EHM2005: My journey to the NHL is getting shorter [Archive]

Booj

12-30-2005, 10:48 AM

Well, the first thing I did was look over the team... They are Vancouver's AHL affiliate and to be honest, it's quite slim. The starting goaltender is Wade Flaherty, who is 37. Tomas Mojzis and Mike Keane, are both injured. The team can't even dress 20 players because of injuries.

Oh, and the team under their previous GM was... wait for it.... 2-22-1. That's right, 2 wins in 25 games with a shootout/OT loss as well. No wonder they fired their GM. Well, the first thing I do is fire the head coach. Glen Watson seems like a nice guy, but he just cannot be a head coach... anywhere. I don't have time to hire anyone before the first game, so I take over myself.

First, the roster:

No.Name Position(s) Nation Born Age Height Weight Wages Expires Reputation
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3 Bieksa, Kevin RD-LD CAN 6-16-81 24 6'1'' 194 $450,000 Jun. 2007 Good
42 Brookbank, Wade LW-LD CAN 9-29-77 28 6'4'' 224 $450,000 Jun. 2006 Good
36 Brown, Mike RW-LW USA 6-24-85 20 6'0'' 211 $450,000 Jun. 2008 Good
6 Chartier, Christian RD CAN 12-29-80 24 6'0'' 218 $55,000 Jun. 2006 Good
5 Cullen, David RD CAN 12-30-76 28 6'2'' 216 $90,000 Jun. 2006 Good
10 Darby, Craig C-RW USA 9-26-72 33 6'4'' 202 $150,000 Jun. 2006 Good
44 Doig, Jason LD CAN 1-29-77 28 6'3'' 227 $450,000 Jun. 2006 Good
33 Flaherty, Wade G CAN 1-11-68 37 6'0'' 189 $450,000 Jun. 2006 Good
26 Green, Josh LW CAN 11-16-77 28 6'3'' 213 $450,000 Jun. 2006 Good
11 Guenette, Fran_ois-Pierre C-LW CAN 1-18-84 21 6'0'' 180 $450,000 Jun. 2006 Good
14 Healey, Paul LW-RW CAN 3-20-75 30 6'2'' 183 $90,000 Jun. 2006 Good
15 Jaffray, Jason LW CAN 6-30-81 24 6'1'' 202 $50,000 Jun. 2006 Good
9 Keane, Mike RW-LW CAN 5-29-67 38 5'10'' 176 $275,000 Jun. 2006 V. Good
4 Mojzis, Tomas LD-RD CZE 5-2-82 23 6'1'' 194 $450,000 Jun. 2006 Good
50 Morrison, Justin RW-C USA 8-10-79 26 6'3'' 218 $450,000 Jun. 2006 Good
23 Nolan, Brandon C-LW CAN 7-18-83 22 6'1'' 183 $450,000 Jun. 2006 Good
18 Park, Richard RW-C KOR 5-27-76 29 5'11'' 189 $750,000 Jun. 2006 Good
8 Ryan, Prestin LD-RD CAN 6-29-80 25 6'0'' 194 $35,000 Jun. 2006 Ok
1 Sanger, Jeff G USA 11-14-78 27 5'10'' 169 $50,000 Jun. 2007 Good
22 Schultz, Jesse RW CAN 9-28-82 23 6'0'' 191 $450,000 Jun. 2006 Good
2 Skinner, Brett LD-RD CAN 6-28-83 22 6'1'' 194 $450,000 Jun. 2007 Good
81 Smith, Jeff LW-LD CAN 1-2-81 24 6'6'' 229 $30,000 Jun. 2006 Ok
13 Smith, Nathan C-LW CAN 2-9-82 23 6'2'' 189 $450,000 Jun. 2006 Good

December 3: LOSS 4-3(OT) vs Grand Rapids

Flaherty

Doig-Bieksa
Skinner-Chartier
J. Smith-Ryan

Green-Darby-Park
Brookbank-Nolan-Schultz
Guenette-N.Smith-Brown
Morrison

Chartier (1) (Skinner-6, Darby-5)
Green (6) (Bieksa-6)
Schultz (7) (Brookbank-5, Skinner-7)
McDonnell (Verot, Franzen)
Flood (Lebda, Verot)
Quinsey (McDonnell, Verot)
OT: Verot (Helmer) SH

Disappointing to give up a 3-0 lead, but I'll take a point in this situation.

December 6
Hire Glen Cheechoo as Head Coach and sign four players... goaltender Simon Lajeunesse who I was looking to sign when I was with Motor City (even made an offer), and forwards Jeff Mitchell, Dan Cavanaugh, and Mike Vigilante who also impressed me at Motor City.

December 7: LOSS 3-1 vs Cleveland

Lajeunesse 20/22

Doig-Bieksa
Skinner-Cullen
Ryan-Chartier

Brookbank-Nolan-Park
Brown-N.Smith-Schultz
Cavanaugh-Guenette-Morrison
Vigilante-Mitchell-Jaffray

Carle (Kasper, Clowe) PP
Bernier (Goc, Jarrett) PP
Morrison (3) (Cavanaugh-1, Lajeunesse-1)
Valette (Crowe) EN

December 9: WIN 3-0 @ Syracuse

Flaherty 19/19

Doig-Bieksa
Skinner-Cullen
Ryan-Chartier

Brookbank-Nolan-Park
Brown-N.Smith-Schultz
Mitchell-Guenette-Morrison
Jaffray-Cavanaugh-Vigilante

Morrison (4) (Bieksa-7)
Jaffray (2) (Cavanaugh-2, Cullen-4)
Morrison (5) (Guenette-5, Mitchell-1)

WOW, A win... I have 21 games to try and win 2 and beat my predecessor... Let's go MOOSE!