Crazynuck Pts only draft results

[hockeyislife]

He drafted 4 C's hoping Horton would get rw
He has an empty spot unless Horton gets RW.
I tried to make a change but I can't

well, what type of Commissioner is running this thing!

lol, its all good...

[doulos]

You will find out tonight.
Does Team 1 get a vote?

No, I still voted for Team 10, but the goaltending for Team 1 'could' surprise and then they would be tough to beat.

[Crazynuck]

Crazynuck League Draft: 3C 3LW 3RW 4D 2G no IR or Bench
G=1 A=1 W=2 SO=2

Round 1

1 Alexander Ovechkin Crazynuck
2 Evgeni Malkin Shallowfrozenwater
3 Sidney Crosby Smoothfun
4 Mike Green Nordique
5 Dany Heatley Chic
6 Ilya Kovalchuk UW
7 Jarome Iginla The Comish
8 Evgeni Nabokov Joos
9 Roberto Luongo Ridinryan
10 Martin Brodeur Hockeyislife
11 Mikka Kiprusoff Maplemarty
12 Henrik Lundqvist Gongshow

Before I logged onto yahoo I hoped for anything but a top 3 pick. Just my luck I get the #1 pick. With Malkin and Crosby being C’s, its between AO and a goalie. Being a points only I have a tier 1 goalie between 95-105 pts. AO is good for 110+ so I pick him. The first surprise is Heatley at #5, guess the trade has really increased his value. With goalies not picked until #8 I’m starting to think a decent goalie will drop to me.

Round 2

13 Marc-Andre Fleury Gongshow
14 Joe Thornton Maplemarty
15 Nicklas Backstrom (Was) Hockeyislife
16 Pavel Datsyuk Ridinryan
17 Vincent Lecavalier Joos
18 Tim Thomas The Comish
19 Ryan Getzlaf UW
20 Andrei Markov Chic
21 Cam Ward Nordique
22 Niklas Backstrom Smoothfun
23 Ryan Miller Shallowfrozenwater
24 Zach Parise Crazynuck

Normally I would take a goalie back to back in this position but all my tier 1 & 2 goalies are gone leaving me with a tier 3 80pt goalie. I decide to change my strategy and grab the top LW available. Its between Parise and D.Sedin…. I fight my homer urge and pick Parise.

Round 3

25 Dan Boyle Crazynuck
26 Rick Nash Shallowfrozenwater
27 Corey Perry Smoothfun
28 Jeff Carter Nordique
29 Martin St.Louis Chic
30 Patrick Kane UW
31 Daniel Sedin The Comish
32 Steve Mason Joos
33 Thomas Vanek Ridinryan
34 Alexander Semin Hockeyislife
35 Nicklas Lidstrom Maplemarty
36 Henrik Zetterberg Gongshow

Most pools encounter the 3rd rd rush and I didn’t want to miss out with 22 picks in between. Streit is my #3 rated D who gets picked lower than he should in pts only pools. He finished 3 points behind Lidstrom, missed 8 games on a horrible team and will play with the likes of Tavares this season. I take a chance and hope he slips to me next round. The Heatley hype plays a factor in my pick of Boyle.

Round 4

37 Sergei Gonchar Gongshow
38 Dion Phaneuf Maplemarty
39 Marc Savard Hockeyislife
40 Daniel Alfredsson Ridinryan
41 Eric Staal Joos
42 Jason Spezza The Comish
43 Brian Rafalski UW
44 Shane Doan Chic
45 Ray Emery Nordique
46 Patrick Marleau Smoothfun
47 Chris Osgood Shallowfrozenwater
48 Henrik Sedin Crazynuck

The usual suspects have been picked with most of the top wingers gone GMs start the BPA approach and the C’s start to go. I’m eyeing G/D with my next two picks. Emery and Osgood go and I start to rethink my goalie strategy. Varlamov is still there but with no bench I can’t risk a goalie splitting 50/50 and decide to wait another round for Price, Turco and Huet as it seems like everyone has forgot about goalies. I go with the BPA approach and pick H.Sedin.

Round 5

49 Mark Streit Crazynuck
50 Zdeno Chara Shallowfrozenwater
51 Semyon Varlamov Smoothfun
52 Bobby Ryan Nordique
53 Brian Campbell Chic
54 Scott Niedermayer UW
55 Shea Weber The Comish
56 Michael Cammalleri Joos
57 Ryan Whitney Ridinryan
58 Chris Pronger Hockeyislife
59 Marian Gaborik Maplemarty
60 Ales Hemsky Gongshow

Streit falls and I snag him up. The D rush starts again and I’m happy to be at the start of the rush once again. After rounds of joking about playing Gaborik roulette, Maplemarty deciedes to roll the dice. Enjoy the injuries.

Round 6

61 Niklas Kronwall Gongshow
62 Brad Boyes Maplemarty
63 Marty Turco Hockeyislife
64 Marian Hossa Ridinryan
65 Devin Setoguchi Joos
66 Carey Price The Comish
67 Olli Jokinen UW
68 Pekka Rinne Chic
69 Jason Pominville Nordique
70 Jay Bouwmeester Smoothfun
71 Alex Kovalev Shallowfrozenwater
72 JP Dumont Crazynuck

The draft was looking good until this point. 2 of my 3 goalies go this round and the RWs start to fly off the board. I caught the 2nd D rush but missed the 2nd RW rush. At this point I need to go RW and Dumont is one of my favorite under-rated players.

Round 7

73 Jonathan Toews Crazynuck
74 Simon Gagne Shallowfrozenwater
75 Duncan Keith Smoothfun
76 Anze Kopitar Nordique
77 Mike Ribeiro Chic
78 Brent Burns UW
79 Tomas Kaberle The Comish
80 Paul Stastny Joos
81 Cam Barker Ridinryan
82 Derek Roy Hockeyislife
83 Alex Tanguay Maplemarty
84 Paul Kariya Gongshow

I’m debating about grabbing Huet but the lure of a top scoring forward blinds me. With the clock winding down I hesitate and pick Toews instead of Ribeiro. Not surprising Ribs gets picked up a few picks after. The turning point of the draft takes place at the end of round 7. Gongshow picks the top two remaining LW in Kariya and Morrow B2B and the chat goes crazy. There is a big gap to the next best LW and GMs decide to focus on specific positions.

Round 8

85 Brenden Morrow Gongshow
86 Cristobal Huet Maplemarty
87 Patrik Elias Hockeyislife
88 Martin Havlat Ridinryan
89 Tobias Enstrom Joos
90 Mike Richards The Comish
91 Tomas Vokoun UW
92 Dennis Wideman Chic
93 Loui Eriksson Nordique
94 Nik Antropov Smoothfun
95 Phil Kessel Shallowfrozenwater
96 Ilya Bryzgalov Crazynuck

With Huet and Vokoun picked I finally give in and take Bryzgalov. I’m not thrilled but he’s a #1 goalie with little competition. A goalies team doesn’t matter to me as long as he gets me 30 wins. The slider of the draft “Richards� gets picked up by Comish. Injury prone players scared everyone and if he can stay healthy Richards could win Comish the pool.

Round 9

97 Johan Franzen Crazynuck
98 David Krejci Shallowfrozenwater
99 Chris Kunitz Smoothfun
100 Kris Letang Nordique
101 PM Bouchard Chic
102 Alexander Frolov UW
103 Slava Kozlov The Comish
104 Dustin Brown Joos
105 Jonas Hiller Ridinryan
106 Claude Giroux Hockeyislife
107 Patrick O’Sullivan Maplemarty
108 Lubomir Visnovsky Gongshow

With 2C, 2LW,2D I decide to even out my lineup and grab Franzen. With the Hossa and Hudler gone, Franzen should see a lot of time on the top line and PP. Shallowfrozenwater takes two injured Bruins B2B. If they recover quickly he will be in good shape. The pick of Kunitz sets off multiple “NOOOOOOOOO’s�.

Round 10

109 Brian Gionta Gongshow
110 Kristian Huselius Maplemarty
111 David Booth Hockeyislife
112 Mikko Koivu Ridinryan
113 Vaclav Prospal Joos
114 Kimmo Timonen The Comish
115 Ray Whitney UW
116 Chris Mason Chic
117 John Tavares Nordique
118 Jordan Staal Smoothfun
119 Teemu Selanne Shallowfrozenwater
120 Ryan Suter Crazynuck

At this point there are no good goalies remaining and I have targeted Bulin in a late round as my 2nd goalie. My focus is on a 3rd D and filling my last LW spot. Suter looks to be my best choice and I hope to have Erik Johnson as my 4th.

[Crazynuck]

Round 11

121 Milan Michalek Crazynuck
122 Sheldon Souray Shallowfrozenwater
123 Brad Richards Smoothfun
124 Joe Corvo Nordique
125 Joffrey Lupul Chic
126 Martin Erat UW
127 Danny Briere The Comish
128 Nathan Horton Joos
129 Scott Hartnell Ridinryan
130 Erik Johnson Hockeyislife
131 Steven Stamkos Maplemarty
132 Mike Knuble Gongshow

While I have the worst D, I have the best LW in AO and Parise. Looking back I should have picked up Kariya or Morrow but LW was not an issue at that point of the draft. Michalek will slip in nicely to my 3rd slot and if he finds chemistry with Spezza he could be a nice surprise. Comish once again picks up a player that has slipped too far. EJ gets picked up and I head back to the drawing board for my 4th D.

Round 12

133 Andy McDonald Gongshow
134 Bryan McCabe Maplemarty
135 Bryan Little Hockeyislife
136 Tom Gilbert Ridinryan
137 Andrei Kostitsyn Joos
138 Jamie Langenbrunner The Comish
139 Zach Bogosian UW
140 Derick Brassard Chic
141 David Perron Nordique
142 Peter Mueller Smoothfun
143 Kris Versteeg Shallowfrozenwater
144 Nikolai Khabibulin Crazynuck

I was looking at McDonald and Briere as my 3rd C but they were both gone. I always avoid injury prone players unless it’s a late pick. I put Connolly in my queue. Its down to UW and myself to pick a goalie and with Bulin being the only good goalie left I can’t take a chance to get stuck with Lehtonen.

Round 13

145 Matt Niskanen Crazynuck
146 Travis Zajac Shallowfrozenwater
147 Filip Kuba Smoothfun
148 Jaroslav Spacek Nordique
149 Marek Zidlicky Chic
150 Mikael Samuelsson UW
151 Michael Ryder The Comish
152 Wade Redden Joos
153 Scott Gomez Ridinryan
154 Kevin Bieksa Hockeyislife
155 Patrick Sharp Maplemarty
156 Stephen Weiss Gongshow

I had Samuelsson as my last RW choice next round, hoping he will click with the Sedins. Maybe UW knew about my Lehtonen comment and decided to steal Samuelsson away from me. With RW and C covered, all I had left was D. It was between Bieksa and Niskanen. With so many D in Vancouver and Zubov gone in Dallas my choice was easy.

Round 14

157 Steve Sullivan Gongshow
158 Ed Jovanovski Maplemarty
159 Rob Blake Hockeyislife
160 Alex Goligoski Ridinryan
161 Marc-Edouard Vlasic Joos
162 Jason Blake The Comish
163 Joe Pavelski UW
164 Wojtek Wolski Chic
165 Milan Hejduk Nordique
166 Keith Ballard Smoothfun
167 Joni Pitkanen Shallowfrozenwater
168 David Backes Crazynuck

Samuelsson was more of a homer pick and if there is an injury to the top 6 in Stl Backes could come close to repeating last season. Everyone is looking to fill their last roster spot and the majority needs to fill their LW. Luckily I covered that off a few rounds ago.

Round 15

169 Tim Connolly Crazynuck
170 Fedor Tyutin Shallowfrozenwater
171 Milan Lucic Smoothfun
172 Alexei Ponikarovsky Nordique
173 Shawn Horcoff Chic
174 Kari Lehtonen UW
175 John-Michael Liles The Comish
176 Drew Doughty Joos
177 Ville Leino Ridinryan
178 Ryan Malone Hockeyislife
179 Justin Williams Maplemarty
180 Chris Campoli Gongshow

With so many prepared GMs we flew through the draft in 1hr 45 mins. The problem was almost every pick was followed multiple angry replies. Some GMs will need to avoid injuries while others will need to pray for their goalies to have miracle seasons. This should be a close race all season long and I look forward to October 1st.

[Gongshow]

Good read crazy, I enjoyed that. It's always interesting to get insight on people's thoughts and strategies during a draft. It's been said already but this was for sure a tough but very enjoyable draft. I have never liked drafting last, but I was overall happy with how the draft went and how my team turned out. Must admit I did enjoy everyone's reactions when I took Kariya and Morrow back to back, I almost went a different route but with no LW yet and such a gap between my picks it really was a must for me. As crazy said though, it was hilarious to read the chat because after every pick pretty much, everyone was swearing and complaining that their pick was taken. Looking forward to the start of the season boys.

[hockeyislife]

Looking back, I probably should have taken Kariya instead of Derek Roy in round 7; there were plenty of good centers available still but LW was already thin; When Gongshow scooped Kariya and Morrow, and Mapletreemarty snagging Tanguay my options were limited. Hopefully that one faux pas won't be my undoing.

Thanks for the analysis Crazy.... this will be one exciting pool

[The Comish]

Looking back, I probably should have taken Kariya instead of Derek Roy in round 7; there were plenty of good centers available still but LW was already thin; When Gongshow scooped Kariya and Morrow, and Mapletreemarty snagging Tanguay my options were limited. Hopefully that one faux pas won't be my undoing.

Thanks for the analysis Crazy.... this will be one exciting pool

For what it's worth, I would have taken D.Roy over Kariya as well. I also wanted Kariya, but he is made of peanut brittle. Kariya fell to where I might have taken him though. He was on my radar when he got nabbed. Roy will give you a nice safe return and in this pool that's worth more than the five or so more points Kariya MIGHT score IF he stays out of the infirmary.

[ultrawhiteness]

crazy, you better believe i'm writing down that bulin > lehtonen comment to call up in 8 months. tendergroin kari is gonna win this thing for me... he certainly owes me.

[Chicleteur]

Nice write up buddy! Definitely a good read even if it came with flashback of "nnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooos"!!!

[Crazynuck]

It would be nice to get feedback from the other GMs. Especially the regrets in not taking a particular position at a specific round in the draft.

My regrets:
- not taking a goalie in round 4. I should never take C before picking my first G or RW.
- taking Toews with 2 openings at C before morrow with 1 opening at LW. Fill the wing before C even if you already have 2LW and more openings at C.
- don't draft in the top 3

[Chinny]

Thanks Marcus, this was a great read, really got me thinking about extra things i can add into me tracking program!

[Chicleteur]

It would be nice to get feedback from the other GMs. Especially the regrets in not taking a particular position at a specific round in the draft.

My regrets:
- not taking a goalie in round 4. I should never take C before picking my first G or RW.
- taking Toews with 2 openings at C before morrow with 1 opening at LW. Fill the wing before C even if you already have 2LW and more openings at C.
- don't draft in the top 3

Yeah, that would definitely a good idea. I'll try to write a little something tonight.

[Kraftster]

Steve Mason is a tier 3 80 point goalie???

[Crazynuck]

Steve Mason is a tier 3 80 point goalie???

30-35 wins and a few shutouts. He has one year under his belt... Look at what happened to Price is year two. Mason should not be over rated.

Edit: pts only league not a multi cat, mason has less value

[doulos]

Yeah I'm with you Crazy, I don't own him in any one year leagues because of that very reason. He'll get drafted too high for me in most leagues.