Here is how the Expansion save will work.
We will be using the Seattle Kraken expansion lists to pick our expansion team. We will also be using Altito's sliders as well.
We will be bringing in Quebec Nordiques as the 33rd team into the NHL. They will be playing out of the Atlantic Division. We will be using the available players for the Seattle Kraken list to pick out our expansion players.
However, if they were selected by Seattle we cannot select them. Our AHL team will be known as Hamilton Knights and play out of the First Ontario Center.
Team Info
Team Full Budget: 142.398 Million
Player Salary Budget: 123.760 million
Area Operations budget – 1.219 million
Promotions Budget – 0.581 million
Marketing Budget – 0.880 million
Scouting Salary Budget – 4.035 million
Scouting Travel Budget – 2.507 million
Coach Budget: 9.120 million
Seating Capacity – 18,515
Owner Personality
Spending – 0.5*
Importance of Success 2.5 *
Patience 1.5 *
Facility Ratings
Concessions 2*
Team Store 2*
Parking lot 2*
Club Seats 2*
Our AHL Team Club:
Hamilton Knights
Career:
Owner Mode: On
Add Contract Year: Off
NHL Salary Cap: On
GM Firing: Off
CPU Trades: On
Player Morale: On
FOG: On
Head Coach Edits Lines: Off
Auto Owner Mode: On
Accept Relocation: off
Auto Sign Free Agents: Off
Auto Sign Management: Off
NHL Draft Lottery
Even though the draft lottery below is what ti was in real life it was not the one in the game.
1st -> 1st Buffalo Sabres
4th -> 2nd Seattle Kraken
2nd -> 3rd Anaheim Ducks
5th -> 4th New Jersey Devils
6th -> 5th Columbus Blue Jackets
7th -> 6th Detroit Redwings
8th -> 7th San Jose Sharks
9th -> 8th Los Angeles Kings
10th -> 9th Arizona Coyotes (via VAN)
11th -> 10th Ottawa Senators
12th -> 11th Arizona Coyotes
13th -> 12th Columbus Bluejackets (via CHI)
14th -> 13th Calgary Flames
15th -> 14th Buffalo Sabres (via PHI)
16th -> 15th Detroit Redwings (via DAL)
17th -> 16th NY Rangers
18th -> 17th St. Louis Blues
Expansion Draft Picks:
ANA – Jacob Larsson D
ARI – Alex Galchenuk C/LW (on Arizona but listed on Toronto for IRL lists)
BOS – Curtis Lazar – C/RW
BUF – Malcolm Subban G (on Buffalo but listed on Chicago for IRL lists)
CGY – Michael Stone - D
CAR – Nino Niederreiter – RW/LW
CHI – Calvin De Haan
COL – Jack Johnson D (on Colorado however listed on NY Rangers for IRL lists)
CBS – Scott Harrington – D
DAL – Ben Gleason - D
DET – Sam Gagner – C/RW
EDM – Brendan Perlini LW/RW (not in NHL IRL at the time of the expansion draft was playing in Europe and in AHL IRL)
FLA – Joe Thornton – C (on Florida however was listed on Toronto for IRL lists)
LAK – Olli Maatta - D
MIN – Nick Bjugstad - C
MTL – Tyler Pitlick – C/RW (on Montreal however was listed on Arizona for IRL lists)
NAS – Matt Luff – RW (listed on Nashville however was listed on Los Angeles IRL)
NJ – Tomas Tatar – LW/RW (Listed on New Jersey however was listed on Montreal IRL)
NYI – Michael Dal Colle - LW
NYR – Jarred Tinordi – D (listed on NY Rangers however was listed on Nashville IRL)
OTT – Anton Forsberg - G
PHI – James Van Riemsdyk – F
PIT – Nathan Beaulieu – D (listed on Pittsburgh however was listed on Winnipeg IRL)
SJ – Kaapo Kahkonen – G (listed on San Jose however was listed on Minnesota IRL)
STL – Will Bitten – RW/C (listed on St. Louis however was listed on Minnesota IRL)
TB – Cal Foote – D
TOR – Wayne Simmonds RW/LW
VAN – Brandon Sutter – C/RW
VEG – Sven Baertschi - LW
WAS – Zach Fucale – G
WPG – Jansen Harkins – LW/C
With the picks, it gives us 41.715 million in cap space
NHL Entry Draft:
We made a few draft trades:
Trade Announcement:
To Florida - D - Jack Johnson
To Quebec - WPG 7th round (217th overall) and FLA 7th round in 2022
Trade Announcement:
To Winnipeg - Jansen Harkins
To Quebec - WPG 5th round (151st overall) in 2021 and WPG 7th in 2022
1st overall – Columbus Bluejackets select V. Nesterov (Russian) (Elite Med) RW
Trade Announcement:
To Tampa - Sven Baertschi
To Quebec - NAS 7th round (218th overall) in 2021
2nd overall – Buffalo Sabres select D I.Perezhogin (Russian) D TWD Elite Med
Trade Announcement:
To Quebec: BOS's 5th round (154th overall), OTT's 7th in 22
To Boston: D - Olli Matta
3rd overall – Anaheim Ducks select RW PWF J. Funk (Top 6 MED)
4th overall – Quebec Nordiques select Edgar Gogol (LD OFD Elite MED Gem) (USA Central)
5`10 174lbs Age: 18 Shoots Left
Trade Announcement:
To Colorado - G K. Kahkonen
To Quebec - COL 3rd 22 & COL 5th 2022
Trade Announcement:
To Philadelphia - QUE 2nd 23
To Quebec - Matt Strome
Trade Announcement:
To NY Islanders - QUE 2nd 21 (36th overall)
To Quebec - EDM 2nd round (54th overall), NYI 3rd 22, NYI 7th round (228th overall)
Trade Announcement:
To Vancouver - QUE 3rd (69th overall) & QUE 3rd 22
To Quebec - VAN's 2nd (43rd overall)
2nd round (43rd overall via VAN) – G Juha Jatkola (FIN) – MED Elite – Kalpa Luopio (Lllga)
6`1 176lbs Age: 18 Gloves: Left
Trade Announcement:
To Montreal: EDM 2nd (54th overall)
To Quebec: MTL 2nd (65th overall) & CAR 3rd 22
Trade Announcement:
To Buffalo: NYI's 3rd 22 & MTL's 2nd (65th overall)
To Quebec: CAR 2nd (61st overall)
There is a player who dropped and fell into our lap
2nd round (61st overall) – LW Riley Pogge (USA) – USA East (Top 9 F GRN)
6`0 194lbs Age: 18 Shoots Left
3rd round (102nd overall overall) – LW Maciej Rutkowski (German) – Krefeld Pinguine (DEL) – AHL top 6
5`11 187lbs Age: 18 Shoots Left
5th round (135th overall) - LD/RD Igor Chibrikov (Canadian) – Owen Sound (OHL)
6`7 188lbs Age: 19 Shoots Left
5th round (151st overall) – C Olli Nikupeteri (FIN) – Lulea Hockey (SHL) – AHL Top 6
5`9 179lbs Age: 18 Shoots: Left
5th round (154th overall) – C Lawson Sherk (CND) (PLY) AHL Top 6 F – Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
6`1 175lbs Age: 18 Shoots: Left
6th round (168th overall) – C/RW Linus Sjodin (SWE) TWF – Rogle BK (SHL)
6`0 168lbs Age: 18 Shoots: Left
7th round (201st overall) - D – Samuel Gillies – USA Central (USA)
6`2 191lbs Age: 18 Shoots Left
7th round (217th overall) – LW Owen Pederson (GRN) – Winnipeg ICE (WHL)
6`2 174lbs Age: 19 Shoots: Left
7th round 218th overall) – C Logan Morrison – Hamilton Bulldogs (OHL)
5`11 170lbs Age: 18 Shoots: Right
7th round 228th overall – RW Jeremy Michel (PLY) – Val-D’Or Foreurs (QMJHL) – AHL Top 6 Forward
6`1 179lbs Age: 20 Shoots Left
We drafted 12 prospects overall
June 25th
We put in offers for the following players we have that could be potential UFAs
Nino Niederreiter (looking for 4.250 for 3 years) (We offered 4 mill @ 3 years)
Tyler Pitlick (looking for 1.350 million for 1 yr) (we offered 1.75 million for 2 years
Brandon Sutter (looking for 1.425 per for 1 yr) (We offered 2 mill for 2 years)
Calvin De Haan (looking for 2.6 per for 3 years) (We offered 3 mill for 3 years)
Nick Bjugstad (looking for 1.550 per for 1 year) offered 2.5 mill for 2 years)
Sam Gagner (looking for 2.075 per for 3 yrs) (offered 2 mill for 2 years)
Brendan Perlini (looking for 950k per for 2 yrs) (We offered 3.5 mill for 6 years)
Joe Thornton (looking for 2.050 per for 2 years) (We offered 1.5 mill 1 yr)
Scott Harrington (looking for 1.5 mill for 1 yr) (We offered asking price)
Alex Galchenyuk (looking for 950k per for 2 years) (We offered 3 million for 8 years)
Jacob Larsson (looking for 2.550 per for 3 years) (We offered asking price)
Curtis Lazar (looking for 1.175 for 2 years) (We offered 2.5 million for 3)
Michael Stone (looking for 1.5 mill 1 yr) (We offered asking price)
Michael Dal Colle (looking for 950k for 2 years) (We offered 2 million for 3 years)
Nathan Beaulieu (looking for 1.075 for 1 yr) (We offered 1.5 million 1 yr)
Matt Luff (looking for 1.075 mill for 2 yrs) (We offered 925k 3 yrs 2 way)
Ben Gleason (looking for 950k per for 2 years (We offered 925k 3 yrs 2 way)
Will Bitten (looking for 750k 1 yr 2 way) (We offered 925k 3 yrs 2 way)
Matt Strome (looking for 750k 1 yr 2 way) (We offered 925k 3 yrs 2 way)
Drafted Prospects:
RW – Jeremy Michael (7th round 228th overall) (asking 825k 3 yrs 2 way) (We offered asking price)
D - Edgar Cogol (1st round 4th overall) (asking 925k 3 years 2 way) (We offered asking price)
LW – Riley Pogge (2nd round 61st overall) (asking price 775k 3 yrs 2 way) (We offered asking price)
LW – Maciej Rutkowski (4th round 102nd overall) – asking price 750k 3 yrs 2 way) (We offered asking price)
C/RW – Linus Sjodin (6th round 168th overall) – asking price 750k 3 yrs 2 way (offered contract asking price)
June 26th
C/RW - Curtis Lazar agreed to his 2.5 million 3 yr contract extension)
D – Michael Stone agreed to his 1.5 mill 1 yr contract extension)
RW/LW – Nino Niederreiter – agreed to his 4 mill 3 yr contract extension)
D – Calvin De Haan – agreed to his 3 mill 3 yr contract extension)
C/RW – Sam Gagner – agreed to his 2 mill 2 yr contract extension)
Brendan Perlini – agreed to his 3.5 mill for 6 yr contract extension)
C – Joe Thornton – rejected our offer – will be heading to UFA
Nick Bjugstad – agreed to our 2.5 mill for 2 yr contract extension)
Tyler Pitlick – agreed to our 1.75 mill for 2 yr contract extension)
C/LW – Alex Galchenyuk – agreed to our 3 mill 8 yr contract extension)
Nathan Beaulieu – agreed to our 1.5 mill 1 yr contract extension)
Brandon Sutter – agreed to our 2 mill 2 yr contract extension)
Michael Del Cole – agreed to our 2 mill 3 yr contract extension)
Scott Harrington – agreed to his 1.5 mill 1 yr contract extension)
Matt Strome – agreed to our 925k 2 way 3 yr contract extension)
Matt Luff –rejected our offer as he is not interested in a 2 way deal
Jacob Larsson – agreed to our 2.55 per 3 yr contract extension)
Will Bitten – agreed to 925k 2 way 3 yr contract extension)
Ben Gleason – rejected offer as he does not want a 2 way deal
Unsigned prospects:
Prospect – Jeremy Michael – agreed to our entry level deal
Prospect – Linus Sjodin – agreed to our entry level contract
Maciej Rutkowski – agreed to our entry level contract
Edgar Gogol – agreed to our entry level contract
Riley Pogge – agreed to our entry level contract
We have qualified both Matt Luff and Ben Gleason
We have offered Malcolm Subban 1.9 million 1 year deal
We have fired the following staff:
AHL HC – Georges Delorme
AHL AC – Ryan Gordon
AHL AC – Francois Lemieux
Our NHL Coaching Staff for next Season:
NHL AC – Hugo Vlasic PP/PK B- Influence A
NHL HC – Noel Vandermeer Off A-, Def A, PP A- PK B Teaching B- Influcnce C
We have fired the following scouts:
Bernard Jacques – Amateur
Petra Baranka – Pro
Willie Bjugstad – Amateur
Rene Gervaischouinard – Pro
Travis Crosby – Pro
This now leaves us 7 scouts to hire in off-season
June 27th
Malcolm Subban accepted our deal
June 30th
Ben Gleason has decided to accept our qualifying offer
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