Claimed: Another S61 draft article

[hedgehog337 3,483]

 

*Preparing for the draft*

 

 

Hi, it's me again with the S61 draft related article. After all, I still need to use doubles which I won in the lottery and as a Riga GM I have nothing else to write about. And looks like other GM's are interested in this draft as well - @DollarAndADream with his draft update, @Banackock with his own version of VHLSC. Good to see such active general managers here.

 

And good to see these kind of drafts. I don't even remember when we had 11 players with 100+ TPE even before the draft started. Perhaps in VHL's early days. Let's see this TOP 11 (as of 5/27):

 

D - Samuel Gate - 214 TPE @street

LW - Matt Thompson - 189 TPE @Beketov

C - Podrick Cast - 186 TPE @Victor

RW - Edwin Preencarnation - 146 TPE @Tagger

G - Arvid Aamo - 140 TPE @Daniel

D - Robert Malenko - 130 TPE @pennypenny

G - Roger Sterling - 124 TPE @Will

RW - Sergei Kovalev - 120 TPE @Laflamme

LW - Marvin Harding - 120 TPE @.sniffuM

C - Mikhail Vega - 114 TPE @iRockstar

D - Jesper Stromberg - 100 TPE @Tim

 

As we can see, defense is a bit more stacked than other positions. Gate is the first in TPE and other two are solid too. We also need to mention that the best first-gen player plays in defence (Malenko). Another honorable mentions goes to Alvaro Jokinen (93 TPE) and Lev Bronstein (64 TPE), both of them could become a nice second round steals. It's a shame than Jacob Smith (61 TPE) is likely stopping with updating because @jacobaa19 player was another candidate of being a steal. Now he may drop to a third round. Also, @Ahma is kinda wildcard member as his only destination is Davos. We may really see this player drop to a low round just to be drafted by the Dynamo. Btw, who still doesn't know: @troy = @stevo. Just saying.

 

What about other positions? Not a lot talking there. Left wing has only aforementioned Harding and Thompson. It's unfortunate that Ryan Skinner (64 TPE) last update was at the beginning of May as he was another option for a second round steal, just like Jacob Smith. Perhaps @rampagemaster could find a motivation to give it another shot.

 

Right wing. Outside of our two best RW leaders, we have Wolf Edmunds (38 TPE) and Jordon Tonn (45 TPE) with some potential left. @MexicanCow even posted twice after his update (one of them in the achievement tracker thread), @Wolf Edmunds didn't update his player since April 30th but still pops in. I won't write them of yet, but now Tonn is the third best RW in this draft class and maybe he will become that steal of the draft.

 

Center. Nothing...The most interesting question here is what's up with Mikka Pajari? (48 TPE now, but should have more). Is @Devise done? Or he is tanking his player's draft stock on a purpose? I didn't see he retired this player so he may become a diamond in the rough if Devise would at least claim a welfare for this player.

 

Goalies. Similar to a center position, albeit Greg Santos (53 TPE) is still making moves so maybe @Barracuda could also see some spotlight in the draft ceremony. Another one was Victor Ball (38 TPE), but looks like @jcfbey01 isn't really interested in this league anymore. Sad.

 

 

My article is done. Thanks for reading it.

 

That's it and I'm out.

 

12 TPE goes to Kurtutecis.

[MexicanCow123 916]

Maybe I will be s steal! xD

[hedgehog337 3,483]

41 minutes ago, MexicanCow said:

Maybe I will be s steal! xD

 

I'm glad this article made you to claim some points this week

[MexicanCow123 916]

20 minutes ago, hedgehog337 said:

 

I'm glad this article made you to claim some points this week

What do you mean?

 

[MexicanCow123 916]

How do I earn points?

[hedgehog337 3,483]

25 minutes ago, MexicanCow said:

How do I earn points?

 

I mean, you already were earning points before, but here's a link of TPE oportunities. A quick fix from there - practice facility is now 2 TPE for VHLM players, not 1.

[diamond_ace 3,112]

@Wolf Edmunds in case you weren't aware, we're in the finals and up 2 games to 1, plus your VHL draft is in a week or two. Same with you @TWalkerFC I seem to remember you saying something about school had you busy but things would clear up after - is that still the case? Check in if you can

[Wolf Edmunds 7]

I’m going in for my brain surgery tomorrow at 5:30 AM EST. I’ll be out of commission for about 5 days or so, and in rough shape for a week after that. I plan on diving back in once this is all over with. Unfortunate timing of joining and finding the tumor.

[Tyler 885]

1 minute ago, Wolf Edmunds said:

I’m going in for my brain surgery tomorrow at 5:30 AM EST. I’ll be out of commission for about 5 days or so, and in rough shape for a week after that. I plan on diving back in once this is all over with. Unfortunate timing of joining and finding the tumor. 

 

Best of luck with the surgery and the recovery man.

[diamond_ace 3,112]

27 minutes ago, Wolf Edmunds said:

I’m going in for my brain surgery tomorrow at 5:30 AM EST. I’ll be out of commission for about 5 days or so, and in rough shape for a week after that. I plan on diving back in once this is all over with. Unfortunate timing of joining and finding the tumor.

Shit man. Good luck with everything. Hope we get you a cup, although that's minor compared to everything, but something to take your mind off it I guess. Hope the surgery goes well and the tumor stays gone.

[Wolf Edmunds 7]

Thanks, I’ll update when I’m up and running.

[diamond_ace 3,112]

2 minutes ago, Wolf Edmunds said:

Thanks, I’ll update when I’m up and running.

Do what you can when you can but your health has to come first