Preds Fans Fantasy Hockey League

[Drake744]

I'll be in it again, but haven't gotten an email about it so far, so I'll be looking for it.

 

[utmfisher19]

I'm interested in playing! Send me a PM please.

PM sent!

I'm in. I think I changed my team name to Athens Olympians

Yup! I'll have an invite out to you tonight for L3.

I'll be in it again, but haven't gotten an email about it so far, so I'll be looking for it.

You responding here is good enough! Thanks man

 

[Softball99]

If you have openings I'm interested in joining

 

[gratefulpred]

I did not get an email either but I am in again and thanks for setting it all up!

 

[utmfisher19]

If you have openings I'm interested in joining

I do, email me at [email protected] and I'll get you signed up.

I did not get an email either but I am in again and thanks for setting it all up!

I am just now getting around to setting up L3-L6 right now. I'm almost finished. But thanks. I made note. You'll get an invite for L4 here in a bit.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

I do, email me at [email protected] and I'll get you signed up.


I am just now getting around to setting up L3-L6 right now. I'm almost finished. But thanks. I made note. You'll get an invite for L4 here in a bit.

Can I play to?

 

[Gh24]

I wanna make sure. If the team I inherited doesn't have an under-23 player I want to keep, am I picking one in the 4th round (I'm keeping three over 23 players in this scenario)?

 

[FFWRX]

Slick moves Preds4eva in L4. I wish I had thought of that. You can only keep 4 though.

 

[Gh24]

Sneaky. Didn't even cross my mind that the transaction would be open. There were few viable options for u23 keepers and I'm still not sure wether I'm gonna gamble for a better pick (Looking at the rosters, you know there are gonna be few very good options and some very intriguing) or take the safe pick and run.

 

[FFWRX]

Sneaky. Didn't even cross my mind that the transaction would be open. There were few viable options for u23 keepers and I'm still not sure wether I'm gonna gamble for a better pick (Looking at the rosters, you know there are gonna be few very good options and some very intriguing) or take the safe pick and run.

I think if you dont have an U23 keeper you get a scrub. I do think you can not keep one of your other 3 to get a different player though.

 

[Harambae]

hey man id be interested!

 

[weeze]

I would like to join if not too late?

 

[Drake744]

Is there really much of a strategy in keeping guys or not? I have two 23 or under guys who are okay and I wouldn't mind having them but what's the alternative if I don't?

I've played keeper leagues in baseball but it's dependent on what round you picked your keeper in the previous season. I don't know how this one works.

 

[glenngineer]

Is there really much of a strategy in keeping guys or not? I have two 23 or under guys who are okay and I wouldn't mind having them but what's the alternative if I don't?

I've played keeper leagues in baseball but it's dependent on what round you picked your keeper in the previous season. I don't know how this one works.

Under 23 guys are tricky because if you don't keep one, you end up losing a keeper and end up picking late because of it. The trick is finding 3 guys you know you want to keep according to the team you want to build, or hope to and find an U23 that you'd like to keep for a few years so you don't have to think about it.

I have a few options this year with keepers but not my U23. I have Gibson as my U23 and then I had to choose from Holtby, Benn, Burns and Weber for my other 3 guys. Depending on how I want to assemble my team, this was a pretty easy choice. 3 of those 4 are top 10 fantasy choices and as much as I love Weber, the other 3 are too good to pass up. My team is built off of goalie strength this year which is a change in philosophy as I won last year going for better players and taking goalies late in the draft as they're always going to be available. Because I traded away my 7th and 8th round picks for Holtby and Gibson, I had to alter my strategy and build from the net out. I'll have a 5th and 6th and then I don't pick again until round 9. It's going to be tough but the only thing I worry about this year after winning it all is not to be relegated and with the two goalies I've got, I should be assured of that. Also, as long as I draft well with my early picks, I should be a mid tier team, possibly sneaking in to the playoffs as I always do and that's not to be cocky, it's just fact. I've been fortunate and a good enough GM to make the playoffs every year the premier league has been in existence. I finally won it all last year after pulling the Preds year after year in the playoffs.

 

[Drake744]

edit: I'm stupid and thankfully I just figured this out.

 

[FFWRX]

I feel like I should have kept less players. I expected way more keepers.

 

[Gh24]

I feel like I should have kept less players. I expected way more keepers.

Kinda feel the same.
22 picks before my turn, so quite possible that one of the dmen I'd rather pick than Hedman would have fallen that far. And no reason why I couldn't have gone for a forward instead.

Well, have to pick that much better in the later rounds

e: Oh wait. It's a snake draft right? So when I start drafting (after 3 rounds of drafting that fills the empty keeper spots), it's in reversed order? While at 12 of 14 in draft order, it's not a huge difference, I could have picked a forward that goes right before my turn and still have Hedman?

Don't get the tone of my post wrong, I'm just curious, trying to understand this a little better

 

[FFWRX]

Oh wait. It's a snake draft right? So when I start drafting (after 3 rounds of drafting that fills the empty keeper spots), it's in reversed order? At 12 of 14 in draft order, that's not a huge difference

14 of 14 here. My first pick is the end of the 5th round. Did you not keep an U23 player? I dont think you get to draft that spot. I think you get a scrub fill in. Not really sure though.

 

[Gh24]

14 of 14 here. My first pick is the end of the 5th round. Did you not keep an U23 player? I dont think you get to draft that spot. I think you get a scrub fill in. Not really sure though.

I did. I'm just confused with round numbers and actual drafting rounds

3.) If you DO NOT select an Under 23 player, a scrub player will be placed on your Keeper List in lieu. The U23 pick WILL be your first round pick (but we are counting the 1st round as the TRUE 25th round of the draft -- making 2nd round the REAL 1st round).

So 1st round is u23 picks and replacements, which are actually picked at the end?
2nd-4th are for drafting for empty keeper spots?
5th round would then be the first round everyone is involved (and draft order starting from 1 of 14 again)?

 

[FFWRX]

So 1st round is u23 picks and replacements, which are actually picked at the end?
2nd-4th are for drafting for empty keeper spots?
5th round would then be the first round everyone is involved (and draft order starting from 1 of 14 again)?

Looking at the website it looks like the first 4 rounds are the keepers. I will pick at the end of the 5th and also have the last pick in the draft.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

Since I missed the draft all my players are available. In L6

 

[Predarat]

Is this happening? We are about a week away from the Keeper Deadline and the league (L2) has not been reactivated yet. Not sure if the others have or not.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

I was wondering the same thing. Lost in L6 last year in the final. Would love to play again.

 

[Drake744]

I'll rejoin L5 if it's activated again

 

[Predarat]

I was wondering the same thing. Lost in L6 last year in the final. Would love to play again.

Ahh maybe you will be in L5 this year!