Draftwired (NHL) is now 'live'

[MasksAreForSlaves]

I did one today and it was cool!! I'll have to do another one to really give you a good feedback, though!!

thx. don't be afraid to think outside the box. Anything you can think of to attract more folks into the gr drafts. If it takes some more programming, I'll do it.

at this point it'll probably be for nxt year, but it doesnt matter.

I just added more Gr Draft times for the final 5 days or so:

weeknights 7 & 10 pm EST
tonight and tommorrow 3, 7:30 & 10 pm

 

[TNT87]

I always like doing the NFL draft simulators that are out there. Nice to see a NHL one as well. I liked it.

 

[MasksAreForSlaves]

I always like doing the NFL draft simulators that are out there. Nice to see a NHL one as well. I liked it.

Thanks, fyi - draftwired (NFL) was around from jan-april this year. did you happen to see it? anyway I may be pulling my nfl version for a variety of reasons. there are some great NFL fans but compared to hard core NHL fans - no contest - you guys win hands down

 

[MasksAreForSlaves]

Draftwired (Year 2) launched.
For those of you that missed draftwired’s debut last year, Draftwired is a interactive draft app that features a draft simulator. If you are an armchair GM, I think you'll enoy it.

For those who used it last year, I think you’ll appreciate the upgrades. This year I have (8) different ranking lists (I keep them updated) CSS, McKeens, ISS, McKenzie, Button, hockeyprospect, futureconsiderations, theHoceyWriters and thedraftanalyst. The draftwired default ranking is a composite ranking generated from the 8 scouting services. If you are knowledgable about the prospects I also have implemented a quick and easy to use program to create and maintain your own personal rankings, which can then be used during draft simulations.

http://draftwired.com:8888/apps/dwNHL

P.S. Draftwired runs on all devices except ‘smart’ phones. Ipads need to be in landscape orientation. Please don’t be annoyed by the page loading when you connect (20 seconds or less) on the average device.

 

[boredmale]

Hopefully the draft goes the way your simulator works. Islanders got Quinn Hughes at 10 :p

Not that I am a big fan of him but I also got Ryan McLeod at 40(I like that)

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

So you have to sign up to try it? Any chance you could relax the signon requirements... let people experiment for a period ; get a bunch of feedback/questions and then turn the sign on back on?

 

[wingsnut19]

Draftwired (Year 2) launched.
For those of you that missed draftwired’s debut last year, Draftwired is a interactive draft app that features a draft simulator. If you are an armchair GM, I think you'll enoy it.

For those who used it last year, I think you’ll appreciate the upgrades. This year I have (8) different ranking lists (I keep them updated) CSS, McKeens, ISS, McKenzie, Button, hockeyprospect, futureconsiderations, theHoceyWriters and thedraftanalyst. The draftwired default ranking is a composite ranking generated from the 8 scouting services. If you are knowledgable about the prospects I also have implemented a quick and easy to use program to create and maintain your own personal rankings, which can then be used during draft simulations.

http://draftwired.com:8888/apps/dwNHL

P.S. Draftwired runs on all devices except ‘smart’ phones. Ipads need to be in landscape orientation. Please don’t be annoyed by the page loading when you connect (20 seconds or less) on the average device.

Been looking forward to this, thanks!

 

[boredmale]

So you have to sign up to try it? Any chance you could relax the signon requirements... let people experiment for a period ; get a bunch of feedback/questions and then turn the sign on back on?

No you don't have to sign up, you can just hit the simulator button and pick a team. You have to sign up to do 7 rounds but not signing up allows you 3 rounds

 

[MasksAreForSlaves]

As boredmale said, no sign up required. You have nothing to lose by getting a trial membership though. Once done, you get full privileges on everything including group drafts, creating your rankings etc

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

No you don't have to sign up, you can just hit the simulator button and pick a team. You have to sign up to do 7 rounds but not signing up allows you 3 rounds

I went on before I posted and tried 31 teams 2 rounds and a signup is required

 

[geofff]

I went on before I posted and tried 31 teams 2 rounds and a signup is required

I just did a full 7 rounds without signing up

 

[boredmale]

I just did a full 7 rounds without signing up

I guess I was wrong, last year I believe it only allowed you 3 rounds

 

[Edgar Carrow]

Awesome! I've been waiting for this for a while now.

 

[GoldiFox]

Ton of good content. Bit of a learning curve to find out how it all works.

Trade Gadget is a cool tool. For clarity I would try to make it a two-tiered structure rather than one. User selects the two teams from a list and their picks are populated into the secondary DropDown to add/subtract into ultimate calculator.

Functionally and depth-wise the Draft mode is as good as anything I've seen (including EHM, NHL 20__, etc.). "Trade up" and "Trade down" giving realistic options with the statistical breakdown is a good touch. One can argue the validity of Draft Value charts but for this application it is probably the most efficient way to do it. "Grading Simulations" seems like it has one modular box too many, if you could add the grading as a side-bar it would be more user friendly and show the grader more information. Paging through the Grids and some buttons are a bit laggy, not sure if there is any flexibility using more client-side Javascript/jQuery to get some aspects more responsive. That is splitting hairs though, for being a project it looks and functions great.

 

[Sens of Anarchy]

Sens picks for 7 rounds ..

1	2	Svechnikov, Andrei	RW	Barrie
1	22	Kotkaniemi, Jesperi	LW/C	Assat
4	95	Regula, Alec	RD	London
5	126	Ragnarsson, Jacob	LD	Altmtuna
6	157	Sokolov, Yegor	LW	Cape Breton
7	188	O'Reilly, Ryan	C	Madison
7	194	Kowalczyk, Daniel	LD	Brno U20

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

I like it ... Have to explore the tool more.

 

[Vachon23]

Draft

1.4: Andrei Svechnikov
1.16 (trade for 35,56,97): Joe Veleno
2.38: Jake Wise
2.57: Jay O'Brien
3.66: Xavier Bernard
4.102: Jack Drury
4.123: Anderson MacDonald
5.129 (trade with 208 for 128): Ty Emberson
7.208: Mathias Laferrière

I think we will have enough center in the organisation after that !

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

I like the Sabres results!

1	1	Dahlin, Rasmus	LD	Frolunda
2	32	Merkley, Ryan	RD	Guelph
4	94	Eggenberger, Nando	RW	Davos
4	117	Drury, Jack	C	Waterloo
5	125	Galenyuk, Danila	LD	Mamonty Yugry
6	156	Kondelik, Joachim	C/LW	Muskegon
7	187	Wouters, Chase	C	Saskatoon

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Kevin Musto]

Trading down as Chicago was pretty interesting.

Got: Martin Kaut (25th), Mattias Samuelsson (31st), Dominik Bokk (34th), Jake Wise (52nd), Aidan Dudas (70th), Liam Foudy (87th), Ruslan Ishakov (124th), Tyler Weiss (142nd), Gavin Hain (162nd), Brendan Budy (163rd), and Joey Keane (193rd)

Quite the haul. Kaut is elite and should be a top 10 talent and the forward prospects I got all have a lot of potential. Wise at 52nd overall is one hell of a steal. Definitely lacking on D since Samuelsson and Keane were the only ones I got, but with Jokiharju and Mitchell from last year's draft, I'm not concerned.


That was fun. Thanks for making this!

 

[Castle8130]

Theres gotta be something wrong with the rankings. For the hawks I got Wahlstrom, Kotkaniemi, Samuelsson, and Bulat shafigullin

 

[MasksAreForSlaves]

Theres gotta be something wrong with the rankings. For the hawks I got Wahlstrom, Kotkaniemi, Samuelsson, and Bulat shafigullin

Hawks drafting 7 & 31. You get Wahlstrom at 7 and Kotkaniemi at 31.
So Kotkaniemi fell to you, that's the nature of a simulator. It does not necessarily take the highest ranked players with each auto select. I'll try and explain in layman's terms how auto-selecting works in a future post.

 

[MasksAreForSlaves]

I'm pretty sure I can explain the sluggishness. I haven't rebooted the server in 2 months. I will be doing that later
If you get booted off, you'll know why. Just wait 5 minutes and re-connect

<< ALERT WILL BE REBOOTING SERVER TONIGHT >> you will get knocked off - temporarily

i knew there was something I forgot to do

 

[Guy Gadowsky]

Anyway a user can copy rankings as plain text?

 

[SML2]

This thing is awesome. I've been on it for two hours and I wouldn't be surprised to see it running on some teams laptop on draft day!

 

[Tripod]

I quite enjoy this site....enjoyed it last year too!

 

[MasksAreForSlaves]

I guess I was wrong, last year I believe it only allowed you 3 rounds

7 rds will not be allowed for guest users indefinetely.