The Thread Where We've All Got Playoff Beards

[Guest mr. potato head]

Now I can't name any living players from the 2002 Belarussian "lol, Tommy Salo" Olympic team

[Magus978]

1994 Stanley Cup hero Alexander Karpotsev was confirmed to be in the crash as well.

RIP

[SeanDMan]

To try and lighten the mood somewhat, here's more Ovechkin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFSIWeeUXeM

[Plubby]

...Oh my god.

http://achicksperspective.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/reality-check/

[KJE]

...Oh my god.

http://achicksperspective.wordpress.com/2011/09/07/reality-check/

Incredibly sad

[SeanDMan]

According to an NHL.com article, the KHL will hold a special draft to reconstitute the team and have it play this year.

[SeanDMan]

There's also an article up about Stefan Liv.

[Ruki]

I like MPH and Plubby for helping me think of team names for my fantasy hockey teams.

[Guest mr. potato head]

I like that Ruki's suggestions, including "I Was Quick In Bed" and "A Saad Sack", further reflect his lack of self-confidence

Edited September 10, 2011 by mr. potato head

[Ruki]

So, my first of 3 hockey drafts are done. I had the 9th overall, out of 16 teams (snaking draft).

1. Malkin

2. Vokoun

3. Carter

4. Chara

5. Varlamov

6. Enstrom

7. Ladd

8. Kulemin

9. Williams

10. Pominville

11. Elias

12. Kaberle

13. Connolly

14. Carle

15. S. Kostitsyn

16. Robidas

17. Brouwer

18. Gustavsson

19. Hanzal

20. Clark

[Mountainous Cleavage]

Nice selections, surprised you got that solid a lineup with the 9th pick. I'm jealous of you having Vokoun, couldn't get him in either of my two.

While we're at it, here's my two rosters for the two leagues I'm in.

Second one is a Large Roster League (4C, 4LW, 4RW, 6D, 2G, 2Util, 8BN)

#1

C - Steven Stamkos

C - Olli Jokinen

W - Patrick Marleau

W - Claude Giroux

W - Nikolai Kulemin

W - Clarke MacArthur

D - Tobias Enstrom

D - John-Michael Liles

D - Dennis Wideman

D - Anton Babchuk

BN - Andy McDonald

BN - Danny Clear

BN - Andrew Brunette

BN - Saku Koivu

G - James Reimer

G - Braden Holtby

Hating that my 2nd C is only Jokinen, and that my 2nd goalie is Holtby. Another guy in the league used his first 4 picks to take Price, Thomas, Kiprusoff and Brodeur as tradebait, so I'm trying to figure out something for one of them.

#2

C - Jonathan Toews

C - David Krejci

C - Patrik Berglund

C - Derek Stepan

LW - Thomas Vanek

LW - Nikolai Kulemin

LW - Ville Leino

LW - Clarke MacArthur

RW - Corey Perry

RW - Nathan Horton

RW - Blake Wheeler

RW - Jannik Hansen

D - Christian Erhoff

D - Tobias Enstrom

D - John-Michael Liles

D - Jordan Leopold

D - Andrej Sekera

D - Brett Clark

Util - Pascal Dupuis (LW)

Util - Frans Nielsen ©

BN - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins ©

BN - Nazem Kadri ©

BN - Keith Aulie (D)

BN - Oliver Ekman-Larsson (D)

BN - Jiri Hudler (RW)

BN - Ruslan Fedotenko (LW)

BN - Joe Colborne

BN - Matt Frattin

G - Cam Ward

G - James Reimer

I feel I did a lot better with this draft, even with it being a large roster league. Ward & Reimer in net, I should be set. For whatever reason, I felt like taking a bench full of rookies was a good idea. Lets see how that goes. Picturing Vanek-Toews-Perry as a first line would be awesome.

--

And while I'm posting here, the Leafs rookie team are cleaning up in the round robin. 2-0 in games, with a solid 5-1 win tonight over Pittsburgh's rookies.

Edited September 12, 2011 by Closed and Moved to Archives

[Ruki]

Yeah, I have a few players (The Sedin twins, Ovie, Malkin, and Stamkos) who I really wanted....yeah, all but Malkin was gone by 9th.

And Vokoun? Really glad I got him...I think he's going to have a great year!

Edit: And who the hell takes 4 goalies for trade bait?!

[Plubby]

Wow, CAMTA...you have taken Reimer approximately two too many times there >_>

[Mountainous Cleavage]

Wow, CAMTA...you have taken Reimer approximately two too many times there >_>

>_> Lets just say I have faith. I don't mind having him as my 2nd goalie, but I'm not the fondest of him being my #1. I would've taken better had they been around when I chose my G

As for the 4 goalie tradebait debacle, we were all saying the same thing in the chat once we realized.

Edited September 12, 2011 by Closed and Moved to Archives

[Plubby]

The laughable thing is that he has taken Kipprusoff and Brodeur, whom I fully expect to stink up the joint something foul. He has basically one decent fantasy goalie in Price.

[Mountainous Cleavage]

The laughable thing is that he has taken Kipprusoff and Brodeur, whom I fully expect to stink up the joint something foul. He has basically one decent fantasy goalie in Price.

That's who I'm working towards getting (Price), however I'd settle for Thomas as well, who I don't see falling off too much.

Edited September 12, 2011 by Closed and Moved to Archives

[SeanDMan]

[TGWL]

^ that was so fucking awesome!

[Toe]

[Ruki]

Luke Schenn has signed with the Leafs!

Numbers not available yet....but around 3.5 a year, 5 years. Eff yeah!