OLYMPIC GAMEDAY - FEBRUARY 16
3:00 PM/ET
7:30 PM/ET
12:00 AM/ET
Vancouver, British Columbia
We'll be doing gameday posts each day of the Men's Hockey Tournament.
Why only the men?
To keep Charlie happy and because it's the only one featuring NHL players.
We'll probably do a gameday for the Women's Final.
The Steel cage is lowered.
Rinkotology is closing at 3:00 pm.
Thank you to everyone for joining.
Check back around 7pm for the first update. The site has to go through some final maintence so don't be alarmed if you can't log in until then.
RINKOTOLOGY UPDATES, ROSTER INFO, MULTI-ENTRIES
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Huge thanks to everyone who has signed up so far.
This is going to be insane.
If you haven't signed up, you have until 3:00pm Eastern on Tuesday, Feb. 16th.
Some housekeeping:
1. You can submit up to five entries. You'll simply need a different username for each team. You can use the same e-mail.
2. Currently we are unable to process American Express.
3. There have been roster changes. NHL.com.
There's a decent chance it may have affected your Belarus pick.
The changes will be reflected on Rinko sometime throughout the night Monday.
4. Do your research on your goaltending situation.
For example, Luongo is starting the first game for Canada. Brodeur starting second game.
The hype around the games have been awesome thus far, and it is only going to get bigger.
Thanks again for playing.
Rinkotology Launch And Olympic Preview
Click HERE to enter Rinkotology.
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This preview entails:
1. Our own little breakdown of the teams.
2. A detailed breakdown of the teams from a fantasy-hockey perspective from Puck Prospectus.
1. Our own little breakdown of the teams.
2. A detailed breakdown of the teams from a fantasy-hockey perspective from Puck Prospectus.
Quick breakdown of team-selection process for Rinkotology:
1. You are picking 8 forwards, 3 defensemen, and 1 goalie. (One player from each country)
2. From your 8 forwards and 3 defensemen, you are selecting 1 Captain and 2 Assistant Captains.
Things to keep in mind when selecting your fantasy team at Rinkotology:
1. All of your Captain's points are worth x3 and your assistants' points are worth x2.
2. Your goalie's goals-against average may prove to be vital in tiebreaking scenarios.
Visit the RULES section of Rinkotology for everything you need to know about the scoring system, tiebreakers, etc.
After the jump, our Olympic preview with Rinkotology tips sprinkled in. Just an FYI, most likely this afternoon we will be forwarding the site straight to Rinko.
It Bled. But We Couldn't Kill It. PENS LOSE.
Looks like Sid will be okay for the Olympics. People all of sudden are acting like a player getting hit by a puck never happened. Shows how much hype there is for the Olympics we guess.
Sid mentioned he and Shea Weber are flying to Vancouver together on Sunday night. Also we heard Geno and Gonch are taking a private jet in too.
No clue why all the Olympians in this game wouldn't just take one flight.
The Pens rounded out the pre-Olympic marathon with a stunned moment.
Day games can be so enigmatic.
As far as the Preds go, we don't see them often, so who cares.
But they're sending six players to the Olympics.
And they're sitting in the top 8 of the Western playoff race.
Still doesn't change the fact we hate looking at Barry Trotz's face.
Speaking of the weirdness surrounding day games, Brooks Orpik scored a goal.
And Fedotenko was on the fourth line.
That's not a good sight to see if you have visions of Fedotenko surviving the trading deadline.
The Olympic break comes at a good time for the Pens, because you can tell something is off or they are just tired.
Either way, we won't see the Pens until March.
GAMEDAY 62 - PREDATORS
1:00 PM
Mellon Arena
Listen to the game at [WXDX]
That last game before the Olympic break.
We don't think we have to remind anyone what happened one year ago today.
But we will anyway.
Goodbye Michel Therrien.
These were the NHL standings at this point last year, prior to any games being played on the 14th:
Hours Away From Rinkotology Release
Exciting times right now, as we are hours away from the release of this beast.
Whether you like Fantasy games or not, there is a bigger picture here that will become clearer on January 1, 2011.
But before all that, we are just pumped to give away some cash and present someone with the World Championship belt.
The developers have been finishing up.
We might be redirecting the blog straight to Rinkotology starting Sunday night.
John Curry got called up.
Go Pens.
Gretzky Sucks. PENS LOSE.
Late recap today. We've been focusing our efforts on getting Rinkotology out ASAP.
On a night when the world was focused on Vancouver, Sidney Crosby showed why he deserves to be the focus in the Olympics.
Unfortunately, things didn't end up the way we wanted them to.
The Devils won last night, so they are two points ahead of the Pens and they've played one fewer game.
This was one of those games where you'd glad the Pens at least got a point.
One more game before the Olympic break.
GAMEDAY 61 - RANGERS
7:30 PM
Mellon Arena
Listen to the game at [WXDX]
Today was the last day of trading before the Olympic roster freeze and a few things went down.
Among them:
The Sharks traded Jody Shelley to the Rangers for a conditional fifth or sixth round pick.
Shelley will not play tonight against the Pens.
The Blackhawks traded Cam Barker to the Wild for Kim Johnsson and Nick Leddy.
This frees up some cap space in Chicago.
The Senators sent Alexandre Picard and a second round pick to Carolina for Matt Cullen.
The Sens also placed Jonathan Cheechoo on waivers.
The Sens also placed Jonathan Cheechoo on waivers.
Jaime Lundmark and Brad May were also placed on waivers by Calgary and Detroit respectively.
