GMDP's TOKYO KATANAS NHL 15 GM LOG
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TIM MURRAY AND THE BUFFALO SABRES BANISHED FROM THE NHL
After being caught tanking for McDavid, Gary Bettman forced the Buffalo Sabres to sell their franchise to a conglomerate of wealthy Japanese business men.
In order to name the team, ownership organized a fan vote. The result? Say hello to the Tokyo Katanas.
The roster will initially be filled with players from Japan's national team, while Buffalo's entire NHL roster were BANNED FROM THE NHL FOR LIFE for participating in Tim Murray's vile plan to defile the sanctity of competition.
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GARY BETTMAN PURCHASES THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDOR; USES IT TO TURN THE ARIZONA COYOTES INTO THE GREATEST HOCKEY TEAM EVER ASSEMBLED
No, you didn't read that incorrectly. After winning the power bowl 18 times in a row, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman PURCHASED THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDOR.
Gary Bettman used this technology to transport through time some of the greatest players in hockey history. Every player (inexplicably aside from Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur) are 18 years old and in their prime.
With the Coyotes now named the Arizona Legends, Gary Bettman's dream of the southern united states becoming the hockey capital of the world finally looks like it will come true. Bettman quickly stepped down as commissioner, bought the team, and named himself both GM, Coach, and official arena DJ.
Prior to stepping down, Gary Bettman signed a 25 year contract with the NHLPA to abolish the salary cap. It is widely speculated he did this to benefit himself because his roster would have a 230M cap hit, but nobody has the guts to say it because Bettman is such an intimidating man.
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RULES
SALARY CAP IS OFF
DRAFT PICKS AUTHENTIC
WAIVERS ON
TRADE DIFFICULTY HARD
Team Japan subbed in for Buffalo
EA Legend team subbed in for Arizona
Both subbed teams inherit their NHL counterparts draft picks/prospect pools
TEAM JAPAN SUBSTITUTED FOR BUFFALO
NHL LEGENDS SUBSTITUTED FOR ARIZONA
Yes Or No Button Used When:
-Signing free agents. If it says no, they aren't interested in joining the team.
-Determining at the trade deadline if UFAs are willing to stay on my team.
No Trade Clauses:
-1st liners/top 2 d/elite goalies who are at a UFA age have full NTCs. The only exception is at the trade deadline of the final year of their contract if they aren't willing to extend.
-2nd liners/top 4 d/starting goalies have limited NTCs. A random generator will be used to determine a list of 10 teams they are willing to be traded to.
Free Agency:
-I can sign 2 free agents in the off season. +1 free agent for every round of the playoffs I make.
-I can sign unlimited free agents in September so long as they agree to join my team.
Trading Rules:
-More lax trading rules due to the difficulty of playing as Team Japan without the cap. EA trades will never make complete sense when comparing them with real life trades, but I will make an effort to try to make sure the trades make sense for both sides.
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BLOCKBUSTER-TEAM JAPAN ACQUIRE WAYNE GRETZKY FROM THE ARIZONA LEGENDS
Confirmed Trade With Link [ARZ/JPN]Wayne Gretzky (C PLY 18yo 96oa 5G* 10M salary) +AHLer for
Sam Reinhart+3 2015 1st Round Picks+Jake McCabe (20yo LTWD 73oa 3.5G)
Arizona GM Gary Bettman pulled the trigger on one of the most shocking trades of all time. Before his Arizona Legends played their first NHL game, he traded the time travelling clone of the greatest player of all time to the upstart Tokyo Katanas.
Bettman negotiated himself a return that could be considered on par in value with what the Flyers paid for an 18 year old Lindros. Sam Reinhart is considered a can't miss future franchise centre, the Legends get the Katanas 2015 1st round pick which considering their awful roster will most likely be the top pick in the draft. They also received two more 2015 first round picks, and can't miss top 4 defender Jake McCabe.
Bettman could be thinking long term with this move. Arizona is stacked, and as absurd as it sounds, do not need Wayne Gretzky to win the Stanley Cup.
Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy have a combined age of nearly 90 years old, and both might retire (again) after this season. With Japan's 2015 pick, Bettman will have a very good chance to be in a position to draft the “McDavid of goalies†Bobby Duggan.
Prime Gretzky is the kind of player that can make average players around him into stars. As far as why this trade happened, there was apparently immense pressure on GMDP from the shady Japanese conglomerate that owns the team to go out and get a marketable superstar to build around.
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PROJECTED LINEUP
Murata 54-Gretzky 96-Wakabayashi 60
Sugihara 58-Yoshida 61-Kato 56
Komachi 57-Tamura 57-Tanaka 60
Kuamgi 54-Saga 51-Kobayashi 56
Scratches: A bunch of low overall Japanese players
Sasaki 57-GauthierLeduc 67
Nomura 55-Irizawa 56
Serizawa 52-Nakmura 53
Fukufuji 65
Ueno 58
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