I'm game for this. Just let me know.

ok just looke dhtrough the old rules on yahoo and unless there are major changes to yahoo this is going to be the scorring categories for the keeper:

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Forwards/Defensemen:
Goals
Assists
Plus/Minus
Penalty Minutes
Powerplay Goals
Powerplay Assists
Shorthanded Goals
Shorthanded Assists
Game-Winning Goals
Shots on Goal
Shooting Percentage


Goaltending:
Games Started
Wins
Shutouts
Shots Against
Saves Made
Goals-Against Average
Save Percentage
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for positions im looking at:

Center: 1
Left Wing: 1
Right Wing: 1
Any Forward: 2
Defenseman: 2
Goaltender: 2
Utility (non-goalie): 2
IR: 2
Bench 5

making a total of 16 players(+2 IR)
(10 of which you may keep for next season)

I may go higher on the bench and increase the numbe rof players a manager can keep, (maybe even up to a 20 man team) but i want to take a look at what changes yahoo makes.

for those interested in the "basic" league, would we want a live draft or an autodraft like the XOC Yahoo! baseball league did? Also, what stats do we want to use and rosters?

I am game for both but especially the keeper league, save me a spot in each please!!!! I am a fan of autodrafts for eberything but in then end it doesn't matter, as long as we know the scoring setup before hand ...... which also doesnt really matter to me as no matter what scoing setup there is we all have to deal with it so it is alway even to start off with!

Just my opinion, but live draft's are the way to go. If the day/time of the draft isn't convenient, players can alway rank the players ahead of time for the computer to pick. A lot of the fun of fantasy sports is the draft, imo.

Again, if you are picking a day to hold the live draft...make sure you pick a day as close as you can to opening night (10/5). That way we'll all know of any injuries to players we might have drafted if they were healthy.

in the keeper league the draft will be 2 weeks form the day i set up the league.

if your player gets injured, dump him... ir him or trade him.

the keeper league is about not knowing what will happen long term, and attempting to plan for it anyway. The reason for doign the draft early in the keeper is i want to see a lot of trades early, trades will only be valid fromt he day yahoo openes until the final match up so the only off season trades allowed are between opening day of fantasy hockey and opening day of the season.

those trades will be important in the keeper, especialy next year when teams will have 6-10 open spots to fill.

Just realized how busy with net games im goign to be this december/january:

Fantasy Football (2 leagues)
Fantasy Hockey (2 leagues, if nto more)
closing out XOC Dead Pool 2005
Opening public(friands and family), Cash prize, XXX Dead Pool 2006

I would like to be involved with both. I have never done a fantasy league before, but it sounds like fun.

I am in. The keeper league from the last XOC pool ould have been cool since I was pretty stacked up IMHO. I am not too concerned which way things go.

yup gonna hurt considering i was runner up last time... wish i could have kept some of those players.

I'm leaning towards doing large Rosters... 20+ just because it will force people to have a deeper pool fo players and investigate more "non-stars" and learn to use them effectively... should be good times.

I will likely not make a firm decision on actual numbers until I am sitting there at the commish panel setting up the league. but 20+ is a safe bet with 11-12 active spots

anyone remember what we had goalie appearances set at last time? i liked that little hurdle as it spiced htings up a bit but would hate to set it too high.

I agree with your thinking here. I'd like to see the non-keeper league have an early draft as well to foster some trades. I like to think in a non-keeper, you have to be able to think and react when someone gets hurt, and make a decision, you can hold him on IR or take a chance and drop him.

Anyway, if those interested in the non-keeper have other ideas, let me know. Far as I'm concerned, majority rules.

"anyone remember what we had goalie appearances set at last time? i liked that little hurdle as it spiced htings up a bit but would hate to set it too high."

What do you mean by this question?

I only had two goalies in the last one, and you had to have your goalies make 4 or 5 apperances a week I think. Is that what you are asking about?

yeah... 5 appearances.

thanks.

BTW, I found my team, and my keepers... this sucks!!!

C: Holik, Jokinen, Ribiero(lw)
LW: Erat, Prospal, McEachern(rw), Rucinsky
RW: Ryder, Bondra, Heatley
D: Niedermayer, Zidlicky, Blake
G: Giguere, Nurminen
IR: Roenick
NA:Bertuzzi

Keepers: Bertuzzi, Roenick, Niedemeyer, Heatley, McEachern, Giguere

Did you find anyone else's?

no i didn't keep them... and you know what, that wasn't my final list because i think in the end i decied to keep Blake.

oh well, there are now Only a couple of those guys that I would want anyway...

Im a little confused as to what a "keeper" league is. Does it mean you keep certain players from year to year, or does it mean you are stuck with the players you have for the year?

I like the former, but do not like the latter.

At the end of the year you get to pick a certain number of players (probaby 10 out of 20) and you "keep" them for next season.

Thanks, I am definately in for that.

I for sure want in on the basic league. I'll keep an eye here for more info... unless I'm supposed to look somethin' up on yahoo?

no the comissioners who set up the leagues will post the link and password to sign up on here.

On a related note: if Yahoo goes live between Tomorrow and Sunday I will not be able to set up the league until sunday evening...

I'm headed out to the Desert for some High Heat Wheeling

Any more news on this? I've never played fantasy anything... but once you add hockey to the mix I'm all for it!

yahoo hasn't opened it up yet.

in fact they have not even updated the rules or help sections yet(although they may just do them together).

I know, I've been checing the hocky home page everyday. can't wait!

i've got it worse.

I log into fantasy football, click "rules" then go to the address bar of my browser and change
"football" to "hockey"
and
"frules" to "hrules"

I figure when they update the rules then the game is coming soon after... but l could be wrong

Well, it's up. Anyone want to be commish? I did the baseball...I don't mind doing hockey as well if no one else wants to be the commish.

I did it last year and don't mind doing it again if someone else doesn't feel the urge.