CP Redrafts 30 Teams (NYR, DAL, CGY, CAR) Rules in post 1

[Cheerio]

IF YOU THINK YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO MAKE YOUR PICK, PM PlayfulGenius, MrMike or I a list of the players you want at your pick and we will pick the highest player remaining from your list for you

Hey guys basically the same as the NHL.com one, serpentine draft (1-30, 30-1). Teams must be salary cap compliant, we'll do the draft once we have all 30 spots filled, teams will be assigned on first come fiPickrst served basis ADDED RULES: The draft goes on from 10am-10pm mountain time, but feel free to make picks if you are on the clock and on CP outside of those hours. There is a 2 hour draft window for each person, and if you do not make a pick during those 2 hours, you are assigned the highest ranked player remaining from the original NHL.com draft. (to an extent, if you already have Miller and Lundqvist as your goalies, we're not going to give you Tim Thomas). You CANNOT take Marc Savard.

1. Oilers DFO
2. Avalanche Cheerio
3. Panthers PlayfulGenius
4. Islanders Hockey_Ninja
5. Senators ryan5
6. Jets doctajones428
7. Blue Jackets hayduke's dad
8. Devils littlereddevil
9. Maple Leafs transplan99
10. Wild Poe969
11. Blues Swayze11
12. Hurricanes Tilley
13. Flames keenan87
14. StarsMattyC
15. Rangers NoCupsIn40Years
16. Sabres Beerfest
17. Canadiens Makarov
18. Blackhawks kipperfan
19. Kings Hockey
20. Coyotes jkstuart12
21. Predators rogermexico
22. Ducks Aeneas
23. Penguins Heavy Jack
24. Red Wings Mass_nerder
25. Flyers Locke
26. Capitals GirlySports
27. Lightning The Boy Wonder
28. Sharks MrMike
29. Canucks diane_phaneuf
30. Bruins Da_Chief


Post in this thread to sign up

Thread where you announce picks: http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=108370

Roster Thread: http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=108362

Pick List Thread:
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=109195

[keenan87]

Ill take the beloved Flames

[d_phaneuf]

canucks!

[DFO]

Oilers

[NoCupsIn40Years]

Rangers please.

[Locke]

Flyers.

[doctajones428]

Jets please!

[Swayze11]

Blues plz

[littlereddevil]

Count me in on this one.

I'll take the Devils. Will be interesting to reconstruct their blueline

[Da_Chief]

Bruins!

[PlayfulGenius]

Panthers! ... we're heading to Hamilton! (or Quebec City)

[Hockey]

I'll take the Kings if that's alright with everyone else.

[Hockey_Ninja]

islanders please.

[Beerfest]

Ill take the Sabres, thanks.
Thanks

[Cheerio]

nm

[Caged Great]

Could I have the Habs.

[Tilley]

Hurricanes please

[MrMike]

Sharks!!!

[Lobotroth]

I'll take the much hated Leafs.

EDIT: Scratch that, I'm bowing out.

[alan21]

hawks

[MrMike]

I'm guessing we ll have to set aside a time when EVERYONE can be available...
Can we somehow turn this into a Hockey Pool?? I wish CP had more then one... so hard to get into that one

[jkstuart12]

I'll take the Coyotes

[MrMike]

Aaaaaaaand alan21 is a few minutes too late for the leafs

[Locke]

I'm guessing we ll have to set aside a time when EVERYONE can be available...
Can we somehow turn this into a Hockey Pool?? I wish CP had more then one... so hard to get into that one

What? We meet at a pub. Tons of people never show!

[Lobotroth]

Actually, I will withdraw my bid. I would like to play but there is probably someone else more deserving. Plus I don't think I will have the time over the next while. The Leafs are available again.

[MrMike]

At a pub no one will show up, will have to be a time on here would be my guess.
Hey this wasn't my thread, just would like to make it work

[Ryan5]

I'll take the sens.

[hayduke's dad]

I will take any team you want to assign me. except the leafs

[MrMike]

I will take any team you want to assign me

Okay then, you can have the Toronto Marlies I guess.......

[Hockey_Ninja]

i'm not old enough to go to a pub...

[Aeneas]

I would take the Ducks

[transplant99]

leafs...i mean does it matter?

[rogermexico]

I'll take the Preds.

[chickennoobz]

ill take the senators

[Heavy Jack]

I will take the Pens.

Quick question is when would one have to be around for this??? What time does it go at and how long would it go for.

[Makarov]

Capitals please and thank you.

[littlereddevil]

i'm not old enough to go to a pub...

Fine. Applebee's it is. :w00t:

[MrMike]

I'll take the sens.

ill take the senators
Sorry Chicken try again

[Hockey]

Fine. Applebee's it is. :w00t:

Applebee's in Poco?

[Cheerio]

Wild Stars RedWings and Lightning still available. Once we fill up the spots we can figure out when/where/how to do this the best way for everyone

[Locke]

Wild Stars RedWings and Lightning still available. Once we fill up the spots we can figure out when/where/how to do this the best way for everyone

I suggest you consult GirlySports on this matter. I do believe she is the master of organizing things like this.

[IgiTang]

I will take Tampa Bay please.

[Hockey]

Is this something that will be done in 1 night or a week or so.

[Poe969]

If this is done online, then I'm in for whatever team you give me. If its done in person out there, I'm out.

I wish I could be a part of this, and more importantly I wish I could be a part of a lot of things CP does together.....

So, if its online and I have a choice I'll take the Wild.

[Mass_nerder]

I'll take the wild if they're still available!

[Ryan5]

If this is done online, then I'm in for whatever team you give me. If its done in person out there, I'm out.

I wish I could be a part of this, and more importantly I wish I could be a part of a lot of things CP does together.....

So, if its online and I have a choice I'll take the Wild.

Yeah, same here.

[Coach]

Im in if theres still room I'll take the Stars

Also if its done online

[Cheerio]

I think the best decision is to have this take place online over the course of a week or so just so that we could have the maximum number of people participate and to make it work best. But this will require a commitment from everyone

[Cheerio]

also, Mass_nerder I gave you the Red Wings
And hayduke's dad I gave you Columbus

[PlayfulGenius]

People could just be in the habit of checking in periodically, and PMing you a list of players equal in length to the number of selections til their next pick.

Ex. I just sent you a list of 3 players... I sent 3 because I have the 3rd pick.

[Cheerio]

This will be extremely hard for me to do on my own, so if 2 people (one from the middle and one from the end of the round) would be willing to step up and help me with this it would be greatly appreciated. And if someone was unavailable to pick in the middle of the round they would PM their pick to the "mod" in the middle of the round, and same with the end and the beginning of each round. In the interests of saving time it will be 20 rounds (12F 6D 2G) or if someone wants to turn this into some kind of league or sim or whatever they can with a 23 round draft, just let me know what is wanted. We could either do it with multiple rounds a day for a week or so, or a round a day for 20 days taking us to the start of the season :D

[PlayfulGenius]

This will be extremely hard for me to do on my own, so if 2 people (one from the middle and one from the end of the round) would be willing to step up and help me with this it would be greatly appreciated. And if someone was unavailable to pick in the middle of the round they would PM their pick to the "mod" in the middle of the round, and same with the end and the beginning of each round. In the interests of saving time it will be 20 rounds (12F 6D 2G) or if someone wants to turn this into some kind of league or sim or whatever they can with a 23 round draft, just let me know what is wanted. We could either do it with multiple rounds a day for a week or so, or a round a day for 20 days taking us to the start of the season :D

Great idea, this will be easy for people to manage.

Did you say before that we're going to take the Cap into consideration?

[Cheerio]

Great idea, this will be easy for people to manage.

Did you say before that we're going to take the Cap into consideration?

Yeah, which will add skill to the drafting and not just be BPA all the time. We will use capgeek.com for numbers

[Hockey]

I like the round a day suggestion. Would each round be done at a specific time or just check in periodically throughout the day when it's your pick?

[Beerfest]

Perhaps we could use the chatroom for this?

[timbit]

When does school start in BC?

[Hockey_Ninja]

yeah i'm out if its not online.

[PlayfulGenius]

I think it'll be better to have the round go throughout the day, as opposed to a specific time, as we'll inevitably have to do something about an absentee.

How 'bout we have each round go throughout the day and people can PM a list in advance to quicken things up. To lighten the responsibility, we can have 3 people available as 'moderators'. I'd volunteer to be one.

Teams 1-10 can send list to Moderator A... teams 11-20 can use Moderator B... teams 21-30 use Moderator C. I don't think it'd matter too much whether the moderators were spread out amongst the picking order, per se, as was suggested earlier.

[PlayfulGenius]

yeah i'm out if its not online.

I'd assume the draft to take place right within this thread.

[Hockey]

I am going to be away from a computer Sept 8-12. If the draft is still happening then what would be the best way to go about my picks?

[MrMike]

This will be extremely hard for me to do on my own, so if 2 people (one from the middle and one from the end of the round) would be willing to step up and help me with this it would be greatly appreciated. And if someone was unavailable to pick in the middle of the round they would PM their pick to the "mod" in the middle of the round, and same with the end and the beginning of each round. In the interests of saving time it will be 20 rounds (12F 6D 2G) or if someone wants to turn this into some kind of league or sim or whatever they can with a 23 round draft, just let me know what is wanted. We could either do it with multiple rounds a day for a week or so, or a round a day for 20 days taking us to the start of the season :D

I'll help out as much as needed, I would love to turn this into some sort of season if someone has the know how to do that.

And I can help in whatever is needed, but just 30 people sending in 30 lists sounds pretty boring

I would say lets do 10 rounds in a session, as long as we can get everyone to agree on one time to be online, do your homework and it'll go fast

[MrMike]

Why don't we, instead of planning this for weeks ahead, check and see if something like this sunday, say 8pm to 11pm would work for everyone.

If we can get at least say 24 out of 30 to agree, then we can plan accordingly for the other 6.

Again, if we do our homework and it's online, it will go fast.

I think it's better then waiting for everyone once a day, what if say I'm third to pick that day and I work late and can't make it on here till 8:30pm (just as an example)

Lets see if we can get a majority like i said (at least 24) to agree to a time and then see where we want to go with this. ( I don't know how sims work or anything like that but I'm all ears)

[Hockey]

Ok I am available Sun-Thurs after 7. Fri and Sat depends on what im doing.

[Coach]

When we did drafts for other things a while ago we had a slotted time for everyone to draft. If they couldnt make it they could PM their picks to the commissioner (which you Cheerio automatically volunteer for by starting the thread ;) ).

Or get GirlySports to run things. Shes the draft queen.

[MrMike]

Okay, I will start a spreadsheet of available times by person and we will go with the day and times that fit into most peoples, then we will get a list submitted by the other players if they still want to be part of a season or we will set up another thread asking for people who want to be involved and if they are available at that time.

Wow, this turns into a lot of work real quick.

[MrMike]

Actually that slotted draft time sounds like a great idea.

Does Girly sports charge?? haha

[littlereddevil]

The earlier this draft gets done, the better for me. After September 12th I'm going to be extremely busy as I'm in 2nd year university. If we could get all 20 rounds done before this time then that'd be great.

[GirlySports]

When we did drafts for other things a while ago we had a slotted time for everyone to draft. If they couldnt make it they could PM their picks to the commissioner (which you Cheerio automatically volunteer for by starting the thread ;) ).

Or get GirlySports to run things. Shes the draft queen.

If I ran this draft you'd be finished in 2013.

Unrelated: I'm actually planning a hockey-based game to be unveiled soon that I hope you all like :)

[MrMike]

If I ran this draft you'd be finished in 2013.

Unrelated: I'm actually planning a hockey-based game to be unveiled soon that I hope you all like :)


Keep me up to date please :)

[Coach]

I miss the drafts of the off-topic forum. As soon as they got sub forum'd they died.

[GirlySports]

I miss the drafts of the off-topic forum. As soon as they got sub forum'd they died.

other than the first hottie draft, I'm not sure we finished any other one.

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you guys have the 30 cpers representing the 30 teams now you can start anytime..

first thing you have to do is determine the draft order :)

[Da_Chief]

Just start the picking (12 hour limit, the slow boring off-season still has some time), if someone misses their pick once, warn them, second time replace them.

I say DFO is up, his time starts tomorrow morning at 6 am to 6 pm.

[Coach]

Should we random generate or use current standings?

[GirlySports]

oh my mistake, draft order is already listed

[MrMike]

Current standings, that's why we picked teams.
Snake (or serpentine) order.

[SportsJunky]

Put IgiTang in charge of this. He is very reliable with these things.

[Ryan5]

so the draft is tomorrow if I read this correctly?

[doctajones428]

Please remember to bookmark this thread and check often :) Also starting some draft cheat sheets of potential picks will help keep this running smoothly

[DFO]

Well I'll save everyone the suspense - Oilers will take Sidney Crosby 1st overall.

[NoCupsIn40Years]

Can I send the commish a list of my players I want at my pick?

[Coach]

Can I send the commish a list of my players I want at my pick?

only if you cant be here for your pick. We cant have one person making everyones picks.

[NoCupsIn40Years]

only if you cant be here for your pick. We cant have one person making everyones picks.

Is the schedule ready for pick time? I'm sorta busy tomorrow so I need to know what time the Rangers pick.

[Makarov]

Well I'll save everyone the suspense - Oilers will take Sidney Crosby 1st overall.

I think this approach will work fine over the next week or two. Most of us have blackberries (or other smart phones) and internet access at home and at the office . As long as every participant checks Calgarypuck two or three times a day they will see that their turn is approaching and "govern themselves accordingly", no? I recognize that some participants may have less access to the internet than others (depending on their job etc.), but perhaps those participants who have less access to the internet can make an extra effort to check Calgarypuck as often as is practicable for the next two (or even three/four) weeks?

I would suggest that Cheerio [Colorado Avalanche] just go ahead and pick next in this thread (as soon as he or she has the opportunity).

Perhaps it would also make sense for everyone to announce their draft pick as follows:

1st pick, 1st round, for Oilers: Sidney Crosby;
Next pick: Cheerio for Avalanche.

It might make it easier to record (although I suppose everyone should keep track of the draft picks for their own tream) and easier for people checking in on the thread to recognize when their turn is approaching.

I just offer this as a suggestion.

[Cheerio]

Colorado Avalanche take Alexander Ovechkin.

By PM PlayfulGenius/Florida Panthers takes Johnathan Toews


Hockey_Ninja you and your Islanders are on the clock

[Cheerio]

If you aren't able to make your pick and you are 1-10 you will PM your list to me

If you aren't able to make your pick and you are 11-20 you will PM your pick to PlayfulGenius

If you aren't able to make your pick and you're 21-30 you will PM your pick to MrMike

If PlayfulGenius/MrMike are unable to do this, let me know

Also tomorrow is moving day for me, so by Sunday I will have a draft board up with every team in the original post

[Cheerio]

Lastly I will be away from my computer for most of the day tomorrow so if you need anything email me at steve.championsmith@gmail.com (include your CP handle, thanks) I will have email access for my iphone

[Heavy Jack]

Sent my 3 choices for my first rounder onward to MrMike. I will try and check in as much as possible today but I won't be able to make the draft until sometime in the afternoon.

[Hockey]

Are we just drafting any 12F or are we drafting 4c, 4lw, 4rw? Oh and what's the cap at?

[PlayfulGenius]

I think this approach will work fine over the next week or two. Most of us have blackberries (or other smart phones) and internet access at home and at the office . As long as every participant checks Calgarypuck two or three times a day they will see that their turn is approaching and "govern themselves accordingly", no? I recognize that some participants may have less access to the internet than others (depending on their job etc.), but perhaps those participants who have less access to the internet can make an extra effort to check Calgarypuck as often as is practicable for the next two (or even three/four) weeks?

I would suggest that Cheerio [Colorado Avalanche] just go ahead and pick next in this thread (as soon as he or she has the opportunity).

Perhaps it would also make sense for everyone to announce their draft pick as follows:



It might make it easier to record (although I suppose everyone should keep track of the draft picks for their own tream) and easier for people checking in on the thread to recognize when their turn is approaching.

I just offer this as a suggestion.

It might be helpful to put the Cap hit of the player in the post as well, when making a selection.

[PlayfulGenius]

Are we just drafting any 12F or are we drafting 4c, 4lw, 4rw?

The idea is to select an NHL roster, so I recommend trying to have every position filled.

[PlayfulGenius]

If you aren't able to make your pick and you are 1-10 you will PM your list to me

If you aren't able to make your pick and you are 11-20 you will PM your pick to PlayfulGenius

If you aren't able to make your pick and you're 21-30 you will PM your pick to MrMike

If PlayfulGenius/MrMike are unable to do this, let me know

Also tomorrow is moving day for me, so by Sunday I will have a draft board up with every team in the original post

Teams 11-20 can PM me for sure, I'm happy to help out.

[Caged Great]

I'll be around in the mid afternoon around 3-4 ish

[Da_Chief]

The first post needs to get an update with who's been picked and who's on the clock.

[PlayfulGenius]

The first post needs to get an update with who's been picked and who's on the clock.

Cheerio mentioned he'll do that after the weekend as he's moving or something.

So far taken : Crosby, Ovechkin and Toews.

Islanders are on the clock.

[Makarov]

Thanks to the Mod (I presume) who changed the title of the thread. Great idea!

[Cheerio]

Thanks to the Mod (I presume) who changed the title of the thread. Great idea!

That was me actually haha

[Poe969]

Cheerio, you're now considered this threads mod!

[PlayfulGenius]

I've already spent significant time planning a budget for each roster spot and what type of player to choose... Ugh, I need a life.

[PlayfulGenius]

Are OTT, WPG and CBJ ready to go once the NYI pick is made?

I received a list from CGY, so that's good, but they're not til #13.

[Ryan5]

I'm ready to go, dunno about NY.

[Poe969]

now do we have to draft a full roster, or is this just for points? Do we need goalies? so many defensmen? or is this just draft guys who'll get the most actual points?

[Hockey]

I believe we are drafting 12f 6d and 2g

[PlayfulGenius]

I believe we are drafting 12f 6d and 2g

that's correct, and stay within the $64.3M salary cap.

this idea is to draft the best all-round team, nothing to do with points, per se.

[Poe969]

and is it just for points? do pims count, +/-?

[GirlySports]

I miss the drafts of the off-topic forum. As soon as they got sub forum'd they died.

All related games/draft-type things are in the sub forum or else they clutter up normal traffic. The game I'm thinking of will be there as well.

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Nice first few picks so far. Doing these things is always tough because everyone is on a different schedule, especially on Saturdays. Some people probably don't even know the draft has started yet.

[Hockey]

Just a suggestion that might make things easier, use this thread here for questions, comments and other stuff. Then make another thread strictly for just our picks. I think it will just make things a little more easier to keep track of.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Islanders select Steven Stamkos

[Ryan5]

Haha dammit, I was planning to pick him.

Ottawa selects Evgeni Malkin with the 5th overall pick.

EDIT: PM sent to doctajones.

[rogermexico]

and is it just for points? do pims count, +/-?

We're drafting hypothetical teams to be judged on their general awesomeness, the fine points of which we'll likely argue over at length.

[Poe969]

Awesome!

[PegCityFlamesFan]

Stupid Bomber game, I would have loved this.

[Cheerio]

I'll make a draft thread tomorrow and try to get it all figured out then. Or someone can make the draft thread. I don't have a life so I could keep the original list updated. Also when you make your pick can you PM the guy picking after you? It will save a lot of time. Thanks!

[Hockey_Ninja]

I'll make a draft thread tomorrow and try to get it all figured out then. Or someone can make the draft thread. I don't have a life so I could keep the original list updated. Also when you make your pick can you PM the guy picking after you? It will save a lot of time. Thanks!
i'll make it

EDIT: nm i don't know how i would set it up

[Makarov]

We're drafting hypothetical teams to be judged on their general awesomeness, the fine points of which we'll likely argue over at length.

Just had to quote this because it perfectly explains this rather nerdy exercise!

[MrMike]

Okay I'm not sure how much more drafting we will be doing today.
I will not be around until tomorrow morning so I hope it doesn't make it to picks 21-30 :P

I didn't realize we would be starting the drafting so soon.

I have Heavyjacks list, as for the rest of you 21-30s let me know if you can not make it, even though we do not know what time it is at.

[Mass_nerder]

Okay I'm not sure how much more drafting we will be doing today.
I will not be around until tomorrow morning so I hope it doesn't make it to picks 21-30 :P

I didn't realize we would be starting the drafting so soon.

I have Heavyjacks list, as for the rest of you 21-30s let me know if you can not make it, even though we do not know what time it is at.

Considering the pace so far, I think us in the 21-30 will be safe until tomorrow.

[doctajones428]

Sorry guys, was busy with the family.

With the 6th pick of the Calgary Puck Draft, The Winnipeg Jets select Pavel Datsyuk

[Hockey]

i'll make it

EDIT: nm i don't know how i would set it up

Im working on something now, we will see if it works out or not.

[PlayfulGenius]

1-1 Edmonton, Sidney Crosby, C, 8.7M
1-2 Colorado, Alexander Ovechkin, LW, 9.53M
1-3 Florida, Jonathan Toews, C, 6.3M
1-4 New York Islanders, Steven Stamkos , C, 7.5M
1-5 Ottawa, Evgeni Malkin, C, 8.7M
1-6 Winnipeg, Pavel Datsyuk, C, 6.7M

Anyone bored enough to consider discussing these picks thus far?

I opted to go with a combo of youth, leadership and reasonable cap hit. I like the Datsyuk pick as well. Malkin is iffy for me at 8.7M, just because of the injury season last year. Ovechkin is awesome, but 9.53M is very steep, making it tough to fill the rest of the roster.

[Hockey]

Alright will my thread work out alright? If you guys think it wont work I will just get the thread deleted, if you guys think it can work I can finish off the rest of it later. For now I do think it would be easier to post your picks in this thread.

Edit: I do realize this will take alot of work on my part and sometimes I might not be doing right up to the minute updates. Basically I have the same schedule everyday and the best time for me to update that page is after 7 Sunday-Thurs and Friday and Saturday depends on what is going on.

Im wondering if we make another thread strictly just for draft picks, so if I get behind in my updates I can just go to that thread and find the picks easily instead of having to scroll through picks, then comments, then questions.

[Cheerio]

Hockey, thanks so much for making that thread, looks great! I hope the CP mod team is okay with us having our draft in the FOI forum instead of the contests/drafts ones because no one ever goes there

[calumniate]

Has Byron been picked yet?

[Poe969]

Kot-a-lik kot-a-lik kot-a-lik

[PlayfulGenius]

Kot-a-lik kot-a-lik kot-a-lik

Kotalik was taken very early in the NHL.com draft :bag:

14th round by the same tool that took Luongo 5th overall.

[Poe969]

and I doubt he'll be picked at all in ours, just going to show you that CP is smarter then NHL.com

[Heavy Jack]

I'm able to make my pick now today if the Pens do indeed get to pick today so no worries MrMike. If my pick doesn't happen until tomorrow though I will give you another 3 choices.

[hayduke's dad]

with the 7th pick columbus picks Cory Perry

[Heavy Jack]

Calling littlereddevil!!

Kovalchuk is available. ;)

[Hockey]

Calling littlereddevil!!

Kovalchuk is available. ;)

Or Satan.

[GirlySports]

Hockey, thanks so much for making that thread, looks great! I hope the CP mod team is okay with us having our draft in the FOI forum instead of the contests/drafts ones because no one ever goes there

I think for this particular draft it's ok since it's on-topic.

BTW as I mentioned earlier, I've started a game in the Contest/Drafts thread...hope you can all enter and make that forum more popular :)

[Beerfest]

Is there going to be a time limit for picks?

[GirlySports]

7 picks in a day isn't bad.. much faster than any draft I ever ran :D

[NoCupsIn40Years]

Is there going to be a time limit for picks?

I was thinking this. Half an hour time slots with the commissioners judging the BPA. If the person misses 2 straight picks, they're warned, 3 strikes and you're out.

That's what I did in my league.

[littlereddevil]

The Devils are very happy, and surprised to say the least, that this player is still available on the board.

With that in mind, New Jersey selects Henrik Sedin.

[GirlySports]

boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

/I'm playing the role of the audience

[Poe969]

How are you surprised that a vancouver player is still there when we're doing this on a Calgary board???

[Hockey]

I don't know if its possible, but do you think a mod would sticky my roster thread?

I don't plan on using that thread for anything else other then updating rosters. If its not stickied then it could get lost in the forum.

Seeing as how this thread is getting alot of random stuff in it I am going to make a thread just for making picks and this thread can be used for discussions.

[Hockey]

How are you surprised that a vancouver player is still there when we're doing this on a Calgary board???

I just wonder who is gonna take Luongo, Kesler and Burrows.

[Coach]

I was thinking this. Half an hour time slots with the commissioners judging the BPA. If the person misses 2 straight picks, they're warned, 3 strikes and you're out.

That's what I did in my league.

This isnt a league. Its a way to pass the time for the next 40 days until the season starts. Its not a race.

[Hockey]

Im sorry for kind of taking this thing over(especially since I am a Canucks fan) but I believe this is the best way to do things and make things easier for all of us to keep track of.

Keep things the same if you can by announcing your pick in the thread I just made and if you can post the players cap hit. Also try and send the next persons pick a pm.


Also if someone wants to ask a mod to get this thing stickied or something we can do so the threads dont get lost along the way that would be great.

[littlereddevil]

How are you surprised that a vancouver player is still there when we're doing this on a Calgary board???

Oh I hate Vancouver with a passion. But there's no denying the fact that he was the BPA by far, and really should have gone higher.

Its a fantasy league. I'll take whoever improves my team drastically, irregardless of team.

Once the season starts, I'm as big of a hater of the Canucks as your entire lot.

[PlayfulGenius]

Henrik @$6.1M should have gone ahead of Malkin or Perry.

[Madrox]

Henrik @$6.1M should have gone ahead of Malkin or Perry.

By what criteria? If it's about building what you think would irl be the best hockey team on the ice, taking all criteria in to consideration, I'd pick Perry over Sedin, and I hate Perry. I think he'd be a better choice to build a team to go after the cup with, taking leadership and intangibles into consideration.

[Madrox]

By what criteria? If it's about building what you think would irl be the best hockey team on the ice, taking all criteria in to consideration, I'd pick Perry over Sedin, and I hate Perry. I think he'd be a better choice to build a team to go after the cup with, taking leadership and intangibles into consideration.
And now I've looked at nhl.com and see that the original theory was to simulate it in NHL 12, so they'll probably make Sedin better. Bleh.

[Poe969]

We're drafting hypothetical teams to be judged on their general awesomeness, the fine points of which we'll likely argue over at length.


This is why I wouldn't take Sedin or any other canuck. We aren't trying to get the most points, just trying to make the most "awesome" team and I'm guessing 99% of this board isn't going to say any vancouver player is "awesome"

[Heavy Jack]

I submitted my picks for today to MrMike, I will be available to pick sometime in the afternoon, have fun all!

[Poe969]

whos turn is it anyway??? I'm #10 with the wild....who's going before me?

[Caged Great]

I'm going to have to drop out, I don't have the time that I thought I would for this. Thanks.

[Poe969]

well just email someone your picks. I know I sent Cheerio my top 4 guys and I know I'll be back before my turn in round 2

[Hockey]

PegCityFlames fan posted earlier that he would have loved to of joined this. If caged great is out for sure maybe someone can pm him and he can have cg's team

[PlayfulGenius]

Henrik @$6.1M should have gone ahead of Malkin or Perry.

You might be right, but I don't think any NHL GM would agree with you.

One of the Canuck's mistakes was making Luongo captain. That's when their culture shifted to whining and diving. Then, they follow that up with Henrik as captain and things don't get any better in that regard.

Had they kept Mitchell and let him wear the C, or even Bieksa, I think they'd be better off. Anyway, my point is, there's no need to put a letter on Henrik, but there's no denying that he's a superior talent.

NHL GMs wouldn't let him sneak out of the Top 5.

[PlayfulGenius]

whos turn is it anyway??? I'm #10 with the wild....who's going before me?

We're waiting for the Leafs, then its you.

[Makarov]

You might be right, but I don't think any NHL GM would agree with you.

One of the Canuck's mistakes was making Luongo captain. That's when their culture shifted to whining and diving. Then, they follow that up with Henrik as captain and things don't get any better in that regard.

Had they kept Mitchell and let him wear the C, or even Bieksa, I think they'd be better off. Anyway, my point is, there's no need to put a letter on Henrik, but there's no denying that he's a superior talent.

NHL GMs wouldn't let him sneak out of the Top 5.

I think that one could legitimately argue that his value is diminished in these circumstances because it is impossible (highly unlikely) to draft both he and Daniel to the same team. Obviously he is still a talented player on his own but it does make him a bit of an unknown quantity.

[Hockey]

This is why I wouldn't take Sedin or any other canuck. We aren't trying to get the most points, just trying to make the most "awesome" team and I'm guessing 99% of this board isn't going to say any vancouver player is "awesome"

This is where I think it could get fun. Lets build our teams and then see who has the most points by the end of the year.

I actually created a league on ESPN and we could keep track of our teams on their just like a regular hockey pool. It would be your standard hockey pool where only points count, their won't be any bench spots, if your player gets injured then thats too bad. Also goalies points would be 2 for a W, 3 for a S/O and 1 for a tie.

Only thing is the site only allows 20 teams per league, so I created 1 league with 15 teams which would be teams 16-30. Someone could create a league for teams 1-15. The leagues would be viewable to the public so you can check to see where you compare to other teams in both leagues. Or if not enough people are interested in this we could just get as many people who are interested in it for fun.

Not sure if anyone has used ESPN before for hockey pools, but I find it way better then Yahoo. You would just need to create an account on ESPN which only takes a minute and also teams 16-30 would need to pm their email addy so I can invite you to the league.


Or if most people already have a yahoo account we can just use yahoo if its easier.

[PlayfulGenius]

I think that one could legitimately argue that his value is diminished in these circumstances because it is impossible (highly unlikely) to draft both he and Daniel to the same team. Obviously he is still a talented player on his own but it does make him a bit of an unknown quantity.

I'd assume either of them would be a lot less effective without the other. We should allow trades so they can be kept together.

[PlayfulGenius]

This is where I think it could get fun. Lets build our teams and then see who has the most points by the end of the year.

I actually created a league on ESPN and we could keep track of our teams on their just like a regular hockey pool. It would be your standard hockey pool where only points count, their won't be any bench spots, if your player gets injured then thats too bad. Also goalies points would be 2 for a W, 3 for a S/O and 1 for a tie.

Only thing is the site only allows 20 teams per league, so I created 1 league with 15 teams which would be teams 16-30. Someone could create a league for teams 1-15. The leagues would be viewable to the public so you can check to see where you compare to other teams in both leagues. Or if not enough people are interested in this we could just get as many people who are interested in it for fun.

Not sure if anyone has used ESPN before for hockey pools, but I find it way better then Yahoo. You would just need to create an account on ESPN which only takes a minute and also teams 16-30 would need to pm their email addy so I can invite you to the league.


Or if most people already have a yahoo account we can just use yahoo if its easier.

I certainly would not have taken Toews with the 3rd overall pick if it were based on points.

I'm going to continue to attempt to build an ideal NHL roster.

[Poe969]

ya, you don't just want points, you want a good team overall. If it were just for points then I wouldn't draft any defensmen.

[Hockey]

ya, you don't just want points, you want a good team overall. If it were just for points then I wouldn't draft any defensmen.

It's just for fun. We could make it a rotissiere scoring and count PPP, SHP, +/- etc and then a player like Toews would be valuable.

Or of course I could just forget the whole thing.

[Poe969]

I'd say just who has the best team, but thats only me. I know I"m in a few pools every year and the best one is just players, there doesn't have to be so many forwards or so many defensmen and no goalies. Its just points, but the thing is you only draft 16 players and you can only have one player per team.

[PlayfulGenius]

This is going much slower than I anticipated, I figured one round a day would be achievable. :(

[kipperfan]

I'm going to have to drop out, I don't have the time that I thought I would for this. Thanks.

I will take over Caged Great's team if the spot hasn't already been filled.

[Hockey]

This is going much slower than I anticipated, I figured one round a day would be achievable. :(

Probably once 1 person makes a pick we could see a domino effect and get through a bunch of picks. Also probably go quicker during the week.

[Da_Chief]

Where the heck did you guys move the drafted players part?

[Cheerio]

Where the heck did you guys move the drafted players part?
There's a link in the first post which takes you to the roster thread which shows who everyone has drafted

[Mike F]

Hate to be Debbie Downer, but if you can't get through round 1 with the no brainer / star pics at any type of reasonable pace, there's no chance this doesn't unravel before round 3 or 4 are done.

Golf clap for the well meaning effort, though.

[Hockey]

:)
Hate to be Debbie Downer, but if you can't get through round 1 with the no brainer / star pics at any type of reasonable pace, there's no chance this doesn't unravel before round 3 or 4 are done.

Golf clap for the well meaning effort, though.


Well I don't think transplan99 has been sitting at his computer for the past 24 hours trying to decide which player to pick. Just as long as people check the site then we can get through this. It's not a race either.

[Da_Chief]

There's a link in the first post which takes you to the roster thread which shows who everyone has drafted

Can you post the picks by order as well, like you had it earlier. Instead of rosters (ppl can make those at then end themselves).

[Poe969]

Did transplant email his pics to anyone? And maybe whoever is in change should ask people for their top available picks to speed things up a bit.

[Hockey]

Im sure people have already Pm'd transplan that its his pick, but I will pm him just to be sure. Also I guess it is cheerio's decision to see who will take over caged greats team. I know PegCityFlames fan said he would have loved to join if he had known earlier and then kipperfan said he wants to take over his team.

[PlayfulGenius]

Picks 13 and 20 have been PM'd to me.

[Hockey_Ninja]

transplant99 just made his pick in the other thread

[Heavy Jack]

I am able to pick so do not worry about making a pick for me MrMike!!

[Hockey]

Saw that pick coming.

Also if possible could people post the player position and cap hit? Just so I don't have to look it up. I know most players position, but sometimes might get mixed up on who is lw and rw. I can figure out who is D and goalie though.

[Poe969]

I just posted my pick in there, with the cap hit as well. I think everyone should put their cap hit, position and where they're going to slot said playe in their lineup.

[PlayfulGenius]

Evidence of the value of a legit #1C, as they were 8 of the first 10 picks... and many would likely take Joe Thornton over Corey Perry.

C'mon Feaster... pull a rabbit out of your hat!!!

[Hockey]

Roster thread updated

[keenan87]

Hey PlayfulGenius, I should be good to make my pick now. Thanks I appreciate it.

Also can we get a time limit as we have been through 2 picks this entire day.

[PlayfulGenius]

Hey PlayfulGenius, I should be good to make my pick now. Thanks I appreciate it.

Also can we get a time limit as we have been through 2 picks this entire day.

OK, sounds good.

Regarding a time limit, it gets tough because it defeats the purpose of the draft once players are 'assigned' to teams.

I not sure why people can't just send a list as has been suggested so many times. I think everyone thinks they'll be on here at the right time, but chances are, they won't be... just send a list!!

[PlayfulGenius]

Hey, hey!! St. Looey was quick!! :)

Hurricanes are up!

[Swayze11]

Sorry if I slowed it down guys, I didn't realize we had 3 threads going on.

[Tilley]

Just made the Canes pick in the other thread. Didn't realize we started already until this morning. Being in Carolina with hurricane Irene and the time change, I'm surprised I remembered to check this late. Btw I took Nik Backstrom (the centre) for those too lazy to check the other thread.

[PlayfulGenius]

Flames are up!!

[Swayze11]

I was going to take him but I couldn't figure out if he was a franchise player or not. Hes got amazing skill but I think his stats are inflated playing with Ovie. Nash was a for sure franchise player.

[MrMike]

Also everyone, at the bottom of the thread where our rosters are being filled up, I'm making a small list just so people can refer to that to see if a player had been drafted or not

[MrMike]

Flames drafted...NEXT

[PlayfulGenius]

I was going to take him but I couldn't figure out if he was a franchise player or not. Hes got amazing skill but I think his stats are inflated playing with Ovie. Nash was a for sure franchise player.

Ya, I'd take Thornton over Backstrom... he's undervalued on this forum, IMO.

[keenan87]

Flames picked Anze Kopitar.

[PlayfulGenius]

Stars are up... that's MattyC!

[MrMike]

MattyC with the stars is up next

[MrMike]

Ya, I'd take Thornton over Backstrom... he's undervalued on this forum, IMO.

But from an age standpoint, I'd prefer Backstrom

[PlayfulGenius]

But from an age standpoint, I'd prefer Backstrom

Yes, no question... I'm thinking we're trying to build the best team to win now, but that might not be everyone's criteria, I guess.

[keenan87]

Yes, no question... I'm thinking we're trying to build the best team to win now, but that might not be everyone's criteria, I guess.


Yeah it was between Kopitar and Thornton for me. Took the Age advantage and I think Kopitar is going to be fricken amazing.

[Tilley]

It was between Backstrom & Thornton for me once Getzlaf was taken. I choseBackstrom because he's significantly younger, a little cheaper, and yet to reach his prime. Having watched him the last two years out East I also know that he's the real deal. If this was a 1 year deal, I would have taken Thornton.

[PlayfulGenius]

Good points... I was lucky with the 3rd pick, Toews is good either for a win-now mode or a win over the next 15 years or so :)

[Hockey]

Good to see some movement finally. I was just doing a fantasy football draft. Will update rosters now.

[NoCupsIn40Years]

I have to go sleep in 5 minutes, so I'm wondering if any kind poster will be willing to pick for me. I pick right after MattyC, I want this game moving along.

Send me a private message if interested. :)

[PlayfulGenius]

I have to go sleep in 5 minutes, so I'm wondering if any kind poster will be willing to pick for me. I pick right after MattyC, I want this game moving along.

Send me a private message if interested. :)

You have mail ;)

[Cheerio]

Nothing too off the board so far, and honestly I have no idea what to do with the Canadiens (Caged Great's) team. Any and all suggestions will be considered and appreciated

ps. 1st post updated with pick list...

[Coach]

Sorry team. Dammit I was hoping Kopitar would drop to me. I'm bringing our very own homeboy back to Dallas.

The Dallas Stars select: Jarome Iginla

http://www.nhlsnipers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/jaromeiginla.jpg

[Cheerio]

Sorry team. Dammit I was hoping Kopitar would drop to me. I'm bringing our very own homeboy back to Dallas.

The Dallas Star Select: Jarome Iginla

http://www.nhlsnipers.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/jaromeiginla.jpg

Where has this line been heard before?? ;)

[PlayfulGenius]

NoCupin40Years sent me Joe Thornton as his selection, I'll update the other threads.

EDIT : for the Rangers.

[PlayfulGenius]

Beerfest is up, on behalf of the Sabres!

[Cheerio]

haha looks like Rangers changed his pick between yesterday morning and today lol!

[PlayfulGenius]

haha looks like Rangers changed his pick between yesterday morning and today lol!

IMO, he took the best player left... in fact, he's better than a few already taken ;)

[Hockey]

Nothing too off the board so far, and honestly I have no idea what to do with the Canadiens (Caged Great's) team. Any and all suggestions will be considered and appreciated

ps. 1st post updated with pick list...


Personally I would give it to PegCity. He said he would have loved to play if he had known about it.

[MrMike]

Sabres, Canadians, Hawks get ready

[Beerfest]

Ill be making my pick in a couple minutes.

[MrMike]

Damn it!! He was going to be mine!!

[MrMike]

Canadians are up

[PlayfulGenius]

Ill be making my pick in a couple minutes.

Wow!! off-the-board... but I like it!

[Coach]

Damn. I was hoping Giroux might go a bit later.

[Beerfest]

Wow!! off-the-board... but I like it!

I didnt really have anyone in mind, saw it was my pick, went and looked at last years scoring stats just to make sure I wouldnt forget anyone. I think he's going to have a big year this year considering Richards and Carter being traded + he has a good cap hit.

[Hockey]

Ill put him down as your 1st line center for now, but if you want him moved to RW let me know.

[Hockey]

well Canadiens are without an owner right now, but I think PegCityFlames fan should get it, buts thats just my opinion. Im assuming it won't be my pick until tomorrow, but I will be at work most of the day so I will pm whoever my top 3 picks right now.

[Beerfest]

Ill put him down as your 1st line center for now, but if you want him moved to RW let me know.

Sounds good!
Thanks

[Cheerio]

Okay so MTL is given to PegCityFlamesFan should he choose to accept it. 1st on the waiting list is kipperfan

[PlayfulGenius]

well Canadiens are without an owner right now, but I think PegCityFlames fan should get it, buts thats just my opinion. Im assuming it won't be my pick until tomorrow, but I will be at work most of the day so I will pm whoever my top 3 picks right now.

Teams 11-20 can send their picks to me and you're team 19, so you can pass those along any time. Team 20 has sent theirs to me already, so we'll have a couple of picks go be quickly, anyway :)

[PlayfulGenius]

Should we select a player for the Canadiens and let PegCityFlames choose the rest of the team (or whoever ends up taking over)... we could be waiting a while as we don't know if PCF will even come back into the thread... I guess we could PM him... someone likely has already, nevermind me.

[PlayfulGenius]

Here's where we're at...

17. Canadiens PegCityFlames
18. Blackhawks Alan21
19. Kings Hockey
20. Coyotes jkstuart12
21. Predators rogermexico
22. Ducks Aeneas
23. Penguins Heavy Jack

I have been PM'd the picks for the Kings and the Coyotes, so the Preds, Ducks and Penguins should be ready too :)

[Heavy Jack]

Here's where we're at...

17. Canadiens PegCityFlames
18. Blackhawks Alan21
19. Kings Hockey
20. Coyotes jkstuart12
21. Predators rogermexico
22. Ducks Aeneas
23. Penguins Heavy Jack

I have been PM'd the picks for the Kings and the Coyotes, so the Preds, Ducks and Penguins should be ready too :)

Yep, Pens are ready for when it's time to pick!! :)

[Makarov]

If it would be helpful, I can assume the role of GM for the habs (my second favourite team anyway), leaving the Capitals (who don't draft until 25th) available for either PegCityFlames or kipperfan. This might move things along and give PegCityFlames more time to get up to speed. Let me know what you think.

[kipperfan]

If it would be helpful, I can assume the role of GM for the habs (my second favourite team anyway), leaving the Capitals (who don't draft until 25th) available for either PegCityFlames or kipperfan. This might move things along and give PegCityFlames more time to get up to speed. Let me know what you think.

Or, you guys could have just let me take the Habs as I would have picked about 12 hours ago already! :whistle:

[Heavy Jack]

If it would be helpful, I can assume the role of GM for the habs (my second favourite team anyway), leaving the Capitals (who don't draft until 25th) available for either PegCityFlames or kipperfan. This might move things along and give PegCityFlames more time to get up to speed. Let me know what you think.

That sounds like a good idea. It would be up to Cheerio/Hockey/PlayfulGenius to make the final call but I agree that might move things along for the next few picks.

Edit: 4000 posts :)

[PlayfulGenius]

Or, you guys could have just let me take the Habs as I would have picked about 12 hours ago already! :whistle:

I vote for this :)

I don't think its unfair to PCF, as they'll be another team available at some point for sure. Let's get Cheerio's opinion.

[Coach]

Yeah I'm good with Makarov's idea as well. Anything to get this moving. Thie first couple rounds shouldnt be taking so long.

[Hockey]

Ok Makarov can have the Habs. Pretty sure Cheerio won't mind as it gets things moving. Then say if PegCity hasn't replied by the time it's his pick we give it to kipperfan.

[PlayfulGenius]

Ok Makarov can have the Habs. Pretty sure Cheerio won't mind as it gets things moving. Then say if PegCity hasn't replied by the time it's his pick we give it to kipperfan.

OK, I'm in :)

[Makarov]

Done. Chicago is next.

[Coach]

Solid pick at 17. Surprised he didn't go higher actually.

[Cheerio]

Can someone PM pegcityflames and tell him he has the caps now. If he doesn't reply to anything the team goes to kipperfan

[Makarov]

Solid pick at 17. Surprised he didn't go higher actually.


^ Yeah, I had another player in mind for my first round pick as Washington because I was pretty sure that Zetterberg would not be available at #25. I had to think about it but Zetterberg, at age 30, for a reasonable cap hit, just seemed like the best choice based on the quality of his play in all three zones, leadership, and experience.

[PlayfulGenius]

At about this ppoint in the draft, I'd be lookin' at taking a stud D like Shea Weber.

[Makarov]

I was surprised by the relative scarcity of bona fide "franchise players" already. No doubt that there are a few left, but not as many as I might have expected.

[Hockey_Ninja]

I like the Zetterberg pick. I also liked the Datsyuk, Malkin and Kopitar picks. I have a good idea on who i'm going to pick next. Hopefully he's still on the board by then.

[Makarov]

BTW I PMed Alan21 advising him that it was his pick next.

[Coach]

I was surprised by the relative scarcity of bona fide "franchise players" already. No doubt that there are a few left, but not as many as I might have expected.

Franchise forwards yes. There are lots of franchise d-men to pick from.

EDIT: I mean....don't pick d-men. All the d-men remaining suck!

[Hockey]

Seriously only one pick so far today. I was hoping to be busy tonight updating rosters.

I know not everyone can be here 24/7 waiting for their turn, but maybe we could do something to make things move quicker.

I think if you are in this pool u should check it out as much as you can and say if it's getting close to your pick PM whoever your next 5 picks or however many. That is if you don't think you will be around for your pick.

I'm thinking things will pick up this evening or at least I'm hoping so.

[Makarov]

^ Its definitely moving more slowly than I hoped/expected. Hopefully its a case of some people not realizing that the draft had begun and was ongoing. Otherwise, I'm not sure that the excercise is sustainable at this pace.

[Beerfest]

I think we should start to auto select players for teams that dont show up, because this is going to take forever at this pace.

[PlayfulGenius]

Seriously only one pick so far today. I was hoping to be busy tonight updating rosters.

I know not everyone can be here 24/7 waiting for their turn, but maybe we could do something to make things move quicker.

I think if you are in this pool u should check it out as much as you can and say if it's getting close to your pick PM whoever your next 5 picks or however many. That is if you don't think you will be around for your pick.

I'm thinking things will pick up this evening or at least I'm hoping so.

There's no reason why everyone can't send in a list as soon as they notice they're 10 picks or less away... frustrating.

[Coach]

Yeah I'm surprised at how slowly this is going as well. When we did drafts for random things (movies, girls, heroes/villains) things seemed to go much quicker, at least at first. For a forum based around hockey I didn't think this would take more than a few days.

We could reduce the draft time to a 6 hours instead of the whole day. We could also do something like skip a person and when its their turn to draft again they can select however many outstanding picks they have, but only on their turn.

[PlayfulGenius]

Yeah I'm surprised at how slowly this is going as well. When we did drafts for random things (movies, girls, heroes/villains) things seemed to go much quicker, at least at first. For a forum based around hockey I didn't think this would take more than a few days.

We could reduce the draft time to a 6 hours instead of the whole day. We could also do something like skip a person and when its their turn to draft again they can select however many outstanding picks they have, but only on their turn.

That'd make sense if this was a competitive thing like a hockey pool, but it defeats the intention of this if a team is weakened from the process itself.

[Hockey]

When Cheerio started this thing the teams got filled up pretty quickly, so people should know to check this as much as they can.

I say if we haven't heard from Alan21 by 6:00mst we give his team to either PegCity or kipperfan, then we give Alan21 PegCity or kipperfans team. I mean it doesn't really matter which team you have so I don't think he'd be too upset. If we don't hear from any of them maybe someone pull a David Braley and own 2 teams?

I'm hoping with the Langkow news that people will come here to read about that and then be like Oh Ya the CP draft is going on.

[kipperfan]

I'm always ready to jump in (and pick fast!) if you guys need me.

[MrMike]

Well I agree with the 6pm time limit, then give it to kipperfan who seems to be just giddy to get a team.

I'm sure once we get past this pick, just like last night, that about 5 or 6 should follow suit quickly.

[Hockey]

I'm always ready to jump in (and pick fast!) if you guys need me.

Alright be ready to pick if we don't hear from Alan21 by 6:00.

[PlayfulGenius]

Alright be ready to pick if we don't hear from Alan21 by 6:00.

I'm assuming you don't need me to make your pick for you now, correct?

[kipperfan]

Alright be ready to pick if we don't hear from Alan21 by 6:00.

Will do - I know who I want.

[keenan87]

I dont want to be a debbie downer but we need to get this thing rolling and im willing to help if needed at all. 3 days and less than 20 picks is a little embarassing. Half my players will be retired at this rate.

An idea I had was texting the person of their pick? (Of course one person will text so you wont get 40 messages).

[PlayfulGenius]

I say we let KipperFan pick now... Alan21 should have sent a list to me... he didn't... he can have another team that inevitably becomes available if he comes back.