I think you guys are crazy for drafting before the actual draft, but I respect it!
This is my favorite thread of the year. Will be back as our leagues draft to post.
As is tradition.
GDHL
20 team dynasty, salary cap, h2h, multi-cat including hits/blks/sh toi
All 2023 draft eligible plus previously undrafted players under 22 yo. As you can see, we draft before the NHL.
1. Connor Bedard C (Roughriders)
2. Adam Fantilli C (Battalion)
3. Matvei Michkov RW (Salmon Kings)
4. Leo Carlsson C (Roughriders)
5. Zach Benson LW (Screechers)
6. Will Smith C (Citadel)
7. Nate Danielson C (Chops)
8. Gabe Perreault RW (Boarders)
9. Dmitri Simashev D (Wolves)
10. Ryan Leonard C (Minutemen)
11. Matthew Wood RW (Roughriders)
12. Dalibor Dvorsky C (Roughriders)
13. Oliver Moore C (Watchmen)
14. Quentin Musty LW (Screechers)
15. David Reinbacher D (Watchmen)
16. Brayden Yager RW (Battalion)
17. Axel Sandin-Pellikka D (Salmon Kings)
18. Colby Barlow RW (Roughriders)
19. Andrew Cristall LW (Battalion)
20. Jayden Perron RW (Boxers)
21. Eduard Sale LW (Battalion)
22. Gracyn Sawchyn C (Screechers)
23. Samuel Honzek C (Watchmen)
24. Otto Stenberg C (Salmon Kings)
25. Calum Ritchie C (Roughriders)
26. Michael Hrabal G (Citadel)
27. Daniil But LW (Wolves)
28. Mikhail Gulyayev D (Boarders)
29. Gavin Brindley RW (Lynx)
30. Tom Willander D (Minutemen)
31. Carson Bjarnason G (Roughriders)
32. Nick Lardis RW (Barbuts)
33. Riley Heidt LW (Watchmen)
34. Bradly Nadeau C (Marauders)
35. Trey Augustine G (Watchmen)
36. Lukas Dragicevic D (Lynx)
37. Lenni Hameenaho RW (Roughriders)
38. Danny Nelson C (Roughriders)
39. Jackson Blake RW Carolina (Lynx)
40. William Whitelaw C (Screechers)
41. Kasper Halttunen RW (Watchmen)
42. Fraser Minten C Toronto (Lynx)
43. Matthew Poitras C Boston (Marauders)
44. Jacob Fowler G (Roughriders)
45. Theo Lindstein D (Roughriders)
46. Adam Gajan G (Citadel)
47. David Edstrom C (Chops)
48. Adam Sykora RW NYR (Boarders)
49. Damian Clara G (Wolves)
50. Ethan Gauthier RW (Minutemen)
51. Beau Akey D (Salmon Kings)
52. Etienne Morin D (Boarders)
53. Oscar Fisker Molgaard C (Boxers)
54. Tanner Molendyk D (Marauders)
55. Felix Nilsson C (Lynx)
56. Oliver Bonk D (Battalion)
57. Koehn Ziemmer RW (Roughriders)
58. Caden Price D (Boxers)
59. Luca Cagnoni D (Screechers)
60. Charlie Stramel RW (Boarders)
61. Anton Wahlberg C (Majors)
62. Scott Ratzlaff G (Minutemen)
63. Carl Lindblom G Vegas (Brigade)
64. Domenic DeVincentiis G Winnipeg (Marauders)
65. Aydar Suniev LW (Wolves)
66. Aram Minnetian D (Majors)
67. Maxim Strbak D (Chops)
68. Carson Rehkopf C (Chops)
69. Nicholas Moldenhauer RW Toronto (Wolves)
70. Denver Barkey C (Black Wings)
71. Felix Unger Sorum RW (Lynx)
72. Arttu Karki D (Chops)
73. Eason Cowan C (Marauders)
74. Juraj Pekarcik LW (Chops)
75. Alexander Suzdalev LW Washington (Lynx)
76. Matthew Mania D (Screechers)
77. Niklas Kokko G Seattle (Brigade)
78. Nico Myatovic LW (Roughriders)
79. Daniil Karpovich D (Chops)
80. Kalan Lind LW (Wolves)
81. Antonio Stranges LW Dallas (Battalion)
82. Zack Ostapchuk LW Ottawa (Minutemen)
83. Jesse Kiiskinen LW (Roughriders)
84. Alex Ciernik LW (Salmon Kings)
85. Dylan Garand G NYR (Boxers)
86. Jakub Dvorak D (Citadel)
87. Carey Terrance C (Chops)
88. Dmitri Buchelnikov LW Detroit (Boarders)
89. Dennis Hildeby G Toronto (Wolves)
90. Carsen Musser G (Minutemen)
91. Michael Buchinger D St. Louis (Boxers)
92. Martin Misiak C (Black Wings)
93. Jakub Brabenec C Vegas (Watchmen)
94. Vincent Iorio D Washington (Majors)
95. Sergei Murashov G Pittsburgh (Salmon Kings)
96. Chaz Lucius RW Carolina (Lynx)
97. Ryan Greene C Chicago (Brigade)
98. Cam Allen D (Battalion)
99. Adam Engstrom D Montreal (Brigade)
100. Timur Mukhanov C (Salmon Kings)
I think you guys are crazy for drafting before the actual draft, but I respect it!
This is my favorite thread of the year. Will be back as our leagues draft to post.
Here's another pre-draft (draft eligible only) result. Pts only 16 team dynasty league. Bold picks are mine. Some of them felt bold indeed in hindsight.
Player
1. Connor Bedard
2. Adam Fantilli
3. Will Smith
4. Matvei Michkov
5. Leo Carlsson
6. Oliver Moore
7. Ryan Leonard
8. Axel Sandin Pellikka
9. Gabriel Perreault
10. David Edstrom
11. Matthew Wood
12. Zach Benson
13. David Reinbacher
14. Jayden Perron
15. Dmitri Simashev
16. Lukas Dragicevic
17. Andrew Cristall
18. Mikhail Gulyayev
19. Dalibor Dvorsky
20. Colby Barlow
21. Oliver Bonk
22. Quentin Musty
23. Tom Willander
24. Mike Hrabal
25. Brayden Yager
26. Riley Heidt
27. Gavin Brindley
28. Carson Bjarnason
29. Luca Cagnoni
30. Bradly Nadeau
31. Theo Lindstein
32. Eduard Sale
33. Calum Ritchie
34. Nate Danielson
35. Kasper Halttunen
36. Trey Augustine
37. Aydar Suniev
38. Tanner Molendyk
39. Daniil But
40. Samuel Honzek
41. Etienne Morin
42. Caden Price
43. Otto Stenberg
44. Cole Knuble
45. Adam Gajan
46. Koehn Zimmer
47. Ethan Gauthier
48. Oscar Fisker Molgaard
49. Anton Wahlberg
50. Gracyn Sawchyn
51. Aram Minnetian
52. Hunter Brzustewicz
53. Juraj Pekarcik
54. Nick Lardis
55. Easton Cowan
56. Felix Unger Sorum
57. Carson Rehkopf
58. William Whitelaw
59. Cam Allen
60. Mathieu Cataford
61. Beau Akey
62. Timur Mukhanov
63. Andrew Gibson
64. Ruslan Khazheyev
65. Denver Barkey
66. Lenni Hameenaho
67. Felix Nilsson
68. Andrew Strathmann
69. Alex Ciernik
70. Kai Uchacz
71. Jordan Tourigny
72. Matthew Mania
73. Luca Pinelli
74. Tristan Bertucci
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, Stankoven, Trocheck, Larkin, Seguin
D: Chychrun, Grzelcyk, Trouba, Burns, Walman, Karlsson, Graves
G: Ullmark, Keumper, Reimer
Farm (notables):
F: Pekarcik, Hage, Cowan, Barkey, Halttunen, Simoneau, Bolduc, Nadeau, Sennecke
D: Brzustewicz, Dionicio, Jiricek, Reinbacher, Minnetian
G: Fedotov, Tarasov, Kochetkov, Skarek, Bussi
(Custom cap. It's complicated but expect top players to be around 10-12% of cap. Depth players cost around 5-6%)
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, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Peterka, PKane, Bunting, Voronkov, BClarke, Perreault
G- Vasilevskiy, Oettinger, Blackwood
"Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience."
Mark Twain
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, Stankoven, Trocheck, Larkin, Seguin
D: Chychrun, Grzelcyk, Trouba, Burns, Walman, Karlsson, Graves
G: Ullmark, Keumper, Reimer
Farm (notables):
F: Pekarcik, Hage, Cowan, Barkey, Halttunen, Simoneau, Bolduc, Nadeau, Sennecke
D: Brzustewicz, Dionicio, Jiricek, Reinbacher, Minnetian
G: Fedotov, Tarasov, Kochetkov, Skarek, Bussi
(Custom cap. It's complicated but expect top players to be around 10-12% of cap. Depth players cost around 5-6%)
Interesting how Nate Danielson went 7th OA in one draft and 34th in the other. Thanks for posting guys, love this thread.
IDHL League 28 team H2H league multicat full keeper
Rebuilding
Cooley, Guenther, Robertson, Lundell, Stankoven, Carlsson, Celebrini
Hutson, Zellweger, D. Jiricek, KA Miller, Malinski, Thrun
Dostal, Hofer
Beck, Dumais, Gaucher, Gunler, Pervalov
Ufko, Benning, Del Mastro, Peart, Grudinin
Zherenko
My favourite thread of the year!
WHL - 24tm multicast salary partial keeper
19 Active / 6 Reserve / 15 Minors
3C/3LW/3RW/3F/6D/1G
Skaters: G/ A/ +/- /PIM/SOG/PPP/Hit/Blk/FOW-C
Goalies: GS/W/OL/GAA/SV%/SV/SHO/ShL/A
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, Stankoven, Trocheck, Larkin, Seguin
D: Chychrun, Grzelcyk, Trouba, Burns, Walman, Karlsson, Graves
G: Ullmark, Keumper, Reimer
Farm (notables):
F: Pekarcik, Hage, Cowan, Barkey, Halttunen, Simoneau, Bolduc, Nadeau, Sennecke
D: Brzustewicz, Dionicio, Jiricek, Reinbacher, Minnetian
G: Fedotov, Tarasov, Kochetkov, Skarek, Bussi
(Custom cap. It's complicated but expect top players to be around 10-12% of cap. Depth players cost around 5-6%)
Edstrom 10th ov.. woww
10 Keepers Salary Cap League (96,025,000M Cap - Players CAP-HIT)
8 Teams / 12 FW, 6 D, 1G, 4 Scratches
+6 ELC contracts (farm)
F: 1xG + 1xA
D: 2xG + 1xA
G: 2xW + 1xOTL + 1xSO
F: Hintz, J. Hughes, Schmaltz, Zacha, Hyman, Novak, Hartman, Stamkos, Knies, Marchessault, Konecny, Monahan,
D: Heiskanen, Andersson, Sergachev, Mintyukov, Addison, Guhle
G: Shesterkin
Scratch : Dach, Wheeler, Eklund, Lundkvist
FARM : Edvinsson, Stankoven, Kulich, Musty, Leonard, Hutson
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, Stankoven, Trocheck, Larkin, Seguin
D: Chychrun, Grzelcyk, Trouba, Burns, Walman, Karlsson, Graves
G: Ullmark, Keumper, Reimer
Farm (notables):
F: Pekarcik, Hage, Cowan, Barkey, Halttunen, Simoneau, Bolduc, Nadeau, Sennecke
D: Brzustewicz, Dionicio, Jiricek, Reinbacher, Minnetian
G: Fedotov, Tarasov, Kochetkov, Skarek, Bussi
(Custom cap. It's complicated but expect top players to be around 10-12% of cap. Depth players cost around 5-6%)
For those with drafts coming in leagues - this is pretty good resource with different ranks & lists. (not mine).
This is from a site called "Sound of Hockey" - it's nice work... CONSOLIDATED list of others.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1951456987
(After the draft, thought I'd share as prospect drafts are still going to be highly subject to each individual's opinion. I don't really think there are any well-kept secrets left among upside of 1st round type picks.)
Curious to see how the NHL 1st round shifts the value on players like Reinbacher, Gulayayev, Cowan, Moore, Yager. Post NHL draft results I expect to look alot different.
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, Stankoven, Trocheck, Larkin, Seguin
D: Chychrun, Grzelcyk, Trouba, Burns, Walman, Karlsson, Graves
G: Ullmark, Keumper, Reimer
Farm (notables):
F: Pekarcik, Hage, Cowan, Barkey, Halttunen, Simoneau, Bolduc, Nadeau, Sennecke
D: Brzustewicz, Dionicio, Jiricek, Reinbacher, Minnetian
G: Fedotov, Tarasov, Kochetkov, Skarek, Bussi
(Custom cap. It's complicated but expect top players to be around 10-12% of cap. Depth players cost around 5-6%)
THIS POST represents the BEFORE/AFTER mark of the 2023 NHL entry draft.
It'll be interesting to see how these pre-draft drafts pan out for the GMs that took:
Oliver Moore (13,6) - NHL drafted at 19
Gabe Perreault (8,9) - NHL drafted at 23
Andrew Cristall (19,17) - NHL drafted at 40
Ridly Heidt (33,26) - NHL drafted at 64
Jayden Perron (20,14) - NHL drafted at 94
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All... smaller NA kids with "fancy" junior highlights.
32 Team Cap League, Pre-NHL Draft
1 Bedard
2 Michkov
3 Fantilli
4 Carlsson
5 Smith
6 Benson
7 Danielson
8 Leonard
9 Dvorsky
10 Wood
11 Moore
12 Cristall
13 Perreault
14 Reinbacher
15 ASP
16 Musty
17 Barlow
18 Simashev
19 Dragicevic
20 Yager
21 Heidt
22 Sale
23 Honzek
24 Bradley
25 But
26 Gulyayev
27 Willander
28 Bonk
29 Cagnoni
30 Ritchie
31 Stenberg
32 Molendyk
- Bedard
- Michkov
- Fantilli
- Carlsson
- Smith
- Benson
- Reinbacher
- Moore
- Perron
- Leonard
- Heidt
- Musty
- Cristall
- Perrault
- Danielson
- Dvorsky
- Barlow
- Yager
- Ritchie
- Wood
- But
- Nadeau