Dobber Pro (Campbell) draft #1

[Chinny]

The Campbell league held their draft last night, here are the results, please comment with thoughts as I will be looking for material for a write up and always great to hear other opinions!

The Comish
1. (1) Alex Ovechkin (Was - LW)
2. (24) Miikka Kiprusoff (Cgy - G)
3. (25) Duncan Keith (Chi - D)
4. (48) Dan Boyle (SJ - D)
5. (49) Zdeno Chara (Bos - D)
6. (72) Carey Price (Mon - G)
7. (73) Andrei Markov (Mon - D)
8. (96) Patrik Elias (NJ - C,LW)
9. (97) David Backes (StL - RW)
10. (120) Ryane Clowe (SJ - LW)
11. (121) Shane Doan (Pho - RW)
12. (144) Tobias Enstrom (Atl - D)
13. (145) Martin Havlat (Min - RW)
14. (168) Mike Ribeiro (Dal - C)
15. (169) Tim Connolly (Buf - C)
16. (192) Alex Tanguay (Cgy - LW)
17. (193) Cam Barker (Min - D)
18. (216) Stephen Weiss (Fla - C)
19. (217) Rick DiPietro (NYI - G)
20. (240) Martin Erat (Nsh - RW)
21. (241) Jason Arnott (NJ - C)
22. (264) R.J. Umberger (Cls - C)
23. (265) Shawn Horcoff (Edm - C)
24. (288) J.P. Dumont (Nsh - RW)
25. (289) Milan Michalek (Ott - LW)


Zorro's Howitzers
1. (2) Sidney Crosby (Pit - C)
2. (23) Henrik Sedin (Van - C)
3. (26) Cam Ward (Car - G)
4. (47) Jonathan Toews (Chi - C)
5. (50) Eric Staal (Car - C)
6. (71) Nicklas Lidstrom (Det - D)
7. (74) Niklas Backstrom (Min - G)
8. (95) Ryan Smyth (LA - LW)
9. (98) Johan Franzen (Det - RW)
10. (119) Dan Ellis (TB - G)
11. (122) Tomas Plekanec (Mon - C)
12. (143) Dustin Brown (LA - RW)
13. (146) James Neal (Dal - LW)
14. (167) Ian White (Cgy - D)
15. (170) Patric Hornqvist (Nsh - RW)
16. (191) Alexei Ponikarovsky (LA - LW)
17. (194) Keith Ballard (Van - D)
18. (215) Vinny Prospal (NYR - LW)
19. (218) Anton Stralman (Cls - D)
20. (239) Justin Williams (LA - RW)
21. (242) Ray Whitney (Pho - LW)
22. (263) Carlo Colaiacovo (StL - D)
23. (266) Radim Vrbata (Pho - RW)
24. (287) Francois Beauchemin (Tor - D)
25. (290) Jaroslav Spacek (Mon - D)


metaldude26
1. (3) Evgeni Malkin (Pit - C)
2. (22) Tuukka Rask (Bos - G)
3. (27) Patrick Marleau (SJ - C,LW)
4. (46) Chris Pronger (Phi - D)
5. (51) Michael Cammalleri (Mon - LW)
6. (70) Marian Hossa (Chi - RW)
7. (75) Patrick Sharp (Chi - C,LW)
8. (94) Erik Karlsson (Ott - D)
9. (99) Brad Richards (Dal - C)
10. (118) Pascal Leclaire (Ott - G)
11. (123) Brian Elliott (Ott - G)
12. (142) Jason Pominville (Buf - RW)
13. (147) Kris Letang (Pit - D)
14. (166) Jordan Eberle (Edm - C)
15. (171) Marek Zidlicky (Min - D)
16. (190) Brad Boyes (StL - RW)
17. (195) Andrew Brunette (Min - LW)
18. (214) Pavel Kubina (TB - D)
19. (219) Tyler Bozak (Tor - C)
20. (238) Matt Carkner (Ott - D)
21. (243) Bryan Little (Atl - RW)
22. (262) Tomas Holmstrom (Det - RW)
23. (267) Benoit Pouliot (Mon - LW)
24. (286) Kevin Shattenkirk (Col - D)
25. (291) Derek Stepan (NYR - C)

rattus rattus
1. (4) Daniel Sedin (Van - LW)
2. (21) Jimmy Howard (Det - G)
3. (28) Semyon Varlamov (Was - G)
4. (45) Joe Thornton (SJ - C)
5. (52) Shea Weber (Nsh - D)
6. (69) Nathan Horton (Bos - RW)
7. (76) Michael Leighton (Phi - G)
8. (93) Joe Pavelski (SJ - C,RW)
9. (100) Milan Lucic (Bos - LW)
10. (117) David Krejci (Bos - C)
11. (124) Michal Neuvirth (Was - G)
12. (141) Dan Carcillo (Phi - LW)
13. (148) Devin Setoguchi (SJ - RW)
14. (165) Ryan Whitney (Edm - D)
15. (172) Joni Pitkanen (Car - D)
16. (189) Jordan Staal (Pit - C)
17. (196) Dennis Seidenberg (Bos - D)
18. (213) Mike Comrie (Pit - LW)
19. (220) Jamie Langenbrunner (NJ - RW)
20. (237) Jason Demers (SJ - D)
21. (244) Scottie Upshall (Pho - RW)
22. (261) Matthew Lombardi (Nsh - C)
23. (268) Randy Jones (TB - D)
24. (285) Brian Boucher (Phi - G)
25. (292) Tyler Kennedy (Pit - C,LW)

[Chinny]

Thunder Bay Moose
1. (5) Roberto Luongo (Van - G)
2. (20) Marc-Andre Fleury (Pit - G)
3. (29) Alexander Semin (Was - RW)
4. (44) Jarome Iginla (Cgy - RW)
5. (53) Jeff Carter (Phi - C)
6. (68) Paul Stastny (Col - C)
7. (77) Sergei Gonchar (Ott - D)
8. (92) Loui Eriksson (Dal - RW)
9. (101) Tyler Ennis (Buf - C,LW)
10. (116) Andy McDonald (StL - LW)
11. (125) Tomas Kaberle (Tor - D)
12. (140) Brenden Morrow (Dal - LW)
13. (149) Jamie McBain (Car - D)
14. (164) Wayne Simmonds (LA - RW)
15. (173) Kristian Huselius (Cls - LW)
16. (188) Victor Hedman (TB - D)
17. (197) Evander Kane (Atl - LW)
18. (212) Steve Ott (Dal - C)
19. (221) James Wisniewski (NYI - D)
20. (236) Dwayne Roloson (NYI - G)
21. (245) Blake Wheeler (Bos - RW)
22. (260) Brent Burns (Min - D)
23. (269) Pierre-Marc Bouchard (Min - LW)
24. (284) Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Pho - D)
25. (293) Rich Peverley (Atl - C)

Loki
1. (6) Ryan Miller (Buf - G)
2. (19) Steven Stamkos (TB - C)
3. (30) Patrick Kane (Chi - RW)
4. (43) Pavel Datsyuk (Det - C)
5. (54) Taylor Hall (Edm - LW)
6. (67) Claude Giroux (Phi - RW)
7. (78) John Tavares (NYI - C)
8. (91) Alexander Frolov (NYR - LW)
9. (102) Tyler Myers (Buf - D)
10. (115) Kari Lehtonen (Dal - G)
11. (126) Alex Goligoski (Pit - D)
12. (139) Chris Mason (Atl - G)
13. (150) Jamie Benn (Dal - LW)
14. (163) Ville Leino (Phi - LW)
15. (174) John Carlson (Was - D)
16. (187) Zach Bogosian (Atl - D)
17. (198) Milan Hejduk (Col - RW)
18. (211) Michael Frolik (Fla - RW)
19. (222) Tyler Seguin (Bos - C)
20. (235) Cody Franson (Nsh - D)
21. (246) Valtteri Filppula (Det - C)
22. (259) Alex Pietrangelo (StL - D)
23. (270) Derick Brassard (Cls - C)
24. (283) Colin Wilson (Nsh - C)
25. (294) Nazem Kadri (Tor - C)

Mabus
1. (7) Jaroslav Halak (StL - G)
2. (18) Henrik Lundqvist (NYR - G)
3. (31) Marian Gaborik (NYR - RW)
4. (42) Bobby Ryan (Anh - LW)
5. (55) Mike Richards (Phi - C)
6. (66) Erik Johnson (StL - D)
7. (79) Christian Ehrhoff (Van - D)
8. (90) Simon Gagne (TB - LW)
9. (103) Paul Martin (Pit - D)
10. (114) Kyle Okposo (NYI - RW)
11. (127) Brian Campbell (Chi - D)
12. (138) Jiri Hudler (Det - RW)
13. (151) David Clarkson (NJ - RW)
14. (162) Tim Thomas (Bos - G)
15. (175) Olli Jokinen (Cgy - C)
16. (186) Jay Bouwmeester (Cgy - D)
17. (199) Marc Savard (Bos - C)
18. (210) Tuomo Ruutu (Car - LW)
19. (223) Anton Babchuk (Car - D)
20. (234) Johnny Boychuk (Bos - D)
21. (247) David Perron (StL - LW)
22. (258) Troy Brouwer (Chi - RW)
23. (271) James van Riemsdyk (Phi - LW)
24. (282) Peter Regin (Ott - C)
25. (295) Jarret Stoll (LA - C)


Crazynuck
1. (8) Dany Heatley (SJ - LW,RW)
2. (17) Corey Perry (Anh - RW)
3. (32) Martin St. Louis (TB - RW)
4. (41) Ryan Getzlaf (Anh - C)
5. (56) Mark Streit (NYI - D)
6. (65) Jonas Hiller (Anh - G)
7. (80) Ales Hemsky (Edm - RW)
8. (89) Lubomir Visnovsky (Anh - D)
9. (104) Brooks Laich (Was - LW)
10. (113) Jussi Jokinen (Car - LW)
11. (128) Mike Smith (TB - G)
12. (137) Matt Duchene (Col - C)
13. (152) Mikael Samuelsson (Van - RW)
14. (161) Kevin Bieksa (Van - D)
15. (176) Ryan Suter (Nsh - D)
16. (185) Patrice Bergeron (Bos - C)
17. (200) Jonas Gustavsson (Tor - G)
18. (209) David Booth (Fla - LW)
19. (224) Kyle Quincey (Col - D)
20. (233) Dan Hamhuis (Van - D)
21. (248) Mike Fisher (Ott - C)
22. (257) Ryan Malone (TB - LW)
23. (272) Colton Orr (Tor - RW)
24. (281) Jeff Deslauriers (Edm - G)
25. (296) Chris Kunitz (Pit - LW)

[Chinny]

Serious Chinny
1. (9) Ilya Kovalchuk (NJ - LW,RW)
2. (16) Ilya Bryzgalov (Pho - G)
3. (33) Rick Nash (Cls - LW,RW)
4. (40) Tomas Vokoun (Fla - G)
5. (57) Thomas Vanek (Buf - LW)
6. (64) Steve Downie (TB - RW)
7. (81) Brian Rafalski (Det - D)
8. (88) Keith Yandle (Pho - D)
9. (105) Mikko Koivu (Min - C)
10. (112) Derek Roy (Buf - C)
11. (129) Kurtis Foster (Edm - D)
12. (136) P.K. Subban (Mon - D)
13. (153) Kris Versteeg (Tor - LW)
14. (160) Brian Gionta (Mon - RW)
15. (177) Michael Del Zotto (NYR - D)
16. (184) Alex Steen (StL - C)
17. (201) Sheldon Souray (Edm - D)
18. (208) Teemu Selanne (Anh - RW)
19. (225) Andrei Kostitsyn (Mon - LW)
20. (232) Dennis Wideman (Fla - D)
21. (249) Alex Kovalev (Ott - RW)
22. (256) Brandon Dubinsky (NYR - C)
23. (273) Matt Moulson (NYI - LW)
24. (280) Ondrej Pavelec (Atl - G)
25. (297) Matt Stajan (Cgy - C)

Sentium
1. (10) Mike Green (Was - D)
2. (15) Zach Parise (NJ - LW)
3. (34) Marty Turco (Chi - G)
4. (39) Craig Anderson (Col - G)
5. (58) Daniel Alfredsson (Ott - RW)
6. (63) Jason Spezza (Ott - C)
7. (82) Ryan Kesler (Van - C)
8. (87) Chris Stewart (Col - RW)
9. (106) Travis Zajac (NJ - C)
10. (111) Peter Mueller (Col - C,LW)
11. (130) Danny Briere (Phi - RW)
12. (135) Wojtek Wolski (Pho - LW)
13. (154) Rene Bourque (Cgy - RW)
14. (159) Mason Raymond (Van - LW)
15. (178) Tom Gilbert (Edm - D)
16. (183) Niklas Kronwall (Det - D)
17. (202) Scott Gomez (Mon - C)
18. (207) Kimmo Timonen (Phi - D)
19. (226) Jonathan Bernier (LA - G)
20. (231) John-Michael Liles (Col - D)
21. (250) Carl Gunnarsson (Tor - D)
22. (255) Andrew Ladd (Atl - LW)
23. (274) Todd Bertuzzi (Det - RW)
24. (279) Dave Bolland (Chi - C)
25. (298) Jeff Skinner (Car - RW)

smoothfun
1. (11) Nicklas Backstrom (Was - C)
2. (14) Drew Doughty (LA - D)
3. (35) Jonathan Quick (LA - G)
4. (38) Alexandre Burrows (Van - LW)
5. (59) Anze Kopitar (LA - C)
6. (62) Steve Mason (Cls - G)
7. (83) Jakub Voracek (Cls - RW)
8. (86) Alexander Edler (Van - D)
9. (107) Antti Niemi (SJ - G)
10. (110) Antero Niittymaki (SJ - G)
11. (131) Dustin Penner (Edm - LW)
12. (134) Nik Antropov (Atl - C)
13. (155) Andy Greene (NJ - D)
14. (158) Niclas Bergfors (Atl - RW)
15. (179) Antoine Vermette (Cls - C)
16. (182) Mike Knuble (Was - RW)
17. (203) Matt Carle (Phi - D)
18. (206) Nikita Filatov (Cls - LW)
19. (227) T.J. Oshie (StL - C)
20. (230) Ed Jovanovski (Pho - D)
21. (251) Steve Sullivan (Nsh - LW)
22. (254) Fedor Tyutin (Cls - D)
23. (275) Ryan Callahan (NYR - RW)
24. (278) Saku Koivu (Anh - C)
25. (299) Derek Morris (Pho - D)

Fergie26's Leafs
1. (12) Martin Brodeur (NJ - G)
2. (13) Pekka Rinne (Nsh - G)
3. (36) Dion Phaneuf (Tor - D)
4. (37) Henrik Zetterberg (Det - C)
5. (60) Vincent Lecavalier (TB - C)
6. (61) Phil Kessel (Tor - RW)
7. (84) Bryan McCabe (Fla - D)
8. (85) Scott Hartnell (Phi - LW)
9. (108) Mark Giordano (Cgy - D)
10. (109) Dustin Byfuglien (Atl - RW,D)
11. (132) Sean Avery (NYR - LW)
12. (133) Nikolai Zherdev (Phi - RW)
13. (156) Brent Seabrook (Chi - D)
14. (157) Tomas Fleischmann (Was - LW)
15. (180) Jack Johnson (LA - D)
16. (181) Sam Gagner (Edm - C)
17. (204) Jeff Schultz (Was - D)
18. (205) Stephane Robidas (Dal - D)
19. (228) Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Tor - G)
20. (229) Guillaume Latendresse (Min - LW)
21. (252) Eric Fehr (Was - RW)
22. (253) Lee Stempniak (Pho - RW)
23. (276) Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson (Edm - LW)
24. (277) Brandon Sutter (Car - C)
25. (300) Mathieu Perreault (Was - C)

[Blueman]

I like Serious Chinny's balance and picks the best. Looks like something off of my 'wanted' list for my pools.

I can tell that Fergie stole Hartnell from you..

[Sin Bin]

Chinny jumped out to me too. Kovalchuck at 9 and getting Nash in round 3 and both with dual wing eligibility. I had 3 wings with dual eligibility last year and that flexibility was great especially for injury fill-ins.

[smoothfun]

Hmmm....the little train that could , maybe , God help me , lol!

[GMGates]

Metal's team is pretty solid as well, just might need a slight upgrade in net over that Ottawa duo haha.

[Chicleteur]

I like Marcus a lot as a wild card. His offense is just plain awesome, but I'm sure he's already praying for Hiller to stay healthy. However, he has the depth up front to deal for another G.

[doulos]

I like Mabus' team quite a bit to be honest.

[mabus]

During the draft I was thinking the Metaldude and Chinny were assembling the best teams over the top half of the draw. Over the second half, my list seemed to be quite a bit different than most, so I wasn't watching everyone else's picks as closely. Up until the Price pick, I was a big fan of the Commish.

Thanks Doulos. Having Miller go right before me in 1 and Kane in 3 hurt a bit. My strategy last year was to have among the best G and D and just try to be balanced elsewhere to allow maximum flexibility in watching the wire during the season. Halak's certainly not a guarantee, but in combination with Lundqvist, I should be in the top 3 in all three goalie categories. Getting 7 solid D (Johnson, Ehrhoff, Martin, Campbell, Bouwmeester, Babchuk and Boychuk) was the next goal. Up front, I've got some injury risks (Gaborik, Gagne and Savard) but I wouldn't have been able to draft them where I did if they didn't have those risks.

Should be a fun league.

Mabus

[The Comish]

Up until the Price pick, I was a big fan of The Comish

Lots of unbelievers out there (and in our forums) on Price, but I think the Montreal braintrust is pretty smart. They feel Price's upside is higher than Halak's and I agree. They have set the table for Price to succeed. The Habs play a defensive style and that will only help Price.

Price will have a good to very good year. Book it.

[mabus]

I'll phrase my comment slightly different then - Your first 5 picks were probably the best first 5 picks in the draft. Ovechkin is the best person by a mile, and gives you a huge advantage even over the team that gets Crosby. He is the most dominant player in roto leagues by a mile. I think whoever picks second would be better off if he traded 2nd overall plus his third round pick for first overall and a 10th round pick. After taking Ovechkin, goaltending is the shallowest position in a saves based league. Getting Kipper was great. Keith is one of the best D around, and Chara was an absolute steal where you got him. In short, if I'd had #1 overall, the dream scenario would have almost been the same as your first 5 rounds. Maybe the only error on your part at the top was Goals - the top goal scorers go early, and are overvalued in trading and are hard to acquire. Regardless, your team was great for the first 5 rounds.

After round 5, most of your picks were solid, but I wouldn't say your end roster is one of the top 2. Price is part of the package, but not the determining factor. I guess I'm just trying to say that the first 5 rounds were better than the next 15.

Regardless, it's going to be a fun year. Enough about guessing which rosters are good and which ones are not good, it's almost time to drop the puck.

Mabus