April 07, 2003

It was a tough season, but congrats to the winner of the first annual SpoFi Fantasy Hockey League, grum@work, whose Chewbacca Defence team grabbed the early lead and never let it go.

posted by Succa to navel gazing at 07:43 PM - 9 comments

Had a brutal draft (forgot to exclude Gary Roberts) and had a string of injuries (LeClair, Morozov, Richter, Burke, Bure), but still made out pretty good (second place). It was fun, and I hope you'll join me for a rematch next season!

posted by Succa at 07:45 PM on April 07, 2003

I dropped out of the running sometime in December or so. Can't even make it to the all-star game. I think Cujo was benched for the rest of the season -- while Irbe played. heh. I guess if I left Cujo in play, I might have done slightly better. Lets just ignore that I was in that draft, and start fresher next year. Congrats grum.

posted by mkn at 09:11 PM on April 07, 2003

Unfortunately, it looks like StarFucker has done the same thing with the SpoFi English Premier League Fantasy League. We have six more weeks to go but it will take a miracle to unseat him. Anyway, keep on puckin', grum!

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:05 PM on April 07, 2003

Hmm...I seem to recall a message, posted oh so long ago:

Trading a goalie (Belfour)? by: Chewbacca Defence (grum0613) Oct 23, 10:26 pm PDT I'm thinking of dealing Belfour, and I'm wondering if there are any takers. I'm looking for a good defenceman or winger. I guess we can do a Belfour+backup W/D for W/D+backup goalie type deal. If you're interested in talking trade, send me an email. grum0613
But seriously, congratulations grum! And what the hell happened to my beloved Canucks?

posted by filmgoerjuan at 12:49 AM on April 08, 2003

Thanks. Yeah, I was willing to trade Belfour early in the year when it looked like he might be injury-prone. That's the best non-trade I ever didn't make. But when he had that strong November run, I ended up with a huge advantage in goaltending (something I had planned for in my draft list). I also pretty much let my defence be my weakest part and rode Forsberg, Jokkinen, Heatley and Thorton to the top. My other draft strategy: pick up multi-positional players. Putting Forsberg at LW and not bumping Thorton and Jokkinen from the C positions was HUGE. If we do this again next year, we have to balance it so that goaltenders are worth only 33-40% of the scoring (instead of 50% or more). And drop odd categories like shots and saves (which reward owners who do a lot of player shifting during the season) and add something like shooting percentage. I hope to be a two-sport star (baseball), but I'm not pinning too many hopes on my team.

posted by grum@work at 07:19 AM on April 08, 2003

My strategy was to pile up on defense. I had a strong set, with Gonchar, Blake, Brewer, etc. Unfortunately I drew awful goaltenders, except Giguere. Turek and Biron probably hurt me more than they helped. My biggest problem was not diversifying my lineup enough. I had too many Eastern Conference players, too many Hurricanes, not enough Stars, Wings, and Canucks. Ahh well, my Pigdogs will enjoy the offseason, and we'll make a run at the Prez trophy next year.

posted by Succa at 09:18 AM on April 08, 2003

BTW. Is it wrong of me to bring this up: http://www.sportsfilter.com/lockerroom/comments.cfm/117

posted by mkn at 05:08 PM on April 08, 2003

No mkn, not wrong at all. :-)

posted by Succa at 05:53 PM on April 08, 2003

No, not wrong at all. Stay tuned. A bet is a bet.

posted by Samsonov14 at 11:23 PM on April 08, 2003

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