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Critch · 03-24-2023, 02:21 PM

2032/33 Playoffs Western Conference Finals - Colorado Avalanche
Colorado started this dynasty as the superpower of NHL, a fairly unrealistically good 145 points in the the first season then over 100 points every year and a championship in 2026/27, only 127 points that year though. They lost the conference final the year after, but it's been downhill since then, this is their first season into the playoffs after missing out the last three years.

They still have a couple of the stars, Miko Rantanen is still there rated 5.0 as a 36 year old and Cale Makar 34 years old and 4.0. I've just been reading somebody on reddit complaining about FHM having players go downhill when they hit 29, these two seem to dispute that. They've got a few good younger players too, 26 year old LW Jett Luchanko (4.5), 24yo C Ezedine Kamoga (4.0) and 26yo G Damen Baxter (4.0), so they're still a good team if not the dominant team they used to be.

We'll have the home advantage for this round. We finished with 108 points, they finished with 98. We played them three times in the regular season, lost one (2-1 at Colorado) then won two (5-4 and 4-3 in Anchorage).

Game 1 - Colorado Avalanche 0 Anchorage Huskies 1
Vasili Podkolzin is out, he'll be gone for a few weeks with a hand injury, hopefully not the end of his long Anchorage career, but David Prudek is back from the injury that made him miss the last few games of the LA Kings series. Anchorage go 1-0 up eight minutes into the first period, Urho Mattila with assists for Oskar Vuollet and David Prudek, and that's the end of the scoring. We're on top most of the game, out shoot Colorado 37-22, but no more scoring. Colorado get back to back power plays in the second period but they're both killed and we lead the series 1-0.

Game 2 - Colorado Avalanche 2 Anchorage Huskies 4
No new injuries so we roll in with the same lines as the last game, and it doesn't take long to get a lead. Henry Mews makes it 1-0 Anchorage after 38 seconds. It doesn't last long, Mew's line partner Weston Knox gets called for holding and Colorado tie the game up with a power play goal. Old man Cale Makar with the goal and it's 1-1 after the first period. Anchorage start the second period almost as quickly as the first, Jeff Martin scores after 46 seconds. Justin Robidas quickly ties it with a goal and it's 2-2 middle of the second. Henry Mews scores again after 13:20 to put Anchorage ahead 3-2 and Jordan Gavin makes it 4-2 90 second later and that's the end of the scoring, game's in the bag. Anchorage now 2-0 up and heading to Colorado. Over in the East, Ottawa have a 2-0 series lead too.

Game 3 - Anchorage Huskies 2 Colorado Avalanche 3
Well we had our chance to go 3-0 up in this one, but it slipped away. Anchorage totally dominated Colorado in the first two period (outshot them 17-5 and 16-5), had a 2-0 lead at the midpoint of the second (Emil Hemming scored in the first, Matthew Paranych in the second), and led 2-1 going into the third period (Charlie Michaud scored for Colorado). Cale Makar turned the game with two goals in the third period, a power play goal after 2:35 and then the winner after 17:17. Anchorage managed to lose despite doubling up Colorado 44-22 on shots, Damen Baxter saved 42 of the 44 shots he faced. In the last series I mentioned that the Anchorage power play didnt have a goal and they instantly started scoring, so I'm going to try it again. The Anchorage power play hasn't scored a goal this series (on an admittedly limited number of chances, I think we've had 2 through 3 games)

Game 4 - Anchorage Huskies 6 Colorado Avalanche 1
In the last game Anchorage dominated the shooting, this game they dominated the goals instead. Jordan Gavin started the scoring for Anchorage 5:56 into the first, but the first period ended tied when Colorado's Ethan Fines scored a power play goal with 3 seconds to go. Weston Knox put Anchorage ahead after 51 seconds of the second, Jakob Karlsson (the backup in to replace Vasili Podkolzin) made it 3-1 after 3:31, Jordan Gavin made it 4-1 after 7:34 and it's 4-1 at the end of the second. Into the third Kaden Pitre made it 5-1 with a power play goal after 2:15 (calling out the power play worked again), Tomas Lavoie made it 6-1 with three minutes to go and it was game over other than Henry Mews fighting Gabriel L'Etoile late on. I'm sure there's a button somewhere to tell players not to fight, Henry Mews is too precious to the team to have him hurting his knuckles. Back to Anchorage 3-1 up and only needing one win to clinch a Stanley Cup place.

Game 5 - Colorado Avalanche 2 Anchorage Huskies 3 Overtime
The good people of Anchorage are so excited by the prospect of a Stanley Cup team that they very nearly sell out the stadium. Not quite, but within a few hundred. Maybe a thousand. Colorado take an early lead with a power play goal from Gabriel L'Etoile (Nicholas Moldenhauer with a tripping penalty, he was signed to be a backup, the 5th center and he's playing like he should be our backup, 5th center). Emil Hemming brings Anchorage back even after 16:25 and Jakob Karlsson (still in for the injured Vasili Podkolzin) gives Anchorage the lead after 18:08 of the first. Midway through the second period Colorado get another power play goal, this one from Philippe Veilleux (he's from Quebec, the name gives it away). Colorado have been getting a lot of power plays, it's all that's keeping them in it, this one is for too many men on the ice. Probably that Moldenhauer jumping early. No scoring in the third and we're off to overtime and just a sudden death goal away from the Stanley Cup final. Anchorage take over in overtime, out shoot them 13-4 in almost 13 minutes play and Lucas Karmiris scores after 12:52, assists from Gavin and Hemming. Anchorage are off to the Stanley Cup Final.

It will be Anchorage against Columbus in the Stanley Cup Final, the Blue Jackets fought back from 0-2 down to take a 3-2 series lead over Ottawa, it went to 3-3 and Columbus won game 7 4-0 on the road to clinch the Eastern Conference championship. I'm not sure how home advantage is decided in the Stanley Cup Final, but we had more regular season points (108 to 107) so hopefully that's how it's decided.

Well I wasn't expecting this.

03-24-2023, 02:21 PM	#54
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	2032/33 Playoffs Western Conference Finals - Colorado Avalanche Colorado started this dynasty as the superpower of NHL, a fairly unrealistically good 145 points in the the first season then over 100 points every year and a championship in 2026/27, only 127 points that year though. They lost the conference final the year after, but it's been downhill since then, this is their first season into the playoffs after missing out the last three years. They still have a couple of the stars, Miko Rantanen is still there rated 5.0 as a 36 year old and Cale Makar 34 years old and 4.0. I've just been reading somebody on reddit complaining about FHM having players go downhill when they hit 29, these two seem to dispute that. They've got a few good younger players too, 26 year old LW Jett Luchanko (4.5), 24yo C Ezedine Kamoga (4.0) and 26yo G Damen Baxter (4.0), so they're still a good team if not the dominant team they used to be. We'll have the home advantage for this round. We finished with 108 points, they finished with 98. We played them three times in the regular season, lost one (2-1 at Colorado) then won two (5-4 and 4-3 in Anchorage). Game 1 - Colorado Avalanche 0 Anchorage Huskies 1 Vasili Podkolzin is out, he'll be gone for a few weeks with a hand injury, hopefully not the end of his long Anchorage career, but David Prudek is back from the injury that made him miss the last few games of the LA Kings series. Anchorage go 1-0 up eight minutes into the first period, Urho Mattila with assists for Oskar Vuollet and David Prudek, and that's the end of the scoring. We're on top most of the game, out shoot Colorado 37-22, but no more scoring. Colorado get back to back power plays in the second period but they're both killed and we lead the series 1-0. Game 2 - Colorado Avalanche 2 Anchorage Huskies 4 No new injuries so we roll in with the same lines as the last game, and it doesn't take long to get a lead. Henry Mews makes it 1-0 Anchorage after 38 seconds. It doesn't last long, Mew's line partner Weston Knox gets called for holding and Colorado tie the game up with a power play goal. Old man Cale Makar with the goal and it's 1-1 after the first period. Anchorage start the second period almost as quickly as the first, Jeff Martin scores after 46 seconds. Justin Robidas quickly ties it with a goal and it's 2-2 middle of the second. Henry Mews scores again after 13:20 to put Anchorage ahead 3-2 and Jordan Gavin makes it 4-2 90 second later and that's the end of the scoring, game's in the bag. Anchorage now 2-0 up and heading to Colorado. Over in the East, Ottawa have a 2-0 series lead too. Game 3 - Anchorage Huskies 2 Colorado Avalanche 3 Well we had our chance to go 3-0 up in this one, but it slipped away. Anchorage totally dominated Colorado in the first two period (outshot them 17-5 and 16-5), had a 2-0 lead at the midpoint of the second (Emil Hemming scored in the first, Matthew Paranych in the second), and led 2-1 going into the third period (Charlie Michaud scored for Colorado). Cale Makar turned the game with two goals in the third period, a power play goal after 2:35 and then the winner after 17:17. Anchorage managed to lose despite doubling up Colorado 44-22 on shots, Damen Baxter saved 42 of the 44 shots he faced. In the last series I mentioned that the Anchorage power play didnt have a goal and they instantly started scoring, so I'm going to try it again. The Anchorage power play hasn't scored a goal this series (on an admittedly limited number of chances, I think we've had 2 through 3 games) Game 4 - Anchorage Huskies 6 Colorado Avalanche 1 In the last game Anchorage dominated the shooting, this game they dominated the goals instead. Jordan Gavin started the scoring for Anchorage 5:56 into the first, but the first period ended tied when Colorado's Ethan Fines scored a power play goal with 3 seconds to go. Weston Knox put Anchorage ahead after 51 seconds of the second, Jakob Karlsson (the backup in to replace Vasili Podkolzin) made it 3-1 after 3:31, Jordan Gavin made it 4-1 after 7:34 and it's 4-1 at the end of the second. Into the third Kaden Pitre made it 5-1 with a power play goal after 2:15 (calling out the power play worked again), Tomas Lavoie made it 6-1 with three minutes to go and it was game over other than Henry Mews fighting Gabriel L'Etoile late on. I'm sure there's a button somewhere to tell players not to fight, Henry Mews is too precious to the team to have him hurting his knuckles. Back to Anchorage 3-1 up and only needing one win to clinch a Stanley Cup place. Game 5 - Colorado Avalanche 2 Anchorage Huskies 3 Overtime The good people of Anchorage are so excited by the prospect of a Stanley Cup team that they very nearly sell out the stadium. Not quite, but within a few hundred. Maybe a thousand. Colorado take an early lead with a power play goal from Gabriel L'Etoile (Nicholas Moldenhauer with a tripping penalty, he was signed to be a backup, the 5th center and he's playing like he should be our backup, 5th center). Emil Hemming brings Anchorage back even after 16:25 and Jakob Karlsson (still in for the injured Vasili Podkolzin) gives Anchorage the lead after 18:08 of the first. Midway through the second period Colorado get another power play goal, this one from Philippe Veilleux (he's from Quebec, the name gives it away). Colorado have been getting a lot of power plays, it's all that's keeping them in it, this one is for too many men on the ice. Probably that Moldenhauer jumping early. No scoring in the third and we're off to overtime and just a sudden death goal away from the Stanley Cup final. Anchorage take over in overtime, out shoot them 13-4 in almost 13 minutes play and Lucas Karmiris scores after 12:52, assists from Gavin and Hemming. Anchorage are off to the Stanley Cup Final. It will be Anchorage against Columbus in the Stanley Cup Final, the Blue Jackets fought back from 0-2 down to take a 3-2 series lead over Ottawa, it went to 3-3 and Columbus won game 7 4-0 on the road to clinch the Eastern Conference championship. I'm not sure how home advantage is decided in the Stanley Cup Final, but we had more regular season points (108 to 107) so hopefully that's how it's decided. Well I wasn't expecting this.