ATD2025 Draft Thread

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If anyone has interest in moving up to my next pick (66) I'm open for business.

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Odessa will select

C Frank "Raffles" Boucher

&

Defenseman #21 Borje "The King" Salming

Two great picks here!

Now, for Salming, in all respect, I’ll do my best HabsFan18 impersonation here…

«I have always been the type to stay away from the kitchen and let my wife cook delicious meals for us. But, on one gray November Sunday, everything changed. While browsing a used book sale in the basement of my local church, I came across this true gem, «Grilling with Salming». Since that day, my life has completely changed. Now, wether it’s Herb-stuffed trout, Tandoori chicken with cucumber raita or a simple Grilled Haloumi and strawberry salad, I master these delicious dishes the same way Salming was mastering the Leafs defense at his peak. Salming might not be the best defenseman of all-time, but he’s clearly the NHL all-time best Cordon Bleu.»

 

[Claude The Fraud]

The Ottawa 67’s would like to welcome, from Hamilton, Ontario, a player who won both the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe trophy before he won the Calder trophy, quintuple Vezina trophy winner, Cornell University graduate, Counsel Ken Dryden.

 

[nabby12]

Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk selects Victor Hedman, D.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Going to bed soon. If you pick after me, unless we see two picks within the next 30 minutes, let's close shop for the night and see you in the morning.

 

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Going to bed soon. If you pick after me, unless we see two picks within the next 30 minutes, let's close shop for the night and see you in the morning.

Looks like @Boreal01 is online now.

I'm still interested in trading down, anywhere from a few spots, down towards the end of the round.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Looks like @Boreal01 is online now.

I'm still interested in trading down, anywhere from a few spots, down towards the end of the round.

I can wait until 23h30 max.

@nabby12

If I'm not OTC by 23h30 just assume I'm gone until 7-8 AM EST. Just want to avoid people waiting needlessly.

I know today was brutal in terms of waiting.

 

[nabby12]

I'll be up for at least 4 hours still.

 

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I'm going to need a while to consider options regardless, so everyone might as well figure it will be the AM until we continue. Unless of course I get a fair offer tonight.

 

[BenchBrawl]

I'm going to need a while to consider options regardless, so everyone might as well figure it will be the AM until we continue. Unless of course I get a fair offer tonight.

Fair enough, thanks for the heads up!

 

[Boreal01]

Sticking with the emerging theme of upper echelon goaltenders coming off the board

HC Lugano is proud to select Glenn Hall, G

 

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Three Rivers will round out its leadership group, by picking our 1st D of the draft, a legend who managed to be a 2 time AS (likely 3 if the awards had started a year earlier) as a RW during the Bill Cook/Charlie Conacher era, during his 1st 10 years in the league, then shifted back to the blueline (age 30) where he was a 4 time AS (3 1sts) and 2 time Hart finalist for Boston, repeatedly cited by peers/press as a renowned 2 way defender, one of the 3-4 largest players of his era, fast, with tremendous leadership qualities.

He was captain of the Bruins for 13 seasons and held the record for longest tenured captain for approximately 50 years (Bourque).

He was the first player to hit the 20 seasons played mark and held the record for games played until his now teammate, Rocket Richard passed him in 1957.

He was the only active player ever to be inducted into the Hall, and at the time the only living member inducted.

Dit Clapper, D/RW