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Critch · 04-19-2023, 10:16 PM

2038-39 Regular Season
Lines for the season are much the same as last year's since Jordan Gavin and Lucas Wall returned.

Forwards
David Prudek(3.5)/Jordan Gavin(5.0)/Borje Svensson(4.5)
Jeff Martin(4.0)/Enzo Landrey(3.5)/August Pettersson(3.5)
Magnus Larsen(3.5)/Michael Jackson(4.0)/Peter Hrovatin(3.0)
Jonas Lambert(3.0)/Aleksandr Unichenko(3.0)/Anssi Ridanpaa(3.5)
depth - C Spencer Eccleston(3.0), LW Alexander Broda(3.0), RW Juraj Hajdin(2.0)

Defense
Matt Leader(3.0)/Henry Mews(3.0)
Johan Dahlberg(3.0)/Reece Gault(2.5)
Mark Dollack(3.0)/Alexander Filippov(3.0)
depth - John Fireman(2.0), Joni-Jukka Timonen(2.0), Martin Pospisil(2.5)

Goaltenders
Lucas Wall(5.0) and Chwalislaw Janiszewski(2.0)

Looking back at last season's post there's been a few changes I guess. Martin and Prudek swapped lines mainly because Martin is injury prone and I wanted to keep the top line stable. Prudek and Martin are much the same player, big power forwards who crash the net so interchangeable. Michael Jackson is third line center replacing Vuollet, part of the "get younger" drive. Aleksandr Unichenko is back from Russia, he's more settled now and he's replaced Emil Kjellberg as 4th line center, Kjelberg left as a FA and is now back in Sweden. Anssi Ridanpaa is in to replace Lucas Karmiris, Karmiris is pretty much done and spent most of the year in the AHL.

It's all variable dependent on injuries obviously, depth is required in this game, players will get injured. Only one major injury this year, 7th defenseman John Fireman ruptured a knee ligament and has missed 50 games and wont be back til next year. Michael Jackson missed 3 months too with a groin injury, and Jeff Martin has been out for a couple of months with a hamstring problem.

We spend all season in a two horse race with Seattle for both the division and the President's trophy. We get off to a great start, 12-2-0 and leading the division but not by much, the Pacific division has a lot of good teams. 22-6-2 and we're clear at the top with Seattle, we're 1 and 2 in the division and 1 and 2 for best record in the NHL. It carries on that way, 32-9-4 then 37-10-5 and we're running away from everybody except for Seattle who hang right on our tail. We burst through 100 points with 16 games to go and heading for an Anchorage record number of points (previous record 111 points two years ago), and still leading the President's Trophy and the division but Seattle still right there in pursuit.

It was a two horse race all year and we finished third in it. Third place in both the President's Trophy and the division, the three highest points totals are in our division. We slowed down to .500 pace in the last month, so did Seattle, and Vancouver kicked into overdrive and overtook us both. At the end of the season Vancouver Canucks end with 118 points, Seattle have 117 points, Anchorage have 117 points too but lose a tiebreak, and Vegas in 4th with 111 points. In the Central division it's Colorado (106), Nashville (103), Arizona (102) and Atlanta (95) who make the playoffs.

We ended the season with the lowest Goals Allowed (186, only team under 200), 4th most goals scored (295) and the second highest differential (109, Seattle were best with 113, Saskatoon had -131 for worst)

Stand out performances for the season:

Forwards
Borje Svensson - 81 games, 21 goals, 54 assists, 75 points (54 assists is an Anchorage record)
Enzo Landrey - 78 games, 25 goals, 38 assists, 63 points
Jordan Gavin - 75 games, 30 goals, 31 assists, 61 points (6 of the last 7 seasons with 30+ goals, the one he missed was 25 goals but 15 games missed)
David Prudek - 67 games, 20 goals, 35 assists, 55 points
Magnus Larsson - 80 games, 22 goals, 22 assists, 44 points
Jeff Martin - 56 games, 14 goals, 23 assists, 37 points, 73 PIM (team leading)
Michael Jackson -50 games, 21 goals, 16 assists, 37 points (the 6th 20+ goal player for the season, despite missing 32 games, not a bad first season)

Defensemen
Mark Dollack - 82 games, 16 goals, 29 assists, 45 points, +42 (only defenseman to play every game, and also the team's best +/-)
Henry Mews - 74 games, 13 goals, 36 assists, 49 points, 21:44 average time on ice (team leading)
Johan Dahlberg - 76 games, 9 goals, 30 assists, 39 points, +41

Goaltenders
Lucas Wall - 74 games, 49-18-7 record, 2.14 GAA (Anchorage record), .915 sv%
Chwalislaw Janiszewski - 9 games, 6-2-1 record, 2.08 GAA, .919 sv%

The game lets goalies play pretty much every game, you can get to Brodeur levels of starting almost every game without problems. I tried to make sure the backup started every second game of a back-to-back for a bit of realism although nobody in the real NHL got anywhere near Wall's 74 starts this season. The backup keeper actually had better stats than Wall but didn't play enough games to qualify for records.

So next up in the playoffs is Seattle. I forgot to turn off divisional seeding.

04-19-2023, 10:16 PM	#93
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	2038-39 Regular Season Lines for the season are much the same as last year's since Jordan Gavin and Lucas Wall returned. Forwards David Prudek(3.5)/Jordan Gavin(5.0)/Borje Svensson(4.5) Jeff Martin(4.0)/Enzo Landrey(3.5)/August Pettersson(3.5) Magnus Larsen(3.5)/Michael Jackson(4.0)/Peter Hrovatin(3.0) Jonas Lambert(3.0)/Aleksandr Unichenko(3.0)/Anssi Ridanpaa(3.5) depth - C Spencer Eccleston(3.0), LW Alexander Broda(3.0), RW Juraj Hajdin(2.0) Defense Matt Leader(3.0)/Henry Mews(3.0) Johan Dahlberg(3.0)/Reece Gault(2.5) Mark Dollack(3.0)/Alexander Filippov(3.0) depth - John Fireman(2.0), Joni-Jukka Timonen(2.0), Martin Pospisil(2.5) Goaltenders Lucas Wall(5.0) and Chwalislaw Janiszewski(2.0) Looking back at last season's post there's been a few changes I guess. Martin and Prudek swapped lines mainly because Martin is injury prone and I wanted to keep the top line stable. Prudek and Martin are much the same player, big power forwards who crash the net so interchangeable. Michael Jackson is third line center replacing Vuollet, part of the "get younger" drive. Aleksandr Unichenko is back from Russia, he's more settled now and he's replaced Emil Kjellberg as 4th line center, Kjelberg left as a FA and is now back in Sweden. Anssi Ridanpaa is in to replace Lucas Karmiris, Karmiris is pretty much done and spent most of the year in the AHL. It's all variable dependent on injuries obviously, depth is required in this game, players will get injured. Only one major injury this year, 7th defenseman John Fireman ruptured a knee ligament and has missed 50 games and wont be back til next year. Michael Jackson missed 3 months too with a groin injury, and Jeff Martin has been out for a couple of months with a hamstring problem. We spend all season in a two horse race with Seattle for both the division and the President's trophy. We get off to a great start, 12-2-0 and leading the division but not by much, the Pacific division has a lot of good teams. 22-6-2 and we're clear at the top with Seattle, we're 1 and 2 in the division and 1 and 2 for best record in the NHL. It carries on that way, 32-9-4 then 37-10-5 and we're running away from everybody except for Seattle who hang right on our tail. We burst through 100 points with 16 games to go and heading for an Anchorage record number of points (previous record 111 points two years ago), and still leading the President's Trophy and the division but Seattle still right there in pursuit. It was a two horse race all year and we finished third in it. Third place in both the President's Trophy and the division, the three highest points totals are in our division. We slowed down to .500 pace in the last month, so did Seattle, and Vancouver kicked into overdrive and overtook us both. At the end of the season Vancouver Canucks end with 118 points, Seattle have 117 points, Anchorage have 117 points too but lose a tiebreak, and Vegas in 4th with 111 points. In the Central division it's Colorado (106), Nashville (103), Arizona (102) and Atlanta (95) who make the playoffs. We ended the season with the lowest Goals Allowed (186, only team under 200), 4th most goals scored (295) and the second highest differential (109, Seattle were best with 113, Saskatoon had -131 for worst) Stand out performances for the season: Forwards Borje Svensson - 81 games, 21 goals, 54 assists, 75 points (54 assists is an Anchorage record) Enzo Landrey - 78 games, 25 goals, 38 assists, 63 points Jordan Gavin - 75 games, 30 goals, 31 assists, 61 points (6 of the last 7 seasons with 30+ goals, the one he missed was 25 goals but 15 games missed) David Prudek - 67 games, 20 goals, 35 assists, 55 points Magnus Larsson - 80 games, 22 goals, 22 assists, 44 points Jeff Martin - 56 games, 14 goals, 23 assists, 37 points, 73 PIM (team leading) Michael Jackson -50 games, 21 goals, 16 assists, 37 points (the 6th 20+ goal player for the season, despite missing 32 games, not a bad first season) Defensemen Mark Dollack - 82 games, 16 goals, 29 assists, 45 points, +42 (only defenseman to play every game, and also the team's best +/-) Henry Mews - 74 games, 13 goals, 36 assists, 49 points, 21:44 average time on ice (team leading) Johan Dahlberg - 76 games, 9 goals, 30 assists, 39 points, +41 Goaltenders Lucas Wall - 74 games, 49-18-7 record, 2.14 GAA (Anchorage record), .915 sv% Chwalislaw Janiszewski - 9 games, 6-2-1 record, 2.08 GAA, .919 sv% The game lets goalies play pretty much every game, you can get to Brodeur levels of starting almost every game without problems. I tried to make sure the backup started every second game of a back-to-back for a bit of realism although nobody in the real NHL got anywhere near Wall's 74 starts this season. The backup keeper actually had better stats than Wall but didn't play enough games to qualify for records. So next up in the playoffs is Seattle. I forgot to turn off divisional seeding.