Playoffs - Two week playoff matchups
This feature would allow commissioners to implement 2 week long playoff matchups for their league.
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Chris Port commented
This is far and away my biggest problem with Yahoo Fantasy Hockey. They took it away 2 week finals a couple of years ago with no explanation or warning, and then they have even told me that it never existed! Get your act together Yahoo, ESPN fantasy is starting to look more and more appealing.
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Matthew Frankovic commented
While I agree that it wouldn't hurt to make it optional, there are plenty of occasions where it makes sense to have consolation playoffs. For example, leagues might use the consolation bracket to encourage active participation from all managers the entire year, even if some managers are out of the playoff hunt. There might be a cash prize for the winner of the consolation bracket. I know of plenty of fantasy football leagues that use the consolation bracket to determine next years draft order. So 4th place has first round pick, 5th place has 2nd, etc.
But like I said, there might not be any harm in having the option to skip the consolation bracket. I don't see why players simply couldn't ignore it though. I'm in 9th place in one of my hockey leagues and haven't really paid attention to it, because why would I? It's not like I'm obligateded to stay checked in after the season ends.
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[Deleted User] commented
Fully endorse this! The grind through the regular season, and then the tightly contested playoff matchups make it so hard to get to the finals, and settling the finals in one week is tough to swallow. Having the option for 2 weeks would be welcomed.
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Darryn Horvath commented
Please, please, please consider implementing this for next year. I really am kinda sad to see this is still in "gathering feedback" after 1.5 years. It really would make yahoo fantasy hockey much better.
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Anonymous commented
You are correct that there is currently no option to have a 2 week championship.
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Chris Kohut commented
Can this please happen for this playoff season! Every league should be able to have this option if they wish. Our leagues playoffs happen in 5 1/2 weeks. Please help us
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Jordan Green commented
Wont happen, Yahoo doesn't make changes anymore. Sorry to burst your bubble but they've given up. If you don't believe me take a look at some of the other Top Rated posts on this forum and see how long they've been active and if Yahoo has done anything about them. Might as well move your league to ESPN if you want this feature. (P.S. I really want this feature too).
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Ruth commented
You do not have the option to make it over the final two weeks in baseball. You have the option to finish early before key players on non contenders get benched for the year or stars on contenders get rested for the playoffs. If you choose the later playoffs it overlaps into the last week. It is not a full two week playoff.
At the ends of seasons schedules aren't always full and the last two weeks get combined by default if you choose the late option in settings.
Regardless of the sport the last week of the season is most times a waste of your high drafts because unless they are fighting for a playoff spot they are being rested.
A prime example is baseball and great young pitcher who are put on "pitch counts" they do not play at the end of the season and a team that was great in the heart of the season get beat by a 4th place fantasy chump because his midseason lineup is sitting on the bench.
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DubbleC commented
There should be a playoff pool, would be a good option for us in keeper leagues to change it up!
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Matt Chouinard commented
YES YES YES. Regardless of if some teams rest their star players in that final week of play, it should at least be an option for leagues and commissioners. It's silly to have that many games in the last week, and not be counted in a hockey pool. Essentially a player's stats in our pool only count for 79 games? Give us more options Yahoo!
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Chris Kohut commented
My idea is to create a playoff format that isnt offered in any other league generator. First off we should have the abilty to have 2 week long finals since it is the most important week of the year and often most players are benched or playing limiting roles while waiting for their playoffs to begin. Second I feel that we should create a mini-series option. Instead of scoring total points for the 2 weeks in the finals, i think leagues should be able to have what I call a mini-series option in where teams can play a mini best of 3 series for each playoff matchup. If every playoff matchup was 14 days then you can have the first 5 days as one game, the second 5 days as a second game and the remaining 4 days as the final game. As soon as a team wins 2 out of 3 matches they move on to the next round and win the series. If a team won the first 2 games then the last remaining 4 days would count for nothing. This would prevent a team from having an incrediable unattaiable 2 days to start the week which can become unreachable for the other team.
Just a possible thing to look at
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Serge commented
I 'am for it ,should be a option for any leagues highly supportive of this one.
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B B commented
I came here specifically to suggest this. I will be looking for a more customizable league next year, and if the people's voice isn't heard here, I will unfortunately have to move my league elsewhere. PLEASE UPGRADE YAHOO!
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Bailey commented
yes I would like to see division teams should play each other in the playoffs
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B commented
We have requested this for the past 4 years, since it was a standard option. It's not new, it's just Yahoo hasn't bothered reinstating it.
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Tyler Redding commented
I agree with this! BIG TIME
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Yvres Gyros commented
Yep, should be enough feedback by now and really shouldn't be difficult to implement as far as programming work goes.
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Jordan commented
Yahoo is dead. They dont care about anything anymore. Not a single suggested change this year has gotten any further along than "gathering feedback". Im moving my leagues elsewhere next year. Yahoo used to be awesome, but I dont know what happened to them. Theyre a shell of what they used to be. "Official" place for fantasy hockey my ***.
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B commented
This shouldn't need any more feedback. Yahoo used to provide this option up until the 2010 Olympic season when they condensed the schedule so they removed the option from the default. However, they never brought it back, and after several attempts to get an explanation, I never received a proper response, just a 'we will consider new offerings etc etc.'. This should be brought back to give commissioners a choice - it's not a new offering.
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Mark McGrath commented
This is exactly what I want. We recently added 2 new teams to our league (14 total) and I customized the regular season schedule to be reflective of the division format. Having gone through the trouble to figure out a fitting schedule I was very disappointed to discover that the top 8 teams make it, regardless of division (currently 5/3). As the commish I should have the option to customize the way in which playoffs are formatted as well.