Re: Dobber PRO Campbell [2024-25]
I think I did OK with my draft. I think my D could have been a bit better, I might be lacking one higher points producing D with a good category coverage. I am also missing a second clear no 1 goalie. If I'm lucky I should make it in the upper half of the league.
For some reason, early in the draft the picks were not showing up in the message sections, I could only base them on the thinning out of my list.
Team: The Legend of Lebda
1. (5) Leon Draisaitl (EDM – C,LW). I wasn't expecting him to slide to 5th. It was between him and Matthews. I might pay by a lower G and Shot total, but I expect Draisaitl back to 50ish G and over 110 points. We'll see.
2. (20) Rasmus Dahlin (BUF – D). I wanted a D in the first 3 rounds. With Makar and Bouchard off the board, I wasn't sure if Dahlin or Josi would make it to my 3rd pick. I went with Dahlin as I prefer is peripherals and he might have room for growth point wise.
3. (29) Mitch Marner (TOR – RW). With Crosby and Petterson off the board, I look at wingers Robertson is taken just before me so it's between Marner and Thompson. Really considered Thompson there, but got burned by early picks on "riskier" picks before (talking about you Stutzle ;-P) so I went with Marner. If he plays over 75 games, he'll be back to 90-100pts and 200ish shots.
4. (44) Jacob Markstrom (NJD – G). With goalies flying off the board this is between Georgiev and Markstrom for me there. Georgiev is taken two picks before me. Markstrom was one of the last workhorse goalies left on the board. Being with the Devils, he should improve his amount of wins.
5. (53) Adrian Kempe (LAK – C,RW). Guentzel, Barkov, Stutzle are all off the board. From the players on my list, Kempe is the one least likely to make it to the next round. Hopefully he scores 35-40G and over 80pts with 250ish shots and over 100 hits.
After 5 rounds, 2RW, 1C, 1D, 1G. Happy with that spread. Might have left some shots on the table, but I should be able to make up for it.
6. (68) Jesper Bratt (NJD – LW,RW). In retrospect, maybe I should have gone Trocheck or Johnston… Should maintain or improve a little his points totals. Good amount of shots.
7. (77) Clayton Keller (UTA – LW,RW). There I was aiming for a D, but McAvoy, Seider and Sergachev get picked one after another and I feel I can wait for my other targets. Keller should go back to 30-40 goals and over 200 shots. A bit light on hits thought.
8. (92) Michael Matheson (MTL – D). Matheson is the only D left from my targets. If he stays healthy, he’s in for another repeat from last season I think. I don’t think Hutson eats much of his PP time this season.
9. (101) Robert Thomas (STL – C). I wanted Marchessault or Suzuki, but they are picked the 2 picks before me. Thomas should be an 80 points player, potentially 90 points. Nothing to sneeze at just outside the 100th pick.
10. (116) Bryan Rust (PIT – RW). Was really hoping for Hill or Kuemper here. 30G 30A potential with a decent number of shots, if he can stay healthy. Surprised to see one of my later rounds (12-14) target, Faulk taken in the 10th.
After 10 rounds, 2C, 4 wingers, 2D, 1G. At that point I usually like to have 3D, especially with 6D slots, but a lot of D were picked earlier than I expected.
11. (125) Jared McCann (SEA – C,LW). There I am hoping Scheifele makes it to my pick, but he snatched 2 picks before. I go for McCann, I expect he at least goes back to his 70pts from 2years ago on an improving Seattle team.
12. (140) Filip Hronek (VAN – D). Don’t love that pick. Ekholm, Toews, Letang and Faber were all taken. Panicked a bit and forgot that last season was the exception for Hronek. If he can get 35-40 points, he should still be serviceable with his shots and hits totals.
13. (149) Tristan Jarry (PIT – G). Iffy pick for me as well. I was aiming for Daccord but he was taken 3 picks before. I settled for Jarry, hoping he keeps the #1 goalie position.
14. (164) Neal Pionk (WPG – D). 30-35 points with 150 shots and over 200 hits.
15. (173) Sam Bennett (FLO – C). 50ish point along with some hits.
16. (188) Semyon Varlamov (NYI – G). With Sorokin’s injury early this season and his struggles last season, I’m hoping for more games with decent GAA.
17. (197) Jacob Trouba (NYR – D). Again, a 30ish points D, that brings the hits and shots.
18. (212) Pavel Zacha (BOS – C) Was looking at McTavish or Cozens, but they were snatched and forgot about Cooley and Schenn. Still, Zacha should be an OK bench player.
19. (221) Matthew Knies (TOR – LW) Should improve on last season. Potential top 6. If he can get more playing time his hits total should reach near 200 and could flirt with 50 points.
20. (236) Owen Power (BUF – D). A bit light on hits for a late round D, but should continue improve on his offensive numbers.
21. (245) Jake Allen (NJD – G). NJ goalie handcuff. I expect NJ to do well this season along with their goalies. Allen is known to be a good 2nd goalie as long as he doesn’t play too many games in a row.
22. (260) Jack Quinn (BUF – RW). Playing on the 1st PP during camp. Expected to improve his numbers this season. If it doesn’t pan out it will end up as a streaming spot. Side note: Zetterlund was a late
draft target (last 2 rounds), surprised he chosen a few picks before me.
23. (269) Matt Roy (WHS – D). Needed a D on the bench. Not much left. Roy should provide decent number of hits, close 150 shots and not hurt in +/-.
24. (284) Jake Neighbours (STL – LW,RW) Struggling to find potential value there. If Neighbours can reach 30ish goals again, improve assists a bit and maintain or improve is shots and hits, it will be a great pick there.
25. (293) Trevor Zegras (ANA – C) Hoping last season was just an exception for him and he goes back to a 60ish points C, I’ll be happy with that.
Overall decent team. Better wingers than I usually have, but weaker D. I might have to work the waiver wire to reach the max GP for goalies. If some of my late round picks pan out I should be top 5.
12 teams H2H Keeper
Keep 7 (1 each position, +2 any position but goalie)
G A P +/- PPP SOG FW HITS BLK PIM W GAA SV SV% SHO
Start: 3C 3LW 3RW 4D 2U 2G 5B
C: Mackinnon Matthews Thomas Stankoven Paul (LW)
LW: Kaprizov Tippett Toffoli (RW) Arvidsson
RW: JT Miller (C) Zuccarello Guenther
D: Fox Matheson Hanifin Trouba Power Lauzon
G: Hellebuyck Vasilevskiy Thompson
12 teams H2H Dynasty
G A +/- PPP SOG HIT BLK W GAA SV% SHO
Start: 3C 3LW 3RW 4D 2G 4B
C: Miller Point Kopitar Barbashev
LW: Fiala Verhaeghe Joshua
RW: Marchessault P.Kane Nyquist
D: Montour Forsling Chabot Roy McNabb
G: Bobrovsky Kuemper Lindgren
FARM (20)