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  1. Ohhhhhh that's interesting. Doesn't the NFL do a lot of this kind of stuff? Restructuring contracts to lower cap hit. I think it's brilliant, albeit complicated for the fans. Gives teams so much more flexibility. I think the NHL would see a lot more trading (even though the NFL sees virtually no trading).
  2. Extremely difficult to track and manage progammatically. All of our salary info pulls from a central database (which pulls directly from Capfriendly), so anything that makes an AAV vary from league to league is pretty much a non-starter. It's a fun idea, in general... just logistically challenging.
  3. Really hoping will smith ends up in Philly. also sure I’m not the first one to make that joke
  4. Protecting Blueger seemed like the right move at the time... hindsight is 20/20. Carter 100% should have been exposed, and I think there's a really decent chance he'd have been taken. Either Carter or McCann. Either way, there was no need to lose a heart and soul player like Tanev. People hate on Carter, but he was a really excellent acquisition that year (especially at that price), and was decent last year. The contract they gave him this year was fine... again, hindsight is 20/20. Also, the Rakell acquisition was solid. And re-signing the big three was, ultimately, what most people wanted, and he did it pretty well. All that said... trading Matheson and Marino was bad work (although I don't hate the Marino deal). Re-signing Kapanen was a huge mistake (that's not hindsight, either...). The McGinn deal was stupid. The Granlund trade was stupid. The Bonino trade was stupid (albeit pretty cheap).
  5. You could draft Gretzky Goals or Gretzky Assists.
  6. Four scoring titles on assists alone is insane... I can see why fantasy leagues used to have to split him into 2 people.
  7. “No more good” is pretty poor English. Good is rarely a noun, and saying “no more” instead of “less” implies that the noun has ceased to exist. I think “no more goodness” might be better, depending on context. Or “less good”, although that is best used if “good” is an adjective. And yes, I listen to about 8 minutes of this podcast every day. Takes me a while to get through an episode. And sometimes the part i listen to on a given day ends up being exclusively about Scott’s bodily functions (or just his body in general). But I keep coming back.
  8. Re: takeaways… I think Scotty’s making valid points here. But I want stats that are easily found in multiple places (I.e. nhl.com, ESPN, tsn, etc). Are you able to find “first goals” there? The answer might be yes… I haven’t looked. I also don’t want stats that count multiple times. Score a first goal and you’ve just gone +1 in 4 categories, maybe even 5 if it’s a shorty. (G, SOG, STG, +\-, in addition to first goal) and I want stats where you get a lot in a week (more than 20, ideally, but I’ll settle for 10+). Takeaways checks those three boxes. you’ve got this fourth criterium of wanting to be able to see it visually. I get it, but those other three are more important, imo. find me an offensive stat that checks all four boxes and I’m game!
  9. “I know the tone of your ass when you walk away” 🤣
  10. That's amazing. I've been wondering about the fantasy implications of this, especially for like trade advice or start/sit advice. it's inevitable
  11. Binnington also does well in Fantrax rating by virtue of his GP (38 GP to Vanecek's 32 and Jarry's 27). That gets him the appearance more saves (even though his saves per game is lower than Jarry) and more wins (even though his win percentage is way worse than the others.. .473 to Jarry's .592 and Vanecek's .656). Of course, GP is not an irrelevant stat here... his GP is his most valuable attribute, indicating his solidity as a #1 and his durability.
  12. OK regarding the Binnington vs. Jarry vs. Vanecek conversation... the important piece of information that you didn't consider is average deviation. In head-to-head, a goalie's predictability is almost as important as the actual tracked stats. So if you look at how much, on average, Binnington performs better or worse than his average, you can judge his inconsistency... That inconsistency can kill you in a matchup...
  13. Fantasy First Hockey League actually has a nice ring to it. FFHL. “The Eff”.
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