Pretty rusty and not getting home sooner had me scrambling to login seconds before first pick.
1. (8) Cale Makar (Col - D) - Missed out on the elite forwards. Let's see if I can get the McDavid of Defense.
2. (17) Mitchell Marner (Tor - RW) - Needed a forward since I went D first. Had Marner and Barkov here - choose Marner.
3. (32) Steven Stamkos (TB - C,RW) - Was really hoping Hedman was still going to be available but got snagged pick before. So went with his teammate Stammer.
4. (41) Patrice Bergeron (Bos - C) - Yucky round here and wasn't really sure what to do. Usually when that happens I just default to picking a Centre. I probably should have just went Theodore.
5. (56) Semyon Varlamov (NYI - G) - Now I'm thinking goalies. Saros went earlier than planned so Ill take Varly.
6. (65) Alex Pietrangelo (VGK - D) - Oh well got a Vegas D anyway.
7. (80) Vincent Trocheck (Car - C) - This is the spot for him.
8. (89) Philipp Grubauer (Sea - G) - Think Seattle will be good defensively, and looked good in preseason.
9. (104) Mikhail Sergachev (TB - D) - Maybe a little early.
10. (113) Evgeny Kuznetsov (Was - C) Was waiting for someone to pick and it was my turn... autopick
Could return to form.
11. (128) Tony DeAngelo (Car - D) - If being a piece of shit can convert to point output, I got this in the bag.
12. (137) Andre Burakovsky (Col - LW,RW) - Desperately needing a LW.
13. (152) Devon Toews (Col - D) - Lost again Bad pick. Idk what I should have done here (Dunn at the very least), sigh.
14. (161) Tomas Hertl (SJ - C,LW) - Needing goals and LW - taking the risk.
15. (176) Pavel Francouz (Col - G) - Banking on Kuemper injury.
16. (185) Nazem Kadri (Col - C) - Solid 4the C
17. (200) John Gibson (Anh - G) - Well had Wahlstrom qued up for a round of picks just to have him taken the pick before. How rude. So I decided to pass on the rudeness and lock up my 3rd volume goalie incase of no Kuemper injury.
18. (209) Erik Cernak (TB - D) - Needed hits and this guy does that. Idk probably picked too early.
19. (224) Jakub Voracek (Cls - LW,RW) Hoping the new scenery can help him out. Looking good so far.
20. (233) Nick Ritchie (Tor - LW) - Hits
21. (248) Marcus Foligno (Min - LW,RW) - Hits
22. (257) Dustin Brown (LA - RW) - Hits some pts
23. (272) Jordan Eberle (Sea - RW)
24. (281) Evgenii Dadonov (VGK - LW,RW) - Was wanting Craig Smith here but snagged by EB.
25. (296) Casey Mittelstadt (Buf - C,RW) - With Eichel out someone has to do something in Buffalo. I think my +/- is way high so can take the hit if this guy pans out.
Started well... I should of did a run through before hand. Largest deepest league I do and 'got lost' a few times. The Kuznetsov autodraft set me back.
Goalies went well.
Forgetting that hockey games have wingers, is going to hurt me.
Not even top team on my projections lol...
Prediction: 8th
Things to help:
A long Kuemper injury - allow me to trade goalie for a winger.
Kuzzy to find some good coco that blasts him back into form.
Gibson trade to strong team.
Mittelstadt to shine in larger role.
More thoughts. I went heavy on the top teams (especially COL!). My goalies are all COL related.