OPPF Draft 2020 - Draft Thread 2

[BenchBrawl]

food for thought.

my first instinct is i want my captain to embody the team’s playing style. that’s why trottier and langway were my two immediate candidates.

not that yzerman wasn’t hardworking or good defensively, but i built my team with more of a heavy identity, ykwim?

Up to you. I try to give the C to a guy who wore it for a long time, but that's just my preference. I see where you're coming from though.

 

[ImporterExporter]

@Hawkey Town 18 is up.

 

[VanIslander]

C'mon guys.

Yzerman wore #19 to honor his childhood hero Trottier.

Give Trots the 'C' and Stevie an 'A'.

 

[ResilientBeast]

With my skipped picks

Jason Pominville, RW (BUF)

Paul Thompson, LW (CHI)

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Chicago selects Mikka Kiprusoff, G (Calgary)

 

[ImporterExporter]

Rounding out my 2nd pair in the 21st round.

5 x AS, he was the unquestioned #1D on a pair of Cup winners. He lost 2 full seasons to WWII, aged 26 and 27, which came directly after his 1st nod. Went into the service and was an AS again for 4 straight years. He and Rob Blake will be a particularly tough pairing to withstand over the course of a 7 game series.

Jack Stewart, D, Red Wings

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Mike Liut, G (STL)

 

[VanIslander]

I cannot think of a more lambasted as "overrated" goalie in the 1980s and 1990s than Liut.

A new coach catches on, A 100+ point future-HHOF center emerges, and Liut gets the Vezina when the team wins the division.

You couldn't give away a Liut card a year later. He simply was not respected for his team's win.

It wasn't until 2007 or so that I heard positive things about him again. The online stat generation. Seriously.

Liut has no place in a 12-team ATD of any stripe, imo.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

I cannot think of a more lambasted as "overrated" goalie in the 1980s and 1990s than Liut.

A new coach catches on, A 100+ point future-HHOF center emerges, and Liut gets the Vezina when the team wins the division.

You couldn't give away a Liut card a year later. He simply was not respected for his team's win.

It wasn't until 2007 or so that I heard positive things about him again. The online stat generation. Seriously.

Liut has no place in a 12-team ATD of any stripe, imo.

Pearson (Lindsay) Trophy
Hart record: 2, 6
All-Star record: 1, 2, 3, 4
Said he "would have been recognized as the best goalie in the 80s if he played for better teams" by someone on the HOH board who was an avid hockey fan in the 80s.

"online stat generation" indeed.

(Yes, Liut was my backup plan after Joseph was taken)

 

[ImporterExporter]

And with Brodeur's legendary longevity and ability to handle ridiculous workloads (see how many times he started at least 70 games in a season compared to Roy/Hasek) Luit's chances of seeing the net are about as close to 0 as you can get.

 

[VanIslander]

And with Brodeur's legendary longevity and ability to handle ridiculous workloads (see how many times he started at least 70 games in a season compared to Roy/Hasek) Luit's chances of seeing the net are about as close to 0 as you can get.

Excellent point.

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

With the third-from-last pick in the 2020 One-Player-Per-Franchise Draft, the Cherry Hill Knights of Kní have decided on the following course of action...

1) Eschew the Junior-High Chemistry Project
2) Hybridize the @BenchBrawl judgement of opting for a generally superior player (q.v.: his Stastny pick) and the @tony d decision to flex a multi-positional player over to the outside (q.v.: his Brind'Amour move) in order to make space- and cash in on the options afforded by the Giroux selection back in Round 15.

Cherry Hill welcomes an infusion of Viking Power with Hall-of-Famer, Character Guy, and inarguable man among men...

Victoria Pivot-Man

Frank Fredrickson- C Pre-NHL

PM to @vadim sharifijanov

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

rick tocchet, rw, flyers

 

[Habsfan18]

Via PM from @VanIslander:

Portland selects Elmer Lach, C

The Hart trophy-winning (3-time finalist) pivot is "lightning" fast and an elite defensive pivot, basically Fedorov but better for longer. And with waaay better passing skill!!

 

[scrappylilnobody]

Braden Holtby

 

[BenchBrawl]

With the third-from-last pick in the 2020 One-Player-Per-Franchise Draft, the Cherry Hill Knights of Kní have decided on the following course of action...

1) Eschew the Junior-High Chemistry Project
2) Hybridize the @BenchBrawl judgement of opting for a generally superior player (q.v.: his Stastny pick) and the @tony d decision to flex a multi-positional player over to the outside (q.v.: his Brind'Amour move) in order to make space- and cash in on the options afforded by the Giroux selection back in Round 15.

Cherry Hill welcomes an infusion of Viking Power with Hall-of-Famer, Character Guy, and inarguable man among men...

Victoria Pivot-Man

Frank Fredrickson- C Pre-NHL

PM to @vadim sharifijanov

Fredrickson was good defensively too. Great center in a bottom 6 role.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Congratulation everyone! The draft is completed.

I opened an assassination thread, which I will leave open for about a week before the playoffs begin. Not sure which playoff structure we should go with, open to suggestions.

OPPF 2020 - Assassination Thread

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Congratulation everyone! The draft is completed.

I opened an assassination thread, which I will leave open for about a week before the playoffs begin. Not sure which playoff structure we should go with, open to suggestions.

OPPF 2020 - Assassination Thread

The only two playoff structures that make sense to me:

1) The top 8 teams make the playoffs, 4 teams miss.
2) All 12 teams make the playoffs, the top 4 get byes, the bottom 8 play a preliminary round to reach the round of 8.

 

[BenchBrawl]

The only two playoff structures that make sense to me:

1) The top 8 teams make the playoffs, 4 teams miss.
2) All 12 teams make the playoffs, the top 4 get byes, the bottom 8 play a preliminary round to reach the round of 8.

OK, I prefer the 2nd option because I feel at 12 teams everyone should play at least one series.

 

[tony d]

Are we doing add/drops?

 

[BenchBrawl]

Are we doing add/drops?

You can, as long as you don't pick anyone from one of the teams you already drafted from (including the team of the player you're going to drop).

 

[ImporterExporter]

The only two playoff structures that make sense to me:

1) The top 8 teams make the playoffs, 4 teams miss.
2) All 12 teams make the playoffs, the top 4 get byes, the bottom 8 play a preliminary round to reach the round of 8.

I'd say in a draft this small everyone getting into the playoffs is the right thing to do.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Congratulation everyone! The draft is completed.

I opened an assassination thread, which I will leave open for about a week before the playoffs begin. Not sure which playoff structure we should go with, open to suggestions.

OPPF 2020 - Assassination Thread

Thanks for running the administration on this BB!

 

[tony d]

Dropping jean pronovost, rw Pittsburgh in exchange for Rick Nash rw, columbus.

 

[VanIslander]

Note:

Everyone drafted a Flyer. That was expected. They have top-end talent from every generation of their existence (not a Philly fan myself, but I respect the history of their franchise over local rival yo-yo tank-for-superstar Pittsburgh).

Surprisingly, a couple of guys didn't take a pre-NHLer or Ottawa player. One guy didn't draft a Soviet.

Also, a bit surprising, only three of us didn't draft a Washington Capital (and I've been a HUGE Caps fan since Langway in '82... only 3, the same number as dynasty AND tanking Oilers!). Didn't see that coming. Winning the Stanley Cup recently changes a lot, I guess.