Buffalo made out like bandits, and Pittsburgh did well also - and looks to be lining up for a big offseason The loss of Staal is going to be fascinating to follow.
Glad the Oilers went with Yakupov as expected and was quite surprised to see Forsberg fall as much as he did, but can't read too much into it since there was such a crazy rush on defensemen.
I'm god damn excited Teravainen fell to the Hawks. How the hell did that happen?
Having Saad and Teravainen as the top 2 LW's in a few years is going to be amazing.
20 Team Dynasty (points per) - G (25, 50 for defense) A (25) PIM (3) PPP (15) SHP (25) OTG (15) GWG (25) HTr (50) SOW (75) HIT (1) BLK (2) W (50) SHO (100) OTL (10) GA (-15) SV (2) Use actual NHL salary
Start 12 F, 6 D, 1G weekly
F: Kucherov, Marchand, Barkov, Gaudreau, Laine, Aho, Dubois, Dadonov, Huberdeau, Trocheck, Bertuzzi, Beauvillier, Khaira, Grigorenko
D: Ekman-Larsson, Yandle, Edler, Pulock, Borowiecki, Weegar, Mike Reilly
G: Andersen, Hart
Farm: Boldy, Beckman, Wise, Mascherin, Kovalenko, Manukyan, Walker, Morozov, Shafigullin, Palmu, Tychonic, Zhuravlyov, Kesselring, Zamula, Lankinen, Sogaard, Ingram, Rybar
So who can we expect to see in the NHL next season? Yakupov, probably Murray, Dumba, Grigorenko, maybe Tanner Pearson?
i have no idea how to project Teravainen...HUGE riser, then become a HUGE faller. Makes no sense! I'll pass on him in fantasy now. Must be something bad about him, maybe he won't be able to add weight. Or Finns are just not hihgly regarded.
I think Galchenyuk will make the Habs. There isn't the slightest doubt in my mind he's NHL ready and the Habs have a glaring need for someone to step in and take over the 2nd line C duties.
Yahoo 1 Year Leagues:
G, A, PIM, +/-, PPP, SOG, HIT
W, GAA, SV%, SHO
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G, 4Bn, 1IR
A year lost or not it doesn't matter. I've watched him play and he's just as NHL ready as Nail Yakupov if not more so. His compete level, physical fitness and skill are second to none. In fact I think there's a good chance he becomes the best player out of this draft. It's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. Insult my opinion if you like, but if Zibanejad can play 9 games for the Senators right out of the draft, Galchenyuk can play 82.
Yahoo 1 Year Leagues:
G, A, PIM, +/-, PPP, SOG, HIT
W, GAA, SV%, SHO
2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G, 4Bn, 1IR
WHL - World Hockey League (24-Team Daily H2H)
Weighted Scoring: G(1),A(1),PPP(0.5),+/-(0.5), SOG/PIM/HIT/BLK(all 0.05), FOW-C(0.01)
Edmonton Roadrunners
C(3): Tavares, Couture, Girgensons
LW(3): Helm, Ott, Soderberg
RW(3): Ryan, Gallagher, Simmonds
F(3): Hemsky, Paquette, Markus Granlund
D(6): OEL, Gudas, Johnson, Savard, Quincey, Wideman
G(1): Halak, Smith, Lindback
Bench: Stoll, Stajan, Mckenzie, Pulkkinen
Prospects(10): Straka, Chartier, Crouse, EK Eriksson, Tuch, Koekkoek, Max Reinhart, Zboril, Bibeau, Jarry
RIP- Phil Philthy Animal Taylor- September 21, 1954-November 11, 2015.