Comments for Convince Me: Incorporating Playoffs in Your Pool at http://hockey.dobbersports.com , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://hockey.dobbersports.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 02:36:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/hoos/4548-convince-me-incorporating-playoffs-in-your-pool#comment-20335 I play in a Keeper League that goes right through to the end of the playoffs. We currently have 14 GMs with a 25 man roster, of which we protect 12 at the end of the year. You need the right combination of superstars as well as depth players throughout the entire season to be the champion. Points favour goals all season long, as well as a slight increase in points for the playoffs. We feature only 20 players in our active line-up. I don't know if it is luck or skill (I'm hoping that it is my own intuitiveness), but I usually have more than 20 players to start the playoffs. This year, of our top 6 challenging for the win, 3 GMs have 20 or more, and the other 3 have 13,14 and 15. If you build a strong enough lead during the regular season, it might sustain you for the playoffs. Last season, only 8 points seperated 1st from 3rd. Remember when Washington dominated the regular season, and died in the playoffs. I think that is part of Ovechkins downfall. He realized that what he and his team did in the regulars season meant nothing, without being able to follow it up with a good playoff run to achieve the ultimate goal...the Stanley Cup. - David Stuffles Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:17:53 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/hoos/4548-convince-me-incorporating-playoffs-in-your-pool#comment-20327 I can see dobbers point with the whole stamkos thing. I(We) only use the playoffs to see which conference buys the beer at the draft. (6F, 3d, 1G team made from each conference-minimum one player per team) - Linden Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:44:46 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/hoos/4548-convince-me-incorporating-playoffs-in-your-pool#comment-20324 In my league, we have a separate playoff component in which we each select 6F, 3D and 1G from our regular season roster and/or farm teams, and this is our roster for the playoff pool. If guys don't have enough players qualify for the playoffs to fill their lineup, they can choose players from the free agent pool to fill out their playoff roster. Seems to work pretty well. But overall, I find playoff pools very anticlimatic compared to the regular season. After one round, at least half the teams are out of the running already, so interest drops dramatically. - angelofharlem (Glen) Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:24:03 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/hoos/4548-convince-me-incorporating-playoffs-in-your-pool#comment-20323 I am trying to convince the other GM's in our our keeper league draft to incorporate a seperate playoff component using our regular season players. We normally just meet again at playoff time and redraft players for that season's playoffs. I find this to be counter intuitive. The NHL ramps up the intesity at playoff time and we ramp it down. I want to try and suggest a way in which a team in the regular season draft qualifies a team for playoffs. Then qualifying team must submit a reduced roster for playoff time. What do you Dobber in your keep leagues to incorporate the playoffs? - dominator Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:19:05 +0100 http://hockey.dobbersports.com/index.php/columnistsarticles-mainmenu-77/hoos/4548-convince-me-incorporating-playoffs-in-your-pool#comment-20321 I'm ALWAYS disappointed when the regular season ends, and I'm forced to "start over" in various friends' "office pool" format playoff pools. We've tried various formats in the past to continue our roto-keeper's vibe into the playoffs. Until recently, we went from roto to H2H-roto, with lineup resets allowed each playoff round. This knocked out teams each round, but by the last round it was often 2-5 players against 2-5 players - not so much fun when you had 20 active players in the regular season. This year, we're treating ALL the playoffs like one extra regular season roto-week. Of course, our web site doesn't support this, so I (as Kommissar) will have to do (just a little) data entry. I tried to institute add/drop/trade transaction fees to fund prize money for these playoffs, but got voted down. So it's just down to pride. I'm curious to see how others deal with this. - Steffen Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:22:30 +0100