ESPN TBL Fantasy Hockey 2009/10

Post by **Manimal** » Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:48 pm

Hey Stinson!
Will you put up a league this season?
I had fun playing it last year

Post by **B. Stinson** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:25 am

Yeah, there will definitely be a league this year.

We haven't gotten too far into the planning of it yet, but I can say this one will be a "keeper league" using the Yahoo! style Head-to-head scoring. And I'm hoping to have it run by all the interested admins/mods, rather than having it run by just me.

I think our hope (well, mine at least) is that this league will continue year-to-year, and become a standard fixture in the competitions and games we have here at TBL.

P.S. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions for the league, feel free to post them. We'll certainly take them into consideration, and see what we can do with them.

Post by **getzlaf15** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:03 am

Manimal wrote:Hey Stinson!
Will you put up a league this season?
I had fun playing it last year

You should try EHM online.

I can't wait for the new season. But i dont know if im a fan of the head-to-head...

corinthian · Post by **corinthian** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:44 pm

I'd like to join the league this year too.

I like head-to-head format (i'm playing cbs fantasy baseball and i think is better than rot formats.)

Since will be a keeper league some rules like a DL place will be necessary.
Last year we played a 20 teams format. maybe 16 teams would be better (of course i don't know if its possible) but is better than 10 teams format.

Post by **B. Stinson** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:06 pm

Just for everyone's information, here is the current TBLHL preseason schedule:

Saturday, September 5, 2009: GM application window opens.
Saturday, September 19, 2009: GM application window closes.
Saturday, September 19, 2009: Accepted GMs are announced, and league invites are sent.
Saturday, September 19, 2009: Draft day voting begins.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009: Draft day voting closes.
*Saturday, September 26, 2009: Inaugural TBLHL Live Online Fantasy Draft.
*Sunday, September 27, 2009: Inaugural TBLHL Live Online Fantasy Draft.
Thursday, October 1, 2009: TBLHL Regular Season begins.

*Draft Day will be either Saturday, or Sunday depending on the Draft Day vote.

Post by **batdad** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 10:23 pm

Have to ask... Who is what type of draft guy?

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:55 pm

I think I'm "THE "DRAFTS A GREAT TEAM (FOR 2014)" GUY". I have a bad habit of wanting to draft youngsters in hopes that they're going to have their break-out season. I always seem to have a couple guys on my team who do nothing in that first season but do great in the next.

Post by **Manimal** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:35 am

What is a bald Uakari?

Post by **B. Stinson** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:05 am

A bald Uakari is a Uakari without hair.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Uakari

Absolutely horrific looking animal, I must admit.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:52 am

Jeez, those things are pretty scary looking.

Post by **CatchUp** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 6:26 am

I'm "THE "TEXTING LIKE A SCHOOLGIRL" GUY", hands down.

kuulapaa · Post by **kuulapaa** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:02 am

B. Stinson wrote:Absolutely horrific looking animal, I must admit.

Before you all continue commenting their appearance you should understand that I chose that particular animal for the name of my team because of certain resemblance.

Post by **Manimal** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:51 am

kuulapaa wrote:
B. Stinson wrote:Absolutely horrific looking animal, I must admit.
Before you all continue commenting their appearance you should understand that I chose that particular animal for the name of my team because of certain resemblance.

Those are some REAL ugly apes!

kuulapaa · Post by **kuulapaa** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:16 pm

Manimal wrote:
kuulapaa wrote:
B. Stinson wrote:Absolutely horrific looking animal, I must admit.
Before you all continue commenting their appearance you should understand that I chose that particular animal for the name of my team because of certain resemblance.
Those are some REAL ugly apes!

Thx a lot for getting my point

Post by **Manimal** » Sun Sep 20, 2009 1:54 pm

I really hope the draft will be on Sunday because I can most likely not be there on Saturday.

Post by **B. Stinson** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:35 am

Just a reminder:

Make sure you vote for draft day. Voting closes on Wednesday, September 23rd. At that point, I'll schedule our draft according to the poll results.

As for a time of day, I'm gonna try to schedule it at a reasonable time for all timezones in our league. I'm not yet sure what that'll be, but I'll do my best to avoid having anyone draft at a clearly bad time.

Reynaldo28 · Post by **Reynaldo28** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:26 am

Is it too late to join? I can't work out how to enter the league?

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:56 pm

Yup... you're too late to sign up for this season and even if you were, I think you would've been stuck on the waiting list anyhow. Read the following thread for details...

http://www.ehmtheblueline.com/forums/vi ... php?t=4897

Post by **batdad** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:12 pm

Really hoping I can be at the draft. I don't want to have to keep trying all season to trade for a goalie, or make any deals with MANIMAL, although I pretty much took him to the cleaners on all but one. Gonna take Burrows this year and keep him bud?

And no way do I deal Ladd for Barker again. Man that was a rookie mistake at the start.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:22 pm

I saw the 2 dates listed in the poll for which day to hold the draft (and I voted for Sunday) but what I didn't see was a potential time for the draft. I'm hoping it's in the evening (Eastern Time) and not during the day. I've got plans earlier that day that I forgot about when I voted.

Post by **Manimal** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:23 pm

batdad wrote:Really hoping I can be at the draft. I don't want to have to keep trying all season to trade for a goalie, or make any deals with MANIMAL, although I pretty much took him to the cleaners on all but one. Gonna take Burrows this year and keep him bud?

You might have won some trades but I finished above you in the standings

And if I can I'll pick Burrows just so that you won't

Post by **batdad** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:37 pm

pfft to Manimal. You just got lucky as I died out the last week. And you can have Burr...he won't get much ice with Danny and Henrik this year with Samuelsson and a couple others around anyway.

Oh, and I voted Sunday as well. Evening would likely be better, but I don't know my son's schedule for hockey so not 100% sure what is going to work.

kuulapaa · Post by **kuulapaa** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:30 pm

bruins72 wrote:I saw the 2 dates listed in the poll for which day to hold the draft (and I voted for Sunday) but what I didn't see was a potential time for the draft. I'm hoping it's in the evening (Eastern Time) and not during the day. I've got plans earlier that day that I forgot about when I voted.

Well, if it'll be in the evening Eastern Time, then it'll be in the middle of the night in Europe. And that in mind I voted for Saturday, as I would be able to be awake early in Sunday morning but not in Monday.

Marsac · Post by **Marsac** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:02 am

kuulapaa wrote:
bruins72 wrote:I saw the 2 dates listed in the poll for which day to hold the draft (and I voted for Sunday) but what I didn't see was a potential time for the draft. I'm hoping it's in the evening (Eastern Time) and not during the day. I've got plans earlier that day that I forgot about when I voted.
Well, if it'll be in the evening Eastern Time, then it'll be in the middle of the night in Europe. And that in mind I voted for Saturday, as I would be able to be awake early in Sunday morning but not in Monday.

My thoughts exactly.

Post by **Lidas** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 10:14 am

I couldnt attend the draft last season, and was left without goailes. Luckily the other users were kind enough to trade me some keepers. I really hope I can make the draft this year!