HF GM Games Fantasy Mock Draft #3 - Discussion V

HF GM Games Fantasy Mock Draft #3​

A new version of our mock drafts with some twists on the rules.

Salary Cap

• 55M (floor) - 70M (ceiling)

Trades

• Limited
• Two trades total per team
• A one-day trading period will occur following the conclusion of the draft (e.g., last pick is Saturday, trading period is Sunday, voting begins Monday)

Contracts

• 2019-2020 cap hits will be used, excluding bonuses (i.e., use what you see on CapFriendly)
• Players must have an active contract and have played at least one game in the last two seasons

Goal

• To win the Stanley Cup this year
• There will be secondary awards for "Best Future" (team with the best future) and "Best Drafting GM" (the GM you think drafted the best value overall)

Restrictions

• GMs can self-impose restrictions if they so choose (examples include NCAA alumni only, Swedish only, 25 and under only, and more)
• Any GM who takes on a reasonable (as determined by consensus and LT) restriction will be given an extra $5M ($75M total) in cap space to work with. The cap floor will not apply to any GM who takes on a restriction.
• If the restriction is broken at the conclusion of the trading period, that GM will lose $15M in cap space ($60M total) and be disqualified from secondary awards

Playoff Format

• Once all teams are filled but before the draft begins, the full playoff bracket will be posted
• All 32 teams will make the playoffs with randomly assigned first round opponents
• GMs will vote on each matchup to determine who will advance (vote for who you think would win each matchup, not who you think is the best - this provides more nuance to building a quality team)
• The secondary awards will be voted on separately
• At the conclusion of the draft, GMs will send in their top 5 teams for each secondary award
• These will be tallied by the commissioner (who is ineligible to win either award) and a winner for each will be determined

Drafting/Time Limits

• The draft will last 20 rounds; Each GM will select 12 forwards, 6 defenders, and 2 goaltenders
• Clock will run from 10:00 AM EST to 12:00 AM EST (except for first day)
• We will have a 2 hour clock for Rounds 1-3
• The clock will be shortened to 1 hour for Rounds 4-14
• The clock will be shortened to 30 minutes for Rounds 15-20
• Missed picks will result in auto-skips until all missed picks are made up
• Any GM who misses 3 picks will have their clock for all remaining picks cut in half
• Any GM who misses 5 picks will have all future picks auto-skipped
• Any GM who misses 10 picks will automatically forfeit their first round playoff matchup and be disqualified from secondary awards

Other Notes

• Going over the cap or not reaching the cap floor will result in an automatic first round loss and a disqualification from secondary awards
• You must keep track of your own cap situation and keep this updated in the Roster thread; failure to do so may result in penalties and cap audits

To join, PLEASE READ ALL RULES and PM me the top 3 teams you would like to have.

 

Teams/GMs List

Team​	General Manager​
Anaheim Ducks	@AveryStar4Eva
Arizona Coyotes	@Panda Bear
Boston Bruins	@Llamamoto49
Buffalo Sabres	@SJSharks39
Calgary Flames	@Kent Nilsson
Carolina Hurricanes	@BumDum
Chicago Blackhawks	@Tryamkin
Colorado Avalanche	@DanCloutiers5hole
Columbus Blue Jackets	@Blinny
Dallas Stars	@LatvianTwist
Detroit Red Wings	@DatsyukianDekes13
Edmonton Oilers	@Joey Moss
Florida Panthers	@BeLeafing
Los Angeles Kings	@McMozesmadness
Minnesota Wild	@Peter Griffin
Montreal Canadiens	@OB5
Nashville Predators	@EvilDead
New Jersey Devils	@Exquisite
New York Islanders	@Cocoloco
New York Rangers	@Paralyzer008
Ottawa Senators	@Joey Moss
Philadelphia Flyers	@NeoCanuck
Pittsburgh Penguins	@Panda Bear
St. Louis Blues	@Nucker101
San Jose Sharks	@datboichoi
Seattle Kraken	@m0pe
Tampa Bay Lightning	@ConnorMcMullet
Toronto Maple Leafs	@hockeynorth
Vancouver Canucks	@Lucbourdon
Vegas Golden Knights	@LatvianTwist
Washington Capitals	@Makaveli
Winnipeg Jets	@FanofBadHockeyTeam

Current Restrictions

Team (GM)	Restriction
Nashville (EvilDead)	American Players Only
Seattle (m0pe)	Stanley Cup Winners Only
Arizona (Panda Bear)	Metropolitan Division Players Only

 

Playoff Bracket

San Jose Sharks

Chicago Blackhawks

Boston Bruins

St. Louis Blues

Dallas Stars

Edmonton Oilers

Toronto Maple Leafs

Philadelphia Flyers

Arizona Coyotes

Seattle Kraken

Calgary Flames

Carolina Hurricanes

Buffalo Sabres

Colorado Avalanche

Vancouver Canucks

Montreal Canadiens

Washington Capitals

Tampa Bay Lightning

Vegas Golden Knights

Florida Panthers

Nashville Predators

Los Angeles Kings

Minnesota Wild

New York Rangers

Winnipeg Jets

Columbus Blue Jackets

Detroit Red Wings

Anaheim Ducks

Ottawa Senators

New Jersey Devils

New York Islanders

Pittsburgh Penguins

 

Trades

Team 1	Receives:	Team 2	Receives:
Vancouver	146, 239	Nashville	127, 319
Detroit	105, 216, 361	Anaheim	136, 200, 313
Washington	110, 275	St. Louis	142, 206
Philadelphia	148, 173, 237	Boston	124, 188, 252
Seattle	214, 235, 299	Tampa Bay	170, 279, 362
Toronto	177, 433	New Jersey	202, 330
Dallas	184, 376	New York R.	190, 318
Winnipeg	205, 333, 461	New York I.	245, 268, 396
San Jose	Matt Duchene, Erik Gustafsson, 345	Colorado	John Marino, Oliver Bjorkstrand, 352
Calgary	Ryan Ellis, Esa Lindell	Seattle	Colton Parayko, Matt Niskanen
Chicago	Zach Werenski, Anthony Beauvillier, 516	Los Angeles	Brendan Gallagher, Jakub Voracek, 418
Tampa Bay	313, 472	Anaheim	342, 406
Pittsburgh	Tomas Tatar	Minnesota	Timo Meier
Philadelphia	Claude Giroux, Dmitry Orlov, 341, 556	Buffalo	Mikhail Sergachev, Jonathan Drouin, Kasperi Kapanen, Nolan Patrick
Vancouver	Seth Jones, Jonathan Huberdeau, David Krejci, 613	Carolina	Nathan MacKinnon, Calvin de Haan, Dante Fabbro, 383
Pittsburgh	Justin Williams, Vince Dunn, 403, 467	St. Louis	Kyle Palmieri, Brayden McNabb, 384, 385
Ottawa	John Carlson, Nick Suzuki, Jake Gardiner, 415, 610	Chicago	Tyler Seguin, Chris Tanev, Alex Goligoski, 478, 547
Arizona	Ryan Murray, 429	Boston	Devon Toews, 463

Three-Team Trade

XXX	Washington	Detroit	Vegas
Gives:	William Karlsson, Jake Virtanen, Roope Hintz, 563	Andreas Athanasiou, Andrew Shaw, Jack Roslovic, 441, 505	Taylor Hall, Phil Kessel, Jeff Carter, 567, 624
Gets:	Taylor Hall, Jeff Carter, Jack Roslovic, 505	Phil Kessel, Roope Hintz, 563, 567, 624	William Karlsson, Andreas Athanasiou, Andrew Shaw, Jake Virtanen, 441

Stupid Four-Team Trade

XXX	New Jersey	Columbus	Vegas	Toronto
Gives:	Andrei Svechnikov, T.J. Brodie, Bryan Little, 400, 497	Shea Theodore, 310, 331, 503	Anthony Mantha, Kevin Fiala, Adam Fox	Elias Pettersson, 503, 567
Gets:	Shea Theodore, Adam Fox, 310, 331, 503	Anthony Mantha, T.J. Brodie, 400, 497	Elias Pettersson, 503, 567	Andrei Svechnikov, Kevin Fiala, Bryan Little

Trades Remaining

Team​	# TR​
Anaheim Ducks	0
Arizona Coyotes	1
Boston Bruins	0
Buffalo Sabres	1
Calgary Flames	1
Carolina Hurricanes	2
Chicago Blackhawks	0
Colorado Avalanche	1
Columbus Blue Jackets	1
Dallas Stars	1
Detroit Red Wings	0
Edmonton Oilers	2
Florida Panthers	2
Los Angeles Kings	1
Minnesota Wild	1
Montreal Canadiens	2
Nashville Predators	1
New Jersey Devils	0
New York Islanders	1
New York Rangers	1
Ottawa Senators	1
Philadelphia Flyers	0
Pittsburgh Penguins	0
St. Louis Blues	0
San Jose Sharks	1
Seattle Kraken	0
Tampa Bay Lightning	0
Toronto Maple Leafs	0
Vancouver Canucks	0
Vegas Golden Knights	0
Washington Capitals	0
Winnipeg Jets	1

 

The PandaRankings are now weighted by player values as sorted by PandaScores. Your top three forwards in PandaScores get a weight of 4, your next three 3, your next three 2, and your last three 1. Your top two defencemen get a weight of 4, your next two 3, and your last two 2.

 

Awesome I moved up 6 spots!

 

P.S. I seriously did not expect Pittsburgh to jump into 1st the way that it did, but I guess that's the benefit of my top forwards being McDavid, Guentzel and Tatar. I even lessened the weight of Weighted PandaScores Avg in the final rankings calculations.

Critically, though, I am also behind two picks, which will drag things down.

 

hey this is supposed to be my thread

 

oh. sorry. delete it!

 

i think i can just copy the OP posts here

but that would require getting out of bed which i am not ready to do right now

 

31st, excellent. I came into this with the goal of last place on Panda rankings.

 

I like both of my teams more than I thought I would after the first 5 rounds. Seemed like my picks were always coming in the evening while I was out and didn't put as much thought into them as I normally would. Definitely would've taken a different direction with Ottawa had I known about this mystery 4-way deal involving New Jersey before the 10th round.

Kings definitely seem like the favorites though. Pitty still looks good, although I'm not as big on them as I was early on. Feel like people are sleeping on Minnesota a bit. Arizona is very well rounded as well considering the restriction.

Looking forward to seeing how the matchup format plays out.

 

@Kent Nilsson is the new @AveryStar4Eva

Sundqvist, Barbashev, now Stephenson

3 strikes you are out. Banned from WJC pool Kent. I warned ya.

 

Ill get ya Moss.

Looks like I wont be able to defend my last place title for a 4th year in a row

 

Anthony Mantha 6’5” 225

Alex DeBrincat 5’7 165

and as I write that out I am just stunned by how small DeBrincat is.

 

who has a list for @Peter Griffin?

 

I bet @Peter Griffin does

 

Going based off this lol

 

Mike Hoffman-Brayden Point-Mikko Rantanen
Alex Galchenyuk-Nico Hischier-Jordan Eberle
Sean Kuraly-Joe Thornton-X
X-X-X

Jakob Chychrun-Brett Pesce
Marco Scandella-Filip Hronek
Ryan Lindgren-X

Elvis Merzlikins
X
Cap hit: $50,925,791

 

My Panda Ranking may be bad, but at least my team is ELITE at Loose Puck Recoveries...that is all that matters

 

Also my cap situation is dire now.

If pretty much any of my intended targets get taken, I will not be able to afford Looch

 

Where my 4Cs at?

 

Sick 3rd. Someone respects the Leafs.

I thought Stephenson would fall thats annoying.

I had @Peter Griffin's list sorry I was asleep, who has @NeoCanuck's, is it @LatvianTwist

 

This is a good team but I don't see why its the clear favourite. I feel like this is the Crosby effect.

Pat Maroon (900k) - Sidney Crosby (8.70m) - Brendan Gallagher (3.75m)
Jesper Bratt (749k) - Mikael Backlund (5.35m) - Jakub Voracek (8.25m)
Brandon Saad (6.00m) - Jordan Staal (6.00m) - XXXXXXXX
Brandon Tanev (3.50m) - XXXXXXXX - XXXXXXXX

Thomas Chabot (863k) - Jeff Petry (5.50m)
Brendan Dillon (3.27m) - XXXXXXX
Jake McCabe (2.85m) - XXXXXXX

Darcy Kuemper (1.85m)
XXXXXXX

They have 1 RD, their LWs are good but not spectacular, Cs are good but not spectacular past Crosby, RWs are very good I will say that, but they need 2 more and the pickings are getting slim. Its among my top teams, but its not my clear favourite. I definitely prefer: New Jersey, Toronto, Ottawa, Detroit, Columbus, Winnipeg.

Also why do 2 teams have Nick Suzuki? Tryamkin and Joey's teams.