A Word From Our Defending Champion

Some of you thought he was a robot or a supercomputer, because he does nothing all year…nope, he is real, and he has submitted a guest blog for us to enjoy.

A recent Puck You! blog asked this question, “What does it take to win a fantasy hockey league?”

To answer this, let us start at the beginning. A log in ID to yahoo and a password is a great start. I know this may be stating the obvious, but from the idiotic moves I have seen in this league by some of the particpants (GM Jesse Cook claims that Jimmy Howard was drafted 9TH OVERALL on accident), it must be stated and probably has been done for some of our friends from the north. The second thing that must happen is you need to acquire great goalies. Just ask the Montreal Wanderers GM Court Watson; the years he won he had them and last year in a runner up finish he wishes Brodeur was healthy to lead him to the title. Lastly, you just have to be lucky. It does not matter how much you know about hockey. Please see Dave‘Killer’Carlson GM Mike Gaunt; He thought that Court was joking about drafting a guy named Semen or Semin.

All in all, probably the best bet for most of our league’s hockey savants is to just leave their teams alone except when someone gets hurt. All of you think you are an expert, but you are not. Watching hockey has nothing to do with doing well at Fantasy Hockey. Fantasy sports were designed by nerds (why doesn’t Bert Fong win every year then?). It requires some analytical math skills and a presence of mind to look at what is coming. No, not Semin, but schedules, number of games played, and head to head matchups. By changing or trading your team every week you are trying to time the market. None of you are Jim Cramer, but you do look like him….“LOSERS”.

Lastly, it helps to be an American. We have no civic pride or tradition related to hockey. We do not get emotionally or physically attached to this sport. The one exception is GM Cole Ballard who does and loses every year. (Hint: he will trade his entire team for Ovechkin and the Semen guy). He loves to think about getting Semin on his face team.

Who knew the Borg could be so eloquent.