Re: 2017/18 Rocky Horror Roto Show
YL's draft recap
Always enjoy doing my own draft recap,highlighting the picks I liked (Here's Johnny!) or didn't like(Redrum). Find it's a great tool to review post-year, and look backon biases I had in order to be aware of my tendencies/preferences infuture years.
Round 1
In the early rounds of this draft, youcan't really make any solid judgments, since each of these GM's bringa strategy to the draft, which often involves skipping higher ADPguys.
My pick: J.Benn
HJ: Burns at #3. He's the one I wanted.
RR: Bobrovsky at #10. Just not a bigfan of CBJ this year.
Round 2
My pick: K.Letang
HJ: Buff/Seguin – was really hopingone would slide back to me.
RR: None.
Round 3
My pick: J.Gibson
HJ: Scheifele. Really great value here.
RR: None really... though maybe a tadearly for Giroux if he doesn't bounce back.
Round 4
My pick: D.Doughty
HJ: J.Eichel. Awesome pick imo for Rd4.
RR: None.
Round 5
My pick: R.Getzlaf
HJ: Matthews & Backstrom went 2/3picks ahead of me. Solid value. Perry went this round too and couldbe a steal if he reverts to form.
RR: None again. Yep these GM's aregood.
Round 6
My pick: S.Darling
HJ: RyJo. Excellent value at thispoint.
RR: R.Lehner. I'm a huge fan of Lehnerand think the goalie run forced him (and my Darling pick) to betabbed a little earlier than usual.
Round 7
My pick: A.Radulov
HJ: Shattenkirk, Toews & Kopitar.All 3 were in my queue, but felt I could mine C later (correct) and Dlater (incorrect)
RR: A.Radulov. You either love him orhate him. I love him. But I doubt others had him ranked this high, soI likely could have waited another round or 2.
Round 8
My pick: E.Kane
HJ: Faulk. Big on CAR this year andreally thought I would snag him after a bit of a down year for himlast year.
RR: J.Schultz. Not a bad pick, justrequires a (likely) Letang injury to optimize value.
Round 9
My pick: J.Carlson
HJ: Carlson, Drouin, Kuzya all have thepotential to out-perform this draft slot imo.
RR: None. Strong picks throughout.
Round 10
My pick: R.Gudas
HJ: Kadri. Even if he doesn't deliverlike last year, he contributes across the board and should betaken/ranked higher every year.
RR: Gudas. I had him targeted here andtold myself once Phaneuf went I was grabbing him. He's a peripheralbeast, but it's a little early to go cat-specific with other morewell-rounded guys still available.
Round 11
My pick: L.Couture
HJ: Niederreiter. Just love him andexpect a huge year this year.
RR: Keslar. Awesome value, just goingto be a while. I actually think Puck Snatch was having techdifficulties and this was auto-picked for him. A huge chip once hecomes back – but perhaps would have been available a little later.
Round 12
My pick: A.Raanta
HJ: E.Lindholm. 4T2 said he was“reaching”, but I guarantee EL was on ALL of our boards thisyear. Think he will reward this draft slot. Also, nabbing Duchene inthis round has huge upside.
RR: Rakell. FOW from the wing are nice,just expecting a slight downturn in SOG/G from last season. Perhapsthey're made back in A's though.
Round 13
My pick: M.Stone
HJ: All the W's taken in this round(Hornqvist, Stone, Saad & Schwartz) were solid value imo.Thornton and Stepan are great value C's here too.
RR: B.Skjei. Just personally skepticalof him, and would have preferred Niskanen who went two picks later.
Round 14
My pick: J.Huberdeau
HJ: Huberdeau. Believe his ADP andforecasts were overly depressed due to injury last season (both himand to Barkov which hurts his optimal output).
RR: C.Sheary. A very decent gamble buta gamble nonetheless.
Round 15
My pick: J.Neal
HJ: T.Toffoli. Love this pick. I wentwith Neal looking for some extra peripherals – but in hindsight, Ithink Toff would have been the better choice.
RR: A.Shaw. An absolute beast for melast year, not sure coming off the concussion and adding Drouinthere's a top 6 slot to maximize his output this year.
Round 16
My pick: J.Staal
HJ: T.Barrie. Fantastic value. Hisinjury and the COL nightmare depressed his rank too far imo.
RR: P.Danault. Know Peng loves him andhe does bring solid FOW from the wing... I'm just hesitant on howJulien deploys PP time.
Round 17
My pick: P.Stastny
HJ: Mantha & Shipachyov. Both wereconsiderations for me before deciding to take Stastny. T.Johnson wasa nice pick here too imo.
RR: P.Budaj. I too am skeptical on Vasbeing able to handle a full season load, but not sure I'd have jumpedat this time for him.
Round 18
My pick: M.Del Zotto
HJ: D.Larkin. Think he'll bringfantastic value back for this round. The M.Green and E.Johnson pickswere really solid considering how decimated D was too.
RR: M.Rielly. A nice ace up the sleeveif Babs ever gives him PP time – but doesn't offer enoughperipherals to make up for that yet imo.
Round 19
My pick: Z.Parise
HJ: M.Domi and Parise were really solidvalue here imo. Liked the Gallagher pick too. Markov The Devil snipedmy R.Miller handcuff on me too here.
RR: S.Vatanen. Call this my buyer'sremorse after he sank my D strategy (along with Stralman) last year.Also just weary in general of guys coming off shoulder surgery.
Round 20
My pick: D.Severson
HJ: T.Hertl. One of my fave picks ofthe draft and disappointed I didn't take him. Also, J.Petry is greatvalue here. Consistently underrated for his cross-cat delivery.
RR: J.Puljujarvi. It's the time tothrow darts and he's a decent one. Just had a few others I'd haveconsidered first.
Round 21
My pick: T.Tatar
HJ: Tatar and Ryan are solid this late.I probably should have taken Borowiecki to create some scarcity, butI couldn't pass on Tats.
RR: I. Cole. A surprise peripheralbeast last season and maybe he repeats.
Round 22
My pick: S.Varlamov
HJ: Tons of great picks this round(Reinhart, Marleau, Nyquist, etc.) but Varly in the 22ndwas a big coup in my eyes.
RR: N.Holden. See I.Cole above.
Round 23
My pick: R.Pulock
HJ: M.Rantanen. Went right before me.Also H.Haapala was a target of mine for later in the draft.
RR: R.Pulock is a full on boom/bustpick here.
Round 24
My pick: M.Ferland
HJ: J.Ho-Sang, N.Schmaltz, N.Bonino,B.Montour – an awesome run of value early in this round.
RR: Brossoit and Stalock. Even if theirincumbents got injured, not sure I'd want them starting.
Round 25
My pick: D.Strome
HJ: N.Hanifin (right before me),A.DeBrincat (awesome rookie camp), V.Rask (wicked value) and evenD.Sedin (for the last round?) were all great last picks.
RR: None. Though if I'd gone Jagr as Iwas tempted to do, that would be it!
After having a chance to peruse each ofthe teams, this is the most balanced post-draft I've seen teams sinceI got to join a few years ago. Should make for another great,competitive and fun year in the Show!!
RHRS, Yahoo, 12-team, Roto
PQMC, Yahoo, 12-team, Keep 11, H2H
Taro Tsujimoto Draft League, Fantrax, 6-team, pts-only (*2018 draftees or later only)
Hanson Bros., Fantrax, 10-Team, Keep 8, weighted scoring
Black & Blue, Fantrax, 12-Team, Dynasty, H2H weighted
The Dream Team League, Fantrax, 14-Team, Dynasty, H2H
On Frozen Ponds, Fantrax 10-Team, Dynasty, Roto
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