Fantasy Olympic Hockey anyone?

by andrew21nz on Feb 5, 2010 12:11 PM PST

Now I'm guessing because it's so short websites aren't running fantasy pools for the Olympics so if people are keen we could run our own. I found some ideas of how it could be run and wouldn't mind running it myself. The easiest way is probably to score 1 point for a goal and one for an assist (could chanage to 2 for a goal, but I think 1's fair).

Then there's the choice of system (copied from Yahoo fantasy page):

1. Pick any 10 skaters

2. Take five from each of the three Olympic groups

3. Pick any 15 skaters, but you can’t take more than one from any NHL team

4. Pick one skater from each of the 12 teams in the Olympic tournament

5. Pick any 10 skaters, with their total NHL points from this season capped at 500

6. Pick 15 skaters: 10 from the NHL and five from Europe

I quite like the 5th one, while the 6th one isn't great for people like me that don't follow hockey in Europe.

I'll add a poll but if you're keen we could get this going :)

Poll

Which system?

1. Any 10 skaters

2 votes

2. 5 from each pool

0 votes

3. Only 1 from an NHL team

4 votes

4. One from each country

2 votes

5. 500 point cap

3 votes

6. NHL and Europe

1 votes

7. Other (post below)

0 votes

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I'm down...

My buddy is running an Olympics pool soon, he’s gonna do a draft where each player can only be picked by one manager/team. No other restrictions, like 1 from each country, etc. So I guess that would be #1.

I do like the ideas of #2 and #4 as they balance out the top ranked players a bit and force people to do some research.

I voted for #1, but as a traditional draft where players can only be picked once.

Poutine & Meatballs

by cyxj on Feb 5, 2010 12:48 PM PST reply actions

I’d give it a shot

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by Yankee Canuck on Feb 5, 2010 1:56 PM PST reply actions

Hmm doesn’t seem very popular, do people not care about Olympic hockey?

by andrew21nz on Feb 5, 2010 8:44 PM PST reply actions

It’s the weekend, give it an extra day or two.

Poutine & Meatballs

by cyxj on Feb 5, 2010 9:09 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, screw playing for your country, I’m all about regular season totals

So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.

by thelastjohnny on Feb 6, 2010 3:22 PM PST up reply actions

Well hey, I guess html sarcasm tags don’t work.

So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.

by thelastjohnny on Feb 6, 2010 3:22 PM PST up reply actions

Forward slashes + sarcasm will suffice.

"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"

- Dallas Stars Forum

by eightyseven on Feb 6, 2010 5:00 PM PST up reply actions

I’m down; no more than one player from a given NHL team! doitdoit

by Passive Voice on Feb 5, 2010 9:13 PM PST reply actions

But the twins! The twins! ;)

I’m down too!

"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"

- Dallas Stars Forum

by eightyseven on Feb 6, 2010 2:23 AM PST up reply actions

I’ll give it a couple of days then we’ll get it going. If it’s anything other than where one player can only be picked by one team then it should be easy and can be left until a few days before the first game

by andrew21nz on Feb 6, 2010 10:15 PM PST reply actions

This’ll be fun. You might want to consider putting a cap on the number of people allowed in, if you get too many people interested. Either that or enlist a few others to help out.

So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.

by thelastjohnny on Feb 6, 2010 10:36 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, invite other team blogs. It’ll get heated, specially if you somehow tally points by each teamblog.

"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"

- Dallas Stars Forum

by eightyseven on Feb 6, 2010 11:16 PM PST up reply actions

Each team blog picks 5 reps for an sb pool?

So don't get violent and don't get caught with your head down, the night she stole the moon.

by thelastjohnny on Feb 6, 2010 11:38 PM PST up reply actions

I only did it here because I thought quite a few people would be interested and I like the community here. Didn’t want too many entries or else it’ll be too much work so if we invited other blogs I’d need help for sure

by andrew21nz on Feb 7, 2010 12:14 AM PST up reply actions

I'd be down

regardless. Might as well make an event out of it, since most of us will be keenly watching the games anyway.

"I was thinking it would be cool to see a game on the road. I have been looking all over this atlas but I don't see Vancouver anywhere. What state is this sh*t in!?"

- Dallas Stars Forum

by eightyseven on Feb 7, 2010 12:24 AM PST up reply actions

Ok, looks like one from each NHL team is leading. So who wants to help out? And do we wanna take this to other blogs too and say the best 5 from each combined is that blog’s score….

Only thing with 1 from each NHL team is a lot of people will pick similar teams (eg. most will have Ovechkin)

by andrew21nz on Feb 7, 2010 1:15 AM PST reply actions

Would it be possible to include goalies in this? Just simple scoring, like for wins, GA, and SO.

An additional idea is for a format where you pick X forwards, Y defensemen, and Z goaltenders. Because currently, everyone would most likely be picking just the same forwards.

Or is this going to be too much work?

by vanbure on Feb 7, 2010 5:50 PM PST reply actions

Yeah we could force people to pick defensemen. Also could maybe limit to 1 per NHL team and also maybe a 500 point cap. That’ll mean teams will be quite different….

As for goalies, it wouldn’t fit in with the 1 point for a goal/assist so the scoring system would need to change. Just don’t want it to become too much work

by andrew21nz on Feb 7, 2010 8:07 PM PST reply actions

Sweet

Sounds like fun, I would be down for this.

by sunshine and lollipops on Feb 8, 2010 3:47 PM PST reply actions

I'm in

Knights, Canucks, Dolphins, Jays and Raptors all the way.

by Jevant on Feb 9, 2010 2:56 PM PST reply actions

Sounds like fun, especially if someone else does all the work.

Please allow me to adjust my pants, so that I may dance the good time dance, and lead the onlookers and innocent bystanders into a trance.

by Smoboy41 on Feb 9, 2010 9:50 PM PST reply actions

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Canucks Stats

Stat	Forwards	Defense
Points	H. Sedin (52)	Edler (34)
Goals	D. Sedin (20)	Edler (7)
Assists	H. Sedin (41)	Edler (27)
Shots	D. Sedin (159)	Edler (131)
Hits	Lapierre (136)	Edler (97)
Blocked Shots	Kesler (38)	Edler (72)
ES TOI/G	H. Sedin (14.45)	Bieksa (17.75)
PP TOI/G	D. Sedin (3.56)	Edler (3.60)
PK TOI/G	Malhotra (2.63)	Hamhuis (3.08)
Corsi Rel QoC	Burrows (0.975)	Bieksa (0.951)
Zone Starts (OPCT)	D. Sedin (80%) Malhotra (13%)	Edler (58%) Tanev (36%)