OPPF Draft 2020 - Draft Thread 2

[BenchBrawl]

Edit: Thread continued from here.

The clock will start on Tuesday, September 29 at 13h EST. The draft can begin right away.

ONE PLAYER PER FRANCHISE (ALL-TIME) DRAFT !!!

Rules and Information:

- NO TRADING, but you can swap full sets of picks before your first pick is made.

- All-time, you can only draft 1 player from each franchise, 12 F, 6 D, 2 G + 1 Coach (doesn't count towards franchise count).

- A player will be judged on his ENTIRE CAREER not just the portion he played for his qualifying team.

- Players that played for multiple teams count for the team they spent their peak/prime years with, a player is only eligible for ONE franchise (see list of close-calls below).

- Players whose peak/primes occurred outside the NHL count for their country, and you can only have 1 player per country (i.e. if you draft Sergei Makarov he counts for Russia/USSR). Czech Rep. and Slovakia are one country because virtually every player that would be drafted would have played for CSSR.

- Franchises that moved all count as one (i.e. players who played for the Whalers count for the same franchise as players who played for the Hurricanes)

- Players whose peak/primes were with a pre-NHL team that no longer exists count for a pre-NHL franchise, this includes all PCHA, WCHL, NHA, etc. So all those dead pre-NHL teams are unified as one single franchise, simply called ''Pre-NHL''.

- The old Senators and new Senators count as the same franchise.

- The Montreal Maroons count as their own franchise, as does the NY Americans

- Clock structure as follow:

1st-2nd round: 12 hours
3rd-12th round: 8 hours
13th-21th round: 6 hours

1 hour reduction for a missed clock

Clock reduction:

Hawkey Town 18: -1 hour
scrappylilnobody: -1 hour
The Macho Man (now The Macho King): -1 hour

Here's a list of close-calls (players who played for multiple franchises almost equally):

Patrick Roy: Montreal
Chris Chelios: Chicago
King Clancy: Ottawa
Ron Francis: Hartford/Carolina
Bill Quackenbush: Detroit
Marian Hossa: Ottawa
Larry Murphy: Pittsburgh
Mark Recchi: Philly
Mark Messier: Edmonton
Al Macinnis: Calgary
Red Kelly: Detroit
Sprague Cleghorn: pre-NHL
Joe Malone: pre-NHL
Lanny McDonald: Toronto
Pat Lafontaine: Buffalo
Ed Belfour - Chicago
Adam Oates - Boston
Keith Tkachuk - Winnipeg/Phoenix
Doug Gilmour - Toronto
Joe Mullen - Calgary
Babe Siebert - Montreal Canadiens
Vincent Damphousse - Montreal Canadiens
Harry Cameron - Toronto
Newsy Lalonde - Montreal Canadiens
Rob Blake - LA
Scott Niedermayer - NJ
Ed Westfall - Boston
Max Bentley - Chicago
Ryan Suter - Minnesota Wilds
Chris Pronger - St. Louis
Rod Brind'Amour - Hartford/Carolina
Brent Burns - San Jose
Dan Boyle - Tampa Bay
Claude Lemieux - NJ
Clint Benedict - Ottawa
Max Bentley - Chicago
Marty Barry - Detroit
Roy Conacher - Chicago
Sergei Gonchar - Washington
Ed Belfour - Chicago
George Hay - Pre-NHL
Zigmund Palffy - LA
Frank Fredrickson - Pre-NHL
Brad Pratt - Toronto
Mike Peca - Buffalo
Brad McCrimmon - Philadelphia

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Here's a table to give an idea how the draft evolves. DON'T RELY ON IT! IT DOESN'T REPLACE YOUR OWN RESPONSABILITY OF KEEPING UP WITH WHICH TEAMS ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU OR NOT. Make your own personal table at home.

VanI

RB

TDMM

CTP

MM

tony

HT

vadim

IE

SLN

Habs

BB

Boston

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Detroit

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Montreal

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Toronto

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Chicago

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

NYR

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

USSR

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Ottawa

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Pre-NHL

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Los Angeles

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Philadelphia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

NYI

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Pittsburgh

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

NYA

X

X

Maroons

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

QUE/COL

X

X

X

X

X

Edmonton

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

CSSR

X

X

X

X

X

X

MIN/DAL

X

X

X

X

X

Anaheim

X

X

X

X

X

St. Louis

X

X

X

X

X

New Jersey

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Washington

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

HART/CAR

X

X

Vancouver

X

X

X

X

Nashville

X

X

X

San Jose

X

X

X

X

WIN/PHX

X

X

X

X

Buffalo

X

X

X

X

X

X

Calgary

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Wild/Min

X

Tampa Bay

X

X

X

X

X

Florida

Columbus

ATL/WIN

X

X

COACH

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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DRAFT LIST

1st Round

1.Habsfan18 - Wayne Gretzky, C (EDM)
2.BenchBrawl - Mario Lemieux, C (PIT)
3.tony d - Dominik Hasek, G (BUF)
4.ResilientBeast - Denis Potvin, D (NYI)
5.The Macho Man - Gordie Howe, RW (DET)
6.scrappylilnobody - Bobby Orr, D (BOS)
7.Hawkey Town 18 - Alex Ovechkin, LW (WAS)
8.ImporterExporter - Sidney Crosby, C (PIT)
9.TheDevilMadeMe - Jaromir Jagr, RW (PIT)
10.ChiTownPhilly - Mark Messier, C (EDM)
11.vadim sharifijanov - Chris Pronger, D (STL)
12.VanIslander - Bobby Hull, LW (CHI)

2nd Round

13.VanIslander - Ray Bourque, D (BOS)
14.vadim sharifijanov - Bryan Trottier, C (NYI)
15.ChiTownPhilly - Viacheslav Fetisov, D (USSR)
16.TheDevilMadeMe - Martin Brodeur, G (NJ)
17.ImporterExporter - Bobby Clarke, C (PHI)
18.Hawkey Town 18 - Glenn Hall, G (CHI)
19.scrappylilnobody - Joe Sakic, C (QUE/COL)
20.The Macho Man - Scott Stevens, D (NJ)
21.ResilientBeast - Bill Cook, RW (NYR)
22.tony d - Frank Nighbor, C (OTT)
23.BenchBrawl - Mike Bossy, RW (NYI)
24.Habsfan18 - Eddie Shore, D (BOS)

3rd Round

25.Habsfan18 - Terry Sawchuk, G (DET)
26.BenchBrawl - Paul Coffey, D (EDM)
27.tony d - Nicklas Lidstrom, D (DET)
28.ResilientBeast - Al MacInnis, D (CGY)
29.The Macho Man - Doug Harvey, D (MTL)
30.scrappylilnobody - Sweeney Schriner, LW (NYA)
31.Hawkey Town 18 - Red Kelly, D (DET)
32.ImporterExporter - Jari Kurri, RW (EDM)
33.TheDevilMadeMe - Ted Lindsay, LW (DET)
34.ChiTownPhilly - Paul Kariya, LW (ANA)
35.vadim sharifijanov - Rod Langway, D (WAS)
36.VanIslander - King Clancy, D (OTT)

4th Round

37.VanIslander - Sergei Makarov, RW (USSR)
38.vadim sharifijanov - Patrick Roy, G (MTL)
39.ChiTownPhilly - Jarome Iginla, RW (CGY)
40.TheDevilMadeMe - Brad Park, D (NYR)
41.ImporterExporter - Cy Denneny, LW (OTT)
42.Hawkey Town 18 - Cyclone Taylor, C (Pre-NHL)
43.scrappylilnobody - Shea Weber, D (NASH)
44.The Macho Man - Peter Forsberg, C (QUE/COL)
45.ResilientBeast - Evgeni Malkin, C (PIT)
46.tony d - Maurice Richard, RW (MTL)
47.BenchBrawl - Sprague Cleghorn, D (Pre-NHL)
48.Habsfan18 - Valery Kharlamov, LW (USSR)

5th Round

49.Habsfan18 - Scott Niedermayer, D (NJ)
50.BenchBrawl - Jean Beliveau, C (MTL)
51.tony d - Mark Howe, D (PHI)
52.ResilientBeast - Vladislav Tretiak, G (USSR)
53.The Macho Man - Teemu Selanne, RW (ANA)
54.scrappylilnobody - Martin St. Louis, RW (TB)
55.Hawkey Town 18 - Drew Doughty, D (LAK)
56.ImporterExporter - Chris Chelios, (CHI)
57.TheDevilMadeMe - Stan Mikita, C (CHI)
58.ChiTownPhilly - Pavel Bure, RW (VAN)
59.vadim sharifijanov - Anatoli Firsov, LW (USSR)
60.VanIslander - Ron Francis, C (HART/CAR)

6th Round

61.VanIslander - Brett Hull, RW (STL)
62.vadim sharifijanov - Pierre Pilote, D (CHI)
63.ChiTownPhilly - Earl Seibert, D (CHI)
64.TheDevilMadeMe - Howie Morenz, C (MTL)
65.ImporterExporter - Jacques Plante, G (MTL)
66.Hawkey Town 18 - Charlie Conacher, RW (TOR)
67.scrappylilnobody - Tim Horton, D (TOR)
68.The Macho Man - Victor Hedman, D (TB)
69.ResilientBeast - Phil Esposito, C (BOS)
70.tony d - Joe Thornton, C (SJ)
71.BenchBrawl - Patrick Kane, RW (CHI)
72.Habsfan18 - Syl Apps Sr., C (TOR)

7th Round

73.Habsfan18 - Jere Lehtinen, LW (MIN/DAL)
74.BenchBrawl - Zdeno Chara, D (BOS)
75.tony d - Keith Tkachuk, LW (WIN/PHX)
76.ResilientBeast - Hooley Smith, C/RW (Maroons)
77.The Macho Man - Frank Boucher, C (NYR)
78.scrappylilnobody - Tommy Phillips, LW (Pre-NHL)
79.Hawkey Town 18 - Milt Schmidt, C (BOS)
80.ImporterExporter - Brian Leetch, D (NYR)
81.TheDevilMadeMe - Borje Salming, D (TOR)
82.ChiTownPhilly - Bill Gadsby, D (NYR)
83.vadim sharifijanov - Andy Bathgate, RW (NYR)
84.VanIslander - Lionel Conacher, D (Maroons)

8th Round

85.VanIslander - Hod Stuart, D (Pre-NHL)
86.vadim sharifijanov - Steve Yzerman, C (DET)
87.ChiTownPhilly - Frank Mahovlich, LW (TOR)
88.TheDevilMadeMe - Dit Clapper, D/RW (Boston)
89.ImporterExporter - Rob Blake, D (LAK)
90.Hawkey Town 18 - Valeri Vasiliev, D (USSR)
91.scrappylilnobody - Marcel Dionne, C (LAK)
92.The Macho Man - Frank Brimsek, G (BOS)
93.ResilientBeast - Larry Robinson, D (MTL)
94.tony d - Duncan Keith, D (CHI)
95.BenchBrawl - Baldy Northcott, LW (Maroons)
96.Habsfan18 - Guy Lafleur, RW (MTL)

9th Round

97.Habsfan18 - Eddie Gerard, D (OTT)
98.BenchBrawl - Boris Mikhailov, RW (USSR)
99.tony d - Luc Robitaille, LW (LAK)
100.ResilientBeast - Erik Karlsson, D (OTT)
101.The Macho Man - Doug Bentley, LW (CHI)
102.scrappylilnobody - Larry Murphy, D (PIT)
103.Hawkey Town 18 - Marian Hossa, RW (OTT)
104.ImporterExporter - Ted Kennedy, C (TOR)
105.TheDevilMadeMe - Moose Johnson, D (Pre-NHL)
106.ChiTownPhilly - Brent Burns, D (SJ)
107.vadim sharifijanov - Nikita Kucherov, RW (TB)
108.VanIslander - Michel Goulet, LW (QUE/COL)

10th Round

109.VanIslander - Patrik Elias, LW (NJ)
110.vadim sharifijanov - Nels Stewart, C (Maroons)
111.ChiTownPhilly - Sergei Fedorov, C (DET)
112.TheDevilMadeMe - Anze Kopitar, C (LAK)
113.ImporterExporter - Vladimir Martinec, RW (CSSR)
114.Hawkey Town 18 - Jamie Benn, LW (MIN/DAL)
115.scrappylilnobody - Bernie Geoffrion, RW (MTL)
116.The Macho Man - Alexei Kasatanov, D (USSR)
117.ResilientBeast - Frank Foyston, F (Pre-NHL)
118.tony d - Rod Brind'Amour, C (HART/CAR)
119.BenchBrawl - Dave Keon, C (TOR)
120.Habsfan18 - John LeClair, LW (PHI)

11th Round

121.Habsfan18 - Jan Suchy, D (CSSR)
122.BenchBrawl - Sid Abel, C/LW (DET)
123.tony d - Rod Gilbert, RW (NYR)
124.ResilientBeast - Eric Lindros, C (PHI)
125.The Macho Man - Doug Gilmour, C (TOR)
126.scrappylilnobody - Bill Quackenbush, D (DET)
127.Hawkey Town 18 - Mark Recchi, RW (PHI)
128.ImporterExporter - Theoren Fleury, RW (CGY)
129.TheDevilMadeMe - Daniel Alfredsson, RW (OTT)
130.ChiTownPhilly - Frantisek Pospisil, D (CSSR)
131.vadim sharifijanov - Georges Boucher, D (OTT)
132.VanIslander - Bryan Hextall Sr., RW (NYR)

12th Round

133.VanIslander - Eric Desjardins, D (PHI)
134.vadim sharifijanov - Patrice Bergeron, C (BOS)
135.ChiTownPhilly - Johnny Bucyk, LW (BOS)
136.TheDevilMadeMe - Vladimir Krutov, LW (USSR)
137.ImporterExporter - Craig Ramsay, LW (BUF)
138.Hawkey Town 18 - Ivan "Ching" Johnson, D (NYR)
139.scrappylilnobody - Jonathan Toews, C (CHI)
140.The Macho Man - Ilya Kovalchuk, W (ATL/WIN)
141.ResilientBeast - Ryan Suter, D (Wild/Min)
142.tony d - Sergei Zubov, D (MIN/DAL)
143.BenchBrawl - Clint Benedict, G (OTT)
144.Habsfan18 - Ryan Getzlaf, C (ANA)

13th Round

145.Habsfan18 - Mike Peca, C (BUF)
146.BenchBrawl - Art Coulter, D (NYR)
147.tony d - Jamie Langenbrunner, RW (NJ)
148.ResilientBeast - Busher Jackson, LW (TOR)
149.The Macho Man - Esa Tikkanen, LW (EDM)
150.scrappylilnobody - Dale Hawerchuk, C (WIN/PHX)
151.Hawkey Town 18 - Jiri Holik, LW (CSSR)
152.ImporterExporter - Joe Malone, C/LW (Pre-NHL)
153.TheDevilMadeMe - Vaclav Nedomansky, C/RW (CSSR)
154.ChiTownPhilly - Ken Dryden, G (MTL)
155.vadim sharifijanov - Glenn Anderson, RW (EDM)
156.VanIslander - Kevin Lowe, D (EDM)

14th Round

157.VanIslander - John Tonelli, LW (NYI)
158.vadim sharifijanov - Claude Lemieux, RW (NJ)
159.ChiTownPhilly - Dave Taylor, RW (LAK)
160.TheDevilMadeMe - Scotty Bowman, coach
161.ImporterExporter - Brad Marchand, LW (BOS)
162.Hawkey Town 18 - Roman Josi, D (NASH)
163.scrappylilnobody - Cecil Dillon, RW (NYR)
164.The Macho Man - Punch Broadbent, RW (OTT)
165.ResilientBeast - Alex Pietrangelo, D (STL)
166.tony d - Toe Blake, coach
167.BenchBrawl - Lester Patrick, coach
168.Habsfan18 - Eddie Litzenberger, RW (CHI)

15th Round

169.Habsfan18 - Al Arbour, coach
170.BenchBrawl - Bill Barber, LW (PHI)
171.tony d - Bill Cowley, C (BOS)
172.ResilientBeast - Alex Delvecchio, C/LW (DET)
173.The Macho Man - Brad McCrimmon, D (PHI)
174.scrappylilnobody - Bernie Parent, G (PHI)
175.Hawkey Town 18 - Cy Wentworth, D (Maroons)
176.ImporterExporter - Mike Modano, C (MIN/DAL)
177.TheDevilMadeMe - Derian Hatcher, D (MIN/DAL)
178.ChiTownPhilly - Claude Giroux, C/LW (PHI)
179.vadim sharifijanov - Butch Goring, C (LAK)
180.VanIslander - Ryan Kesler, C/RW (VAN)

16th Round

181.VanIslander - Anatoli Tarasov, coach
182.vadim sharifijanov - Harry Cameron, D (TOR)
183.ChiTownPhilly - Brent Sutter, C (NYI)
184.TheDevilMadeMe - Sergei Gonchar, D (WSH)
185.ImporterExporter - Alexander Maltsev, C/RW (USSR)
186.Hawkey Town 18 - Don Luce, C (BUF)
187.scrappylilnobody - Corey Perry, RW (ANA)
188.The Macho Man - Jim Schoenfeld, D (BUF)
189.ResilientBeast - John Madden, C/LW (NJ)
190.tony d - Adam Foote, D (QUE/COL)
191.BenchBrawl - Mark Giordano, D (CGY)
192.Habsfan18 - Bob Bourne, F (NYI)

17th Round

193.Habsfan18 - Lester Patrick, D (Pre-NHL)
194.BenchBrawl - Zach Parise, LW (NJ)
195.tony d - Clark Gillies, LW (NYI)
196.ResilientBeast - Tommy Ivan, coach
197.The Macho Man - Joe Mullen, RW (CGY)
198.scrappylilnobody - Helmuts Balderis, RW (USSR)
199.Hawkey Town 18 - Henri Richard, C (MTL)
200.ImporterExporter - Dan Boyle, D (TB)
201.TheDevilMadeMe - Brian Propp, LW (PHI)
202.ChiTownPhilly - Glen Sather, coach
203.vadim sharifijanov - Fred Shero, coach
204.VanIslander - Jiri Holecek, G (CSSR)

18th Round

205.VanIslander - Shane Doan, RW (WIN/PHX)
206.vadim sharifijanov - Joe Pavelski, F (SJS)
207.ChiTownPhilly - Jimmy Ward, RW (Maroons)
208.TheDevilMadeMe - Gary Roberts, LW (CGY)
209.ImporterExporter - John Carlson, D (WAS)
210.Hawkey Town 18 - Hap Day, coach
211.scrappylilnobody - Gary Suter, D (CGY)
212.The Macho Man - Nicklas Backstrom, C (WAS)
213.ResilientBeast - Dale Hunter, C (WAS)
214.tony d - Darryl Sittler, C (TOR)
215.BenchBrawl - Roy Worters, G (NYA)
216.Habsfan18 - Dave Trottier, F (Maroons)

19th Round

217.Habsfan18 - Marc-Edouard Vlasic, D (SJS)
218.BenchBrawl - Peter Stastny, C (QUE/COL)
219.tony d - Jean Pronovost, RW (PIT)
220.ResilientBeast - Grant Fuhr, G (EDM)
221.The Macho Man - Roberto Luongo, G (VAN)
222.scrappylilnobody - Leon Draisaitl, C (EDM)
223.Hawkey Town 18 - Kevin Stevens, LW (PIT)
224.ImporterExporter - Billy Smith, G (NYI)
225.TheDevilMadeMe - Blake Wheeler, RW (ATL/WIN)
226.ChiTownPhilly - Teppo Numminen, D (WIN/PHX)
227.vadim sharifijanov - Mike Ramsey, D (BUF)
228.VanIslander - Turk Broda, G (TOR)

20th Round

229.VanIslander - Pavel Datsyuk, C (DET)
230.vadim sharifijanov - Jean-Sebastien Giguere, G (ANA)
231.ChiTownPhilly - Pekka Rinne, G (NASH)
232.TheDevilMadeMe - Vincent Lecavalier, C (TB)
233.ImporterExporter - Joel Quenneville, coach
234.Hawkey Town 18 - David Backes, C/RW (STL)
235.scrappylilnobody - Cecil Hart, coach
236.The Macho Man - Punch Imlach, coach
237.ResilientBeast - Jason Pominville, LW (BUF)
238.tony d - Calle Johansson, G (WAS)
239.BenchBrawl - Kevin Hatcher, D (WAS)
240.Habsfan18 - Bun Cook, LW (NYR)

21th Round

241.Habsfan18 - Tom Barrasso, G (PIT)
242.BenchBrawl - Todd Bertuzzi, RW (VAN)
243.tony d - Curtis Joseph, G (STL)
244.ResilientBeast - Paul Thomspn, LW (CHI)
245.The Macho Man - George Hay, LW (Pre-NHL)
246.scrappylilnobody - Braden Holtby, G (WAS)
247.Hawkey Town 18 - Mikka Kiprusoff, G (CGY)
248.ImporterExporter - Jack Stewart, D (DET)
249.TheDevilMadeMe - Mike Liut, G (STL)
250.ChiTownPhilly - Frank Fredrickson, C (Pre-NHL)
251.vadim sharifijanov - Rick Tocchet, RW (PHI)
252.VanIslander - Elmer Lach, C (MTL)

THE END

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[BenchBrawl]

The Philadelphia Area at last changes their luck with Finnish Defensemen draft selections, as Cherry Hill picks...

Teppo Numminen- Winnipeg-Arizona

PM to @vadim sharifijanov

Doh! I would have picked him up if he made it to me.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

hmm, this was a hard one. i was down to two LHDs from the adams division in the 80s. from the buffalo sabres, i'm going with minnesota native...

phil hou mike ramsey, olympic gold medalist. like the other guy i was targeting, ramsey is big, a great open ice hitter, phenomenal shotblocker, and stay home defensive rock. must have been one of scotty bowman's favourite players because after drafting ramsey, he acquired him twice, in pittsburgh and then detroit.

NHLers voted Ramsey the NHL's best defensive d-man in 1990:

Best defensive defenseman: M Ramsey (34), B McCrimmon (17), K Lowe (14), C Ludwig (13), R Bourque (8)​

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[VanIslander]

The Winterhawks select Turk Broda, a top-3 all-time Stanley Cup performing netminder. The 5-time champion was renowned for raising the level of his game when it mattered most.


After his 4th cup in five years;

I couldn't beat him," Maurice Richard said. "None of the Canadiens could."

"He always did play real well in the playoffs," recalled former Bruins center Milt Schmidt. "He was one of the best money players ever."

 

[BenchBrawl]

hmm, this was a hard one. i was down to two LHDs from the adams division in the 80s. from the buffalo sabres, i'm going with minnesota native...

phil hou mike ramsey, olympic gold medalist. like the other guy i was targeting, ramsey is big, a great open ice hitter, phenomenal shotblocker, and stay home defensive rock. must have been one of scotty bowman's favourite players because after drafting ramsey, he acquired him twice, in pittsburgh and then detroit.

Hurts my balls. I hoped he would last.

 

[BenchBrawl]

The Winterhawks select Turk Broda, a top-3 all-time Stanley Cup performing netminder. The 5-time champion was renowned for raising the level of his game when it mattered most.


After his 4th cup in five years;

Almost picked him at least 5 times earlier.

 

[VanIslander]

Almost picked him at least 5 times earlier.

I"m glad you didn't.

That said, my backup plan was to burn a Habs pick (worst case scenario: Vezina... dang good worse case).

 

[BenchBrawl]

I"m glad you didn't.

That said, my backup plan was to burn a Habs pick (worst case scenario: Vezina... dang good worse case).

I floated many rounds with Broda and Benedict available, and gambled they would last. Eventually there was no one of Keon's caliber on Ottawa so I made the call to go with Benedict and to pick up Keon.

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

Yes, but can't add from teams you already picked from, even if you drop a player from that team.

Have to ask- has OPPF ever had an add-drop before?! If so, did anyone actually USE it?!?

In reality, there's a gigantic hole in the add-drop interpretation as cited above. If applied, forgoing the Montreal (and possibly Detroit) picks in all 21 rounds becomes a viable strategy, Then, someone who holds Keith Tkachuk or somebody like that could drop him and upgrade to Dickie Moore.

Allowing this to be part of our future would be just steaming hot garbage.

 

[VanIslander]

It is humanly impossible for a hockey fan to not laugh, cry and/or be jaw-dropping stunned while watching this video: (i dare you to try: it's that ****'n awesome!)

It's unfortunate that defensive highlight videos are hard to come by, as his stickhandling and skating skills were devoted to stopping the opposition more than scoring, though he was the scoring leader of Team Russia in the 2006 and 2014 Olympics. His four Lady Byngs and three Selkes (6-time finalist for each trophy) weren't enough imo. I have never drafted him before because I think him an ideal 3rd line pivot at any level of competition but he is usually drafted before most teams have their 2nd center! The OPPF is my chance. Oh, by the way, the Winterhawks select Pavel Datsyuk.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

okok i have the perfect backup for patrick roy

Report: Giguere would rather retire than be a backup

J.S. Giguere and Patrick Roy exchange barbs

Avs coach Patrick Roy rips goalie J.S. Giguere after loss to Flames – The Denver Post

Patrick Roy critique Jean-Sébastien Giguère

Avs' Roy: Giguere has no room to talk, as poorly as he's playing

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According to the Post, Avalanche head coach Patrick Roy has slated the Montreal-native to start their game next week against the Canadiens as a nice little retirement gift.

(hugs)

 

[VanIslander]

All due respect to Norm Ullman, Alex Delvecchio and Henrik Zetterberg,... Liam Neeson convinced me to go with Datsyuk.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

Hurts my balls. I hoped he would last.

i wonder which of the four other defensive LHD i was looking at you’ll take

 

[BenchBrawl]

Have to ask- has OPPF ever had an add-drop before?! If so, did anyone actually USE it?!?

In reality, there's a gigantic hole in the add-drop interpretation as cited above. If applied, forgoing the Montreal (and possibly Detroit) picks in all 21 rounds becomes a viable strategy, Then, someone who holds Keith Tkachuk or somebody like that could drop him and upgrade to Dickie Moore.

Allowing this to be part of our future would be just steaming hot garbage.

Not that I'm aware of, but the interdiction I came up with solves this issue completely. You cannot add a player from a team you already drafted from.

Unless I misunderstood you.

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

Suppose I didn't express myself with as much clarity as was necessary...

1) Since it appears that we've never applied add-drops in OPPF before, I don't think now's the time to broadly permit them.*
2) I (for one) [and I'd like to think most of the participants here] drafted with the understanding that add-drops wouldn't be an option.
3) The OPPF pre-condition isn't that limiting- particularly with a dozen competitors. If someone finds himself in a situation where he feels he needs add-drops to round out his squad, he has no damn fool to blame but himself.
4) If allowed, some really dickish gamesmanship would be possible. There are at least two people (maybe three) not yet finished drafting who could pull some dickish gamesmanship before it's over. All I can do is appeal to their sense of honor to just not go there.

* I said broadly permit. I could see a scenario where we might to choose to narrowly allow some add-drops from an infrequent participant or two, just as a type of "mercy-rule" so that they're not left abjectly chanceless. This should very much be an exception, not a rule.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Suppose I didn't express myself with as much clarity as was necessary...

1) Since it appears that we've never applied add-drops in OPPF before, I don't think now's the time to broadly permit them.*
2) I (for one) [and I'd like to think most of the participants here] drafted with the understanding that add-drops wouldn't be an option.
3) The OPPF pre-condition isn't that limiting- particularly with a dozen competitors. If someone finds himself in a situation where he feels he needs add-drops to round out his squad, he has no damn fool to blame but himself.
4) If allowed, some really dickish gamesmanship would be possible. There are at least two people (maybe three) not yet finished drafting who could pull some dickish gamesmanship before it's over. All I can do is appeal to their sense of honor to just not go there.

* I said broadly permit. I could see a scenario where we might to choose to narrowly allow some add-drops from an infrequent participant or two, just as a type of "mercy-rule" so that they're not left abjectly chanceless. This should very much be an exception, not a rule.

Practically, I doubt add/drop will be much useful to many GMs if they can't pick from teams they already used. All is left is scraps.

I don't mind either way.

 

[VanIslander]

Add/drops has never been a OPPF option and CLEARLY is a competitive advantage for some teams.

Don't change the rules once a game has begun.

Maybe announce it as an option next year. I certainly would value taking O6 picks early less. And goalies? Heck, yeah.

If you are SALIVATING over undrafteds, then let's have a OPPF-MLD.

 

[BenchBrawl]

If you are SALIVATING over undrafteds, then let's have a OPPF-MLD.

 

[VanIslander]

Okay, you go Homer, go.

Why not.

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

I see my clock actually elapses in fifteen minutes. This is as close a flirtation with the deadline as I've had this campaign...

Full-season available Ken Dryden started roughly 70% of his team's games. Not-too-shabby... but certainly not Glenn Hall/Martin Brodeur workhorse-level. Back-up Goaltender cannot be an utter blow-off pick for us. Happily, we can arrange to add...
1) Four time Vezina-finalist (and once Vezina-winner),
2) Morphologically as close to Dryden as remains on-the-board,
3) Road-trip roommate for Numminen...

Pekka Rinne- Goaltender, Nashville

PM to @TheDevilMadeMe

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Dale Hawerchuk, C, WIN/PHO

Not the ideal skillset for a 4th line center, but

1) I can actually draft him, unlike... almost anyone else
2) He did play a more defensive role as the often 3rd line center in the 1987 Canada Cup
3) I can still use him on the point of my 2nd PP unit, which is nice.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Dale Hawerchuk, C, WIN/PHO

Not the ideal skillset for a 4th line center, but

1) I can actually draft him, unlike... almost anyone else
2) He did play a more defensive role as the often 3rd line center in the 1987 Canada Cup
3) I can still use him on the point of my 2nd PP unit, which is nice.

Already taken.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Already taken.

That he was. I'll repick at some point.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

who can take a list?

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

I'll be here for another 3 hours. You could pass to me- and let me know (via PM) whom I can pass to when I depart.