The inaugural Cage Match Tournament is here! Each week you will vote for the player you would most like to have on your team in a points only keeper league (no positions involved). The poll will be added pending the introduction article on the main page.

Psyched? You had better be!

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Wow, Thornton ahead by x2... Iginla is the king of multi-cats!

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Keeper league (08-09 Champion)
16 teams (keep 18 NHLers, unlimited minors)
Scoring Cats: G-A-PTS-PPG-PPA-(+/-)-PIM-SHP-SOG-FW-GWG
Goalie Cats: W-L-SVS-SV%-GAA-SO

C- Crosby-Spezza-Ennis-Bolland
LW- Kovalchuk-Marchand-Landeskog-Boedker
RW- Pavelski-Oshie-Havlat-Burmistrov
D- Yandle-M.Green-J.Johnson-Carlson-Nikitin
G- Lehtonen-Varlamov-Hiller

Minors:
F: Brunner, Conacher, Adam, Nyquist, Phillips, Forsberg, Girgensons, Killorn, T. Johnson
D: Rundblad, Orlov, Sanguinetti
G: Greiss, Nihlstorp, Taylor, Zatkoff

Value in a points only keeper is the scenario in which we are working

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Four out of three people have difficulty with fractions

Commish - Twisted Wrister Fantasy Hockey League

12 team, $$$, 24 players, Weekly, H2H, limited keeper (8), multi-cat (G, A, PIMs, Hits, SOG, HT/ W, GA, SV%, SO)

Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G

Joe Thorton

I'm surprised Thornton leads by this much. He only has 3 more points since the start of 07-08 season.

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UHL Pittsburgh Penguins

24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League Daily
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team

C- Tavares, Stepan, Hodgson, Shaw, Bjugstad
LW- Ryan, Perron, Downie, Killorn, Paajarvi
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Frattin, Rinaldo
D- Schultz, JJ, Bogosian, EJ, Josi, Cowen, Muzzin
G- Lehtonen

F: Granlund, Silfverberg, Jensen, Dalpe, Bowman, Knight, Fasth, JAM, O'Dell
D: Beaulieu, Koekkoek, Gelinas, Pysyk, McCabe, Irwin, Gryba
G: Nilsson, Poulin, Nilstorp, Ramo, Berra, Brossoit, C.Gibson

That's the beauty of MD's set up. The notion of Value in a keeper is a multi-faceted determination, simultaneously employing concepts such as upside, age, depth charts, 3YP.....and that will ultimately have a subjective or irrational component to it (eg name recognition)


Far more interesting...imo..then a ranking strictly based on upside per se.

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Four out of three people have difficulty with fractions

Commish - Twisted Wrister Fantasy Hockey League

12 team, $$$, 24 players, Weekly, H2H, limited keeper (8), multi-cat (G, A, PIMs, Hits, SOG, HT/ W, GA, SV%, SO)

Start: 2C, 2RW, 2LW, 4D, 2G

Thorton is the clear choice here imo...

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"My Name Is My Name" ~Marlo
"I'm just a Gangster I suppose and I want my fu***** corners"~ Barksdale

That'd be Jarome Arthur-Leigh Adekunle Tig Junior Elvis Iginla. When your name's this big, they call you Mr! All kidding aside, though, Iginla has more points, more goals... Joe takes only PIM and +/- cleanly.

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The League:
10-way, pts-only; no positions, top 12/20 count; 1 UFA (>23y/o) per year.

The Legend:
Crosby, Malkin, Getzlaf, Kesler, M. Koivu, J. Carter, P. Stastny, Backes, Voracek, Horton, D. Stafford, R. O'Reilly, Pietrangelo, Doughty, Granlund, Nyquist, Laich, Steen, Bozak, Leino.

Get this peripheral category talk outta here!

Seriously though, this battle is about points only, don't want people biasing their opinions on irrelevant information.

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Here are links to the other polls:

Zetterberg vs. Hossa

Ryan vs. Sharp

Skinner vs. Duchene

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