Sea of Gold: A Create a Team Be a GM (NHL10)

[PennStatePeter]

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San Jose Downs the Outlaws

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Today was the day where someone could finally down the red hot Outlaws. "It was a game of mediocre shot selection and a crazy goalie performance" says Outlaw's coach Bob MacKenzie. Both teams went into this game undefeated in the preseason.

The first period was like any other period with back and forth chances and great scoring chances for both teams. Luckily the goalies on both teams made the game scoreless. Nabokov had 14 saves while Burns had 12 in the opening period.

The second period started the same as the first and it was like the first for most of the period until a bad line shift caused Marlau and Heatley to go on a 2 on 1 against Holopainen, Holopainen could not handle the two and they had nice passing which lead to a San Jose goal. MacKenize later said "Don't blame the guy that was there (Holopainen) on the two on one, blame it on the guys who weren't there." This is when Winnipeg really started to slump, they could shoot but not finish. "I counted at least 4 shots that went off the post in 5 minutes," said MacKenzie again later on. Anyways the period ended 1-0 Sharks. Burns was 21/22 and Nabokov was 24/24.

The third period started the same as the ending of the second. More bad shots and posts. Dan Boyle took a slapshot 6 minutes into the game that was redirected by Joe Thornton that slipped past Logan Burns. Fast forward to with 5 minutes left and Winnipeg was really putting pressure on Nabokov but he could not snap and he saved a total of 39 saves that game and those aren't including ones that went off the post. He deserved the shutout. San Jose Wins 2-0. Logan Burns went 31/33.

Box Score
1st
NO GOALS
2nd
14:12 Danny Heatley (6th) from Patrick Marleau and Dan Boyle
3rd
5:59 Joe Thornton (2nd) from Dan Boyle and Rob Blake

3 Stars of the Game
1: Nabokov- 39 Saves, Shutout, 0.00 GAA
2: Danny Heatley- Goal, GWG (+2)
3: Dan Boyle- 2 assists (+2)

[PennStatePeter]

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I have made a mistake but it is not very major. I did all my preseason games in play now so when I loaded up the Be A GM I still have to do the draft. So lets just say that because of the selling of Phoenix that the preseason was early.

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TV Host:Today as a special guest on our show we have the GM and Coach of the Winnipeg Outlaws to talk to us about the NHL draft that is happening tomorrow.

Dale Hawerchuk: Hello

Bob MacKenzie: Hello Pleasure to be here

TVH: When you look into the players in the draft tomorrow, what type of player are you looking for?

DH: Well there are 3 types of players that we need on our team. First of all we need a Offensive Defenseman to help lead our powerplay. Gibney has been fine but I feel we still really need to buff it up. Second we need a speedy sniper that is preferably a winger. When you look at our team you see a lot of playmakers but only 1 Sniper that is Peter Carey and he is also a rookie. Third of all we need a strong defensive defenceman. We have Mikko at that point for our team but we need more depth at the position but we love nothing more than a man who can just hammer people.

TVH: I'm sure you already have eyes on some young talent following the prospects game. Name some of them for us please.

BM: Well for our offensive defenceman position he are really heading towards Joey Campbell. In the prospects game he had 2 goals, one of them on the powerplay and an assist. Best of all he is still only projected to go 54th so we can hopefully snag him in the second round. We also have eyes on Teemu Ahonen and Ross Peters for that position. For our speedy sniper we have not decided between Rami Koskinen or Daniel Acker. One is projected 11th and the other 14th. Both are super fast and played great games last week. Also for that position we are looking at Kevin Gardener. For our defensive defenseman we have not decided between the 3 of Benjamin Penner, Taylor Hamhuis, or Marshall Boyer. All 3 of them played very physically without giving up playing good defense. We have a very big decision to make that could change our organization if we pick wrong.

TVH: As of now who do you think will be your first 3 picks?

DH:
1- Daniel Acker
2- Joey Campbell
3- Marshall Boyer

TVH- Thank you guys for stopping by, I know you are very busy.

[Axeshun]

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If you really haven't done anything yet you can always restart it without the draft, I mean set the option to 'start regular season' instead of the draft.

Either way, nice write-ups so far.

[PennStatePeter]

Re: Sea of Gold: A Create a Team Be a GM (NHL10)

If you really haven't done anything yet you can always restart it without the draft, I mean set the option to 'start regular season' instead of the draft.

Either way, nice write-ups so far.

Why couldn't I have thought of that before. Whatever it doesn't really matter as drafting is one of my favorite things in this game and the draft picks won't replace any of our created players anyways.

[SENS_AK27]

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Let's hope the great preseason games are a sign of things to come.

[mikko1995]

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Great so far. Man why I couldn't stop Marleau and Heatley on two on one. Well it wouldn't matter anyway. And I enjoy drafting too, I love to have many first round draft picks if there is a franchise guy in the draft so I could get him more easily.

[PennStatePeter]

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Great so far. Man why I couldn't stop Marleau and Heatley on two on one. Well it wouldn't matter anyway. And I enjoy drafting too, I love to have many first round draft picks if there is a franchise guy in the draft so I could get him more easily.

Usually I do the same and get many first round picks but I am not doing it in this franchise because I don't want to send down people to AHL, that signed up for it.

[PennStatePeter]

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Let's hope the great preseason games are a sign of things to come.

I agree, I was very satisfied with the preseason. I am think of drafting a center in the fourth round and moving you back up to the third replacing Isaiah as you have played better than him. This is what the lines I hope will look like going in to the regular season.

Clark-Smith- Spezza
Blake- Hart- Feliner
Carey- MacDonald- Ritt
Winnik-? (D)-Isaiah

Gibney- Holopainen
Dermak- Joey Campbell (D)
Yandle- Marshall Boyer (D)

Burns
Gall

My first round pick is going to the AHL.
(D) = Drafted Rookie

[PennStatePeter]

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Great so far. Man why I couldn't stop Marleau and Heatley on two on one. Well it wouldn't matter anyway. And I enjoy drafting too, I love to have many first round draft picks if there is a franchise guy in the draft so I could get him more easily.

Like I said, don't blame the one guy who was there, blame the others that weren't there. Anyways even if you stopped it it would have been 1-0.

[mikko1995]

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Like I said, don't blame the one guy who was there, blame the others that weren't there. Anyways even if you stopped it it would have been 1-0.

Yeah I know. Can't wait to the beginnig of the season.

[PennStatePeter]

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Draft day: Part 1 out of 2.

Well I know draft day is all about the actual draft but I am going to start with the trades. There were a bit of trades that happened but nothing really.

CGY gets Kaspers Daugavins
OTT get Brett Palin

DAL get Jeff Tambellini
NYI get Toby Petersen

VAN get Derek MacKenzie
CBJ get Rick Rypien

WIN get 2nd round pick
WSH get Shawn Heshka

OTT get David Jones and Brian Wllsie
COL get Erik Karlsson and Shean Donavan

NSH get Douglas Murray and Kent Huskins
SJ get Steve Sullavin and Nolan Yonkman

CBJ get Corey Locke
NYR get David Liffitor

COL get Jordon Tootoo
NSH get Marek Svatos

NYR get Ryan Johnson and Nathan McIvor
VAN get Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau and Andres Ambuhl

ATL get Micheal Neal
DAL get Micheal Forney

CBJ get Christian Ehroff
VAN get Samuel Pahlsson

WIN get Joe Callahan and Jody Shelly
SJ get Chad Kolerik

[PennStatePeter]

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Draft Day: Part 2 of 2

Here is the actual Draft Section of Draft Day.

Top 30 Picks

1 NYI- F. Obsut
2 TBL- M. Peterson
3 COL- J. Lannon
4 ATL- S. Leclaire
5 LA- M. Phillips
6 WIN- D. Acker
7 TOR- P. Flaherty
8 DAL- T. Pollock
9 OTT- B. Backer
10 EDM- K. Labarbera
11 NAS- J. Valabik
12 MIN- K. Gardener
13 BUF- William Allen
14 FLO- E. Schnieder
15 ANA- R. Hoffman
16 CBJ- J. Dwyer
17 STL- T. Ahonen
18 MON- R. Koskinen
19 NYR- C. Wilson
20 CAL- A. Kondrativ
21 PHI- F. Mueller
22 VAN- J. Cechmanek
23 NJ- R. Peters
24 WAS- A. Stajan
25 BOS- H. Tucker
26 SJS- C. Skinner
27 CAR- J. Hrdina
28 CHI- B. Knuble
29 DET- E. Reitz
30 PIT- M. Pittis

WINNIPEG DRAFTEES
Round 1 Daniel Acker (USA) LW 76 overall (AHL)
Round 2 Joey Campbell (CAN) D 74 overall
Round 2 (from Washington) Eric Henry (CAN) D 74 overall
Round 3 Clifford Tallinder (SWI) C 71 overall
Round 4 Stan Buckley (USA) D 73 overall (AHL)
Round 5 Clinton Bates (CAN) D 72 overall (AHL)

(AHL)= Will start the first season in the AHL.

[mikko1995]

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Nice picks man.

[PennStatePeter]

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Winnipeg wins Season opener in VERY high scoring game.

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WIN (0,0,0) 7
LA (0,0,0) 6

The season opener was a magical night for Winnipeg fans all over the nation, this was the first time a NHL team based in Winnipeg were to play since 1996. It was also a VERY high scoring game for both teams. At the beginning of the game the annoucers said that it would be a goalies game with low scoring, that was not the case.

Winnipeg started strong as 2 minutes in Ethan Hart had a slapshot through traffic. This ended up being the first NHL goal of this franchise. It was assisted by Johnny Spezza and Patrick Smith. It would take over 10 minutes but LA would answer back when Micheal Handzus would tap in a rebound from Alex Semin shot. (I have no idea how Semin ended up in LA). It looked like the first would end 1-1 but Patrick Smith took a pass from Nick Ritt that ended up in the back of the net. Burns played good this period stopping 15/16 shots.

The second period started off like the first but in LA's favor as Dustin Brown would slap one past Burns. It would stay 2-2 until 12 minutes in Patrick Smith would slap his second of the game. 6 minute later after Jim Vandemeers penalty LA's goalie Jonathon Bernier would collapse. This allowed Ethan Hart to score a very easy goal. It was Winnipeg's first short handed goal of the season. On the same powerplay for LA, Semin would grab the rebound and bury it for the PP goal and his second point of the night. The period would end 4-3 in Winnipeg's favor.

The third period started off strong as 3 minutes in Patrick Smith would score on the power play to make it the first hat trick of this franchise. 3 minutes later Mathew Clark would add his own Powerplay goal. The game looked down for LA with 5 minutes left and down by 3, but Burnss would just collapse alowwing 3 goals in 2 and a half minutes. First Ryan Smyth, then Anze Kopitar, and then Justin Williams to make it 6-6 with 3 minutes to play. The score would remain 6-6 to send it to OT. Luckily 9 seconds in to Overtime Peter Blake would roof it from the faceoff circle of a nice shot. Winnipeg wins their first in this new franchise.

Box Score
1st
2:49 Ethan Hart from J. Spezza and P. Smith
13:22 Micheal Handzus from A. Semin
19:28 Patrick Smith from N. Ritt and A. Gibney
2nd
1:54 Dustin Brown from J. Williams and J. Johnson
12:30 Patrick Smith from J. Spezza and A. Gibney
18:19 (SHD) Ethan Hart from Joey Campbell
19:20 (PP) Alex Semin from D. Doughty and A. Frolov
3rd
3:26 (PP) Patrick Snith from K. Yandle and J. Feliner
6:03 (PP) Mathew Clark from J. Campbell and Patrick Smith
14:53 Ryan Smyth from A. Kopitar
15:15 Anze Kopitar (Unassisted)
16:29 Justin Williams (Unassisted)
OT
0:09 Peter Blake from J. Campbell and P. Smith

3 Stars
1st: Patrick Smith- 3 goals, 3 assists
2nd: Ethan Hart- 2 goals
3rd: Joey Campbell- 3 assists

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[mikko1995]

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Nice win man