Button released updated rankings today:
http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=49649
I watched Nichushkin at those U17. He was probably the best player in the tournament (definitely had a better tournament than MacKinnon, but he was playing hurt ). Very impressive Russian. I'd be surprised to see him go top 2 but I guess we never know. Lots of hockey and viewings left
Button released updated rankings today:
http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=49649
UHL Pittsburgh Penguins
24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team
C- Tavares, Stepan, Granlund, Bjugstad, Couturier
LW- Ryan, Perron, Ennis, Killorn, Spaling
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Wingels, Shaw
D- JJ, Schultz, Cowen, Muzzin, Bortuzzo, Stanton
G- Lehtonen, Rämö
F: Lehterä, Wennberg, McNeill, de la Rose, Fast, Leivo, Arnold, Archibald, Lindström
D: Gelinas, Beaulieu, Koekkoek, McCabe, Johns, Gryba
G: Berra, Talbot, Brossoit, Ullmark, Lieuwen, Rynnäs
*UHL Champion 2014*
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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Latest update from Button:
http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=49649
UHL Pittsburgh Penguins
24 Team Fantrax Salary Cap H2H Dynasty League
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, Blks, FOW
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SO
23 Man Roster - 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 3F, 6D, 1G, 4BN, 4IR
27 Man Minor Team
C- Tavares, Stepan, Granlund, Bjugstad, Couturier
LW- Ryan, Perron, Ennis, Killorn, Spaling
RW- Wheeler, Simmonds, Coyle, Wingels, Shaw
D- JJ, Schultz, Cowen, Muzzin, Bortuzzo, Stanton
G- Lehtonen, Rämö
F: Lehterä, Wennberg, McNeill, de la Rose, Fast, Leivo, Arnold, Archibald, Lindström
D: Gelinas, Beaulieu, Koekkoek, McCabe, Johns, Gryba
G: Berra, Talbot, Brossoit, Ullmark, Lieuwen, Rynnäs
*UHL Champion 2014*
At this point it's getting tough to justify MacKinnon over Drouin. I think he made the right call.
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I heard him last night on NHLN extolling the virtues of Seth Jones as his #1. Pleasantly surprised, I was.
EDIT: oh...and really gushed over Fucale too. A name with which I am unfamiliar.
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1- Seth Jones
2- Nathan MacKinnon
3- Jonathan Drouin
4- Aleksander Barkov
5- Valeri Nichushkin
6- Elias Lindholm
7- Sean Monahan
8- Hunter Shinkaruk
9- Nikita Zadorov
10- Adam Erne
11- Darnell Nurse
12- Max Domi
13- Rasmus Ristolainen
14- Ryan Pulock
15- Josh Morrissey
16- Frederik Gauthier
17- Zach Fucale
18- Anthony Mantha
19- Robert Hagg
20- Kerby Rychel
21- Ryan Hartman
22- Curtis Lazar
23- Bo Horvat
24- Alexander Wennberg
25- Eric Comrie
26- Andre Burakovsky
27- Nicolas Petan
28- Morgan Klimchuk
29- Anthony Duclair
30- Mirco Mueller
I came across this the other day, obviously everyones rankings are going to be different based on how you value the player and see his potential, so give poor craig a break haha
Straight Points keeper league. Keep 5 Forwards,3 defence,1 goalie.
F: Nicklas Backstrom, Joe Thornton, Henrik Zetterberg, Zach Parise, Logan Couture
D: Erik Karlsson, Alex Pietrangelo, Oliver Ekman-Larsson
G: Sergei Bobrovsky
Anthony Mantha is one of the most NHL ready forward prospect in this draft. He missed the cut for last year draft by one day, and he is already built like a man.
He's got an absolutely great hockey mind and a wicked shot. I would love to see him on the Habs. I'm not a big fan of comparing players but Mantha reminds me a lot of Sean Couturier (Coots defensive game was more advanced though)
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I like Fucale a lot and have watched him plenty in Halifax. Good goaltender....yes but phenomenal.....nope. I just don't see elite talent there. He's very smart and economical in his movements and he's got an icecold demeanor but he hasn't dominated the way I'd need a goalie to in order to call him phenomenal.
Sure his W-L record is insane but his team is out of this world.
I think he's worthy of mid to late 1st round consideration
I came to say the same thing. "Phenomenal" is not exactly the most accurate description. In all honestly, I am not sure I would draft a goaltender in the first round this year. Fucale is good but I don't see that "elite" goaltender status at this point in time like we did in Vasilevski and Subban last year. With the depth of first round skaters, I think Fucale would make a suitable mid-late first/early second (unless a team has multiple 1sts....ahem, Columbus). I think playing on a stacked Mooseheads' team probably hurts him more than it helps him this year.
Eric Comrie, Spencer Martin and Tristan Jarry seem to have as much upside as Fucale so I wouldn't be able to justify an early first round pick on him if you can land one of the others in the second round.
Is this the year to stock pile some first and second round picks? For example in a 16 team league with 2 first round and 2 second round picks, you would be able to get 4 out of the top 32 players taken.
Any one else loading up on picks for this up coming draft?
12 Team Dynasty League - ESPN Points league / Weekly Head to Head
After the top guys it will drop off like most drafts.
I think this draft is very deep much like the 2010 draft. I'd be loading up on picks.
Yahoo 1 Year Leagues:
G, A, PIM, +/-, PPP, SOG, HIT
W, GAA, SV%, SHO
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G, 4Bn, 1IR
I personally don't see the reason to go overly gung-ho for picks. The draft pool is deeper but the same problems as usual are there: bust potential, development time, limited roster space, etc. At the right price by all means stock up but don't go out of your way to chase unproven assets.
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