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 Engineer2. Ross Devonport, Senior Fantasy Writer3. Peter Madden, Editorial Director, Fantasy Sports4. Chris Soblotne, Product Manager5. Marc-Alain Roc, Customer Service Advisor6. Erin Brown, Producer7. Michael Hurcomb, Fantasy Writer8. Ian Melmood, Fantasy Writer9. Eric Kay, Wireless Editor10. Sergio Gonzalez, Fantasy Writer11. Eric Mack, Senior Fantasy Writer12. 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
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