NHL Fantasy League - The Draft - Part 2

[notyoueither]

Where is he listed? Nothing came up when I searched for him.

He'll get listed as soon as the season starts, I would imagine.

[Kontiki]

http://hockey.fantasysports.yahoo.com/hockey

Click on "Players" in the bottom section titled "More Hockey on Yahoo! Sports", and he's there under the letter O. You can also click on "Teams", go to Washington and check out their roster - he's listed there too.

[Asher]

Yeah he's in the vanilla Yahoo Sports DB, he's not in the Fantasy DB yet (nor is Dion Phaneuf).

[Kontiki]

You're right about the search, though. When you look for him in the player search for the league, he doesn't come up. That's what makes it especially odd.

[Asher]

From the Fantasy Hockey website:

Most rookies will be unavailable until they have played in at least one professional game. Rookies currently available appear via special agreement.

It's the same thing in NHL 2K6, except all Rookies aren't in the rosters yet...until they play their first NHL game.

[joncha]

All very fascinating. Where's Sava?

[Asher]

Good question.

[Asher]

NHL considering new goalie jerseys

Roberto Luongo

TSN.ca Staff

9/30/2005 1:07:15 PM

The new National Hockey League is considering yet another major change in time for the start of this regular season.

TSN has learned that all 30 NHL franchises received new jerseys Friday for their goaltenders and while it's a longshot, fans could see them in game action on opening night.

The shirts are streamlined in a continued effort to reduce the amount of net they cover, and maybe even more significantly, they are different in colour and pattern like goalkeeper jerseys in soccer and would not match the rest of the team.

Talk of the new sweaters began at the general managers' meetings in Detroit as discussions surrounded the reduction in size of goalie equipment. They left with a consensus to reduce gloves, blockers and pads and the manufacturers would look into creating a more streamlined sweater. The manufacturers made it clear that the tigher version would not look like the teams current sweaters, but the NHL gave them the green light to proceed anyway.

The arrival of the sweaters Friday morning was met with mixed reaction.



Some franchises reacted quite positively, recognizing the marketing potentional in creating a "goalie sweater" taking a page from the huge success of soccer. However, there's been plenty of negative reaction as well.

A number of general managers are arguiung that there has already been so much change to the game that this would be too much, too soon, not to mention the fact that goalies will have little or not time to get used to playing in the new sweater.

"It may be too late to introduce the new steamlined sweater in time for this season," an NHL official told TSN.

"But rest assured, it is coming."

It isn't the first time this year that hockey jerseys have been re-designed dramatically.

In August, Canada's Olympic and world junior teams received new jerseys designed to be cooler, lighter and make the players faster.

More to follow.

[Asher]

Also, on ESPN's preview of the Flames this year:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/preview2005/news/story?id=2172546

PLAYER TO WATCH
Chuck Kobasew had a monster season in the AHL last time out (38 goals, 75 pts.). He's the guy that made Martin Gelinas expendable.

[Kontiki]

Looks like Phaneuf will now be the top scoring D-man in the NHL.

Flames lose Regehr for up to a month

9/29/2005 5:36:19 PM

CALGARY, Alberta (Ticker) - The Calgary Flames will have to begin their defense of the Western Conference championship without Robyn Regehr.

The Flames on Thursday announced Regehr suffered a sprained knee in Wednesday's preseason victory over the Edmonton Oilers and will be sidelined up to one month.

The 19th overall pick in the 1998 draft, Regehr suffered the injury in the waning moments of the latest "Battle of Alberta." The loss of Regehr, whose brother Richie was signed by the Flames as a free agent in July 2004, all but assures 2003 first-round pick Dion Phaneuf a spot on Calgary's roster to start the season.

Born in Brazil, the 25-year-old Regehr appeared in all 82 games for the Flames in 2003-04, recording four goals, 14 assists and 74 penalty minutes. A member of Canada's 2004 World Cup of Hockey championship team, he has 12 tallies and 54 points in 363 career games.

[Asher]

Yeah I read that yesterday (and mentioned it in this thread).

Regehr isn't a scorer but he does well with +/- and will do well with assists this year.

[Kontiki]

I'm looking at the ESPN team predictions. Next to a quote from Bertuzzi, they have a picture of Khabibulin. Stupid Americans.

[Sava]

1.1 Imran - Martin Brodeur - G (NJ)
1.2 123john321 - Sidney Crosby - C (PIT)
1.3 dejon - Miikka Kiprusoff - G (CGY)
1.4 KrazyHorse - Jarome Iginla - RW (CGY)
1.5 Guynemer - Marty Turco - G (DAL)
1.6 Kontiki - Markus Naslund - LW (VAN)
1.7 notyoueither - Evgeni Nabokov - G (SJ)
1.8 Emperor Fabulous - Martin St. Louis - RW (TB)
1.9 joncha - Joe Thornton - C (BOS)
1.10 Ben Kenobi - Joe Sakic - C (COL)
1.11 Sava - Todd Bertuzzi - RW (VAN)
1.12 Asher - Nikolai Khabibulin - G (CHI)

2.12 Asher - Vincent Lecavalier - C (TB)
2.11 Sava - Roberto Luongo - G (FLA)
2.10 Ben Kenobi - Brad Richards - C (TB)
2.9 joncha - Dwayne Roloson - G (MIN)
2.8 Emperor Fabulous - Ed Belfour - G (TOR)
2.7 notyoueither - Daniel Alfredsson - RW (OTT)
2.6 Kontiki - Andrew Raycroft - G (BOS)
2.5 Guynemer - Marian Hossa - RW (ATL)
2.4 KrazyHorse - David Aebischer - G (COL)
2.3 dejon - Milan Hejduk - RW (COL)
2.2 123john321 - Jose Theodore - G (MON)
2.1 Imran - Mats Sundin - C (TOR)

3.1 Imran - Dan Cloutier - G (VAN)
3.2 123john321 - Scott Niedermayer - D (ANA)
3.3 dejon - Robert Esche - G (PHI)
3.4 KrazyHorse - Patrick Lalime - G (SLB)
3.5 Guynemer - Peter Forsberg - C (PHI)
3.6 Kontiki - Alex Tanguay - LW (COL)
3.7 notyoueither - Dominik Hasek - G (OTT)
3.8 Emperor Fabulous - Keith Tkachuk - LW (SLB)
3.9 joncha - Chris Pronger - D (EDM)
3.10 Ben Kenobi - Bill Guerin - RW (DAL)
3.11 Sava - Dany Heatley - RW (OTT)
3.12 Asher - Bryan McCabe - D (TOR)

4.12 Asher - Tony Amonte - RW (CAL)
4.11 Sava - Rick Nash - LW ( CMB)
4.10 Ben Kenobi - Glen Murray - RW (BOS)
4.9 joncha - Tomas Vokoun - G (NSH)
4.8 Emperor Fabulous - Ladislav Nagy - LW (PHO)
4.7 notyoueither - Jaromir Jagr - RW (NYR)
4.6 Kontiki - Sergei Gonchar - D (PIT)
4.5 Guynemer - Mike Ribeiro - LW (MON)
4.4 KrazyHorse - Zigmund Palffy - RW (PIT)
4.3 dejon - Martin Havlat - RW (OTT)
4.2 123john321 - Trent Hunter - RW (NYI)
4.1 Imran - Mark Recchi - LW (PIT)

5.1 Imran - Miroslav Satan - RW (NYI)
5.2 123john321 - Jeremy Roenick - C (LA)
5.3 dejon - Brendan Morrison - C (VAN)
5.4 KrazyHorse - Nick Lidstrom - D (DET)
5.5 Guynemer - Jean-Sebastian Giguere - G (ANA)
5.6 Kontiki - Jason Spezza - C (OTT)
5.7 notyoueither - Marek Zidlicky - D (NSH)
5.8 Emperor Fabulous - Zdeno Chara - D (OTT)
5.9 joncha - Cory Stillman - LW (CAR)
5.10 Ben Kenobi - Ed Jovanovski - D (VAN)
5.11 Sava - Adrien Aucoin - D (CHI)
5.12 Asher - Chris Simon - LW (CAL)

6.12 Asher - Brendan Shanahan - LW (DET)
6.11 Sava - Scott Gomez - C (NJD)
6.10 Ben Kenobi - Ryan Smyth - LW (EDM)
6.9 joncha - Mario Lemieux - C (PIT)
6.8 Emperor Fabulous - Robert Lang - C (DET)
6.7 notyoueither - Doug Weight - C (STL)
6.6 Kontiki - Manny Legace - G (DET)
6.5 Guynemer - Pavel Datsyuk - C (DET)
6.4 KrazyHorse - Mike Modano - C (DAL)
6.3 dejon - Rob Blake - D (COL)
6.2 123john321 - Alexander Mogilny - RW - (NJ)
6.1 Imran - Wade Redden - D (OTT)

7.1 Imran - Simon Gagne - LW (PHI)
7.2 123john321 - Patrik Elias - LW (NJ)
7.3 dejon - Shane Doan - LW (PHO)
7.4 KrazyHorse - Gary Roberts - LW (FLA)
7.5 Guynemer - Mathieu Schneider - D (DET)
7.6 Kontiki - Steve Sullivan - RW (NSH)
7.7 notyoueither - Patrick Marleau - C (SJ)
7.8 Emperor Fabulous - Kevin Weekes - G (NYR)
7.9 joncha - Brett Hull - RW (PHO)
7.10 Ben Kenobi - John LeClair - LW (PIT)
7.11 Sava - Daniel Briere - C (BUF)
7.12 Asher - Chris Osgood - G (DET)

8.12 Asher - Robyn Regehr - D (CGY)
8.11 Sava - Brian Leetch - D (BOS)
8.10 Ben Kenobi - Brian Rafalski - D (NJ)
8.9 joncha - Daniel Sedin - LW (VAN)
8.8 Emperor Fabulous - Kim Johnsson - D (PHI)
8.7 notyoueither - Vaclav Prospal - LW (TAM)
8.6 Kontiki - Pavol Demitra - C (LA)
8.5 Guynemer - Dan Boyle - D (TB)
8.4 KrazyHorse - Olli Jokinen - C (FLA)
8.3 dejon - Ilya Kovalchuk - LW (ATL)
8.2 123john321 - Richard Zednik - RW (MON)
8.1 Imran - Peter Bondra - RW (ATL)

9.1 Imran - Jason Arnott - C (DAL)
9.2 123john321 - Paul Kariya - LW - (NAS)
9.3 dejon - David Legwand - C (NAS)
9.4 KrazyHorse - Bobby Holik - C (ATL)
9.5 Guynemer - Michael Ryder - RW (MON)
9.6 Kontiki - Sergei Zubov - D (DAL)
9.7 notyoueither - Fredrik Modin - LW (TAM)
9.8 Emperor Fabulous - Jonathan Cheechoo - RW (SJ)
9.9 joncha - Sergei Fedorov - C (ANA)
9.10 Ben Kenobi - Sean Burke - G (TB)
9.11 Sava - Sergei Samsonov - LW (BOS)
9.12 Asher - Michal Handzus - C (PHI)

10.12 Asher - Shean Donovan - RW (CGY)
10.11 Sava - Matthias Ohlund - D (VAN)
10.10 Ben Kenobi - Vesa Toskala - G (SJ)
10.9 joncha - Rick DiPietro - G (NYI)
10.8 Emperor Fabulous - Joe Nieuwendyk - C (FLA)
10.7 notyoueither - Scott Walker - RW (NAS)
10.6 Kontiki - Marion Gaborik - RW (MIN)
10.5 Guynemer - Henrik Zetterberg - LW (DET)
10.4 KrazyHorse - Brendan Morrow - LW (DAL)
10.3 dejon - Roman Hamrlik - D (CGY)
10.2 123john321 - Daymond Langkow - C (CGY)
10.1 Imran - Dick Tarnstrom - D (PIT)

11.1 Imran - Teemu Selanne - RW (ANA)
11.2 123john321 - Adam Foote - D (CMB)
11.3 dejon - Alexander Frolov - LW (LA)
11.4 KrazyHorse - Sheldon Souray - D (MON)
11.5 Guynemer - Anson Carter - RW (VAN)
11.6 Kontiki - Alexei Yashin - C (NYI)
11.7 notyoueither - Saku Koivu - C (MON)
11.8 Emperor Fabulous - Valeri Bure - RW (LA)
11.9 joncha - Shawn McEachern - RW (BOS)
11.10 Ben Kenobi - Kimmo Timonen - D (NAS)
11.11 Sava - Pavel Kubina - D (TB)
11.12 Asher - Steve Yzerman - C/RW (DET)

12.12 Asher - Chuck Kobasew - RW (CGY)
12.11 Sava - Tyler Arnason - C (CHI)
12.10 Ben Kenobi - Richard Park - RW (VAN)
12.9 joncha - Marek Malik - D (NYR)
12.8 Emperor Fabulous - Brent Sopel - D (NYI)
12.7 notyoueither - Joni Pitkanen - D (PHI)
12.6 Kontiki - Brad Stuart - D (SJ)
12.5 Guynemer - Nils Ekman - LW (SJ)
12.4 KrazyHorse - Jocelyn Thibault - G (PIT)
12.3 dejon - Marc Savard - C (ATL)
12.2 123john321 - Keith Primeau - C (PHI)
12.1 Imran - Radek Bonk - C (MON)

13.1 Imran - Kari Lehtonen - G (ATL)
13.2 123john321 - Mattias Norstrom - D (LA)
13.3 dejon - David Vyborny - RW (COB)
13.4 KrazyHorse - Luc Robitaille - LW (LA)
13.5 Guynemer - Bryan Berard - D (CMB)
13.6 Kontiki - Alexander Ovechkin - LW (WSH)
13.7 notyoueither - Jordan Leopold - D (CGY)
13.8 Emperor Fabulous - Chris Drury - C (BUF)
13.9 joncha - Oleg Kvasha - LW (NYI)
13.10 Ben Kenobi - Andrew Brunette - LW (MIN)
13.11 Sava - Martin Biron - G (BUF)
13.12 Asher -

[Sava]

sorry, I had to drive to Hoffman Estates to help my aunt move... it was a very sudden thing... didn't have time to PM anyone with picks...

SHE IS MOVING IN WITH MY FAMILY AND BRINGING WITH HER MY 10 YEAR OLD COUSIN!!!!!


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

my aunt is a black sheep of teh family...

this is going to suck

my dad is pissed

so am I

ugggghhhhh

[Kontiki]

Why is she moving in with you?