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BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

WELCOME TO THE BRHL2

Sabres · Guru

Hey guys, this is Aaron, one of the two co-owners of the Buffalo Sabres for BRHL2, and im just wondering something about the draft. How many players are we going to draft? I assume we will have 26 "roster" players as it says 5 of each forward pos, 8 d and 3 goalies that are all rated. But after that how many more slots do we have for prospects, depth and any other kind of players?

Also how is the draft going to be performed? I assume its going to be done over several months since its almost impossible to get everyone online for a lengthy draft like this?

Eric_Isles · BRHL2 Co-Commish

Anyplayer who available is available in any round. You could build for the future and try for Crosby, Ryan and Johnson (all players drafted in the 2005 Entry Draft) as some of your first picks. It's not reccommended to go for all prospects, but the ability to draft any player in any round adds a degree of strategy.

Roughly we're shooting for a 50 Round Draft. We're gonna try our best to get it over with as quickly as possible, but at the same time make sure it is done right. So we'd figure a 20-23 man pro roster, X man farm roster, and the rest would be prospects.

The Draft will mainly be held via e-mailing lists. But there could be a slight chance of doing a few rounds Live. Bryce and I are gauging when Live drafts will/would happen so we'll keep you informed on that issue. We'll aslo try to get 2 rounds done per night, to make sure this drafting process doesn't become monotonous .

philly · Guru

Just a few things:

#1- You commishes should be hounding the GMs who are currently holding a GM spot and haven't paid, simply because we cant get started until everyone has paid, and secondly because we all want to get started as soon as possible.

#2- Assuming we do 2 rounds per day, I assume we will start out doing a 60-man draft list (if Im the #1 pick, or 31-man list if Im #30 pick) every day off the start. My only concern is after the first 10-20 rounds could we then move it to every other day doing 2 rounds... Obviously it's easier to do the first few rounds because the players we are drafting are well known, we're biased, etc. but the later rounds a list is a little harder because to me the difference between 4th liners is kinda small, so our lists will have to be looked at closer.

VanIslander · Guru

philly wrote:

after the first 10-20 rounds could we then move it to every other day doing 2 rounds...

as long as we do it AFTER the first 15-20 rounds, I'm all for it

a good pace is nice, but let's not rush it. drafting is important

-- Edited by VanIslander at 19:16, 2006-06-29

CBJackets · Guru

philly wrote:

Just a few things: #1- You commishes should be hounding the GMs who are currently holding a GM spot and haven't paid, simply because we cant get started until everyone has paid, and secondly because we all want to get started as soon as possible. #2- Assuming we do 2 rounds per day, I assume we will start out doing a 60-man draft list (if Im the #1 pick, or 31-man list if Im #30 pick) every day off the start. My only concern is after the first 10-20 rounds could we then move it to every other day doing 2 rounds... Obviously it's easier to do the first few rounds because the players we are drafting are well known, we're biased, etc. but the later rounds a list is a little harder because to me the difference between 4th liners is kinda small, so our lists will have to be looked at closer.

Agreed on the first point, although I haven't paid yet (will be doing so tomorrow). Maybe set an absolute drop dead date by which payment has to be received or the GM is booted from the league. I imagine a few guys won't get their money in, and it would be great to have 30 GMs, but even if we went with 26 who have all paid, so as not to hold the draft up, I think a league with 26 teams might work just fine.

VanIslander · Guru

I'd heard about PayPal often in the past.

I just used the free service (from eBay) and -man- was it easy!

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$50 sent... do it guys now... it's a cynch!