2013/14 Dobber Tier III Entry League: Norris Division

[Laendarian]

haha I missed the first pick and rushed the next couple trying to get in, but hopefully a bit of WW or trade action will shore things up from a bit of a shaky draft ><

[Kofax]

Good luck to all, enjoyed the draft except for my pick being hijacked by habs in rnds 1(giroux),3(buff),5(dubnyk),7(edler) not even joking, that how it goes though! Breezed through the rosters kofax looks pretty solid especially if bernier wins the starting job and sid is healthy. I messed up an couple picks but that usually happens

Don't say that! Ha ha, now I'm expected to perform!! Too much pressure!

I've never participated in such a deep draft. It was difficult. My goal going in was to focus on offense early and take goaltenders later than most. I worry about my goaltending, how Ward bounces back from the injury, Khudobin pushing him, and Bernier is a definite risk. I'm hoping I can stay middle of the pack or so with them. Defense I kind of left until the end and used to fill out hits and +/-. We'll see how it works out.

Some of my thoughts:
I think Kyle's Team for one looks really strong, well rounded.
Feinting Goc gave me fits stealing my picks throughout the draft.
Steve Downie and MacKinnon were solid picks at their positions by Laendarian. (I had MacKinnon lined up next, but he never made it. Downie I completely whiffed on).
A couple of teams are in it realy tough for goaltending.

[Pengwin7]

ROUNDS 1-12 OF THE NORRIS DIVISION (TIER III):
[AndreasK and KevinL on auto-draft all night]

Round 1
1. Alex Ovechkin (Was - RW) SuluShattenk...
2. Sidney Crosby (Pit - C) Kofax's Team
3. Steven Stamkos (TB - C) Feinting Goc
4. Evgeni Malkin (Pit - C,RW) The Golden P...
5. John Tavares (NYI - C) Kevin L's Le...
6. Henrik Lundqvist (NYR - G) Hitchcock Bl...
7. Claude Giroux (Phi - C,RW) Habs7079
8. Tuukka Rask (Bos - G) Holypuck
9. Patrick Kane (Chi - C,RW) Kyle's Team
10. Antti Niemi (SJ - G) Baked Briere
11. Phil Kessel (Tor - RW) Andreas K's ...
12. Henrik Sedin (Van - C) Laendarian
13. James Neal (Pit - LW,RW) Team Suvo
14. Jonathan Quick (LA - G) Canuckleheads
15. Erik Karlsson (Ott - D) Big Ev
16. Jeremy Smith (Cls - G) -Dummy Comis...

Round 2
1. Chris Driedger (Ott - G) -Dummy Comis...
2. Pekka Rinne (Nsh - G) Big Ev
3. Jimmy Howard (Det - G) Canuckleheads
4. Corey Crawford (Chi - G) Team Suvo
5. Eric Staal (Car - C) Laendarian
6. Martin St. Louis (TB - RW) Andreas K's ...
7. P.K. Subban (Mon - D) Baked Briere
8. Rick Nash (NYR - LW,RW) Kyle's Team
9. Taylor Hall (Edm - LW) Holypuck
10. Carey Price (Mon - G) Habs7079
11. Zach Parise (Min - LW) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Nicklas Backstrom (Was - C) Kevin L's Le...
13. Craig Anderson (Ott - G) The Golden P...
14. Roberto Luongo (Van - G) Feinting Goc
15. Pavel Datsyuk (Det - C,LW) Kofax's Team
16. Kris Letang (Pit - D) SuluShattenk...

Round 3
1. Evander Kane (Wpg - LW) SuluShattenk...
2. Anze Kopitar (LA - C) Kofax's Team
3. Marc-Andre Fleury (Pit - G) Feinting Goc
4. Sergei Bobrovsky (Cls - G) The Golden P...
5. Daniel Sedin (Van - LW) Kevin L's Le...
6. Bobby Ryan (Ott - LW,RW) Hitchcock Bl...
7. Dustin Byfuglien (Wpg - RW,D) Habs7079
8. Henrik Zetterberg (Det - C,LW) Holypuck
9. Ryan Miller (Buf - G) Kyle's Team
10. Mike Smith (Pho - G) Baked Briere
11. Corey Perry (Anh - RW) Andreas K's ...
12. Jonathan Toews (Chi - C) Laendarian
13. Dustin Brown (LA - LW,RW) Team Suvo
14. Shea Weber (Nsh - D) Canuckleheads
15. Jason Spezza (Ott - C) Big Ev
16. Thomas Larkin (Cls - D) -Dummy Comis...

Round 4
1. Karl Stollery (Col - D) -Dummy Comis...
2. Ryan Getzlaf (Anh - C) Big Ev
3. Matt Duchene (Col - C,LW) Canuckleheads
4. Jamie Benn (Dal - LW) Team Suvo
5. Braden Holtby (Was - G) Laendarian
6. Jordan Eberle (Edm - RW) Andreas K's ...
7. Matt Moulson (NYI - LW) Baked Briere
8. Chris Kunitz (Pit - LW) Kyle's Team
9. David Backes (StL - C,RW) Holypuck
10. Max Pacioretty (Mon - LW) Habs7079
11. Niklas Backstrom (Min - G) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Thomas Vanek (Buf - LW,RW) Kevin L's Le...
13. Tyler Seguin (Dal - C,RW) The Golden P...
14. Kari Lehtonen (Dal - G) Feinting Goc
15. Alexander Semin (Car - LW,RW) Kofax's Team
16. Cory Schneider (NJ - G) SuluShattenk...

Round 5
1. Ondrej Pavelec (Wpg - G) SuluShattenk...
2. Cam Ward (Car - G) Kofax's Team
3. Brent Burns (SJ - RW,D) Feinting Goc
4. Logan Couture (SJ - C,LW) The Golden P...
5. Nail Yakupov (Edm - RW) Kevin L's Le...
6. Jakub Voracek (Phi - RW) Hitchcock Bl...
7. Devan Dubnyk (Edm - G) Habs7079
8. Evgeni Nabokov (NYI - G) Holypuck
9. Gabriel Landeskog (Col - LW) Kyle's Team
10. P.A. Parenteau (Col - RW) Baked Briere
11. Patrick Sharp (Chi - C,LW) Andreas K's ...
12. Zdeno Chara (Bos - D) Laendarian
13. Mike Green (Was - D) Team Suvo
14. Blake Wheeler (Wpg - RW) Canuckleheads
15. Jonas Hiller (Anh - G) Big Ev
16. Gianluca Curcuruto (Cls - D) -Dummy Comis...

Round 6
1. Austin Madaisky (Cls - D) -Dummy Comis...
2. Joe Thornton (SJ - C) Big Ev
3. Joffrey Lupul (Tor - LW,RW) Canuckleheads
4. Marian Gaborik (Cls - RW) Team Suvo
5. Milan Lucic (Bos - LW) Laendarian
6. Mike Ribeiro (Pho - C) Andreas K's ...
7. Dion Phaneuf (Tor - D) Baked Briere
8. Jeff Carter (LA - C,LW,RW) Kyle's Team
9. Derek Stepan (NYR - C) Holypuck
10. Ryan Kesler (Van - C) Habs7079
11. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Edm - C) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Ryan Suter (Min - D) Kevin L's Le...
13. Alex Pietrangelo (StL - D) The Golden P...
14. Andrew Ladd (Wpg - LW) Feinting Goc
15. Drew Doughty (LA - D) Kofax's Team
16. Patrick Marleau (SJ - C,LW) SuluShattenk...

Round 7
1. Keith Yandle (Pho - D) SuluShattenk...
2. Loui Eriksson (Bos - LW,RW) Kofax's Team
3. Pascal Dupuis (Pit - LW,RW) Feinting Goc
4. Semyon Varlamov (Col - G) The Golden P...
5. David Krejci (Bos - C) Kevin L's Le...
6. Ryan Callahan (NYR - RW) Hitchcock Bl...
7. Alexander Edler (Van - D) Habs7079
8. Michael Del Zotto (NYR - D) Holypuck
9. Brian Elliott (StL - G) Kyle's Team
10. Joe Pavelski (SJ - C,RW) Baked Briere
11. Duncan Keith (Chi - D) Andreas K's ...
12. Jaroslav Halak (StL - G) Laendarian
13. Jeff Skinner (Car - C,RW) Team Suvo
14. Brad Richards (NYR - C) Canuckleheads
15. Marian Hossa (Chi - RW) Big Ev
16. Anthony Bitetto (Nsh - D) -Dummy Comis...

Round 8
1. Dillon Heatherington (Cls - D) -Dummy Comis...
2. Patrice Bergeron (Bos - C) Big Ev
3. Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Pho - D) Canuckleheads
4. Vincent Lecavalier (Phi - C) Team Suvo
5. Kevin Shattenkirk (StL - D) Laendarian
6. Mark Streit (Phi - D) Andreas K's ...
7. Troy Brouwer (Was - RW) Baked Briere
8. Dan Boyle (SJ - D) Kyle's Team
9. Niklas Kronwall (Det - D) Holypuck
10. Jarome Iginla (Bos - RW) Habs7079
11. Jason Pominville (Min - RW) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Justin Schultz (Edm - D) Kevin L's Le...
13. Scott Hartnell (Phi - LW) The Golden P...
14. Slava Voynov (LA - D) Feinting Goc
15. Jonathan Bernier (Tor - G) Kofax's Team
16. Alex Galchenyuk (Mon - C,LW) SuluShattenk...

Round 9
1. Johan Franzen (Det - LW,RW) SuluShattenk...
2. James van Riemsdyk (Tor - LW) Kofax's Team
3. Mikko Koivu (Min - C) Feinting Goc
4. Nazem Kadri (Tor - C) The Golden P...
5. Martin Brodeur (NJ - G) Kevin L's Le...
6. Ray Emery (Phi - G) Hitchcock Bl...
7. Radim Vrbata (Pho - RW) Habs7079
8. Wayne Simmonds (Phi - RW) Holypuck
9. Tim Thomas (Fla - G) Kyle's Team
10. Jacob Markstrom (Fla - G) Baked Briere
11. Viktor Fasth (Anh - G) Andreas K's ...
12. Mike Richards (LA - C,LW) Laendarian
13. Tomas Vokoun (Pit - G) Team Suvo
14. Tomas Plekanec (Mon - C) Canuckleheads
15. Brad Marchand (Bos - LW) Big Ev
16. Michael Sdao (Ott - D) -Dummy Comis...

Round 10
1. Michael Chaput (Cls - C) -Dummy Comis...
2. Patrik Elias (NJ - C,LW) Big Ev
3. Jordan Staal (Car - C,LW) Canuckleheads
4. Jonathan Huberdeau (Fla - C,LW) Team Suvo
5. Andrei Markov (Mon - D) Laendarian
6. Brian Campbell (Fla - D) Andreas K's ...
7. Brayden Schenn (Phi - C,LW) Baked Briere
8. Vladimir Tarasenko (StL - RW) Kyle's Team
9. Alexandre Burrows (Van - LW,RW) Holypuck
10. James Reimer (Tor - G) Habs7079
11. Karri Ramo (Cgy - G) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Tobias Enstrom (Wpg - D) Kevin L's Le...
13. Chris Stewart (StL - RW) The Golden P...
14. David Clarkson (Tor - RW) Feinting Goc
15. Tyler Ennis (Buf - C,LW) Kofax's Team
16. Sam Gagner (Edm - C,RW) SuluShattenk...

Round 11
1. Tomas Fleischmann (Fla - LW) SuluShattenk...
2. Justin Williams (LA - RW) Kofax's Team
3. Zach Bogosian (Wpg - D) Feinting Goc
4. Jiri Tlusty (Car - LW) The Golden P...
5. Sergei Gonchar (Dal - D) Kevin L's Le...
6. Cody Hodgson (Buf - C,RW) Hitchcock Bl...
7. T.J. Oshie (StL - C,RW) Habs7079
8. Alex Goligoski (Dal - D) Holypuck
9. Brent Seabrook (Chi - D) Kyle's Team
10. Steve Ott (Buf - C,LW) Baked Briere
11. Dany Heatley (Min - LW,RW) Andreas K's ...
12. Kimmo Timonen (Phi - D) Laendarian
13. Christian Ehrhoff (Buf - D) Team Suvo
14. Brandon Dubinsky (Cls - C,LW) Canuckleheads
15. John Carlson (Was - D) Big Ev
16. Michael McCarron (Mon - RW) -Dummy Comis...

Round 12
1. Charles Hudon (Mon - LW) -Dummy Comis...
2. Jack Johnson (Cls - D) Big Ev
3. Brendan Gallagher (Mon - RW) Canuckleheads
4. Michael Cammalleri (Cgy - C,LW) Team Suvo
5. Nathan MacKinnon (Col - C) Laendarian
6. Victor Hedman (TB - D) Andreas K's ...
7. Jonathan Drouin (TB - LW) Baked Briere
8. Shane Doan (Pho - LW,RW) Kyle's Team
9. Stephen Weiss (Det - C) Holypuck
10. Cody Franson (Tor - D) Habs7079
11. Kyle Turris (Ott - C) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Teddy Purcell (TB - RW) Kevin L's Le...
13. Ryan O'Reilly (Col - C,LW) The Golden P...
14. Ray Whitney (Dal - LW) Feinting Goc
15. Lubomir Visnovsky (NYI - D) Kofax's Team
16. Bryan Little (Wpg - C,RW) SuluShattenk...

Goalies:
(4) Round 1
(6) Round 2 [10]
(4) Round 3 [14]
(4) Round 4 [18]
(5) Round 5 [23]
(0) Round 6 [23]
(3) Round 7 [26]
(1) Round 8 [27]
(6) Round 9 [33]
(2) Round 10 [35]
(0) Round 11 [35]
(0) Round 12 [35]

[Pengwin7]

ROUNDS 13-25

Round 13
1. Jaromir Jagr (NJ - RW) SuluShattenk...
2. Marcus Johansson (Was - C) Kofax's Team
3. Michael Ryder (NJ - RW) Feinting Goc
4. James Wisniewski (Cls - D) The Golden P...
5. Paul Stastny (Col - C) Kevin L's Le...
6. Ryane Clowe (NJ - LW,RW) Hitchcock Bl...
7. David Perron (Edm - LW) Habs7079
8. Cam Atkinson (Cls - RW) Holypuck
9. Mikhail Grabovski (Was - C) Kyle's Team
10. Charlie Coyle (Min - C,RW) Baked Briere
11. Alexander Steen (StL - C,LW) Andreas K's ...
12. Daniel Alfredsson (Det - RW) Laendarian
13. Derick Brassard (NYR - C) Team Suvo
14. Dennis Wideman (Cgy - D) Canuckleheads
15. Milan Michalek (Ott - LW,RW) Big Ev
16. Taylor Peters (Dal - C) -Dummy Comis...

Round 14
1. Patrick Cehlin (Nsh - RW) -Dummy Comis...
2. Bryan Bickell (Chi - LW) Big Ev
3. Jakob Silfverberg (Anh - LW,RW) Canuckleheads
4. Cal Clutterbuck (NYI - RW) Team Suvo
5. Derek Roy (StL - C) Laendarian
6. Ben Bishop (TB - G) Andreas K's ...
7. Beau Bennett (Pit - RW) Baked Briere
8. Tyler Bozak (Tor - C) Kyle's Team
9. Carl Hagelin (NYR - LW) Holypuck
10. Mikkel Boedker (Pho - LW) Habs7079
11. Matt Carle (TB - D) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Matt Read (Phi - RW) Kevin L's Le...
13. Danny Briere (Mon - C,RW) The Golden P...
14. Justin Faulk (Car - D) Feinting Goc
15. Marcus Foligno (Buf - LW) Kofax's Team
16. Brandon Saad (Chi - LW) SuluShattenk...

Round 15
1. Tyson Barrie (Col - D) SuluShattenk...
2. Tyler Toffoli (LA - C,RW) Kofax's Team
3. Ryan McDonagh (NYR - D) Feinting Goc
4. Francois Beauchemin (Anh - D) The Golden P...
5. Fedor Tyutin (Cls - D) Kevin L's Le...
6. Luke Schenn (Phi - D) Hitchcock Bl...
7. Lars Eller (Mon - C) Habs7079
8. Martin Hanzal (Pho - C) Holypuck
9. Devin Setoguchi (Wpg - RW) Kyle's Team
10. Travis Zajac (NJ - C) Baked Briere
11. Patrik Berglund (StL - C) Andreas K's ...
12. Jason Garrison (Van - D) Laendarian
13. Seth Jones (Nsh - D) Team Suvo
14. Dougie Hamilton (Bos - D) Canuckleheads
15. Roman Josi (Nsh - D) Big Ev
16. Jarrod Maidens (Ott - LW) -Dummy Comis...

Round 16
1. Chandler Stephenson (Was - C) -Dummy Comis...
2. Patric Hornqvist (Nsh - RW) Big Ev
3. Lee Stempniak (Cgy - LW,RW) Canuckleheads
4. Colin Wilson (Nsh - LW) Team Suvo
5. Martin Erat (Was - LW,RW) Laendarian
6. David Desharnais (Mon - C) Andreas K's ...
7. Nathan Horton (Cls - RW) Baked Briere
8. Jay Bouwmeester (StL - D) Kyle's Team
9. Valeri Nichushkin (Dal - RW) Holypuck
10. Dennis Seidenberg (Bos - D) Habs7079
11. Aleksander Barkov (Fla - C) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Nick Leddy (Chi - D) Kevin L's Le...
13. Dan Hamhuis (Van - D) The Golden P...
14. Kris Versteeg (Fla - LW,RW) Feinting Goc
15. Jake Gardiner (Tor - D) Kofax's Team
16. Damien Brunner (NJ - C) SuluShattenk...

Round 17
1. Jake Muzzin (LA - D) SuluShattenk...
2. Valtteri Filppula (TB - C,LW) Kofax's Team
3. Sven Baertschi (Cgy - LW) Feinting Goc
4. Artem Anisimov (Cls - C,LW) The Golden P...
5. Jiri Hudler (Cgy - LW) Kevin L's Le...
6. Kyle Okposo (NYI - RW) Hitchcock Bl...
7. Mika Zibanejad (Ott - C) Habs7079
8. Gustav Nyquist (Det - C) Holypuck
9. Marek Zidlicky (NJ - D) Kyle's Team
10. Cam Fowler (Anh - D) Baked Briere
11. Patrick Wiercioch (Ott - D) Andreas K's ...
12. Justin Abdelkader (Det - LW,RW) Laendarian
13. Michael Frolik (Wpg - C,RW) Team Suvo
14. Curtis Glencross (Cgy - LW) Canuckleheads
15. Marc Staal (NYR - D) Big Ev
16. Paul Thompson (Pit - RW) -Dummy Comis...

Round 18
1. Martin Reway (Mon - LW) -Dummy Comis...
2. Zack Kassian (Van - RW) Big Ev
3. Kevin Bieksa (Van - D) Canuckleheads
4. Mark Giordano (Cgy - D) Team Suvo
5. Craig Smith (Nsh - C,RW) Laendarian
6. Ryan Whitney (StL - D) Andreas K's ...
7. Robin Lehner (Ott - G) Baked Briere
8. Erik Cole (Dal - RW) Kyle's Team
9. Raphael Diaz (Mon - D) Holypuck
10. Mike Fisher (Nsh - C) Habs7079
11. Stephane Robidas (Dal - D) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Nikolai Kulemin (Tor - LW,RW) Kevin L's Le...
13. Teemu Selanne (Anh - RW) The Golden P...
14. Matt Martin (NYI - LW) Feinting Goc
15. Radko Gudas (TB - D) Kofax's Team
16. Chris Neil (Ott - RW) SuluShattenk...

Round 19
1. Kevin Poulin (NYI - G) SuluShattenk...
2. Tuomo Ruutu (Car - C,LW) Kofax's Team
3. Mats Zuccarello (NYR - LW) Feinting Goc
4. Paul Martin (Pit - D) The Golden P...
5. Steve Mason (Phi - G) Kevin L's Le...
6. Alex Killorn (TB - C,LW) Hitchcock Bl...
7. Dan Girardi (NYR - D) Habs7079
8. Brenden Dillon (Dal - D) Holypuck
9. Ales Hemsky (Edm - RW) Kyle's Team
10. Tyler Myers (Buf - D) Baked Briere
11. Emerson Etem (Anh - LW,RW) Andreas K's ...
12. Antoine Vermette (Pho - C,LW) Laendarian
13. Rich Peverley (Dal - C) Team Suvo
14. Vinny Prospal (Cls - C,LW) Canuckleheads
15. Martin Havlat (SJ - RW) Big Ev
16. Matia Marcantuoni (Pit - C) -Dummy Comis...

Round 20
1. Miikka Salomaki (Nsh - RW) -Dummy Comis...
2. Joe Corvo (Ott - D) Big Ev
3. Maxim Lapierre (StL - C,RW) Canuckleheads
4. Brian Gionta (Mon - RW) Team Suvo
5. Steve Downie (Col - LW,RW) Laendarian
6. Josh Bailey (NYI - LW) Andreas K's ...
7. Pierre-Marc Bouchard (NYI - RW) Baked Briere
8. Carl Gunnarsson (Tor - D) Kyle's Team
9. Alex Tanguay (Col - LW) Holypuck
10. Jared Spurgeon (Min - D) Habs7079
11. Travis Hamonic (NYI - D) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Magnus Paajarvi (StL - LW) Kevin L's Le...
13. Erik Johnson (Col - D) The Golden P...
14. Cody Eakin (Dal - C) Feinting Goc
15. Marc Methot (Ott - D) Kofax's Team
16. Michael Grabner (NYI - RW) SuluShattenk...

Round 21
1. Olli Jokinen (Wpg - C) SuluShattenk...
2. Brooks Orpik (Pit - D) Kofax's Team
3. Dmitry Kulikov (Fla - D) Feinting Goc
4. Frans Nielsen (NYI - C) The Golden P...
5. Ryan Strome (NYI - C) Kevin L's Le...
6. Ryan Murray (Cls - D) Hitchcock Bl...
7. R.J. Umberger (Cls - LW) Habs7079
8. Drew Stafford (Buf - RW) Holypuck
9. Johnny Boychuk (Bos - D) Kyle's Team
10. Andrew Ference (Edm - D) Baked Briere
11. Sheldon Souray (Anh - D) Andreas K's ...
12. Brendan Smith (Det - D) Laendarian
13. Jared Cowen (Ott - D) Team Suvo
14. Chris Higgins (Van - LW) Canuckleheads
15. Jonas Brodin (Min - D) Big Ev
16. Troy Bourke (Col - LW) -Dummy Comis...

Round 22
1. Jeremy Gregoire (Mon - C) -Dummy Comis...
2. Viktor Stalberg (Nsh - LW) Big Ev
3. Chris Kreider (NYR - C) Canuckleheads
4. Brooks Laich (Was - C) Team Suvo
5. Eric Fehr (Was - RW) Laendarian
6. Mikhail Grigorenko (Buf - C) Andreas K's ...
7. Adam Larsson (NJ - D) Baked Briere
8. Nick Foligno (Cls - LW) Kyle's Team
9. Jamie McGinn (Col - LW) Holypuck
10. Colin Greening (Ott - LW) Habs7079
11. Matt Irwin (SJ - D) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Nikita Nikitin (Cls - D) Kevin L's Le...
13. Adam Henrique (NJ - C) The Golden P...
14. Anders Lindback (TB - G) Feinting Goc
15. Braydon Coburn (Phi - D) Kofax's Team
16. Mark Fraser (Tor - D) SuluShattenk...

Round 23
1. Sami Salo (TB - D) SuluShattenk...
2. Jaden Schwartz (StL - C) Kofax's Team
3. Mikael Backlund (Cgy - C) Feinting Goc
4. Matt Cullen (Nsh - C) The Golden P...
5. Filip Forsberg (Nsh - C,RW) Kevin L's Le...
6. Anton Khudobin (Car - G) Hitchcock Bl...
7. Matt Niskanen (Pit - D) Habs7079
8. Michal Neuvirth (Was - G) Holypuck
9. Paul Ranger (Tor - D) Kyle's Team
10. Cory Conacher (Ott - C) Baked Briere
11. Alex Burmistrov (Wpg - C,RW) Andreas K's ...
12. Nikolai Khabibulin (Chi - G) Laendarian
13. Jason LaBarbera (Edm - G) Team Suvo
14. Keith Ballard (Min - D) Canuckleheads
15. Dustin Penner (Anh - LW) Big Ev
16. Jake Hansen (Cls - RW) -Dummy Comis...

Round 24
1. Curtis McKenzie (Dal - LW) -Dummy Comis...
2. Sean Monahan (Cgy - C) Big Ev
3. Brad Boyes (Fla - C,RW) Canuckleheads
4. Matt Cooke (Min - LW) Team Suvo
5. Andy Greene (NJ - D) Laendarian
6. Brenden Morrow (Pit - LW) Andreas K's ...
7. Kyle Palmieri (Anh - C) Baked Briere
8. Clarke MacArthur (Ott - LW) Kyle's Team
9. Ryan Malone (TB - LW) Holypuck
10. Jussi Jokinen (Pit - C,LW) Habs7079
11. Antoine Roussel (Dal - LW) Hitchcock Bl...
12. Nathan Gerbe (Car - C,LW) Kevin L's Le...
13. Mikael Granlund (Min - C) The Golden P...
14. Alex Chiasson (Dal - RW) Feinting Goc
15. Dan Ellis (Dal - G) Kofax's Team
16. Marc-Andre Bergeron (Car - D) SuluShattenk...

Round 25
1. Andrew Shaw (Chi - C) SuluShattenk...
2. Jeremy Morin (Chi - LW) Kofax's Team
3. Drew Shore (Fla - C) Feinting Goc
4. Ville Leino (Buf - C,LW) The Golden P...
5. Jose Theodore (Fla - G) Kevin L's Le...
6. Jhonas Enroth (Buf - G) Hitchcock Bl...
7. Nino Niederreiter (Min - RW) Habs7079
8. Torey Krug (Bos - D) Holypuck
9. David Legwand (Nsh - C) Kyle's Team
10. Mark Scheifele (Wpg - C) Baked Briere
11. Jean-Sebastien Giguere (Col - G) Andreas K's ...
12. Joel Ward (Was - RW) Laendarian
13. Dave Bolland (Tor - C) Team Suvo
14. Andrew Cogliano (Anh - C,LW) Canuckleheads
15. Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Ott - C) Big Ev
16. Keith Kinkaid (NJ - G) -Dummy Comis...

Best of the Waiver Wire:
By O-Rank: #241 Andrew MacDonald (NYI)
By 2013 Rank: #157 Jannik Hansen (VAN)
By 2013 Goals: #394 Tomas Kopecky (FLA)
By 2013 Assists: #398 Saku Koivu (ANA)
By 2013 +/-: #580 Michal Roszival (NYR)
By 2013 PPP: #394 Tomas Kopecky (FLA)
By 2013 SOG: #323 Shawn Matthias (FLA)
By 2013 Hits: #521 Richard Klune (NAS)

[davidgoodburn]

Pretty slim pickings on the waiver wire. Pretty soon we'll be asking to trade with the Commish's team rather than take the duds on the wire

[suvojitde]

This was fun and frustrating (to have my first 3 choices for almost each round picked under right under my nose). All the best to everyone!

Edit: Easily the toughest draft I have ever experienced.

[habs7079]

Took me until now to finally stumble across this thread. Many thanks are due to Pengwin for setting this all up. Very cool of him. This is what makes this the best forum out there for hockey.

Thought it was a great draft myself. Raining on Holypucks first seven picks was just icing. Was competitive right through the late round picks.

Looking forward to crushing all of you this season . Good luck to everyone!

[KWK89]

Team: Leaf Nation (Kyle's Team)

C- P Kane, Carter, Grabovski, Bozak
LW- Nash, Kunitz, Landeskog, Doan
RW- Tarasenko, Setoguchi, Cole, Hemsky
D- Boyle, Seabrook, Bouwmeester, Zidlicky, Gunnarson, Boychuck
G- Miller, Elliot
BN- Thomas, Ranger, N Foligno, MacArthur, Legwand

1 (9) Patrick Kane C,RW
I was thinking either Giroux or Kane in this position, wanting to try and take goalies later than usual. Giroux was taken so Kane was my option. Should help keep my plus minus under control with a decent amount of shots.

2 -24 Rick Nash LW,RW
I feel Nash will definitely help keep me competitive in the offence categories under the new coaching system. I am hoping he becomes the point per game player some believe him to be. We should see an increase in power play points and he is always great for SOG. Good +/- and is not afraid to throw the body if need be.

3 -41 Ryan Miller G
Definitely time for a goalie. Bad team, but is going to see a lot of shots and is vying for a spot on the American Olympic squad. Not unreasonable to see a bounce back from him, but also a potential candidate to be traded.

4 -56 Chris Kunitz LW
I could not pass on Kunitz in the fourth round as he could be a steal if he puts up similar numbers to last year. He also fit my mold of having well rounded players. Will have great +/-, likes to hit, decent amount of SOG, and he plays with Crosby and the Penguins power play.

5 -73 Gabriel Landeskog LW
Initially, I was going to draft Nabokov here, but Holypuck swooped in right before me on that pick. Again, I wanted a well rounded team and Landeskogs peripherals fit this strategy very well. We know he can shoot and hit, it is ultimately whether we see further digression or the glimpse of point getting we saw in his rookie year that will show the value of this pick. There is a lot of talent in Colorado and I am hoping they start to show it this year.

6 -88 Jeff Carter C,LW,RW
Carter is a pure goal scorer and likes to shoot and has a lot of position eligibility. I figured he would supplement my scoring categories nicely.

7 -105 Brian Elliott G
It is at this point that Pengwin reminded us that it is a weekly start league, oops. Gambled on Elliot hoping to get Halak as well. Halak was taken 4 picks later. I am one of many fantasy players that will be watching St. Louis closely this year to put it lightly, lol.

8 -120 Dan Boyle D
Sudden realization you also need the D, thats what she said.. Had OEL lined up, but he got taken moments earlier. Next on the list was Boyle. Fairly consistent, good on the power play, and a decent amount of shots.


9 -137 Tim Thomas G
Already in deep with goaltending so I took the chance on Thomas. Another bad team so I am obviously concerned with the Wins category, but he should also see a lot of shots. There is also a chance that he shows us he has another year left in him. I am happy he at least has a contract at this point too.

10 -152 Vladimir Tarasenko RW
A bit of a leap here, but I had to start thinking about positions. I think we will see an increase in his numbers this year. By how much is the big question though.

11 -169 Brent Seabrook D
Seabrook is reliable and well rounded. He will help my +/- and hits categories. But also plays with some talented people so points are never far from reach.

12 -184 Shane Doan LW,RW
Dual position eligibility, likes to shoot and hit, and we should see a decent amount of points. He is playing with Ribeiro now who is a great playmaker and many believe that Boedker has an opportunity to break out. This late in the draft a well rounded pick.

13 -201 Mikhail Grabovski C
Grabovski should definitely see an increase in stats this year. He will get to play a style of hockey he is more accustomed to and better fantasy wise. Should see a rise in stats across the board and I am happy with him as my third center.

14 -216 Tyler Bozak C
Another center, he will get first line minutes, whether he deserves them or not, and power play time. For this late in the draft I am happy with the opportunities his team will give him.

15 -233 Devin Setoguchi RW
Seto has another great opportunity to play with this Jets team. He likes to shoot and hit so this fits in great with my draft strategy. Might hurt my plus minus this year, but this is outweighed if he can chip in on multiple categories.

16 -248 Jay Bouwmeester D
17 -265 Marek Zidlicky D
I like Bouwmeester better in St Louis and he should be a decent option for me. If Zidlicky can get his plus minus under control, he will also be just what is needed.

18 -280 Erik Cole RW
Cole has the opportunity to play with Sequin and Benn. He also takes a lot of shots and Hits. If he can find some chemistry with these two players then it could be a great pick. I will be paying close attention to how this situation unfolds.

19 -297 Ales Hemsky RW
Hemsky is a risky pick I seem to be attracted to in the later rounds every year. He will get plenty of opportunity in the early months to show is worth while the Nudge is out.

20 -312 Carl Gunnarsson D
21 -329 Johnny Boychuk D
22 -344 Nick Foligno LW
23 -361 Paul Ranger D
24 -376 Clarke MacArthur LW
25 -393 David Legwand C
Again, I just tried to take well rounded players the rest of the way. I took another gamble on Ranger, as I have liked what I have seen in him. At the time Franson's situation was also up in the air. I like the opportunity that Clarke MacArthur may have in Ottawa as well.

I feel I drafted a well balanced team and should compete in many of the scoring categories. There are some questions I have in net, but hopefully they will be good enough to help out positively. This was by far the most competitive draft I have taken part in, as many have already mentioned as well, but that is what we are all looking for any way! Good luck to everyone and thank you Pengwin for all of your efforts, much appreciated!

[MCMackerel]

Just to confirm, the lineups are weekly. Correct?

With Yahoo's new layout, I don't know really how to change the lineups around...

[Laendarian]

yeah weekly lineups, looks like they need to be set on Fridays (doh ><)

[MCMackerel]

15 Team Weekly Roto League: G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, HIT, W, GAA, SV

C: Duchene(LW), Richards, Plekanec, Staal(LW)
LW: Lupul(RW), Dubinsky(C), Silfverberg(RW), Glencross
RW: Wheeler, Gallagher, Stempniak(LW), Boyes(C)
D: Weber, Ekman-Larsson, Wideman, Hamilton, Bieksa, Ballard
G: Quick, Howard
BN: Higgins(LW), Clifford(LW), Cogliano(C/LW), Kreider(LW), Vatanen(D)



Here's a break-down of my picks:

I picked 14/15, so pickings were a little slim when the clock got to me but I'm still fairly pleased with the team I managed to put together. There were actually 16 teams, but the 16th was the dummy commish team so it doesn't really count.

14. Jonathan Quick

In a weekly league, I really wanted to have solid goaltending and with Bernier gone and the Kings being a big defence first time I figure Quick should be a solid choice. Lundqvist, Rask, and Niemi were already selected.

19. Jimmy Howard

Here I really shored up my goaltending with this move. I like Jimmy for a lot of wins and saves. Hopefully his GAA is half decent too. My goaltending should compete with anyone else in the league.

16. Shea Weber

My plan was to get goaltending done first, followed by a solid multi-cat d-man. Karlsson and Subban were gone but I'm happy with Weber here.

51. Matt Duchene

I almost took another multi-cat d-man but there were a lot still available so I figured I better get going on the forwards before all the goods ones are gone. Duchene is a lock for Colorado's top line, hopefully he can build on his success last year...and he also put up about a hit per game so I'm happy with that multi-cat-ness.

78. Blake Wheeler

Really happy with this pick, Wheeler will put up points and hits for my squad.

83. Joffrey Lupul

If he can stay healthy, this pick is looking really good for my team. I think Lupul can put up 70pts if healthy no problem. But here, health is the million dollar question.

110. Brad Richards

Another potential home run, Alain Vigneault should play him in offensive situations, and I'm hoping that Richards can bounce back and give me a 65-75 point season. Its definitely possible. I hope it happens.

115. Oliver Ekman-Larsson

Time for another multi-cat D-man. OEL does it all, points, shots, and hits. He should be a lock to continue to produce has he has in the recent past as nothing has really changed for him in Phoenix since last season as far as opportunity goes.

142. Tomas Plekanec

Not a big fan of this pick, with Eller and Desharnais sniffing around his ice-time. This was more of a case of he being a solid 60pt player, while other players on the board weren't quite so consistent. I wasn't feeling like rolling the dice on a 45 pt player who could bust out to 70, so I chose Plekanec.

147. Jordan Staal

I like this pick. Solid player who's situation on the team is already locked in. He will get the ice-time and he should produce accordingly. I'm a fan of consistency rather than risk, and I tried to put off going for the young breakout players until guys like Staal were already done.

174. Brandon Dubinsky

This is one of my favorite picks. Dubinsky was lights out (when he wasn't injured) last season. Hits included, he is looking really good and I was surprised I got him so late. Yahoo had him ranked fairly low so I had to scroll down the list a bit to find him, maybe thats why he was still available.

179. Brenden Gallagher

Here we go with the younger riskier, but potential big payoff picks. Gallagher had a solid season last year, and if he can play on Montreal's top line (so far so good) and improve a little from last year, I'll be happy.

206. Dennis Wideman

My internet cut out and Yahoo autopicked Wideman. Not the pick I would've made, but, not the end of the world.

211. Jakob Silfverberg

Hoping the guy can live up to the hype around him, and maybe even get a sniff of the top line. If he stays among the top 6, and maybe sprinkle some powerplay time on top, i'll be happy with this pick.

238. Dougie Hamilton

Had a good year last season, and should improve on it. Little worried about opportunity since in the playoffs he went invisible, but I hope Julien gives him the opportunity.

243. Lee Stempniak

Calgary top line, maybe is good for 55-60 points. Not bad at this point in the draft. I think Stempniak is underrated right now. Certainly he will drag my plus minus down though...

270. Curtis Glencross

See Lee Stemniak above, with slightly lower point projections.

275. Kevin Bieksa

Injury risk here for sure, but a solid multi-cat defenceman who I think will see increased responsibilty from Tortorella. He is Tortorella's type of player.

302. Vinny Prospal

Thought he might land a contract, he didn't. He has since been swapped for Sami Vatanen.

307. Maxim Lapierre

I picked up Lapierre for a mix of points and hits, but on further review, since his points were really not much to speak of, I figured it would be smarter to go all in on someone with even more hits. So I swapped him for Kyle Clifford.

334. Chris Higgins

I like this pick where I got it. He could get 50 points.

339. Chris Kreider
366. Keith Ballard
371. Brad Boyes
398. Andrew Cogliano

[MCMackerel]

Pengwin, just realized a problem with this league.

The Dummy Commish team's Plus Minus will likely be in the middle of the pack at an even rating.

Is there anyway we could manually reduce it to the bottom of the pack?

[Pengwin7]

Pengwin, just realized a problem with this league.

The Dummy Commish team's Plus Minus will likely be in the middle of the pack at an even rating.

Is there anyway we could manually reduce it to the bottom of the pack?

1. Nope, everybody is going to have to live with that. I'm not going to make an effort to manage the dummy team. Consider it as an extra -1pt penalty for rostering a MINUS team.
The standings "are what they are" and there will be no manual adjustment at any time. Whatever Yahoo! lists as the standings is final.
[I am glad you brought it up now though... because I would've hated to explain that later in the season.]

2. Reminder to everybody on two key dates:
a) Thursday midnight-ish. Set your weekly rosters for FRI-THURS games in one of two ways. i) You can go to My Team and click Edit Weekly Lineup from dropdown menu. ii) You can use the schedule dates under My Team to go to a future Friday and set your line-up. NOTE: Even though you are setting your FRIDAY line-up, it has to be DONE by end of THURSDAY.

b) Tuesday midnight-ish. Waivers are processed between end-of-Tuesday and start-of-Wednesday. New players will show up on your team's Thursday roster and therefore are available for FRIDAY-THURS roster spots.


Best of luck to all!!!

[davidgoodburn]

Two days in and Pengwin's dummy team is beating me I really hope I can pull ahead over the course of the season.

[Pengwin7]

Standings as of Dec. 2nd:
1 Laendarian104.5
2 Andreas K's Team100.5
3 Kofaxitars98
4 Leaf Nation97.5
5 Habs707993.5
6 Holypuck88.5
6 Canuckleheads88.5
8 The Upsiders83.5
9 SuluShattenkirksface81
10 The Golden Plums77.5
11 Kevin L's Legit Team71
12 Baked Briere69
13 Team Suvo56.5
14 Deep Fried Bickell51.5
15 Hitchcock Blocked48.5

Dogfight at the top of the standings.
Great league so far with a few trades already gone down!