ATD2025 Draft Thread Part II

[tabness]

I will take Jeremy Roenick, C

There are still a lot of super talented centers left on the board, but for a third line, I want JR Superstar, who on top of his immense finesse ability, hit like a mofo and hit a lot, despite his slight frame.

Also a guy with insane star power in the early nineties which seems to have faded as the inevitable injuries arose given his style of play and the era, along with being overshadowed by his media stuff.

At his zenith though, despite having his numbers suppressed a bit being on Chicago at the time with their style, I think he was better than most of those who had better numbers than him, and this was certainly the regard he was held in widely.

plus he gets to play with his linemate from his best years Larmer on Seattle

Hockey Digest had player rankings the few years before The Hockey News started theirs in 1993-1994. Roenick does real good for a bit

Hockey Digest Yearbook player rankings

Continuing from this topic: THN Yearbook Rankings - 1992-2008 Before The Hockey News started doing their player rankings in their yearbooks, Hockey Digest would put out a yearbook and started ranking players after the 1987-1988 season. It started off as just Stan Fischler ranking his top ten...

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• after 1991-1992, rated second best center after Lemieux
• after 1992-1993, rated third best center after Lemieux and undrafted

 

[tinyzombies]

pretty sure that @tinyzombies sent me his list and he will take Fred Shero, coach

Yes I wanted Shero. Thanks.

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Trade approval needed in the trade thread

 

[BenchBrawl]

Trade approval needed in the trade thread

Go ahead

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

Chicago are very happy to trade up for an elite shutdown/defensive winger!
Chicago selects Marty Pavelich, LW

*One of only 5 players to be on all 4 of Detroit’s Cup winning teams of the 1950’s (Howe, Lindsay, Kelly, Pronovost).

*5 Consecutive Retro Selkes awarded by Ulitmate Hockey: 1952-53 to 1956-57

*Held Rocket Richard Pointless for an Entire Playoff Series!

*Went an entire Cup Winning playoff year without being on the ice for a single ES goal against!

 

[tabness]

Chicago are very happy to trade up for an elite shutdown/defensive winger!
Chicago selects Marty Pavelich, LW

*One of only 5 players to be on all 4 of Detroit’s Cup winning teams of the 1950’s (Howe, Lindsay, Kelly, Pronovost).

*5 Consecutive Retro Selkes awarded by Ulitmate Hockey: 1952-53 to 1956-57

*Held Rocket Richard Pointless for an Entire Playoff Series!

*Went an entire Cup Winning playoff year without being on the ice for a single ES goal against!

was gonna take Pavelich with the next pick lol but really wanted to ensure I secured Roenick

pretty decent even strength scorer given role too

 

[Hawkey Town 18]

was gonna take Pavelich with the next pick lol but really wanted to ensure I secured Roenick

pretty decent even strength scorer given role too

I like the reuniting of Roenick and Larmer, those two and Goulet were a great line back in the day.

 

[Boreal01]

HC Lugano is proud to select Ralph Backstrom, C, reuniting him with Coach Blake who was behind the bench for five of his six Stanley Cup wins

He'll be joined by an elite two-way force who is fresh off a tremendous performance in the 4 Nations Final

HC Lugano is proud to select Mitch Marner, RW

 

[Dr Pepper]

Dawson City selects Soviet blueliner Alexander Ragulin, D

 

[Hockey Stathead]

Detroit selects Johnny Gottselig, LW

 

[Johnny Engine]

HC Lugano is proud to select Mitch Marner, RW

I've said it before, but just a fascinating piece from an ATD perspective. Power play point man, aggressive penalty killer, occasionally played defense at even strength (though you'd never line him up there). Excellent winger defense but not really a "hard to play against" shut down guy. Seems to be loved by his teammates but gets into drama with the media far too frequently. Seems to care a lot but is pretty crap in the playoffs.

I can't imagine there's anyone else like that.

 

[Leaf Lander]

Leafs select Joel Queenville Coach

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Hogsmeade is going to complete our third line with a big, physical goal scorer with enough defensive ability to fit next to Barkov and Provost in Gordon Roberts.

Then, we'll anchor our third pairing with Ryan Suter.

@Leaf Lander

 

[ImporterExporter]

We're on a 6 hour clock now.

 

[Leaf Lander]

Leafs select Joe Klukay LW

 

[Dr Pepper]

Via their list, Detroit selects Brian Rafalski, D

Dawson City selects Michael Peca, C

 

[VanIslander]

285. @BenchBrawl - Les Canadiens de Montréal -
286. @BenchBrawl - Les Canadiens de Montréal - ON THE CLOCK (1 HOUR, 57 MINUTES REMAINING)

287. GKJ - Philadelphia Firebirds
288. tabness - Seattle Supersoakers
289. tinyzombies - NDG Monarchs
290. Claude The Fraud - Ottawa 67's
291. GKJ - Philadelphia Firebirds
292. VanIslander - Savannah Ghost Pirates

 

[tabness]

HC Lugano is proud to select Ralph Backstrom, C, reuniting him with Coach Blake who was behind the bench for five of his six Stanley Cup wins

Ralph Backstrom is a guy who had to actually play down in the lineup despite his talents in his actual career, makes for a perfect bottom sixer where there isn't much question of fit or suitability.

 

[Dreakmur]

I've said it before, but just a fascinating piece from an ATD perspective. Power play point man, aggressive penalty killer, occasionally played defense at even strength (though you'd never line him up there). Excellent winger defense but not really a "hard to play against" shut down guy. Seems to be loved by his teammates but gets into drama with the media far too frequently. Seems to care a lot but is pretty crap in the playoffs.

I can't imagine there's anyone else like that.

I can think of one substantially similar player. Not sure if he’s drafted yet, so I won’t name him!

 

[overpass]

I've said it before, but just a fascinating piece from an ATD perspective. Power play point man, aggressive penalty killer, occasionally played defense at even strength (though you'd never line him up there). Excellent winger defense but not really a "hard to play against" shut down guy. Seems to be loved by his teammates but gets into drama with the media far too frequently. Seems to care a lot but is pretty crap in the playoffs.

I can't imagine there's anyone else like that.

Daniel Alfredsson checks almost all of these boxes. For the media/playoffs stuff, see his reputation after his failed 2004 guarantee of a series victory over Toronto. He even played defense as a teenager, although not in the NHL.

Except Alfredsson was a better goal scorer and played with more of an edge than Marner, even during his playoff failure years.

 

[Johnny Engine]

Daniel Alfredsson checks almost all of these boxes. For the media/playoffs stuff, see his reputation after his failed 2004 guarantee of a series victory over Toronto. He even played defense as a teenager, although not in the NHL.

Except Alfredsson was a better goal scorer and played with more of an edge than Marner, even during his playoff failure years.

Oh wow, had never thought about that comparison before but it's weirdly dead on for two players I never associate with each other.

 

[spitsfan24]

I believe @BenchBrawl has been skipped for now, meaning @GKJ is up, correct?

 

[BenchBrawl]

Cecil Hart coach and Andrei Vasilevskiy, G

Geez, I don't draft for 4 rounds and I get skipped while I'm sleeping lol

Brutal

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Vasilevskiy is a steal here.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I know there are better coaches than Cecil Hart out there but he's the best fit for my team, I think.

I was eyeing Glen Sather too.