Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

[Block M]

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Break Up The Jets WINNIPEG, MB - Shane Doan has been at the core of Winnipeg's back-to-back Stanley Cup Championships, it was announced today that Doan is ending his 19-year career and going out on top. The Boston Bruins were hit hardest with retirements with four players hanging up their skates. C Olli Jokinen, C Marc Savard, LW Matt Cooke, and D Lubomir Visnovsky all are retiring from the Bruins. A slew of long time net minders are also retiring. G Miikka Kiprusoff is retiring from the Calgary Flames while G Evgeni Nabokov and G Nicklas Backstrom are also retiring from Columbus and Minnesota respectively. (Every skater with 800+ games played & goalies) C Mike Fisher C Olli Jokinen C Marc Savard LW Matt Cooke D Lubomir Visnovsky D Pavel Kubina G Miikka Kiprusoff D Tom Poti G Evgeni Nabokov G Nicklas Backstrom D Tomas Kaberle C Daymond Langkow D Wade Redden D Filip Kuba RW Chris Neil D Dan Boyle D Eric Brewer RW Pascal Dupuis LW Shane Doan

[Block M]

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2013-2014 NHL Awards Art Ross Trophy Brad Richards Hart Memorial Trophy Anze Kopitar James Norris Memorial Trophy Drew Doughty Lady Byng Memorial Trophy Brad Richards Calder Memorial Trophy Jacob Markstrom Conn Smythe Trophy Blake Wheeler Vezina Trophy Antti Niemi William M. Jennings Trophy Antti Niemi Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy Mark Fistric Frank J. Selke Trophy Pavel Datsyuk Ted Lindsay Award Antti Niemi Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy Rick Nash

[johnnyrocks]

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WOW THEY FIRED YOU???

[Block M]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

WOW THEY FIRED YOU???

Yep, the expectations were high with Buffalo.

Season 1: 47 wins (Failed), ECF (Failed)
Season 2: 49 wins (Success), ECF (Failed)
Season 3: 50 wins (Failed), ECF (Success)

I'll take the change in scenery though. Edmonton has an arsenal of young weapons.

[johnnyrocks]

Re: Block M's Buffalo Sabres (NHL 12)

Yep, the expectations were high with Buffalo.

Season 1: 47 wins (Failed), ECF (Failed)
Season 2: 49 wins (Success), ECF (Failed)
Season 3: 50 wins (Failed), ECF (Success)

I'll take the change in scenery though. Edmonton has an arsenal of young weapons.

renew the rivalry against the Canucks! It's nice to see that.

[Block M]

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Oilers Acquire Two-Time Conn Smythe Winner Blake Wheeler on Draft Day

Los Angeles, California June 25th, 2014     New Edmonton Oilers GM Block M made a huge splash in just his first month on the job by acquiting two-time Conn Smythe winner Blake Wheeler from the Winnipeg Jets prior to the start of the 2014 NHL Draft. The Jets approached Edmonton early in the day wanting to acquire winger Magnus Paajarvi for Wheeler and Winnipeg's 2015 1st round selection. After an hour of discussion the trade was finalized with Blake Wheeler heading to Edmonton for not Magnus Paajarvi but instead D Cam Barker with no picks involved. "Acquiring a player with the playoff experience Blake Wheeler has is always a great addition," Block M said in an interview. "We think he can help our young players advance to the next level as he is obviously a winner." On top of that the Edmonton Oilers also selected first overall in the 2014 NHL Draft making LW Ryan Tuffin the first selection of the draft. Edmonton would go on to add three more forwards in C Aleksander Barkov, RW Jean-Sebastien Dea, and C Brett Brooks in the third, fourth, and sixth rounds respectively. Edmonton also added D Adam Bignell in the second round, D Tommy Stipancik with their final pick in the seventh round, and goalie MacKenzie Skapski in the fifth round. NHL Network analyst EJ Hradek suggests that Finnish centerman Aleksander Barkov could be the steal of the draft having slid into the third round.     Trade Team Players/Compensation Team Players/Compensation D Cam Barker RW Blake Wheeler     Round One: Pick 1 Team Selection Edmonton opens the 2014 NHL Draft by selecting LW Ryan Tuffin.     Round Two: Pick 1 Team Selection With their second selection the Oilers select D Adam Bignell.     Round Three: Pick 1 Team Selection The Oilers select C Aleksander Barkov.     Round Four: Pick 1 Team Selection RW Jean-Sebastien Dea goes to Edmonton in the fourth round.     Round Five: Pick 1 Team Selection Edmonton picks the first goalie of the draft with G MacKenzie Skapski.     Round Six: Pick 1 Team Selection C Brett Brooks is selected by Edmonton in the sixth round.     Round Seven: Pick 1 Team Selection D Tommy Stipancik is the final pick of Edmonton's 2014 draft.

[bthomp05]

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Holy crap, they fired you....

I love the trade.

[seb170455]

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Unbelievable those Jets. And then the firing....Too bad.

Good luck with those Edmonton Oilers. I guess we will see the rosters?

[Block M]

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Unbelievable those Jets. And then the firing....Too bad.

Good luck with those Edmonton Oilers. I guess we will see the rosters?

Jets are definitely rolling, and yeah roster will be up soon. This is just a slow offseason transition cause I have to give the layout an Oilers face lift before posting.

[Block M]

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Edmonton Adds G Gustavsson, D Engelland Via Free Agency

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada July 14th, 2014     Edmonton addressed a big issue in net with the addition of former Maple Leafs backup goalie Jonas Gustavsson with their first signing of the free agency period. Edmonton decided Gustavsson was the right fit to battle for the starting spot over the likes of other free agent goalies such as Tomas Vokoun and Dan Ellis. The Oilers also added Edmonton native Deryk Engelland to bolster their defensive pairings. Edmonton attempted to sign restricted free agent defensemen Calvin de Haan of the New York Islanders and Chicago defensemen Nick Leddy but both players declined offers from the Oilers in favor of their current teams.     Released Team Players C Tom Wandell, C Brock Trotter, C Mike Davies, C Anton Lander, G Danny Sabourin, G Lukas Mensator, and G Oliver Roy.     Re-Signed Team Players C Nick Tarnasky, C Tyler Pitlick, C Ryan Garbutt, LW Ben Eager, LW Jimmy Bonneau, LW Curtis Hamilton, RW Ales Hemsky, RW Ryan Jones, RW Mark Arcobello, RW Danny Bois, RW Mark Parrish, RW Victor Oreskovich, D Nick Shultz, and D Ladislav Smid.     Tendered Qualifying Offers Team Players C Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (Edmonton), C Sam Gagner (Edmonton), C Brent Radeke (Edmonton), C Gabriel Dumont (Edmonton), C Joakim Andersson (Edmonton), D Colten Teubert (Edmonton), D Brian Strait (Edmonton), and D Paul Postma (Edmonton).     Entry Level Contracts Team Players C Aleksander Barkov, LW Barclay Goodrow, D Eric Diodati, D Otto Jaksch, D Ben Harpur, and G MacKenzie Skapski.     Free Agent Additions Team Players G Jonas Gustavsson and D Deryk Engelland.     Notable Free Agent Signings Team Players D Cory Sarich LW Kristian Huselius RW Brian Gionta C Tim Connolly RW Chad Larose C Greg Campbell G Antero Niittymaki D Kurt Sauer C Nikolai Antropov G Tomas Vokoun LW Brendan Morrow D Jordan Leopold C Jerrod Smithson D Derek Morris LW Evgeny Grachev D Paul Mara D Ryan O'Bryne G Ray Emery C Matthew Lombardi LW D.J. King

[bthomp05]

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Good read as always.

The flames were busy. To bad you couldn`t snag those players, would have been great additions to your D-corps.

[Block M]

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2014-2015
EDMONTON OILERS
NO.	Name	POS	OVR	AGE	POT	SAL	YL	FROM
89	Sam Gagner	C	87	25	C	$2.900M	1	CAN
10	Shawn Horcoff	C	82	36	D-	$6.140M	1	CAN
93	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	C	87	21	B	$3.865M	1	CAN
74	Nick Tarnasky	C	79	30	C	$0.885M	2	CAN
55	Ben Eager	LW	80	30	C-	$1.390M	2	CAN
4	Taylor Hall	LW	88	23	B	$4.220M	1	CAN
23	Linus Omark	LW	82	27	C	$2.315M	1	SWE
91	Magnus Paajarvi	LW	85	23	B	$3.185M	2	SWE
14	Jordan Eberle	RW	87	24	B-	$2.995M	2	CAN
83	Ales Hemsky	RW	85	31	C	$3.990M	3	CZE
28	Ryan Jones	RW	80	30	C	$1.205M	1	CAN
26	Blake Wheeler	RW	84	28	C	$3.175M	3	USA
32	Carlo Colaiacovo (From STL)	D	82	32	C-	$2.570M	2	CAN
33	Deryk Engelland	D	82	32	C-	$1.450M	2	CAN
24	Theo Peckham	D	84	27	C	$1.720M	1	CAN
15	Nick Schultz	D	87	32	C	$4.500M	4	CAN
5	Ladislav Smid	D	84	28	C-	$3.505M	5	CZE
20	Colten Teubert	D	84	24	C-	$1.600M	1	CAN
6	Ryan Whitney	D	85	31	C-	$4.070M	2	USA
30	Brian Elliott (From STL)	G	85	29	C-	$2.675M	1	CAN
50	Jonas Gustavsson (To STL)	G	82	30	C	$1.320M	3	SWE
43	Samu Perhonen	G	79	21	B-	$1.450M	1	FIN
IN THE SYSTEM
NO.	Name	POS	OVR	AGE	POT	SAL	YL	FROM
18	Joakim Andersson	C	74	25	C	$0.770M	1	SWE
20	Aleksander Barkov	C	78	19	C	$0.865M	3	FIN
20	Brett Brooks	C	74	19	B-	UNSIGNED		CAN
36	Trevor Cox	C	72	19	B-	UNSIGNED		CAN
42	Gabriel Dumont	C	76	24	C	$0.575M	1	CAN
40	Ryan Garbutt	C	75	29	C	$0.650M	2	CAN
11	Tyler Pitlick	C	75	23	C	$0.690M	2	USA
9	Brent Raedeke	C	77	24	C	$0.605M	1	CAN
14	Jason Swyripa	C	74	21	B-	$0.845M	2	CAN
27	Jimmy Bonneau	LW	79	29	C	$0.795M	1	CAN
23	Barclay Goodrow	LW	73	21	C	$0.765M	3	CAN
15	Curtis Hamilton	LW	76	22	C	$0.750M	2	CAN
21	Toni Rajala	LW	77	23	C	$1.490M	1	FIN
13	Hunter Shinkaruk	LW	75	20	C	$0.875M	3	CAN
19	Ryan Tuffin	LW	74	20	B-	UNSIGNED		CAN
8	Ryan Van Stralen	LW	70	21	C	UNSIGNED		CAN
90	Mike Willis	LW	77	21	B-	$0.525M	2	USA
29	Mark Arcobello	RW	78	26	C	$0.700M	2	USA
17	Danny Bois	RW	77	31	C	$1.120M	1	CAN
10	Jean-Sebastian Dea	RW	73	20	B-	UNSIGNED		CAN
14	Mitch Guiel	RW	74	20	C	UNSIGNED		CAN
22	Victor Oreshkovich	RW	74	28	C-	$0.805M	2	CAN
16	Mark Parrish	RW	77	37	D	$0.525M	1	USA
9	Adam Bignell	D	74	20	B-	UNSIGNED		CAN
12	Sean Callaghan	D	79	20	B	$1.405M	3	CAN
4	Trevor Carrick	D	70	20	C	UNSIGNED		CAN
8	Taylor Chorney (To STL)	D	80	27	C	$0.970M	1	USA
6	Eric Diodati	D	74	21	B-	$0.785M	3	CAN
7	Ben Harpur	D	74	19	B-	$0.795M	3	CAN
28	Otto Jaksch	D	72	22	B-	$0.760M	3	SWE
37	Valteri Koltsov	D	76	20	B	$895M	2	RUS
30	Martin Marincin	D	74	22	C	$1.330M	1	SLO
35	David Musil	D	75	21	B-	$1.475M	2	CZE
2	Paul Postma	D	75	25	C-	$1.165M	1	CAN
24	Tommy Stipancik	D	71	20	C	UNSIGNED		CAN
7	Brian Strait	D	79	26	C	$0.575M	1	USA
44	Andrew Tessier	D	74	20	C	UNSIGNED		CAN
38	John Chartand	G	75	21	B-	$1.355M	2	CAN
1	Anton Forsberg	G	76	22	B-	$0.535M	2	SWE
29	MacKenzie Skapski	G	74	20	B-	$0.890M	3	CAN

[Block M]

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Are Young Oilers Ready To Step Up?

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada September 13th, 2014     The Edmonton Oilers have a group of forwards that easily rank among the best in the NHL. The problem that has kept that talent from enjoying any success at all is youth and inexperience. The Oilers final point total has dropped each of the last three years as the organization is heading in the wrong direction. That's why big moves were made in the offseason from top to bottom. Team Chairman Daryl Katz hired new GM Block M to turn things around. Block M wasted no time in making a move to help the team by bringing in two-time Conn Smythe winner Blake Wheeler from the two-time defending Stanley Cup Champion Winnipeg Jets. It was also Block M's decision to retain the services of Oilers head coach Todd McLellan who was hired prior to the 2013-2014 season. McLellan personally loved the acquisiton of Wheeler. "Wheeler is just 28, but on our team that's old," joked McLellan at a recent team practice. "He's a proven winner helping Winnipeg to two cups and will be a great influence on our young kids here. Can't wait to get the season started." 2014-2015 Edmonton Oilers Starting Lines Left Wing Hall Paajarvi Omark Eager Center Gagner Nugent-Hopkins Horcoff Tarnasky Right Wing Eberle Wheeler Hemsky Jones Left Defense Schultz Smid Teubert Right Defense Whitney Peckham Engelland Goaltenders Gustavsson Perhonen

[bthomp05]

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Great read as always my friend. And I love your line-up, I can see it paying dividends immediately. Good luck with the OILERS.

[boxers]

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I've really enjoyed reading this and I can't say enough about the layout, very well done. I haven't seen many franchises where the GM takes over another team, so it's been really interesting. Good luck building up the Oil, they have a lot of good pieces in place.