Crystal Thoughts

With the first pick earlier today, the Kansas City Monarchs began the RHL16 expansion draft. The first round is complete and 3 of the 4 picks were goalies. The Seattle Crystals have selected Curtis Joseph from the Spartans. Joseph is an Unrestricted FA but it is believed that the Crystals will be coming to an agreement with him on a new contract.

We've done some mock drafts and believe that we'll be able to field a fairly competitive team. I think there will be some surprises out of this draft. There are quite a few good players available and I suspect that they'll get taken even with their hefty price tags. I know that it was very hard figuring out whether to go all on the cheap or whether to go for quality. It will be interesting to see how the rest of the draft goes along.

In other notes, our second dispersal draft pick was Viktor Kozlov. I could not believe that he and Steve Yzerman dropped to the second round. When I saw the results of the first round, I was hoping that Daniel had left him off his list. But no such luck. Kozlov will be a decent 2nd line RW and he can also fill in at Centre.