Seb170455's Pittsburgh Penguins: Fighting Penguins have to start over.(NHL13)

[seb170455]

Seb170455's Pittsburgh Penguins: Fighting Penguins have to start over.(NHL13)

General Manager: Sebastiaan Jansen

Game: EA Sports NLH 13 (PS3)
Roster: EA Update 24.01.2013
Tuner: Latest version
GM Skill Level: Hard
Skill Level: All Star
Game Style: Hardcore
Slider: AlTito's NHL 13 Sliders 02.02.2013 version
GM Firing: Off
Period Length: 8 minutes
Salary Cap: On

I will play all of my games (when possible). This is a new difficulty level for me, so it will be a real test! I try to give all of my stats each game. I do a 20 or 30 game update on the standings/stats. The trades/free agent signings/waiver claims will be given as much as possible. My backup goaltender will only play back-to-back games, unless both goalies are on the same level.

I am not a big fan of the Penguins, so this will be a challenge. Feel free top comment or make suggestions. I hope you will like this one.

[seb170455]

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Birthday party of Shero turns into an ugly affaire!

GM Ray Shero turned 50 on the 28th of July and he and his wife decided to give a couple of parties. One of those parties was a team celebration of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Everybody was invited and was there. The party progressed nicely in a small cosy bar. But all of a sudden everything turned sour and the boys got into a figth. After the big mess was cleaned and everthing was sorted out, it became clear the Pittsburgh Penguins organization was damaged. The damaged was done and the Penguins were hurt bad. A lot of key figures are not planning a return to Pittsburgh.

[seb170455]

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Big changes in Pittsburgh in a few days.

After the big birthday incident, there were changes going to happen. A few big names at the club were not going to come back to this club as employees. Too much was happened and they wanted to move on.

The first to leave the Penguins was GM Ray Shero. He was overwhelmed with emotions. His party was the reason for this mess. Shero said he had no other choice than to lay down his job at the Penguins.
Lemieux understood this and the same day he found Shero's replacement. This was the unknown Dutchman Sebastiaan Jansen. He has to try and solve this mess. His first job was talk to everybody and make an assesment of the damage. Coach Dan Bylsma is a real pro and wanted to stay.
The next step for GM Jansen, was to talk to all the players. He wanted to know if all the guys were back on board. But this was not the case. There were 2 players who did not want to play for the Penguins again. These guys were not the 4th liners, but the stars of the organization. Captain Crosby and superstar Malkin will not return. GM Jansen and Bylsma have a real big problem here. What will they do?

[seb170455]

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Pittsburgh, 1th September 2012.

The room is filled with the local and national press. GM Sebastiaan Jansen of the Pittsburgh Penguins invited everybody to make a few announcements. The press was expecting a resolution to the problem. Behind the table was Mario Lemieux, GM Jansen and coach Bylsma. Jansen tuned on his microphone;

"Good morning everybody. I am glad you were able to attend this press conference. We called you here today to make a few announcements. We had our troubles lately and we wanted to make these problems go away. We looked at all angles on how we could resolve the problem that captain Crosby and Art Ross Trophy winner Malkin did not want to be part of this organization again. We made fast decisions and have the follwoing to say.

We traded both super stars. Crosby is going to play in Columbus and Malkin is going to move to Montreal. The following trades have been made.

CBJ acquired C Sidney Crosby.
PIT acquired the 1st round picks of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 (CBJ).

MTL acquired C Evgeny Malkin.
PIT acquired C Alex Galchenyuk, 2013 - 1st and 2nd round pick (MTL) and 2014 - 1st round pick (MTL).

This was a shock for everybody in the organization, but this needed to be done. We have a lot of good picks and a great future superstar in return. I wish Crosby and Malkin all the best. We have to start over, but we will get back to where we were! Thanks everybody and have a save ride home."

[seb170455]

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Lemieux texted me:

"I wanted to welcome you to the Pittsburgh Penguins organization as our new GM for the next 3 years.

It's all about winning, and I'm setting your initial target as 45 wins this season.

Keep me happy, you keep your job. Now go out there and make me happy!"

This will be a tough job.

[seb170455]

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@RenLavoieRDS:

Tonight 2 free agents signed with Pittsburgh: center Cal O'Reilly (75, TWF, 3,5Y) $3,080M, 2 years and rightwinger Nicolay Zherdev (74, SNP, 2,5G) $0,830M, 1 year

[nuka]

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:o got rid of the two superstars. Looking forward to this

[seb170455]

Re: Seb170455's Pittsburgh Penguins: Fighting Penguins have to start over.(NHL13)

:o got rid of the two superstars. Looking forward to this

Thanks nuka. Hope you will enjoy this one.

[seb170455]

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Pittsburgh Penguins Roster after pre-season 2012/13

Pittsburgh Penguins
#	CENTERS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
16	Brandon Sutter (CAN)	23	1.91	83.1	Right	82 - 4 Yellow (TWF)
48	Tyler Kennedy (CAN)	26	1.80	83.1	Right	81 - 3,5 Yellow (TWF)
94	Alex Galchenyuk (CAN)	18	1.86	93.1	Left	76 - 4,5 Green (PLY)
12	Cal O'Reilly (CAN)	26	1.83	84.9	Left	75 - 3,5 Yellow (TWF)
46	Joe Vitale (USA)	27	1.80	93.1	Right	71 - 2,5 Grey (TWF)
#	LEFT WINGS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
18	James Neal (CAN)	25	1.88	93.1	Left	84 - 4 Yellow (PWF)
14	Chris Kunitz (CAN)	33	1.83	87.6	Left	83 - 4 Grey (TWF)
24	Matt Cooke (CAN)	34	1.80	93.1	Left	79 - 3,5 Grey (GRN)
25	Eric Tangradi (USA)	23	1.93	102.2	Left	74 - 3 Yellow (PWF)
10	Tanner Glass (CAN)	28	1.86	95.3	Left	28 - 3 Grey (GRN)
#	RIGHT WINGS	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
9	Pascal Dupuis (CAN)	33	1.86	93.1	Left	81 - 3,5 Grey (TWF)
13	Nicolay Zherdev (RUS)	27	1.88	92.2	Right	74 - 2,5 Grey (SNP)
27	Craig Adams (CAN)	35	1.83	89.4	Right	74 - 3 Grey (GRN)
15	Dustin Jeffrey (CAN)	24	1.88	93.1	Left	74 - 3 Yellow (TWF) * LW
#	DEFENSE	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
58	Kris Leteang (CAN)	25	1.83	91.3	Right	90 - 4,5 Yellow (TWD)
7	Paul Martin (USA)	31	1.86	90.8	Left	85 - 4 Grey (DFD)
44	Brooks Orpik (USA)	32	1.88	99.4	Left	84 - 4 Grey (DFD)
2	Matt Niskanen (USA)	25	1.83	94.9	Right	82 - 3,5 Yellow (TWD)
47	Simon Depres (CAN)	21	1.93	104.0	Left	75 - 4 Yellow (TWD)
5	Deryk Engelland (CAN)	30	1.88	91.7	Right	75 - 3,5 Grey (DFD)
41	Robert Bertuzzo (CAN)	23	1.93	95.8	Right	72 - 2,5 Yellow (DFD)
#	GOALIES	AGE	HT	WT	SHOT	BIRTH PLACE
29	Marc-Andre Fleury (CAN)	27	1.88	81.7	Left	87 - 4,5 Grey (HYB)
92	Tomas Vokoun (CZE)	36	1.83	98.1	Right	87 - 4 Grey (HYB)

[Bluejaysfan65]

Looks good so far. I followed your Canadiens one and I'll definitely be following this one as well.

[seb170455]

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Looks good so far. I followed your Canadiens one and I'll definitely be following this one as well.

Thanks Bluejaysfan65! I hope you will like this one too.

[Bluejaysfan65]

Thanks Bluejaysfan65! I hope you will like this one too.

I hope I will too!!!

[seb170455]

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I simmed the pre-season. It went very well. Too good I guess; 4-0-0. I don't expect this in the regular season.

MEMO by Mario Lemieux;

"Morning....

I figured I wouldn't be much of a boss if I didn't fill you in on what I was expecting for the playoffs this year.

I am expecting you to make the conference finals, ok?"

I guess Lemieux hasn't heard the news that we lost Crosby and Malkin yet.

[seb170455]

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Pittsburgh Penguis Depth Chart - 2012/13
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
LW	J.Neal	C.Kunitz	M.Cooke	T.Glass
C	A.Galchenyuk	B.Sutter	T.Kennedy	C.O'Reilly
RW	P.Dupuis	N.Zherdev	E.Tangradi	C.Adams
D #1	B.Orpik	P.Martin	S.Depres
D #2	K.Letang	M.Niskanen	D.Engelland
G	M.Fleury	T.Vokoun

Healthy scratch: LW D.Jeffrey and C J.Vitale

Alternate Captains:
B.Orpik, K.Letang and P.Dupuis.

[bthomp05]

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Crap, you lost both of them...