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mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Gimme the Lightning

Gonna draft Drouin in the first round.

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mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET


The Tampa Bay Lightning are proud to select Jack Eichel!

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
I'm up?

Seth Jones is already gone, so I'll take Braden Holtby.

Dude's good.

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Phone posting again, :rip:

I'll take Justin Faulk, assuming he's still available.

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
I think I'm going to go with Jake Gardiner to pair with Justin Faulk. His fancy stats seem really good considering the terrible Leafs teams he's played on, and he's coming off a breakout year that isn't bolstered by anything that looks particularly unsustainable.

Here's my team so far:

Eichel

Faulk-Gardiner

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
phone posting, :toot:

Jared Spurgeon's still available, right? He's mine now!

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Alright, I'm going to do a thing, and take Conor Sheary. He's youngish, his fancies are good, his points are good, and while he won't get to play with Crosby anymore he can still play with Jack Eichel.

Sheary-Eichel-?

Faulk-Gardiner
?-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Alright, let's do a thing.

The Lightning take Nolan Patrick and attempt to stockpile 2nd overall picks.

Sheary-Eichel-?
?-Patrick-?

Gardiner-Faulk
?-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose fucked around with this message at 23:55 on Jul 23, 2017

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Lightning take Rick fuckin' Nash.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
?-Patrick-?

Faulk-Gardener
?-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
I'm going to take Mikko Koivu because he's really good at shot suppression and he's coming off a 58 point season. He's old but he's still good. He also allows me to give Nolan Patrick a more sheltered role and the ability to grow into what he needs to be better.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
?-Koivu-?
?-Patrick-?

Gardiner-Faulk
?-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
You can never have too many centers.

Give me Radek Faksa.

e: Though I think I might move him to the wing for now.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
?-Koivu-Faksa
?-Patrick-?

Gardiner-Faulk
?-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Jul 29, 2017

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Here's the Lightning as I'm seeing them now:

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
?-Koivu-Faksa
?-Patrick-?

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Ok, I'm gonna pick Tyler Bozak because he's coming off a 55 point season and it's the 12th round so I can look past some minor deficiencies in his defensive game.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Patrick-Koivu-Faksa
?-Bozak-?

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Alright, I'm going to take Andrew Cogliano. Alright fancies, 35 points, cheap contract; seems like a smart enough pick.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Patrick-Koivu-Faksa
Cogliano-Bozak-?

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET

Technetium posted:

I see you didnt get my message about picking my players. Laderhan has until 6 EST. I'd probably swap Patrick and Cogliano and shelter that third line in the offensive zone and rack up points and let the Koivu take the toughs. Your team looks pretty solid to me.

First off, hehehehehe.

It seems like a whole bunch of people wanted Cogliano so I am happy with getting him.

Second, that's a really good idea to shelter Patrick and Bozak and give the Cogs/Koivu connection tougher minutes at evens, so I will do that.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Cogliano-Koivu-Faksa
Patrick-Bozak-?

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
I'm up now? Guess I'll go with double B, Bruce Boudreau!

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Quick and simple pick, I'm welcoming the Melkman, Melker Karlsson to the Lightning.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Cogliano-Koivu-Faksa
Patrick-Bozak-Karlsson

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Hmm, how about Daniel Winnik?

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Cogliano-Koivu-Faksa
Patrick-Bozak-Karlsson
Winnik-?-?

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET

T-Bone posted:

Winnik is still pretty good, I like that team. Faksa and Patrick on the wings seems kinda weird but gently caress it.

Yeah, I kind of just kept drafting centers; I hope it would work out. Bozak and Koivu are FA's after one year so if it came to it I could just move Faksa and Patrick back to C.

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
I'm going to take the shambling corpse of Beau Bennett.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Cogliano-Koivu-Faksa
Patrick-Bozak-Karlsson
Winnik-?-Bennett

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Alright, i think I'll take Jared McCann to be my fourth line center.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Cogliano-Koivu-Faksa
Patrick-Bozak-Karlsson
Winnik-McCann-Bennett

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon
Marincin-?

Holtby

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Alright, since I have the cap room, I'm going to take the ELITE Jimmy Howard as my backup goalie.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Cogliano-Koivu-Faksa
Patrick-Bozak-Karlsson
Winnik-McCann-Bennett

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon
Marincin-?

Holtby
Howard

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
I will take Adam Pelech because although his fancies aren't great, he's cheap and young and can probably improve.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Cogliano-Koivu-Faksa
Patrick-Bozak-Karlsson
Winnik-McCann-Bennett

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon
Marincin-Pelech

Holtby
Howard

Coach: Boudreau

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Guess I'll take a prospect since I am out of ideas.

German Rubtsov

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Alright, I'll take Reid Boucher I guess.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Cogliano-Koivu-Faksa
Patrick-Bozak-Karlsson
Winnik-McCann-Bennett
Boucher
(Rubtsov)

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon
Marincin-Pelech

Holtby
Howard

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
gently caress, the Weird Cock was still available? I would've taken him if I had known. :(

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Alright, I'm finish off my team with Patrik Nemeth.

I'll post more about it later.

Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Cogliano-Koivu-Faksa
Patrick-Bozak-Karlsson
Winnik-McCann-Bennett
Boucher
(Rubtsov)

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon
Marincin-Pelech
Nemeth

Holtby
Howard

Coach: Boudreau

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Just copying your post and putting stuff in for the Lightning:

Extra Attackers
Eichel and Koivu

Captains (Optional)
C: Eichel, A's: Koivu and Edler

Lineup (Optional)
Lines:
Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Cogliano-Koivu-Faksa
Patrick-Bozak-Karlsson
Winnik-McCann-Bennett
Scratched: Boucher

Can you put Rubtsov in the AHL?

Gardiner-Faulk
Edler-Spurgeon
Marincin-Pelech
Scratched: Nemeth

Holtby
Backup: Howard

5v4 Powerplay 1
Nash-Eichel-Sheary
Faulk-Koivu

5v4 Powerplay 2
Patrick-Bozak-Faksa
Gardiner-Edler

Use the same for 5v3.

4v5 Penalty Kill 1
Cogliano-Koivu
Spurgeon-Faulk

4v5 Penalty Kill 2
Winnik-Faksa
Marincin-Edler

3v5 Penalty Kill 1
Cogliano
Spurgeon-Faulk

3v5 Penalty Kill 2
Koivu
Marincin-Edler

4v4 Line 1
Nash-Eichel
Gardiner-Faulk

4v4 Line 2
Patrick-Koivu
Edler-Spurgeon

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Oh, and I guess since Rubtsov's likely to be in the minors I'll take Mike Vecchione as an additional healthy scratch for the Lightning.

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Can I get the stats for the Lightning?

And do you think Holtby's carrying the team or are they actually good on defense as well?

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET

Thufir posted:

Goddamn got punked out of the President's trophy by 1 dang ROW.

Suck it!

Regular season champions, raise the banner!! :toot:

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET

Yaya posted:

Loui Eriksson's picture is terrifying

Oh yeah that's totally a mugshot of some 80's era serial killer.

mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Go the Lightning.

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mentholmoose
Nov 5, 2009

YKNOW THERES ONLY ONE DIRECTION I KNOW AND THATS DRIVIN STRAIGHT TO THE NET
Go the Lightning.

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