2016 Draft Class

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 5:01 pm

...Will be coming soon. I hope to start adding players by this weekend.

As payment, I will accept the #1 overall draft pick. There is no precedent for this, but it's something I've long wanted to do, so hooray for power.

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:45 pm

Excited for this. Last years draft class was a lot of fun to scout.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Fri Jan 22, 2016 5:53 pm

Tampa Bay GM wrote:Excited for this. Last years draft class was a lot of fun to scout.

Well then, let's hope for more of the same this year.

Added a bunch today; no attributes or ceilings yet, but getting the names and "bio" data in for starters.

Post by **SharksGM** » Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:47 am

I'm excited to see the 5th round.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 4:54 pm

Started (slowly) working on the attributes for the draft class. If you go into GMO, and click on the "View Draft Prospects" tab, you'll notice the following:

...all real players down to Cliff Pu (yes, that's a real name);
...ratings are done (for now) for the first 11 players on the list, then all D and G down to Mr. Pu;
...so that means all forwards from Clayton Keller down to Mr Pu have not yet been rated;
...Addison and Bradley--at the top of the list--are holdovers from last year's draft, who've been tweaked to make them more attractive

I'll probably add some more players later today or tomorrow, and continue working on the ceilings and whatnot as well. Like last year, these are not necessarily the final ratings for these players: I'm just getting started and will begin altering players up or down as I see fit. I'll keep everyone informed when I make changes to existing players.

MartyFromOTTAWA · Post by **MartyFromOTTAWA** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 6:58 pm

D Markus Niemeläinen 1989/6/8

This guy has been under the radar for ages!

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:19 pm

MartyFromOTTAWA wrote:D Markus Niemeläinen 1989/6/8

This guy has been under the radar for ages!

I once had my coach praise a draftee who was retiring at the end of the season.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:57 pm

190 players are now in. (So everyone listed on the GMO draft prospects page is now real.) I have NOT done any more attributes or ceilings, but will get back on that soon. Like last year, I'll work on goalies first, then D, then forwards. Plus, I will add about 30 more players to the list, to give us enough for seven rounds and a few left over.

That is your update for today.

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:01 pm

Bub, what a hero!

Calgary.Flames · Post by **Calgary.Flames** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 8:58 pm

My man!

Penguin · Post by **Penguin** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:37 pm

Thanks, Bub. Is a 6th and 7th round worth all your time though? Adds realism for sure, but I would have a poll to see who really cares about having those picks.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Thu Feb 11, 2016 11:43 pm

Penguin wrote:Thanks, Bub. Is a 6th and 7th round worth all your time though? Adds realism for sure, but I would have a poll to see who really cares about having those picks.

You desperate to get rid of the only picks you ever have to make?

Dallas Stars GM · Post by **Dallas Stars GM** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:31 am

Thanks, Bub. Is a 6th and 7th round worth all your time though? Adds realism for sure, but I would have a poll to see who really cares about having those picks.

You can still draft useful role-players from those late rounds if you have an eye for that, or at least you can draft the players who will accelerate the development of your bluechip prospects while being down in your AHL affliate.

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:54 am

I would skip the 6th and 7th rounds for sure. Not worth the time and work.

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 10:35 am

Connor Rankin disagrees.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 11:08 am

6th and 7th rounds will stay for now. Anyone who wants to get on the "auto my #6 and #7" train now, go ahead and board.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Fri Apr 22, 2016 11:04 am

The NHL draft lottery is just eight days away, April 30. As with past years, our lottery will mirror the results of the real thing. So when Edmonton wins the NHL lottery, our Minnesota will win Auston Matthews. Below is the order of picks as they currently stand, with NHL team then EHEC team.

1. TOR --> PHI
2. EDM --> MIN
3. VAN --> MTL
4. CBJ --> COL
5. CGY --> WSH (currently owned by MTL)
6. WPG --> NYI (currently owned by STL)
7. ARZ --> NAS
8. BUF --> DET (currently owned by PHI)
9. MTL --> STL
10. COL --> FLA
11. NJD --> VAN
12. OTT --> CBJ
13. CAR --> EDM
14. BOS --> TOR (currently owned by PHI)

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Fri Apr 22, 2016 1:47 pm

Wow, I knew I had Vancouver's pick but I didn't realize I also had Calgary's. As a real life Oilers fan (take pity on me), I'm actually rooting for me to do very poorly in the lottery.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Fri Apr 22, 2016 2:03 pm

Vik (Habs) wrote:Wow, I knew I had Vancouver's pick but I didn't realize I also had Calgary's. As a real life Oilers fan (take pity on me), I'm actually rooting for me to do very poorly in the lottery.

Canes fan here, hoping like hell for that 2%...

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:28 pm

Congrats, Philly for maintaining the top pick! And congrats to STL and COL for moving into the top three. Montreal had two picks drop....

1. TOR --> PHI
2. WPG --> NYI (currently owned by STL)
3. CBJ --> COL
4. EDM --> MIN
5. VAN --> MTL
6. CGY --> WSH (currently owned by MTL)
7. ARZ --> NAS
8. BUF --> DET (currently owned by PHI)
9. MTL --> STL
10. COL --> FLA
11. NJD --> VAN
12. OTT --> CBJ
13. CAR --> EDM
14. BOS --> TOR (currently owned by PHI)

Flyin High Jets · Post by **Flyin High Jets** » Mon May 02, 2016 6:10 pm

Anyway someone can tell me on what picks the Jets have this year? I don't have the freeware version.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Mon May 02, 2016 8:17 pm

Flyin High Jets wrote:Anyway someone can tell me on what picks the Jets have this year? I don't have the freeware version.

1st -- CGY, WPG
2nd -- BOS
3rd -- WPG
4th -- none
5th -- TOR
6th -- WPG
7th -- WPG

(note: 6th and 7th round picks are not tradeable)

Flyin High Jets · Post by **Flyin High Jets** » Tue May 03, 2016 6:26 am

Commish Bub(NYR) wrote:
Flyin High Jets wrote:Anyway someone can tell me on what picks the Jets have this year? I don't have the freeware version.
1st -- CGY, WPG
2nd -- BOS
3rd -- WPG
4th -- none
5th -- TOR
6th -- WPG
7th -- WPG

(note: 6th and 7th round picks are not tradeable)

Thanks.

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Tue May 03, 2016 8:35 am

I'd like to know if a prospect update is due soon, and if so, will it be the last time before the draft. It would be nice to know exactly what kind of players will be out there, so we can make some moves.

Thanks,

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Tue May 03, 2016 2:57 pm

UP!!!

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Tue May 03, 2016 5:56 pm

flyergp21 wrote:UP!!!

Relax, buddy. Draftees are ready to go. If I make any changes to anyone, I'll post them here.

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Tue May 03, 2016 7:16 pm

Thanks,

Calgary.Flames · Post by **Calgary.Flames** » Tue May 03, 2016 7:49 pm

You technically can not UP a thread that's already on top.
Just sayin'.

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Tue May 03, 2016 7:56 pm

You should know by now that Bub doesn't do any drastic tweaks this close to the draft anyway. What you see is probably what you are going to get for the most part. The value of picks has been determined this year imo.

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Tue May 03, 2016 8:00 pm

To be clear, and you know how it works, I wrote ''UP'' so my topic came back as the last posted, to make sure someone sees it. WPG wrote something just after me, so I wanted to make sure my post wasn't lost in space..

No big deal, I'm an active owner, is that a bad thing??

Jets GM · Post by **Jets GM** » Tue May 03, 2016 8:01 pm

flyergp21 wrote:To be clear, and you know how it works, I wrote ''UP'' so my topic came back as the last posted, to make sure someone sees it. WPG wrote something just after me, so I wanted to make sure my post wasn't lost in space..

No big deal, I'm an active owner, is that a bad thing??

Nope, your a beast bro!

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Tue May 03, 2016 8:23 pm

flyergp21 wrote:To be clear, and you know how it works, I wrote ''UP'' so my topic came back as the last posted, to make sure someone sees it. WPG wrote something just after me, so I wanted to make sure my post wasn't lost in space..

No big deal, I'm an active owner, is that a bad thing??

You're challenging Justin for most trades ever.

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Tue May 03, 2016 8:27 pm

Really? No worries, I'll get there..

Calgary.Flames · Post by **Calgary.Flames** » Tue May 03, 2016 8:32 pm

I like that you're actually forgetting me when it comes to the most trades ever.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Tue May 03, 2016 8:40 pm

Calgary.Flames wrote:I like that you're actually forgetting me when it comes to the most trades ever.

True. Sorry, Julien. I think we've got a 1a, 1b, and 1c here.

BLUESGM · Post by **BLUESGM** » Thu May 05, 2016 10:27 pm

nice, got pick 2 and 9!!

Post by **SharksGM** » Sat May 07, 2016 11:34 am

I'm looking forward to seeing what gem I can unearth at, uh, #143?

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Tue May 17, 2016 12:08 am

Updating based on the playoffs up until now...
1 PHI
2 STL (via NYI)
3 COL
4 MIN
5 MTL
6 MTL (via WSH)
7 NSH
8 PHI (via DET)
9 STL
10 FLA
11 VAN
12 CBJ
13 EDM
14 PHI (via TOR)
15 PHI (via ANA)
16 PHI (via N.J)
17 CGY (via CHI)
18 WPG (via CGY)
19 COL (via PIT)
20 COL (via BOS)
21 COL (via OTT)
22 ARI (via S.J)
23 ANA (via DAL)
24 N.J (via BUF)
25 L.A
26 CAR

Philly and Colorado both with three consecutive picks. That could be fun.

AnaheimGM · Post by **AnaheimGM** » Tue May 17, 2016 8:07 am

Maybe i'm wrong, but should'nt the 15th pick be 23th overall because i lost in the 2nd round of playoff?

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Tue May 17, 2016 8:29 am

Yes, same for the NJ pick, I think I should be at 23 and 24...

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Tue May 17, 2016 1:13 pm

Doesn't matter if you lose in the first or second round, you only move down if you make it to the third. For example, last season in the real world, Calgary made it past Vancouver but still kept the #15 pick in the draft (which they traded to Boston in the Dougie Hamilton deal).

AnaheimGM · Post by **AnaheimGM** » Tue May 17, 2016 2:40 pm

I remember 2 season ago that I made the conference final and my 1st pick was 27th overall, it's why i said that. So, i believe that the pick i trade to Phi should be 23th overall if we look at what happened 2 years ago.

Vik (Habs) · Post by **Vik (Habs)** » Tue May 17, 2016 2:49 pm

AnaheimGM wrote:I remember 2 season ago that I made the conference final and my 1st pick was 27th overall, it's why i said that. So, i believe that the pick i trade to Phi should be 23th overall if we look at what happened 2 years ago.

Conference finalists do move down (the four remaining this year will be 27-30) but the order isn't affected by whether teams were eliminated in the first or second round.

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Tue May 17, 2016 3:12 pm

Again, you're right Vik, and I'm so glad you are!! I just looked at this year's order so far, and for example, NSH still holds pick no.17 even if they made it to the second round. So my team will indeed have 3 consecutive picks...! Yes!

flyergp21 · Post by **flyergp21** » Tue May 17, 2016 3:23 pm

Draft order rules: source: about.com/sports

Draft Order

--The 14 teams that missed the playoffs during the previous NHL season are awarded the first 14 picks. They draft in order of fewest points to most points, subject to the results of the draft lottery.

--The current Stanley Cup champion picks last (30th).

--The Stanley Cup runner-up picks 29th.

--The other two Conference Finalists pick 28th and 27th.

--Regular-season division winners hold the other lowest positions.

--Remaining teams draft in order of fewest points to most points from the previous regular season.

AnaheimGM · Post by **AnaheimGM** » Wed May 18, 2016 10:01 am

flyergp21 wrote:Draft order rules: source: about.com/sports

Draft Order

--The 14 teams that missed the playoffs during the previous NHL season are awarded the first 14 picks. They draft in order of fewest points to most points, subject to the results of the draft lottery.

--The current Stanley Cup champion picks last (30th).

--The Stanley Cup runner-up picks 29th.

--The other two Conference Finalists pick 28th and 27th.

--Regular-season division winners hold the other lowest positions.

--Remaining teams draft in order of fewest points to most points from the previous regular season.

Shut up to me

Post by **SharksGM** » Wed May 18, 2016 7:53 pm

I'm pretty sure there was a hidden condition on the Luogo deal that if he lost against Arizona I'd get my picks back.

Commish Bub(NYR) · Post by **Commish Bub(NYR)** » Thu May 19, 2016 9:17 am

SharksGM wrote:I'm pretty sure there was a hidden condition on the Luogo deal that if he lost against Arizona I'd get my picks back.

That's only if I win the Cup.

AP21 (ARZ) · Post by **AP21 (ARZ)** » Thu May 19, 2016 9:30 am

SharksGM wrote:I'm pretty sure there was a hidden condition on the Luogo deal that if he lost against Arizona I'd get my picks back.

Sorry, Dan. The Coyotes have given away three first-round picks to acquire Luongo. I'd like to hold on to this one, just to cut my losses.

EDMonton · Post by **EDMonton** » Wed May 25, 2016 12:10 pm

Is there any way I could obtain my picks somewhere? Or see where they are for this draft?