If You See Something, Say Something. Unless You Can Gain From It

There are few rules in Fantasy Hockey in which the players are to adhere to. Although as a Commissioner of a league you are sometimes ethically required to take action over things outside of the normal fantasy ongoings.

So here's the deal...

I played a guy in Week 2, last week, that left Anton Khudobin in 1 of the 2 starting goalie positions the entire week. Anton Khudobin is on IR. Ben Scrivens was in the other starting position and James Reimer was left riding the pine all week.

OKAY I ADMIT IT! I didn't say jack shit about it! Why would I? I sat there quietly, not making a peep, hoping no one noticed. I awaited the slaughter all week. I was like a wolf, and a precious little bunny rabbit got caught in a trap and it was just laying there for the feast. I ended up beating him 10-2 in a 12 category Yahoo! league. That's a whoopin' in our book and it bumped me up to 3rd place in a 12 team league.

Still...

It's not my fault the Commissioner let this chump in the league in the first place. Who stops paying attention 3 weeks into the season? As a Commissioner, you are supposed to fully assess the skill and competitiveness of the players you invite into your league. Your league's integrity is based upon all of it's members. If there is a weak link the Commissioner has to deal with it because he ultimately made the decision to let this player in.

Being the competitor I am, what is good for the 'goose' in NOT good for the 'gander'. The Monday after the matchup I alerted the Commissioner that one of his managers is not paying attention and these easy matchups should not continue. Call me a 'weasel' but like I said before, there are few rules in Fantasy Hockey in which the players are to adhere to unless specifically specified in the Commissioners Note or Rules. Being a Commissioner is a different story.

Are we doing what I think we're doing?

The parking lot of Stamford Twin Rinks after a 10:30pm beer league hockey game usually isn't the breeding ground for good ideas. At roughly 2:00am after a few beers in the locker room, and more up at the bar, the parking lot became 'Fantasy Hockey Trash Talk Live' with the Gutman, Bo$k, and Mangler.

There was a lot of bullshit thrown around and there was one little nugget that hung up in the air and stuck around for awhile. It was that there should be a place where we can share all of our fantasy hockey strategies, ideologies, bullshit, and our general love for the game of ice hockey.

Are we doing what I think we're doing?