FANTASY HOCKEY - Draft Complete

[Roemello]

I haven't gotten into fantasy sports in literally years (outside a tournament pick 'em I won over at Nolan's league) So I'm bringing my Crystal Dragons out of retirement and seek to capture the crown of dead last.... as I've always sucked at Fantasy Hockey, but it's still fun

[punkypower]

I haven't gotten into fantasy sports in literally years (outside a tournament pick 'em I won over at Nolan's league) So I'm bringing my Crystal Dragons out of retirement and seek to capture the crown of dead last.... as I've always sucked at Fantasy Hockey, but it's still fun

I've never played, but I'm going to guess that I suck too.

[Roemello]

Or ya could have beginners luck and get a kickarse team right out the draft! It's not hard though... it's really just a game of stat tracking for the most part... and having those players posting up the big numbers on your squad and active for each days games.

[Frong]

Yeah, the extent of what I do is keep track of guys' stats over the last few weeks at a time. I don't have a feel for "trends" and whatnot, and in such a small league, it's always possible to just replace a marginal player with one who's just sitting in the free agent pool. That's how I do well - work the free agent market. This is evidenced by the fact that I always make by far the most roster transactions in the league every year. Now, if this were a large league where the only players not drafted were the statistical dregs, THEN I'd probably have to try and learn to read player trends and make trades instead of just swapping free agents in and out. THAT'S where fantasy sports get really time-consuming.

[Nakor]

Good news! We scored a total of 8 teams this year. New record!

With the league officially starting Saturday, I've set the draft to ready. Sometime in the next few hours if Yahoo's quick you should be able to see your team. (And for most of you I'm going to guess that will be some time tomorrow when you're awake. )

[Nakor]

The draft has completed! Here's the first few rounds for your reading pleasure. Pop on over to the league to see your full roster, prep it for the upcoming games, and make any changes you'd like.

As an aside, I'm unstickying this, and in the next few days will relocate it to the sports forum. Just leaving it here long enough for everyone to know that's happening.

Round 1
1. Alexander Ovechkin -- Crystal Dragons [Roem]
2. Henrik Zetterberg -- Detroit Muscle [Punky]
3. Sidney Crosby -- Kevinators [Kevin]
4. Joe Thornton -- Drunkie Sharkie [Shark]
5. Evgeni Malkin -- BlueLiners [Nolan]
6. Roberto Luongo -- Hockey no Gotoku [Nakor]
7. Martin Brodeur -- Chibi-Hikarus [Tanis]
8. Henrik Lundqvist -- Furonguzu [Frong]

Round 2
9. Daniel Alfredsson -- Furonguzu
10. Dany Heatley -- Chibi-Hikarus
11. Martin St. Louis -- Hockey no Gotoku
12. Jarome Iginla -- BlueLiners
13. Evgeni Nabokov -- Drunkie Sharkie
14. Ilya Kovalchuk -- Kevinators
15. Pavel Datsyuk -- Detroit Muscle
16. Jason Spezza -- Crystal Dragons

Round 3
17. Marian Hossa -- Crystal Dragons
18. Nicklas Lidstrom -- Detroit Muscle
19. Vincent Lecavalier -- Kevinators
20. Marty Turco -- Drunkie Sharkie
21. Dion Phaneuf -- BlueLiners
22. Marian Gaborik -- Hockey no Gotoku
23. Brenden Morrow -- Chibi-Hikarus
24. Rick Nash -- Furonguzu

[Roemello]

Oh wow! I got #1 pick! I'll still probably get massacred, but sweet! I haz teh small victory!

[Nakor]

Bwa ha ha ha. I have taken over top spot already!

...and I'm going to brag about it before that fact suddenly changes!

[Roemello]

And now in a shocker, I took over top spot! Likely not to last, but at least I can say I hit the top once after past years of complete fantasy hockey failure

[Tanis]

And after a rather abysmal start, and an even more worrisome draft, I'm sitting in third.

Me thinks that it's time for the return of Mr. Announcer and Mr. Colour Commentator.