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Its always fun to go back and look at the drafts in the past and see who were the sleepers, the busts, which teams did well and which ones did not. Below is the season 27 draft along with two redrafts – one based on tpe only and one more conventional.

Round 1
1. Portland Admirals - Krysztof Kowalski
2. Manhattan Rage - Chris Crutchfield
3. Minnesota Chiefs - Scotty Reay
4. Los Angeles Panthers (via Buffalo Stampede) - Montel V. Porter
5. Minnesota Chiefs (via Edmonton Blizzard) - Lord Vader
6. Buffalo Stampede (via Los Angeles Panthers) - Hannu Hameleinen
7. New England Wolfpack - Raven Silverwing
8. Manhattan Rage (via Texas Renegades) - Selena Bauer
9. Calgary Dragons - Shane Gagner
10. West Kendall Platoon - Matt Lewis-Flood
11. Toronto North Stars - Dane Rowe
12. Winnipeg Jets - Lukas Berger
13. Seattle Riot - Sim Browski
14. New England Wolfpack (via Hamilton Steelhawks) - Riley McDonald

Round 2
15. Portland Admirals - Maximillian Wächter
16. Toronto North Stars (via Manhattan Rage) - Kylo Ren
17. Texas Renegades (via New England Wolfpack, via Minnesota Chiefs) - Alexander Charlyb'y
18. Edmonton Blizzard (via Texas Renegades, via Buffalo Stampede) - Jaxson Reynolds
19. Portland Admirals (via Edmonton Blizzard) - Riley Mason
20. Buffalo Stampede (via Los Angeles Panthers) - Arik Mikita
21. West Kendall Platoon (via Los Angeles Panthers, via New England Wolfpack) - Brian Wade
22. Toronto North Stars (via Edmonton Blizzard, via Texas Renegades) - William Fedorov
23. Los Angeles Panthers (via Calgary Dragons) - Sesugh Uhaa
24. Calgary Dragons (via West Kendall Platoon) - Reinis Aumeisters
25. Manhattan Rage (via Toronto North Stars) - Wendell Luna
26. New England Wolfpack (via Winnipeg Jets) - Dickie Pecker
27. Seattle Riot - Eugene Feist
28. Seattle Riot (via Hamilton Steelhawks) - Bernie Sanders

Round 3
29. Winnipeg Jets (via Toronto North Stars via Portland Admirals) - Leo Yakimov
30. Winnipeg Jets (via Los Angeles Panthers, via Manhattan Rage) - Alexander Sorensen
31. Minnesota Chiefs - FORFEITED
32. Manhattan Rage (via Toronto North Stars, via Buffalo Stampede) - Jacob Andrews
33. Edmonton Blizzard - Sven Bartok
34. Winnipeg Jets (via Los Angeles Panthers) - Alfred Holliday
35. New England Wolfpack - David Dvorak
36. Portland Admirals (via Texas Renegades) - pass
37. West Kendall Platoon (via Calgary Dragons) - Julius Sylvia
38. West Kendall Platoon - Richard Douglas
39. Minnesota Chiefs (via Toronto North Stars) - FORFEITED
40. Winnipeg Jets - pass
41. Hamilton Steelhawks (via Seattle Riot) - pass
42. Hamilton Steelhawks - pass

Round 4
43. Portland Admirals - pass
44. Toronto North Stars (via Manhattan Rage) - pass
45. Minnesota Chiefs - pass
46. Buffalo Stampede - Elias Lehner
47. Texas Renegades (via Edmonton Blizzard) - Zach Zyvleski
48. Los Angeles Panthers - pass
49. Texas Renegades (via New England Wolfpack) - pass
50. Buffalo Stampede (via Texas Renegades) - Danny Ridley

**all passes after this pick

**39 players taken in the draft – 11 have retired and 11 more are free agents which means about 40% of the players taken in this draft are still on a team and even some of those are not even active anymore. With that being said, this really turned out to be a one round draft with some fillers in the second round if you could find them.

**out of the 8 players that have broken 1000 tpe – 2 defensemen, 2 goalies and 4 forwards

**in the first round of the original draft – porter, hameleinen, bauer, browski and mcdonald all became first round busts and are either free agents or have retired. The Stampede put their faith in Hameleinen as one of their early picks in the franchise’s history. Anyone of a couple players that went after him would have worked out better in Silverwing, Gagner, Flood or Berger. Granted, anyone of these players may or may have not stayed, but at least a handful of seasons from them would have been better than nothing.

**Portland got a home run with Wachter at the top of the second round and has since moved on and Edmonton found a gem in Reynolds with the 4th pick in the second round and he has helped lead the Panthers to a couple of back to back playoff berths. Charlyb’y and Aumeisters have also turned out to be decent second round picks as they have stayed semi-active since the draft. Fedorov, Luna and Pecker looked to have some promise, but have not stayed active for the most part. Buffalo took a flier on Mikita and got burned which means they did not get anything out of this draft but they currently have Wachter on their roster, so that is a win in of itself.

**the 3rd and 4th rounds did not produce anything in terms of sleepers and while Texas took a flier on Zyvleski, he ended up rapping himself out of the league.

REDRAFT BASED ON TPE ONLY (TPE TAKEN FROM PLAYER PAGES AS OF 3-23-17):

Round 1
1. Portland Admirals – Lord Vader -- 1462
2. Manhattan Rage – Shane Gagne -- 1341
3. Minnesota Chiefs – Chris Crutchfield -- 1337
4. Los Angeles Panthers (via Buffalo Stampede) – Raven Silverwing -- 1290
5. Minnesota Chiefs (via Edmonton Blizzard) – Maximillian Wachter -- 1284
6. Buffalo Stampede (via Los Angeles Panthers) – Jaxson Reynolds -- 1187
7. New England Wolfpack – Lukas Berger -- 1064
8. Manhattan Rage (via Texas Renegades) – Matt Lewis-Flood -- 1033
9. Calgary Dragons – Dane Rowe -- 792
10. West Kendall Platoon - Alexander Charlyb'y -- 775
11. Toronto North Stars – Krysztof Kowalski -- 752
12. Winnipeg Jets - Dickie Pecker -- 695
13. Seattle Riot - Reinis Aumeisters -- 689
14. New England Wolfpack (via Hamilton Steelhawks) – Scotty Reay -- 615

Round 2
15. Portland Admirals - William Fedorov -- 576
16. Toronto North Stars (via Manhattan Rage) - Wendell Luna -- 559
17. Texas Renegades (via New England Wolfpack, via Minnesota Chiefs) – Selena Bauer -- 523
18. Edmonton Blizzard (via Texas Renegades, via Buffalo Stampede) – Riley McDonald -- 507
19. Portland Admirals (via Edmonton Blizzard) - Eugene Feist -- 470
20. Buffalo Stampede (via Los Angeles Panthers) - Sesugh Uhaa -- 424
21. West Kendall Platoon (via Los Angeles Panthers, via New England Wolfpack) - Jacob Andrews -- 405
22. Toronto North Stars (via Edmonton Blizzard, via Texas Renegades) – Hannu Hameleinen -- 398
23. Los Angeles Panthers (via Calgary Dragons) – Sim Browski -- 381
24. Calgary Dragons (via West Kendall Platoon) – Riley Mason -- 380
25. Manhattan Rage (via Toronto North Stars) – Montel V. Porter -- 378
26. New England Wolfpack (via Winnipeg Jets) – Arik Mikita -- 365
27. Seattle Riot – Zach Zyvleski -- 307
28. Seattle Riot (via Hamilton Steelhawks) - Bernie Sanders -- 283

Round 3
29. Winnipeg Jets (via Toronto North Stars via Portland Admirals) – Brian Wade -- 268
30. Winnipeg Jets (via Los Angeles Panthers, via Manhattan Rage) – Kylo Ren -- 255
31. Minnesota Chiefs - FORFEITED
32. Manhattan Rage (via Toronto North Stars, via Buffalo Stampede) – Richard Douglas -- 249
33. Edmonton Blizzard – Elias Lehner -- 222
34. Winnipeg Jets (via Los Angeles Panthers) – Leo Yakimov -- 217
35. New England Wolfpack – Alexander Sorensen -- 215
36. Portland Admirals (via Texas Renegades) – David Dvorak -- 210
37. West Kendall Platoon (via Calgary Dragons) – Sven Bartok -- 208
38. West Kendall Platoon – Julius Sylvia -- 204
39. Minnesota Chiefs (via Toronto North Stars) - FORFEITED
40. Winnipeg Jets – Alfred Holliday -- 196
41. Hamilton Steelhawks (via Seattle Riot) – Danny Ridley -- 195
42. Hamilton Steelhawks – pass

**Wachter and Reynolds are the big winners as they move up from the early second round into the top 6 of the draft. Gagne moves up 7 spots from #9 to #2. The goalies flip flop as Berger would go first in this draft and then Flood. Kowalski and Reay fall from the top of the first round to the bottom of the first while Pecker, Charlyb’y and Aumeisters move up from the second round into the bottom of the first. Some of those busts we talked about before moved from the first round into the bottom half of the second round never to be heard from again.

LOOKING BACK AT A REDRAFT OF THE FIRST ROUND ONLY:

Round 1
1. Portland Admirals – Chris Crutchfield -- 1337
2. Manhattan Rage – Lord Vader – 1462
3. Minnesota Chiefs – Shane Gagne -- 1341
4. Los Angeles Panthers (via Buffalo Stampede) – Raven Silverwing -- 1290
5. Minnesota Chiefs (via Edmonton Blizzard) – Jaxson Reynolds – 1187
6. Buffalo Stampede (via Los Angeles Panthers) – Matt Lewis-Flood – 1033
7. New England Wolfpack – Maximillian Wachter -- 1284
8. Manhattan Rage (via Texas Renegades) – Lukas Berger -- 1064
9. Calgary Dragons – Dane Rowe -- 792
10. West Kendall Platoon - Krysztof Kowalski – 752
11. Toronto North Stars – Alexander Charlyb'y -- 775
12. Winnipeg Jets - Reinis Aumeisters – 689
13. Seattle Riot - Dickie Pecker – 695
14. New England Wolfpack (via Hamilton Steelhawks) – William Fedorov -- 576

**the top 3 players move around a little bit as unquestionably, crutchfield becomes the new #1 overall pick in the draft and helps Portland start to build from the defensive side of the puck. Would he stay for the complete build of the franchise and be that cornerstone piece or get moved if things didn’t work out in Portland. Vader goes to the rage and potentially sets up a future pairing with Wolker who would eventually take over the franchise. Of even more importance, they basically get their future goalie in net as well with Berger instead of Bauer.

**with the top 2 defensemen gone, the chiefs opt for a couple of forwards in gagne and Reynolds who is a recreate. Silverwing goes 4th to Los Angeles after tearing up the SMJHL for a while. He would be a nice fit along side of the checkers and grinders they have there now – kinda similar to the wing spot that Reynolds has held down for a couple of seasons now.

**if I am buffalo at this point, I would start to build from the net out (index’s aren’t working back then so its hard to see who they have in goal at that point) and go with Lewis-Flood who was also dominating the SMJHL and was a pretty active guy. Even if you have to let him sit in the SMJHL for a few seasons, it at least allows buffalo to draft around him in the future and get some pieces in place for a run at the playoffs sooner than season 33.

**Wachter ends up in new England to give them another checking body to go along with the likes of Russell. Not much else happens at the bottom of the first round other than Fedorov sneaks in as the last pick and would basically be a depth pick at this point for the Wolfpack as his activity has been mainly hit or miss and 3 centers go from #9-#11 in the draft.

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CARTER CRUTCHFIELD || RD || ARMADA || 242 TPE
NAME: Carter Crutchfield
BIRTHPLACE: Los Angeles, California
HEIGHT: 6'1"
WEIGHT: 195 lbs
NUMBER: 2
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TRANSACTIONS
S65 - SMJHL - Drafted Pick 34, Round 3 by the Anchorage Armada
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CONTRACTS
S65 - ANC: $3,000,000
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AWARDS / TROPHY CASE

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