ATD2019 - Draft Thread I

[tinyzombies]

@BenchBrawl i am about to enter a hyperbaric chamber for 4 hours so hurry. If you take my guy I won’t be out for another 8 hours. Yes that’s a threat.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

Please pm me for tony's next 2 picks, I have lists for each one, and I receive email when a new conversation message is received.

 

[BenchBrawl]

With Pulford, Gainey, Lehtinen and even Provost on the other wing being taken, I'll make sure I have some muscle and defensive acumen on the wing, so I'll take

Baldy Northcott, LW

 

[tinyzombies]

Pat Stapleton. Tag you’re it @ResilientBeast

His quick hands and lightning reflexes, combined with a hard, accurate shot, made him one of the more effective point men in the NHL. Defensively, he was a master of the poke-check and was able to consistently steer opponents away from the goal. -Legends of Badminton

Watson said. "Stapleton gives us mobility on defense. He's as good a skater as Leo Boivin with Doug Harvey's style of skating. He does a fine job of starting plays out of our zone."

Pat Stapleton: Second to only Bobby Hull as semi-final standout. Really lugs the puck and figured in 16 playoff goals. -Montreal Gazette (1971)

Now, however, Pat Stapleton, the only Black Hawk defenseman who could rush the puck with any effectiveness... SI

We're having a few problems moving the puck in our own end, and Pat's great at moving it out, you know." -Mikita

Along with defensive partner Bill White, "Whitey" was probably Team Canada's finest defensemen during the series. He was always Head Coach Harry Sinden's first choice on defense when it came to protect a lead in the final minutes. -chidlavski

...He then noted that both Stapleton and Park saw "all the ice very clearly." - Kharlamov


3x NHL Second All-Star Team
1x WHA First All-Star Team
1x WHA Second All-Star Team
1x Dennis A. Murphy Trophy winner (WHA Top Defenseman)
Member of WHA Hall of Fame
Captain of Chicago Blackhawks (1969-1970), captain of Team Canada (1974 Summit Series)

Hart Trophy Voting: 13th (1966)
Norris Trophy Voting: 3rd (1966), 4th (1971), 4th (1972), 7th (1970), 10th (1969)
All-Star Team Voting: 4th (1966), 4th (1971), 4th (1972), 7th (1970), 8th (1967), 12th (1969), 13th (1968), 13th (1973)

Defensemen Scoring Placements: 2nd (1969), 3rd (1966), 4th (1968), 4th (1970), 4th (1971), 5th (1967), 9th (1972), 21th (1973)
Defensemen VS#2 Scores: 100 (1969), 97 (1966), 95 (1970), 88 (1968), 83 (1967), 81 (1971), 72 (1972), 57 (1973)

 

[ResilientBeast]

I'll double down on my plan of selecting pieces from my failed bids at an ATD title. From my worst team I will select Vladimir Petrov, C to anchor my third line.

Vladimir Petrov was a great offensive force throughout his career, but he credited playing against the Canadians for making him a complete player.

"By Soviet standards I'd always been considered an offensive centerman. Phil Esposito and Bobby Clarke forced me to play a more defensive style. The experience made me a better all around player," he said.

This trio was absolutely unstoppable. They scored 1086 goals in the Soviet league and 539 goals on the national team. In the World Championship All-time scoring table they are 1st, 2nd and 4th overall. Mikhailov had 98+71 = 169 points in 105 games. Kharlamov had 74+85 = 159 points in 105 games. Petrov had 74+80 = 154 points in 102 games.

So in 105 games they combined for an incredible 482 points ! almost 5 points per game. They were the highest scoring line in 1969,73,74,75,77 and 79. They still hold the record for most points by a line in a single WC tournament. 86 points in 1973. They also have the second best result (56 points in 1977).

Petrov himself won the scoring title in the World Championships four times. 1973 (34 pts in 10 games), 1975 (19pts in 10 games - tied), 1977 (21pts in 10 games) and 1979 (15pts in 8 games). Petrov still holds the record for most goals, assists and points in one tournament (1973). He was also a four time All-Star in the World Championships.

On the contrary from most Soviet players, Petrov wasn't a good skater. He didn't have that fluid skating style that many of his teammates had. His strength was his excellent stickhandling and hard shot. He also wasn't afraid to use his 6'1" and 205 Ibs body in the corners. Petrov was also strong on faceoffs and a dangerous and aggressive forechecker.

Vladimir Petrov: 1972 Summit Series

Vladimir Petrov obviously belongs on the list of the glorious centers in the Soviet hockey history. He was a vital playmaker of hte legendary Mikhailov-Petrov-Kharlamov line in Team USSR and Red Army Club.

Petrov established himself as a sound two-way forward. He was a very fine powerplay and penaltykilling player. His skill set included slick playmaking, incredible chemistry with his wings, top level 1-on-1 mastery and an extremely powerful and accurate slapshot that led Petrov to many scoring titles.

In defense, he was known for outstanding physical play equal to the level of the best Soviet blueliners.

The Summit in 1974: Team USSR Roster

 

[ImporterExporter]

Now we're

 

[Dreakmur]

Should bios be as complete as possible?

You sliced out all the VsX and other scoring finishes because you don't find them important

@Dreakmur we're talking about your Kopitar bio, he sliced out about 75% of it

What did I miss?

 

[ResilientBeast]

I pm'd both @tony d and @Wrigley

 

[Say Hey Kid]

tony picks Steve Larmer

 

[Voight]

1. Hawkey Town 18
2. TheDevilMadeMe
3. Johnny Engine
4. ImporterExporter
5. Habsfan18
6. Namba 17
7. ResilientBeast
8. Dreakmur
9. rmartin65
10. King Forsberg

If you assembled a team of the 25 best hockey players who've ever made 1 post in the HoH (including this sub-forum) who would they be? Would the guys listed above be the top 10? If so, who would the other 15 be? Would @Doctor No be one of the goalies?

Played Jr A a loooong time ago. Obviously wasn't "good enough" to go all the way, otherwise I wouldn't be shit posting on message boards and drafting an all time team, with a bunch of random people.

 

[Voight]

tony picks Steve Larmer

there goes my next pick!

 

[tony d]

I'm home now and will make my next pick.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

I'm home now and will make my next pick.

Ok

 

[BenchBrawl]

 

[VanIslander]

Good morning!

It's 8:58 am on a rainy Tuesday and the temperature is 6 degrees Celsius.

The forecast calls for a couple of picks, followed by a likelihood of several more.

Stay tuned for details.

 

[VanIslander]

The Reds select Lionel Hitchman, the 6'1 mobile, defense-first stickhandling defenseman who captained the Bruins to its 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th divisional title as well as its first Stanley Cup in 1929 and then, in his Hart trophy first runner-up season the year thereafter, he finished playing a game with a broken jaw, a testament to his toughness and dedication. He had been three times top-3 in NHL assists among defensemen and had three times led Boston to the Stanley Cup Finals. When he retired in 1934 the Bruins retired his #3 number and it still hangs in the rafters.

Moreover, he had begun his career helping Ottawa win a Stanley Cup. In the playoffs, Sprague Cleghorn had knocked Hitch out with a wild stick swing that broke his nose. Ottawa beat Montreal and went on to the Stanley Cup Finals where Ottawa was trailing 0-1 in the third period of the first game when Hitch - with a makeshift plaster cast on his nose - scored the tying goal to send the game into OT where Ottawa won it.

...a superb backline hitting, stickchecking and playmaking defenseman...

To me, Shore was a country boy who had made good; he was a good skater and puck carrier but was not an exceptional defenseman like his teammate Lionel Hitchman who was better because he could get them coming and going.

I'd rather carry a puck through a picket fence than try to get past Hitchman...

"Shore is the most sensational player in hockey today. He is not only a stalwart on defense but he is a fine scorer. Hitchman is the hardest man to get around, the greatest checker and the greatest blocker in the game."

 

[The Macho King]

I was planning on taking him but Konstantinov fell further than I expected.

 

[VanIslander]

The Reds blueline is complete.

Fern Flaman (A) - Bobby Orr
Hod Stuart - Larry Murphy
Lionel Hitchman (C) - Bobby Orr

(I'm half joking.)

 

[VanIslander]

The Reds select Johnny Bower, whom a 31-person committee in 2016 listed as 7th among Leaf greats as part of The One Hundred, compiled to celebrate the franchise's centennial anniversary.

THE ONE HUNDRED
1. Dave Keon
2. Syl Apps
3. Ted Kennedy
4. Darryl Sittler
5. Mats Sundin
6. Tim Horton
7. Johnny Bower
8. Borje Salming
9. Frank Mahovlich
10. Turk Broda

Tons of superlative quotes have been made but what strikes me the most are Bower's ten consecutive regular seasons of dominance in save percentage:

'59: .913 (2nd)
'60: .919 (1st)
'61: .923 (1st)
'62: .917 (2nd)
'63: .914 (2nd)
'64: .933 (1st)
'65: .924 (1st)
'66: .930 (1st)
'67: .918 (3rd)
'68: .934 (1st)

And, Bower's three consecutive Stanley Cup championships with the league's best playoff save percentage :

'62 .925 (1st)
'63 .949 (1st)
'64 .935 (1st)

 

[ResilientBeast]

And then once again there was only me

 

[BenchBrawl]

@tony d is up

 

[tony d]

Going to Russia now and pick my 5th defenseman as I go with Alexander Ragulin. Inducted in the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997 he is regarded as one of the top Russian defenseman of his era.

@ResilientBeast is otc.

 

[ResilientBeast]

I'll select one of the best offensive Cs on the board and draft Dale Hawerchuk, C.

He'll look great alongside the Howe's on my top line.

 

[tony d]

Was wondering when he'd go, that's pretty good value there. I had him in a previous draft. A very good player who didn't get the recognition he deserved.

 

[ImporterExporter]

OP needs updated please.