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See, the problem I have is I always look at my roster after we're done and think "Holy crikey, how can I lose?" - I don't think I overrate the players I took, but I'm usually very happy and optimistic with the results. Of course, I don't always win the pools I'm in, so I'm looking for input. Where am I too weak? What would you try to upgrade/address with trades? Should I be concerned about the number of Canucks (Bieksa, Burrows, Sedin) and Ducks (Whitney, Selanne, Ryan) I have?


14 teams, starting 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 5D, 3G
G, A, +/-, PIM, PPP SOG
W, GA, GAA, Sv%, SO

1. (13) Pavel Datsyuk C
2. (16) Tim Thomas G
3. (41) Dany Heatley LW
4. (44) Jonas Hiller G
5. (69) Bobby Ryan RW
6. (72) Henrik Sedin C
7. (97) Teemu Selanne RW
8. (100) Alex Burrows LW
9. (125) Jon Quick G
10. (128) Kevin Bieksa D
11. (153) Ryan Suter D
12. (156) Lubomir Visnovsky D
13. (181) Ryan Malone LW
14. (184) Erik Johnson D
15. (209) Andy McDonald C
16. (212) Alex Goligoski D
17. (237) Ales Kotalik RW
18. (240) Patrik Berglund C
19. (265) James Neal LW
20. (268) Ryan Whitney D
21. (293) Justin Williams RW

Heatley-Datsyuk-Ryan
Burrows-Sedin-Selanne
Malone-McDonald-Kotalik
Bieksa-Suter
Visnovsky-Johnson
Goligoski

Thomas-Hiller-Quick

BN: Patrik Berglund, James Neal, Ryan Whitney, Justin Williams

Hiller at number 4 is not really nessicary. Almost every draft I've done has him taken in the 8th or 9th round. Plus, his starting job is not a lock at all. Other than that it look decent, I might not take Burrows that high, but that's just me.

I'm in the same league, here are my picks:

BouverieStBullies

Round Pick Player Position
1. (7) Jeff Carter C
2. (22) Henrik Lundqvist G
3. (35) Eric Staal C
4. (50) Nicklas Lidstrom D
5. (63) Andrei Markov D
6. (78) Tomas Vokoun G
7. (91) Milan Michalek LW
8. (106) Ray Emery G
9. (119) Jason Pominville RW
10. (134) Brian Gionta RW
11. (147) Joffrey Lupul RW
12. (162) Claude Giroux RW
13. (175) Todd White C
14. (190) Jaroslav Spacek D
15. (203) Brooks Laich C
16. (218) Erik Cole LW
17. (231) Cory Stillman LW
18. (246) Roman Hamrlik D
19. (259) Adrian Aucoin D
20. (274) Pierre-Marc Bouchard LW
21. (287) Willie Mitchell D

Not a bad team, if not a little weak on D.

Hiller at 4 is way too early. Giguere is still on Anaheim, and one good season does not a starting goalie make.

Emery in the 8th round is a much better choice. Philly is stacked this year, and his backup is Boucher. He should have at least 30+ wins.

I'm a fan of these considering where you were able to get them. Good run of 6 picks (except for alice, not a fan of him :)):

14. (184) Erik Johnson D
15. (209) Andy McDonald C
16. (212) Alex Goligoski D
18. (240) Patrik Berglund C
19. (265) James Neal LW

If anything goes wrong in Anaheim, your right wing could be a bit weak. When you've only got 4 of a position, having your top two at any position from the same team isn't ideal - unless it's Pittsburg / Detroit / SJS / etc - especially given Kotalik / Williams aren't great substitutes.

You have really good center depth though, and while your D doesn't exactly have big-name guys it's pretty well spread out.

For the other guy - Lidstrom / Markov in 5th / 6th round are solid pickups. Markov is always underrated.

Scoring is easy to find, so I always take goalies in the first two rounds.

In the league i'm in I ended up with:

1. (7) Nicklas Backstrom(WSH)
2. (18) Rick Nash
3. (31) Cam Ward
4. (42) Ales Hemsky
5. (55) Andrei Markov
6. (68) Sergei Gonchar
7. (79) Tom Gilbert
8. (90) Paul Stastny
9. (103) Tomas Kaberle
10. (114) Alex Frolov
11. (127) Ryan Suter
12. (138) Pascal Leclaire
13. (151) Brad Richards
14. (162) Erik Johnson
15. (175) David Perron
16. (186) Nick Foligno