BURNS AT D? or BooURNS release? Yahoo Experts...Get your Crystal Ball out.

[horrorfan]

What's up with that?
I just went to Yahoo! Sports NHL and didn't find any rankings.
I also went to PuckDaddy and didn't find anything.

I'm guessing that Dobber must have had conversation with Wysh... but I don't see anything on Y! NHL or on PD yet.

I'll be excited to see it if/when it does happen.

Strange.

I replied to the Help Community guy asking about the odd date/update on the apparently out-of-date page, and whether he knows for sure if it'll be early September or could it be earlier. We'll see what he says:

http://help.yahoo.com/communities/in...e=13-14+season

[Pengwin7]

^Good post hf. Thursday, Aug 22... eh?
Nice attention to details.

I'm crossing my fingers.

Working for "the company", I've learned that "the company" always suggests a later delivery date only to wait... and go...
"BAM - I tricked you... earlier than promised delivery date!" (and... proceed to claim awesomeness)

[havanablast21]

HF and PEN...please keep this post in mind if any new information comes to light. I can't wait to see what we're looking at for the upcoming season in Yahoo. I have some people sniffing around my Streit and if Burns even has a possibility of D status...I may as well act aggressively and make the move that makes the most sense.

Heck...even if I take a chance on Burns and he ends up being RW only...At least he's on my Roster...(should his positional eligibility change) and I'm looking at grabbing a Defender with one of my top 28 picks in the draft.

(I know for a fact Fowler, B. Smith and Beauchemin will be available not to mention S.Jones). With the 6th overall pick...I look to peg the best player available, but then I have the 12th and 28th picks...I"m sure I could nab a D by then (B. Smith I anticipate will drop substantially as most of my fellow GM's don't have a clue about him).

I guess having Karlsson and Suter...I"m a bit more apt to take chances...especially on my blue line.

[tomastop]

a little while ago from https://twitter.com/YahooSportsNHL

Yahoo! Fantasy Hockey: We'll tweet out info as soon as registration opens. Apologies, but don't know the date yet.

[horrorfan]

^Good post hf. Thursday, Aug 22... eh?
Nice attention to details.

I'm crossing my fingers.

Working for "the company", I've learned that "the company" always suggests a later delivery date only to wait... and go...
"BAM - I tricked you... earlier than promised delivery date!" (and... proceed to claim awesomeness)

Well, what do you know, it could be earlier than September!

http://help.yahoo.com/communities/in...b436cee4841078

[tomastop]

no news yet:

from https://twitter.com/YahooSportsNHL

"Yahoo! Fantasy Hockey update: Looks like registration will open in late August, another week or so. We'll tweet date when we know for sure."

[Pengwin7]

As long as it is August, I'd be happy. Even Aug. 30th.

[havanablast21]

interesting article on NHL.com today below. Are they blowing smoke or does Cubetta really have inside info on Yahoo positional eligibility?

See Burns and Yahoo eligibility.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=680749

Hey...if true...i'm a pig in shit!

[horrorfan]

Could they be getting close? On the main hockey page, they used to show links to all my leagues from last season, but now they only show the one where I am commissioner. Perhaps setting it up for renewals? Could be nothing but thought I'd share anyway. Tick tock...

[havanablast21]

Could they be getting close? On the main hockey page, they used to show links to all my leagues from last season, but now they only show the one where I am commissioner. Perhaps setting it up for renewals? Could be nothing but thought I'd share anyway. Tick tock...

Thanks for the update HF! Another day spent watching the home page.

[Pengwin7]

Yup... my 6 Yahoo! leagues are now showing just the 2 that I commish.

Of note, I walked through the Yahoo Hockey pages (which are not, necessarily, linked to Yahoo Fantasy Hockey) and it does seem that they have primary positions listed properly for all non-Penguin players:

Jamie Benn, LW (pretty good, since Benn played C last year)
Tyler Seguin, C (pretty good, since Seguin played RW last year)
Brent Burns, RW (pretty good since he's announced to play RW)
Henrik Zetterberg, C (normally a center)
Pavel Datsyuk, C (normally a center)
Claude Giroux, C (been a center for 2+ years now)
David Backes, C (been a center for 2+ years now)
Jiri Tlusty, LW
Jeff Carter, RW
Michael Cammalleri, C

Even Marcel Goc is correct, C.

Only two key wrong ones I spotted:
James Neal, LW (primarily the RW with Malkin)
Pascal Dupuis, LW (primarily the RW on the Kunitz-Crosby line).

It will be interesting to see if these are reflected in Yahoo Fantasy Hockey.
(and that is why I have written them down.)

[dooley89]

Could they be getting close? On the main hockey page, they used to show links to all my leagues from last season, but now they only show the one where I am commissioner. Perhaps setting it up for renewals? Could be nothing but thought I'd share anyway. Tick tock...

Noticed that too!