Truly, the end has to come sometime and sadly the regular season has ended There are 60 minutes to go until my hockey podcast. The question is can I finish this before the show starts? The fun of pressure and meeting deadlines in a hockey-centric world is at its height at this time of year. It’s time to get fired up. If you are not, you may need some serious help here!
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Take a deep breath and settle in for the long haul. The slumping vets will turn it around. If you chose to panic, there are owners in every league that are always more than accommodating when it comes to helping you with your early season dilemmas – a situation that usually leads to serious regret down the road. Just focus on the better days ahead and repeat after me, “’Tis a Marathon, not a Sprint.”
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Another season of waiver wire madness is upon us. The first topic of discussion this season is FAAB, the budget system for acquiring free agents. This method of player procurement seems to be gaining in popularity and with it come some interesting questions, especially in single league formats. The principle dilemma here is do you spend early and often, save your money for the trade deadline, or some combination of both. In my opinion, a bird in the hand is much better than the potential for nothing in the bush at the trade deadline. Is it worth taking a chance on two months of potential playing time that might not occur? Spend early and often and procure the players when they are available. Two months of counting statistics is simply not worth the gamble when solid difference makers are available for the taking.
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So we have joked all year about how some waiver pickups have gone so much better than others. Let’s face facts here. Sometimes our misses are spectacular and our hits are lights out as well. I have to say that this year we have more hits than misses.
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So it is come to that time of year when people wonder what to do. There are less than two weeks to go in your Fantasy hockey season and if you are in H2H leagues, your finals or semis have started. Injuries have done a number on your team all year, but now you really are up against it. What do you do? I said what do you do?
The Wire Troll: Digging DEEP? Read Post »
Fantasy Hoops playoff time is here, and those lucky (by which of course we mean madly skilled) owners still in the hunt are scrambling madly to find that missing piece to hone their team to its finest edge. Often, that missing piece is a heretofore-unknown player, whose ability to contribute in a certain stat category makes him highly relevant to a Fantasy owner who is trying to prep his team for that final push.
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As we wind down the last few weeks, we regret to inform you that soon you will see those evil Year End award type posts from us and we apologize. The best thing that I have learned from doing this column all season is all the players that actually worked and the several dozen that did not quite pan out so much. Again, there is the standard “my bad” that can be used.
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