Season 72 VHL Draft Analysis

[a_Ferk 766]

The Season 72 VHL draft intrigues me more than any other draft for a few reasons. The first is that I was of course drafted this season. However, there are also some interesting picks from this draft year. I’ll be doing an analysis of every pick from the draft. It’s not a redraft, but rather a quality rating of each pick based on TPE from rjfryman’s most recent class ranking. Due to this the TPE totals aren’t completely up to date. I’ve created a couple of tiers to determine pick quality, as shown below.They are completely subjective. I will be using my own player as an example for each tier.

 

STEAL - Determined by a TPE ranking to draft position differential of +3 or greater. 

 

Example: Timothy Brown was drafted 12th. If his TPE ranking was 9 or greater, he would be considered a steal.

 

GOOD - Determined by a TPE ranking to draft position differential between +2 and -1. 

 

Example: Timothy Brown was drafted 12th. If his TPE ranking was 10-13, he would be considered a good pick.

 

REACH - Determined by a TPE ranking to draft position differential between -2 and -9. 

 

Example: Timothy Brown was drafted 12th. If his TPE ranking was 14-21, he would be considered a reach.

 

BUST - Determined by a TPE ranking to draft position differential of -10 or greater. Players who have retired or gone inactive are automatically a bust regardless of TPE ranking.

 

Example: Timothy Brown was drafted 12th. If his TPE ranking was 22 or lower, he would be considered a bust.

 

ROUND 1

 

#1: HC Davos Dynamo

SS Hornet | User: McWolf

C | 686 TPE: Rank #1 | GOOD

 

#2: HC Davos Dynamo 

Robin Winter | User: Sonnet

LW | 629 TPE: Rank #2 | GOOD

 

#3: Calgary Wranglers

Latrell Mitchell | User: dasboot

D | 596 TPE: Rank #4 | GOOD

 

#4: Vancouver Wolves

Gino DiGiannantonio | User: pennypenny

RW | 406 TPE: Rank #16 | BUST

Inactive

 

#5: Seattle Bears

Randy Marsh | User: oilmandan

D | 490 TPE: Rank #11 | REACH

 

#6: Calgary Wranglers

Genral Zod | User: Matt_O

D| 529 TPE: Rank: #6 | GOOD

 

#7: Vancouver Wolves

Jungkok | User: tfong

RW | 460 TPE: Rank #14 | REACH

 

#8: Malmo Nighthawks

Viktor Alexei Kamenov | User: BigTittySmitty

D | 396 TPE: Rank #18 | BUST

 

#9: Moscow Menace

Lucas Brandt | User: twists

C | 502 TPE: Rank #10 | GOOD

 

#10: Helsinki Titans

Valterri Vaakanainen | User: Jubo07

LW | 627 TPE: Rank #3 | STEAL

GM Player

 

#11: Moscow Menace

Alex Letang | User: Spartan

D | 510 TPE: Rank #9 | GOOD

 

#12: Seattle Bears

Timothy Brown | User: a_Ferk

RW | 518 TPE: Rank #8 | STEAL

 

ROUND 2

 

#13: Vancouver Wolves

Andrew Su | User: Da_Berr

C | 552 TPE: Rank #5 | STEAL

 

#14: Malmo Nighthawks

Chris Hylands | User: Hylands

RW | 487 TPE: Rank #12 | GOOD

 

#15: Vancouver Wolves

Gregg Stallion | User: SweatyBeaver

RW | 441 TPE: Rank: #15 | GOOD

 

#16: D.C. Dragons

Liam Flaten | User: flatl99

D | 385 TPE: Rank #19 | REACH

 

#17: Helsinki Titans

Spencer Elsby | User: Spence King

D | 518 TPE: Rank #7 | STEAL

 

#18: Riga Reign

Defenz Mann | User: Mike

D | 398 TPE: Rank #17 | GOOD

 

#19: HC Davos Dynamo

Joe Exotic | User: Joe Exotic

LW | 181 TPE: Rank #41 | BUST

Inactive

 

#20: Helsinki Titans

Zamboni Driver | User: Tape-to-Tape

G | 481 TPE: Rank #13 | STEAL

 

#21: Toronto Legion

Michael Mac | User: LastOneUp

RW | 191 TPE: Rank #40 | BUST

Inactive

 

#22: Toronto Legion

Joseph Gainer | User: jpeg

LW | 364 TPE: Rank #20 | GOOD

 

#23: HC Davos Dynamo

Jer Lefebvre | User: Jer_Lefebvre

C | 313 TPE: Rank #26 | REACH

 

#24: Seattle Bears

Remy Moreau | User: Da Trifecta

RW | 298 TPE: Rank #28 | REACH

 

ROUND 3

 

#25: Moscow Menace

Keith Krestanovich | User: Boragina

RW | 278 TPE: Rank #30 | REACH

 

#26: Helsinki Titans

James Rose | User: MattyIce

D | 363 TPE: Rank #21 | STEAL

 

#27: Toronto Legion

Adam Frence | User: Kachur

RW | 238 TPE: Rank #36 | BUST

Retired

 

#28: Riga Reign

Jay Jones | User: TTtheT

C | 332 TPE: Rank #24 | STEAL

 

#29: Riga Reign

Bobby Wyman | User: Lefty_S

D | 245 TPE: Rank #35 | REACH

 

#30: New York Americans

John Brewitt | User: JBrew42

LW | 251 TPE: Rank #34 | REACH

 

#31: Calgary Wranglers

John Poremba | User: CrlineDijohn14

G | 269 TPE: Rank #31 | GOOD

 

#32: Prague Phantoms

Riley Knight Gee | User: KnightRiley

D | 334 TPE: Rank #23 | STEAL

 

#33: Seattle Bears

Connor Tanner | User: Keygan

C | 86 TPE: Rank #49 | BUST

Inactive

 

#34: New York Americans

Arthur Dayne | User: Infernal

C | 317 TPE: Rank #25 | STEAL

 

#35: Moscow Menace

Cole Newhook | User: GrittyIsKing09

C | 287 TPE: Rank #29 | STEAL

 

#36: HC Davos Dynamo

Michael Hall | User: Hops

LW | 204 TPE: Rank #39 | REACH

 

ROUND 4

 

#37: HC Davos Dynamo

Turner Mchugh | User: Turner

C | 168 TPE: Rank #42 | BUST

Inactive

 

#38: Toronto Legion

Ziarie Anigbogu | User: ngine4

D | 303 TPE: Rank #27 | STEAL

 

#39: D.C. Dragons

Alek Andreshnikov | User: PuckPushers

C | 154 TPE: Rank #43 | REACH

 

#40: HC Davos Dynamo

Chance Rust | User: turkey2349

D | 261 TPE: Rank #32 | STEAL

 

#41: Vancouver Wolves

Izzy Valencia | User: scoop

RW | 113 TPE: Rank #46 | BUST

Inactive

 

#42: New York Americans

Bacon | User: Bacon

G | 237 TPE: Rank #38 | STEAL

 

#43: Calgary Wranglers

Nils Friedriksen | User: Biggreen10

G | 252 TPE: Rank #33 | STEAL

 

#44: HC Davos Dynamo

Jared Willis | User: BlueMaple

LW | 238 TPE: Rank #37 | STEAL

 

#45: Riga Reign

Joe Jacks | User: ashton112

D | 98 TPE: Rank #47 | BUST

Inactive

 

#46: Prague Phantoms

Ernie King | User: Greg Ernest

RW | 117 TPE: Rank #45 | GOOD

 

#47: Moscow Menace

Pietro Angellini | User: okifenoki

C | 340 TPE: Rank #22 | STEAL

 

#48: HC Davos Dynamo

Elijah Flynn | User: Underclass_Hero

LW | 85 TPE: Rank #50 | BUST

Retired

 

	STEAL	GOOD	REACH	BUST
Davos	Chance Rust, Jared Willis	SS Hornet, Robin Winter	Jer Lefebvre, Michael Hall	Joe Exotic, Turner Mchugh, Elijah Flynn
Calgary	Nils Friedriksen	Latrell Mitchell, General Zod, John Poremba
Vancouver	Andrew Su	Gregg Stallion	Jungkok	Gino DiGiannantonio, Izzy Valencia
Seattle	Timothy Brown		Randy Marsh, Remy Moreau	Connor Tanner
Malmo		Chris Hylands		Viktor Alexei Kamenov
Moscow	Cole Newhook, Pietro Angellini	Lucas Brandt, Alex Letang	Keith Krestanovich
Helsinki	Valterri Vaakanainen, Spencer Elsby, Zamboni Driver, James Rose
D.C.			Liam Flaten, Alek Andreshnikov
Riga	Jay Jones	Defenz Mann	Bobby Wyman	Joe Jacks
Toronto	Ziarie Anigbogu	Joseph Gainer		Michael Mac, Adam Frence
New York	Arthur Dayne, Bacon		John Brewitt
Prague	Riley Knight Gee	Ernie King

 

Biggest STEAL: Pietro Angellini, Moscow Menace. TPE Ranking differential is +25 spots

 

Biggest BUST: Joe Exotic, HC Davos Dynamo. TPE Ranking differential is -22 spots.

 

Best Draft: Helsinki Titans. All 4 draft picks were steals. Completely cleaned up in this draft.

 

Worst Draft: D.C. Dragons. Flaten is better TPE wise than Riley Knight Gee on Prague, but in terms of quality of picks D.C. was the worst in the draft.

 

1110 words, claiming for week ending 9/6 and week ending 9/13

Edited September 2, 2020 by a_Ferk

[Victor 10,937]

Smh, Moscow's draft >

[hylands 845]

I demand a ranking change to STEAL because I finally passed Randy Marsh this week.

[bigAL 2,176]

Review: 9/10 - Holy freakin ferk that's an article! I love that you included your methodology in such a detailed and colourful way. That's an easily-repeatable formula that could be applied to any draft class at any time. I wish I had a bit of context for each player, a "how they're doing", or try to explain why a player busted or was a steal. Overall, awesome writing and thanks for doing so much work!

[a_Ferk 766]

2 hours ago, bigAL said:

Review: 9/10 - Holy freakin ferk that's an article! I love that you included your methodology in such a detailed and colourful way. That's an easily-repeatable formula that could be applied to any draft class at any time. I wish I had a bit of context for each player, a "how they're doing", or try to explain why a player busted or was a steal. Overall, awesome writing and thanks for doing so much work!

I was planning on making a brief explanation for each pick, but by the time I made my formula and entered all the data I just wanted to be done lol

 

It will be easier next time and I'll give a bit of a summary for each pick.

[a_Ferk 766]

Claim for week ending 9/13

[diamond_ace 3,112]

flaten 390 gee 354 andreshnikov 178 king 117

 

so prague's 2 draftees add up to 471

and dc's add up to 568

 

prague's selections were 32 and 46

dc's selections were 16 and 39

 

considering flaten hasn't been around since the 2nd and hasn't updated in the last 2 weeks: IF he's gone for good, it's only a matter of time until prague will have officially done more with less - although a lot of that also banks on king, who batch updates, continuing to batch update.