I think you can get better production than Rakell.
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I think my main strategy would be:
1. Have fun with the league, since it consists of friends and many of you have drifted away from it. It's a friends league, so that's of primary import.
2. I like dual or tri eligible forwards a lot here with short benches, and the rosters not going too deep. If you have a choice of multi-eligible versus non forward in the same rough area, grab the multi position guy.
3. I want at least 1 D on the bench. With benches that short, I think I avoid a third goalie, and aim for workhorses.
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So my draft didn’t go exactly as planned but that was because everyone was falling to me. I think I set myself up pretty good, if I don’t win it’ll be due to injury or my own doing, but you be the judge.
I ended up with the 4th pick on the wheel and I somehow managed to get Kucherov.... for real!
ROUND
1/4 Kucherov - RW
2/5 Draisaitl - C/LW
3/12 P. Kane - RW
4/13 Crosby - C
5/20 Marchand - LW
6/21 E. Karlsson - D
7/28 Panarin - LW
8/29 Carlson - D (don’t like this pick)
9/36 Laine - LW/RW
10/37 DeBrincat - LW/RW
11/44 Barkov - C
12/45 Klingberg - D
13/52 Josi - D
14/53 Barrie - D (don’t like this pick either)
15/60 MA Fleury - G
16/61 Bishop - G
I hesitated a bit as the clock was ticking on both of Carlson and Barrie which I’m not happy about but Washington is an off-night schedule team this season so I’m not too upset. Did I put too much into getting dual wings on my bench and took Laine/DeBrincat too early? Some targets left undrafted on my watchlist include:
Kessel, Benn, Hoffman, Landeskog, Forsberg, S. Jones and Giordano. I know I should have taken one of those D over Barrie, not sure what I was thinking.
I’d say I’m the favourite to win. Team #2 seems to be a threat but Team #3 & #4 are going to need some luck to get into this one. My prediction was right for those guys drafting players from their favourite teams too.
Team #2 (Bruins fan)
C - Matthews, Seguin, Bergeron
LW - Ovechkin, Hall, Huberdeau, Arvidsson (RW)
RW - Pastrnak, Wheeler
D - Burns, Hedman, Krug, Yandle, Chabot
G - Bobrovsky, Binnington
Team #3 (Leafs fan)
C - MacKinnon, Tavares, Point, Aho, Hertl (LW)
LW - Gaudreau, M.Tkachuk, Guentzel (RW)
RW - Rantanen, Nylander (C)
D - Rielly, Letang, Gostisbehere, Dumba
G - Andersen, Price
Team #4 (Sabres fan)
C - McDavid, Malkin, Stamkos, Toews
LW - Skinner (C), Giroux (C/RW), Teravainen (RW)
RW - Marner, Tarasenko
D - Subban, Dahlin, Ristolainen, McDonaugh (lol)
G - Vasilevskiy, Holtby, Jones
Easy beer winnings right?
Its over! You won the draft So Ovechkin, MacKinnon and McDavid went 1-2 and 3?
''Some targets left undrafted on my watchlist include:
Kessel, Benn, Hoffman, Landeskog, Forsberg, S. Jones and Giordano. I know I should have taken one of those D over Barrie, not sure what I was thinking.''
you are saying that like you can't make transactions. Is that right? Am I missing something from your main post?
Devils & Predators fan
Did Eichel not get drafted?
And yeah, looks like you're pretty set. I actually dislike the Laine pick a little more than the Carlson or Barrie picks, but it should be fine.
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Yes, top 3 went McDavid, Ovie, MacKinnon so Kucherov was gift wrapped for me.
I can make moves but am limited to 25 for the season.
Eichel did go undrafted.
If Laine continues to stay unsigned than I can throw him on IR+ and add a winger. I want to hold onto Barrie right now just because I don’t want to use up a move early on. Eichel is tempting but no point in carrying more than 3 C. I would imagine the Sabres fan will grab him eventually.
So thers no need to make a move that early. But right now Barrie is first on my drop list.
Devils & Predators fan
MAF (VGK) and Bishop (DAL) could both win 35-40... beauty late picks.
Out of curiousity - what rounds did all other goalies get drafted in?
And... as a 4-for-4... you can compare any teams 2 skaters + 2 goalies with your 2 skaters + 2 goalies in same rounds.
That will give you a good idea if the late-draft-of-goalies gave you good value!!!
Vasilevskiy went 3rd Round / 9th overall
Andersen went 8th Round / 30th overall
Binnington went 10th Round / 39th overall (lol)
Holtby went 10th Round / 40th overall
Price went 11th Round / 43rd overall
Bobrovsky went 13th Round / 50th overall
Then I got Fleury and Bishop at 60/61 and then Jones went with the final pick at 64.