J0e Th0rnton Posted December 4, 2023 Share Posted December 4, 2023 On 11/9/2023 at 5:24 AM, Brewin Flames said: The voice mail you have reached is full, retry sending. LOL You never answer your voicemail lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 12 hours ago, J0e Th0rnton said: You never answer your voicemail lol Oh, damn...complete brain fart. Forgot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I answered the voicemaIL... THANKS, FAIR TRADE ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 (edited) Trade announcement. Halifax trades Pyotr Kochetkov to brewin flames for Jason Robertson. With Andersen out with blood clots, Kochetkov the goalie of the future is being given opportunity now. Brewin needs a goalie with markstrom out week to week and I need firepower as my team has been sinking lately despite great goaltending. Kochetkov has played 7 of the last 10 games, once in relief of Raanta and won 4, lost 1 and had 2 where he did not get a loss credit. He's given up 2 or less goals in 5 of 7 appearances. Robertson doesn't look like the 47 goal 109 point +37 guy from last year as he is currently under a ppg with 22 points in 23 games and a -4, but I'm confident he will heat up. I still have 2 workhorse goalies to fall back on and Thompson finally just came off IR so I'm hoping to change my fortunes with a boost up front. Might shock those who know how much I love Koochie since ive hounded folks to get him in the keeper leagues. But this isn't a keeper and maybe I can draft him again next year lol. Edited December 5, 2023 by J0e Th0rnton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewin Flames Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 I might have kicked myself if i gave up Eichel or DeBrincat, but this trade seemed fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, Brewin Flames said: I might have kicked myself if i gave up Eichel or DeBrincat, but this trade seemed fair enough. I did ask for cat first and you said no lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted December 5, 2023 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Ive had a drink or three after work so I am going to blab a bit. Strike averted. My teams union just got them a $4 an hour increase and busy season is almost over and I finally get a vacation. im happy as a clam and so relieved. I was actually thinking of quitting for the last 2 months. I don't get anything because i am not in the union, but I don't care, I just wanted something for my team to show how valued they are and to combat the toxic attitude and lack of care that was sweeping through my department and stress I was feeling every second of the day at work and home where I constantly get called for help. On that note, here comes me blabbing like a pseudo intellectual dork lol. I like to look at categories in terms of sections. I consider offense section: G, A, PPG, PPA Peripheral section : SOG, FW, HIT, BK Lottery section: PIM, +/-, GWG, SHP Now you can control how many tickets you buy for the lottery Section, but its still a lot of variance. by buying tickets, I mean, you get more chances at a GWG if you have goalscorers. You have more shots at SHP if you have Pkers. You get more chances at PIM's if you have temperamental goons, but even a lady bing forward can get 5/10 and a game and snag that category circumstantially, and you can restrict your drafting to good teams to have a better chance at solid +/- but that restricts your scoring pool. But its still a lot less control than say, hits or blocks or faceoff wins where you can load up on guys who take faceoffs from the wing or shot blocking Dmen. Goalies are the same, but different. Their sections are reliant on the teams in front of them. Wins and Saves are volume Categories. So unfortunately are losses, so having a good workhorse can be a boon. Sv% and GAA are more variable in that you can get 3 good games in a week and bench goalies to retain the good GAA and sv%, so volume matters less. the real lottery category for goalies is SO. So the way I see it, goalies have 5 controllable categories, 1 Lottery, Forwards have 8 controllable categories, 4 Lottery, so despite goalies having 6 categories to 12 skater categories, I feel they are more valuable. Significantly so due to this league having 16 teams because the pool is so shallow to find a goalie. 2 or 3 goalies are going to decide 45% of the controllable categories. Currently, I have 2 workhorses and I hope its enough to keep going safely because in offensive categories i was getting beaten bad. in fact im one of the lowest scoring teams in the league. im also only middle of the pack for Peripherals. I had good FOW and SOG for awhile, but too many guys went down with injuries. Now I am combing waivers trying to improve some more. Come on down Kerfoot. Win some faceoffs from wing will ya? For Brewin, I think this will help quite a bit for goalie cats. He was relying on the Calgary duo and Jake Allen for starts and Kochetkov is a shot of adrenaline from a 3rd team. Where i would be looking to improve next is Peripherals, but it may be too late for that as the team is very scoring oriented from top to bottom. Hopefully scoring plus improved goaltending = wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 For the goalies (unless you have an elite G like Öttinger, Hellebuyck, Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Shesterkin): Complete lottery ! (ok, I'm exaggerating a little bit) In an era where tandems (or 1A/1B) become more and more the norm, it's really difficult to have any clue on how a goalie will perform in the beginning of the season. Demko was injured and awful last season, now he's like God. Talbot was good for the dump, and now he's skating on the water. On the other side, Gustavsson has become an AHLer, Schmid and Vanecek are terrible, Markström has a hard time too. Even constant and top-tier goalies are not safe. Varlamov was about to claim a timeshare with Sorokin, Georgiev was fantastic in October and then horsesh!t in November, Detroit is currently running three goaltenders. Two or three bad starts in a row and your undebatable #1 position is in jeopardy. This position is so versatile. Maybe in February we will be all fighting to grab Kähkonen lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 12 hours ago, Math said: For the goalies (unless you have an elite G like Öttinger, Hellebuyck, Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Shesterkin): Complete lottery ! (ok, I'm exaggerating a little bit) In an era where tandems (or 1A/1B) become more and more the norm, it's really difficult to have any clue on how a goalie will perform in the beginning of the season. Demko was injured and awful last season, now he's like God. Talbot was good for the dump, and now he's skating on the water. On the other side, Gustavsson has become an AHLer, Schmid and Vanecek are terrible, Markström has a hard time too. Even constant and top-tier goalies are not safe. Varlamov was about to claim a timeshare with Sorokin, Georgiev was fantastic in October and then horsesh!t in November, Detroit is currently running three goaltenders. Two or three bad starts in a row and your undebatable #1 position is in jeopardy. This position is so versatile. Maybe in February we will be all fighting to grab Kähkonen lol. Goalies are definitely voodoo year by year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 Zibby or Crosby for a freaking goaltender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Finally, little Brady has found his way home. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 12 minutes ago, Math said: Finally, little Brady has found his way home. About damn time too!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Red has his Bill Russell. Not the shortstop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted March 17 Share Posted March 17 For the first time since entering fantasy, I'm missing the playoffs.....arg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Well, it's play-off time. I unexpectedly finished first and as a fellow Stars fan, the table is perfectly set for the traditional play-off choke lol. Good success to anyone, let's get it on ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 4 hours ago, Math said: Well, it's play-off time. I unexpectedly finished first and as a fellow Stars fan, the table is perfectly set for the traditional play-off choke lol. Good success to anyone, let's get it on ! does that mean I get the upset win 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0e Th0rnton Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 7 hours ago, Math said: Well, it's play-off time. I unexpectedly finished first and as a fellow Stars fan, the table is perfectly set for the traditional play-off choke lol. Good success to anyone, let's get it on ! Congrats on the pres trophy first year!!! This is my first time missing the playoffs......arg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 On 3/25/2024 at 3:56 PM, pilldoc said: does that mean I get the upset win I have to admit, I freaked a bit when I saw you sneaking in. The score is misleading, you were still sniffing my heels before the week-end and it remained pretty close in every category. That was a great match-up with tremendous performances of both Luukkonen and Georgiev lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilldoc Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 4 hours ago, Math said: I have to admit, I freaked a bit when I saw you sneaking in. The score is misleading, you were still sniffing my heels before the week-end and it remained pretty close in every category. That was a great match-up with tremendous performances of both Luukkonen and Georgiev lol. Nah ... the score was closer than it really was. I just barely snuck into the playoff. You have had a tremendous season. Congrats on the win. Best of luck moving forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 On 4/1/2024 at 3:48 PM, Math said: I have to admit, I freaked a bit when I saw you sneaking in. The score is misleading, you were still sniffing my heels before the week-end and it remained pretty close in every category. That was a great match-up with tremendous performances of both Luukkonen and Georgiev lol. Kick a## and don't even bother with the names. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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