NEFHL 2007 Entry Draft Complete

[markzab]

Hey guys. I'm probably opening a door for some people to bash on my choices but I'm interested in hearing from the HF community how you guys think I did in my first sim league draft. These 8 rounds took a week to complete and we just finished yesterday. I bolded and put in red the picks that I had this year. I'm not an expert and most of my research was done via these forums as well as reading as much as I could over the net. I decided to go the risk route this year and selected guys who might not be the tallest, bit who put up some decent numbers and were considered underrated for other reasons as well. Let me know what you think of my draft and also any extra information on the guys I selected would be appreciated.

I made a write-up on my first 3 selections on our main site if you'd like to read it that explains the main reasons for me making those first 3 picks...

http://www.nefhl.com/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=306

I only did it on the first 3 because at that time I had already run out of picks until a trade was made a little later on where I acquired 3 more draft picks. Anyway, onto my selections...

NEW ERA FHL Entry Draft
www.NEFHL.com

Round 1
1. Thrashers, Jakub Voracek(07)
2. Devils (from Capitals), Patrick Kane(07)
3. Oilers (from Coyotes), James Van Riemsdyk(07)
4. Avalanche, Kyle Turris(07)
5. Oilers (from Blackhawks), Karl Alzner(07)
6. Canadiens, Alexei Cherepanov(07)
7. Hurricanes, Sam Gagner(07)
8. Thrashers (from Canucks), Angelo Esposito(07)
9. BlueJacket, Lars Eller(07)
10. Capitals (from Devils), Logan Couture(07)
11. Sharks (from Wild), Mikael Backlund(07)
12. Blues (from Sabres), David Perron(07)
13. MapleLeafs (from Flames), Zach Hamill(07)
14. Oilers (from Lightning), Keaton Ellerby(07)
15. RedWings (from Rangers), Ryan McDonagh(07)
16. Wild (from Predators), Nicholas Petrecki(07)
17. Capitals (from Penguins), Maxim Mayorov(07)
18. Capitals (from Ducks), Akim Aliu(07)
19. Senators, William Sweatt(07)
20. Oilers, Brett Maclean(07)
21. RedWings, Stefan Legein(07)
22. Canucks (from Flyers), Brandon Sutter(07)
23. Penguins (from Sharks), Kevin Shattenkirk(07)
24. Kings (from Islanders), Jeremy Smith(07)
25. Avalanche (from Panthers), Jonathon Blum(07)
26. Canadiens (from Kings), Thomas Hickey(07)
27. Canadiens (from Blues), Oscar Moller(07)
28. Sharks (from Bruins), Max Pacioretty(07)
29. Oilers (from MapleLeafs), Dana Tyrell(07)
30. Stars, Simon Hjalmarsson(07)

Round 2
31. Penguins (from Thrashers), Colton Gillies(07)
32. Capitals, Alex Plante(07)
33. MapleLeafs (from Coyotes), Joakim Andersson(07)
34. Panthers (from Avalanche), Tommy Cross(07)
35. Wild (from Blackhawks), Michal Repik(07)
36. Flames (from Canadiens), Ian Cole(07)
37. Coyotes (from Hurricanes), Luca i(07)
38. Blues (from Canucks), Colby Cohen(07)
39. Avalanche (from BlueJacket), Joel Gistedt(07)
40. Sharks (from Devils), James O'brien(07)
41. MapleLeafs (from Wild), Patrick White(07)
42. RedWings (from Sabres), Trevor Cann(07)
43. Flames, Sergei Korostin(07)
44. Sabres (from Lightning), Maxim Goncharov(07)
45. Blues (from Rangers), Maxime Tanguay(07)
46. Capitals (from Predators), Mark Katic(07)
47. Avalanche (from Penguins), Mike Hoeffel(07)
48. Avalanche (from Ducks), Ruslan Bashkirov(07)
49. Senators, T.J. Brennan(07)
50. Senators (from Oilers), Keven Veilleux(07)
51. RedWings, T.J. Galiardi(07)
52. Capitals (from Flyers), Logan MacMillan(07)
53. Avalanche (from Sharks), Maxim Gratchev(07)
54. Hurricanes (from Islanders), Yannick Weber(07)
55. Senators (from Panthers), Zack Torquato(07)
56. Kings, Vladimir Ruzicka(07)
57. Hurricanes (from Blues), Spencer Machacek(07)
58. MapleLeafs (from Bruins), Nick Ross(07)
59. Canucks (from MapleLeafs), John Negrin(07)
60. Capitals (from Stars), Brendan Smith(07)

Round 3
61. Sharks (from Thrashers), Riley Nash(07)
62. Hurricanes (from Capitals), Radim Ostrcil(07)
63. Senators (from Coyotes), Juraj Valach(07)
64. Canucks (from Avalanche), Eric Doyle(07)
65. Canucks (from Blackhawks), Niklas Lucenius (07)
66. Devils (from Canadiens), Ted Ruth(07)
67. Flyers (from Hurricanes), Eric Tangradi(07)
68. Canucks, Nick Larson(07)
69. Panthers (from BlueJacket), Drayson Bowman(07)
70. Sabres (from Devils), Alexander Vasiliev(07)
71. Predators (from Wild), Nick Spaling(07)
72. Hurricanes (from Sabres), Justin Mccrae(07)
73. Flames, Milan Kytnar(07)
74. Coyotes (from Lightning), Dale Mitchell(07)
75. Canucks (from Rangers), Antoine Lafleur(07)
76. Predators, Taylor Ellington(07)
77. Devils (from Penguins), Ben Ryan(07)
78. Capitals (from Ducks), Nick Palmieri(07)
79. MapleLeafs (from Senators), Kevin Marshall(07)
80. Thrashers (from Oilers), Nichlas Torp(07)
81. Thrashers (from RedWings), David Skokan(07)
82. MapleLeafs (from Flyers), Mark Owuya(07)
83. Flyers (from Sharks), Aaron Palushaj(07)
84. Canucks (from Islanders), Casey Pierro-Zabotel(0
85. Panthers, Olivier Fortier(07)
86. Kings, Vitali Karamnov(07)
87. RedWings (from Blues), Bryan Cameron(07)
88. Flyers (from Bruins), Alexander Killorn(07)
89. Hurricanes (from MapleLeafs), Mitch Fadden(07)
90. Predators (from Stars), Blake Kessel(07)

Round 4
91. Senators (from Thrashers), Josh Kidd(07)
92. MapleLeafs (from Capitals), Lassi Kokkala(07)
93. Canucks (from Coyotes), Tyson Sexsmith(07)
94. MapleLeafs (from Avalanche), David Stich(07)
95. MapleLeafs (from Blackhawks), Jason Gregoire(07)
96. BlueJacket (from Canadiens), Jordan Knackstedt(07)
97. Flyers (from Hurricanes), Linden Rowat(07)
98. Blues (from Canucks), Christopher Didomenico
99. BlueJacket, Marek Benda(07)
100. Kings (from Devils), Dion Knelson(07)
101. Lightning (from Wild), Evgeni Dadonov(07)
102. Canadiens (from Sabres), Justin Falk(07)
103. Flames, Nico Sacchetti(07)
104. Coyotes (from Lightning), P.K. Subban(07)
105. Lightning (from Rangers), Denis Reul(07)
106. Bruins (from Predators), Robert Bortuzzo(07)
107. Oilers (from Penguins), Yakov Seleznev(07)
108. Predators (from Ducks), Matt Fillier(07)
109. Senators, Ben Blood(07)
110. Devils (from Oilers), Christian Engstrand(07
111. Wild (from RedWings), Tristin Llewellyn(07)
112. BlueJacket (from Flyers), Dustin Jeffrey(07)
113. Thrashers (from Sharks), Mario Kempe(07)
114. Islanders, Dwight King(07)
115. Panthers, Jean-Simon Allard(07)
116. Kings, Andrew Clark(07)
117. Blues, Joseph Lavin(07)
118. Bruins, Brad Malone(07)
119. MapleLeafs, Colton Sceviour(07)
120. Thrashers (from Stars), Bradley Eidsness(07)

Round 5
121. Avalanche (from Thrashers), Petr Chalupa(07)
122. Capitals, Michael Biega(07)
123. BlueJacket (from Coyotes), Radek Meidl(07)
124. Thrashers (from Avalanche), Nicola Riopel(07)
125. Islanders (from Blackhawks), Matt Marshall(07)
126. Flyers (from Canadiens), Kent Patterson(07)
127. MapleLeafs (from Hurricanes), Brad Phillips(07)
128. Blackhawks (from Canucks), Mark Guggenberger(07)
129. Blues (from BlueJacket), Alex Grant(07)
130. Flyers (from Devils), Keith Aulie(07)
131. Wild, Jake Hansen(07)
132. Sabres, Patrik Lundh(07)
133. Flames, Eetu Poysti(07)
134. Lightning, Paul Postma(07)
135. Ducks (from Rangers), Drew MacKenzie(07)
136. Flyers (from Predators), Jesse Jyrkkio(07)
137. Islanders (from Penguins), Jens Hellgren(07)
138. Lightning (from Ducks), Matt Lahey(07)
139. Sharks (from Senators), Scott Darling(07)
140. Lightning (from Oilers), Jan Piskacek(07)
141. RedWings, Luca Caputi(07)
142. MapleLeafs (from Flyers), Roman Schlagenhauf(07)
143. Sabres (from Sharks), Jori Lehtera(07)
144. Islanders, Juraj Mikus(07)
145. Panthers, Will Weber(07)
146. Flyers (from Kings), Egor Averin(07)
147. Lightning (from Blues), Charles-Antoine Messie
148. MapleLeafs (from Bruins), Linus Omark(07)
149. MapleLeafs, Ondrej Roman(07)
150. Hurricanes (from Stars), Cody Almond(07)

Round 6
151. Flyers (from Thrashers), Adam Bezak(07)
152. Capitals, Louie Caporusso(07)
153. Lightning (from Coyotes), Nick Bonino(07)
154. Avalanche, Juha Metsola(07)
155. Blues (from Blackhawks), Yves Bastien(07)
156. Sabres (from Canadiens), Robin Olsson(07)
157. Stars (from Hurricanes), Tomas Hiadlovsky(07)
158. Canucks, Mathieu Perreault(07)
159. BlueJacket, Kristofer Berglund(07)
160. BlueJacket (from Devils), David Ullstrom(07)
161. Wild, Paul Thompson(07)
162. Hurricanes (from Sabres), Brett Sonne(07)
163. Flames, Artem Dubinin(07)
164. Wild (from Lightning), Viktor Ekbom(07)
165. Avalanche (from Rangers), Arron Alphonso(07)
166. Stars (from Predators), Harri Ilvonen(07)
167. Blues (from Penguins), Timo Pielmeier(07)
168. Sabres (from Ducks), Sim Liivik(07)
169. Senators, Alexander Eriksson(07)
170. Flyers (from Oilers), Justin Vaive(07)
171. RedWings, Jamie Benn(07)
172. Capitals (from Flyers), JD Watt(07)
173. Hurricanes (from Sharks), Josh Unice(07)
174. Coyotes (from Islanders), Matt Robertson(07)
175. Panthers, Daniel Kelly(07)
176. Sabres (from Kings), Ilya Antonovsky(07)
177. BlueJacket (from Blues), Oliver Lauridsen(07)
178. Bruins, Drew Leblanc(07)
179. Wild (from MapleLeafs), Carter Camper(07)
180. Avalanche (from Stars), Robbie Short(07)

Round 7
181. Avalanche (from Thrashers), Andrew Glass(07)
182. Sabres (from Capitals), Maxim Vorobyev(07)
183. Avalanche (from Coyotes), Ben Winnett(07)
184. Blues (from Avalanche), Mark Santorelli(07)
185. Blackhawks, John Lee(07)
186. Stars (from Canadiens), Vasili Tokranov(07)
187. Blackhawks (from Hurricanes), Etienne Froidevaux(07)
188. Canucks, Aaron Snow(07)
189. BlueJacket, Simon Lacroix(07)
190. Predators (from Devils), Tomi Sallinen(07)
191. MapleLeafs (from Wild), Gregory Sciaroni(07)
192. Blues (from Sabres), Andrei Stas(07)
193. Flames, Roman Bashkirov(07)
194. Avalanche (from Lightning), Mikael Paunio(07)
195. Canucks (from Rangers), Jared Gomes(07)
196. Predators, Travis Erstad(07)
197. Blackhawks (from Penguins), Paul Carey(07)
198. Ducks, Max Campbell(07)
199. Ducks (from Senators), Dimitri Tsyganov(07)
200. Oilers, Joonas Jarvinen(07)
201. RedWings, Jeff Desjardins(07)
202. Avalanche (from Flyers), Martin Hinterstocker(0
203. Wild (from Sharks), Kyle Lawson (07)
204. Coyotes (from Islanders), Mickey Renaud(07)
205. Panthers, Brent Regner(07)
206. Sabres (from Kings), Juha-Petteri Purolinna
207. Canucks (from Blues), Kurtis Mucha(07)
208. Bruins, Lukas Flueler(07)
209. Hurricanes (from MapleLeafs), Scott Brannon(07)
210. Stars, Marek Daloga(07)

Round 8
211. Thrashers, Maxime Mallette(07)
212. Hurricanes (from Capitals), Corey Cowick(07)
213. Blackhawks (from Coyotes), Cameron Lanoue(07)
214. Avalanche, Marvin Frunz(07)
215. Blackhawks, Pascal Berger(07)
216. Canadiens, Anton Glovatsky(07)
217. Avalanche (from Hurricanes), Josh Godfrey(07)
218. Canucks, C.J. Severyn(07)
219. BlueJacket, Martin Bartos(07)
220. Hurricanes (from Devils), Michael Ward(07)
221. Senators (from Wild), Dino Wieser(07)
222. Flyers (from Sabres), Sergei Bobrovsky(07)
223. Flames, Corey Tropp(07)
224. Lightning, Matt Frattin(07)
225. Flyers (from Rangers), Brett Leffler(07)
226. Ducks (from Predators), Jiri Jebavy(07)
227. Penguins, Petr Stoklasa(07)
228. Wild (from Ducks), Matt Rust(07)
229. Senators, Fredric Andersson(07)
230. Penguins (from Oilers), Radek Vlasanek(07)
231. RedWings, Andrew Loverock(07)
232. Flyers, Jordy Christian(07)
233. MapleLeafs (from Sharks), John Murray(07)
234. Coyotes (from Islanders), Scott Freeman(07)
235. Flyers (from Panthers), Nikolai Lukyanchikov(0
236. Sabres (from Kings), Anton Kokkonen(07)
237. Blues, Adam Leblanc-Bourque(0
238. Bruins, Jack Downing(07)
239. Wild (from MapleLeafs), Logan Pyett(07)
240. Stars, Lukas Lang(07)

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[Vatican Roulette]

Hey guys. I'm probably opening a door for some people to bash on my choices but I'm interested in hearing from the HF community how you guys think I did in my first sim league draft. These 8 rounds took a week to complete and we just finished yesterday. I bolded and put in red the picks that I had this year. I'm not an expert and most of my research was done via these forums as well as reading as much as I could over the net. I decided to go the risk route this year and selected guys who might not be the tallest, bit who put up some decent numbers and were considered underrated for other reasons as well. Let me know what you think of my draft and also any extra information on the guys I selected would be appreciated.

I made a write-up on my first 3 selections on our main site if you'd like to read it that explains the main reasons for me making those first 3 picks...

Well... I don't think your picks were that good to be honest. i while very talented isn't a sure thing to develop and is a good canidate to stay overseas for his career. Most of the other guys are longshots or depth players.

But I have to ask, what is up with the picks in the whole draft? I was left scratching my head on more than a few.

 

[Geogaddi]

I like the Renaud pick.

 

[markzab]

Well... I don't think your picks were that good to be honest. i while very talented isn't a sure thing to develop and is a good canidate to stay overseas for his career. Most of the other guys are longshots or depth players.

But I have to ask, what is up with the picks in the whole draft? I was left scratching my head on more than a few.

You'd have to ask the other GM's that question. I can only speak for my own choices.

As I said for my choices I decided to take high risk players. I know they are longshots or depth players but if they even make the NHL I'll be happy. Remember, I didn't have a 1st round pick.

 

[markzab]

I like the Renaud pick.

Funny you mentioned that because I was passed out when it was my tyrn to pick and he was auto'd to me.

 

[The Fuhr*]

But I have to ask, what is up with the picks in the whole draft? I was left scratching my head on more than a few.

Care to elaborate?

 

[Dumpster Flyers]

Wow... MacMillan fell far!

 

[rocketpop]

What am I missing?

The blues should have 9, 24, and 26.

You have them at 12 (from Buffalo), and then trading pick 27 to Montreal(but they don't have the 27th pick).

Care to ellaborate on this?

 

[Meichel Kane]

Froidevaux fell to round 7? Isn't he ranked in the top 30 for Euros by Central Scouting?

 

[The Fuhr*]

What am I missing?

The blues should have 9, 24, and 26.

You have them at 12 (from Buffalo), and then trading pick 27 to Montreal(but they don't have the 27th pick).

Care to ellaborate on this?

Other trades.

 

[markzab]

Wow... MacMillan fell far!

McMillan was actually the guy I wanted to take when I picked i at 37th. He would have been the "safer" option. I was just really intrigued by what I read about i's offensive potential. And in this forum in some poeples mock drafts they had him going in the first round. Really was just a risk pick like the rest of mine.

 

[Rookie Chargers]

McMillan was actually the guy I wanted to take when I picked i at 37th. He would have been the "safer" option. I was just really intrigued by what I read about i's offensive potential. And in this forum in some poeples mock drafts they had him going in the first round. Really was just a risk pick like the rest of mine.

I will be making risky picks in my draft too. The other 29 GMs are as smart as me and will be doing the same.

I will pick McMillan before I do i but why did Hamill fall out of the top 10?

 

[markzab]

I will be making risky picks in my draft too. The other 29 GMs are as smart as me and will be doing the same.

I will pick McMillan before I do i but why did Hamill fall out of the top 10?

Probably the same reason he will in the NHL draft too.

 

[shortcat1]

NEW ERA FHL Entry Draft
www.NEFHL.com

Round 1

6. Canadiens, Alexei Cherepanov(07)

26. Canadiens (from Kings), Thomas Hickey(07)
27. Canadiens (from Blues), Oscar Moller(07)

102. Canadiens (from Sabres), Justin Falk(07)

216. Canadiens, Anton Glovatsky(07)

This is the wildest Canadiens draft scenario I've ever seen...

Alex Cherepanov - a hockey wunderkind
Oscar Moller - another high end prospect
Thomas Hickey - another small defenseman
Justin Falk - an 'Other Notable' WHL defensive prospect
Anton Glovatsky - another 'Other Notable' small Russian forward.

If this were to happen, I'd have absolutely NO problems at all.

 

[markzab]

This is the wildest Canadiens draft scenario I've ever seen...

Alex Cherepanov - a hockey wunderkind
Oscar Moller - another high end prospect
Thomas Hickey - another small defenseman
Justin Falk - an 'Other Notable' WHL defensive prospect
Anton Glovatsky - another 'Other Notable' small Russian forward.

If this were to happen, I'd have absolutely NO problems at all.

Wow, you actually think that this is a real NHL mock?

 

[WeThreeKings]

Sweet. Montreal got Glovatsky. I've been hyping him for awhile and hoping he would come to Montreal in the 6th round.

 

[Abyss]

for reference this is not a mock draft for the NHL, it's a fantasy hockey league with 30 guys drafting for their own teams - but players are rated based on NHL play.

I'm the Devils and took:

2. Devils (from Capitals), Patrick Kane
66. Devils (from Canadiens), Ted Ruth
77. Devils (from Penguins), Ben Ryan
110. Devils (from Oilers), Christian Engstrand

 

[jdmcrae]

I'm the Canes, participating in my 1st sim league draft.... I have a garbage team with no prospects at all really, so I went with a lot of boom or bust picks after taking Gagner at 7...


7. Hurricanes, Sam Gagner(07)
54. Hurricanes (from Islanders), Yannick Weber(07)
57. Hurricanes (from Blues), Spencer Machacek(07)
62. Hurricanes (from Capitals), Radim Ostrcil(07)
72. Hurricanes (from Sabres), Justin Mccrae(07)
89. Hurricanes (from MapleLeafs), Mitch Fadden(07)
150. Hurricanes (from Stars), Cody Almond(07)
162. Hurricanes (from Sabres), Brett Sonne(07)
173. Hurricanes (from Sharks), Josh Unice(07)
209. Hurricanes (from MapleLeafs), Scott Brannon(07)
212. Hurricanes (from Capitals), Corey Cowick(07)
220. Hurricanes (from Devils), Michael Ward(07)

 

[The Fuhr*]

Sam Gagner should be a stud.

 

[Hockeyplayer99]

Wow the Rangers didn't have any picks. they traded everyone, they might as well not even show up to the draft

 

[The Fuhr*]

Wow the Rangers didn't have any picks. they traded everyone, they might as well not even show up to the draft