really? I think that's going too far...I tend to share Shakes' take on it, that its a much better 'real-world' value than fantasy. I see lots of strong intangibles and toughness in this group. Sometimes those are the guys that wind up having Shanahan-type careers

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P=1 DPts=1.2 +/-=.32 PIM=.08 PPP=.4 SHP=.6 S=.015 Blk=.2 Hit=.08
W=2 OTL=.8 GA=-.64 SV=.08 SO=3

Pro (23 keep 17)
C- Filppula,Turris,Stastny,Backstrom
D-Boyle,MDZ,Karlsson,Robidas,Goligoski,Schenn,Seiden berg
G-Anderson,Hiller,Rinne
LW-Malone,Parise,Rolston,Eriksson,Ruutu
RW-Alfredsson,Callahan,Setoguchi,Brown,Ryder,Vrbata

Farm (9 keep all, max 200 GP, 100 Goalies)
Colborne,Leblanc,Loktionov,Perreault,Tangradi,Blum ,Poulin,Markstrom

I wonder if there's a tendancy among poolies to underestimate the value of defense heavy drafts, especially when some of the high selections are very responsible defensively.

I see the 2012 draft playing out something like the 2008 draft.

This thread title is a little misleading. If by "This Year" you mean 2012 then it's incorrect. This year would be the 2013 Draft Class....

Anywho,

I would grade it as a B, no more, no less.

Yakupov, Galchenyuk, Grigorenko, Rielly, Dumba, Ceci and Teravainen all have the potential to become very good fantasy assets (from a pure production level) but after that the talent drops off to "solid fantasy assets" including the likes of Murray, Reinhart, Dumba, Trouba, Lindholm, Ceci and so on.

I think where this draft class did well was in the goaltending area. I have little doubt that Vasilevski becomes a stud while Subban, Dansk, Murray and Stolarz have promising upside.

I also like a lot of the post 1st round picks too: Finn (TOR), McCabe (BUF), Aberg (NSH), Collberg (MTL), Bozon (MTL), Kosmachuk (WPG), Vesey (NSH), Richard (TBL), Hudon (MTL), Griffith (BOS), C. Brown (TOR), Djoos (WSH), among many others.

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Your right I was bored... I don't like the draft class (as a hole) very much all the same.. Over done a little? probably!

Besides you asaked for Fantasy not real world right!!! and you said Yakupov doesn't exsist lol...

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haha, you are correct sir, but how often does this happen that we are talking about the current season starting when its no longer the same year as the draft?

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P=1 DPts=1.2 +/-=.32 PIM=.08 PPP=.4 SHP=.6 S=.015 Blk=.2 Hit=.08
W=2 OTL=.8 GA=-.64 SV=.08 SO=3

Pro (23 keep 17)
C- Filppula,Turris,Stastny,Backstrom
D-Boyle,MDZ,Karlsson,Robidas,Goligoski,Schenn,Seiden berg
G-Anderson,Hiller,Rinne
LW-Malone,Parise,Rolston,Eriksson,Ruutu
RW-Alfredsson,Callahan,Setoguchi,Brown,Ryder,Vrbata

Farm (9 keep all, max 200 GP, 100 Goalies)
Colborne,Leblanc,Loktionov,Perreault,Tangradi,Blum ,Poulin,Markstrom