Dobber Expert League Draft... In Progress

[Maaaasquito]

YOUTH INJECTION
1. (1) Alex Ovechkin (Was - LW)
2. (26) Miikka Kiprusoff (Cgy - G)
3. (27) Patrick Kane (Chi - RW)
4. (52) Marty Turco (Chi - G)
5. (53) Jonathan Toews (Chi - C)
6. (78) Steve Downie (TB - RW)
7. (79) Scott Hartnell (Phi - LW)
8. (104) Claude Giroux (Phi - RW)
9. (105) Derek Roy (Buf - C)
10. (130) Keith Yandle (Pho - D)
11. (131) Jussi Jokinen (Car - LW)
12. (156) Pavel Kubina (TB - D)
13. (157) Michael Del Zotto (NYR - D)
14. (182) Ryan Whitney (Edm - D)
15. (183) Jack Johnson (LA - D)
16. (208) Andy McDonald (StL - LW)
17. (209) Pascal Leclaire (Ott - G)
18. (234) Lee Stempniak (Pho - RW)
19. (235) Antoine Vermette (Cls - C)
20. (260) John-Michael Liles (Col - D)
21. (261) Jason Arnott (NJ - C)
22. (286) Tyler Seguin (Bos - C)
23. (287) Matthew Lombardi (Nsh - C)
24. (312) Milan Hejduk (Col - RW)
25. (313) Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson

Maaaasquito Bites
1. (2) Sidney Crosby (Pit - C)
2. (25) Rick Nash (Cls - LW,RW)
3. (28) Marc-Andre Fleury (Pit - G)
4. (51) Anze Kopitar (LA - C)
5. (54) Paul Stastny (Col - C)
6. (77) Nicklas Lidstrom (Det - D)
7. (80) Jonas Hiller (Anh - G)
8. (103) Travis Zajac (NJ - C)
9. (106) Joe Pavelski (SJ - RW)
10. (129) Peter Mueller (Col - C,LW)
11. (132) Tobias Enstrom (Atl - D)
12. (155) Stephane Robidas (Dal - D)
13. (158) James Neal (Dal - LW)
14. (181) Martin Havlat (Min - RW)
15. (184) Dustin Brown (LA - RW)
16. (207) Michal Neuvirth (Was - G)
17. (210) Sheldon Souray (Edm - D)
18. (233) Alex Kovalev (Ott - RW)
19. (236) Matt Carkner (Ott - D)
20. (259) Brent Burns (Min - D)
21. (262) Mike Comrie (Pit - LW)
22. (285) Milan Michalek (Ott - LW)
23. (288) Cam Barker (Min - D)
24. (311) Antti Miettinen (Min - RW)
25. (314) R.J. Umberger (Cls - C)

FrozenPool
1. (3) Evgeni Malkin (Pit - C)
2. (24) Craig Anderson (Col - G)
3. (29) Zdeno Chara (Bos - D)
4. (50) Marian Gaborik (NYR - RW)
5. (55) Ryan Kesler (Van - C)
6. (76) Mike Richards (Phi - C)
7. (81) Christian Ehrhoff (Van - D)
8. (102) Dustin Penner (Edm - LW)
9. (107) Patric Hornqvist (Nsh - RW)
10. (128) Rene Bourque (Cgy - RW)
11. (133) Brooks Laich (Was - LW)
12. (154) Chris Mason (Atl - G)
13. (159) Joni Pitkanen (Car - D)
14. (180) Kurtis Foster (Edm - D)
15. (185) Kris Letang (Pit - D)
16. (206) Tim Thomas (Bos - G)
17. (211) Jamie Langenbrunner (NJ - RW)
18. (232) John Carlson (Was - D)
19. (237) Ryan Malone (TB - LW)
20. (258) Guillaume Latendresse (Min - LW)
21. (263) Brandon Dubinsky (NYR - C)
22. (284) Jochen Hecht (Buf - LW)
23. (289) Bill Guerin (Phi - RW)
24. (310) Tom Poti (Was - D)
25. (315) Manny Malhotra (Van - C)

Lemon's HC
1. (4) Roberto Luongo (Van - G)
2. (23) Jimmy Howard (Det - G)
3. (30) Martin St. Louis (TB - RW)
4. (49) Henrik Zetterberg (Det - C)
5. (56) Michael Cammalleri (Mon - LW)
6. (75) Nathan Horton (Bos - RW)
7. (82) Paul Martin (Pit - D)
8. (101) Tyler Ennis (Buf - C,LW)
9. (108) Jiri Hudler (Det - RW)
10. (127) Brian Campbell (Chi - D)
11. (134) David Clarkson (NJ - RW)
12. (153) Tomas Fleischmann (Was - LW)
13. (160) Ryan Suter (Nsh - D)
14. (179) Mike Fisher (Ott - C)
15. (186) Jamie McBain (Car - D)
16. (205) Alex Tanguay (Cgy - LW)
17. (212) Andy Greene (NJ - D)
18. (231) Alex Steen (StL - C)
19. (238) Valtteri Filppula (Det - C)
20. (257) Jonathan Bernier (LA - G)
21. (264) Craig Rivet (Buf - D)
22. (283) Scott Clemmensen (Fla - G)
23. (290) Blake Wheeler (Bos - RW)
24. (309) Andrew Ladd (Atl - LW)
25. (316) Filip Kuba (Ott - D)

Dobber
1. (5) Ilya Kovalchuk (NJ - LW,RW)
2. (22) Corey Perry (Anh - RW)
3. (31) Pekka Rinne (Nsh - G)
4. (48) Vincent Lecavalier (TB - C)
5. (57) Mark Streit (NYI - D)
6. (74) P.K. Subban (Mon - D)
7. (83) Michael Leighton (Phi - G)
8. (100) Taylor Hall (Edm - LW)
9. (109) Tyler Myers (Buf - D)
10. (126) Wayne Simmonds (LA - RW)
11. (135) Bryan McCabe (Fla - D)
12. (152) Jordan Eberle (Edm - C)
13. (161) Antti Niemi (SJ - G)
14. (178) Chris Kunitz (Pit - LW)
15. (187) Marc Savard (Bos - C)
16. (204) Troy Brouwer (Chi - RW)
17. (213) Mike Ribeiro (Dal - C)
18. (230) Jeff Schultz (Was - D)
19. (239) Matt Carle (Phi - D)
20. (256) Jamie Benn (Dal - LW)
21. (265) Michael Frolik (Fla - RW)
22. (282) Ville Leino (Phi - LW)
23. (291) Dennis Seidenberg (Bos - D)
24. (308) Shawn Horcoff (Edm - C)
25. (317) Bryan Little (Atl - RW)

Sin Bin Sinners
1. (6) Mike Green (Was - D)
2. (21) Henrik Lundqvist (NYR - G)
3. (32) Drew Doughty (LA - D)
4. (47) Dan Boyle (SJ - D)
5. (58) Semyon Varlamov (Was - G)
6. (73) Steve Mason (Cls - G)
7. (84) Thomas Vanek (Buf - LW)
8. (99) Loui Eriksson (Dal - RW)
9. (110) David Backes (StL - RW)
10. (125) Dan Carcillo (Phi - LW)
11. (136) Nikolai Zherdev (Phi - RW)
12. (151) Erik Karlsson (Ott - D)
13. (162) David Krejci (Bos - C)
14. (177) Sam Gagner (Edm - C)
15. (188) Tyler Bozak (Tor - C)
16. (203) Tim Connolly (Buf - C)
17. (214) Kris Versteeg (Tor - LW)
18. (229) Evander Kane (Atl - LW)
19. (240) Scottie Upshall (Pho - RW)
20. (255) Dennis Wideman (Fla - D)
21. (266) Dmitry Kulikov (Fla - D)
22. (281) Anton Babchuk (Car - D)
23. (292) Dave Bolland (Chi - C)
24. (307) Tuomo Ruutu (Car - LW)
25. (318) Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Pho - D)

Das Chicleteur!
1. (7) Martin Brodeur (NJ - G)
2. (20) Patrick Marleau (SJ - C,LW)
3. (33) Ryan Getzlaf (Anh - C)
4. (46) Tomas Vokoun (Fla - G)
5. (59) Sergei Gonchar (Ott - D)
6. (72) Patrick Sharp (Chi - C,LW)
7. (85) Ales Hemsky (Edm - RW)
8. (98) Mikko Koivu (Min - C)
9. (111) Shane Doan (Pho - RW)
10. (124) Alexander Frolov (NYR - LW)
11. (137) Alexander Edler (Van - D)
12. (150) Jason Pominville (Buf - RW)
13. (163) Kristian Huselius (Cls - LW)
14. (176) Sean Avery (NYR - LW)
15. (189) Brent Seabrook (Chi - D)
16. (202) Brian Elliott (Ott - G)
17. (215) James Wisniewski (NYI - D)
18. (228) Ian White (Cgy - D)
19. (241) Niclas Bergfors (Atl - RW)
20. (254) Scott Gomez (Mon - C)
21. (267) Fedor Tyutin (Cls - D)
22. (280) Andrew Brunette (Min - LW)
23. (293) Johnny Boychuk (Bos - D)
24. (306) J.P. Dumont (Nsh - RW)
25. (319) Zack Stortini (Edm - RW)

Expert's Audit
1. (8) Ryan Miller (Buf - G)
2. (19) Pavel Datsyuk (Det - C)
3. (34) Jarome Iginla (Cgy - RW)
4. (45) Jeff Carter (Phi - C)
5. (60) Dion Phaneuf (Tor - D)
6. (71) Marian Hossa (Chi - RW)
7. (86) Alexandre Burrows (Van - LW)
8. (97) Niklas Backstrom (Min - G)
9. (112) Brian Rafalski (Det - D)
10. (123) Brenden Morrow (Dal - LW)
11. (138) Kari Lehtonen (Dal - G)
12. (149) Milan Lucic (Bos - LW)
13. (164) Teemu Selanne (Anh - RW)
14. (175) Kimmo Timonen (Phi - D)
15. (190) Nik Antropov (Atl - C)
16. (201) Jay Bouwmeester (Cgy - D)
17. (216) Stephen Weiss (Fla - C)
18. (227) Ed Jovanovski (Pho - D)
19. (242) Steve Sullivan (Nsh - LW)
20. (253) Martin Erat (Nsh - RW)
21. (268) Dan Hamhuis (Van - D)
22. (279) Erik Cole (Car - LW)
23. (294) Radim Vrbata (Pho - RW)
24. (305) Joe Corvo (Car - D)
25. (320) Derick Brassard (Cls - C)

Long Pond Pumpkins
1. (9) Nicklas Backstrom (Was - C)
2. (18) Alexander Semin (Was - RW)
3. (35) Bobby Ryan (Anh - LW)
4. (44) Chris Pronger (Phi - D)
5. (61) Shea Weber (Nsh - D)
6. (70) Jonathan Quick (LA - G)
7. (87) Carey Price (Mon - G)
8. (96) Matt Duchene (Col - C)
9. (113) Ryan Smyth (LA - LW)
10. (122) Jakub Voracek (Cls - RW)
11. (139) Mike Knuble (Was - RW)
12. (148) Marek Zidlicky (Min - D)
13. (165) Ray Whitney (Pho - LW)
14. (174) Olli Jokinen (Cgy - C)
15. (191) Dan Ellis (TB - G)
16. (200) Brian Gionta (Mon - RW)
17. (217) James van Riemsdyk (Phi - LW)
18. (226) Zenon Konopka (NYI - C)
19. (243) Carlo Colaiacovo (StL - D)
20. (252) Kyle Quincey (Col - D)
21. (269) David Perron (StL - LW)
22. (278) T.J. Oshie (StL - C)
23. (295) Derek Dorsett (Cls - RW)
24. (304) Ryan Wilson (Col - D)
25. (321) Braydon Coburn (Phi - D)

[Maaaasquito]

Angus Unleashed
1. (10) Zach Parise (NJ - LW)
2. (17) Daniel Sedin (Van - LW)
3. (36) Tuukka Rask (Bos - G)
4. (43) Cam Ward (Car - G)
5. (62) Jason Spezza (Ott - C)
6. (69) Lubomir Visnovsky (Anh - D)
7. (88) Brad Richards (Dal - C)
8. (95) Tomas Kaberle (Tor - D)
9. (114) Simon Gagne (TB - LW)
10. (121) Danny Briere (Phi - RW)
11. (140) Wojtek Wolski (Pho - LW)
12. (147) Ryane Clowe (SJ - LW)
13. (166) Jordan Staal (Pit - C)
14. (173) Tom Gilbert (Edm - D)
15. (192) Victor Hedman (TB - D)
16. (199) Kyle Okposo (NYI - RW)
17. (218) Brad Boyes (StL - RW)
18. (225) Patrice Bergeron (Bos - C)
19. (244) Colton Orr (Tor - RW)
20. (251) Dwayne Roloson (NYI - G)
21. (270) Jason Demers (SJ - D)
22. (277) Cody Franson (Nsh - D)
23. (296) Eric Fehr (Was - RW)
24. (303) Rich Peverley (Atl - C)
25. (322) Pierre-Marc Bouchard (Min - LW)

Grizzlies
1. (11) Steven Stamkos (TB - C)
2. (16) Henrik Sedin (Van - C)
3. (37) Eric Staal (Car - C)
4. (42) Joe Thornton (SJ - C)
5. (63) Daniel Alfredsson (Ott - RW)
6. (68) Johan Franzen (Det - RW)
7. (89) Chris Stewart (Col - RW)
8. (94) Phil Kessel (Tor - RW)
9. (115) Antero Niittymaki (SJ - G)
10. (120) Patrik Elias (NJ - C,LW)
11. (141) Alex Goligoski (Pit - D)
12. (146) Zach Bogosian (Atl - D)
13. (167) David Booth (Fla - LW)
14. (172) Mason Raymond (Van - LW)
15. (193) Jonas Gustavsson (Tor - G)
16. (198) Niklas Kronwall (Det - D)
17. (219) Andrei Kostitsyn (Mon - LW)
18. (224) Mathieu Carle (Mon - D)
19. (245) Chris Osgood (Det - G)
20. (250) Anton Stralman (Cls - D)
21. (271) Brooks Orpik (Pit - D)
22. (276) Rick DiPietro (NYI - G)
23. (297) Brandon Prust (NYR - LW)
24. (302) Ryan Callahan (NYR - RW)
25. (323) Cody Hodgson (Van - C)

URa Notch on my belt
1. (12) Dany Heatley (SJ - LW,RW)
2. (15) Ilya Bryzgalov (Pho - G)
3. (38) Jaroslav Halak (StL - G)
4. (41) Duncan Keith (Chi - D)
5. (64) Andrei Markov (Mon - D)
6. (67) Erik Johnson (StL - D)
7. (90) John Tavares (NYI - C)
8. (93) Tomas Plekanec (Mon - C)
9. (116) Mark Giordano (Cgy - D)
10. (119) Dustin Byfuglien (Atl - RW,D)
11. (142) Keith Ballard (Van - D)
12. (145) Kevin Bieksa (Van - D)
13. (168) Steve Ott (Dal - C)
14. (171) Chris Neil (Ott - RW)
15. (194) Alexei Ponikarovsky (LA - LW)
16. (197) Mikael Samuelsson (Van - RW)
17. (220) Tomas Holmstrom (Det - RW)
18. (223) Nikita Filatov (Cls - LW)
19. (246) Devin Setoguchi (SJ - RW)
20. (249) Matt Moulson (NYI - LW)
21. (272) Marc-Edouard Vlasic (SJ - D)
22. (275) Peter Regin (Ott - C)
23. (298) Joffrey Lupul (Anh - LW)
24. (301) Viktor Stalberg (Chi - LW)
25. (324) Nick Boynton (Chi - D)

[The Comish]

Dummy Team (Hand Picked by The Comish)

1. (13) Ed Pasquale (Atl - G)
2. (14) Joey Crabb (Tor - RW)
3. (39) Grant Clitsome (Cls - D)
4. (40) Zach Hyman (Fla - C)
5. (65) Mike Testwuide (Phi - RW)
6. (66) J.P. Testwuide (Phi - D)
7. (91) David Dziurzynski (Ott - LW)
8. (92) Severin Blindenbacher (Dal - D)
9. (117) David Kolomatis (LA - D)
10. (118) Jordan Knackstedt (Bos - RW)
11. (143) Ricard Blidstrand (Phi - D)
12. (144) Brandon Mashinter (SJ - LW)
13. (169) Mario Bliznak (Van - C)
14. (170) Stefano Giliati (TB - LW)
15. (195) Adam Cracknell (StL - RW)
16. (196) Garrett Klotz (Phi - LW)
17. (221) Sebastian Owuya (Atl - D)
18. (222) Luke Pither (Phi - C)
19. (247) Matt Bartkowski (Bos - D)
20. (248) Mattias Modig (Pit - G)
21. (273) Cam Cunning (Cgy - LW)
22. (274) Theo Ruth (Cls - D)
23. (299) Dalton Prout (Cls - D)
24. (300) Teigan Zahn (TB - D)
25. (325) Maxime Macenauer (Anh - C)

[angus]

Thanks for doing this, Ma.

[GMGates]

I'm liking Angus' top 2 picks @ LW with Parise and D. Sedin, getting Rask and Ward is pretty sweet too. A lot of solid rosters out there, should be an interesting battle!

Love seeing the different strategies of LW first or D first or G first.

[doulos]

I think Dobber needed to read the latest Trade Fever article

Some interesting teams, but if Dobber wins the pool this year then I will be a HAPPY Oiler fan I imagine.

[angus]

I'm liking Angus' top 2 picks @ LW with Parise and D. Sedin, getting Rask and Ward is pretty sweet too. A lot of solid rosters out there, should be an interesting battle!

Love seeing the different strategies of LW first or D first or G first.

Mike Colligan drafted my team for me (I had to work late). He did a fantastic job.

[GMGates]

I think Dobber needed to read the latest Trade Fever article

Some interesting teams, but if Dobber wins the pool this year then I will be a HAPPY Oiler fan I imagine.

Love the reference Doulos! I wasn't going to say it, but Dobber does have a lot of faith in his rookies. I wouldn't be so confident, especially owning both. Just can't see it happening.

I'll be the first to admit that I was wrong though... if he wins

Also, kudos to Mike Colligan! That is one fine team, wish I had that much confidence in a buddy to draft my pool like that haha.

[Dobber]

Why would I choose a rookie of the year, and sell my product based on such notions, and then not select him in a round where the alternative C's were 65-point players and Savard? Given that Eberle will be RW eligible to boot?

And Hall, at worst 50points, 50 PIM. At best, he does what I put him at - 70 points, 50 PIM. Minimal risk.

Only other rookie I took was Subban. C'mon, the D available were all 50 point at best. Subbs is in that crowd, but with PIM upside.


As I said in my Guide analysis - never in the history of this league, have I left a draft so happy with my team. Top to bottom, ALL categories (not just some).


Now, the Savard news hurts, but I even covered myself off for that (and I took him 180th - Horcoff has been the best Oiler today) (it won't cripple me).

*shakes head* it's easy to have faith in my rookies - when they are Hall, Eberle and Subban (my Calder 1-2-3?)

Anyway, if Savard plays 65 games, I win this league. If not, I'm 4th at best.

[Chicleteur]

Don't second guess Eberle and Savard picks here.

Eberle might have been a few picks early, but he was on my queue and was probably my pick for the next round.

As for Savard, you took him 2 picks before mine and he was going to be my pick. This late, I don't think it wasn't risky at all.

[Sin Bin]

For those not aware, Dobber has the write up done of the Expert draft in the Guide. BUT IT NOW, BUY IT TODAY!

There are a lot of solid rosters (duh, it is the expert league) and I can't wait to see how it all shakes out.

Again to those that have not ever bought the guide, DO IT TODAY! What other guide can you purchase with this kind of great information and redownload after every update to roster and injury news. Not other fantasy guide can do that. Go to the store and click BUY.

[GMGates]

For the Rookies, it's simply an issue of confidence. The last two seasons, we've had 55-57 point rookies topping the list (Duchene @ 55, Ryan @ 57). Looking past that there was 3 good years of rookies with Kane (72), Malkin (85) and obviously Ovechkin/Crosby (100+) topping lists.

Where will Hall and Eberle land this season? We'll soon see. In your case Dobber, Hall is a LW (where it's slim pickings) and Eberle will probably give him dual eligibility so that definitely factors in. While they could be stellar picks, and they definitely can be, you simply put a lot of faith (that I personally wouldn't have) in the EDM duo.

Subban on the other hand.... well... kidding

At the end of the day, I definitely use your guide in all of my pools and can only say good things. Just a small case of sticking it to the MAN! haha... Good luck!

By the way, adding this draft to the guide is icing on the cake.