Fantasy Hockey

Haven't been as focused on the blog lately, not much to blog about in the college football world. However, I have decided to try something new this weekend, mostly due to my roommate Matt, and that would be Fantasy Hockey.

My draft strategy went out the window and I'm going to have to do a lot of work if I want to win this season. Here are my current players:

Vegas Ice

Eric Staal (Car - C)
Joe Thornton (SJ - C)
Loui Eriksson (Dal - LW)
Patrik Elias (NJ - C,LW) IR
Bobby Ryan (Anh - RW)
Mike Knuble (Was - RW)
Dan Boyle (SJ - D)
Rob Blake (SJ - D)
Brian Rafalski (Det - D)
Jamie Langenbrunner (NJ - RW)
Martin Brodeur (NJ - G)
Chris Mason (StL - G) Bench Players:
Joffrey Lupul (Anh - RW)
Phil Kessel (Tor - RW) IR
John Tavares (NYI - C)
Paul Martin (NJ - D)

Now this isn't one of the worst lineups possible. I had the 5th pick in the draft (8 Player league) and I felt good about the draft overall. Unfortunately, I didn't do my research well enough concerning injuries. Phil Kessel seemed like a great pick, up until the point where realized he was on long term IR about 15 seconds after I picked him. Patrik Elias is also on short term IR and unfortunately, I don't have another LW so I am in the process of trading for one (dropping Phil Kessel) so we'll see how that all works out. Until then, I'm forced to start Patrik. We'll see how it goes, and I'll be updating my blog with week by week results.