WHL (World Hockey League) - The 5-Year Rewind [Summer COVID Thread]

[VintageVibe]

Round 4:

4 1 73 RW Valeri Nichushkin DAL Fort Frances Muskies (Burgundy)
4 2 74 LW Zach Parise MIN CSKA Moscow (rainydrinkwater)
4 3 75 RW Nikolaj Ehlers WPG Saanichton Cougars (InForAPenny)
4 4 76 G Martin Jones SJ Oshawa Generals (Bobby4Ever)
4 5 77 G Petr Mrazek DET Grand Rapids Griffins (brakli)
4 6 78 LW Jonathan Huberdeau FLA Vancouver Voodoo (GoNucks)
4 7 79 G Cam Talbot EDM Victoria Dead Hookers (Loch)
4 8 80 D Victor Hedman TB Halifax Krakens (GretzkysMullet)
4 9 81 RW Nail Yakupov EDM Guelph Storm (havanablast21)
4 10 82 D Roman Josi NSH Sierra Sasquatch (Pit Bulls)
4 11 83 D Aaron Ekblad FLA Cleveland Barons (gopack26)
4 12 84 LW Patrick Sharp DAL Montreal Canadiens (newfcollins)
4 13 85 D Shea Weber NSH Fall River's Finest (MCMackerel)
4 14 86 LW Sam Bennett CGY London Nationals (VintageVibe)
4 15 87 G Robin Lehner BUF District-5 Ducks (evans334)
4 16 88 D John Klingberg DAL Wheeling Nailers (Brosive)
4 17 89 D Tyson Barrie COL Hartford Whalers (Savvy1982)
4 18 90 LW Rick Nash NYR Markham Waxers (praba)
4 19 91 C David Backes STL Windsor Spitfires (Pengwin7)
4 20 92 C Derek Stepan NYR Highland Scotch Hounds (seadawg)
4 21 93 LW Chris Kreider NYR Braham Pietasters (glorybe23)
4 22 94 D Oliver Ekman-Larsson ARI Edmonton Road Runners (Lemmy)
4 23 95 RW Patric Hornqvist PIT Amsterdam Red Lights (rataylor22)
4 24 96 G Andrei Vasilevskiy TB Manitoba Moose (GinFizz)


*There were some mammoth busts, especially Yakupov, but also Sam Bennett. Nice parlay there by the Nats who moved him for a big return when the demand was high.

Easy to forget trades from years ago... had to look back and see what the Bennett trade was (received Konecny, Teravainen and pick upgrades) after your breakdown above, Peng. Might have been my personal best trade in the WHL to-date. Now if only I held onto Konecny... traded him two years later for a surging Eberle in the midst of my quest toward the Nats first Championship. Damn COVID...

[evans334]

Original pick Klingberg was also just traded as well. Didn't realize how much I was changing not just the roster, but the whole organizational foundation!

You blew it up good.....and quick lol

[Eskimo Brother]

You blew it up good.....and quick lol

Have to make a team your own, and this was a team that seemed to be in the midst of moving down the standings when it didn't have to. We're going in the right direction again.

[VintageVibe]

Time for the 5th and 6th rounds I guess, eh?

D	Alex Pietrangelo - STL	5	11	107	LS
LW	Brayden Schenn - PHI	6	14	134	LS

O' captain my captain - Mr. Alex Pietrangelo has been the core of our backend since the inaugural draft (finishing as the top 20, 30, 15, 13 and 5 dman in our league set-up since Season 1 - all-the-while averaging ~74 GP per season). And he is looking to get paid for his hard work to-date this off-season. Hoping for nothing more than a $1-$2m bump. He has certainly earned it.

I think it was in Season 2 when I ended up trading

Brayden Schenn
2016 Draft PickRound 4 Pick 4

FOR

Scott Hartnell
Brendan Lemieux
Matt Dumba
2016 Draft PickRound 2 Pick 20


Tomorrow's reveal includes some real home runs in the 7th and 8th rounds followed by an absolute dud in the 9th.

[Pengwin7]

Uh... 5th & 6th rounds are tomorrow: July 17th.
We.have.a.schedule. (haha)


Oh... who am I kidding... I'll be home and get distracted.
OK... here it is:

Round 5/6:

5 1 97 RW Elias Lindholm CAR Manitoba Moose (GinFizz)
5 2 98 LW Teuvo Teravainen CHI Amsterdam Red Lights (rataylor22)
5 3 99 RW Wayne Simmonds PHI Edmonton Road Runners (Lemmy)
5 4 100 C Aleksander Barkov FLA Braham Pietasters (glorybe23)
5 5 101 RW Tomas Tatar DET Highland Scotch Hounds (seadawg)
5 6 102 C Patrice Bergeron BOS Windsor Spitfires (Pengwin7)
5 7 103 RW Nick Foligno CBJ Markham Waxers (praba)
5 8 104 C Dylan Strome ARI Hartford Whalers (Savvy1982)
5 9 105 RW T.J. Oshie WSH Wheeling Nailers (Brosive)
5 10 106 C Ryan O'Reilly BUF District-5 Ducks (evans334)
5 11 107 D Alex Pietrangelo STL London Nationals (VintageVibe)
5 12 108 D Mark Giordano CGY Fall River's Finest (MCMackerel)
5 13 109 C Nick Bjugstad FLA Montreal Canadiens (newfcollins)
5 14 110 LW Andrew Ladd WPG Cleveland Barons (gopack26)
5 15 111 C Bryan Little WPG Sierra Sasquatch (Pit Bulls)
5 16 112 C Ryan Kesler ANA Guelph Storm (havanablast21)
5 17 113 LW Eric Staal CAR Halifax Krakens (GretzkysMullet)
5 18 114 D Drew Doughty LA Victoria Dead Hookers (Loch)
5 19 115 G Steve Mason PHI Vancouver Voodoo (GoNucks)
5 20 116 LW Brandon Saad CBJ Grand Rapids Griffins (brakli)
5 21 117 LW Anders Lee NYI Oshawa Generals (Bobby4Ever)
5 22 118 G Roberto Luongo FLA Saanichton Cougars (InForAPenny)
5 23 119 C Jeff Carter LA CSKA Moscow (rainydrinkwater)
5 24 120 C Henrik Sedin VAN Fort Frances Muskies (Burgundy)
...
6 1 121 LW Daniel Sedin VAN Fort Frances Muskies (Burgundy)
6 2 122 D Ryan McDonagh NYR CSKA Moscow (rainydrinkwater)
6 3 123 C Brandon Dubinsky CBJ Saanichton Cougars (InForAPenny)
6 4 124 RW David Pastrnak BOS Oshawa Generals (Bobby4Ever)
6 5 125 C Mikael Granlund MIN Grand Rapids Griffins (brakli)
6 6 126 D Justin Faulk CAR Vancouver Voodoo (GoNucks)
6 7 127 C Mika Zibanejad OTT Victoria Dead Hookers (Loch)
6 8 128 LW Alexander Steen STL Halifax Krakens (GretzkysMullet)
6 9 129 G John Gibson ANA Guelph Storm (havanablast21)
6 10 130 G Connor Hellebuyck WPG Sierra Sasquatch (Pit Bulls)
6 11 131 C Derick Brassard NYR Cleveland Barons (gopack26)
6 12 132 D Dougie Hamilton CGY Montreal Canadiens (newfcollins)
6 13 133 LW Milan Lucic LA Fall River's Finest (MCMackerel)
6 14 134 LW Brayden Schenn PHI London Nationals (VintageVibe)
6 15 135 C Max Domi ARI District-5 Ducks (evans334)
6 16 136 C Kevin Hayes NYR Wheeling Nailers (Brosive)
6 17 137 LW James van Riemsdyk TOR Hartford Whalers (Savvy1982)
6 18 138 RW Jiri Hudler CGY Markham Waxers (praba)
6 19 139 LW Boone Jenner CBJ Windsor Spitfires (Pengwin7)
6 20 140 D Sami Vatanen ANA Highland Scotch Hounds (seadawg)
6 21 141 D Nick Leddy NYI Braham Pietasters (glorybe23)
6 22 142 RW Bobby Ryan OTT Edmonton Road Runners (Lemmy)
6 23 143 D Tyler Myers WPG Amsterdam Red Lights (rataylor22)
6 24 144 D Jacob Trouba WPG Manitoba Moose (GinFizz)

Comments:
*Lots of good youth picks going here... as the smarter GMs focused towards the future
*Barkov & Pastrnak were such incredible cornerstone value-contracts... both those WHL teams (OSH-bobby4ev, and BRAHAM-glorybe23) have had great success with those players.
*The Sedin picks have to be considered busts... as they were basically 50pt players for 3 seasons, then retired.
*Much like Okposo (rd3) and Backes(rd4), Andrew Ladd just went to Bust-City as soon as he changed teams. 46/31/29/11/1 pt decline. Woof.
*Most won't remember that Hudler was coming off an absolute CAREER season with CGY, 76pts... but he went 46/11/out after two seasons.
*And Bobby Ryan had gone 56/25/33/42/8... while that's not a massive fall-out... NOBODY in the WHL wanted that contract which everybody knew was at $7.25m, as of Oct 2nd, 2014 signed extension!!

[VintageVibe]

Today is July 17th

[Pengwin7]

Today is July 17th

Ugh. WTF.
So it is...

[Eskimo Brother]

Before I came in the Nailers still had all six of their original first six picks. I'm very curious to see who the next rounds are.

Oshie seems to be sticking around for a while as he refuses to age. Hayes was paid too highly to be worth keeping at the moment. He had his useful years though.

[Pengwin7]

Before I came in the Nailers still had all six of their original first six picks. I'm very curious to see who the next rounds are.

That's interesting.
Suggests that original owner (Brosive) wasn't much of a trader.
There's 3-4 "hold em" GMs in the WHL.
We'll have to post his trades once we get to that portion of the calendar for s1. (*verified: 0 trades in season1, 1 minor trade in s2)
I don't believe his team ever made the playoffs. (s1: 15th, s2: 13th)

[Eskimo Brother]

That's interesting.
Suggests that original owner (Brosive) wasn't much of a trader.
There's 3-4 "hold em" GMs in the WHL.
We'll have to post his trades once we get to that portion of the calendar for s1. (*verified: 0 trades in season1, 1 minor trade in s2)
I don't believe his team ever made the playoffs. (s1: 15th, s2: 13th)

Well if the hold-em strategy didn't work for this franchise, hopefully some of these moves will help!

[Shift Disturber]

Even though I'm not in this league, I'm really enjoying this thread - both instructive and entertaining.

[evans334]

I remember thinking I reached for ROR too early, especially with his big salary.

[glorybe23]

I was going back and forth on Barkov and Doughty here, was also hoping Hamilton would fall - settled for Leddy who was decent back then in the Tavares years.

[GinFizz]

The #Moose were still going strong with our next 2 picks.

Rd7 - Seth Jones
Rd 8 - Cam Atkinson

Not sure why Cam, but whatevs....

[havanablast21]

Oh yes ... Yakupov. Who’d a thunk it. Was trying for a homerun pick... he sucks and eventually runs home. Surprised I was able to Actually move him for ANY value.

I fear one more bold red pick in this look down memory lane. (More than 1 I’m sure but another pops into my mind which I made from the SkyDome watching a ball game as you all waited on me).