2019 Dobber NHL Playoff Draft - Discussion

[ericdaoust]

Washington: Ovechkin, Goalies, Eller
San Jose: Couture, Meier, Goalies
Toronto: Tavares, Goalies, Hyman, Marleau, Kadri
Winnipeg: Connor

[ericdaoust]

Looks like the doom and gloom we saw in this thread was all for naught...

[PenguinHunter]

As teams make their final selections I am entering the teams into the website.

Please confirm your team and ensure I haven't given you M. Reilly instead of M. Rielly or something like that!

[StuntMan12]

VGK: Stone, Marchessault, Karlsson, Pacioretty
STL: Schenn, Schwartz, Perron, Blues goalies, Dunn, Parayko, Thomas, Steen

[newfcollins]

My squad:

Pittsburgh: Crosby, Malkin, Kessel, Hornqvist, goalies

San Jose: Karlsson, Labanc, Nyquist, Thornton

Colorado: Barrie

Dallas: Zucarello, goalies

I came into the draft with a specific strategy and it played out almost perfectly. I figured everyone would be filling up on Tampa, Jets, Preds, Caps and a few others, but Pittsburgh would largely be ignored. I figured the Pens should be able to get by the Islanders, and they've owned Washington almost every season, so it wouldn't be surprising to see Pittsburgh get to the third round. My plan was the grabs Pens with my top four picks, but someone snagged Guentzel before my fourth choice.

I don't like San Jose chances because of their goalies, but I figured that if they do go far, they'll be involved in firewagon hockey. So I started loading up on some of them.

The last couple of choices is simply because I'd rather have a top defenseman or a top-six forward from other teams instead of fourth line players on Pittsburgh/San Jose.

I'm hoping for a Pens/Sharks final.

[ericdaoust]

My strategy was to adapt based on what's happening. Gotta make a scenario on the fly that works.

[Eskimo Brother]

My strategy was to adapt based on what's happening. Gotta make a scenario on the fly that works.

Same here.

Also still haven't heard from metaldude since yesterday morning. Still two names left on the list. I guess I should go ahead and pick for him again since he seems to be out of reach.

[ericdaoust]

Same here.

Also still haven't heard from metaldude since yesterday morning. Still two names left on the list. I guess I should go ahead and pick for him again since he seems to be out of reach.

I checked his Twitter and no activity since Apr 7 so yeah I'd say if he hasn't checked in go ahead and pick for him.

[PenguinHunter]

My strategy was to adapt based on what's happening. Gotta make a scenario on the fly that works.

Yup, this was mine as well. Being near the back end... what top team has a few top players left on it when it gets to my turn. And hope the two guys after me on the turn don't take the other one.

Got Pastrnak then Bergeron and it was on the Boston train from there on out!

[ericdaoust]

I had no idea I was going with WSH until my pick came up. Going with Ovechkin and seeing the TB/BOS guys flying off the board made Toronto a logical pick draft-wise.

In the West I knew I was going with SJ and wanted to go heavier on WPG but found better equivalents in Toronto in the final rounds.

[Eskimo Brother]

Yup, this was mine as well. Being near the back end... what top team has a few top players left on it when it gets to my turn. And hope the two guys after me on the turn don't take the other one.

Got Pastrnak then Bergeron and it was on the Boston train from there on out!

Same with me and WPG. Also got a few guys from PIT, and then grabbed a CLB trio in case they do upset the Lightning

[DusterDave]

My squad:

Pittsburgh: Crosby, Malkin, Kessel, Hornqvist, goalies

San Jose: Karlsson, Labanc, Nyquist, Thornton

Colorado: Barrie

Dallas: Zucarello, goalies

I came into the draft with a specific strategy and it played out almost perfectly. I figured everyone would be filling up on Tampa, Jets, Preds, Caps and a few others, but Pittsburgh would largely be ignored. I figured the Pens should be able to get by the Islanders, and they've owned Washington almost every season, so it wouldn't be surprising to see Pittsburgh get to the third round. My plan was the grabs Pens with my top four picks, but someone snagged Guentzel before my fourth choice.

I don't like San Jose chances because of their goalies, but I figured that if they do go far, they'll be involved in firewagon hockey. So I started loading up on some of them.

The last couple of choices is simply because I'd rather have a top defenseman or a top-six forward from other teams instead of fourth line players on Pittsburgh/San Jose.

I'm hoping for a Pens/Sharks final.

Solid plan. I considered going with the BPA from TB, BOS or WSH for the first couple rounds and then grabbing the top scorers from all the teams that aren’t likely to go past the 2nd round but I ended up just loading up on WSH again. One of my earlier comments in the thread was that I anticipated a mixed bag team which was the plan I described above but decided to not go that route. Maybe next year.

[PenguinHunter]

Same with me and WPG. Also got a few guys from PIT, and then grabbed a CLB trio in case they do upset the Lightning

I contemplated WPG, but I was scared of StuntMan12 on the turn. He went heavy on Winnipeg last year, so that scared me into Boston.

[tweetdrivr]

Jets: Scheiffle, Ehlers, Morrisey, goalies
Leafs: Marner, Matthews, Rielly
Islanders: Barzal, Nelson, goalies
Sharks: Hertl
Canes: Hamilton

Aside from the Jets I went against conventional wisdom in every first rd series. But I’ve pretty much put my eggs in the Winnipeg/NYI/Leafs basket...

[niconasr]

TB: Point, Palat and Hedman
STL: Tarasenko, O'Reilly and Bozak
COL: MacKinnon, Rantanen, Landeskog and goalies
CAR: Williams and Staal

Wanted to grab a few Bolts since I knew I'd have a good one with the second pick. Then I wanted to go Blues heavy but StuntMan also went that direction so I decided to load up on the Avalanche and take a chance. If they go far, I'll have a great chance to win it.

Filled it up with two veterans on Carolina who has a chance in a weak metro.