ATD2025 Draft Thread
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BenchBrawl
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Hockey Stathead
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Detroit selects Cyclone Taylor, C/D
You just became RB's favourite to win the draft.
On a side note, where the hell has he been?
Professor What
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I was wondering the same thing the other day. I can't remember the last time I saw him on here.
jigglysquishy
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If there is one player on my wish list to one day draft, it's Taylor.
Over the years I haven't exactly been secretive of the fact that I've always wanted to draft Doug Harvey and Bill Cook, and someone over the next bunch of picks is surely about to break my ATD heart again.
Hockey Outsider
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Possibly - let me see how this year goes. My practice is doing really well (which is great!) but I've never been busier (even outside of the traditional busy times). I'll let everyone know. (On an unrelated note, I'd really like to see an auction format ATD - even if it's done on a trial-run basis over the summer).
Dr John Carlson
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I've done some auction-style drafts in the GM Games subsection, like a decade ago. They're extremely fun and strategic, but it's so easy to mess up your roster construction if you aren't careful.
(which is what makes it fun, to be clear)
ImporterExporter
"You're a boring old man"
I meant to respond to this earlier and then got side tracked but I do appreciate you thinking of me HO.
And I appreciate the kind words regarding the service. I look back on that time as a pretty eye opening experience for a 19-22 year old kid, especially given the time frame (spent a lot of time in combat zones) and what was going on around the world.
I was very fortunate to see a lot of western Europe (Prague is as far east as I got there), the bulk of ME, and a bit of SW Asia. We always stopped (coming and going) in St John's (Halifax a few times), and I absolutely adored that area and would pick it as one of my top choices for places to permanently relocate to, gun to my head. The people were among the most friendly and genuinely laid back groups I've ever encountered in my travels. I know the winters can be quite extreme but there is just something stunningly beautiful, whether you're on the coast or traveling more inland and north, especially.
Seeing so many different cultures and understanding that people, regardless of where they are on the planet, aren't terribly different in most cases, ight be the biggest reveal I took from the 4 years in the AF. The vast majority of us, want to live good lives, honest lives, with a core group of family and friends, and co-exist in a general sense. A lot of (by design) really great people and deeds get overlooked and canceled out by the noise of politics and entertainment sadly.
Johnny Engine
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Don't listen to him, we're arseholes, every last one of us.
ImporterExporter
"You're a boring old man"
Dr Pepper
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Dr Pepper
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Where the heck are the picks?
Slow start this year it looks like!
To be fair we only "officially" started yesterday so being on R3 already isn't THAT bad, is it?
BenchBrawl
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Where the heck are the picks?
Slow start this year it looks like!
I'm not sure if this is true, but I feel like the last 5 ATDs went by extremely fast compared to how it used to be 10 years ago. I remember waiting several days to make a pick.
