ATD 2021 REDUX

[The Macho King]

Going with Phil Esposito center and Zdeno Chara defenseman

Boston theme eh?

 

[VanIslander]

Boston theme eh?

Own the offensive crease and the blueline theme:

Espo up ice with Chara - Orr. Yikes!

 

[The Macho King]

Well let's add a winger for 99.

Charlie Conacher, RW

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

3 real life combos reunited that we never get to see in the ATD because of draft size.

And although not real life teammates, a couple more “team themes” with Hull-Chelios and Harvey-Lafleur

 

[The Macho King]

3 real life combos reunited that we never get to see in the ATD because of draft size.

And although not real life teammates, a couple more “team themes” with Hull-Chelios and Harvey-Lafleur

Almost went with Kurri to really lean into it.

 

[VanIslander]

Please don't mention undrafteds (until AFTER the round is finished.

Certainly one can wait that short time.

 

[VanIslander]

I expected either Beliveau or Richard to go round 1, Clarke for sure round 2, maybe Nighbor.

 

[The Macho King]

Please don't mention undrafteds (until AFTER the round is finished.

Certainly one can wait that short time.

Yeah don't want people to know that Kurri was Gretzky's linemate.

 

[VanIslander]

Please cut all hints even to undrafteds!
Let's treat this like other drafts and not Mickey Mouse it.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

I feel like I'm always picking Earl Seibert, D nowadays, but IE's back-to-back Stevens/Seibert picks are listed the way they are, so Seibert it is.

 

[tinyzombies]

Tough call, but this is hard to ignore: 13x Top 4 AS Voting(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4)

Glenn Hall

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Tough call, but this is hard to ignore: 13x Top 4 AS Voting(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4)

Glenn Hall

A good goalie for a team that started with 2 forwards

 

[tinyzombies]

A good goalie for a team that started with 2 forwards

That's the problem... will be thinner on d. But it wasn't close if I went with bpa.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

That's the problem... will be thinner on d. But it wasn't close if I went with bpa.

I think you did go with the bpa

 

[tinyzombies]

I think you did go with the bpa

So not if

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

I expected either Beliveau or Richard to go round 1, Clarke for sure round 2, maybe Nighbor.

I didn't expect to have to choose between Beliveau and Harvey at 8. I liked Harvey - Lafleur better than Beliveau - Chelios

 

[Claude The Fraud]

The Kamloops Blazers would like to welcome, from Ornskoldsvik, Sweden, former Hart and Art Ross winner, Peter Forsberg.

 

[VanIslander]

Henderson selects Bobby Hull's puck retriever on our 1st line: Henri Richard

The fearless Richard worked the corners, battling along the boards and crashing the net while still finding the back of the net with ease. As potent an offensive threat as his older sibling, Richard proved that he was a highly skilled two-way player, his speed allowing him to play as doggedly in a defensive role as he did offensively.

 

[tabness]

I was gonna start the team off with Hull and Chelios (or Coffey) so at least I didn't get scooped on my new guy for the third round, subtly sublime Jari Kurri.

Kurri's flattering stat for the day is his even strength scoring, as he didn't rack up much points on the powerplay at his best in the mid eighties and still put up them staggering totals. No doubt if he had wanted to play a bit more offensively he'd have much nicer numbers. He's was also one of those very select few who scored 100 or more in 54 games or less (and he did it twice).

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

I didn't expect to have to choose between Beliveau and Harvey at 8. I liked Harvey - Lafleur better than Beliveau - Chelios

Round 2 had such good forwards available that I even considered taking Harvey over Howe

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Chicago selects:

Round 3: Dickie Moore, LW

Round 4: Terry Sawchuk, G


One of the reasons I initially thought the last pick would be one of the better ones is because it gave nice options for goalies. We'll see how it goes though...

 

[VanIslander]

Didn't expect Moore to be taken by anybody but Sawchuk certainly was expected to go that late!

 

[tabness]

Well, I also didn't expect Sawchuk to be taken, and I was gonna do something way out of character and pick him, as I'm not with the D in the round and the forwards weren't part of the plan...

I guess I'll go Vladislav Tretiak to continue with this team style

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Didn't expect Moore to be taken by anybody but Sawchuk certainly was expected to go that late!

Moore was far from the best forward available, but I had him as the best LW, and he checks so many boxes that he really opens up your options for later in the draft.

 

[VanIslander]

One of the captains of the Silver Knights is Eddie Gerard, a dynasty rearguard who is on many who's who lists of greatest hockey players over the first quarter to half century of play.

He played through a broken shoulder bone to a Stanley Cup game victory and when doctors put a cast on it, he had it cut off two hours before taping up for the next game in the series and another win.