Post your 2010 keeper entry draft here

[wizworm]

Great idea for a thread fzusher!

I have the 9th, 12th and 24th pick in this year's draft (2 rounds, 24 picks). I have a handful of guys targeted for those 9th, 12th spots so seeing how other peoples drafts have gone is helping me figure out who to take at 9 hoping one of the other guys will drop.

My draft won't happen until laste August/early September but I'll post when it happens.

[4horsemen]

1. Blackhawks - Taylor Hall
2. Islanders - Tyler Seguin
3. Canucks - Chris Stewart
4. Blues - Wayne Simmonds
5. Capitals - Jeff Skinner
6. Penguins - Brett Connolly
7. Kings - Nino Niederreiter
8. Capitals - Vladimir Tarasenko
9. Blackhawks - Cam Fowler
10. Flyers - Jack Campbell

11. Islanders - Gustav Nyquist
12. Flyers - Michael Leighton
13. Capitals - Michael Granlund
14. Kings - Tyler Bozak
15. Islanders - Beau Bennett
16. Pittsburgh - Ryan Johansen
17. Bruins - Kirill Kabanov
18. Pittsburgh - Evgeniy Kuznetsov
19. Blues - Peter Regin
20. Flyers - Antero Niittymaki

21. Pittsburgh - Chris Kreider
22. Blackhawks - Mattias Tedenby
23. Capitals - Robin Lehner
24. Kings - Tomas Tatar
25. Bruins - Jeremy Morin
26. Kings - Anti Niemi
27. Canucks - Maxim Goncharov
28. Nordiques - Chet Pickard
29. Blues - Johnny Boychuk
30. Bruins - Lars Eller

31. Pittsburgh - Dustin Byfuglien
32. Kings - Louis Leblanc
33. Canucks - Peter Holland
34. Nordiques - Matt Calvert
35. Bruins - Derek Stepan
36. Nordiques - Brandon Gormley
37. Pittsburgh - Alexander Burmistrov
38. Bruins - Nick Bjugstad
39. Blues - Petr Straka
40. Philly - Matt moulson

41. Islanders - Mathieu Perreault
42. Philly - Brandon Kozun
43. Capitals - Michael Grabner
44. Nordiques - Ian White
45. Canucks - Brendan Smith
46. Kings - Niclas Bergfors
47. Canucks - Eric Fehr
48. Nordiques - Jaden Schwartz
49. Canucks - Paul Martin
50. Philly - OTC

This is the most interesting list I've read yet. Lots of guys shooting from the hip here. I just can't follow the logic of many of these picks and I'm in two 30 team salary cap keeper leagues. Seems that many people in this league put far more emphasis in a hope and a prayer than they do in on ice production. I can just imagine a time-warp to three years ago, Berfors would have been top 15 pick. Two years ago Chet Pickard would have filled Jack Campbell's spot, etc, etc. Don't fall victim to the 2010 draft hype!

[hockeyguru_87]

This is the most interesting list I've read yet. Lots of guys shooting from the hip here. I just can't follow the logic of many of these picks and I'm in two 30 team salary cap keeper leagues. Seems that many people in this league put far more emphasis in a hope and a prayer than they do in on ice production. I can just imagine a time-warp to three years ago, Berfors would have been top 15 pick. Two years ago Chet Pickard would have filled Jack Campbell's spot, etc, etc. Don't fall victim to the 2010 draft hype!

I would think being in a 30 team a guy like Bergfors would look more attractive. But, I'm Pittsburgh in that league and guy like Bergfors isn't cracking my main roster and he's low on my bench totem pole for coming in as injury replacement. We have a 13 man bench and then a 8 player prospect roster where guys can stay till they are 25. So, I'd rather take a young prospect with higher upside because I can afford to wait for him to hit his potential. Maybe he gets there, maybe he doesn't. If he does I'm laughing, if he doesn't who cares? I ain't shedding no tears over losing Bergfors. I might if I lose out on the next Semin or Getzlaf.

Most teams are going for the home run shot as opposed to the single.

[Buck Fush]

I would think being in a 30 team a guy like Bergfors would look more attractive. But, I'm Pittsburgh in that league and guy like Bergfors isn't cracking my main roster and he's low on my bench totem pole for coming in as injury replacement. We have a 13 man bench and then a 8 player prospect roster where guys can stay till they are 25. So, I'd rather take a young prospect with higher upside because I can afford to wait for him to hit his potential. Maybe he gets there, maybe he doesn't. If he does I'm laughing, if he doesn't who cares? I ain't shedding no tears over losing Bergfors. I might if I lose out on the next Semin or Getzlaf.

Most teams are going for the home run shot as opposed to the single.

yeah there are a couple of things going on with this particular pool that might shed some light... First, we expanded our prospect roster from 5 to 8 spots thus summer and only prospects drafted in our entry draft are eligible to be placed there so GMs I think wanted to fill those spots up first as current players like bergfors can be picked up in the upcoming FA period. Secondly, we have two expansion teams that have guaranteed top draft picks in upcoming years which everyone wants to pillage, errr I mean trade for and all they want is prospects so people are loading up on them. Prospects in general are heavily coveted because if they pan out early then their inexpensive ELCs can be very useful for cash strapped GMs (and almost everyone in the league has cap issues lol). For my situation, I already have good bench depth so I wanted to bulk up my prospects cause alot of times a decent prospect throw in can be the difference between getting a deal done or not.

Of course, there was some poolie talk regarding a quote by EJ macGuire (head of NHL central scouting) saying this was the deepest draft he'd every seen, which of course put the hype machine into uber warp drive as far as this draft was concerned lol... Newer = shinier apparently!

[Yonald]

Here was our entry draft for the league in my sig...I owned the 5, 15, 19, and 26

1. Taylor Hall
2. Tyler Seguin
3. Brett Connolly
4. El Nino
5. Jeff Skinner
6. Cam Fowler
7. Ryan Johansen
8. Michael Leighton
9. Nik Zheredev
10. Logan Couture

11. Jiri Hudler
12. Ville Leino
13. Vladamir Tarasenko
14. Paul Martin
15. Jack Campbell
16. Matt Perrault
17. Mikael Granlund
18. Alexandre Burmistov
19. Kirill Kabanov
20. Andy Greene

21. Anton Stralman
22. Robin Lehner
23. Alex Frolov
24. Corey Crawford
25. Kirill Petrov
26. Louis LeBlanc
27. Brian Boucher
28. Erik Gundbranson
29. Sergei Goncharov
30. Dylan McIlrath (GM was blind drunk by this point haha)


Some suprises, no one selected Kuznetsov who I am high on. I should've taken him at 26 but wanted LeBlanc. Come Sept 1 we can add FA's but not without subtraction and I don't really have anyone to drop. Jeremy Morin was still there also

[asv27]

Another league I'm in:

Round 1
1 - Moscow Dynamo - Taylor Hall
2 - Mississauga IceDogs - Tyler Seguin
3 - Chicago Blackhawks - Ryan Johansen
4 - New York Rangers(via: SEA) - Jack Campbell
5 - Pittsburgh Penguins - Brandon Gormley
6 - Toronto Maple Leafs (via: WAS) - Cam Fowler
7 - Hartford Whalers (via: TOR) - Nino Niederreiter
8 - New York Rangers - Brett Connolly
9 - Quebec Nordiques - Jeff Skinner
10 - Tampa Bay Lightning (via: BOS) - Mikael Granlund
11 - Colorado Avalanche - Alexander Burmistrov
12 - Vancouver Canucks - Jaden Schwartz
13 - Philadelphia Flyers - Vladimir Tarasenko
14 - Hartford Whalers - Evgeny Kuznetsov

Round 2
15 - Moscow Dynamo - Austin Watson
16 - New York Rangers(via: MIS) - Kirill Kabanov
17 - Chicago Blackhawks - Emerson Etem
18 - Hartford Whalers (via: COL)(via: TOR)(via: SEA) - Beau Bennett
19 - Pittsburgh Penguins - Quinton Howden
20 - Moscow Dynamo (via: TB) - Derek Forbort
21 - Hartford Whalers (via: TOR) - Calle Jarnkrok
22 - Seattle Spitfires (via: NYR) - Dylan McIlrath
23 - Quebec Nordiques - Erik Gudbranson
24 - Boston Bruins - Riley Sheahan
25 - Quebec Nordiques (via: COL) - Nick Bjugstad
26 - Vancouver Canucks - Brock Nelson
27 - Moscow Dynamo (via: PHI) - Charlie Coyle
28 - Hartford Whalers - Petr Straka

Round 3
29 - Moscow Dynamo - John McFarland
30 - Mississauga IceDogs - Tyler Pitlick
31 - Chicago Blackhawks - Ludvig Rensfeldt
32 - Philadelphia Flyers (via: TOR) - Tyler Toffoli
33 - Pittsburgh Penguins - Calvin Pickard
34 - Tampa Bay Lightning (via: MOS)(via: TB) - Joey Hishon
35 - Toronto Maple Leafs - SKIPPED
36 - New York Rangers - Jared Knight
37 - Quebec Nordiques - Stanislav Galiev
38 - Boston Bruins - Kent Simpson
39 - Hartford Whalers (via: COL) - Kevin Hayes
40 - Vancouver Canucks - Curtis Hamilton
41 - Boston Bruins (via: WAS)(via: PHI) - Justin Holl
42 - Hartford Whalers - Greg McKegg

Round 4
43 - Moscow Dynamo - Mark Pysyk
44 - Mississauga IceDogs - Jordan Weal
45 - Chicago Blackhawks - Dalton Smith
46 - Hartford Whalers (via: COL)(via: MIS) - Brad Ross
47 - Pittsburgh Penguins - Brett Bulmer
48 - New York Rangers(via: TB) - Mark Visentin
49 - Tampa Bay Lightning (via: TOR) - Ryan Spooner
50 - New York Rangers - Christian Thomas
51 - Quebec Nordiques - Devante Smith-Pelly
52 - Tampa Bay Lightning (via: BOS) - Sebastien Wännström
53 - Quebec Nordiques (via: COL) - Johan Larsson
54 - Quebec Nordiques (via: VAN) - Jarred Tinordi
55 - Philadelphia Flyers - Kevin Sundher
56 - Philadelphia Flyers (via: HRT) - Jakub Culek

[habsfan12]

Hall 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 {15}
Seguin 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2.066666667 {15}
Connolly 3 6 3 5 6 4 4 3 8 3 3 8 4 11 3 4.933333333 {15}
Nino 4 4 4 3 7 8 3 4 3 5 6 3 6 9 6 5 {15}
Fowler 6 3 8 6 3 2 6 8 5 4 4 9 10 13 4 6.066666667 {15}
Skinner 7 14 9 4 9 17 7 6 6 9 7 5 9 4 7 8 {15}
Tarasenko 5 9 11 12 13 10 10 5 7 6 5 6 12 6 5 8.133333333 {15}
Granlund 8 10 10 7 11 11 9 7 4 7 11 7 3 8 11 8.266666667 {15}
Campbell 14 5 7 8 12 12 13 10 9 10 9 4 5 3 9 8.666666667 {15}
Burmistov 9 12 5 9 8 7 8 12 10 8 13 12 8 5 13 9.266666667 {15}
Johansen 12 11 6 11 10 14 5 9 13 11 10 10 7 10 10 9.933333333 {15}
Gormley 10 8 17 16 5 6 20 18 21 14 8 16 11 20 8 13.2 {15}
Gudbranson 19 7 21 10 4 5 26 16 18 15 12 15 15 28 12 14.86666667 {15}
Kabanov 13 17 19 15 22 13 12 13 11 20 15 27 16 17 15 16.33333333 {15}
Etem 15 18 16 13 19 20 18 15 14 13 18 20 24 19 18 17.33333333 {15}
Watson 16 16 18 16 21 16 14 23 16 18 19 16 17.41666667 {15}
Bjusgstad 17 13 12 20 18 16 17 19 16 18 26 13 17 18 26 17.73333333 {15}
Kuznetsov 31 25 14 19 38 11 11 12 17 17 11 13 14 17 17.85714286 {14}
Schwartz 27 28 15 18 32 14 23 22 12 20 14 14 12 20 19.35714286 {14}
McFarland 20 23 17 25 19 19 17 19 33 16 26 24 16 21.07692308 {13}
Pickard 22 22 23 25 35 19 14 31 7 14 21.2 {10}
Bennett 38 13 21 21 42 15 26 15 21 23 17 18 15 23 22 {14}
Forbort 11 15 14 9 41 24 29 23 29 25 29 22.63636364 {11}
Sheahan 26 21 20 14 15 27 29 24 34 25 19 27 25 23.53846154 {13}
Howden 18 20 24 23 36 17 23 23 39 24.77777778 {10}
Nelson 30 27 22 33 27 31 22 21 38 27.88888889 {9}
Hishon 28 47 22 23 27 25 32 24 22 26 33 28.09090909 {11}
Jarnkok 25 22 44 33 28 34 31 22 30 23 22 28.54545455 {11}
McIlrath 35 26 17 25 26 32 24 25 20 61 24 28.63636364 {11}
Pysyk 42 19 18 21 33 39 21 49 30.25 {9}
Toffoli 24 36 23 30 30 28 28 30 36 39 30.4 {10}
Pulkkinen 23 33 24 36 42 32 38 30 27 28 30 27 30.83333333 {12}
Galiev 36 24 25 22 40 39 45 28 41 28 32.8 {10}
Coyle 33 29 20 41 36 30 40 32 35 32.88888889 {9}
Ross 49 48 45 29 35 19 22 40 19 34 {9}
Rensfeldt 39 37 31 40 41 32 29 27 52 32 36 {10}




I took 15 random drafts just for a sampling to see the average pick the top 36 players. Minimum 9 drafts. Amount in drafts are in {} so if someone is higher with a lower amount of drafts that could be why. I also included the draft position. Hope this makes sense.

[Dakkster]

15 random drafts from what? This thread? Did you use drafts where people choose already established NHL guys too?

[habsfan12]

15 random drafts from what? This thread? Did you use drafts where people choose already established NHL guys too?

This thread only and no I didn't use mixed drafts. Just 2010 draft class.

[Dakkster]

That's freaking awesome! Rep to you, my friend! I got a little worried there that those older players would've skewed the results, but obviously not

[elTIGREblanc]

well done Habsfan1...

here is my concern:

Kuznetsov 31 25 14 19 38 11 11 12 17 17 11 13 14 17 17.85714286 {14}

Why is this guy going so late? He was rated as one of the elite prospects in terms of skill/size, is a Winger and is in the WSH system?

Is it Russia factor and/or is it that he needs a few seasons before making the NHL roster? Cause if so Tarasenko is in the same boat but plays for St Louis...

[Dakkster]

Tarasenko is NHL ready now. Kuznetzov in three years at the earliest. That's why he's going late.

[jman]

Boys I'll post my entry draft here later when the Commish sends out the ecopy but I gotta tell you I picked up Granlund at 15th. I can't believe it.

Other picks of mine:

3rd: Campbell
5th: Skinner
6th: Connolly
9th: Tarasenko
15th: Granlund
45th: Jarnkrok
49th: Kuehnhackel

How'd I do? (Only 2010 draftees available)

Thanks for the feedback in advance.

[Dakkster]

Tarasenko, Granlund, Jarnkrok and Kühnhackl are steals IMO, most of all Jarnkrok at 45.

[wizworm]

Just finished the prospect draft in my other keeper leauge (protect 9 - max. 3 at LW, RW, C, D, only 1 G and 1 prospect (> 240 GP). Obviously having a 2nd goalie you can activate as prospect really helps since everyone is scrambling to draft a 2nd netminder in the 1st round of the waiver draft to keep them competitive (we start 2G). But it led to kind of a strange draft. But keep in mind it was mostly this years draft class and "elite" guys that managed to slip by in previous years (cough-Eberle-cough):

1. BGL Canadiens - Taylor Hall (EDM)
2. Ovie's Baby - Tyler Seguin (BOS)
3. Wasaga Beach Bums - Jordan Eberle (EDM)
4. The Ankle Skaters - PK Subban (MTL)
5. Good Enough - Jack Campbell (DAL)
6. The Thundercocks - Mikko Koskinen (NYI)
7. Springwater - Alex Pieterangelo (STL)
8. Ovie's Baby - Michael Neuvirth (WSH)
9. Oduya? - Corey Schneider (VAN)
10. Pure Savagery - Nino Niederreiter (NYI)
11. Hornet Exterminators - Tyler Ennis (BUF)
12. Oduya? - Brett Connolly (TBL)
13. BGL Canadiens - Vladimir Taresenko (STL)
14. Ovie's Baby - Jeff Skinner (CAR)
15. The Ankle Skaters - Cam Fowler (ANA)
16. Oduya? - Jamie McBain (CAR)
17. BGL Canadiens - Joe Colborne (BOS)
18. Springwater - Ryan Johansen (CLB)
19. Crusin4aBruisin - Eric Tangradi (PIT)
20. Oduya? - Emerson Etem (ANA)
21. Crusin4aBruisin - Thomas Greiss (SAN)
22. Hornet Exterminators - Jordan Schroeder (VAN)
23. Crusin4aBruisin - Dustin Tokarski (TBL)
24. The Thundercocks - Erik Gubranson (FLA)
25. Springwater - Alexander Burmistrov (ATL)

My picks (Ovie's Baby) are in bold

Really happy with the way the draft played out for me. I'm left with a prospect pool of Varlamov, Neuvirth, Turris, Seguin, Skinner, and Caputi (max of 6) and Louongo is my keeper in net. So I'm set between the pipes for the next couple of years and don't have to fret about where I pick in the 1st round of the waiver draft to get a good #2 goalie.

I was suprised at some picks (Mikko Koskinen for sure... but thanks for letting Neuvirth drop!). I thought BGL Canadians had the best draft of all the teams (Hall, Tarasenko, Colborne). The bastard won the leauge last year and than managed to make trades for the Hall, Tarasenko and Colborne picks. Dick.

Oduya? made a draft time deal for the #16 and #20 in exchange for his 2nd and 3rd waiver picks this year. Gut reaction when it was annouced was he gave up too much for this year in waiver picks, but liked the move considering all the guys that were still available on the board. But than he kind of ruined it in my opinion by taking McBain (like) and Etem (not so much). I thought he could have done better by grabbing some other prospects I still had on my list.

I'll post my other draft (team in sig) as soon as it's completed. Won't be until mid September though.