Who would be interested in pursuing the idea to write a book about the all time draft teams players and results?
All GM's who particpate would share in any potential profits. Those who choose not to participate would sign a waiver form.
I would like 32 GM's to be part of the process so we can draft as many players as possible.
The draft for the book would have ot be conducted off HF. I love hockeys future but I wouldn't want to give all profits from my work to another source; however, I am not opposed to advertising hockeys future in the book pages. Infact I think we should for free.
I think you're onto something Leaf Lander and done right, it would be a unique and extremely interesting read. Just not sure what contribution you'd want from me and how to go about it doing it right?
I don't know of any other place that has so many incredible hockey historians in one place. If we all got on the same page with this, I think it's a hell of an idea.
Who the hell would buy a book about a fantasy draft on a website? I mean am I missing something here or is that what you are proposing?
I think it is more about the history of hockey and the views from people who are very educated with the building process of the NHL. People like VanI, GBC, LL, just to name a few.
I think it is more about the history of hockey and the views from people who are very educated with the building process of the NHL. People like VanI,...
There's such an NHL bias to the draft, for the most part, that the ATDs to date could not be the foundation for what I've been thinking for a while could be a Top-1000 Hockey Players of All Time book unless it wasn't ranked, more divided by position, style of play, etc. The last few MLDs would be crucial for such a project, as many all-time greats slip through the cracks. Still, this forum has been more about the process of discovering the history of hockey. Some of the issues about cross-era comparisons are interesting tidbits that could be expanded on, or an imaginative book "What if...?" could work if it invites the reader to do likewise. A website or all-time draft computer game seems more relevant (when I joined these ATDs back in 2004 I thought doing an FHL fantasy game would be a lot of fun, spending months debating SP, SK, DF ratings, coming up with crossgenerational formulas and tweakings of SC, PA, OV).
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Originally Posted by Leaf Lander
the idea to write a book about the all time draft teams players and results
ATD teams and results? ... that would make FI#2's post apt:
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Originally Posted by Frightened Inmate #2
Who the hell would buy a book about a fantasy draft on a website? I mean am I missing something here or is that what you are proposing?
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An imaginative season and postseason of all-time greats, written in great detail, with historical anecdotes, stats, and arguments about cross-era considerations, could be an interesting read: written in a sort of magical realism style as if REALLY HAPPENED.
It could be a history of hockey project cast in an original form.
An imaginative season and postseason of all-time greats, written in great detail, with historical anecdotes, stats, and arguments about cross-era considerations, could be an interesting read: written in a sort of magical realism style as if REALLY HAPPENED.
It could be a history of hockey project cast in an original form.
Hmmm...
Actually, that's precisely the angle I was intending to write it up with if given the chance.
Mario Lemieux gets hurt. Grant Fuhr makes dramatic saves in game 7. Marcel Dionne sucks in the playoffs. Otherwise underwhelming players are heroic. Faults in older players are ignored because they simply weren't adequately documented. We -- a group that's almost entirely under 40 -- try to imagine what would have happened when players we never saw and many of whom never even heard of each other magically played the same game.
I enjoy the ATD threads as a fun excuse to research and learn some hockey history ... but let's tone this down and scale this back a few ... to think that people would pay money to read it ... eh ... OK ... good luck ...
I want to finish the top 100 list because I like where that's going. I'm semi-interested in the idea of expanding that further, provided the process change a bit. But that's another discussion ... this book ... yeah, OK ...
