Good point, Todrick. I tend to think of a non-keeper as a bit of a beginner's league.

Incidentally, I think I am going to push back the non-keeper draft to about 1/2 to 3/4 through camp. Seems like that is waht we all want.

Plenty of room still in the non-keeper as well. I hope we can get at least 8, to make it worthwhile.

mikejb on board to defend his title in the keeper leaugue.

Thanks. I'm in both but will drop the non-keeper one if folks need in.

We have 20 open spots in the non-keeper, I just figured I'd cutr it off a few days before the draft to whatever we have registered at the time. Should be plenty of space...welcome aboard off2cjb.

OK, I pushed back the non-keeper draft to the 23rd at 3pm EST. Any questions or further suggestions, let me know.

What did everyone else think of Todrick's idea for 1 IR instead of the 2 there are now?

same for me on non-keeper, i will gladly drop my team if you need spots.

the real trick is ending up with even numbers.... the idea of one teamgetting a bye each week just doesn't seem right.

absolutely byes suck.
What is the fewest teams we should keep the league a go with? we have 6 now.

Any thoughts?

I would think we would have more than 6, but I say at least 8 if we can.

agreed...I think 8 or more would be best.

Damn draft day on a long weekend. Come on.

I guess my team will be autodrafted.

plenty of room in the non-keeper as well...

did i do the long weekend?

sorry, i simply picked 2 weeks form the creation date... just like i said i would... i can change it.

I went ahead and joined the non keeper as well. I guess I'll just learn all this as we go...or I'll read the rules if I'm ever not feeling lazy

tis will require you to log in at least 3 times a week... more if you want to win.

you can set your lineups months ahea dof time, but injuries and trades will effect those and they will need to be changed.

last time was my first time playing and i finished 2nd... Skiterra wont admit it, but I would have takent he championship had i not kept injured guys due to the proposed keeper league... hell i even had Bertuzzi on my roster at the end.... but we lost aseason and our keeper lists... so... time to do it right.

you played well. also, it helps to know something about the players, not necessarily hockey.

OK, there is a request to move the Keeper league draft BACK 1 week to accomodate unforseen travel plans.

Personaly I am against it. I have waited long enough for Hockey and thus Fantasy hockey and am anxious to get the draft out of the way and let some trading begin.

HOWEVER, I would gladly move it UP one week to this Friday and 4pm PDT, but would not want to do it unless it will work for others... time is flexible.. i only set 4:00 PDT because i figured that was 7pm east coast and woud allow some of you to get home... I'm open for any start time between 8am - 11am / 2:30 - 4:00pm / 10:00pm - Midnight

or w3e can leave it as is and let people who can't make it simply pre-rank.

Wow...this Friday is pretty early, but I can make it. I just wish I knew more about which guys are going to play where....there's still a lot of uncertainty. Hossa and Heatley changed uni's yesterday. There's still a few guys who might decide to stay in Russia than play in the NHL this season. But I'm available Friday if you guys want to do it then.

one catch...

we NEED one more manager.

we need an even number... just to avoid a team a week gettign a free ride Bye...

i will hold off the draft until we get one... or Otc. 5th rolls around... because at that point i wont have a choice.
if any of you has a friend WHO IS RELIABLE then get them to sign up...

as soon as we get another manager we can do the draft if enough of you agree...

I just capped the league at 10 teams(one more to go) to avoid two signing up and knocking us uneven again... eveyrone ok with 10 teams?

i will reopen it if mor eare interested, but as it is we are still short 1, so i'm not holding my breath.

10 is a nice even number. I think you should stick with that. Hopefully it isn't too hard to find one more member here to join us.

Non-keeper league:

I just wanted to voice my opinion and say I don't like the 12 noon (pacific) time for the draft. JMO, but it doesn't make much sense. Not sure about you guys, but I don't have internet access at work. I think re-scheduling the draft to a time in the evening would work out better for everyone.

Todrick, as of right now, I can make it.

As I said on the non-keeper site, there are 2 options:

Prerank...Yahoo will pick in your order or thier rank order for you if you aren't there.

Change the time...If we get a majority that wants this, I say so be it, but I think it should be a majority, since there are options.

Personally, I don't really have the time to sit through a fantasy draft, so I have been preranking a bit from time to time and will have my draft board set by both dates.

I agree completely...10 would be perfect.

OK still missing that one extra manager...

with onyl a day to go till the proposed date I would say we are gonna wait... at elast untilt he original date, if not longer to get manager #10

I will admit whatever you would like, but I am still the champ.

As for the draft I am unable to do a draft at night at this time since my home computer is down, so I am SOL no matter when it happens.