If a player gets injured

[Ryan]

If a player gets injured and i send him to IR does that count towards my number of players? no right? With Schneider down i should be able to send him to my Teams IR and then that would bring my team to the roster requirements but to bring him back i would then have to release a player correct?

[Derrick - Senators]

You can only place a player on the IR if yahoo has granted the player IR eligibility.

If yahoo has granted IR status, then yes he can be placed on the IR and not counted against the limit.
If yahoo has not, you just have to take one for the team.

[Ryan]

ok so therefore Calgary flames must take Steve Sullivan off IR right?

im not sure if im the only one or not but we have to follow Yahoo so much and we all know of there faults i think if a players is injured as the GM of the fantasy teeam we should be able to put them on our teams IR?

what does everyone think

[Nos - Sharks]

I know it's not a perfect system but it's all part of fantasy sports. Waiting for eligibility is part of the anxious nature fantasy GM's have to go through with the game. Yahoo usually puts players on IR when they've been put on the real life IR, which I don't believe Anaheim has done yet for Schneider. Same goes for Sullivan. Sullivan should also be taken off the IR.

[Phil - Blue Jackets]

ryan said:

ok so therefore Calgary flames must take Steve Sullivan off IR right?

im not sure if im the only one or not but we have to follow Yahoo so much and we all know of there faults i think if a players is injured as the GM of the fantasy teeam we should be able to put them on our teams IR?

what does everyone think

What would qualify as being injured? I mean come on. A player can be day to day with a bruised wrist or something and technically be "injured."

Sullivan should be taken off the IR before the season, but if the same should happen during the season, these rules do not apply.

[Ryan]

ok so isnt this supposed to be as close to being gm of a team well if we cant put a player on IR for example Schneider is out for 1 month well even if Yahoo doesnt put him on IR i should be able to and the minute he plays a game I have 1 day or w/e to activate him or lose him

[Derrick - Senators]

In an ideal world this would be the philosophy. I'd be all for it because technically I could put forsberg on the IR. However, that is not the case. Injuries are a part of the game, i know as well as anybody, and so is waiting for the IR status on yahoo (however long it takes them). Since Sullivan was presumed out (and expected to go to the IR) for a way longer period than Schneider I made the exception for Calgary with the understanding that if yahoo had not placed him on the IR before final rosters were due, a spot would have to be made for him until further notice. so i GUESS ill extend the same offer to you, but its pretty pointless right now with final rosters due so soon. Anyway, it looks like the situation has been resolved for now.

[Nos - Sharks]

The Forsberg case is a unique one but since no team has claim to him he can't be put on the IR (real life IR) even if that rule was implemented.

[Ryan]

with forsberg not being injured as far as I know(yet) he could not go on IR anyways but with Schneider, sullivan there not presumed injured they are injured, so why do we specifically have to wit for yahoo to tell us there injured when we know they are?

[Derrick - Senators]

We aren't waiting on yahoo to tell us they are injured, we are waiting on yahoo to put them on the IR so that they can remain on your team while freeing up a roster spot on the yahoo database.

I need the roster finalized as soon as possible so that I can get everything in line on Yahoo as well as on the new site. Also, hanging on to certain players and assuming they might go on the IR, when in actuality they dont, can cause a number of different problems and complaints throughout the league.

[Ryan]

ok well can a new rule be inplace for players who are expected to miss a game if they dont play the next game they can go on IR and are IR eligible until 1 day after the play there next game and then a warning will be sent to the manager to free up room and then if nothing is done within 24 hours, a 2nd warning will be sent and if nothing done within 24 hours the player is lost to FA?

For example when schenieder doesnt play the first game he should be IR eligible in the league until his next game is played same with sully and anyone else who gets injured and the minute Schneiders fist game back starts we will say 2 weeks into the season he plays at 8pm(et) on nov 1st well at that time he is no longer IR eligiblethe next night i will be sent a warning arouynd 8pm and then the next night if he is still on my IR i lose him @ 8pm on November 3rd.....sound fair to everyone just as we all kow of yahoos many flaws and i for one think this should be as realistic as possible and think this would be a good idea

[Andrew]

Yahoo's normally pretty good with keeping the IR status in line with NHL teams. We can't let every injured player be allowed an IR slot when they are not actually on the injured reserve. We don't need a new rule in my opinion, the IR situation is pretty simple during the regular season. Yahoo's incompetence is just a part of the game.

[Ryan]

andrew1125 said:

Yahoo's normally pretty good with keeping the IR status in line with NHL teams. We can't let every injured player be allowed an IR slot when they are not actually on the injured reserve. We don't need a new rule in my opinion, the IR situation is pretty simple during the regular season. Yahoo's incompetence is just a part of the game.

well we could of course implement a max number of IR slots

[patriot0103]

ryan said:

ok well can a new rule be inplace for players who are expected to miss a game if they dont play the next game they can go on IR and are IR eligible until 1 day after the play there next game and then a warning will be sent to the manager to free up room and then if nothing is done within 24 hours, a 2nd warning will be sent and if nothing done within 24 hours the player is lost to FA?

For example when schenieder doesnt play the first game he should be IR eligible in the league until his next game is played same with sully and anyone else who gets injured and the minute Schneiders fist game back starts we will say 2 weeks into the season he plays at 8pm(et) on nov 1st well at that time he is no longer IR eligiblethe next night i will be sent a warning arouynd 8pm and then the next night if he is still on my IR i lose him @ 8pm on November 3rd.....sound fair to everyone just as we all kow of yahoos many flaws and i for one think this should be as realistic as possible and think this would be a good idea

It is not the idea that is bad, it's the feasibility of it that is bad.

First of all, it'd be difficult to keep track of, especially if a lot of people take advantage of the ability to send a guy to IR for a 1 game injury.

Second, who's to determine if a player is "hurt". Since I'm a Buffalo fan, let's say I hear Kotalik hurt his hand last night on the morning radio, now he can go to IR? Then when he plays, I have 24 hours to take him off, which would also give Derrick the additional responsibility of making sure I do so in 24 hours (which would be pretty ridiculous when it has to be done for everyone).

I don't know, it's just more work then it's worth, and would more than likely lead to controversies.

We all have to deal with the yahoo deficiencies, but fact is at least it's a more objective way to handle it....and yahoo's system is not as bad as people make it out to be anyways.