Fantasy Sports: Flyers Board Mock Draft 2020

[BernieParent]

Looks like the fetuses of today only pop one side when they pop their collars.

He's just wearing his baby carrier under his jersey.

 

[BernieParent]

I regret not drafting someone with such a beautiful name as Jérémie Biakabutuka.

 

[Haanz]

Some skaters that went undrafted that would have some interest to me:

Forwards:
Tomas Chlubna
Dmitri Rashevsky
Josh Pillar
Maxim Musorov
Elliot Desnoyers
Gage Goncalves
Raivis Ansons
Kristof Papp
Ty Jackson
Declan McDonnell
Xavier Simoneau
Michal Gut

Defensemen:
Christopher Merisier-Ortiz
Ben Meehan
Matias Rajaniemi
Luka Nyman
Miguel Tourigny
Christian Jimenez
Jeremie Biakabutuka
Tomi Niku
Ville Ottavainen
Ole Bjorgvik Holm

I was surprised to see Simoneau slip through the draft. Figured somebody would’ve taken a chance on him. He was BPA on my board after my last pick.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I was surprised to see Simoneau slip through the draft. Figured somebody would’ve taken a chance on him. He was BPA on my board after my last pick.

There's definitely a decent chance he's just one of those undersized, point producers from the Q, without the skating to be anything more than a AAAA player, but I've watched a lot of Drummondville this year and he just makes plays all game long. He had points on 90% of the ES goals scored when he was on the ice!!! That is tops of any player eligible for the draft. 40% overall involvement and 38% ES involvement are excellent marks for anyone in Junior hockey (better than Jarvis as an example). He probably did enough to be a late pick last year. It's possible he goes undrafted again this year. Ideally he's someone you invite to camp and see how he does against pro competition and maybe sign him to an ELC, but Camps may not be a thing this year. These types of players are generally good AHL players if nothing else and that has value on its own.

 

[Rebels57]

I was surprised to see Simoneau slip through the draft. Figured somebody would’ve taken a chance on him. He was BPA on my board after my last pick.

I could have sworn I drafted him in last years mock lol

 

[Rebels57]

I could have sworn I drafted him in last years mock lol

Nope it was @HammerTime44

 

[TB87]

I was surprised to see Simoneau slip through the draft. Figured somebody would’ve taken a chance on him. He was BPA on my board after my last pick.

Oh man. I was gonna pick Simoneau with my last pick but I mistakenly thought someone had already snapped him up.

Dang Nabbit

 

[Appleyard]

I regret not drafting someone with such a beautiful name as Jérémie Biakabutuka.

He is also Tim's - of Carolina Panthers fame - nephew.

 

[Chinatown88]

Gut and Biakabutuka were on my clearly well researched list.

 

[denominator]

I can't tell if I know more about the draft this year, or less, or it's more of a crapshoot than usual. Typically by the 7th round I have a couple of guys left that I'll begrudgingly pick but nobody on the list that I am actually targeting. We're halfway through the 7th already and there are 6 players still on my list of targets, so I'll be interested to see if anyone nabs them or if we can add training camp invitees.

ONE:

"Edmonton proudly picks, from the Calgary (spit) Hitmen, defenseman Luke Prokop."

TWO:

With their final selection Calgary will go with: Maximilian Glötzl

THREE:

"IVAN IVAN IVAN IVAN."

With those guys off the list, I'd like to invite Tomas Chlubna, Joonas Oden, and Gage Goncalves to training camp.

The top undrafted player in my consensus rankings is Nick Malik, goaltender for the Soo. I think this is right, CHL goaltenders tend to be overrated.

I have also decided, after doing [three? four?] of these, that picking a CHL defenceman after the third round is bad. The CHL is the easiest league to scout, the easiest league to project NHL success, and the league most favourable to young players hitting their potential to align with the CHL; especially for defencemen.

Either you have a CHL defenceman as a 3rd or better prospect and you pick him in the 3rd, or you're picking a longshot of a player when there are far better longshot options out there.

Somebody do some sort of analytics and tell me I'm wrong and that there are amazing CHL defencemen drafted out of rounds 4-7.

 

[pit]

There's definitely a decent chance he's just one of those undersized, point producers from the Q, without the skating to be anything more than a AAAA player, but I've watched a lot of Drummondville this year and he just makes plays all game long. He had points on 90% of the ES goals scored when he was on the ice!!! That is tops of any player eligible for the draft. 40% overall involvement and 38% ES involvement are excellent marks for anyone in Junior hockey (better than Jarvis as an example). He probably did enough to be a late pick last year. It's possible he goes undrafted again this year. Ideally he's someone you invite to camp and see how he does against pro competition and maybe sign him to an ELC, but Camps may not be a thing this year. These types of players are generally good AHL players if nothing else and that has value on its own.

I was between Simoneau and Aho and decided to leave the smurf for you. I was let down.

 

[FLYguy3911]

I brought that discussion up a couple months ago. Generally after the 4th round the ROI of drafting a CHL player diminishes.

However, as someone that took 3 CHL defenseman after the 6th round, I think you are more likely to find a CHL defenseman that becomes a player than a CHL forward in a similar range. Forwards tend to separate themselves at a younger age (twice as many slots = more opportunities to stand out) and even the ones that do emerge late, they tend to be of the 4th line variety. Zamula and Myers are the exceptions to the rule, but they show you that it shouldn't be a hard or fast rule. You have to try to identify certain qualities and traits though. You can't just can't just sit back and take the 3rd year junior defenseman with little skill who's appeal is physicality and aggressiveness. You have to identify certain inefficiencies like age, experience, role on the team, quality of teammates, size, immaturity, etc.

I had Evans, Calisti, and Moore as top 100 guys, so I felt comfortable taking them in the last two rounds (plus it's easier to take guys you've seen a bunch of). It also helps when you have 14 picks. Pick a bunch of guys of a similar skillset. You're not going to hit on all 3, but if you hit on one it's a win. I didn't imagine a scenario where I would have taken three CHL defensemen in the 6th and 7th rounds, but that's just kind of how the board fell. I think it speaks to the fact that there isn't much difference once you get outside of the top 100. I considered Chlubna in the 5th round. He went undrafted.

I was between Simoneau and Aho and decided to leave the smurf for you. I was let down.

Aho was on my list. Probably wouldn't have taken him, but I may have just to ease my NA bias.

 

[pit]

1. Thanks @Chuck Downie for handling this each year with such aplomb. It's always a good time.

2. Just so I have a better shot of finding this when I inevitably look back:
St. Louis Blues
1 - 30 - Hendrix Lapierre, C, Chicoutimi Saguenéens (QJMHL)
3 - 92 - Jack Thompson, RD, Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
4 - 123 - Blake Biondi, C, Hermantown High School
5 - 147 - Christoffer Sedoff, LD, Red Deer Rebels (WHL)
5 - 154 - Dmitri Ovchinnikov, C, Sibirskie Snaipery Novosibirsk (MHL)

Vancouver Canucks
6 - 174 - Vancouver - Grant Sluksynsky, C, Warroad HS (USHS) mop-pick
7 - 191 -Vancouver - Karri Aho, D, Ilves Tampere (SM-Liiga) mop-pick

 

[Stizzle]

People who take goalers in Fantasy Drafts definitely take a kicker before the last round in Fantasy Football.

I play in one super old school fantasy league, filled with mostly my Dad's friends, where kicker is your 2nd most valuable player behind QB. It makes no f***ing sense.

 

[Rebels57]

Final results for the San Jose Sharks

Admitedly, I didn't do much research this year. Too much going on at the moment. Didn't do terrible though. A few hits and misses im sure.

C & D for life!

Round	Pick	Player	Pos.	Team
1	28	Brendan Brisson	C	Chicago (USHL)
2	34	Kaiden Guhle	D	Prince Albert (WHL)
2	60	Vasily Ponomaryov	C	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
5	126	Ruben Rafkin	D	Windsor (OHL)
5	127	Colby Ambrosio	C	Tri-City (USHL)
7	201	Kristian Tanus	C	Lempaala (SM-Liiga)
7	213	Pontus Johansson	D	Djugardens (SuperElit)

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Strawberry Fields]

24- LW Lukas Reichel, Berlin (DEL)
117- D Donovan Sebrango, Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
148- D Alex Cotton, Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
162- C Trevor Kuntar, Youngstown Phantoms (USHL)
179- D Lukas Persson, Brynas IF J20 (SuperElit)


68- C Theodor Niederbach, Frolunda (SHL)
87- D Wyatt Kaiser, Andover High School (USHS)
180- G Devon Levi, Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL)
211- C Cameron Berg, Muskegon Lumberjacks (USHL)

I thought the Dallas draft was alright for having so few picks. Vegas was a little more meh but I took them on later and didn't put as much thought into the picks.

 

[Chinatown88]

Detroit Red Wings Selections

4) Alexander Holtz (RW) - Djurgårdens (SHL)
32) Martin Chromiak (LW) - Kingston (OHL)
46) Roby Järventie (LW) - Ilves (Liiga)
58) Jack Finley (C) - Spokane (WHL)
63) Samuel Knazko (D) - TPSU20 (U20 SM-sarja)
65) Calle Clang (G) - Rögle BK J20 (SuperElit)
107) Kasper Puutio (D) - Everett Silvertips (WHL)
125) Hugo Styf (D) - MODO Hockey (Allsvenskan)
156) Lukas Svejkovsky (C/RW) - Medicine Hat (WHL)
187) Logan Morrison (C) - Hamilton (OHL)

Pretty happy. Hope the lotto balls hit in real life so I look like a genius.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Minnesota Wild Selections

1 Cole Perfetti, C, Saginaw (OHL)
2 Ozzy Wiesblatt, RW, Calgary (WHL)
4 Theo Rochette, C, Quebec (QMJHL)
5 Simon Knak, RW, Portland (WHL)
6 Rhett Rhinehart, D, Saskatoon (WHL)
7 Axel Rindell, D, Jukurit (SM-Liiga)

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Detroit Red Wings Selections

4) Alexander Holtz (RW) - Djurgårdens (SHL)
32) Martin Chromiak (LW) - Kingston (OHL)
46) Roby Järventie (LW) - Ilves (Liiga)
58) Jack Finley (C) - Spokane (WHL)
63) Samuel Knazko (D) - TPSU20 (U20 SM-sarja)
65) Calle Clang (G) - Rögle BK J20 (SuperElit)
107) Kasper Puutio (D) - Everett Silvertips (WHL)
125) Hugo Styf (D) - MODO Hockey (Allsvenskan)
156) Lukas Svejkovsky (C/RW) - Medicine Hat (WHL)
187) Logan Morrison (C) - Hamilton (OHL)

Pretty happy. Hope the lotto balls hit in real life so I look like a genius.

You'll never beat my draft from last year

 

[BernieParent]

You'll never beat my draft from last year
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"What's behind me, it's not important." In other words, I have no interest revisiting my picks from previous years. Probably half of my prospects are now gainfully employed in the customer food-service industry.

 

[pit]

Probably half of my prospects are now gainfully employed in the customer food-service industry.

Seems optimistic.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

Florida's Complete Draft:

1 - 12 - Florida - Dylan Holloway, C, Wisconsin (NCAA)
2 - 43 - Florida - Kasper Simontaival, RW, Tampere (SM-Liiga)
3 - 74 - Florida - Thimo Nickl, D, Drummondville (QMJHL)
4 - 105 - Florida - Alex Laferriere, RW, Des Moines (USHL)
5 - 137 - Florida - Landon Kosior, D, Prince Albert (WHL)
7 - 198 - Florida - Zakary Karpa, C, Princeton (NCAA)

Six picks and not a single known Geoff Sanderson connection. Florida GM has been terminated.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

"What's behind me, it's not important." In other words, I have no interest revisiting my picks from previous years.

Bernie, I couldn't even remember the name of the guy I took with Vegas in the seventh round twelve hours after the fact

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Detroit Red Wings Selections

4) Alexander Holtz (RW) - Djurgårdens (SHL)
32) Martin Chromiak (LW) - Kingston (OHL)
46) Roby Järventie (LW) - Ilves (Liiga)
58) Jack Finley (C) - Spokane (WHL)
63) Samuel Knazko (D) - TPSU20 (U20 SM-sarja)
65) Calle Clang (G) - Rögle BK J20 (SuperElit)
107) Kasper Puutio (D) - Everett Silvertips (WHL)
125) Hugo Styf (D) - MODO Hockey (Allsvenskan)
156) Lukas Svejkovsky (C/RW) - Medicine Hat (WHL)
187) Logan Morrison (C) - Hamilton (OHL)

Pretty happy. Hope the lotto balls hit in real life so I look like a genius.

I considered taking Styf in the seventh round.

I'm glad I was spared the embarrassment of having to be told he was taken 90 picks earlier.

 

[denominator]

"What's behind me, it's not important." In other words, I have no interest revisiting my picks from previous years. Probably half of my prospects are now gainfully employed in the customer food-service industry.

Don't worry, I'll get my master spreadsheet tracking the past picks updated before the 20-21 season starts.