FNHL History - Stories

[PigsRule]

My 1st year in FNHL things were run pretty well by hockeyfreak3000 and Gilly

It was when Gilly ditched FNHL in 2012 that I jumped in to help keep things afloat for what was supposed to be 1 year but 8 yrs later I’m still around though PPG is in the driver’s seat most days.

The odd thing was some other guy named Sizzrat ( GMed ) initially said he wanted to commish starting 2012-13 but bailed shortly after saying that and dropped off the face of the earth.

[Mordecai]

Hey King, didn't know you joined another league on this site. How's it going?

King is building his fantasy hockey empire! I'm guess his strategy is "Conquer the West!"

[Wundermaan]

Hey King, didn't know you joined another league on this site. How's it going?

[King Boseman]

Fun read for a n00bs like me. I read some other stories in the Fantrax chat. Wild stuff.

[EndGame]

Great posts guys. I'm enjoying the read.

[Mordecai]

Yeah, he said it was crazy to give a backup 10M. Little did he know.......

I haven't hit it with a goalie since, LOL. I think I have done better lately, at least finding guys who get some starts.

It should be an interesting FA this year, with cash being king. I'd expect the contracts to be on the lower end, giving the extensions and reduction in cap. Who knows?

This went from a project to the best league on site. Not bad.

I was sad at the end of last year. I took the worst team and made them the best, and then they choked in playoffs and then Covid happened. They wanted to make sure the didn't get to hold that cup.

I think your Oliers caught fantasy-COVID.

Way to call it on Ben Bishop, Jonathan. Bishop was not a sure thing until he was, finally. Same for Devan Dubnyk. I can imagine a $10million contract 10yrs ago in FNHL well before goalie extension inflation was like a "are you nuts or a crazy genius" type of move. We know what you are today, fantasy genius.

[Jonathan]

Yeah, he said it was crazy to give a backup 10M. Little did he know.......

I haven't hit it with a goalie since, LOL. I think I have done better lately, at least finding guys who get some starts.

It should be an interesting FA this year, with cash being king. I'd expect the contracts to be on the lower end, giving the extensions and reduction in cap. Who knows?

This went from a project to the best league on site. Not bad.

I was sad at the end of last year. I took the worst team and made them the best, and then they choked in playoffs and then Covid happened. They wanted to make sure the didn't get to hold that cup.

[jackdaniels]

The history of FNHL was straight up sad. I think the veterans left are PR, myself, Jonathan and DickieDunn. PPG is a relative newbie from 2012. lol

If memory serves, I think Jonathan pulled a nice signing from under the nose of the original commish Joe and snagged Ben Bishop. Jonathan, correct me if I'm wrong. That got Joe all crazy when he finally checked in and noticed someone had read the rules about MiLR players exceed the games played rule AT THAT TIME they were automatically FAs and fair game for anyone to sign.

We've even had drama with the likes of Drew, SlackJack and Daddy. I think Drew was one of the funnier stories. Bottomline, I think he was a university student from the smell of things. Then he graduated and had to live in the real world and suddenly didn't have time to juggle free time fantasy leagues.

All part of FNHL folklore. 

[PigsRule]

Who else is picturing anchor man battles?

I could see Blkhwkfn killing someone w a Trident. PR is definitely Burgandy and PPG Chip in sports

PPG as Chip.

[AntMan]

Good story PPG! Sounds like it was a bit of the wild west in the early days of FNHL. Glad it's all pro now!

Who else is picturing anchor man battles?

I could see Blkhwkfn killing someone w a Trident. PR is definitely Burgandy and PPG Chip in sports