2023 HF Fantasy Draft Discussion (FULL)

[LT]

We've waited long enough - let's fill this one up and get a draft going.

TL;DR:
21 rounds (snake draft, 12F/6D/2G/1 coach)
Eligible only with active NHL contract
3RR & lose 2nd round pick for drafting McDavid
Clock from 12PM-3AM EST (3 hours for Rds 1-3, 1 hour after)
Results via group stage, then a bracket

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Spoiler: Game Rules

The draft order will be randomized once 32 GMs are in. It will be a snake draft (e.g., 1st overall next drafts at 64th overall) with 21 rounds.

For a bit of competitive integrity, there will be a reversed third round as well as a penalty for drafting Connor McDavid. The team that selects McDavid will forfeit their next pick (i.e. their 2nd round pick). This forfeited selection will be moved to the last round of the draft to ensure that every team selects the same number of players.

There will be a clock.
It will run from 12:00 PM EST (9:00 AM PST) to 3:00 AM EST (12:00 AM PST).
The first three rounds (1-3) will have a 3 hour clock.
The next eleven rounds (4-14) will have a 1 hour clock.
The next six rounds (15-20) will have a 30 minute clock (which may be lowered further at other GMs' discretions)
The final round (21) will be first come, first serve. Once the last pick of the 19th round is made, the round 21 picks can be made in any order.

Each team must draft the following:
12 forwards
6 defensemen
2 goaltenders
1 head coach

All skaters and goalies must have an active NHL contract in order to be eligible (e.g., no 2023 and beyond entry draftees, no KHL players, no unsigned college players). They do not have to be on an NHL roster, however (i.e., players in the CHL or AHL are eligible).
The head coach must be an active head coach or assistant coach in the NHL.

The winner will be determined through a group stage, and then a bracket. The group stage will work by teams being placed into 8 groups of 4 teams. All participating GMs will then vote on which team they believe is the best in each group. The winner must gain a majority of the votes, otherwise the group vote will be repeated with the team receiving the least votes being removed. This will repeat until a majority winner for each group has been determined. Once the 8 group winners have been determined, they will be placed into a randomized bracket. Participating GMs will vote on the bracket for the first two rounds. The finals will then be taken to the Polls board, where the vote will include any HF user.

Spoiler: GM List

1	LT	Dallas Stars
2	SJSharks72	San Jose Sharks
3	OB5	Pittsburgh Penguins
4	Joey Moss	New Jersey Devils
5	Nucker101	Carolina Hurricanes
6	McMozemadness	New York Rangers
7	Scholarships	Vancouver Canucks
8	PostBradMalone	Edmonton Oilers
9	Makaveli	Toronto Maple Leafs
10	hockeynorth	Anaheim Ducks
11	HockeyRulez	Tampa Bay Lightning
12	Blinny	Columbus Blue Jackets
13	Beardoff	Washington Capitals
14	Slats432	Montreal Canadiens
15	ujju2	Arizona Coyotes
16	TribalPhoenix	Los Angeles Kings
17	m0pe	Colorado Avalanche
18	Iwishihadaspacebar	Philadelphia Flyers
19	Zaddy	Vegas Golden Knights
20	Paralyzer008	Chicago Blackhawks
21	AveryStar4Eva	Detroit Red Wings
22	Panda Bear	Winnipeg Jets
23	hockeynorth	Seattle Kraken
24	rockinghockey	Buffalo Sabres
25	Taluss	New York Islanders
26	LatvianTwist	Washington Capitals
27	McMozemadness	Florida Panthers
28	SJSharks39	Calgary Flames
29	Lavar Ball	St. Louis Blues
30	ConnorMcMullet	Minnesota Wild
31	Llamamoto	Boston Bruins
32	PostBradMalone	Ottawa Senators

Spoiler: Ineligible players (due to injury)

Ben Bishop
Andrew Ladd
Bryan Little
Mark Pysyk
Josh Norris
Oliver Wahlstrom
Mark Borowiecki
Joonas Donskoi
Luke Kunin
Markus Nutivaara
Alex Texier
Zach Werenski
Jakub Voracek
Justin Danforth
Max Pacioretty
Ondrej Kase
Jake Gardiner
Ryan Ellis
Cam Atkinson
Sean Couturier
Mark Stone
Gabriel Landeskog
Tanner Pearson
Ilya Mikheyev
Michael Ferland
Tucker Poolman
Patric Hornqvist
Nick Robertson
Jake Muzzin
Brent Seabrook
Carl Hagelin
Connor Brown
Robin Lehner
Nolan Patrick
Shea Weber
Oscar Klefbom
Mike Smith
Cole Caufield
Paul Byron
Juraj Slafkovsky
Scott Perunovich
Jonathan Bernier
Carey Price

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[Gecklund]

Is @Zaddy alive?

I think the Dubai Hotties are really playing a role in our draft time.

 

[LT]

Clock started 1.5 hours ago, just so everyone is aware.

 

[McMozesmadness]

I think the Dubai Hotties are really playing a role in our draft time.

Fantasy Drafts > Actual Fantasies

Dude needs to get his priorities in order

 

[Iwishihadaspacebar]

Does someone want to pick for him? 3 hours are up in 2 minutes

 

[LT]

@Joey Moss will take over Zaddy's team for now

 

[OB5]

Does someone want to pick for him? 3 hours are up in 2 minutes

He's skipped, you're up

 

[LT]

makaveli and ConnorMcMullet are swapping picks and teams

 

[LT]

We have a Discord that we use to chat and also to keep up with picks a lot easier

If you want to be added, shoot me a PM

 

[Zaddy]

Is @Zaddy alive?

Sorry completely forgot about this. Got super sick after coming home.

 

[Gecklund]

The New York Rangers select:

Timo Meier

...

@Slats432 is up

Why do you hate me?

 

[McMozesmadness]

Why do you hate me?

I have no clue why Timo fell this far…

Why didn’t you take him for the Flames?

 

[Gecklund]

I have no clue why Timo fell this far…

Why didn’t you take him for the Flames?

Because I’m co-gming with the flames and he doesn’t like Timo for some inexplicable reason. I was really hoping to get him on SJ with Eichel.

 

[McMozesmadness]

Because I’m co-gming with the flames and he doesn’t like Timo for some inexplicable reason. I was really hoping to get him on SJ with Eichel.

You should fire him

 

[ujju2]

3 rounds in and I'm already regretting not taking a centre haha

 

[Taluss]

3 rounds in and I'm already regretting not taking a centre haha

There’s still some left

 

[Gecklund]

Clock for round 4 on is only an hour!

 

[Paralyzer008]

Guys that are NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE SELECTED DUE TO INJURY:

Ben Bishop
Andrew Ladd
Bryan Little
Mark Pysyk
Josh Norris
Oliver Wahlstrom
Mark Borowiecki
Joonas Donskoi
Luke Kunin
Markus Nutivaara
Alex Texier
Zach Werenski
Jakub Voracek
Justin Danforth
Max Pacioretty
Ondrej Kase
Jake Gardiner
Ryan Ellis
Cam Atkinson
Sean Couturier (LT decision)
Mark Stone
Gabriel Landeskog (LT decision)
Tanner Pearson
Ilya Mikheyev
Michael Ferland
Tucker Poolman
Patric Hornqvist
Nick Robertson
Jake Muzzin
Brent Seabrook
Carl Hagelin
Connor Brown
Robin Lehner
Nolan Patrick
Shea Weber
Oscar Klefbom
Mike Smith
Cole Caufield
Paul Byron
Juraj Slafkovsky
Scott Perunovich
Jonathan Bernier
Carey Price





Guys that COULD RETURN, ARE DRAFT ELIGIBLE:

Jamie Drysdale
Derek Grant
Filip Zadina
Jarred Tinordi
Tyler Johnson
Jujhar Khaira
Cal Clutterbuck
Hudson Fasching
David Gustafsson
Mason Appleton
Chris Tanev
Oliver Kylington
Chris Driedger
Justin Schultz
Trevor Moore
Arthur Kaliyev
Carl Grundstrom
Josh Manson
Bowen Byram
Radim Simek
Nikolai Knyzhov
John Marino
Jake DeBrusk
Gustav Nyquist
Carson Meyer
Yegor Chinakhov
Kasperi Kapanen
Josh Archibald
Jan Rutta
Ryan O'Reilly
Pavel Buchnevich
Marco Scandella
Thatcher Demko
Sergei Bobrovsky
Anthony Duclair
Victor Mete
Nic Dowd
Zach Whitecloud
Kailer Yamamoto
Ryan Murray
Sean Monahan
Kaiden Guhle
Jonathan Drouin
Joel Armia
Jake Evans
Brendan Gallagher

 

[Makaveli]

@Slats432 you have two picks to make up

 

[Scholarships]

Hello, I would like to request for no cap to be in this game. I mentioned this on discord but I want to post here since not everyone is there. For the reasons below:

1) It has not been mentioned in the rules - Given that it has not been mentioned in the rules some people may have drafted not thinking one was in place
2) We are well into the draft. The first few picks generally make up the lions share of the cap space and implmenting one now would be punishing
3) I am very lazy. Forcing me to calculate the cap of my team would be very punishing to me

 

[Iwishihadaspacebar]

Hello, I would like to request for the cap to be in this game. Some people may have drafted based on no cap and this might actually mean I have a chance of winning.

Thanks

 

[LT]

Pausing clock for the rest of the night, all the regulars are away and it's only 3 hours/3 picks

 

[LT]

I will be busy most of the day, so some assistance with the clock will be helpful

 

[Taluss]

Ottawa selects Joel Edmundson with their skipped pick.
Edmonton selects Oliver Wahlstrom with their skipped pick.

Can’t select Wahlstrom due to injury

 

[LT]

Ottawa selects Joel Edmundson with their skipped pick.
Edmonton selects Oliver Wahlstrom with their skipped pick.

As Talus said, Wahlstrom is ineligible.

You also have another pick with Ottawa to make up.

 

[Gecklund]

@AveryStar4Eva skipped

@OB5 notified at 12:25 so has about 30 more minutes