CLS NHL Re-draft - Seventh Round Update

by Cassie McClellan on Aug 11, 2009 7:06 PM EDT in General

I know, I know. I've been slacking. In my defense, however, it is the offseason. And many of the blogs John posts tend to be collaborations.

Enough of this tedious self-justification. Here's your update on where we're at with the Cycle like the Sedins NHL Re-Draft. First, let's go over where current Lightning players have gone.

We just started the 7th round. Interestingly enough, Vinny and Mattias ended up on the same team. And in the Southeast Division, no less.

Round	Pick	CLS Team	Player	Position	Cap Hit
1	10	Atlanta	Vincent Lecavalier	C	$7,727,273
2	40	New Jersey	Martin St. Louis	RW	$5,250,000
4	116	Chicago	Steven Stamkos	C	$3,725,000
6	171	Atlanta	Mattias Ohlund	D	$3,607,000
7	183	Tampa Bay	Ryan Malone	LW	$4,500,000

Yes, I even managed to pick up a current Lightning player in this draft. Crazy, ain't it? More after the jump.

Here's where I'm at so far:

Round	Pick	Player	NHL Team	Position	Cap Hit
1	3	Henrik Lundqvist	NY Rangers	G	$6,875,000
2	58	Mike Cammalleri	Montreal	C	$6,000,000
3	63	Mark Streit	NY Islanders	D	$4,100,000
4	118	Milan Hejduk	Colorado	RW	$3,900,000
5	123	Brent Burns	Minnesota	D	$3,550,000
6	178	Matt Stajan	Toronto	C	$1,750,000
7	183	Ryan Malone	Tampa Bay	LW	$4,500,000

The grand total so far, for seven players, is $30.675m - which isn't bad, as these things go. There are actual NHL teams that have 4 or 5 players that tie up that amount of cap space. That means that I have $26.325m for the rest of the team. The majority will probably have cap hits of $1m or less.

So this is what I'm thinking. Top line may be LW Malone, C Cammalleri, RW Hejduk. It'll depend on what wingers I can pick up in the next round. Which, unfortunately, will be the 238th pick. I'm thinking a winger and another defenseman for the 8th and 9th rounds.

The interesting thing about this draft has been the people who haven't been drafted as of yet. I really wanted to pick up Brad Richards. I thought about it long and hard. I still even have him on my list of who I'd like to pick next. The one thing that's stopping me - and is stopping everyone else as well - is his price tag. And it's not just Brad, but a few others as well. This is what it means to play with a salary cap.

You can find out more on the CLS: Re-Drafting the NHL Boards.

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4 out of 7 picks have their first name starting with "M"

Fun

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by SRQman on Aug 12, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions

That’s purely a coincidence, I assure you. I’m picking according to position, goals scored, assists, and +/- (for the defensemen). And who’s available, of course. But it is strange that that happened that way, isn’t it?

Cassie
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by Cassie McClellan on Aug 13, 2009 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions

I knew I was really pushing it, letting Richards go as long as I did before I picked him up. I was stunned when Buffalo took Briere instead of Richards. If you’re gonna pick up an outrageously stupid deal, wouldn’t you pick up the more productive outrageously stupid deal?

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by IAmJoe on Aug 19, 2009 12:41 PM EDT reply actions