Beavers still has a narrow lead but it's tight amongst the top five so still a lot to be determined.
Standings update - March 4, 2017:
Beavers still has a narrow lead but it's tight amongst the top five so still a lot to be determined.
Standings update - March 19, 2017:
Yeah, my team is going to keep the race tight down the stretch here, I think/hope. I count about 10 extra points that are within close striking distance for me. That's especially true with regards to teams that have more GP'd than me at either the skater or goalie position: I count 7 points that I'm going to pick up before the end based on that alone -- provided my team doesn't sh!t the bed, that is.
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LEAGUE: keeper -- 6 keepers per year, no farm; roto; 10 managers, 18-man rosters; 2 C, 2 LW, 2 RW, 4 D, 1 UTIL, 2 G, 5 Bench; limits of 99 games per skater position & 82 games per goalie position; daily roster moves; max 100 waiver wire transactions per year; scoring categories of G, A, +/-, HIT, PPP, SOG, DEF (points by d-men), W, GAA, SA%, and SV.
ROSTER:
C: Draisaitl* (LW), Dubois, Nelson
LW: Svechnikov* (RW), Hagel
RW: Kucherov*, Tarasenko, Wilson, Stone, Laine, Reinhart, P. Kane (IR)
D: Fox*, Karlsson*, Chabot (IR), Faulk, Martinez
G:: Vasilevskiy*, Vanecek, Adin, Knight (IR)
* = 2023 keepers
One week to go!
Standings update - April 3, 2017:
Incredible battle at the top!
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LEAGUE: keeper -- 6 keepers per year, no farm; roto; 10 managers, 18-man rosters; 2 C, 2 LW, 2 RW, 4 D, 1 UTIL, 2 G, 5 Bench; limits of 99 games per skater position & 82 games per goalie position; daily roster moves; max 100 waiver wire transactions per year; scoring categories of G, A, +/-, HIT, PPP, SOG, DEF (points by d-men), W, GAA, SA%, and SV.
ROSTER:
C: Draisaitl* (LW), Dubois, Nelson
LW: Svechnikov* (RW), Hagel
RW: Kucherov*, Tarasenko, Wilson, Stone, Laine, Reinhart, P. Kane (IR)
D: Fox*, Karlsson*, Chabot (IR), Faulk, Martinez
G:: Vasilevskiy*, Vanecek, Adin, Knight (IR)
* = 2023 keepers
Final day - can the Beavers find a big performance or is it The Jobbers' to lose?
The Jobbers 88
Vancouver Beavers 84
From what I can see, it looks like the max points Beavers can pick up today, if everything goes right and nothing wrong, is 3 (1 point at A, 1 point at PPP, and 1 at SVs). But he also has to hold off advances in a bunch of areas -- +/- (the Comish is at +25 to his +26), PPP (Ol' Dirty Backes is 4 points behind him with more games in hand -- in fact, Beavers has no games left available at LW and D), SOG (Anzemark is 11 SOGs behind but only has D games left to play, so this one is probably safe), Ws (Hockey Down Under can move into a tie with him here with 2 wins combined with no wins today for Beavers), and GAA (Yellow Dogs and the Comish are both 1~ percentage point behind).
On my end, I think the only areas I'm vulnerable to give up points are SVs (I'm 15 ahead of Beavers, and I think we are each going to have 1 goalie play today) and maybe SOG (the Eh Team is 16 shots behind me, and like me he's maxed out his GP at 1 of his 4 skater positions), and I have 2 points within close reach -- one at G (I'm 1 goal behind the Comish) and one at SOG (I'm 1 shot behind Ol' Dirty Backes).
If everything goes right for Beavers, and everything wrong for me, it's possible I lose 87 to 86. But otherwise, I should be able to hold on.
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LEAGUE: keeper -- 6 keepers per year, no farm; roto; 10 managers, 18-man rosters; 2 C, 2 LW, 2 RW, 4 D, 1 UTIL, 2 G, 5 Bench; limits of 99 games per skater position & 82 games per goalie position; daily roster moves; max 100 waiver wire transactions per year; scoring categories of G, A, +/-, HIT, PPP, SOG, DEF (points by d-men), W, GAA, SA%, and SV.
ROSTER:
C: Draisaitl* (LW), Dubois, Nelson
LW: Svechnikov* (RW), Hagel
RW: Kucherov*, Tarasenko, Wilson, Stone, Laine, Reinhart, P. Kane (IR)
D: Fox*, Karlsson*, Chabot (IR), Faulk, Martinez
G:: Vasilevskiy*, Vanecek, Adin, Knight (IR)
* = 2023 keepers
One more day of hockey, then we'll see. I was feeling pretty good about my time over the last month -- I was close in a lot of categories and had skater games in hand over a lot of people, so I knew I was going to gain ground in some areas, but it was harder to predict what might happen with your team. The addition of players like Kucherov, Lee, and Kadri, too, gave me the across-the-board boost that I needed. If I win, I think a big reason will be my mid-round picks of Anderson and Greiss, who played well for me and then netted me some substantial skater help.
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LEAGUE: keeper -- 6 keepers per year, no farm; roto; 10 managers, 18-man rosters; 2 C, 2 LW, 2 RW, 4 D, 1 UTIL, 2 G, 5 Bench; limits of 99 games per skater position & 82 games per goalie position; daily roster moves; max 100 waiver wire transactions per year; scoring categories of G, A, +/-, HIT, PPP, SOG, DEF (points by d-men), W, GAA, SA%, and SV.
ROSTER:
C: Draisaitl* (LW), Dubois, Nelson
LW: Svechnikov* (RW), Hagel
RW: Kucherov*, Tarasenko, Wilson, Stone, Laine, Reinhart, P. Kane (IR)
D: Fox*, Karlsson*, Chabot (IR), Faulk, Martinez
G:: Vasilevskiy*, Vanecek, Adin, Knight (IR)
* = 2023 keepers
Congrats to Rooney on the win, and the Beavers for once again being at the top and making a game of it.
Thanks to all the competitors for making it a fun league that stayed competitive and interesting, even at the bottom as people were still trying to finish as high as they could through trades or additions. Nice to see so many teams zero out of the FAAB by the end of it.
Me, I was just happy to finally crawl out of the basement over the final couple months and finish in a moderately ok spot that should have me forego any relegation (I hope!). Looking forward to next season. Cheers all.
Final standings - congrats to rooneypoo on the title! Thanks to all for playing!