OPPF Draft 2021 - Draft Thread

[ResilientBeast]

I'll also be able to update the OP tomorrow afternoon; don't really see the point now when the update may not be over.

Once my boss is gone I'll do it this evening

 

[tinyzombies]

Eh that was Frederickson, Walker & Foyston all together.

Fred is probably average for a center in a full ATD

Also kinda easier to shut down a guy who has to go thru the whole team every.time.

 

[BenchBrawl]

It is pretty clear, Brad Marchand, LW (BOS)

If you squint enough

Marchand - Nighbor - Iginla looks like the Bruins trio

I had predicted Marchand would get taken. Taking into account positional considerations, his resume is now in the territory of him being worthy of going in the early 100s in the main ATD.

 

[ResilientBeast]

I had predicted Marchand would get taken. Taking into account positional considerations, his resume is now in the territory of him being worthy of going in the early 100s in the main ATD.

His record looks incredible

AS: 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 5
Selke: 9, 9, 10
Hart: 5, 5, 7, 9
Points: 3, 5, 5, 6

Good playoff performer, a really good complimentary winger from an 06 franchise. After the Esposito double pick and I missed on Bucyk made sense to target him.

 

[ResilientBeast]

We should be accurately up to date.

 

[tinyzombies]

His record looks incredible

AS: 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 5
Selke: 9, 9, 10
Hart: 5, 5, 7, 9
Points: 3, 5, 5, 6

Good playoff performer, a really good complimentary winger from an 06 franchise. After the Esposito double pick and I missed on Bucyk made sense to target him.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

@Claude The Fraud was skipped at 12:04 am EST

@ChiTownPhilly is up

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

From the chat thread @ChiTownPhilly posted this for his pick...

We'll take the one who'll fit in better in our Rust Belt home.
Hammond selects Cecil Dillon, RW- New York Rangers

Like Bathgate and Delvecchio, he never misses games. Hard to overstate how much value that adds, in a 20-man roster paradigm. He's also the option that provides the best defensive chops. I'll be delighted to add a little more of that on the Organ Grinders' R-side.

@Dirt 101 is up

 

[VanIslander]

Laval selects the Selke-winning (and three-time 2nd in voting), three-time Stanley Cup champion defensive forward John Madden, who started his NHL career at LW and shifted to C.

 

[VanIslander]

@tabness

Miami is up

 

[BenchBrawl]

About changes to the OPPF: why change something that works so well?

This draft was a blast. Does anyone disagree with that?

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

@tinyzombies -

If you drop Joel Otto, no lasting harm will have been done. If you drop Fredrickson, though...

Frank Fredrickson, pre-NHL

"Like" the pick- hate that he was denied to me as an option. In less than three years, The Lieutenant has gone from "on-the-outside-looking-in" to Last Round pick to being selected with seven rounds to go. His star is on-the-rise.

That would be dillworthy.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

@tabness is skipped

@zffssk is up

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

TZ was up after TDMM,

Also, I asked this before, when does the add/drop period start? Is it immediately after the last pick of the draft is made?

Asked this a couple times, can someone please clarify

 

[tinyzombies]

@tinyzombies -

If you drop Joel Otto, no lasting harm will have been done. If you drop Fredrickson, though...That would be dillworthy.

If it makes little difference....opinions?

4th line:

Tonelli - Fredrickson - Gare
Tonelli - Otto - Gare

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Asked this a couple times, can someone please clarify

I believe that add/drop starts as soon as everyone is done picking, including all skipped picks.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

If it makes little difference....opinions?

4th line:

Tonelli - Fredrickson - Gare
Tonelli - Otto - Gare

Fredrickson is obviously a far better player than Otto, who is basically a black hole offensively at even strength. Only way I could see keeping Otto is if you really need a penalty killer, and even then, I don't know.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

I believe that add/drop starts as soon as everyone is done picking, including all skipped picks.

Thank you

 

[BenchBrawl]

Sorry about the wait, I fell asleep just before my clock.

Vladimir Lutchenko, D (USSR)

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Thank you

Actually, if add/drop is important to anyone, I guess we should set an exact timeframe.

So here goes:

Add drop begins on Sunday, 10/24 at 8pm EST, and runs until the beginning of regular season voting.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Chicago's last pick comes from Montreal and will slot in as second line Center between Firsov and Martinec forming the FML Line (because that's what opposing defenses say to themselves when they have to line up against them )!

Chicago selects Newsy Lalonde, C (Montreal)

Lalonde also completes our trio of big/physical/nasty centers: Messier - Lalonde - Smith, which should take a toll on our opponents, especially over a 7 game series.

(Our 4th line center, Joe Thornton, isn't cut from quite the same cloth as these guys, but he does have size at least)

 

[BenchBrawl]

When are we starting the assassinations? Just to make sure people put their roster post in order in their final form before people start assassinating them.

 

[tabness]

Sorry all, will take Bengt Ake Gustafsson (Washington). Got enough firepower, the underrated Gustafsson is so versatile (like Marian can play all three forward positions, Jack Walker can play rover too lol), so good defensively, and I think would bring a good look to the Stastnys. If he remained in Edmonton after the merger, no doubt he'd make the Hall of Fame, with 100 point seasons and what not. Hall of Fame talent nonetheless.

 

[tinyzombies]

Sorry all, will take Bengt Ake Gustafsson (Washington). Got enough firepower, the underrated Gustafsson is so versatile (like Marian can play all three forward positions, Jack Walker can play rover too lol), so good defensively, and I think would bring a good look to the Stastnys. If he remained in Edmonton after the merger, no doubt he'd make the Hall of Fame, with 100 point seasons and what not. Hall of Fame talent nonetheless.

Is he better than Gare? I was torn between the two.

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

I've sent a PM to @Claude The Fraud letting him know that the last pick of the draft is his.

I haven't been staying on top of my PM-notifications, as I've been on list-pick these last three Rounds.

So many questions about add/drop. [in a 10 person draft?!?] With the possibility that multiple parties might be interested, how will that go? Derby-style?!

Not impossible that the same player(s) might be coveted by more than one person.

[I think add-drops in OPPF are for pants- but that's a discussion for next year...]