Ninetyfourgoalie 168 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Now I'm still pretty new here. But with Dollarandadream's (Cole world!) article looking at the Season 40 draft class, one has to at least rank it as one of the top the league has ever seen. Clearly, the class had depth. Second round picks are not only performing throughout the league but are key players for competitive teams. Not even four seasons removed from the draft, only two players taken in the first round have not reached 500 TPE - defensemen Vladmimir Komarov and Joshua Rubin, both of whom are approaching 400. And then we have the top five. Thomas O'Malley and Mason Richardson are making everyone look bad as they are about the biggest TPE whores you could even find as both have recently eclipsed 900 TPE. 900! And we aren't even 4 seasons removed from the draft. And then Sachimo Zoidberg and Jerrick Poole just crossed the 700 TPE threshold while Tyler Cote is just weeks away from doing the same. So not even four seasons removed from the draft, we have 4 players who are already at 700 TPE. I don't really know what people consider to be the best draft ever but Season 27 and 18 seem to be other ones thrown around. It's hard to compare with the board changes and it would involve far too much effort than it's worth for a measly VHL.com article but the level of talent out of the Season 40 draft is quite striking, especially compared to previous drafts. For example, the Season 39 Draft still has no 700 TPE earners while the Season 38 Draft only has two, half that of the Season 40 Draft class despite a two season advantage. So maybe someone has compiled this info or could - all I know is it's not worth 2 TPE (thank you player store) but the Season 40 Draft has been damn impressive. It's perfectly reasonable to say we'll see five 1000 TPE earners. Pretty incredible but one has to wonder - is it simply the mark of a great draft class, a product of TPE inflation, or a combination of both? DollarAndADream and boubabi 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Trifecta 1,899 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) Pretty nice to hype your own draft class Edited May 26, 2015 by Da Trifecta frescoelmo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan036 4,602 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 s45 doe Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler 1,514 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Lets be real, S38. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
boubabi 4,725 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 S40 has a nice mix of depth and quality so yes Caillean 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,741 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Pretty nice to hype your own draft class Your point? Everyone hypes their own draft class because if you don't then it looks weaker than others. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221761 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Trifecta 1,899 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Your point? Everyone hypes their own draft class because if you don't then it looks weaker than others. There is no point to it. Was just a statement. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler 1,514 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Your point? Everyone hypes their own draft class because if you don't then it looks weaker than others.That's why I rep S38, because it is the weakest lmao. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221776 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jala 922 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 i only get drafted into super draft classes Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advantage 2,891 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 S40 is definitely great. S27 is consistently overrated. It was a good class with some big names, but after the first round only a couple players had an impact in the VHL (Muller, Lynch, Wolfe). S33 was pretty good but suffers from some of the first round not turning out like they should have (Tomas Valiq, GIYGAS and Weber). S18 is hard to argue against though. 1st Round: 4 Hall of Famers (Kanou, Hakkinen, Brekker and Saeijs). I can also tell you Nydroj and Scarlett were on the HOF Ballot in the past. 2nd Round: 1 Hall of Famer (Shaw). Angelo was a 1st pairing defender and some other solid depth players. 3rd Round: Andreev, Chouinard, Clarence and Volkov all had good to great impacts. Chouinard was on the HOF Ballot at one point...some think Clarence is a grossly underrated goalie who played in a tough era. The other two had pretty solid careers as good pieces for good teams. Phil 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
.sniffuM 1,741 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 (edited) S40 is definitely great. S27 is consistently overrated. It was a good class with some big names, but after the first round only a couple players had an impact in the VHL (Muller, Lynch, Wolfe). S33 was pretty good but suffers from some of the first round not turning out like they should have (Tomas Valiq, GIYGAS and Weber). S18 is hard to argue against though. 1st Round: 4 Hall of Famers (Kanou, Hakkinen, Brekker and Saeijs). I can also tell you Nydroj and Scarlett were on the HOF Ballot in the past. 2nd Round: 1 Hall of Famer (Shaw). Angelo was a 1st pairing defender and some other solid depth players. 3rd Round: Andreev, Chouinard, Clarence and Volkov all had good to great impacts. Chouinard was on the HOF Ballot at one point...some think Clarence is a grossly underrated goalie who played in a tough era. The other two had pretty solid careers as good pieces for good teams. Correction: Everyone thinks Clarence is a grossly underrated goalie who played in a tough era. But honestly, if Kjeldsen was also in the draft rather than going straight to Helsinki, I think there'd be little argument for any other draft. Were there any other GM players created for S18? I can't remember... Edited May 26, 2015 by .sniffuM Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,745 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 S33 had Tordahl, Lindberg and Totally Not a Bear...we win! Ball 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoop 3,431 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 Correction: Everyone thinks Clarence is a grossly underrated goalie who played in a tough era. But honestly, if Kjeldsen was also in the draft rather than going straight to Helsinki, I think there'd be little argument for any other draft. Were there any other GM players created for S18? I can't remember... Geno Esposito and Dante Terragni. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorlab 4,321 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 8. HC DAVOS DYNAMO (from Riga via Quebec via Calgary): Vladamir Komarov9. HC DAVOS DYNAMO: Joshua Rubin10. NEW YORK AMERICANS: Jody 3 Moons HC Davos lookin reaaaal stupid right about now. Kesler and Corco 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221841 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,745 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 No, Chris is just very smart. Advantage 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 5,119 Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 S45 will be Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-221859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooningitup 1,290 Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Not really lol I'm top 10 Defender scoring, top 10 D hits, and top 15 for SB. Ya my TPE count isn't great but im on pace to break Davos records and that's one of the oldest franchises in the VHL But thanks for coming out Gorlab Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-222170 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Baozi 1,658 Posted May 27, 2015 Moderator Share Posted May 27, 2015 Nothing beats S18. frescoelmo 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-222173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorlab 4,321 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Not really lol I'm top 10 Defender scoring, top 10 D hits, and top 15 for SB. Ya my TPE count isn't great but im on pace to break Davos records and that's one of the oldest franchises in the VHL But thanks for coming out Gorlab Not really? Do you realize who you're talking to??? Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-222590 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAVHLM-GM 1,858 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Totally not a goat gorlab 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-222592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,745 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Totally Not a Train to debut in S46 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-222597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooningitup 1,290 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) Not really? Do you realize who you're talking to??? A guy who've I've helped shut out a hundred times over? A one dimensional scorer which every team has ? Edited May 28, 2015 by Gooningitup Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-222643 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Baozi 1,658 Posted May 28, 2015 Moderator Share Posted May 28, 2015 Wait, which Davos records are being broken? Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-222644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gooningitup 1,290 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Wait, which Davos records are being broken? As it stands I'm on pace for 2nd in hits 1st in SB, and 1st in PIMs. Scoring wise i ll never touch Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-222645 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Baozi 1,658 Posted May 28, 2015 Moderator Share Posted May 28, 2015 As it stands I'm on pace for 2nd in hits 1st in SB, and 1st in PIMs. Scoring wise i ll never touch Career or single season? Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/20466-is-the-season-40-draft-class-the-best-ever/#findComment-222646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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