AAA 2014 Draft

[Hobnobs]

The 2014 AAA Draft

Draft order:

tony d - Denver Spurs
seventieslord - Regina Capitals
Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates
ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans
DaveG - Harvard Crimson
Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks
VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds
Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals​

Round 1:

1. tony d - Denver Spurs - Robbie Ftorek, C/LW
2. seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Billy Harris, F
3. Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Slava Bykov, C
4. ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Robert Lang, C
5. DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Petr Nedved, C/LW
6. Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Alex Shibicky, LW
7. VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Billy Coutu, D
8. Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Risto Siltanen, D

Round 2:

9. Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Pierre Larouche, C
10. VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Art Moore, D
11. Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Don "Bones" Raleigh, C
12. DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Anders Eldebrink, D
13. ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Bert Marshall, D
14. Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Andrei Khomutov, RW
15. seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Morris Lukowich, LW
16. tony d - Denver Spurs - Tony Mckegney, LW

Round 3:

17. tony d - Denver Spurs - Dave Maloney
18. seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Alexei Zhamnov, C
19. Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Mark Hardy, D
20. ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Doug Lidster, D
21. DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Bill Brydge, D
22. Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Joe Cooper, D
23. VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Bohuslav Stastny, LW
24. Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - John Sorrell, LW

Round 4:

25. Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Bob Rouse, D
26. VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Jiri Novak, C
27. Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Kent Douglas, D
28. DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Cory Stillman, LW
29. ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Jozef Stumpel, C
30. Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Brad Marsh, D
31. seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Viktor Konovalenko, G
32. tony d - Denver Spurs - Mac Colville, RW

Round 5:

33. tony d - Denver Spurs - Doug Crossman, D
34. seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Don Smith, LW/C
35. Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Chris Kunitz, LW
36. ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Mike Bullard, C/RW
37. DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Ed Olczyk, C/RW
38. Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Blaine Stoughton, RW
39. Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Robert Reichel, C
40. Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Scott Young, RW

Round 6:

41. VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Gus Bodnar, C
42. VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Bud Poile, RW
43. Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Reg Hamilton, D
44. DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Jeff O'Neill, RW
45. ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Ray Sheppard, RW
46. Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Earl Robinson, RW
47. seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Alex Smith, D
48. tony d - Denver Spurs - Normie Himes, C

Round 7:

49. tony d - Denver Spurs - Marty Turco, G
50. seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Alexander Kozhevnikov, C
51. Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Gerry McNeil, G
52. ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Vladmir Malakhov, D
53. DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Hal Laycoe, D
54. Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Dutch Reibel, C
55. VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Randy McKay, RW
56. VanIslander - Edinburgh Capitals - Steve Payne, LW

Round 8:

57. Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Eric Daze, LW
58. Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Olli Jokinen, C
59. Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Danny Grant, LW
60. DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Harvard Crimson - Andrei Nikolishin, C
61. ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Shawn McEachern, LW/C
62. Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Paul Martin, D
63. seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Kelly Kisio, C
64. tony d - Denver Spurs - Stew Evans, D

Round 9:

65. tony d - Denver Spurs - Serge Bernier, RW
66. seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Jim McKenny, D
67. Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Ivan Boldirev, C/LW
68. ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Jim Henry, G
69. DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Al Hamilton, D
70. Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Wildor Larochelle, RW
71. VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Russ Courtnal, RW
72. Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Kyle McLaren, D

Round 10:

73. Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Dave Reid, LW
74. VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Curtis Leschshyn, D
75. Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Joe Carveth, RW
76. DaveG - Harvard Crimson - James Neal, W
77. ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Jochen Hecht, LW/C
78. Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Arnie Brown, D
79. seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Sheldon Souray, D
80. tony d - Denver Spurs - Christian Ehrhoff, D

Round 11

81 tony d - Denver Spurs - Daymond Langkow, C
82 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Alexander Golikov, RW
83 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Dutch Hiller, LW
84 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Boris Mironov, D
85 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Niklas Sundstrom, W
86 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Bob Gracie, C/LW
87 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Dennis Seidenberg, D
88 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Peter Zezel

Round 12

89 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Tobias Enström, D
90 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Randy Gregg, D
91 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Barry Ashbee, D
92 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Bret Hedican, D
93 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Leroy Goldsworthy, RW
94 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Cully Daphstrom, C
95 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Ric Seiling, RW
96 tony d - Denver Spurs - Bill Collins, RW

Round 13

97 tony d - Denver Spurs - Jimmy Gardner, LW
98 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Keith Brown, D
99 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Scott Hartnell, LW
100 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Rick Dudley, LW
101 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Steve Konowalchuk, LW
102 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Joe Lamb, RW
103 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Art Farrell, RW
104 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Marcus Ragnarsson, D

Round 14

105 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Mikael Renberg, RW
106 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Harry Meeking, LW
107 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Albert Langlois, D
108 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Wayne Merrick, C
109 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Ron Schock, C
110 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Joe Pavelski, F
111 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Tomas Plekanec, C
112 tony d - Denver Spurs - Butch Keeling, LW

Round 15

113 tony d - Denver Spurs - Eric Weinrich, D
114 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Harold Snepsts, D
115 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Barney Holden, D
116 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Manny Malhotra, C
117 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Pelle Lindbergh, G
118 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Arturs Irbe, G
119 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Dave Lewis, D
120 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Felix Potvin, G

Round 16

121 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Andrew Brunette, LW
122 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Billy "Hinky" Harris, C
123 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Johnny Sheppard, LW
124 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - John Tavares, C
125 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Carey Price, G
126 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Pekka Marjamaki, D
127 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Brian Sutter, Coach
128 tony d - Denver Spurs - Vladimir Myshkin, G

Round 17

129 tony d - Denver Spurs - Art Jackson, C
130 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Dave Hunter, LW
131 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Frank Boucher, Coach
132 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Terry Crisp, Coach
133 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Richard Broduer, G
134 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Gary Sargent, D
135 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Bob Hartley, Coach
136 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Derek Morris, D

Round 18

137 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Anders Kallur, RW
138 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Aaron Broten, LW/C
139 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Don Beaupre, G
140 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Robert Picard, D
141 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Tom Kurvers, D
142 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Pat Boutette, F
143 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Marc-Andre Fleury, G
144 tony d - Denver Spurs - Doug Smail, LW

Round 19

145 tony d - Denver Spurs - Jimmy Skinner, Coach
146 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Rick Smith, D
147 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Jay Pandolfo, LW
148 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Hugh Bolton, D
149 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Willi Plett, RW
150 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Curtis Brown, C
151 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Jack Brannen, Rover/C
152 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Mark Hunter, RW

Round 20

153 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Alain Vigneault, Coach
154 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Ryan Callahan, RW
155 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Paul Ysebaert, LW/C
156 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Bill Dineen, Coach
157 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Mike Grier, RW
158 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Laurie Boschman, C
159 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Curt Fraser, LW
160 tony d - Denver Spurs - Mark Napier, RW

Round 21

161 tony d - Denver Spurs - Gord Murphy, D
162 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Martin Lapointe, RW
163 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Ran McDonald, RW
164 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Sergei Mozyakin, LW
165 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - PJ Axelsson, LW
166 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Jacques Martin, Coach
167 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Rudy Migay, C
168 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Jon Casey, G

Round 22

169 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Philippe Boucher
170 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Tom Bladon, D
171 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Cecil Blachford, RW/C
172 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Vic Lynn, LW
173 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Armand Mondou, LW
174 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Jack Campbell, D
175 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Lucien DeBlois, F
176 tony d - Denver Spurs - Bryan Smolinski, F

Round 23

177 tony d - Denver Spurs - Al Dewsbury, D
178 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - James Stewart, D
179 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Radek Bonk, C
180 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Clare Drake, Coach
181 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Igor Kravchuk, D
182 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Ralph Bowman, D
183 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Niklas Backstrom, G
184 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Johan Franzen, RW

Round 24

185 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Fredrik Modin, LW
186 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Ville Peltonen, LW
187 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Tom Poti, D
188 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Andrew Cassels, C
189 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Skinner Poulin, C
190 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Cesare Maniago, G
191 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Fred Whitcroft, F
192 tony d - Denver Spurs - Carl Liscombe, LW

Round 25

193 tony d - Denver Spurs - Moe Mantha, D
194 seventieslord - Regina Capitals - Murray Henderson, D
195 Rob Scuderi - Pittsburgh Pirates - Sylvain Lefebvre, D
196 ResilientBeast - Seattle Metropolitans - Yevgeny Paladiev, D
197 DaveG - Harvard Crimson - Lou Vairo, Coach
198 Hedberg - Fargo-Moorhead Ice Sharks - Mud Bruneteau, RW
199 VanIslander - Seattle Thunderbirds - Joe Daley, G
200 Hobnobs - Edinburgh Capitals - Terry Carkner, D

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[Hobnobs]

(mod - ineligible list edited out for search function purposes)

 

[tony d]

Thought so, alright with the 1st pick in the 2014 AAA draft the Denver Spurs are pleased to welcome to our team Centre/Left Wing Robbie Ftorek.

One of the better WHA forwards, between the NHL and WHA Ftorek had 750 points in 707 career games.

Next has been pmed.

 

[seventieslord]

Billy Harris, F.

The one who was a first overall islanders draft pick.

 

[Rob Scuderi]

I'll take Slava Bykov, Center

 

[ResilientBeast]

With our first pick, the Seattle Metropolitans select, Robert Lang, C
Position C/RHS
Height 6'3"
Weight 217 lbs

Regular Season/Playoffs
GP 989/91
G 261/18
A 442/28
PTS 783/46
TOI 18:27/17:32
PIM 422/24

4 time Czech Olympian 1992,1998,2002,2006
4 time Czech WC and W-Cup teams

short bio

 

[DaveG]

LW/C Petr Nedved

717 points (310G, 407A) in 929 regular season games
42 points (19G, 23A) in 71 postseason games
49 points (23G, 26A) in 51 Czech Extraliga games

has represented both Canada (1994) and the Czech Republic (2014) at the Olympics

2 times top 10 in ES goals, 1 time top 10 in PP goals, 1 time top 10 in SH goals

 

[ResilientBeast]

Dang there went Lang's linemate.

 

[seventieslord]

Dang there went Lang's linemate.

Good player, but I don't think you really want him to be Lang's linemate.

 

[ResilientBeast]

Good player, but I don't think you really want him to be Lang's linemate.

I've been doing these for one year now, haven't quite figured out chemistry yet

Are we having a dedicated roster thread?

 

[seventieslord]

Over 18 hours since the last pick... So three guys are skipped, and those same three are autoskipped. I'll message then as well as Dave.

Boy, I sure hope Dave messaged hedberg yesterday!

 

[VanIslander]

The Thunderbirds select defenseman Billy Coutu, the 10-year partner of Sprague Cleghorn. On the Canadiens blueline he won the Stanley Cup in 1924 and three other times went to the Finals, in the 1919 flu epidemic and in 1917 and 1925 against PCHA teams. Less penalized than Cleghorn, Coutu only once was top-3 in the NHL in PIMs while with the Habs. A hard-working, longstanding Hab, "Beaver" Coutu captained the Canadiens for the 1925-26 season. The following season the 34-year-old veteran was traded to Boston, where a preseason hit on Shore into the boards almost cost Eddie his ear and a Stanley Cup playoff game later that season saw Coutu assault a referee. He received a so-called "lifetime" ban that lasted only two years before it was overturned and four years after that Coutu was fully reinstated as NHL-eligible-to-play on the insistence of Leo Dandurand based on the claims of other players that Bruins coach Art Ross had put a bounty on the ref's head that night in anger and that Billy had gone out and done the deed and in fact collected the reward. Often characterized as some sort of psycho, in reality he seems to have been more of a loyal footsoldier who partnered with a more violent partner in Cleghorn and simply did what was par for the course in early era hockey, in the tradition of the Ottawa Silver Seven, where physicality was used to get whatever edge one can on the ice. Without doubt, Coutu was on the ice consistently on a top pairing for a decade of hockey history. Coutu is ranked 96th in Ken Campbell's book, Habs Heroes: The Greatest Canadiens Ever From 1 to 100.

Stanley Cup champion (1924)
Stanley Cup Finals (1917, 1919, 1925)
Montreal Canadiens captain (1925-26)

Teamed with Billy Coutu, the Canadiens had what was arguably the most feared defensive tandem in hockey at that time.

http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p195803&page=bio&list=

 

[Hedberg]

Over 18 hours since the last pick... So three guys are skipped, and those same three are autoskipped. I'll message then as well as Dave.

Boy, I sure hope Dave messaged hedberg yesterday!

He did. I'm just irresponsible.

I'll take Alex Shibicky.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Finally, Coutu goes in an appropriate spot

 

[DaveG]

hate going back to re-treads, but this guy is probably one of the best dmen on the board here:

D Anders Eldebrink

NHL: 14 points (3G, 11A) in 55 games
SEL: 271 points (105G, 166A) in 390 games
NLA: 180 points (68G, 112A) in 168 games
Can Cup: 9 points (2G, 7A) in 14 games
World Champs: 24 points (13G, 11A) in 51 games
Olympics: 10 points (4G, 6A) in 8 games

1 time SEL best player (85)
2 time SEL MVP (88, 89)
1 time World Championship All-Star (89)

 

[seventieslord]

Three solid picks.

 

[Hobnobs]

Edinburgh picks Risto Siltanen, D and Pierre Larouche, C

 

[VanIslander]

The Thunderbirds select Art Moore, the rough-and-tumble defenseman who played coverpoint in front of point Harvey Pulford for the 1903-1906 dynasty Ottawa Silver Seven. He scored a Stanley-cup winning goal and was a league all-star in 1905, the same year the Montreal Gazette lists him on the all-star team of hockey. He also captained the Ottawa Silver Seven in 1906 and the Ottawa Citizen reported fans had anxiety over the team's chances without Moore when he was injured the following season. His remarkable speed on the football field shows his considerable lower body strength.

Arthur Moore is this year playing point for the team and doing better work than he formerly performed at cover. Cool, accurate lifting is his forte, but Moore is likewise a very dangerous man for opposing forwards to cope with. He is probably the fastest man with the Rough Riders and a few year ago was a defense player for the Capitals lacrosse team.

Perhaps the defense of the Ottawa Stanley Cup holders is the best on the ice today,... Pulford, point, and Moore, cover-point. Both strapping big men, they do not use boarding school methods to handle the enemy as it sweeps upon them… Moore can also accomplish a little body-checking on occasion. He, too, is no gentle lamb, and many a forward can show black and blue marks decorating his anatomy to prove it. But they both played fine hockey, lifting the puck well, and are effective working at all times. A formidable pair.

... an all-around athlete, playing football for the Ottawa Rough Riders, lacrosse for a Montreal team and rowing with the Ottawa Rowing Club.

Mr. Moore was a defenceman, before that word was even coined. He is described as tough, "stay-at-home," a husky presence in his own end who could deliver punishing checks. He scored a goal in the 1904 Cup at the Aberdeen Pavilion.

"He was on the first professional hockey team in Ottawa," said Paul Kitchen, a hockey historian and author of the soon-to-be released Win, Tie or Wrangle, The Inside Story of the Old Ottawa Senators.

It wasn't just a different era, it was a different world. Games were played on natural ice, salaries were in the $750 range (some of the citizenry were scandalized that players were paid anything to play a game), and vicious stickwork was common.

"A saturnalia of butchery," is how one Montreal newspaper vividly described one Ottawa-Montreal game.

Here is a memorable impression from an opposing player, as recounted by Jim McAuley in The Ottawa Sports Book. "The Ottawa defence didn't care whether or not a goal was scored; they just walloped to teach you better manners during the next attack."

The old-time athletes did not have the advantages of today's players in terms of equipment, training, diet, coaching or facilities, said Mr. Kitchen.

And they lived here year-round, mixing with regular folk on the street, not cruising by in Hummers.

"These guys were heroes," said hockey author Don Reddick. "I mean, the governor general went to their games. Everybody in town knew their names."

"He was as tough as nails on the ice,..."

http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=3e910f81-868b-4949-8d4f-7aecfa120d13&sponsor=

... 1905 when The Toronto News gathered a consensus among sports followers and hockey writers and published the first all-star team of record.
….
Herewith is listed the first all-star team in major hockey, drawn from the players of the Eastern Canada Hockey Association which, though an amateur league, was the major loop of the era. It is listed as follows:
Goal: Paddy Moran, Quebec Bulldogs
Point: Harvey Pulford, Ottawa
Cover point: Art Moore, Ottawa
Rover: Russell Bowie. Victorias
Centre: Frank McGee, Ottawa
Left wing: Blair Russell, Victorias

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TcctAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6JgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6892,1765277

 

[ResilientBeast]

The Seattle Metropolitans select, Bert Marshall, D

Excellent Bio

 

[Hedberg]

Fargo-Moorhead selects another pre-expansion Ranger, C Don "Bones" Raleigh

 

[Rob Scuderi]

Andrei Khomutov, RW

Bykov and Khomutov in particular had incredible chemistry together. They played a smooth, uninterrupted style of game. Their hockey truly was beautiful hockey, an absolute joy to watch. Their criss-crossing skating with dazzling passing displays dizzied the best of defenses and wore down the opponents. The only thing more nimble than their feet was their hands.

 

[VanIslander]

There goes 1st line PLAN A.

Alex Shibicky - Slava Bykov - Andrei Khomutov​

 

[seventieslord]

I'll select Morris Lukowich, LW

Rob Scuderi selected him last year and he proved to be an excellent pick when all was said and done - an elite glue guy for a scoring line. Eventually I will build on last year's bio.

And now to reveal my evil plan: I had to spend my first two picks on the two guys who I think are the best suited to be complementary scoring line wingers: Lukowich on the left side, and Harris on either side. It's hard, if not impossible, to get guys who provide physicality/defense/board work/aggression but can actually play on a scoring line without wrecking its offensive potential. In these two, I believe I have found the best. This is a strategy that worked for me last year and I hope for a repeat.

I missed out on two of the best offensive centers but it looks like I won't have a problem ending up with two in the same skill neighbourhood as the ones already taken. Ditto offensive wingers. But you guys? You're going to have trouble filling out your lines with players complementary guys. Some of you will be able to manage. Some won't. there just aren't enough of the right guys out there.

Line building in the AAA is hard, and I didn't want that hassle so I got the hard part out of the way first.

 

[tony d]

With Pick 16 of the 2014 AAA the Spurs pick a guy their GM selected in 2011 in Left Winger Tony Mckegney.

A 4 time 30 goal scorer Mckegney brings offense to our 1st line.

With Pick 17 of the 2014 AAA the Spurs start off their defense with defenseman Dave Maloney.

Maloney was a good 2 way defenseman during his career with 317 points in 657 games and 1154 penalty minutes.

Next has been pmed.

 

[seventieslord]

I think I'll grab Alexei Zhamnov, C.

Zhamnov is a guy who I've always been pretty complementary of at the times he was selected. Last year I even questioned what my own Nedved had on him when Nedved topped him in all-star voting. Season-to-season, he was really consistent offensively. His peak seasons are just as good as modern NHL comparables Lang, Larouche and Nedved, but even in his 11th best season he was earning a vsx score of 51 (and in just 58 games). Those other three have 11th best seasons of 33, 27, and 33, for comparison's sake - basically meaningless.

Zhamnov was also a captain for a while and killed a decent amount of penalties.