Save My Keeper League PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rusty Pickles]

Greetings Dobber faithful,

I am turning to all of you for more help than I have ever asked for on here concerning an add drop or an upside, due to a mass exodus of sandy snatches 11 teams in a 14 team keeper league are leaving . I am quite upset and need to find 11 qualified owners to join so that the league will still exist! The owners will play out the year. While on one hand, it sucks, but on the other hand I am looking at it as a chance to get better owners in place anyways. Always look on the bright side of life.

Some of the people who are leaving were lazy gms, didn\'t adjust for injuries or day to day, etc. Some thought a trade of Ramo for Tellquist was collusion ( ). One guy is in Iraq so he did nothing of course, except defend all of our freedom, kinda busy with other things. Some couldn\'t take mild trash talking or bickering. All the action was on the waiver wire. Enough to drive a true GM bat shit.

So loyal Dobberites, Pickle\'s fans and or haters, if you are an awesome gm, love to play a keeper style format (rules in my sig - team size etc), can take some mild occasional trash talk, respond to trade offers, are not afraid to make a trade and or speak against a bad one, and are looking to make the best out of a shitty situation for me, I\'d be much obliged. It is not a money league. Maybe I will construct a Dobber Board Cup or something to give the winner starting next season.

Email here please:

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I have put the rosters of the available teams below, we will probably conduct a lottery to see who gets what team because they rank from first place to last place at the moment (Though last does have AO). I am turning here because I know I want GMs that do their homework, aren\'t afraid to make a move, and are active in their GM activities. Please if you can put your board name here in the subject line and tell us a little about yourself if possible in the email regarding hockey and or fantasy experience it would help us in deciding who to select, I am hoping we get more than enough responses! We want a good crop of people that are into playing fantasy hockey. Myself, Tommy, or Russ (the new commissioner) will get back to you shortly, I promise. And if any of you savy super skilled owners want to take over what are the hardest teams to operate instead of a peach I think we\'d consider awarding you that team directly (this doesn\'t include the last place team with AO, the guy was in Iraq and just didn\'t manage his team at all, it is not the worst team). Ok, enough blabbering, check the rosters, send me an email, and SAVE MY LEAGUE! Cold as Ice Inc. must not melt! Thanks.



Team Rosters

Josey\'s Outlaws

Player
C
Jason Spezza
(Ott - C)
C
Mikko Koivu
(Min - C)
C
Eric Staal
(Car - C)
LW
Erik Cole
(Car - LW,RW)
LW
Patrik Elias
(NJ - C,LW)
LW
Sergei Samsonov
(Car - LW)
RW
Brad Boyes
(StL - C,RW)
RW
Marian Gaborik
(Min - RW)
RW
Drew Stafford
(Buf - RW) DTD
D
Brent Burns
(Min - D)
D
Joni Pitkanen
(Edm - D)
D
Daniel Girardi
(NYR - D)
D
Ryan Whitney
(Pit - D)
D
Cory Murphy
(Fla - D)
Util
Paul Gaustad
(Buf - C)
G
Marc-Andre Fleury
(Pit - G) NA
G
Mike Smith
(Dal - G)
BN
Dustin Penner
(Edm - LW,RW)
BN
Tomas Kaberle
(Tor - D)
BN
Brian Rafalski
(Det - D) DTD
IR
Ryane Clowe
(SJ - LW) IR
BN
Chris Mason
(Nsh - G)
BN
Jason LaBarbera
(LA - G)


Thunder Bay

Player
C
Robert Lang
(Chi - C)
C
Tim Connolly
(Buf - C)
C
--empty--
LW
Tomas Holmstrom
(Det - LW,RW)
LW
Ruslan Fedotenko
(NYI - LW)
LW
Ethan Moreau
(Edm - LW)
RW
Mark Parrish
(Min - RW)
RW
Marek Svatos
(Col - RW)
RW
Ales Kotalik
(Buf - RW)
D
Marc Staal
(NYR - D)
D
Derek Morris
(Pho - D)
D
Mike Komisarek
(Mon - D)
D
Michal Rozsival
(NYR - D)
D
Andrej Meszaros
(Ott - D)
Util
Eric Fehr
(Was - RW)
G
Tomas Vokoun
(Fla - G)
G
Jean-Sebastien Giguere
(Anh - G)
BN
Scott Gomez
(NYR - C)
BN
Jason Arnott
(Nsh - C)
BN
Brandon Dubinsky
(NYR - C)
BN
Alexei Kovalev
(Mon - RW)
BN
Shane Doan
(Pho - RW)
IR
Sergei Zubov
(Dal - D) IR
IR
Sidney Crosby
(Pit - C) IR
BN
Fredrik Norrena
(Cls - G)


Winnys Wings

Player
C
Matthew Lombardi
(Cgy - C)
C
Craig Conroy
(Cgy - C)
C
Pavel Datsyuk
(Det - C)
LW
Alexei Ponikarovsky
(Tor - LW)
LW
Alexander Ovechkin
(Was - LW)
LW
Alex Tanguay
(Cgy - LW)
RW
Miroslav Satan
(NYI - RW)
RW
Corey Perry
(Anh - RW)
RW
Chuck Kobasew
(Bos - RW)
D
Hal Gill
(Tor - D)
D
Christian Ehrhoff
(SJ - D)
D
Mathieu Schneider
(Anh - D)
D
Adrian Aucoin
(Cgy - D)
D
Sami Salo
(Van - D)
Util
Kristian Huselius
(Cgy - LW)
G
Roberto Luongo
(Van - G)
G
Hannu Toivonen
(StL - G) NA
BN
Jeff Hamilton
(Car - C,RW)
BN
Mike Van Ryn
(Fla - D) IR
BN
Martin Rucinsky
(StL - LW)
BN
Gary Roberts
(Pit - LW) IR
IR
Kevin Bieksa
(Van - D) IR
IR
Steve Sullivan
(Nsh - RW) IR
IR
Manny Fernandez
(Bos - G) IR


Allentown Honkeys

C
Ryan Kesler
(Van - C)
C
Peter Mueller
(Pho - C)
C
Nicklas Backstrom
(Was - C)
LW
David Booth
(Fla - LW)
LW
Antoine Vermette
(Ott - C,LW)
LW
Evgeni Malkin
(Pit - C,LW)
RW
Alexander Radulov
(Nsh - RW)
RW
Patrick Sharp
(Chi - RW)
RW
Jonathan Cheechoo
(SJ - RW)
D
Jay Bouwmeester
(Fla - D)
D
Erik Johnson
(StL - D)
D
Matt Niskanen
(Dal - D)
D
Matt Carle
(SJ - D)
D
Stephane Robidas
(Dal - D)
Util
Martin Havlat
(Chi - RW)
G
Mathieu Garon
(Edm - G)
G
Rick DiPietro
(NYI - G)
BN
Mark Streit
(Mon - D)
BN
Tom Gilbert
(Edm - D)
BN
Ilya Kovalchuk
(Atl - LW)
IR
Patrick Marleau
(SJ - C) IR
IR
Daniel Cleary
(Det - RW) IR
BN
Martin Biron
(Phi - G)


Puck Chuckers

C
Anze Kopitar
(LA - C)
C
Jonathan Toews
(Chi - C)
C
Paul Stastny
(Col - C) IR
LW
Paul Kariya
(StL - LW)
LW
Wojtek Wolski
(Col - LW)
LW
Chris Kunitz
(Anh - LW)
RW
Antti Miettinen
(Dal - RW)
RW
Dainius Zubrus
(NJ - C,RW)
RW
Patrick Kane
(Chi - RW)
D
Tom Preissing
(LA - D)
D
Brent Seabrook
(Chi - D)
D
Roman Hamrlik
(Mon - D)
D
Chris Phillips
(Ott - D)
D
Craig Rivet
(SJ - D)
Util
Jiri Hudler
(Det - C,RW)
G
Henrik Lundqvist
(NYR - G)
G
Niklas Backstrom
(Min - G)
BN
Daniel Briere
(Phi - C)
BN
Peter Schaefer
(Bos - LW) DTD
BN
Daniel Alfredsson
(Ott - RW)
BN
Dan Ellis
(Nsh - G)
BN
Curtis Sanford
(Van - G)

Impeach Josey

C
Olli Jokinen
(Fla - C)
C
Henrik Sedin
(Van - C)
C
Ryan Getzlaf
(Anh - C)
LW
Daniel Sedin
(Van - LW)
LW
Milan Michalek
(SJ - LW,RW)
LW
Thomas Vanek
(Buf - LW)
RW
Martin Erat
(Nsh - LW,RW)
RW
Ales Hemsky
(Edm - RW)
RW
Jamie Langenbrunner
(NJ - RW)
D
Jaroslav Spacek
(Buf - D)
D
Ed Jovanovski
(Pho - D)
D
John-Michael Liles
(Col - D)
D
Marek Zidlicky
(Nsh - D)
D
Marek Malik
(NYR - D)
Util
Mike Fisher
(Ott - C)
G
Miikka Kiprusoff
(Cgy - G)
G
Ryan Miller
(Buf - G)
BN
Dustin Brown
(LA - LW,RW)
BN
Jamal Mayers
(StL - RW)
BN
Eric Perrin
(Atl - C)
IR
Justin Williams
(Car - RW) IR
BN
Kevin Weekes
(NJ - G)


Puckheads

Player
C
Keith Tkachuk
(StL - C,LW)
C
Jochen Hecht
(Buf - C)
C
Mike Modano
(Dal - C)
LW
Pavol Demitra
(Min - LW,RW)
LW
Jason Chimera
(Cls - LW)
LW
Taylor Pyatt
(Van - LW) DTD
RW
Brian Gionta
(NJ - RW)
RW
Martin St. Louis
(TB - RW)
RW
Darcy Tucker
(Tor - RW)
D
Bryan Allen
(Fla - D)
D
Kent Huskins
(Anh - D)
D
Ruslan Salei
(Fla - D)
D
Mattias Ohlund
(Van - D)
D
Lubomir Visnovsky
(LA - D)
Util
Jere Lehtinen
(Dal - RW)
G
Marty Turco
(Dal - G)
G
Martin Brodeur
(NJ - G)
BN
Bryan McCabe
(Tor - D)
BN
Saku Koivu
(Mon - C)
BN
Daniel Paille
(Buf - LW)
BN
Christoph Schubert
(Ott - D)
IR
Sheldon Souray
(Edm - D) IR
BN
Dany Sabourin
(Pit - G)

Sharks

C
Vincent Lecavalier
(TB - C)
C
Marc Savard
(Bos - C)
C
Mike Comrie
(NYI - C)
LW
Jason Blake
(Tor - LW)
LW
Niklas Hagman
(Dal - LW)
LW
Robert Nilsson
(Edm - C,LW)
RW
Jaromir Jagr
(NYR - RW)
RW
Michael Ryder
(Mon - RW)
RW
Bill Guerin
(NYI - RW)
D
Ryan Suter
(Nsh - D)
D
Ron Hainsey
(Cls - D)
D
Andrei Markov
(Mon - D)
D
Chris Pronger
(Anh - D)
D
Tom Poti
(Was - D) DTD
Util
Steve Reinprecht
(Pho - C)
G
Ray Emery
(Ott - G)
G
Cam Ward
(Car - G)
BN
David Legwand
(Nsh - C)
BN
Lee Stempniak
(StL - RW)
BN
Pavel Kubina
(Tor - D)
IR
Michael Nylander
(Was - C) IR
BN
Martin Gerber
(Ott - G)
BN
John Grahame
(Car - G)

Taco Bob !!!

C
Jeff Carter
(Phi - C)
C
Joe Thornton
(SJ - C)
C
--empty--
LW
Andrei Kostitsyn
(Mon - LW)
LW
Henrik Zetterberg
(Det - LW)
LW
Ryan Malone
(Pit - LW)
RW
Mike Knuble
(Phi - RW)
RW
Jason Pominville
(Buf - RW)
RW
--empty--
D
Paul Martin
(NJ - D)
D
Paul Ranger
(TB - D)
D
Kris Letang
(Pit - D)
D
Shea Weber
(Nsh - D)
D
Francois Beauchemin
(Anh - D)
Util
Clarke MacArthur
(Buf - LW)
G
Kari Lehtonen
(Atl - G)
G
Patrick Lalime
(Chi - G)
BN
Christopher Higgins
(Mon - C,LW)
BN
Todd White
(Atl - C)
BN
Mats Sundin
(Tor - C)
BN
David Backes
(StL - C,RW)
BN
Ryan Shannon
(Van - RW)
IR
Rod Brind\'Amour
(Car - C) IR
IR
Jason Williams
(Chi - C,RW) IR
BN
Carey Price
(Mon - G)
BN
Cristobal Huet
(Mon - G)

Rat Bastards

C
Daymond Langkow
(Cgy - C)
C
Tyler Arnason
(Col - C)
C
Viktor Kozlov
(Was - C)
LW
Andrew Brunette
(Col - LW)
LW
Ray Whitney
(Car - LW)
LW
Todd Bertuzzi
(Anh - LW,RW)
RW
Nikolai Zherdev
(Cls - RW)
RW
Joffrey Lupul
(Phi - RW) IR
RW
Marian Hossa
(Atl - RW)
D
Wade Redden
(Ott - D)
D
Joe Corvo
(Car - D)
D
Johnny Oduya
(NJ - D)
D
Nicklas Lidstrom
(Det - D) DTD
D
Brent Sopel
(Chi - D)
Util
Vaclav Prospal
(TB - C,LW)
G
Evgeni Nabokov
(SJ - G)
G
Olaf Kolzig
(Was - G)
BN
Chris Drury
(NYR - C)
BN
Marco Sturm
(Bos - LW)
BN
John Madden
(NJ - C)
IR
Niklas Kronwall
(Det - D) IR
IR
Jozef Stumpel
(Fla - C,RW) IR
BN
Antero Niittymaki
(Phi - G)
BN
Chris Osgood
(Det - G)

The Rat Pack

Brad Richards
(TB - C)
C
Johan Franzen
(Det - C,LW)
C
Martin Straka
(NYR - C,LW)
LW
Scott Hartnell
(Phi - LW,RW)
LW
Brenden Morrow
(Dal - LW)
LW
Fredrik Modin
(Cls - LW)
RW
Markus Naslund
(Van - LW,RW)
RW
Owen Nolan
(Cgy - RW)
RW
Pierre-Marc Bouchard
(Min - C,RW)
D
Kimmo Timonen
(Phi - D)
D
Zdeno Chara
(Bos - D)
D
Dan Boyle
(TB - D)
D
Randy Jones
(Phi - D)
D
Robyn Regehr
(Cgy - D)
Util
Jarret Stoll
(Edm - C)
G
Tim Thomas
(Bos - G)
G
Johan Holmqvist
(TB - G)
BN
Alexander Steen
(Tor - C,LW)
BN
Glen Murray
(Bos - RW)
BN
Sergei Fedorov
(Cls - C)
IR
Rob Blake
(LA - D) IR
IR
Joe Sakic
(Col - C) IR
IR
Philippe Boucher
(Dal - D) IR
BN
Dominik Hasek
(Det - G) DTD
BN
Vesa Toskala
(Tor - G)

[Soyeux25]

im in~~~give me the Allentown Honkeys

[mxpxillini35]

Ehhhh...what the hell...I\'ll take Puck Chuckers if I could have a choice...

[Fighting_Emu]

Well Thunder bay is a mess- but I am from Thunder Bay (and there is a Mr. Crosby) so I guess the pool gods have spoken. Ill take them. If you could send out a package with rules, fees and maybe a summary of the current standings Id be better equipped to confirm. Thanx pickles- Karl
[email protected]

[mxpxillini35]

Holy crap...I didn\'t give my email address! [email protected]

If I could get a set of rules too...that\'d be great. Thanks!

[Rusty Pickles]

Settings
Setting Value
League ID#: 700
League Name: Finders Keepers 2
Password: preds
Draft Type: Live Draft
Draft Time: Sat Sep 22 6:00pm EDT
Max Teams: 14
Scoring Type: Head-to-Head
Max Moves: 50
Max Trades: No maximum
Trade Reject Time: 3
Trade End Date: March 6, 2008
Waiver Time: 2 days
Can\'t Cut List Provider: Yahoo! Sports
Trade Review: League Votes
Post Draft Players: Follow Waiver Rules
Min Games Played: 3
Weekly Deadline: Daily - Tomorrow
Start Scoring on: Week 1
Roster Positions: C, C, C, LW, LW, LW, RW, RW, RW, D, D, D, D, D, Util, G, G, BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, IR, IR, IR
Stat Categories: G, A, P, +/-, PPP, SHP, SOG, FW, W, GAA, SV, SV%


These are the Cats/League settings.

There is a TWO GOALIE MAX APPLIED TO KEEPERS

Max moves is set to 50 on the waiver wire, no trade maximums or set number of games per position.

Awesome response so far, you guys rock! I, Tommy (Saucy Rations on here), or Russ (league Commish) will be getting back to everyone pretty much by tomorrow afternoon most likely. Those that have emailed me already or replied in this thread I can say you can pretty much count on being in. Soyeux25 please shoot me an email at

[email protected]

or post a way for us to get back to you here.

Thanks all so far, I will have another update soon. We will most likely be lotterying off the teams as to avoid conflict as to who gets what team, most of you seem to not care who you get and want to be in a keeper league, so awesome. Once we get the candidates down we will discuss moving forward, any changes to make, etc.

[Rusty Pickles]

Finders Keepers 2



Rank Team W-L-T Pct Pts Last Week Waiver Moves
1. Taco Bob !!! 141-77-22 .633 304 10-0-2 4 30
2. Impeach Josey 138-80-22 .621 298 9-3-0 13 5
3. Special Team 128-92-20 .575 276 4-6-2 10 22
4. Thunder Bay 127-98-15 .560 269 7-5-0 9 12
5. Cold as Ice Inc. 123-94-23 .560 269 6-5-1 12 29
6. Rat Bastards 122-93-25 .560 269 2-9-1 2 9
7. Sharks 122-102-16 .542 260 5-6-1 11 12
8. Josey\'s Outlaws 114-107-19 .515 247 3-9-0 14 24
9. Puck Chuckers 114-109-17 .510 245 9-2-1 8 8
10. Allentown Honkeys 100-119-21 .460 221 6-4-2 5 15
11. Puckheads 92-124-24 .433 208 9-2-1 7 5
12. Shaken Not Stirred 86-133-21 .402 193 5-7-0 1 22
13. The Rat Pack 74-151-15 .340 163 0-10-2 3 9
14. Winnys Wings 59-161-20 .288 138 2-9-1 6 7

[Bighabfan]

I\'d like a team - sent an e-mail to the addy provided. Let me know...

[Flyer Fan]

Looks like a good response! If there\'s still teams, I\'d be happy to take over one. I\'m sending an email to the address above now!B)

[Sovereign]

Would be interested in joining.
I am overlooking the rules.
I am currently a commish in one league and operate three more.
My first year in a keep this year, as it is first available in yahoo.

Lots of experience.
Looking to tool down to two keepers and that;s it.

[email protected]

[Sovereign]

I would take the Winny\'s wings if given a choice.
But I think a lottery of some sort would be fairest.

[Rusty Pickles]

Please hold further emails for the moment. I am forwarding all of the replies to the other owners so we can bump heads. We each had a few private invitations extended so we need to get updates on where we are at in terms of how many people exactly are needed so we can move forward. I am of the mind to not wait for people to make up their minds lol, I want things set and ready to go!!! Thank you for showing interest and initiative and I hope to be welcoming all who replied on board. The other owners are in other cities and time zones so as I said before I will have a big time update tomorrow after we can all touch base.

Thanks again!

RP

Cheers!!!!!

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[Saucey Rations]

Thanks everybody!!!

I am in the league with Rusty that we are trying to save. I appreciate all the feedback. We have a great setup and good teams available to be taken over. Everyone has an equal shot at winning and we really look forward to getting some good people to take over the vacant teams. Let the fun begin.


Thanks again!!!

[Fighting_Emu]

Sweet- I think a lottery is a very cool way to detrmine ownership.

[VintageVibe]

Id say throw all the players from the teams that are leaving into an expansion draft for all the new owners...THAT is the fairest way.