ATD 2022 - draft order in post 182

[ResilientBeast]

Discussion and sign ups

Let's figure out what we'd like to do this year

I would rather not administrate the draft, I can assist as time allows.

I believe @rmartin65 and I have agreed to team up

1. RB & rmartin65 - Vancouver Millionaires
2. VanIslander - Milwaukee Admirals
3. Claude the Fraud - Hull Olympiques
4. Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs
5. Johnny Engine - Kentucky Thoroughblades
6. tinyzombies - Montreal Wanderers
7. Hawkey Town 18 - Chicago Shamrocks
8. Professor What - Gallifrey TARDIS
9. Importer Exporter - Three Rivers Hockey Club
10. BenchBrawl - Montreal Canadiens
11. Voight - Texarkana Bandits
12. The Macho King - Roanoke Rail Yard Dawgs
13. TheDevilMadeMe - New Jersey Swamp Devils
14. Dreakmur - Orillia Terriers
15. tony d - Pittsburgh Pirates
16. tabness - Bloomfield Hills Dollar Bills
17. RustyRazor - Portland Penguins
18. nabby12 - Winnipeg Victorias

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[rmartin65]

Discussion and sign ups

Let's figure out what we'd like to do this year

I would rather not administrate the draft, I can assist as time allows.

I believe @rmartin65 and I have agreed to team up

1. RB & rmartin65

Yep, that’s the plan!

Similarly, I can’t take the full brunt of running it, but I would like to help in some respect.

 

[VanIslander]

I'll manage the AHL's Milwaukee Admirals.

Alumni include Kimmo Timonen, Shea Weber, Ryan Suter, Roman Josi, Dan Hamhuis, Tomas Vokoun, Pekka Rinne, Marc Crawford, Claude Julien, ... and without mentioning any forwards yet.

 

[Claude The Fraud]

I’m in!

I’ll be Gretzky’s once owned club, the Hull Olympiques.

 

[Johnny Engine]

I’m in!

I’ll be once Gretzky’s owned club, the Hull Olympiques.

Alright, I'm in as your rivals the Kentucky Thoroughblades.

But those are completely different teams in different leagues and levels of hockey you say.

No, I'm talking about the two more obscure jerseys in this picture:

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Alright, I'm in as your rivals the Kentucky Thoroughblades.

But those are completely different teams in different leagues and levels of hockey you say.

No, I'm talking about the two more obscure jerseys in this picture:

Wow!

I’d like to know how those two ended with those jerseys.

 

[Johnny Engine]

Wow!

I’d like to know how those two ended with those jerseys.

Wikipedia tells me that Kevin Richardson is in fact a native Kentuckian. The Olympiques on Howie Dorough is just completely inexplicable to me.

 

[Leaf Lander]

Im in

Toronto Maple Leafs

 

[rmartin65]

5 teams so far. I think it is still far too early to consider cancelling this year's edition (nothing wrong with a later start- February or even March would still have us finishing around the end of the playoffs)- but should there indeed not be enough interest in an ATD this year, I sincerely hope that the ATD community pushes for and subsequently participates in an HoH ranking of best Pre-Consolidation players.

 

[ResilientBeast]

5 teams so far. I think it is still far too early to consider cancelling this year's edition (nothing wrong with a later start- February or even March would still have us finishing around the end of the playoffs)- but should there indeed not be enough interest in an ATD this year, I sincerely hope that the ATD community pushes for and subsequently participates in an HoH ranking of best Pre-Consolidation players.

I'll send out a big pm to all our regulars this week

 

[tinyzombies]

in

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

The Chicago Shamrocks are in

 

[Professor What]

I'm interested in another go. I'd rather build the team, make the case initially and let things go from there though. I didn't really care for the playoff debate last year if I'm being honest. I want to make sure everyone's ok with that.

 

[rmartin65]

I'm interested in another go. I'd rather build the team, make the case initially and let things go from there though. I didn't really care for the playoff debate last year if I'm being honest. I want to make sure everyone's ok with that.

I’m glad you have decided to return!

Participate as much (or little!) as you wish.

 

[Professor What]

I’m glad you have decided to return!

Participate as much (or little!) as you wish.

Thanks.

And for clarity's sake, since I think my last post might have been vague here, I do intend to vote each round.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

I'm in as the New Haven Nighthawks.

 

[VanIslander]

A 16-team ATD would be the smallest but most elegant all-time draft ever.

Make it so.

(Even if Bogart sadly opts out.)

 

[nabby12]

It's a shame how a few bad eggs have now ruined the ATD for everyone. It's not surprising that no one is signing up this year.

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

It's a shame how a few bad eggs have now ruined the ATD for everyone. It's not surprising that no one is signing up this year.

For my part, I think the matter is a little more nuanced than a "white-hats/black-hats" dichotomy. To the larger point, I hope that no-one is surprised that sign-ups appear to have cratered.

This predicament has been Coming like Valdez- for the better part of a year, now.

 

[ResilientBeast]

For my part, I think the matter is a little more nuanced than a "white-hats/black-hats" dichotomy. To the larger point, I hope that no-one is surprised that sign-ups appear to have cratered.

This predicament has been Coming like Valdez- for the better part of a year, now.

Yeah the fact it's slow wasn't a shock to me, how slow however.......

 

[ResilientBeast]

I've just started sending out canvassing pms to former GMs, as I think of more names I'll keep sending and we can reevaluate where we are in terms of signups in a week or so.

 

[The Macho King]

I'm thinking about it - haven't decided yet.

 

[BraveCanadian]

I have a bunch of stuff going on so I am out for this year, but good luck with this year's ATD and I'm sure I'll be lurking to chime in here and there.

 

[rmartin65]

It's a shame how a few bad eggs have now ruined the ATD for everyone. It's not surprising that no one is signing up this year.

As @ChiTownPhilly notes, I don't think this an entirely accurate representation of what is happening here.

For my part, I think the matter is a little more nuanced than a "white-hats/black-hats" dichotomy. To the larger point, I hope that no-one is surprised that sign-ups appear to have cratered.

This predicament has been Coming like Valdez- for the better part of a year, now.

Yep. While there has certainly been some... interpersonal issues over the last few years, I don't think that is the real culprit behind the sizable decrease in participation (so far) this year. That said, I imagine it didn't help.

 

[ImporterExporter]

I'll do it again.

How the rules shake out will determine my participation level post draft.