Battle of California Fantasy Report: Week 1
by Megalodon on Oct 18, 2010 12:57 PM PDT
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You know what's even more exciting than managing an imaginary hockey team? Reading about other people's imaginary hockey teams!
Premier Match-up
Wiki-Sharks vs. Sleek and Destroy
Sleek wins 9-2!
Sleek's MVP: Bobby Ryan, with one goal, four assists, and TWENTY-SEVEN penalty minutes. Ryan won Earl the PIMs category all by himself.
Meg's LVP: Olli Jokinen, with 0 points and a minus 2, gets his funny-looking face dropped from the Wiki-Sharks.
My offense was terrible this week, with only a total of four goals. I was hanging in there with goalie stats until Dan Ellis' awful game against the Panthers over the weekend.
Anzeholics Anonymous vs. Teal Blades
The Anzeholics win 10-3!
DodgerBlueBalls' MVPs: This team's goalies could have been a huge liability, but now you can call the manager a genius because both Kari Lehtonen and J.S. Giguere put up incredible numbers this week. Can it continue? No, no it can't. But it worked this week.
Angy's LVPs: With the incredible goaltending duo of Antero Niittymaki and Michael Leighton (IR), I'm not sure how the Blades got blown out so hard.
Seriously, Angy, pick up some new goalies!
Kitten Mittens vs. Brows
Kitten Mittens win 9-4!
Nut's MVPs: Marian Hossa had nine points this week. Also Nut seems to be hoarding goalies.
Mike's LVP: Mike is his own LVP, for not setting up his team and leaving players on the bench on days they would have gotten him points.
Get your head in the game, Mike!
IAmJoe(Pavelski) vs. Fournick Gators
Tie 7-7. Boooo.
IAmJoe's MVP: Jimmy Howard looked pretty good this week.
TuMadre's MVP: Patrick Sharp had five goals. That's pretty good I guess.
Ties are boring, people.
MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAT vs. Quid Pro Clowe
Quid Pro Clowe wins 8-4!
Plank's MVP: Henrik Sedin had seven assists in one week. That'll do.
Rudy's LVP: Rudy was another guy who didn't check his team. Three guys on his team are on the IR. What a loser!
Rudy deserved to lose because his team name is too long and screws up the score arrangement.
McSorley's Stick vs. 2 Live Drew
2 Live Drew wins 10-4!
Niesy's MVP: Did you guys know that Sidney Crosby is a good player?
Quisp's LVP: The auto-drafter.
Quisp has already made 17 player moves. The next highest is five.
spade's little banditos vs. Setoguchi's revenge
Setoguchi's revenge wins 10-4!
Setoguchi's MVP: Brad Richards had a strong week.
spade's LVP: spade's team is the latest to get burned by Alex Kovalev. He's TERRIBLE now.
Seriously, drop Kovalev. Even Yahoo knows he's bad:
After five games, he is still looking for his first point of the season. And in his last 22 games dating back to last season, Kovalev has just one goal and one assist. He is also a minus-17 over that time.
Slappyville Freezers vs. Intaglio
Freezers win 10-2!
Freezers MVP: The generically-named defenseman John Carlson, with six points and 18 penalty minutes.
Intaglio's LVP: Ovechkin. Duh?
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Man, Meg, that’s embarassing…
"If you can accept losing, you can't win." ~Vince Lombardi
Tweet Tweet.
how u doing in football? i fuckin 2-4…fuckin shaub and his inconsitancy..same goes for ray rice that bitch
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 18, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Just because you suck don’t act like you don’t like it
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
by Nut on Oct 18, 2010 5:30 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
Word.
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
Battle of California
yea i had no idea u could set up your teams for the week….i got it now…and i expect to dominate chen
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 18, 2010 1:14 PM PDT reply actions
kovalev?
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Remember kids it's down the road not across the street
yea i need to make a change there…i picked him off the scrap heap though..i didnt draft him
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 18, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Only way it could get worse is if he has Brian Rolston.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Oct 18, 2010 5:22 PM PDT up reply actions
The good thing about the scoring in our league is that it’s very possible to come back from a bad week.
That’s what you and I have to hope for, anyways.
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
Battle of California
so is there standing?..does it work by wins?…so im considered to be 0-1 at the moment?..or its an accumilation of stats?
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 18, 2010 1:20 PM PDT up reply actions
You get 2 points for each category you win and 1 point for each category you tie, so one good week is all we need to make up for this lousy one.
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
Battle of California
well hopefully chen is too busy with his blogging and stinks it up again
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 18, 2010 1:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah, he needs to get his priorities straight like me. Screw this blog!
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
Battle of California
discussed this on the other thread..but yea..lets hope it leads to 3 straight losses
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 18, 2010 1:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Great work Meg. Thanks for the update.
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Oct 18, 2010 2:28 PM PDT reply actions
I know it’s early, but I already want to trade more than half of my team. I’m impulsive. (Does anyone look at that trading block thing?)
It’s also hilarious that I went to bench Doan for his next three games, and realized I already had. He’s been that cold, ha ha.
In Dinglebarn We Trust
fuck that puto he broke our lord and saviors nose beeeatch!!!
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 18, 2010 2:46 PM PDT up reply actions
that was awesome watching him dip-si-doodle all the way down the ice thinking “you’re really doing it, Cam!” and then get ass fucked into the boards
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
At this point, he’s the highest scoring defenseman in the BoC. Feel better, Cam.
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by Earl Sleek on Oct 18, 2010 6:26 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
I’m usually down for trades, but I’m going to wait at least another week to see which categories need the most help.
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
Battle of California
shit throw lilja or mara in there for shits and giggles
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 18, 2010 3:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Spade’s on to the right idea. Maybe try to find a D-man who could help you with a more obscure scoring catagory like +/- or PIM’s…
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Oct 18, 2010 3:23 PM PDT up reply actions
scoring catagory like +/- or PIM’s
PIM well go brookbank mountain hes your man!! tops for a Dman on the ducks…hell just screw up your +-
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 18, 2010 3:26 PM PDT up reply actions
meg
why did you draft byfuglien so early in the other league? I’ve been meaning to ask. =/
I wanted to take a D with that pick and I gambled on him having a good season. Since we count hits in that league he hasn’t been a total loss, but I definitely could have waited until later.
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
Battle of California
I think it is inevitable that Byfuglien will get moved back up to forward this year by Atlanta. When that occurs, it could be a boon to fantasy team managers as Dustin will amass the stats of a forward but still be eligible as a defenseman.
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Oct 18, 2010 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
My pick was 3 or 4 after Megs, and I was gonna take him that round. He’s great on your D, if he’s playing forward.
Ties do suck.
And even though he’s a tolerable Wings fan, I really wanted to beat IAmJoe.
He is a wings fan.
"There is no gravity son, the world just sucks." - my father.
LOL i just found this in my RSS Reader today
I totally felt the same, TuMadre, but I also had the revenge factor too, I really wanted to get you back for the draft sniping you did.
God damn Red Wings need to take Ozzie out back and shoot him. Just start Howard for 82 games. Trust me.
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Quisp has already made 17 player moves.
I was surprised to see that Quisp had let Teddy Purcell go already, but the waiver wire pick up of Bryan Little (ATL) could turn out to be very shrewd
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Oct 18, 2010 6:00 PM PDT reply actions
Teddy got 2 assists tonight
i still have him in the other (SBN) league. but my team here has (among several fatal flaws) a severe imbalance of players at certain positions and players with certain specific skills.
i might have done better had I had any players playing in any games yesterday. oh well.
Wait till this year.
Don’t sweat it, Q. I have loved watching your moves on the waiver wire. It’s given our BoC fantasy league an amount of drama comparable to watching Dave Tallon or Lou make roster moves with the cap limitations. I look forward to a 39-part series on the constraints of the BoC Fantasy League Roster Size at JFTC next off-season, amigo. :-)
Taylor Morgan: "My abortion was botched!"
Teemu Selanne: "Wow. That sounds awesome."
by DodgerBlueBalls on Oct 18, 2010 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions
hearing you talk about your team makes me feel better bout my team … :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
you'll be happy to know i have no clue what i'm doing.
remember: I am the guy who somehow told the auto-draft robot to select eric belanger with my first overall pick.
Wait till this year.
this is my 3rd year doing this, but I still feel clueless – but even still, if you need any assistance, I’ll gladly help … it will be the blind leading the blind sorta thing tho :)
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
hey! I’ll have you know I did get a new goalie (finally) but it’s not like there is an abundance of good goalies out there to choose from
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
God, Meg, what were you thinking picking Olli?
"Hey, Luongo: YOU SUCK!"
Courtesy of some guys in 331.
okay I may sound like a completely superficial person saying this but … damn is she ugly … then again, brown is no beauty either.
Ever get the feeling we are on a collision course with reality?
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security" -- Benjamin Franklin
I have a friend who used to work with her pretty closely at ebay. He said the scary part is that she’s had a lot of work done and she used to be even scarier.
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I have a friend
I call bullshit.
"There is no gravity son, the world just sucks." - my father.
by tu madre on Oct 19, 2010 2:36 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
hahahahahahhaha…id have a beer with him for his profile pic alone…now friends?..maybe
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 19, 2010 5:05 AM PDT up reply actions
agreed id stick my dick in a lot of things but not her
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 19, 2010 5:04 AM PDT up reply actions
he was ok younger..he just didnt age well
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 19, 2010 5:03 AM PDT up reply actions
Olli was a late pick that I thought might be worth it just for faceoffs, since he used to rule that category. Not any more.
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
Battle of California
meg what u got in store for a post today..im bored off my ass.. i hope monkeys are involved
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 19, 2010 6:46 AM PDT up reply actions
Мы в любовь играли,
И как кровь из вены капает слеза.
Remember kids it's down the road not across the street
You get points for faceoffs in your league? I’ve never come across that before.
"Hey, Luongo: YOU SUCK!"
Courtesy of some guys in 331.
Yeah it’s awesome. It really makes centers distinct from wings.
The Zapruder Film of the Kennedy assassination is a better hockey movie than The Love Guru.
Battle of California
Fuck yeah, I like it too. I went heavy on C’s for my bench, and tried to get better faceoff guys when I did draft a C. I’ve got like Kesler, Stoll, Zajac, and Vermette, I believe. Or maybe only 3 of those 4, I mix my teams up sometimes.
http://sacrificethebody.blogspot.com/
Sacrifice the Body - Examining the NHL through statistical analysis, reasoned thought, and blind conjecture.
Mike is his own LVP, for not setting up his team and leaving players on the bench on days they would have gotten him points.
I know, I know. Fantasy sports are blocked at my on-site, and by the time I get home from my 400 jobs, I can’t enter players into Eastern or Central games. You could say I’m an awkward fantasy manager.
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earl shut up im playing him this week
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 19, 2010 5:05 AM PDT up reply actions
step into my office..
why..
cuz your fuckin fired
yes of course
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 19, 2010 8:02 AM PDT up reply actions
It’s cool, I have a box of Lucky Charms count chocula and a taser. Distract, then strike.
fixed…aim for the armpits..its my soft spot like in alien nation
by SPADE-IN-VICTORHELL on Oct 19, 2010 1:18 PM PDT up reply actions
Do what I do: set your roster a week in advance, and only dick with it on Saturdays when you know which goalies are playing.
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by Doogie2K on Oct 19, 2010 11:02 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
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