GM Auction Game - Discussion Thread

[LT]

Agreed. Huge props to @m0pe for coordinating this all while not even playing himself. This is the first auction draft I’ve actually enjoyed. Thanks!

 

[LT]

Pavel Buchnevich ($3.300M) - Sean Couturier ($12.000M) - Josh Bailey ($5.100M)
Blake Coleman ($2.300M) - Pierre-Luc Dubois ($10.200M) - Alex Nylander ($1.000M)
Tobias Rieder ($1.000M) - Jean-Gabriel Pageau ($3.100M) - Michael Frolik ($1.000M)
Wayne Simmonds ($1.000M) - Radek Faksa ($2.200M) - Christian Fischer ($1.000M)

Roman Josi ($14.000M) - Seth Jones ($12.500M)
Esa Lindell ($6.100M) - John Klingberg ($8.800M)
Andy Greene ($1.000M) - Erik Gudbranson ($1.000M)

Andrei Vasilevskiy ($10.900M)
Pavel Francouz ($2.000M)

Salary Cap - $100.000M
Cap Spent - $99.500M
Cap Space - $0.500M

The wingers suck but I’m super happy with everything else. Love my centers and top 4.

 

[hockeynorth]

Matthew Tkachuk (9.5M) - Auston Matthews (14M) - David Pastrnak (14.7M)
Andrew Mangiapane (1.4M) - Steven Stamkos (12.5M) - Nikolaj Ehlers (6.5M)
Rocco Grimaldi (1M) - Filip Chytil (1.5M) - Troy Terry (1M)
Milan Lucic (1M) - Liam Foudy (1M) - Lucas Wallmark (1M)

Morgan Rielly (9M) - Shea Theodore (9M)
Nicolas Hague (1.1M - Dougie Hamilton (9M)
Jusso Valimakki (1M) - Trevor van Riemsdyk (1M)

Jack Campbell (1M)
Brian Elliot (1M)

Loving this team rn

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Matthew Tkachuk (9.5M) - Auston Matthews (14M) - David Pastrnak (14.7M)
Andrew Mangiapane (1.4M) - Steven Stamkos (12.5M) - Nikolaj Ehlers (6.5M)
Rocco Grimaldi (1M) - Filip Chytil (1.5M) - Troy Terry (1M)
Milan Lucic (1M) - Liam Foudy (1M) - Lucas Wallmark (1M)

Morgan Rielly (9M) - Shea Theodore (9M)
Nicolas Hague (1.1M - Dougie Hamilton (9M)
Jusso Valimakki (1M) - Trevor van Riemsdyk (1M)

Jack Campbell (1M)
Brian Elliot (1M)

Loving this team rn

Top end of the team is amazing, goaltending is whack tho

 

[hockeynorth]

Top end of the team is amazing, goaltending is whack tho

Yeah, i grabbed the best two I could

 

[LT]

Matthew Tkachuk (9.5M) - Auston Matthews (14M) - David Pastrnak (14.7M)
Andrew Mangiapane (1.4M) - Steven Stamkos (12.5M) - Nikolaj Ehlers (6.5M)
Rocco Grimaldi (1M) - Filip Chytil (1.5M) - Troy Terry (1M)
Milan Lucic (1M) - Liam Foudy (1M) - Lucas Wallmark (1M)

Morgan Rielly (9M) - Shea Theodore (9M)
Nicolas Hague (1.1M - Dougie Hamilton (9M)
Jusso Valimakki (1M) - Trevor van Riemsdyk (1M)

Jack Campbell (1M)
Brian Elliot (1M)

Loving this team rn

Top 6 is disgusting

But who on defense is actually gonna defend lmao

 

[Llamamoto]

Jaden Schwartz (6.4) - Nathan Mackinnon (20.4) - Oliver Bjorkstrand (4.0)
Chris Kreider (4.7) - Sidney Crosby (16.2) - Denis Gurianov (2.6)
Joel Farabee (1.3) - Derrick Brassard (1.3) - Josh Anderson (2.0)
Drake Caggiula (1.0) - Riley Sheahan (1.0) - Brandon Pirri (1.0)

Jacob Slavin (11.9) - John Carlson (9.1)
Samuel Girard (5.5) - Ethan Bear (2.1)
Kris Russell (1.0) - Tucker Poolman (1.0)

Carter Hart (6.5)
Curtis McEhlinney (1.0)​

 

[ConnorMcMullet]

Andrei Svechnikov (10.1) - Mathew Barzal (11.7) - Mark Stone (11.7)
Jesper Bratt (1.6) - Claude Giroux (10.9) - Mikko Rantanen (10.9)
Warren Foegele (1.2) - Bo Horvat (8.6) - Dominik Kahun (1.3)
Leo Komarov (1) - Luke Glendening (1) - Marcus Sorenson (1)

Miro Heiskanen (11.9) - Charlie McAvoy (9.1)
Haydn Fleury (1.2) - Sean Walker (1.2)
Christian Djoos (1) - Dante Fabbro (1.2)

MacKenzie Blackwood (1.6)
Devan Dubnyk (1)

Cap hit: 99.2M

​

I'm really happy with my team... apart from the 2nd pairing of defense. Basically the Heiskanen-McAvoy pairing will be playing half the game.

 

[BumDum]

Hall - Draisaitl - Kassian
Fiala - RNH - Brown
Helm - Necas - Duclair
Nygard - Malgin - Deslaurier

Chychrun - Weber
Nurse - Ellis
Mueller - Pateryn

Driedger
Miller



I'm happy with my offense & defense. I hate my goaltending.​

 

[hockeynorth]

Top 6 is disgusting

But who on defense is actually gonna defend lmao

Everyone but Hamilton?

 

[hockeynorth]

@m0pe thanks for running I really enjoyed this

I'm bored of school now and have more spare time so I can run the next game, be it a prospect draft (what I want to play), full 31/32 team fantasy draft or something else, though GM games I'm likely out on

 

[stempniaksen]

Alexis Lafreniere - Tyler Seguin - Viktor Arvidsson
Mike Hoffman - Mika Zibanejad - Vincent Trochek
Brady Tkachuk - Nazem Kadri - Anthony Beauvillier
Sammy Blais - Jack Hughes - Kaapo Kakko

Thomas Chabot - Jacob Trouba
Mikhail Sergachev - Brett Pesce
Henri Jokiharju - Dylan Demelo
Vince Dunn

Alexander Goergiev
Kaapo Kahkonen

Feel extremely good about the forwards and defence. Feels like I've got some of the better depth while still having the top end talent. Goaltending is questionable, but that seems to be an issue for a handful of teams

 

[hockeynorth]

Alexis Lafreniere - Tyler Seguin - Viktor Arvidsson
Mike Hoffman - Mika Zibanejad - Vincent Trochek
Brady Tkachuk - Nazem Kadri - Anthony Beauvillier
Sammy Blais - Jack Hughes - Kaapo Kakko

Thomas Chabot - Jacob Trouba
Mikhail Sergachev - Brett Pesce
Henri Jokiharju - Dylan Demelo
Vince Dunn

Alexander Goergiev
Kaapo Kahkonen

Feel extremely good about the forwards and defence. Feels like I've got some of the better depth while still having the top end talent. Goaltending is questionable, but that seems to be an issue for a handful of teams

Huh, I quite like this team, but uh why do you have 7D???

 

[stempniaksen]

Huh, I quite like this team, but uh why do you have 7D???

When you don't spend double digit million on your players you have extra money for depth (and I only thought I was gonna get one of Demelo/Jokiharju, lol). In hindsight I'd probably use Trochek/Dunn's salary on a golatending upgrade, but you live and learn!

 

[hockeynorth]

When you don't spend double digit million on your players you have extra money for depth (and I only thought I was gonna get one of Demelo/Jokiharju, lol). In hindsight I'd probably use Trochek/Dunn's salary on a golatending upgrade, but you live and learn!

is this allowed though @m0pe or does he have to drop

 

[m0pe]

is this allowed though @m0pe or does he have to drop

I mean he is under the cap limit as is so doesn't need to drop.

But everyone else has a 12/6/2 roster so whoever is his #7 won't factor into voting

 

[Panda Bear]

Wait, were we allowed to bid below a player's current cap hit?!

 

[hockeynorth]

Wait, were we allowed to bid below a player's current cap hit?!

no

unless it was day 10

 

[Panda Bear]

Right. Right. That explains Kris Russell at 1m.

 

[m0pe]

Most rosters updated and voting thread will be up shortly.

@Panda Bear and @OB5 update your final rosters in the roster thread ASAP if you want to have the lines set up the way you want, otherwise I will just throw in the last couple guys you selected myself.

It looks like @scrappylilnobody (not been around since day 5) or @PaulBissonnette (over cap/uncompleted roster) will not be in the voting unless they do something here quick; so 2 people will have a bye to the quarterfinals.

 

[Llamamoto]

Most rosters updated and voting thread will be up shortly.

@Panda Bear and @OB5 update your final rosters in the roster thread ASAP if you want to have the lines set up the way you want, otherwise I will just throw in the last couple guys you selected myself.

It looks like @scrappylilnobody (not been around since day 5) or @PaulBissonnette (over cap/uncompleted roster) will not be in the voting unless they do something here quick; so 2 people will have a bye to the quarterfinals.

That's a shame, I thought Toronto had a real solid team.

 

[m0pe]

That's a shame, I thought Toronto had a real solid team.

Same, they only had a couple spots left to fill too and are at 100m basically without them. But not much that can be done when I made the timeline for the game pretty clear.

Could be a big blessing for whoever gets him as a round 1 draw.

 

[m0pe]

Voting thread is up for round 1. Vote for 1 team in each matchup; A,B,D,E,F,G

Due to disqualified teams, Dallas gets a bye through matchup C and Philadelphia gets a bye through matchup H.

 

[LT]

First time in a while I’ve won a round

 

[m0pe]

The F and G Matchups are the tough ones for me. 4 good teams there.