Dynasty Thread

[UncleRisto]

So I did a fantasy draft with the Rangers and I'm now in the year one Conference Finals.
I play the 3rd periods since I can't play more than one full game at a time or my PS shuts down... Injuries are off. I edited player overalls all across the league.

In the Conf. Finals against Ottawa my line-up is as follows:

Simmonds 85 - Stamkos 92 - Nichushkin 80
Glencross 82 - Granlund 80 - Boedker 83
Bennett 80 - Z. Smith 80 - Selänne 81
Abdelkader 80 - Kelly 80 - Neil 80
Bernier 76

Pietrangelo 90 - Josi 83
Schultz 81 - Määttä 82
Larsson 80 - Murray 79

Ward 87
Rämö 76

Prospects:
Drouin 77, 4.5G
Kucherov 79, 4.5Y
Gibson 76, 4.5Y
Nelson 78, 4Y
Teräväinen 73, 4Y
Koekkoek 58, 4Y
Dauphin 62, 3.5G
Makarov 74, 3.5G
Burke 56, 3.5G
Hanowski 79, 3.5Y
Rajala 63, 3.5R
Lindström 57, 3.5R
B. Malone 72, 3Y

FAs:
Klesla 79, 1yr, $1.5M
Zidlicky 80, 1yr, ~$2M
Handzus 78, 1yr, $1.2M
Bunch of ~75 overall AHLers

Trades:
NYR 2015 1st
to DAL for
2014 1st & 3rd

Shea Theodore, Zidlicky, 3rd and Stephen Gionta
to FLA for
Adam Larsson

Jason Chimera, 6th & 7th
to BOS for
Justin Abdelkader

Blockbuster:
Seth Jones
Ryan Getzlaf (scoring leader at the time)
Josh Morrisey, 4Y*
Ryan Hartman, 4Y*
to PHX for
Steven Stamkos (won Art Ross)
Olli Määttä, 4G*
Justin Schultz, 4.5Y*
Mikkel Boedker

Handzus & Klesla
to BOS for
2014 2nd & 4th

Tomas Kopecky
to ANA for
Zack Smith, 2014 2nd & 3rd

I'll write another one tonight after the off-season.

 

[UncleRisto]

The Presidents' Trophy winning Rangers end year one with a Stanley Cup

The Rangers came back from 3-1 against the Blues to win it in a game 7. The Hartford Wolf Pack also won the Calder Cup in 5 games.

Steven Stamkos cleared the trophy table winning the Art Ross, Hart, Conn Smythe and Ted Lindsay while sharing the Maurice Richard Trophy with Alexander Ovechkin.

Other award-winning Rangers were Alex Pietrangelo who won the Norris and Valeri Nichushkin who won the Calder after dominating the rookie scoring with 29 goals and 42 assists.

Wayne Simmonds also had a career year with 80 points (35+45) next to Steven Stamkos (44+55=99) and Nichushkin. Simmonds finished 7th in points. Alex Pietrangelo notched 19 goals and 49 assists for 68 points in a season that ended with the Norris Trophy. Curtis Glencross reached 25 goals.

Draft
In the entry draft the Rangers possessed 8 picks after a bit of wheeling and dealing. Chris Kelly was traded in the process.

#17 Jake Virtanen, RW, SNP, 4Y*, 53 OVR
#30 Matt Needham, C, TWF, 3.5Y*, 59 OVR
#39 Nikolaj Ehlers, LW, PLY, 4R*, 54 OVR
#43 Jayce Hawryluk, C, PLY, 4R*, 54 OVR
#45 Tyson Dallman, LW, GRN, 3.5Y*, 49 OVR
#71 Nick Betz, RW, PWF, 3.5R*, 58 OVR
#73 Luke Cairns, C, PLY, 3.5R*, 52 OVR
#77 MacKenzie Braid, D, TWD, 3.5R*, 63 OVR

Re-signings
Teemu Selänne, 81 OVR, $1.86M, 1yr
Adam Larsson, 80 OVR, 4.5Y*, $2.75M, 6yrs
Ben Hanowski, 80 OVR, 3.5Y*, $1M, 1yr
Minor league depth

Trades
Curtis Glencross
to STL for
Brandon Prust, Jani Hakanpää (3.5Y*) & a 4th

Chris Neil
to CHI for
a 3rd round pick

FAs
Jarome Iginla, 83 OVR, $3.5M, 2yr
Louis Leblanc, 80 OVR, $2M, 1yr
Saku Koivu, 80 OVR, $2.5M, 1yr

Line-up to start the season
Simmonds 85 - Stamkos 92 - Nichushkin 80
Boedker 83 - Z. Smith 84 - Hanowski 82
Bennett 81 - Granlund 81 - Iginla 82
Prust 80 - Leblanc 82 - Selänne 81
Koivu 80

Pietrangelo 91 - Josi 85
Schultz 83 - Määttä 82
Larsson 81 - Murray 82

Ward 87
Gibson 77

In the minors
Nikita Kucherov 81
Jonathan Drouin 80 (QMJHL)
Justin Abdelkader 79
Brock Nelson 78
Andrey Makarov 77

Just noticed the 2014 #1 and #2 picks are both 5 yellow star goalies. Pretty wild.

Does anyone have experience of 5 star goalies? What's the difference between a 4.5 star goalie and a 5 star goalie? Should I deal Gibson for one?

 

[hockeykid87]

I'm over 20 years into a GM with the Canucks and how annoying is it that every player who's at least a 77 overall demands $5 million per season? I saw Carolina had some guy signed at $21 million per year!

 

[cdgates]

BOLTS LEFT SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS AFTER EARLY PLAYOFF EXIT​

Washington D.C.- In a series that nobody saw coming, the Lightning have been eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 6 games by the Washington Capitals. After this loss, all Tampa Bay can do is look forward to next season.

 

[*Bob Richards*]

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