Just for comparison, I added a dash to where these players went in the Smythe draft. The bold (Varly & Green) are two players I took. Backes went SUPER early in our draft... and we actually had a significant run on elite D-men that delayed goalies {which was a blessing for me to get Varly at 57!!!}.

Love what you did there with the comparison! Thank you. I was very psyched about Backes being available in round 4! I'm not so proud of the end of my draft , there wasn't a lot left and I wish I had taken another LW after Kane.

As for my first pick, I was debating either Kovalchuk, Tavares or Perry. I went with Perry because he's a multi-cat stud and he can only improve from last year (IMO).
I could have drafted Kovalchuk in the 2nd round, but I felt like I had to take a goaltender. I'm pretty confident in Ward.. I had a toss-up between Pavelec and Varlamov and ultimately it came down to me thinking that Colorado will be a better team than Winnipeg this year. I was also quite surprise that Pavelec felt until round 7 in our draft ( I think Horrorfan drafted him there, great value pick)

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Here's the rundown....

Round 1-

1.1 Henrik Lundqvist - Cyber Tuna
1.2 Sidney Crosby - The Flying Elbows
1.3 Evgeni Malkin - Great Whites
1.4 Jonathan Quick - The Spezzaghetis
1.5 Alex Ovechkin - RikkiTikki
1.6 Steven Stamkos - PykoPucKiller
1.7 Cluade Giroux - Miami Blades
1.8 Pekka Rinne - Roll Of The Dice
1.9 Erik Karlsson - Maters Taters
1.10 Corey Perry - Pad My Stats
1.11 John Tavares - Nosferstootoo
1.12 James Neal - Hosers
1.13 Tuukka Rask - Nordiques
1.14 Ryan Miller - Prkal8r
1.15 Daniel Sedin - Vozzy81

Round 2-

2.16 Zach Parise - Vozzy81
2.17 Cory Schneider - Prkal8r
2.18 Jimmy Howard - Nordiques
2.19 Marc-Andre Fleury - Hosers
2.20 Ilya Bryzgalov - Nosferatootoo
2.21 Cam Ward - Pad My Stats
2.22 Jaroslav Halak - Maters Taters
2.23 Ilya Kovalchuk - Roll Of The Dice
2.24 Kari Lehtonen - Miami Blades
2.25 Mike Smith - PykoPucKiller
2.26 Carey Price - RikkiTikki
2.27 Niklas Backstrom - The Spezzaghetis
2.28 Miikka Kiprusoff - Great Whites
2.29 Jonas Hiller - The Flying Elbows
2.30 Braden Holtby - Cyber Tuna

Round 3-

3.31 Zdeno Chara - Cyber Tuna
3.32 Henrik Sedin - The Flying Elbows
3.33 Craig Anderson - Great Whites
3.34 Jason Spezza - The Spezzaghetis
3.35 Antti Niemi - RikkiTikki
3.36 Roberto Luongo - PykoPucKiller
3.37 Kris Letang - Miami Blades
3.38 Anze Kopitar - Roll Of The Dice
3.39 Scott Hartnell - Maters Taters
3.40 Semyon Varlamov - Pad My Stats
3.41 Eric Staal - Nosferatootoo
3.42 Anders Lindback - Hosers
3.43 Dustin Byfuglien - Nordiques
3.44 Shea Weber - Prkal8r
3.45 Phil Kessel - Vozzy81

Round 4-

4.46 Rick Nash - Vozzy81
4.47 Nicklas Backstrom - Prkal8r
4.48 Jamie Benn - Nordiques
4.49 Tyler Seguin - Hosers
4.50 Jarome Iginla - Nosferatootoo
4.51 David Backes - Pad My Stats
4.52 Bobby Ryan - Maters Taters
4.53 Martin Brodeur - Roll Of The Dice
4.54 Henrik Zetterberg - Miami Blades
4.55 Dustin Brown - PykoPucKiller
4.56 Milan Lucic - RikkiTikki
4.57 Gabriel Landeskog - The Spezzaghetis
4.58 Patrick Sharp - Great Whites
4.59 Patrick Kane - The Flying Elbows
4.60 Jordan Eberle - Cyber Tuna

Round 5-

5.61 Taylor Hall - Cyber Tuna
5.62 Corey Crawford - The Flying Elbows
5.63 Dion Phaneuf - Great Whites
5.64 Alexander Edler - The Spezzadhetis
5.65 Jonathan Toews - RikkiTikki
5.66 P.K. Subban - PykoPucKiller
5.67 Alex Pietrangelo - Miami Blades
5.68 Martin St. Louis - Roll Of The Dice
5.69 Devan Dubnyk - Maters Taters
5.70 Evander Kane - Pad My Stats
5.71 Patrick Marleau - Nosferatootoo
5.72 Marian Hossa - Hosers
5.73 Jordan Staal - Nordiques
5.74 Logan Couture - Prkal8r
5.75 Brad Richards - Vozzy81

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Round 6-

6.76 Jeff Skinner - Vozzy81
6.77 Drew Doughty - Prkal8r
6.78 Joffrey Lupul - Nordiques
6.79 Pavel Datsyuk - Hosers
6.80 Ryan Getzlaf - Nosferatootoo
6.81 Mike Green - Pad My Stats
6.82 Mike Richards - Maters Taters
6.83 Joe Thornton - Roll Of The Dice
6.84 Loui Eriksson - Miami Blades
6.85 Dan Boyle - PykoPucKiller
6.86 Marian Gaborik - RikkiTikki
6.87 Ryan Suter - The Spezzaghetis
6.88 Ryan Callahan - Great Whites
6.89 Duncan Keith - The Flying Elbows
6.90 Jeff Carter - Cyber Tuna

Round 7-

7.91 Max Pacioretty - Cyber Tuna
7.92 Dany Heatley - The Flying Elbows
7.93 Joe Pavelski - Great Whites
7.94 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - The Spezzaghetis
7.95 Alexander Semin - RikkiTikki
7.96 Ryane Clowe - PykoPucKiller
7.97 Wayne Simmonds - Miami Blades
7.98 Alexandre Burrows - Roll Of The Dice
7.99 Steve Ott - Maters Taters
7.100 Jason Pominville - Pad My Stats
7.101 Ondrej Pavelec - Nosferatootoo
7.102 Michael Del Zotto - Hosers
7.103 Johan Franzen - Nordiques
7.104 Nail Yakupov - Prkal8r
7.105 Thomas Vanek - Vozzy81

Round 8-

8.106 Brian Campbell - Vozzy81
8.107 Blake Wheeler - Prkal8r
8.108 Shane Doan - Nordiques
8.109 Niklas Kronwall - Hosers
8.110 Matt Moulson - Nosferatootoo
8.111 Mikko Koivu - Pad My Stats
8.112 Mark Streit - Maters Taters
8.113 Jack Johnson - Roll Of The Dice
8.114 David Clarkson - Miami Blades
8.115 Keith Yandle - PykoPucKiller
8.116 Ryan Kesler - RikkiTikki
8.117 Ryan McDonagh - The Spezzaghetis
8.118 Kevin Shattenkirk - Great Whites
8.119 Teemu Selanne - The Flying Elbows
8.120 Matt Duchene - Cyber Tuna

Round 9-

9.121 Kevin Bieksa - Cyber Tuna
9.122 Tobias Enstrom - The Flying Elbows
9.123 Brad Marchand - Great Whites
9.124 Jakub Voracek - The Spezzaghetis
9.125 T.J. Oshie - RikkiTikki
9.126 Derek Stepen - PykoPucKiller
9.127 Brent Burns - Miami Blades
9.128 Erik Cole - Roll Of The Dice
9.129 Milan Michalek - Maters Taters
9.130 Mark Giordano - Pad My Stats
9.131 Patrice Bergeron - Nosferatootoo
9.132 Mike Ribeiro - Hosers
9.133 Brian Elliott - Nordiques
9.134 Danny Briere - Prkal8r
9.135 P.A. Parenteau - Vozzy81

Round 10-

10.136 Justin Williams - Vozzy81
10.137 Michal Neuvirth - Prkal8r
10.138 Brandon Dubinsky - Nordiques
10.139 Tyler Ennis - Hosers
10.140 Chris Kunitz - Nosferatootoo
10.141 David Krejci - Pad May Stats
10.142 Patrik Elias - Maters Taters
10.143 Brent Seabrook - Roll Of The Dice
10.144 James Wisniewski - Miami Blades
10.145 Nick Foligno - PykoPucKiller
10.146 Vincent Lecavalier - RikkiTikki
10.147 Zach Bogosian - The Spezzaghetis
10.148 Dan Girardi - Great Whites
10.149 Daniel Alfredsson - The Flying Elbows
10.150 Ray Whitney - Cyber Tuna

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Round 11-

11.151 Paul Stastny - Cyber Tuna
11.152 Sergei Bobrovsky - The Flying Elbows
11.153 Christian Ehrhoff - Great Whites
11.154 Teddy Purcell - The Spezzaghetis
11.155 Alex Goligoski - RikkiTikki
11.156 Jose Theodore - PykoPucKiller
11.157 James Reimer - Miami Blades
11.158 Kyle Okposo - Roll Of The Dice
11.159 Drew Stafford - Maters Taters
11.160 Kris Versteeg - Pad My Stats
11.161 Tomas Fleischmann - Nosferatootoo
11.162 Andrew Ladd - Hosers
11.163 Pascal Dupuis - Nordiques
11.164 Valtteri Filppula - Prkal8r
11.165 Stephen Weiss - Vozzy81

Round 12-

12.166 Olli Jokinen - Vozzy81
12.167 James Van Riemsdyk - Prkal8r
12.168 Sheldon Souray - Nordiques
12.169 Evgeni Nabokov - Hosers
12.170 Dennis Wideman - Nosferatootoo
12.171 Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Pad My Stats
12.172 Michael Cammalleri - Maters Taters
12.173 Mike Fisher - Roll Of The Dice
12.174 Cam Fowler - Miami Blades
12.175 Jonathan Huberdeau - PykoPucKiller
12.176 Dmitry Kulikov - RikkiTikki
12.177 Steve Downie - The Spezzaghetis
12.178 Marcus Foligno - Great Whites
12.179 Tomas Plekanec - The Flying Elbows
12.180 Lubomir Visnovsky - Cyber Tuna

Round 13-

13.181 Erik Johnson - Cyber Tuna
13.182 David Perron - The Flying Elbows
13.183 Martin Hanzal - Great Whites
13.184 Mikael Granlund - The Spezzaghetis
13.185 Ryan Whitney - RikkiTikki
13.186 John Carlson - PykoPucKiller
13.187 Nikolai Khabibulin - Miami Blades
13.188 Brenden Morrow - Roll Of The Dice
13.189 Patric Hornqvist - Maters Taters
13.190 Tuomo Ruutu - Pad My Stats
13.191 Nathan Horton - Nosferatootoo
13.192 Matt Carle - Hosers
13.193 Alex Steen - Nordiques
13.194 Kimmo Timonen - Prkal8r
13.195 Jacob Markstrom - Vozzy81

Round 14-

14.196 Ryan O'Reilly - Vozzy81
14.197 Andy McDonald - Prkal8r
14.198 Tyler Kennedy - Nordiques
14.199 Craig Smith - Hosers
14.200 Radim Vrbata - Nosferatootoo
14.201 Tyler Myers - Pad My Stats
14.202 Travis Hamonic - Maters Taters
14.203 Matt Niskanen - Roll Of The Dice
14.204 Luke Schenn - Miami Blades
14.205 Troy Brouwer - PykoPucKiller
14.206 Slava Voynov - RikkiTikki
14.207 Jared Cowen - The Spezzaghetis
14.208 Brendan Smith - Great Whites
14.209 Jaromir Jagr - The Flying Elbows
14.210 Chris Stewart - Cyber Tuna

Round 15-

15.211 Andrei Markov - Cyber Tuna
15.212 Sven Baertschi - The Flying Elbows
15.213 Brayden Schenn - Great Whites
15.214 Tomas Vokoun - The Spezzaghetis
15.215 Cal Clutterbuck - RikkiTikki
15.216 Matt Martin - PykoPucKiller
15.217 Mikhail Grabovski - Miami Blades
15.218 Braydon Coburn - Roll Of The Dice
15.219 Joni Pitkanen - Maters Taters
15.220 Todd Bertuzzi - Pad My Stats
15.221 Stephane Robidas - Nosferatootoo
15.222 Bryan Little - Hosers
15.223 Ryan Malone - Nordiques
15.224 Chris Neil - Prkal8r
15.225 Sergei Gonchar - Vozzy81

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Round 16-

16.226 Marek Zidlicky - Vozzy81
16.227 Derek Roy - Prkal8r
16.228 Jason Garrison - Nordiques
16.229 Nick Leddy - Hosers
16.230 Michael Ryder - Nosferatootoo
16.231 Sam Gagner - Pad My Stats
16.232 Martin Erat - Maters Taters
16.233 Brandon Saad - Roll Of The Dice
16.234 Travis Zajac - Miami Blades
16.235 Patrik Berglund - PykoPucKiller
16.236 Kyle Turris - RikkiTikki
16.237 Matt Read - The Spezzaghetis
16.238 Dennis Seidenberg - Great Whites
16.239 David Desharnais - The Flying Elbows
16.240 Milan Hejduk - Cyber Tuna

Round 17-

17.241 Zack Kassian - Cyber Tuna
17.242 Justin Faulk - The Flying Elbows
17.243 Brooks Laich - Great Whites
17.244 Adam Henrique - The Spezzaghetis
17.245 Antoine Vermette - RikkiTikki
17.246 Dan Hamhuis - PykoPucKiller
17.247 Derek Dorsett - Miami Blades
17.248 Victor Hedman - Roll Of The Dice
17.249 Devin Setoguchi - Maters Taters
17.250 Adam Larsson - Pad My Stats
17.251 Ian White - Nosferatootoo
17.252 Matin Havlat - Hosers
17.253 Andrej Meszaros - Nordiques
17.254 Stefan Elliott - Prkal8r
17.255 Josh Harding - Vozzy81

Round 18-

18.256 John-Michael Liles - Vozzy81
18.257 Justin Schultz - Prkal8r
18.258 Johnny BOychuk - Nordiques
18.259 Dan Carcillo - Hosers
18.260 Jared Spurgeon - Nosferatootoo
18.261 Jiri Hudler - Pad My Stats
18.262 Sean Couturier - Maters Taters
18.263 Richard Bachman - Roll Of The Dice
18.264 Nikolai Kulemin - Miami Blades
18.265 Jussi Jokinen - PykoPucKiller
18.266 Ales Hemsky - RikkiTikki
18.267 Jake Gardiner - The Spezzaghetis
18.268 R.J. Umberger - Great Whites
18.269 Cody Hodgson - The Flying Elbows
18.270 Vladimir Tarasenko - Cyber Tuna

Round 19-

19.271 Gustav Nyquist - Cyber Tuna
19.272 Jakob Silfverberg - The Flying Elbows
19.273 Jaden Schwartz - Great Whites
19.274 Josh Bailey - The Spezzaghetis
19.275 Jordin TooToo - RikkiTikki
19.276 Cam Atkinson - PykoPucKiller
19.277 Brooks Orpik - Miami Blades
19.278 Zac Rinaldo - Roll Of The Dice
19.279 Maim Lapierre - Maters Taters
19.280 Ryan Ellis - Pad My Stats
19.281 Luca Sbisa - Nosferatootoo
19.282 Brian Boyle - Hosers
19.283 Ryan Murray - Nordiques
19.284 Brad Boyes - Prkal8r
19.285 Tom Gilbert - Vozzy81

Round 20-

20.286 Paul Martin - Vozzy81
20.287 Sergei Kostitsyn - Prkal8r
20.288 Kyle Quincey - Nordiques
20.289 Roman Josi - Hosers
20.290 Jeff Petry - Nosferatootoo
20.291 Alex Burmistrov - Pad My Stats
20.292 Viktor Stalberg - Maters Taters
20.293 Brad Stuart - Roll Of The Dice
20.294 Matt Cooke - Miami Blades
20.295 Danny Cleary - PykoPucKiller
20.296 Chris Kreider - RikkiTikki
20.297 Wojtek Wolski - The Spezzaghetis
20.298 David Booth - Great Whites
20.299 Jamie McBain - The Flying Elbows
20.300 Jay Bouwmeester - Cyber Tuna

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Round 21-

21.301 Alex Tanguay - Cyber Tuna
21.302 Derick Brassard - The Flying Elbows
21.303 Clarke MacArthur - Great Whites
21.304 Michael Grabner - The Spezzaghetis
21.305 Dmitry Orlov - RikkiTikki
21.306 Zenon Konopka - PykoPucKiller
21.307 Kyle Clifford - Miami Blades
21.308 Max Talbot - Roll Of The Dice
21.309 Filip Kuba - Maters Taters
21.310 Jonas Gustavsson - Pad My Stats
21.311 Anton Khudobin - Nosferatootoo
21.312 Marcus Johansson - Hosers
21.313 Chad LaRose - Nordiques
21.314 Joe Corvo - Prkal8r
21.315 Ryan Smyth - Vozzy81

Round 22-

22.316 Alex Galchenyuk - Vozzy81
22.317 Jhonas Enroth - Prkal8r
22.318 Guillaume Latendresse - Nordiques
22.319 Nikita Nikitin - Hosers
22.320 Tyler Bozak - Nosferatootoo
22.321 Simon Gagne - Pad My Stats
22.322 Tomas Kaberle - Maters Taters
22.323 Philip Larsen - Roll Of The Dice
22.324 Roman Cervenka - Miami Blades
22.325 Deryk Engelland - PykoPucKiller
22.326 Artem Anisimov - RikkiTikki
22.327 EriK Gustafsson - The Spezzaghetis
22.328 Curtis Glencross - Great Whites
22.329 Mikkel Boedker - The Flying Elbows
22.330 Steve Sullivan - Cyber Tuna

Round 23-

23.331 Eddie Lack - Cyber Tuna
23.332 Rich Peverley - The Flying Elbows
23.333 Jamie McGinn - Great Whites
23.334 Charlie Coyle - The Spezzaghetis
23.335 Marc Staal - RikkiTikki
23.336 David Jones - PykoPucKiller
23.337 Brandon Sutter - Miami Blades
23.338 Carl Hagelin - Roll Of The Dice
23.339 Jonathan Bernier - Maters Taters
23.340 Colin Wilson - Pad My Stats
23.341 Mikael Samuelsson - Nosferatootoo
23.342 Brandon Prust - Hosers
23.343 Andrew Shaw - Nordiques
23.344 Peter Mueller - Prkal8r
23.345 Ben Bishop - Vozzy81

Round 24-

24.346 Kyle Wellwood - Vozzy81
24.347 Sami Salo - Prkal8r
24.348 Brayden McNabb - Nordiques
24.349 Jiri Tlusty - Hosers
24.350 Vinny Prospal - Nosferatootoo
24.351 Francois Beauchemin - Pad My Stats
24.352 Jason Chimera - Maters Taters
24.353 Ryan Johansen - Roll Of The Dice
24.354 Dave Bolland - Miami Blades
24.355 Michael Frolik - PykoPucKiller
24.356 Carlo Colaiacovo - RikkiTikki
24.357 Dougie Hamilton - The Spezzaghetis
24.358 Matt Greene - Great Whites
24.359 Alexei Emelin - The Flying Elbows
24.360 Cody Eakin - Cyber Tuna

Round 25-

25.361 Dustin Penner - Cyber Tuna
25.362 Erik Gudbranson - The Flying Elbows
25.363 Simon Despres - Great Whites
25.364 Mikhail Grigorenko - The Spezzaghetis
25.365 Tim Thomas - RikkiTikki
25.366 Shane O'Brien - PykoPucKiller
25.367 Benoit Pouliot - Miami Blades
25.368 Johan Hedberg - Roll Of The Dice
25.369 Willie Mitchell - Maters Taters
25.370 Jean-Sebastien Giguere - Pad My Stats
25.371 Jay Harrison - Nosferatootoo
25.372 Chris Pronger - Hosers
25.373 Jannik Hansen - Nordiques
25.374 David Legwand - Prkal8r
25.375 Trevor Daley - Vozzy81

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So that's my team (as arranged in my roster not in pick order) and draft analysis:

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Center:
Steven Stamkos (C) - (1-6)
Yeah he fell to 6th! Not so surprising for me. Lundqvist and Quick went ahead (I expected at least 1 goalie to be top 5 cause there is not much left at the end of round 2). Crosby, Malkin, oveshkin were the 3 forwards. The thing is Malkin and Crosby come with an injury concern (in a short season that could cost them), so I would have picked stamkos above them in a heartbeat. Oveshkin or Giroux were my forecasted 6th pick (I predicted Lundqvist/Stamkos/Crosby/Malkin to be gone in top 5). Oveshkin could be the top forward this year under Oate and playing in KHL will ensure he comes ready when season starts. He’s LW too (probably the reason Rikkitikki took him over stamkos). But he was so bad last year, he comes with a risk too. Stamkos is projected as the best player by Dobber guide in that format (157 HPG). For me a #1 overall forward pick, no brainer. I would have selected Lundqvist at #1 too if I drafted in that position. Glad I got #6. I had Giroux next if you are wondering.

Dereck Stepan (C) - (9-125) Another great value pick. I had him ranked top 80 easy.

Jonathan Huberdeau (C) (12-174) Great for a third center. Don’t know about drafting him in round 12 but potential 60pts center with peripheral stats were getting scarce.

Patrik Berglund (C) (16-234) Great Value pick at that point. Didn’t need a center but couldn’t resist.

LW:
Dustin Brown (LW-RW) (4-54) Can you believe it! Brown still available in Round 4. I had him ranked 10 overall (not counting goalie). Backes at 50 was also a huge steal for Pad My stats. He was raked 9 in my overall ranking. Hartnell went in round 3 (same type of multi cat gem) but I do not believe he’ll do as good this year as last. Brown on the other hand is a sleeper as per the guide for 65 points. This season Hartnell.

Nick Foligno (LW) (10-144) I wanted both Foligno’s. I tough Marcus would go later but I missed on him. Both are great multi-cat players. +/- may hurt but other cat contribution will largely make up for it. Let’s pray for no sophomore slump.

Matt Martin (LW) (15-215) #1 Hit-men. Missed out on Pts/PIM guys like Ott and Clutterbuck so I had to go Martin for the hit to complement Brown. Being LW is a nice +.

Jussi Jokinen (C,LW) (18-264) descent value pick at that point. He will have to share points with newly arrived Semin and Staal but he will play with quality linemates.

RW:
Ryane Clowe (LW-RW) (7-95) Great Multicat guy. If he stay’s healthy for the season a steal in the 7 round yet I’m pissed I missed out on Ott (huge HPG). Would you have taken Ott over Clowe?

Troy Brouwer (RW) (14-204) Could be a good value pick, multi cat player and with Semin gone there are some points to be shared in the top 6. Either way playing with Ribeiro or Backstrom can only mean a better season than last year.

Cam Atkinson (RW) (19-275) Tricky pick, will definitely produce but may kill my +/- (although he was a positive player in CLB last year) but by that point I needed RW and weirdly this year RW was scarcer than LW…

David Jones (RW) (23-335) Big Money means ice time, sure he’s unlikely to repeat but who knows

D-men:
PK Subban (D) (5-65) Home team pick (MTL native although I currently live in dubai middle east…). I like the PIM/Hit and 45 poitn potential with PPP he brings to the table. May be 1 round too early. But I missed out on Karlsson, Letang, Byfuglien, Chara, Weber so he was the next best thing.

Brian Boyle (D) (6-84) I promiss my self I would get a top 5 D-men in my ranking, when I missed on Top 5, I had to get a second Top 10 (subban is the first top 10).

Keith Yandle (D) (8-114) Not my plan to go D but he was still there and he’s a Dobber favorite. Mine too. Another top 10 in my D-men ranking. Potential trade bait for both Coyotes and me given my strength in D. FYI goalie went fast, but after goalie D-men were the fastest position to go.

John Carlson (D) (13-185) So D-men went fast but I nab him just in time. I like him for a great season now that Wideman is out, Oate is in and Green is injured (I know not yet for the last one…).

Dan Hamhuis (D) (17-245) great for peripheral cats that my other D don’t contribute too. Love the +/- too.

Dereck Engelland (D) (22-324) Not much left in D at that point but he’s good with PIM, Hit andwon’t hurt in +/-

Mike Smith (G) I had Smith pretty high, I was surprise to see many other goalie go before him. Like Rinne, Smith benefits of a system. He was top 3 fantasy wise last year I think. As long as the system is there, it doesn’t matter how good he is. Probably won’t repeat last season but he’ll be close. I hope. Goalie is not my strong suit in fantasy hockey. Drafted Crawford in 2 leagues last year…

Roberto Luongo (G) (3-35) Most difficult pick of the draft for me. Could be a steal in the 3rd. Could cost me the season if he split time in Vancouver. I nab Theodore later so I’m pretty happy in retrospect. Nice high risk/high reward pick. And he is very solid in regular season. He just sucks in Games 7 ;-)

The Bench:
Jose Theodore (G) (11-155) Always go for the 3rd goalie high. If you don’t need him he’s great to trade if you do need him, your happy to have him cause no one good will be left later. I have Luongo too so it make sense to draft his potential back-up and current starter on a well-coached and managed team

Danny Cleary (LW-RW) (20-294) decent backup plan for a winger, won’t hurt any cat, won’t make miracles

Zenon Konopka (C) (21-305) top 3 PIM producers

Michael Frolik (C,RW) (24-354) My long shot. If he’s traded that’s a good steal

Shane O'Brien (D) – (25-365) could have found a good sleeper (Thomas went in that round, great pick as if he doesn’t play easy to find someone on the waiver, Pouillot was another good waiver pick) but needed a 7th D-Men in case of IR. He seemed to do the trick.


Ramblings:
I feel very strong at Center and Defense (although my D is not multi cat oriented... I could use a chara or Byfuglien...).

Goalie could (and I stress on the could) be very good as both Smith and Luongo have low GAA and a good 60-65 start (provided luongo is traded) so save could be top 5 . If he's traded to Florida, no ptroblem! I got Theodore as third string. Worse case scenario Markstrom takes number 1 in florida and Luongo split start or back up Schneider in Vancouver... Best case scenario I'm top 2-3 in not first in GAA, top 3-5 in Save and wins.

Appart from Huberdeau, Atkinson and to a certain extent Carlson, Foligno and Jones I feel all my pick are proven producer (I got burned with picking to much unproven high potential player too early last time I participated in dobber league a few years back, I was also victim of drafting first and did not go with a goalie).

Only 2 BAB! out of 25 I like that! Short season means injury are less likely to happen but a bad injury to a roster has more impact on the overall season in roto in my book.

Obviously no one is going to come close to me in hits, I own this cat, PIM likely too... Brown, Brouwer, Martin, Foligno, Clowe, hamhuis, engelland are all 120 or more hits... and others will pitch in too.

I probably need help in PPP as all my gritty guys are secondary PP players. Not sure were I stand In Goal and Assist. Probably top 5-7 will need to improve these 3 cats.

As per the guide I got a few sleepers on my roster (I can count more than 5). That should help a lot.

Finally only 2 players on my rosters have negative HPG using dobber prediction for those who use Hockey pool geek (Theodore and 1 other I shall not name). And with stamkos & Brown my team HPG is through the roof... Let's hope dobber predicted right!

Toughs?

Thought I'd share my squad as well, which was autodrafted.

4C,4L,4R,6D,2G,5BN
G,A,+/-,PIM,PPP,SOG,HIT,W,GAA,SV

C: Tavares, E.Staal, Getzlaf, Bergeron, Bozak
L: Marleau, Moulson, Kunitz, Fleischmann, Prospal
R: Iginla, Horton, Vrbata, Ryder, Samuelsson
D: Wideman, Robidas, White, Spurgeon, Sbisa, Petry
G: Bryzgalov, Pavelec, Khudobin

Forwards: Solid offensively, good depth, a bit lacking in grit
Defence: Weak but there's some potential
Goalies: Solid, especially if Pavelec takes the next step.

Next steps:
I'll likely need to go the trade route to improve my D by using some of my forward depth.

Summary:
Decent squad generally, but needs a bit of work if I want to contend.

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16 team dynasty. Daily starts. 6F 4D 1G
F: RNH, Perry, Parise, Lecavalier, Brown, Weiss,
D: Chara, Doughty , Edler, Fowler
G: Hiller,Crawford
Reserves:Kulikov,Williams,E.Cole,McDonald
Prospects: J.Huberdeau, D. Brunner R. Cervenka, C.Eakin, J. Merrill,


12 team H2H, keep 17 + all farm
Daily starts 3C,3LW,3RW,6D,2G
C- Sedin,Thornton,Kopitar,Couturier,
LW- Vanek,Benn,Tanguay,Moulson, Baertschi
RW- Iginla,Sharp(C/RW),Hossa,Mueller(C/RW),
D-Weber,Yandle,Subban,Ehrhoff,J.Schultz,Barrie,Brodi n
G- Price,Kiprusoff,Brodeur