HF Oilers vs CP Yahoo Points Pool! (CP Vets Represent!)

[Hunter74]

Originally Posted by SebC

Good news CP! Hunter74 and I have calculated it. Based on last year's stats our team has a higher average for both 'Fantasy Points' and 'Fantasy Points per Game Played'! So their players better improve more than ours do, or we're going to win this thing!

Yeah I thought these numbers were very interesting.

Thanks alot for making some adjustments. I just wasn't feeling all there this afternoon...lol

[SweetDoc]

Originally Posted by Azure

I had hard time 'not' laughing when Theodore was picked.

Whoosh!

Pretty impressive list though....

By the time I made it to the draft, Theodore was the only potential starter left. Had to pick someone to fill the spot. Once again, I apologize for being late.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by SweetDoc

By the time I made it to the draft, Theodore was the only potential starter left. Had to pick someone to fill the spot. Once again, I apologize for being late.

Haven't I sent you a PM about this? Click "User CP" (top left corner). Then, on the left side, "List Messages".

Edit: I see the problem with him, but I still think he's better than Theodore. Theodore is not a potential starter.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by SebC

As you can see above, your team looks pretty good already!

Darn rights....now imagine if all of those guys have breakout seasons....

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

So--I thought a quick strategy tete-a-tete for those of us on Team CP would be in order. Cerebral, avert your eyes!





OK--he's gone.

1. I just noticed that Kyle Wellwood became available on waivers. I don't have anyone that it makes sense to bump for him--he's injured, and will miss a couple of weeks, but might be an interesting pickup if anybody is stuck with a F that isn't going to produce more than about 40 points. Maybe not--but I thought I'd throw it out there in case anybody on our team might be interested.

2. I have Fedor Tyutin on my team--and I was just perusing the available defencemen, and wondering whether you guys thought it would make sense to bump him for one of the names that are still available. A couple of possibilities:
Brendan Witt
Stephane Robidas
Mike Komisarek....

There are a couple of others. (Steve Montador?!? ) Any advice would be appreciated. Go team!

[Azure]

Looks like Emery won't be ready for the season opener....

Just great.

Another player on my team that is a question mark.

Scot Nieds better decide to play one more year.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

So--I thought a quick strategy tete-a-tete for those of us on Team CP would be in order. Cerebral, avert your eyes!





OK--he's gone.

1. I just noticed that Kyle Wellwood became available on waivers. I don't have anyone that it makes sense to bump for him--he's injured, and will miss a couple of weeks, but might be an interesting pickup if anybody is stuck with a F that isn't going to produce more than about 40 points. Maybe not--but I thought I'd throw it out there in case anybody on our team might be interested.

2. I have Fedor Tyutin on my team--and I was just perusing the available defencemen, and wondering whether you guys thought it would make sense to bump him for one of the names that are still available. A couple of possibilities:
Brendan Witt
Stephane Robidas
Mike Komisarek....

There are a couple of others. (Steve Montador?!? ) Any advice would be appreciated. Go team!

Thanks for the advice, Hunter74. I couldn't stomach Sopel, so I took Ballard.

[SebC]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

Any advice would be appreciated.

PM Sent - probably too late.

[Cerebral]

Standings after week one:

1. BleedOil83 (HF) 2. Cerebral (HF) 3. the dion show(cp) 4. Oil3rs (HF) 5. SebC's scorers (CP) 6. SweetDoc (CP) 7. crazycanuck(HF) 8. ChokeOnOil (HF) 9. KindofaBigDeal(CP) 10. Flamesaresmokin cp 11. calgARI (CP) 12. HFPM (HF) 13. Blueliners (CP) 14. Azure-CP 15. Centrecks (HF) 16. Hunter74_CP 17. HemskyFreak83 (HF) 18. HF - Traktor 19. RaoulDuke (HF)

HF: 864.65 points, 86.465 average
CP: 793.45 points, 88.161 average

CP narrowly holds the lead after the first week.

[driveway]

Hey Cerebral, is it possible for you to post the username and password for this pool (or whatever Yahoo uses, I'm more familiar with officepools) so that interested spectators can watch this thing closely as the season progresses?

[Cerebral]

Originally Posted by driveway

Hey Cerebral, is it possible for you to post the username and password for this pool (or whatever Yahoo uses, I'm more familiar with officepools) so that interested spectators can watch this thing closely as the season progresses?

League ID: 47223
Name: Flames/Oilers Team Death-Match
Password: alberta

I have no idea if you can follow along using that information or not though.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by Cerebral

League ID: 47223
Name: Flames/Oilers Team Death-Match
Password: alberta

I have no idea if you can follow along using that information or not though.

Actually, I didn't even know hockey pools could be a spectator sport!

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by Cerebral

Standings after week one:

1. BleedOil83 (HF) 2. Cerebral (HF) 3. the dion show(cp) 4. Oil3rs (HF) 5. SebC's scorers (CP) 6. SweetDoc (CP) 7. crazycanuck(HF) 8. ChokeOnOil (HF) 9. KindofaBigDeal(CP) 10. Flamesaresmokin cp 11. calgARI (CP) 12. HFPM (HF) 13. Blueliners (CP) 14. Azure-CP 15. Centrecks (HF) 16. Hunter74_CP 17. HemskyFreak83 (HF) 18. HF - Traktor 19. RaoulDuke (HF)

HF: 864.65 points, 86.465 average
CP: 793.45 points, 88.161 average

CP narrowly holds the lead after the first week.

Just for interest's sake, we've now widened our lead slightly, as the dion show and Hunter have racked up major points this week, and HF holds down the bottom two spots.

CP Average: 185.882
HF Average: 180.405

Not time to gloat yet, but a good trend so far!

[Cerebral]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

Just for interest's sake, we've now widened our lead slightly, as the dion show and Hunter have racked up major points this week, and HF holds down the bottom two spots.

CP Average: 185.882
HF Average: 180.405

Not time to gloat yet, but a good trend so far!

It's still early but a few members of Team HF definitely seem to have weak teams.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by Cerebral

It's still early but a few members of Team HF definitely seem to have weak teams.

Sure, blame your teammates. Classy.

(EDIT: Though I couldn't help noticing you had a pretty good Saturday night yourself, Mr. 51 fan points...)

[Cerebral]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

Sure, blame your teammates. Classy.

(EDIT: Though I couldn't help noticing you had a pretty good Saturday night yourself, Mr. 51 fan points...)

I'm not going down with them!

Nah, a lot of the bottom feeding HF teams are playing without key players (Salo, Forsberg, Langenbrunner, Weber) and underachieving players (Crosby, Modano, Semin, Staal). Who knows whether those guys will ever get going but those teams should rise up a bit if they do.

I'm pretty happy with my team so far but I'd be doing better if bloody Jokinen and Jovanovski would get going. Things are looking good if Elias continues to produce though.

[HFPM]

Originally Posted by Cerebral

I'm not going down with them!

Nah, a lot of the bottom feeding HF teams are playing without key players (Salo, Forsberg, Langenbrunner, Weber) and underachieving players (Crosby, Modano, Semin, Staal). Who knows whether those guys will ever get going but those teams should rise up a bit if they do.

I'm pretty happy with my team so far but I'd be doing better if bloody Jokinen and Jovanovski would get going. Things are looking good if Elias continues to produce though.

Thank you. I'm Team Underachievers thus far. Semin, Vyborny, Kozlov, and even Huet have been busts. I'm sure at least half of those guys can pick it up.

[Cerebral]

Originally Posted by HFPM

Thank you. I'm Team Underachievers thus far. Semin, Vyborny, Kozlov, and even Huet have been busts. I'm sure at least half of those guys can pick it up.

Yep, I expect Semin at the least to get it going and Vyborny and Kozlov should both improve as well. Huet is a bit of a wild card as I'm not sold on Montreal this year but even he can put up better numbers than he has so far.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Originally Posted by Cerebral

Yep, I expect Semin at the least to get it going and Vyborny and Kozlov should both improve as well. Huet is a bit of a wild card as I'm not sold on Montreal this year but even he can put up better numbers than he has so far.

I've noticed that even a losing goalie puts up pretty decent points with our scoring system, actually--provided he's getting some shots directed his way. Vesa Toskala earned 7.5 points for me in that loss the other day.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

Just an update to how the death-match is going. We CPers are still steadily widening our lead. Here are the average scores:
CP Avg: 310.2111
HF Avg: 291.58

What was a 5 point spread is now almost a 19 point spread. This in spite of 2 of the top 3 scorers being HFers. The runaway leader is still "the dion show" for us, but Cerebral and BleedOil83 are in 2nd and 3rd, followed by yours truly, and Hunter74 hot on my heels.

What really drags HF down is that they have all 5 of the worst scores. Tough break, Cerebral. Looks like you backed the wrong braintrust!