gather hope only to have it crushed.

Go Canucks go~

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I'd be down for a fantasy league. Also, if any of you aren't aware, Youmacon is in Detroit Halloween weekend. Guess who else is in Detroit on Halloween? The Red Wings vs Senators. And you know what else? The yearly Insane Clown Posse concert on Halloween.

TL;DR there's gonna be way too many people in Detroit on October 31st

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Can we please do a fantasy league?

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I can set one up if you guys want. What should we host it on?

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I've been mucho happy with Yahoo Fantasy, it's what most other people I know like to use

PS Sorry Poison, for a while I thought there was less interest :( my bad

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I've honestly always used ESPN, but I'd be fine switching over to Yahoo of you guys want.

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Okay I made a league. Hosted on yahoo with the draft tentatively scheduled for October 6th at 7 pm eastern time. The latest I can make the draft is the 6th, or else scoring won't start until week 2. I need either emails or phone numbers to send you guys invites.

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Pm'd you my email. You should try posting in tgb to see if we can get more people from there

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Also pm'd.

Hope we can get a few interested!

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Will do in a couple hours. Swimming class....

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Enh, why not. I'll shoot you a PM later.

I was also going to post a 15/16 Season Discussion thread with standings and such in the OP, haha. Would you guys like that? Or do y'all just want to keep using this thread?

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Up to you. If you're down to keep the OP updated, go for it

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Hey I'll take the NHL thread starting now instead of in April.
Also kraezymann and poison both of you should have invites, about to post in tgb about the league

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Ahhhhope my auto picker doesn't suuccckkk...

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Why does draft date not work out well?

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I work nights next week haha. I might manage to get in my first few but I really doubt it :p

It's a non issue really, I just want to have some fun!

If people are cool with Sunday evening, that would be amazing!

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Once the season starts, I can do one for the season, and then maybe keep this for fantasy?
As for keeping it updated, I'll do my best.

EDIT: Tomorrow works best, or Sunday during the day. Monday evening works well for me too.

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I think I'm good whenever so you guys can pick a day that works best

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I just originally set it to October 6th because I don't know if we can fill the league out

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Sent a couple invites. Ones is in for sure.

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Something's telling me we won't be able to fill up this league in time...
If you guys have anybody that wants to join don't hesitate to invite them. If you want the league URL, here it is.
http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/77560

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Does it not take place if we don't get enough folks?

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Three of you have asked me now so I'm caving in and joining!

I also might very possibly have two coming with me as well.

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Awesome!

Also, just got the app for my phone, so I can actually partake in the draft while at work. I'll probably miss one or two picks but I should still have a bit of control now haha

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Whenever you join all you need is the link to the league and it should let you in. It should be on my most previous post.

Also just so you guys know, if my team is set up when the last pick rolls around I am taking John Scott and he's going to ride my bench. I need that physical presence on my fantasy team

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I'm taking John Scott with my first pick

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You better not you commie fuck. John Scott is my baby

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So what happens if the Fantasy League doesn't get enough people? Zenith and the other two still haven't signed up yet so we still only have 5 teams. Does the league close, try again next year? Does it continue but the picks are made for us?

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I just spoke with both people today and we plan on signing up tomorrow if that is alright with you guys.

I'd say we would sign up now, though both of the other people are asleep currently :p

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The league needs an even amount of teams to start, zenith and his 2 will make 8 in the league. I'm gonna ask around and I might get 1 or 2 people for the league.

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We really need you guys to join if you're going to. The draft is set for 7pm EST.

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Really? No one at all?

We need one person!

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rip fantasy league

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Just got informed:

We can still get late sign ups, we just won't get the Live Draft. As long as we have an even amount of teams we can keep the league going!

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We just won't be able to play the first week. Oh well. Good news is I can move the draft back to the weekend. I'll put up a poll (If I can figure out how to do it) for what day and time works best now that the league doesn't have to rush to start up.

EDIT: Oh wait I can't put up a poll because I'm not the thread creator. You guys just let me know what time the draft works for you and on which day.

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It's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, so it's probably going to vary from person to person. As long as it's an evening, I'll be okay (example: any time after 10pm EST)

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Wait, how do I join ? The link doesn't work : http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/77560

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Weird. Just tried it and it worked fine for me. Send me a pm with your email and I'll just send an invite through email

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Also I'm not sure if it was mentioned but you do need a y! account

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I thought that would be implied sorry about that.
Anyway with nonname joining we have 6 confirmed in. If zenith and his 2 friends join that makes 9. If you guys have anybody that wants to join the league should be set up where normal members can send invites.

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If we're going to do this we need to do the draft as soon as possible before we miss another week.

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Did zenith and his guys join yet? They said they were 4 days ago.

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No, we are not joining sadly.

Two of us have quite a lot going on to keep up and keep in track with a Fantasy league, and the third hasn't spoken to me since four days ago.

Also, it seems a bit disorganized, as I was told quite a few things from different people to where I have conflicting factoids with participating/entering.

Maybe next year!

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Now that we have that out of the way, let's get a draft scheduled asap plz

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Bourque is really pushing the being dirty limits. I would not be shocked at all to see him be ejected a few times because he's a piece of shit.

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After waiting as long as possible begging my friends to join. The league is gonna be a 6 team league. Draft is Tuesday at 7 EST/6 CST/5 MST/4PST.

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You picked the one day I can't do it haha. Oh well.

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So, no one's going to comment on the amount of rookies scoring their first goals this year already?
By my count, 9 scored in their debut, and another 2, or 3, have done so already too.

THE YEAR OF THE ROOKIE IS NIGH!

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Oscar Lindberg is on fire; 4 goals in the last three games his rookie year.

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Alright guys draft is tonight! Also, if you are unable to draft tonight at 7 EST, then you can still set your rankings. That could clear up your auto-draft to suit your liking.

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Draft starts in roughly 30 minutes! Draft room opens in about 15 minutes.

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I'm in.

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Draft Lobby is open!

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Thank you first 3 rounds of autodraft!

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Now, to hype the league up, I'd like to ask for a few minutes of your time to view my team's promotional video this year

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Am I missing something? Why doesn't anyone have any players on their team?

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Submit lineups starting tomorrow. I had to skip ahead a day to see it.

EDIT:
They're doing it already guys.. They beat Anaheim last night in a shootout, and on the second day of a back-to-back, they're dominating the Kings through 2 periods (LA has 9 shots for crying out loud)!

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LA has been ridiculously disappointing this year. I'm in a couple random fantasy leagues and I have Quick on two of them. Needless to say I'm not doing so hot in the goaltending department.

EDIT: And I just realized he's on my FFR Fantasy team too. Damn it. I hope they turn it up this year.

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I mean it could be worse. You could have auto-drafted Tukka Rask. However it seems that honor went to Kraezymann.

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Funny (sad) thing is on one of my teams that I have Quick, I have Rask too

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holding my breath for nordiques




meanwhile canucks

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I can't even drop him because of the Can't Cut List. 0-3, great job Rask

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*Shrieking laughter in the distance*

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Kommi knows wassup. ;D

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feel like playing a drinking game and taking a shot every time sportscenter mentions mcdavid and crosby's lackluster performances

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Might as well get used to it. SportsCenter rides Crosbitch's dick all day, and now that McDavid is in the league they're gonna dick ride him as well.

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Lol McJesus is ded for a couple months. Broken Clavicle

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That looked really painful. The amount of speed they have going into the boards is crazy. Too bad really, I was beginning to like watching him, bugger is fast

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I can now say I proudly support the overtime effort hockey team

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Holy shit, this Larkin kid is going to be something special. Leads the league in plus-minus, and he can really fly.

ALL STAR VOTING IS OPEN GET HYPE

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Speaking of which...

This is real. John Scott is literally first place in the all star voting right now.
Btw, my 4 were Larkin, Cammilari, Baby Boy Byfuglien, and the greatest goal scorer in NHL history John Scott. Plus, John Scott said he'd play if he actually gets chosen. Imagine him playing 3 on 3. If he gets in the All-Star game in getting his Jersey and I don't care what anyone says.

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Larkin is in. Get your rookie cards of him now.

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Anyone watch all-star weekend? Our baby John Scott scored twice, got the MVP, and a brand new truck. Seeing as this is his last season, it was really a good sight to see.

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Watched it, started to get really upset that it isn't really about the bragging rights of "who is the best" in "what category" but more a family-orientated show to appease anyone watching. Don't get me wrong they all still have things to prove while there, but if you have watched the older All-Star Weekends compared to the ones in the last 5 years, it gets very depressing.

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It was one of the most exciting all-star weekend. Not because of the performances, but the atmosphere and the drama during the week-end, a big part due to St. John Scott. I don't see what was depressing about this ASG. Players are doing this for fun, to showcase their skills and to celebrate with each other. You're missing the point, a serious bragging competition is not the spirit of the event.

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See: many moons ago

bragging rights were the driving force of ASG alongside rivalries to see who was the best at what category.

Now it is all about the "atmosphere" and seeing players have fun while also showcasing their skills. Also, NHL really botched ASG with the drama about Scott and now one game suspensions on players who didn't attend because they wanted the weekend off. You are missing the point that it was the spirit of the event to brag about skill and demonstrate why they can even brag about it.

I'm not questioning the fun aspect of ASG, but morely I miss the spirit of competition rather than the spirit of fun; it suited hockey better with tensions so high.