FUN VOTE! HFNHL's top GM's (please join in!)

[kasper11]

You forgot to mention Ilya Kavulchuk lucrative $20M signing bonus and the fact that Bank roll went down from $56M to $35M and losing in the first round with all the talent in the hand

Well, I still have $35M in cash on hand, so that didn't hurt me, I gave up 5 firsts, got two seasons out of Kovalchuk, and got back Shea Weber, Trevor Lewis, and a first which I turned into 2 of those firsts I gave up back. So it comes down to would you give up 3 first round picks for Shea Weber, Trevor Lewis, and 2 years of Kovalchuk?

 

[Wildman]

I've been in the league for 5 years now and have won 2 playoff series.

Hmmm...nevermind.

Don't feel bad, Islanders have the same record as you. 5 season two playoffs tickets - two 1st round exit

 

[Wildman]

Here's my short resume so far in the HFNHL:
- AGM for Colorado 99-01. Responsible for picking Pasi Nurminen with the 271st OV pick in 2000 and Christian Ehroff 172nd in 2001.
- GM since the start of the 01-02 season.

- When I took over, the team was comming off a 109 point season scoring 325 goals, and the players that were on the team had Edmonton like scoring that year with 400 goals and 1073 points. Colorado was an offensive powerhouse in the west. Same can't be said of the defense, goaltending, prospects nor finances. So I had a lot of work when I took over the team.

- 01-02: Added a goalie and some defense at the cost of a little scoring depth, and reached 103 points and home ice in the regular season, won the first matchup against Vancouver 4-1, just to be swept away against San Jose. Drafted Sean Bergenheim, Gregory Campbell and Christoph Schubert, Lasse Kukkonen(later ruled inegliable).

- 02-03: Gave the playoffs a last shot with downgrading the offense a bit more and adding Martin Brodeur and a little more to the defense. Result: 96 points, 4th place and home ice for the playoffs. Lost in the first round against Detroit in game 7 overtime. Budget was down at 2,5m and payroll was close to 50m.. Time to re-build. I drafted MA Pouliot in the first round and went very finnish after that.

- 03-04: Re-build in full force. ended up with 49 points and started re-stocking prospects and younger players. Payroll was down under 15m and I even made a few 100k that season. Draft picks feature Rostislav Olesz, Blake Comeau, Marc Mancari and potential future NHLers Sergei Shirokov, Jeff Glass, Mike Lundin, Chris Zarb, Stanislav Lascek and Chad Kolarik.

- 04-05: No season, kept the rebuild going in the draft with Crosby, Ryan, Parent, Lee, Pavelec, Juraj Mikus, Kiril Starkov, Kris Russell, Vladimir Sobotka, Mathias Ritola, Phil Oreskovic, Nathan Gerbe, Marek Kvapil and Igor Volkov. Most are in the NHL-camps looking for a shot at the NHL.

- 05-06: Last season of total re-build. Dead last with 16 wins, 44 points and 156 goals scored. Payroll down at 13m, it even went down as low as under 10m entering the free agency. Drafted Niklas Bäckström, Riku Helenius, Nigel Williams in the first round, Leland Irving in the 3rd and added John DeGray in the 4th round. Added key forwards in Pavel Demitra, Jochen Hecht, PJ Axelsson and star defenseman Phillippe Boucher in the offseason.

- 06-07: Picking up key players like Mark Recchi, Slava Kozlov, Samuel PÃ¥hlsson, Mathieu Schneider, Derian Hatcher, etc. over the season, the Avalanche are back!
Winning the division, finishing 3rd in the conference with home ice after a 97 point season. Yes, that's 53 points more than the previous season. I guess that was a new HFNHL record. 46 wins were also 30 more than last season. Still, the team wasn't ready to go from last to first and ended up falling 4-2 against Detroit. Imrpoved the team prior to FA's by picking up Giguere, Morrow, Kotalik and Osgood to take the team to the next level.
Currently +23m in the bank.

So when is the next rebuilding scheduled for

 

[Wildman]

Well, I've only been here one season but soon you will see what I can do. I will rebuild the Thrashers to their former glory, while dressing a competitive team. I can't really vote for anybody yet because I don't know the acheivments of the other gm's.

If this was a job interview for a GM position than I would definately hire you

 

[Wildman]

The fact I have been derided more than applauded in this thread leads me to believe I have an overinflated view of my GM abilities, and such, will hold off rhyming off my resume, until such time I can hand it over with a Stanley Cup ring firmly on finger.

Indeed, given the Blues have become so synonymous with being overrated regular season specialists and consistent only in their playoff collapses, perhaps this is my moment to look into the abyss.

And my moment to rally the troops to make this our “raison d’etre†for this season.

Cry havoc, and let loose the dogs of war!!

Okay lets take a poll, who will win the Stanley cup sooner - NHL Ottawa Senators or HFNHL St Louis Blues = my vote goes for NHL Toronto Maple Leafs

 

[Wildman]

i know i have Drew's vote. right? lol.

Just kidding!

Just Kidding = big fines for not posting your lines $$$$

 

[Wildman]

Well, I still have $35M in cash on hand, so that didn't hurt me, I gave up 5 firsts, got two seasons out of Kovalchuk, and got back Shea Weber, Trevor Lewis, and a first which I turned into 2 of those firsts I gave up back. So it comes down to would you give up 3 first round picks for Shea Weber, Trevor Lewis, and 2 years of Kovalchuk?

You don't have to convince me. You need to convince your HFNHL owners who have lost big $$$ last few seasons.

 

[Wildman]

Thanx for the vote, its been a pure pleasure to be part of this league for almost 10! years now.

Okay don't get too excited. I have your next three years 1st round picks

 

[Ville Isopaa]

So when is the next rebuilding scheduled for

well, this one is still in progress.. a lot of kids comming in over the next 2-3 seasons and older guys will be shipped out during that time... So after winning 3-4 cups in a row, maybe I'll give the others a shot at the cup by taking apart the team and building it up again..

 

[Dr.Sens(e)]

Okay lets take a poll, who will win the Stanley cup sooner - NHL Ottawa Senators or HFNHL St Louis Blues = my vote goes for NHL Toronto Maple Leafs

<shiver>

 

[HFNHL Red Wings]

Ok. Highlites of my HFNHL GM career, 6 full seasons, are as follows:
- Never missed the playoffs
- Team has never lost money in any season during my tenure (started with a team who's bank account was <$15M)
- Made the cup finals once (lost in game seven to the Thrashers ) and conference finals twice
- Finished the regular season in the top 4 of my conference 4 out of 6 seasons

 

[Wildman]

Ok. Highlites of my HFNHL GM career, 6 full seasons, are as follows:
- Never missed the playoffs
- Team has never lost money in any season during my tenure (started with a team who's bank account was <$15M)
- Made the cup finals once (lost in game seven to the Thrashers ) and conference finals twice
- Finished the regular season in the top 4 of my conference 4 out of 6 seasons

You forgot to mention trading of players like Martin St Louis and Pavel Datsyuk for

 

[kasper11]

Ok. Highlites of my HFNHL GM career, 6 full seasons, are as follows:
- Never missed the playoffs
- Team has never lost money in any season during my tenure (started with a team who's bank account was <$15M)
- Made the cup finals once (lost in game seven to the Thrashers ) and conference finals twice
- Finished the regular season in the top 4 of my conference 4 out of 6 seasons

C'mon Drew....you know you have no chance at this. You built up a consistent contender....the GMs that win this kind of thing are the ones that tear down a team, toil in the basement for 3 years, then contend for a year or two before doing it again. Sheesh, who wants to vote for a team that competes every season? We like the GMs that make 30+ trades a year.

 

[Dryden]

C'mon Drew....you know you have no chance at this. You built up a consistent contender....the GMs that win this kind of thing are the ones that tear down a team, toil in the basement for 3 years, then contend for a year or two before doing it again. Sheesh, who wants to vote for a team that competes every season? We like the GMs that make 30+ trades a year.

I thought the easiest way to win this was to rip apart what other GM's have done and make little cheap shots at them.

 

[Fan.At]

I thought the easiest way to win this was to rip apart what other GM's have done and make little cheap shots at them.

 

[HFNHL Red Wings]

C'mon Drew....you know you have no chance at this. You built up a consistent contender....the GMs that win this kind of thing are the ones that tear down a team, toil in the basement for 3 years, then contend for a year or two before doing it again. Sheesh, who wants to vote for a team that competes every season? We like the GMs that make 30+ trades a year.

Oh don't I know it Rich. How many votes does Dion have? Point made

 

[HFNHL Red Wings]

You forgot to mention trading of players like Martin St Louis and Pavel Datsyuk for

Actuall St. Louis I grabbed off waivers when no one else wanted him and he was considered nothing more than an AHL star so even though I didn't "sell' when his stock peaked I definitely 'sold' higher than I paid ($50k waiver fee).

In Datsyuk's case in the end I got little but at the time I was happy with the Deal (Prospal, Havlac - who had just come off what turned out to be his only good season, and a middling prospect that didn't pan out). In retrospect it was a bad deal but Datsyuk was an unproven commodity and I was getting what on paper looked like a good return.

Also these deals were made when we were using the older version of the SIM that was biased towards the IT/DF combo guys and the Speed/Skill guys tended to underperform in our sim world. Mine grinder teams regularly beat teams loaded with skill guys like Datsyuk and St. Louis.

I have made more than enough good deals over the years to compensate for those

 

[Toronto_AGM_Adil]

C'mon Drew....you know you have no chance at this. You built up a consistent contender....the GMs that win this kind of thing are the ones that tear down a team, toil in the basement for 3 years, then contend for a year or two before doing it again. Sheesh, who wants to vote for a team that competes every season? We like the GMs that make 30+ trades a year.

30+ trades a year has seemed to have worked out pretty well for Josh and Cohen considering they have both won Lord Stanley's cup and look to have another shot at it again this year.

 

[Brock]

Nice job Brock, 6th season in the league and haven't seen playoffs. I must vote for you.

Thanks Hasnain, really appreciate it.

Considering what I started with, I'm pretty happy with where I am now. I wasn't about to go sign an entire free agent pool and waste money right away. I wanted to build the organization from the ground up to ensure that once my team did become competitive, that it would stay competitive for many years. A good expansion franchise doesn't begin to be competitive until many years after its inception, and I felt that is what I was dealt at the beginning of my time in this league.

I'm pretty happy with my organization and my ability to be a general manager in this league. Clearly you must be bitter or something with all the insults you've thrown around in this thread. By making comments like that, one is only displaying his own insecurities. I'll be sure to vote for you as well.

 

[Wildman]

Thanks Hasnain, really appreciate it.

Considering what I started with, I'm pretty happy with where I am now. I wasn't about to go sign an entire free agent pool and waste money right away. I wanted to build the organization from the ground up to ensure that once my team did become competitive, that it would stay competitive for many years. A good expansion franchise doesn't begin to be competitive until many years after its inception, and I felt that is what I was dealt at the beginning of my time in this league.

I'm pretty happy with my organization and my ability to be a general manager in this league. Clearly you must be bitter or something with all the insults you've thrown around in this thread. By making comments like that, one is only displaying his own insecurities. I'll be sure to vote for you as well.

Brock, you have to have some sense of humour. My intention is nothing else. On a personal level, I think you have done a wonderful job with Panthers and I am a witness to that. So please don't take anything personally.

 

[Brock]

Brock, you have to have some sense of humour. My intention is nothing else. On a personal level, I think you have done a wonderful job with Panthers and I am a witness to that. So please don't take anything personally.

It didn't really seem sarcastic to me. Sean K was also confused and ready to post a similar remark. I think I have a pretty solid sense of humour, but I didn't pick this one up.

Perhaps I'm just frustrated lately because it took cogeco a month to give me internet in my new student house...lol, and now I'm trying to get myself organized with school and such. So I apologize Hasnain.

 

[Wildman]

Personally all of you have done much better than me as a GM and I am trying to follow the same slow process as you guys went through so I can be competitive in a long run.

I am just throwing this jab for entertainment purpose only and nothing more. Please don't take this as personal insult.

 

[Hossa]

It didn't really seem sarcastic to me. Sean K was also confused and ready to post a similar remark. I think I have a pretty solid sense of humour, but I didn't pick this one up.

Perhaps I'm just frustrated lately because it took cogeco a month to give me internet in my new student house...lol, and now I'm trying to get myself organized with school and such. So I apologize Hasnain.

Though it seems to be settled, I'll just say I was kind of "confused" the same as Brock. I've been on these HF boards for almost 10 years now so I definitely take my time to figure out if I can detect any sarcasm in a post, but....the only hint I had that you were joking Hasnain, was I couldn't imagine you having insulted other GMs like that otherwise.

A smilie or emoticon might have helped.

 

[Armchair_Critic]

Oh don't I know it Rich. How many votes does Dion have? Point made

I don't know how I am suppose to get votes. I don't fit the criteria of being a GM in the league. But apparently I can vote. go figure..

If that was the case, i would be giving votes to Billy and Tod (thats a blast from the past).

Hey Drew, for whats its worth, in all seriousness, with the work that you have done for the league, team achievements and the amount of BS you have to put up with especially by me, YOU GET MY TOP VOTE!!!!....

ALL HAIL DREW AND HIS GROOVY H.

 

[Dryden]

Oh man I just realized that I joined as the AGM for Washington in (I think) 2001-2002. While it was my responsibility to submit lines and such, I grew respect in the league real fast and when the Chicago Blackhawks became available I made the jump to be a full fledged GM. When I took over the Hawks they were last place in the Conference and had a handfull of decent prospects. Joe Sakic was my number 1 player and had 50 points more than the next guy on the team. While the team had 3 1st round picks that year I think I took over the team after the season started and had no input in the draft. That off-season we became players in free agency and moving players thru trades. A 34 point increase and a playoff team for the first time. Prospects were moved...I think it was Martin Erat, P.M Bouchard, Scottie Upshall and Alex Auld were out (a few top picks too) and in were Kovalev, Tanguay, Francis, Andreychuk, Todd Simpson and some other players. I have never been a patient GM and don't like to lose.

Eventually we had probably the strongest divisions in the league. I think I made it to the conference finals one year. Then I made a bad deal that has changed things quite dramatically for me. Made a deal with the devil and dealt Thibault and someohow despite getting a better goalie my team tanked. Since then players have left for Europe and its been all I can to restock the prospect list and get some decent players on this team and cut salaries.

Recent drafts have seen some good drafting. Players like Boyd (7th rnd), Bernier, Green and Gagner are expected to be the cornerstone of the team in the next few years. The prospect list is deep and the team is no longer trading any of its youth.

Do I think I'm a top GM? Most definitely not. A good GM maybe but not bottom of the pack.

Vote for Dryden. hmm that would make a great t-shirt...wonder iff Rory has any leftovers?