RallyKiller said:
Build a team out of the last 4 NHL drafts, the kicker is here you can only choose TWO of the top five picks from each year, and only four total top 10 picks.
for instance, if you choose Crosby and Pitkanen those are the ONLY 2 top five picks you can take. After that you have 2 remaining guys you can select from the six through ten range IE: Phanuef and Brule.
Have at it.
AWESOME idea. I have to say though, it's a lot harder than it looks. Here;s my list. Don't flame me TOO much. I was too lazy to sort all the way through the huge lists on hockeydb.com.
The top 5 and top 10 picks are labeled. in parantheses.
Patrice Bergeron-Sidney Crosby(1)-Alex Ovechkin(1)
Patrick O'Sullivan-Jarrett Stoll-Alex Semin
Steve Bernier-Jeff Carter-Eric Fehr
Lauri Tukonen-Ryan Getzlaf-Alex Bourret
Extras: Alexander Radulov, Ryan Kesler
Phaneuf(9)-Meszaros
Ryan Suter(7)-Matt Carle
Ryan Parent-Marc Staal
Extra: Mark Stuart, Anton Babchuk
Cam Ward
Hannu Toivonen
Extra: Jimmy Howard
We've got plenty of scoring on lines one through three, plus some physical players with guys like Ovechkin and Bernier. The fourth like might be a little questionable, but I like the size physicality of Tukonen and Getzlaf, plus, as Pierre McGuire said about 234289034 time during the draft, Bourret is an absolute "buzzsaw" who I think would be great at getting under people's skin. I think the "fourth" line looks pretty good as far as size. Getlaf obviously needs to work on his D (but hey, they're all still kids. They ALL need to workon their D) to be on a checking line , but I obviously picked this team to be a high scoring one. Radulov is in there as an extra mainly because I think he has a huge upside and I picked Kesler (flame away
) in case they need some extra defensive punch every now and then.
On defense, Phaneuf and Meszaros were the obvious choices. I really like Suter and Carle's upsides on both sides of the puck. Same with the second pair. For defenseman #6 I was torn between Parent and Lee, but I think Parent has a better upside and will wind up being more physical and better in his own end. Stuart wound up as an extra to give the d-corps a little more nastiness and I put Babchuk on there because, again, I like his upside, and I think he could come in handy using his size to clear the crease
In goal, Cam Ward's recent performance made him the obvious choice (as much as I wanted to pick the guy in my avatar
), while Toivonen is there because he was really impressive at times this season and should Ward falter, he's definitely capable of stepping up (and maybe even stealing Ward's job). I picked Howard, because I've watched a lot of his games and he's going to be a REALLY good one.
Anyway, I'm sure I missed some really boneheaded, obvious picks, but what do you guys think so far?
Wow. Bold statement about this guy's upside.
