ATD2025 Draft Thread

[Hawkey Town 18]

Chicago selects Dickie Moore, LW

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[VanIslander]

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[ImporterExporter]

Some great discussion today. Glad to see HT get his pick in, hope you're having a fun time!

 

[Habsfan18]

Pick coming within the hour. Deciding between two guys. Leaning one way but want to go over a few more things first.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Chicago selects Dickie Moore, LW

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Almost picked him over Firsov. Moore would have been sweet. Great pick.

 

[tinyzombies]

Pick coming within the hour. Deciding between two guys. Leaning one way but want to go over a few more things first.

That's good timing for me. I'm going to bed right around then so should be able to make my pick after you. I'm also looking at two guys.

 

[Habsfan18]

Well, my list of D was ravaged..but I suppose that's bound to happen when I wait for the 4th round to draft one. Again, doing things a bit differently this year since I went goalie round 1. Still, I'm very happy to get this player here. A guy I think you could make the case for going a bit earlier, and one I think is still absolutely a 1D in a 20-team draft even if he isn't in the upper end of that. He's underrated in my book. I think he fits what I'm hoping to build quite well. He's one tough motherf***er, and his two-way abilities are exactly what I was looking for.

One of the premiere offensive defensemen of the O6 era, and a guy who could be just as effective away from the puck..Baltimore selects Bill Gadsby, D

- 3x 1st Team All-Star
- 4x 2nd Team All-Star
- 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th in Norris voting (twice runner up to Harvey)

Goal finishes among defensemen:
1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 6, 9, 9, 10

Point finishes among defensemen:
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 9

Hasek may have to speak with him about the shot blocking though.

 

[Professor What]

Well, my list of D was ravaged..but I suppose that's bound to happen when I wait for the 4th round to draft one. Again, doing things a bit differently this year since I went goalie round 1. Still, I'm very happy to get this player here. A guy I think you could make the case for going a bit earlier, and one I think is still absolutely a 1D in a 20-team draft even if he isn't in the upper end of that. He's underrated in my book. I think he fits what I'm hoping to build quite well. He's one tough motherf***er, and his two-way abilities are exactly what I was looking for.

One of the premiere offensive defensemen of the O6 era, and a guy who could be just as effective away from the puck..Baltimore selects Bill Gadsby, D

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- 3x 1st Team All-Star
- 4x 2nd Team All-Star
- 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th in Norris voting (twice runner up to Harvey)

Goal finishes among defensemen:
1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6, 6, 9, 9, 10

Point finishes among defensemen:
1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 9

Hasek may have to speak with him about the shot blocking though.

I like Gadsby. He's the first defenseman I ever drafted. He's a guy that can take on different roles as he's requested to. I feel like most of the time you're going to want him focusing on his offensive capabilities, but it's my understanding that in Detroit, he was quite a fine shutdown man. I believe you can shift him as the situation in the game is and he remains relevant.

 

[ChiTownPhilly]

Here's a run-down of Gadsby's prime, with his placings in available voting, among the top 4 Ds with votes-

1952-53 Post-season All-Star [Norris equivalent?]
1. Kelly
2. Harvey
3. Undrafted A
4. Gadsby

1953-54 Post-season All-Star (see above)
1. Kelly
2. Harvey
3. Gadsby
4. Horton

1954-55- split between two teams... Gadsby didn't place.

1955-56: Inaugural Norris
1. Harvey
2. Gadsby
3. Kelly
4. Undrafted B

1956-57 Norris
1. Harvey
2. Kelly
3. Undrafted C
4. Gadsby

1957-58 Norris
1. Harvey
2. Gadsby
3. Undrafted C
4. Undrafted D

1958-59
1. Undrafted E
2. Gadsby
3. Undrafted F
4. Harvey

How many top-rung placings Gadsby would have collected were it not for the Harvey-Kelly giants walking the earth at that time is (as speculations go) right up there with how many Norrises Brad Park would have gotten, absent Orr.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Feel free to send me offers for the 75th pick. I'm going to sleep, will check in morning.