2010-2011 Fantasy Hockey. Who's in?

[jds]

Sorry, man. The league is full with one name on the waiting list.

Then again, if there's enough interest (and neko is still around), we could expand to 12 teams. However, I think it's only fair for the other owners to get a chance to provide input / vote on expanding the league to 12 teams.

 

[MrWiggles]

Sorry, man. The league is full with one name on the waiting list.

Then again, if there's enough interest (and neko is still around), we could expand to 12 teams. However, I think it's only fair for the other owners to get a chance to provide input / vote on expanding the league to 12 teams.

Thats cool, I understand. I wasn't even sure if I'd have the time between school, skeet club, german club, and brewing. But, if y'all do decide to expand to 12 teams just message me.

 

[Homercidal]

I don't have a problem with 12 teams. I don't know what I'm doing anyway. =8D

 

[jds]

OK, You goons. This is your reminder:

The live draft will occur on October 2. That's this Saturday, at 7PM Eastern, 6 Central, 5 Mountain and 4 Pacific. Anybody in Arizona will have to figure it out on your own, because I never can remember when it is there.

If you have never participated in an ESPN live draft before, I highly recommend you go through a mock draft sometime between now and then. It lets you get a feel for the software and how the process works, and only takes a few minutes.

I have randomized the divisions using http://www.random.org/sequences/. your division is now based on pure randomness and not on who joined first. Schedules have been reset to make sure you have the right number of divisional vs. non-divisional games.

First-round draft position is randomized by ESPN about an hour before the draft.

Please plan to log in to the draft lobby ten minutes early or more. There may be software to download. If you're late, the draft will start without you, and the software will auto-draft the best available player based upon your preseason rankings.

If you're late, you can join the draft in process with no penalty. If you miss the draft completely, you will still have a good team to get you started.

Questions? Comments?

 

[jpc]

I have no issue with adding another couple teams. It will thin the talent pool, but that could be a good thing (IMO).

 

[neko]

I'm still around. Let me know if there's an expansion.

 

[eagle61]

Let's do 12 teams. Why not?

 

[jds]

OK, goons. Expansion approved.

neko is in for sure.
There are two interested parties for slot #12. Both have been notified by PM at the same time. First return PM with a valid e-mail address gets the slot.

Also, there's been a request to run the draft later on Saturday to acommodate BBC's work schedule. I'm leaving it up to you guys. There's a poll up on the league homepage. Plurality wins (e.g. the most votes, not the majority). I'm abstaining. If I don't get four votes at a minimum, the original draft time will stand.

 

[hoss75]

I see the league is closed. But I'm working on putting a league together if anyone is still interested.

 

[jds]

Two open spaces in the expansion, and only one invite has been sent. That hasn't been responded to.

I am closing the league for good at 10 PM Mountain time today. Any unfilled slots will be deleted. Again, I need a valid e-mail address to send invitations to, and then you need to accept the invitation and set up your team before 10 PM Mountain time. After 10 PM today = tough luck.

I will close consideration for changing the draft time at 10 PM Mountain time today as well. So far, there's not enough interest to justify a change. You can vote in the poll on the league homepage. All owners will be notified BY E-MAIL tonight with the league-selected time for tomorrow evening's draft.

 

[Homercidal]

Dish Network and Fox Sports are feuding and Fox has pulled it's programming from Dish starting last night. They better get this worked out or my Hockey Season is going to suck!

 

[MrWiggles]

Dish Network and Fox Sports are feuding and Fox has pulled it's programming from Dish starting last night. They better get this worked out or my Hockey Season is going to suck!

At least you have something to watch on TV... SWMBO says "No cable!"...I had to watch the Tide whoop the razorbacks on the CBS website!

 

[jds]

Paging neko!

You need to set up your team ASAFP.

 

[jpc]

I haven't checked... has the time of the draft changed?

 

[MMTG]

my buddy joined another league since we had capped it @ 12 teams...sorry Joe

 

[neko]

I'm in. I'm in. West coast time...Work...Friday...It's all good...Let's do this!

Paging neko!

You need to set up your team ASAFP.

 

[jds]

I haven't checked... has the time of the draft changed?

Not yet. As of right now, 10:42 PM Mountain time on Friday, only 4 teams have voted in the league poll. I'm reluctant to move the draft to any other time without a bigger quorum from the league, especially since the reminder e-mails from ESPN have already automatically been sent.

Sorry if that messes thing up for you, but only 1/3 of the teams in the league have even cast a vote.

 

[jds]

It's on.

The draft will take place as scheduled, 7PM ET today. For those who can't make it, get your rankings where you want them, and ESPN will do the drafting for you.

For everyone who will be attending in real-time, the draft link should be active one hour before the draft begins. If you haven't mock drafted, please log in a bit early to ensure the software loads and runs for you. I can't provide software support -- that's ESPN's gig, and I have almost no power.

Here's a screencap of the draft software in action:

Please take close note of the "Auto-pick" button at the upper left, and the player queue in the middle. If you need to go AFK during the draft (say, to refill your beer), please turn on auto-pick so everyone else doesn't have to wait for your 90 second clock to run down. When auto-pick is on, players in your queue will be drafted in that order, if available. If your queue is empty, ESPN's "best available" choice gets picked for you, just as if you weren't in the draft room.

Here's the Autopick in action. You can switch it on and off anytime.

Good luck, and see you goons at the draft!

 

[BryanJ]

I'm sure going to miss picking Ryan Miller in the third round this year. This should be a fun draft.

 

[MrWiggles]

What if, say, I can't get on the draft at all. Would the draft auto pick for me? Today is the bama v. florida game at 7pm Central so I may not be around a computer during the draft since I'll be packed into bryant-denny...
EDIT: nevermind...I should have left 4 hours ago to even hope to have a chance at parking within 2 miles of the stadium... looks like I'll be on for the draft after all :/

 

[jds]

Although your question, Wiggles, is probably hypothetical now, the answer is that the software will draft for you and pick the "best available" player in each round according to ESPN's rankings.

You'd still end up with decent players in each round, and have a good starting team.
Draft Room is Open! See y'all in there!

 

[jds]

...aaaand done. That was a fast draft. Good luck on the ice, everybody. Let the smack-talking begin.

First game for points is October 7. The first round is Oct. 7-17. The full league schedule is on the "schedule" tab of the league homepage.

 

[Homercidal]

And I completely forgot about it...

I dont' know if I'll have time to log in tonight to check out what happened or not. It's my BUSY night with dance to get my kids to and I have 2 other important things to do.

 

[Brewmiser]

Yeah, I didn't do too bad for autopick...
I wanted to draft, really I did but I was forced to go to this octoberfest party & drink a bunch of BEER!

 

[BryanJ]

The autodraft was completely terrible, thankfully i logged in after the seventh round.

 

[jpc]

One question... I've never done this before (!)...

The match-ups are done by a time period; do I have to freeze my entire roster for the first match-up by the time the first game starts? Or can I wait until later, for those players who don't play until later?

 

[neko]

I was gone for the draft too. Players look okay, but I'm a little worried about my goalie situation. Pascal Leclaire and Brain Boucher in for the injured Michael Leighton???

 

[jds]

One question... I've never done this before (!)...

The match-ups are done by a time period; do I have to freeze my entire roster for the first match-up by the time the first game starts? Or can I wait until later, for those players who don't play until later?

Lineup changes lock individually for each player at game start.

That is to say, on any given day, you can move players around until their team starts playing. After that, they are locked in position and can't be moved any more for that day.

 

[eagle61]

Just noticed that we do not have any IR slots. Could be interesting later in the season!

 

[MMTG]

Just noticed that we do not have any IR slots. Could be interesting later in the season!

Now that you mention that....Joe, is this something we can add?