The draft will last 24 rounds. You must draft 2 goalies, 6 defensemen, 12 forwards, a coach and 3 extra players.
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110 Victoria Salmon Kings Sid Abel C/LW
279 Dallas Freeze Daniel Alfredsson RW
151 Donair City Loch Ness Monsters Glenn Anderson RW
240 Montreal Maroons Dave Andreychuk LW
62. reckoning - Ottawa 67's - Syl Apps Sr, C.
171 Toronto Maple Leafs George Armstrong RW
275 Kingston RMC Paladins Irvine "Ace" Bailey RW
175 Springfield Isotopes Bill Barber LW
216 Ottawa Silver Seven Tom Barrasso G
185 Detroit Red Wings Marty Barry C
79.Rick Middleton & Sturminator - Springfield Isotopes - Andy Bathgate, RW.
235 Toronto Maple Leafs Bobby Baun D
145 Montreal Maroons Ed Belfour G
9. Nalyd Psycho & FissionFire - Minnesota Fighting Saints - Jean Beliveau, C.
60. pitseleh - Nanaimo Clippers - Clint Benedict, G.
127 Detroit Falcons Doug Bentley C/LW
84.Eagle Belfour - Detroit Falcons - Max Bentley, C.
107. Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs-- Rob Blake D
88.Cup2008SensRule - Ottawa Silver Seven - Toe Blake, LW.
280 Ottawa Silver Seven Ralph Backstrom C
255 Lada Togliatti Vsevolod Bobrov LW
234 Dallas Freeze Leo Boivin D
19.Hedberg - Victoria Salmon Kings - Mike Bossy, RW
87.Eagle Belfour - Detroit Falcons - Émile Bouchard, D.
116 Nanaimo Clippers Frank Boucher C
130 Detroit Falcons George Boucher D
12.Evil Sather - Kootenay Ice -Raymond Bourque, D.
61. Pwnasaurus and JimEIV - Kansas City Scouts - Johnny Bower, G.
286 Trail Smoke Eaters Scotty Bowman Coach
135 Buffalo Bisons Carl Brewer D
73. Eagle Belfour - Detroit Falcons - Frank Brimsek, G
197 Victoria Salmon Kings Rod Brind'Amour C
42. cottonking - Dallas Freeze - Turk Broda, G.
22.Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs - Martin Brodeur, G.
164 Kansas City Scouts Harry Broadbent RW
92.God Bless Canada & raleh - Ottawa RCAF Flyers - Johnny Bucyk, LW.
147 Minnesota Fighting Saints Pavel Bure RW
222 Trail Smoke Eaters Harry Cameron D
157 Detroit Falcons Guy Carbonneau C
186 Vancouver Millionaires Randy Carlyle D
264 Springfield Isotopes Zdeno Chara D
231 Glace Bay Miners Wayne Cashman LW
220 Ottawa RCAF Flyers Gerry Cheevers G
39. Transplanted Caper - Glace Bay Miners - Chris Chelios, D.
193 Quebec Nordiques Dino Ciccerelli RW
67. reckoning - Ottawa 67's - King Clancy, D.
38. Bring Back Bucky - Donair City Loch Ness Monsters - Dit Clapper, D.
23.pitseleh - Nanaimo Clippers - Bobby Clarke, C.
63. nikjr - Lada Togliatti - Sprague Cleghorn, D.
40. Papershoes & Johnny O - St. Catharines TeePees - Paul Coffey,D.
59. McLovin - Montreal Maroons - Charlie Conacher, RW.
100. Papershoes & Johnny O - St. Catharines TeePees--Lionel Conacher D
143 Winnipeg Jets Roy Conacher LW
66. nikjr - Lada Togliatti - Bill Cook, RW.
246 Inglewood Jacks Bun Cook LW
182 Inglewood Jacks Art Coulter D
115 Detroit Red Wings Yvan Cournoyer RW
111 Calgary Stampeders Bill Cowley C/LW
241 Calgary Stampeders Jack Darragh RW
156 Ottawa RCAF Flyers Hap Day D
122 Buffalo Bisons Alex Delvecchio C/LW
138 St. Louis Eagles Cy Denneny LW
173 Montreal Wanderers Eric Desjardins D
268 Kootenay Ice Cecil Dillon RW
102. Bring Back Bucky - Donair City Loch Ness Monsters--Marcel Dionne C
29.Rick Middleton & Sturminator - Springfield Isotopes - Ken Dryden, G.
237 Nanaimo Clippers Woody Dumart LW
35. shawnmullin - Trail Smoke Eaters -Bill Durnan, G.
206 Montreal Sarasaurusrex Cecil "Babe" Dye RW
214 Toronto Maple Leafs Patrik Elias LW
26.Transplanted Caper - Glace Bay Miners - Phil Esposito, C.
200 Montreal Sarasaurusrex Tony Esposito G
258 Lada Togliatti Bernie Federko C
81.arrbez - Inglewood Jacks - Sergei Fedorov, C.
33. pitseleh - Nanaimo Clippers - Slava Fetisov, D.
126 Ottawa 67's Anatoli Firsov LW
140 Kootenay Ice Fern Flaman D
251 Philadelphia Flyers Theoren Fleury RW
180 Regina Pats Adam Foote D
71. monster_bertuzzi - Vancouver Millionaires - Peter Forsberg, C.
112 Montreal Maroons Ron Francis C
69. VanIslander&Frightened Inmate #2 - Kingston RMC Paladins - Grant Fuhr, G.
82.Hedberg - Victoria Salmon Kings - Bill Gadsby, D
103. Transplanted Caper - Glace Bay Miners --Bob Gainey RW
64. Jungosi & LAXAttack - Quebec Nordiques - Chuck Gardiner, G.
272 Calgary Stampeders Herb Gardiner D
249 Minnesota Fighting Saints Danny Gare RW
176 Montreal Maroons Mike Gartner RW
45. LSports & MXD - Montreal Wanderers - Bernie 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion, RW
187 Philadelphia Flyers Eddie Gerard D/LW
267 Inglewood Jacks Ed Giacomin G
202 St Louis Eagles Rod Gilbert RW
179 Detroit Red Wings Clark Gillies LW
139 Philadelphia Flyers Doug Gilmour C
244 Regina Pats Bob Goldham D
263 Vancouver Millionaires Sergei Gonchar D
119 St. Louis Eagles Ebbie Goodfellow C/D
161 Montreal Wanderers Michel Goulet LW
232 Montreal Sarasaurusrex Butch Goring C
256 Quebec Nordiques Ted Green D
2. nikjr - Lada Togliatti - Wayne Gretzky, C.
80.Roger's P & MSEagles - Calgary Stampders - George Hainsworth, G.
27.Bring Back Bucky Donair City Loch Ness Monsters - Glenn Hall, G.
273 Montreal Maroons Joe Hall D
4. cottonking - Dallas Freeze - Doug Harvey, D.
217 Kootenay Ice Terry Harper D
14.Spitfire11 - Detroit Red Wings - Dominik Hasek, G.
223 Brooklyn Yawning Otters Derian Hatcher D
133 Philadelphia Flyers Dale Hawerchuk C/LW
276 Nanaimo Clippers Ott Heller D
177 Detroit Falcons Bryan Hextall, Sr. RW
227 Trail Smoke Eaters Ken Hodge RW
76.vcl and Willie for Captain - Winnipeg Jets - Jiri Holecek, G.
287 Winnipeg Jets William "Flash" Hollett D
212 Nanaimo Clippers Red Horner D
47. Pwnasaurus & JimEIV - Kansas City Scouts - Tim Horton, D.
159 Brooklyn Yawning Otters Phil Housley D
3. reckoning - Ottawa 67's - Gordie Howe, RW
113 Lada Togliatti Mark Howe LW/D
238 Minnesota Fighting Saints Syd Howe C/LW
120 Victoria Salmon Kings Harry Howell D
8. NatetGreat and Chaos Revolver - Montreal Sarasaurusrex - Bobby Hull, LW.
85.monster_bertuzzi - Vancouver Millionaires - Brett Hull, RW.
142 Detroit Red Wings Jarome Iginla RW
108 Buffalo Bisons Harvey "Busher" Jackson LW
41. Cup2008SensRule - Ottawa Silver Seven - Jaromir Jagr, RW.
290 Winnipeg Jets Doug Jarvis C
99. shawnmullin - Trail Smoke Eaters--Aurel Joliat C
224 Montreal Wanderers Ernie Johnson D
129 Montreal Sarasaurusrex Ching Johnson D
106. cottonking - Dallas Freeze-- Tom Johnson D
250 Montreal Sarasaurusrex Paul Kariya LW
128 Montreal Sarasaurusrex Alexei Kasatonov D
20.Eagle Belfour - Detroit Falcons - Red Kelly D
53. Evil Sather - Kootenay Ice - Valeri Kharlamov, LW.
86.Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs - Ted Kennedy, C.
104. Papershoes & Johnny O - St. Catharines TeePees-- Dave Keon C
207 Winnipeg Jets Tim Kerr RW
141 Regina Pats Vladimir Konstantinov D
51. Nate t Great & Chaosrevolver - Montreal Sarasaurusrex - Jari Kurri, RW
4.Blue Bleeder - St Louis Eagles - Elmer Lach, C
11.arrbez - Inglewood Jacks Guy Lafleur, RW
152 Ottawa Silver Seven Pat LaFontaine C
55. Lapierre Sports & MXD - Montreal Wanderers - Newsy Lalonde, C.
94.shawnmullin - Trail Smoke Eaters -Jacques Laperriere D
219 Donair City Loch Ness Monsters Dave Langevin D
83.N Psycho & FissionFire- Minnesota Fighting Saints - Rod Langway, D.
90.Transplanted Caper - Glace Bay Miners - Guy Lapointe, D.
163 Trail Smoke Eaters Igor Larionov C
229 Ottawa RCAF Flyers Steve Larmer RW
265 Victoria Salmon Kings Reggie Leach RW
248 Kingston RMC Paladins John Leclair LW
54. arbezz - Inglewood Jacks - Brian Leetch, D.
215 Dallas Freeze Jere Lehtinen LW
165 Ottawa RCAF Flyers Jacques Lemaire C
190 Ottawa 67's Claude Lemieux RW
5. VanIslander&F I #2 - Kingston RMC Paladins - Mario Lemieux C
289 Detroit Red Wings Herbie Lewis LW
24.Cup2008SensRule - Ottawa Silver Seven - Nik Lidstrom, D.
98. Vakar Lajos - Brooklyn Yawning Otters--Eric Lindros C
18.Rogers Pancreas&M Eagles - Calgary Stampeders - Ted Lindsay, LW
213 Buffalo Bisons Ed Litzenberger C/RW
228 St. Catharines Teepees Kevin Lowe D
293 Quebec Nordiques Craig Ludwig D
196 Lada Togliatti Harry Lumley G
245 Kootenay Ice Vladimir Lutchenko D
49. Roger's Pancreas & MiSEagles - Calgary Stampeders - Al MacInnis, D.
31.Vakar Lajos - Brooklyn Yawning Otters - Frank Mahovlich, LW
199 Vancouver Millionaires Pete Mahovlich C/LW
109 Nanaimo Clippers Sergei Makarov RW
68.LapierreSports & MXD - Montreal Wanderers - Joe Malone, C/LW.
205 Nanaimo Clippers Aleksandr Maltsev RW
153 Springfield Isotopes Sylvio Mantha D
211 Minnesota Fighting Saints Rick Martin LW
239 Calgary Stampeders Brad McCrimmon D
148 Regina Pats Lanny McDonald RW
16.Pwnasaurus & JimEIV - Kansas City Scouts - Mark Messier, C.
194 Lada Togliatti Rick Middleton RW
89.Evil Sather - Kootenay Ice - Boris Mikhailov, RW.
21.pappyline - Buffalo Bisons - Stan Mikita, C.
155 Donair City Loch Ness Monsters Mike Modano C
226 Brooklyn Yawning Otters Alexander Mogilny RW
253 Ottawa RCAF Flyers Doug Mohns D/LW
65. Jungosi LAXAttack - Quebec Nordiques - Dickie Moore, LW.
17.McLovin - Montreal Maroons - Howie Morenz, C., D.
252 Vancouver Millionaires Ken Morrow D
285 St. Catharines Teepees Bill Mosienko RW
243 Detroit Red Wings Gus Mortson D
236 Vancouver Millionaires Joe Mullen RW
125 Kingston RMC Paladins Larry Murphy D
221 St. Catharines Teepees Markus Naslund RW/LW
149 Buffalo Bisons Vaclav Nedomansky RW
101. God Bless Canada & raleh - Ottawa RCAF Flyers--Cam Neely RW
72. Spitfire - Detroit Red Wings - Scott Neidermeyer, D.
198 Philadelphia Flyers Joe Nieuwendyk C
136 Calgary Stampeders Frank Nighbor C
117 Quebec Nordiques Adam Oates C
208 Detroit Falcons Bert Olmstead LW
1. Jungosi & LAXAttack -Quebec Nordiques - Bobby Orr D
291 Trail Smoke Eaters Joel Otto C
48. JohnFlyersFan - Philadelphia Flyers - Bernie Parent, G.
36. Rick Middleton & Sturminator - Sprinfield Isotopes - Brad Park, D.
218 Glace Bay Miners Marty Pavelich LW
181 Kootenay Ice Vladimir Petrov C
52. seventieslord - Regina Pats - Gilbert Perreault, C
44. pappyline - Buffalo Bisons - Pierre Pilote, D.
225 Montreal Wanderers Didier Pitre D/RW
13.seventieslord - Regina Pats - Jacques Plante, G.
274 Kansas City Scouts Frantisek Pospisil D
15.vcl and Willie for Captain - Winnipeg Jets - Denis Potvin, D.
132 Kansas City Scouts Walter "Babe" Pratt D
168 Quebec Nordiques Joe Primeau C
75.JohnFlyersFan - Philadelphia Flyers - Chris Pronger, D.
114 Winnipeg Jets Marcel Pronovost D
169 Ottawa Silver Seven Brian Propp LW
178 Winnipeg Jets Claude Provost RW
292 St. Catharines Teepees Bob Pulford C/LW
97. BlueBleeder - St. Louis Eagles--Bill Quackenbush D
174 Minnesota Fighting Saints Alexander Ragulin D
254 Ottawa 67's Craig Ramsay LW
160 Montreal Wanderers Jean Ratelle C
277 Buffalo Bisons Chuck Rayner G
257 Quebec Nordiques Mark Recchi RW
123 Kingston RMC Paladins Ken Reardon D
58. monster_bertuzzi - Vancouver Millionaires - Henri Richard, C.
10.Blue Bleeder - St Louis Eagles - Maurice Richard, RW
278 Toronto Maple Leafs Gary Roberts LW
28.God Bless C & raleh - Ottawa RCAF Flyers - Larry Robinson, D.
170 Dallas Freeze Luc Robitaille LW
158 Trail Smoke Eaters Arthur Ross D
230 Donair City Loch Ness Monsters Reijo Routsalainen D
7. monster_bertuzzi - Vancouver Millionaires - Patrick Roy, G.
50. vcl & WillieforCaptain - Winnipeg Jets - Joe Sakic, C.
70. McLovin - Montreal Maroons - Borje Salming, D.
25.Papershoes & Johnny O - St. Catharines TeePees - Terry Sawchuk, G.
189 Victoria Salmon Kings Denis Savard C
77.seventieslord - Regina Pats - Serge Savard, D.
37. God Bless Canada & raleh - Ottawa RCAF Flyers - Milt Schmidt, C.
201 St. Catharines Teepees David "Sweeney" Schriner LW
46. Nalyd Psycho& FissionFire - Minnesota Fighting Saints - Earl Seibert, D.
146 Springfield Isotopes Teemu Selanne RW
95.Vakar Lajos - Brooklyn Yawning Otters -Brendan Shanahan RW
144 Kansas City Scouts Steve Shutt LW
134 Inglewood Jacks Albert "Babe" Siebert LW/D
283 Donair City Loch Ness Monsters Charlie Simmer LW
137 St. Catharines Teepees Darryl Sittler C
6. JohnFlyersFan - Philadelphia Flyers - Eddie Shore, D.
56. Hedberg - Victoria Salmon Kings - Billy Smith, G.
203 Inglewood Jacks Hooley Smith C
261 Kingston RMC Paladins Sid Smith LW
192 Quebec Nordiques Nikolai Sologubov D
167 Glace Bay Miners Allan Stanley D
183 St. Louis Eagles Pat Stapleton D
91.BB Bucky Donair City Loch Ness Monsters - Peter Stastny, C.
262 Philadelphia Flyers Kevin Stevens LW
43. Leaf Lander - Toronto Maple Leafs - Scott Stevens, D.
78. Nate the Great & chaosr - Montreal Saraurusrex - Jack Stewart, D.
118 Inglewood Jacks Nels Stewart C
242 Springfield Isotopes Hod Stuart D
284 Ottawa 67's Jan Suchy D
150 Toronto Maple Leafs Mats Sundin C
209 Montreal Maroons Gary Suter D
210 Calgary Stampeders Brent Sutter C
266 St Louis Eagles Brian Sutter LW
247 Montreal Wanderers Jean-Guy Talbot D
57. Spitfire - Detroit Red Wings -Cyclone Taylor.
162 Brooklyn Yawning Otters Dave Taylor RW
260 Kansas City Scouts Paul Thompson LW
96.BlueBleeder - St. Louis Eagles--Tiny Thompson G
195 Ottawa 67's Jimmy Thomson D
233 Ottawa Silver Seven Joe Thornton C
166 Donair City Loch Ness Monsters Esa Tikkanen LW
271 Springfield Isotopes Walt Tkaczuk C
204 Calgary Stampeders Rick Tocchet RW
191 Lada Togliatti John Tonelli LW
105. Cup2008SensRule - Ottawa Silver Seven-- JC TremblayD
34. Vakar Lajos - Brooklyn Yawning Otters - Vladislav Tretiak, G.
30.shawnmullin - Trail Smoke Eaters - Bryan Trottier, C.
121 Springfield Isotopes Norm Ullman C
288 Montreal Wanderers Rogatien Vachon G
93.Evil Sather - Kootenay Ice -Valeri Vasiliev
270 Detroit Red Wings Elmer Vasko D
131 Ottawa 67's Georges Vezina G
281 Brooklyn Yawning Otters Cy Wentworth D
259 Detroit Falcons Ed Westfall RW
172 Buffalo Bisons Bill White D
124 Kingston RMC Paladins Doug Wilson D
154 Glace Bay Miners Lorne "Gump" Worsley G
188 Regina Pats Aleksandr Yakushev LW
32.VanIslander & FI#2 - Kingston RMC Paladins - Steve Yzerman, C.
184 Victoria Salmon Kings Sergei Zubov D
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293 Quebec Nordiques Craig Ludwig D
282 Transplanted Caper Glace Bay Miners SKIPPED
Last edited by Leaf Lander: 04-11-2008 at 05:56 AM.
Glad to add Rick "Livin' La Vida Goal-Score" Martin to the Fighting Saints. We feel he brings the most and most complimentary offensive talent to Beliveau's wing at this point in the draft. He brings a ton of skill and a strong work ethic. While not necessarily an all-rounder, he'll never be a liability.
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Jere Lehtinen will (for the time being) slide in alongside Robitaille and Dionne on the first line for the Freeze. He's a great two-way player who has skated alongside Mike Modano on Dallas's first line for most of his career. He's not a passing playmaker in the mold of an Oates, but he's a catalyst who makes things happen and creates opportunities. He's not a sniper either, but 25-goals a year in the dead puck era has been standard. He's a very good skater and a very hard worker ... a rink rat in the mold of a poor man's Jari Kurri.
Patrick is one of hockeys best LW in the game. He uses his hockey sense to let him tap totally into his offensive instincts be it throwing a blind past to one of his dangerous wingers or letting his sharp shot beat a goalie by potting the puck where the netminder has no hope of reaching it. He is a very fast elusive skater , leathal around the net using his lightining quick hands and reflexes are trademarks of his crafty finishing skills, deft one-touch passes are a trade marker of his game this aids Elias ability of making players around him better. He can battle with the best of them to create scoring chances whenever he is on the ice. He has superb two-way game. and is a master of slipping away from coverage and possesses great flow in his game which helps him to control the pace ofthe game. Patricks burning desire allows him to elevate his game when it matters. Once he gets his game rolling he is almost unstoppable.
He is one of the devils all time greats leading the team in scoring 7 times and finishing 2nd overall twice.
Elias was picked by New Jersey 51st overall in the second round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft but decided to stay in the Czech Republic with Kladno for one more year before going to the NHL. At only 19 years of age he immediately joined a powerful Devils team that would win the Stanley Cup in 1995.
Impressed by his stats and his hard work in the AHL, management moved Elias up to the NHL for the 1997 playoffs and he produced immediately, scoring five points in eight post-season games. The following season, New Jersey called him up to the NHL again and he immediately met the challenge of big-league play, scoring 18 goals and registering 19 assists that year and finishing third in the balloting for the Calder Trophy as the NHL's best rookie. Close observers of the game noted that only Calder winner Sergei Samsonov of Boston scored more goals than Elias, and only Samsonov and Toronto's Mike Johnson had more points.
The one significant downside to Elias's career in the NHL since making the move to the big time came in 1998 when he failed to make the powerful Czech Olympic team that ended up winning top honours at the Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. However, Elias would get his opportunoty to shine with his homeland at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah.
In 1999-00 Elias went on to score 35 goals and 72 points in the regular season, and was instrumental in leading the Devils to their second Stanley Cup victory. Elias established career highs in goals (40), assists (56) and points (96) in 2000-01 leading the Devils to the Stanley Cup Final for a second consecutive season before falling short against the Colorado Avalanche.
A member of the Czech Republic's Olympic Team in 2002 and One of the premier players in the league, Elias captured went on to capture his second Stanley Cup title in 2003 despite having his least productive season offensively since the 1998-99 tallying 57 points (28-29-57). Elias rebounded offensively in 2003-04 with 81 points (38-43-81), yet the Devils fell short in their attempt to repeat as Cup champions
I wish Horner were still around by my pick. I almost picked him last time instead of Ross.
Horner's a nice combination of physicality and underrated offense. He's not the best top pairing guy defensively (as was pointed out to me on numerous occasions in ATD#8), but he's got size and speed so won't fall victim to any obvious mismatches. People will complain about his lack of discipline, but Red's definitely a solid pick at this point. Fetisov-Horner is a pretty nasty physical pairing.
pit - I am looking forward to you quoting The Horner Files should he come under fire in the playoffs.
Solid run last night, guys. Thanks for announcing my pick for me.
I'm very happy with the Hooley Smith pick. I almost jumped the gun and took him at 182, but I figured with the premium on top defenders, Coulter would be gone by 203. Regardless of the fact that he has obvious chemistry with his childhood friend and teammate Nels Stewart, I think he's an extremely valuable asset for any second line. A two-time allstar with high end speed and playmaking abilities, but also a top notch defensive player with great hockey sense and a mean streak. Just a guy that contributes in a lot of different areas.
And of course now I can reunite the 'S' line of Siebert-Stewart-Smith if the situation seems to warrant it.
No one PMed me.. can I have the Dallas Freeze's first overall pick?
Seriously I was sleeping... hopefully I have not been holding this up for almost six hours.
The Ottawa Silver Seven are pleased to select their starting goalie... a sure to be somewhat controversial pick. Tom Barrasso.
I am picking Barrasso because he is a good regular season goalie... and a money playoff goalie that has won 2 Cups... but also becuase he is perhaps the best puckhandling goalie of all time... The all time leader in assists for a goalie he could move the puck to his D-Man or even thread the puck to forwards darting out of the zone. Since a large part of my strategy is to move the puck out of the defensive zone quickly he is the ideal goalie for my team.
Barrasso is probably one day going to make the HHOF even if it takes quite awhile. He has a First All-Star Team nod... 2 Second Team All-Star nods and a Vezina a Jennings, lead the NHL in Wins, shutouts, goals against average and the playoffs in Avg as well.
A 19 year career though limited by injuries later on, 369 wins and another 61 playoff wins and a fiery competitior, a stickhandling and puck moving marvel.
Barasso as a starter you probably could've waited a lot longer to get him... but at least his attitude IMO will be less of an issue from that spot than it would be as a back up.
Can anyone take a list from me for my next two picks should they come up today?
There have been some excellent picks lately. Maltsev and Dye are fantastic offensive talents and are great bargains at this point. Kerr had a short prime but was nearly unstoppable within 10 feet of the net-- he was really fast for his size and had a tremendous skill for drawing penalties. Martin was one of the greatest goal-scorers of the 1970s, likely on track for a 600-goal career before injuries, and will look great on Beliveau's line. Olmstead, with his playmaking ability and willingness to work hard to obtain and maintain puck possession, is a great complentary player on any scoring line.
I'm probably Hooley Smith's biggest supporter on HOH, and I had him in two of the past three drafts. I've learned a lot about him because he was my grandfather's favourite player as a kid; he compares his style to Mark Messier in the sense that Smith was a tenacious competitor, and he was willing to check, kill penalties, and drop the gloves. Smith was a two-time Hart finalist (finishing 2nd to Eddie Shore once), and retired as the 4th highest scoring player in NHL history (twice finishing in the top four in a single season with a few more years in the top ten). Re-uniting the S Line would give Inglewood arguably the best 2nd line in the draft; but I could also see playing Smith on the top line as he'd give Lafluer/Fedorov some needed toughness, and he's one of the few skaters that can match their speed.
Barasso as a starter you probably could've waited a lot longer to get him... but at least his attitude IMO will be less of an issue from that spot than it would be as a back up.
Can anyone take a list from me for my next two picks should they come up today?
Barrasso is a wild card. I could definately see someone taking him at any time or he could have lasted for 2 or 3 more rounds. I wanted him specifically so I took him now instead of losing him.
I think Barrasso's attitude is a positve. Frankly if he is a jerk to the media or he is cocky.... who cares he is a goalie! On the ice he was a guy that competed fiercly and is not the type to ever, ever mail it in.
But like you said as a back-up maybe he is not the best pick.. as a starter he should be as happy as a surly, angry cout like him can be.
yeah that was my point, that I don't mind his attitude as long as he's got the #1 job. I just don't know if he'll be a successful #1 in this draft. But good luck!
Barrasso is a wild card. I could definately see someone taking him at any time or he could have lasted for 2 or 3 more rounds. I wanted him specifically so I took him now instead of losing him.
I think Barrasso's attitude is a positve. Frankly if he is a jerk to the media or he is cocky.... who cares he is a goalie! On the ice he was a guy that competed fiercly and is not the type to ever, ever mail it in.
But like you said as a back-up maybe he is not the best pick.. as a starter he should be as happy as a surly, angry cout like him can be.
Good pick for a starter. It also brings out the following fact : Many GM's would never, ever consider picking Barasso in a 20 team ATD. (I'm amongst them). But in a 32 team ATD, well, he's a starter.
