but if we do that what will Ev post about?

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P=1 DPts=1.2 +/-=.32 PIM=.08 PPP=.4 SHP=.6 S=.015 Blk=.2 Hit=.08
W=2 OTL=.8 GA=-.64 SV=.08 SO=3

Pro (23 keep 17)
C- Filppula,Turris,Stastny,Backstrom
D-Boyle,MDZ,Karlsson,Robidas,Goligoski,Schenn,Seiden berg
G-Anderson,Hiller,Rinne
LW-Malone,Parise,Rolston,Eriksson,Ruutu
RW-Alfredsson,Callahan,Setoguchi,Brown,Ryder,Vrbata

Farm (9 keep all, max 200 GP, 100 Goalies)
Colborne,Leblanc,Loktionov,Perreault,Tangradi,Blum ,Poulin,Markstrom

Very good thread. Thank you for the tips.

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12 Team keeper league, rosters cannot exceed 23 after the draft. We have to drop players in order to use our draft picks.
Stats: G(1) A(1) W(2) SO(1) OTL(1)
Count only the best 10 F, 4 D & 2 G
Pts traded with players

F - Ovechkin, Parise, Nugent-Hopkins, Couture, Lucic, Berglund, Couturier, Burmistrov, Brassard, Granlund, Strome, Grigorenko, Kassian, Nyquist, Kuznetsov
D - Burns, McBain, Faulk, Schultz
G - Howard, Schneider, Markstrom

Picks - 2013: 1st, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 4th, 5th
2014: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th

I have always felt that the best person in a discussion is the one who can portray themselves as a justifiable devil's advocate. Now I understand that it is quite difficult to do without coming off as pompous or outlandish.

However, I have seen it occur a quite a few times on the site and it always stands to make the discussion that much stronger. I understand it is a finely tuned skill, so if you read that someone being a devil's advocate is a little off the mark, then please try to understand it betters the discussion by leaps and bounds. Even if some people tend to get a little heated over it, we should all appreciate someone who voices their opinion or plays the devil's advocate, even if it comes across in bad taste

My absolute favourite part of the ramblings is when Dobber and Angus do this from time to time. Sometimes they admit to it, sometimes they do not, and sometimes I may just be mistaken to the fact the they aren't actually playing devil's advocate. Whatever the case, the fervor that ensues and the discussion points that are laid out are often brilliant. Not to mention that it acts as a coy marketing tool and a way to further their reach to the target audiences. With how popular the network is and how it grows every day, I'd say they are doing a bang-on job in providing excellent discussion material.

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" You said you don't give a f*ck about hockey. I've never heard anyone say that before."

Great tips. I wonder if this shouldn't be stickeyed? (Oh man not even able to spell)

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Team 1:
10 Team Keeper, keep 16. (12F, 6D, 3G) 6 bench
Cat: +/-, PIMs, G, A, Pts, STG (PPG+SHG), GAA, SPct, W
Roto, No Max games, weekly lineups


F: D Stepan, [B]J Benn, J Spezza, J Carter, J Tavares, J Eberle, R Nugent-Hopkins, J Voracek, Crosby, Huberdeau, Ott, Orr

D: J Carlson, K Shattenkirk, M Streit, T Enstrom, JJohnson Dillion

G: Varlamov, P Rinne, R Miller

B: Berglund, Prust, Markstrom, Ladd, Greene, Beauchemin

Excellent Thread.

Three items I try to focus on:
1. Respect & Avoiding Altercations
It is definitely good to realize that everybody is entitled to their opinion. Sometimes two people can be so adamant on their views that a debate escalates. At some point, somebody has to step back and say "I may be wrong, it's just my opinion". I treat each thread like it is a hockey game. Once you've played the game (made a few posts), you need to prepare to post your final thought, leave the thread, and not worry about future altercations with the same person on the same subject.

2. Post your thoughts... even when everything has been said.
Most threads are asking for opinion & help. There may be three posts saying "Go Player A" and one post saying "Go Player B". If you think it should be "Player A", post your reply or "QUOTE" somebody's comment and simply type "I agree with this". Quoting and agreeing with somebody's comment is a nice compliment. It also reinforces the strength of making a decision for the person seeking advice.

3. Using "search".
There is a tab at the top of the forum where you can do an "Advanced Search". I realize people are often short on time and have a specific case they want a nice clean thread where they can collect thoughts. That said, it might be a topic that has been addressed before and some of the wisest comments may have been said... and the poster may not show up to say them again. Before starting a "What are your thoughts on Player X?" thread, go and see if there is anything within the last 3 months. The boards can get cluttered quickly during draft time - the site is very popular - and it is helpful to keep everything as tidy as we can.

Mercy I love this site.
Go DobberHockey.

I am a little embarrassed at the fact that I got really excited to see "Bayesian" in the fora.

This is clearly the result of some sort of drug-addled daze; Cheese-Nips without a doubt!

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H2H 10 GMs Keeper: keep up to 4 at cost of draft pick (round in red) G, A,+/-,PIM,SOG,PPP; Wins,GAA,Sv% Start 2C 2R 2L 1 Util 4D 2G, weekly starts
C: Tomáš Plecanec (10), Jonathan Huberdeau (11)
LW: Patrik Eliáš (14), Pascal Dupuis (10) Иlлья Kovalchuk (1), Brandon Saad (10)
RW: Jarome Iginla (3), Phil Kessel (2) Jakub Voráček (9)
Util:
D:Ryan Suter (7), Mike Green (4), Brent Burns (10), Mark Streit, Justin Schultz (12)
G:Craig Anderson (6), Дeвaн Dubnyk (17) Cepгeй Bobrovsky (9), Niklas Bäckström (8)

I think the number one thing is humbleness and lord knows I could use some work here and maybe we all could but as a community that's the number one thing. Most (if not all) of us here are fantasy league champions and that's in part or in total thanks to this site. Keeping in mind just how many smart hockey minds we have collected here keeps you humble and thus open to continuing to learn, which is why we all come here in the first place. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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CBS Sportsline 14 team H2H keeper (21-man roster, 14 keepers), weekly lineup changes
G, A, PPP, SOG, BS, +/-, GAA, W, SV%
Montreal Maulers - 2011/12 and 2012/13 League Champions
C: Zetterberg/Getzlaf/Granlund/Roy/Desharnais
W: Hossa/Gaborik/Moulson/Marleau/Fleischmann/Horton/Brown/Baertschi(IR)
D: Markov/Karlsson(IR)/Letang/Byfuglien/McDonagh/Tyutin/Spurgeon
G: Lundqvist/Hiller/Brodeur

I know there was a thread that mentioned it recently, but I can't find it now; how do you post pictures in the body of the post (vs making an attachment)? Also tips on the code for making active links [ URL ] websiteAddress [ /URL ] (with no spaces), and things like underlining and bolding text would be helpful to know too.

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11 Team 1yr. daily update Yahoo Roto League (drafted 6th)
Roster: 2C, 2L, 2R, 4D, 1U, 2G, 10 B, 1IR (NO max games played)
Stats: G, A, P, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, BS, W, GAA, SV%, SHO

C: J. Thornton, N. Backstrom, P. Stastny, D. Desharnais, Z. Konopka
L: J. Benn (C/L), Jo. Staal (C/L), D. Perron (C/L), S. Kostitsyn, A. McDonald (C/L), B. Prust
R: M. St.Louis, B. wheeler, J. Voracek, T. Purcell
D: S. Weber, A. Goligoski, J. Carlson, D. Seidenberg, J. Gorges
G: J. Quick, M. Smith, J. Hiller
IR: --

underlining is by [ u ] text [ / u ] with no spaces, bold is [ b ] text [ /b ] no spaces, and [ img ] url [ /img ] for images no spaces and text comes naturally as long as it's in a url format like www.yahoo.com

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The Ultimate Fantasy Hockey League. (Keep 17)
3C 3LW 3RW 6D 2G 6BE.
G,A,+-,PIM,PPP,SHP,GWG,SOG,FW,HIT; GS,W,L,GAA,SA,SV, SV%,SO
(C) Bergeron, Spezza, Ribeiro, R. O'Reilly
(LW) Ovechkin(RW), Clowe(RW), Hagelin
(RW) Eberle, Stewart
(D) Subban, Pietrangelo, Green, Byfuglien(RW), Bogosian
(G) Crawford, Varlamov, Neuvirth

8 Person Farm:
(C), Couturier, Teravainen
(LW) Kreider
(RW) Etem
(D) Dumba
(G) Holtby, Ramo, Subban