I like the Mat Robson pick. Not much in terms of goaltending in the Minny pipeline.
31 team dynasty league that uses NHL sized rosters plus unlimited prospect lists. The league counts a few "defensive" stats such as PK TOI, blocked shots, hits so defensive dmen have some value.
Pick Team Player
1 Anaheim Ducks Jack Hughes
2 Pittsburgh Penguins Kaapo Kakko
3 Edmonton Oilers Kirby Dach
4 San Jose Sharks Bowen Byram
5 Los Angeles Kings Alex Turcotte
6 Buffalo Sabres Dylan Cozens
7 Las Vegas Knights Trevor Zegras
8 San Jose Sharks Cole Caufield
9 New York Rangers Spencer Knight
10 Detroit Red Wings Vasily Podkolzin
11 Nashville Predators Matthew Boldy
12 Ottawa Senators Alex Newhook
13 Columbus B Jackets Peyton Krebs
14 Los Angeles Kings Philip Tomasino
15 San Jose Sharks Moritz Seider
16 Philadelphia Flyers Cameron York
17 Calgary Flames Philip Broberg
18 Minnesota Wild Victor Soderstrom
19 Minnesota Wild Thomas Harley
20 Washington Capitals Connor McMichael
21 Vancouver Canucks Ville Heinola
22 Las Vegas Knights Emil Bemstrom
23 Minnesota Wild Arthur Kaliyev
24 San Jose Sharks Ryan Suzuki
25 Tampa Bay Lightning Tobias Bjornfot
26 Montreal Canadiens Samuel Poulin
27 Chicago Blackhawks Lassi Thomson
28 Los Angeles Kings Nils Hoglander
29 New York Rangers John Beecher
30 New York Islanders Jakob Pelletier
31 New York Islanders Bobby Brink
32 San Jose Sharks Alex Barre-Boulet
33 Las Vegas Knights Brayden Tracey
34 Anaheim Ducks Simon Holmstrom
35 Anaheim Ducks Raphael Lavoie
36 Los Angeles Kings Nicholas Robertson
37 Pittsburgh Penguins Nolan Foote
38 Winnipeg Jets Victor Olofsson
39 San Jose Sharks Jamieson Rees
40 Detroit Red Wings Pyotr Kochetkov
41 Arizona Coyotes Cayden Primeau
42 Ottawa Senators Jayden Struble
43 Edmonton Oilers Brett Leason
44 Columbus B Jackets Alex Vlasic
45 New Jersey Devils Ryan Johnson
46 San Jose Sharks Otto Koivula
47 San Jose Sharks Karson Kuhlman
48 San Jose Sharks Ben Gleason
49 Minnesota Wild William Borgen
50 Washington Capitals Matthew Robertson
51 Los Angeles Kings Samuel Fagemo
52 New York Islanders Antti Tuomisto
53 Los Angeles Kings Pavel Dorofeyev
54 Las Vegas Knights Egor Afanasyev
55 Los Angeles Kings Patrik Puistola
56 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Alexandrov
57 Tampa Bay Lightning Kaedan Korczak
58 Dallas Stars Vladislav Kolyachonok
59 Arizona Coyotes Karl Henriksson
60 Los Angeles Kings Mads Sogaard
61 Vancouver Canucks Albin Grewe
62 Dallas Stars Taro Hirose
63 Philadelphia Flyers Pavel Francouz
64 Dallas Stars Vladislav Gavrikov
65 Montreal Canadiens Shane Pinto
66 Arizona Coyotes Jackson Lacombe
67 Las Vegas Knights Robert Mastrosimone
68 Toronto Maple Leafs Joachim Blichfeld
69 Winnipeg Jets Nathan Legare
70 New York Islanders Albert Johansson
71 Detroit Red Wings Oliwer Kaski
72 New York Islanders Hunter Jones
73 Ottawa Senators Mattias Norlinder
74 Colorado Avalanche Dillion Hamaliuk
75 Columbus B Jackets Simon Lundmark
76 Washington Capitals Joel Persson
77 Tampa Bay Lightning Drew Helleson
78 Anaheim Ducks Vladislav Firstov
79 Carolina Hurricanes Anttoni Honka
80 Dallas Stars Filip Larsson
81 Anaheim Ducks Nico Sturm
82 Anaheim Ducks Jimmy Schuldt
83 Vancouver Canucks Matthew Stienburg
84 New York Islanders Ronald Attard
85 Carolina Hurricanes Artemi Kniazev
86 Philadelphia Flyers John Farinacci
87 Tampa Bay Lightning Samuel Bolduc
88 Boston Bruins Dominik Kahun
89 Carolina Hurricanes Nikita Okhotyuk
90 Washington Capitals Yegor Spiridonov
91 Los Angeles Kings Hugo Alnefelt
92 Los Angeles Kings Ilya Konovalov
93 Winnipeg Jets Dominik Kubalik
94 Los Angeles Kings Michael Anderson
95 Dallas Stars Graeme Clarke
96 Anaheim Ducks Ilya Mikheyev
97 Las Vegas Knights Alex Beaucage
98 Las Vegas Knights Erik Portillo
99 Pittsburgh Penguins Andy Welinski
100 San Jose Sharks Matt Luff
101 Los Angeles Kings Veini Vehvilainen
102 Detroit Red Wings Max Veronneau
103 Nashville Predators Mikhail Berdin
104 Ottawa Senators Maxim Cajkovic
105 Winnipeg Jets Philipp Kurashev
106 Minnesota Wild Zachary Jones
107 New Jersey Devils Alexander Campbell
108 Minnesota Wild Adam Beckman
109 Dallas Stars Riley Damiani
110 New Jersey Devils Mikhail Abramov
111 Minnesota Wild Layton Ahac
112 Washington Capitals Michal Teply
113 Washington Capitals Joakim Nygard
114 San Jose Sharks Kyle Keyser
115 Minnesota Wild Marshall Warren
116 Carolina Hurricanes Semyon Chystyakov
117 Los Angeles Kings Domenick Fensore
118 New York Islanders Gianni Fairbrother
119 Boston Bruins Josef Korenar
120 Dallas Stars Isaiah Saville
121 Arizona Coyotes Daniil Misyul
122 Boston Bruins Joel L'Esperance
123 Toronto Maple Leafs Radim Simek
124 Las Vegas Knights Ilya Nikolaev
125 Edmonton Oilers Dustin Wolf
126 Anaheim Ducks Alex True
127 Anaheim Ducks Ryan Kuffner
128 Arizona Coyotes Jeremy Davies
129 Las Vegas Knights Aliaksei Protas
130 Pittsburgh Penguins Mikko Kokkonen
131 Winnipeg Jets Jordan Spence
132 Los Angeles Kings Artyom Zagidulin
133 Detroit Red Wings John Ludvig
134 Nashville Predators Mac Hollowell
135 Ottawa Senators Rhett Pitlick
136 Colorado Avalanche Cole Schwindt
137 Winnipeg Jets Mitch Reinke
138 New Jersey Devils Michael Vukojevic
139 Florida Panthers Tuukka Tieksola
140 Boston Bruins Axel Jonsson-Fjallby
141 Calgary Flames Josh Archibald
142 Florida Panthers Henri Nikkanen
143 St. Louis Blues Lukas Parik
144 Los Angeles Kings Mikhail Shalagin
145 Calgary Flames Nick Seeler
146 Florida Panthers Massimo Rizzo
147 Nashville Predators Dylan Coghlan
148 Anaheim Ducks Ryder Donovan
149 Washington Capitals Antti Saarela
150 Anaheim Ducks Connor Clifton
151 Boston Bruins Yegor Zamula
152 Arizona Coyotes Arttu Ruotsalainen
153 Boston Bruins Otto Leskinen
154 Vancouver Canucks Quinn Olson
155 Boston Bruins Mat Robson
How did I do with the picks I had?
I like the Mat Robson pick. Not much in terms of goaltending in the Minny pipeline.
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Points only dynasty. We have a waiver draft where we can pick any players not currently owned (excluding players from 2019 draft class). Then we have an entry draft where we pick players from 2019 draft class, but we can also use those picks as waiver picks as well. My picks are in bold
Waiver Draft:
1.Jordan Binnington
2.Erik Gustafsson
3.Filip Hronek
4.Rasmus Sandin
5.Sampo Ranta
6.Mackenzie Blackwood
7.Taro Hirose
8.Isac Lundestrom
9.Alexandre Texier
10.Roope Hintz
11.Victor Olofsson
12.Darnell Nurse
13.Alexandar Georgiev
14.Alex Nedeljkovic
15.Elvis Merzlikins
16.Emil Benstrom
17.Serron Noel
18.Alexander Alexeyev
Entry Draft:
1.Kaapo Kaako
2.Jack Hughes
3.Bowen Byram
4.Alex Turncotte
5.Kirby Dach
6.Alex Newhook
7.Trevor Zegras
8.Cole Caufield
9.Peyton Krebs
10.Phillip Broberg
11.Dylan Cozens
12.Vasli Podkolzin
13.Ryan Suzuki
14.Cam York
15.Aurtur Kaliyev
16.Mathew Boldy
17.Philip Tomasino
18.Connor McMichael
19.Spencer Knight
20.Moritz Seider
21.Samuel Poulin
22.Filip Hallander
23.Victor Soderstrom
24.Nicolas Roberston
25.Pavel Dorofeyev
26.Raphael Lavoie
27.Tobias Bjornfot
28.Jesper Bratt
29.Brayden Tracey
30.Samuel Montebault
31.Ian Scott
32.Simon Holmstrom
33.Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
34.Tyler Benson
35.Calen Addison
36.Cayden Primeau
37.Brett Howden
38.Connor Ingram
39.Josef Korenar
40.David Rittich
41.Thomas Greiss
42.Alex Barre-Boulet
43.Tom Wilson
44.Dominik Kahun
45.Jakob Pelletier
Reviewing these picks it's interesting to me that in a 9 team league where each team starts 1 goalie per week there were 14 goalies selected. Every year we've drafted before this theres usually only 2 or 3 selected.
Anyways I think I did pretty well with my picks. Don't know if Turcotte at #4 was the best move. Overall thoughts are welcome!
Yahoo:16 team h2h (18 man rosters) 4keepers per team
player cats:G,A,+/-ppp,shp,sog,gwg,hits,blks :goalie cats:W,gaa,sv%,so
3c-Zibanejad, Getzlaf, Trochek
6w-Fiala, JT Miller,Pastrnak, Pearson, kapanen, Lindblom
4d-Hamilton,Provorov, R.Andersson, Doughty
2g-Markstrom, Blackwood
bench-Schultz, McCann, Lowry
IR:Kucherov, Beauvilier
Fantrax:Nordiques 9 team dynasty pts only (max roster:50)
notables:Stamkos, Seguin, Kuznetsov, E.Lindholm, Debrincat, Wheeler, Marchand, PLD, Kessel, Meier, Tuch, Hedman, Suter, Chabot, Bobrovsky ,Hellebuyck, Binnington
notable prospects:Turcotte, Zegras, N.Suzuki, Farabee, Denisenko, Krebs, N.Robertson, Jokiharju, Shestyorkin
BUMP of the day.
For reasons unknown... I've decided the 2019 draft would be a fun one to "look back on".
And... a lot can be learned from checking in on how we thought & drafted in 2019.
Anybody got "skin in the game" in this thread?
How'd you do?
[I've been reading back - for the history, forecast, and now "lookback" - on the 2019 draft recently. Curious to see what we thought back then.]
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I did great, I posted 1 cap draft in which I had 4 picks. 3 were late, and were: Konovalov, Bjornfot, and Keppen. Bjornfot & Konovalov (technically) made the NHL before the league folded. My first round pick was Cole Caufield who I promptly traded for Jamie Benn.
I won the league the Covid season (no playoffs) and again it's last season before folding. I'm sure Bjornfot got into games for me at some pint.
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Nice work.
I'm not sure why I didn't post WHL draft here.
Round 1
C Glasgow Kiss (Magicstew) Jack Hughes (R) - NJD 1 1 LQA
RW Fort Frances Muskies... Kaapo Kakko (R) - NYR 2 2 LS
C Markham Waxers (praba) Alex Turcotte - LAK 3 3 LS
D Montreal Canadiens... Bowen Byram (R) - COL 4 4 LS
C Markham Waxers (praba) Kirby Dach (R) - CHI 5 5 LS
LW Dryden Eagles (metaldude26) Cole Caufield - MTL 6 6 LS
C Wheeling Nailers (Brosive) Dylan Cozens (R) - BUF 7 7 LS
C Montreal Canadiens... Trevor Zegras - ANA 8 8 LS
LW Dryden Eagles (metaldude26) Matt Boldy - MIN 9 9 LS
RW Dryden Eagles (metaldude26) Vasili Podkolzin - VAN 10 10 LS
LW Windsor Spitfires (Pengwin7) Peyton Krebs (R) - VGK 11 11 LS
F North London Nationals... Alex Newhook - MTL 12 12 LS
LW Amsterdam Red Lights... Arthur Kaliyev (R) - LAK 13 13 LS
C Lake Eerie Monsters (Sulla) Ryan Suzuki (R) - CAR 14 14 LS
C Fort Frances Muskies... Phillip Tomasino (R) - NSH 15 15 LS
RW Grand Rapids Griffins (brakli) Bobby Brink - PHI 16 16 LS
G North London Nationals... Spencer Knight - FLA 17 17 LS
D North London Nationals... Moritz Seider (R) - DET 18 18 LS
RW Montreal Canadiens... Raphael Lavoie (R) - EDM 19 19 LS
F Montreal Canadiens... Nolan Foote (R) - TBL/NJD 20 20 LS
LW Markham Waxers (praba) Taro Hirose (R) - DET 21 21 LS
D North London Nationals... Cam York - PHI 22 22 LS 23 23 LSC
C Wheeling Nailers (Brosive) Isac Lundestrom (R) - ANA 24 24 LS
Round 2
F Montreal Canadiens... Jakob Pelletier (R) - CGY 1 25 LS
C Victoria Dead Hookers (Loch) Nicholas Robertson (R) - TOR 2 26 LS
LW Vancouver Voodoo (GoNucks) Nils Hoglander - VAN 3 27 LS
LW Fort Frances Muskies... Pavel Dorofeyev - VGK 4 28 LS
LW Fort Frances Muskies... Patrik Puistola - EDM 5 29 LS
LW Dryden Eagles (metaldude26) Dominik Kubalik (R) - CHI 6 30 LS
D Wheeling Nailers (Brosive) Thomas Harley (R) - DAL 7 31 LS
C Markham Waxers (praba) Connor McMichael (R) - WSH 8 32 LS
D Vancouver Voodoo (GoNucks) Victor Soderstrom (R) - ARI 9 33 LS
D Fort Frances Muskies... Philip Broberg (R) - EDM 10 34 LS
D Tampere Polar Bears... Ville Heinola (R) - WPG 11 35 LS
RW James Bay Cougars... Simon Holmstrom (R) - NYI 12 36 LS
LW Lake Valley Thunder (First... Brayden Tracey (R) - ANA 13 37 LS
D Lake Eerie Monsters (Sulla) Jimmy Schuldt (R) - VGK 14 38 LS
LW Fort Frances Muskies... Samuel Poulin (R) - PIT 15 39 LS
LW Vancouver Voodoo (GoNucks) Albin Grewe - DET 16 40 LS
G Glasgow Kiss (Magicstew) Pyotr Kochetkov - CAR 17 41 LQA
RW Fresno Firebirds (Pit Bulls) Max Veronneau (R) - OTT/TOR 18 42 LS
C Edmonton Road Runners... John Beecher - BOS 19 43 LS
LW Fort Frances Muskies... Egor Afanasyev (R) - NSH 20 44 LS
RW Victoria Dead Hookers (Loch) Samuel Fagemo (R) - LAK 21 45 LS
RW Amsterdam Red Lights... Nathan Legare (R) - PIT 22 46 LS
D Glasgow Kiss (Magicstew) Lassi Thomson (R) - OTT 23 47 LS
D Wheeling Nailers (Brosive) Scott Perunovich - STL 24 48 LS
My Pick in my draft: Peyton Krebs.
I don't think any of us saw Krebs coming to be a 4th line center - hopefully Buffalo has bigger upside planned for him.
We'll see. I'm hoping that BUF simply only has this spot available for him and sees full-time sheltered center as a good developmental role for him.
Tough spot to draft was 3-10.
A lot of people thought Turcotte and Dach were going to pan out... not so... yet.
Cozens has popped recently, looking great.
Boldy looks great too.
Most people were high on Caufield's upside - so I think he went in drafts about where he should have (5-10 range).
Mo Seider turned out to be a well-warranted pick by Detroit... we shouldn't have let him fall.
Nice 4-year hold on Pytor Kotchetkov by those that drafted him.
Hard to hold a goalie for so much developmental time, but sometimes (Sorokin, Sheterkin - now Kochetkov), it pays off.
[FWIW - the 2023 NHL draft seemed to have a lot in demand goalies in the 2nd round. It'll be interesting to see how those 5-8 goalies drafted 2nd-3rd round pan out.]
I remember a lot of big hype to CAR 3rd round pick Patrik Puistola - UNSIGNED... he was the player flipped by EDM for bust-city Puljujarvi.
People were all aboard the Puistola train. I still hold that Carolina's "big swing" drafting hasn't paid off in last 5 years with their "trade down" tactics.
I'd have to look through these threads to see where he went in other drafts.
29th overall in this league... even though Puistola went 74th overall in NHL draft. He was the sexy "reach" pick of 2019 drafts, IIRC.
This has been something I've been saying about Andrew Cristall (40), Jayden Perron (94).
If they are sliding really late in NHL drafts... maybe we shouldn't be reaching for them so much either.
That's another "we'll see" (come 2027).
Nick Robertson is huge TBD.
After his draft+1 enormous season, people were talking about him like he was a top10 player of that draft.
He had 55 goals!!! Fifty-five.
The forums were completely abuzz in summer 2020 with "Where does Nick Robertson slot in with the 2020 draft?!".
He's become my go-to argument for "Don't put too much stock into a D+1 CHL season - a lot of players put up big numbers". (Small players especially.)
But NickR has been very good at AHL level, point per game over last 30 spanning past two seasons.
He IS 5'-9"... which isn't a big deal in the OHL... but does become a big deal in NHL.
Just because Caufield and DeBrincat are NHL players - doesn't mean every small player has the skill-set to pull off an NHL-fit.
It seems that a draft is good to "look back on" about 4-5 years after it has passed.
The first rounders have had enough developmental time where we can look at where they are and say "Did I have this player pegged right BACK THEN?"
It's fun going back and reading who people thought were "steals" and good picks. Sure, it's early, but still fun to look back and see what people expected from their drafts and who went where. Just like the real NHL, there were hits and misses.
PS - I miss JP!
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
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My fear of taking Broberg over Seider have come to fruition. At least I was able to package Broberg and last year's 7OA (Gauthier) for Luke Hughes which I view as a win. Dorofeyev might turn into something from pick 27. Was hoping for more from Newhook and Podkolzin but they still have some time. While I still like the Zegras pick it is not as much of a steal as I thought it was. Pinto would have been a good pick in the 5th since my 3 picks are all gone from my roster.
One thing I have realized from looking back at the 10 years or so of my entry draft picks is that very few of the 3rd to 5th round picks ever amount to anything. For as much time as I analyze and scrutinize prospects before making a pick, most of the time none of the players become difference-makers. I probably have found just as many good players that I picked up as free agents as I did from late round picks. Maybe a better philosophy would be to trade 3rd to 5th round picks for depth players and continually scan unrostered prospects for the diamonds in the rough. Granted, it is a lot of fun to draft prospects and follow their development.
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
Very well said.
Guys like Rees and Ryan Johnson were both top32 players from a few analysts that year.
Yeah... it's hard.
I can say that I've definitely not seen a regular fantasy GM or an NHL-team that has "significantly greater success" than others at late round (3rd-onwards) picks.
It's dart throwing time from pick #50-onward.
Funny I tend to think I do better in the later rounds.
I happen to have my draft data handy from my LOEGM league.
Here's a quick and dirty look over the past 10 years of my picks per round.
Definitely league size / knowledge dependent for sure.
1
Casey Mittelstadt
Mathew Barzal
Mitchell Marner
Sebastian Aho
2
Drake Batherson
Kailer Yamamoto
Kieffer Bellows
Klim Kostin
Wyatt Johnston
3
Aatu Raty
Akil Thomas
Allan McShane
David Jiricek
Emil Bemstrom
Jonathan Dahlen
Kaiden Guhle
Kevin Hayes
Nicholas Robertson
Oskar Lindblom
Thomas Chabot
Tyler Bertuzzi
Tyler Madden
Will Bitten
4
Alex Beaucage
Alexander Chmelevski
Alexander Khovanov
Artturi Lehkonen
Drake Caggiula
Gleb Trikozov
Igor Shesterkin
Ilya Nikolaev
Jori Lehtera
Lukas Dostal
Mads Sogaard
Nils Lundkvist
Pavel Dorofeyev
Pyotr Kochetkov
Zion Nybeck
5
Adam Boqvist
Artemi Panarin
Carter Savoie
Daniil Tarasov
Dmitri Ovchinnikov
Dylan Sikura
Filip Gustavsson
Filip Hallander
Jake Evans
Jonathan Dugan
Kasper Simontaival
Keith Petruzzelli
Lukas Dostal
Mads Sogaard
Mason Appleton
Maxim Letunov
Maxime Comtois
Nikolai Prokhorkin
Patrik Puistola
Pavel Buchnevich
Pavel Dorofeyev
Riley Damiani
Ryker Evans
Zach Werenski
Zachary Aston-Reese
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^How come you ain't pullin' these picks out of WHL then? Huh? (big huge winky emoji)
"Late drafting" in a 10-team league with your buddies:
"Late drafting" in the 24-team WHL with Dobber forum members:
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Late to the party here but I went back and found my 2019 picks. Mostly good with one huge miss.
11. Boldy
24. Dorofeyev
27. Honka
39. Puistola
43. Kochetkov
55. Gutik (ew, don't even remember why he was on my list. I probably read he was someone's sleeper pick)
(3 of them were drafted by Carolina)
16 team Pts only dynasty league
G, A, PPG, SHG, GWG, Svs, SO's, W's
Pro Roster Starters: 9 F, 6 D 1 G
FWD: Hertl, Forsberg, Quinn, Rantanen, Debrincat, Couturier, Dach, Trocheck, Larkin, Seguin
D: Chychrun, Grzelcyk, Trouba, Burns, Walman, Karlsson, Graves
G: Kahkkonen, Keumper, Reimer
Farm (notables):
F: Pekarcik, Dellandrea, Cowan, Puistola, Halttunen, Simoneau, Bolduc, Nadeau, Stankhoven
D: Brzustewicz, Alexeyev, Jiricek, Reinbacher, Minnetian
G: Fedotov, Tarasov, Kochetkov, Skarek, M. Gibson
Boldy is a huge hit... but... lucky he fell to you. 11 was about as late as he was going that year in fantasy leagues.
Somebody missed on their drafting for him to get to you.
More commonly he went 7-10 range.
Kochetkov is a big hit.
The others are TBD or misses.
Dorofeyev, we'll see.
Hard to nose your way into a Stanley Cup lineup.
Honka is buried in CAR... he'll have a hard time getting minutes with a veteran CAR D-core this year or next.
He still has upside, doing OK in their AHL.
Puistola at 39 was all the rage that year.
I've remarked on him - people were gaga over him in the forums.
He went #74 in the NHL draft.
He does NOT have an NHL contract right now.
CAR had no faith he'd sign with them, so they moved him in the Puljujarvi trade with EDM.
EDM couldn't or didn't sign him. What's this say?
He did... FINALLY... have a good season in Liiga.
I think he'd have to be considered a BUST as a draft pick though, at this point.
(No backpatting allowed there!)