OPPF Draft Thread I

[VanIslander]

Quarterfinal playoff series threads to be created this morning for:

Portland vs. Newport
Brooklyn vs. California

Quebec vs. New Orleans
Chicago vs. Ottawa

If no one else does, I'll post them in about four hours (it's Friday afternoon here. I'm at work.)

Voting for Round 1 will be next Tuesday. So, let's get some discussion going Friday, this weekend and through Monday!

 

[ck26]

Lubbock was FIFTH?!?!

Congrats to those who made the playoffs ... just ... like, wow.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Lubbock was FIFTH?!?!

Congrats to those who made the playoffs ... just ... like, wow.

I had you 2nd. Your D corps is outstanding and F group well put together. Don't get Perreault on the 4th line but that's minor compared to the rest of your team.

 

[tinyzombies]

I had you 2nd. Your D corps is outstanding and F group well put together. Don't get Perreault on the 4th line but that's minor compared to the rest of your team.

I had Lubbock third.

Gonna have to shift Bourque to PK1 with Gretzky out there looming.

 

[Johnny Engine]

Well darn. I realized I made a fatal error in waiting to target D from strong teams roughly halfway through the draft, and there wasn't really any way to fix that, so I'm not that surprised. Y'all drafted very strong teams though, and I might have gotten away with it if there were any weaklings for the Camels and their strong offense and goaltending to beat up on, but no, you're all too good for that.

 

[tony d]

Is today voting day?

 

[VanIslander]

Vote today or tomorrow.

PM reminders yet to be sent out.

 

[TheDevilMadeMe]

Are we sending votes to @Theokritos again?

 

[tony d]

My votes are ready to go as soon as I get confirmation as to who I have to send them to.

 

[VanIslander]

Are we sending votes to @Theokritos again?

Yes. Vote by the end of Thursday.

Divisional finals to begin Friday.

 

[tony d]

Voted. Good luck everyone.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Voted. There were some tough choices, wish there was more discussion, but also understand it's summer and this is just a mini draft.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Voted. 1 "easy" matchup for me the other 2 were much closer IMO.

 

[Iceman]

Voted

 

[Theokritos]

FTR, I only have ballots from Iceman, ImporterExporter, Hawkey Town 18, TheDevilMadeMe and tony d.

 

[VanIslander]

I can't be the only one super busy away from a computer the last week of August.

As soon as we get 9 votes we're good to go.


I'll vote today (am on smartphone, limited beyond belief with this tech).

 

[VanIslander]

Theokritos has received 6 votes so far.

Reminders sent to the other 6 GMs to vote asap.

We should have at least 9 votes by Monday.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Sorry everyone but I knew I'd be busy.I have so much to catch up in the Top 100 preliminary thread too.

I'm voting now

 

[BenchBrawl]

voted

 

[ck26]

voted

 

[ResilientBeast]

Voted finally

 

[Theokritos]

I've got 9 ballots. The series results are:

Portland defeat Newport 4-3
Stars: Gretzky***, Forsberg**, Morenz*

Brooklyn defeat California 4-2
Stars: Messier***, Dryden**, Jagr*

Quebec defeat New Orleans 4-3
Stars: Hasek***, Sakic**, Potvin*

Chicago defeat Ottawa 4-3
Stars: Roy***, Orr**, Schmidt*

 

[BenchBrawl]

Thanks again Theo

Surprised Brooklyn defeated California by the biggest margin.California was one of my favorite teams and they managed to build a great 1st line around Bobby Hull and Frank Nighbor, both of which are difficult to build around.Combining them solved the problem.Then they had Shore and Plante too, so a lot of high end players and a pretty good team structure and depth overall.Brooklyn is also very strong of course, but the 4-2 gap surprised me.There is a (weak) argument that California had the best 4 players in the series if you think Nighbor > Messier and Jagr.

Good job to all teams involved.

 

[markrander87]

Round 6


68.JohnnyEngine - Dubai Mighty Camels - Jean Beliveau, C (Habs)

 

[VanIslander]

Round 9

97.VanIslander - Portland Buckaroos - Bernard Geoffrion, RW (Habs)
108.TheDevilMadeMe - Brooklyn Americans - Phil Esposito, C (Boston)

Round 10

114.Iceman - California Golden Seals - Steve Yzerman, C (Detroit)

Round 11

121.VanIslander - Portland Buckaroos - Syl Apps Sr., C (Toronto)

Round 18

216.VanIslander - Portland Buckaroos - Sid Abel, C/LW (Detroit)

And the two best values:

Round 21

249.ck26 - Lubbock Cotton Kings - Henri Richard, C (Habs)
251.Hawkey Town 18 - Chicago Cougars - Max Bentley, C (Chicago)