NHL 11 GM summit

[BlueLineBomber]

2011-2012 player ratings

(I only record players of intrest)

C Kyle Turris 81 OVR 21 years old A-/B/B POT. Drafted in 2007 1st round 3rd overall by Phoenix
77 OVR last year. 4 point gain.

C Nazem Kadri 74 OVR 20 years old B/B/B- POT. Drafted in 2009 1st round 7th overall by Toronto
70 OVR last year. 4 point gain.

C Jeff Skinner 73 OVR 19 years old B/B/B POT. Drafted in 2010 1st round 7th overall by Carolina
68 OVR last year. 5 point gain

C Jamie Devane 67 OVR 20 years old C/B-/B- POT. Drafted in 2009 3rd round 68th pick by Toronto

LW Zach Parise 89 OVR 26 years old C/C/C POT. Drafted in 2003 1st round 17th pick by Devils
89 OVR last year. maintaining.

LW Nino Niederreiter 75 OVR 18 years old A/B-/B- POT. Drafted in 2010 1st round 5th overall by Islanders
71 OVR last year. 4 point gain.

LW Magnus Svensson 72 OVR 20 years old B/A/B POT. Drafted in 2009 1st round 10th overall by Edmonton
68 OVR last year. 4 point gain.

LW Luca Caputi 75 OVR 22 years old B/C/B- POT. Drafted in 2007 4th round 111 overall by Penguins

LW Kyle Beach 74 OVR 21 years old B/C/B- POT . Drafted in 2008 1st round 11th overall by Blackhawks

RW Patrick Kane 87 OVR 22 years old B-/B-/B- POT. Drafted in 2007 1st round 1st overall by Blackhawks

RW Phil Kessel 85 OVR 23 years old B-/C/C POT. Drafted in 2006 1st round 5th overall by Bruins
84 OVR last year. 1 point gain.

RW Austin Watson 72 OVR 19 years old B/B/B POT. Drafted in 2010 1st round 18th overall by Predators
67 OVR last year. 5 point gain.

RW Zack Kassian 70 OVR 20 years old B-/B-/B- POT. Drafted in 201 3rd round 62nd pick by Toronto
69 OVR last year. 1 point gain.

D Brandon Gormley 73 OVR 19 years old B/B/A- POT. Drafted in 2010 1st round 13th overall by Coyotes
69 OVR last year. 4 point gain.

D Calvin De Haan 73 OVR 20 years old B/B/B POT. Drafted in 2009 1st round 12th overall by Islanders
69 OVR last year. 4 point gain.

D Adam Larsson 69 OVR 18 years old A-/A/A- POT. Drafted in 2011 1st round 1st overall by Toronto

D Sawyer Hannay 69 OVR 18 years old B-/A/B- POT. Drafted in 2010 7th round 205th overall by Canucks
64 OVR last year. 5 point gain.

D Drew Doughty 88 OVR 21 years old A-/B/A- POT. Drafted in 2008 1st round 2nd overall by Kings

G John Chartrand 58 OVR 17 years old B-/A-/B- POT. Drafted in 2011 1st round 5th overall by Toronto

G Scott Wedgewood 63 OVR 18 years old A/B-/C POT. Drafted in 2010 3rd round 84th overall by Devils
58 OVR last year. 5 point gain.

G Tuukka Rask 87 OVR 24 years old B-/B/B POT. Drafted in 2005 1st round 21st overall by Toronto
84 OVR last year. 3 point gain.

[BlueLineBomber]

Okay guys, I simmed my pre season. I loaded my roster with all my up coming talent,the only NHL player on it was kyle turris..

This years pre season was 4 games in which I went 1-3-0

Notable stats were

Goals:
Niederreiter: 3
Skinner: 2
Turris: 2
De hann: 1
Suglabov:1

Assists:
Watson: 4
Turris: 3
De hann: 2
Niederreiter: 1
Skinner: 1
Aulie: 1
Svensson: 1

Points:
Turris: 5
Niederreiter: 4
Watson: 4
De hann: 3
Skinner: 3
Suglabov: 2
Aulie: 1
Svensson: 1

After overviewing my franchise I decided to bring in three more veteran free agents to fill gaps that I felt my prospects were not ready to fill

Sign:
D Jan Hejda - 1 year @ 1.820M per season
81 OVR (DFD) C/C/C POT 33 years old

Sign:
C Michal Handzus - 1 year @ 1.385M per season
81 OVR (TWF) C-/C-/C- POT 34 years old

Sign:
C Jason Arnott - 1 year @ 595K per season
83 OVR (PWF) D/D/D- POT 36 years old

So this brings me to my opening day roster of:

Line one
LW (PLY) Z. Parise (89) C (PLY) K. Turris (81) RW (SNP) P. Kane (87)
LD (OFD) D. Doughty (88) RD (DFD) M. Komisarek (84)

Line two
LW (TWF) K. Versteeg (81) C (PWF) J. Arnott (83) RW (SNP) P. Kessel (85)
LD (DFD) J. Hejda (81) RD (DFD) H. Gill (82)

Line three
LW (SNP) T. Selanne (81) C (TWF) M. Handzus (81) RW (PLY) A. Kovalev (82)
LD (TWD) M. Hunwick (77) RD (DFD) K. Aulie (76)

Line four
LW (TGH) J. Rosehill (74) C (TWF) J. Mitchell (79) RW (GRN) C. Armstrong (81)

Captains:
(C) Drew Doughty
(A) Kyle Turris
(A) Zach Parise

Notables that made the marlies

N. Kadri
L Caputi
K. Beach
N. Suglabov
M. Svensson
A. Larsson

[AustSaint]

A nice offseaon with your team, I liked the trade that got Edmonton's first rounder. It inspired me to do the same, I looked for the team with the worst record in the league(Detroit!), and traded a RW(80 something rating) a 5th and a 7th for their first and a scrub player. Thanks for the idea.

[BlueLineBomber]

Quote: Originally Posted by AustSaint

A nice offseaon with your team, I liked the trade that got Edmonton's first rounder. It inspired me to do the same, I looked for the team with the worst record in the league(Detroit!), and traded a RW(80 something rating) a 5th and a 7th for their first and a scrub player. Thanks for the idea.

Thanks man. that first rounder neted me an A- overall OFD, who is running my first pairing on the marlies this year. hes 6'3" 198 LBS 69 OVR. Next year I hope to bring him up to the NHL.

[bthomp05]

Excellent offseason. I can't believe you were able to obtain the services of Doughty and trade for Tuukka, you should feel very accomplished.

[HeroWorship]

After your first season, it's very nice to see your team looking much better. Plus, despite losing your next three first round picks, you had a solid draft, and getting Tuukka Rask makes the Leafs very scary.

[BlueLineBomber]

So I played my first game last night against Chicago and destroyed them 6-2.

the team felt so different. It was like the guys chose their spots and attacked, my first line was a threat every shift they logged, and my D core was solid top 2 to bottom 6. Tuukka turned aside 27 or so shots, Doughty put up 4 assists and Parise put two in the net, kane added one kessel snapped one in, selanne tipped in a wicked east,west glide to screen tip. and Turris blew a slap shot past the goalie before he could react.

Chicago seemed to be flat, they put one powerplay goal in, on a very sweet forehand back hand forehand stick to skate to stick deke by Toews that left Rask feeling dizzy and on the ice. and one shot that squeezed over his shoulder. I kept most of thier shots from the outside and my D men kept the front of the net clear of pucks and traffic.

Everyone played a very simple and effective game with effort. I could not have asked more out of anyone beyond what they gave. Very nice start!

[HeroWorship]

The goaltending seems to already be paying off, and a 6-2 win against a good team is a omen that good things are coming, or you switched the difficulty to Rookie (just kidding!)

Doughty was solid. Worth the three first round picks, eh?