Dobber PRO Wales [2024-25]

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Pro Wales just completed their draft!
Due to several reasons (turnover, fairness, etc.) this league was 11 Managers instead of the usual 12.
(Insider opinion: It didn't make it any less fun, and the snipes were plentiful!)

Yahoo's Projected Stats:
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Draft Order:
hipcheck
Taco Sniper
sontag
Grand P
rooneypoo
alang
Savages
Puckhead
Invictus
Angelic Assassin0
loppantorkel

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Last pick was Jesper Wallstedt.

[Invictus]

Last few years I've gone light on goalies. Decided on a different approach this year. Cam Talbot was part of my plans but him being snagged at pick 198 threw a wrench into that. I should have taken him instead of PLD.
So I pivoted to Lindgren who I think will get the next most volume. Korpisalo was still there so I took with my next pick. Finished my last D spot. Jake Allen was next (part of the plan). Didn't know who to take as bench skaters so I took Landeskog to stash and pick up. I originally planned on having only 5 goalies, but picked up a 6th. I will see how that turns out. I hopefully won't need to fill skater injuries so fast - I do have one picked up to cover that.

My team is sort of flexible with a good amount of LW/RW except that I need to use them all at LW.

Snipes or Queue taken each round were:
2- Bouchard
3- Jason Robertson (I picked Crosby this round but wanted Meier I just couldn't select him in time then went after)
4- see above but I got who I would have taken this round anyway
10- Matt Boldy
12- Jordan Kyrou
15- Ekblad

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Standings Update:

Rank	Team	Dobber Name	Points	Waiver Bdgt	Moves
1	Taco Sniper	Taco Sniper	79	$46	16
2	Invictus	Invictus	71	$64	11
3	Young Guns	sontag	61	$34	8
4	The Jobbers	rooneypoo	58	$76	10
4	Jets 2.0	AngelicAssassin0	58	$60	10
6	Ol’ Dirty Backes	hipcheck	52	$65	8
7	Le KopiTzar	Grand P	51	$57	8
8	Loppan's Legendary Team	loppantorkel	48	$56	12
9	Sir Langenbrunner	alang	47	$66	9
10	USUAL SUSPECTS	Puckhead	35	$67	6
11	Nick's Slam-Dunk Team	Savages	35	$85	3

Rank	Team Name	GP*	G	A	+/-	PPP	SOG	HIT	GP*	W	GAA	SV
1	Taco Sniper	637	186	321	7	169	1,431	703	71	43	2.22	1,646
2	Invictus	619	154	319	52	149	1,411	743	77	40	2.65	1,883
3	Young Guns	650	175	271	-53	141	1,434	778	75	39	2.95	1,762
4	The Jobbers	635	160	230	-52	116	1,418	840	71	42	2.43	1,782
4	Jets 2.0	625	199	282	28	126	1,545	566	65	32	3.17	1,661
6	Ol’ Dirty Backes	625	172	275	72	123	1,279	752	64	25	2.87	1,662
7	Le KopiTzar	644	161	311	43	136	1,372	460	53	29	2.57	1,364
8	Loppan's Legendary Team	610	167	262	55	129	1,471	561	63	24	3	1,553
9	Sir Langenbrunner	608	143	286	-18	142	1,413	510	61	36	2.79	1,491
10	USUAL SUSPECTS	639	122	238	-42	108	1,360	829	50	27	2.49	1,255
11	Nick's Slam-Dunk Team	663	156	294	29	123	1,345	549	54	26	2.96	1,158

[loppantorkel]

Taco and Invictus are crushing it in this league. Not over yet, but as for my team - I really need Saros to start winning games, and F Andersen not being on IR wouldn't hurt.

Fun league still. Wasn't sure I'd enjoy the roto mode before I joined, but it adds a nice long term aspect to the league. Only miss the Chart View that Yahoo decided to remove.

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I was pretty unhappy with how last year went, with having to auto draft and getting demoted.
I didn't know if I was going to play this year. Being Commish definitely pushed me to continue playing.

Got myself hyped up enough to figure out a drafting plan for goalies and I've been having fun ever since.

I think Taco Sniper may be a bit untouchable... but still lots of hockey left!

[loppantorkel]

I think Taco Sniper may be a bit untouchable... but still lots of hockey left!

Yes, I'm likely out of a top two finish, but there are a couple who might contend. Jets 2.0 looks very good, and maybe some other team.

Big trade yesterday:
to USUAL SUSPECTS -
Brock Boeser
Martin Necas
Sebastian Aho
Shayne Gostisbehere

to Taco Sniper -
Brady Tkachuk
Brandon Montour


Also D trade Dec 20th:
to Taco Sniper -
Cale Makar
Justin Faulk

to Sir Langenbrunner -
Rasmus Dahlin
John Carlson

Some other trades in between and earlier, but not as massive as these ones. Nice activity.