The Zambonis have been cranked up. Fans are starting to dust off their favorite sweaters. And the Coyotes are still in Phoenix ... or at least for the time being.
That's right, hockey is back in full swing. Since we at CBSSports.com are gearing up for the season, we felt this was an opportune time to conduct our annual Experts Fantasy Hockey League draft.
This year we upped the roster limits from 17 to 18. They are 12 starting positions and six reserves. The 12 starters consist of six forwards, four defensemen and two goalies. However, a new wrinkle is that all owners must start at least two centers and two wingers with the remaining two forward positions being a wild card of their choice.
As for scoring, we tried to keep it as simple as possible. Players get one point for plus/minus, defensemen assists and short-handed goals. They get two points for assists, defensemen goals, hat tricks, overtime losses and power-play goals. Three points for goals and shutouts. Five points for a win, 0.2 points for a save, 0.25 points for every penalty minute and minus-1 point for goals against.
This year's draft order was as followed:
1. Lou Miller, Senior Software Engineer
2. Ross Devonport, Senior Fantasy Writer
3. Peter Madden, Editorial Director, Fantasy Sports
4. Chris Soblotne, Product Manager
5. Marc-Alain Roc, Customer Service Advisor
6. Erin Brown, Producer
7. Michael Hurcomb, Fantasy Writer
8. Ian Melmood, Fantasy Writer
9. Eric Kay, Wireless Editor
10. Sergio Gonzalez, Fantasy Writer
11. Eric Mack, Senior Fantasy Writer
12. Greg Cimilluca, Production Manager
It should be another exciting year of Fantasy Hockey, so best of luck to all those who conduct drafts for the 2009-10 season.
| Draft Results | ||||||
| Round 1 | Round 10 | |||||
| Pick | Team | Player | Pick | Team | Player | |
| 1 | Louis Miller | Ovechkin, Alex LW WAS | 1 | Greg Cimilluca | Kunitz, Chris LW PIT | |
| 2 | Ross Devonport | Malkin, Evgeni C PIT | 2 | Eric Mack | Hossa, Marian RW CHI | |
| 3 | Peter Madden | Brodeur, Martin G NJ | 3 | Sergio Gonzalez | Bieksa, Kevin D VAN | |
| 4 | Chris Soblotne | Luongo, Roberto G VAN | 4 | Eric Kay | Booth, David LW FLA | |
| 5 | Marc-Alain Roc | Thornton, Joe C SJ | 5 | Ian Melmood | Whitney, Ryan D ANA | |
| 6 | Erin Brown | Crosby, Sidney C PIT | 6 | Michael Hurcomb | Bogosian, Zach D ATL | |
| 7 | Michael Hurcomb | Nabokov, Evgeni G SJ | 7 | Erin Brown | Corvo, Joe D CAR | |
| 8 | Ian Melmood | Lundqvist, Henrik G NYR | 8 | Marc-Alain Roc | Quick, Jonathan G LA | |
| 9 | Eric Kay | Green, Mike D WAS | 9 | Chris Soblotne | Hejduk, Milan RW COL | |
| 10 | Sergio Gonzalez | Kiprusoff, Miikka G CGY | 10 | Peter Madden | Liles, John-Michael D COL | |
| 11 | Eric Mack | Backstrom, Niklas G MIN | 11 | Ross Devonport | Knuble, Mike RW WAS | |
| 12 | Greg Cimilluca | Fleury, Marc-Andre G PIT | 12 | Louis Miller | Jovanovski, Ed D PHO | |
| Round 2 | Round 11 | |||||
| Pick | Team | Player | Pick | Team | Player | |
| 1 | Greg Cimilluca | Datsyuk, Pavel C DET | 1 | Louis Miller | Anderson, Craig G COL | |
| 2 | Eric Mack | Miller, Ryan G BUF | 2 | Ross Devonport | Oshie, T.J. C STL | |
| 3 | Sergio Gonzalez | Ward, Cam G CAR | 3 | Peter Madden | Hartnell, Scott LW PHI | |
| 4 | Eric Kay | Heatley, Dany RW SJ | 4 | Chris Soblotne | Coburn, Braydon D PHI | |
| 5 | Ian Melmood | Mason, Steve G CLB | 5 | Marc-Alain Roc | Bouchard, Pierre-Marc RW MIN | |
| 6 | Michael Hurcomb | Kovalchuk, Ilya LW ATL | 6 | Erin Brown | Selanne, Teemu RW ANA | |
| 7 | Erin Brown | Thomas, Tim G BOS | 7 | Michael Hurcomb | Richards, Brad C DAL | |
| 8 | Marc-Alain Roc | Price, Carey G MON | 8 | Ian Melmood | Suter, Ryan D NSH | |
| 9 | Chris Soblotne | Iginla, Jarome RW CGY | 9 | Eric Kay | Theodore, Jose G WAS | |
| 10 | Peter Madden | Lidstrom, Nicklas D DET | 10 | Sergio Gonzalez | Horton, Nathan RW FLA | |
| 11 | Ross Devonport | Huet, Cristobal G CHI | 11 | Eric Mack | Pominville, Jason RW BUF | |
| 12 | Louis Miller | Semin, Alexander LW WAS | 12 | Greg Cimilluca | Spacek, Jaroslav D MON | |
| Round 3 | Round 12 | |||||
| Pick | Team | Player | Pick | Team | Player | |
| 1 | Louis Miller | Zetterberg, Henrik LW DET | 1 | Greg Cimilluca | Lehtonen, Kari G ATL | |
| 2 | Ross Devonport | Nash, Rick LW CLB | 2 | Eric Mack | Letang, Kris D PIT | |
| 3 | Peter Madden | Sedin, Daniel LW VAN | 3 | Sergio Gonzalez | Drury, Chris C NYR | |
| 4 | Chris Soblotne | Staal, Eric C CAR | 4 | Eric Kay | Berglund, Patrik C STL | |
| 5 | Marc-Alain Roc | Getzlaf, Ryan C ANA | 5 | Ian Melmood | Wheeler, Blake LW BOS | |
| 6 | Erin Brown | Vanek, Thomas LW BUF | 6 | Michael Hurcomb | McDonald, Andy C STL | |
| 7 | Michael Hurcomb | Osgood, Chris G DET | 7 | Erin Brown | Krejci, David C BOS | |
| 8 | Ian Melmood | Spezza, Jason C OTT | 8 | Marc-Alain Roc | Pavelski, Joe C SJ | |
| 9 | Eric Kay | Rinne, Pekka G NSH | 9 | Chris Soblotne | Morrow, Brenden LW DAL | |
| 10 | Sergio Gonzalez | St. Louis, Martin RW TB | 10 | Peter Madden | Elias, Patrik LW NJ | |
| 11 | Eric Mack | Parise, Zach LW NJ | 11 | Ross Devonport | Schneider, Mathieu D VAN | |
| 12 | Greg Cimilluca | Chara, Zdeno D BOS | 12 | Louis Miller | Antropov, Nik C ATL | |
| Round 4 | Round 13 | |||||
| Pick | Team | Player | Pick | Team | Player | |
| 1 | Greg Cimilluca | Turco, Marty G DAL | 1 | Louis Miller | Vlasic, Marc-Edouard D SJ | |
| 2 | Eric Mack | Lecavalier, Vincent C TB | 2 | Ross Devonport | Tanguay, Alex LW TB | |
| 3 | Sergio Gonzalez | Alfredsson, Daniel RW OTT | 3 | Peter Madden | Lucic, Milan LW BOS | |
| 4 | Eric Kay | Mason, Chris G STL | 4 | Chris Soblotne | Gustavsson, Jonas G TOR | |
| 5 | Ian Melmood | Savard, Marc C BOS | 5 | Marc-Alain Roc | Barker, Cam D CHI | |
| 6 | Michael Hurcomb | Gonchar, Sergei D PIT | 6 | Erin Brown | Dubinsky, Brandon C NYR | |
| 7 | Erin Brown | Phaneuf, Dion D CGY | 7 | Michael Hurcomb | Howard, Jimmy G DET | |
| 8 | Marc-Alain Roc | Boyle, Dan D SJ | 8 | Ian Melmood | Ehrhoff, Christian D VAN | |
| 9 | Chris Soblotne | Jokinen, Olli C CGY | 9 | Eric Kay | Staal, Jordan C PIT | |
| 10 | Peter Madden | Backstrom, Nicklas C WAS | 10 | Sergio Gonzalez | Kesler, Ryan C VAN | |
| 11 | Ross Devonport | Emery, Ray G PHI | 11 | Eric Mack | Doughty, Drew D LA | |
| 12 | Louis Miller | Vokoun, Tomas G FLA | 12 | Greg Cimilluca | Kozlov, Slava LW ATL | |
| Round 5 | Round 14 | |||||
| Pick | Team | Player | Pick | Team | Player | |
| 1 | Louis Miller | Khabibulin, Nikolai G EDM | 1 | Greg Cimilluca | Rozsival, Michal D NYR | |
| 2 | Ross Devonport | Weber, Shea D NSH | 2 | Eric Mack | DiPietro, Rick G NYI | |
| 3 | Peter Madden | Bryzgalov, Ilya G PHO | 3 | Sergio Gonzalez | Lombardi, Matthew C PHO | |
| 4 | Chris Soblotne | Toews, Jonathan C CHI | 4 | Eric Kay | Seabrook, Brent D CHI | |
| 5 | Marc-Alain Roc | Perry, Corey RW ANA | 5 | Ian Melmood | Guerin, Bill RW PIT | |
| 6 | Erin Brown | Giguere, Jean-Sebastien G ANA | 6 | Michael Hurcomb | Blake, Jason LW TOR | |
| 7 | Michael Hurcomb | Richards, Mike C PHI | 7 | Erin Brown | Tavares, John C NYI | |
| 8 | Ian Melmood | Souray, Sheldon D EDM | 8 | Marc-Alain Roc | Bergeron, Patrice C BOS | |
| 9 | Eric Kay | Gaborik, Marian RW NYR | 9 | Chris Soblotne | Ponikarovsky, Alexei LW TOR | |
| 10 | Sergio Gonzalez | Markov, Andrei D MON | 10 | Peter Madden | Eriksson, Loui LW DAL | |
| 11 | Eric Mack | Carter, Jeff C PHI | 11 | Ross Devonport | Gilbert, Tom D EDM | |
| 12 | Greg Cimilluca | Gagne, Simon LW PHI | 12 | Louis Miller | Smyth, Ryan LW LA | |
| Round 6 | Round 15 | |||||
| Pick | Team | Player | Pick | Team | Player | |
| 1 | Greg Cimilluca | Marleau, Patrick C SJ | 1 | Louis Miller | Giroux, Claude RW PHI | |
| 2 | Eric Mack | Cammalleri, Mike LW MON | 2 | Ross Devonport | Gionta, Brian RW MON | |
| 3 | Sergio Gonzalez | Streit, Mark D NYI | 3 | Peter Madden | Vermette, Antoine C CLB | |
| 4 | Eric Kay | Sedin, Henrik C VAN | 4 | Chris Soblotne | Niskanen, Matt D DAL | |
| 5 | Ian Melmood | Ryan, Bobby RW ANA | 5 | Marc-Alain Roc | Filatov, Nikita LW CLB | |
| 6 | Michael Hurcomb | Rafalski, Brian D DET | 6 | Erin Brown | Johnson, Erik D STL | |
| 7 | Erin Brown | Boyes, Brad RW STL | 7 | Michael Hurcomb | Michalek, Milan RW OTT | |
| 8 | Marc-Alain Roc | Bouwmeester, Jay D CGY | 8 | Ian Melmood | Connolly, Tim C BUF | |
| 9 | Chris Soblotne | Pronger, Chris D PHI | 9 | Eric Kay | Sharp, Patrick LW CHI | |
| 10 | Peter Madden | Ribeiro, Mike C DAL | 10 | Sergio Gonzalez | Kariya, Paul LW STL | |
| 11 | Ross Devonport | Wideman, Dennis D BOS | 11 | Eric Mack | Campoli, Chris D OTT | |
| 12 | Louis Miller | Niedermayer, Scott D ANA | 12 | Greg Cimilluca | Hainsey, Ron D ATL | |
| Round 7 | Round 16 | |||||
| Pick | Team | Player | Pick | Team | Player | |
| 1 | Louis Miller | Kopitar, Anze C LA | 1 | Greg Cimilluca | Dumont, J.P. RW NSH | |
| 2 | Ross Devonport | Briere, Danny C PHI | 2 | Eric Mack | Pitkanen, Joni D CAR | |
| 3 | Peter Madden | Setoguchi, Devin RW SJ | 3 | Sergio Gonzalez | Rolston, Brian RW NJ | |
| 4 | Chris Soblotne | Blake, Rob D SJ | 4 | Eric Kay | Kessel, Phil RW TOR | |
| 5 | Marc-Alain Roc | Havlat, Martin RW MIN | 5 | Ian Melmood | Fedotenko, Ruslan LW PIT | |
| 6 | Erin Brown | Kaberle, Tomas D TOR | 6 | Michael Hurcomb | Leino, Ville LW DET | |
| 7 | Michael Hurcomb | Leclaire, Pascal G OTT | 7 | Erin Brown | Ballard, Keith D FLA | |
| 8 | Ian Melmood | Kane, Patrick RW CHI | 8 | Marc-Alain Roc | Gilroy, Matt D NYR | |
| 9 | Eric Kay | Edler, Alexander D VAN | 9 | Chris Soblotne | Brunette, Andrew LW MIN | |
| 10 | Sergio Gonzalez | Roy, Derek C BUF | 10 | Peter Madden | Oduya, Johnny D NJ | |
| 11 | Eric Mack | Campbell, Brian D CHI | 11 | Ross Devonport | Enstrom, Tobias D ATL | |
| 12 | Greg Cimilluca | Zidlicky, Marek D MIN | 12 | Louis Miller | Kuba, Filip D OTT | |
| Round 8 | Round 17 | |||||
| Pick | Team | Player | Pick | Team | Player | |
| 1 | Greg Cimilluca | Arnott, Jason C NSH | 1 | Louis Miller | Cole, Erik LW CAR | |
| 2 | Eric Mack | Keith, Duncan D CHI | 2 | Ross Devonport | Peverley, Rich C ATL | |
| 3 | Sergio Gonzalez | Doan, Shane RW PHO | 3 | Peter Madden | Martin, Paul D NJ | |
| 4 | Eric Kay | Stastny, Paul C COL | 4 | Chris Soblotne | Grabovski, Mikhail C TOR | |
| 5 | Ian Melmood | Koivu, Mikko C MIN | 5 | Marc-Alain Roc | Frolik, Michael RW FLA | |
| 6 | Michael Hurcomb | Burns, Brent D MIN | 6 | Erin Brown | Burrows, Alexandre LW VAN | |
| 7 | Erin Brown | Franzen, Johan RW DET | 7 | Michael Hurcomb | Sullivan, Steve LW NSH | |
| 8 | Marc-Alain Roc | Whitney, Ray LW CAR | 8 | Ian Melmood | Goligoski, Alex D PIT | |
| 9 | Chris Soblotne | Kovalev, Alexei RW OTT | 9 | Eric Kay | Tyutin, Fedor D CLB | |
| 10 | Peter Madden | McCabe, Bryan D FLA | 10 | Sergio Gonzalez | Langenbrunner, Jamie RW NJ | |
| 11 | Ross Devonport | Smith, Mike G TB | 11 | Eric Mack | Zajac, Travis C NJ | |
| 12 | Louis Miller | Stamkos, Steven C TB | 12 | Greg Cimilluca | Prospal, Vaclav C NYR | |
| Round 9 | Round 18 | |||||
| Pick | Team | Player | Pick | Team | Player | |
| 1 | Louis Miller | Kubina, Pavel D ATL | 1 | Greg Cimilluca | Clowe, Ryane RW SJ | |
| 2 | Ross Devonport | Ryder, Michael RW BOS | 2 | Eric Mack | Weiss, Stephen C FLA | |
| 3 | Peter Madden | Varlamov, Semyon G WAS | 3 | Sergio Gonzalez | Clemmensen, Scott G FLA | |
| 4 | Chris Soblotne | Gomez, Scott C MON | 4 | Eric Kay | Langkow, Daymond C CGY | |
| 5 | Marc-Alain Roc | Kronwall, Niklas D DET | 5 | Ian Melmood | Quincey, Kyle D COL | |
| 6 | Erin Brown | Toskala, Vesa G TOR | 6 | Michael Hurcomb | Grebeshkov, Denis D EDM | |
| 7 | Michael Hurcomb | Hemsky, Ales RW EDM | 7 | Erin Brown | Hodgson, Cody C VAN | |
| 8 | Ian Melmood | Frolov, Alexander RW LA | 8 | Marc-Alain Roc | Perron, David LW STL | |
| 9 | Eric Kay | Brassard, Derick C CLB | 9 | Chris Soblotne | Zherdev, Nikolai RW NYR | |
| 10 | Sergio Gonzalez | Timonen, Kimmo D PHI | 10 | Peter Madden | Bolland, Dave C CHI | |
| 11 | Eric Mack | Hiller, Jonas G ANA | 11 | Ross Devonport | Malone, Ryan LW TB | |
| 12 | Greg Cimilluca | Visnovsky, Lubomir D EDM | 12 | Louis Miller | Boucher, Brian G PHI | |
