adam94
BU Terriers
Anyone know the status of HF Rangers 3 from last year?
Also, if anyone is starting a keeper league I'd be very interested in joining.
Also, if anyone is starting a keeper league I'd be very interested in joining.
Still haven't bought the game... is it worth buying
League dresses 4 C, 4 LW, 4 RW, 6 D, 2 G every night. My roster:
C: Crosby, Toews, M. Richards, Weiss, Roy
LW: E. Kane, Carter, Eriksson, Michalek, Heatley
RW: Franzen, Pominville, Vrbata, Cole, Burns
D: Kronwall, J. Schultz (Edm), McDonagh, Girardi, Hamhuis, Garrison, Jones
G: Quick, Halak, Elliott
I think it's pretty good. You seem to start the EASHL drop-in games quicker, and I really like the new hitting engine. The only thing that gets annoying is that now, when you absolutely LEVEL a guy, their teammate can start a fight with you in retaliation (they can start a fight if you shoot the puck after a whistle, too).
It just gets annoying, especially if you have a defensive d-man, enforcer, or power forward, that has really high checking, and it seems (at least to me) that I get in way too many fights that I do not want to have, just because I had a big, clean hit.
The thing about this is you have to realize that you can't just recklessly charge into dudes anymore like you COULD in NHL13. You have to glide before you hit guys or take at most 3 strides. If you charge the guy violently then your going to have to fight. I think it's a cool feature that punishes the people that don't THINK before they hit. That's just me, though.
Oh and Jesper Fast and Lindberg aren't in the game because they haven't played an NHL/AHL game yet and are coming from over-seas leagues (I think that's how it works.) Therefore EA can't put them in, legally. If they HAVE played AHL games then I'm not sure what the deal is.
Your RW and D look a little weak. Are there a lot of defensive stat categories that reward good defensive play like takeaways and blocked shots? Not a bad D if there are, but a little weak on the offensive side.
Your center and left wing depth is excellent.
The thing about this is you have to realize that you can't just recklessly charge into dudes anymore like you COULD in NHL13. You have to glide before you hit guys or take at most 3 strides. If you charge the guy violently then your going to have to fight. I think it's a cool feature that punishes the people that don't THINK before they hit. That's just me, though.
Oh and Jesper Fast and Lindberg aren't in the game because they haven't played an NHL/AHL game yet and are coming from over-seas leagues (I think that's how it works.) Therefore EA can't put them in, legally. If they HAVE played AHL games then I'm not sure what the deal is.
The thing about this is you have to realize that you can't just recklessly charge into dudes anymore like you COULD in NHL13. You have to glide before you hit guys or take at most 3 strides. If you charge the guy violently then your going to have to fight. I think it's a cool feature that punishes the people that don't THINK before they hit. That's just me, though.
Oh and Jesper Fast and Lindberg aren't in the game because they haven't played an NHL/AHL game yet and are coming from over-seas leagues (I think that's how it works.) Therefore EA can't put them in, legally. If they HAVE played AHL games then I'm not sure what the deal is.
I had to auto pick last night cuz I had to go to a work thing. UGH
You and almost everyone else. Myself and iamitter were there from the start. MetalGods showed up later.
The past, pretty much 7 years of my fantasy hockey acumen has been in a very (and I mean VERY) deep keeper league run on ESPN.
I'm about to draft a standard h2h public league team on Yahoo! for the first time in a very long time.
I have the fourth overall pick.
**** it, taking Hank
Ah, that's annoying that since we drafted today, we're not going to get in on time for tonight's games. Lame!
C: Stepan, Galchenyuk
LW: Semin, Heatley
RW: Perry, Gaborik
D: Franson, Wiercioch, Seth Jones, Mark Fraser
G: Hank, Jimmy Howard
Bench: Ryan Miller, Nazem Kadri, Stephen Weiss, Michael Cammalleri
My D is hilariously awful, but I'm notorious for neglecting defense in fantasy hockey. This is a team that is capable of ****ing exploding offensively though. Should be a fun ride with them for the year
2nd team
C: Jonathan Toews, Ryan Getzlaf
LW: Jamie Benn, Milan Lucic
RW: Marian Hossa, Blake Wheeler
D: Keith Yandle, Mike Green, Brent Seabrook, Francois Beauchemin
G:Tukka Rask, Semyon Varlamov, Tim Thomas
BN: Patrice Bergeron, Jiri Tlusty, Jordan Staal