Draft order (1st round)

[flyergp21]

I think this could be helpful for us until draft day. If you see any mistakes, feel free to step in!

1-Islanders
2-Colorado
3-Philadelphia
4-Vancouver
5-Minnesota
6-St.Louis
7-Philadelphia (MTL)
8-Buffalo
9-Nashville
10-Toronto
11-Detroit
12-Florida
13-Columbus
14-Philadelphia (ANA)
15-Washington
16-Carolina
17-New Jersey
18-Boston
19-Montreal (EDM)
20-Los Angeles
21-Montreal (OTT)
22-Dallas
23-Philadelphia (ARI)
24-Detroit (CHI)
25-Rangers
26-Columbus (CGY)
27-Winnipeg
28-Florida (PIT)
29-San Jose
30-Colorado (TB)

[Vik (Habs)]

Pretty sure the standings were played with to get the matchups right for the playoffs but Calgary can't be picking lower than 26th so don't think it's accurate anyways.

[flyergp21]

Yeah, my mistake, I just read the rule about draft order, and only the final four teams are ''reassigned''.

I'll correct that.

[flyergp21]

Ok, I think it should be accurate now. Bub can you confirm?

[Vik (Habs)]

Based on an old savefile, believe it should be...
1 NY Islanders
2 Colorado
3 Philadelphia
4 Vancouver
5 Minnesota
6 St. Louis
7 Philadelphia via Montreal
8 Buffalo
9 Nashville
10 Toronto
11 Detroit
12 Florida
13 Columbus
14 Philadelphia via Anaheim
15 Dallas
16 Washington
17 Boston
18 Montreal via Edmonton
19 Carolina
20 Montreal via Ottawa
21 New Jersey
22 Los Angeles
23 Philadelphia via Arizona
24 Detroit via Chicago
25 NY Rangers
26 Columbus via Calgary
27 Winnipeg
28 Florida via Pittsburgh
29 San Jose
30 Colorado via Tampa Bay

[flyergp21]

Dallas at 15, with 103 pts?

[flyergp21]

Ottawa's pick ahead of Jersey?

[Vik (Habs)]

Dallas at 15, with 103 pts?

Dallas had 87 points. Remember he beat his brother on the last day to get in.

Ottawa's pick ahead of Jersey?

New Jersey finished with 104 points, Ottawa 103.


Like I said, someone fiddled with teams' records. I assume it was to get the right playoff matchups but, whatever the reason, you can't go by the current savefile.

[SharksGM]

Yes, teams.ehm was edited to get the right matchups. I assume Pat will change it back at some point and he'll definitely post the full draft order soon. Also, he made a backup of the end of season teams.ehm:

ehechockey.com/files/teams_endofseason.ehm

[flyergp21]

Ok, it was too long ago I guess, I never noticed that!!

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Yeah, I had to monkey with the teams file to get the playoff matchups as close as possible to what we wanted. I'll advance the game here shortly and re-adjust the teams file to show the proper end-of-season records. I think Vik's is correct, but we'll take another look at it once I fix things.

But thanks for getting this started, Greg.

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Shouldn't the "Columbus via Calgary" pick (currently #26) be higher, since CGY went out before we did? Or am I misreading the NHL's policy on this?

EDIT: the teams.ehm file has been updated, and the standings page on the website now reflects the actual end-of-season records and point totals.

[SharksGM]

Shouldn't the "Columbus via Calgary" pick (currently #26) be higher, since CGY went out before we did? Or am I misreading the NHL's policy on this?

No it's correct, only the conference finalists pick in the bottom 4. The rest of the playoff teams get sorted by regular season point totals.

[Vik (Habs)]

Shouldn't the "Columbus via Calgary" pick (currently #26) be higher, since CGY went out before we did? Or am I misreading the NHL's policy on this?

No it's correct, only the conference finalists pick in the bottom 4. The rest of the playoff teams get sorted by regular season point totals.

Also, the division winners get lower picks than non-division winners. That's why Chicago's pick is later than Arizona and LA's even though they had fewer points.

[Calgary.Flames]

Shouldn't the "Columbus via Calgary" pick (currently #26) be higher, since CGY went out before we did? Or am I misreading the NHL's policy on this?

EDIT: the teams.ehm file has been updated, and the standings page on the website now reflects the actual end-of-season records and point totals.

Thanks for reminding me. Can't we just move on? Stop living in the past, guys.

[Commish Bub(NYR)]

Shouldn't the "Columbus via Calgary" pick (currently #26) be higher, since CGY went out before we did? Or am I misreading the NHL's policy on this?

EDIT: the teams.ehm file has been updated, and the standings page on the website now reflects the actual end-of-season records and point totals.

Thanks for reminding me. Can't we just move on? Stop living in the past, guys.

Back to sleep, Julien. We'll wake you before the draft.