Forwards-

Auston Matthews
Sebastian Aho
Patrick Kane
William Nylander
David Pastrnak
Mathew Barzal
Nicklas Backstrom
Alex DeBrincat
Jesse Puljujarvi

Defense-

Dougie Hamilton
Miro Heiskanen
Thomas Chabot
Drew Doughty
Nate Schmidt

Bench-

Dominik Kubalik
Kirill Kaprizov
John Klingberg
Joe Pavelski
Ryan Getzlaf

Goalies

Darcy Kuemper
Petr Mrazek
Anton Khudobin

I gambled on Puljujarvi in case he plays with McJesus or Draisaitl. Doughty in case he has a great year. And I took Getzlaf because he's one of my favourite players in the league.
- GreatGigInTheSky

Nice!

We had some crossovers and more interestingly you had a few players I was gunning for that I didn’t get.

100 years ago, I worked with a guy who was in a football pool. It was a huge pool, so tons of prize money.

They had a "red lantern prize"- to the person who finished dead last in the pool. It was a good amount of money.

By about week 12, he was closer to the bottom than the top, so he decided he was going to try to win the red lantern prize - so he was trying to pick the losers, not the winners.

I told him that if he wanted to do that, he would be better off still trying to pick winners, since he was so franking terrible at it.

There was an awkward silence for about 5 seconds, and then we laughed our arses off.
- Atomic Wedgie

I've been in a few that have done that but instead of last it was 2nd last. To try and stop that from happening and harder to do.

My league is $40 each. But we split the money into 2 separate pools. Half the money for the playoffs winner and season champion and the other half is split 3 ways. $120 for the team that got the most points during the season, $60 for 2nd, and $20 for 3rd.

We like doing it this way because it spreads the money around and gives more people a chance to win some.

I find it's a good way to keep all in the league engaged every single year.
- GreatGigInTheSky

We don't do it every year, but we sometimes give 20.00 for last place. It is a decent consolation if you lost because of horrible injury luck. I have a feeling we may give 20 back for last place this year.

Nice!

We had some crossovers and more interestingly you had a few players I was gunning for that I didn’t get.
- RickJames77

I had 3 or so guys that I really wanted taken a pick or two in front of me. Hate that so much.

100 years ago, I worked with a guy who was in a football pool. It was a huge pool, so tons of prize money.

They had a "red lantern prize"- to the person who finished dead last in the pool. It was a good amount of money.

By about week 12, he was closer to the bottom than the top, so he decided he was going to try to win the red lantern prize - so he was trying to pick the losers, not the winners.

I told him that if he wanted to do that, he would be better off still trying to pick winners, since he was so franking terrible at it.

There was an awkward silence for about 5 seconds, and then we laughed our arses off.
- Atomic Wedgie

I had a friend put our NFL pool into perspective for me one year. It was every game, against the spread. He finished a couple games below .500

He said to me "If there was a 5 year old, who decided to pick every team I didn't pick, just to be a smart-ass, the 5 year old would have beaten me".

I had 3 or so guys that I really wanted taken a pick or two in front of me. Hate that so much.
- GreatGigInTheSky

after being in pools with these guys for so many years, there are definitely people I hate picking right before or after me. I know which ones think the same way I do and are likely to burn me that way.

We don't do it every year, but we sometimes give 20.00 for last place. It is a decent consolation if you lost because of horrible injury luck. I have a feeling we may give 20 back for last place this year.
- Aetherial

I had one season where I had the highest scoring team (fantasy points) but missed the playoffs. It was (frank)ing insane. Every matchup I had was the highest of the week and I lost most of them.

Thank (frank) for the money split.

I had a friend put our NFL pool into perspective for me one year. It was every game, against the spread. He finished a couple games below .500

He said to me "If there was a 5 year old, who decided to pick every team I didn't pick, just to be a smart-ass, the 5 year old would have beaten me".
- Aetherial

A buddy used to run an interesting football pool a few years ago.

You had to pick the winners - no spread - but you would rank them, 1-16.

So if the winner you selected of your top ranked game won, you got 16 points. 2nd highest ranked game, 15 points, etc.

It was pretty fun.

And I've never done a survivor pool, but it's definitely on my list of things to do.

I had one season where I had the highest scoring team (fantasy points) but missed the playoffs. It was (frank)ing insane. Every matchup I had was the highest of the week and I lost most of them.

Thank (frank) for the money split.
- GreatGigInTheSky

God damn, Cleveland, don't choke this.

A buddy used to run an interesting football pool a few years ago.

You had to pick the winners - no spread - but you would rank them, 1-16.

So if the winner you selected of your top ranked game won, you got 16 points. 2nd highest ranked game, 15 points, etc.

It was pretty fun.

And I've never done a survivor pool, but it's definitely on my list of things to do.
- Atomic Wedgie

yes, This.

My brother in law is in a big one, about 75 guys, and 100each to get in. I want to try it next year. I don't like gambling though, so I think I will be a little freaked out by 100 bucks LOL.

after being in pools with these guys for so many years, there are definitely people I hate picking right before or after me. I know which ones think the same way I do and are likely to burn me that way.
- Aetherial

Yeah, same. There's about 4 people in my league that think along similar lines as me, so it's hard to get away from them.

God damn, Cleveland, don't choke this.
- Atomic Wedgie

Oh frank, the choke is on.

I had 3 or so guys that I really wanted taken a pick or two in front of me. Hate that so much.
- GreatGigInTheSky

It happened to me 3 times. One of the guys was terrible at drafting so I was literally in shock. William Nylander, William Karlsson and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins

Anyone see NIO’s ET7? I can’t help but doubt that range. That’s some crazy fuel cell capacity.

A buddy used to run an interesting football pool a few years ago.

You had to pick the winners - no spread - but you would rank them, 1-16.

So if the winner you selected of your top ranked game won, you got 16 points. 2nd highest ranked game, 15 points, etc.

It was pretty fun.

And I've never done a survivor pool, but it's definitely on my list of things to do.
- Atomic Wedgie

I haven't done a survivor pool but I was in a huge bracket hockey pool a few years back. Most of the money went towards funding a womens ball hockey team (Lady Knights, I'm pretty sure) so they could go play in the Worlds down in Florida (I think Florida), but the winner of the pool got $1000.

Best money I've ever won.

It happened to me 3 times. One of the guys was terrible at drafting so I was literally in shock. William Nylander, William Karlsson and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
- RickJames77

Hall, Teravainen, and Makar for me.

Hall, Teravainen, and Makar for me.
- GreatGigInTheSky

Our league is heavy keepers. Apart from Hall, they were both kept.

Our league is heavy keepers. Apart from Hall, they were both kept.
- RickJames77

I got to keep Lehner 30, J.T Miller 26, Svechnikov 19, Aho 8, Draisaitl 4

We can keep people for 4 years.

Wow, 15 is a lot of teams. I find more than 10 is too much for my liking. I got a 12 team draft tomorrow.
- GreatGigInTheSky

tbh it's actually kind of nice because it forces trades for anyone that wants to make a significant move, and you kind of have to if you start falling behind in some categories

I got to keep Lehner 30, J.T Miller 26, Svechnikov 19, Aho 8, Draisaitl 4

We can keep people for 4 years.
- RickJames77

Yamamoto 29

I haven't done a survivor pool but I was in a huge bracket hockey pool a few years back. Most of the money went towards funding a womens ball hockey team (Lady Knights, I'm pretty sure) so they could go play in the Worlds down in Florida (I think Florida), but the winner of the pool got $1000.

Best money I've ever won.
- GreatGigInTheSky

Once upon a time, i was in a really yuge football pool - it was an unofficial company pool for a very, very large Canadian company. I didn't work for the company, but I had 100 friends who did - friends of employees were welcome. IIRC, 1st place was about $2000. There was also prizes for 2nd and 3rd.

I entered the final week of the season in 1st place. After the 1 pm games, I was still in 1st place.

At half time for the 4 pm games, I was still in 1st place. The pool was run through the CBS Sportsline website, so you could see how you were doing in real time.

I watched in horror (hitting refresh every 10 seconds) as my lead slowly slipped away. I ended up in 5th or 6th - no prize money.

Could Ek be Q? Predictions come in at about the same rate.

More to come. Q4

My wife is a!lowed to take my daughters on trips without me - but they have to leave me the dog.

(Was going to correct the typo, but I kinda like it).
- Atomic Wedgie

Sounds fair. Me and the boys at home. Girls gone for a weekend. I’m in.

Matthews is currently 693rd all-time in goals. He has the same amount of career goals as Sabres legend Maxim Afinogenov.