Re: Dobber Entry Patrick
Following my painful relegation from the Pro league right behind Nico last year I came in prepared and determined. I used a number of different sources to compile a tiered list with an emphasis on advanced stats and some sound VORP numbers. Suck it McGuire. The one odd thing being that every time we hit a mid point of goalies taken in one of my goalie tiers I would determine to take one next - only to have them all go before my next pick with the worst being Mrazek taken just 4 or 5 spots ahead of me. So I'd flex to other positions. So really I'm exploring the space on the whole "zero goalie" thing...
I was in the 9th spot of the draft. Last year I selected Laine and Pettersson within the first three rounds - which is a big reason why I ended up near the bottom. I was hoping for more reliability and more well rounded players in my first few picks. I think I did that.
rd 1 Mikko Rantanen (Col - RW)
rd 2 Brady Tkachuk (Ott - LW) - I took him in round 1 last year. Very pleased to get him here. Now sign Brady.
rd 3 Max Pacioretty (VGK - LW)
rd 4 Mark Stone (VGK - RW)
rd 5 Zach Hyman (Edm - LW,RW)
rd 6 Neal Pionk (Wpg - D)
rd 7 Seth Jones (Chi - D)
rd 8 Bryan Rust (Pit - LW,RW)
rd 9 William Nylander (Tor - LW,RW) - Very surprised to see him here and was thrilled to grab him
rd 10 Andre Burakovsky (Col - LW,RW) - Same as Nylander here too. Great VORP value.
rd 11 Ryan Pulock (NYI - D)
rd 12 Mikhail Sergachev (TB - D) - My biggest VORP score of the day here in the 12th.
rd 13 Nazem Kadri (Col - C)
rd 14 Devon Toews (Col - D) - I was busy agonizing over goalie options so this was a last second pick...not sure on it.
rd 15 Anton Khudobin (Dal - G) - I decided I needed to go early in the next tier to avoid losing out completely again.
rd 16 Pavel Francouz (Col - G) - Annnndd....he's hurt. Crap.
rd 17 Noah Hanifin (Cgy - D) - Love this
rd 18 Joel Eriksson Ek (Min - C) - And so began my run on middling Centers. I traded him for Norris just now.
rd 19 Brock Nelson (NYI - C)
rd 20 Christian Dvorak (Mon - C,LW)
rd 21 Alexander Romanov (Mon - D) - One of my favorite potential value picks
rd 22 Chris Driedger (Sea - G) - My wife distracted me and he was left in my queue. Meh.
rd 23 Antti Raanta (Car - G) - Was targeting him as a late round sleeper all along. Yahtzee.
rd 24 Shane Pinto (Ott - C) - His preseason play and White's injury made him worth a flyer.
rd 25 Pavel Zacha (NJ - C,LW) - Erroneous draft pick. Thought I clicked on the name of the player I wanted and missed...we'll see how the first FAA bid goes.
12 team Yahoo Roto keeper (keep 3)
9 F, 6 D; roster 3 G max
G,A,PPP,SOG,BLKS,HITS - W,SO,SV%,Saves
F: B Tkachuk, Stutzle, Eriksson Ek, Necas, Konecny, Cooley, Boldy, Lehkonen, Tippett
D: Dahlin, Seider, Matheson, Durzi, Addison, Mintyukov
G: Hill, Husso
IR:
Bench: L Hughes, Merzlikins, Terry, Tuch