All-Time Draft #11, Part 3

[raleh]

The Leafs select Murray Oliver

The New Westminster Bruins select Steve Smith, D.


The Miners select Ab McDonald, LW.

Thanks, man.

We're very excited to be adding Steve Smith to the lineup. With that we have finished our starting defense core and we're pretty pleased with it, I'd say:

Dit Clapper - Carl Brewer
Doug Mohns - Dollard St. Laurent
Ron Greschner - Steve Smith

Not sure how they'd do in ATD 3, but we're very happy with it here. Especially the top three.

 

[John Flyers Fan]

Thanks, man.

We're very excited to be adding Steve Smith to the lineup. With that we have finished our starting defense core and we're pretty pleased with it, I'd say:

Dit Clapper - Carl Brewer
Doug Mohns - Dollard St. Laurent
Ron Greschner - Steve Smith

Not sure how they'd do in ATD 3, but we're very happy with it here. Especially the top three.

Smith is a solid pick, we were debating between him and Svoboda.

 

[Kyle McMahon]

With our pick Hampton Road's selects LW Murray Murdoch

A great checker, Murdoch was the ultimate iron man never missing a single game in his 11 year career, all with the Rangers. A great role player, Murdoch had limited offensive ability, but did come up big for the Rangers in their 1933 Cup-winning season with seven points in eight playoff games.

And Stan Fischler thinks he's the 98th best player off all time.

 

[God Bless Canada]

Thanks, man.

We're very excited to be adding Steve Smith to the lineup. With that we have finished our starting defense core and we're pretty pleased with it, I'd say:

Dit Clapper - Carl Brewer
Doug Mohns - Dollard St. Laurent
Ron Greschner - Steve Smith

Not sure how they'd do in ATD 3, but we're very happy with it here. Especially the top three.

We were talking about Smith as long ago as Round 15, when we picked St. Laurent. So we're proud to get him in 19. We remember the size, toughness, aggressiveness and strong play in his own zone, but his offensive dimension is underrated, too, with three 50-point seasons. He was the top scoring defenceman on two Cup champions. His offensive production fell after breaking his leg in a fight in 1994, but he was still a rock in his own zone.

It's not just a tough and an aggressive defence corps, it's a mobile defence corps, with a pretty good offensive dimension.

 

[nik jr]

Lada selects D James Patrick.

With our pick Hampton Road's selects LW Murray Murdoch

A great checker, Murdoch was the ultimate iron man never missing a single game in his 11 year career, all with the Rangers. A great role player, Murdoch had limited offensive ability, but did come up big for the Rangers in their 1933 Cup-winning season with seven points in eight playoff games.

And Stan Fischler thinks he's the 98th best player off all time.

i was about to pick him.

 

[seventieslord]

My defense of:

Red Kelly - Earl Seibert
Bill Gadsby - Lionel Conacher
Alexei Kasatonov - Sprague Cleghorn

got little respect in the first ATD.

Wow, that's sick. It was a 10-team draft but you had a legit #1, three #2s, a #4 and a #5 by a 10-team draft's standards.

In a 16-team ATD at the Leafs boards I had:

Chelios-Gerard
Pilote-Bouchard
Pronovost - Flaman

and Pronovost was Salming before I pulled off a Tocchet/Salming for Bure/Pronovost trade to address a "scoring from the wings" problem.

That would be two #1s, three #3s, and a #4. Plus I had Mohns and Hall in the press box... a legit #5 and #6.

We were talking about Smith as long ago as Round 15, when we picked St. Laurent. So we're proud to get him in 19. We remember the size, toughness, aggressiveness and strong play in his own zone, but his offensive dimension is underrated, too, with three 50-point seasons. He was the top scoring defenceman on two Cup champions. His offensive production fell after breaking his leg in a fight in 1994, but he was still a rock in his own zone.

It's not just a tough and an aggressive defence corps, it's a mobile defence corps, with a pretty good offensive dimension.

Smith is a great pick at this point. He was one of the best options for anyone who doesn't want to "settle" for an offense or defense-only D-man.

Lada selects D James Patrick.

There go just about all the defensemen we were thinking of for a #7.

 

[Nalyd Psycho]

The Minnesota Fighting Saints are proud to select, Gennady Tsygankov, D

 

[VanIslander]

The Minnesota Fighting Saints are proud to select, Gennady Tsygankov, D

a legit 4/5 dman in an all time context

 

[chaosrevolver]

Soviet Union select C: Thomas Steen.

 

[Nalyd Psycho]

a legit 4/5 dman in an all time context

I figured his mobility and intelligence made him an ideal partner for Joe Hall.

 

[Evil Sather]

D Dallas Smith

 

[VanIslander]

I figured his mobility and intelligence made him an ideal partner for Joe Hall.

... an extremely fast and fearless blueliner who never hesitated to block shots or to fight for a puck in the corners. As a team player, he always put team interests above his personal accomplishments. Tsygankov was a key penalty killer on the Team USSR roster... Gennady Tsygankov was the first defense partner of Slava Fetisov. Overall, Tsygankov was arguably one of the best team players in the Soviet hockey.

His toughness and solid defense made him a top pairing guy on the mid to late seventies Red Army and national team. There are two other Soviet dmen from that decade that should go in this draft, and two or three from the eighties.

 

[papershoes]

the kenora thistles are pleased to complete their checking line by adding...

#9 john sorrell (lw)

BEST SKATER
Johnny Sorrell, speedster and checker extraordinaire, was Detroit's most valuable player for much of the decade.

John Sorrell played for three different teams as a junior and was signed as a Montreal Canadiens, though never played a game for the fabled team. In 1929, he was traded to the Detroit Falcons where he became a steady scorer and helped the team win consecutive Stanley Cups in 1936 and 1937.

 

[Jungosi]

Who takes a list?

 

[VanIslander]

Who takes a list?

I can

 

[God Bless Canada]

Since it's been half a round since the draft board was updated...

505: pitseleh - D Jiri Bubla
506: seventies and VCL - G Roberto Luongo
507: Wisent - LW Slava Kozlov
508: Evil Speaker and sturminator - RW Jim Pappin
509: Kyle McMahon - LW Murray Murdoch
510: Reds4Life - RW Marian Hossa
511: EagleBelfour - C Buddy O'Connor
512: Leaf Lander - C Murray Oliver
513: GBC & raleh - D Steve Smith
514: ToskaLOL - LW Ab McDonald
515: nikjr - D James Patrick
516: NalydPsycho - D Gennady Tsygankov
517: chaos and Booth - C Thomas Steen
518: Evil Sather - D Dallas Smith
519: paper - LW John Sorrell

 

[EagleBelfour]

Gotta run for an hour, I will update the board when I'll come back.

 

[EagleBelfour]

With our nineteen selection, the 512th overall in this year All-Time Draft, the Detroit Falcons are very please to select Center Herbert William O'Connor

Stanley Cup Champion (1944, 1946)
Stanley Cup Finalist (1947, 1950)
Hart Memorial Trophy (1948)
Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (1948)
Second All-Star Team Centre (1948)
Played in NHL All-Star Game (1949)
Team Captain (1949-1950)
Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame (1988)

Top-10 Scoring (2nd, 9th)
Top-10 Goalscoring (9th)
Top-10 Assist (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th)
*0.78 Point per game in the regular season*
Top-10 Playoff Scoring (3rd, 5th, 10th, 10th)
Top-10 Playoff Goalscoring (4th, 6th, 8th)
Top-10 Playoff Assist (5th, 6th, 7th, 8th)
*0.68 Point per game in the playoffs*

Calder Nomination (2nd)
Hart Nomination (1st)
Lady Bing Nomination (1st, 2nd, 4th, 4th)

- O'connor was named Canada Atlhlete of the year in 1948.

In 1947-48, at age 31 and in his first season with the Blueshirts, O'Connor recorded career-high marks for goals, with 24, and points, with 60. He missed the league scoring title by only one point and was named NHL Second Team All-Star centre, behind former teammate Elmer Lach. O'Connor received his due, however, winning the Hart Trophy as league's most valuable player as well as the Lady Byng Trophy as most gentlemanly player. He was the first player to win both awards in the same season.

Buddy was a soft-spoken Irishman who was one of the lightest players in NHL history, only weighing 142Ibs. He was a very skilled puck handler with great passing skills. He rarely picked up a penalty and only received 34 PIMs in 509 games.

He enjoyed a very fine career with Montreal and as a sophomore the fine playmaker managed to score 58 points, including 43 assists, in only 50 games which was good enough to make the top ten in league scoring.

 

[shawnmullin]

Amazing Buddy slipped so far.

 

[shawnmullin]

D Dallas Smith

Darn was hoping he'd fall to me

 

[VanIslander]

Amazing Buddy slipped so far.

center is the deepest position; there are at least three other centers that are top-500 all time but yet to be drafted

 

[VanIslander]

521 - Mr. Bugg - Kimberley Dynamiters - ON THE CLOCK (3 hours, 40 minutes remaining)

522 - VanIslander & Hockey Outsider - Thunder Bay Twins
523 - spitfire11 - Detroit Red Wings
524 - Zamboni Mania - Colorado Avalanche
525 - Jungosi - Wacken Warriors - LIST SUBMITTED
526 - DoMakc & JohnFlyersFan - Kilkenny Bustards - LIST SUBMITTED
527 - ChampagneWishes - Killarney Country Bear Jamboree
528 - Hedberg - Victoria Salmon Kings

 

[EagleBelfour]

Gotta run for an hour, I will update the board when I'll come back.

Done.

 

[hfboardsuser]

LW Don Maloney

Maloney's everything you'd want in a third/fourth line LW. He played during the high-flying eighties, but five 20+ goal seasons and a 0.6 PPG average in the playoffs are respectable no matter the era.

Then there's the way he played. Fred Shero said it best:

"His scoring is a bonus. He's a bumper and a grinder. He reminds me of Bert Olmstead, the great left winger on the Montreal Canadiens power play two decades ago."

Esposito compared him to Cashman. All in all, a really underrated player. I had mentioned him to a couple of GMs, and didn't think I'd get him during the run on checking LWs.

 

[VanIslander]

The Twins select a steady eddie blueliner who can handle more minutes when Samuelsson, Suter and/or Pronger are in the box