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UFHP - Y! 12 GMs - 23/8 pro/farm - keep 17 + all farm
2008-9 CHAMPION
Points-only, Full Keeper Dynasty League
Active roster (no starts, just total points): 12 FW, 6 D, 1 Goalie
Forwards: Kucherov, Barkov, Teravainen, Seguin, Hoffman, Lindholm, Gusev, Horvat, Meier, Perron, Schwartz, Johansen, Pavelski, Buchnevich, Hischier, Granlund, Bracco
Defense: Josi, Dahlin, Letang, Gostisbehere, Ekman-Larsson, Petry, Slavin, Keith, Matheson
Goal: Lehner, Holtby, Varlamov
Farm: Soderstrom, York, Woo, Tracey, Dorofeyev
How about "Dobber's Dozen"
Create a forum dedicated to 12 respected posters who can all get called up to the minors.
Each one of these 12 writes an article for each month of the year, with the potential to get called up on a more regular basis.
If one of the dozen loses interest, I'm sure there would be plenty of guys who could step in.
There is a ton of talent on these forums. Why not celebrate it.
Cheers.
Averys Articles. In honour of dobbers daughter
Dobber Valley Ranchers - mmmmmm....ranch
The Farhan Farmhands (for all you Vancouver boys)
The Hockey Herdsman - Gathering of young bucs
Dobber Sharecroppers - Sharing our intellectual harvests
The Constant Gardeners - Farm-ish, good movie haha
THE GOONGALA SQUAD
The Miners
Diggin' Deep
Miners is a play on words for Minors as in called up from...
& the slogan- "Diggin' Deep" because they are diggin' deep to bring you Fantasy Info ( & miners dig deep ).
Excelsior~ Ever Higher
Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy~ Traffic
Unblocked Pop Ups
Working on this as being the background song with changed lyrics of course.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XYQd_sJVzk
Last edited by Shoeless; March 20, 2011 at 6:13 PM.
The Stanley Bairns
I like using Stanley since the name predates the NHL (and the NHA) so it's respectful and represents all professional hockey in Canada.
Bairns basically means "a child of any age and any gender"... which embodies the concept of the minors but doesn't exclude anyone. I also like the potential correlation to Lord Stanley's own children who contributed to developing the first hockey leagues in Ontario. (much like these writers will contribute to one of the most passionate hockey forums on the planet).
The origin of the word Bairn also ties back to the word Barn, which feeds into the idea of farm teams... and it's a bit of an unusual word that can grow on you.
Also, for the record, my son prefers The Stanley Pups.. but he's not a hockey fan, so I'm discounting his opinion entirely.
Rink Slingers - a play on Ink Slingers which is a synonym for Reporter
IRs- internet reporters
the Insiders- bringing you inside information & opinions
Excelsior~ Ever Higher
Dear Mr. Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy
Do anything, take us out of this gloom
Sing a song, play guitar, make it snappy~ Traffic
NBS - Next the big show
Gimmee a chance
Steppin Up
Wow I suck at this
Team 1:
10 Team Keeper, keep 16.
Cat: +/-, PIMs, G, A, Pts, STG (PPG+SHG), GAA, SPct, W
Roto, No Max games, weekly lineups - 12F, 6D, 4G - 6 bench
F: Benn, Bennett, Crosby, Hughes, Keller, Kopitar, Lindolm, Perron, Schmalts, Stephenson, Tavares, Thompson
Bench - Lafreniere, Roslovic, Schenn
D: Chabot, Dahlin, Josi, Hronek, Morrissey, Schenn
Bench - Sandin
G: F. Copley, Gustavsson, Skinner, Sorokin
Bench: Merzlikins, Petersen, Andersen (IR)
How about Seeds2Steeds
Bingo Dobbers
You could win the jackpot when your number gets called up!
Too lame? Nah!
What about something involving "FAIR TRADE"
Fair Traders
Fair Trade Coffey (my favourite)
Fair Trade Cup of Joe
______ Fair Traders
Fair Trade _______
etc
The obvious reason for the role that trading plays in fantasy hockey. The more subtle reason is the reference to players being called up "for a cup of coffee" to the NHL.
Last edited by Mervillian; March 21, 2011 at 12:21 AM.
10 Team Dynasty League
C: Crosby, Getzlaf, Nugent-Hopkins, Kuznetsov, Nelson, Monahan
R: Kucherov, Forsberg, Oshie, Hodgson, Kassian
L: Benn, Pavelski D. Sedin, Tatar, Huberdeau
D: Ekman-Larsson, Carlson, Green, Faulk, Giordano, Pouliot
G: Rinne, Crawford, Dubnyk
Minors: S. Reinhart, Lazar, Goldobin, Wennberg, Jarnkrok, Virtanen, Collberg, Nurse, Zadorov, Honka, Petrovic, Howard, Murray, Hutton, Skapski, Darling etc
The Dobbleheads!
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My pool
Goals = 1 point, Assists = 1/2 point, Goals Against = -1/2 point
Fowards: S. Stamkos, J. Neal, M. Moulson, M. Read, N. Foligno, B. Wheeler, L. Stempniak, J. Pavelski, B. Flynn, S. Bernier
D-men: S. Weber, PK Subban, D. Phaneuf, J. Carlson, TJ Brodie, B. Smith, M. Irwin, B. Dillon, K. Cumiskey,
Goalies: Nashville, Chicago, St. Louis
Farm: T. Rattie, R. Johansen, A. Killorn, J. Zucker, J. Akeson, M. Sgarbossa, A. Yogan, M. St. Croix, M. Friberg, E. Gelinas, A. Ness, J. Muzzin, MA Bourdon, S. Harrington, R. Smith, C. Emmerton, M. Mayorov, I. Makarov, P. Maroon
Kind of a play on TFC (soccer theme). I think everyone knows the term up and comers, plus you can add the date on the bottom, an appendix to the guides and acronyms are a good way of limiting typing. "It is in the UNC section".
I tried to do a logo, but my artistic talent is very limited, but I actually think it looked pretty good. Maybe someone with talent can give it a shot.
I basically took the Dobber logo on the left, UNC in the Dobber blue using fraternity type letters and then "Up and Comers" below. Think about the North Carolina logo on a black background.
THE UNC also implies the university so "not graduated" or "still in school".
Last edited by Chuk; March 21, 2011 at 11:05 AM. Reason: UPLOADED