I am gonna throw in a TML lineup and hope it pans out!
I had a brutal night too.
I entered 4 contests.
$2 entry for 7pm (nope. Montoya/Lundqvist + WAS 1st line & Weber)
$1 entry for 8pm (nope. Holtby/WAS Stunk)
$1 entry for 9:30pm (won $3 back. Actually went EDM with Talbot-Gibson + EDM top line + Larsson/Theodore. Actually could have won about $6, but the 3rd period NAS goal cost me several points of a Gibson potential SO)
$2 entry for 9:30pm (nope. Stacked NAS, nuff said)
GOOD from last night: Antoine Vermette. I rostered him on all four teams.
BAD from last night: Kuznetsov. I read that WAS had tuned up for the West trip with Bura-Kuz-Ovechkin. OV scored, Bura was OK, but Kuz was negative points... ugh. Carlson stunk too)
UGLY: All things Nashville.
I actually also had a "Free" entry on an NBA contest and almost won $1... was as high as 400th / 40,000... but ended around 700th and out of money.
The money is cluttering my mind.
$3 left.
Gonna go with $1 entries until it is gone.
Tonight's Plans:
1. WPG/DAL seem to usually play high-scoring affairs, IIRC. It's damn ready time for Nik Ehlers to start scoring... might go with him.
2. I don't have good feeling towards the 7pm games... so I'll stay with 8pm entry: 4 games is more manageable for me.
3. I like STL/DET to be the low-scoring affair - so Allen (STL) will probably be one goalie.
4. I can't see CBJ being strong enough to beat SJ - so M.Jones (SJ) will be other goalie.
5. Rest of budget after goalies: Line #2 for WPG will be cheapest: 2 of Ehlers, Perreault, xxxxx (not sure who is in for Stafford).
6. Might go with all of DAL top line of Benn-Faksa-Eaves... though Devin Shore is on PP1 tentatively, and I might consider him.
7. With D, I like the token points from BLK guys who might get a stray assist, Dan Hamhuis & Tyler Myers are two I might go.
Forecasted roster: Cap space permitting:
G: Allen(STL), M.Jones(SJ)
C: Faksa(DAL), Shore(DAL)
W: Benn(DAL), Ehlers(WPG), Perreault(WPG)
D: Hamhuis(DAL), Myers(WPG)
I am gonna throw in a TML lineup and hope it pans out!
I'm putting in a NYR and CGY heavy lineup tonight!
I'm down to a single $1.
Man - I've been stinking.
If I lose tonight... you won't have a buddy in this thread. (Because I refuse add actual funds.)
I had planned to go with this last night:
G: Allen(STL), M.Jones(SJ)
C: Faksa(DAL), Shore(DAL)
W: Benn(DAL), Ehlers(WPG), Perreault(WPG)
D: Hamhuis(DAL), Myers(WPG)
The GOOD: I decided to go with PIT players. I included Crosby, S.Wilson, Hornqvist, Schultz - and they all did well.
The BAD: I decided to pull out M.Jones and save money for skaters by going with Nillson. Nope. Also, Allen was on the wrong end of an 8-round shootout, so I missed out on key "WIN" points.
The UGLY: The skaters I did add were awful: Benn(DAL), Faksa(DAL), Weber(MON). Grabage.
And there was only 39 entries with top 16 paying.
I finished 20/39. ($2 entry with 57 available slots... and I couldn't even win with 18 slots unfilled!)
I kind of like Ottawa 1 tonight. Hoffman has been shooting a ton with no luck he has to break through eventually.
Avalanche also look good against the Jets specifically Duchene line.
I won $46 last night!
Tonight is going to be super difficult, I would imagine some of the big winners have maximum 2 players from a single team.
On a busy night you need to literally enter so many different combinations to have a good shot at it.
I'm just gonna grab some value players from a couple teams and hope for the best tonight!
I was in first all night for the late game entry, then Gibson got a shutout.
Damnnn