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On July 21st of this year, the Seattle Kraken will select one player from each other NHL hockey team, establishing their initial NHL roster. When this happened with the Vegas Knights four years ago we ran a mock draft competition and handed out fabulous prizes to the winner zodiackylite. I would like to run a similar contest this year, and this is the thread to prepare for that. I was hoping to ask people what they felt worked last time, and if they have any idea for how to run it this time. So, prospectively: - You'd be submitting your team through a google form, one player per team. I'd enter them into an excel spreadsheet and upload it so everyone could see what everyone else submitted. - Players would be chosen from eligible-to-be-selected players, of course - Scoring would be 2 points for a goal, 1 for an assist, 0.1 for a shot, and -0.2 per PIM, like last time. - Definitely prizes for highest overall score. Probably free avs/upgrades for everyone whose selected team most closely matches the actual selections. Does this seem like a good model? Anything else you'd like to see me include?
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May 30, 2021 17:00
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fawning deference posted:I'd love to do this, but the problem of having no idea which deals teams make to ensure certain players get selected make this impossible to gauge. The big prize (and any possible bonus prizes I can figure out) will be tied to choosing the players (from amongst eligible players) that do the best in the upcoming season. So this is more about picking who does best than anticipating what Seattle will do. Though, of course, whoever Seattle does pick will likely benefit from increased ice time.
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May 30, 2021 17:13
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tarbrush posted:So the game is "pick the best possible expansion team" rather than "guess what Seattle is going to do"? Cool! Follow your heart. There are bigger prizes for the former, of course. But maybe you'd rather go for the easier prize. JawKnee posted:I can't quite remember what happened with respect to how far in advance we knew who the protected players were. Was it a few weeks before the draft? It looks like protected lists are due July 17th, 4 days before the expansion draft.
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May 30, 2021 19:34
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fawning deference posted:So we could use CapFriendly here and just devise maybe two separate teams? One would be our best team, two would be who we think Seattle will take? One submission per person, for obvious reasons.
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May 30, 2021 22:08
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Are we using CF? I thought we used that Google polls thing or whatever last time I'm open to using whatever we think would go best.
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May 30, 2021 23:28
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I do feel like there's been overall less discussion and less certainty over who the Kraken will be taking. Like, last time, it felt known that they were taking Fleury by the midpoint of the previous season.
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May 31, 2021 02:30
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Are we waiting for protection lists or guessing blind? The way it worked last time was I posted the link a bit early, but only 'available' players count. It resulted in a few non-eligible players being selected. I think this time I'll post the link as soon as the protected lists are made available, which I think allows around four days for people to enter their picks.
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Jun 19, 2021 00:54
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Thread is now live. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3973066
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Jul 10, 2021 23:58
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