2013 Draft success

Hey all,

Out of curiousity (read: vanity) I wanted to see how successful our 2013 drafts were, and I had an inkling mine was pretty good. I can't say I wasn't happy to find the results, though it's only cold consolation for having come 8th in the league last year.

Points from the 2013 draft in 2013-2014

1. Krupuls 443
2. Teeyotes 388
3. Claassics 384
4. Flyers 370
5. Mackhawks 367
6. Fylanders 362
7. Stefans 352
8. Micahleks 344
9. Moilers 323
10. Lidstroms 318
11. Rangers 307
12. Parkers 306
13. Rordiques 305
14. Kings 279
15. Canicks 238
16. Schizzarks 221

Now, of course, GMs have different strategies and draft needs from year to year, and a total-points-from-draftees score will be lowered considerably if you stash a hot prospect like, say, Jonathan Drouin (Samjawors Kings) who nabs you a big fat donut in his "first year" in the NHL.

I can't say that I'm surprised the Schizzarks (with their penchant for drafting obscure prospects and highly rating players based on their potential inclusion on "all-name" teams) came in last. :)

If you weren't drafting a potential starting goalie with one of your early round picks then your draft points would obviously be lower as goalies have higher average point totals. Also, if you traded away early round picks and drafted later you might have lower points. Though we do know that the points per round average after the first round is fairly consistent. Lots of value still left in that 7th round apparently. Again, this is likely due to hot prospects going in early rounds who don't produce high points right away while staid and true veterans able to consistently post 35+ points are going in later rounds.

In the end, you only need 9 forwards, 4 D, and a goalie to rank in this league, so it's worth taking some lottery tickets on young unknowns from the Baltic nether regions. But finding some 45 point scorers and a solid 4th D-man is also essential, as the Flyers proved out in their run to the championship last year (Andrej Sekera, seriously?).

Best of luck as we roll up on another great year,
Lord Krusell