Flitterkill

The first week was a short week but I think this first round rolls until the 19th. Enjoy...

It's a looong season with many games, give it a few weeks.

Man, 5 times banned and you come in here with this? Don't wait for the unban.

Or the non-union, non-ring-because-we-don't-care, non-Mexican equivalent.

I got a lot of walking wounded (plus Datsuyk on IR for a bit). Enjoy your first week win Stutters. Other than that it was an interesting draft. Not the team I thought I would have but that's what waivers are for.

Yes to both.

Or we'll have to dummy up an 8th. Draft tomorrow (TUE) night 10pm eastern, 9 central.

And they might sit Megatron too. Strange year. Going back to what I said about the Pats last week - look what happened - the traded-for-TE finally got up to speed and they played run-first-ish, double TE with the occasional wide sprinkle. Which is what they were set up to do the last few years. I guess the new TE needed a few weeks to clue up with his 3rd new offensive system in two years (or something like that) and the o-line needed a second pre-season after Mankins left. Guess they haven't abandoned the concept yet (and did have the personnel to run it)

I knew after the first drive and stopped watching. Ye gads, just 5 points to tie for the defense, that;s all I needed. From arguably the #1 defense . -3. Excluding that you can see how exposed I am with wides. 3 starters and what? 8 points maybe? Nice of me to pick up Quick and leave his 20-some points on the bench though... lol Boilers with his waiver claimed Donnell

Have you guys been keeping tabs on the last day or two? Trades, drops, injuries galore.

Learn new things every day. Needed to have STEAM_ in front of it when entered in our store. Might be able to tackle that particular omission on the back end later. You should be good to go - have fun and welcome back!

Invalid steamid "1:1:35218210" for user #4073 (iNfO) So... might not be right anymore? I wonder... lemme do this thing.... EDIT: Nope, it is your steamid as far as I can tell and changing the initial 1 to a 0 does nothing. I'll poke crasx if he is around.

1:1:35218210 you?

So Monday or Tuesday 10pm Eastern then? Also the person nearby me at the moment wants to play too. So shoot me an invite link? If we can't find an 8th one of us can double down or something.

Stuts just needs to change it to next week m or t before the draft starts.

Delay to 10 is fine by me but the S man needs to kick that draft can down the road otherwise it's gonna be weird tomorrow afternoon with a draft no one attends.

Don't think I can agree. When the Patriots started up back in the early 00's the prevailing consensus was that the Pats had nothing in the way of talent. And then apparently they did. And that train has run for how many years now? 12? 14? When the Pats cut or trade someone what do they do? Pretty much nothing. Along with starting a land war in Asia conducting a trade with Bill Belicheck is just one of those things you won't win. But there is a reason I stayed far away from any and all things to do with fantasy Pats this year. The talent level is *finally* down but more importantly the talent is wrong. Two years ago they were built to kill with a dual TE threat - offensive line, RBs, and Wides be damned. And then bang bang (Hernandez) and snap tear (Gronk) and what they built was gone. Gronk back midway through last year but even then it was kinda meh. And now? Edleman, patched him in last year but learned enough then to stay far away. Maybe you enjoy 6 to 8 points a game from wides with the occasional td but I was so over him even in relief duty last year. He cannot stretch a field let alone a rubber band. Sure, 10 catches a game. All for 6 to 8 yards. And last nights brutal route running. Pats have no identity and I don't think they have the personnel to actually be able to pick one either. Not where you want to be. Hell of a run, and knowing Belicheck maybe it gets turned around and they get to the playoffs but I wonder whether the smart play after the season is to blow the thing up. There's an offensive coordinator in Seattle that's gonna be a HC next year, a smart owner might take a lesson from Belicheck and sell high.

I am pleased with my Kelce pickup, even over Donnell.

Martin might be avail for a wide... he says without looking at your roster.

We haven't drafted yet. Where everyone gets to slowly pick their team. Oct 6th or 7th, 9pm central. Haven't decided which day yet. Then, you'll have 90 seconds to pick a player, and then someone else picks, etc. until everyone's roster is filled out.

Aside from knowing how to play? Not really. That sounds a bit trite but it took me a bit to clue up last year (granted I had distractions...) You play your opponent over the course of a week. You *will* check your roster daily and swap people in and out who are playing that night. Sometimes you might not have the right bench players to have a full roster every night, gonna happen. Who is winning your match will change often as one guy has more players going on a given night than the other plus performance, etc. You play across ten statistical categories. For ten points. Let's roll through them: Goals Assists +/- Those are pretty self explanatory. Note the brain warping fantasy enigma that is a certain Washington Capitals star player on offense who can lead the league in goals but also quite possibly lead the league in +/- (mainly the minus). Your motley collection of guys over the course of a week score more than the other guys motley collection then you have "won" that point out of the ten categories. Same for assists. Same for +/- (being the plusses you want of course) Penalty Minutes Powerplay Points Shots on Goal Self explanatory. Those six categories are what your off and def guys handle. Your goalies do the rest: Wins Goals Against Ave Save % Shut Outs. Self explanatory. Your goalies, collectively, have to rock at least three games during a week otherwise you forfeit all of your goallie derived points. That means some dude with a killer shutout can't be your only goalie play during the week. Not fair, etc. So you play over a week and say you beat the other guy in goals and wins. The other guy has you in assists, +/-, save % and shut outs. You tie all the rest. You get two points, other dude gets four points, they win the match. You: 2-4-4 Other Guy: 4-2-4 Rinse, repeat for season. 2 centers, 2 right wings, 2 left wings, 4 defense, 2 goalies plus 4 bench players of whoever/whatever. Note that some magical players are listed as center/right, or center/left, or all three. Yes, they can fit in all the slots. Check this: http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey/65733/lastseason That's our rosters from last year when the year ended. You can see who we drafted (provided we didn't drop them during the season) draft pos. and rankings at stat and end of season. With just 6 teams it was rather enjoyable knowing we left a lot out there to pick and switch with during the year. Lastly, as the match plays out the x-x-x score will vary wildly. You can be up 9-0-1 after a Monday night but that probably just means the other guy had no one playing that night. The next night it could be 3-6-1, and then 5-2-3, and so on.

Go for it then, either is fine here. I always like drafts right up against the start dates because broken legs, addled brains, various ligaments, etc.

Also, Kelce better get more than 6 points tonight. Because that's what the dullard Witten got in that blowout last night and he's on my bench

I was hoping 6th or 7th myself... Stutters-san will send you a link or sumthin, I don't believe I can.