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[Five for Fighting]

Thank you so much for your reply to my Looking for advice to be competitive post...

To answer your question...here are the categories for goalies: GS W GA GAA SV SV% SHO / not currently a strength for me...

There are quite a few \"D\" available on the wire, which pts category should I focus on and I will tell who is out there.

Tonight I was going to start Kopitar not Savard because of the Phoenix v. Montreal matchup...

I will also try and propose a few trades and will run those by you before I offer them up...

I am in sixth place out of seven teams and will make up some ground this season!!!

Again thank you for offering assistance, with your help, as long as you are willing, we will climb up the standings!!

[Five for Fighting]

Thought this might help...my team name is Big Daddy...it will show you where I am lacking...

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Rank Team G A P - PIM PPP W GAA SV% SHO Total
1. Datsyuk My Legwand 7 3 6 5 6 7 6.5 7 7 7 61.5
2. Boston Guzzlers 6 7 7 2 2 4 5 5 5 4 47
3. Old Time Hockey 5 2 4 7 5 1 3.5 6 6 6 45.5
4. Kozinator 1 5.5 2 3 4 6 3.5 3 4 4 36
5. Zidlicky These Nuts3 1 1 4 3 5 6.5 4 3 4 34.5
6. Big Daddy Rogues 4 5.5 5 1 7 3 2 1 1 1.5 31
7. IceHoles 2 4 3 6 1 2 1 2 2 1.5 24.5

[The Comish]

Let\'s see if we can move you up the standings!

I need to clarify how your pool counts points. In your first post here, you mention the categories for goalies are GS W GA GAA SV SV% SHO. In your second post, are you only listing the categories you think you are weak in? To me it looks like the second post makes more sense, 6 cats for Fwd/Def and 4 cats for goalies.

Good to be clear on how the points are gained before giving any advice! When Penalty Minutes are factored in, Chara is much better than if only points are counted. Same with Thomas, his GAA and SV% are outstanding, but not Fleury\'s.

With only 7 teams, they should all be stacked, but there may also be some FA\'s available that can help out.

[Five for Fighting]

This is going to be great!! I am fired up...here are the points categories...

G A P +/- PIM PPP W GAA SV% SHO

Here are the current standings with actual totals

Overall Stats
Offense Goaltending
Rank Team G A P +/- PIM PPP W GAA SV% SHO
1. Datsyuk My Legwand 85 124 209 6 190 94 31 2.28 .919 6
2. Boston Guzzlers 79 135 214 -11 163 83 26 2.58 .914 3
3. Old Time Hockey 74 118 192 27 184 69 23 2.37 .915 5
4. Kozinator 58 127 185 0 172 86 23 2.63 .907 3
5. Zidlicky These Nuts 68 109 177 2 166 84 31 2.61 .905 3
6. Big Daddy Rogues 71 127 198 -15 235 80 20 3.00 .895 2
7. IceHoles 61 125 186 12 117 76 18 2.83 .901 2

My +/- and GAA is just brutal...Kiprusoff is killing me...

[The Comish]

I have a few more questions and a request.

1. This is a roto (rotisserie) pool, not a points pool. It can be
confusing. So, if you are first in a category, you get 7 points and if you\'re last you get 1 point, right?

2. How many starters/positions do you field? 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 4D and 2G? If not, please breakdown for me. Plus max bench size and do you use IR?

3. Jokinen from FLA, Hossa ATL and Richards TB?

4. Compile a list of FA\'s for me. I doubt there will be any C or RW that are better than what you already have. I\'m really looking for a better defenseman than Ranger. Plus you are already goalie heavy, but if there is someone out there that has decent potential, I\'d look at it.

5. Your goaltending needs to be addressed as you already know. I\'m willing to be patient with Kiprusoff. Thomas will give you decent numbers in GAA and SV% as can Ellis on his occasional starts. Will have to wait to see what happens with Bryzgalov - you may have a bargain here, depending on where he ends up. Not a Theodore fan. Fleury is death in pools that count GAA and SV%.

6. First order of business is to try and package Fleury and X for a top goalie. Not sure how or who quite yet. Might have to time it after Fleury gets a shutout (miracles can happen) or plays well over a few games.

That\'s enough for now. Can you post all the other team rosters? It\'s much easier to play poker when you know what cards the other guys are holding!

Cheers

[Five for Fighting]

Ok here we go...

1. Correct on Roto...7pts down to 1pt

2. Starters: 3C,3RW,3LW,4D,3G Bench: 5 IR: 1

3. Jokinen,FL; Hossa,ATL; Mike Richards,PHI

4. Free Agents - I will list some, I am going by current Yahoo ranking...can sort by other categories and compile a list if you wish:
C: Antropov, Robert Lang, Arnott, Cullen, Jason Williams, Mikko Koivu, Legwand, PM Bouchard, Ribeiro, Fisher, McDonald, Elias, Backstron, Martin Straka
LW: Kariya,Huselius,Sturm,Ponikarovsky,Higgins,Chimera , Vermette,Brown,Ruutu,Nagy,Brunette,Elias,Straka
RW: Jason Williams,Lehtinen,Bernier,PM Bouchard,Lupul, Clarkson,Radulov,Neil,Boll,Sharp,Afinogenov,Gionta ,Guerin, Recchi, Satan, Langenbrunner
D: Murray,Ohlund,Kubina,Pothier,Kuba,Wisniewski,Huski ns, Enstrom,Meszaros,Morris,Jones,Hainsey,Bouwmeester, Aucoin, Clark,Mara,Ehrhoff,Commodore,Hamrlik,Poti,Pitkanen
G: Garon,Tellqvist,Price,Harding,Lalime

5. Goaltending - Brygalov was picked up by Phoenix...not so great, but maybe better than some others that I have

6. Other Team Rosters: Kozinator is not very active, the others seem to be

Datsyuk My Legwand
C Sidney Crosby (Pit - C)
C Eric Staal (Car - C)
C Michael Nylander (Was - C)
LW Henrik Zetterberg (Det - LW)
LW Ryan Smyth (Col - LW)
LW Cory Stillman (Car - LW)
RW Tomas Holmstrom (Det - LW,RW)
RW Patrick Kane (Chi - RW)
RW Marian Gaborik (Min - RW)
D Dion Phaneuf (Cgy - D)
D Tomas Kaberle (Tor - D)
D Sergei Zubov (Dal - D)
D Kimmo Timonen (Phi - D)
G Henrik Lundqvist (NYR - G)
G Cam Ward (Car - G)
G Martin Gerber (Ott - G)
BN Nik Antropov (Tor - C)
BN Simon Gagne (Phi - LW) DTD
IR Martin Havlat (Chi - RW) IR
BN Pascal Leclaire (Cls - G)
BN Ryan Miller (Buf - G)
BN Vesa Toskala (Tor - G)

Zidlicky These Nuts
C Brad Richards (TB - C)
C Michael Cammalleri (LA - C,LW)
C Jonathan Toews (Chi - C)
LW Alexander Ovechkin (Was - LW)
LW Alexander Frolov (LA - LW)
LW Ryan Malone (Pit - LW)
RW Milan Hejduk (Col - RW)
RW Brian Rolston (Min - LW,RW)
RW Petr Sykora (Pit - C,RW)
D Chris Pronger (Anh - D)
D Nicklas Lidstrom (Det - D)
D John-Michael Liles (Col - D)
D Chris Campoli (NYI - D)
G Dominik Hasek (Det - G)
G Tomas Vokoun (Fla - G)
G Jason LaBarbera (LA - G)
BN Brendan Shanahan (NYR - LW)
BN Sean Avery (NYR - LW)
IR Sheldon Souray (Edm - D) IR
BN Chris Osgood (Det - G)
BN Cristobal Huet (Mon - G)
BN Martin Brodeur (NJ - G)

Boston Guzzlers
C Pavel Datsyuk (Det - C)
C Jason Spezza (Ott - C)
C Scott Gomez (NYR - C)
LW Evgeni Malkin (Pit - C,LW)
LW Rick Nash (Cls - LW)
LW Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl - LW)
RW Corey Perry (Anh - RW)
RW Martin Erat (Nsh - LW,RW)
RW Brad Boyes (StL - C,RW)
D Lubomir Visnovsky (LA - D)
D Bryan McCabe (Tor - D)
D Marek Zidlicky (Nsh - D)
D Mathieu Schneider (Anh - D) DTD
G Johan Holmqvist (TB - G)
G Martin Biron (Phi - G)
G Ray Emery (Ott - G)
BN Paul Stastny (Col - C)
BN Jason Pominville (Buf - RW)
BN Joe Corvo (Ott - D)
IR Dan Boyle (TB - D) IR
BN Ondrej Pavelec (Atl - G)
BN Marty Turco (Dal - G)

Old Time Hockey
C Rod Brind\'Amour (Car - C)
C Mats Sundin (Tor - C)
C Henrik Sedin (Van - C)
LW Ray Whitney (Car - LW)
LW Wojtek Wolski (Col - LW)
LW Daniel Carcillo (Pho - LW)
RW Erik Cole (Car - LW,RW) IR
RW Daniel Alfredsson (Ott - RW)
RW Milan Michalek (SJ - LW,RW) DTD
D Chris Phillips (Ott - D)
D Wade Redden (Ott - D)
D Anton Volchenkov (Ott - D)
D Brent Burns (Min - D)
G Niklas Backstrom (Min - G)
G Evgeni Nabokov (SJ - G)
G Roberto Luongo (Van - G)
BN Philippe Boucher (Dal - D)
BN Daniel Briere (Phi - C)
BN Scott Niedermayer (Anh - D) NA
BN Dany Sabourin (Pit - G)
BN Johan Hedberg (Atl - G)
IR Kari Lehtonen (Atl - G) IR

Kozinator
C Vincent Lecavalier (TB - C)
C Patrick Marleau (SJ - C)
C Chris Drury (NYR - C)
LW Daniel Sedin (Van - LW)
LW Jason Blake (Tor - LW)
LW Zach Parise (NJ - C,LW)
RW Dany Heatley (Ott - LW,RW)
RW Jaromir Jagr (NYR - RW)
RW Jonathan Cheechoo (SJ - RW)
D Sergei Gonchar (Pit - D)
D Alexei Zhitnik (Atl - D)
D Matt Carle (SJ - D)
D Brian Campbell (Buf - D)
G Chris Mason (Nsh - G)
G Rick DiPietro (NYI - G)
G Manny Legace (StL - G)
BN Ryan Getzlaf (Anh - C)
BN Markus Naslund (Van - LW,RW)
BN Chris Kunitz (Anh - LW)
BN Ed Jovanovski (Pho - D)
BN Peter Budaj (Col - G)

IceHoles
C Joe Thornton (SJ - C)
C Joe Sakic (Col - C)
C Derek Roy (Buf - C)
LW Slava Kozlov (Atl - LW)
LW Keith Tkachuk (StL - C,LW)
LW Fredrik Modin (Cls - LW) IR
RW Jarome Iginla (Cgy - RW)
RW Martin St. Louis (TB - RW)
RW Shane Doan (Pho - RW)
D Ryan Whitney (Pit - D)
D Brian Rafalski (Det - D)
D Rob Blake (LA - D)
D Francois Beauchemin (Anh - D)
G Olaf Kolzig (Was - G)
G Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Anh - G)
G Nikolai Khabibulin (Chi - G)
BN Daymond Langkow (Cgy - C)
BN Pavol Demitra (Min - LW,RW) IR
BN Alexander Semin (Was - LW) IR
IR Shea Weber (Nsh - D) IR
BN Dwayne Roloson (Edm - G)
BN Manny Fernandez (Bos - G) IR

Again I can\'t thank you enough for the help...consider yourself co-GM...let\'s start reconstructing...

[The Comish]

Whoa, that team in first is going to be tough to beat. First things first, pick up Bouwmeester, drop Theodore.

Next, look for trade opportunities. I think Kiprusoff and Thomas will be alright for you. You need a third goalie for sure. Really, Thomas is your third goalie. Not sure about the guys in your league. Try and get Luongo from Old Time Hockey for Fleury/Kovalev. He\'s got Sabourin, so Fleury would be an obvious hand-cuff for him. Make sure to mention that PIT is going to be a dominant team for years to come and it would be beneficial to have their goalie (Yeah, it might be Fleury, it might not, but don\'t tell him that!). Play on his injuries at RW with Cole and Michalek. Get him to throw in his worst player (you never know who they drop).

Next, go after Joe Thornton if possible. Offer M.Richards and Vanek. Richards has 21 pts and Thornton has 24. Richards has overachieved, Thornton underachieved. His #3 RW is Modin, so he can use Vanek. He might be waiting for Semin/Demitra to come back, but make sure you downplay that and make sure he knows that Vanek was +47 and had 40 goals last year.

[Five for Fighting]

All over it....Theodore is already gone and Bowmeester has been added....

I have made both trade offers...let\'s see what happens...

Any other F/A you think I should go after?

Kevin

[Five for Fighting]

Old Time Hockey said he was open to trading, but was not willing to part with Luongo right now..should I try to get Lehtonen from him for a lesser package and hope that when he comes back he stays healthy?

[The Comish]

Luongo was a shot in the dark, he\'s really coming on and I didn\'t think he would go for it, but gotta try.

Stay away from Lehtonen. This Old Time Hockey has smokin\' tenders. Counter with his choice of either Nabokov or Backstrom and M.Michalek (he\'s only DTD) for Fleury and Kovalev. Not sure he\'ll bite on that, but at least he\'s willing to listen and replies promptly.

There\'s almost too many FA\'s to choose from! I like Enstrom, but am reluctant to drop Ellis just yet. Bryzgalov? Interesting, he might be a spot starter, depending on the offense he\'s facing. Hold off on any FA\'s right now, see what the trade route brings.

One question I forgot to ask. I\'m assuming it\'s a one year pool. Do you guys keep any or all players from year to year?

[Shoeless]

May I make a suggestion? Yahoo allows for a co-manager - if kblayne enters the comish\'s email address as co-manager - Comish can pop in and get a hands on look rather than trying to do it this way which has to be arduous. Once he has had enough of a peek - just cancel the co-manager status.

[The Comish]

Good suggestion Shoeless. Not sure if kblayne wants to explain to the other guys in the pool who this comish guy is! I don\'t really need access, I\'ve think I\'ve got most of the info I need. Let\'s see how far Big Daddy can move up the standings! Man, only 7 teams, it\'s going to be tough. There\'s still 60 or so games left, plenty of time.

[Five for Fighting]

Thank you both for taking an interest...I agree, I don\'t want to formally list a co-manager...

Datsyuk in my league made me an unsolicited trade offer this morning, I though that we should deal with this before we counter to Old Time for Backstrom...

Datsyuk gives: Timonen and Toskala for Chara

I am not sure that Toskala is worth it...here are his other goalies: Lundqvist, Ward, LeClaire, Gerber & Miller...

He has been shopping Miller forever...won\'t move Lundqvist..

Any thoughts or should I just go stratight for Backstrom

[Five for Fighting]

Also made the revised trade offer to Old Time for Backstrom...let\'s see what happens there...

[The Comish]

Toskala\'s not worth it. Ask for Leclaire, then Gerber, then finally Miller. Timonen/top goalie is worth Chara. We can get pen mins elsewhere. Timonen will give decent points. Start with Leclaire/Timonen for Chara. If he says no, ask for Gerber/Timonen for Chara, then finally accept Miller/Timonen for Chara. At least Miller will get Wins.

I won\'t trade Lundqvist either. Still try for Backstrom or Nabokov. You have 3 goalie positions and I don\'t totally trust Thomas.