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After seeing how cool the baseball version of this was, I couldn't help myself. An NHL 13 Draft would be cool but not all of us have that and it's impossible when you're waiting on so many picks all the time. So, we're going to do it the hard way, but it's going to be fun as hell to do if it's done right. Here's the gist of it. 30 goons, first come first serve. You pick your team and act as it's drafting GM. This is a fantasy draft which means you are drafting your team from all current players on professional contracts (NHL/AHL only). Prospects playing in juniors or overseas are NOT ELIGIBLE. You are going to draft a team any way you'd like, whether it's to spend little and have a team of young guys for the future, or a stacked older team to win now. Your choice entirely. The draft order will be snaking and randomly chosen, and as players are picked, I will be updating the OP with the results so we can all see who's been picked. This requires research behind each pick, really. I mean it's a lot harder than it seems, especially when you reach the later rounds. You can pick ANYBODY. The goal is that we wind up with a 50-contract team. It's demanding, but if we go slow and have fun, it doesn't matter how long it takes. Just keep in mind: hurry up if you can. What makes this fun? With each pick, you will explain your pick. Why did you choose this player and what kind of team are you trying to build? And after each pick, we're all free to rag on you for picking Matt Stajan to be your second-line center. RULES 1. Again, any player not signed to an NHL or AHL contract is not eligible to be drafted. 2. We are drafting based on an NHL salary cap of $70.3 million. This figure and NOT next year's lower cap, is the figure, considering amnesty buyouts and whatnot have not yet occurred. In other words, nobody would draft Vincent Lecavalier with a $64 million cap, but now maybe they would. 3. YOU HAVE 12 HOURS TO MAKE YOUR PICK. You have the right to PM me and ask me to announce your pick in the thread for you, or to ask for a small extension, or to present a list of players you would want if you are unable to be present for the pick, but if you don't communicate with me and lose your pick, a pick will be made for you as a consensus of myself and two other neutral parties. This pick will be kept with your current team and situation in mind. IF YOU MISS THREE CONSECUTIVE PICKS, YOU WILL BE KICKED FROM THE DRAFT, and the first person on the waiting list will take over for you. 4. You must, to some degree, explain your pick to keep everyone involved and encourage discussion. 5. Abide by general roster rules, in that you'll have a 23-man NHL roster, requiring two goalies, twelve forwards, and six defensemen, at the least. Also the minimum cap applies. 6. NO MENTIONING UNDRAFTED PLAYERS. Only discuss current picks and in context of previous ones. 7. BE COMMITTED. PLEASE. If you don't think you're going to be able to do this thing (it's long-winded and daunting), be a bystander. Please. Any other rules or ideas you guys have before we start, bring them up here. But now is the time to sign up! TEAMS EAST New Jersey Devils -- i am not so sure Pittsburgh Penguins -- Vigilance Philadelphia Flyers -- mentholmoose New York Islanders -- mozza New York Rangers -- Zodijackylite Toronto Maple Leafs -- Paulocaust Ottawa Senators -- Rutkowski Montreal Canadiens -- stab Buffalo Sabres -- Starsfan Boston Bruins -- Thufir Washington Capitals -- Spamtron7000 Florida Panthers -- T-Bone Carolina Hurricanes -- eXXon Winnipeg Jets -- Boomer the Cannon Tampa Bay Lightning -- Chairman Wao WEST Nashville Predators -- canuckanese Columbus Blue Jackets -- ThinkTank Chicago Blackhawks -- Jordan7hm St. Louis Blues -- elmer fud Detroit Red Wings -- VJeff Calgary Flames -- mennoknight Colorado Avalanche -- Shoeonhead22 Minnesota Wild -- Drunk Canuck Vancouver Canucks -- Verviticus Edmonton Oilers -- jopo Anaheim Ducks -- Austrianmook Dallas Stars -- Twin Cinema Los Angels Kings -- Habibi San José Sharks -- Infidel Castro Phoenix Coyotes -- the talent deficit WAITING LIST CONSENSUS TEAM -- Myself and these two people NOT DRAFTING will autopick for GM's who miss their deadlines 1. DOOP 2. myron cope DRAFT ORDER 1. Jets 2. Stars 3. Blues 4. Sharks 5. Maple Leafs 6. Senators 7. Hurricanes 8. Sabres 9. Wild 10. Capitals 11. Bruins 12. Avalanche 13. Flyers 14. Canadiens 15. Kings 16. Penguins 17. Devils 18. Islanders 19. Ducks 20. Panthers 21. Coyotes 22. Predators 23. Blackhawks 24. Red Wings 25. Flames 26. Lightning 27. Oilers 28. Canucks 29. Rangers 30. Blue Jackets DRAFT RESULTS https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amj_wGJYwFRYdEtqcm5pTXRlcmY5Mm1CRzE0NC1pVVE&usp=sharing Brodeurs Nanny fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Apr 14, 2013 |
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Apr 4, 2013 18:36
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Sim threads rule and i am not so sure is very good at running these kinda threads if my memory serves me correctly. In as the Leafs.
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Apr 4, 2013 18:39
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I would do it, but I would have no explanations for my drafting. It would all be gut drafts.
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Apr 4, 2013 18:41
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der juicen posted:I would do it, but I would have no explanations for my drafting. It would all be gut drafts. That's fine. Try to come up with something, but in general you're a funny dude and it would be cool to have an impulsive rear end of his picks which to make fun.
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Apr 4, 2013 18:43
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I'll give it a shot. In as Capitals but I'll take any team - what does it matter?
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Apr 4, 2013 18:43
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Does the last-place GM get a really unflattering AV of Jay Feaster? edit: assuming the NHL 13 Sim thing happens, of course
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Apr 4, 2013 18:45
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GIVE ME THE FLAMES DOG
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Apr 4, 2013 18:45
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Give me all the Panthers
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Apr 4, 2013 18:49
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Makes you wonder who the top pick is going to be with this format.
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Apr 4, 2013 18:58
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So you're gonna sim this in NHL 13? Is there anyway we can get like a list of everyone's ratings under that?
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Apr 4, 2013 19:00
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T-Bone posted:So you're gonna sim this in NHL 13? Is there anyway we can get like a list of everyone's ratings under that? I'm not necessarily going to. I might not because this is already so time-consuming. And even if I do, I do not want people drafting guys who are good in NHL 13, it should have nothing to do with it. So pick under the impression of how these guys actually play and as if I'm definitely not going to be simming.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:02
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Gotcha. It's too bad the OOTP hockey sim got bumped again. Can't wait to try that.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:03
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I guess I'll take Carolina again. Hypothetically, are unsigned prospects going to remain with the team that drafted them? That's one thing I don't like about most fantasy drafts. It incentivizes picking teams with the best unsigned prospects, which is kind of arbitrary.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:16
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eXXon posted:I guess I'll take Carolina again. Unsigned prospects don't exist in this draft.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:19
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Yeah why not make unsigned (but drafted) guys available? Want to draft Kuznetsov.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:19
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T-Bone posted:Yeah why not make unsigned (but drafted) guys available? Want to draft Kuznetsov. It would be too much. If everyone else wants to do it, then fine, but staying in the realm of NHL/AHL guys will make this a lot easier.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:22
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At any rate, I'm taking Boucher far too early.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:24
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T-Bone posted:Yeah why not make unsigned (but drafted) guys available? Want to draft Kuznetsov. Problem is, if we do that it will pretty much eliminate the possibility of simming in NHL13 because that player doesn't exist.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:24
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Spamtron7000 posted:Problem is, if we do that it will pretty much eliminate the possibility of simming in NHL13 because that player doesn't exist. If that's the primary reason there are going to be a lot of players missing from the roster because just signed prospects like Merrill and Boucher won't go undrafted.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:25
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I'll GM the Avalanche, less media pressure than the Habs
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Apr 4, 2013 19:28
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Vigilance is not at a computer but he texted me to snag the PENGUINS.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:29
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I'll take vancouver
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Apr 4, 2013 19:33
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For purposes of this draft, forget I said anything about NHL 13. I don't want people drafting players because they're good in NHL. The whole point of this is to reflect our real-life league conscience in drafting a team of players. And having unsigned/overseas prospects seems like a lot to add to the amount of players as it is.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:42
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I am going to draft Eric Staal with my first pick because I am Jimmy Rutherford, you can't stop me.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:43
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i am not so sure posted:For purposes of this draft, forget I said anything about NHL 13. I don't want people drafting players because they're good in NHL. The whole point of this is to reflect our real-life league conscience in drafting a team of players. And having unsigned/overseas prospects seems like a lot to add to the amount of players as it is. Having a successful team is like 4th on my priority list for the draft
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Apr 4, 2013 19:45
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If you're going to be funny and troll the draft then do not do it. Reconsider.
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Apr 4, 2013 19:47
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I don't mean I'm going to draft garbage, I'm just going to have a very specific style of play which doesn't exist in the current league e: but has existed in the past
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Apr 4, 2013 19:48
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You can't stop me from filling my team with Staals, Sutters and Wards! I don't even care if they're related! Aaron, Joel and Cam all look the same to me.
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Apr 4, 2013 20:12
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My only gripe is that 24 hours seems like a reallllly long time for picks. We did 4 hours per pick in the wrestling draft thread and even still, not only did it take forever, but interested curtailed hard near the end. I mean, you get two or three guys in a row here forgetting to make their pick and suddenly the thread hasn't moved an inch in days.
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Apr 4, 2013 20:27
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Paulocaust posted:My only gripe is that 24 hours seems like a reallllly long time for picks. We did 4 hours per pick in the wrestling draft thread and even still, not only did it take forever, but interested curtailed hard near the end. I mean, you get two or three guys in a row here forgetting to make their pick and suddenly the thread hasn't moved an inch in days. I just set that because I figured it would take people awhile. I would love to do 12-hour intervals, just because some people work a lot. Obviously, you can make your pick instantly if you want, which would be great. But I'll change it to a 12-hour window and that can always be altered as we move through the draft.
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Apr 4, 2013 20:45
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I'll snatch up the highly coveted Anaheim Ducks
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Apr 4, 2013 20:46
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Put me down for... the nitty gritty slow as molasses Minnesota Wild.
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Apr 4, 2013 21:30
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In as the Flyers. The baseball version of this was incredibly fun last year; I can't wait to be in a hockey one.
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Apr 4, 2013 22:24
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One thing I'd suggest is to allow people to send in lists to the consensus team/disinterested third party if their pick is coming up but they know they won't be around to announce it themselves. Also, are you going to allow trades?
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Apr 4, 2013 22:40
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eXXon posted:One thing I'd suggest is to allow people to send in lists to the consensus team/disinterested third party if their pick is coming up but they know they won't be around to announce it themselves. Lists are allowed. No trades, this is just drafting a full roster.
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Apr 4, 2013 22:53
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i am not so sure posted:That's fine. Try to come up with something, but in general you're a funny dude and it would be cool to have an impulsive rear end of his picks which to make fun. Alright, the Preds it is.
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Apr 4, 2013 23:43
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I'll take the SAS  team of the moment Columbus Blue JacketsCan we email you picks if we don't have DMs? Also can we do the new divisions just because?
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Apr 5, 2013 00:05
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^missed it by *that* much. I want in as the Winnipeg Jets
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Apr 5, 2013 00:09
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So... are we assuming players keep their current contracts? What about pending UFAs? They'd be worth a lot less than a guy signed forever.
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Apr 5, 2013 00:12
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I am down to do this, and I don't care what team I get. Maybe I will just take whatever team is left at the end?
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