Week Eighteen Waiver Draft (Feb 3)

When we left the recapping posts, Brian had just made a defenseman swap and since then, we kind of stalled.  Thankfully, just before this post was finished this morning, we did happily conclude the opening round of the draft, so that's a big bonus.

Troy was doing some homework this week, as he snuck Brandon Sutter of the Canucks through the ranks, adding him to his squad for the injured Patrik Elias in New Jersey.  Sutter has been a half a point-per-game, when healthy and now that he has just returned from injury, he could be a big add to Troy's side and the Canucks, for that matter.

Eric decided to pass on his pick in the first round, opting to not replace Oscar Klefbom of the Oilers from his side.  Probably a wise decision.

With the 22nd drop/pick, Kristy & Don looked to improve upon their forwards, as they continue to climb up in the standings, dropping Tomas Fleischmann of the Canadiens and picking up Teemu Pulkkinen of the Red Wings.  There may not be a lot of difference there, but Kristy could easily cheer for Pulkkinen, more so than Fleischmann.

Neil also decided to pass, as the available players list wasn't very enticing to him and the two players he has on the Injured Reserve shouldn't be on there for too much longer.

The last move that was actually made in the opening round saw Stuart "steal" David Pastrnak of the Bruins, who may have finally cracked the roster in Boston, while dropping Ales Hemsky of the Stars, who he picked up in the last draft.  Stuart is so confident of this pick, he added another side bet to his page with Clayton and John S..

And with that, the three money teams all elected to pass on the opening round of the draft, which brings us to where we are, when I hit the publish button on this post: opening up the second round!