DNHL Best Scouts

[GypsieDeathBringer]

This started with just me looking at how my draft picks have been performing and then I expanded it to every team.  So, what I did was I took each teams keepers, supplemental, and the original contraction draft picks and then looked at how many fantasy points they have scored since being picked.  This obviously doesn't take into account trades or letting players go to free agency, but it does take into account if a player was dropped and drafted by another team.  Once a player is redrafted they stop earning points for the original team.  Also, doesn't take into account for up and coming guys who will be good, just a quick glance at the best fantasy scouts we have in this league based on points scored.  The original contraction draft is really what has set teams apart here.

        Team                  Points Scored                   Top Performer                       Top Prospect                      #  Players Scoring over 400 FPTs
1.  Hurricanes                    4865                     Ondrej Pavelec  (721.5)            Johnny Gaudreau                                      6
2.  Ducks                          4337.85                 Zach Parise      (709.70)          John Gibson                                              4
3.  Oilers                           3781.75                Pekka Rinne      (680.75)          Leon Draisaitl                                            4                                 
4.  Red Wings                   3479.35                 Steve Mason     (568)              Anthony Mantha                                        4
5.  Blackhawks                  3140.55                 Dustin Byfuglien (562.30)         Teuvo Teravainen                                      4
6.  Avalanche                    3135.65                 Ryan Callahan    (647.30)          Vladislav Namestnikov                               4
7.  Flames                        2897.35                 Craig Anderson  (737.75)           Sam Bennett                                           4
8.  Blues                          2734.95                 Henrik Lundqvist (908.50)          Joel Armia                                               3
9.  Leafs                          2316.80                 Rick Nash           (656.05)          William Nylander                                       3
10.  Capitals                     2147.00                 Andrew Ladd      (659.85)          Filip Forsberg                                          2
11.  Panthers                   2112.75                  Derek Steppan   (627.55)           Sam Reinhart                                         1
12.  Flyers                      2106.30                   Pascal Dupuis      (564.45)          Peter Mrazek                                          3
13.  Sabres                    2092.40                  Niklas Backstrom   (470.75)         Peter Mrazek                                          2
14.  Penguins                  2064.10                   Jakub Voracek     (605.35)         Kasperi Kapanen                                     1
15.  Kings                      1846.85                   John Tavares       (711.35)         Tyler Toffoli                                            1
16.  Bruins                     1360.65                   Ryan Johansen    (433.10)         Mikhail Grigorenko                                   1
17.  Coyotes                  1257.15                   Tyler Johnson      (255.25)         Brendan Perlini                                        0
18.  Canucks                 750.75                     Mats Zuccarello    (293.90)         Jared McCann                                          0
19.  Lightning                430.70                     Anders Lindback  (217.00)         Jonathan Drouin                                      0
20.  Canadiens               301.30                    Chad Johnson      (171.50)         Henrik Samuelsson                                  0

This obviously isn't perfect, and will be much more telling in probably 2 years when the young guys will have had extensive playing time, and I can take out the contraction draft veterans that were drafted. 

The teams that were helped most by keeper picks from their NHL team was the Oilers with Nugent-Hopkins, Yakupov and Avs with Mackinnon and Landeskog.

The team that drafted the most NHL ready prospects has easily been the Ducks with Ekman-Larsson, Colin Greening, Mikael Granlund, Ryan Ellis, Robin Lehner, Matt Martin, Ondrej Palat and Reto Berra everyone else is a way distant 2nd.

[Rob]

Dead sexy.  I'm excited to see this in a couple years when the contraction draft is removed.  I traded away my 1st rounder in that draft.  And, being desperate for goalie depth, my first pick in the 2nd round was Jason Labarbera... 

[Rob]

But hey, at least my top performer was an actual prospect at the time!

[GypsieDeathBringer]

I thought it was still important to leave the contraction draft in there this time because it still shows how people took bad teams and made them competitive immediately, or just stayed pat with a good team. 


Teams like the Avs, Blues, and Oilers were bad real NHL teams during this time, but our fantastic GMs changed their fortunes quickly. 

[Rob]

I thought it was still important to leave the contraction draft in there this time because it still shows how people took bad teams and made them competitive immediately, or just stayed pat with a good team. 


Teams like the Avs, Blues, and Oilers were bad real NHL teams during this time, but our fantastic GMs changed their fortunes quickly.

Yea makes sense, though some teams didn't have the cap space to do much in the contraction draft.  Nobody really stayed pat, IMO.  Check out the trade history from that time period.

[Tyler]

When we started I took ANA because I knew I could get great value from trading guys like Getz and perry, then i just drafted all youth with very hign end potential. Worked out quite well so far!

[Anthony]

It's no surprise the 3 cup winners from our league are all top 5 in this. Good scouting is everything. Oilers will benefit from a stable owner and Ducks arent too far off from winning one too.

[Rob]

Hey maybe after a couple more seasons of fleshing this out we can use it as a parameter in the overall standings.

[GypsieDeathBringer]

Hey maybe after a couple more seasons of fleshing this out we can use it as a parameter in the overall standings.

I wouldn't mind if we started doing that right now.   

[Rob]

I wouldn't mind if we started doing that right now.   

Without the contraction draft the performance sample is too small.  To include contraction results skews the whole thing, IMO.  Saying someone is the "best scout" because they drafted Zach Parise or Pekka Rinne is a little silly.