OPPF Draft Thread I

[Hawkey Town 18]

A couple teams still have picks to make, but clock-wise the draft is over. Please post your special teams in the roster thread.

Is there a schedule for voting?

 

[ImporterExporter]

@VanIslander @TheDevilMadeMe have 2 and 1 pick(s) to make.

 

[VanIslander]

I'll be back at a computer in about 12 hours time. I've been the only one able to draft a Soviet for a while, so no worries.

 

[tinyzombies]

Can we drop/add after those two pick? Will there be a waiver order or whatever?

 

[VanIslander]

This Buckaroo was a 4-time world championship leading scorer and all-star in the 1970's, 4th all-time in points with 154 in 102 tourney games, the two-way pivot Vladimir Petrov, the top scorer 5 times in the Soviet league who scored 7 points in 8 games of the 1972 Summit Series, including key shorthanded goals in Games 1 and 3, and taking on checking responsibilities against Esposito and Clarke. Petrov scored a goal and an assist in the 4-3 final game of the 1976 Olympics against Czechoslovakia, helping his country and himself defend the gold, finishing with 9 points in the six games. He also was on the 1980 Olympic team that lost to USA, Petrov scoring a goal in the final game, contributing 6 points in 7 games.



"... excellent stickhandling and hard shot. He also wasn't afraid to use his 6'1" and 205 pound body in the corners or on the wall, either. Petrov was also strong on faceoffs and a dangerous and aggressive forechecker..."
-- 1972summitseries.com

Intercepting a pass and scoring one of his shorthanded goals:

 

[VanIslander]

The only coach to ever win a Stanley Cup championship with a new club the year right after winning it with another franchise is Tommy Gorman, who won it in Chicago in 1934 and Montreal in 1935 after two victories earlier in his career in Ottawa. The renowned inspirational leader was a visionary who, among other things, implemented a highly effective forechecking strategy just prior to his last two cups.


"When they want open hockey, our team gives it to them.
When they want defensive hockey, we have that too. "
-- Tommy Gorman

 

[VanIslander]

I have no room for Forsberg on special teams!

Only in such a small draft. Sorry man.


(That's okay. He can play full-tilt Foppa during his 3rd line shifts and if he gets injured and misses a few games here and there, then no loss on special teams, and Petrov can handle the 3rd line regular shift if need be, and Kesler could slide to cover the 4th line pivot slot and usually-heavy-minute Iginla can get doubleshifted from his 3rd line role to also have 4th line duty to cover if needed.)

 

[BenchBrawl]

A couple teams still have picks to make, but clock-wise the draft is over. Please post your special teams in the roster thread.

Is there a schedule for voting?

Is there any interest for playoffs? If there's little interest, we could always just vote for a regular season, and the Top 2 teams meet directly in a Final series.

Let's give 2-3 days for people to give their opinion.

Then either assassination thread followed by a voting round + a final series, or just voting round and let's start the multiple series.

I personally have little time to go deep into playoff debates, but I'm fine with whatever.

 

[VanIslander]

We have two divisions (we agreed predraft to odds and evens divisions).

The top-2 ranked teams in each division play a 2-round playoff (1st in one division vs. 2nd in the other).

So, after the last pick is made (TDMM), have a 48-hour ADD/DROP period, then a 5-day regular season voting period (I am willing to pm everyone) in which 1st to 6th is ranked for each division. Then a one-week semifinal round and voting day and then one-week final. That means the first week of September will be when the championship final will be ending.

Bing bang boom.

 

[VanIslander]

Ron Maclean division:

Portland, New Orleans, Dubai, California, Lubbock, Chicago.

Bob McKenzie division:

Quebec, Calgary, Ottawa, Indianapolis, Newport, Brooklyn.

 

[ImporterExporter]

A quicker playoff version would probably be best. The interest waned significantly with the actual ATD, i can't imagine having anything that drags on to long will get much traction. I'm good with what Van is suggesting.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

I would be interested in either a 4-team or 8-team playoff format.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Ron Maclean division:

Portland, New Orleans, Dubai, California, Lubbock, Chicago.

Bob McKenzie division:

Quebec, Calgary, Ottawa, Indianapolis, Newport, Brooklyn.

Yeah, we could do top 4 teams in each Division advance based on "regular season" voting.

1 v 4 and 2 v 3 in the opening round (quarters) then the final 4 and then championship. Take about 1 week for each round and we're done by the 2nd week of Septemeber give or take.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

I posted an estimated minutes chart for Chicago in the Roster Thread

 

[tony d]

Special teams updated in my roster post. Whatever you guys decide to do with the playoffs is fine by me.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

I'll drop Owen Nolan (San Jose) for David Backes (St Louis) and then draft Marc-Edouard Vlasic (San Jose) to play next to Phil Housley.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

I'm assuming add/drops are allowed... is there a better combination out there which involves dropping Housley to pick up one of the other Buffalo guys and selecting another offensive Dman from another franchise?

I came really close to doing this

 

[BenchBrawl]

I came really close to doing this

Dan Boyle was probably the best offensive defenseman left, but that's among my available teams.

 

[VanIslander]

ADD/DROP PERIOD IS ON NOW.

ADD/DROP ENDS Monday AT MIDNIGHT.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Dan Boyle was probably the best offensive defenseman left, but that's among my available teams.

Oh I agree. Came very close to dropping Housley for Boyle. Ultimately decided to go all-in on my first PP unit and keep Housley

 

[The Macho King]

Wouldn't Boyle be a Bolt for ATD? Six years in Tampa versus 5 in San Jose, Cup in Tampa, highest Norris finish in Tampa.

(Maybe distinction is irrelevant if you don't have a Tampa player taken)

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Wouldn't Boyle be a Bolt for ATD? Six years in Tampa versus 5 in San Jose, Cup in Tampa, highest Norris finish in Tampa.

(Maybe distinction is irrelevant if you don't have a Tampa player taken)

Yes he’s designated a Tampa player in the OP

 

[ck26]

Peter Stastny, Mike Modano and Gilbert Perreault are 4th liners ... Doug Harvey, Sprague Cleghorn and Pierre Pilote are on 2nd pairs ... Clint Benedict is a backup ... exactly which teams in this league aren't playoff quality? lol voting is going to be difficult.

 

[Iceman]

Any suggestions for dmen setup for the PP? I got Shore, Zubov, G. Suter, Salming available. Go Zubov and Shore on first PP or just run 1 dman? Balderis would probably be the forward moved up to the 1st PP if I ran 1 dman.

 

[VanIslander]

Peter Stastny, Mike Modano and Gilbert Perreault are 4th liners ...

GMs Pat Quinn and Kevin Lowe have explicited said what most teams know: If you ain't got intangible skills like backchecking, role playing bodychecking, pk or pp specialist duty or fighting, then you do not belong on the bottom-6 and have to either make the top-6 or else ride the bench/be sent down.

Stastny and Perreault as 4th liners? Maybe in a lackadaisical all-star game but not any Summit Series, Olympic or World Cup. Or any equivalent skillset on an NHL championship team.

We are building complete teams not all-star game rosters. PP, PK, lines to protect leads, lines built to be physical, shotblockers, a guy or two who drop their gloves, are all a part of a typical winning championship team.