So I've decided on a project to do until NHL09 comes out and my life disappears. I have to give props to Michael Jerb for igniting my idea spark. It all started at a fantasy football draft and Jerb mentioned something about going to nerdhl to check out something or other fantasy. I instantly thought to do a fantasy post. (In case that word isn't drilled inside your head - fantasy, fantasy, fantasy, fantasy - Webster needs to come up with synonyms for Fantasy sports). I will try to rate the players for the upcoming season based on the last 2 seasons points per game, as well as compare their linemates. The linemates thing will be a little rough since they aren't on lines yet and people traded to different teams will be a little risky to just throw them on a line, but as I only think I'll do the top 100 or so, I'll just use my best judgement.
This post will probably take the rest of the summer until I return to school and maybe even more time, so don't expect it tomorrow, but I'll try to keep everyone updated on its progress.
If you have any specific stats you'd like to see, let me know. I'll be using the Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Hockey base stats for my rankings. These are as follows:
Skaters - Goals, Assists, Shots, PPP, +/-, PIMS, SHG, GWG
Goalies - W, SV%, GAA, Shutouts
I'll make a different list for goalies and skaters as I don't think I'll have time to calculate where each goalie would fit into the master list.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Bored in the USA
Summer sucks...
Not much hockey to talk about. A couple recent signings in Clowe back to SJ and Steckel with a 1-yr extension in Washington. The Ivan Hlinka U-18 tournament is starting Tuesday and Canada will probably win it. Good old Petr Nedved has a tryout with the Rangers, Sundin still hasn't decided and the Toronto and Montreal medias will not let the thing rest until it's official. I mean, seriously, who cares until he decides?
Speaking of frustration, few things arise my ire more than when NHL08 cheats for the computer. By cheats I mean, the computer holds the puck in my zone for 7 min, their guys CANNOT be checked, nor pokechecked, and even if they do stumble, there's 2 guys on their team right there to get the puck. Now I have pretty fast fingers and can switch guys and poke with good enough speed, but when their passing the puck around is faster than possible for me to change guys and play defense - THAT is cheating. The worst part about it is that I KNOW I'm going to get scored on, but I still have to futilely try to defend and the moment I slip - Goal.
Anyway, that's how boring summer is, as any hockey fan knows.
I'm taking ideas for math projects, so if there's something you'd think to see, post in the comments section and I'll see what I can do.
Not much hockey to talk about. A couple recent signings in Clowe back to SJ and Steckel with a 1-yr extension in Washington. The Ivan Hlinka U-18 tournament is starting Tuesday and Canada will probably win it. Good old Petr Nedved has a tryout with the Rangers, Sundin still hasn't decided and the Toronto and Montreal medias will not let the thing rest until it's official. I mean, seriously, who cares until he decides?
Speaking of frustration, few things arise my ire more than when NHL08 cheats for the computer. By cheats I mean, the computer holds the puck in my zone for 7 min, their guys CANNOT be checked, nor pokechecked, and even if they do stumble, there's 2 guys on their team right there to get the puck. Now I have pretty fast fingers and can switch guys and poke with good enough speed, but when their passing the puck around is faster than possible for me to change guys and play defense - THAT is cheating. The worst part about it is that I KNOW I'm going to get scored on, but I still have to futilely try to defend and the moment I slip - Goal.
Anyway, that's how boring summer is, as any hockey fan knows.
I'm taking ideas for math projects, so if there's something you'd think to see, post in the comments section and I'll see what I can do.
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