15-16 HFBoards Yahoo Fantasy Premier Keeper League - IX

[Balls Mahoney]

LB just barely beats me after Yahoo benches my players yesterday and my goalies have the worst week of the year.

GG Buddy

 

[VanillaCoke]

Goaltending is woat

 

[Canucks LB]

That was an easy week. Onto a challenging opponent.

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

Going to have to set my lineup for 3 weeks this week. What could go wrong.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Yahoo benched all my players yesterday? WTF?

You can absorb the blow

 

[Balls Mahoney]

You can absorb the blow

I don't mind, it's my Christmas present to LB.

Has anyone been having trouble with Yahoo lately? It won't load properly for me a lot of the time and it's messed up my lineups twice now in the last few days.

 

[VanillaCoke]

I haven't noticed anything major, sometimes the lineup changes don't save but I just do them again.

Finally won a match, don't know where the 4 points came from....?
Winning the goalie categories count as 4 ?!?!

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

I don't mind, it's my Christmas present to LB.

Has anyone been having trouble with Yahoo lately? It won't load properly for me a lot of the time and it's messed up my lineups twice now in the last few days.

I can't change anything on my phone without it ****ing up.

 

[BrockH]

balls is gonna get 3 free goalie points because piece of garbage yahoo auto line up crap screwed up my goalie rotation, and ramo was sat last game, and I won't make 3 starts this week, brutal.

Pretty sure Yahoo didn't screw up your rotation, and that it's actually you who screwed up your rotation.

Yahoo benched all my players yesterday? WTF?

They didn't bench your lineup, it just didn't change from Friday's lineup (I'm not sure if it's possible, but maybe you were working off a cached version of the webpage or something...).

I'm don't think I have ever had Yahoo "screw up" the way others seems to. Yahoo functions very consistently. Sometimes that screws you up if you forget how it works (e.g. add/drops), but generally speaking I haven't had trouble with the mobile app or the webpage. When I miss my lineups, I know how I ****ed it up.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

I keep having this experience where Yahoo won't load properly and it makes thing difficult. Here's some screen caps.

 

[CRDragon]

I'm don't think I have ever had Yahoo "screw up" the way others seems to. Yahoo functions very consistently. Sometimes that screws you up if you forget how it works (e.g. add/drops), but generally speaking I haven't had trouble with the mobile app or the webpage. When I miss my lineups, I know how I ****ed it up.

+1 this...

 

[CRDragon]

I keep having this experience where Yahoo won't load properly and it makes thing difficult. Here's some screen caps.

Your internet is just crappy.

 

[BrockH]

Guess who's climbing the roto ranks?
<====This guy!

I also worked on the match-up previews a bunch. It now shows a predicted score difference for each stat category match-up (just based on historical average, nothing fancy). I also made up some factors to come up with a % probability for each category following the prediction, and have italicized/underlined any categories that are "closely contested" (which means the prediction was <60% certainty, based on my arbitrary criteria).

Standings if this were a roto league:

Rank | Team Name | Total | G | A | +/- | PIM | PPP | SOG | BLK | W | GAA | SV%
1| Crystal Dragon| 95.5| 9| 10| 1| 12| 12| 11| 10.5| 11| 9| 10
2| ByeWeek (SC)| 77.5| 12| 11| 12| 9| 10| 8| 5| 5.5| 4| 1
3| ARSMASTER*| 75.5| 10.5| 9| 11| 8| 9| 10| 10.5| 3| 1| 3.5
4| Doctor Balls Mahoney| 72.5| 10.5| 12| 8| 6| 11| 12| 1| 8| 2| 2
5| BrockH| 72| 6| 5| 6| 11| 5| 9| 7| 10| 5| 8
6| VANILLAAA| 71| 8| 6| 9| 7| 4| 7| 9| 7| 7.5| 6.5
7| Archangel 12| 70.5| 7| 1| 4| 3| 3| 5| 12| 12| 12| 11.5
8| Canucker| 66.5| 4| 8| 2| 10| 7| 6| 4| 3| 11| 11.5
9| JannikAtTheDisco| 47.5| 2| 3.5| 3| 1| 6| 1| 3| 9| 10| 9
10| The A-Team| 47| 3| 7| 5| 2| 8| 3| 8| 3| 3| 5
11| Lucbourdon| 45| 5| 3.5| 7| 4| 2| 4| 6| 1| 6| 6.5
12| Mustangs| 39.5| 1| 2| 10| 5| 1| 2| 2| 5.5| 7.5| 3.5

CRD still well ahead, but things are getting more interesting in the middle (2-8th). Also, somehow I didn't notice it before, but Vanilla (not CRD) is actually winning the worst luck award. Can Vanilla overcome the luck and make a playoff push before the trade deadline? Also, since making his blockbuster trade Luc has dropped from 3rd (Nov 2nd) to 11th in the roto standings, while Balls has climbed from 10th to 4th. Ouch! Hope McDavid ends up worth it.

Matchups | Absolute Prediction | Adjusted Prediction | Contested Categories | G | A | +/- | PIM | PPP | SOG | BLK | W | GAA | SV%
Crystal Dragon vs. Canucker |7 - 3 |6.5-3.5 |4 |Crystal Dragon(+3.2) |Crystal Dragon(+1.6) | Canucker(+1.8) | Crystal Dragon(+2.6) |Crystal Dragon(+3.0) |Crystal Dragon(+13.2) |Crystal Dragon(+10.6) |Crystal Dragon(+1.8) | Canucker(-0.18) | Canucker(+0.5%)
ByeWeek (SC) vs. Lucbourdon |7 - 3 |6.3-3.7 |3 |ByeWeek (SC)(+4.0) |ByeWeek (SC)(+4.6) |ByeWeek (SC)(+5.2) |ByeWeek (SC)(+4.9) |ByeWeek (SC)(+3.9) |ByeWeek (SC)(+9.9) | Lucbourdon(+1.0) | ByeWeek (SC)(+0.2) | Lucbourdon(-0.04) |Lucbourdon(+1.1%)
ARSMASTER* vs. Archangel 12 |6 - 4 |5.8-4.2 |2 |ARSMASTER*(+2.2) |ARSMASTER*(+4.3) |ARSMASTER*(+5.5) | ARSMASTER*(+2.7) |ARSMASTER*(+3.2) |ARSMASTER*(+9.8) | Archangel 12(+1.0) |Archangel 12(+1.9) |Archangel 12(-0.68) |Archangel 12(+1.3%)
Doctor Balls Mahoney vs. BrockH |5 - 5 |5.4-4.6 |1 |Doctor Balls Mahoney(+2.6) |Doctor Balls Mahoney(+6.9) | Doctor Balls Mahoney(+0.6) |BrockH(+4.3) |Doctor Balls Mahoney(+2.2) |Doctor Balls Mahoney(+14.1) |BrockH(+7.1) |BrockH(+0.6) |BrockH(-0.27) |BrockH(+0.6%)
VANILLAAA vs. Mustangs |8 - 1 |6.6-3.4 |5 |VANILLAAA(+4.1) |VANILLAAA(+2.0) | Mustangs(+0.6) | VANILLAAA(+1.6) |VANILLAAA(+2.4) |VANILLAAA(+14.1) |VANILLAAA(+8.4) | VANILLAAA(+0.1) | Tie(0.00) | VANILLAAA(+0.3%)
JannikAtTheDisco vs. The A-Team |3 - 7 |4.8-5.2 |4 | The A-Team(+0.1) |The A-Team(+1.9) | The A-Team(+1.0) | The A-Team(+1.1) | The A-Team(+0.5) |The A-Team(+5.1) |The A-Team(+4.0) |JannikAtTheDisco(+0.9) |JannikAtTheDisco(-0.36) |JannikAtTheDisco(+0.6%)

This weeks matchups to watch:
Jannik (12th) vs A-Team (7th): Far apart in the H2H standings, only one spot and 0.5 points separates their roto ranks. With 4 contested categories and an adjusted predicted A-Team win (5.2 vs 4.8), this match-up can go either way. If Jannik's goaltending advantage plays out, he's going to need to steal a couple contested skater categories (G, +/-, PIM, PPP) in order to get away with a win.

Balls (2nd) vs BrockH (6th): This is 4vs5 in the roto standings and BrockH's goaltending has found new life in recent weeks. Will it be enough to offset Balls' dominant offense, which features former LB Patrick Kane, former LB Ryan Getzlaf, former LB Henrik Lundqvist, and future LB Nail Yakupov? Balls, just like watching Luc, only 2 months later (props to anyone who gets this reference). Sub-plot to watch: Who collapses this week? Talbot (Brock) vs Nilsson (Balls)

Team Name | Actual Rank | Roto Rank | Luck Factor | Avg Opp Roto Rank Faced (Avg Roto Pts) | Past Opp Strength Rank (1st Has Had Hardest Schedule to Date) | Avg Opp Roto Rank Left (Avg Pts) | Futre Opp Strength Ranking (1st Has Easiest Sched Left)
ARSMASTER* |1| 3| +2 |6.80 (63.40) |9 |6.83 (64.58) |4
Doctor Balls Mahoney |2| 4| +2 |6.90 (63.55) |7 |6.58 (64.96) |6
Archangel 12 |3| 7| +4 |6.80 (63.40) |10 |6.17 (65.42) |9
Crystal Dragon |4| 1| -3 |6.90 (61.80) |11 |7.08 (62.58) |3
ByeWeek (SC) |5| 2| -3 |6.50 (65.75) |5 |7.25 (62.29) |1
BrockH |6| 5| -1 |6.90 (63.55) |8 |6.42 (65.04) |8
The A-Team |7| 10| +3 |5.90 (68.55) |1 |6.42 (65.04) |7
Lucbourdon |8| 11| +3 |6.50 (65.75) |6 |5.75 (67.71) |12
Mustangs |9| 12| +3 |6.00 (66.95) |3 |6.00 (67.63) |11
Canucker |10| 8| -2 |6.90 (61.80) |12 |5.92 (67.42) |10
VANILLAAA |11| 6| -5 |6.00 (66.95) |4 |7.00 (62.38) |2
JannikAtTheDisco |12| 9| -3 |5.90 (68.55) |2 |6.58 (64.96) |5

Edit: P.S. Fair warning, come playoff time I might deliberately omit data about w/e match-up I'm in. Might as well get a competitive advantage out of this if I build it out enough to do so.

 

[BrockH]

Your internet is just crappy.

Yeah, seconded. I've had that issue before Balls, but generally it's been an issue with my internet connection (small possibility Yahoo is overloaded, but much more likely to be on the user's end). If you're having that issue, it could be that you manage to load the page, and then lose the connection, so lineup changes weren't actually received by Yahoo. In that case Yahoo just never got your changes.

When I'm having internet issues, I typically will hit refresh just to be sure that the change went through.

 

[CRDragon]

Balls (2nd) vs BrockH (6th): This is 4vs5 in the roto standings and BrockH's goaltending has found new life in recent weeks. Will it be enough to offset Balls' dominant offense, which features former LB Patrick Kane, former LB Ryan Getzlaf, former LB Henrik Lundqvist, and future LB Nail Yakupov? Balls, just like watching Luc, only 2 months later (props to anyone who gets this reference). Sub-plot to watch: Who collapses this week? Talbot (Brock) vs Nilsson (Balls)

2:40 mark

 

[StrictlyCommercial]

Great write-up.

Does anyone know if my future line up changes with IR+ players will still work once those players are off IR? I.e. I have both Hank and Okposo with 'day-to-day injuries' so Ive set my future lineups with them playing their games and the other on IR.

Want to make sure this doesn't **** me before I head on vacation.

 

[BrockH]

Great write-up.

Does anyone know if my future line up changes with IR+ players will still work once those players are off IR? I.e. I have both Hank and Okposo with 'day-to-day injuries' so Ive set my future lineups with them playing their games and the other on IR.

Want to make sure this doesn't **** me before I head on vacation.

I *think* that if one of them comes off of day-to-day, then you might have lineup issues. I'm fairly certain moving a healthy player back to IR won't work (even though you've pre-coded it). That by itself is not a big deal (he's healthy, and you can't use both at that point anyway). I'm not sure what happens with the rest of your lineup changes though at that point (probably the rest of the stuff changes like it should, but I'm not sure).

 

[Canucks LB]

Balls (2nd) vs BrockH (6th): This is 4vs5 in the roto standings and BrockH's goaltending has found new life in recent weeks. Will it be enough to offset Balls' dominant offense, which features former LB Patrick Kane, former LB Ryan Getzlaf, former LB Henrik Lundqvist, and future LB Nail Yakupov? Balls, just like watching Luc, only 2 months later (props to anyone who gets this reference). Sub-plot to watch: Who collapses this week? Talbot (Brock) vs Nilsson (Balls)

Holy ****, I nearly fell out of my chair laughing.

Lemme say this brock, with Mcdavid, i think it's fair to say that I would not have dropped as far, I lost many weeks by a few goals/assists/and PPP especially.

 

[Balls Mahoney]

I'm confused why people think it's an insult to say I got all of Luc's best players or that I pwned that trade? Isn't that the point of making trades?

Yeah, seconded. I've had that issue before Balls, but generally it's been an issue with my internet connection (small possibility Yahoo is overloaded, but much more likely to be on the user's end). If you're having that issue, it could be that you manage to load the page, and then lose the connection, so lineup changes weren't actually received by Yahoo. In that case Yahoo just never got your changes.

When I'm having internet issues, I typically will hit refresh just to be sure that the change went through.

Thank you. Yeah it was on my end, I fixed the problem.

 

[VanillaCoke]

-6 and woat goalies

 

[Canucks LB]

Heading to chat!!!!, talking trades?!

https://client01.chat.mibbit.com/?channel=#HFKeepers&server=irc.rizon.net

 

[VanillaCoke]

-8 actually

 

[CRDragon]

Just a note for everyone.

Yahoo:

If your league uses a weekly goalie appearance minimum it will be waived for week 11 due to the reduced number of games.

I added Enroth for no reason then, should have checked earlier.

 

[Canucks LB]

Van check yahoo. Just went ham

 

[VanillaCoke]

Gonna wait till the offseason to trade Stamkos.
Want to see what team he signs with....