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thessalian) wrote2005-10-27 08:53 am
thessalian) wrote2005-10-27 08:53 am
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Hockey hockey hockey
I suddenly realise I have no one to rant sports with. At least, not in any major way.
I play Yahoo! Fantasy Hockey with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tolshak and his happy band of hockey maniacs. Which is generally good, though I am bottom of the league because half the time I forget to update my starting lineup and wind up having everybody who's playing on the day on the bench and am therefore racking up no points. Generally, I am someone that someone else is playing. I don't contribute much, never ask for trades and just generally coast.
Until the manager of The Thugtuzzi Crisis, another team, asked for a trade. Marleau for Kovalchuk. So basically he wants to trade my absolute best player (7th in the League tables) for Marleau, 81 in the league with a slightly less impressive scoring record long-term. I had a look at the stats -- while they're pretty much even on scoring terms over a season, I discovered a trend -- Marleau peaks early and then keeps a relatively stable scoring record, while Kovalchuk tends to not do so well in the first little while but peaks mid-season. I could get a lot better mileage out of him long-term than I could out of Marleau, so I said no deal.
Well, not entirely no deal. I made a counter-offer. He can have Kovalchuk if he's willing to give up Bertuzzi. There's only a five-player difference between them in the league tables so I'm not losing out so much and he's a good scorer. I'll have to see if he takes it. (That's assuming the Thugtuzzi Crisis is a he.)
Damn. I suddenly realise that I have no idea how the hockey is going. I must check on the Habs...
We're at the top of the NE standings?!? ROCK ON! *squee* And we're still beating the almighty crap out of Boston; we always do. Toronto kicked our arses, the snots. And we play the Sens tonight. Must remember to check the score tomorrow.
I play Yahoo! Fantasy Hockey with
tolshak and his happy band of hockey maniacs. Which is generally good, though I am bottom of the league because half the time I forget to update my starting lineup and wind up having everybody who's playing on the day on the bench and am therefore racking up no points. Generally, I am someone that someone else is playing. I don't contribute much, never ask for trades and just generally coast.Until the manager of The Thugtuzzi Crisis, another team, asked for a trade. Marleau for Kovalchuk. So basically he wants to trade my absolute best player (7th in the League tables) for Marleau, 81 in the league with a slightly less impressive scoring record long-term. I had a look at the stats -- while they're pretty much even on scoring terms over a season, I discovered a trend -- Marleau peaks early and then keeps a relatively stable scoring record, while Kovalchuk tends to not do so well in the first little while but peaks mid-season. I could get a lot better mileage out of him long-term than I could out of Marleau, so I said no deal.
Well, not entirely no deal. I made a counter-offer. He can have Kovalchuk if he's willing to give up Bertuzzi. There's only a five-player difference between them in the league tables so I'm not losing out so much and he's a good scorer. I'll have to see if he takes it. (That's assuming the Thugtuzzi Crisis is a he.)
Damn. I suddenly realise that I have no idea how the hockey is going. I must check on the Habs...
We're at the top of the NE standings?!? ROCK ON! *squee* And we're still beating the almighty crap out of Boston; we always do. Toronto kicked our arses, the snots. And we play the Sens tonight. Must remember to check the score tomorrow.
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Bertuzzi is *NOT* worth what Goalvalchuk can do. No way, no how. Now, I won't veto the trade if you go through with it, but I'd like to throw in my own two cents.
And Yes, the manager of the Thugtuzzi crisis is a guy. To whit, my best friend Dan
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