Pool: 13th Annual C4G WJC Hockey Pool - Draft Complete

[Canada4Gold]

Pool demographics

Canada - 13 F, 8 D, 2 G
USA - 11 F, 6 D, 1 G
Sweden - 10 F, 5 D, 2 G
Finland - 10 F, 3 D, 2 G
Czechia - 7 F, 4 D, 1 G
Slovakia - 3 F, 3 D, 1 G
Switzerland - 3 F, 1 D
Germany - 2 F
Latvia - 1 F
Kazakhstan - 1 G

 

[Statsy]

I wish they would go back to that three game relegation. That demographic breakdown shows have much less appeal those players hold now. It's a shame as that was an entirely different element that people had to be aware of when drafting.

 

[Canada4Gold]

An interesting wrinkle this year is that guys will find themselves on the roster, but as a healthy scratch. It's tough enough when your pick is the 13th forward, but a healthy scratch will be brutal. Considering how many Canadian players got taken, it is going to absolutely be a factor in this pool.

I tried to stay away from the bottom of most team rosters for this reason, in addition to the Canada cuts question earlier in the draft. But that's tough when you want mostly players from whoever you expect to make the SF so you get 7 full games. Resulted in me picking the middle 6's of Finland and Sweden as clean as I could. Even then someone like Nurmi I'm not sure where he slots in. Probably why nobody took Pinelli.

Basically the backup goalie issue we've had for a while, extended to other roster spots. Do I pick starting goalie on bad team or backup goalie on good team knowing he's likely only playing once or twice. Do I take 4th liner on good team who will score a lot and risk being a scratch, or take 2nd liner on middling team that likely only plays 5 games and doesn't score as often.

 

[Canada4Gold]

Looks like your strategy was similar in that aspect too. Our teams look quite the same. 3 Swede forwards, 2 Fin forwards. I have a USA forward and a goalie with 2 Canadian D. You have a Canadian forward and goalie with 2 USA D. Then our last D are Slovak for me, Finnish for you.

 

[Statsy]

Looks like your strategy was similar in that aspect too. Our teams look quite the same. 3 Swede forwards, 2 Fin forwards. I have a USA forward and a goalie with 2 Canadian D. You have a Canadian forward and goalie with 2 USA D. Then our last D are Slovak for me, Finnish for you.

We were definitely on the same page this year, especially considering how many times we were looking at the same exact guy.