Pittsburgh Penguins All-Time Draft - (Round 25)

[Gaucho]

Hey, we're only 15 picks in.

[Mr. Colby]

There are still some huge names available - I'm shocked that 3 goalies have been picked to this point given how weak the overall franchise goaltending has been.

When Barrasso and Fleury are your top 2 goalies in 45 years, YIKES

[meow]

Each team's draft strategy has become very clear.

[Rylan]

With the 16th overall selection, the Degloving Kings are proud to select from Togliatti, Russia:

Alexi Kovalev

[Gaucho]

[Rylan]

I went back and forth between Kovalev and 3 others. But in the end, I felt Kovalev was too talented a hockey player to leave out there. But by no means is that a swipe against any of the players I didn't select. Kovy marveled me too many times.

[meow]

I'd like to select, from the mean streets of NYC, Joe Mullen! (and his neck roll)




side note: I once fought his son Patrick...he won.

[mikey287]

Good picks guys, falling behind in bios...

Fleury's is done. Barrasso's is nearing completion. Binkley's shouldn't take me too long after that.

Lots to discuss with goaltending. Barrasso/Fleury might be closer than I initially thought. I'm re-convinced myself that everyone that has picked a goalie to this point reached for one. Myself included with Barrasso.

Guys are peeling right off my "due up" list left and right, which is good to see!

[MRandall25]

Oh **** I'm up... need to take a final in an hour, then I'll check my stuff.

[Rylan]

I agree we all reached on goalie, but when building teams from scratch you reach for positions that have small pools of high end talent. The opportunity cost was too great IMO.

[Rylan]

MRandall needs a draft board

[Mr. Colby]

Love the Kovalev pick - one of the top 10 most talented players of all time, and a superstar when with the pens (his 1st stint)

[MRandall25]

MRandall needs a draft board

I'm sorry that it just so happens this draft is occurring during finals week.

[Mr. Colby]

Meow - you take the cake for most underrated/under-appreciated team of all time, with Ronny, Murph, and Joey

[Rylan]

Only busting your chops. No worries otherwise.

[mikey287]

Take your time mrandall, I don't think I'll be around a computer for a while today. I could use some time to get some bios together anyhow haha...

[meow]

Meow - you take the cake for most underrated/under-appreciated team of all time, with Ronny, Murph, and Joey

Muck, Grind and Repeat, baby. Muck....Grind...and Repeat.

[Gaucho]

Meow - you take the cake for most underrated/under-appreciated team of all time, with Ronny, Murph, and Joey

Popular claim, but none of these guys is underrated or underappreciated. They're all in the HoF.

[meow]

Meow - you take the cake for most underrated/under-appreciated team of all time, with Ronny, Murph, and Joey

Popular claim, but none of these guys is underrated or underappreciated. They're all in the HoF.

I see what Colby is saying. I don't have any sexy players. Good teammates, guys that think the game.

[Gaucho]

No sexy players? They're all among my all-time favorites!

[Mr. Colby]

No sexy players? They're all among my all-time favorites!

Same.

It's tough to explain - even though they're all HOF'ers, they all still seem underrated. Maybe the media never made a big enough deal out of them.

[MRandall25]

No sexy players? They're all among my all-time favorites!

Same.

It's tough to explain - even though they're all HOF'ers, they all still seem underrated. Maybe the media never made a big enough deal out of them.

Maybe just because they were there when Lemieux and Jagr stole the show.

[Rylan]

Ron Francis is a favorite of mine as well Gaucho.

[mikey287]

Perception at the time and in retrospect is that Larry Murphy and Ron Francis were very underrated. Quiet guys that did their job very well, often in the shadow of someone bigger than them (Coffey, Lemieux, Jagr). Hard to find contemporary sources that don't reference the underratedness of Murphy and Francis. They got rated pretty fairly at the end of the day though I feel...Murphy with considerable Norris consideration, Francis recognized defensively and compiled plenty of points together over a long career.

[MRandall25]

Before I start looking, is that Google Doc updated as current?