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Looking To Start a Free Republic Fantasy Hockey League!
Me | 12/25/02 | Major Matt Mason

Posted on 12/25/2002 9:03:57 PM PST by Major Matt Mason

I'm looking to form a fantasy hockey league with 15 or 16 other Freepers who follow the great game of hockey! Further details are inside.


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: fantasysports; funandgames; hockey; nonpolitical; sports
I know there are some Freepers out there who are die-hard hockey fans like myself, so I thought that a good way to share our love of the game as well as fire up the competitive juices would be to form the Free Republic Fantasy Hockey League.

My plan was to form a league of 16 teams, with that league using the Batesoft GM Editor. For those not familiar with this software, it is along the lines of the Strat-o-matic games, but uses player ratings and a game simulator to figure out the outcome of games. The software creates the schedule for all the teams, and keeps track of various stats generated from the games.

This would not be a stats-based league, where we simply keep track of stats from NHL games to see who has the best team. It is a little more involved than that, but definitely more fun. If you would like to get a better idea of what this league would be about, you can check out the site for another league that I am in- GWHL.

Right now, I'm just trying to get an idea of how many people would be interested in doing this, with either 15 or 16 being the magic number (I would simply be the Commissioner if 16 people are interested, and a participant if one more is needed). Those that are interested in joining can send me a message via Freep-mail.

So, let's start a league! It'll be a good way to enjoy the great game of hockey, and will help us take our minds off of the full-contact sport of Inside-the-Beltway politics. Game on!

BTW, the league that I am currently in (the one linked above) has openings for 2 GMs, so anyone that is interested can also mention that in their Freep-mail to me. The season starts soon, so make your claim ASAP!

1 posted on 12/25/2002 9:03:57 PM PST by Major Matt Mason
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To: Major Matt Mason
Not that it is necessary, but I'll BTTT, anyway!
2 posted on 12/26/2002 10:52:17 AM PST by Major Matt Mason
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To: Major Matt Mason
Ugh. I'm torn. For a political wacko fantasy league, do you go with the Senators? Do liberals go with the Canucks, or the Blues (nothing against St. Louis, this is just color's sake)? Would the Blackhawks leftists for their PCness or right-ies for their savageness?

For sake of my profession I would have to root for the Edmonton Oilers :)

3 posted on 12/26/2002 10:57:32 AM PST by CanisMajor2002
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To: CanisMajor2002
Actually, I was going to go with made-up names with a patriotic theme, rather than use NHL team names. Are you interested?
4 posted on 12/26/2002 11:22:14 AM PST by Major Matt Mason
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