as defective as the auction was, that draft was super fun. especially when we all converged at midnight to discuss our daily reapings. iirc, etats (shimmy? what's up with that name anyways?) tore it up after every one went broke.
yeah starting at 94-95 might be good, as it was the season that came after Bettman Lockout I (following the last good NHL season in 1994, and the start of the AIDS Tarp Era with the Devils winning the Cup in the half season year that didn't happen). prob wasn't quite like after Bettman Lockout II with so many guys retiring after the full season was lost, and the game changed significantly, but i would suspect that a higher than average number of players did call it quits in 1994 bc of the stoppage.
or we could start with 92-93 or 93-94 for a "Bettman Era Draft" (he started as Commish in Feb. '93).
K I'll do this one I guess, but we need to get a regular draft going before the season too. One with results so we can be results oriented and chirp each other.
We could make the ME 2.0 one be so that you have to fill a certain non-negotiable quota ie. 5 GOCBs, 5 GOABs, 4 GOQBs, 3 enigmatic former soviet unionites, 2 non-previously mentioned regions etc, etc