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Furnaceface
Oct 21, 2004




Making a quick pick before work because holy poo poo you guys moved fast.

Rangers want Joshua Ho-Sang because I want a young line too and also gently caress defense.

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corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
Due Up:

Ginette Reno (Until 12:16 PM EST)
Jonathan Fisk
JoelJoel

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe
Jakob Silfverberg

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Ginette Reno posted:

Jakob Silfverberg

Good pick. Should not have still been available and would not have made it past my next slot.

Twin Cinema
Jun 1, 2006



Playoffs are no big deal,
don't have a crap attack.
I went through the last few rounds wondering why the heck Blake Wheeler wasn't being drafted, until I went back and re-read the list and saw he was drafted in the third. Doh!

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
I got tired of doing that so now I just do a search on the "picks by team" tab since for some reason it doesn't seem to want to let me search on the main draft tab of the spreadsheet

Ginette Reno
Nov 18, 2006

How Doers get more done
Fun Shoe

Jamwad Hilder posted:

I got tired of doing that so now I just do a search on the "picks by team" tab since for some reason it doesn't seem to want to let me search on the main draft tab of the spreadsheet

yeah I just control + f to see if a guy has been taken.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Jamwad Hilder posted:

I got tired of doing that so now I just do a search on the "picks by team" tab since for some reason it doesn't seem to want to let me search on the main draft tab of the spreadsheet

I've always had that problem with big documents on google sheets. It seems like it doesn't take a whole lot to choke them out.

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
Granted I'm on a junkbox but as of the last week Google Sheets takes about thirty seconds to get past the "Reconnecting" and "Trying to connect" statuses on the sheet. Can't wait for the later rounds.

JoelJoel up until 2:47 PM EST, followed by Yaya.

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

I'll take Vadim Shipachyov

Boomer The Cannon
Oct 27, 2011

Gotta see it live!


Jonathan Fisk posted:

I'll take Vadim Shipachyov

Boo gently caress you.

T-Bone
Sep 14, 2004

jakes did this?
drat you for loving my KHL second line

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

:ussr:

Yaya
Nov 14, 2012

vancloober cablucks

Jonathan Fisk posted:

I'll take Vadim Shipachyov

I was really hoping people forgot he existed and I could snag him in the 9th

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
I debated taking Shipachyov as far back as the 4th-5th round but decided From Russia With Love is too much of an unknown risk at 2nd-line C

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

Well, if you look at the completely reliable and scientific NHL Equivalency ratio, you'll find

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
I've seen Marcel Hossa play enough times

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
ya he's a guy I would've considered taking in the 9th or 10th if he was around, but I figured someone would grab him first. I lean towards him being a quality NHLer but he could blow chunks too.

T-Bone
Sep 14, 2004

jakes did this?
I think at least the first year he does well unless he completely tanks because they don't have a lot at center, he's gonna get a ton of chances as the #1 PP C.

Yaya
Nov 14, 2012

vancloober cablucks
I was told I'm up so gimme Tomas Hertl

stab
Feb 12, 2003

To you from failing hands we throw the torch, be yours to hold it high

Yaya posted:

I was told I'm up so gimme Tomas Hertl

FUUUUCKKKKKK KYOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Technetium
Oct 26, 2006

TRILOBITE TECHNICIAN
QUITE POSSIBLY GAY

Jonathan Fisk posted:

I'll take Vadim Shipachyov

I literally forgot he existed

Cocaine Bear
Nov 4, 2011

ACAB

Give me Calvin De Haan. Not sure why the Islanders hate him, but we have a nice home for him in Dallas.


He used to kind of almost have some flo

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
Love De Haan. He was my #2 behind Gouda cheese.

Lazerwolf (5:00 PM)
Habibi
eXXon

Iodised QQ
Jul 23, 2004

De Haan and petry were my two targets for this round

Petry always goes lower than when he should, I managed to snag him last year because of it

Precambrian Video Games
Aug 19, 2002



I wanted Manson and Silfverberg and did not expect them to last.

I also forgot about the existence of Shipachyov and wondered why someone would pick Josh Ho-Sang in the 7th round.

e: Jordan7hm you know it's okay to pick players over 24 right?

lazerwolf
Dec 22, 2009

Orange and Black

Yaya posted:

I was told I'm up so gimme Tomas Hertl

god drat it! I was literally going to pick him.

Minnesota Wild select Jonas Brodin

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

eXXon posted:

I wanted Manson and Silfverberg and did not expect them to last.

I also forgot about the existence of Shipachyov and wondered why someone would pick Josh Ho-Sang in the 7th round.

e: Jordan7hm you know it's okay to pick players over 24 right?

That was the gimmick, yeah.

And then you idiots started taking guys way sooner than they ought to go. I feel like previous years weren't skewed this young.

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

Ho-Sang could challenge for Calder, not that terrible

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

Jonathan Fisk posted:

Ho-Sang could challenge for Calder, not that terrible

In a very bad rookie class, sure.

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

they all regress to the mean eventually

Kilza
Oct 4, 2013

Jordan7hm posted:

That was the gimmick, yeah.

And then you idiots started taking guys way sooner than they ought to go. I feel like previous years weren't skewed this young.

Going only to pick 211 and going back to 2013, and excluding 2014 since there's no age category, it's been trending downward average age-wise: 26.78 (2013) -> 26.38 (2015) -> 26.04 (2016) -> 25.7 (2017).

23 and under players picked have gone up: 54 (2013 and 2015) -> 60 (2016) -> 61 (2017)

21 and under players have also gone up (well, kinda): 20 (2013) -> 22 (2015) -> 33 (2016) -> 32 (2017)

19 and under players have gone up: 5 (2013 and 2015) -> 10 (2016) -> 11 (2017).

As well, the oldest player chosen has been up and down: 42 (2013) -> 38 (2015) -> 44 (2016) -> 36 (2017)

So while people are definitely picking younger, it's not a significant growth IMO.

Iodised QQ
Jul 23, 2004

Ho-sang owns and I'm really excited to see how he performs over a full season, especially if he gets #1 power play time like I think he should

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

it's funny that he's probably better than dal colle

Jamwad Hilder
Apr 18, 2007

surfin usa
I think that in light of the talent of recent draft years (excluding 2017) it's not that surprising to see more young players picked up since a lot of players from 2011ish to 2016 have really established themselves quickly.

corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
We're in the midst of a golden generation of talent it's not really shocking that most people want to aim younger.

t a s t e
Sep 6, 2010

them ELC$

Jordan7hm
Feb 17, 2011




Lipstick Apathy

corn on the cop posted:

We're in the midst of a golden generation of talent

Is this actually true? I feel like last year was great but the rookie classes haven't been all that impressive in the last five or six years otherwise.

Good Soldier Svejk
Jul 5, 2010

Jordan7hm posted:

Is this actually true? I feel like last year was great but the rookie classes haven't been all that impressive in the last five or six years otherwise.

It would make sense given that scoring hasn't dropped overall but individual players are no longer consistently hitting the 30-40 goal plateau anymore.

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corn on the cop
Oct 12, 2012

Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.

― Corey Dostoyevsky
eXXon selects nice boy Patric Hornqvist.

Verviticus up.

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