Be A GM/Dynasty Thread 4: "Promising young rookies edition"

[M.C.G. 31]

2014-2015 New Jersey Devils Report
2015-2016 New Jersey Devils Report
2016-2017 New Jersey Devils Report
2017-2018 New Jersey Devils Report

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2018-2019 NEW JERSEY DEVILS

OPENING LINEUP

Jiri Hudler (87)|Jack Eichel (89)|Alexander Radulov (87)
Jakob Silfverberg (85)|Ryan O'Reilly (87)|Adam Henrique (84)
Patrik Laine (82)|Nikita Scherbak (83)|Carl Soderberg (83)
Michael Raffl (81)|Graham Black (81)|Trevor Lewis (80)
Brandon Bollig (79)||Erik Condra (80)

Noah Hanifin (88)|Erik Karlsson (92)
Eric Gelinas (87)|Seth Jones (87)
Jon Merrill (84)|Philip Larsen (83)
Damon Severson (83)

Malcolm Subban (87)|Jhonas Enroth (82)

MINOR TRADE

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LA 2019 4th rd. pick|<-->|D Yannick Weber

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TRADE DEADLINE

The New Jersey Devils were not active on deadline day.

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SEASON WRAP-UP

FINAL RECORD: 50-26-6 -- 106 PTS

Wins | Points | Goals | Goals Against | Powerplay | Penalty Kill | Home | Away
50 (3rd)|106 (2nd)|260, 3.17 (4th)|201, 2.45 (1st)|19.3% (8th)|81.6% (18th)|25-12-4|25-14-2

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PLAYER STATS

FORWARDS

* = traded during season
** = acquired mid-season via waivers or trade

Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | PPG
Jiri Hudler|82|30|40|70|12
Alexander Radulov|82|25|42|67|9
Jack Eichel|81|16|36|52|6
Ryan O'Reilly|82|16|35|51|10
Jakob Silfverberg|82|28|20|48|10
Nikita Scherbak|82|13|23|36|0
Patrik Laine|82|20|15|35|6
Carl Soderberg|81|10|21|31|0
Adam Henrique|72|9|15|24|0
Graham Black|82|6|10|16|1
Michael Raffl|82|6|8|14|1
Erik Condra|71|6|7|13|0
Trevor Lewis|23|1|3|4|0

DEFENSE

Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | PPG
Erik Karlsson|82|32|65|97|13
Eric Gelinas|82|11|38|49|4
Noah Hanifin|55|22|24|46|8
Seth Jones|80|4|32|36|0
Philip Larsen|79|1|22|23|0
Damon Severson|29|3|2|5|0
Jon Merrill|82|1|2|3|0
Morgan Ellis|3|0|1|1|0

GOALIES

Player | GP | Record | Shutouts | GAA | SV%
Malcolm Subban|62|37-18-5|3|2.22|.920
Jhonas Enroth|23|13-8-1|2|2.74|.906

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PLAYOFFS

The New Jersey Devils make the playoffs for a 2nd straight year.

ROUND 1 vs. DETROIT

ROUND 2 vs. CAROLINA

| Score | Opponent | Series

|4-0|

| New Jersey leads 1-0

|3-1|

| New Jersey lead 2-0

|3-4|

| New Jersey leads 2-1

|0-3|

|Series tied 2-2

|4-2|

| New Jersey leads 3-2

|2-3|

|Series tied 3-3

|1-3|

|Carolina wins 4-3

Post-season comments from GM MCG: He's proud of the year the Devils had and slowly getting back to the level of the Devils from the great years. Subban's performance was praised as a young goalie in his first starting job in the NHL and believe he'll get better each year. Adam Henrique will not return to the New Jersey Devils, and the core will all be locked up -- cost is not an issue.


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AWARDS

Award | Winner
Norris Trophy|Erik Karlsson
Lady Byng|Erik Karlsson
Vezina|Malcolm Subban
William M. Jennings|Malcolm Subban

Erik Karlsson wins his 3rd Norris trophy, putting up 97 points in 82 games this season.

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NHL ENTRY DRAFT

The New Jersey Devils hold the 25th overall pick, but there's a lot of movement expected as the Devils are looking to acquire a top-5 pick.

WE HAVE A TRADE...

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G Jhonas Enroth|<-->|BOS 2019 3rd rd. pick (82)
||BOS 2020 3rd rd. pick

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NJ 2019 2nd rd. pick (55)|<-->|CGY 2019 2nd rd. pick (32)
BOS 2019 3rd rd. pick (82)
DAL 2019 3rd rd. pick (84)

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NJ 2019 1st rd. pick (25)|<-->|OTT 2019 1st rd. pick (7)
CGY 2019 2nd rd. pick (32)
C Mikhail Kapitanov

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FLA 2019 1st rd. pick (3)|<-->|OTT 2019 1st rd. pick (7th)
||D Damon Severson

SELECTIONS

Overall | Player | Position | Age | Overall | Potential
3|Walter Allen|Center|20|78|4.5 Gold
96|Sergej Malkin|Defense|19|70|3.5 Red
106|Neil Degon|Defense|18|64|3.5 Red
114|Nicklas Sjostrom|Left Wing|19|68|3.5 Red
115|Dominik Halak|Left Wing|18|60|3.5 Red
126|Craig Galchenyuk|Defense|19|67|3.5 Gold
131|Spike DiPietro|Center|18|60|3.5 Red
145|Tommi Viuhkola|Goalie|20|63|3 Gold
175|Kevin Ross|Right Wing|18|61|3 Red
205|Dylan Michalski|Defense|19|62|2.5 Gold

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OFF-SEASON

RE-SIGNINGS

Player | Position | Age | Overall | Potential | Term | AAV
Jack Eichel|Center|22|89|4.5 Green|3 years|$5,400,000
Noah Hanifin|Defense|22|89|4.5 Gold|3 years|$5,000,000
Malcolm Subban|Goalie|25|87|4.5 Gold|7 years|$6,300,000
Nikita Scherbak|Right Wing|23|83|4 Gold|2 years|$1,700,000
Erik Condra|Right Wing|32|80|3 White|1 year|$875,000
Rookies & Minor League Players

CONTRACT NOTES:

JACK EICHEL

Year | Salary
Year 1|$4,000,000
Year 2|$5,500,000
Year 3|$6,700,000

NOAH HANIFIN

Year | Salary
Year 1|$3,000,000
Year 2|$6,000,000
Year 3|$6,000,000

MALCOLM SUBBAN

Year | Salary
Year 1|$4,000,000
Year 2|$6,000,000
Year 3|$6,000,000
Year 4|$7,500,000
Year 5|$7,100,000
Year 6|$6,750,000
Year 7|$6,750,000

LOST

Player | Position | Status
Adam Henrique|Center|UFA
Trevor Lewis|Center|UFA

FREE AGENT SIGNINGS

Player | Position | Age | Overall | Potential | Term | AAV
None

With a really weak FA pool and a lot of players fighting for spots, the Devils decided they didn't need to sign anyone on July 1.​

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Well, changed my mind on who I am doing for my next GM Mode, Arizona is making so many desperation signings/moves so I want to do them now hahaha, will be posting my 1st update for this new GM Mode probably on July 5th, when most of the big signings are done, I am putting all the FA's and people traded on their new teams, even created the guys who came back from the KHL(Burmistrov, Tihkonov) so yeah, will skim through the 1st season in my 1st post most likely since I want to get up to date to the real life timeline.

 

[DieByTheShield]

New York Rangers "Drive For Five" (NHL 14)

The goal: win 5 straight cups in superstar mode with injuries on

Salary cap is off (gotta compensate somewhere)

2013-14 Season

Trade: Jaromir Jagr for 2014 2nd, 2015 2nd (before opening night)

Opening night (vs. NJD)

Nash-Stepan-Callahan
Hagelin-Richards-Jagr
MZA-Brassard-Krieder
Pyatt-Asham-Dorsett

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Del Zotto
Moore-Stralman

Lundqvist
Biron

Season Finish: 49-27-6, 104 pts (2nd Metropolitan, 3rd East)

Playoffs:

First Round: Defeat CAR 4-1
Second Round: Lose to WSH 2-4

Moment of the season:
Game 4, ECQF: Dan Girardi one-times a Derick Brassard pass to win 3-2 in OT, sending the Rangers into MSG up 3-1

Stanley Cup Final: DET defeats SJS 4-2
Playoff MVP: Henrik Zetterberg

Season MVP: Logan Couture (wait what)
Top Scorer: Logan Couture, 96 pts (lol seriously)

NYR recieving awards: Henrik Lundqvist (Vezina, Pearson)

2014-15 Season

Opening Night (@ PHI)

FA Signings

C Frans Nielsen (3 yrs, $3.5 million per)
RW Kyle Palmeri (2 yrs $2.5 million per)
RW Jarome Iginla (1 yr $3 million)
D Johnny Oduya (1 yr $3.5 million)

Trades

NYR-NSH
Micheal Del Zotto, JT Miller, Marty Biron, 2014 1st for Seth Jones (Offseason)

NYR-PHI
Dyllan McIllrath, 2014 5th for Magically Unconcussed Chris Pronger (Offseason)

Opening Night (vs CAR)

Nash-Stepan-Callahan
Krieder-Richards-Palmeri
Hagelin-Neilsen-Iginla
MZA-Brassard-Jagr

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Pronger
Oduya-Jones

Lundqvist
Talbot

Season finish: 43-26-13, 99 points (2nd Metropolitan, 5th East)

Playoffs:

1st round: Defeat NJD 4-1
2nd round: Defeat PIT 4-3
3rd round: Defeat TOR 4-1
SCF: Defeat CHI 4-2

Moments of the season:

Game 5, ECF: Stepan flies off the bench to beat James Reimer with 40 seconds on the clock, breaking a 0-0 tie
Game 6, SCF: Nash buries a Chris Pronger rebound in OT to win the first cup for NYR in 21 years

Playoff MVP: Derek Stepan
Season MVP: Steven Stamkos
Top Scorer: Steven Stamkos (103 pts)

NYR reciving awards:

Henrik Lundqvist: (Vezina)
Rick Nash: (Rocket Richard)

 

[DieByTheShield]

Drive For Five Part 2

2015-16

Signings:

Micheal Ryder (2 yrs $1 million per)
Ryan Clowe (2 yrs $2 million per)

Retirements: Jagr, Iginla

Opening night (vs. Columbus)

Nash-Stepan-Callahan
Hagelin-Richards-Krieder
Caron*-Neilsen-Palmeri
Clowe-Brassard-Ryder

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Jones
Stralman-McIntosh*

Lundqvist
Talbot

*rookie

Trade deadline:

NYR-BOS
Ryan Callahan, Frans Nielsen, Brad Richards for Tyler Seguin (lol Chia got bent over)
NYR-NYI
Anders Lee for 2016 2nd (Snow gets fleeced)

Rangers lineup now looks like this after the deadline. Many praise the Seguin trade as it adds youth and elite scoring to NYR. Some criticize the trade for getting rid of depth as well as leadership in Richards and Cally. McDonagh is named the new captain and Nash gets the A.

Krieder-Seguin-Nash
Hagelin-Stepan-Palmeri
Caron-Brassard-Ryder
Clowe-Lee-MZA

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Jones
Stralman-McIntosh

Lundqvist
Talbot

Rangers finish 53-26-6, 2nd in the league only behind Ottawa. They roll into the playoffs on a 6 game win streak.

Playoffs:

1st round: Defeat DET 4-2
2nd round: Defeat WSH 4-2
3rd round: Defeat OTT 4-3
SCF: Defeat ANA 4-1

Rangers fans rejoyce after the most sucsessful season in franchise history.
Moment of the season(Game 7, ECF): keeping to a slim 2-1 lead late in the 3rd, Henrik Lundqvist robs Jason Spezza with a diving blocker save. Rangers hang on to advance to their 2nd straight SCF.

Playoff MVP: Tyler Seguin
League MVP: Steven Stamkos
Top Scorer: Steven Stamkos (110 pts)

NYR recieving awards: Henrik Lundqvist (Vezina, Pearson)

 

[KingGheedorah]

Canadiens de Montréal

FUCALE GETS NOD

MONTREAL - After a dominant 26-14-0 season with Montreal's AHL affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs, rookie netminder Zach Fucale is finally getting a chance to crack the big leagues' roster. Zach Fucale will start the 2017-18 season backing up Vezina and Conn Smythe-winning Carey Price.

Opening Lineup

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Max Pacioretty (PWF, 89)|Alex Galchenyuk (PLY, 89)|Jakub Voracek (SNP, 90)
Michael Frolik (TWF, 84)|Tomas Plekanec (PLY, 80)|Brendan Gallagher (TWF, 87)
Charles Hudon* (PLY, 84)|Lars Eller (TWF, 83)|Nikita Scherbak* (PLY, 83)
Michael Bournival (TWF, 80)|Jacob De La Rose* (TWF, 84)|Devante Smith-Pelly (PWF, 81)

Left Defense | Right Defense
Nathan Beaulieu (TWD, 84)|P.K. Subban (TWD, 91)
Jarred Tinordi (DFD, 84)| Jeff Petry (TWD, 84)
Andrei Markov (OFD, 81)|Brayden McNabb (TWD, 79)

Goalie
Carey Price (HYB, 91)
Zach Fucale* (HYB, 87)

*Rookie Skater


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[M.C.G. 31]

2014-2015 New Jersey Devils Report
2015-2016 New Jersey Devils Report
2016-2017 New Jersey Devils Report
2017-2018 New Jersey Devils Report
2018-2019 New Jersey Devils Report

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2019-2020 NEW JERSEY DEVILS

OPENING LINEUP

Ryan O'Reilly (87)|Jack Eichel (90)|Jiri Hudler (86)
Patrik Laine (86)|Nikita Scherbak (83)|Alexander Radulov (84)
Jakob Silfverberg (84)|Curtis Lazar (79)|Mikko Rantanen (83)
Michael Raffl (80)|Graham Black (80)|Carl Soderberg (82)
Erik Condra (79)

Noah Hanifin (90)|Erik Karlsson (92)
Eric Gelinas (87)|Seth Jones (87)
Jon Merrill (83)|Philip Larsen (83)

Malcolm Subban (87)|Mackenzie Blackwood (82)

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TRADE DEADLINE

The New Jersey Devils were not active on deadline day.

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SEASON WRAP-UP

FINAL RECORD: 45-25-12 -- 102 PTS

Wins | Points | Goals | Goals Against | Powerplay | Penalty Kill | Home | Away
45 (6th)|102 (5th)|281, 3.43 (1st)|209, 2.55 (2nd)|17.3% (20th)|86.5% (2nd)|23-13-5|22-12-7

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PLAYER STATS

FORWARDS

* = traded during season
** = acquired mid-season via waivers or trade

Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | PPG
Alexander Radulov|82|31|57|88|10
Jiri Hudler|82|26|44|70|11
Jack Eichel|82|30|36|66|8
Patrik Laine|82|31|33|64|11
Nikita Scherbak|82|21|36|57|4
Ryan O'Reilly|65|22|28|50|9
Jakob Silfverberg|82|10|16|26|2
Carl Soderberg|79|9|15|24|0
Mikko Rantanen|82|6|16|22|0
Graham Black|82|9|5|14|1
Clayton Keller|52|5|7|12|0
Michael Raffl|70|5|7|12|0
Curtis Lazar|53|3|5|8|1
Erik Condra|9|1|3|4|0

DEFENSE

Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | PPG
Noah Hanifin|77|32|37|69|10
Erik Karlsson|63|11|49|60|6
Eric Gelinas|81|12|41|53|6
Seth Jones|60|4|31|35|2
Philip Larsen|82|8|17|25|0
Julien Bahl|22|3|5|8|2
Jon Merrill|73|2|5|7|0
Morgan Ellis|34|0|1|1|0

GOALIES

Player | GP | Record | Shutouts | GAA | SV%
Malcolm Subban|58|29-17-9|4|2.28|.917
Mackenzie Blackwood|30|16-10-3|3|2.79|.904

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PLAYOFFS

The New Jersey Devils make the playoffs for a 3rd straight year.

ROUND 1 vs. MONTREAL

| Score | Opponent | Series

|0-1|

|Montreal leads 1-0

|4-3|

|Series tied 1-1

|4-3|

| New Jersey leads 2-1

|2-1|

| New Jersey leads 3-1

|3-1|

| New Jersey wins 4-1

ROUND 2 vs. COLUMBUS

| Score | Opponent | Series

|1-2|

|Columbus leads 1-0

|1-3|

|Columbus leads 2-0

|3-2|

|Columbus leads 2-1

|2-0|

|Series tied 2-2

|6-3|

| New Jersey leads 3-2

|2-3|

|Series tied 3-3

|2-3|

|Columbus wins 4-3

GM MCG ends his career with the New Jersey Devils with another 2nd round exit and not Stanley Cup.


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AWARDS

Award | Winner
Vezina|Malcolm Subban

 

[M.C.G. 31]

CAREER BREAKDOWN

Year | Wins | Losses | OTL | Points | GF | GA | Playoffs
2014-2015|31|46|5|67|203|267|DNQ
2015-2016|36|34|12|84|209|225|DNQ
2016-2017|42|36|4|88|243|226|DNQ
2017-2018|43|27|12|98|255|236|1st round
2018-2019|50|26|6|106|260|201|2nd round
2019-2020|45|25|12|102|281|209|2nd round

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UP NEXT...

Taking the Dallas Stars to the promise land...



DALLAS STARS' GM RULES

-- Realistic contracts for higher end players and star UFAs
-- NO 85% (.85 method) allowed to be used on star players. Must meet, or exceed contract demands for realism -- with NTCs for some players.
-- Hometown discounts will be factored into depending on length of time player has been with team and likelihood to win (+ judgment on players' willingness to win over money).​

 

[danielpalfredsson]

DANIELPALFREDSSON'S OTTAWA SENATORS GM LOG: NEW GM THREAD NEW PICTURE! SEASON 5 OFF SEASON PREVIEW TWO: LIKE A HURRICANE?


CHAPTERS
1-Rules and Settings
2-Roster Edits and Changes
3-Season 1 Off Season and Preview
4-Season 1 Trade Deadline and End Of Season Summary
5-2015 NHL Entry Draft
6-Season 2 Off Season and Preview
7-Season 2 Trade Deadline Update
8-2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1
9-2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 2
10-2016 NHL Entry Draft+Off Season Part 1
11-The Senators Make A Blockbuster Trade!
12-Season 3 Preview
13-Season 3 Update 1 (A Trade Is Made)
14-Blackhawks VS Senators Cup Final: Revenge Of The Zibanejad
16-Season 4 Preview
17-Season 4 Summary: Do the Senators make the playoffs? Of course they do? Right? Maybe....
18-Season 4 Stanley Cup Playoffs
19-Season 5 Off Season Part 1

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BREAKING NEWS: BOBBY RYAN TRADED TO THE CAROLINA HURRICANES

Ottawa Sends
-Bobby Ryan 89oa First Line RW SNP 31yo (4 years left at 7.25M)
-Kovalchuk (Former 59th overall pick)
-3rd Round Draft Picks in 2020 and 2021

For
-Carolina's 2019 First Round Draft Pick (Projected High)
-Alex Nedeljkovic (84oa Backup HYB Goalie, 22yo 4G*, picked 37th in 2014)​

Alex Nedeljkovic is seen as one of the top young goalie prospects, and pro scouts label him as a can't miss future starter who has a small chance to exceed his potential and become an elite goalie.

With Cam Ward and Anthony Khudobin still under contract, Carolina is set at an NHL level for goalies. They have both Zack Bowman and former 1st overall pick Evan Fitzpatrick in their prospect pool making Nedeljkovic an expendable asset.

Senators management have soured on Ty Edmonds. They aren't giving up on him, and he has been exceptional in the AHL, but the expectation was that he'd come to training camp prepared to play in the NHL and backup Vezina winner Robin Lehner. Edmonds made no progress from last year, which sparked worries that with Lehner becoming a UFA in 3 seasons, putting all their eggs in Edmonds basket may end up burning them as he won't be ready to take over by the time Lehner's contract is up.

The Senators want to find out whether Robin Lehner is Dominik Hasek or Patrick Lalime.....Lehner put up unreal numbers last year, but he was playing behind an elite Stanley Cup level defense. His regular season numbers prior to last year were unspectacular. Lehner has earned the right to start the season as the number 1 goalie, but there is speculation that by the end of the year, Nedeljkovic could unseat Lehner and steal his spot.

The Senators had to include the equivalent of a 2nd and two 3rd round picks in order to sweeten the pot for Carolina who were putting up their first round pick which last year was a top 5 pick. Both teams are taking a huge gamble. Carolina is gambling that with the acquisition of Bobby Ryan they can finish out of the bottom 5 and put out a competitive hockey product over the next few seasons. Ottawa is gambling on Carolina having another poor year and gifting Ottawa a great draft spot, something the Senators haven't had since they missed the playoffs four seasons ago.
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FORWARD PREVIEW
2018 is a major transitional year for Ottawa's forward corps. Coming out of training camp, Konecny is expected to graduate to Ottawa's 1st line ahead of veteran Kyle Turris.

With Bobby Ryan traded, power forward Brett Ritchie will be given an opportunity to play in the top six on a permanent basis.

Ottawa made a minor trade sending fourth liner Ryan Dzingel to the Ducks in exchange for LW veteran grinder Maxime Talbot. The veteran Talbot has a year left on a 2M deal.

As a pure scorer, there has been talk about trying Daniel Sprong out in the Senators top 6. Sprong scored 26 goals in 58 AHL games last year. He is seen as a boom or bust player, who'll either make it in Ottawa's top 6 or never make the NHL at all as he isn't suited to a bottom 6 role. His hockey sense leaves a lot to be desired, he also has subpar passing/playmaking, but he is a lightning fast skater with an elite shot. If Sprong is placed in Ottawa's top 6, his job would simply be to act as a sniper for Turris to set up.
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DEFENSE PREVIEW
After being unable to retain Duncan Keith, Ottawa's defense took a huge blow. They are still lead by superstar Erik Karlsson who just signed an 8 year 6.8M contract extension. With Duncan Keith gone, 26 year old Kevin Gravel is expected to play alongside Karlsson on the top pairing.

Marc Methot is beginning to show his age, and will play alongside veteran Cody Ceci on the Senators second pairing.

During the off season, the Senators signed 6'5” college free agent Kolton Dixon (81oa 2.5G* 23yo). Dixon will play on the bottom pairing with Andreas Englund who will graduate from the AHL to the NHL.

Chris Wideman remains as a veteran 7th defenseman.
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GOALIE PREVIEW
Last season, Robin Lehner had a breakout year. He captured his first ever Vezina trophy, and posted an exceptional .941 save percentage over 16 playoff games. Senators pro scouts are unsure about whether Lehner is an elite goalie, or if last season was an anomaly. Prior to last year, Lehner had a combined .902 save percentage over 43 games while backing up Andrew Hammond.

Ty Edmonds is coming off a very strong AHL campaign where he won the AHL Playoff MVP with the Binghamton Senators. Fully willing to give Edmonds an NHL spot for this upcoming season, Senators pro scouts were baffled by Edmonds lack of progress at training camp.

With Edmonds looking as if his progress had stalled, the Senators made it a top priority to seek out an NHL ready goalie prospect. Ottawa acquired 22 year old Alex Nedeljkovic from the goalie heavy Carolina Hurricanes. Nedeljkovic is expected to backup Lehner, but will have the opportunity to steal the starting job if Lehner fumbles.
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UP NEXT: SEASON 5 TRADE DEADLINE UPDATE!
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[danielpalfredsson]

Somewhat "spoilers" but I must be a damn fair trader in this game, since it seems like every team I trade with ends up making it to the cup final a year or two after the trade. (Not Carolina, I'm like five seasons ahead).

 

[FlyersFan8]

I've been reading some of these GM modes and they made me want to start doing my own so I made an account here. I want to start one tonight but I'm stuck between Nashville and Columbus. Which one should I do?


Edit: Ill do Nashville

 

[M.C.G. 31]

There was an 8-player blockbuster in year 1 of my Dallas Stars GM. Whoa... You guys will like it.

 

[NYRangers3061]

I'm probably going to start up a Rangers GM mode soon. Just wanted to know if anyone would have any problems with me playing it on NHL 14 because my NHL 15 is all scratched up. I will still have updated rosters (including Etem, Stalberg, Raanta, Diaz and every other teams rosters are also updated), so the only difference would be I would start in the 2013-14 season and my first draft would be 2014. Is everybody ok with that?

 

[NYRangers3061]

The Rangers have announced today that GM Glen Sather has retired and the Rangers new GM is Jeff Gorton.

Sather wanted to win a cup in New York before retiring, but after a 2nd round loss in the 2013 playoffs to Boston, Sather decided to call it quits.

Gorton will take over a team that hasn't been to the finals in 20 years, but has an all-star goalie in Henrik Lundqvist, a good scorer in Rick Nash, and a solid number 1 Defenseman in Ryan McDonagh, and a lot of depth at all 3 positions.


2013-14 Projected Lineups

Nash-Stepan-Zuccarello
Kreider-Brassard-Hayes
Fast-Miller-Etem
Glass-Moore-Stalberg

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Yandle
Boyle-Klein

Lundqvist
Raanta

 

[NYRangers3061]

2013-14 Season Recap

Record: 60-18-4(124 pts, 1st in NHL)

Waiver Claims: Tom Wandell(DAL), Kevin Connauton(CGY), Anton Stralman(TBL)

Trades:

acquire| acquire
2014 5th|Tanner Glass

acquire| acquire
2014 2nd|Kevin Klein
2014 3rd|

acquire| acquire
2014 1st|Dan Boyle
2014 2nd
Matt Bartkowski

acquire| acquire
2014 3rd|Kyle Beach
2014 7th|Zdenek Bahensky

acquire| acquire
2014 6th|Mike Kostka

acquire| acquire
Jiri Hudler|Jesper Fast
David Jones|Anton Stralman
2014 7th

acquire| acquire
Ryan Whitney|Dylan McIlrath
2014 2nd

Player Stats:

Player Name | GP | G | A | PTS
Nash|82|40|46|86
Hayes|82|15|54|69
Brassard|82|26|35|61
Hudler|81|31|30|51
Zuccarello|82|13|36|49
Kreider|82|37|10|47
Stepan|82|22|24|46
Girardi|82|2|44|46
McDonagh|82|19|26|45
Yandle|82|5|37|42
Jones|81|18|20|38
Staal|82|6|31|37
Moore|82|11|18|29
Etem|82|16|10|26
Miller|82|10|16|26
Whitney|81|4|20|24
Stalberg|82|11|13|24
Diaz|82|5|17|22
Bourque|64|5|4|9

Lundqvist: 55-16-4, 1.78GAA, .939SV%
Raanta: 5-2-0, 2.14GAA, .929SV%

Playoffs:

Round 1 Vs. New Jersey

GM | Score | Series
1|2-1 NYR|1-0 NYR
2|3-0 NYR|2-0 NYR
3|3-1 NYR|3-0 NYR
4|3-1 NYR|4-0 NYR

Round 2 Vs. New York

GM | Score | Series
1|3-2 NYI|1-0 NYI
2|2-0 NYR|1-1 TIE
3|1-0 NYI|2-1 NYI
4|2-1 NYR|2-2 TIE
5|4-3 NYR|3-2 NYR
6|3-2 NYR|4-2 NYR

Round 3 Vs. Montreal

GM | Score | Series
1|5-1 NYR|1-0 NYR
2|3-2 NYR|2-0 NYR
3|1-0 NYR|3-0 NYR
4|6-2 NYR|4-0 NYR

Stanley Cup Finals Vs. Los Angeles

GM | Score | Series
1|4-2 NYR|1-0 NYR
2|2-1 LAK|1-1 TIE
3|2-0 NYR|2-1 NYR
4|5-1 NYR|3-1 NYR
5|1-0 NYR|4-1 NYR

For the first time in 20 years, the New York Rangers are the Stanley Cup Champions!!

My Playoffs History:

Year | New York Rangers | Hartford Wolf Pack
2013-14|Stanley Cup Champions|Eastern Conference Finals

Stanley Cup Finals History:

Year | Champion | Finalist | Games
2013-14|||5

Retired: NONE

Draft: Joshua Ho-Sang(25), Colton Bobyk(30), Anthony DeAngelo(42), Taylor Vickerman(46), Chase De Leo(60), Dysin Mayo(68), Brandon Magee(76), Clark Bishop(81), Spencer Jensen(90), Duncan MacIntyre(92), Nick Betz(120), Josh Burnside(126), Jared McCann(132), Alexis Vanier(153), Michael Dal Colle(164), Sergey Kuptsov(180), Andrew Abou-Assaly(188), Gilbert Gabor(199), Brent Moran(210)

Resigned: Lundqvist, McDonagh, Kreider, Brassard, Stepan, Zuccarello, Girardi, Moore, Stalberg

Lost: Ryan Whitney, Raphael Diaz, Tom Wandell

Trades made on July 1:

acquire| acquire
Adam McQuaid(50%)|Dominic Moore
2016 2nd

acquire| acquire
2015 5th|Jason Wilson
2015 6th|rights to RFA Jiri Niemi
|rights to UFA Daniel Maggio

acquire| acquire
Mason Raymond(50%)|David Jones

Free Agency:

Player Name | POS .| Contract | Player Info
Vladimir Sobotka|LW|3yrs/$2.445M|27yo,80ovr,3.5W
Eric Tangradi|C|1yr/$1.040M|25yo,77ovr,3Y
Wojtek Wolski|LW|3yrs/$2.660M|28yo,81ovr,4W
Richard Bachman|G|1yr/$920K|26yp,75ovr,3.5Y

2014-15 Projected Lineup

Nash-Stepan-Hayes
Krieder-Brassard-Zuccarello
Hudler-Miller-Etem
Wolski-Sobotka-Stalberg

McDonagh-Girardi
Staal-Yandle
McQuaid-Bartkowski

Lundqvist
Raanta

RED indicates a new player

 

[Ghost Bear]

Started a new one with Philly. Traded for Wisniewski (RHD) and Nyquist (LW) right off the bat. Sacrificed Del Zotto, as I don't like his physical category, along with Tampa's first round pick and some others including Umberger as a cap dump.

The season started pretty slowly with a 12-12-3 record (superstar difficulty).

S. Couturier (83) - C. Giroux (90) - J. Voracek (90)
G. Nyquist (84) - B. Schenn (84) - W. Simmonds (86)
M. Raffl (81) - V. Lecavalier (83) - M. Read (83)
Z. Rinaldo (78) - R. White (80) - P. Bellemare (78)

M. Streit (84) - J. Wisniewski (86)
A. MacDonald (84) - R. Gudas (82)
N. Grossmann (82) - L Schenn (82)

S. Mason (85)
R. Emery (83)

Scratched: A. Gordon (77), C. VandeVelde (73) & C. Colaiacovo (80)

 

[danielpalfredsson]

From now on, I am playing with injuries off during the regular season. This game is terrible with injuries on.

I don't say that because of good players getting hurt, but it makes it impossible to properly develop players in the AHL. You get a minor injury ever week or two and have to constantly fix your lines, which takes a minute each time, which makes a sim take forever. Up to this point, I've just done assistant coach edits lines: Yes, because it is fastest, and my NHL lines are usually pretty close to what the assistant coach does.

Injuries are put back on during playoffs because I go game by game, and I usually cycle in my healthy scratches for 10-20 games during the season to keep them from regressing.

This game needs depth charts so the CPU can automatically edit the lines as close as possible to your liking when injuries happen.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Yeah, long injuries can ruin development but it's also realistic that way.

 

[danielpalfredsson]

Yeah, long injuries can ruin development but it's also realistic that way.

It is not that the prospects get injuries. It is that, the AHL lines constantly get reshuffled as a result of injuries in the lineupe, and good prospects get scratched, so instead of your 73oa C you drafted in the first round getting top 6 AHL minutes, he gets scratched for the first few years of his career despite being healthy.

I agree, injuries are more realistic, but I can't seem to find a way around it without making the game tedious and boring by spending an extra 30 minutes constantly editing my AHL lines when I sim.

 

[NYRangers3061]

2014-15 Season Recap

Record: 55-23-49 (114 points, 1st in NHL)

Trades:

acquire| acquire
Justin Williams|Wojtek Wolski
|Clark Bishop
|Oscar Lindberg
|2015 2nd

acquire| acquire
Simon Gagne|Vladimir Sobotka
|rights to Chase De Leo
|rights to Dysin Mayo

acquire| acquire
John-Michael Liles|Adam McQuaid
|2016 3rd
|rights to Andrew Abou-Assaly

acquire| acquire
Matt Read(50%)|Jiri Hudler
2015 2nd|Ryan Bourque
2015 4th|Andrew Yogan
2015 7th|rights to Taylor Vickerman
|rights to Sergey Kuptsov

Player Stats:

Player Name | GP | G | A | PTS
Nash|82|49|35|84
Hayes|82|15|56|71
Brassard|82|23|33|56
Zuccarello|82|15|40|55
Kreider|82|30|20|50
Stepan|82|17|33|50
Read|84|18|29|47
Yandle|82|9|36|45
McDonagh|82|13|30|43
Gagne|84|22|21|43
Liles|85|7|32|39
Girardi|82|7|28|35
Williams|83|14|20|34
Stalberg|82|17|12|29
Raymond|82|8|16|24
Staal|82|5|19|24
Miller|82|9|10|19
Summers|82|7|10|17

Playoffs:

Round 1 Vs. Montreal

Game | Score | Series
1|4-2 NYR|1-0 NYR
2|2-0 NYR|2-0 NYR
3|4-0 NYR|3-0 NYR
4|4-1 NYR|4-0 NYR

Round 2 Vs. Philadelphia

Game | Score | Series
1|4-3 PHI|1-0 PHI
2|3-2 NYR|1-1 TIE
3|4-2 NYR|2-1 NYR
4|3-1 NYR|3-1 NYR
5|4-3 NYR|4-1 NYR

Round 3 Vs. Tampa Bay

Game | Score | Series
1|3-1 NYR|1-0 NYR
2|9-1 NYR|2-0 NYR
3|3-1 TBL|2-1 NYR
4|2-1 TBL|2-2 TIE
5|3-2 NYR|3-2 NYR
6|2-0 NYR|4-2 NYR

Stanley Cup Finals Vs. Edmonton

Game | Score | Series
1|3-1 NYR|1-0 NYR
2|2-1 NYR|2-0 NYR
3|3-2 NYR|3-2 NYR
4|5-1 NYR|4-0 NYR

My Playoffs History:

Year|New York Rangers|Hartford Wolfpack
2013-14|Stanley Cup Champions|3rd round
2014-15|Stanley Cup Champions|3rd round

Stanley Cup Finals History

Year | Champion | Finalist | Games
2013-14|||5
2014-15|||4

Retired: None

Draft: Marc Beckstead(25), Jake Evans(31), Bobby MacIntyre(56), Sam Bennett(60), Broderick Kelly(61), Trent Mallette(91), Jeremy Quenville(127), Nikolas Brouillard(130), Ivan Barbashev(150), Cody Donaghey(160), Mathieu Ayotte(194), Austin Adam(209), Landon Bow(210)

Resigned: Staal, Miller, Williams, Etem

Lost: Richard Bachman, Simon Gagne

Free Agency:

Player | POS .| Contract | Info
Patrick Kane|RW|6yrs/7.465M|26yo, 88ovr, 4.5Y
Justin Schultz|D|1yr/3.950M|25yo, 84ovr, 4.5Y(RFA~1st+3rd)
Nathan Gerbe|LW|2yrs/950K|27yo, 78ovr, 4W
Kevin Poulin|G|1yr/915K|25yo, 77ovr, 3.5Y

Trades made on July 1:

acquire| acquire
Simon Despres|Marc Staal
2016 2nd
2016 3rd

acquire| acquire
Nik Antropov|Mats Zuccarello
Blake Comeau(50%)|Mason Raymond
2016 1st|rights to Nick Palmieri
2016 2nd
2016 3rd

acquire| acquire
2016 1st|Justin Williams
Brett Ritchie|Viktor Stalberg

Projected Lineup:

Nash-Hayes-Kane
Kreider-Stepan-Brassard
Read-Miller-Etem
Comeau-Antropov-Gerbe

McDonagh-Girardi
Yandle-Schultz
Despres-Summers

Lundqvist
Raanta

RED indicates a new player

 

[M.C.G. 31]

It is not that the prospects get injuries. It is that, the AHL lines constantly get reshuffled as a result of injuries in the lineupe, and good prospects get scratched, so instead of your 73oa C you drafted in the first round getting top 6 AHL minutes, he gets scratched for the first few years of his career despite being healthy.

I agree, injuries are more realistic, but I can't seem to find a way around it without making the game tedious and boring by spending an extra 30 minutes constantly editing my AHL lines when I sim.

Ah, yeah. I get you. I hate when the prospects I want playing are benched for two white star, 33+ year olds.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

2014-2015 DALLAS STARS

Jim Nill addressed the media before the first pre-season game, stating that the Dallas Stars are looking to win it, but also know that it takes time. The Dallas Stars goals through this stretch will be to acquire a #1 defenseman and improve in the right wing position, and eventually also getting a younger #2 center. The goaltending situation will also be watched closely as management will make sure that Lehtonen is their guy.

PRE-SEASON TRADES

||

BOS 2015 3rd rd. pick|<-->|LW Ryan Garbutt
BOS 2016 6th rd. pick

||

CHI 2015 3rd rd. pick|<-->|D Jordie Benn

OPENING LINEUP

Jamie Benn (90)|Tyler Seguin (91)|Ales Hemsky (82)
Antoine Roussel (82)|Jason Spezza (88)|Valeri Nichushkin (82)
Vernon Fiddler (79)|Cody Eakin (84)|Travis Moen (80)
Patrick Eaves (80)|Rich Peverley (83)|Colton Sceviour (80)
Curtis McKenzie (79)|Shawn Horcoff (81)

Travis Daley (86)|Alex Goligoski (84)
Brenden Dillon (82)|John Klingberg (81)
Jamie Oleksiak (78)|Danny Syvret (75)
Ludwig Bystrom (55)

Kari Lehtonen (88)|Jhonas Enroth (82)

(forgot to make Dillon for Demers trade, so yeah...)

NOTES

The San Jose Sharks started the year with an absolutely brutal record of 1-8-4, getting 6 points of a possible 26. It was clear to management that scoring depth and defense were huge priorities for the Stars moving forward to become a winner.

***

TRADE DEADLINE

With a 27-27-9 record (26-19-5 since start), the Dallas Stars decided to put their older players on the block to see what they could fetch, otherwise, they'd stand pat at the deadline. Surprising reports came out that Alex Goligoski's name was also being thrown out there as the Stars looked to upgrade their D.

||

FLA 2015 2nd rd. pick|<-->|C Rich Peverley

***

SEASON WRAP-UP

FINAL RECORD: 34-34-14 -- 82 PTS

It was a rough start for the Dallas Stars, but the team salvaged it somewhat, posting a 33-26-10 record for the rest of the season after their 1-8-4 start, however, they still missed the playoffs. With a relatively healthy season, Jim Nill addressed the media in his post-season presser, saying that they'll be looking to acquire depth up front and defense. The Stars will look to spread out the scoring next season.

Wins | Points | Goals | Goals Against | Powerplay | Penalty Kill | Home | Away
34 (27th)|82 (22nd)|222, 2.71 (20th)|245, 2.99 (26th)|15.2% (23rd)|82.3% (17th)|17-15-9|17-19-5

***

PLAYER STATS

FORWARDS

* = traded during season
** = acquired mid-season via waivers or trade

Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | PPG
Tyler Seguin|82|34|50|84|9
Jason Spezza|82|18|55|73|2
Jamie Benn|82|32|38|70|17
Ales Hemsky|82|18|29|47|3
Cody Eakin|82|9|21|30|3
Valeri Nichushkin|71|16|12|28|8
Patrick Eaves|78|11|13|24|0
Rich Peverley*|63|9|12|21|0
Antoine Roussel|82|9|12|21|0
Travis Moen|76|7|10|17|0
Colton Sceviour|59|6|9|15|0
Vernon Fiddler|59|5|8|13|0
Shawn Horcoff|67|2|8|10|0
Curtis McKenzie|19|3|1|4|0

DEFENSE

Player | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | PPG
John Klingberg|82|13|43|56|6
Trevor Daley|82|5|36|41|2
Alex Goligoski|82|10|23|33|5
Brenden Dillon|82|7|12|19|2
Jamie Oleksiak|82|4|3|7|0
Patrik Nemeth|62|2|3|5|0
Danny Syvret|14|1|3|4|0
Ludwig Bystrom|6|1|0|1|0

GOALIES

Player | GP | Record | Shutouts | GAA | SV%
Kari Lehtonen|51|23-19-8|2|2.78|.914
Jhonas Enroth|36|11-15-6|1|3.03|.903

***

PLAYOFFS

The Dallas Stars did not qualify for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.


***

AWARDS

None.

***

NHL ENTRY DRAFT

The Dallas Stars hold the 9th pick in the 1st round. Heading into the draft, Jim Nill kept Alex Goligoski's name out there to see what he could get. The Stars were also seeking help up front.

TRADE

||

DAL 2015 2nd rd. pick (39)|<-->|D Alex Goligoski
D Mikael Wikstrand

SELECTIONS

Overall | Player | Position | Age | Overall | Potential
9|Zach Werenski|Defense|17|78|4.5 Gold
39|Vince Dunn|Defense|18|60|4 Gold
47|Adam Musil|Center|18|65|4 Gold
63|Nicholas Roy|Center|18|63|4 Gold
69|Nick Merkley|Center|18|68|4.5 Red
79|Jeremy Roy|Defense|18|62|4 Gold
99|Payton Lee|Goalie|19|65|4 Gold
129|Matt Spencer|Defense|18|58|3.5 Gold
159|Alexander Delnov|Left Wing|21|69|3.5 Gold
189|Noah Juulsen|Defense|18|58|4 Red

***

OFF-SEASON

RE-SIGNINGS

Player | Position | Age | Overall | Potential | Term | Salary | AAV
Jason Spezza|Center|32|88|4,5 White|2 years|$13,500,000|$6,750,000
Brenden Dillon|Defense|24|82|3.5 Green|1 year|$1,275,000|$1,275,000
Jhonas Enroth|Goalie|27|82|3.5 White|2 years|$2,600,000|$1,300,000
Jamie Oleksiak|Defense|22|81|4 Gold|2 years|$2,700,000|$1,350,000
Patrick Eaves|Right Wing|31|80|3 White|1 year|$700,000|$700,000
Patrik Nemeth|Defense|23|79|3.5 Gold|2 years|$1,700,000|$850,000
Rookies and Prospects

The Dallas Stars and Jason Spezza agree on a new 2-year deal.

CONTRACT NOTES:

JASON SPEZZA

Year | Salary
Year 1|$7,250,000
Year 2|$6,250,000

LOST

Player | Position | Status
Shawn Horcoff|Center|UFA
Danny Syvret|Defense|UFA

FREE AGENT SIGNINGS

Player | Position | Age | Overall | Potential | Term | Salary | AAV
Martin St. Louis|Right Wing|40|88|4.5 White|1 year|$7,000,000|$7,000,000
Andrej Sekera|Defense|29|87|4 White|4 years|$21,600,000|$5,400,000
Brad Richards|Center|35|85|4 White|1 year|$4,200,000|$4,200,000
Jay Beagle|Right Wing|29|80|3.5 White|1 year|$900,000|$900,000

CONTRACT NOTES:

ANDREJ SEKERA

Year | Salary
Year 1|$6,200,000
Year 2|$6,200,000
Year 3|$5,000,000
Year 4|$4,200,000

MAJOR TRADE WEEK FOR DALLAS STARS

- With rumours persistent that the Dallas Stars were looking to bolster their forward group, There were discussions at the draft with various teams, but nothing was made official, obviously. Things exploded on July 1st, when a mega deal, a blockbuster happened between the New York Islanders and the Dallas Stars in a huge 8-player deal.

JULY 1

||

RW Kyle Okposo|<-->|C Cody Eakin
C Anders Lee|<-->|C Radek Faksa
D Travis Hamonic|<-->|D Vince Dunn
D Lubomir Visnovsky|<-->|G Jack Campbell
NYI 2016 4th rd. pick|<-->|DAL 2016 1st rd. pick

And after that, another trade was completed by the Dallas Stars on July 7th, wrapping up a busy week -- in the free agent AND trade market -- for the Stars as Nill makes good on his promise to bolster his lineup and add depth.

||

C Colin Wilson|<-->|RW Ales Hemsky
||D Patrik Nemeth
||BOS 2016 6th rd. pick

MEET THE NEW FACES

Left to right: Kyle Okposo, Anders Lee, Travis Hamonic, Lubomir Visnovsky, Colin Wilson, Martin St. Louis, Andrej Sekera, Brad Richards all join the Dallas Stars.​

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Dat mega trade tho...

 

[Voight]

Spezza was already resigned by Dallas prior to this season?

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Spezza was already resigned by Dallas prior to this season?

Again, not the updated rosters. I have a separate one with my prospects I created/edited and another one for online play.

 

[Voight]

Again, not the updated rosters. I have a separate one with my prospects I created/edited and another one for online play.

My bad, was wondering how you got Eichel, Hannifin and Matthews in there.