Post by Jeff on Dec 4, 2017 19:58:46 GMT -5
Hope you enjoy this month's Edition of 14 thoughts
1. As we move into the holiday season we see Hendu and Blues fighting it out with Seattle & the Wings...and i guess we could add Oilers and Vancity who are 12+ pts back from the 3rd place spot at this time....Time will tell which teams will use the annual Burkee Salary Cap Relief of 5 Mill to help there teams battle not just for the top 3 but also Elite 8 Playoffs which will kick off in the 2nd week of January (the slow months...of the league "winter is coming Dec 15th")
2. Touching on those three teams, Wings keep looking like a very good well build team year in and year out over the past few years. Those Seattle Sea Lions GM O'Malley he's good was once upon a time expansion team, some GM's and fans as well us in the press looked at trades and roster moves for this team over the past year or two and werent full sure if it was the best move. Well lets just say Kyle is proving those people YES they were the correct moves. Lastly who doesn't like this guy Mr.Hendu managing boss for those first place Blues with 104.8 pts (uh .8 of a point hmm odd). The guy has a solid squad and boy those guys that can contribute on entry deals are worth there weight in gold i tell yah (Ehlers, Boeser) I will ask does he not upgrade is goaltending for the playoffs but also more importantly the battle for the Debrusk Cup....?
3. Well this next piece was to ask why its so quite, Flyers are trying there best to keep the board daily viewed with some of there moves the past week or so...the big one was with 2nd place Sea Lions, they added two good dmen in Klingberg and Theodore, the latter who is a great mid-season pickup. Mur Philly Shake things up gets under performing Simmonds and Konecny, both still got the skills to get back to where we all few they should be as well young gun Alex Debrincat was a great pickup this guy looks like a 20 goal scorer as well addition prospects and 1st rounder which will be still good pick even if its 14th/15th.
4. There was some talk from league source close the Commish, saying his office was looking at other professional arm-chair fantasy leagues in how to keep the compete level up...as this isn't fantasy football....they look from my sources at a Mid-Way point FA Signing, that team would get some type of discount meaning not paying 100% of the salary...theres so good players like Kops, thornton and nash not in anyones lineup (this could be the league lost 2 franchises) but making some coin that will be hard to get on a team.
5. On that topic cap may go up too 86-87M next season this would be a nice bump from the 82M...will see what happens later in the year closer to the spring time
6. H2H Playoffs Start in the NEW YEAR, this will be exciting time as the league has push the playoffs to start earlier then last year. The league is double checking a few things but I'm told rules/player roster setup should be coming out in the next couple of weeks.
7. Elite 8 playoffs, this should be a good race to see some teams make roster moves and or trades to boost there changes of one playing and two winning the E8 Cup. Teams will be notify but playoffs look to start in mid-jan....looking out of playoff at the moment our Jets and Pens, I know M.Roach Coach of the Jets will push his team in getting there as he has a very good chance to play for the chance to win the E8 Cup (NEW NAME TBD)...Not sure if the Sabres can do anything they got lucky and ended up with the relocation yotes so i think it might be another year before we see them
8. I think Commish JV will look at increasing the winnings for Elite 8 Playoffs Winner in the next year or two. As I feel it will become more important to the whole league vs the Top 3 which will in most cases will be 4-5 teams come the mid-way point as things get settled in. Don't worry those trying for the Debrusk Cup will still get there pay day...
9. Speaking of that, quickly you'll see teams kinda break off from the "regular season" to some degree (still updating line-ups/roster moves etc) but more focus on there H2H Playoffs from those going for the Elite 8 and those in the Basement Pool.
10. Sea-Bassment Bottom 4, teams will be trying to win as much balls "insert joke here" for the Entry Draft Lottery. Looks like the hawks, flyers, whalers (hmmm what happen to your fast start?) and those Buffalo swatbers....I do like what the commish did here instead of saying whomever won this H2H would get 1st Overall Pick he went to the lottery practice that "anyone can win and anything can happen" approach so who ever wins will get 4 balls, Runner-up 3 balls, followed by Winner of the losers =2 and lastly the last team =1 ball. He wants teams trying to get into the Elite 8 for the $ & Pride, this should to some degree open the trade market up as teams add certain piece for the Head-2-Head battle. Will wait and see but looking forward to it
11. The league has taken a lot of comments regarding goaltenders and there overall value. Well look a team in the top 3 as of Dec 4th sits 10th with 14.75 (ah yes those .75 our back agh) and another team sits 6th in goaltender stats...having two less teams might of played a small role in this?
12. Looking at stats there was some talk 2 years ago about changing the +/- stat into 0.5 vs 1.0...The Commish has said he's trying very hard to listen too all involved but also doesn't want to change for the sake of change and maybe the status quo is good for the time being.
13. Two players with Fantasy Score 100 any guesses? Bobrovsky and Kucherov...maybe a surprise but not really is Kessel with 95.78..best dmen is Doughty...and look aft this 30pts and best +/- Schenn ( I admit didnt think he was going to come even close to that good pickup by my man jes grass and la Blues
14. I remember a story many moons ago...I bring it up cause what the flying frenchmen did to the wings on HNIC 10-1 Les Canadiens enough said it only took a few decades to extract revenge on the team that got Roy traded to the Avs!! I remember that night as both Rackley's where giving me the gears after our minor hockey game away in some barn in Ontario, Virgs did you see the score of the Habs and Wings game WOW haha love that sports
X-MAS. Merry Christmas and all the best this month, I know it can be crazy with families, kids and crazy wives/gfs but hope you can all get together with friends for some christmas cheer
Commish J.V
1. As we move into the holiday season we see Hendu and Blues fighting it out with Seattle & the Wings...and i guess we could add Oilers and Vancity who are 12+ pts back from the 3rd place spot at this time....Time will tell which teams will use the annual Burkee Salary Cap Relief of 5 Mill to help there teams battle not just for the top 3 but also Elite 8 Playoffs which will kick off in the 2nd week of January (the slow months...of the league "winter is coming Dec 15th")
2. Touching on those three teams, Wings keep looking like a very good well build team year in and year out over the past few years. Those Seattle Sea Lions GM O'Malley he's good was once upon a time expansion team, some GM's and fans as well us in the press looked at trades and roster moves for this team over the past year or two and werent full sure if it was the best move. Well lets just say Kyle is proving those people YES they were the correct moves. Lastly who doesn't like this guy Mr.Hendu managing boss for those first place Blues with 104.8 pts (uh .8 of a point hmm odd). The guy has a solid squad and boy those guys that can contribute on entry deals are worth there weight in gold i tell yah (Ehlers, Boeser) I will ask does he not upgrade is goaltending for the playoffs but also more importantly the battle for the Debrusk Cup....?
3. Well this next piece was to ask why its so quite, Flyers are trying there best to keep the board daily viewed with some of there moves the past week or so...the big one was with 2nd place Sea Lions, they added two good dmen in Klingberg and Theodore, the latter who is a great mid-season pickup. Mur Philly Shake things up gets under performing Simmonds and Konecny, both still got the skills to get back to where we all few they should be as well young gun Alex Debrincat was a great pickup this guy looks like a 20 goal scorer as well addition prospects and 1st rounder which will be still good pick even if its 14th/15th.
4. There was some talk from league source close the Commish, saying his office was looking at other professional arm-chair fantasy leagues in how to keep the compete level up...as this isn't fantasy football....they look from my sources at a Mid-Way point FA Signing, that team would get some type of discount meaning not paying 100% of the salary...theres so good players like Kops, thornton and nash not in anyones lineup (this could be the league lost 2 franchises) but making some coin that will be hard to get on a team.
5. On that topic cap may go up too 86-87M next season this would be a nice bump from the 82M...will see what happens later in the year closer to the spring time
6. H2H Playoffs Start in the NEW YEAR, this will be exciting time as the league has push the playoffs to start earlier then last year. The league is double checking a few things but I'm told rules/player roster setup should be coming out in the next couple of weeks.
7. Elite 8 playoffs, this should be a good race to see some teams make roster moves and or trades to boost there changes of one playing and two winning the E8 Cup. Teams will be notify but playoffs look to start in mid-jan....looking out of playoff at the moment our Jets and Pens, I know M.Roach Coach of the Jets will push his team in getting there as he has a very good chance to play for the chance to win the E8 Cup (NEW NAME TBD)...Not sure if the Sabres can do anything they got lucky and ended up with the relocation yotes so i think it might be another year before we see them
8. I think Commish JV will look at increasing the winnings for Elite 8 Playoffs Winner in the next year or two. As I feel it will become more important to the whole league vs the Top 3 which will in most cases will be 4-5 teams come the mid-way point as things get settled in. Don't worry those trying for the Debrusk Cup will still get there pay day...
9. Speaking of that, quickly you'll see teams kinda break off from the "regular season" to some degree (still updating line-ups/roster moves etc) but more focus on there H2H Playoffs from those going for the Elite 8 and those in the Basement Pool.
10. Sea-Bassment Bottom 4, teams will be trying to win as much balls "insert joke here" for the Entry Draft Lottery. Looks like the hawks, flyers, whalers (hmmm what happen to your fast start?) and those Buffalo swatbers....I do like what the commish did here instead of saying whomever won this H2H would get 1st Overall Pick he went to the lottery practice that "anyone can win and anything can happen" approach so who ever wins will get 4 balls, Runner-up 3 balls, followed by Winner of the losers =2 and lastly the last team =1 ball. He wants teams trying to get into the Elite 8 for the $ & Pride, this should to some degree open the trade market up as teams add certain piece for the Head-2-Head battle. Will wait and see but looking forward to it
11. The league has taken a lot of comments regarding goaltenders and there overall value. Well look a team in the top 3 as of Dec 4th sits 10th with 14.75 (ah yes those .75 our back agh) and another team sits 6th in goaltender stats...having two less teams might of played a small role in this?
12. Looking at stats there was some talk 2 years ago about changing the +/- stat into 0.5 vs 1.0...The Commish has said he's trying very hard to listen too all involved but also doesn't want to change for the sake of change and maybe the status quo is good for the time being.
13. Two players with Fantasy Score 100 any guesses? Bobrovsky and Kucherov...maybe a surprise but not really is Kessel with 95.78..best dmen is Doughty...and look aft this 30pts and best +/- Schenn ( I admit didnt think he was going to come even close to that good pickup by my man jes grass and la Blues
14. I remember a story many moons ago...I bring it up cause what the flying frenchmen did to the wings on HNIC 10-1 Les Canadiens enough said it only took a few decades to extract revenge on the team that got Roy traded to the Avs!! I remember that night as both Rackley's where giving me the gears after our minor hockey game away in some barn in Ontario, Virgs did you see the score of the Habs and Wings game WOW haha love that sports
X-MAS. Merry Christmas and all the best this month, I know it can be crazy with families, kids and crazy wives/gfs but hope you can all get together with friends for some christmas cheer
Commish J.V