Detroit Redwings Dynasty

[Lestat]

Hi everyone im new too this fourm and have been reading some of the other post here. ive decided to try this out and start a wings dynasty. Well actually i already started and im at the trade deadline in the 2011-12 season
since i am at work most of the team stuff im posting im going from memory. Hopefully tomorrow i will have a post trade deadline update. But for now i can post what my lineup looks like. I think currently i sit mid-pack in the western conference, the wings havent been doing so good so far this season. Datsyuk and Zetterberg are leading the team as usual in scoring.
below is my current lineup. i may see what i can do at the deadline to improve my top 6. Bertuzzi hasnt really meshed with franzen and datsyuk and i may drop in to the 3rd or 4th line and move cleary up unless i can find something at the deadline.
I may also bench him and bring up Nyquist and see if that does anything. All of this will depend on what i can do at the deadline.
I will try and do 15-20 game updates and then off-season stuff.

Detroit Redwings Depth Chart - 2011-12
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	Franzen	Filppula	Adbelkader	Miller
C	Datsyuk	Zetterberg	Helm	Emmerton
RW	Bertuzzi	Hudler	Cleary	Eaves
D #1	Lidstrom	Kronwall	Kindl
D #2	White	Stuart	Ericsson
G	Howard	Conklin

[Lestat]

Just a quick side note on the stats table and box score summary(coming in another post) this is my 1^st time using these table generators and I didn’t look to see what you can add to the table so I didn’t get all the stats that I could have just basic stuff for my 1^st stats update and 1^st game summary. But I promise future updates will have a bit more info in the tables im new to the forums. I am learning as I go, so be easy on my im learning LOL. then on top of that ill be doing most of my updates from work so i have to write down or take pictures of stats at home then bring it to work LOL.




2012 Trade Deadline

Trade Deadline has come and gone last night and for the Redwings they made a bit of a surprising move.

In a late hour call to Carolina and deal was struck that sent Brad Stuart, Daniel Cleary and the Wings 2013 1^st rd pick to the Canes. Coming back to Detroit is forward Tuomo Ruutu and the Canes 2012 2^nd rd pick.

This deal is a bit of a head scratcher as the Wings really didn’t need another scorer at this point in the season, their biggest problem was defense. But with rumors spreading that Brad Stuart wanted to go back to the West Coast after this season (he will be a UFA) to be closer to his family the Wings decided to try and get something for him now.

Ruutu is a UFA at seasons end but the Wings have started contract talks with his agent and will see how he preforms the rest of the season.

Currently the Wings are out of a playoff spot, with the addition of Ruutu this will drop Bertuzzi to the 3^rd line and Ruutu will be inserted into the top 6. Plans are to have him play alongside Filppula and Zetterberg.

Mike Commadore will take Stuarts place in the lineup and the Wings may give top prospect Brenden Smith a look see on the big club this season.

The Wings did move a 1^st rd pick but did gain a 2^nd rd pick in the 2012 draft. This will give them 1^st rd pick and (2) 2^nd rd picks which team will use to add to their defensive prospect pool.



Other trades in the NHL last night:

To NYI: C. MaCarthur, David Steckel
To TOR: J. Bailey, R. Dipietro

To CAR: A. Grioux, D. Gabriel, 2012 3^rd pick
To CMB: D. Bowman, Z. Boychuk

To CHI: D. Powe, J. Taffe, 2012 4^th rd pick
To MIN: N. Leddy, B. McLean

To CHI: B. Betts, 2013 4^th rd pick
To PHI: B. Pirri


Detroit also clamied Jonas Gustavsson from the Maple Leafs off waviers. This will give Gustavsson a chance to “audition” for the backup job next season in Detroit. He will be get in some games before the end of the season. The Wings have sent a message to Conklin and maybe Howard that they are not impressed by the goalie situation in Detroit.



Quick update of the Redwings player stats

Detroit Redwings Stats - 2011-12
Skaters	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	GW	PIM	SOG	SPCT
Pavel Datsyuk	64	18	47	65
Henrik Zetterberg	64	30	34	64
Valtari Filppula	64	13	38	51
Jiri Hudler	63	20	23	43
Johan Franzen	64	21	22	43
Todd Bertuzzi	56	20	16	36
Nick Lidstrom	64	2	32	38
Tuomo Ruutu	61	16	16	32
Ian White	64	8	22	30
Nick Kronwall	57	6	17	23
Jonathan Ericsson	64	2	16	18
Justin Abdelkader	64	9	8	17
Taylor Pyatt	65	5	10	15
Jakub Kindl	64	1	13	14
Darren Helm	59	5	6	11
Cory Emmerton	64	2	8	10
Chris Conner	45	4	6	10
Patrick Eaves	54	5	4	9
Tomas Holmstrom	20	4	3	7
Drew Miller	4	0	1	1
Goalies	GP	W	L	T	GAA	TOI	SV	SV%	SHO
Jimmy Howard	60	29	28		2.70
J. Gustvasson	18	5	6		2.85
Ty Conklin	7	1	4		3.02

[Lestat]

Tuomo Ruutu makes his Wings debut

Well after just posting the Wings didnt need another scorer at this point in the season the Wings went out and lost to the BlueJackets (who are have a good season and are near the top in the West) 1-0. Steve Mason was excellent for the BlueJackets stopping all 32 shots.

Columbus got out to a 1-0 lead in the 1st period when Prospal put home a rebound into a open left side of the net. From then on it was all Mason. The Wings threw the puck at Mason from everywhere but nothing went in. Ruutu making his Wings debut looked great on the ice. He had numerous chances but was denied by Mason.

The Wings had a glorious chance to tie the game late in the 3rd period when the got a Powerplay. But Columbus didnt give the Wings a chance to setup on the powerplay and the Wings ended up with 1 shot.

Detroit Red Wings at Columbus Blue Jackets
Feb 28, 2012 1 2 3 F DET () 0 0 0 0 CBJ () 1 0 0 1 Three Stars Steve Mason 32 Shots against , 32 saves Vaclav Prospal Game winning goal Jimmy Howard 15 shots against, 14 saves	Team Stats Comparison DET CBJ Shots on Goal 15 15 Hits 18 23 Faceoffs Won-Lost 18 6 Penalty Minutes 0:00 2:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 1 0 Time on Attack 11:23 2:54
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD CBJ 18:34 V. Prospal (10), (G. Clitsome, J. Boll)

[Lestat]

just a "for your information" type post about my current season.

my current settings:
10min period
i am using my own slider settings
I have simmed all the games up to the trade deadline and i played the game against Columbus (1st game right after the deadline)
Injuries were turned off just so i didnt have to deal with constantly fixing lines while i simming. but injuries will be turned back on from trade deadline to end of season as i will be hopefully playing more of the games trying to get my team into the playoffs.

I will hopefully do a updates each 20 games depends on time availability which im sure everyone here deals with as well.

I use to play online hockey in leagues on the PC. Nr1, VHA and a couple others i have played in over the last 10yrs. Now that i just play on the xbox and agaisnt the cpu i missed the gm aspect of the online leagues. We had trades, free agency, rookie drafts where rookies that were drafted into the nhl were created and we could draft into our league. We had contracts that players would sign in the offseason, free agent bidding, free agents rejecting our offers and their agents would counter offer. I actually enjoyed the gm part of the leagues more than the actually playing of games LOL.

So when i found this dynasty board and guys posting about their dynasty i thought i take a stab at it and see if that would fill the void LOL.

[Tazer19]

Nice start, good luck with the Wings. Love Ruutu, he was my favorite Hawks player during the "dark years"

[Lestat]

thanks Tazer. I just notice that Ruutu is from the same city as Filppula hehe.

Here is the lineup post trade deadline:

Detroit Redwings Depth Chart - 2011-12
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	Johan Franzen	Valtteri Filppula	Justin Abdelkader	Taylor Pyatt
C	Pavel Datsyuk	Henrik Zetterberg	Darren Helm	Cory Emmerton
RW	Tuomo Ruutu	Jiri Hudler	Todd Bertuzzi	Patrick Eaves
D #1	Nicklas Lidstrom	Niklas Kronwall	Jakub Kindl
D #2	Ian White	Jonathan Ericsson
G	Jimmy Howard	Jonas Gustavsson

i havent decided yet if Gustavsson will get the start in the wings next game against the Wild. If the team keeps falling in the standings i may bring up Tatar, Nyquist and Smith and give them a taste of the big leagues.

currently in Grand Rapids
Tatar 53gp 19-27-46
Smith 53GP 10-29-39
Nyquist 53 GP 11-24-35

[seb170455]

Bertuzzi did it again for the Wings last night...hahahaha...
Just joking. Nice write up. Hope you do well, you have one of my favorites on your team...Pavel D.

[Lestat]

End of season update (plus offseason update right after)

Final Standings:

NHL Standings - Updated: Jan 1,
EAST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
Montreal	50	24	8	108	267	206
Carolina	50	26	6	106	256	217
Washington	46	27	9	101	251	207
Pittsburgh	45	29	8	98	256	228
Florida	45	33	4	94	245	235
Winnipeg	41	32	9	91	233	243
Ottawa	42	35	5	89	222	240
NY Rangers	41	34	7	89	225	222
Boston	42	36	4	88	237	236
Philadelphia	42	36	4	88	240	248
Buffalo	40	35	7	87	241	242
Toronto	40	36	6	86	234	223
NY Islanders	35	36	11	81	247	278
New Jersey	36	38	8	80	240	268
Tampa Bay	34	38	10	78	228	250
WEST PLAYOFF RACE	W	L	OTL	PTS	GF	GA
Vancouver	48	27	7	103	262	228
San Jose	46	29	7	99	256	238
Chicago	43	28	11	97	265	250
Nashville	46	31	5	97	219	202
Los Angeles	42	32	8	92	238	240
Minnesota	40	31	11	91	255	238
Calgary	41	34	7	89	246	236
Phoenix	39	32	11	89	219	233
Columbus	41	36	5	87	228	234
St. Louis	39	36	7	85	254	257
Dallas	37	36	9	83	232	253
Detroit	39	39	4	82	235	220
Edmonton	34	36	12	80	204	240
Anaheim	35	40	7	77	216	252
Colorado	31	44	7	69	211	272

The Redwings finished the season 9-9 and out of the playoffs for the 1st time in 21 years. The Wings did have a chance to get into the playoffs but were dealt a big loss when in a game against Columbus Pavel Datsyuk was knocked out and was expected to miss up to 6 weeks with a concussion. The Wings at that point were only 4pts out of a spot with 5 games left. but Losing Datsyuk really hurt there chances and then the very next game the Wings lost another top 6 players in Jiri Hudler. Those loses and their inability to score lead to them not making the playoffs.

Final league Leaders:

NHL League Leaders - Updated: Jun 20, 2012
Goals
	1. E. Malkin	65		1. J. Thornton	77
	2. R. Kesler	45		2. H. Sedin	75
	3. A. Ovechkin	45		3. N. Backstrom	66
	4. S. Crosby	44		4. J. Towes	64
	5. E. Staal	42		5. Z. Parise	63
Points			GAA
	1. E. Malkin	108		1. C. Price	2.17
	2. E. Staal	105		2. P. Rinne	2.23
	3. H. Sedin	102		3. M. Fleury	2.27
	4. S. Crosby	102		4. H. Lundqvist	2.29
	5. J. Thornton	100		5. S. Mason	2.36
Wins			Shutouts
	1. C. Price	42		1. H. Lundqvist	9
	2. M. Fleury	39		2. P. Rinne	7
	3. J. Howard	37		3. J. Howard	6
	4. J. Quick	36		4. M. Fleury	6
	5. C. Andersson	34		5. O. Pavelec	6