ATD2025 Draft Thread Part II

[Voight]

Will pick shortly

 

[Voight]

Odessa Jackalopes will select.......

Goalie #35 Tony "Tony O" Esposito

&

RW #10 Corey "The Worm" Perry

 

[BenchBrawl]

You can always count on the Voight and VanIslander snake draft pivot to take a full day before drafting resumes.

I still love you.

 

[BenchBrawl]

These guys are like a stop sign inside the draft.

In French! To make it more sophisticated. You see? I too can be a f***ing asshole!

 

[BenchBrawl]

@VanIslander
@Voight

 

[VanIslander]

Savannah selects 6’1 HHOF defenseman Doug Wilson, the reigning Blackhawks career blueline scoring leader after 10 consecutive seasons as Chicago’s top point producer from the back end, four times 1st or 2nd team all star, winning the Norris once, during the Coffey and Bourque era (those are the only two defensemen to score more goals than Wilson’s 183 goals over the decade). He led the playoffs in shots taken in 1982 even though only making the conference finals, his team making the playoffs every year that decade, and he a core member of that franchise. He scored a key late 3rd period tying goal against the Soviets in the 1984 Canada Cup semi-final. At the latter end of his career he went on to be the first captain of the expansion San Jose Sharks.

 

[ImporterExporter]

Savannah selects 6’1 HHOF defenseman Doug Wilson, the reigning Blackhawks career blueline scoring leader after 10 consecutive seasons as Chicago’s top point producer from the back end, four times 1st or 2nd team all star, winning the Norris once, during the Coffey and Bourque era (those are the only two defensemen to score more goals than Wilson’s 183 goals over the decade). He led the playoffs in shots taken in 1982 even though only making the conference finals, his team making the playoffs every year that decade, and he a core member of that franchise. He scored a key late 3rd period tying goal against the Soviets in the 1984 Canada Cup semi-final. At the latter end of his career he went on to be the first captain of the expansion San Jose Sharks.

Howitzer of a shot. Great pick now.

"HEE SCOOOOOORRRRRRREES"

I always chuckle when I watch 80's/early 90's hockey. It was so damn wide open. Slap shots going in from outside the blueline, guys walking down the middle, shooting from distance, puck hits backboards, shooter picks it back up, nobody within 10 feet, gets another clean look, in the net.

 

[VanIslander]

Howitzer of a shot.

The video "Big Gun" i linked shows why he was the comp for a young MacInnis. A powerplay cannon.

 

[ImporterExporter]

@Habsfan18 has until 6:42 am EST

@spitsfan24 would then be up.

 

[Habsfan18]

I'd like a rock for my 3rd pairing and PK. Lionel Hitchman, D fits the bill.

 

[spitsfan24]

We need a right-shot defenceman and I don't see many better options than another reunion with a player from last year's squad.

The Windsor Spitfires are proud to select Brent Burns once again.

I think with Burns, you either want a shutdown guy, or an elite skater next to him to maximize his game. With Chara and Niedermayer both fitting the bill, we have options.

Will PM next.

 

[Voight]

You can always count on the Voight and VanIslander snake draft pivot to take a full day before drafting resumes.

I still love you.

To be fair I was doing quote unquote more important things like... binging Zero Day (new limited series on Netflix)

 

[nabby12]

@rmartin65

 

[rmartin65]

Calm down

 

[rmartin65]

Pete Green, Coach

 

[tabness]

Savannah selects 6’1 HHOF defenseman Doug Wilson, the reigning Blackhawks career blueline scoring leader after 10 consecutive seasons as Chicago’s top point producer from the back end, four times 1st or 2nd team all star, winning the Norris once, during the Coffey and Bourque era (those are the only two defensemen to score more goals than Wilson’s 183 goals over the decade). He led the playoffs in shots taken in 1982 even though only making the conference finals, his team making the playoffs every year that decade, and he a core member of that franchise. He scored a key late 3rd period tying goal against the Soviets in the 1984 Canada Cup semi-final. At the latter end of his career he went on to be the first captain of the expansion San Jose Sharks.

I'm big on Doug Wilson.

I've taken him before here (where he usually goes basically a 100 spots before you got him, what a drop, what a bargain for you lol), and posted a lot about how his Norris record doesn't do him justice due to his various injuries and missed games, how the team suffered tremendously when he was out of the lineup (just look at the defense without Wilson lol, Bob Murray (he's not getting drafted in this small a draft I believe) was the only respectable one who had to totally change his game to even attempt to cover what the Hawks were missing when Wilson was out).

Wilson to me belongs with the absolute cream of eighties defensemen, with Coffey, Bourque, and Howe. He seems to not get the respect the others do, you can say that Coffey and Howe somewhat get unfairly forgotten as well vis a vis Bourque too, but nothing like Wilson.

Doug generally played on his left at even strength but almost always played the right on the powerplay for the big shot option, however, with how thin the Hawks defense was throughout the eighties, he basically could and did do anything for them.