I saw a similar thread & posted in it but thought maybe I should start my own.
Here it is:
I'm in my 1st year & almost up to date to the actual schedule.
Using my home team the Canucks.
My Dee lines:
1st
-Seabrook 86(trade)/Weber 85(Draft)
(almost got Doughty but the price was too high so I got Seabrook I wanted my top line to be "hometowners"
anyways.)
Picked up Seabrook through a trade.
I grabbed Salo, Salvador, on waivers & added in Dennis Seidenburg(Draft) & traded them for Brent Burns 83.
(basically a salary dump for a young guy)
I picked up Salvador on the waivers again & traded Burns & Salvador for Seabrook.
2nd
-Erik Johnson 84(Draft)/Francois Beauchemin 80(Draft)
3rd
-Schenn 79(Draft)/Hedman 79(Draft)
(Prospect line)
Offence:
1st
-Taylor Hall 84(trade)/Crosby 94-95(Draft)/Dustin Brown 85
(This line is crazy for me the chemistry they seem to have is amazing)
I got Hall trading Cheechoo(Draft) 79, & Pacioretty(Draft) 79, & Mapletoft 79(my 1st rnd pick). I know I gave up too much but I wanted Hall to play with Crosby & was willing to give up almost anyone who I thought would be anything but a 1st line player. Cheechoo & Pacioretty were @ most 3rd liners for me.
2nd
-Mason Raymond 82(trade)/Patrice Bergeron 83(Draft)/Kesler 86
(Great @ checking & Kesler is a beast on the PK line 10 SH goals to date)
Raymond I got in a trade for a few prospect on my farm team. Jurcina(FA) 76/Thuresson(FA) 71/Samon 73(got included in a trade)
I traded Tuomo Rutuu(drafted) &Mark Fistric 77(being paid too much to be a healthy scratch) Kesler. I picked up Matt Smaby(Waivers) who is 77
& has 2 years left @ $525 half of what I was paying Fistric.
3rd
-Grabner 78 (trade)/Turris 79(trade)/Eberle 79(Draft)
(Not bad can score here & there I just use them to get more TOP)
Traded Chris Stewart(Draft) for Turris needed a Center & he's a homer as well. Stewie was doing good @ center but his passing was killing me.
Giving up too many good scoring opportunities/turovers.
Traded Moulson(Draft) for Grabner.
4th
-Kirill Kabanov 79 (trade)/Ryan Johnson 76(Draft)/Vladimir Tarensenko 79(Draft)
(Basically my prospect line real good passing with the young guys)
These prospect were on the block so I offered up prospect packages & players acquired through the waivers to get these rookies.
My Goalie is Kari Lehtonen I got offered him through a trade for Nick Schultz & didn't think twice about it.
The fact that he's one of the biggest goalies didn't hurt either.
I made a few other small trades to help out with secondary players in trades.
My farm team is mostly low 70's(all FA's) except my goalie who is Jeff Deslauriers 78, they gel nice together & are in 1st place.
I'm getting offered 1st round picks for my top scorer Stefan Ruzicka 74.
I'm spending $45,199M(CAP off) right now but have a few player I need to sign next year.
This is near the lower end of the scale.
Teams like DET are spending $77.002M
CAL $74,794M
MIN $60,750M
NAS $61,503M
NJD,$70,110M,etc.
Most team are spending in the mid to high 50's & theres a few(very few) teams in the high 30's
My summary:
I'm quite happy with this team, I don't see a need to make any major move before the trade deadline.
I my try for Doughty again but I'm not willing to give up on someone like Johnson, his size & potential is too much to risk losing.
I like that I can have Doughty on a cheap 2way contract for an extra year but I know he'll be asking for a lot of $$$ when it come time to sign him.
Maybe I'll try my luck in his FA/UFA year.
I'll try to package Francois Beauchemin & whatever draft picks I can get for my AHL guys.
Same type of player but Doughty's best years are ahead of him.
Francois Beauchemin is having a great year for me, he currently lead in scoring for my D-men.
If I can boost his ratings up who know's what can happen.
My 2nd option was Letang or Meszros.
Let me know what you guys think & what I can try to do to get Doughty without totally breaking the bank.
BTW: he's on WAS & is the only real star on that team. They sit @ 500 with 27W -27L.
Here it is:
I'm in my 1st year & almost up to date to the actual schedule.
Using my home team the Canucks.
My Dee lines:
1st
-Seabrook 86(trade)/Weber 85(Draft)
(almost got Doughty but the price was too high so I got Seabrook I wanted my top line to be "hometowners"
anyways.)
Picked up Seabrook through a trade.
I grabbed Salo, Salvador, on waivers & added in Dennis Seidenburg(Draft) & traded them for Brent Burns 83.
(basically a salary dump for a young guy)
I picked up Salvador on the waivers again & traded Burns & Salvador for Seabrook.
2nd
-Erik Johnson 84(Draft)/Francois Beauchemin 80(Draft)
3rd
-Schenn 79(Draft)/Hedman 79(Draft)
(Prospect line)
Offence:
1st
-Taylor Hall 84(trade)/Crosby 94-95(Draft)/Dustin Brown 85
(This line is crazy for me the chemistry they seem to have is amazing)
I got Hall trading Cheechoo(Draft) 79, & Pacioretty(Draft) 79, & Mapletoft 79(my 1st rnd pick). I know I gave up too much but I wanted Hall to play with Crosby & was willing to give up almost anyone who I thought would be anything but a 1st line player. Cheechoo & Pacioretty were @ most 3rd liners for me.
2nd
-Mason Raymond 82(trade)/Patrice Bergeron 83(Draft)/Kesler 86
(Great @ checking & Kesler is a beast on the PK line 10 SH goals to date)
Raymond I got in a trade for a few prospect on my farm team. Jurcina(FA) 76/Thuresson(FA) 71/Samon 73(got included in a trade)
I traded Tuomo Rutuu(drafted) &Mark Fistric 77(being paid too much to be a healthy scratch) Kesler. I picked up Matt Smaby(Waivers) who is 77
& has 2 years left @ $525 half of what I was paying Fistric.
3rd
-Grabner 78 (trade)/Turris 79(trade)/Eberle 79(Draft)
(Not bad can score here & there I just use them to get more TOP)
Traded Chris Stewart(Draft) for Turris needed a Center & he's a homer as well. Stewie was doing good @ center but his passing was killing me.
Giving up too many good scoring opportunities/turovers.
Traded Moulson(Draft) for Grabner.
4th
-Kirill Kabanov 79 (trade)/Ryan Johnson 76(Draft)/Vladimir Tarensenko 79(Draft)
(Basically my prospect line real good passing with the young guys)
These prospect were on the block so I offered up prospect packages & players acquired through the waivers to get these rookies.
My Goalie is Kari Lehtonen I got offered him through a trade for Nick Schultz & didn't think twice about it.
The fact that he's one of the biggest goalies didn't hurt either.
I made a few other small trades to help out with secondary players in trades.
My farm team is mostly low 70's(all FA's) except my goalie who is Jeff Deslauriers 78, they gel nice together & are in 1st place.
I'm getting offered 1st round picks for my top scorer Stefan Ruzicka 74.
I'm spending $45,199M(CAP off) right now but have a few player I need to sign next year.
This is near the lower end of the scale.
Teams like DET are spending $77.002M
CAL $74,794M
MIN $60,750M
NAS $61,503M
NJD,$70,110M,etc.
Most team are spending in the mid to high 50's & theres a few(very few) teams in the high 30's
My summary:
I'm quite happy with this team, I don't see a need to make any major move before the trade deadline.
I my try for Doughty again but I'm not willing to give up on someone like Johnson, his size & potential is too much to risk losing.
I like that I can have Doughty on a cheap 2way contract for an extra year but I know he'll be asking for a lot of $$$ when it come time to sign him.
Maybe I'll try my luck in his FA/UFA year.
I'll try to package Francois Beauchemin & whatever draft picks I can get for my AHL guys.
Same type of player but Doughty's best years are ahead of him.
Francois Beauchemin is having a great year for me, he currently lead in scoring for my D-men.
If I can boost his ratings up who know's what can happen.
My 2nd option was Letang or Meszros.
Let me know what you guys think & what I can try to do to get Doughty without totally breaking the bank.
BTW: he's on WAS & is the only real star on that team. They sit @ 500 with 27W -27L.
j/k.
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