Fantasy Hockey

[NJReds]

Here is the response I got. WTF?

Hello,

Thank you for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.

In all Public Head-to-Head Leagues, a goaltending tandem must make at
least three (3) appearances each week. Should a tandem fail to meet this requirement, their fantasy team will automatically lose all four of the
goaltending match-ups.

This limit applies to the combined appearances of all goalies on your
roster. Each goalie is not required to appear in three games. This limit was introduced so that each match-up is settled based on stats
accumulated over several games.

With no limit, a team that recorded a shutout in one start would
automatically win or tie the goals-against average and save percentage
match-up.

Private Leagues default to the Public League settings, but the limits
are configurable.

Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.

Regards,

Morris

Yahoo! Customer Care


So, basically we all "tied" for all of the goaltending stats since we all did not meet the minimum requirements. I have 3 goalies. Kiprusoff had 3 starts, but Turco and Theodore only had 2 starts and since I didn't have 2 goalies with at least 3 starts each, I lost all goalie stats. Stupid. Shouldn't be a problem going forward, hopefully.

This isn't accurate in our case.
The person that I played against had two goalies that made three starts each. But it still showed up as a tie.

Their letter also said:

This limit applies to the combined appearances of all goalies on your
roster. Each goalie is not required to appear in three games.

[Red Leader]

Our league was set at a minimum of 8 goalie appearances per matchup /week. That's why no one met the minimum requirements....only a couple of teams had 7.

I have since changed that to 3. I'm guessing that even if you had 3 starts each by 2 different goalies, but didn't have at least 8 goalie appearances (which was everybody) you lost the categories.

[NJReds]

That explains it...thanks.

[Red Leader]

That explains it...thanks.

Not a problem, I'm real sorry that I didn't notice this by the start of the season, and it affected everyone's week 1 scores. If you won all of the goalie categories in the first week, and had to split them, I sincerely apologize. Hopefull with the change to 3 starts per week, things are cleared up.

The postitives are that 1) it affected everyone the same, and 2) the NHL season is loooooong, so this shouldn't have too much bearing on the season outcome.

Once again, I'm sorry I didn't catch this earlier. Hopefully, those that were "penalized" won't jump ship and we can have a fun season.

[NJReds]

I swept the goalie catagories (2 shutouts!)...why do you think I was asking

I just have to remember to bump this thread if I miss the playoffs by a game or two.

[kheidg-]

Yeah, hopefully nobody misses playoffs because of this. Kind of messed up the way they have it, but i'm sure its for a reason. Good luck everybody, it seems like it will be fun. I have my lineup set over a week in advance, seems like a good thing to do.

[NJReds]

I have my lineup set over a week in advance, seems like a good thing to do.

I tried that...but then I almost had to rename my team the "Pulled Groins"
You have to have some players who actually get on the ice.

[kheidg-]

I tried that...but then I almost had to rename my team the "Pulled Groins"
You have to have some players who actually get on the ice.

Funny thing is if you look at my team, I have nothing but oldies.

I don't know much about hockey, and likely only have anyone from the 2003 NHL video game.

Jagr, Hasek, Modano, Hull, Pronger, Lindros, Federov, Roenick, Hasek, Belfour...

maybe these old guys can just keep themselves in shape?