My draft:
Round Pick Player Position
1. (3) Evgeni Malkin C,RW
2. (28) Miikka Kiprusoff G
3. (33) Craig Anderson G
4. (58) Patrick Sharp C,RW
5. (63) Dion Phaneuf D
6. (88) Ryan Callahan RW
7. (93) Joe Pavelski C,RW
8. (118) Kevin Shattenkirk D
9. (123) Brad Marchand C,LW
10. (148) Dan Girardi D
11. (153) Christian Ehrhoff D
12. (178) Marcus Foligno LW
13. (183) Martin Hanzal C
14. (208) Brendan Smith D
15. (213) Brayden Schenn C
16. (238) Dennis Seidenberg D
17. (243) Brooks Laich C
18. (268) R.J. Umberger LW
19. (273) Jaden Schwartz C
20. (298) David Booth LW
21. (303) Clarke MacArthur LW
22. (328) Curtis Glencross LW
23. (333) Jamie McGinn LW
24. (358) Matt Greene D
25. (363) Simon Despres D
Dropped Despres for Zubrus C,RW.
Lineup:
4C: Marchand(LW), Hanzel, Zubrus(RW), Laich
4RW: Malkin(C), Sharp(C), Pavelski(C), Callahan
4LW: M.Foligno, Umberger, MacArthur, Glencross
6D:Phaneuf, Shattenkirk, Girardi, Ehrhoff, Seidenberg, Greene
G: Kipper, Anderson
Bench: Schenn(C), Smith(D), Booth(LW), Schwartz(C), McGinn(LW)
With our categories, I ended up with great value picks. I was looking for multi-cat players with every pick.
Phaneuf at 63 was sweet, a top 3 d in this format. Callahan at 88 and Pavelski at 93 loaded my RWs.. Tops in the league by far, 3 with C elligibility.
Favorite Pick: Phaneuf at 63
Riskiest Pick: Ehrhoff at 153 (Based on Dobbers forecast this was a solid pick, but I'm worried about a repeat of last season)
Biggest Steal: Seidenberg at 238 I was watching the d picks...waiting for Seidenberg, he is easily a top 150 player in this format.
Boom/Bust: Umberger...Monster Roto a few years ago/Columbus player(ouch)
LWs are weak, so I took fliers on Booth and McGinn late. I tried to stay away from the flavor of the day rookie picks and went for 4 sure-fire players in Brayden Schenn (2nd line), Marcus Foligno (Ennis/Stafford)
, B. Smith (Even if he doesn't get 2nd line PP, Pims/Hits should be), Schwartz( My Versteeg pick)
Top 5 potential if my lunch bucket LW's are .500 roto.
