NHL Franchise Boys

Congratulations to first time winner, Louis, after having overcome a devastating 19 point week early in the season, hovered around the middle of the pack all season until the final month where he climbed to first and maintained it to win the 21st edition of the NHLFB Franchise Hockey Pool.
Louis could not contain his emotions as he emphatically yelled, “I  AM the champ!! … I  AM the champ!! Finally got the monkey off my back; it took 2 decades to reach the top and I  intend to stay here for the next decade!”. He jubilantly expressed his passion for NUTS and offered to pick up the tab for a night on the town with the bro’s.

The real celebration will take place this Fall as the boys convene for the 2016-17 Hockey Pool Draft where Louis will defend his reign. Lest not forget Louis’ promise of a bottle of Patron in celebration of his championship, along with a hostess to help pour it into the cup, no less. Well done Mr. C.!!

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CONGRATULATIONS !!!

The 2015-2016 NHL regular season will come to an end this weekend and so will the 21st season of the NHL Franchise Boys Hockey Pool. Joe D. brilliantly summarizes the season in sharing his thoughts… “I am genuinely pleased with the state of the NHLFB Fantasy Hockey Pool….Not only may we have a new winner this year, the winner may be a first time winner! WOW! Paolo and Steve, who finished 10th and 9th, respectively, last year have transformed their fortunes into finishing in the money this year. Great job guys! And going into the last week of the pool, none of the top 3 spots had yet been decided…all in all….it was another great year and I want to take this opportunity to thank you all for contributing to making it the fun and fantastic year it was”. 

Obviously we all know it doesn’t matter if you win or lose… it’s way beyond that… it’s the draft, the pucks, sticks, skates, faceoffs, goals, assists, overtime, shoot-outs, shutouts, injuries, trades, countless hours of watching games and tracking players, disappointments and surprises, spending hundreds of dollars on free agents, and most of all – the game of HOCKEY.

We wake up every day and check the dreaded box scores, we stay up to the wee hours of the night hoping our goalie gets the shutout, and some of us even add the letter “y” to the end of player’s name when they had a great night. Nothing else matters… the world is absolutely perfect for the entire hockey season. Ladies don’t understand us, kids look at us as mentors and heroes, guys want to be us… WE are the envy of every hockey fan in the universe. It’s never been for the the money, nor the fame…. ok, ok, maybe the bragging rights… but essentially it’s all because we love it. May the passion live forever and see you all next year!