The Classic: A New One-Year League

[BradyJets]

One day from year-end....and I'm leading the Classic pack nobody's posted here in a while, maybe we should start posting somewhere before the end of the year

[Pengwin7]

Final Standings in "The Classic"... THE low-maintenance one-year points league:

1 Hull and Oates 990
2 Zombie Heaters 934
3 The BollRome Bitz 869
4 Moore then a Feeling 867
5 Fleetwood Mac-kinnon 852
6 Barkov at the Moon 833
7 Sweet Chara of Mine 792
8 Led Zetterberg 769
9 Crosby Staals & Nash 768
10 Magic Carpet Ryder 751
11 Whole Lotta LaRosie 750
12 Lucic in the Sky 704

Incredible season by Hull and Oates... completely pulled away from the pack early on and never any doubt.
Almost... almost... hit the 1000pt mark!!!
Congrats BradyJets!

Nice end-of-season run by Zombie Heaters (horrorfan), who pulled away alone in 2nd place too!

Thanks to everybody that participated.
Your "if you have time" pool will be back again next year for anybody liking to "take one more on... I guess" to their long list of fantasy hockey leagues!

[horrorfan]

Great season Hull and Oates! At one point I tried to claw back but your team was too strong (mainly due to good balance from top to bottom) to make enough ground. So my focus was to secure second, and happy that I managed it.

I don't expect to play this next year though as somebody *ahem* convinced me to join his dynasty league, which will take up extra time.

Thanks for organising this one, Pengwin.

[BradyJets]

Oops! I never came back here to say thank you for the congratulations! So.....thank you!

[doulos]

We doing this again? My son's birthday party was during the draft for this last time and I'd like in if it's happening again.

[rataylor22]

A classic points league. Never done it. I'd be in if there was an open spot and it was happening again

[Pengwin7]

December 1st Update in "The Classic"

1 Lucic in the Sky 397
...
2 Moore then a Feeling 381
3 Hull and Oates 371
4 In It To Winnik 363
5 Fleetwood Mac-kinnon 359
6 Crosby Staals & Nash 356
7 Sweet Chara of Mine 344
8 Benders 343
...
9 Def Leopold 296
10 Magic Carpet Ryder 294

It should be an interesting finish this year as several teams appear unaware (!!!) that their a GP max limit on players.
3 of the top 4 teams are 40 or 50 or even 60+ games above pace.
But hey... setting your forwards every day can be fun!!!

[hawkdog]

Thanks for the heads up, I should stop playing rnh, eberle and hall, they might actually heat up!

[Pengwin7]

January 2nd Standings in the Classic (Points-Only):
1 Moore then a Feeling 598..... (-6F, 0D, -15G)
...
2 Benders 588..... (+86F, +17D, -29G)
3 Lucic in the Sky 573..... (+40F, +33D, -23G)
4 In It To Winnik 572..... (+115F, -26D, -52G)
5 Crosby Staals & Nash..... 561 (+14F, -13D, +4G)
6 Hull and Oates 553.....(+11F, +5D, -19G)
7 Sweet Chara of Mine..... 550 (+60F, +3D, -14G)
8 Fleetwood Mac-kinnon.... 544 (-10F, +9D, -10G)
...
9 Def Leopold 461 (-22F, -20D, -67G)
...
10 Magic Carpet Ryder 409 (-30F, -56D, -36G)


Pengwin Notes:
i) For the 3rd straight season, it seems we should have a runaway champ. Laendarian has done a masterful job with his team, at good games-played pace, and great points-per-game per position.
ii) Teams in 2nd/3rd/4th really enjoy setting their forwards every night! LOL! Great participation though.
iii) Just about everybody has neglected their goalie starts. It's hard in a 3G league... I guess setting forwards is just way more fun.
iv) Teams in 9th/10th have gone AWOL... but, one of the nice things about "points-only" leagues is that this inactivity doesn't hurt league standings... and it's a "low-maintenance" pool, play as you have time!

[doulos]

That's a huge lead for Laendarian. In a one year points only league that's quite impressive!

[Pengwin7]

That's a huge lead for Laendarian. In a one year points only league that's quite impressive!

For sure!
There's almost nothing on the wire for goalies, so it's close to impossible to make up points there.
And he's got so many F games-in-hand compared to the next teams.
CSNY probably has the best chance to catch him.
But, if I was Vegas, I'd peg Laendarian's odds to win it at 80%... unless he has an injury or two to his key players!

Are you in this league doulos?

[doulos]

Nope, couldn't make it happen this year.

[Pengwin7]

Feb 4th Standings in the Classic:
1 Moore then a Feeling 833
...
2 Benders 777
3 Fleetwood Mac-kinnon 774
4 In It To Winnik 764
5 Lucic in the Sky 755
6 Crosby Staals & Nash 752
7 Sweet Chara of Mine 734
8 Hull and Oates 715
...
9 Def Leopold 612
10 Magic Carpet Ryder 581

[Pengwin7]

Final Standings in "The Classic":

1 Moore then a Feeling 1277
2 Fleetwood Mac-kinnon 1270
3 Crosby Staals & Nash 1189
4 Benders 1184
5 Hull and Oates 1143
6 Lucic in the Sky 1132
7 Sweet Chara of Mine 1057
8 In It To Winnik 1038
9 Def Leopold 1008
10 Magic Carpet Ryder 934

Congrats to Laendarian in winning the 3rd season of "The Classic".
In the end, he held on for the win.
The league with no expectations will be back again next year for anybody wanting a +1 league!
Thanks to everybody for playing!