Another Season in the Books

What an Anze Cup Final.  What started out looking like a boring blow out did a complete 180, and the Combo Classic Champs came roaring back to utterly dominate Anzoolander.  I don’t think i have ever witnessed such a disparity in fantasy hockey management skills.  The better team won.  More importantly, the better GM won.  Well done Luke.

And with that, here is the traditional letter from the Anze Cup Champion, Luke “Iambic pentameter is my spirit animal” Mackinnon:

At last . At long last.

I hear the beers just taste better when drinking from an Anze Cup. This is something that I am really, really, really, looking forward to. The other thing would be that moment when GM Poolander starts to boast about his cups, and how delicious the cold beer goes down in them … now I will sit smugly with my own pint and say “yes… yes indeed Poolander.” One of the best things this league has done is to allow Champions to keep their crowns.

When I came into this league, I thought to myself, ‘what a bunch of chumps – this should be easy… what could an Asian, a Texan, a couple of over the hill Americans, some arrogant rich kid, and an Ape, possibly know about fantasy hockey. A couple of years later and a couple of first place finishes but getting the boot in the playoffs, was becoming frustrating to say the least.* Not as easy as it might seem. What has made up for it is the witty banter and night time reading I get from the WhatsApp chat… that alone makes this pool worth being a part of. You are a good group of characters, and I love being in this hockey pool!

*Side note: It makes me wonder what the over/under would be on when the most confident fantasy hockey GM ever to grace us with his presence  wins his first Anze Cup; When can GM Hattrick Swayze put together a winning team, or will he just continue with the trend of playing with fantasy AIDS? #winning 

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When I look back at this year’s draft, I begin to wonder how this was the year. I see what a disaster I made of the draft. Seriously disgusting. Most of my picks did not make the final roster, and I only had one trade all year long that I can remember. My keepers carried the weight, like they should, leading to being undefeated in the last 7 weeks of the year. My goalies went 13 wins in 15 games in the playoffs. I stole the PPP categories from my opponent’s grasp.

The only team worth the battle this year is the team I met in the finals, as it should be. Kudos to GM Cook and his Poolander squad. 3 GWG, 1 SHG, and 2 shutouts, all by day two is a heck of a way to start the week. My team knew what was on the line, and they were relentless every night in their comeback effort. Watching Mcdavid get 10 points in the week, and take over the NHL scoring race was something else to watch. Mcdavid for President. Combo Classic Champs for life.

GM Mackinnon out, and open for business. Who wants a champ on their team?

Great stuff Luke, enjoy those cold beers.

A Message from Our Champion

Another season is in the books.  Thanks to all of you who actively participated this season.  And you too Dave. 

With that, here is a the message from our Champion, Mike Gaunt, GM of the powerhouse Kane & she was Abel.  As always, the message is only edited for spelling and grammar.  Without further adieu:

I have made America great again.

The Anze Cup returns to the land of the free and non-birthplace of Barrack Obama.

So let’s dig in here to how/why/no fuckin’ way did he just win the Anze cup. I wrote my winning post back in 2009 and still holds true to today. Some of you dipshits should read it (Bert Fong):

http://puckyourself.blogspot.com/2009/11/word-from-our-defending-champion.html 

I broke all the rules of common sense and was tabbed an idiot by Joe McGrath for not having any decent goalies. Goalie points are rigged to that it doesn't matter who plays goalie. Goalies are like running backs, dodo birds, and Dave Kitchen in this league. 16 total points each week 5 by goalies. You could play zero goalies in a week and still win 11-5. Only 8 goalies started 60 or more games this year out of 30 teams. Second stupid mistake that I do is having too many players on the same team. 3 Keepers from the Flyers, oh well.  The irony is that if you held a lineup of my players in front of me I couldn’t even pick them out. I think Jakub Voracek is the guy on the right since he is wearing a uniform.

Lastly thank you to all of you in the league. You make hockey fun for this guy and I hope to god Seattle gets a team some decade. Lastly as some of you may know, I’m a cancer survivor and unfortunately it has come back. So in mid-July when I’m done with my chemo I will drink my first beer in over 16 weeks out of the cup, I can’t FUCKING wait.

Fuck Cancer.

JM.

Power Rankings from the Champ

Defending Anze Cup champion has graciously submitted the first (of many, I hope) guest post for this season.  In celebration of the season kicking off today, I present the inaugural 2015-2016 Puck You! power rankings.

I think I have had eleventy crown and gingers at this point; hashtag first class rules.

And here we go:

The Anze Cup is where it belongs. No, not in Slovenia, but in West Vancouver; where the beer flows like wine, where beautiful women flock instinctively like the salmon of Capistrano. The Anze Cup had a great summer, kept its GM well hydrated, and is poised to stay at its current residence for years to come. The highlight was clearly drinking out of the Anze Cup while the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup (again).

Here is the Week 1 Power Rankings based on the Draft and 100% accurate prediction skills only I possess (Editor’s note: not true, I am much more accurate, but he is still pretty good):

1) Texans – Solid draft (for once) and with so many high picks (and marginal keepers) this team is stacked. Should DD not replicate last season this team could be in big trouble (Bernier is not the answer), however, if he can this team is deep with the best D corps in the league. How Letang was available to pick was unbelievable...what a horrible horrible horrible mistake by Hatrick Swayze.

2) Everett Silvertips - A surprisingly good draft coupled with the 2nd best set of keepers equals another competitive roster for Stupid Court. Spending thousands of hours researching trends while drinking has worked in previous years for Watson, but he will have to up this to tens of thousands of hours to ensure the right moves are made down the stretch to ensure this squad makes the playoffs. Good thing Court has nothing but time on his hands.

3) Anzoolander - The last 4 Stanley Cup Champion Captains are: Toews, Kopitar, Toews, Kopitar. It is no fluke that this team is poised to defend its crown as Anze Cup Champion with the reigning Vezina and Art Ross trophy winners also on the roster. This team had no option during the draft other than to take some risks, and is hopeful that the likes of Panarin, Kuznetsov and Nichushkin can compliment the star studded keepers. The D is young and one of the weakest in the league and this could make or break it for Anzoolander in his hopes to repeat as Champion (Editor’s note:  No team will benefit more from the 3 on 3 format than Dallas.  No one.  This might be a record year for GWGs by a single team).

4) Lokomotiv 2138 - This was a very safe draft for Cole, and in some ways seemed as if he spent zero time researching and simply picked players he has had on his team before (stick tap though for the best late pick of the draft in Teravainen 141st overall). While this team isn't stacked, it has two solid goalies, players up and down the line-up that are reliable, and for once Cole might actually get lucky and not have his entire team injured down the stretch. Part of me hopes this is his year, but most of me thinks the train will come off the tracks around late February.

 

5) Jesse Loves Paymon - With the second best late draft pick (Sam Bennett at 124), JLP has a nice mixture of young and old players with a solid tandem of Bobby's in net. Time will tell if the health of his older players will hold up, but if so, this team, while not flashy, could be a dark horse this season.

6) Pistol's Hellcats - it is unreal that someone would keep Keith Yandle, then be able to grab Drew Doughty in the 2nd round (something is seriously wrong with this league). Pistol clearly pressed the wrong button when he drafted Max "I play for the motherfuckin Yotes" Domi 51st overall as there is no chance this guy would have been picked by anyone (except Bert) before the 10th round. This team is average but the goalies are superior and hence, The Hellcats will be in every single match this season.

 

7) Hatrick Swayze - Toots must have thanked Jeebus for being the 2nd in line to take over a franchise. This allowed him to acquire Crosby and some decent keepers instead of Zupan's complete mess of an acquisition. Toots decided to try and make things even by keeping Backes as opposed to Letang and taking JVR with the 7th overall selection. "Earth to Meekus...and Earth to Todd." Do you know Phil Kessel got traded in the off-season and that Toronto is as bad a team as the Canucks? LOL. While you started at rock bottom you did make some better picks along the way (couldn't get any worse) which will allow this team to fight for a playoff spot this post season.

8) Philosopher King - with the worst team name in the league, GM Luke Mackinnon scooped up the second best rookie in the draft with his selection of Connor McDavid. This team has a ton of offensive weapons and Klingberg could put up some in huge numbers this season as the QB of Dallas' PP. Goal is a glaring weakness however as any team with a shared crease is a dangerous position to be in and Martin Jones is anything but proven (Editor’s note: tied for most accurate assessment)

9) Super Sperm - no one gets under GM Ryan Schauble's skin quite like our very own Commissioner, but only Super Sperm is to blame for the horrific players drafted last Wednesday evening. Most of his squad was drafted in much too high a round, and due to this instead of being a contender with a solid group of keepers, SS will be fighting to make it into the playoffs. Oh, and it is utterly amazing that SS drafted Dano 123rd overall when he could have picked Panarin (who went 126th....to Anzoolander) who is actually on the team and Dano is riding the bus. LOL (Editor’s note: also tied).

 

10) Me So Vyborny - Ladies and Gentlemen, Phil Kessel is a Keeper, obviously (and Todd, he was traded to Pittsburgh in the off-season. Pittsburgh is a different city than Toronto and thus, JVR will no longer be playing with Kessel). With Kessel, Sharp and Johansen's stock all rising in the off-season due to new line-mates, a good draft would have propelled this team into contention. Unfortunately, the draft was just average and banking on Talbot, Anderson and Mason in net could hold this team back. Trades and/or waiver wire steals will be necessary to get this team to the promised land.

11) Kane and she was Abel (too soon?) - These will get shorter now as the remaining teams, well...aren't good? (with rising inflection of the voice).  Any team with Big Buff should win but for some reason this team won't. On paper there are some big names, some grinders for PIMs but time will tell if they can gel as a team and win enough offensive categories to make up for the shaky goalies in the crease.

12) Connor McSaviors - GM Ryan Zupan didn't have much choice in the crap that was dumped on his lap, but this didn't stop him from drafting 2 more Oilers when he already has one in Taylor Hall. Good news for him is Draisaitl will actually be playing in the AHL to start the season so great strategy man! It will be interesting to see how Zupan wheels and deals during the season to try and replicate what Luke did last year (aka Silver Medallist aka Luke Dawg aka Loves Sunsets aka Hates Vegas (say whaaahhht) aka aka aka recycled burn thanks Court). As for Zupan's beloved Oilers, the great thing for McDavid is he has seen and done everything there is to do in Edmonton so he can focus entirely on hockey (Note: there is absolutely nothing to see or do in Edmonton) (Editor’s note:  hahahahahahaha)

 

13) Kanucks - This team is about as deep as a well in Sudan (Editor’s note:  I think you have to dig pretty deep to get water in Sudan, so I think he is referring to the amount of actual water in the well, but you get his drift). The players are household names (for the family of the players only) and having goalies in STL and OTT are just a bad, bad, bad idea. Almost as bad as an idea as this poor woman:

14) Chingchong Bingbongs - As the saying goes, you win some, you lose some, and you Chingchong Bingbong some. After trading away Jack Eichel (effectively) for a back up goalie in Carolina and Hornquist and 2 kgs of rice, clearly GM Bert Fong pulled an all-nighter before the draft as some of his picks were. just. shocking. Given the history of Bertmetrics there should be no reason to be shocked by GM Bert Fong, however, once again, we wuh wong. We all love our Token Asian and hope he can at least beat Dave this season. What a battle that will be for next years #1 pick!

Guest blogs are encouraged and appreciated all season to take the pressure off of Stupid Court, and can be very quick and dirty (that's what she said).

Good luck this season Gentlemen.

Anzoolander

What a great start.  I feel excited.

JM

Champion’s Message

As is the tradition, every year we feature a message from the new champion.  With that, I present this year’s current champion, Jesse Dean Cook.

Your 2014/15 Anze Cup Champion - Anzoolander

In the wise words of Cole Ballard, "who the fuck is Anze Kopitar?" Well, he has just captained the greatest fantasy hockey team of all time to win The Anze Cup. All hail Anze (which in Slovenian means 'Great Handsome Man'), who is truly the King.

I'd first like to thank my worthy opponent in the finals, the Bizarrohawks for a valiant effort and a great season winning the President’s Trophy. It is a grind to win the regular season, however, the true test is beating three good teams in a row to win the Cup as opposed to God awful teams such as Not Poodle, Kanucks and the ChingChing BingBongs. Losing to those teams is like losing to Stevie Wonder in a game of rock, paper, scissors...just embarrassing.

I will also give Luke credit for encouraging more trades this year and we need even more next season. As my #1 selling bumper sticker says, "You win some, you lose some and you ChingChong Bingbong some." Looking at how Anzoolander made it to the top; I made some good trades and bad trades but the key is I made them. Stop being pussies and worry what other people think next season...we will make fun of you no matter how good or shitty the trade is. I expect the same back.

Great: James van Riemsdyk, Kari Lehtonen and my 2nd for Carey Price and CCBB 10th.

Awful: Devan Dubnyk, Chris Krieder AND my #1 for Pavel Datsyuk and Texans #6.

It would've been amazing to ride the DD 39 straight start train but I fucked that up and traded him a day before he caught fire. It's as if I listened to JLP to buy high on an aging has-been who will ultimately be injured 1/2 the remaining games. You suck Steve. Thanks for nothing. 

Now, back to the Cup Final. A Legend was born and the Art Ross will be handed out to the stud of all Fantasy studs, Jamie "10 pts in 3 games" Benn.

Starting Benn was a no brainer, but where my skill is at a higher level than all of you losers put together is starting Cam "Clutch" Atkinson over Steven "Sniper" Stamkos. Then, having the foresight and confidence to start Drew Stafford (9% owned) and Yannick "The Bomb" Weber (7% owned) in the biggest week of the season while I sat back and watched them collect a combined 4 goals (the 2 PPG by Weber less than 2 minutes apart from the same spot was amazing....to everyone but me). 

The last 3 Stanley Cup Champion Team Captains were: Kopitar, Toews, Kopitar. The current Art Ross winner is Jamie Benn. The favorite to win both the Vezina and the Hart trophies is Carey Price. And these players are ALL ON THE SAME TEAM?! What great management. Simply outstanding. Top shelf. Anzoolander simply cannot be stopped.

Pistol's Hellcats (GM Pete Shpak) are now the former champ and will have no more nights like these alone thinking to himself while sipping from The Cup "God Anze is so damn good looking, and tall." 

Finally, thank you Stupid Court for running such a great league. I would give you higher praise, however, you just got back from a week at The Masters without me so you can just go fuck yourself. 

The End. Your Hero. Anze Cook

A new Anze Cup Champion

First, happy Easter;

She has such a great personality

What a Cup.  It came down the last day, and as seems to be the recurring trend, the oldest goaltender in the final took a break mentally the last week and completely fucked over its team.  This year, it was Anzoolander on the losing end.  Pistol’s Hellcats, in it’s second finals in four years, took home it’s first Anze Cup and showed that this team is a continuing force to reckon with, and not one of the loser teams who have never won a cup. 

And now, a note from Pistol’s Hellcats GM Pete Shpak, on his win:

As the 2014 champion of the coveted Anze Cup, I am humbled and honored.  I would like to take this moment to thank employee #250822 for all you do to make this league what it is...I would also like to say you suck; Not only did you not make the playoffs, you went 0-3 in picking the outcome of the all mighty Hellcats. I would also like to thank my opponent for a valiant match.and for trading me the player that provided me with a shutout this final week...that must sting a little.  Miller really fucked you. 

I respect all of you greatly for the continued support of this elite league and I will treat the cup like the brother I never had over the next year. 

And I will store it on a low shelf so I can reach it easily. 

Thank you gentlemen.

Thanks all for a great season.  As a reminder, everyone can now trade to their hearts content in the offseason (pending commissioner approval, of course) and look for the draft lottery results and awards nominations coming out in the next couple of weeks.

Also, for future seasons, I strongly recommend you don’t get a crew from China to give you fantasy hockey strategy; they don’t have much hockey there and unlike intellectual property, you can’t steal the Anze Cup.  Nice Chandler Bing smile.

Until next time.

JM

A Message From Our Champion (Finally)

Here it is, one of my personal favorites, the Champion’s letter.  We have had some great ones in the past, lets hope this one can live up to that standard.  It probably won’t, but without further adieu, here is repeating champion, GM Court Watson of the Everett Silvertips:

Do you smell that?  Drink it in.  That is the smell of crisp air.

One day all of you might get to the top like I have, where the air is crisp.

32 minutes.  That is the total amount of NHL hockey I watched this year (complete guess).  I purposely try to watch very little.  Why?  Because if you watch to much, you pick favorites, you get emotional, you suck at fantasy hockey.  Take Steve, he watches a ton, because he sits on his couch a lot, thinks he knows everything about hockey, and has tanked his team (with 8-10 keepers he says!).

So here I am, with the Anze Cup at its rightful home for one more year.  I know all of you see it when I check-in, and it annoys all of you.  And that makes me enjoy drinking out of it that much more.

I am not going to do what this complete asshole does:

Seriously?

No, I am not going to thank people for something I had absolutely nothing to do with, that is just moronic, and stupid. 

This win was all me.  Nobody else.  I did it.  It feels great.  Fuck this era of it doesn’t matter who wins or loses, it is how you play the game.  You know who said that?  A loser.  Winners and losers are 100% self determined, and only winners are willing to admit it.

Kudos to one person, that guy whose name I forgot who saved Super Sperm from Ryan “the Titanic” Schauble.  Well done.  Finally, a worthy adversary.

And for Ryan Schauble and Super Sperm, I have a knock knock joke as my final words (I am assuming you are smart enough to fill in the blanks, I know, very large assumption on my part);

Knock, Knock?

Second Place.

Exactly.

And that is it for this season.  Be on the look out for a post soon on offseason trading, the future draft lottery and all that good stuff.

New Season Starts Now

Happy playoffs everyone!  What an exciting week, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship Game, the Masters, and our playoffs.  I couldn’t be more excited.  Man, there were some shitty teams this year, but they are no longer involved, and good riddance.  The bulk of those teams will probably be golfing this time next year as well.  Here are my usually highly accurate to the point they are almost Nostradamus like predictions for the quarterfinals.

1. Everett Silvertips vs. 8. Not Poodle!!!

After missing the playoffs last year, Not Poodle takes on the back to back President’s Trophy winner.  A big week got Not Poodle into the playoffs,  but keeping a concussed Patrice Bergeron in the starting lineup puts this team at a disadvantage.  The Everett Silvertips first in points but with suspect goaltending and battling injuries to key players.  The curse of the President’s Trophy may rear its ugly head this week, and an eight seed will move on.

Prediction:  Not Poodle squeaks out a win, 8-6-2.

2. Captain Chinese vs. 7. Anzoolander

Two words:  The Wall.  This matchup was over before it started.  I would be absolutely shocked if Brian Elliot lets in a single goal, and expect him to lead Captain Chinese in wins, shutouts, game winning goals, power play goals, etc.

Prediction:  Brian Elliot is nominated for the role of God, Captain Chinese wins 10-4-2.

3.  Flowers in the Cage vs. 6.  Bizzarohawks

Bizzarohawks started the season off on fire, but has cooled down substantially.  But, they are playing the team of misfit goalies;  For some reason, GM Cole Ballard dropped arguably his best goalie with a season record of 14-1.   Arguably the dumbest move of the year, I hope David Legwand is the missing link you hope he is (he isn’t).

Prediction:  Craig Anderson is still rusty, and Bizzarohawks move on to next week when Kovalchuk returns to action, winning 9-5-2.

4.  Kanucks vs. 5.  Super Sperm

I am already laughing at the shit-kicking this is going to be.   Fuck is this going to be funny.  Hottest team in the league looks like they aren’t slowing down, and the Kanucks suck.

Prediction:  Super Sperm wins 14-0-2.

Two thoughts:

1.  GM Steve McIntyre says he likes where his team is going into next year.  First person I have met who openly admits to liking being horrible and finishing last every year.

2.  To the rest of you, you embarrass me.  Yuck.

An Annual Tradition: A Letter from our Champion

It is my favorite post of the year, a post from the League Champion and Anze Cup winner.  We have had some great renditions in the past.  I now present this year’s Anze Cup champion, Court Watson of the Everett Silvertips:

First, I would like to commend Cole Ballard on a tremendous season and postseason run.  He should be proud of the way he actively managed his team to the Anze Cup finals.  Cole cares about winning the Anze Cup, and it is great to have a GM like him in our league.  I am glad he finally was able to see the Everett Silvertips win anything.

When I first found out I won the Anze Cup, I was thrilled, and I didn’t know how I should celebrate.  Do I get my excitement out by planking somewhere? 

Or maybe Landeskoging? 

I felt like neither of those were the right fit.  How do I celebrate such a monumental, yet often reoccurring event?

I took a break after for a bit and did some soul searching , as I knew I wasn’t going to do something as stupid as joining a Crossfit gym and paying $200/month to workout on $110 worth of gym equipment next to topless men:

The year was a crazy year, in the sense that I wasn’t first the entire year, just most of it.  I don’t really remember what anyone else did, nor do I really care.  I was supposed to win, and I won, and all is right in the world.

Does anyone remember when I offered Tyler Seguin and my first round pick to Flowers in the Cage for Logan Couture and a third rounder at the start of the season?  I do.  It was turned down, and somewhere Cole is banging his head on his desk, but even Logan wishes things had been different:

He knows a winner when he sees one.  And he saw me.

As we head into next year, some of you may be thinking, “Court, it was so great to see you win, but oh no! now that you won you might have a late draft pick and we won’t be able to bask in your what seems like half-dozenth championship.  What are we to do?”

Well one, it would be my fifth title, but who is counting?  And B, luckily, I traded Thomas Vanek to Crosby’s Concussions at the end of last year for his first round pick this coming year.  That means I have a 24%, or second best, chance of having the first overall pick.  I know.  You can breathe easy now.

And so with that, I hope all of you have a great summer, recounting my championship and the valor with which it was won.  A break over the summer from Jesse’s fantastic instruction and guidance on how to manage a fantasy team to be eliminated in the first round will be missed during the offseason, but I am looking forward to it once again this coming fall.

As I sign off, I realize exactly how this championship should be celebrated.  Not by imitating or copying another pose, but by creating my own pose.  I call it the Watson, and I leave you with this lasting image to motivate all of you, my fans, and give you something to look forward to next season.

I thank you all, and god bless.

Court

And with that, another year is in the books.  Looking forward to another great season next year.

JM

A New Champion

Congrats to Steve McIntyre on a great season.  Looking forward to the Raven Pub in North Vancouver to see Mr. McIntyre raise the Anze Cup and get so piss drunk he ends up crying in the bushes.  Potentially, the current Cup may be retired as a new Cup has to be created with all the current GMs on the side.

As is part of the tradition, I leave you with a message from our 2010-11 Anze Cup Champion.

I'd like to congratulate all the teams in GPY and in particular Pistol's Hellcats for a hard fought season. I look forward to looking into all of your eyes with an Andy Kordyban style shit eating grin on my face before I crush a rye and coke from the Anze Cup.

Pete - you were 1/4" away from winning this year. If only you were 6' tall.

Court - what rhymes with pine tree? 9-3! The score I crushed you by. Good luck with the Jack Adams award this year. You're the runaway favorite.

Bert - you may want to revamp Bert-metrics, or you could get a job with the New York Islanders and apply it there.

Jesse - your season foreshadows the Blackhawks and the 2011 NHL playoffs. Early first round exit to a superior team. I look forward to drinking 8 lucky lager this spring. You love Paymon.

Scott - your fantasy hockey management efforts are much like your penis... Short and to the left.

Dave K - you surpassed my expectations this year. Great job. I look forward to watching your team be competitive in the 2014-2015 season.

Fatty - it sure felt good sending you to the golf course this year. Make sure you don't break Dave K's driver again.

Cole - please change your team name to the Washington Generals.

Dave D - is your house made of steel? Pittsburgh sucks, Malkin sucks, and Roethlisberger chases high school girls.

Chris T - its hard to criticize a dude from Texas that is just learning about our great game. However, you went to the finals last year and managed to finish 3 Pts from last this year. Maybe you're better off going back to Texas to continue hunting empty beer cans.

Matt M - Congratulations on an unsuccessful year. Even Court beat you. Perhaps you should consider discontinuing your subscription to Bertmetrics.

Mike - see Matt M.

Ryan - you lost to Court.  Lol.  It sure feels good beating you in all three hockey pools we compete in together.  Next year save yourself the time and just write me a cheque.

Your Champ,

JLP

As always, the champion of this league shows true sportsmanship in the final message.

Now for some league awards.  What do you win for each award?  Nothing, just pride.  Good enough for many, just not Schauble.

Jack Adams Award – It was unanimous; Pistol Hellcat’s GM Pete Shpak takes the hardware home for acquiring both Sedin twins.  He will also have a couple of the oldest keepers in the league going forward, but that will be an issue in the years to come, not now.

Eugene Adams Award – With 75% of the vote, GM Bert Fong takes home this coveted prize.  One wonders if it would have been back to back had this award existed last year, but one is also convinced there is a good change it will be back to back wins for the Russian Bert Fong after the next fantasy year.

Andy Kordyban Award – Taking home 50% of the vote and doubling up on the next closest candidate is none other than Anzoolander’s GM Jesse Cook.  Like the Duke, Jesse now has funny hair.  Like the Duke, Jesse now owns a cat.  And, like the Duke, Jesse now is officially recognized for being thoroughly and inadvertently entertaining.

That’s all for this year gentlemen.  Thank you for a great season.  Periodic updates on league and draft status will be provided throughout the summer.  Have a good one, lets all get shitty drunk.

JM