Major update to the fantasy guide posted. Also the player spreadsheet is updated.

Marcus here:

For those looking for a one-year points only mock draft please refer to the pool section under “Crazynucks one-year points League”

Fantasy Guide, found here, will be updated by tomorrow with a full write-up/ analysis on the below draft.

Some quick news: Mark Parrish is trying out with the Canucks. Adam Foote has been named captain of the Avs, Brandon Dubinsky will not report to camp without a contract, and Wayne Gretzky is probably out as head coach of the Coyotes. I’ll ramble more on this stuff tomorrow.

Some interesting stuff going on last night while was in the DobberHockey Experts Draft. ESPN reported that Heatley had been moved to San Jose, Marleau had been moved to Los Angeles, and Stoll and Frolov were off to Ottawa. The Kings were quick to poo-poo that idea and TSN also confirmed through Ottawa that they are not even close to a two-way deal let alone a three-way. Still, the deal had been announced after Heatley was picked and before Frolov was picked. It made for an interesting few minutes.

Final list of names drawn now posted. Drafts take place Friday night, Sept. 25, and all day Saturday the 26th. The latest names drawn are below.

Theoren Fleury has been reinstated by the NHL. I think he’ll get a tryout somewhere and have a Claude Lemieux impact. That is – not much of one.

Mike Danton has a parole hearing today. I just found that interesting.

The Boston Globe is reporting that Phil Kessel no longer intends to negotiate with the Bruins. The Bruins offered him Krejci-like money, but he wasn’t interested. Phil – newsflash – Krejci is a better player than you. Get over yourself.

Joni Pitkanen has undergone surgery and will be out for 2-4 weeks. That wipes out his camp and increases the odds of Jamie McBain making the team (pretty much a certainty). McBain could be a pleasant surprise this year and I’ll be bumping up his “making it” odds in the Guide’s next update.

Early cuts from the Sharks include London’s Phil Varone.

The Pens have invited Jordan Parise to camp. They have also invited Ryan Bayda, who will turn down his STL invite to enter the “Sid’s linemate” sweepstakes. His odds of winning that are similar to the actual lottery jackpot odds.

As expected, last night’s draft was a tough one. Thank goodness I didn’t get a Top 3 pick finally. The last two years I’ve been screwed out of goaltending because I picked so high. This time I was a happy seventh. Definite goalie, right? Wrong. Ovechkin, Malkin, Crosby, Parise, Getzlaf, Perry, huh? It gets to me, and all of my Tier 1 goalies are around. So now I have to think that in 11 picks one of them will still be there…and Mike Green is staring me in the face. So I snag Green. I almost paid huge, as there was a run on goaltenders – next seven picks were Nabokov, Carter, Luongo, Brodeur, Kipper, Thomas and Fleury. Uh oh. Thank goodness Lundqvist was the last Tier 1 goalie still around for me. I’ll be giving full insight and analysis in the Fantasy Guide as soon as I write it up. Today or tomorrow.

Still with the DobberHockey 3-Tier Invitational (Expert, Pro, Entry Tiers), I will be announcing the winners of the Entry League draw right here throughout the day. 58 winners, so I’ll announce four groups of 14 or 15 every couple of hourse. I like being all dramatic like that. Don’t worry – I will also email you if you win. Odds of getting in were about 25%.

Reserve Draw. These people will only be contacted in the event that someone cannot make the draft. Names will be considered in the order I give below:

1. Jonathan Benatar
2. Roy F.
3. Terry Vedas
4. Steve Handley

5. Chad Martin

Fifth and Final set of winners (7)

Bob Miller

Mike Amadori
Adam Schreiber
Ralph Vos
David Parker
James Montoya
Pete Vallee
Ryan Monteleone

Fourth set of winners (9):

Christian Dicks
Philippe Raymond
Adrian Keogh
Adam Pente
Bill Whyte
Rabih Sebaaly
John T
Keith Sletten
Andrew Henry

Third set of winners (14):

Kirk Teklits
Sebastien Duvall
Justin Ciavarella
Gates Imbeau
Mike Parise
Marc Thibault
Rob Driedger
David Comeau
Matt Chinnick
Derek Jedamski
Brandon Praba – HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUDDY
Chris Savory
Roland Lavoie
Jake Elliot

Second set of winners (14):

Jason L
Michael Lee
Mark Ratcliffe
Andrew Walker
Peter Hadley
Marcus Lepowski
Rafael Lambert
Adam W (seeds of grapes)
Iris Ling
Louis Cook
Joe Haas
Jeff Ortwine
Matt Goon
Dino Ticinelli

Here are the first 13 winners:
Abele Lippa
Patrick Nolan
Ben Lawrence-Farhi
Jeff Harwood
Carl Brousseau
Steven Strawson
Steve Chouinard
Francis Turcotte
Dave Nilson
Rob Johner
Steve Harrison
Thomas Hoger
Pontius Svensson