NHL All-Time Draft, Take 2(.5)

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Good afternoon folks. About 2 years ago, I decided I wanted to conduct an "All-Time Draft" across the HFBoards, going to each forum in turn for their respective team's pick. I recently got the thought in my head to re-do the draft & see how things change, so without further ado. By recently, i mean several months ago, b/c this was dead for a while BUT NOW IT'S BACK:

1. Every team gets a single pick per round, and the draft order follows the standings as of 5/1/2022 (the final day of the regular season). So even if a team traded its 1st Round pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, they still get a choice in this draft.
2. This will be considered a 2-round "snake draft", meaning each team will have 2 total selections, and that the draft order will be reversed in round 2. So Montreal will pick 1 & 64, Arizona 2 & 63, etc.
3. All retired/inactive NHL players are considered eligible for this draft (including guys playing overseas like Jagr). This also includes players like Vladislav Tretiak who never had an NHL career but are hockey legends in their own right. All active NHL players, as well as players whose rights are owned by an NHL team, are ineligible.
4. It is assumed that player abilities are "up-to-date" with the modern game, so a player like Eddie Shore who played in a far different NHL will not be at a disadvantage compared to say Wayne Gretzky or Jaromir Jagr.
5. All players will be drafted into the organization at the age of 18, similar to the NHL Entry Draft.
6. It is assumed that players will have a similar ceiling to during their playing career, and have the ability to reach said ceiling, although this is not guaranteed. Similarly, they are not guaranteed to suffer the same injury woes they did during their career (should that be relevant).
7. I'll give 2-3 days for votes to come in before the next team goes on the clock.
8. In the event of a tie, I will set up a tiebreaker poll.
9. Please check the below post before voting for a player, as it's possible they have already been taken. And remember again, active players are ineligible.
10. If you are trolling, I will ignore your vote. Don't be that guy. *

*Note: This rule was added after the Canes board tried to vote for Chad Larose in the last go-round. Twice.
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Some possible resources to help out:

Last time's results: HF-Boards All-time draft Results (2 rounds)
All Time Draft Board's 2022 Draft Thread: ATD 2022 Draft Thread III (new voting results in post 699)
History of Hockey Board's Top 200 All Time: Top-200 Hockey Players of All-Time
NHL website's Top 100 players: 100 Greatest NHL Players
Hockey-Reference Era-Adjusted Points leaders: NHL & WHA Career Leaders and Records for Adjusted Points | Hockey-Reference.com

ROUND 1:
1. Montreal Canadiens- C Mario Lemieux
2. Arizona Coyotes- C Wayne Gretzky
3. Seattle Kraken- D Bobby Orr
4. Philadelphia Flyers- RW Gordie Howe
5. New Jersey Devils- D Nicklas Lidstrom
6. Chicago Blackhawks- C Eric Lindros
7. Ottawa Senators- G Dominik Hasek
8. Detroit Red Wings- C Steve Yzerman
9. Buffalo Sabres- RW Jaromir Jagr
10. Anaheim Ducks- D Raymond Bourque
11. San Jose Sharks- G Patrick Roy
12. Columbus Blue Jackets- RW Mike Bossy
13. New York Islanders- C Bryan Trottier
14. Winnipeg Jets- C Jean Beliveau
15. Vancouver Canucks- C Joe Sakic
16. Vegas Golden Knights- C Mark Messier
17. Nashville Predators- D Paul Coffey
18. Dallas Stars- RW Maurice Richard
19. Los Angeles Kings- ON THE CLOCK
20. Washington Capitals-
21. Pittsburgh Penguins-
22. Edmonton Oilers-
23. Boston Bruins-
24. St. Louis Blues-
25. Tampa Bay Lightning-
26. New York Rangers-
27. Calgary Flames-
28. Minnesota Wild-
29. Toronto Maple Leafs-
30. Carolina Hurricanes-
31. Colorado Avalanche-
32. Florida Panthers-
 
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Whoever we pick at 19th best of all time, there'll be a vocal minority saying we should have traded them once they hit UFA instead of paying them their worth.
 
Whoever we pick at 19th best of all time, there'll be a vocal minority saying we should have traded them once they hit UFA instead of paying them their worth.
That's the beauty of the Hull pick. He was never a UFA and he had a reserve clause in his contract, but he did jump leagues when his contract with the Blackhawks was up at the age of 33.
 
(apologies, i set the thread to watched, but it didn't give me the notification that more people had posted)

Voting:
I'll update this comment as each new vote comes in, but I can only count it if it's a single player vote (so not "Shore or Harvey" for example). If you're changing your vote later on, that's fine, just make a note of it. I apologize in advance if I am delayed in adding your vote, I am now working full-time so have much less free time on my hands
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Marcel Dionne (4) - Statto, ru4reals, Sleeping Dog, yankeeking
Bobby Hull (3) - KINGS17, Schrute farms beets. Telos
Dustin Brown (1) - Sparky206
Doug Harvey (3) - Jericho111091, kilowatt, kingsfan
Chris Pronger (1) - johnjm22
Guy Lafleur (1) - Kingfan1967, Sybil227, kenito7
Vladislav Tretiak (1) - Docgonzo
Martin Brodeur (1) - SmytheKing
Pavel Bure (1) - soapdodger
Ken Dryden (1) - apadilla
 
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I swear I read the rules, how’d I miss that? Dang product of public school system.

Yup just saw the bolded part, wow embarrassing.

It happens mate. At least you didn't see it and go "Nah, i don't care about that, i'm only picking active players out of spite or something" like one of the people did for a previous team
 
Not sure why he hasn't been selected yet, but he is in my personal Top 10:

BOBBY HULL

Eric Lindros, WTH? Chicago fans must have had their brains fried by the heat and humidity.
Probably non hockey reasons

There’s definitely a case for picking Brown as a follow up to the statue thread on the main board😉
 
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