Hey guys the draft is upcoming so I am reviving the draft threads as we work through the playoffs.

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After each pick in the draft I will be sending out email notifications to the next number of picks which will also indicate teams which have sent in picklists.

Of note we had some large draft groups on MSN last draft that went very well we will attempt to do the same. If you dont have MSN it might be worth it to just sign up for it for the draft, again not required.

Ive seen the odd request for the player scout for those of you who dont have the link from last draft, it its a handy tool to view the players in the player file.

http://ehm.fhockey.com/resources/PlayerScout15.zip


You can and will be sending picklists into me at oh_canuck at yahoo.ca. If you pick right after me and you want to send you picklist to mike Im sure he gladly post your pick for you as well.

Here is an excel extract of the draft class

http://snowcrash.ca/ehm/archives/Players-090903.zip


Thanks to Kraigus for simplifying the ability to review the draftees

Please review the draft rules as well.

http://z2.invisionfree.com/hfchl/index.php?showtopic=2196

As the NHL finals will be underway tomorrow night and will be over by next Wednesday, we need to start planning a date for the draft.

The AHL playoffs are about to hit Rnd 3, and by the finals it isn't unusual to see multiple sims all in the same night even, so that shouldn't be much later than the NHL finals.

I think by now most people have done their scouting.

I propose Saturday Nov 28 as the start date, with the usual 'draft board open' three days prior. Is that too soon, are is everyone more or less ready? There are maybe 10 teams not checked in to the draft activity thread here, some of whom are around but lazy. Do we have any COMP teams at the moment?:

Draft Activity Thread

Draft clock always starts the first Friday after the Stanley Cup finals, 5PM.

I will open the first round draft thread on the Wednesday so guys will be able to make picks then if they want!

I hope to have all the activity checks done by then, I know we will have a couple of vacant spots. Minny for sure.

Nice thing is many of the teams I believe to be vacant dont have first round picks

If you need help with selections for vacant teams Im happy to pitch in, I dont think I have a pick until late in the 2nd round.

Same. No 1st rnd picks here.

Hey guys the draft is like a week and a bit away, please post in the activity check here if you havent already.
http://z2.invisionfree.com/hfchl/index.php?showtopic=9691

If there are open teams with 1st round picks I might be needing a guy or two to help with selections, if anyone is interested.
If you need to find the the draft prep stuff its here.
http://z2.invisionfree.com/hfchl/index.php?showtopic=8982

So is the draft going to officially start this friday? Or a week from friday?

I still haven't done any scouting :(

I had to stop playing Dragon Age so I could start scouting :o

Ill post the first round thread on Wednesday and guys can start making selections early.

On Friday the formal draft clock will start.

Thanks for volunteering to help with the empty teams guys, we might take you up on it. A few years ago we had Cerebral (he of no first round picks ever ever) helping out, so there's precedent.

I ran through it once already. :ph43r:

same here no 1st...but a couple 2nds and a couple 3rds....I would be willing to help out for the 1st rd as well.......

Sorry guys I was hoping to get it up before supper but I had an early hockey practice and had to work late bad combo...

Anyway Ive posted the substitute selectors to the draft baord and open the draft board you may pick when ready if your pick is up.

I dont start the official clock until Friday at 5PM.

btw I forgot to mention i updated the draft thread to show the stanley cup winner pick adjusted to pick 30

And the 1st pick is in!

Ottawa picks up a 2 way stud with the 1st pick, for the second year in a row. Don Cherry would be proud!

yes go me now if only the rest of the team can come together we may have a start of something good :D

Alright, that makes my pick sliiiightly easier to make.

I now have 3 guys to choose from instead of 4. ;)

dammit thats who i wanted as well

muwahaha that is my plan to foil all of you guys


just kidding

hey guys im in a workshop all day so I wont have computer access please feel free to pm the next guy on the list once you make your selection.

You guys can just pick when ready once your pick is up next.

If you make any trades please PM Kraigus, USC, Gamblor, Elphy, Washington, or Mugu

well the first two picks are what i was expecting

i really like Rienhart I thought he might fall out of fear like Kessel did a few years back...look how he turned out though.

One good thing about Reinhart is that due to his slow development, its a possibility he'll spend 2 years in the minors, which means 2 ceiling boosts for him.

I actually had Reinhart 1 and Catenacci 2, but there are really 5 or 6 guys that are interchangeable.

Excellent picks Adrian and Dave.

well there go the two guys i had 1 and 2
now to draft some bum....
besides no one will remember who was drafted 4th anyways :D

Paul Kariya's retired, isn't he?

I'm almost done i'm 2nd play

i may need help getting away from it

A lot of interesting offers in the last bit, but I've decided to go ahead and use the pick to draft as I had originally planned. With Koskinen, I now have two 88POT goalies (The other is Zadar) and Steve Mason to boot.

I'll definitely looking to move 1 or 2 of these netminders in the near future, but figured it best to go ahead and draft the guy I wanted so I'd have more time to make a deal than the 15 minutes or so I have left before needing to head out.

Always hard to predict when the top goalies will go out of the draft - but no surprise to see Koskinen go early. Bobkov will still likely go in the 1st as well.

I'll continue to bug you about Zador over the season . . . ;)

FYI
Ive switched the vacant teams that nashville and Montreal are making selections for.

just for fun -
my prerank was:

1 Justin Sefton
2 Griffin Reinhart
3 Daniel Catenacci
4 Mikhail Grigorenko
5 Mikko Koskinen

;)

yeah.....pretty much the same depending on what position you were most looking to fill....that was my top 5 as well........


speed it up Ryno :rolleyes: thought you didn't want to hold up the draft :lol:

You had Sefton higher than Reinhart?!

Reinhart does have a loooooong way to go

I had sexton #1 as well.

Any trade committee guys we have a trade for #6 that needs approval.

I had Griffey #1, Sefton/Sexton #2. I wasn't sure about Catenacci or Grigs for #3/#4. I'd never pick a goalie, but Koskinen is pretty okay.