Carl's First GM Game Discussion Thread

[emptyNedder]

Philadelphia has the pieces in place to be a top contender this year. While I tried to add some scoring, none was available in a value trade. That said, with the experience gained last season for Hart and Farabee the Flyers should see internal improvement.


Giroux-Couturier-Konecny
Farabee-Hayes-Voracek
JVR-Patrick-Lindblom
Raffl-Laughton-Aube-Kubel
Frost

Provorov-Gustafsson
Sanheim-Myers
Gostisbehere-Braun
Hagg

Hart
Elliott

Taxi:
Andreoff, Kase, Rubtsov, Prosser, Pouliot, Lyon

 

[BumDum]

Definitely a contender. Cap will be an issue

Panarin - Duchene - Laine
Kreider - Zibanejad - Buchnevich
Lemieux - Chytil - Kase
Gauthier - Howden - Di Guiseppe

Lindholm - Fox
Lindgren - Trouba
Johnson- Benning

Shestyorkin
Georgiev

Caphit: 81,438,689
Cap Space: 61,311

Did a lot to improve our team like: ..............

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Burakovsky - Kadri - Saad
Nichushkin - Jost - Compher
Calvert - PE Bellemare - Donskoi

Girard - Makar
Toews - Byram
Graves - Johnson

Grubauer
Francouz

Caphit: 75,426,387​

 

[emptyNedder]

Being GM for Chicago was too challenging. Not being able to move the most tradable players made it hard to find real value. Several offers were reviewed, but ultimately none added value. Chicago signed Strome to a 2-year deal and called it an off-season.

Kubalik/Toews/DeBrincat
Suter/Strome/Kane
Janmark/Wallmark/Carpenter
Pirri/Kampf/Highmore
Quennville
Dach when healthy

Keith/Boqvist
Zadorov/Murphy
De Hann/Mitchell
Seabrook

Delia/Lankinen

Taxi: Hagel, Chalupa, Kurashev, Lindholm, Carlsson, Subban

 

[Dichow Stopper]

Filip Forsberg - Ryan Johansen - Kaapo Kakko
Eeli Tolvanen - Ryan Strome - Viktor Arvidsson
Rocco Grimaldi - Colton Sissons - Mikael Granlund
Erik Haula - Luke Kunin - Yakov Trenin
*Nick Cousins, Brad Richardson

Roman Josi - Ryan Ellis
Mark Borowiecki - Dante Fabbro
Urho Vaakanainen - Travis Hamonic
*Brendan Smith

Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne

CAP SPACE : $4,986,667

TRADES
- Mattias Ekholm and Calle Jarnkrok for Urho Vaakanainen, Jack Studnicka, Ondrej Kase and BOS 2021 1st round pick
- Travis Hamonic (UFA)
- Matt Duchene and Ondrej Kase (50% retained) for Kaapo Kakko, Ryan Strome and Brendan Smith
- Jarred Tinordi assigned to taxi squad
- Matthew Benning claimed by the Rangers

We were very busy in Nashville. After real life additions of Granlund and Haula, we chose to not go with a rebuild. But we had a decision to make with Mattias Ekholm (regarding the expansion draft) and our first trade gave us a direction : getting younger while staying competitive. Vaakanainen will get time on the bottom pairing and adding Hamonic in free agency gives him a veteran presence, while solidifying our defense after Ekholm departure. Studnicka and Boston 2021 first are key pieces for our future. We didn’t stop there. Duchene is a great talent but wasn’t a good fit here in Nashville. We were able to add an elite young player in Kakko, and also a replacement for our second line center position in Strome. We aren’t losing much points production between Duchene and Strome, and we will gain a lot in the future with Kakko. We have a well balanced (youth and veteran) and deep team. Our fans should be excited, and more to come in the offseason with a lot of cap space to play with. Studnicka and Tomasino are also expected to join the team in 2021-2022.

 

[Dichow Stopper]

Jonathan Drouin - Nick Suzuki - Josh Anderson
Tyler Toffoli - Jesperi Kotkaniemi - Brendan Gallagher
Warren Foegele - Philip Danault - Joel Armia
Cedric Paquette - Jake Evans - Arturri Lehkonen
*Michael Frolik

Ben Chiarot - Shea Weber
Joel Edmundston - Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov - Brett Kulak
*Victor Mete, Noah Juulsen

Carey Price
Jake Allen

CAP SPACE : $2,148,691

TRADES
- Tomas Tatar (1.5M$ retained) for Warren Foegele and Ryan Suzuki
- Paul Byron for ARZ 2022 3rd round pick
- VGK 2021 4th round pick for Cedric Paquette and TBL 2021 3rd round pick
- Jordan Weal assigned to taxi squad

Of course, credit goes to Bergevin for making this team a lot more competitive with the additions of Anderson, Toffoli, Edmundston and Allen. Romanov making the team is also an important upgrade to our defense. Our only big move in the game was trading Tomas Tatar. We didn’t have the cap space to re-sign him after the season and didn’t want to lose him for nothing. We are very happy to add to our prospect pool Nick younger brother, Ryan Suzuki. Trading Tatar gives Toffoli the top 6 role where he belongs. We really like Foegele type of game and we believe he will get the job done on the third line. We made some others assets management. Moving Byron was important as we can’t afford to have a 3.4M$ 4th liner. Paquette was a cheaper option, while being a very good fourth line player. We were also able to move up in the draft with this trade. We have a deep team and are ready to make some noise in the playoffs.

 

[OB5]

Are we done with the deadline? Should I post rosters?

 

[Dichow Stopper]

Are we done with the deadline? Should I post rosters?

Deadline is today but I don’t think @Carl182 set the hour for the end.

Considering that voting will start tomorrow, it might be a good idea to post final rosters tonight.

 

[Carl182]

Are we done with the deadline? Should I post rosters?

Yeah, you can post your roster!

Deadline is today but I don’t think @Carl182 set the hour for the end.

Considering that voting will start tomorrow, it might be a good idea to post final rosters tonight.

Yep! The pre season ends today, but I already posted the season/voting thread!

 

[Gecklund]

Conor Garland(0.775-RFA)-Nick Schmaltz(5.85)-Frank Vatrano(2.533)
Clayton Keller(7.15)-Christian Dvorak(4.45)-Phil Kessel(6.8)
Lawson Crouse(1.533)-Barrett Hayton(0.894)-Paul Byron(3.4)
Christian Fischer(1.00)-Johan Larsson(1.4)-Drake Caggiula(0.7-RFA)
John Hayden(0.75-RFA), Dryden Hunt(0.7-RFA)

Oliver Ekman Larsson(8.25)-Jason Demers(3.9375-UFA)
Alex Goligoski(5.45-UFA)-Jacob Chychrun(4.6)
Niklas Hjalmarsson(5.00-UFA)-Colin Miller(3.875)
Ilya Lyubushkin(1.00-UFA)

Darcy Kuemper(4.5)
Curtis McElhinney(1.35)

Cap hit: 78.6395
Cap space: 2.8605



Johnny Gaudreau(6.75)-Sean Monahan(6.375)-Elias Lindholm(4.85)
Andrew Mangiapane(2.425)-Mikael Backlund(5.35)-Matthew Tkachuck(7.00)
Josh Leivo(0.875-UFA)-Sam Bennett(2.55-RFA)-Dillon Dube(0.778-RFA)
Joakim Nordstrom(0.7-UFA)-Derek Ryan(3.125-UFA)-Dominik Simon(0.7-RFA)
Milan Lucic(5.25), Zac Rinaldo(0.7-UFA)

Mark Giordano(6.75)-Chris Tanev(4.5)
Noah Hanifin(4.95)-Rasmus Andersson(4.55)
Jusso Valimaki(0.894-RFA)-Oliver Kylington(0.787-RFA)
Nikita Nesterov(0.7-UFA)

Jacob Markstrom(6.00)
David Rittich(2.75-UFA)

Cap hit: 79.309
Cap space: 2.191



Evander Kane(7.00)-Tomas Hertl(5.625)-Kevin Labanc(4.725)
Noah Gregor(0.768-RFA)-Logan Couture(8.00)-Timo Meier(6.00)
Matt Nieto(0.7-UFA)-Carl Soderberg(1.00-UFA)-Ryan Donato(1.9-RFA)
Marcus Sorensen(1.5-UFA)-Frederik Handemark(0.8-UFA)-Patrick Marleau(0.7-UFA)
Joel Kellman(0.75), Lean Bergmann(0.836)

Marc Eduoard Vlasic(7.00)-Erik Karlsson(11.5)
Radim Simek(2.25)-Brent Burns(8.00)
Mario Ferraro(0.925)-Slater Koekkoek(1.00-UFA)
Jacob Middleton(0.7)

Martin Jones(5.75)
Devan Dubnyk(2.167-UFA)

Cap hit: 79.321
Cap space: 2.179

 

[Carl182]

NHL Roster Under Contract
Cap Hit : 72,092,500$
Cap Space : $9,407,500$
Buried Salary : Mike Reilly (425,000)
Retained Salary : 0$
Buyouts : Bobby Ryan (3,583,333), Dion Phaneuf (1,354,167)
LTIR : Marian Hossa (4,875,000), Anders Nilsson (2,600,000)
Roster Size : 23
Contacts : 50/50

Brady Tkachuk (925,000) - Colin White (4,750,000) - Evgeni Dadinov (5,000,000)
Connor Brown (3,600,000) - Chris Tierney (3,500,000) - Alex Galchenyuk (1,050,000)
Artemi Anisimov (4,550,000) - Derek Stefan (6,500,000) - Austin Watson (1,500,000)
Nicholas Paul (1,350,000) - Filip Chlapik (735,000) - Rudolphs Balcers (735,000)
Vladislav Kamenev (750,000)

Thomas Chabot (8,000,000) - Alex Gudbranson (4,000,000)
Christian Wolanin (900,000) - Sami Vatanen (4,750,000)
Kyle Capobianco (775,000) - Nikita Zaitsev (4,500,000)
Maxine Lajoie (710,000) - Joshua Brown (1,200,000)

Matt Murray (6,250,000) - Marcus Hogberg (700,000)

Taxi Squad : Filip Gustavsson, Matthew Peca, Logan
Logan Shaw, Mike Reilly, Christian Jaros

Going through waivers : Logan Shaw, Matthew Peca, Michael Haley, JC Beaudoin, Mike Reilly, Christian Jaros

We brought some young veterans on short term deals in Stefan and Vatanen to help our young core. We also brought some young guys in Capobianco and Kamenev who will have a lot of opportunities to prove they are NHL ready and grow with our core. Only giving away some cap space, Kelly Parker and a 7th.

 

[DropTheGloves]

Not a lot needed to be done with the Blues. I signed Hoffman for more than St. Louis really did but longer, re-signed Dunne, and created some cap flexibility by dumping Tyler Bozak.

Vladimir Tarasenko starts the year on IR due to his shoulder, but with St. Louis’ depth, Jordan Kyrou and Robert Thomas can just play up the lineup until he’s ready to return. They should continue to be a contender regardless, and when healthy, have a helluva forward group:

Schwartz-ROR-Tarasenko
Hoffman-Schenn-Perron
Sanford-Sundqvist-Thomas
Clifford-Barbashev-Blais
MacEachern Kyrou

Krug-Parayko
Scandella-Faulk
Dunne-Bortuzzo
Gunnarsson

Binnington
Husso

Taxi Squad:

Sam Anas
Jacob De La Rose
Nathan Walker
Niko Mikkola
Scott Perunovich
Jon Gillies

 

[Carl182]

NHL Roster Under Contract
Cap Hit : 81,116,666$
Cap Space : 208,334$
Buried Salary : Braydon Coburn (625,000)
Retained Salary : 0
Buyouts : 0
LTIR : Nikita Kucherov (9,500,000)
Roster Size : 21
Contacts : 49/50

Alex Kilhorn (4,450,000) - Braydon Point (6,750,000) - Steven Stamkos (8,500,000)
Barclay Goodrow (925,000) - Anthony Cirelli (4,800,000) - Odrej Palat (5,300,000)
Tyler Johson (5,000,000) - Blake Coleman (1,800,000) - Yanni Gourde (5,166,666)
Mathieu Joseph (737,500) - Mitchell Stephens (737,500) - Pat Maroon (900,000)
Alexander Volkov (700,000)

Victor Hedman (8,000,000) - Mikhall Sergachev (4,800,000)
Ryan McDonagh (6,750,000) - Erik Cernak (2,950,000)
Jan Rutta (1,300,000) - Luke Schenn (800,000)

Andrei Vasilevskiy (9,500,000) - Ryan Miller (750,000)

Taxi Squad : Craig Andersson, Corey Perry, Alex Barret-Boulay, Brayden Coburn, Cale Foote

Going through waivers : Craig Andersson, Christopher Gibson, Spencer Martin, Corey Perry, Gemel Smith, Brayden Coburn, Luke Witkowski, Daniel Walcott, Ben Thomas, Andreas Borgman

We traded away Paquette and McElhenney for cap reasons. Replacing them with cheaper options in Corey Perry, Ryan Miller and Craig Andersson. We got back a 4th and a 5th in the upcoming draft while giving away a 3rd. With the cap situation we were in, we are very happy not to loose any core players and not giving away any high picks or valuable prospects.

 

[Carl182]

Tampa Bay is still looking for a Top6 LHD on a cheap contract to round out our roster before the start of the season!

 

[OB5]

I will get my rosters up tomorrow AM

 

[Panda Bear]

Tampa Bay is still looking for a Top6 LHD on a cheap contract to round out our roster before the start of the season!

You should have gone for Victor Mete, who's somehow being scratched in favour of Joel Edmundson because size.

 

[OB5]

You should have gone for Victor Mete, who's somehow being scratched in favour of Joel Edmundson because size.

I'm sure we won't see anything like that in real life.

 

[Carl182]

You should have gone for Victor Mete, who's somehow being scratched in favour of Joel Edmundson because size.

Edmundson is gonna play over Mete, I love Mete but there's a limit to what he can do in the defensive and offensive zone.
I'm sure you ask Carey who you want on the ice between Mete and Edmundson he's gonna answer the latter.

But yeah! I agree would have been a perfect fit but was not very active in the GM Game, managing it took more time than I thaught it would!

 

[Dichow Stopper]

We are upset that we didn’t qualify for the playoffs. With only 2M$ in cap space remaining, we have no excuses. We really thought that we could battle with every single team in our division and it wasn’t the case. We expect a change in our coaching staff.

With that being said, it was also an important year of development for some of our key young players, like Suzuki, Kotkaniemi and Romanov. We expect big things from them in 2021-2022.

We will try to improve in the offseason with three priorities, which may not be all possible due to assets available and cap space. We are willing to part with our 2021 1st round pick, and one of our top LHD prospect in Norlinder or Harris. In fact, every prospects could be available except Caufield (and maybe Guhle).

1. Get a top pairing LHD.
2. Upgrade on Warren Foegele on the third line. Looking for a 40-50 points LW to play with Danault and Caufield.
3. Upgrade on Drouin as a top 6 LW.

 

[Dichow Stopper]

In the offseason, we will be looking to acquire a solid top 9 LW to play with Studnicka and Tomasino.

After the expansion draft, we would also like to add a top 4 LHD.

Assets available include Scissons, BOS 2021 1st, other picks except our own 2021 1st, and prospects.

We are open to pretty much anything, we will have a lot of cap space to play with.

 

[Dichow Stopper]

We will be active in the offseason but likely not much before the expansion draft. Our plans will depend of the player that we will lose to Seattle.

 

[OB5]

We are upset that we didn’t qualify for the playoffs. With only 2M$ in cap space remaining, we have no excuses. We really thought that we could battle with every single team in our division and it wasn’t the case. We expect a change in our coaching staff.

With that being said, it was also an important year of development for some of our key young players, like Suzuki, Kotkaniemi and Romanov. We expect big things from them in 2021-2022.

We will try to improve in the offseason with three priorities, which may not be all possible due to assets available and cap space. We are willing to part with our 2021 1st round pick, and one of our top LHD prospect in Norlinder or Harris. In fact, every prospects could be available except Caufield (and maybe Guhle).

1. Get a top pairing LHD.
2. Upgrade on Warren Foegele on the third line. Looking for a 40-50 points LW to play with Danault and Caufield.
3. Upgrade on Drouin as a top 6 LW.

Very hard to make the playoffs with the habs in these games because they aren't perceived as a playoff team IRL.

 

[Dichow Stopper]

Very hard to make the playoffs with the habs in these games because they aren't perceived as a playoff team IRL.

Yeah, not a huge surprise. But I think that big changes will be made in real life if they don’t make the playoffs in 2021.

 

[hockeynorth]

Draft or auction game when this is done anyone?

- Calder eligible draft
- Auction game
- Super draft
- 31/32 team

Or some other variation of a game, I can run one

 

[Llamamoto]

Draft or auction game when this is done anyone?

- Calder eligible draft
- Auction game
- Super draft
- 31/32 team

Or some other variation of a game, I can run one

I'd be able to join something around the end of January, once finals are done.

All of those options sound cool, although I enjoyed the auction draft in particular.

 

[OB5]

Draft or auction game when this is done anyone?

- Calder eligible draft
- Auction game
- Super draft
- 31/32 team

Or some other variation of a game, I can run one

No auction pleases