CP All-time Calgary Flames Mini-Draft - UPDATE: Let the voting begin?

[tvp2003]

Welcome to the CP ALL-TIME CALGARY FLAMES MINI-DRAFT

DRAFT BOARD:

Round 1:

1. Aeneas - Jarome Iginla, F
2. GirlySports - Al MacInnis, D
3. czure32 - Mike Vernon, G
4. StrayBullet - Miikka Kiprusoff, G
5. Prototype - Theo Fleury, F
6. JerzeeGirl - Kent Nilsson, F
7. WindomURL - Joe Nieuwendyk, F
8. HalifaxDrunk - Gary Roberts, F
9. Jagger - Hakan Loob, F
10. tvp2003 - Joe Mullen, F

Round 2:

11. tvp2003 - Doug Gilmour, F
12. Jagger - Gary Suter, D
13. HalifaxDrunk - Lanny McDonald, F
14. WindomURL - Robyn Regehr, D
15. JerzeeGirl - Rejean Lemelin, G
16. Prototype - Sergei Makarov, F
17. StrayBullet - Joel Otto, F
18. czure32 - Dion Phaneuf, D
19. GirlySports - Robert Reichel, F
20. Aeneas - Brad McCrimmon, D

Round 3:

21. Aeneas - Paul Reinhart, D
22. GirlySports - Valeri Bure, F
23. czure32 - Craig Conroy, F
24. StrayBullet - Jamie Macoun, D
25. Prototype - Roman Turek, G
26. JerzeeGirl - Daymond Langkow, F
27. WindomURL - Guy Chouinard, F
28. HalifaxDrunk - Fred Brathwaite, G
29. Jagger - Rick Wamsley, G
30. tvp2003 - Trevor Kidd, G

Round 4:

31. tvp2003 - Phil Housley, D
32. Jagger - German Titov, F
33. HalifaxDrunk - Martin Gelinas, F
34. WindomURL - Jamie McLennan, G
35. JerzeeGirl - Tim Hunter, F
36. Prototype - Pekka Rautakallio, D
37. StrayBullet - Cory Stillman, F
38. czure32 - Jim Peplinski, F
39. GirlySports - Rick Tabaracci, G
40. Aeneas - Willi Plett, F

Round 5:

41. Aeneas - Ken Houston, F
42. GirlySports - Paul Ranheim, F
43. czure32 - Carey Wilson, F
44. StrayBullet - Ric Nattress, D
45. Prototype - Mike Bullard, F
46. JerzeeGirl - Derek Morris, D
47. WindomURL - Stephane Yelle, F
48. HalifaxDrunk - Toni Lydman, D
49. Jagger - James Patrick, D
50. tvp2003 - Colin Patterson, F

Round 6:

51. tvp2003 - Denis Gauthier, D
52. Jagger - Ronnie Stern, F
53. HalifaxDrunk - Kari Eloranta, D
54. WindomURL - Jordan Leopold, D
55. JerzeeGirl - Andrew Ference, D
56. Prototype - Mike Commodore, D
57. StrayBullet - Doug Risebrough, F
58. czure32 - Tommy Albelin, D
59. GirlySports - Frank Musil, D
60. Aeneas - Matt Keetley, G

UFA TRACKER:

JerzeeGirl - Ville Nieminen
WindomURL - Sandy McCarthy
tvp2003 - Rhett Warrener
HalifaxDrunk - Neil Sheehy
Aeneas - Paul Baxter
Prototype - Pat Riggin
Jagger - Kristian Huselius
czure32 - Roman Hamrlik
girlysports - Steve Konroyd

WindomURL - Perry Berezan
HalifaxDrunk - Brett Hull
JerzeeGirl - Krzysztof Oliwa
tvp2003 - John Tonelli
Prototype - Dan Quinn
czure32 - Scott Nichol

JerzeeGirl - Marc Savard
HalifaxDrunk - Bork!
tvp2003 - Mike Cammalleri
czure32 - Dave Lowry
WindomURL - Harvey the Hound (!)
StrayBullet (1) - Jiri Hrdina
StrayBullet (2) - Chuck Kobasew
Prototype - Coach Terry Crisp

OBJECTIVE:

Pick your all-time Flames starting lineup, consisting of 1 goalie, two defencemen, and three forwards. For draft purposes, I won't differentiate between LW, RW and C, although a balanced line will never hurt come playoff time. All players must have played at least one NHL regular season game with the Calgary Flames (i.e. no Atlanta Flames, no preseason, no prospects, etc.). PLAYERS WILL BE ASSESSED BASED ON WHAT THEY ACCOMPLISHED IN CALGARY (i.e. you can't pick Grant Fuhr and get the guy who won five cups, only the older, washed up version).

RULES:

Thread title will display the next 3 picks; time limit is 24 hours per pick.

No trades. It's a mini draft with only 6 picks each

No switching. There are no categories so I'm thinking most players will only have one position.

When you are selecting please state in BOLD letters your pick and his position. Done and done. Feel free to brag about who you picked and why he'll make your team the CP Cup Champion.

In order to add more depth to the rosters, I'll be adding a "supplemental" draft at the end for UFA's... depending on who's left, each team will be allowed to pick 2-3 more players, so you'll have a chance to add some more grit, toughness, character, leadership, etc without having to put him in your starting 6. These supplemental picks will be first come, first served, when UFA season opens (hopefully at a mutually agreed upon time).

[tvp2003]

ROSTER TRACKER:

Aeneas - Team Pelawa-Renaud
G - Matt Keetley (6, 60)
D - Brad McCrimmon (2, 20)
D - Paul Reinhart (3, 21)
F - Jarome Iginla (1,1)
F - Willi Plett (4, 40)
F - Ken Houston (5, 41)

GirlySports - Team a-ring-a-ding-dong-dandy
G - Rick Tabaracci (4, 39)
D - Al MacInnis (1, 2)
D - Frank Musil (6, 59)
F - Robert Reichel (2, 19)
F - Valeri Bure (3, 22)
F - Paul Ranheim (5, 42)

czure32
G - Mike Vernon (1, 3)
D - Dion Phaneuf (2, 18)
D - Tommy Albelin (6, 58)
F - Craig Conroy (3, 23)
F - Jim Peplinski (4, 38)
F - Carey Wilson (5, 43)

StrayBullet - Team "Channels 2&7 Loves You"
G - Miikka Kiprusoff (1, 4)
D - Jamie Macoun (3, 24)
D - Ric Nattress (5, 44)
F - Joel Otto (2, 17)
F - Cory Stillman (4, 37)
F - Doug Risebrough (6, 57)

Prototype - Team Concourse Level
G - Roman Turek (3, 25)
D - Pekka Rautakallio (4, 36)
D - Mike Commodore (6, 56)
F - Theo Fleury (1, 5)
F - Sergei Makarov (2, 16)
F - Mike Bullard (5, 45)

JerzeeGirl - Team The Puck Was In!
G - Rejean Lemelin (2, 15)
D - Derek Morris (5, 46)
D - Andrew Ference, (6, 55)
F - Kent Nilsson (1, 6)
F - Daymond Langkow (3, 26)
F - Tim Hunter (4, 35)

WindomURL - Team "Hangin' at the Dome"
G - Jamie McLennan (4, 34)
D - Robyn Regehr (2, 14)
D - Jordan Leopold (6, 54)
F - Joe Nieuwendyk (1, 7)
F - Guy Chouinard (3, 27)
F - Stephane Yelle (5, 47)

HalifaxDrunk - Team C of Red
G - Fred Brathwaite (3, 28)
D - Toni Lydman (5, 48)
D - Kari Eloranta (6, 53)
F - Gary Roberts (1, 8)
F - Lanny McDonald (2, 13)
F - Martin Gelinas (4, 33)

Jagger - Team YEAH BABY!
G - Rick Wamsley (3, 29)
D - Gary Suter (2, 12)
D - James Patrick (5, 49)
F - Hakan Loob (1, 9)
F - German Titov (4, 32)
F - Ronnie Stern (6, 52)

tvp2003 - Team Harvey the Hound
G - Trevor Kidd (3, 30)
D - Phil Housley (4, 31)
D - Denis Gauthier (6, 51)
F - Joe Mullen (1, 10)
F - Doug Gilmour (2, 11)
F - Colin Patterson (5, 50)

[Aeneas]

Okay, I will try again...




There have been so many great Flames over the years. So many that I would happily pick first. Sometimes we view the more recent Flames as the better ones, we forget just how good some of those old guys were. Despite saying that I will draft a Flame who is current, who is far from done, and who I think we will look back 30 years from now and say,

"He was the best of all time."

Team Pelawa-Renaud is thrilled to select a captain for all time, #12,

Jarome Iginla

Obviously in one of the F positions. More than just points, Iginla is a leader, a physical force, a great sport, a fine example, and a great citizen.

I won't list his statistics, as for one we all are aware of them; but secondly what Iginla brings to the table is worth so much more than that.

[GirlySports]

Yay! I get to play!

With the 2nd overall pick, Team a-ring-a-ding-dong-dandy selects #2 Al MacInnis on defense.

33rd place in all-time NHL scoring with 1,274 points.
14th place in all-time NHL assists with 934.
24th place in all-time NHL games played list with 1,416.
3rd among all-time NHL defensemen in points.
3rd among all-time NHL defensemen in assists.
3rd among all-time NHL defensemen in goals with 340 goals.
Seven-time winner of the hardest-shot competition at the NHL All-Star Game.

[czure32]

well, using players that only donned the flaming C, with such a small sample size, and given how awful it was at times, its hard not to select third overall,

Goalie, Mike Vernon



Though his second go round was pretty pitiful, when he started his career he was great. Leading the Flames to a Stanley Cup final berth in 1986 as a rookie, he would continue to play in Calgary until 1994, before eventually being traded back to Calgary in 2000
Eventually most of his stats as a flame will be surpassed, but he lived the dream and won a cup with his home town team in '89. He is currently one of two players to have his number retired by the club

[Prototype]

Crap... Nice pick Czure...

[GirlySports]

Yeah it was between MacInnis and Vernon for me.. if I had taken Vernon, Czure would have taken MacInnis I would think.

[Prototype]

I think with a smaller batch of drafters, AK's should happen more frequently.

[tvp2003]

First three picks, most likely the best forward, defenceman and goalie are off the board...

Originally Posted by Prototype

I think with a smaller batch of drafters, AK's should happen more frequently.

Sorry for the dumb question, but what does AK mean?

[Prototype]

Ass kicked...

[HalifaxDrunk]

Hmm, Iggy, Chopper and Vernon gone...the way this is going I'm not gonna get to grab Todd Hlusko with my 8th overall pick...

[czure32]

Originally Posted by HalifaxDrunk

Hmm, Iggy, Chopper and Vernon gone...the way this is going I'm not gonna get to grab Todd Hlusko with my 8th overall pick...

but you could probably nab Joel Bouchard!

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Yeah it was between MacInnis and Vernon for me.. if I had taken Vernon, Czure would have taken MacInnis I would think.

While if Chopper was available, it would have been tempting, I was choosing a goalie at 3rd no matter what...
because really after the top two, it drops off quite a bit for their contributions in the flaming C (though #3 IMO wasnt too bad either)

[Jagger]

Originally Posted by HalifaxDrunk

Hmm, Iggy, Chopper and Vernon gone...the way this is going I'm not gonna get to grab Todd Hlusko with my 8th overall pick...

Bugger! That means I may have to resort to a big fat Fata then! Thanks Drunk.

[JerzeeGirl]

nm - wrong draft....lol

[tvp2003]

Originally Posted by JerzeeGirl

nm - wrong draft....lol

I put the Flames icon next to this thread so it would be easier to track and not get confused with the other hockey draft

[HalifaxDrunk]

Paging StrayBullet.........

[Prototype]

I'm pulling my hair out over here!

[tvp2003]

Originally Posted by Prototype

I'm pulling my hair out over here!

The last pick was made at 2:58 CP time, so only a few more hours before you can select 4th overall

[Prototype]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

The last pick was made at 2:58 CP time, so only a few more hours before you can select 4th overall

I'm kinda hoping he jumps on here and posts, cause there's two players I have in mind, and I'd rather take the one that isn't taken, cause either one could go 4-5.

[JerzeeGirl]

Originally Posted by tvp2003

I put the Flames icon next to this thread so it would be easier to track and not get confused with the other hockey draft

That would work most days save for when I work over 14hrs and am just not paying enough attention.....last night I was marginally above "doorpost/George W Bush" level intelligence.

(Not that I mean to insult doorposts or anything....)