Deadline Discussion

HOTLANTA · Guru

RE: Deadline Discussion

VanIslander · Guru

HOTLANTA wrote:

i woulda done Vanaanon, M.Rupp, for the package ;)

I wouldn't have.

HOTLANTA · Guru

ahah i know was joking..

i really like the lines i have for next year

Heatley-Brindamour-Frolov
Huselius-Sykora-Hemsky
Torres-Stoll-Pisani
Weiss-Pahlsson-Malone/Dvorak/Johnson/BooGaard
rupp as spare

poti-hannan
foote-clark
hejda-klesla
vanaanon as spare

hopeful ufa goalie
and bryzgalov as back up...

VanIslander · Guru

That's a contending line-up and your trades have shown your focus in getting guys for more than just a one-postseason rental but...

Since when has Sykora been playing centre

And with so many quality players as RFA it's hard to believe you'll be able to sign all or even all but two of them, especially with Hemsky and Huselius needing huge raises. That will be your team's challenge.

Heatley-Brindamour-Frolov ($ 9.3 million line)
Huselius (RFA)-Sykora (RFA)-Hemsky (RFA)
Torres (RFA)-Stoll(RFA)-Pisani(RFA)
Weiss-Pahlsson-Malone/Dvorak/Johnson/BooGaard
rupp as spare

poti (RFA)-hannan (RFA)
foote-clark ($ 4.95 million pairing)
hejda-klesla (RFA)
vanaanon as spare

hopeful ufa goalie
and bryzgalov (RFA) as back up

Good luck with that!

-- Edited by VanIslander at 04:32, 2007-02-16

HOTLANTA · Guru

my teams salary will go up 7-10 million yes but clearing belfours contract 4.5 and the cap going up in the offseason we will have room ;) dont worry u'll be begging for your pik bak from buffalo all next year. ps thanx for huselius, poti ;)

HOTLANTA · Guru

oh and sykora has played lots of center this season for the oilers.. good thing you dont have to know that with all your guys you must watch alot of echl ;)

VanIslander · Guru

HOTLANTA wrote:

ps thanx for huselius, poti ;)

Don't thank me until you sign them. They want the moon.

Sabres · Guru

Rex (Phillly) Stop brining your Willie Mitchell is God's Gift to hockey posts on here. THe guy isnt even that good. YES he gets SH mins! For maybe the team with one of the worst D's in the league. (they give edmonton a run). Mitchell isn't close to Lydman IMO. MItchell is -8. with 5 points..greaaat. Whats lydman like +6 and 15 points?

PHO · Senior Member

This is comical. Why doesn't everyone just worry about their own team? Just a thought. Who cares if he traded away his 1st round pick? If he thinks he's getting value for it then that's his perogative to make the deal. Unless you win the cup, there isn't much you can say about another GM's methods.

We had a plan set from the start of the season and although some would think we're crazy mortgaging our whole future for a cup run, we think it's worth it. Are we right? Who knows. The only GM who can say he made all the right moves is the one who's team will be sipping Labbatt's OV from Lord Stanleys Cup. And even if we don't win it, it's going to be a blast next year cause we will basically be building a whole new team from scratch and giving it another go and that's what a sim league is all about for us.

Dan
PHO Co-GM

PHO · Senior Member

Furthermore, here is what our line-up is going to look like next year, this is not including the tags,

Line 1 -

C - UFA
LW -Shanzy
RW - Selanne
D - Zidlicky
D - UFA

Line 2 -

C - UFA
LW - Stillman
RW - Whitney
D - Roszival
D - UFA

Line 3
C - Choiunard
LW - Axelsson
RW - UFA
D - UFA
D - UFA

Line 4
C - UFA
LW - UFA
RW - UFA
D - Zidlicky
D - UFA

G - Brodeur

If this is not a team to contend next year I don't know what is!!!

Hawks_G · Guru

PHO wrote:

Furthermore, here is what our line-up is going to look like next year, this is not including the tags,

Line 1 -

C - UFA
LW -Shanzy
RW - Selanne
D - Zidlicky
D - UFA

Line 2 -

C - UFA
LW - Stillman
RW - Whitney
D - Roszival
D - UFA

Line 3
C - Choiunard
LW - Axelsson
RW - UFA
D - UFA
D - UFA

Line 4
C - UFA
LW - UFA
RW - UFA
D - Zidlicky
D - UFA

G - Brodeur

If this is not a team to contend next year I don't know what is!!!

11 UFAs....that might be a bit of a challenge. As for NYI....I was giving Jay a hard time in the chatrroom last night....half joking/half serious.(My apologies if it was too much. It was late and the old man was tired...and nobody would trade with me....unless I gave Kirk Havlat for Huselieus and some scraps.)

I hope Jay's plan works out.

PHO · Senior Member

PHO wrote:

Furthermore, here is what our line-up is going to look like next year, this is not including the tags,

Line 1 -

C - UFA
LW -Shanzy
RW - Selanne
D - Zidlicky
D - UFA

Line 2 -

C - UFA
LW - Stillman
RW - Whitney
D - Roszival
D - UFA

Line 3
C - Choiunard
LW - Axelsson
RW - UFA
D - UFA
D - UFA

Line 4
C - UFA
LW - UFA
RW - UFA
D - Zidlicky
D - UFA

G - Brodeur

If this is not a team to contend next year I don't know what is!!!

WOW, that IS a stunning lineup! And if I follow the logic from today's front page story, they should all have wicked rerates because they're all breathing this season.

Nick

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

LOL

I love when people are so concerned about OV and what OV their players will come in as. OV means nothing, if I had my way the sim wouldn't output it at all. Just because a dman is big and fights he will have a 70 ov, hello Jason Strudwick, Steve Montador etc.... But their key attributes are god awful.

Everyone is overly optimistic of their team. But I think Kirk thinks he's in Communist Russia with the propoganda crap he puts out there.

Philippe27 · Guru

BryceBruins wrote:

LOL

I love when people are so concerned about OV and what OV their players will come in as. OV means nothing, if I had my way the sim wouldn't output it at all. Just because a dman is big and fights he will have a 70 ov, hello Jason Strudwick, Steve Montador etc.... But their key attributes are god awful.

Everyone is overly optimistic of their team. But I think Kirk thinks he's in Communist Russia with the propoganda crap he puts out there.

ST and IT are actually more important for a D than PA and PC.

BryceBruins · BRHL2 Co-Commish

If you're talking to their OV yes they are, if you're talking about their effectiveness you're WAAYYYYY off base.

Lets run a quick comparison using our teams as we're basically the same in points and with dmen we've had all season.

Joni Pitkanen 66IT 67ST 75PA 76PC
63 games 15g 23a +1 76hits

Colin White 78IT 78ST 60PA 64PC
64 games 6g 16a -3 140hits

now as a team, you are +28 on the season, yet White is a -3, he has better offensive numbers than one would think but that is likely a result of playing top line minutes with a very good forward core. Pitkanen has played half the year on the second unit, and my team as a whole is only +7 on the season while Pitkanen is +1.

Granted their are always veriables but their OV's are basically the same, yet Pitkanen is a more well rounded dman, while White is strictly a specialist who's inability to move the puck likely is also why he's a minus player on a very good team. And I think that situations have added to his performance points wise and it would be tough to argue that.

PA and PC are vastly more important to the performance of a sim player than ST and IT, the latter just inflate the OV and lead people to think that Willie Mitchell is a good dman in the sim.