I agree on Wahlstrom or Thachuk- whoever #4 doesn't take.
It's tough to know who will be there at #12. In my recent draft with similar settings to your league, Bouchard went #6.
Hey gang,
Our offline draft starts today and should last a couple of days. Based on the team in my Signature, who would you take 5th and 12th overall? I was thinking Tkachuk or Wahlstrom then Bouchard or another available Defender.
Thoughts?
Cheers
10 Teams
Keeper max 18 of 23 + 5 minors
NHL Cap Hit
G, A, SOG, HITS, BLKS, STP, FOW, Takeaways
W, GAA, SV%, SO
C
Eichel, Beniers, Trocheck, Fantilli, Staal, Glendening, Mittlestadt, Bjugstad
W
B. Tkachuk, Pastrnak, Perfetti, Giroux, Byfield, Reinhart, Svechnikov, Quinn
D
Lauzon, Schenn, Englund, Hakanpaa, Korchinski
G
Sorokin, Ersson
Minors
Wallstedt, Wolf, Jiricek
I agree on Wahlstrom or Thachuk- whoever #4 doesn't take.
It's tough to know who will be there at #12. In my recent draft with similar settings to your league, Bouchard went #6.
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
10 Teams
Keeper max 18 of 23 + 5 minors
NHL Cap Hit
G, A, SOG, HITS, BLKS, STP, FOW, Takeaways
W, GAA, SV%, SO
C
Eichel, Beniers, Trocheck, Fantilli, Staal, Glendening, Mittlestadt, Bjugstad
W
B. Tkachuk, Pastrnak, Perfetti, Giroux, Byfield, Reinhart, Svechnikov, Quinn
D
Lauzon, Schenn, Englund, Hakanpaa, Korchinski
G
Sorokin, Ersson
Minors
Wallstedt, Wolf, Jiricek
With FOW in play, think about centers that could be future #1 players.
That's still 1/8 cats that ONLY a center can provide.
To me, the top five is the top five:
1. Dahlin, 2. Svech, 3. Zadina, 4. Kotkaniemi (for FOW), 5. Tkachuk (for grit: HIT/PIM).
Whoever is there, you take them.
6. Wahlstrom, 7. Barrett Hayton (for FOW)
In HIT/BLK leagues, it usually takes young defensemen several years (4+) before their team is deploying them with enough ice-time to be raking in those stats.
And even then, we really don't have a good idea of which of the drafted defensemen will provide that.
I can say with pretty decent confidence that a small guy like Quinn Hughes is NOT going to be strong in HIT/BLK.
And you WANT most of your D to be able to provide HIT/BLK with those being cats.
So - focus on forwards that can give you some of those cats.
Wahlstrom SHOULD go 6th, in this format, IMO.
Hayton may or may not slide, it depends on whether your other GMs value FOW.
If he does go, I'd look at Kravtsov, Denisenko, Bouchard, Dobson, and Quinn Hughes or Adam Boqvist.
That's my 13 names for you.
Pengwin brings up a good point with FOWs. Kotkaniemi is probably the better pick over Wahlstrom.
10 Team, 60 Player Roster
G, A, PTS, PPP, PIM, BLKs, Hits, +/-, Shots, W, GAA, SV%, Saves
C- JHughes, Trocheck, RThomas, Zegras, Norris, Bennett, PLD, Stephenson, Danualt
RW- Raymond, Stone, TWilson, Toffoli, KJohnson, Nyqvist, Zary
LW- Keller, Schmaltz, Bunting, Skinner, Barbashev, Duclair
D- QHughes, McAvoy, Doughty, Heiskanen, LHughes, Mintyukov
G- Shesterkin, Demko, Andersen, Kahkonen, Levi, Tarasov, Annunen
Notable Prospects- Nikishin, Kulich, Leonard, Wood, Perreault, Lekkermaki, Ostlund, Othmman, REvans, L-Heureux, Ivanov, Murashov
Hey gang,
I have my last pick pick coming up. My plan is either to draft a C or bring Borgstom off the minor bench and then just draft another minor player.
Notable C I was eyeing. Dahlen, Namestnikov, Nieves, R. Strome, Kamenev
Wingers I was eyeing. Troy Terry, Lindblom, Crouse, Goldobin, Sam Bennett, Tage Thompson
Cheers
10 Teams
Keeper max 18 of 23 + 5 minors
NHL Cap Hit
G, A, SOG, HITS, BLKS, STP, FOW, Takeaways
W, GAA, SV%, SO
C
Eichel, Beniers, Trocheck, Fantilli, Staal, Glendening, Mittlestadt, Bjugstad
W
B. Tkachuk, Pastrnak, Perfetti, Giroux, Byfield, Reinhart, Svechnikov, Quinn
D
Lauzon, Schenn, Englund, Hakanpaa, Korchinski
G
Sorokin, Ersson
Minors
Wallstedt, Wolf, Jiricek