Usually start this right after the trade deadline, so a little late on it, but, yes, it's that time of the year again! EARLY BIRD MOCK DRAFT!
Standings are of midnight last night (Thursday, April 7). Standings Order is from bottom up:
1. Arizona
2. Montreal
3. Seattle
4. NJD
5. Philadelphia
6. Ottawa
7. Chicago
8. Buffalo
9. Detroit
10. SJS
11. Anaheim
12. Columbus
13. NYI
14. Winnpeg
15. Vancouver
16. Vegas
17. Dallas
18. LAK
19. Washington
20. Nashville
21. Edmonton
22. St. Louis
23. Minnesota
24. Pittsburgh
25. Tampa Bay
26. Boston
27. Calgary
28. NYR
29. Toronto
30. Carolina
31. Florida
32. Colorado
Because this is a really lopsided draft with some teams holding 12+ picks and others holding only three, I've joined a few teams.
Here are the partnered teams:
NYR/NYI
Edm/Vegas
Colorado/Nashville
Toronto/Pittsburgh
St.Louis/Calgary
One GM will play both teams.
The Early Bird Draft then will require 27 players.
People who played last year:
@covfefe
@WeThreeKings
@SOLR
@calder candidate
@Stive Morgan
@bopeep
@UnSandvich
@Natey
@shao01
@CristianoRonaldo
@Weber Fan
@Treb
@Pompeius Magnus
@John WhiteVan
@Habs76
@Schooner Guy
@CoopersFalls
@Toene
@L4br3cqu3
@zaluty
We had open teams last year because we started in the summer like 4 weeks before the draft, so if anyone wants to play there's room.
Some posters I see in the draft thread regularily:
@WinterLion
@Goldenhands
@Vachon23
@1000eeer
@le_sean
@Seb
@Andrei79
Don't worry if you're not listed here. Just say in the comments if you want to play or not.
I'll put up rules later tonight.