The FOFC Hockey Draft - Draft Underway
 

Since the playoff races are heating up, and my Flyers are shitting the bed, I need to find some other way to get my hockey fix. So without further wait...Welcome to the FOFC Hockey Draft!

In the time honored tradition of FOFC drafts created and primarily run by Maple Leafs, I will be running a Hockey draft.

FOFC Hockey Draft

This Draft will consist of 10 rounds.

How To Play

If you want to play, PM me. If there's a lot of interest, I'll randomly select ten players. By "randomly" I mean that after a day or so, I'll "randomly" pick whichever ten to twelve people I want.

The draft will be conducted via the forum, in a separate draft thread. When it's your turn to draft, you post, ideally with a brief note about the reason for your choice. If you won't be around, you PM someone else your picks in advance to keep things moving. You will agree to this, and then not do it. This will slow up the draft and annoy everyone. You won't care, you selfish prick.

The draft is a serpentine draft -- that the order reverses each round. Draft order will be determined before we start.

How to win

The fun here comes more from the draft itself than from actually winning, but just in case it matters: Once the draft is done, we'll hold a vote and let FOFC choose the winner. FOFC will pick someone shitty. They always do.

To win you want to assemble the best team of players possible. So in the enforcer category, you do not want someone who can just fight, you want someone who can fight and also play hockey.

The Rosters

You will draft a "team" of nine players and one coach. The idea is to assemble the best possible roster, using your awesome knowledge of hockey as well as your crafty drafting skills. Trades are allowed, as long as they don't slow down the action (the idea is to keep things moving as quickly as possible).

Your team will consist of ten players, at the following positions:

Three Forwards In These Categories

Power Forward:

Sniper:

Playmaker:

Two Defensemen in These Catagories

Offensive Defenseman:

Lockdown Defensman:

Five Other Positions

Big Hitter (can be a forward or defenseman):

Leader (Captain):

Enforcer:

Goalie:

Head Coach:

Additional rules thrown in to make it needlessly complicated

1) Once you draft a player from a team, you cannot draft another player from that team or any other team he played for the rest of the draft.

2) No player may be drafted more than once.

3) When drafting a specific player, you must note which team he is from. For example, if you draft Wayne Gretzky from Edmonton, his stats/skills while playing for the Oilers are the only ones that should be noted.

4) You are encouraged to write up a little piece on each of your picks to explain why you chose a player for that certain category. It could help you later on when it comes time for voting.

5) Since rule #1 was altered to include all the teams a player has played for...you are allowed to draft players from defunct teams. For example if you draft someone from Hartford, that does NOT eliminate Carolina. Same goes for Winnipeg and Phoenix...etc..etc. It only counts if they played for both Hartford and Carolina. Then both teams would be eliminated.

A few notes

The draft is open to everyone -- observers are welcome. Discussion of picks is encouraged. In general, it's considered very poor form to suggest picks during the draft -- the equivalent of being the guy who doesn't play poker but sits at the rail and shouts out to get attention. However, it will happen. If you're the sort of person who thinks you'd be really, really bothered by this, do yourself a favor and don't play.

A final note

If the idea of doing a just-for-fun draft strikes as you as stupid and/or pathetic, but you're the type of person who likes to post about text sims on an internet forum... well, you may want to give this a miss until your sense of irony develops a little more.

Teams Used

1. Johnny93g - Boston, Chicago, Montreal, Toronto, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, NY Rangers, St Louis, NYI, Washington, Tampa Bay, Detroit, Calgary, Philadelphia, Florida, NJ
2. vtbub - Edmonton, LA, NYR, St Louis, Detroit, Chicago, Buffalo, Colorado, Boston, Washington, NYI, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Toronto, Winnipeg, Phoenix
3. DeToXRoX/Fidatelo - Detroit, Dallas, Minnesota North Stars, Chicago, Hartford, Winnipeg, Boston, LA, Colorado, Florida, Vancouver, Phoenix, Edmonton, NY Rangers, Montreal, Toronto, Buffalo, Atlanta, NJ
4. Oilers9911 - Detroit, Hartford, Chicago, Boston, NY Rangers, Buffalo, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, NJ, St Louis, Calgary, Vancouver, Florida, Ottawa, Edmonton, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Minnesota North Stars
5. Maple Leafs - Pittsburgh, NY Islanders, LA, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver, Florida, NYR, Toronto, Hartford, Philadelphia, Edmonton, San Jose, Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Colorado, Columbus
6. Suburban Rhythm - Colorado, Quebec, NY Islanders, Chicago, Ottawa, Detroit, Buffalo, Dallas, Pittsburgh, NYR, Boston, Montreal, Washington, New Jersey, Edmonton, Philadelphia, Toronto, Calgary, St. Louis, LA
7. Chief Rum - Boston, Colorado, Chicago, Hartford, Carolina, Pittsburgh, Toronto, New Jersey, Anaheim, Montreal, NY Rangers, Quebec, Detroit, Philadelphia, Edmonton, Florida, St Louis, Atlanta, Ottawa, Dallas, Calgary, Tampa Bay
8. TazFTW - Edmonton, NYR, Vancouver, Montreal, Pittsburgh, NY Islanders, Boston, Winnipeg, St Louis, Atlanta, Phoenix, Quebec, Washington, Colorado, LA, Columbus, Detroit, New Jersey, Chicago, San Jose, Dallas, Toronto, Florida
9. Lathum - Montreal, NJ Devils, NY Islanders, LA, Detroit, Chicago, St Louis, Washington, Quebec, Colorado, Philadelphia, Nashville, Ottawa, Atlanta, Toronto, Tampa Bay, Florida, Boston, San Jose, NYR
10. Honolulu_Blue - Boston, Vancouver, Montreal, Colorado, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Toronto, Hartford, St. Louis, Edmonton, Anaheim, Atlanta, Minnesota Wild, NYR, Buffalo, LA
11. Logan - NJ Devils, NYR, Toronto, Boston, NYI, Buffalo, Calgary, St. Louis, Dallas, Detroit, Phoenix, Chicago, Montreal, Tampa Bay, Florida, Ottawa, Florida, Colorado, Anaheim, Edmonton, San Jose
12. Pumpy Tudors - Detroit, Calgary, St Louis, Quebec, Toronto, Buffalo, Ottawa, NJ, LA, Atlanta, Montreal, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington, NYR, Dallas, Columbus, Philadelphia

Round 1

1. Johnny93g - Bobby Orr (Offensive Defenseman)
2. vtbub -Wayne Gretzky (Playmaker)
3. DeToXRoX/Fidatelo -Steve Yzerman (Leader)
4. Oilers9911 - Gordie Howe (Power Forward)
5. Maple Leafs - Mario Lemieux (Playmaker)
6. Suburban Rhythm - Joe Sakic (Leader)
7. Chief Rum - Ray Bourque (Offensive Defenseman)
8. TazFTW - Mark Messier (Leader)
9. Lathum - Maurice "The Rocket" Richard (Sniper)
10. Honolulu_Blue - Cam Neely (Power Forward)
11. Logan - Martin Brodeur (Goalie)
12. Pumpy Tudors - Nicklas Lidstrom (Lockdown Defenseman)

Round 2

1. Pumpy Tudors - Al MacInnis (Offensive Defenseman)
2. Logan - Brian Leetch (Offensive Defenseman)
3. Honolulu_Blue - Patrick Roy (Goalie)
4. Lathum - Scott Stevens ( Biggest Hitter)
5. TazFTW - Hector "Toe" Blake (Head Coach)
6. Chief Rum - Stan Mikita (Playmaker)
7. Suburban Rhythm - Mike Bossy (Sniper)
8. Maple Leafs - Denis Potvin, (offensive defenseman)
9. Oilers9911 - Phil Esposito (Sniper)
10. DeToXRox/Fidatelo - Mike Modano (Playmaker)
11. Vtbub - Ted Lindsey (Power Forward)
12. Johnny93g - Ken Dryden (Goalie)

Round 3

1. Johnny93g - Tim Horton (Defensive Defenseman)
2. vtbub - Gilbert Perrault (Sniper)
3. DeToXRoX/Fidatelo - Bobby Hull (Sniper)
4. Oilers9911 - Punch Imlach (Coach)
5. Maple Leafs - Larry Robinson (Defensive Defenseman)
6. Suburban Rhythm - Dominick Hasek (Goalie)
7. Chief Rum - Ron Francis (Leader)
8. TazFTW - Bryan Trottier (playmaker)
9. Lathum - Billy Smith (Goalie)
10. Honolulu_Blue - Bobby Clarke (Leader)
11. Logan - Clark Gillies (Power Forward)
12. Pumpy Tudors - Mats Sundin (Captain)

Round 4

1. Pumpy Tudors - Rob Ray (Enforcer)
2. Logan - Brett Hull (sniper)
3. Honolulu_Blue - Sidney Crosby (playmaker)
4. Lathum - Bob Probert (Enforcer)
5. TazFTW - Eddie Shore (lockdown defenseman)
6. Chief Rum - Scott Niedermayer (lockdown defenseman)
7. Suburban Rhythm - Sergei Zubov (offensive defenseman)
8. Maple Leafs - Jerome Iginla (power forward)
9. Oilers9911 - Serge Savard (Lockdown Defenseman)
10. DeToXRox/Fidatelo - Wayne Cashman (Power Forward)
11. Vtbub - Don Cherry (Coach)
12. Johnny93g - Al Arbour, (Coach)

Round 5

1. Johnny93g - Alexander Ovechkin (Sniper)
2. vtbub - Olaf Kolzig (Goalie)
3. DeToXRoX/Fidatelo - Rob Blake (Offensive Defenseman)
4. Oilers9911 - Peter Stastny (Playmaker)
5. Maple Leafs - Pavel Bure (sniper)
6. Suburban Rhythm - Terry O'Reilly (Enforcer)
7. Chief Rum - Guy LaFleur (Sniper)
8. TazFTW - Keith Tkachuk (Power Forward)
9. Lathum - Peter Forsberg (Playmaker)
10. Honolulu_Blue - Red Kelly (Offensive Defensemen)
11. Logan - Denis Savard (Playmaker)
12. Pumpy Tudors - Patrik Elias (Playmaker)

Round 6

1. Pumpy Tudors - Dave Taylor (Power Forward)
2. Logan - Jay Bouwmeester (Lockdown Defenseman)
3. Honolulu_Blue - Chris Pronger (Lockdown Defenseman)
4. Lathum - Danny Heatly (Power Forward)
5. TazFTW - Dale Hunter (enforcer)
6. Chief Rum - Vladimir Konstantinov (hitter)
7. Suburban Rhythm - Rod Langway (lockdown defenseman),
8. Maple Leafs - Dave Keon, (leader)
9. Oilers9911 - Dion Phaneuf (Hitter)
10. DeToXRox/Fidatelo - Ed Jovanovski (Hitter)
11. Vtbub - Ken Morrow (Lockdown Defense)
12. Johnny93g - Alex Delvecchio (Leader)

Round 7

1. Johnny93g - Vinny Lecavalier (playmaker)
2. vtbub - Ken Danekyo- (Enforcer)
3. DeToXRoX/Fidatelo - Glen Sather (Coach)
4. Oilers9911 - Roberto Luongo (Goalie)
5. Maple Leafs - Dave Brown (enforcer)
6. Suburban Rhythm - Jason Smith (Big Hitter)
7. Chief Rum -Scott Mellanby (Power Forward)
8. TazFTW - Dustin Brown (hitter)
9. Lathum - Hap Day (Coach)
10. Honolulu_Blue - Ilya Kovalchuk (sniper)
11. Logan - Jason Spezza (Leader)
12. Pumpy Tudors - Tony Esposito (Goalie)

Round 8

1. Pumpy Tudors - Garnet Exelby (Big Hitter)
2. Logan - Scott Parker (Enforcer)
3. Honolulu_Blue - Derek Boogaard (Enforcer)
4. Lathum - Dan Boyle (Offensive Defenseman)
5. TazFTW - Rick Nash (sniper)
6. Chief Rum - Chris Neil (Enforcer)
7. Suburban Rhythm - Hakan Loob (playmaker)
8. Maple Leafs - Lindy Ruff (coach)
9. Oilers9911 - Wade Redden (Offensive Defenseman)
10. DeToXRox/Fidatelo - John Ferguson (Enforcer)
11. Vtbub - Kimmo Timonen (offensive defenseman)
12. Johnny93g - Joel Otto (Power Forward)

Round 9

1. Johnny93g - Paul Laus (Enforcer)
2. vtbub - Ted Kennedy (Leader)
3. DeToXRoX/Fidatelo - Turk Broda (Goalie)
4. Oilers9911 - Georges Laraque (Enforcer)
5. Maple Leafs - Glenn Hall (goalie)
6. Suburban Rhythm - Brian Sutter (powerforward)
7. Chief Rum - Marty Turco (Goalkeeper)
8. TazFTW - Viacheslav (Slava) Fetisov (Offensive Defenseman)
9. Lathum - Kyle McLaren (Lockdown Defenseman)
10. Honolulu_Blue - Frank Boucher - (Coach)
11. Logan - Randy Carlyle (Coach)
12. Pumpy Tudors - Ken Hitchcock (Coach)

Round 10

1. Pumpy Tudors - Jaromir Jagr (Sniper)
2. Logan - Matt Greene (Big Hitter)
3. Honolulu_Blue - Larry Playfiar (Big Hitter)
4. Lathum - Ron Greschner (Leader)
5. TazFTW - Ed Belfour (Goalie)
6. Chief Rum - Terry Crisp (Head Coach)
7. Suburban Rhythm - Barry Melrose (Coach)
8. Maple Leafs - Adam Foote (hitter)
9. Oilers9911 - Craig Hartsburg (Leader)
10. DeToXRox/Fidatelo - Richard Smehlik (Lockdown defenseman)
11. Vtbub - Shane Doan (Big Hitter)
12. Johnny93g - Colin White (big hitter)

good one

OK, I'm in. I'm a southern boy, and my hockey knowledge pre-1992 is really spotty, but I'll do my best.

So I could put Gretz with the Blues if i wanted?

Are defunct teams aloud? Can i have a Winnipeg Jet and a Phoenix Coyote?

that would be like using your Steven King pick on Danse Macabre!

Not to take anything away from bsak.

But with all of the discussion around how to run the next draft - how does this get slung into the mix?

I didn't even know there were official discussions on how to run a draft. I like hockey, I know a few others who do...and just wanted to run a draft. Sorry if I am stepping on any toes here.

As far as the teams that moved...I am going to have to do a bit of research but I am thinking that once you picked a Jet you couldn't take a Coyote same thing with Hartford and Carolina. But I am up for debate on that one because if you take say..Ron Francis with Hartford...on his play with Hartford would count.

What do ya'll think?

Indeed. And for hockey for that matter. :)

dola: I actually prefer these to be non-sports related. There are already drafts and teams for sports.

Rules are updated...Maple Leafs added a twist which I liked so check out rules 1 and 5.

With all due respect to those doing drafts...I don't care if you do a draft parallel to mine. I wasn't doing this to steal anyone's thunder or whatever. I just thought it would be fun to do because there are a core group of hockey fans on this board and it could potentially be a fun draft for us plus we are nearing the stretch run of the regular season and playoffs will start soon.

Can you give me an example of how this works excatly?

Does that mean, for example, if I drafted Petr Klima from the Red Wings, I couldn't draft any other players from the Wings, Oilers, Lightning, Penguins, and Kings? (Those are all the teams Petr Klima played for during his illustrious career)

I think that's the idea.

No journeymen for you. :)

That could get complicated...

Does that mean that I could draft Brendan Shanahan (since he played for the Wings), or could I still draft St. Louis' Blues Brendan Shanahan? (Though if I drafted St. Louis' Blues Shanahan, I would then be precluded from drafting any Whaler, Devil, Wing, or Ranger.)

I like first part about only one player per team, the second part could get restricting and would seem to reward people for drafting either young players or players who didn't move around a lot.

welp at least we know mike sillinger won't get drafted

Does the change to rule 1 eliminate rule 3?

I mean if drafting a player eliminates all the teams he has played for then we should be able to use his entire career.

so if you took Ray Borque fromj Boston you couldn't draft any Avalanche either?

YOu are correct. I will update that.

The one example I can give is if you draft Gretzky you cant pick anyone from the Oilers, Rangers, Kings, or Blues.

Wait a minute...so anytime we talk about hockey on here, we have people come in and say how the sport sucks, it's dying, it doesn't matter anymore in this country, etc...but the presence of this draft is somehow stepping on toes of all the other "drafts" done here?

I think everyone should just treat this hockey topic like any other and ignore it.

I'll be in once there's some clarification on rules. Like Pumpy, my knowledge is limited to the last couple decades (not even, really) but at least my team has a history.

Yeah, that would get really... what's the word... strategic.

Correct but you still could draft players from Quebec if they didn't play for the Avs.

A LOSING HISTORY HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

(Stephane Matteau can kiss my ass)

Ok, what if i draft Eric Lindros. Can i still take a player from Quebec/Colorado?

You know, since there are only 10 spots to draft, I don't think it would really be that hard, unless you went and drafted the aforementioned Mike Sillinger. One player is probably not going to eliminate any more than 4 teams, and some players will only eliminate 1 or 2 teams. It may seem like it's going to be a difficult task, but I don't think it's going to be that hard. Tricky? Yes. Extraordinarily difficult? Probably not.

Yes you can because I don't think he officially played a game for Quebec. But the Flyers, Rangers, and DALLAS Stars would be out.

Forgot Toronto too.

But when someone creates a non hockey draft people will start complaining that there are too many drafts going on.

you forgot the Leafs:(

I encourage questions so that we can close any loop holes before the draft starts. So keep em coming.

That comeback was as obvious as a born-and-raised Devil jumping across the Hudson.

I edited it to add them. Sorry.

That takes all of the fun out of it. ;)

Are Head Coaches affected by rule 1?

Honestly, who the hell cares? How many pointless threads are there on the front page? Are we running out of bandwidth?

I had no interest at all in the literature draft, but I'm sure many, many others did, and I hope all those involved (drafting, commenting) had a great time. But I stayed out because I didn't care about it, just like I stay out of any other thread that doesn't interest me in any way. This particular draft is something I would like to be involved in, so anyone who thinks this is "too much" (and I have no idea what that even means) should stay out too.

Is "Enforcer" meant to be purely a goon, or should it be a good player who could fight?

now you know how us werewolf players felt

"To win you want to assemble the best team of players possible. So in the enforcer category, you do not want someone who can just fight, you want someone who can fight and also play hockey."

No, I knew from way back then that it was a ridiculously stupid and pointless decision. :)

And no offense meant to the brothers in my comments...

Who reads the rules in these things?

exactly. I know when I vote I am just gonna look for a tie Domi/ Bob Probert type.

Billy Guerin is a far better player then either of those two and was a great fighter early in his career but Probert would get my vote

None taken. :)

My point was just that people do whine and complain about it whether we like it or not :)

Man.. you guys are stomping all over any attempts not to be "that guy." :)

Also to better clarify things. If you choose Lindros...you could not choose someone like Mike Modano who played for both the Dallas and Minnesota North Stars. To use the Minnesota North Stars in this case, you would have to have someone who was not on the Dallas Stars.

As far as the head coaches go...I think they should follow the same rules as the players in this draft, but I am open to suggestions.

Since this game will be tough to book keep...I am not going to draft. I'll keep track of the picks and the teams that each drafter has used.

so when we starting?

Here is who I have so far...

Maple Leafs, Lathum, Pumpy Tudors, Johnny93g, Oilers9911, TazFTW, Honolulu_Blue, and DeToxRox...Logan are you in? I was also going to wait for the left coasters too, I know a few of them like hockey.

VTbub has expressed interest but said because of finals he could not draft until Monday.

I have no problem with 10-12 people, as long as everyone is on top of things.

I'd join in but I'm still trying to make up for the work I didn't do during the Phalid controversy last week.

On a similar note, I may not be able to draft until Sunday afternoon. On Thursday afternoon I am heading off for the weekend and I don't think the place I am staying at has an internet connection. If so, I will be in fine shape. If not, not so much.

If that's going to mess up plans for the draft, I'll bow out.