Draft Lottery 2024

The 1st round of the 2024 OFHL Draft is now set.

1. T-Man (from Derko) – Moved up 12
2. Haukster – no change
3. GnR – up 4 spots
4. EZ (from Rolphy) – up 8
5. Cordy – up 4
6. Vinny – down 5
7. Orv – down 2
8. Erty – down 2
9. EZ – down 5
10. Cordy (from Stifler) – up 1
11. JBR – down 1
12. Vinny (from T-Man) – down 9
13. Fulty – down 5
14. R&S – no change

Poor Vinny: Before the lottery, Vinny’s two picks sat at 1st and 3rd, but after the lottery, they dropped to 6th & 12th. Next year’s lottery won’t include anyone who was in the money.

Playoffs – Week 1

Week 1 of the OFHL Playoffs saw the top 4 teams in the regular season move on into round 2 of the ELITE EIGHT Pool. It’s now Sudde-Death as the loser of this round is eliminated. The winner of the A side gets a 4th rd pick.

B SIDE – Losres of the 1st round go into the B Side. It’s also Sudden-Death as the loser of this round is eliminated. The winner of the B Side gets a 5th rd pick

In the 9-11 Pool (which is being scrapped for next year, because, let’s face it, why should a team that wins less than 30% of their games be in a playoff for a chance for a 3rd rounder – yeah, we’re talking about you, EZ! What were we thinking?) Anyways… After 1 week:

• Erty leads with 42 pts
• Team ORV next with 36
• EZ brings up the rear with 33

Looking Back on “Strait from Rolphy”

Last week we forgot to look back on the Napkin’s predictions, so, in the tradition of Orv’s predictive “Napkin,” Rolphy submitted his own attempt at fore-telling the results for the OFHL season. Let’s see how he did:

He was actually bang on for three predictions: R&S at #1, Futy #7, and Team Orv at # 10. His biggest misses were T-Man (predicted for 4th – finished 12th,) Cordy (predicted 13th; finished 6th,) and Derko (predicted 6th; finished 2nd.) In all, not a bad first season. Good work, Swami!

OL’ TIME HOCKEY

Rangers and Devils threw back to the NHL’s Neadrathal past this week as a full line brawl erupted at the start of the game. Shameful! They could learn something from the OFHL brothers.

Cordy wisely waited until his teammates EZ & Vinny started a rush before jumping Derko. It was all part of the team strategy suggested by their coach Chico, aka “The Shoveler.”

Who’s faster? MacKinnon or McDavid?
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FEDOTOV ARRIVES IN PHILLY

Ivan Fedotov escaped the Russian Gulag and is now suiting up for the Flyers. By playing a game, he has become the tallest NHL goalie ever, standing 6’8″. Also, here’s 5’5″ Darren Pang for reference.

Nick Foligno’s sons at Blackhawks practice
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SID THE MIDDLE-AGED KID

NHL SALARIES – 1990 STYLE

Most were still being paid in Canadian dollars.

Even adjusted for inflation, poor Dave McLlwain was making $230K Cdn, or the same as JBR’s weekly billing.

FROM THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE

SKINNER JOINS 1000 GAME CLUB

Small problem, Skinner takes the dubious honor of being the first NHL player to play 1000 games without playing a playoff game.

STATS GUY IS ON HIS GAME

Somewhere in Mexico Gojo is giggling.

Forgot to Mention… Here’s the DRAFT LOTTERY BALLS FOR ’24

• Vinny 14 balls
• Haukster 13
• Vinny (from T-Man) 12
• EZ 11
• Team Orv 10
• Erty 9
• GnR 8
• Fulty 7
• Cordy 6
• JBR 5
• Cordy (from Stifler) 4
• EZ (from Rolphy) 3
• T-Man (from Derko) 2
• R&S 1

BUSCEMI FAMILY PORTRAIT

Pretty sure Steve Buscemi has watched a hockey game before. Therefore this pic is relevant and we’ll park it right here.

WEEK 21 – Trade Deadline & Vegas Shenanigans

Thanks to Fulty for doing the weekly updates while the Kmsh was chillin’ in the Caribbean.

The Kmsh also caught up with his old friend Matt Tkachuk at a Panthers game; they shared a good reminiscing about Chucky’s famous “turtling” against Kassian back in the day.

TRADE DEADLINE CAME AND WENT… AND BRUCE WANTED NOTHING TO DO WITH IT!

Boudreau is a legend. Bruce there it is!
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ANOTHER JERSEY RETIREMENT

Brent Krahn: “I remember a game in Detroit in the second round of the playoffs and I sat beside him on the bus after they lost 5-2. I’m sitting beside him and he was telling me jokes — and they were funny. They were really funny. And, you know, it’s a big loss. It’s playoffs and you got smoked by Detroit and I’m not even on the team really, I’m just here in case something happens. I mean, if Darryl sees me laughing, I’m in a lot of trouble. And this guy is killing me. I remember thinking to myself, ‘They just got pumped 5-2 and he wasn’t particularly great, and he’s just back to his regular self, telling jokes.’ And then the next game, I think he was First Star and made a million saves. The way it appeared to me, he could park a bad game. He could move on.”

Jamie McLennan: “It was evident, with a long-term injury to Roman Turek, I was going to need some help. I wasn’t a starter. I remember the day that Darryl traded for Miikka. Darryl said to me, ‘I’m bringing in a guy that I’m familiar with.’ He didn’t give me the speech that, ‘Hey, for the next seven years, this guy is going to be an absolute rock star.’ He just basically said, ‘We’re bringing somebody in to help you out.’ And that was it.” (At the time, San Jose was utilizing Miikka as their 3rd string goalie)

L.A. BROMANCE

BARKOV WITH A BEAUTY APPLE

VEGAS UP TO THEIR SHENANIGINS AGAIN??

LIKE RATS FROM A SINKING SHIP

NOT BAD COMPANY

RARE 1 FOR 1 TRADE

Team JBR sees two of his young up-and-coming players traded in a 1-for-1 trade that caught everyone by surprise.

LOOKING FORWARD TO DRAFT 2026? CONNOR BEDARD’S COUSIN WILL BE AVAILABLE.

16-year-old Gavin McKenna is chasing WHL history with six games remaining!

WEEK IN REVIEW

• Big Week: R&S with 41 pts
• Stinky Week: GnR with 20 pts
• 3-0 weeks: R&S, Rolphy, & Stifler
• Erty had 29 pts yet went 0-3; Fulty had 24 pts but went 2-1
• Top F: MacKinnon with 10 pts

• Top Vet: O’Reilly with 5 (yay Vinny!)
• Top Rook: Bedard & Faber with 5
• Top D: Makar with 10
• Top G: Demko with 6
• The final Pick-up of the year goes to a random roll: a “1” is rolled so it’s back to Vinny.
• Trade deadline ends at midnight March 10.
• 3 weeks remain in regular season

STANDINGS

But why is he smiling? Did he just watch Celebrini’s highlight reel?

Week 13 – Can We Just Take a Moment for Connor Bedard?

This guy has skills, is fun to watch, and seems like a decent kid.

The goal against the Slovaks has already been turned into a Canadian Moment… and is available for only $499.

That’s definitely running through the minds of a few OFHL GMs, but it’s not that easy thanks to the “Rolphy Lottery” where every team is in the lottery for rd 1.

SHRAPNEL

Saros made 64 saves vs. Carolina this week, moving ahead of Gump Worsley.

SPEAKING OF THE GUMPER…

He was described as a lot of things:

• A short, fat, 50-year-old munchkin
• He appears to have some kind of apparent cognitive deficit
• Always looks like a child on Christmas morning.

When his coach accused him of having a beer belly, Gump responded with: “I only drink Scotch.”

THE WEEK IN BULLETS 

• Stifler has the big week with 45 points. Big dogs: Dahlin 8; Dubois 7
• 3-0 weeks for Stifler, Derko, and R&S
• Haukster gets his first win since October 30th
• Haukster wins 2 and doubles his number of wins this season.
• R&S moves up 2 spots to 2nd place; Stifler moves up 1 spot to 7th
• Vinny says goodbye to Stamkos after 15 years
• Vinny passed on a pick-up
• T-Man’s lead isn’t insurmountable but is anyone going to catch his with 10 weeks to go?
• Hottest team this past month? R&S on an 11-1 run
• Lottery for the pick-up again… a 3 is rolled do the Wk 13 pick-up goes to Haukster

STANDINGS 

TEAM	G	W	L	T	PTS	TPP	AVG	%		W	L	T	PWk
T	39	30	7	2	62	487	37.5	0.795	.	2	1	0	38
&	39	27	11	1	55	472	36.3	0.705	.	3	0	0	42
Z	39	26	10	3	55	445	34.2	0.705	.	2	0	1	32
J	39	26	12	1	53	496	38.2	0.679	.	1	2	0	36
F	39	23	13	3	49	452	34.8	0.628	.	1	2	0	35
R	39	21	14	4	46	428	32.9	0.590	.	1	1	1	32
S	39	20	14	5	45	439	33.8	0.577	.	3	0	0	45
E	39	20	18	1	41	432	33.2	0.526	.	0	3	0	22
D	39	17	20	2	36	438	33.7	0.462	.	3	0	0	41
O	39	13	23	3	29	391	30.1	0.372	.	0	3	0	24
C	39	14	25	0	28	395	30.4	0.359	.	0	3	0	27
G	39	12	26	1	25	376	28.9	0.321	.	2	1	0	28
V	39	6	31	2	14	322	24.8	0.179	.	0	3	0	22
H	39	4	35	0	8	277	21.3	0.103	.	2	1	0	37

AND REMEMBER… 

If you can still fit your grad jacket you’re doing okay… even if you can’t do up the snaps.

2021-22 OFHL SEASON REVIEW

The 2021-22 season is over and thankfully it was a full season complete with OFHL playoffs for the first time in many years.

Congrats to Vinny on winning the OFHL playoffs! The last week of the playoffs wasn’t really close as Vinny steamrolled over T-Man 36-20. Vinny wins $120 while T-Man picks up $60 for runer-up. 3rd place went to R&S who beat Fulty 28-18. R&S pick up $40 for 3rd place.

4 FOR A 4th POOL: Team Orv won the 4th rd pick with a 2 week total of 61 points, beating Rolphy (55 pts), Derko (46 pts) and EZ (45.)

9-11 POOL – Congrats to JBR who finished with 104 points, betting Erty by just 2 points. Cordy finished with a pathetic 77 points. JBR gets an end of the 3rd round pick.

MONIES WON 2022

	Reg Season Winnings	Playoffs	22-23 Fees	Win+ Owe-	Next yrs fees	paid out
Fulty	300		60	240	Paid	no
T-Man	140	60	60	140	Paid	no
R&S	100	40	60	80	Paid	no
EZ	60		60	0	Paid	no
Vinny	0	120	60	60	Paid	no
Haukster			60	-60	no
GoJo			60	-60	no
Erty -$20			40	-40	no
JBR			60	-60	no
Derko			60	-60	no
Stifler			60	-60	no
Cordy			60	-60	no
Orv			60	-60	no
Rolphy			60	-60	no

2022 Draft Lottery – We will do the draft lottery very soon so you can start planning for the slow draft in Sept. Here are the number of balls each team will have based on their finish. Each team gets the number of balls based on the order they finished – 105 balls in total.

• Stifler finished 14th, so 14 balls or a 13.3% chance of getting 1st overall
• GnR finished 13th but traded their 1st rd pick to Derko for Caufield MT. MoneyPuck approved.
• Haukster was 12th – 11.4% of picking 1st overall
• Cordy was 11th – so 11, plus 5 for Vinny’s 1st and 1 for Fulty’s 1st, gives a 16.1% shot
• JBR – 10th gives 9.5%
• Erty – 9th – 8.6%
• Team Orv – 8th – 7.6%
• Derko – 7th – so, 7 plus GnR’s 13 gives a 19% chance; best in the draft
• Rolphy – 6th – his 6 plus R&S’s 3 gives an 8.6% chance
• Vinny – 0% – traded his 1st to Cordy
• EZ – 4th – 3.8%
• R&S – 0% – traded his pick to Rolphy
• T-Man – 2nd – 1.9%
• Fulty – 0% – traded his 1st to Cordy

That’s it! Beauty year, boys. Keep social on WhatsApp & the board and we’ll do the draft lottery soon.

Enjoy the playoffs.

UNTIL NEXT TIME…