Yeah the potentials for the 1998-99 DB are all randomized(-## levels, so generally the Crosbys, Ovechkins, Lundqvists were -9s/-10s, while some were -14/-15 Potentials).
I simmed one out to present day just to see what happens and it's actually pretty cool to see some "Star" players BUST and some lesser known guys turn into something
Stanley Cup Winners
1998-99 - Colorado Avalanche over Buffalo
1999-00 - Colorado over Toronto
2000-01 - New York Islanders over St. Louis Blues
2001-02 - Detroit over New Jersey
2002-03 - Calgary Flames over New Jersey
2003-04 - New York Rangers over Phoenix
2004-05 - San Jose Sharks over New Jersey
2005-06 - San Jose Sharks over New York Islanders
2006-07 - Colorado over Buffalo
2007-08 - Vancouver over Tampa Bay
2008-09 - Vancouver over Washington
2009-10 - Carolina over Colorado
2010-11 - Carolina over Columbus
2011-12 - Pittsburgh over Los Angeles
2012-13 - Carolina over Colorado
2013-14 - Vancouver over Islanders
2014-15 - Toronto over Los Angeles
2015-16 - Pittsburgh over Colorado
2016-17 - Philadelphia over Colorado
2017-18 - Toronto over St. Louis
Broken Records
Scott Niedermayer broke Gordie Howe's Most Games played record(1807)
Jagr was 44 Goals away from Wayne Gretzky's Goals scored(860)(Fun Fact: Played every season but two in Pittsburgh)
Brodeur never broke Roy's record
Notable Draft
1999
- Patrik Stefan(1st, Columbus) - Played 135 Games in the NHL scoring 26 Goals, 21 Assists
- Dany Heatley(11th, Ana) - sitting at 420 Goals(Playing with Buffalo), 13 straight 20+ goal seasons
- Panthers drafted Kirill Safronov with pick 17, never even sniffed the NHL locker rooms, played 4 AHL seasons then disappeared to the RSL
- Mark Streit went 182nd and had a very good career, currently playing in Philadelphia
2000
- Marian Gaborik(1st, Minnesota) - Currently playing for the Islanders. 1079GP-504G-416A-920PTS
- King Hank went 2nd to COlumbus who traded him after a few seasons to Colorado
- Rick DiPietro went to Carolina(8th ovr) and actually has had a decent career in CAR, NYR and OTT(261-277, 2.84GAA, 88.9SV%)
2001
- Stephen Weiss(CBJ) went 1st Overall to Columbus and has scored 965 Points in 1169 games,
- Kovalchuk went 11th to Buffalo where he's spent his entire career, scoring 25+ goals a season his entire career(15 seasons).
- Alexander Svitov went 12th overall(NSH) and BUSTED HARD
- Rinne(TB), Plekanec(BOS), Mikko Koivu(MIN)(Not an all-star career) and Duncan Keith(VAN) rounded out the top 5
- Derek Roy was a career AHLer, as was Brooks Laich
2002
- Mark Giordano was the 1st selection(BOS), follower by Steen(MIN), Parise(CBJ), Bouwmeester(CAR) and Lupul(CHI), all had great careers.
- Filppula and Jonathan Ericsson were the notable busts
- An unknown, Garnet Harris was the top scorer out of the 2002 group and his PA/CA ended up being a 194
- Real Players that Busted: Mark Stuart, Matt Moulson, Max Talbot, Jummy Howard, David Clarkson, Daniel Paille
- Frans Nielsen nearly put up 1000 and could reach that mark
- No late round surprises
2003
- Patrice Bergeron(CBJ), E.Staal(MIN), Getzlaf(VAN), Perry(NSH) and Weber(TOR) were the top 5 picks. Staal is almost at 500 goals
- Ryan Callahan and Marc-Andre Fleury were 1st round busts!
- Joey Fleming and Sean Yeo were the unknowns who became great!
- Notable Busts: Coburn, Horton, Goligoski, Zherdev, Booth, M.Lapierre
- No late round surprises
2004
- C.Schneider(CBJ), D.Dubnyk(WPG), D.Desharnais(CHI), D.Boyd(VAN) and E.Malkin(TOR) were the top 5
- Scneider and Dubnyk had excellent careers. Desharnais and Boyd...not so much
- Malkin has only put up 688 points in 932 games
- Ovechkin went 9th to Philadelphia(400 goals in 1011 games)(CA: 178)
- 1st Round Busts: Andrew Ladd, Matt Read, V.Stalberg, D.Stafford, T.Kennedy
- 1st Round Unknown: Mike Monardo(LD/RD) put up 499 Points and was a +119
- Other busts: Paul Stastny, B.Wheeler, Smid, Emelin, A.MacDonald, Versteeg
2005
- The Draft everyone was waiting for: Tampa Bay won the lottery and selected Sidney Crosby. Price(TOR), Niskanen(WPG), M.Staal(CHI), and K.Letang(WSH) were 2-5.
- Crosby(PA: 181) has put up 787 points in 969 games with Tampa Bay, Chicago and Montreal(Currently 31 years old)
- Notable 1st Round Busts: Leo Komarov(8th), Niclas Bergfors(24th), Trevor Lewis(25th), Adam McQuaid(29)
- Unknowns: Calvin Richardson(LD)(498 Points, +45), Pierre-Claude Gabison(750+ NHL Games)
- Notable Busts: Cody Franson, Martin Hanzal, Jack Johnson, Nathan Gerbe
2006
- Claude Giroux(VAN), Bryan Little(TB), Jonathan Toews(WPG), David Perron(CBJ) and Jordan Staal(NSH) were 1-5
- Giroux has put up 888 points in 916 games(CA: 175), the rest of the top 5 have had very good careers.
- Notable Busts: Michael Frolik
- Unknowns: Jori Lehtera(573 points in 851 NHL games), Dmititri Alexeyev(455/796), Jordan McKay(473/740), Graham Georges(528/680)
- Notable Busts: Marhcand, Shawn Matthias, Varlamov, Anisimov, Bernier, Erik Johnson, Clutterbuck, Lack, Wingels, Hagelin, Steve Mason
2007
- Subban(FLA), Kane(CAR), Stirling Frederick?(EDM)(176PA), J.Muzzin(CBJ), L.Couture(Kings). VERY STRONG DRAFT
- Notable 1st round Busts: Mikael Backlund(30th)
- Unknowns: Gordan Linard, Francesco Sawyer, Christian Hedlund, Bernard Slukynsky, George Arvanitis
- Notable Busts: Lars Eller, Keaton Ellerby
2008
- Stamkos(PHX), Karlsson(FLA), Pietrangelo(PIT), Jake Allen(EDM)(BUST) and TJ Brodie(CHI)
- Doughty went 6th to Nashville
- Notable 1st round busts: Zac Dalpe(9th), Matt Calvert(20th)
- Notable Busts: Boedker, Sbisa, F.Andersen, M.Jones, Colborne, Tyler Myers, J.Gardiner, Jimmy Hayes
2009
-Duchene(ARZ), Tavares(FLA), Richard Denizeau(LA), Hedman(BUF), and J.Josefson(NSH)
- Great players so far.
- Notable 1st Round busts: Brayden Schenn(11th) and Jordan Caron(28th)
- Notable Busts: Nazem Kadri, Andrew Shaw, M.Paajarvi, Chris Kreider, C.de Haan, J.Cowen
2010
- Hall(FLA), Seguin(PIT), Johansen(MTL), Riley Sheahan(CGY) and C.Fowler(NSH)
- Early but no real 1st Round busts
- Mikael Granlund busted hard
- Kuznetsov went 43rd but has become solid
2011
- Scheifele(SJ), V.Rask(ANA)(BUST), R.Krykov(STL), J.Huberdeau(WSH), D.Hamilton(MTL)
- John Gibson(Won Cup with Philly)
- Trocheck went 113, but is a great player
2012
- M.Rielly(ANA), E.Jones(CGY)(BUST), Esa Lindell(TB), Carle Wallin(EDM), T.Teravainen(CBJ)
- Yakupov went 31st
2013
- Drouin(ANA), Monahan(CBJ), MacKinnon(OTT), S.Jones(MTL), Ristolainen(EDM)
- Busts: Jacob de La Rose, Frederik Gauthier
2014
- Ekblad(BOS), Juho Lammikko(MIN), S.Reinhart(PHX), B.Perlini(ANA), M.Smithson(CBJ)
-Busts: D.Pastrnak, Travis Sanheim,
2015
- M.Marner(ANA), Mason Lavigne(CGY), B.Perry(BOS), aaad Niklasson(OTT), D.Strome(NJ)
- Connor went 10th Overall to Minnesota (PA 173)
- BUSTS: Kyle Connor, Timo Meier
- Late round surprises seem to be happening
2016
Time for the REALLY BIG SURPRISE
- Erik Hovland(CHI), Pierre-Luc Dubois(SJ), Mark Brown(TB), Patrik Laine(NYI) and Logan Brown(DET)
- Puljujarvi went 8th to Ottawa
- The Man everyone wants to know where he ended up: Austin Matthews somehow went all the way to Pick 46 before he was selected. Crazy thing is his PA IS 196!!!!!!!!!
2017
Nolan Patrick went 1st overall to the Isles and Gabe Vilardi went to Chicago.
HALL OF FAME
Few surprises: Mike York(843 points in 1287 games), Jonathan Cheechoo(823 in 1230), Janne Niinimaa, Oleg Tverdovsky, Sheldon Souray, Derek Morris, Marc Savard, Tom Poti, Kyle McLaren, Todd Bertuzzi(LOL), Pavol Demitra(RIP), Derian Hatcher, Vaclav Prospal, Sami Kapanen, Valeri Bure, Patrice Brisebois, Jeff Friesen, Sami Salo, Boris Mironov, Michael Peca, Dmitry Yushkevich, Mikael Renberg, Keith Primeau, Dan McGillis, Slava Kozlav, Rod "The Bod" Brind'Amour, Eric Desjardins(WOOT), Felix the Cat, John LeClair(THE WHOLE LEGION OF DOOM!!!!), Sean Burke
Things I've noticed:
-Head Coaches are lacking in terms of skills(LOTS OF RATINGS Below 10), Head Coaches move up to GM position, but there aren't many A.Coaches that are up to snuff for Head Coaching. Assitant coaches are ok...not a lot of 17+ in the C.Fwd/C.Def/C.G attributes
- Scouting is fine(I have 77 pages worth of scouts to work with. Majority of the NHL Level scouts are 15+ in at least one of the key ratings
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Overall REally awesome DB! Love seeing the difference between this and the real world. Seeing stars from the pasts bust and no names turn into stars is pretty neat