One Player Per Franchise (All-Time) Draft signups
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MarkusKetterer
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So let me guess this right. A player who has played for two or more teams counts as someone picked for that team?
Like Ray Bourque would count as a Boston and Colorado pick? Or just Boston?
Jagr would count as a every NHL team pick and a Czechoslovakia pick?
Like Ray Bourque would count as a Boston and Colorado pick? Or just Boston?
Jagr would count as a every NHL team pick and a Czechoslovakia pick?
TheDevilMadeMe
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Bourque would count for Boston. Jagr for Pittburgh. There is a list of "close call" players included in the OP of last year's draft.
USSR and CSSR are for guys who had their primes outside the NHL
MarkusKetterer
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Is there a rule that in the close call people one can choose which team they’ll fulfill? Like say, Roy with either the Habs or the Nords/Avs? Someone can draft him and say which one he is?
TheDevilMadeMe
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From last year's draft (pretty sure this list has just been copied since the first OPPF draft):
BenchBrawl
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No, you cannot choose. The choice is predetermined before the draft starts.
MarkusKetterer
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Those are a list of players, but it doesn’t say if you can choose which team they’re a member of
BenchBrawl
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The teams inside his list are the teams those players are assigned to. Trust me, this draft is a lot of fun and a puzzle alright, given the crazy decisions you have to make sometimes.
There might be a huge superstar and an "OK" player, but if you pick the superstar you burn a strong franchise, leaving you with fewer options down the road. So there's a balance to take care of.
MarkusKetterer
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I think that’s a bit silly. Only because of the earlier part of the draft determines your direction.
Like Minnesota/Dallas. Say Bobby Smith, Modano and Neal Broten are gone. You might wanna draft Larry Murphy or Mike Gartner to make up for that offensive skill. But if its already set, then you won’t wanna take them (or can’t).
BenchBrawl
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You're not forced to pick from Dallas, there are more franchises than there are roster spots available. Also, being in the situation of having to choose between Mike Modano or Jean Béliveau (with Mo you only burn Dallas, with Béliveau you burn Montreal, the strongest of all franchises), when Béliveau is clearly a better player, is exactly why this draft is so amazing.
MarkusKetterer
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Fair enough. I just think if someone selects a depth guy from one team (say they really liked the guy or whatever), it shouldn’t eliminate them from picking someone else that may have come through the franchise, especially the suitcase type guys.
Like, I picture Larry Murphy with the Leafs, but only because of him constantly being irrationally booed. I don’t picture him as someone with one franchise (Kings, Minnesota, Pens, Leafs or Detroit). He’s just… there (or not there).
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The idea is to build an all-time great team from guys who each primarily played for 20 different franchises.
BenchBrawl
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Try it out, you'll see what I mean and 2$ you agree with me at the end of it. This constraint is exactly why you must choose wisely. Say there are 9 teams overall playing the game. Well the 9th GM who saved his Montreal franchise can wait till the very end of the draft, and pick the 9th best Montreal player... which is someone of the caliber of Ken Dryden, Larry Robinson or Henri Richard. Now if he burned MTL, he might be stuck with mid-level (Philly, LA, etc) or weak franchises, and get players like... Ryan Suter or Dan Boyle or even worse. Nothing against Suter or Boyle, but they're no Larry Robinson.
