We used to have hockey pools. When did that change? Someone tell me exactly when a hockey pool became a 'Fantasy League'? What a crock of shit. I gave up hockey pools about twenty years ago - after a glorious victory in the Holy Redeemer pool. It was great to beat Dulaba, LeMaire and the rest of them, however it almost killed me. I had about a thirty point lead going into the final couple of weeks, and then inexplicably my players, who happened to me on teams that had clinched playoff positions, started getting rests and not playing in the remaining games. Fucking drove me crazy. I couldn't sleep. When I finally won by a couple of points, I vowed to never go into another pool. That last about twenty years until I was talked into going into a 'fantasy league'. My frustration with pools quickly returned.
Twenty years ago there was some scoring to keep me interested at least. Now I am just frustrated because each night I check the scores, or the lack there of; and grind my teeth. How can there be absolutely no scoring each and every night? Tonight I have eleven guys playing and I will be lucky to get ten points. Ten fucking points. Give me a break. In the old days, if I have ten guys playing on a given night, that would be worth twenty to twenty-five points.
As my team sinks slowly into the lower half of the 'fantasy league' standings, I dread looking at the scoring summaries. When you consider that one year I had an average of over one hundred and ten points per player on a twelve man team, this year's average will be lucky if it gets to sixty. SIXTY fucking points. As I have stated before, hockey is in deep, deep shit. Something has to be done to get some excitement (meaning scoring) into the game. When every game is 1-0 or 2-1, and 3-2 is considered a high scoring game; something is wrong.
(I just checked the scores and I have six points tonight, with eleven players playing. Is that fucking useless or what?).
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