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I agree! But if it came down to a rookie trade or something else that the trade committee has to look at, at least they'll have another useful metric to help guide their decision.

I like this idea A LOT...combination of draft spot, average draft spot, and calculated player rating to come up with an overall draft value! All those pieces are important to understand. I would suggest to use a "trimmed" average for ADP. I was using those same factors to make draft and trade decisions, particularly as I got more comfortable during the draft. I asked myself, "who do I want now (player ratings), can I wait to get them (ADP), and should I trade my pick because its more or less valuable to me right now (draft position)?". For example, I thought Ray Ferraro was a very good player, worthy of my 6th pick, based on player rating. However, his ADP was somewhere in the 9th rd, so I waited until then to draft him. I instead used my pick on Hynes, who despite his dismal rating, I wanted on my team and had to take him then because he would not be around later. One thing I thought of during this draft more that I hadn't considered as much before is scarcity of an attribute, or particular set of attributes. Given our pool of players doesn't change, it's easy to identify some special players. Like hokkee mentioned above, there are only 2 guys with 3 weight (Fleury and Kovalenko), which makes them a little more special than the straight rating suggests. What makes Roy and Belfour 1st round picks? Scarcity of elite goaltending. If we had 24 similar goalies, we would all be drafting goalies in the 5th and 6th rounds. And so on. Having said that, I believe ADP factors that scarcity in. Anyway, I'd love to see those results....perhaps applied to our GDL09 trades. I think this new metric would be a good indicator of trade value.

Seconded! DaDonch has come out of nowhere to resurrect this league and he's done it in a very organized and professional manner. Quite a gift to our community. Thanks DaDonch!

The GDL tornado and the 2013 draft league tsunami came whirling in and caused the Survivor league to slooooooooooooow down! You guys know the drill. Below is a snapshot of the current playoff scenario as of today. Season ends Midnight (or so) EST Sept 16th. No GOTW this week, sorry.

Team Name: New York Rangers First Line LW: Pat LaFontaine #16 C: Mats Sundin #13 RW: Geoff Courtnall #14 LD: Jeff Brown #21 RD: Gord Hynes #26 EA: Owen Nolan #11 G: Patrick Roy #33 Second Line LW: Geoff Courtnall #14 C: Pat LaFontaine #16 RW: Mats Sundin #13 LD:Fredrik Olausson #4 RD: Jay More #5 (please change from #4) EA: Ray Ferraro #20 G: Jim Waite #29

Confirmed

NYR (kingraph) trade Cliff Ronning, Evgeny Davydov and Patrice Brisebois to NJ (JayLighter420) for Sergei Fedorov, Mats Sundin, and Jeff Brown

Yes, definitely.

I'll take the next best available goalie for me when my turn comes, thanks.

confirmed

I'm very glad to help! I'm hoping you A&B vets will make this a great classic season! All games played, no drama. I urge you to take some time during the registration and help out some of the new guys with test games, etc. if you can. It may not be fun, but it's vital to have a great first experience to retain members. I thank you in advance for helping out!

lol....great

Jay More

Fredrik Olausson

NYR (kingraph) trade Benoit Hogue and Alexei Zhitnik to TOR (IceStorm) for Mike Modano and Matt Schneider

Owen Nolan

sick accomplishment...congrats!

Another suggestion is to eliminate the high and low and take a "trimmed" mean, or average. It eliminates strange picks, or picks given as a penalty for missing your turn, etc.

Agreed, this is an awesome feature! Is it possible to add ADP to the player selection page as a column you can sort on? That would be a better overall list than the standard calculated overall. Many many thanks for your time and work putting this together!

Here's the tale of the tape. From the last 5 drafts, the difference is 11 spots. The only advantage for Kovalenko is weight, which is matched only with Fleury at 3. We know weight is important, so it's up to the committee to decide if this is okay. ADP LaFontaine - 32,23,23,23,20 - Avg 24 Kovalenko - 38,35,36,35,30 - Avg 35 Weight LaFontaine - 5 Kovalenko - 3 Shot Power/Shot Accuracy LaFontaine - 3/4 Kovalenko - 3/4 Speed/Agility LaFontaine - 4/5 Kovalenko - 4/3 Stick Handling/Passing LaFontaine - 5/5 Kovalenko - 3/3 Off/Def Awareness LaFontaine - 6/4 Kovalenko - 4/3

A #2 for a #1 straight up??? What am I missing here? Aside from 3 weight vs 5 weight, LaFontaine is the superior player.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. This is definitely a step in the right direction! So happy to see this progress...many thanks Chaos!

Update: I added the playoff scenario to the website: https://sites.google.com/site/nhl94survivorleague/ It will automatically update (can take up to 5 minutes) after games are played.

Pick 4.07 (79) - The New York Rangers Select Evgeny Davydov