OPPF 2024: One Pick Per Franchise Draft (is ON now)

[VanIslander]

Apologies for not doing this sooner, for some reason the mobile site doesn't show PMs easily from the home screen.

St-Jean
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Gallifrey

Thanks for that!

 

[VanIslander]

@Claude The Fraud

St-Jean can make its first pick anytime now.
The clock doesn't start until Thursday at noon Eastern.

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Sorry folks!
I'll got with the second most famous #99 after Wilf Paiement, Wayne Gretzky.

 

[VanIslander]

Wow. You know how ONE pick per franchise works? Edmonton has 4 top-40 players.

I'll burn a franchise pick on a team whose 2nd best player isn't top 100.

Baltimore selects Buffalo Sabre DOMINIK HASEK!

 

[VanIslander]

3. @tony d - Pittsburgh Hornets

YOU ARE UP.

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Wow. You know how ONE pick per franchise works? Edmonton has 4 top-40 players.

I'll burn a franchise pick on a team whose 2nd best player isn't top 100.

Baltimore selects Buffalo Sabre DOMINIK HASEK!

Yes, I know how the draft works, thank you.

I also knew that if I picked Gretzky, I'd get this message from you.

However, I'd like to thank you. The last time you wrote me to complain about my picks, you did so in a private message and in much less glowing terms. What had I done to deserve such a message, back then? I wasn't drafting enough players from the '10s and '20s at your likening.

As I was told at the time, you're not a real ATDer until you've been insulted by VI.

And, by the way, yes, Hasek is a great pick considering he's part of Buffalo, which don't have many all-time great. I did consider drafting Hasek, of course, but I opted for Gretzky as I never had the chance to draft him in any sort of draft.

 

[Hitru]

I think gap between Gretz and next guy from Oil is big enough to be picked as 1oa tbh. But Hasek is also a good pick, we had him on our list.

 

[Professor What]

In fairness, I've been looking back at past OPPF drafts, and Gretzky has gone first in every one of them to date. If it's a bad pick then there's never been a good 1OA pick in one of these drafts.

 

[tony d]

Mario Lemieux C Pittsburgh

 

[Claude The Fraud]

Will there be a roster thread?

 

[Professor What]

Yes, we know there is a lot of talent on these two franchises, but we can't pass up the opportunity to have two members of the Big 4 on our roster. We happily choose Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe.

 

[tony d]

Denis Potvin New York Islanders

 

[ponder719]

Dang it, I wish I had known about this before you all started. I don’t hop into this forum frequently, and I guess I just glazed until now. Oh, well, maybe next time.

 

[rmartin65]

Dang it, I wish I had known about this before you all started. I don’t hop into this forum frequently, and I guess I just glazed until now. Oh, well, maybe next time.

Sign-ups for the main ATD usually start in December or January, with the draft itself starting in January or February.

 

[VanIslander]

Baltimore selects Alex Ovechin, WASHINGTON CAPITALS

 

[VanIslander]

Denis Potvin New York Islanders

Good form.

Everyone please include the franchise with the player picked.

This can help in later rounds when team affiliation may not be so clear.

 

[VanIslander]

@Claude The Fraud

St-Jean is UP now for 2 picks.

 

[Claude The Fraud]

The St-Jean Lynx are proud to select, from the USSR, Slava Fetisov and, from the New Jersey Devils, Martin Brodeur.

 

[VanIslander]

Baltimore selects Chris Pronger, ST.LOUIS BLUES

 

[VanIslander]

@tony d

Pittsburgh is UP!

 

[tony d]

Bill Cook RW New York Rangers

 

[Professor What]

It'll probably be a while from us. It's the wee hours of the morning in Finland, and we've got to discuss some things.

 

[VanIslander]

The draft clock doesn't start until Thursday at noon Eastern, ... or, 7pm in Finland.

 

[Claude The Fraud]

It'll probably be a while from us. It's the wee hours of the morning in Finland, and we've got to discuss some things.

Take your time Professor!

The draft clock doesn't start until Thursday at noon Eastern, ... or, 7pm in Finland.

How much time do we have to make our pick, VI?

 

[VanIslander]

Take your time Professor!

Which Hab?