No Limits to the Cup 2..Back in Hockeytown (NHL 14)

[Vipers2k9]

Game: NHL 14
Team: Detroit Red Wings
Roster: Draft Day Default

Settings
Skill: Superstar
Game Style: Harcore Sim
Period: 5:00
GM Length: 25 (Most likely between 5 - 10)
Season Start: NHL Entry Draft
CPU Trades: On
Trade Difficulty: Hard
Waivers: OFF
Salary Cap: On
Cap Penalties: OFF (give everyone a clean slate)
GM Firing: OFF
Penalties: Max
Post Whistle: Authentic
Penalty Time: Max
Fighting: Max
Injuries: OFF (makes it harder cause everyone is playing at the top of their game.)

[Vipers2k9]

WINGS LOOK TO REBOUND AFTER COLLAPSE IN PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR.

Detroit, Mi /(June 23rd, 2013) - Last season Detroit was one win away from going to the Western Conference Finals leading the Chicago Blackhawks three games to one. Then the ice came out from under them and lost in overtime in game seven to the eventual stanley cup champions.

Head Coach Mike Babcock stated at the end of the playoffs last season he was going to watch the rest of the playoffs and find out what got those teams further then the Wings did and try to incorporate those things that he and his coaching staff would see.

Going into the 2013 NHL Entry Draft in New Jersey, The Red Wings looked at the future of the team when they have players that may soon retire from the team in the near future. Detroit's first pick in the draft was LW Hunter Shinkaruk, The 5'10" 160lbs winger was rated one of the top prospects in the game. "I believe Hunter is going to thrive in Grand Rapids and here in Detroit. He is overall just a good player." said babcock.

Detroit drafted Shinkaruk after entering into a trade with the Nashville Predators that saw Detroit deal LW Drew Miller and RW Tomas Jurco for Nashville's 2014 1st and 2nd round picks. The Red Wings also landed Mattias Ohlund from Tampa Bay in exchange for the 2014 second round pick they acquired in the Nashville deal.

Detroit Red Wings - 2013 Draft Recap
Pick	Team	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt
18	Detroit Red Wings	Hunter Shinkaruk	LW	5'10"	160lbs
48		Adam Erne	RW	6'0"	205lbs
78		Logan McVeigh	C	6'0"	195lbs
108		Mack Shields	G	6'2"	174lbs
123		Jordan McNaughton	D	5'10"	178lbs
138		Daniel Johnston	D	6'0"	211lbs
153		Todd Fiddler	LW	5'11"	193lbs
168		Gilbert Gabor	LW	6'3"	185lbs
198		Brett Hester	LW	5'11"	184lbs

[Vipers2k9]

WINGS ADD TWO FREE AGENTS TO TEAM BUT LOSE A FAN FAVORITE.

Detroit, Mi (Sept. 23rd, 2013) - As the Red Wings get set to open up the 2013 - 2014 NHL Preseason they had a very busy off season that saw one player move on while seeing some extra tough guy presence move in.

Detroit was forced to let go of Valtteri Filppula due to a short cap space that they had. While Detroit was able to keep most of who they believe will be the future of Detroit hockey they also went out on the free agent market to pick up some more help at the left wing position where they were lacking the most at.

Detroit went out and picked up Frazer McLaren and Andreas Nodl from the free agent market to help out. McLaren is a known tough guy who was with the Toronto Maple Leafs last season. This move alone shows that Detroit is looking to be a tougher team not only defensively but also being able to bang it out when needed to as well.

Detroit gets set to get things rolling in the 2013-2014 NHL Preseason tonight when they drop the puck at the Joe Louis Arena against the Florida Panthers at 8:00pm.

Detroit Red Wings 2013 Preseason Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Sep 23	vs Florida Panthers
Sep 25	at Boston Bruins
Sep 27	vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Sep 29	at Tampa Bay Lightning
Oct 1	at Buffalo Sabers
Oct 3	vs Montreal Canadiens
Oct 5	vs Ottawa Senators

[Vipers2k9]

WINGS BATTLE PAST PANTHERS 2 - 0

Detroit, MI (Sept. 23rd 2013) - Darren Helm scored the game winning goal early in the first period and Henrik Zetterberg added a empty net goal with 00:18 left to go to give the Detroit Red Wings a 2 - 0 victory over the Florida Panthers at the Joe Louis Arena tonight.

Detroit got on the scoreboard at the 7:51 mark of the first period when Darren Helm took a pass from Todd Bertuzzi in the slot and fired home a one timer past the Florida netminder to give Detroit a 1 - 0 lead. Bertuzzi was not done being on the score sheet though as minutes later he dropped the gloves and faced off with John McFarland and both were sent off for fighting.

While not scoring happened in the second period, Florida was given a later power play that they were not able to score on. The final goal of the night came on an empty netter by Henrik Zetterberg to make the score 2 - 0 and that would be the final. Jimmy Howard made all 13 stops tonight to secure the shut out for Detroit. The Wings now head on the road to face off with the Boston Bruins on the 25th.

Florida Panthers at Detroit Red Wings
Sep 23, 2013 1 2 3 F FLA (0 - 1 - 0) 0 0 0 0 DET (1 - 0 - 0) 1 0 1 2 Three Stars Darren Helm - Detroit Goal Jimmy Howard - Detroit 13 Saves Henrik Zetterberg - Detroit Goal	Team Stats Comparison FLA DET Shots on Goal 13 18 Hits 13 14 Faceoffs Won-Lost 5-18 13-18 Penalty Minutes 10:00 12:00 Power Plays Converted 0 0 Power Play Opportunities 1 0 Time on Attack 6:10 9:34
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD DET 7:51 D. Helm (1), (T. Bertuzzi, C. Colaiacovo) THIRD PERIOD DET 19:42 H. Zetterberg (1), (N. Kronwall) EN

[seb170455]

Good luck with your Wings.

Did you have a good draft, satisfied?

Why did you turn the waivers off?

[Vipers2k9]

I have never been a big fan of the Waiver wire. Trades and Free Agency is just a better system. Draft wise I think I did pretty good getting Shinkaruk with the teams first pick and helping out the left wing side of the puck.

[bthomp05]

Good luck with the Wings.

[HeroWorship]

Surprised it isn't with the Vipers

I like the picks of Shinkaruk and Erne. Shinkaruk screams 'Red Wing' player to me for some ungodly reason, and while losing Filps is tough, adding 'character guys' like McLaren and Nodl is something the Red Wings would do. Now they'll be on the team for fifteen years and become multiple winners of the Stanley Cup, just like those overrated bums like Kris Draper and Kirk Maltby.

Only 2 goals on the Panthers? HW would have been ashamed. HW would have had 2 by the first five minutes *clicks*