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  1. The results, well not results... The teams are set for Mom's Basement Stakes for 2022. If you want to see this history of MBS, Oh, I'll be run out of this place for telling that joke. If you want to see the history of Mom's... https://forums.hfboards.com/threads/2020-moms-basement-stakes.2769630/

    Sorry about the delay.
    I screwed up and tried to draft an overager who was already drafted, I shouldn't try to select players after drinking hours have begun. Other than that, I wasn't too bothered by how my picks fell. Some years, it just doesn't work out, but for me, this year was ok.
    Many drafted Kemell at 9, and Lindgren at 106. A lot of contestants got Lambert, often at 28.
     

    Sabres
    #9      Matthew Savoie (F)                         
    #16     Noah Östlund (F)                         
    #28     Jiri Kulich (F)                         
    #41     Topias Leinonen (G)                         
    #74     Viktor Neuchev (F)                         
    #106     Mats Lindgren (D)                         
    #134     Vsevolod Komarov (D)                         
    #170     Jake Richard (F)                         
    #187     Gustav Karlsson (F)                         
    #202     Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson (F)                         
    #211     Linus Sjödin (F)

    McKenzie
    #9     Joakim Kemell
    #16     Danila Yurov
    #28    Brad Lambert
    #41    Luca Del Bel Belluz
    #74    Danil Zhilkin
    #106    Mats Lindgren
    #134    Josh Filmon
    #170    Spencer Sova
    #187    Jace Weir
    #202    ---    
    #211    ---    

    Button
    #9     Joakim Kemell    
    #16     Jimmy Snuggerud
    #28    Jagger Firkus
    #41    Luca Del Bel Belluz
    #74    Danny Zhilkin
    #106    Mats Lindgren
    #134    Brennan Ali
    #170    Brandon Lisowsky
    #187    Kyle Jackson
    #202    Mathew Ward
    #211    Daniil Ivanov

    Pronman
    #9     Joakim Kemell
    #16     Danila Yurov
    #28    Brad Lambert
    #41    Lane Hutson
    #74    Danny Zhilkin
    #106    Mats Lindgren
    #134    Miguël Tourigny
    #170    Connor McClennon
    #187    Daniil Ivanov
    #202    Jace Weir
    #211    Semyon Demidov

    Wheeler
    #9     Joakim Kemell
    #16     Brad Lambert
    #28    Isacc Howard
    #41    Lane Hutson
    #74    Jordan Dumais
    #106    Mats Lindgren
    #134     Jack Devine
    #170    Markus Vidicek
    #187    Antonin Verreault
    #202    Oskar Asplund
    #211    Tyler Duke

    @LGR4GM
    #9     Frank Nazar
    #16     Liam Öhgren
    #28    Owen Beck
    #41    Gleb Trikozov
    #74    Daniil Zhilkin
    #106    Michael La Starza
    #134    Beau Jelsma
    #170    Pano Fimis
    #187    Logan Morrison
    #202    Alex Sotek
    #211    Hudson Thornton

    42 Jerks
    #9     Matthew Savoie
    #16     Jiri Kulich
    #28    Tristan Luneau
    #41    Matyas Sapovaliv
    #74    Tomas Hamara
    #106    Otto Salin
    #134    Jake Furlong
    #170    Fabian Wagner
    #187    Marcus Vidicek
    #202    Jere Lasilla
    #211    Alexis Gendron

    rakish
    #9     Jonathan Lekkerimaki    
    #16     Liam Ohgren
    #28    Brad Lambert
    #41    David Goyette
    #74    Matthew Seminoff
    #106    Connor Kurth
    #134    James Stefan
    #170    Wasted pick Anton Johansson
    #187    Matias Rantonen
    #202    Otto Hokkanen
    #211    German Tochilkin

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  2. 14 minutes ago, triumph_communes said:

    What do you mean by not competitive?

    Look through the history: hfboards.mandatory.com/threads/2020-moms-basement-stakes.2769630/

    The most extreme is 2016, Bob's results vs. Pronman.  I haven't valued everyone in years, so the valuation is old, but as you can see, Pronman drafted half a team, and McKenzie, unless I'm wrong, got almost zero.

    Pronman: Debrincat(6),Bratt(7),Nylander(12),Aho the Swede(17),Burke(32)*,Mete(38)*,Sokolov(49),David Quenneville(47,65),Somppi(84)
    McKenzie: Nylander(12),Libor Hajek(16),Bitten(82),Getttinger(51),Kopacka(72)

    Pronman's results are good, Wheeler is good, @LGR4GMis good, Bob isn't, and yet, every year people get excited by Bob's list, fortunately no one quotes Central Scouting anymore.

     

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  3. Last call on Mom's Basement Stakes.

    It's an interesting year, I didn't spend much time on it, and like @LGR4GM, I fully expect my results to be embarrassing in 5 years.

    One of the things I've learned doing this is to be aware of the consensus. If Lekkermakki goes before 9, I'll take Ohgren at 9 who liger will take at 16, which kills me because now my 16 needs to outplay his 9 in the future, therefore I need to update. I'll put Kasper after Lekkermakki. I'll update over at HF boards.

    I started doing this 9 years ago because I wanted to demonstrate that consensus scouting lists (at the time Central Scouting, but now Bob's list) had really poor results. Last year I didn't even use Bob's list because he's not competitive. Trying to bring evidence to my argument hasn't helped, I've stopped arguing.

    I think the importance of the draft is overstated. The Sabres were bad, I'm told they got kicked by Ottawa one night, someone said something, and suddenly they were good. Their talent didn't change that day, their drafting didn't change, but their mental approach did, and that's what good coaching does.  They'll be good for 10 years here, I'm not sure they'll win a cup, their top line talent will be a bit short because their drafting sucks, but they'll be good.

    Still, put together a list, we'll look at it in 5 years.

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  4. The excitement builds for Year 9 of Mom's Basement Stakes. Get your picks in, the stakes are really small. If you are new here, which I don't think is true for anyone, I take a purely mathematical approach to the draft, comparing my results to the usual suspects, the previous years can be found over at hfboards. https://hfboards.mandatory.com/tads/2020-moms-basement-stakes.2769630/

    First we'll look at year 8. It's obviously early in the competition, so there's no judgements here. I no longer value all the players because it's too time consuming, so I only valued the players that were selected in Mom's last season, plus a couple, because I just had to see. A handful of players didn't get valued because they are in a league that pick 224 doesn't cover, like the VHL.
    *** means he hasn't be drafted. Goaltenders? Who knows?  The number is a valuation based on scoring in context.
    Forwards
    1 Aatu Räty Liiga 1079
    2 Matthew Beniers NCAA 777
    3 William Eklund SHL 756
    4 Joshua Roy QMJHL 671
    5 Logan Stankoven WHL 642
    6 Chaz Lucius NCAA 624
    7 Matvei Petrov OHL 620
    8 Dylan Guenther WHL 612
    9 Mikey Milne*** WHL 585
    10 Francesco Arcuri OHL 581
    11 Ty Voit OHL 538
    12 Niko Huuhtanen WHL 504
    13 James Stefan *** WHL 476
    14 Connor Kurth *** USHL 471
    15 Sasha Pastujov OHL 454
    16 Riley Kidney QMJHL 444
    17 Eric Alarie*** WHL 424
    18 Conner Roulette WHL 416
    19 Jeremy Wilmer***  USHL 386
    20 Collin Graf *** NCAA 376
    21 Tyson Kozak WHL 357
    22 Kent Johnson USHL 334
    23 Justin Robidas QMJHL 328
    24 Trevor Wong overager*** WHL 324
    25 Dylan Duke NCAA 315
    26 Olivier Nadeau QMJHL 314
    27 Sean Tschigerl WHL 313
    28 Peter Reynolds *** QMJHL 312
    29 James Malatesta USHL 312
    30 Alexander Kisakov MHL 301
    31 Connor Lockhart OHL 293
    32 Hunter Strand*** NCAA 274
    33 Robert Orr QMJHL 267
    34 Joshua Bloom OHL 266
    35 Simon Robertsson SuperElit 251
    36 William von Barnekow SuperElit 250
    37 Jack O!Brien WHL 248
    38 Stiven Sardaryan USHL 247
    39 Isak Rosén SHL 208
    40 Viljami Marjala QMJHL 182
    41 Elias Stenman overage*** SuperElit 176
    42 Lorenzo Canonica overage*** QMJHL 165
    43 Prokhor Poltapov MHL 157
    44 William Strömgren SuperElit 157
    45 Daniil Lazutin overage*** MHL 152
    46 Zack Stringer WHL 152
    47 Dmitri Zugan*** MHL 145

    Defensemen
    1 Owen Power NCAA 673
    2 Luke Hughes USHL 619
    3 Ty Gallagher NCAA 336
    4 Olen Zellweger WHL 324
    5 Guillaume Richard NCAA 299
    6 Carson Lambos WHL 291
    7 Sean Behrens NCAA 279
    8 Bogdans Hodass *** USHL 191
    9 Jack Peart NCAA 138
    10 Anton Olsson SHL 116
    11 Aidan Hreschuk NCAA 106
    12 Simon Motew *** OHL 96
    13 Kalle Ervasti U20 SM-sarja 83
    14 Vladislav Lukashevich MHL 16


    After our first year, FC Hockey looks to be out in the lead.
    #1 Owen Power, #14 Jesper Wallstedt, #33 Aatu Raty, #53 Simon Robertsson (F)
    #88 Dylan Duke (F), #95 Ty Voit (F), #97 Vladislav Lukashevich (D), #159 Matvei Petrov (F)
    #161 Connor Lockhart (F), #188 Dmitri Katelevsky, #193 Trevor Wong (not drafted)

    A very close second place we'll give to HF Boards own 42jerks, or maybe Liger

    42jerks
    #1 Owen Power, #14 Jack Peart, #33 Aatu Raty, #53 Sasha Pastujov
    #88 Aidan Hreschuk (D), #95 Conner Roulette (F), #97 Guillaume Richard (D), #159 Kelle Ervasti (not drafted)
    #161 Francesco Arcuri (F), #188 Eric Alarie (not drafted), #193 Zack Stringer

    A very close third is Sabrespace's own Liger.
    #1 William Eklund, #14 Jesper Wallstedt, #33 Aatu Raty, #53 Simon Robertsson
    #88 Dylan Duke, #95 Robert Orr #97 Sean Tschigerl, #159 Elias Stenman (not drafted)
    #161 Trevor Wong (not drafted), #188 Simon Motew (not drafted), #193 xxxxxx

    A very close fourth is Wheeler
    #1 Owen Power, #14 Chaz Lucius, #33 Sasha Pastujov, #53 Sean Behrens (D)
    #88 Dylan Duke (F) #95 Joshua Roy #97 Connor Roulette, #159 Peter Reynolds (not drafted)
    #161 Jeremy Wilmer (not selected), #188 Trevor Wong (not drafted), #193 Kelle Ervasti (not drafted)

    Fifth is Pronman
    #1 Owen Power,#14 Chaz Lucius,#33 Nikita Chibrikov,#53 Kirill Kirsanov,
    #88 Justin Robidas, #95 Olivier Nadeau, #97 Vladislav Lukashevich (D), #159 Lorenzo Canonica (not drafted)
    #161 Daniil Lazutin (not drafted), #188 Ty Gallagher, #193 Daniil Pylenkov

    I'm in 6th, or maybe Button
    rakish
    #1 Dylan Guenther, #14 Logan Stankoven, #33 Anton Olsson, #53 Connor Roulette
    #88 Jack O'Brien (not drafted), #95 Victor Stjernborg, #97 Niko Huuhtanen (F), #159 Simon Knak (F)
    #161 Mikey Milne (not drafted), #188 Eric Alarie (not drafted), #193 Rhett Rhinehart (not drafted)

    Button
    #1 Owen Power, #14 Fedor Svechkov, #33 Samu Tuomaala (F), #53 Benjamin Gaudreau (G)
    #88 Dylan Duke #95 James Malatesta (F) #97 Robert Orr (F), #159 Hunter Strand (not drafted)
    #161 Dmitri Zugan (not drafted), #188 Nikita V. Novikov (D), #193 xxxxxxxxx

    The Sabres are last
    #1 Owen Power (D),#14 Isak Rosén (F),#33 Prokhor Poltapov (F),#53 Alexander Kisakov (F)
    #88 Stiven Sardaryan (F),#95 Joshua Bloom (F),#97 Olivier Nadeau (F),#159 Viljami Marjala (F)
    #161 William von Barnekow (F),#188 Nikita V. Novikov (D),#193 Tyson Kozak (F)

    For Year 9, we'll use the Sabres again, as they have a lot of picks. My board looks like this, though I often swap around things after I think about it for a while. While it's a weak draft at the top, it's not so bad for the picks Buffalo has.

    Juraj Slafkovsky Fin20
    Jonathan Lekkerimaki SuperElit
    Liam Ohgren SuperElit
    Denton Mateychuk
    Marco Kasper
    Conor Geekie WHL
    Brad Lambert
    Pavel Mintyukov
    Danila Yurov
    Rutger McGroarty
    David Goyette
    Frank Nazar
    Isaac Howard
    Kevin Korchinski
    Lian Bichsel SHL
    Christian Kyrou
    Jagger Firkus WHL
    Fraser Minten WHL
    Mathew Seminoff wHL
    Aleksanteri Kaskimaki Fin20
    Alexander Suzdalev
    Connor Kurth overage
    James Stefan overager
    Anton Johansson
    Petr Hauser Czech20
    Matias Rantonen Fin20
    Otto Hokkanen Fin20
    German Tochilkin MHL
    Matyas Melovsky Czech20
    Tnias Mathurin
    Marek Alscher
    Tyler Dunbar USHL
    Niks Fenenko
    Jeremy Langlois

     

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  5. 53 minutes ago, French Collection said:

    Ovi left the game with a lower body injury.

    He has been healthy for a long time but a serious injury could derail his chance at Gretzky’s record. 
    He sits 164 goals back at 36 years of age.

    Think Wayne's done? He's a pretty competitive guy.

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  6. So I looked at 16 year olds for the first time. The old system I could do everybody, which was good, new system, not so good (I'm taking some data from here, some data from there, very slow). So I only did 10.

    Wright didn't play in a league that I grade at 16, but his 15 numbers are really good.

    Everyone else was well below where I expected. Yurov was 25th among the admittedly random group of 16 year olds I have scored. He sits with a lot of 8th overalls, Rossi's at 23rd, Cozens' at 24th, Newhook's at 26th. Savoie's at 39th, Kemell's at 41st, Cooley's at 42nd, Lambert's at 44th, Slafkovsky's at 80th, Miro... at 88th. Korchinski is 23rd among defensemen, and I haven't graded many defensemen.

    I expect a few guys to have really great DY years (Kemell looks to be having a great start), but the DY-1 was really weak. 

  7. 4 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said:

    There is one with #15 - Hayden 

    And #43 - who?

    And #6 - who?

    Prow is an Amerk type, if I remember right, he was around last year. Malone was drafted a few years back. He doesn't score, but people love how he plays.

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  8. Just now, New Scotland (NS) said:

    They are really good.  How are they at playing Dead classics?  I suppose I could check for myself, but maybe you can let me know if it's worth the investment of time.  Thanks.

    Somehow I missed these guys, just found them. They play with Phil a lot, as Phil's Friends. I find their Dead stuff a bit note for note, and I'm always looking for a reinvention, like their version of Miss You. I think of it as what Jerry would have done with it, had the Dead actually practiced.

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  9. 49 minutes ago, Hoss said:

    That’s a ton of projection. For the record, Drysdale has been absolutely abysmal on NHL ice so far.

    They did play Drysdale against tough competition, both at home and on the road. I see his numbers as good, though I see why an analytic wouldn't

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  10. 7 hours ago, Hoss said:

    Houston seems like it's been waiting for a relocation for some time now so I could see it ... I'd love to see a team in Milwaukee, honestly.

    I thought it had been decided that it's better to move to a city without a basketball team?

  11. 1 hour ago, Weave said:

    I've been ignoring these when they show up in my feed.  Based on this I'll watch next time.

    I enjoy these a lot. it's fun to watch someone listen to something that I've heard a million times, it kind of brings new life to it. My favorite is Lost in Vegas listening to Roundabout

     

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  12. On 7/19/2021 at 9:18 AM, PASabreFan said:

    I'm not a sophisticate when it comes to food or drink. I bought a can of imported Italian espresso ground coffee. I don't have an espresso machine and know nothing about pulling, pressing, bars of pressure or shots. I just put it in my cheap coffeemaker. It came out fine, to my taste buds anyway. Then I read ONE ounce of espresso has 64 grams of caffeine. I just had probably a 10-ounce cup of it.

    Am I going to die?

    Yes... and no

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  13. 12 hours ago, dudacek said:

    Still any doubters out there?

    Come on, speak up. Don’t be shy.

    You know I can't resist.

    I think the BS are heavy into analytics, and one of the things analytics often (but not @IKnowPhysics in the Butcher thread, which surprised me) believe is that everyone's opponent is the same, therefore there are no 'difficult opponents' or 'tougher assignments', they are all the same. So they value defensemen by their expected goals against, which sounds reasonable, except that, in reality (in my view), their XGA is determined by their opponent, that the number of minutes played against Marchand drives XGA. This makes Buffalo view Rasmus Dahlin's defense much better than it is, and to value the players actually playing Marchand (like Johan Larsson, Risto, Eakin) much too low.

    The long term effect is that the BS will weed out the players playing the best opponents and promote the players who play the weakest opponents. I made a podcast about this last week called the analytics death spiral.

    I believe they will sign a handful more players at discounted post June 28th prices. They live in monoculture. They laugh at the stupid teams, like the Lightning (Bogo, lol). They believe, internally, that they are going to shock the sports world.

    I don't think they are tanking, I think they are incompetent. Of course, I might be wrong.

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  14. 23 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    If I got 4-5 players I would be so happy. I think I have 3 for sure. Eklund, Wallstedt, Raty. Duke and Orr are really 2 guys I have a lot of faith in. 

    One will blow out a knee, one will fall in love with the wrong girl.

  15. 2 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

    I am very happy that next year I can get back to using some of the numbers again. I think I missed value in this draft and it was a learning experience for sure. Looking at the cohorts from previous drafts I am going to have to put an asterisks for 2020.

    Nonsense

    My rough estimates is that Me, you, Pronman, and Button get about 2 1/4 players per draft, the Sabres and McKenzie, crap, I forgot McKenzie, get about 1 3/4 players per year, over a 6 year cycle, that's a difference of 3 players, which is pretty much one of Buffalo's problems. So with 11 picks, I expect you to get about 4-5 players, and expect the BS to get 3-4 players, and everyone will think how awesome the BS draft was because they got 3-4 players.

    It's meant to be a learning experience. 

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