New National Hockey League - Main Thread

[IslesRock4]

What the hell?

 

[RedwingsnCudi13]

damn Alex Giroux was my next pick

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

Alex is the new Claude.

 

[The Instigator]

I'm so confused...

 

[The Instigator]

...Jason Krog here I come!

 

[IslesRock4]

If anyone picks Jeremy Colliton before I pick next, you'll have a face full of fist!

 

[The Instigator]

Oh god. Jeremy Mother ****ing Colliton? Just give IR the cup.

 

[flyguy]

Poor kid, he'll probably be too ashamed to show his face here again.

 

[New York RKY]

Geez you guys are unforgiving.

Cut the guy some slack

 

[flyguy]

Alexandre Giroux, at 30 years old, has 39 NHL games under his belt and 11 points

 

[New York RKY]

I'm sure he has his reasons.

I am going to wait to see what they are instead of asking "wtf is wrong with him"

 

[New York RKY]

Also,

Martin St. Louis and a pick swap for an upcoming pick are available in exchange for a younger elite winger.

 

[IslesRock4]

It's pretty obvious that he thinks it is Claude Giroux and is not aware that they are two different players...

 

[New York RKY]

It's pretty obvious that he thinks it is Claude Giroux and is not aware that they are two different players...

That's what I was thinking and he just made a mistake.

 

[Dr Pepper]

Yep.

What's your policy on do-overs, commish?

Frankly, I don't think there should be any, but it's your call.

 

[IslesRock4]

I agree with Modo, gotta know what the hell you're doing in these games.

 

[New York RKY]

Yep.

What's your policy on do-overs, commish?

Frankly, I don't think there should be any, but it's your call.

I was thinking that if that exactly was the case, the difference between the two players is so blatantly obvious that I might let him change it this time.

Usually if the person picks a player (like say Burrows) and the person after them makes their pick, but the person really wanted Kesler then I won't let them change.

If there is such an obvious mistake as this appears to be, I don't feel it's right to punish him when it will clearly hurt his team.

My original instinct was to let him pick again this time, even though I usually don't.

 

[New York RKY]

I agree with Modo, gotta know what the hell you're doing in these games.

It depends truly on what kind of mistake it was.

If it was just a typo and he meant to put in Claude not thinking he was taken already then that's different than thinking originally that Alexandre was Claude from the outset imo.

 

[The Instigator]

I'm too kind of heart. Let him pick a new guy, it's obvious he thought it was Claude.

 

[flyguy]

My take is that if he meant to take Claude he should have searched the thread to see if he had been taken yet (which he was, several rounds before hand). Instead he mistakenly takes a different Giroux, a player who has no business being picked in this draft in the first place.

It's a mistake at two levels. If he did the search first, he would have noticed Giroux had already been taken and thus wouldn't have made the pick at all.

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

There's also the very real, albeit unlikely, possibility that JP was making the pick based on small sample-size: A. Giroux played one game and scored one goal with the Oilers this year. Maybe JP thinks Giroux is a good prospect for the future, instead of an AHL lifer?

 

[flyguy]

If you let him re-pick, there should at least be some sort of penalty towards it, like he doesn't get to pick until x amount of picks are made.

 

[The Instigator]

If he thought Alex Giroux WAS Claude, then he couldn't have searched for him. He probably typed in Alex Giroux, got nothing, and was like "Hellz yes! Alex Giroux! Steal of the draftz!!!!!!!!1!11!!1!!"

Just let him repick. He's been through enough greif with our tormenting already.

 

[flyguy]

I ALWAYS search by last name in case of minor misspellings of the first name. For example, Ryane Clowe

 

[YouGotAStuGoing]

I ALWAYS search by last name in case of minor misspellings of the first name. For example, Ryane Clowe

Ditto. I almost cried in joy when I saw John Tavares wasn't taken... but then sadfaced when I saw that John Taveras was off the board.