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    Draft preparation probably started when the selection slots were decided. Everything pretty much went to plan, with the first picks going in order 1-7… I had the 8th pick, so I bucked the trend and decided to pick at 12 rather than 8th… I’ve watched a few mock draft Youtube videos, and there seems to be a zero-G or fade goalies strategy floating out there, but those are meant for more traditional fantasy hockey leagues than the brutal RHRS. A few days ago, I was doing some draft prep and didn’t really like the double pick at the turn, I was running Makar/J.Hughes/Shesterkin/Hellebuyck/Pettersson/Kaprizov/Q.Hughes scenarios and didn’t like any of the combos… so I tried to toss a couple of lines out and managed to start discussing trading pick 13 (2.1) and 36 (3.12) for 23(2.11)/26(3.2) with PenguinHunter. At that spot, I was still in a good position to land a top-tiered goalie in Vas/Saros along with a top-tiered D in Q. Huges/Fox/Bouchard none of which would have made it back to me for my 3rd round pick at 36. So, I think it worked out as a win-win for both of us, as he probably wouldn’t have landed the Avs combo and Guntz if he kept his 2nd/3rd round picks.

    Round 2.11/3.2, some close picks here, I was hoping Bouchard would slip just a couple more picks, but ended up being sniped 2 picks before. Here was my debate between Vas/Hughes, with only Shesh and Helly off the boards, I went with Vas to lock in that #1 G. I shoulda considered Shoeless and his zero-G strategy, as I think I probably could have ended up with Hughes/Vas combo which has a higher upside rather than Vas/Fox combo. Can’t really fault any of the first 36 picks. Meier has been rocketing up the draft lists lately, and his value in our league settings is tremendous, but 34 might have just been slightly early. They probably could have gotten him 5 picks later at 39, but ending up with Barkov at that pick, so there is nothing to complain about…

    Round 4.1, I needed a #1 C at this spot, and had a long ponder between the 2 Rangers of Trocheck and Zibby… Trocheck’s hits and FOW were screaming out at me, but I think Panarin’s points regress a bit, and some of it should flow back to Zibby. Can’t really fault the next 22 picks…

    Round 5.12/6.1, I was really hoping to land Markstrom or Eichel with the next pick, but both got sniped 3/2 picks ahead of me respectively, so I grabbed Skinner, who I think is the last of the ‘A Tier’ goalies. Ovy, in my opinion, is criminally undervalued, especially given our league settings, so I had to grab him here. Chase for Gretz is on, and they added Dubois and Mangipane for a bit more depth than last year, gone are the days of the 5-goals per game Caps, but a 30-35 goal, 270+ SOG,150+ Hit and 25+ PPP is great value. Once again, can’t really fault the next 22 picks, I really like the Konecny pick at 67, Tippet at 74 was also good, both Carlson/Karlsson I think is good 7th round value. Not entirely sure of Bedard at 81, not his offensive upside, but the lone C positional tag and the lack of FW could be a category killer. Andersen/Kochetkov picks will be interesting, is it going to be a 1A/1B situation where they cannibalise each other’s stats? Rust has Andersen as his #1, Skinner had Kochetkov as his #2 after Swayman… not entirely sold on them both being 7th round picks…

    Round 7.12, I was eyeing Marchand for a few rounds, so he was always going to be my 84th pick. A bit of news of his off-season surgeries may have lowered his fantasy value, but he’ll put up points, PIMS, SOG, PPP and Hits with a decent +/-, so good value at this spot.

    I was chatting to PenguinHunter about possibly making another round 8/9 pick swap and ended up cashing in again. There was still quite a bit of value left in my draft queue, so I wasn’t too concerned with losing pick 85. However, I wasn’t sure if my guys would still be available at 108, so it was an easy choice to swap 85+108 for 95+98.

    Round 8.11/9.2, I needed a #2 C at this point, as I only had Zibby, so I knew I needed to land either Suzuki, Horvat, Hertl, Lindholm, Kadri, O’Reilly or Kopitar, so a plethora of choices. My top choice was probably Suzuki, but he went 2 picks before mine, so I decided to go with Hertl. Finally, he got outta the SJ basement and was one of the premier faceoff winners before getting hurt last year. Will be interesting to see what the Knights do with Eichel, Hertl and Karlsson, but Hertl being a career 53.6% FW winner vs Eichel (44.6) vs Karlsson (50.6), I could see Eichel shifted to the wing, or Hertl taking the PP1 C slot. I wanted to continue the HITs/PIMs/SOG trend, so 3 picks later, I went with Wilson. Something looked NQR with Wilson last season. Whether it was still recovery from injury, the change into a more defensive system, dunno what it was? But with Oshie, Backstrom out of the picture, it looks like Wilson should be back on the PP1 unit with Ovy, Strome, Dubois and Carlson, so that should open up some more offensive opportunities. If anything, hopefully, he can maintain his top-20 total HITs/top-3 PIM output. If he can chip in 45-50 points, that’s the bonus. There are some decent picks here that were all part of my draft queue: Debrincat, Slafkovsky, Werenski, Trouba, Kane, and UPL all went, which shows the trade probably worked out as another win-win for PenguinHunter and me.
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    Round 10.1, I only had 1 D at this point, so I knew I needed my #2 at this slot. There were still a few in my queue, in Letang, Matheson, Sanderson, Jones, and Faber, so I had plenty of options. Since I had fairly weak peripherals in Fox, I needed to pad some of those areas, so I thought Letang was a great fit. With 100HIT/100BS with 150+ SOG, if Karlsson is injured, Letang’s fantasy value could skyrocket. I thought about Matheson, but with Guhle and Hutson coming in, I'm not sure Matheson’s #1 PP QB job is as secure as last year. Like the previous 2 rounds, many of the hyped-up players from YouTube streamers were snatched up; Kyrou, Jones, Vatrano, Hintz, Faber, Raymond, and Dubois were all solid picks.

    Round 11.12/12.1, Hagel was another player on most lists along the same lines as those mentioned above. Bye-bye, Stamkos, so Hagel should get a shot at the first PP Lightning PP unit if they run with a 4-forward setup and Hedman. Dual RW-LW eligible, so there’s some flexibility there, decent shot volume and should get into the 70+ point range with a little bit of PIM contribution. With Vas/Skinner, I needed a 3rd G here. Most of the #1s are pretty much gone, and the only G left are split time or injury concerns, so kinda left with the BPA at this spot and saw Varlamov sitting there… He finished the season 8-1-1 with a 2.09 GAA and .930 SP from March 1 onwards, Sorokin 6-6-1, 2.71 and .907, not banking on Varly to overtake Sorokin as the Isles #1, but if he can contribute slightly above average numbers to complement Vas/Skinner, I’ll be thrilled with him as my #3. The next 22 picks yielded some nice value; I loved the Laine pick at 137; he should have a nice bounceback in a young and up-and-coming MTL squad. Marchessault, with a new home in Nashville, could be interesting at 141. Rust is an excellent value at 142. Chabot at 150 is a steal! The G dart game began with Ingram, Daccord, Stolarz, Thompson. Korpisalo could be a very intriguing pick at 155, depending on how long Swayman is out, but I guess it’s a good handcuff pick for Wedge since he already has Swayman and is very much a low-risk, high-reward pick.

    Round 13.12/14.1, landing a few FW from the winger positions is always a key to victory in the league, so snagging Schenn, who can chip in with 400+ FW from the winger position, should help out my squad. His 169 HITs and 40-50 BS also help out in that department. Looking back at the draft results, I probably should have picked up my 3rd D with this pick, as Pietrangelo, Faulk, Clarke and Ekblad all went off the board, but I decided to cement some more goalie stats with Talbot. Much like my Varlamov pick, I wanted a #1 guy, who I could use for spot starts with favourable matchups. Besides the 22-23 season with Ottawa, he’s posted a SP of .919, .915, .911, .898 and .913 in the last five seasons. The Red Wings had a team SP of .902 last season, so if Talbot can get somewhere into the .913-.915 range, Detroit could skyrocket up the standings this season. It will be interesting to see the Talbot, Husso, Lyon, Campbell battle for the blue paint though. As my 4th G, low-risk pick. The next 22 picks churned out some golf clap moments. Malkin was one that I was eyeing for a few rounds, but the lack of FW from a straight C position wasn’t a risk I was willing to take. Guenther, Zuccarello, Peterka, Silovs and Annunen were great snags.

    Round 15.12/16.1, since I missed the D last round, I knew I had to take a couple of D now. Burns has been sliding in drafts, but I'm unsure why everyone’s fading him. He was 31st in total points but was tied for 13th in PPP and 12th in SOG last year. I know there’s chatter about Gost coming in and possibly taking the #1 PP QB slot, but Burns will still get his time. I'm not sure that it’s entirely warranted for him to be dropped down to be the 44th blue-liner selected this year. At 180, chuck him in the bargain bin! Next pick, I knew I needed another blue-liner, so I went with Miller for the peripheral and SOG boost and a little handcuff in case Fox gets injured. Once again, another long wait till the following picks, Harley, Michkov, Beniers, Nichushkin, Cozens, Huberdeau, Zegras, and Byfield, were all in my queue, which vanished.

    Round 17.12/18.1, I was still reasonably weak with Zibby and Hertl as my 1/2 up the middle, so I went after the best FW available. Most of the C queue was left with youngsters who didn’t factor in the FW department, the McTavish, Fantilli, Hayton, Dach, and Cooley types, so they didn’t really tickle my fancy… I still wanted someone with point-production upside, especially on the PP and the top 6 of their team, so I went with Zacha. Looking back at it now, I'm not entirely sold on this pick, so we’ll see how it pans out. I followed that up with Rakell, a few of the YouTubers were hyping him up for a bounce-back season, so we’ll see how he goes. With the departure of Guentzel, he should be freed up a bit more quality ice time. I’m just looking forward to his contributions to the SOG and HITs front. Hughes at 208 could be a massive steal if he returns from injury and recaptures the top PP QB job. Toffoli was another steal at 212. There’ll be little to no competition for ice time for him in SJ, just a danger to the +/- front. Neighbours and Fantilli were also nice snags.

    Round 19.12/20.1, back to D, went with York, and he should be in line to man the top PP unit. He is a bit of Torts favourite (well, last year he was anyway, who knows this year…). Hopefully, he can keep up his 174 BS from the previous year. Following the Zacha pick, I needed a bit more security up the middle, so once again, I sorted the available queue by FW and saw Karlsson near the top. His 17.1 SH% will return back to Earth, but where back to 8.7-8.9% from 2021-23, if he keeps his 160 SOG pace, it’s still a pro-rated 14-goal pace. Low-risk IMO. Power/Byram could be interesting battles with Dahlin, all young and talented; who gets deployed, and where will be the big question? Tarasenko completely slipped my radar, so good pick there, but Raymond/Larkin/Debrincat, Kane/Compher/Tarasenko, that top-six, how will the offence get spread around? I loved the Quinn and Couturier picks. Kudos to those two. Couturier, I could see a huge bounce-back season, and there isn’t a ton of depth up the middle for the Flyers in terms of competition.

    Round 21.12/22.1 - We are getting to the pointy end of the draft now and are just looking to fill the roster with high-upside players. Hall was sitting there, so it seemed like a low-risk, high-reward type of pick if he could remain healthy. The Hawks added Bertuzzi and Teravainen in the off-season so that they won’t be as bad as last season. If Hall can stick to the hip of Bedard, they should get some decent production. I wasn’t really thinking of this pick, and I just trawled through the projected stats data and looked for anyone with a high HIT potential, so I landed on Lee. I’m pretty deep at the LW position, so I don’t foresee a ton of starts for Lee throughout the year so I’ll see how the start of the season goes and how Roy tinkers with the Isles’ lines, then go from there. I’m still one blueliner short, so Lee could be my first call to pick up a 6th defenseman. In the next 22 picks, the run of backup goalies starts to flow with Allen, Montembeault, Fedotov, Grubauer, Wallsteadt, Wedgewood, Nedeljkovic, Forsberg and Merzlikins all flying off the board. Really dig the Frost and Bertuzzi picks at 257 and 258, respectively; both could play major top-6 roles for their clubs this season. Seguin going at 272 seems like a steal to me. 50 points, plus 300 some FW and 150 SOG that late in the draft, should be very valuable.

    Round 23.12/24.1/25.12, literally grasping at straws now… I’m still not entirely convinced with Zibby/Hertl/Zacha/Karlsson, so I wanted to grab some more insurance with Danault. It should be right around that 50-point range while also chipping in with 80 HITs, 60+ BS, and 600+ FW in a top-6 role. 2nd last pick pretty much just followed the pack and followed the goalie trend; I looked for anyone more of a 1A/1B type, so I grabbed Gibson. He was expected to miss the first month, but he and Dostal should be locked in a tight battle throughout the year. I still hope he gets moved at the deadline, but no one seems to want to swallow his ballooned salary. With Vas/Skinner/Varly/Talbot, I don’t see Gibson really taking up too many of my goalie starts. Some really nice picks to finish off the draft: Marchenko, Boqvist, Hutson, Zetterlund, Stankoven, Granlund and Couture (is he even playing anymore?). I was eyeing Granlund, but much like Toffoli, I'm not entirely sure about the +/- hit, although the point production should be fairly nice. I finished the draft by selecting Terry. I needed a last RW, and there weren’t really any top-sixers left, but then Terry caught my eye. I'd be ecstatic if he can get back into that 60-65 point range and chip in with 180 SOG. If Zegras, MacTavish and Carlsson can all stay healthy, and you throw in a mix of Terry/Vatrano and Killorn, with a sprinkling of Fabbri and Gauthier, the Ducks don’t look that terrible on paper.

    Team Maaaaaachete
    Zibanejad, Hertl, Zacha, Karlsson, Danault
    Hughes, Schenn, Ovechkin, Marchand, Hall, Lee
    Hagel, Wilson, Rakell, Terry
    Fox, Letang, Burns, Miller, York

    Vasilevskiy, Skinner, Varlamov, Talbot, Gibson

    Here’s my bible recap! Let’s get it started! Good luck boys!
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    C - Crosby, Larkin, Norris, McTavish
    LW - Boldy, Jenner, Buchnevich, Bertuzzi
    RW - Kucherov, Marner, Guenther, FA
    D - Heiskanen, Karlsson, Faber, Harley, Walman, Seeler
    G - Oettinger, Woll, Stolarz, Annunen, Hofer, Wolf
    BN - Boqvist, Couture

    1. (7) Nikita Kucherov (TB - RW)
    I had a clearcut Top4 in McDavid, MacKinnon, Draisaitl, Matthews so no surprise to see them go. I was expecting Kucherov to 5th and was planning to probably go Rantanen(little bit of FOW from wing) or M.Tkachuk, but Kucherov was available so happy to pick up the reigning Art Ross winner.
    Tehnically I had J.T. Miller ranked ahead in my rankings, but I'd rather have the scoring and get my FOW from the wing later in the draft.

    2. (18) Sidney Crosby (PIT - C)
    I did consider Josi/Bouchard or going G with Saros/Oettinger, but decided to wait a little bit on goalies. After seeing goalies go little later than I expected in Dobber Expert league I wanted to get better idea where goalies were going by waiting a little bit. In previous seasons I have wasted my FOW-taking wing picks by neglecting centers so long that I had to roster centers only getting 400-500 FOW in full season and at least partially wasting the value I got from W-eligible FOW-takers. Also my teams have often ended up very light on centers so I usually take C if it's somewhat close so happy to go with Crosby, probably the only player that can be expected to top 1000 FOW this season.

    3. (31) Jake Oettinger (DAL - G)
    I didn't really like any of the skaters available that much so very happy to see that I waited on goalies last pick since Oettinger was available here. If I had to go for a skater, I would probably have picked up Barkov or Hedman.

    4. (42) Mitchell Marner (TOR - RW)
    I am bit surprised that Marner was available at the 4th round. While he isn't the the best fit for the league categories, I thought he would have been picked up in the 3rd round at the latest. I did also consider Eriksson Ek, Trocheck and McAvoy, but decided to go for scoring upside in Marner and try to get the peripheral coverage later on the draft.

    5. (55) Miro Heiskanen (DAL - D)
    I did think about taking 2nd goalie as there was still 3 of my Top10 G available in Swayman, Markstrom and Skinner. I had a solid #1 in Oettinger already though so decided to go for a skater instead. Choice was between Larkin, Heiskanen and Sergachev and decided to for D with Heiskanen as Sergachev has a little uncertainty about his projection and his role in UTA after changing teams so went for safer pick in Heiskanen.

    6. (66) Dylan Larkin (DET - C)
    Goalies I considered last pick went as expected so that left Larkin as my pick. I was happy to secure a 2nd high-FOW C to my team and this would allow me to not worry much about FOW and wait late in the draft and get some value on late centers, there's usually few available pretty late on the draft.

    7. (79) Erik Karlsson (PIT - D)
    I drafted Karlsson last season as well and he was a disappointment at the 4th round, but I am still fairly high on him so should be better bet than last season at the 7th round. My D looks pretty light on HIT+BLK with both Heiskanen and Karlsson being pretty light there so I'd probably have to try to compensate for that later in the draft by picking up the likes of Gudas, Xhekaj, Lauzon. I did also think about taking Ullmark, but decided to wait on 2nd goalies as I had Woll, Kuemper and Demko similarly ranked to him and thought I could wait at least one more round and get one of them.

    8. (90) Matt Boldy (MIN - LW,RW)
    I would have taken Ullmark if he was here, but he went. All the other goalies that were in consideration were still there so I decided to wait one more round and take skater. I did consider Horvat, Suzuki and Fiala as well, but I had 2 C on the team and no wings so preferred to get a winger. Boldy is injured currently so a little risky pick, but shouldn't be out more than maybe few games at the start of the season so decided to get dual-eligible winger over Fiala who is just LW in the end.

    9. (103) Joseph Woll (TOR - G)
    I think waiting on goalies any more would be risky and wanted solid 2nd G so picked up Woll. Stolarz is one of the better backups/possible platoon goalies so I decided to try to pick him up later in the draft and maybe even reach a little bit to secure both TOR goalies.

    10.(114) Boone Jenner (CBJ - C,LW)
    Time to take FOW-taking winger on the team, my team is also light on hits so Jenner helps there as well. He seems to be playing at LW with Monahan this season so FOW totals might go down quite a bit. Jenner is a really good faceoff-taker though so he should still be getting good amount of FOW even if playing LW most of the season.

    11.(127) Brock Faber (MIN - D)
    I was considering betwen Faber, Dubois and Buchnevich. I was pretty confident Buchnevich would be available at my next pick so that left Dubois and Faber. I ended up preferring to get D in Faber, but not sure about this in the hindsight. Faber is my 3rd D now with low hits so that puts my team at pretty bad position at HIT category especially as I have many forwards who are fairly low on hits. At least Faber provides good amount of BLKs so I can probably fix that with later picks at least.

    12.(138) Pavel Buchnevich (STL - C,LW)
    Buchnevich was there so went with him and my team needed wingers anyway. Seems like he has been playing C in the training camp so could be good source of FOW as well. His scoring totals will probably be hurt without playing with Thomas and Kyrou, but extra FOW should at least compensate for the likely scoring loss if he ends up with playing C fulltime, at least his PP1 spot should still be secure.

    13.(151) Anthony Stolarz (TOR - G)
    I did think about taking about taking Guenther and Theodore as well, but thought Guenther would likely be available 1-2 rounds later and I didn't want an another mediocre peripheral D in Theodore. Theodore's PP1 spot seems to be questionable at best as well with Hanifin seemingly prefered over him there at least to start the season. Stolarz might have lasted 1-2 more rounds, but I think it was worth a bit of a reach to secure both TOR goalies.

    14.(162) Dylan Guenther (UTA - RW)
    Guenther was still available and he was clearly the highest rated skater on my board so went with him.

    15. (175) Justus Annunen (COL - G)
    Backup goalies that can provide good ratios even if only playing 20-30 GP can be quite valuable in this league, so I had Stolarz and Annunen marked at around R15 where I would take them if they were available. I am not confident in Georgiev at all and I think Annunen could easily take over the starting role if Georgiev keeps playing like he did last season. For skaters I did look at Hartman, Stone and Doughty(still probably solid pick here even with the injury) and Burns, but preferred to get high quality backup G to essentially secure enough starts for 164GP so I didn't necessarily need to pick up more goalies in the draft.

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    16. (186) Thomas Harley DAL - D
    I did consider Norris and Cozens as well, but though Norris at least should likely be available 1-2 rounds later. Stone was also an option, but decided I don't want that injury headache on my team. So ended up going with Harley who should provide solid numbers overall, but another low HIT D means my team is at best mid-table at HITs so in hindsight I might have been better off going with Cozens and taking some HIT+BLK maybe PIM as well specialist D later on.

    17. (199) Josh Norris OTT - C
    Norris has had significant injury issues for the last two seasons, but I think he can still provide solid production around 60 pts pace with good enough FOW totals while also providing decent HIT totals so I think he can be worth the value at this point of the draft. Walman was the best ranked D in my list so though a bit about him as well, but I was pretty confident he would be available few rounds later in the draft.

    18. (210) Mason McTavish ANA - C
    Centers worth picking with solid FOW totals were starting to get thin so decided to get 4th C on the team so I wouldn't be left with scraps at that position. In some of the earlier seasons I have had to pick some significantly lower ranked Cs to fill out the roster just to not have some 200 FOW player on the 4th C slot killing all the value gained from taking FOW-taking wingers earlier in the draft.

    19. (223) Jake Walman SJ - D
    I went with Walman, but in the hindsight I think I should have picked up Xhekaj instead to help with PIM+HIT.

    20. (234) Joel Hofer STL - G
    I was also considering McCabe, but took an another look at the goalies available. Since there were some goalies I liked available like Hofer and Wolf, decided I can fix low-end D and W with FA pickups to some degree and get the goalie insurance while I still can. STL might not be that great, but Hofer had 30 GP last season even when Binnington was playing well so Hofer can easily be at least platoon goalie if Binnington can't replicate what he did last season. I got Ingram and Daccord in the last 5 rounds last season so hoping something similar from Hofer.

    21. (247) Dustin Wolf CGY - G
    CGY probably isn't going to be that great, but Wolf should be the starting goalie as Vladar isn't much of a competition in my eyes. Wolf has been great at AHL level so I think he's definitely worth a shot at this point of the draft, I am always willing to throw some darts at decent-looking goalies at last few rounds.

    22. (258) Tyler Bertuzzi CHI - LW
    23. (271) Nick Seeler PHI - D
    24. (282) Adam Boqvist FLA - D
    25. (295) Logan Couture SJ - C


    Just filling out the roster with some longshots and depth skaters. Bertuzzi looks like he is playing with Bedard with L1+PP1 role so I thought he was worth a shot. Seeler is just a depth HIT+BLK+PIM D. Boqvist looks like he will get the 1st shot on FLA 1st PP unit so maybe he will be new Montour, but could be worth solid amount if he scores at 45+ pace. Couture was about Top150 player in 22-23 season so I thought I'd see if he still has some gas left on the tank and he could also get LW eligibility while taking good amount of faceoffs so I thought he's a worth a shot. Might easily be just like Backstrom though and come back for few games and retire, but we'll see how it goes.

    I am happy with goalies after managing to get Oettinger+TOR goalies to probably finish fairly high on goalie categories. I think I should have picked up the DAL handcuff though with DeSmith, but I should have goalie depth even if Oettinger is injured. I picked too many low HIT Ds which means my team is mid-table at best on HIT and PIM so I can either be resigned to be mediocre in those cats or maybe try to adjust a bit via trades/FA pickups. I am also pleased that I didn't waste my FOW-taking wingers and managed to actually get solid C in the roster as there have been previous RHRS drafts where I have had to roster Cs I consider below replacement level just because they are the best ones with decent FOW totals. Overall looks like pretty balanced team on most positions except LW looking pretty weak though.

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    YL's Annual RHRS Draft Recap:

    One bite everybody knows the rules.

    HJ's are Here Johnny's and represent picks I stick tapped to.
    RR's are RedRum's and represent picks I made didn't care for as much.

    SIDE BAR: Loving the names this year fellas. Well done.

    Rds 1-2: Not much worth touching on here imo. Yeah I reached on Shesty but it was for a plan that I failed to execute. Still a plan lol.

    Rd 3:
    HJ – Solid picks throughout but will mention Tage as someone I was targeting that Rick grabbed. Also the first of MANY snipes by Teemu on me with Oettinger here.
    RR – Sorokin (Me) was risky here even without the injury. Faded Forsberg in all my pools as he was ranked super high (Mike) and I'm not sure he can deliver to that level again with the adds NSH made. That said, he's often underrated and Mike dominated last season...

    Rd 4:
    HJ – Marner (Teemu) right after my pick was great value. Danger of being too zoned in on a guy (me with Svech) and missed the better value here. Liked Russ' McAvoy pick here as he brings it across the board.
    RR – Nothing egregious here at all.

    Rd 5:
    HJ – Nylander (Scott) could be a homerun here. Already good value but if he plays C and racks some FOW from RW this will be a steal. One of my few HJ's with Sergachev who with a full season of PP1 and some hidden value from being injured last year could be strong.
    RR – Almost never get to pick on Teemu's pick but thought Heiskanen here made 'sense', but just liked other D who bring more peripherals more here.

    Rd 6:
    HJ – Ma taking OV here hurt. Great pick at this stage. Overall quality picks this round.
    RR – Slightly concerned about Tavares (Russ) if he's deployed more in a C3 role or on the wing. Felt a little early for W.Johnston (Rick) here too but you gotta grab who you like when you're on the turn.

    Rd 7:
    HJ – E.Karlsson (Teemu) was terrific value here (and another snipe). Kreider (Russ) isn't sexy but damn he should out-perform this round easily. Marchand (Ma) is great value here too.
    RR – I'm not sure where I would have taken the CAR goalies unless I was on the turn and got them both, but I'm not sure CAR is quite as dominant this year and don't have a clue who is going to emerge so they were on my don't draft (early) list.

    Rd 8:
    HJ – M.Barzal (Ma), RNH (Q), Hill (Gabe), Boldy (Teemu), DeBrincat (Rick) were all great value here for me. C's were fine here too. Fiala/Caufield fine. Dunn fine.
    RR – That leaves Gus (Scott) as the outlier here... but let me say that he was a big target of mine so I like the pick, just maybe a scooch early based on how under-valued he was.

    Rd 9:
    HJ – Like pretty much all the picks this round but T.Wilson (Kelsey/Ma) hurt to see go. Perfect spot to take him. Werenski (Pete) feels like a steal here too despite the weak hits.
    RR – Yeah so I mentioned this in my Dobber re-cap but ROR here was not a great pick here (and an unintentional error on my part). It's not brutal, and I knew I really needed FOW from C, but I'm not sure he can out-perform this spot which is never an ideal way to draft.

    Rd 10:
    HJ – Kyrou (Pete) is larceny here. Demko (Kelsey) is a great swing at this stage. Letang (Ma) and Montour (Alex) feel like excellent value.
    RR – I'm pretty hesitant on Jenner (Teemu) this season if he indeed lines up as a winger with Mono. That said, if he doesn't, he'll easily smoke his value here. Not a gamble I wanted but I can respect it.

    Rd 11:
    HJ – Loved the S.Jones pick by Ma here. Hintz (Mike), Raymond (Alex) and Hagel (Rick) were very solid picks imo. PLD (Gabe) a solid gamble.
    RR – This is probably the first round where I didn't like a bunch of picks tbh. Vatrano (Kelsey), Nelson (Scott), Nurse (Russ) and Faber (Teemu) all have question marks for me this season. Even Gudas (Q) here didn't feel optimal. Thinking this is the round where individual lists really start to diverge.

    Rd 12:
    HJ – That being said – I LOVED Round 12 for everyone.
    RR – Well, except my Laine pick. Aside from the brutal injury luck the night of the draft, there were much safer options still available here. Pretty sure I was on full tilt after seeing Ma take Varly at this point lol.

    Rd 13:
    HJ – Ehlers (Alex) here is wild value. Vilardi (Rick) solid too. Chabot (Mike) could be a home run.
    RR – Seriously what the eff am I doing taking L.Thompson here? Especially seeing Korpisalo (Wedge) go a few picks later. Just a massive whiff for me in this round.

    Rd 14:
    HJ – Quality round here overall. Geno (Wedge), Pionk (Alex), Bennett (Gabe), Petro (Q), Guenther (Teemu), Faulk (Mike), Zucc (Scott) and Clarke (Rick) were all solid imo.
    RR – Not sold this year on Bunting (Russ) or Paul (Pete) repeating their best but fair darts to throw here.

    Rd 15:
    HJ – DeBrusk (Rick), Peterka (Pete), Tolvanen (Mike), Hartman (Alex) all stand out to me here. Think Doughty (Q) is a solid dart to throw at this stage too. Burns (Ma) solid value here too.
    RR – Felt a bit early for Landy (Mike) and I'm just not convinced Nyquist (Wedge) will be what he was last year with the influx of scorers in NSH this season.

    Rd 16:
    HJ - K.Miller (Ma), Celebrini (Wedge), Jarry (Alex), Michkov (Mike) were aces here. Liked the Beniers pick by Pete too. R.Andersson (Russ) feels like great value here if his +/- doesn't crater.
    RR - Putting C.Lingren (Gabe) here mostly because it sniped me from another handcuff I wanted lol. Lankinen (Scott) doesn't feel great here and while it's a bit of nitpicking as Nichushkin was one of my targets – it felt a couple rounds early with all the uncertainty surrounding him and his return.

    Rd 17:
    HJ – Another quality round of picks... when the hell are you guys going to let up? Stone (Pete) again was an absolute steal here. Fan of Pulock (Kelsey), Cozens (Russ), Hubs (Scott), Arvy (Mike), Norris (Teemu), Zegras (Q), Byfield (Gabe), Zacha (Ma) here. Didn't like the M.Backlund (Alex) pick but only realizing now he's LW eligible... which turns it into a HJ for me.
    RR – Reaching to include someone so picking on Rick with Lauzon. Obviously if he repeats this is solid... but with Josi and Skjei ahead on LD, not sure he'll get the minutes to amass 1000 hits again this season.

    Rd 18:
    HJ – Toffoli (Scott) was a home run here for me. So was L.Hughes (Gabe). Stick tap for Monahan (Kelsey) and Neighbours (Pete) picks.
    RR – A few I wasn't overly fond of here. Hathaway (Wedge) and Knight (Q) felt out of place.

    Rd 19:
    HJ – Fantilli (Rick), Durzi (Russ), Minty (Alex) I thought were excellent here. Kuzmenko (Scott) was a great dart for Rd 19 too.
    RR – Honestly no real 'misses' here. Will say that Hayton (Q) might have gone undrafted so perhaps not a great pick here, but I'm a huge fan so until he disappoints this year I can't really crap on my Rd 19 pick.

    Rd 20:
    HJ – Trio of goalies – Hofer (Teemu), Ersson (Mike), Samsonov (Pete) is solid for this round. Xhekaj (Alex) is a fave of mine so disappointed to not land him again. L.Crouse (Wedge) and B.Byram (Scott) are great value here.
    RR – No misses again for me. Can see the upside with everyone taken this round.

    Rd 21:
    HJ – J.Quinn (Rick) is a monster home run here for me. Schmaltz (Wedge) could be too. Couturier (Pete) sniped on me and fantastic value here. Really liked the Gs taken here (Mrazek/Kelsey, Wolf/Teemu, DeSmith/Mike) at this stage too.
    RR – FFS I'm looking but again don't see a single guy I wouldn't have taken here.

    Rd 22:
    HJ – Into the waiver-fodder here but props to Kelsey for I.Fedotov who could surprise. Personal fan of Montembault (Gabe) so dug that pick too. Liked my dart on Frost on here at this stage.
    RR – Didn't love a couple of guys here but seeing their names made me question if I 'missed' them.

    Rd 23:
    HJ – N.Zadorov (Russ) and Kovalenko (Gabe) were two guys I was planning on drafting this year. I'm fine with a dart on Seguin (Q) here too. Some good backups taken this round and in Round 23 getting a starter (Merzlikins/Wedge) is pretty quality despite CBJ not being great.
    RR – Not sold on Danault (Ma) with Kopi and the emergence of Byfield who it seems they're trying at C. No slight on Danault, just that the ice time might limit his raw totals (FOW) to where he's not worth a roster spot.

    Rd 24:
    HJ – A.Boqvist (Teemu) and L.Hutson (Pete) were fantastic long shots. LOVED Rick's snag of E.Gustafsson (who I think will run PP1 to start at least). Lots of G darts tossed here. Duclair (Mike) is solid value here.
    RR – Didn't love my Marchenko (Q) pick but was just zeroed in on finding shots somewhere. I mean, it's round 24, so most darts are fine, but the E.Kane (Russ) pick here feels like a risky gamble in terms of IR spots based on the projected time he'll be out.

    Rd 25:
    HJ – Quality round to close things out with nice gambles/darts being taken. Ma ending up with Troy Terry as Mr. Irrelevant was indicative of the quality of GM's in this pool who don't take a single round off!
    RR – Me trying to figure out how I'm going to turn this dog's breakfast into a competitor.

    Genuine pleasure as always lads. While it's not my favourite thing to feel like I got outclassed this season – it's why I love this pool so much. You really do have to earn everything and the quality of the people is second to none.

    Thanks for a fun night and here's to great season!
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    Year two in the RHRS. I had worked the night before and been up all day and like several others I wasn’t at my best. My toddler’s bedtime coincides with the beginning of the draft and I thought, tonight, I would just let her stay up. She of course looked tired early and miraculously was in bed and asleep ten minutes before the draft started. So, I was ahead of a couple of others there. Already highly caffeinated, I felt fuzzy and drank a Red Bull. I still feel a little numb in the head.

    I looked at my goalies from last year in both this league and the Dobber Expert league and I realized that every G I drafted before round 15 did basically nothing for me. Andersen’s 16 games did probably net me a couple of points but still, 16 games from the 7th round. So, I decided to skip those early G altogether. Believe it or not I was not the most extreme Zero G practitioner in this draft.

    I was offered 6th choice of draft slot and chose 6th, as the first five had gone in order. I have always claimed I liked drafting from the middle as there always seems to be someone there I like without a huge reach.

    1. (6) Matthew Tkachuk (FLA - LW,RW) There were five players I wanted here and you can see those names beside the first five picks made. I knew I needed to sort out who my sixth player would be if they were all taken before me and I settled upon M. Tkachuk. It was that little bit of everything that he provides but particularly PIM that swayed me. Also, +/- and he’s 26, on a strong team and growth seems as likely as decline.

    2. (19) Roman Josi (NSH - D)
    I had 16 players I wanted available to me in the second round. Two picks out, two of them were left. So, whichever of Crosby or Josi that Temek didn’t take, and I was confident he’d take one, I would take. I was hoping for Josi, TBH, so that worked out fine.

    3. (30) Filip Forsberg (NSH - LW)
    I was thinking Barkov was a likely choice here. I didn’t want to be jumping up any of the later D. With all of the categories we use in this league, it limits my D short list even further than other leagues. Forsberg, whom I drafted well after pick 100 last year, kept falling and I took that 90 point potential and boat load of shots and hits over Barkov as I figured there were many other C that I was willing to take in later rounds. I would have nervously considered Forsberg in the early second round if necessary but I am much happier getting him here.

    4. (43) Vincent Trocheck (NYR - C)
    Barkov kept falling and for a moment I thought I was going to get him in the 4th as my 1C but he went four picks before me. That left Trocheck, whom I have loved drafting for years while not always loving the result, still here. Like Forsberg, I am happier paying this price than the 2nd or early 3rd round pick that I thought he might cost. I like filling the other cats early with guys who also get points so I can keep piling on the offence later rather than drafting bangers only.

    5. (54) MacKenzie Weegar (CGY - D)
    I had made up my mind that I was going to take a shot at Weegar when the time seemed right. His peripheral cats will be there. Last year, rounded off, he had 200 shots, 200 hits and 200 blocks. I looked at his micro stats and he is just a strong player offensively. I am willing to bet that he will bring enough offense to pay off here.

    6. (67) Travis Konecny (PHI - LW,RW)
    This was my 3rd draft of the year and the 3rd time I have taken Konecny. I was going to take Larkin until Temek took him the pick before mine. He’s the main guy in Philly. He is pushing close to PPG and he is a net positive in PIM. Trying to maintain a nice balance in PIM so I don’t have to rely on any one big source was a theme. If his PPP come up he could be even better than last year.

    7. (78) Robert Thomas (STL - C)
    Another guy that I drafted 100 picks later last year. Did he get lucky? Maybe? But he is good at what he does. He wins face-offs better than I believed before last year. He is the number one in St Louis. And, the opposite of PH, I always try to keep points foremost in my mind while drafting for all the other cats.

    8. (91) Kevin Fiala (LA - LW)
    The last three years, he averages a point and 3 shots per game with a positive +/-. Also 60 hits, 25 PPP and, sneakily, 58 PIM per season.

    9. (102) Nazem Kadri (CGY - C)
    Centres were vanishing rapidly and so I took Kadri. Now the main guy in Calgary, I figure he gets all of the minutes he can handle this year. He shoots and chips in positive PIM.

    10. (115) Mike Matheson (MTL - D)
    Jenner went to Temek. I was trying to push him but I really wanted all that he brings. Oh well. So I pivoted to Matheson. He blocked a ton of shots last year with shots, points, PPP and again, better than average PIM. Hopefully, the +/- comes up some. I came in with a shortlist of about 30 D that I wanted that filled the cats I wanted them to fill. Weirdly, D don’t disappear in this league as they do in others or perhaps some later D are more useful because of the number of cats we use but in some leagues I would want all of my D by now and here this is my third.

    11. (126) Roope Hintz (DAL - C)
    Again, a PPGish main guy. A little less main than some others but still a prominent player on Dallas. Breaks even in shots. Less than that in hits but not a zero. A good +/- is likely. Decent blocks for a F. But weak face-off totals despite a good percentage. So, here, and shortly after when all of the FOW wingers that interested me also are taken before me, I realize that FOWs will not be a winning cat for me this year.

    12. (139) Jakob Chychrun (WSH - D)
    Chychrun is a weakness of mine. A shooter who never seems to stay healthy or get prime deployment while killing my +/-. God, I love players who do those things. Hopefully, health, deployment and a better +/- come our way this year because he shoots, hits a bit, blocks shots and, to continue a theme, gets some positive PIM.

    13. (150) Thomas Chabot (OTT - D)
    Just hoping for health and PP time. He otherwise does the things I want him to do.

    14. (163) Justin Faulk (STL - D)
    Seems like he has a path to PP1. He can push for 50 points, 200 shots, 130 hits and 130 blocks with 45 PIM. That is a spectacular, if unlikely, player.

    15. (174) Gabriel Landeskog (COL - LW)
    Before he was hurt, he was a 2nd/3rd round pick in a league like this depending upon his health. I don’t know what effect his injuries and surgeries have had but he’s not that old and I like to think of it as two years of rest with no wear and tear on his body. And, thinking of the year Peter Forsberg took off before coming back to dominate the playoffs. Worth a flyer if he comes back good and early.

    16. (187) Matvei Michkov (PHI - RW)
    Saw him in the player list. Heard some good things and thought I would take the chance this late that he could be something special. I don’t normally take rookies, although I will pick them up later once they’ve shown something but why not?

    17. (198) Viktor Arvidsson (EDM - LW)
    Shoots, gets hurt and avoids PP deployment? I love me some Arvidsson. That’s the third time in three drafts to this point. Still, I am taking the chance that he catches fire beside Draisaitl.

    18. (211) David Rittich (LA - G)
    The G are almost all the same. Backups on teams that I think will win some games. Rittich was good in LA last year and depending upon Kuemper, might get some more games this year.

    19. (222) Calvin Pickard (EDM - G)
    Backup. Good team.

    20. (235) Samuel Ersson (PHI - G)
    Not a great team but played better than expected last year. The indication is that Ersson is still considered the number one for now.

    21. (246) Casey DeSmith (DAL - G)
    Backup. Good team.

    22. (259) Oliver Bjorkstrand (SEA - RW)
    Seattle looks like perhaps playing a number one line and PP. Bjorkstrand seems to be included on those. Not a bad player.

    23. (270) Alex Nedeljkovic (PIT - G)
    Stole starts when it counted last year. Could again this year.

    24. (283) Anthony Duclair (NYI - LW)
    Seems to be top line and PP1 so far in NY.

    25. (294) Mikael Granlund (SJ - C,RW)
    I give some serious credit to Granlund for helping me win this league last year. He played 51 games for me with 51 points, including 41 assists. When I added him I had 2 points in assists and ended with 12. He won 7.5 faceoffs per game from RW. I had traded away Couturier for Bedard and Jenner was hurt and those FOW helped maintain my lead in that category. He also blocked 42 shots and the difference at the top in blocks between 1st and 3rd was three. Now, does he get 20+ minutes a night this year? I don’t know but it’s pick 294 and this is my one hope for some W FOW.

    So, without doing any actual arithmetic, I feel OK about this team. Not as good as last year but I caught some lightning in a bottle last year. You can win this league with some poor categories. I don’t have the FOW that I had last year. +/- needs several players to do better than last year. I think have enough hits that I can make up enough hits from the WW to do well. I think hits are the easiest category to add from random wingers. And I am probably in trouble in goalie games but last year my top three G taken, in order, developed blood clots, lost his job and was indicted for sexual assault. I was streaming everything that wore a mask last year and I will again if I have to.

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    I selected the 10th pick because I had a top tier of 10 guys, and I figured I would be able to get my 8th or 9th guy anyways. Also, it put me a little earlier in round 2 where I had a tier end at pick 14, and that would slot me at 15. Odds were I would get a guy within that set, mainly because someone would pick a goalie in there and I didn't have one rated that high. That's as far as I planned ahead with the draft draft.

    Round 1 - Cale Makar
    Not sure I've actually ever owned him, but he was 9th on my list and that pick allowed me to just take the best forward available for the next number of picks.


    Round 2 - Kirill Kaprizov
    Him and Crosby were the last two of my top 14, and I figured I could replace Crosby more easily than a do it all 100+ pt winger.


    Round 3 - Timo Meier
    I knew with this group that I would have to grab Meier with this pick or my next pick if I wanted him, and I saw plenty of similar Cs to green one of them at my next pick.


    Round 4 - Aleksander Barkov
    Barkov was actually my 15th rated player, and it the draft didn't go well for me that's who I was taking in round 2. To get him in round 4 feels like a coup.


    Round 5 Jack Eichel
    One of the last 90-point guys, and he doesn't hurt much across the rest of the board either. Might lose on more faceoffs than I would like from a C2, but still feels worthwhile here. Was sure Gabe was going to take him the puck before me.


    Round 6 Adrian Kempe
    Didn't like this pick, but didn't have much time to pivot around managing babies and having my top three in my queue go in the four picks between mine. I like Kempe, solid floor/upside, and great category coverage.


    Round 7 Linus Ullmark
    Goalies were getting depleted, and it was down to four starters or so that I figured had 50+ game potential without being awful on peripherals. If I didn't take a goalie in this short end around the turn, then the long gap between Round 8 and 9 would probably have the rest of them disappear. Hopefully he does well with more volume in Ottawa.


    Round 8 Vince Dunn
    I needed my D2 and Dunn was the best combo of category coverage left available. In hindsight this pick works as I got a bargain on Montour later and the combined PPPs from them give me one PP1 and one PP2 guy, both with excellent peripherals.


    Round 9 Darcy Kuemper
    Goalies really getting shallow now and this might be the last 50 game starter on a playoff team left. Hopefully the down year in Washington was a blip on a lesser team.


    Round 10 Brandon Montour
    As I mentioned before, he works as a combo with Dunn to make a solid D2/D3 tandem. I don't think he's a 65pt Dman overall, and definitely not in Seattle, but he might have even been the last 50+ point Dman left, and especially the last one with any kind of peripherals.


    Round 11 Lucas Raymond
    After four rounds on D/G, I'm back to forwards to mop up some of the point per game guys that are left. Raymond is going to take another step here and be a top-75 Fantasy player this season, this feels like one of my favourite picks.


    Round 12 Martin Necas
    This is one of the many picks where I heard the alert go off, looked at the top name on my queue, and just pressed the button while I was managing a baby feed/burp/spit-up/diaper. I'm hoping it's one step back two steps forward for Necas who looks like he should be back on PP1.


    Round 13 Nikolaj Ehlers
    Continuing the run of trying to milk out some point per game players after pick 100, Ehlers comes in finally seeing some time on PP1. At this cost, worst case scenario is he's a 65-point forward with mediocre peripherals. Best case scenario he finally explodes over 80 points and the added ice time bumps the peripherals as well.


    Round 14 Neal Pionk
    Goalies weren't moving too quickly now and there were still a few guys I liked, but defence was starting to get very shallow in the guys I considered worth being at least the D-5 on my team. Pionk covers a ton of volume in the peripheral categories, and adds some reasonable scoring as well. I'm hoping with the new coach that his offensive usage goes back up a bit too.


    Round 15 - Ryan Hartman
    I had one minute here around babies where I thought "Oh I should look for some faceoffs from the wing". Hartman's name popped up and I grabbed him as a high floor guy who hopefully plays most of the year with my second round pick Kaprizov again.


    Round 16 - Tristan Jarry
    One of the last goalies left who at least comes in as the favourite to be the starter and his team has a shot at the playoffs. He might get some selective benchings from me, but he felt like a worthwhile gamble here.


    Round 17 - Mikhail Backlund
    I'm not sure which part I question more: why I selected a 35 point player here, or why a guy with 700+ FOWs is LW eligible. Regardless, maybe not my best pick, but hopefully he's at least valuable enough to keep rostering.


    Round 18 - Max Domi
    Ideally he lines up with Matthews again, but third line centre wouldn't hurt too much either.


    Round 19 - Pavel Mintyukov
    Maybe the PP guy in Anaheim, and at least the option with more peripheral upside. The +/- will hurt, but he cans be replaced as D-5 if it'shurting too much.


    Round 20 - Arber Xhekaj
    Looking quickly at my team I was pretty happy with the overall coverage, but noted that PIMs would probably be lower. Filtered by that and he was the top option that made sense to roster. Hopefully he plays regularly, but this being Roto it's okay if he doesn't.


    Round 21 - Anton Lundell
    Another full-time C with wing eligibility. Hopefully his offence takes the step forward that others are thinking he will.


    Round 22 - Jake Allen
    As much as Jacob Markstrom is the easy workload starter, Jake Allen is an NHL starting goalie in his own right, and could take more starts than people expect. New Jersey is going to be a very good team, and that means Allen's starts should be valuable ones.


    Round 23 - Anton Forsberg
    I don't really think he's a great goalie, but I missed the handcuff on Kuemper and didn't want to miss the OTT one too.


    Round 24 - Kaapo Kahkonen
    Kahkonen's numbers on the season disuse how good he was when playing behind an actual NHL team in NJ after being traded from the Sharks. He's going to have some great numbers behind Hellebuyck, and no one seems to see the value there.


    Round 25 - David Jiricek
    This is a dart throw on a young multi-category defenceman, and I felt that between Xhekaj and Jiricek, one of them should hit this year.

    Summary: Overall I feel okay with the team. Strange to come out with only two single position Cs, but I should be able to sort that out as well as hit my goalie max games. Across the board I feel like I covered categories pretty well, but the actual stats will be the real indicator there once games are underway.
    Just trying to get through this year then I can get back to feeling a little more on top of the draft next year.

    Team name: Jack the (shot) Ripper for the Jack the Ripper movie and Jack Eichel, who was scarily almost taken the pick ahead of me, and will come back to haunt Gabe for not taking him.

    Good luck all, it was a fun draft!
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    Immediate post-draft moves:
    In - Pinto, Novak, Bjugstad
    Out - Jiricek

    Will wait out on defence and see what stats I want to chase there or if Minty/Xhekaj just play every game for me as my 5/6.

    Forwards added give me some extra lineup options and some single position centres to run with for faceoffs. Love that Novak was still available. Completely forgot about him in the chaos, but he's one of my favourite breakout bets this year.
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    Reading the draft recaps from everyone in this league is always one of my favorite parts of draft season.

    I usually try to go with a B-movie inspired name incorporating a player that I plan to hang on to all season. In the past I’ve had some I was pretty proud of like House of 1000 Corvos, Barried Alive, SHARPNADO and Kreidle Hands. This year may be my best yet with The VelociPastr. #IYKYK

    I was picking 9/12 this year which wasn’t ideal as I had a pretty clear top 8 and top 15 so I was going to need a little help from people going off the board to get the players I wanted.

    1. (9) David Pastrnak (BOS - RW)
    The first 7 picks went pretty much expected. I had resigned myself to drafting JT Miller with this pick and I would have been okay with that. But Q went off script and picked Shesterkin earlier than I expected a goalie to go and left me with my boy Pasta. Maybe this was karma since I was getting excited to pick him last year in round 1 and Alex sniped him.

    2.(16) Connor Hellebuyck (WPG - G)
    The 6 picks in between went more or less as expected. I had Panarin all queued up but knowing I would have a bit of a gap between picks, I didn’t want to risk a goalie run. Vasi, Bob, Oettinger & Sorokin all went before my next pick so I’m happy with this choice.

    3.(33) Artemi Panarin (NYR - LW)
    I’m even happier with my choice now since the Bread Man fell all the way to me here. There’s always a few players who fall too far as most GMs in this league have no problem reaching for the players they want, myself included. But reaping the rewards of the value guys who fall is a hard thing to take advantage of. This gives me a good start.

    4.(40) Victor Hedman (TB - D)
    A lot of great D were already off the board. I really wanted to take Trocheck here but C is so deep that I decided to wait. People keep predicting Hedman’s drop off, but he’s still going strong and doesn’t have Sergachev to cannibalize his stats this year.

    5.(57) Jacob Markstrom (NJ - G)
    Goalie strength is always a hallmark of my teams. G was starting to thin out a little bit and C was still looking pretty deep. Markstrom was the last top tier G I had ranked (other than Swayman but his contract situation is scary). Was hoping Eichel would make it through the next 6 picks but I forgot Alex was drafting right after me, so he went Eichel without hesitation next pick. We’ll see if Jack ends up “ripping” me a new one.

    6.(64) Nico Hischier (NJ - C)
    Watching where Hischier has been going in a lot of drafts, this felt somewhat early. But I believe he will far outperform this draft slot. As a former Halifax Moosehead, he’s a personal favorite of mine too.

    7.(81) Connor Bedard (CHI - C)
    Is it time? This is the only league I’ve ever played in that doesn’t overvalue youth. But I really thought Bedard would go earlier than this.

    8.(88) Adin Hill (VGK - G)
    My queue got absolutely decimated over the next 6 picks will Ullmark, Kochetkov, Marchand, Barzal, Caufield going. But Hill should get the larger share of the workload on a strong Vegas team this year.

    9.(105) Jacob Trouba (NYR - D)
    I don’t understand why Trouba is being drafted so low this year, especially in multi-cat leagues. I felt like this might be a reach, but he doesn’t usually last long in this league so I figured it was now or never.

    10.(112) Jamie Benn (DAL - LW)
    My wings are looking a little sparse and I wanted to target some FOWs from the wing. Given that Giroux & Jenner went with the next two picks, I wasn’t the only one with that idea.

    11.(129) Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH - C,LW)
    This pick will either be a homerun and total bust. I keep falling for this guys potential and I keep being disappointed. However, could he be the C that helps Ovie break the record this year? I’ll take that chance at pick 129.

    12.(136) Alexis Lafreniere (NYR - LW,RW)
    Raymond, Boeser & Necas all left my queue over the turn, I’m sensing a theme here. But Lafreniere started living up to his potential last year and I think he takes another step forward this year. YL takes Laine with the next pick who I had completely forgot about and I thought that could be a great value pick. Funny that he lamented it in his write up.

    13.(153) Shea Theodore (VGK - D)
    Still a little light on D here and Theodore was the best of the bunch. Even if Hanifin takes over PP1, Shea should still post decent stats and knowing Vegas, he will end up traded somewhere he can be the #1 guy anyway.

    14.(160) Sam Bennett (FLA - C)
    I F’N HATE SAM BENNETT! I mean, I’m a Bruins fan. I can’t believe I drafted him. But he’s insane value at this point in the draft with our league categories. Sure his FOWs may be a little light from a pure C, but there’s few C’s who will put up his PIMs or Hits.

    15.(177) Jeff Skinner (EDM - LW)
    I’m expecting big things out of Skinner in Edmonton… although I think I may have said something similar when he first went to Buffalo… Anyways, time heals all wounds. Hopefully he clicks for the Oilers.

    16.(184) Charlie Lindgren (WSH - G)
    Time to round out some goalies, was going to snag Jarry but Alex sniped me again. So I decided to pass it on and snipe Q’s handcuff from Washington.

    17.(201) Quinton Byfield (LA - RW)
    Q repaid the favor here and sniped Zegras right before my pick. But I think Byfield could be in for a breakout year so I was happy to snag him here.

    18.(208) Luke Hughes (NJ - D)
    The forgotten Hughes brother… faded this far due to injury but could wind up being an absolute steal at this point. I always like to have a couple of IR guys stashed early to allow for early season roster flexibility.

    19.(225) Teuvo Teravainen (CHI - LW,RW)
    TT back in Chicago and potentially playing with some top talent. Could he be the next Hyman?

    20.(232) Owen Power (BUF - D) & 21. (249) Kaiden Guhle (MTL - D)
    Need to fill out my D with good low risk, high reward picks at this point. Could Power finally break out? Guhle is a personal favorite even though he plays for the Habs. But happy to cut bait with either after drafting them this late.

    22. (256) Sam Montembeault (MTL - G)
    Did I really just land a starting goalie in round 22 of this draft? I mean, I know it’s the Habs… but he should fill some volume cats for me in the spot starts that he gets. Otherwise, he has value for me sitting on my bench and not accumulating saves for some other team.

    23. (273) Nikolai Kovalenko (COL - RW)
    Part of me wanted to take Kovalenko in the last round just for dramatic effect (a la Teemu with Debrincat’s rookie year). But there’s no way these guys would have let that happen. Pretty stoked to land him and thinking he could be a big deal this year.

    24. (280) Devon Levi (BUF - G)
    I’m not expecting much from Levi this year as I think it’s UPL’s crease. But willing to stash him for the time being. He’s a year older and could end up coming in to take over if there was an injury or anything.

    25. (297) Marco Rossi (MIN - C)
    I’ll take a chance on a personal favorite this late. Just a dart throw at this point.

    All in all, I’m pretty happy with my draft. But only time will tell. I’ve alternated between a podium finish and bottom half every year in this league since 2017 and I finished 3rd last year. Hoping to buck that trend this time around.

    As always, a fun but frustrating draft with a pretty amazing group of GMs. Can’t wait to see what the season brings.
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    Pasta, Panarin, and Bedard were each guys you took the pick before I was going to take them. That's three of the first four chances to snipe me, you did.
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    Standings after Game 1. You guys good with calling it a season and awarding the title now?

    1 The VelociPastr 142.5
    2 Trick r’ Treat Sam (PH) 107
    3 Solomon Kane 98.5
    4 The Kings in Yellow 97.5
    5 Seider of the Lambs 95
    6 Jack the (Shot) Ripper - (EB) 87.5
    7 The (Hughes)man Centipede (Ma) 87
    8 The New York Ripper (YL) 83
    9 Nurse of Tkachuky 73.5
    9 Buchnewitchcraft 73.5
    9 Halloween Forsberg 73.5
    9 The Skjeining (AW) 73.5

    Markstrom, Hischier, Power starting The Velocipastr off strong... now the question is to sit or start Levi today?
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    Standings update... a lot of tight categories with teams still swinging by 6-8 points a lot of nights.

    1 The New York Ripper (YL) 116.5
    2 Jack the (Shot) Ripper - (EB) 114.5
    3 Buchnewitchcraft 114
    4 Halloween Forsberg 99
    5 The VelociPastr 94.5
    6 Trick r’ Treat Sam (PH) 94
    7 Seiderlence of the Lambs 88.5
    8 Solomon Kane 84.5
    9 The (Hughes)man Centipede (Ma) 80.5
    9 Nurse of Tkachuky 80.5
    11 The Kings in Yellow 68.5
    12 The Skjeining (AW) 57
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    Standings at the Christmas Break

    1 Jack the (Shot) Ripper - (EB) 134
    2 Buchnewitchcraft 112
    3 Halloween Forsberg 107.5
    4 The New York Ripper (YL) 104.5
    5 Trick r’ Treat Sam (PH) 102
    6 The VelociPastr 93
    6 Seiderlence of the Lambs 93
    8 The Kings in Yellow 88.5
    9 Solomon Kane 77
    10 The (Hughes)man Centipede (Ma) 73.5
    11 Nurse of Tkachuky 68.5
    12 The Skjeining (AW) 38.5
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    New goal, to finish 100 standings points ahead of last.
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