ATD#8 to begin in September

[shawnmullin]

I'll take a team from my new home province that is clouded by controversy.

The pre-curser to the eventual Cup champion Cougars, but a team that was thought by many to have been robbed of a Stanley Cup win after their challenge was declared invalid.

The Victoria Aristocrats

 

[Nalyd Psycho]

I don't see why we need to wait 21 days, obviously we need to clear this weekend and then give everyone time to get back into their routines, but 21 days seems overkill.

 

[VanIslander]

I'll take a team from my new home province ...The Victoria Aristocrats

That was my team in the All-time Draft #3.

Here is how it looked:

The Victoria Aristocrats

coach: Pat Quinn
captain: Steve Yzerman
alternate captains: Mark Messier, Bobby Clarke

Brian Propp - Steve Yzerman - Dino Ciccarelli
Esa Tikkanen - Mark Messier - Claude Lemieux
Bob Gainey - Bobby Clarke - Jere Lehtinen
Jiri Holik - Guy Carbonneau - Terry O'Reilly

extra forward: "Tiger" Williams

Jan Suchy - Mike Ramsey
Randy Carlyle - Adam Foote
Frantisek Tikal - Craig Ludwig

extra d-man/skater: Josef Malecek

Bernie Parent
Vladimir Dzurilla
Rogie Vachon​

 

[Leaf Lander]

I don't see why we need to wait 21 days, obviously we need to clear this weekend and then give everyone time to get back into their routines, but 21 days seems overkill.

cause its a logn weekend

some gms are not hoem this weekend

and some dont even know about it yet

it cant be this weekend.

 

[vancityluongo]

1 BM67 - New Jersey Devils
2 Evil Speaker - Boston Bruins
3 Nalyd Psycho & Sturminator - Oakland Seals
4 pitseleh - Nanaimo Clippers
5 Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs
6 LapierreSports - Montreal Wanderers
7 EagleBelfour - Detroit Falcons
8 cottonking - Dallas Blackhawks
9 murphy - Edmonton Oilers
10 Evil Sather & kruezer - New York Rangers
11 Hockey Outsider - Montreal Canadiens
12 shawnmullin - Victoria Aristocrats
13 VanIslander - New York Raiders
14 God Bless Canada & raleh - ?
15 BlueBleeder - ?
16 Wisent - ?
17 pappyline - Guelph Biltmores
18 reckoning - ?
19 vancityluongo & Tricolore#20 - Winnipeg Jets
20 MXD - ?
21 arrbez - ?
22 John Flyers Fan - Flin Flon Bombers

I don't think Frightened Inmate #2, or Spitfire11 have said either way. If they all join with their own teams we would have 24 teams with 5 new GMs wanting the last 4 spots spot.

Fixed.

 

[Nalyd Psycho]

cause its a logn weekend

some gms are not hoem this weekend

and some dont even know about it yet

it cant be this weekend.

Well yeah, I said that in my post. My point is, I don't see how not this weekend = 3 weeks from now.

 

[Wisent]

I´ll take the Dubai Mighty Camels

 

[Sturminator]

Why don't we set the weekend of the 14th-16th as our start target? Three weeks seems unnecessarily long, but two weeks should be enough time for everyone to get their act together. It seems like we really only have a few stragglers keeping us from kicking it off in the next week or so.

By the way, Wisent, I'm sure it's been said before, but Bobrov's resemblance to Matt Damon in your profile pic is deeply disturbing.

 

[shawnmullin]

That was my team in the All-time Draft #3.

Here is how it looked:

The Victoria Aristocrats

coach: Pat Quinn
captain: Steve Yzerman
alternate captains: Mark Messier, Bobby Clarke

Brian Propp - Steve Yzerman - Dino Ciccarelli
Esa Tikkanen - Mark Messier - Claude Lemieux
Bob Gainey - Bobby Clarke - Jere Lehtinen
Jiri Holik - Guy Carbonneau - Terry O'Reilly

extra forward: "Tiger" Williams

Jan Suchy - Mike Ramsey
Randy Carlyle - Adam Foote
Frantisek Tikal - Craig Ludwig

extra d-man/skater: Josef Malecek

Bernie Parent
Vladimir Dzurilla
Rogie Vachon​

*laugh* Here I tought I was being somewhat original!

Not only that, but with the 28 teams there's no way I can hit that level. Yzerman, Messier, Clarke and Carb up the middle? Good sweet lord.

 

[shawnmullin]

Just so I'm not 100% ripping off Van's use of the Aristocrats I'll change and be the Victoria Cougars.

The last team from the west coast to win the Cup before Anaheim.

 

[LapierreSports]

Im ready to start any time. Great way to spend time at work....This time around, I will be composing my lineup of famous lines throughout history.

 

[EagleBelfour]

Im ready to start any time. Great way to spend time at work....This time around, I will be composing my lineup of famous lines throughout history.

Good luck with that! As you picked the second guy of your famous line, everyone will know what's your next selection, and GM who wanted that guy on their team will selected them. A true ''tour de force'' if you succeed in that.

 

[Wisent]

Why don't we set the weekend of the 14th-16th as our start target? Three weeks seems unnecessarily long, but two weeks should be enough time for everyone to get their act together. It seems like we really only have a few stragglers keeping us from kicking it off in the next week or so.

By the way, Wisent, I'm sure it's been said before, but Bobrov's resemblance to Matt Damon in your profile pic is deeply disturbing.

It's uncanny, isn't it?

 

[Leaf Lander]

Well yeah, I said that in my post. My point is, I don't see how not this weekend = 3 weeks from now.

now that u put it this way i cant see how i could not see ur point

 

[MXD]

Im ready to start any time. Great way to spend time at work....This time around, I will be composing my lineup of famous lines throughout history.

Good luck -- well, tough luck -- as you might end up having the Century Line or the Uke Line if you absolutely want a famous line...

 

[shawnmullin]

I'm up for starting whenever.

 

[Sturminator]

Good luck -- well, tough luck -- as you might end up having the Century Line or the Uke Line if you absolutely want a famous line...

I don't think the Kraut line would be that hard to assemble if you're willing to overpay for Dumart and Bauer. Same for the Legion of Doom (are they really an all-time famous line?). The S line would be doable, as well. I dunno, as long as he's not going for the Production Line or whatnot and he's willing to maybe overpay a bit (on the assumption that the voters will care about chemistry?), I don't think its impossible.

 

[Sturminator]

It's uncanny, isn't it?

Am I correct in assuming that you are (painting with a broad brush) a Russland-Deutscher?

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

1 BM67 - New Jersey Devils
2 Evil Speaker - Boston Bruins
3 Nalyd Psycho & Sturminator - Oakland Seals
4 pitseleh - Nanaimo Clippers
5 Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs
6 LapierreSports - Montreal Wanderers
7 EagleBelfour - Detroit Falcons
8 cottonking - Dallas Blackhawks
9 murphy - Edmonton Oilers
10 Evil Sather & kruezer - New York Rangers
11 Hockey Outsider - Montreal Canadiens
12 shawnmullin - Victoria Cougars
13 VanIslander - New York Raiders
14 God Bless Canada & raleh - ?
15 BlueBleeder - ?
16 Wisent - Dubai Mighty Camels
17 pappyline - Guelph Biltmores
18 reckoning - ?
19 vancityluongo & Tricolore#20 - Winnipeg Jets
20 MXD - ?
21 arrbez - ?
22 John Flyers Fan - Flin Flon Bombers

I don't think Frightened Inmate #2, or Spitfire11 have said either way. If they all join with their own teams we would have 24 teams with 5 new GMs wanting the last 4 spots spot.

Provided my solo application is approved, I'd like my team name to be the "Portage la Prairie Plains".

Couldn't find a logo, so my hometown's coat of arms will have to suffice:

 

[VanIslander]

Provided my solo application is approved, I'd like my team name to be the "Portage la Prairie Plains"

First priority is vets.
Second priority is newbie co-g.m.'d teams
Third priority is single newbies

but there seems like there might be room for a solo newbie or two. Time will tell..

 

[Hockey Outsider]

I don't think the Kraut line would be that hard to assemble if you're willing to overpay for Dumart and Bauer. Same for the Legion of Doom (are they really an all-time famous line?). The S line would be doable, as well. I dunno, as long as he's not going for the Production Line or whatnot and he's willing to maybe overpay a bit (on the assumption that the voters will care about chemistry?), I don't think its impossible.

In ATD #7, Raleh got the Punch Line (Richard, Blake, Lach). He used three of his first four picks, but I don't think he took any of them too early. The other one of his first four picks was Sprague Cleghorn. That's great drafting.

In ATD #6, #66 got the Trio Grande and still managed to get Glen Hall. In the same draft, FI#2 re-united the KLM line, and still managed to get Plante and Messier! That's probably the most impressive reunion so far.

 

[Wisent]

Am I correct in assuming that you are (painting with a broad brush) a Russland-Deutscher?

Not quite. My grandma is from the Sudeten from the time when they were Czechoslovakian (all three of her sisters are German), she has (or rather had, they had to give them away when they had to flee) both passports. And her grandmom's name was Doprova. Not sure if she was Russian or from another slavic country. But my granny has been living in Western Gerrmany since 1945. That is as close as I come.

 

[Leaf Lander]

First priority is vets.
Second priority is newbie co-g.m.'d teams
Third priority is single newbies

but there seems like there might be room for a solo newbie or two. Time will tell..

why not wait n see

maybe we can have 2 drafts 16 teams each


u preside over one and bm67 looks after the other one

 

[VanIslander]

maybe we can have 2 drafts 16 teams each

or one draft, two conferences, four divisions, eight teams per division

eight teams per division is perfect for playoff match-ups as well

28 teams worked well last time, 32 is doable, especially with several players from the minor league draft worthy of alltime selection

the problem is goaltending: going with 2 per team rather than 3 would be a solution

BM67... a couple of polls might be helpful eh?

 

[MXD]

I don't think the Kraut line would be that hard to assemble if you're willing to overpay for Dumart and Bauer. Same for the Legion of Doom (are they really an all-time famous line?). The S line would be doable, as well. I dunno, as long as he's not going for the Production Line or whatnot and he's willing to maybe overpay a bit (on the assumption that the voters will care about chemistry?), I don't think its impossible.

It's possible to draft the Kraut line with overpaying only for Bauer (or Schmidt, if you take him before 40th pick). I drafted Dumart with the 234th pick or so, but gotta remember this guy is a LW, so that's pretty much where he's meant to go. Anybody drafting Dumart with a +300th pick is a friggin' steal, in my opinion, because of position scarcity.

The Grind Line and the GOM (Grumpy Old Man) line would be quite doable, as long as you're willing to sacrifice on the 2nd C and willing to make Kirk Muller play on a 4th line.