Feature Articles: The Blue Line: Early Notes on Draft Season

Posts: 4543 · Posted: Sep 21, 2006 12:56 am

Feature Articles: The Blue Line: Early Notes on Draft Season

You are now entering the offensive zone. Just don't get caught with your head down! With draft...

Posts: 4 · Posted: Sep 21, 2006 3:30 pm

any comments or advice on Owen Nolan?

Posts: 14719 · Posted: Sep 21, 2006 3:38 pm

LOL. That was funny!

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Though it's merely a cosmetic issue, Yahoo seems to have mixed up the rankings of Brad Richards and Mike Richards. Thankfully, they haven't mixed up their statistics. Mike Richards (11 G/23 A/6 PPP) is ranked 52nd overall by Yahoo, while Brad (23 G/68 A/46 PPP) is ranked 95th. It's nothing big, but it's something to keep an eye out for if you don't pre-rank. Just make sure you're not grabbing Mike when you're thinking you're drafting Brad.

Posts: 1705 · Posted: Sep 22, 2006 2:32 am

TL52 wrote:

any comments or advice on Owen Nolan?

First off, Nolan didn't go in either of the drafts. It's going to be difficult to figure out what we're going to get out of him this season. He still has a sniper's mentality and also racks up the PIMS, but he hasn't played since 2003-04 before the lockout. In a really deep league, I'd consider him in the late rounds. Unless you're taking a ton of talent off the board, though, I'd consider him waiver wire fodder. Just be the first to pounce if he looks like the Owen of old.

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I would grab him also keep an eye on Tkachuk he has gone very low in drafts BUT he will be a steal he is in great shape and playing with 2 of his good friends (Weight & Guerin). On Nolan he will lineup with one of the top centres and probably play with Doan which will help him to put up some very good numbers I see 25-30 goals, 25 assists and 120+ PIMS

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wow it surprises me to see anyone expect keith tkachuk and owen nolan to have a good season. hello? it's been four years since the year 2002. yeah they were once great players I give you that, but ever heard of players like, tuomo ruutu, alexander radulov, joffrey lupul? I'll be surprised if either nolan or tkachuk tops 50 points. and also, they'll probably visit the IR at least once before the all star break.

extremis wrote:

I would grab him also keep an eye on Tkachuk he has gone very low in drafts BUT he will be a steal he is in great shape and playing with 2 of his good friends (Weight & Guerin). On Nolan he will lineup with one of the top centres and probably play with Doan which will help him to put up some very good numbers I see 25-30 goals, 25 assists and 120+ PIMS

Posts: 14719 · Posted: Sep 22, 2006 10:19 am

connexion wrote:

wow it surprises me to see anyone expect keith tkachuk and owen nolan to have a good season. hello? it's been four years since the year 2002. yeah they were once great players I give you that, but ever heard of players like, tuomo ruutu, alexander radulov, joffrey lupul? I'll be surprised if either nolan or tkachuk tops 50 points. and also, they'll probably visit the IR at least once before the all star break.

extremis wrote:

I would grab him also keep an eye on Tkachuk he has gone very low in drafts BUT he will be a steal he is in great shape and playing with 2 of his good friends (Weight & Guerin). On Nolan he will lineup with one of the top centres and probably play with Doan which will help him to put up some very good numbers I see 25-30 goals, 25 assists and 120+ PIMS

No recommended actually grabbing them, just to keep an eye on them. IMO Nolan is shot. Chuk on the other hand, might have something left, but I am in line with you connexion in that I would rather have a younger guy in there over Chuk. I certainly do not think that he is un-ownable by any stretch of the word.

connexion, I can tell you that all three guys you mention above are all gone in the board league we have here. Don't think because one person asked one question about Nolan that no one knows whats going on.

BTW, Nolan is sitting on the WW in our league also. There is a big difference between someone saying to drop someone and pick him up, and keep an eye on him.

Posts: 1705 · Posted: Sep 22, 2006 7:19 pm

Just a quick note on Morrow, since we included him as someone who was slipping a bit later than he should.... after it was rumored earlier in the week that the Stars might put him on the block because they were having trouble signing him, they inked him to a 6 year, $24.6 million deal yesterday afternoon.

Posts: 388 · Posted: Sep 23, 2006 4:53 pm

well written Jim!