We Need a Head for this Bone

The first order of business for the Superdraft20xx blog is to declare the Bonehead of the Year once and for all.

We have had a number of stellar nominations (mostly by myself) as well as a couple of dud nominations (also by myself). In addition, your's truly was also nominated for the Bonehead of the Year award quite late in the season.

Please post your vote, and further analysis if necessary, in the comments section by clicking on comments at the bottom of this post.

So without further adieu (addoo?) .... the nominees are:

Outlaws for their stellar defensive draft picks! (nominated by Iffy)

Who knew that Kyle Calder and Richard Zednick were both forwards? Apparently not the Outlaws scouting staff. The Outlaws redeemed themselves using the ill-conceived Reggie Rule, born of the brain-surgeon Iffy. On the bright side, the Outlaws management chose not to take full advantage of the Reggie Rule and ended up maintaining his dud rookie. Kudos.

Leaker for their stellar rookie-picks! (nominated by Iffy)

How many goals did Popcorn Schremp score this year (in the NHL)? Anyways, this pick came immediately after the words Niklas Kronwall were uttered by the Leaker. A couple of helpful Superdraft competitors whispered that "Kronwall was injured last night - out until February". Your heart was in the right place, but sometimes there is nothing you can do to help. With two first round picks this year, who knows what kind of brain-farts we will have to smell. Better do a little more pee-search this year!

To top it all off, a new rookie rule was proposed by the Leaker:

Hello all, at the suggestion of the pool organisor, I would like to sheepishly request that an exception be made for yet another rookie GM mistake. It seems I, along with other foolish GM's picked a rookie who did not make it to the BIG league.

Based on the exception granted earlier, I would like request that I along with the others in the same situation be allowed to drop their player and pick another rookie from "free agency".

How weak was that? Uhhh, and maybe we should throw in a Stanley Cup for the Oilers!There was some flak, but not enough in my opinion.

Leaker for not knowing whether injured guys go on the active roster or on the inactive roster! (nominated by Iffy)

This nomination was admittedly a little bit weak. Everybody makes mistakes. Not everyone has internet access at work. (Rumour has it that at Esso, somebody prints off the internet at home each night and leaves a fresh copy in the coffee room. I'm just sayin'.)

Stadnicky for reading the rules like only Jacques Demers can! (nominated by Happy)

I'm not exactly sure where this came from, but I think it had to do with some strange interpretation of the rules around trading players. The rules are there to be read. I'm pretty sure that the wife could read them too you if you need!

Forgot My Jock for allowing Leaker to manage his roster! (nominated by Iffy)

OK. So this one was very weak. Leclair broke his face on Sunday, then came back to play on Tuesday. Talk about premature e-nomination! Perhaps this nomination should be transferred to Iffy. No - I don't see the ability to do that in the rules...

MILF Hunter for having more points on his bench than on his active roster for 3 consecutive weeks! (nominated by Iffy)

sidenote: this team name is sure to get the superdraft blog lots of hits from external surfers

Wow. Talk about under-managing the team. What can we expect from a guy who picked Jarmoe on draft day, then left for a poker game and let Leaker pick his team. His heart just wasn't in it!

Saddam Iffy for engineering the blockbuster trades that moved him up in the standings up from 3rd all the way to 3rd! (nominated by Dog River River Dogs)

Here's how the nomination went down:

I may have to say Greg may have to get it for while being in 3rd place, making the “block buster deal” while completely under the influence, selling the farm (to his brother-in-law…. Hmmmm?) for next year and then not being to add the salaries up and going over the salary cap, having to make another questionable trade to get back under and then….. ending up in third. That was a lot of work for nothing.

Let me think about it….. I’d have to say Greg wins it. Should definitely hire an accountant. Also factoring in was he let Reg off the hook which in turn allowed him to come in 2nd above him.

In Iffy's defense, it was the disinterested brother-in-law who was under the influence (I probably could have got Cheechoo and Marleau for Guerin but didn't try) and I have nothing to say about the salary cap screw up and third is better than fourth and a new paragraph is required for the hire an accountant idea...

I think what Hank/Brent/Lacy is actually recommending is to marry an accountant, enter the Superdraft as one of the guys, get that accountant a new baby so she can be home analyzing the stats just before draft day, make some lame pansy excuse that you can't actually make it to the draft but you'll be available at home via MSN messenger, give the accountant/wife/new mom your MSN password, turn on the TV and watch some sissy sport like soccer, and be assured that you won't finish worse than 4th because you weren't involved in picking the team.

That felt better!

For the record, my vote is for Leaker. The dumpster-diving-for-draft picks also plays into my balloting rationale.