Fantasy Sports: Flyers Board Mock Draft 2017

[Chuck Downie]

I read your post this morning and got to think about it all day while wandering around in the forest.

You're right, ultimately. The problem is trying to score a first-round pick in the same way as a seventh-round pick. They're different beasts - anything you do to reward a good late pick has huge rewards for an early pick.

I am thinking of a similar points system as I initially proposed but taking into account your thoughts:

1 point for mock picking a player in the same round as he is actually drafted.
1 point for mock picking a player within 30 positions as he is actually drafted.
1 point for mock picking a player within 20 positions as he is actually drafted.
1 point for mock picking a player within 10 positions as he is actually drafted.
1 point for mock picking a player within 5 positions as he is actually drafted.
1 point for mock picking a player within 3 positions as he is actually drafted.
1 point for mock picking a player exactly where he is drafted.
1 point for mock picking a player 60+ positions later than he is actually drafted (value bonus).
-2 points for mock drafting a player that goes undrafted.
-1 point for mock drafting a player 60+ positions earlier than he is actually drafted (reach penalty).

The points stack, so a perfect pick is worth 7 points, a near miss is worth 6, and a wide miss is worth 1/2 points. Then I'd adjust the score to 7 pick average for all teams again, so a perfect score is 49 while a complete fail is -14.

I'm all for adjusting the points, but keep in mind if you're trying to reward hitting a late pick, it rewards hitting an earlier pick (NJ and Philly are essentially guaranteed 6 points in the first 2 picks using this system).

This new point system idea I think would better reflect the quality of the draft than the other. We could use this new one and have a whole year to devise or tweak this one before the next mock draft. Thanks again.

 

[Chuck Downie]

Nice to look back on this. I will start a new thread for this year's version in a couple weeks.

 

[Magua]

I took Morgan Frost. Dibs on Flyers?

 

[Chinatown88]

I still think my Detroit draft was better than their actual draft.

 

[Rebels57]

My Flyers draft was pretty good, I must say.

Rd 1, 2nd overall - Nolan Patrick
Rd 2, 44th overall - Filip Chytil (drafted 21st overall)
Rd 3, 75th overall - Fabian Zetterlund (drafted 63rd overall)
Rd 3, 81st overall - Jack Studnicka (drafted 53rd overall)
Rd 4, 106th overall - Maxime Fortier (Undrafted)
Rd 4, 107th overall - Luke Martin (drafted 52nd overall)
Rd 4, 108th overall - Tim Soderlund (drafted 112th overall)
Rd 5, 137th overall - Logan Cockerill (drafted 201st overall)
Rd 6, 168th overall - Gustav Lindstrom (drafted 38th overall)
Rd 7, 199th overall - Jordan Hollett (drafted 183rd overall)
Rd 7, 200th overall - Will Warm (Undrafted)

5 Steals, 2 Undrafted, 1 Reach

 

[denominator]

I'm definitely in for the 2018 mock. Sorry I never finished the stats on mock vs actual draft; I still have all the spreadsheets on my laptop at home so I can update those with stats in the D+1 year.

 

[CodyTheHuman]

The Florida draft so far:
Martin Necas - C - Picked him 10th, he went 12th.
Henri Jokiharu - D - Picked him 40th he went 29th
Josh Norris - C - Picked 66th (auto) he went 19th
Jiri Patera - G - picked 133 he went 161


I didn't do terrible for my first mock draft.

 

[BobbyClarkeFan16]

I'm definitely interested in doing that again. That was an excellent draft. I think it's a great example of how varying people's take on draft eligible players are compared to teams.

 

[Rebels57]

100% in

We can pick teams after the Lottery again

 

[Chuck Downie]

100% in

We can pick teams after the Lottery again

I`ll post a new draft thread and we`ll start picking teams then -just like last year - maybe April 14? We need time to fill all the teams with GMs and we`ll start drafting the day of the lottery. Going to stick to the 12 hour rule so that we can get all 217 picks in.

 

[DrinkFightFlyers]

I'm in again if this is happening.

 

[FlyTimmo]

I'm definitely in again.

 

[Tripod]

100% in

We can pick teams after the Lottery again

You guys should pick teams BEFORE the lottery to make it even more interesting.

 

[Chinatown88]

I'm in again.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

I remember reading through this thread last year before I was a member and thoroughly enjoying it.

I'd love to participate this time around because I love this sort of thing, but I don't know much about this draft outside of scouting reports and mock rankings and I don't want to seem grossly uninformed compared to everyone else

 

[Chinatown88]

I remember reading through this thread last year before I was a member and thoroughly enjoying it.

I'd love to participate this time around because I love this sort of thing, but I don't know much about this draft outside of scouting reports and mock rankings and I don't want to seem grossly uninformed compared to everyone else

The point is to have fun. Or has Hakstol ruined fun for ya?

 

[Strawberry Fields]

The point is to have fun. Or has Hakstol ruined fun for ya?

Not quite yet

 

[CodyTheHuman]

I remember reading through this thread last year before I was a member and thoroughly enjoying it.

I'd love to participate this time around because I love this sort of thing, but I don't know much about this draft outside of scouting reports and mock rankings and I don't want to seem grossly uninformed compared to everyone else

Go for it, it's a great way to learn about prospects. You'll be fine.

 

[BigToe]

This looks fun, although I only know about prospects up until around the middle of the second this year.

 

[Ruck Over]

I'm in again.

Folks don't need @Magua level knowledge to participate and have fun. Go in blind, @Chuck Downie provides links to prospect rankings, google is your friend, recommend that you be drinking (alcohol) while doing YT analysis and pick selections.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I'm in again.

 

[Strawberry Fields]

Unofficial "I'm in" confirmation.

I do agree that it'd be fun to pick teams BEFORE the lottery

 

[Ghosts Beer]

I'd like to be in again. I nailed both Brannstrom at #15 and Robin Salo at #46 last year.

 

[SanBlom]

I'm also in again. Good times!

 

[pit]

I think I should be good to try it this year depending when it starts.