OPPF Draft 2021 - Draft Thread

[Claude The Fraud]

The Regina Pats are proud to select, from Floral, Saskatchewan, «Mr. Hockey», Gordie Howe.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

I think this is second time I've picked this person in a OPPF draft

Dominik Hasek, G

The Regina Pats are proud to select, from Floral, Saskatchewan, «Mr. Hockey», Gordie Howe.

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I thought maybe this would finally be the year that the "Big 4" would go 1-4 in this particular draft. So close.

Though if I was taking a non Big-4 player over Orr or Howe in this format, it would definitely be Hasek.

 

[ResilientBeast]

I thought maybe this would finally be the year that the "Big 4" would go 1-4 in this particular draft. So close.

Though if I was taking a non Big-4 player over Orr or Howe in this format, it would definitely be Hasek.

What can I say I'm a born again goalie truther

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

I'll pick the competitor who makes the most sense, given the Team Name...

Hoping to H.T.F.U. and Thrive with Five:

Denis Potvin- D- New York Islanders

@Dirt 101 is the best I can do, unless someone has a back-channel that they can PM me...

 

[BenchBrawl]

I'll pick the competitor who best fits in with the Team Name...

Hoping to H.T.F.U. and Thrive with Five:

Denis Potvin- D- New York Islanders

@Dirt 101 is the best I can do, unless someone has a back-channel that they can PM me...

Obvious pick

Best D by far from weak franchises. I hoped he'd make it to me but knew it was impossible.

 

[VanIslander]

Laval selects the hardest defenseman Gretzky says he'd ever faced, the 5-time IIHF Best defenseman, 3-time Golden Stick winner, 1987 Canada Cup all-star, 1981 Canada Cup champion and longterm captain of the Soviet national team: Slava Fetisov!

 

[VanIslander]

Miami is up.

@tabness

 

[BenchBrawl]

Laval selects the hardest defenseman Gretzky says he'd ever faced, the 5-time IIHF Best defenseman, 3-time Golden Stick winner, 1987 Canada Cup all-star, 1981 Canada Cup champion and longterm captain of the Soviet national team: Slava Fetisov!

Wow very surprising, I was sure you were going another way.

 

[VanIslander]

Almost did.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Miami is up.

@tabness

Almost did.

I PM'ed tabness, I know you can't in the moment.

 

[tabness]

Looking at the previous draft of this type, maybe not the most strategic pick, but I wanted him in the Redux draft anyway

Bobby Hull who epitomizes cool like Crockett and Tubbs

In terms of road even strength scoring, my pet stat of choice at the moment, Bobby Hull sees a more usual drop than the foundational players I have been targeting but still very good especially for his time (so Gordie Howe and some other notables of that time see larger drops in the sixties).

NHL Stats

 

[BenchBrawl]

The Montreal Wanderers select Sidney Crosby, C

@Hawkey Town 18 is up

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

I'm going to go with 2 players that aren't the best on the board, but will give me a lot of options and flexibility going forward...

Martin Brodeur, G (New Jersey)

and



Mark Messier, C (Edmonton)

 

[The Macho King]

Looking at the previous draft of this type, maybe not the most strategic pick, but I wanted him in the Redux draft anyway

Bobby Hull who epitomizes cool like Crockett and Tubbs

In terms of road even strength scoring, my pet stat of choice at the moment, Bobby Hull sees a more usual drop than the foundational players I have been targeting but still very good especially for his time (so Gordie Howe and some other notables of that time see larger drops in the sixties).

NHL Stats

Big ol' Ooof.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

BenchBrawl listpicks Alexander Ovechkin, LW of the Washington Capitals

I'll PM tabness

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

I'm going to go with 2 players that aren't the best on the board, but will give me a lot of options and flexibility going forward...

Martin Brodeur, G (New Jersey)

and



Mark Messier, C (Edmonton)

So much for me drafting Brodeur 3 years in a row!

It was definitely nice securing a good goalie without having to save an O6 pick for him. Makes Hasek and Brodeur especially valuable here IMO.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

So much for me drafting Brodeur 3 years in a row!

It was definitely nice securing a good goalie without having to save an O6 pick for him. Makes Hasek and Brodeur especially valuable here IMO.

As soon as I saw I was picking last, Brodeur was my primary target. His draft position keeps rising each year, and I think it's justified for the reasons you said.

As for the Messier pick, there were several ways I could've gone there. Ovechkin was one of them, but I had him last year and also started off with a goalie as my second pick, so I wanted to change it up. I'll hold off on commenting further until a few more picks are made.

@zffssk Crosby - Ovechkin on the same squad is pretty funny!

 

[ResilientBeast]

So much for me drafting Brodeur 3 years in a row!

It was definitely nice securing a good goalie without having to save an O6 pick for him. Makes Hasek and Brodeur especially valuable here IMO.

That's why unless I was super eager to get a big 4 member I would take Hasek ahead of Orr and Howe without blinking.

Howe has a tremendous advantage over Orr from a metagaming perspective as we're not even likely to draft another RW listed from Detroit. So if you want to build around RW and don't mind not tapping into the other positions you pickup from Detroit I can see it.

But Orr is a lot harder for me to personally justify when you look at their list of elligibles.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

That's why unless I was super eager to get a big 4 member I would take Hasek ahead of Orr and Howe without blinking.

Howe has a tremendous advantage over Orr from a metagaming perspective as we're not even likely to draft another RW listed from Detroit. So if you want to build around RW and don't mind not tapping into the other positions you pickup from Detroit I can see it.

But Orr is a lot harder for me to personally justify when you look at their list of elligibles.

I'd still probably draft Orr #3, but that is the big debate in the OPPF draft

 

[BenchBrawl]

BenchBrawl listpicks Alexander Ovechkin, LW of the Washington Capitals

I'll PM tabness

Thank you for making my pick.

Ovechkin - Crosby, the generational rivals finally reunited.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I'm going to go with 2 players that aren't the best on the board, but will give me a lot of options and flexibility going forward...

Martin Brodeur, G (New Jersey)

and



Mark Messier, C (Edmonton)

The list I sent to @TheDevilMadeMe was Ovechkin, Messier and Brodeur.

 

[tabness]

Sorry for the wait partners, I will take Jaromir Jagr, another superweapon (and generally cool guy).

Jagr sees the typical (or maybe slightly more than typical) large drop you'd expect from high scoring forwards between home and road, but since he was such a lethal scorer in general and wasn't as surpressed as other star forwards of the time due to his build and team role (for the most part), he still leads the even strength road points category in his prime.

NHL Stats

Will message @Dirt 101 but also tagging him here

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Jagr was the other guy I was considering when I took Messier, but passed for the same reason as Ovechkin...I went with wing-goalie to start off last year's draft and wanted to change it up.

 

[VanIslander]

Laval cannot pass up the opportunity to form a competitive advantage top pairing, so drafts 10-time 1st team all-star, 6-time champion defenseman Doug Harvey.

I wouldn't make this pick here in a vacuum, but to unite an impactful Rocket duo:

Fetisov - Harvey

 

[VanIslander]

Hammond is up.

@ChiTownPhilly