NHL 19 Franchise Mode Thread

kinger8998 · Dec 4, 2018

New York Rangers Franchise Mode

2020 NHL Offseason

BREAKING NEWS: Washington Capitals become first team since Edmonton Oilers to win Stanley Cup 3 straight years
End of Playoffs
Alexander Ovechkin, once thought to be cursed in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, has rewritten the script completely. The most prolific goal scorer of his generation now has three Stanley Cups on his resume, all having come in the last three years.

took home the Conn Smythe

BREAKING NEWS: Three time Stanley Cup Champ Chris Kunitz among 2020 retirees
NHL Offseason
The veteran of 1130 NHL games called it quits after playing his final season in New Jersey. Also retiring is former Rangers forwards Dominic Moore, Lee Stempniak and Ryan Malone. Two other members of the 1000 game club retired, as Brooks Orpik (1030) and Ron Hainsey (1117) said goodbye to the NHL.

Goaltenders Antti Niemi, Peter Budaj and Rangers backup Viktor Fasth also chose to retire.

BREAKING NEWS: Rangers will pick 9th after completion of NHL Draft Lottery
NHL Draft Lottery Results
The Rangers only have 1 first round pick this year after having 7 in the previous 3.

2020 NHL Entry Draft

Round	Pick	Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type
1	9	Alexander Prokhorkin	74	18	Med Top 6F	LW/C	Sniper
3	71	Ivan Zubov	62	18	Low Top 6F	RW	2 way Forward
3	81	Sven Hagos	59	18	Low Top 6D	D	Defensive Defenseman
4	102	Hannu Jaaskelainen	56	18	Med Fringe Starter	G	Butterfly
5	133	Sergey Shishkanov	52	18	Med Bottom 6F	LW	Sniper
6	164	Eric Pearce	58	18	Med Bottom 6F	C	2 way Forward
7	195	Alexander Kenins	54	19	Med Fringe Starter	G	Hybrid

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Resign Phase

The Rangers entered the resign phase with $12.000M to utilize. No big names, but quite a few depth contracts to sort out.

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Years/AAV	Thoughts
Ryan Strome	80	26	Med Top 9F	C/RW	Playmaker	60 GP 12G-12A-24P +11 ... 2 PIM (NHL)	1/$2.100M	Good to see if last years resurgance was a fluke or not. The kid has talent, but he has yet to put together two straight good seasons.
Alexandar Georgiev	79	24	Med Fringe Starter	G	Hybrid	17 GP 5-8-1 .892 SV% 3.27 GAA 1 SO (NHL)	2/$0.900M	Cheap deal, and trade- able contract should the Rangers wish to move on from the young goalie who struggled mightily last season.
Chris Bigras	77	25	Med Top 6D	D	2 way Defender	76 GP 6G-23A-29P +2 ... 49 PIM (AHL)	1/$0.850M	Bigras was once considered to be a failed prospect, but he just may have a shot at the Rangers roster come opening night. Could be his last deal if he doesn't make the most of opportunity.
Ville Meskanen	77	24	Med Top 9F	RW	2 way Forward	76 GP 16G-30A-46P +2 ... 12 PIM (AHL)	1/$0.900M	Meskanen has a shot ast Frk's spot as they play a similar, shooting game. Same situation as Bigras, although Meskanen is not a failed prospect and would be more of a success story.
Ryan Gropp	76	23	Med Top 9F	LW	Power Forward	75 GP 11G-18A-29P +14 ... 34 PIM (AHL)	2/$0.875M	The much criticized 2nd round pick of New York in 2015 finally looks to crack the roster. Still time even if it doesn't happen this season, hence the two year term.
Alexander Porkhorkin	74	18	Med Top 6F	LW/C	Sniper	55 GP 9G-7A-16P +2 ... 13 PIM (Russia)	3/$0.925M (ELC)	The Rangers 9th overall pick in the Draft signs his ELC immediately and will likely join HFD to get acclimated to NA ice.
Nil;s Lundkvist	69	19	Med Top 4D	D	2 way Defender	48 GP 5G-17A-22P -4 ... 12 PIM (SHL)	3/$0.900M (ELC)	The Rangers 28th overall pick in 2018 signs his ELC. Bright future for the young defender.
Nico Gross	68	20	Med Top 6D	D	Defensive Defenseman	64 GP 8G-34A-42P +7 ... 10 PIM (OHL)	3/$0.875M (ELC)	Rangers 4th rounder in '18 signs his ELC. Rangers have lots of prospect depth on D, so tough to see path to NHL for Gross.

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For the second straight season, New York Qualified RFA F Boo Nieves

The Rangers allowed D Adam McQuaid (NHL), F Matt Beleskey (AHL), F Gabriel Fontaine (AHL), D Brandon Crawley (AHL) to walk to Free Agency.

UFA Forward Martin Frk chose to test the Free Agent market. AHL starting goaltender Laurent Brossoit also chose to test th waters, citing an opportunity to play in the NHL elsewhere.

Free Agency

The Free Agent Frenzy broadcast team:
Host: James Duthie
Deal Breaker Desk: Bob McKenzie, Darren Dreger, Pierre LeBrun, and Gord Miller
Instant Analysis Panel: Ray Ferraro, Jeff O’Neill, Dave Poulin, Martin Biron, Pierre McGuire
FA Bait: Craig Button
Free Agency Panel: Jamie McLennan, Aaron Ward

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Duthie: It's time for TSN's annual coverage of the Free Agent Frenzy. It's 202,0, and although they pool isn't as deep as the incredible pool last year, we still have some great talent available. Craig, who are the top players in play?

Button: James, I wouldn't underestimated the talent that this Free Agent Crop has. It features 2 elite forwards in Mikael Granlund and Nicklas Backstrom, 2 elite defensemen in Roman Josi and Tyson Barrie, and an elite, albeit aging, goalie in Corey Crawford. After that there is considerably depth from Schenn (F), to Krug (D), to Anderson (G). Quite the pool.

Ward: The Rangers are going to be on the hunt for a forward, shockingly. Despite having a great offense on paper, it faltered last season.

McLennan: I'm also hearing rumblings that they're talking contract with a few backup goalies on the market. They weren't impressed with Alexandar Georgievs performance last season. They're not ruling him out for the job again next season, but they want a better option.

McKenzie: Philadelphia has already completley revamped their goaltending, signing both Corey Crawford and Craig Anderson so 2-year deals. Both are 35+ and they will benefit from having eachother to give them time off.
Another team we've seen revamp a position is Colorado, who despite losing Tyson Barrie, signed both T.J Brodie and Sami Vatenen to multi-year deals.

Dreger: Nashville and New Jersey have both also been news factories today. The Predators lost Roman Josi to Detroit, but added a solid defender in Anton Stralman and a great winger in Tyler Toffoli. New Jersey added two of the biggest names available when they signed Tyson Barrie and Mikael Granlund to 5 and 6 year deals respectively.

LeBrun: We've already heard Josi is heading to Detroit, but they weren't done there. The Red Wings also signed G Robin Lehner to be there starter as they cut ties with Jimmy Howard. Minnesota may have lost Grandlund, but they added Mike Hoffman to provide some scoring replacement.

Miller: Joe Thornton, who was long rumored to want to join the Rangers before he retired, has instead joined Dallas. Have to assume NYR weren't interested with their center conundrum they already have. Speaking of centers, Nicklas Backstrom, winner of three straight Stanley Cups with the Capitals, has now joined the Boston Bruins.

Dreger: Brayden Schenn is heading to the Rangers on a 3 or 4 year deal. Hearing the cap hit is $7.000M no matter the term.

Poulin: The Rangers have this last chance to put it together. There was no way they should have struggled to score last year, but they did, so they were forced to do this. The deal is actually fair value, but it doesn't make any sense according to the Rangers situation.

Ferraro: I have to agree. The Rangers have Pavel Buchnevich, Filip Chytil, Brett Howden and Lias Andersson all on expiring deals. They will likely cash in at around $20.000M - at minimum, and they currently only preside over $8.000M. That's a scary thought.

McKenzie: Malcolm Subban is going to join Schenn in New York. Obviously not as big of a deal, this one only carries a 2-year term. It's total value is $3.500M.

Biron: This is a great signing. Georgiev does not see to be the heir to Hank's throne, and I'm not sure if Subban is, but he's a better option.

O'Neill: I still don't see how the Rangers are contenders when they haven't taken care of their biggest issue on defense. There is a glaring hole in their lineup in the fact that they don't have an elite D. Every single team that has won the Cup in the last 10 years has had an elite defenseman, save for the Penguins when Letang was injured. Chara, Keith, Doughty, Keith, Doughty, Keith, N/A (Letang inj.), Letang, Carlson, Carlson, Carlson.

McGuire: They have Lindgren, Byram, Bigras, Keane and Hajek coming up in the ranks. They have incredible depth, and Henrik Lundqvist is a better goaltender, even at 38, than any of those teams that won the Cup, so he can help. Not predicting a Cup win, but don't count them out.

Duthie: Okay folks, that's all the time we have. We will see you back here on TSN at the Trade Deadline, where you may juts see the Rangers return to buying.

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Years/AAV
Brayden Schenn	86	29	N/A	RW/C	2 way Forward	47 GP 10G-23A-33P -4 ... 18 PIM (19-20 NHL)	4/$7.000M
Malcolm Subban	82	26	Med Starter	G	Hybrid	18 GP 6-8-1 .916 SV% 2.65 GAA 2 SO (19-20 NHL)	2/$1.750M

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Next Post: 2020-2021 NHL Season!

SPV · Dec 5, 2018

Just finished year one of my expansion. The Kansas City Monarchs.

It was a complete disaster LOL

Finished 25-48-9, with only 59 points. Dead last in the league. We did get the first overall pick though, so Jack Hughes to start the new year.

Hockeyguy54 · Dec 5, 2018

Just went 70-8-2-2, is that the best record here?

belair · Dec 6, 2018

Just won the Cup in my first year in Carolina after leaving the Seattle job. Went 59-18-5. Beat the Calgary Flames in seven games, who went 39-40-3. No joke.

IHaveNoCreativity · Dec 6, 2018

Does the cap go up like crazy this year ?

vincelaf · Dec 7, 2018

QUEBEC NORDIQUES - FRANCHISE MODE - EXPANSION

PREVIEW
- salary cap is on;
- No crazy trading draft pick (a top 3 pick will cost me half my team);
- Won't make 1001 trade to attempt to get that one player...;
- Most matches are simulated, including most playoffs match (except against Montreal, for the nostalgy off course...);

2018-2019 SEASON

2018 EXPANSION DRAFT
It's confirm ! Quebec City will finally get back their beloved team in the NHL ! while everyone can't wait to go back in time and relived those classics matches against the Montreal Canadiens or see for the first time ever the Nordiques takes on the Vegas Golden Nights, the new GM, Mark Ross, have to work hard to build this new team and it all begin with this expansion draft. At the end, those we're the players selected for Quebec City :

Forwards :
Alex Killorn - 82
Jasper Fast - 81
Calle Jarnkrok - 80
Carl Hagelin - 80
Darren Helm - 80
Patrick Berglund - 80
Tyler Ennis - 80
Tomas Jurco - 80
James Weal - 79
Marian Gaborik - 78
Martin Hanzal - 78
Seth Griffith - 76
Phillip Di Giuseppe - 76
Nathan Walker - 76
Defensmans :
Mark Giordano - 85
Josh Manson - 83
Tyler Myers - 83
Thomas Hickey - 82
Jack Johnson - 80
Kevin Miller - 80
Patrick Wiercioch - 78
Kyle Connauton - 77
Dylan DeMelo - 76
Tyler Wotherspoon - 76
Jakub Jerabek - 74
Ludwig Bystrom - 72

Goaltenders :
Philipp Grubauer - 83
Calvin Pickard - 80
Laurent Brossoit - 75

2018 NHL ENTRY DRAFT

Quebec City had the fourth pick but felt two spot in the NHL Draft Lottery. They will pick 6th overall.
With that pick, they will select the centerman from Drummondville Voltigeurs in LHJMQ, Joe Veleno.

2018 SUMMER - FREE AGENCY

Quebec City waste no time and announce that they trade their defensman Mark Giordano to the Philadelphia Flyers, in return of the young centermen Travis Konecny (C-80) and their 2019 2nd draft pick.

A few days laters, the Nordiques announce that they signed three new players in Dustin Tokarski (G-74), Travis Morin (C-74) and Eric Gelinas (D-76), all of them heading to AHL for the moment.

Quebec City hit big in the third week of free agency, by signing the second most convoited players in John Carlson (D-86). The franchise player will earn 5.65M$ for the next 6 years.

Later that month, Quebec will sign a foward who seem to love playing for the new teams, as they come to term with David Perron (LW-84) for the next 4 years, worthy of 18,4 M$.

The Nordiques announced that Darren Helm, John Carlson and Martin Hanzal will all wears ''A'' for the first season of the reborn Nordiques. With their first season in more than twenty years, they felt it was best to let the first season pass to see who will naturally step up as the true captain.

The pre-season went pretty well for Quebec City, earning a 3-1-2 record, while young players prove their high potential. It's the case for Joe Veleno (7-4-4-8), Sergei Kurashev (6-1-5-6) and Phillip Di Giuseppe (7-2-3-5). But, knowing that the first won't be easy, the team choose to sent back Veleno and Kurashev in junior, to make that they will continue rightfully their development.

In the case of Di Giuseppe, the foward will start the season in the AHL, but you'll probably won't have to wait too long to see him back in the white & blue uniform.

FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON

LW	C	RW
A. Killorn - 82	T. Konecny - 80	D. Perron - 84
D. Helm - 80	P. Berglund - 80	J. Fast - 81
C. Hagelin 80	J. Weal - 79	T. Ennis - 80
M. Gaborik - 78	M. Hanzal - 78	C. Jarnkrok - 80
		T. Jurco - 79

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LD	RD
J. Carlson - 87	J. Manson - 83
T. Hickey - 82	T. Myers - 83
J. Johnson - 80	K. Miller - 80
P. Wiercioch - 78

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Starter	Back-up
P. Grubauer - 83	C. Pickard - 80

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Disapointing debuts"]The Quebec Nordiques managed to do well for the first 13 games, having a record of 9-3-1, winning their 5 home games during this period. But the Nordiques will later struggle, loosing four games in a row and showing a record of 12-7-2 after 21 games. The offensive productivity being the main reason, scoring 50 goals during this period and being 30th in the league. Only Buffalo (50) and Detroit (47) have done worst so far.

Nov. 20th, 2018

Injury strick for the first time"]Alex Killorn, who's having a disapointing offensive record (21-4-3-7) broked his right hand and will miss the next five weeks. Tomas Jurco being already in the lineup, do to the poor productivity of Calle Jarnkrok (13-0-0-0), Phillip Di Giuseppe is call-up to fill-in

Nov. 25th, 2018

Knowing that this first year won't probably end up in a Stanley Cup chase, the Nordiques accept to trade their young defensman Kyle Connauton (D-77) and their 2018 5th round pick to the New York Rangers. In exchange, New York sended their 2019 4th round pick.

Dec. 5th, 2018

After loosing 6 of there 7 last games, Quebec City make a move by trading defensman Kevin Miller (who show a -8 differential during this period), with their 2019 3rd round pick to the Detroit Red Wings. In return, Detroit send their 2019 2nd round pick to Quebec. With a open space at defense, Patrick Wiercioch enter the lineup, while Eric Gelinas his call-up to be the 7th defensman.

Meanwhile, young centerman Travis Konecny prove to be a good prospect for the team, leading to them to extend his contract for the next 3 years for 12,3M$.

Dec. 20th, 2018

After a good rebound from the team, the Nordiques are back in their bad habbits, loosing their last 5 games. This lead to frustration from some players, like Alex Killorn who's recently back in action after being injured for 4 weeks. In order to reduce the negativity in the lockeroom and be in good position in the next NHL Entry Draft, Quebec decide to trade the foward to the Colorado Avalanches, who will potentially be looking for a good run in the 2019 playoffs. In return, Quebec acquire their 2019 2nd round pick and the young foward Michael Bournival, who is directly send to the AHL

Dec. 30th, 2018

In a 3-2 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, defensman Jack Johnson suffered a concussion, meaning he'll be out of action for the next 4 to 6 weeks. With their trouble in defense this season, plus the lack of potential at this position, Quebec make another move. This time, they send the foward Calle Jarnkrok, who have been a disapointing so far (19-0-1-1), and their 2019 2nd round pick from Minnesota to the St-Louis Blues. In return, the Nordiques gets the young and promising defensman Vince Dunn (D-81).

Jan. 4th, 2019

Bad news continues in the injury department, with the starting goaltender Philipp Grubauer suffering a hand contusion, meaning he will miss the next 3 or 4 weeks. While Calvin Pickard is set to take the #1 chair, Laurent Brossoit is call-up from AHL to fill-in the back-up chair.

A couple days later, the team will make a little trade, sending their 2019 6th round pick to the Buffalo Sabres, in return of young defensman named Cam Nelson (D-74).

MID-SEASON BILAN

#	TEAMS	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	GF	GA
1	Carolina Hurricanes	41	30	10	1	61	120	92
2	Pittsburgh Pengouins	41	25	8	8	58	149	105
3	Columbus Blue Jackets	41	27	11	3	57	128	93
4	New Jersey Devils	41	25	12	4	54	123	111
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	41	25	15	1	51	121	94
6	Montreal Canadiens	41	22	13	6	50	117	97
7	Boston Bruins	41	22	14	5	49	110	108
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	41	19	13	9	47	105	105
9	Quebec Nordiques	41	20	15	6	46	96	99
10	New York Islanders	41	20	16	5	45	106	103
11	Washington Capitals	41	19	16	6	44	98	98
12	New York Rangers	41	18	17	6	42	102	111
13	Ottawa Senators	41	18	17	6	42	118	126
14	Philadelphia Flyers	41	17	18	6	40	99	120
15	Florida Panthers	41	15	18	8	38	95	106
16	Buffalo Sabres	41	12	26	3	27	101	136

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The goalies are almost always what's keeping the team alive during the matches. Unfortunately, the starter Philipp Grubauer is hurt and now, Calvin Pickard will have to prove his potential. Fortunately, he showed so far that he can win some matches for the team. Also, with Grubauer's injury, Laurent Brossoit will have a chance to prove his talent sooner than later.

Goalie	Record	SV%	GAA	SO
P. Grubauer	32-16-11-5	0.926	2,20	2
C. Pickard	12-5-6-1	0.917	2,53	2
L. Brossoit	0-0-0-0	0.000	0,00	0

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John Carlson is proving why he is a leader in the team by being everywhere on the ice and the scoresheet, while Vince Dunn proves to be a young and promising futur top 2 defensman so far.
Tyler Myers is destructing everything at his blue line, but sometimes put himself and is team by doing so.
Jack Johnson and Tomas Hickey are both big disapointing, being both of them at some point put out of the lineup or put on the third pair...

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
J. Carlson	41	3	26	29	+9	14
V. Dunn	42 (7)	3 (1)	9 (1)	12 (2)	+1 (+4)	12 (4)
T. Myers	41	1	11	12	-5	18
J. Manson	41	3	4	7	+3	12
J. Johnson	36	2	3	5	-7	12
P. Wiercioch	21	0	5	5	-3	8
T. Hickey	40	1	3	4	+4	25
E. Gelinas	0	0	0	0	0	0

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The fowards are, for the most part, putting horrible numbers, putting the team 30th in the league for the goals scores.
Fortunately, Jasper Fast and Tomas Konecny are showing some potential and could be great asset in the near futur of the team.
Despite being on the scoresheet, Phillip Di Giuseppe is showing a lot of great things on the ice and could be higher in the stats later this season.

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
D. Perron	41	9	20	29	-4	10
J. Fast	41	10	13	23	-6	0
T. Ennis	41	15	7	22	+6	6
T. Konecny	41	4	18	22	+3	10
P. Berglund	41	10	9	19	+1	10
D. Helm	41	9	10	19	-3	4
J. Weal	41	4	10	14	-5	2
C. Hagelin	41	6	6	12	-2	2
M. Gaborik	38	5	5	10	-6	0
T. Jurco	31	2	5	7	+3	12
M. Hanzal	29	3	1	4	-5	8
T. Morin	12	1	1	2	-4	6
P. Di Giuseppe	8	0	1	1	0	0

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SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON

LW	C	RW
D. Perron - 84	T. Konecny - 82	J. Fast - 81
D. Helm - 81	P. Berglund - 80	T. Ennis - 79
P. Di Giuseppe - 76	J. Weal - 78	C. Hagelin - 80
M. Gaborik - 79	M. Hanzal - 77	T. Jurco - 77
	T. Morin - 74

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LD	RD
J. Carlson - 88	V. Dunn - 81
J. Manson - 83	T. Myers - 83
T. Hickey - 81	P. Wiercioch - 76
E. Gelinas - 76	J. Johnson (+)

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Starter	Back-up
C. Pickard - 80	L. Brossoit - 75

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P. Grubauer (+)

Jan. 21th, 2019

The Quebec Nordiques ship out yet another defensman who's having a tough season so far in Thomas Hickey. Realising they have to continu to built toward the draft and the future, Quebec sent Hickey to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for their 2019 2nd draft pick and prospect Griffin Reinhart. Reinhart will join the Nordiques AHL affiliate. With Jack Johnson still injured, Eric Gelinas will find a place in the lineup as the 6th defensman

Feb. 15th, 2019

Looking to solidify their defense for the years to come, Quebec announce that they signed 2 contracts extensions with defensmans Tyler Myers (D-83) and Vince Dunn (D-81). Myers still have good seasons ahead, while Dunn have been looking good so far on the first pair with John Carlson. Quebec also announce that they sign a contract extension with foward Tyler Ennis, who have been a surprise so far, being the top scorer for the Nordiques with 21 goals so far.

Vince Dunn
81
22
D
high top 4
57-3-10-13
4yrs / 3.1M$

Tyler Myers
83
28
D
exact top 4
57-2-17-19
4yrs / 4.8M$

Tyler Ennis
79
29
RW
exact low top 6
57-21-13-34
2yrs / 1.1M$
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Feb. 21th, 2019

Two players fall during a 4-3 win against the Florida Panthers, as Josh Manson suffered an injury to his right hand and David Perron suffered a injury to the mid-section. Both of them will miss the next three weeks. Tomas Jurco (RW-78) reintered the lineup, while Cam Nelson (D-74) make his debut as a Nordiques player.

TRADE DEADLINE
While it as been a pretty calm trade deadline, their were still some interresting trade worth to be mention.

First of all, the Quebec Nordiques we're the first to move this day, by trading defensman Jack Johnson to the Vegas Golden Knights. Vegas trying to stay in the playoffs race (6th in Western Conference), look to reinforce their defense who have a lot of trouble lately. Johnson was about to make his return to action after missing 6 weeks, due to a concussion. In return, Quebec earn the 2019 3rd and 4th picks from Vegas. Having difficulties to stay in the playoffs race (9th in Eastern Conference), Quebec seems to be looking toward the future instead of this present season, having now 10 draft picks in the 2019 Entry Draft, of wich 4 are from the 2nd round.

While Quebec look to build for the future, the Colorado Avalanche are looking for nothing else than the 2019 Stanley Cup, being actually 3rd in Western Conference. They make a strong adding to their offense by claiming Ilya Kovalchuk from Los Angeles. Kovalchuk have made a huge comeback to the NHL so far, having 52 points in 59 games (59-31-21-52). In return, they send their 2019 2nd and 2020 3rd draft picks, and their defensman Erik Johnson, who,s having a lot of trouble this season, missing more than 20 games due to an injury and having a +/- of -8, despite being in one of the best team in the NHL this season.

Still looking to get stronger, the Colorado Avalanche later send their 2019 4th draft pick and their foward Matt Calvert to the Dallas Stars. In return, Colorado get the goaltender Kari Lehtonen. Having lost Philipp Grubauer in the expansion draft and with Semyon Varlamov who struggle lately (49-31-16-2-0.897), Colorado is looking to get a strong back-up in Lehtonen, in case if Varlamov can't get the job done during the playoffs.

In the last minutes of the trade deadline, The Quebec Nordiques announced that they're sending their prospect goaltender Sam Josefson and two of their 2nd draft pick (from Colorado & Quebec) to the Buffalo Sabres. Josefson was having a respectable first year in the AHL, showing a record of 21-12-7-2-0.917. In return, Quebec get the foward Tomas Tatar (65-10-32-42) and the 2019 4th draft pick from San Jose. With Perron and now Tatar, there's no doubt that Quebec is looking to built around their future top centerman in Joe Veleno and Travis Konecny. Expect them to continue this work during the next off-season.

LW	C	RW
T. Tatar - 84	T. Konecny - 82	J. Fast - 81
P. Berglund - 80	T. Ennis - 79	P. Di Giuseppe - 76
D. Helm - 81	J. Weal - 78	C. Hagelin - 80
M. Gaborik - 79	M. Hanzal - 77	M. Bournival - 75
D. Perron (++)	T. Morin - 74	T. Jurco - 77

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LD	RD
J. Carlson - 88	V. Dunn - 81
P. Wiercioch - 77	T. Myers - 83
E. Gelinas - 76	C. Nelson - 76
	J. Manson (++)

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Starter	Back-up
P. Grubauer - 83	C. Pickard - 80

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March 25th, 2019

After coming back from injury a week ago and helping the team win their last 3 matches, claiming 5 points during this streak, David Perron return to the infirmery. This time, Perron received a shot on his right foot and will miss the next 3 weeks, meaning he'll be out for the rest of the regular season. This news come in a bad time for Quebec, who are desperately trying to stay in the playoff race, trailing by 3 points behind the Washington Capitals and the 8th and last spot in the Eastern Conference. Quebec also have the Maple Leafs right in his back, only 1 point behind with 6 games left.

april 9th, 2019

After a disapointing end of season, the Quebec Nordiques will miss the playoffs, while still having one game to play, at home. Quebec lost 4 of their 5 last games, letting easilyToronto and Washington qualify themselves. Still, Quebec go out on a positive note, beating the St-Louis Blues 5-0 in a full home arena, Konecny scoring the last goal late in the third period, this goal being his 50th in his young career.

# TEAMS GP W L OT PTS GF GA
1 Columbus Blue Jackets 82 52 23 7 111 234 105
2 Pittsburgh Pengouins 82 48 21 13 109 282 224
3 Boston Bruins 82 49 25 8 106 231 202
4 Tampa Bay Lightning 82 51 29 2 104 240 189
5 New Jersey Devils 82 48 29 5 101 237 217
6 Carolina Hurricanes 82 46 29 7 99 205 215
7 Washington Capitals 82 42 32 8 92 216 204
8 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 40 30 12 92 214 218
9 Quebec Nordiques 82 37 30 15 89 203 207
10 Philadelphia Flyers 82 39 35 8 86 224 237
11 New York Islanders 82 35 35 12 82 212 223
12 Montreal Canadiens 82 35 36 11 81 208 218
13 Ottawa Senators 82 36 38 8 80 227 245
14 New York Rangers 82 35 37 10 80 199 236
15 Florida Panthers 82 27 41 14 68 203 247
16 Buffalo Sabres 82 30 48 4 64 205 276
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In a roller coaster season, their at least one thing that stayed strong all along, and it's the goaltenders. Both Grubauer and Pickard played good and kept their teams in most of the matches. Quebec is also satisfied with young Laurent Brossoit, who reached a 0.921 save pourcentage.

Goalie Record SV% GAA SO
P. Grubauer 59-27-22-10 0.923 2,39 4
C. Pickard 24-10-10-4 0.918 2,48 3
L. Brossoit 4-1-2-1 0.921 2,47 0
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John Carlson proved he is a true leader during the entire season, leading the team on the scoresheet and on the ice. Tyler Myers and Vince Dunn also known a good season and Quebec is truly looking foward in their case. On the other side, Josh Manson showed a disapointing season and his place on the second pair could be in danger the next season.

PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM
J. Carlson 82 10 54 64 +8 35
T. Myers 82 4 24 28 -1 40
V. Dunn 83 (47) 5 (2) 15 (7) 20 (9) +2 22
J. Manson 76 4 9 13 +5 18
P. Wiercioch 62 2 9 11 -16 12
E. Gelinas 25 0 6 6 -3 9
C. Nelson 12 0 4 4 -4 0
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The young fowards in Travis Konecny, Jesper Fast and Jordan Weal showed a promised future as they put the exact numbers that we're expect from them. Unfortunately, not the same can be said about the experimented guys. Even if there's some exceptions to that (Tyler Ennis, Tomas Tatar and David Perron), a lot of older players ended the season well under what was expect from them, as Darren Helm, Partick Berglund and Carl Hagelin all knowed a disapointing season. The team failed to put some puck in the net and it cost them the playoff in the end...

PLAYER GP G A PTS +/- PIM
T. Tatar 82 (17) 16 (6) 39 (7) 55 (13) +19 8
T. Konecny 82 15 38 53 +1 20
D. Perron 76 18 34 52 +3 18
T. Ennis 82 28 19 47 +2 8
J.. Fast 82 19 25 44 -5 0
J. Weal 82 12 22 34 -9 14
D. Helm 82 14 19 33 +1 6
M. Gaborik 79 16 15 31 -4 4
P. Berglund 81 14 16 30 +1 10
C. Hagelin 82 11 12 23 -11 12
P. Di Giuseppe 49 7 10 17 -8 6
T. Jurco 58 3 10 13 +1 6
M. Hanzal 70 6 6 12 -11 16
T. Morin 16 2 3 5 -1
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NEXT POST : 2019 OFFSEASON AND PRESEASON !!

Hamilton NHL · Dec 8, 2018

Hey guys I'm new here but am a long time reader and my uncle has been using hfboards since 2007. I'm mostly into franchise stories and I enjoy reading through them. I'm just testing out but I might do a franchise story on NHL 19 using Hamilton.

AMcDowell32 · Dec 9, 2018

Hello. Newbie here.

Everytime I try to start a franchise with custom rosters, the game freezes before the expansion draft. Anyone notice this?

I'm on Xbox.

Thanks!

IHaveNoCreativity · Dec 9, 2018

Does the cap grow like crazy every year ?

kinger8998 · Dec 10, 2018

New York Rangers Franchise Mode

2020-2021 NHL Season

LOST HALF A SEASONS WRTIEUP
Annoyed
I guess we'll pick this one up at the halfway point...

BREAKING NEWS: Halfway through season Rangers are the NHL's biggest underperformer
Jan. 5th, 2021
Despite adding Brayden Schenn this offseason, bolstering an already prolific offense on paper, the Rangers cannot find the back of the net. In contrarst, their defense has been better, and their goaltending has been outstanding.

Henrik Lundqvist stands alone as the reason the team is 21-15-5 and not 15-21-5 - or worse. His .948 SV% ranks first in the league among all starting netminders.

Filip Chytil, Artemi Panarin, Mika Zibanejad and Brayden Schenn have provided most of the offense at this point. As Lundqvist inevitably comes down to earth at his age, the Rangers will need their depth players to step up.

BREAKING NEWS: Rangers streaky heading into Trade Deadline
Feb. 26th, 2021
The Rangers have gone 7-6 in their last 13, which is the entirety of the month of February. They are going to have to be much better going forward to make the Playoffs.

They now sit 34-24-6.

Trade Deadline

The TRADECENTRE broadcast team:
Host: James Duthie
Trade Breaker Desk: Bob McKenzie, Darren Dreger, Pierre LeBrun, and Gord Miller
Instant Analysis Panel: Ray Ferraro, Jeff O’Neill, Dave Poulin, Martin Biron, Pierre McGuire
Trade Bait: Craig Button
Deadline Panel: Jamie McLennan, Aaron Ward

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Duthie: Welcoming all viewers just tuning in now to the TSN Tradecentre 2021. We are getting very close to the Deadline here, and we've seen a few deals go down so far, so we'll take you right to our Deadline Panel to get you updated on thoose moves.

McLennan: Yeah, St Louis has acquired Vegas' 1st in 2022, while they've sent Travis Hamonic and two late round picks to the Knights. Edmonton also moved former first overall pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins to the Ohiladelphia Flyers for the Flyers 2021 1st and goaltender Craig Andersen.

Ward: Montreal acquired Brandon Saad and Jan Ruutta from the Hawks earlier today for a 2nd round pick in 2021 and another in 2022. Anaheim and Calgary made a divisional trade when Anaheim sent Cam Fowler to the Flames for 2022 1st and 2nd round picks. Another big move today was made when the Blues cut ties with Jaden Schwartz and Alexander Steen when they sent them both to Buffalo for goaltending prospect Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and a 1st in this years draft (2021).

Duthie: Lots of big names moving around. Let's take you right to Craig Button with what's still left up on the board.

Button: Well James, theres alot more teams in the mix for the Playoffs than in previous years, so there aren't many sellers. Anaheim is still looking to move Corey Perry and Andrew Cogliano, while the Flames semm ready to cut ties with James Neal just 2.5 years into that huge contract signed in the summer of 2018. The Kings and Ilya Kovalchuk seem ready to divorce while Chicago has tested the waters on captain Jonathan Toews, but without much luck as they're unwilling to retain salary. That move would probably have to be made around the Draft. Detroit management and Wayne Simmonds have had a rift since he signed his deal at the start of this season, and the sides seemed to have soured on eachother. Last but certainly not least, in a shocking revelation, the New York Islanders are actively trying to find a trade partner for Mat Barzal and his $9.745M salary.

Duthie: Who could we see the Rangers be looking at?

Button: Obviously everyone, contending or not is looking into Barzal, but the Rangers can count themselves out since it's the Islanders. They are looking for depth scoring, so you could see them go after Perry or Cogliano in Anaheim, Kovalchuk or Byron in LA, Neal or Frolik in Calgary, or even David Perron and Tyler Bozak out of St. Louis.

McKenzie: Way to predict a trade Craig! The Rangers have just completed a deal with the LA Kings that sees Ilya Kovalchuk join them, while they send prospect Calle Sjalin, forward Michael McCarron, a 2nd round pick in this years draft and a 3rd round pick in 2022 to the Kings.

Ferraro: I like this trade for both sides. The Rangers didn't pay for what Kovalchuk was, they payed for what he is now. He's already got 20 goals this year, and theres no reason to believe he can't add anoother 5-10 playing on the more talented Rangers. For the Kings, they get two picks, a very good prospect for Sjalin and a slid depth forward in McCarron. Tim Gettinger's surprising preseason for the Rangers this year obiously made them comfortable trading McCarron.

O'Neill: I agree with your evalutation there, but to me I still think the Rangers could have done better. Instead of going for a younger guy, they took a flyer on one of the oldest rentals actively being shopped.

McGuire: I think this goes with what GM Brant King has been talking about. Kovalchuk is a veteran that brings that experience and mental toughness to the team. They're a young team in all facets other than Henrik Lundqvist. I think this maybe helps them stop being so streaky with a bit more leadership and experience in the locker room.

Poulin: Kovi's been known to be a finisher too, and that's what they need. They've got lots of guys who can make plays, they need someone on the receiving end of those to put the puck in the net. It doesn't hurt either that the Kings retained $1.250M off his salary.

Duthie: Pretty notable trade there, but were going to go to break now, when we get back, we'll continue this conversation.

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Years/AAV
Ilya Kovalchuk	82	37	N/A	RW	Sniper	64 GP 20G-27A-47P -10 ... 26 PIM	1/$5.000M

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LW	C	RW
Panarin 88	Chytil 90	Schenn 86
Kreider 85	Zibanejad 86	Buchnevich 87
Vesey 81	Andersson 82	Kovalchuk 82
Erne 81	Hayes 84	Howden 83
Strome 80

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LD	RD
Skjei 85	Byram 80
Lindgren 80	Shattenkirk 85
Koekkoek 82	DeAngelo 82
Pionk 80	Staal 78

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Starter	Backup
Lundqvist 88	Subban 82

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BREAKING NEWS: Andersson, Howden sign contract extensions

March 2nd, 2021
Two of the Rangers young forwards signed deals to remain with the team through the 2022-2023 NHL Season.

Lias Andersson currently has 43 points in 67 games during his rookie season, while Brett Howden has just 13 points in 67 games.

Lias Anderssons 2-year contract carries an AAV of $4.000M, while Howden's carries an average annual salary of $3.000M.

BREAKING NEWS: Ilya Kovalchuk pulls groin, out week-to-week
March 26th, 2021
The Rangers star Trade Deadline acquisition was just starting to heat up with his new team, posting 3 points in back to back games, and sitting at 5 goals and 8 points in 14 games with his new club.

Ryan Strome re-enters the lineup.

BREAKING NEWS: Rangers clinch Playoffs!
April 1st, 2021
The Rangers clinched the Playoffs with a 3-2 OT loss to the New Jersey Devils in their 81st game of the season.

It's been 3 years Blueshirts, but your Rangers are back in the Stanley Cup Playoffs!

BREAKING NEWS: Lias Andersson sustains concussion is Season Finale, out 1 month
April 3rd, 2021
The rookie forward was a key player down the stretch for the Rangers, and his loss dampens Playoff hopes.

Ilya Kovalchuk will be ready to go in his spot for Round 1.

Record	Home	Away	GFPG	GAPG	PP%	PK%	Division	Conference	League	Playoffs?
43-31-8	24-12-5	19-19-3	2.74 (9th)	2.46 (T-9th)	22.2% (T-1st)	84.4% (8th)	4th	7th	13th	Yes.

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Goalie	Record	SV%	GAA	SO
Henrik Lundqvist	35-20-4	.924	2.22	6
Kari Lehtonen	8-11-4	.914	2.65	1

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Quick Hits

~ Henrik Lundqvist earned a Vezina Nomination for his Herculean effort as a 39-year old.
~ Malcolm Subban was solid as his backup, and seems like a prime candidate to take over once Hank steps down

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Kevin Shattenkirk	80	5	27	32	-5	10
Tony DeAngelo	80	8	12	20	+9	2
Brady Skjei	81	6	12	18	+10	41
Ryan Lindgren	52	1	6	7	+8	30
Slater Koekkoek	82	1	6	7	+1	29
Neal Pionk	21	1	5	6	+2	5
Bowen Byram Marc Staal	74 22	1 0	5 3	6 3	-11 +7	2 6

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Quick Hits
~ Brady Skjei, Ryan Lindgren and Tony DeAngelo were great
~ Kevin Shattenkirk was underwhelming in the final year of his deal
~ Bowen Byram has a ways to go before being the elite Dman Rangers should see some day

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Filip Chytil	82	19	49	68	-1	37
Brayden Schenn	82	25	36	61	-1	40
Artemi Panarin	80	23	37	60	-2	12
Mika Zibanejad	82	21	36	57	+15	28
Pavel Buchnevich	82	20	35	55	+5	30
Ilya Kovalchuk	78 (14)	25 (5)	30 (3)	55 (8)	-9 (+1)	4
Lias Andersson	82	16	38	54	+0	36
Chris Kreider	82	22	25	47	+9	22
Jimmy Vesey	82	19	21	40	+7	38
Adam Erne	78	10	16	26	+4	20
Kevin Hayes	76	7	12	19	-7	29
Brett Howden	82	6	13	19	-7	34
Ryan Strome	74	9	8	18	-8	4

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Quick Hits
~ Filip Chytil.
~ Brayden Schenn was great in his first season with NYR
~ Mika Zibanejad rebounded in a big way, and Pavel Buchnevich broke out in a big way
~ Lias Andersson has a spectacular rookie season
~ Brett Howden and Kevin Hayes struggled mightly
~ Jimmy Vesey and Adam Erne continue to impress as depth players

2021 NHL Playoffs

In their return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs the Rangers will face the Ottawa Senators in the First Round. One of just five 100-point teams, the Sens last met the Rangers in the Playoffs back in 2017 when they shocked the hockey world en route to the Conference Finals.

In nets, the matchup comes down to Henrik Lundqvist vs the platoon of Mike Condon and Filip Gustavsson. The Sens boast very uninspiring goaltending, but their strength is outside the crease

In order to take the 7-game series over the Blue Jackets, the Rangers will not only need Henrik Lundqvist to continue this season's dominance, but they'll need to see much better performances from the likes of Kevin Hayes. Brett Howden and Ryan Strome if they want to overcome the vicious attack of the Sens which features Jordan Eberle (72 points), Ryan Dzingel (67 points), Colin White (64 points), Thomas Chabot (60 points), and EIGHT other players over 20 points.

Here is goes:

LW	C	RW
Panarin 88	Chytil 90	Schenn 86
Kreider 85	Zibanejad 86	Buchnevich 87
Vesey 81	Hayes 84	Kovalchuk 82
Erne 81	Howden 83	Strome 80
Andersson 82*

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LD	RD
Skjei 85	DeAngelo 82
Koekkoek 82	Shattenkirk 85
Lindgren 80	Pionk 80
Byram 80	Staal 78

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Starter	Backup
Lundqvist 88	Subban 82

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First Round vs. Ottawa

Game	Score	NYR Goals	Goalie	Notes
1	1-0 NYR	Kreider (1)	Lundqvist (1.000 SV%)(0.00 GAA)
2	3-0 OTT		Lundqvist (.903 SV%)(3.00 GAA)	Offensive changes made. Chytil Injured
3	5-1 NYR	Schenn (1), Panarin (1,2), Buchnevich (1), Lindgren (1)	Lundqvist (.954 SV%)(1.00 GAA)	Encouraging first game without Chtil, still out 1 more game.
4	5-3 NYR	Panarin (3,4), Strome (1), Vesey (1), Buchnevich (2)	Lundqvist (.885 SV%)(3.00 GAA)
5	2-1 NYR	Strome (2), Vesey (2)	Lundqvist (.965 SV%)(1.00 GAA)	Rangers take the series in 5, move on to Second Round.
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Series Recap
Henrik Lundqvist led the way with a stellar .942 SV%, while Artemi Panarin picked up for the slack left behind by the Chytil injury with 4 goals in his absence. The Rangers knocked off the top seeded team in the East in just 5 games, a result that shocked all hockey analysts expected a long series, or even a Rangers win, but not in this fashion.

The last time the Rangers and the Bruins met in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Rangers were ousted in 5 games, which brought an end to the Jon Tortorella Era in New York. Since then, the Rangers have went from a force in the East, making 2 consecutive Conference Finals, to one of the worst teams in the East, finishing with the 7th and 9th overall picks in the last 2 seasons.

Tuukka Rask and Henrik Lundqvist face off in a battle of two of the East's elite goaltenders, although the Bruins have a much more intimidating defense corpse led by Charlie McAvoy, Torey Krug and Brandon Carlo.

In order for the Rangers to make it out of the Second Round, they will need Filip Chytil, currently at 0 points in 3 games, to awaken from his playoff slumber and play like he did this regular season.

LW	C	RW
Panarin 88	Hayes 84	Buchnevich 87
Vesey 81	Chytil 90	Kovalchuk 82
Kreider 85	Zibanejad 86	Schenn 86
Erne 81	Howden 83	Strome 80
Andersson 82*

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LD	RD
Skjei 85	DeAngelo 82
Lindgren 80	Shattenkirk 85
Koekkoek 82	Pionk 80
Byram 80	Staal 78

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Starter	Backup
Lundqvist 88	Subban 82

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Second Round vs. Boston

Game	Score	NYR Goals	Goalie	Notes
1	2-1 BOS (OT)	Erne (1)	Lundqvist (.939 SV%)(1.78 GAA)	Offensive changes made.
2	2-1 NYR (OT)	Kreider (2,3)	Lundqvist (.964 SV%)(0.91 GAA)	Rangers still struggling to score, a concerning trend.
3	4-2 BOS	Schenn (2), Kovalchuk (1)	Lundqvist (.846 SV%)(4.o0 GAA)	Lines changes everywhere
4	2-1 NYR (OT)	Panarin (5), Buchnevich (3)	Lundqvist (.970 SV%)(0.96 GAA)	Still just 2 goals
5	3-1 BOS	Kreider (4)	Lundqvist (.909 SV%)(3.07 GAA)	2 GOALS IF PATHETIC.
6	1-0 NYR	Erne (2)	Lundqvist (1.000 SV%)(0.00 GAA)	Rangers force Game 7, despite not scoring more than 2 goals... yet again.
7	1-0 NYR	Chytil (1)	Lundqvist (1.000 SV%)(0.00 GAA)	HENRIK!!! HENRIK!!! Rangers are heading to Conf. Finals!

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Series Recap
How does a team win a series when not scoring more than 2 goals in a game once? Henrik Lundqvist, that's how. Despite scoring just 10 goals in 7 games, the Rangers managed to move on to the Conference Finals in their return to the Playoffs. The Rangers offensive showing, or lack thereof, was pathetic and they are lucky to be moving on. Their team leader in points, Artemi Panarin, has just 9 points.

In the Conference Finals, the two Wildcard teams face off in a showdown of the hockey shockers. Both teams had to go through the #'s 1 and 2 teams in the Metro and Atlantic Divisions, but still managed to make the Conference Finals.

Filip Chytil has just 2 points to his name through the first 10 playoff games of his career, so the Rangers really need him to lead the charge if they want their run to continue any further. The offensive output from the last series just won't cut it.

Henrik Lundqvist will need to continue to be spectacular in a matchup against other legend Roberto Luongo, or his sucessor James Reimer, whoever gets the nod.

LW	C	RW
Panarin 88	Hayes 84	Buchnevich 87
Chytil 90	Zibanejad 86	Kovalchuk 82
Kreider 85	Andersson 82	Schenn 86
Erne 81	Howden 83	Vesey 81
Strome 80

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LD	RD
Skjei 85	Shattenkirk 85
Byram 82	DeAngelo 82
Lindgren 81	Pionk 80
Koekkoek 82	Staal 78

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Starter	Backup
Lundqvist 88	Subban 82

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Conference Finals vs. Florida

Game	Score	NYR Goals	Goalie	Notes
1	5-1 FLA	Kreider (5)	Lundqvist (.828 SV%)(5.00 GAA)	Defensive and Offensive changes. Not a good start.
2	3-2 NYR (OT)	Erne (3), Buchnevich (4), Kreider (6)	Lundqvist (.948 SV%)(1.71 GAA)	Kreider comes up clutch. Andersson injured.
3	5-4 NYR (OT)	Buchnevich (5), Shattenkirk (1,2), Chytil (2), Schenn (3)	Lundqvist (.882 SV%)(3.45 GAA)	Defensive line changes made. Ilya Kovalchuk fractures ankle, out for Playoffs. DeAngelo in on O.
4	4-2 NYR	Kreider (7,8), Panarin (6), Zibanejad (1)	Lundqvist (.931 SV%)(2.00 GAA)	Rangers on cusp of Stanley Cup Finals for first time since 2014.
5	4-3 FLA (OT)	Kreider (9), Strome (3), Schenn (4)	Lundqvist (.892 SV%)(3.80 GAA)	Defensive changes made.
6	5-3 FLA	Zibanejad (2), Schenn (5), Panarin (7)	Lundqvist (.875 SV%)(4.01 GAA)	Defensive changes again.
7	4-1 NYR	Erne (4), Buchnevich (6), Vesey (3), Panarin (8)	Lundqvist (.970 SV%)(1.00 GAA)	LUNDQVIST CLUTCH AGAIN IN GAME 7 AS THE RANGERS MAKE IT TO CUP FINALS!!!

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Series Recap
The Rangers offense awoke in the third round, and despite Henrik Lundqvist struggling to the tune of a .904 SV% in the series, he came up with his best game when the team needed it the most.

Captain Chris Kreider has become a force to be reckoned with by posting 5 goals in 7 games, leading the team with 9 in 19 games.

Pavel Buchenvich leads the team in points with 14 through 19 games.

Henrik Lundqvist's record imporved to 12-7, with a stellar .929 SV% and 3 shutouts.

It's Rangers versus the Stars in the 2021 Stanley Cup Finals. The Rangers barely escaped the Florida Panthers, and they won't have it any easier heading into Dallas. The Stars finished 2nd in the League, just 2 points behind the first place Hurricanes. They boasted the leagues most potent offense, scoring 3.38 GPG, a full 0.48 above the 2nd place team in that category. The Stars are almost certainly salivating at the mismatch that is their offense against the Rangers inconsistent defense.

The Rangers get Lias Andersson back for the Finals, but still miss deadline pickup Ilya Kovalchuk, out with a fractured ankle. Along with Andersson returning, the Rangers will need to get more help from their top centerman Filip Chytil, who has just 8 points in 17 games.

Dallas trampled their way through the postseason, easily dispatching of the Preds and Avs before narrowly squeaking by the Knights. That comes as no surprise though, as they rode their big line of Seguin, Benn and Radulov along with depth scoring of Vanek, Thornton, Denis Gurianov and Valeri Nichushkin to the annihilation of their opponents.

LW	C	RW
Panarin 88	Chytil 90	Strome 80
Vesey 81	Zibanejad 86	Buchnevich 87
Kreider 85	Hayes 84	Schenn 86
Erne 81	Andersson 82	Howden 83
Kovalchuk 82*

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LD	RD
Skjei 85	Staal 78
Byram 82	Shattenkirk 85
Lindgren 81	DeAngelo 82
Pionk 80	Koekkoek 82

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Starter	Backup
Lundqvist 88	Subban 82

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Stanley Cup Finals vs. Stars

Game	Score	NYR Goals	Goalie	Notes
1	1-0 NYR	Strome (4)	Lundqvist (1.000 SV%)(0.00 GAA)	Andersson injured, DeAngelo back up front, Koekkoek ack in on defense.
2	4-1 DAL	Zibanejad (3)	Lundqvist (.927 SV%)(3.02 GAA)	Rangers poor defensive effort as they surrender 41 shots, can't happen again.
3	2-1 DAL	DeAngelo (1)	Lundqvist (.909 SV%)(2.04 GAA)	Just 3 goals in 3 GP in the SCF...offensive line changes.
4	3-1 NYR	Buchnevich (7), Panarin (9), Schenn (6)	Lundqvist (.974 SV%)(1.00 GAA)	Lundqvist stops 39/40 en route to tying series at 2 a piece.
5	2-1 NYR	Panarin (10), Vesey (4)	Lundqvist (.961 SV%)(1.00 GAA)	Rangers now 1 win away from hoisting the Cup. Back to NY we go for Game 6.
6	3-1 DAL	Kreider (10)	Lundqvist (.942 SV%)(2.01 GAA)	Stanley Cup Finals. Game 7. New offensive lines after scoring falls back into slump.
7	2-0 NYR	Panarin (11), Howden (1)	Lundqvist (1.000 SV%)(0.00 GAA)	THE RANGERS HAVE WON THE STANLEY CUP!!!

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Series Recap
For the first time since 1994, the New York Rangers are Stanley Cup Champions! They suffered heartbreak in 2014, but Kreider, Staal, and Lundqvist, the only three remaining players from that team, have finally won the Stanley Cup.

Henrik Lundqvist, deservedly so, took home the Conn Smythe, after posting 5 shutouts and a .937 SV% throughout the Playoffs. Those stats are trumped by the even more incredible 2 shutouts and .990 SV% Lundqvist posted in Game 7's throughout these sacred Playoffs.

Artemi Panarin and Pavel Buchnevich tied for the team lead in points with 18, while Kreider's 14 (10 goals) placed third.

The Rangers attention now turns to the Offseason, where they have their biggest to do list in years.

Next Post: 2021 NHL Offseason

sasha barkov · Dec 10, 2018

What are some good Seattle ideas given the logos?

belair · Dec 11, 2018

Sam Steel said:
What are some good Seattle ideas given the logos?

Cor · Dec 11, 2018

I started a Wings BAGM.

In the year 1 draft, I drafted Kappo Kakko and THREE Franchise Goalies.

They've really gotta tone down the goalies potentials lmao. I'm pretty much guaranteed to succeed because I can trade 2 of those full value goalies for anyone in the league.

Kakko - McDavid - Zadina anyone?

vincelaf · Dec 11, 2018

QUEBEC NORDIQUES - FRANCHISE MODE

2019-2020 OFF-SEASON

The San Jose Sharks win their first Stanley Cup, beating the Carolina Hurricanes in 5 games. Goaltender Mark Jones leaded the team into victory with a record of 24-18-7-1-0.940-1.81-3, taking home the Conn Smythe trophy. Erik Karlsson also played a big role in this season for the Sharks, receiving his second James Norris trophy with a record of 82-29-49-78 in regular season, followed by 21 points in 25 games during the playoffs.

Also, Sidney Crosby continue to show his talent to the world, receiving the Art Ross trophy, the Hart trophy, and the Ted Lindsay trophy, with a season of 98 points (80-34- 64-98). For the younger players, rookie Filip Zadina take home the Calder trophy, having a 52 points rookie season (82-19-33-52).

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Among the retired players of 2019, two players from the 1000 games club call it quit : Matt Cullen (1456-259-454-713) as a Minnesota Wild and Brooks Oprik (1007-17-171-188) as a Colorado Avalanche. Also worth mentioned, Dominic Moore (979-113-188-301) retired with the Carolina Hurricanes, unfortunately quitting to close too touch the Stanley Cup, has Johan Franzen (602-187-183-370) also call it quit.

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After the draft lottery, Quebec ended up with the 15th overall pick.

Round	Pick	Player	Age	Ovr	Pos	Potential
1	15	Jesper Nordqvist	19	63	D	Med top 4
1	28	Ola Rensfeldt	18	61	D	Low elite
2	35	Mattias Lundqvist	18	75	D	Low elite
3	84	Alex Stortini	19	54	LW	Low top 9
4	102	Brett Budgell	18	52	C	med top 9
4	106	Johan Rakell	19	55	D	Low elite
4	111	Max Wennlund	18	59	C	low top 9
5	128	Max-Antoine Melançon	19	61	RW	med low 6
7	207	Pablo Burnett	19	59	D	med top 2 AHL

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RESIGN PHASE
The Nordiques entered the resign phase with 15 M$ to utilize, with a lot of players already signed for the future, meaning there's gonna be a lot to use for the free agency.

Player	Age	Ovr	Pos	Potential	Yr/aav	Thought
Jordan Weal	27	78	C	bottom 6F	1 / 2,75 M$
Tomas Jurco	26	77	RW	bottom 6F	1 / 0,85 M$
Eric Gelinas	28	76	D	top 6D	2 / 0,90 M$
Seth Helgeson	28	75	D	AHL top 2D	1 / 0,80 M$
Michael Bournival	27	74	LW	bottom 6F	2 / 0,77 M$
Dustin Tokarski	29	72	G	AHL starter	2 / 0,85 M$
Reece Harsch	20	66	D	Top 6D	3 / 0,70 M$

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The Nordiques allowed forward Carl Hagelin to walk to Free Agency, having known a difficult season this year with 23 points in 82 games.

UFA goaltender Calvin Pickard, forward Travis Morin and AHL defensman Jakub Jerabek all chose to test the free agency this summer.

FREE AGENCY

The pool is pretty deep this year, having players like Blake Wheeler, Max Pacioretty, Joe Pavelski and Jeff Skinner figuring in it. The Quebec Nordiques jump into free agency with 13 M$ to utilize. With Joe Veleno who will probably stay in AHL next year to continu his development (have been in CHL last year), Quebec hardly need someone who can play as a first center before Veleno join the team. Sure, Travis Konecny knew a good season last year, but he is not consider as a first center by the team and will likely found his place as the second center. Also, after having difficulties to put some goals last season, a second top 6 foward will defenitely not hurt them.

With that being said, Quebec wasted no time by signing their first player, forward Jakob Silfverberg (RW-83), who come out of a strong season with Anaheim with 52 points (77-22-30-52). Silfverberg, who's expect to elevate again his production, will earn 5,1 M$ for the next 4 years.

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A couple days later, Quebec strike again, this time by signing a center who will surely bring some numbers in Logan Couture. Couture, who recently won the Stanley Cup with San Jose, will surely bring some leadership in the team, while being a true model for younger players like Jesper Fast, Travis Konecny, James Weal and Joe Veleno. Couture, 39 years-old, will earn 17,5M$ for the next 6 years and will mostly take the first line this year, and maybe drop to the second line in a couple years when Veleno or Konecny will be ready to lead the team.

In the end of free agency, Quebec will also announce the signing of defenseman Andy Welinski (D-75), and fowards Kenny Agostino (LW-72) and Michael Chaput (C-75) to bring some power to the AHL club.

The biggest name in free agency, Blake Wheeler signed a 6 years deal with the New Jersey Devils, value of 7,36M$ per year.

Ottawa have been one of the three most active teams during free agency. First, they've been able to re-sign centerman Matt Duchene to a 6 years deal, 6 M$ per year. Ottawa also bring the forward Jeff Skinner to his side, offering him a 5 years contract of 5,95M$ per years.

The Vegas Golden Knights have also being active, signing forwards Jordan Eberle and Marcus Johansson. Eberle will earn 6M$ for the next 7 years, while Johansson will claim 5 M$ for the next 5 years.

The main reason of the signing of both forwards by Vegas is mainly due to the lost of forward Max Pacioretty. Pacioretty, who's coming out of a strong season of 39 goals and 81 points, will join the Arizona Coyotes for the next year, earning 6,37M$.

The other most active team was the Montreal Canadiens who signed both Mats Zuccarello and Derick Brassard. Zuccarello will earn 5,35M$ for the next year, while Brassard will claim 5,25M$ for the next 5 years.

Forward Joe Pavelski, winner of the 2019 Stanley Cup with the Sharks, will now join the Chicago Blackhawks for the 2019-2020 season, signing a deal of 5,62M$.

While the 2019 free agency was strong in forwards, their have been some interesting goaltender available. First, Cam Talbot join Buffalo for the next 3 years, with a contract of 3,82M$ per year. Philadelphia signed Mike Smith for the 2019-2020 season with a deal of 3,57M$. The Colorado Avalanche re-sign Kari Lehtonen, who they got at the trade deadline last season, offering him a 2 years contract of 3,68M$. Finally, former Quebec Nordiques goaltender, Calvin Pickard, will join the olumbus Blue Jackets for the 2019-2020 season, earning 1,52M$.

Next Post: 2019-2020 NHL Season!

Kaako Kappo · Dec 15, 2018

Did they do something to this game mode? When the game came out it wasn't like this; Now after like 10 years every team has INSANE and i mean INSANE amount of super duper elite talent. Like the game is pretty much ruined if you do any scouting by yourself because you'll get elite players in every draft, no matter where you pick. Plus the ridiculous value of elite and franchise goalies, you can just pick one or two every draft and trade them for early first round picks or whatever you want.

kinger8998 · Dec 15, 2018

New York Rangers Franchise Mode

2021 NHL Offseason and 1st Half of 2021-2022 NHL Season

Offseason Recap

Lost yet another writeup... singed Buchnevich to 8-year $7.500M deal, signed Chytil 5 years @ $10.975M.

Hank signed for 1-year $7.000M.

Had a good draft, traded Pionk and a 3rd for WPG 2nd.

Shattenkirk, Strome, Koekkoek all walked in Free Agency.

Released Boo Nieves.

No signings in Free Agency.

Season Preview

Henrik Lundqvist returns to man the crease for the Rangers in their quest to Repeat as Cup Champions. After an impeccable preseason performance from Alexandar Georgiev, the Rangers elected to start the season with three goalies, as they knew neither Georgiev nor Subban would pass through waivers. Subban also struggled in the preseason so it's a serious question who's going to be the backup this year.

With the departures of Kevin Shattenkirk and Slater Koekkoek, the Rangers had some holes to fill on the blueline. Those spots were always Joey Keane's and Libor Hajek's to take, but it's worth noting that Nils Lundkvist really impressed in the preseason before heading to the minors. Returning are Brady Skjei, Tony DeAngelo, Bowen Byram and Ryan Lindgren. Chris Bigras has also made the opening night roster as 7th Dman.

Bowen Byram's progression will be the biggest question mark on D. They rookie really struggled last season, but is being given a chance to start the season in a top pair role alongside Brady Skjei, whom he could succeed as the teams #1 D man in the future.

After signing their new deals, Filip Chytil and Pavel Buchnevich must live up to the heightened expectations that are going to come with being 2 of the 3 highest paid players on the team. They return, along with the Cup Winning Cast of Mika Zibanejad, Chris Kreider, Artemi Panarin, Brayden Schenn, Lias Andersson, Brett Howden, Kevin Hayes, Jimmy Vesey and Adam Erne.

After an incredible preseason in which he led the team with 6 points in 7 games, Ryan Suzuki made the roster out of the gates, starting in a 3rd line role with Lias Andersson and Kevin Hayes. He may not stick around for long, but it's worth keeping an eye on. Ty Ronning also made the team as the designated depth forward.

Kevin Hayes' season will be a major talking point for the Rangers. The 29-year old is being paid $5.500M for another 3 years after signing his 5-year extension in the first summer of Brant King's tenure as GM. If Hayes can rebound from his 19 point year last year, the Rangers should be in good shape...if not, this could be a very costly extension that will haunt them.

LW	C	RW
Panarin 88	Chytil 91	Buchnevich 88
Kreider 85	Zibanejad 86	Schenn 87
Suzuki 75	Andersson 84	Hayes 82
Eren 80	Howden 82	Vesey 81
Ronning 78

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LD	RD
Skjei 85	Byram 82
Lindgren 83	Keane 83
Hajek 81	DeAngelo 82
Bigras 79

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Starter	Backup	Scratched
Lundqvist 90	Georgiev 79	Subban 82

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First Half of Season

BREAKING NEWS: Kevin Hayes added to Rangers leadership group
Oct. 1st, 2021
With the departure of Kevin Shattenkirk, who held an "A" for just one season, Kevin Hayes picks up the torch. His future with the Rangers is uncertain, after having subpar seasons in 2 of the last 3 years, but he is one of the longest tenured Rangers.

Chris Kreider is still team captain, while Mika Zibanejad retains his "A".

BREAKING NEWS: Suzuki scores 1st NHL goal as Rangers beat Islanders
Oct. 8th, 2021
The 3-1 win over arch rivals comes just one night after a disappointing Opening-Night loss to the Ottawa Senators

Alexandar Georgiev had a .954 SV% in the victory.

BREAKING NEWS: Stanely Cup Hangover proves true for Rangers
Oct. 30th, 2021
After a blown lead and a 5-4 SO loss to the Montreal Canadiens, the Rangers fell to 3-5-2 on the season.

Filip Chytil has yet to score a gaol, sitting at just 5 assists, while the fourth line has produced little to no offense and are all - ratings.

Henrik Lundqvist has calmed down since allowed 4 goals in each of his first 3 starts, sitting at a below average .905 SV%.

Malcolm Subban (yet to play a game) has taken over the backup position after Georgiev followed up his first win with 2 losses and a sub .900 SV% in both.

BREAKING NEWS: Rangers claim Philippe Myers off waivers from Flyers
Nov. 25th, 2021

BREAKING NEWS: Rangers explode offensively for 14 goals in 2 games
Dec. 2nd, 2021
The Rangers out dueled the Sens 6-4 and grounded the Jets 8-2 in back to back games to end November and kick off December. Obviously an anomaly, but an encouraging sign nonetheless.

Ryan Suzuki had 4 goals and 5 points in those 2 games.

BREAKING NEWS: Lindgren injured, out 3 weeks
Dec. 7th, 2021
Chris Bigras enters the lineup.

The Rangers sit 9-14-4 and far out of a Playoff Spot. This season is in jeopardy.

BREAKING NEWS: GM Brant King holds Press Conference
Dec. 23rd, 2021
This one is going to be a doozy:

GM Brant King
This is inexcusable. Obviously no ones happy with where the season's at right now, and it doesn't look like were going to be happy with the way it ends. We are already well behind the 8 ball, and it's very late to be getting going. After winning the Cup last year I was prepared to let the team work out the kinks, but no more. I promise you, we will be re-evaluating every player on this team iver the next 4 games as we hit a monumental point in our season with 4 straight games against Divisional Rivals. The New Year is coming, and you know what they say: New Year, New Team. That is all.

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BREAKING NEWS: Rangers and Blackhawks complete Blockbuster
Jan. 11th, 2022
The Rangers are poised to get a top pick and miss the Playoffs just one season after winning it all, but that didn't stop Brant King from going out and shaking things up. In a shocking move, the Rangers sent Brett Howden, Malcolm Subban, their 2023 1st, this years 2nd rounder. and a 3rd in 2024 to the Blackhawks for Jonathan Toews and Alexis Gravel.

For the Hawks, they get Howden, a player the same mold of Jonathan Toews, but obviously not as talented. They also receive a backup goalie they haven't had in a few years in Malcolm Subban. The reouperation of Draft picks was just as important for them as they enter a Rebuilding Phase after years of contending.

For the Rangers, the shakeup Brant King promised has come. Toews, one of the best captains in todays game, comes over and brings leadership and a calm demeanor to a very young team aside from Henrik Lundqvist. The Rangers are giving the backup reigns to Alexandar Georgiev, while Alexis Gravel will start in the minors.

The Blackhawks retained $3.500M of Toews' salary.

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Years/AAV
Jonathan Toews	87	33	N/A	C	2 way Forward	44 GP 14G-21A-35P +0 ... 14 PIM	2/$7.000M

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Record	Home	Away	GFPG	GAPG	PP%	PK%	Division	Conference	League	Playoffs?
14-22-5	7-11-3	7-11-2	2.54 (21st)	2.78 (19th)	18.0% (20th)	80.6% (T-18th)	8th	15th	30th	No

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Goalie	Record	SV%	GAA	SO
Henrik Lundqvist	9-16-3	.916	2.62	2
Alexandar Goergiev	1-1-1	.898	2.94	0

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Quick Hits
~ The Rangers have suffered from a terrible backup syndrome again this year. After receiving stellar backup behind the still incredible Henrik Lundqvist last season, Subban faltered and Georgiev has failed to pick up the slack.

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Tony DeAngelo	41	6	6	12	+2	5
Ryan Lindgren	34	1	8	9	-3	17
Brady Skjei	41	1	5	6	+4	20
Bowen Byram	41	0	6	6	-6	12
Libor Hajek	41	1	4	5	+2	16
Joey Keane	41	1	3	4	-10	14
Chris Bigras	7	0	2	2	+2	2

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Quick Hits
~ Tony DeAngelo and Brady Skjei have been stellar
~ Bowen Byram's inability to figure out the defensive side of things is becoming worrisome
~ Joey Keane has been downright horrendous

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Jonathan Toews	44 (0)	14 (0)	21 (0)	35 (0)	+0 (+0)	14 (0)
Pavel Buchnevich	41	15	19	34	+1	12
Lias Andersson	41	12	18	30	+4	27
Artemi Panarin	41	10	19	29	-1	2
Filip Chytil	41	3	22	25	-4	17
Ryan Suzuki	41	10	14	24	+0	4
Brayden Schenn	41	10	11	21	-3	16
Chris Kreider	41	10	10	20	+8	34
Kevin Hayes	40	7	10	17	-1	12
Mika Zibanejad	41	5	12	17	-3	20
Adam Erne	41	6	1	7	-6	14
Jimmy Vesey	40	1	6	7	-7	8
Ty Ronning	15	1	3	4	+0	0

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Quick Hits
~ Pavel Buchnevich and Lias Andersson have been inredible so far for the Rangers
~ Filip Chytil has struggled in year one of his huge extension
~ Mika Zibanejad finds himself being shopped for defensive help
~ Chris Kreider and Brayden Schenn have also struggled
~ Ryan Suzuki is having a great rookie season
~ The 4th line has been horrible.

BREAKING NEWS: Hartford Wolf Pack Update
Halfway Point of Season
The Hartford Wolf Pack currently sit 6th in their Division with a Record of 18-19-1.

Late cut Rasmus Asplund leads the team with 31 points in 38 games.

Star prsopect Alexander Prokhorkin has 19 points in 38 games, while defensive prospect Nils Lundkvist has 12 in 35.

They have been rotating through PTO goalies but with the acquisition of Alexis Gravel, should finally have some stability in nets.

Next Post: 2nd Half of 2021-2022 NHL Season

kinger8998 · Dec 15, 2018

New York Rangers Franchise Mode

2nd Half of 2021-2022 NHL Season

Second Half of Season
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BREAKING NEWS: Toews gets 2 points against former team as Rangers trump Hawks
Jan. 13th, 2022
Toews scored the game tying goal late in the 2nd period before the Rangers scored 2 more in the third to secure the win.

The points represented his 2nd i=and 3rd as a Ranger after he scored in his debut, a 3-1 loss to Buffalo.

BREAKING NEWS: Lindgren injured again, one 3-4 weeks
Feb. 12th, 2022
The young defender has become very injury prone in the first 2 years of his career. The Rangers season is lost already so they won't rush him back.

Trade Deadline

The TRADECENTRE broadcast team:
Host: James Duthie
Trade Breaker Desk: Bob McKenzie, Darren Dreger, Pierre LeBrun, and Gord Miller
Instant Analysis Panel: Ray Ferraro, Jeff O’Neill, Dave Poulin, Martin Biron, Pierre McGuire
Trade Bait: Craig Button
Deadline Panel: Jamie McLennan, Aaron Ward

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Duthie: The 2022 Trade Deadline has come and gone, so we here on TSN are going to give you a recap of what went down. The Rangers were very busy, but the defending champs were selling instead of buying in a shocking turn of events. Here are our TSN Trade Breakers bringing you every one of their deals today

McKenzie: First, the Rangers ad Hurricanes orchestrated an odd inter divisional trade. The Rangers, who have really noticed the lack of a Top 4 RHD after Kevin Shattenkirk left via Free Agency, acquired Justin Faulk from the Carolina Hurricanes for Brayden Schenn and their 31st overall pick in the Draft Mark Brookbank. The Rangers also received forward Peyton Krebs in the deal.

Miller: Longtime Rangers forward Mika Zibanejad has been dealt to the St. Louis Blues for forward Klim Kostin, goaltender Ville Husso, a 4th round pick in 2023 and a 1st round pick in the upcoming Entry Draft. Zibanejad was a UFA at seasons end, and the Rangers weren't keen on extending him long term with Chytil's huge contract on the books and the emergence of Lias Andersson as a solid #2 option.

In a separate deal witht eh New Jersey Devils, the Rangers sent forward Adam Erne and a 4th round pick to the Devils for former 6th overall pick Pavel Zacha. It's pretty clear Zacha isn't becoming what New Jersey thought he would, but the Rangers will see what they can salvage.

Dreger: In a shocking deal, the Rangers traded Brady Skjei, their 1st round pick in 2012, to the Vancouver Canucks for forward Aleksi Heponiemi and a 1st round pick in this years Draft. Heponiemi has a 2-year extension already signed, which he will now play with the Rangers. The Rangers now own 3-1st Round picks in the upcoming Draft.

LeBrun: The Rangers have been shopping Kevin Hayes for some time now, and finally found a taker in full for his contract. The forward struggled one year, and was then surpassed ont he center depth chart by Lias Andersson and Filip Chytil. He never got back to the level expected of him in New York. He'll have the chance to do that in Detroit after the Red Wings traded promising prospect Jonatan Berggren for him.

The Rangers also traded forward Jimmy Vesey to the San Jose Sharks for defenseman Kyle Wood and a 3rd round pick in the upcoming Entry Draft.

McKenzie: In their last move of the day, the Rangers traded pending UFA Tony DeAngelo and a 4th round pick to the Florida Panthers for pending UFA Connor Murphy and a 3rd round pick. The Rangers grew unhappy with Tony DeAngelo's offensive output after he was expected to break out with Kevin Shattenkirk handing him #1 PP minutes, but it did not happen. Connor Murphy brings more of a defensive look to the blue line, something the Rangers feel they've lacked so far this year.

McLennan: I'd like to say, the Rangers have lined themselves up very nicely to make a move on a major UFA this summer with the Cap Space they've created. They've also sent Ryan Suzuki to the minors.

Ward: GMBK said changes were going to be made, but this was unexpected. The Rangers completed a makeover it would take most front offices 2 years to complete in just 1 day. The Rangers got younger up front, but got better on the back end in my opinion.

O'Neill: I think you're going to see the Rangers record really improve post deadline. It's too bad since they were lined up for a very favorable Draft pick, but it shows Brant King feels his team can turn it around with a new look roster next season.

Duthie: It will be very interesting to see. That's all we have for you on this segment, we'll see you during the Free Agent Frenzy!

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Years/AAV
Justin Faulk	86	29	N/A	D	Offensive Defenseman	62 GP 9G-11A-20P +9 ... 12 PIM	4/$5.230M
Klim Kostin	82	22	Med Top 6F	C	Power Forward	54 GP 11G-11A-22P +2 ... 20 PIM	1/$0.985M
Aleksi Heponiemi	82	23	Med Top 6F	C/RW	Playmaker	63 GP 12G-17A-29P -13 ... 12 PIM	1/$0.925 (ext 2/$2.000M)
Connor Murphy	81	28	N/A	D	Defensive Defenseman	59 GP 5G-11A-16P -3 ... 32 PIM	1/$3.850M
Pavel Zacha	80	24	Low Top 6F	LW/C	Power Forward	63 GP 8G-7A-15P -1 ... 24 PIM	1/$1.355M
Ville Husso	80	27	N/A	G	Hybrid	42 GP 19-20-3 .925 SV% 2.20 GAA 6 SO (AHL)	1/$1.030M
Peyton Krebs	79	21	Med Top 6F	C	Playmaker	56 GP 14G-37A-51P +7 ... 9 PIM (AHL)	3/$0.905M
Kyle Wood	78	25	Med Top 6D	D	Defensive Defenseman	50 GP 10G-13A-23P +15 ... 42 PIM (AHL)	1/$0.980M
Jonatan Berggren	71		Med Top 6F	C	2 way Forward	52 GP 4G-14A-18P +1 ... 7 PIM (AHL)	2/$0.885M

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LW	C	RW
Panarin 88	Chytil 91	Buchnevich 88
Kreider 85	Toews 87	Heponiemi 82
Asplund 78	Andersson 84	Meskanen 79
Zacha 80	Krebs 79	Ronning 78
Kostin 82*

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LD	RD
Byram 83	Faulk 86
Hajek 82	Keane 83
Bigras 79	Murphy 81
Lindgren 83*	Wood 78

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Starter	Backup
Lundqvist 89	Husso 80

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BREAKING NEWS: Heponiemi posts 3 points as Rangers down Jackets 5-3
March 1st, 2022
The Rangers might not win many game spost deadline, but they're sure to be exciting. One of the Rangers many new faces, Aleksi Heponiemi, socred a goal and added 2 assists in his first game with the Rangers.

In other news, Bowen Byram will be out 1 week with a UBI, so another new acquisition, Kyle Wood, will enter the lineup.

BREAKING NEWS: Faulk fractures jaw, NYR recall Lundkvist
March, 5th, 2022
The Rangers have had 0 injury luck this season. The Rangers top pair now comprises of Kyle Wood and Nils Lundkvist, two players who played the first 3/4 of this season in the minors.

BREAKING NEWS: Prokhorkin summoned from AHL, will join team.
Macrh, 18th, 2022
The Rangers 9th overall pick in 2019 will finally appear in his first NHL game. He recently scored his 20th goal of the AHL season.

BREAKING NEWS: Canadiens claim Asplund off waivers as Kostin and Lindgren return
March 23rd, 2022
The Rangers will get their first look a Klim Kostin, the russian forward acquired from the Blues in the Zibanejad trade. Ryan Lindgren, who has been injured twice already so far this year, also comes back.

The Rangers must be careful with Lindgren, who's 4 career injuries in just 2 seasons are starting to become worrisome.

LW	C	RW
Panarin 88	Heponiemi 82	Buchnevich 88
Kreider 85	Toews 87	Prokhorkin 78
Chytil 91	Andersson 84	Kostin 82
Zacha 80	Krebs 79	Ronning 78
Meskanen 79

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LD	RD
Hajek 83	Faulk 86
Byram 83	Keane 83
Lindgren 83	Murphy 81
Bigras 79	Wood 78

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Starter	Backup
Lundqvist 89	Husso 80

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Record	Home	Away	GFPG	GAPG	PP%	PK%	Division	Conference	League	Playoffs?
35-40-7	16-21-4	19-19-3	2.71 (T-14th)	2.95 (29th)	16.4% (26th)	75.5% (31st)	8th	15th	30th	No

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Goalie	Record	SV%	GAA	SO
Henrik Lundqvist	22-29-4	.911	2.73	5
Ville Husso	5-3-1	.905	2.97	0

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Quick Hits
~ Henrik Lundqvist suffere through one of the worst seasons of his career and is obviously mulling retirement at age 40.
~ Ville Husso took some time to adjust to the NHL after playing the first 3/4 in the AHL, but he posted a .920 SV% or better in his last 3 games.

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Justin Faulk	80 (18)	10 (1)	22 (11)	32 (12)	+10 (+1)	16 (4)
Connor Murphy	80 (21)	8 (3)	12 (1)	20 (4)	+0 (+3)	36 (4)
Ryan Lindgren	55	3	10	13	-1	31
Joey Keane	82	2	11	13	-4	20
Bowen Byram	73	3	8	11	-21	25
Libor Hajek	82	2	8	10	+7	30
Chris Bigras Kyle Wood	34 3	1 0	8 0	9 0	+16 +0	8 0

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Quick Hits
~ Justin Faulk put up some stellar numbers post deadline, while Connor Murphy had a strong audition as well.
~ Joey Keane, who was given a chance to work out the defense, managed to really improve his +/- in the second half
~ Bowen Byram...oof.
~ Chris Bigras was spectacular for the Rangers in his limited action, which was more than he expected to get.
~ Really strong rookie season for Hajek, who saw time on the top pair

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Jonathan Toews	85 (41)	23 (9)	41 (20)	64 (29)	+13 (+13)	30 (16)
Filip Chytil	82	15	47	62	-8	33
Pavel Buchnevich	82	24	33	57	-1	24
Lias Andersson	82	17	40	57	+3	60
Artemi Panarin	82	20	33	53	-3	6
Aleksi Heponiemi	84 (21)	19 (7)	29 (12)	48 (19)	-7 (+6)	12 (0)
Chris Kreider	82	18	23	41	+21	52
Klim Kostin	64 (10)	13 (2)	12 (1)	25 (3)	+1 (-1)	26 (6)
Pavel Zacha	84 (21)	12 (4)	10 (3)	22 (7)	+2 (+3)	33 (9)
Ty Ronning	37	4	8	12	+0	2
Alexander Prokhorkin	12	5	2	7	+4	0
Peyton Krebs	21	1	4	5	+1	4
Ville Meskanen	11	1	2	3	-6	0

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Quick Hits
~ Pavel Buchnevich and Lias Andersson continued their season long greatness
~ Filip Chytil really salvaged his season with 37 points in the last 41 games
~ Jonathan Toews already took over an "A" with the departure of Kevin Hayes and Mika Zibanejad, and he should be a huge part of next years plans
~ Deadline acquisitions Pavel Zacha, Klim Kostin and Peyton Krebs were good, but Aleksi Heponiemi's performance blew them out of the water.

2022 NHL Offseason

BREAKING NEWS: Rumors swirl that GM Brant King is in hot water with NYR Performance
NHL Offseason News
Missing the Playoffs the season after winning the Cup is never a good thing, but when you're the New York Rangers, everything is scrutinized 10x more. That has left the seat of GMBK "red-hot" as descirbed by TSN.

King did not stand pat at the Trade Deadline, as he shook things up big time, so nothing less should be expected of him this offseason.

BREAKING NEWS: Alexander Ovechkin among Summers Retiree's
NHL Offseason News
Alexander Ovechkin retires after playing the final two seasons of his contract with the San Jose Sharks. The best pure goal scorer of all time finished with 798 career goals, good for 3rd all time, and 1436 points, good for 17th all time.

Other members of the 1000 games club to retire include: Dustin Brown (1360), Brent Seabrook (1309), Dion Phaneuf (1226), Dan Hamhuis (1195), Jeff Carter (1116), Niklas Kronwall (1116) and David Krejci (1056).

Former NYR players who retired are G Al Montoya, D Nick Holden, forwards Chris Bourque and Chris Mueller.

Goaltender Ryan Miller announced his retirement from the game of hockey after parts of 17 NHL seasons. He had 399 wins and a career SV% of .914 in 808 appearances.

NHL Entry Draft

BREAKING NEWS: Rangers select forward Gage Hendry 4th Overall
NHL Entry Draft
The Rangers highest selection since they selected Pavel Brendl 4th overall in 1999, Gage Hendry has been deemed one of the best all-around, NHL ready players in the Draft this year. Craig Button of TSN had this to say:

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Gage is a talented two-way forward, in the way Patrice Bergeron is. Hendry has the ability to be a go-to power play and a go-to penalty kill guy, a rare breed of hockey player. The Rangers got a really good player at 4th overall, and I have no doubt their fan base will underappreciate him as they did Derek Stepan. Don't take that as a direct comparison either, this guy is going to be better than the guy Rangers fans referred to as Step.

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The 18-year old recorded 43 goals and 45 assists for 88 points in 68 games for the Drummondville Voltageurs of the QMJHL.

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BREAKING NEWS: Rangers acquire Korpisalo from Jackets in exhange for 24th pick
NHL Entry Draft
Henrk Lundqvist is now 40, and cannot handle the wear and tear of playing 60 games if the Rangers want him to be fresh for the Playoffs, so they went out and acquired Joonas Korpisalo from the Jackets. After Columbus signed Sergei Bobrovsky long-term, Korpisalo had been stuck in the backup role for the last few seasons. In New York, he'll get the chance to split starts with one of the best to ever play the game.

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Years/AAV
Joonas Korpisalo	84	28	N/A	G	Hybrid	19 GP 5-8-3 .889 SV% 3.54 GAA 0 SO (21-22 NHL)	1/$3.660M

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Round	Pick	Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type
1	4	Gage Hendry	81	18	Med Elite	LW/C	2 way Forward
1	29	Sergey Kolesnik	72	18	Low Elite	D	2 way Defender
2	40	Isaiah Doughty	65	18	Med Top 9F	LW	Power Forward
3	85	Tiny Currie	63	18	Low Top 4D	D	2 way Defender
5	126	Lance Gysbers	55	17	Med Elite	G	Hybrid
7	188	Kenneth Regan	60	18	Low Top 6D	D	2 way Defender

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BREAKING NEWS: TSN thinks Gysbers could be future Hank replacement
NHL Entry Draft
In a Draft segment about the New York Rangers, goaltenders Martin Biron and Jamie McLennan seemed to think that 5th round pick Lance Gysbers could be the heir to the Kings throne.

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Biron: I really like this pick for the Rangers. Gysbers fell a bit late after his last few starts went awry, but the Rangers need to take risks. They found Lundqvist in the 7th round, so why can't this be their next great find.?
McLennan: If you think about it, the Rangers could have set themselves up very nicely. They just acquired Korpisalo, who can bridge the gap between Lundqvist, the best goaltender in Franchise history, and Gysbers, their next elite goaltender. As long as he provides league average goaltending, they should be fine.

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Resign Phase

With upwards of $20M in Cap Space, the Rangers deadline purge lined them up very nicely for their somewhat easy offseason. They have four key players to resign, and some decisions to make on depth forwards.

RFA defensemen Libor Hajek and Joey Keane both need new deals. Hajek was a pleasant surprise in his rookie season, and now the Rangers have a choice to sign him in the short-term with a bridge contract, or go long-term. Meanwhile, Keane struggled in the first half, but excelled in the second half, leaving the Rangers with a risky choice between the same two options. RFA forward Pavel Zacha, acquired at the Trade Deadline, should be an easy enough deal. Franchise goaltender is a UFA and will sign a 1-year deal to remain with the club, as he has expressed a desire to play his whole career in NY.

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Years/AAV	Thoughts
Henrik Lundqvist	84	40	N/A	G	Hybrid	58 GP 22-29-4 .911 SV% 2.73 GAA 5 SO (NHL)	1/$2.750M	Could be Hank's last hurrah.
Joey Keane	83	23	Med Top 4D	D	2 way Defender	82 GP 2G-11A-13P -4 ... 20 PIM (NHL)	5/$4.750M	Interesting choice. NYR made this mistake with Skjei, after he had a great rookie season and a poor sophomore season, which Keane did in a single season. Could become a very bad, or a very good deal; only time will tell.
Libor Hajek	83	23	Med Top 4D	D	Defensive Defenseman	82 GP 2G-8A-10P +7 ... 30 PIM (NHL)	5/$4.950M	NYR elects to go long- term with Hajek. D showed real promise as a shutdown guy last year.
Gage Hendry	81	18	Med Elite	LW/C	2 way Forward	68 GP 43G-45A-88P +6 ... 12 PIM (QMJHL)	3/$0.925M (ELC)	Obvious decision to sign and get him in NHL right away. #CalderWatch
Pavel Zacha	79	25	Low Top 6F	LW	Power Forward	84 GP 12G-10A-22P +2 ... 33 PIM (NHL)	3/$1.975M	Zacha won't be that top 6 threat he was drafted as, but he played great in a bottom 6 role post- deadline.
Chris Bigras	79	27	N/A	D	2 way Defender	34 GP 1G-8A-9P +16 ... 8 PIM (NHL)	1/$1.100M	Probably could take on a full time role after his spectacular cameo last year, but hard to see with NYR depth. Easy enough contract to fit in with loads of Cap Space, although high salary for 7th Dman.
Philippe Myers	78	25	Low Top 4D	D	Defensive Defenseman	57 GP 9G-11A-20P -15 ... 40 PIM (AHL)	2/$0.950M	Bigras' only real competition for 7th d slot. Waiver claim last year was more of a reclamation project than anything, so no shame if it doesn't work.
Sergey Kolesnik	72	18	Low Elite	D	2 way Defender	50 GP 4G-5A-9P -3 ... 38 PIM (Russia)	3/$0.900M (ELC)	The Rangers other 1st round pick this year, 29th overall, will immediately join HFD and get used to NA ice after playing in Russia up to this point. Could be a special player one day
Ivan Zubov	66	20	Low Top 6F	RW	2 way Forward	54 GP 7G-7A-14P -1 ... 27 PIM (Russia)	3/$0.875M (ELC)	Another Russian prospect, Zubov was Drafted by NYR in the 3rd round of the '20 NHL Draft. Long shot potential, but Rags are willing to put in effort.
Hannu Jaaskelainen	68	19	Med Fringe Starter	G	Butterfly	43 GP 21-12-5 .870 SV% 3.74 GAA 3 SO (Liiga)	3/$0.875M (ELC)	After a rough seaosn in Liiga, the Rangers felt it was time to bring him over to NA to work with him. Could be a future backup.

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After not being able to come to an agreement on $$, the Rangers qualified RFA Ryan Gropp.

The Rangers signed RFA Dominic Lakatos to an AHL contract.

New York elected to part ways with F Ville Meskanen, D Connor Murphy and Kyle Wood and G Ville Husso. Husso was the odd man out after the Rangers acquire Korpisalo from the Blue Jackets.

The Rangers released the following Unsigned Players, D Sven Hagos (65, 20, Low Top 6D), F Sergey Shishkanov (64, 20, Med Bttm 6F), and F Eric Pearce (62, 20, Med Bttm 6F).

Free Agency

BREAKING NEWS: Rangers take flyers on Goldobin, Kamenev in Free Agency
July 1st, 2022
Instead of breaking the bank for John Klingberg, the Rangers elected to roll with their revamped psot-deadline defense, while blstering their forward depth. The Rangers have rolled with a star studded offense the last few years, but it failed to produce like star studded offense should. They seem to be trending towards youth, depth, and speed.

Goldobin just enjoyed a very successful season with the resurgent Vancouver Canucks, who lost in the Western Conference Finals.

Vlad Kamenev has not played in the NHL for 2 years, but previously showed promise as a prospect in the Nashville Predators system and as a depth forward on the Colorado Avalanche.

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Years/AAV
Nikolay Goldobin	80	26	Med Top 9F	RW/LW	Sniper	79 GP 16G-26A-42P +18 ... 17 PIM (21-22 NHL)	1/$1.000M
Vladislav Kamenev	77	25	Med Top 9F	LW	2 way Forward	68 GP 17G-32A-49P +16 ... 44 PIM (21-22 AHL)	1/$0.900M

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Hamilton NHL · Dec 16, 2018

NHL gives Hamilton the green light to submit an application for expansion

The league is working on adding a 32nd team into the mix

December 7, 2016

- The NHL has officially allowed the city of Hamilton, Ontario to submit an application for an NHL expansion team, according to league commissioner Gary Bettman. Today Bettman and the NHL Board of Governors gave Hamilton the green light to start the application process. The expansion fee for Hamilton is set at $650 million (U.S. Dollars), and an additional $325 million dollars each to the Toronto Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres franchise's for territorial fees, making it for a grand total of $1.3 Billion dollars. Previously, the city of Las Vegas paid $500 million for the Golden Knights expansion team that will take the ice for the first time next season.

In October, the Hamilton city council approved a $650 million dollar plan for a new NHL arena to replace the 31 year old Copps Coliseum/FirstOntario Center. The arena plans will seat up to 18,515 capacity, atrium-style entrance lobby, over 60 luxury suites and boxes, lounges, restaurants and a state-of-the art video scoreboard. The plan also calls for a $175 million dollar adjacent practice facility that will serve as NHL Hamilton's team headquarters. The practice facility will feature 4 rinks with up to a 1,000 seating for each rink. It will also feature a state-of- art gym, recovery rooms, offices and meeting rooms for the players and staff. Just last week the NHL allowed the city of Hamilton to conduct a season ticket drive to test the market. Not that the NHL doesn't already know that Southern Ontario/Hamilton is a potential hockey goldmine, as a recent study by league and city officials have already determined that a Hamilton franchise could potentially be in the top 5 in the NHL for market and revenue earnings. But apparently sources close to the league were concerned over previous failed expansion tries for the city of Hamilton, but just like in 1990 and 2009 the ticket drive were an incredibly huge success. In only 24 hours Hamilton took deposits on 15,000 tickets and another 6,000 were placed on a waiting list. The excitement with NHL fever for Hamiltonians was absolutely crazy and overwhelming. With unexpectedly long ticket waiting lines that wrapped around building and stretched through downtown Hamilton. With everything ready to go it looks like right now Hamilton is a clear front-runner to land the 32nd franchise but there's still Seattle, Quebec City, Houston, and Kansas City that have also placed expansion bids. The 32nd team will start play in the 2018-2019 season.

The Hamilton expansion bid is being backed by Burlington, Ontario billionaire businessman Angelo Paletta. The 35-year old (1981 born)Angelo Paletta could become the youngest owner in the NHL if approved. He is the head of Paletta International Corporation. It is a private and family run company with many properties and buildings throughout Greater Toronto area and beyond. The company has many interests including food processing, agri-service, real estate, construction, entertainment, and property development. Angelo Paletta and his family has been quietly pursuing an NHL franchise for Hamilton for a long-time now and it has always been his dream to do what Ron Joyce, Jim Balsillie, & others have tried but failed to do in the past. And that is to bring an NHL franchise to Hamilton, Ontario for the first time since 1926. ----TO BE CONTINUED-

IHaveNoCreativity · Dec 16, 2018

So does scouting ruin the game ? Is every team stacked after 10 years ?

kinger8998 · Dec 18, 2018

New York Rangers Franchise Mode

2022-2023 NHL Season

BREAKING NEWS: Ryan Groopp signs Offer Sheet with Capitals
Offseason Notes
The Rangers 2015 2nd Round pick never played a game for the Rangers, but will now join Division rivals the Washington Capitals.

Based on the low salary, the Rangers received no compensation.

Season Preview

Henrik Lundqvist returns in what will likely be the curtain call on his illustrious career. He'll get his fair share of games, but the Rangers brought in Joonas Korpisalo over the summer to take some pressure off of the King, who will undoubtedly be at the top of his game in his quest for a 2nd Cup.

Justin Faulk, Libor Hajek, Ryan Lindgren, Joey Keane and Bowen Byram return for the Rangers, joined by Nils Lundkvist. Byram, the Rangers 7th overall pick in 2019, will be under intense scrutiny in the final year of his ELC after struggling defensively over the first two years. Nils Lundkvist, the Rangers 29th overall pick in 2018, finally makes his NHL debut this season.

The Rangers come into the season with the potential to have a very powerful offense. Injected with youthful Trade Deadline acquisitions Peyton Krebs, Klim Kostin and Aleksi Heponiemi; and flooded with Draft Picks Ryan Suzuki, Gage Hendry and Alexander Prokhorkin. Along with them; Artemi Panarin, Pavel BUchnevich, Filip Chytil, Jonathan Toews, Lias Andersson and Chris Kreider return. Free Agent signing Nikolay Goldobin and Pavel Zacha start the season as depth forwards.

LW	C	RW
Panarin 88	Chytil 90	Buchnevich 88
Kreider 85	Toews 88	Heponiemi 83
Ronning 78	Andersson 84	Kostin 83
Krebs 80	Suzuki 80	Prokhorkin 78
Zacha 79	Goldobin 80

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LD	RD
Byram 87	Faulk 85
Hajek 84	Keane 84
Lindgren 83	Lundkvist 81
Bigras 79

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Starter	Backup
Korpisalo 84	Lundqvist 82

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BREAKING NEWS: Toews and Faulk named Assistant Captains
Oct. 1st, 2022
Ahead of the 2022-2023 NHL Season, the Rangers announced that Jonathan Toews and Justin Faulk, who both joined the team part way through last season, would be wearing the "A's" for the upcoming year.

Chris Kreider still has the "C" stitched on his jersey.

First Half of Season

BREAKING NEWS: Buchnevich injured, out 3 weeks
Oct. 7th, 2022
Nikolay Goldobin comes into the lineup.

BREAKING NEWS: Ryan Suzuki injured, Buchnevich returns
Oct. 28th, 2022
After a rough start, rookie Alexander Prokhorkin will come out of the lineup so Buchnevich can come back in. Nikolay Goldobin has earned his ice in the absence of Buch after being a healthy scratch to start the season. Pave Zacha also draws into the lineup.

BREAKING NEWS: Lindgren injured yet again, out 2-3 games
Nov. 7th, 2022
The Rangers young defender has been very injury prone, this being his 5th in the last 3 years.

Chris Bigras comes into the lineup.

BREAKING NEWS: Hendry gets 1st star with 2-goal performance in win over Leafs
Nov. 25th, 2022
It was the first two-goal game for Hendry, and his first 1st star performance. Down 4-2, he scored 2 goals to tie the game at 4, and also added the shootout winner as the Rangers downed the Leafs.

It was the Rangers 4th straight win, a season high.

BREAKING NEWS: Rangers beat Islanders as they take over 1st in Metro
Dec. 16th, 2022
The Rangers shutout the Bruins and Isles 2-0 on back-to-back nights, the one over the Islanders cementing the Rangers rise to First in the Metropolitan Division.

BREAKING NEWS: Prokhorkin injured, out 4-6 weeks
Jan. 6th, 2023
The former 9th overall pick has struggled to find him footing in his first full NHL season, finding himself on the 4th line and as a healthy scratch sometimes. Now, he's injured and out Long Term.

Record	Home	Away	GFPG	GAPG	PP%	PK%	Division	Conference	League	Playoffs?
23-15-3	14-8-0	9-7-3	2.61 (19th)	2.54 (10th)	18.4% (23rd)	73.5% (28th)	4th	6th	11th	Yes

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Goalie	Record	SV%	GAA	SO
Joonas Korpisalo	17-12-2	.915	2.46	3
Henrik Lundqvist	6-3-1	.918	2.44	1

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Quick Hits
~ The Rangers have tended to ride the hot hand, which has seemed to be Korpisalo for the better part of the first half
~ Henrik Lundqvist is still providing stellar goaltending at age 40

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Justin Faulk	39	2	13	15	+4	8
Bowen Byram	41	3	7	10	+0	12
Joey Keane	41	4	5	9	-2	12
Libor Hajek	41	1	6	7	+5	19
Ryan Lindgren	39	2	4	6	-3	14
Nils Lundkvist	41	0	6	6	-3	6
Chris Bigras	4	0	1	1	+1	0

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Quick Hits
~ Bowen Byram seems to have finally gotten things defensively, good news for the Rangers
~ Not much else good or bad here, just average.

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Jonathan Toews	41	16	17	33	+6	9
Artemi Panarin	41	14	15	29	+3	6
Lias Andersson	41	12	17	29	+10	24
Aleksi Heponiemi	41	6	22	28	+4	4
Filip Chytil	41	7	20	27	-4	8
Pavel Buchnevich	36	7	16	23	-1	6
Chris Kreider	41	11	8	19	+7	10
Klim Kostin	41	3	15	18	+1	14
Nikolay Goldobin	38	9	6	15	+6	6
Gage Hendry	41	5	7	12	+0	10
Pavel Zacha	24	2	2	4	-5	2
Ryan Suzuki	26	1	3	4	-11	0
Alexander Prokhorkin Peyton Krebs	19 21	2 0	1 2	3 2	-6 -11	0 0

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Quick Hits
~ Jonathan Toews, Lias Andersson and Aleksi Heopniemi have been stellar so far
~ Artemi Panarin, Filip Chytil and Pavel Buchenvich seem to be lagging a step behind, but Kreider takes the cake for unerwhelming performance so far.
~ Speaking of underwhelming, Peyton Krebs, Alexander Prokhorkin and Ryan Suzuki have been downright awful.

Second Half of Season

LW	C	RW
Panarin 88	Toews 87	Buchnevich 88
Hendry 84	Chytil 90	Heponiemi 83
Kreider 85	Andersson 85	Kostin 83
Zacha 79	Krebs 80	Goldobin 80
Suzuki 80	Prokhorkin 80*

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LD	RD
Byram 87	Lundkvist 81
Lindgren 83	Faulk 85
Hajek 84	Keane 84
Bigras 79

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Starter	Backup
Korpisalo 84	Lundqvist 82

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BREAKING NEWS: Panarin and Kreider injured, timetable for return unknown
Jan. 13th, 2023
Panarins injury is expected to be of the shorter term variety, although no official date has been given.

Ryan Suzuki comes back into the lineup, and Chris Bigras plays 4th line with Prokhorkin being injured. Once Kreider and Panarin return, it wouldn't be shocking to see Suzuki sent to the minors.

BREAKING NEWS: Krebs and Suzuki sent to minors, Kamenev and Ronning recalled
Jan. 24th, 2023
Krebs and Suzuki have both struggled immensely this season, leading to their demotion. Ty Ronning and Vladislav Kamenev are their replacements.

Ronning played very well last season for the club, while Kamenev was a Free Agent signing this offseason

BREAKING NEWS: Rangers losing streak extended to 4
Feb. 21st, 2023
New York has scored just 2 goals in their last 4 outings, dropping them all by a combined score of 12-2.

With the Trade Deadline coming up, this isn't a good look for a team with Cup Aspirations.

BREAKING NEWS: Andersson and Byram sign Contract Extensions
Feb. 28th, 2023

Two pieces of the Rangers young core have been extended for the foreeable future. Andersson's extension spans the maximum 8-years, well earned after his past 2 seasons; while Byram's has a 3-year term attached to it. Both have big raises off of the players ELC's.

This represented the only major move for the Rangers, as they elected to stand pat at the Trade Deadline

Player	OVR	Age	Potential	Position	Player Type	Stats	Years/AAV	Ext. Years/AAV
Lias Andersson	85	24	Med Top 6F	C	2 way Forward	62 GP 14G-23A-37P +2 ... 40 PIM	1/$4.000M	8/$5.750M
Bowen Byram	88	21	Med Elite	D	2 way Defender	62 GP 8G-7A-15P -8 ... 24 PIM	1/$0.925M	3/$5.300M

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BREAKING NEWS: Rangers outside looking in as they embark of Season-defining Stretch
Macrh 28th, 2023
The Rangers sit 5 points outside of 3rd in their division, but just 2 outside of the last WC position. It seems like the road to the Playoffs lies in being a wildcard.

The Rangers are about to play Division Rivals in 5 straight games, so it's not an exaggeration to say this will make or break their season.

BREAKING NEWS: Lias Andersson injured, out week-to-week
March 30th, 2023
The Rangers playoff hopes take yet another hit with the unfortunately times injury of Andersson, who has consistently been one of their better players over the last 3 seasons.

BREAKING NEWS: Rangers clinch Playoffs with dominant 5-1 win over Panthers
April 4th, 2023
The New York Rangers are returning to the Playoffs after missing last season. The last time they were in the PLayoffs, the went the whole way, winning the Stanley Cup.

The 5-1 win was the teams 5th in a row. The winning streak places them just 2 points behind the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils who are tied for 2nd in the Metro.

Record	Home	Away	GFPG	GAPG	PP%	PK%	Division	Conference	League	Playoffs?
44-30-8	22-15-4	22-15-4	2.49 (26th)	2.44 (T-3rd)	20.4% (T-15th)	77.2% (28th)	3rd	5th	8th	Yes

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Quick Hits
~ It is utterly inconceivable how the Rangers managed to make the Playoffs scoring less than two and a half goals per game. It speaks to the goaltending of this team.

Goalie	Record	SV%	GAA	SO
Joonas Korpisalo	31-18-5	.923	2.25	5
Henrik Lundqvist	13-12-3	.916	2.54	2

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Quick Hits
~ Joonas Korpisalo was stellar in his first season as an NHL starter
~ Henrik Lundqvist settled into a backup role, but he'll be just as important as Korpisalo comes Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Justin Faulk	80	9	22	31	+2	12
Bowen Byram	82	12	8	20	-4	32
Joey Keane	82	6	10	16	-1	18
Ryan Lindgren	80	3	7	10	+3	34
Libor Hajek	82	1	7	8	+5	27
Nils Lundkvist	77	0	6	6	-5	24
Chris Bigras	12	1	2	3	+2	6

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Quick Hits
~ Bowen Byram posted a career high 20 points while playing 25 minutes a night, up from 20 last season
~ Nils Lundkvist struggled in his rookie season
~ Ryan Lindgren avoiding further injury was a great development.

Player	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM
Jonathan Toews	82	27	36	63	+1	15
Aleksi Heponiemi	82	19	38	57	+7	12
Filip Chytil	82	11	41	52	-3	18
Artemi Panarin	79	20	30	50	-4	12
Pavel Buchnevich	77	15	33	48	-3	14
Lias Andersson	77	18	28	46	-1	44
Klim Kostin	82	10	28	38	+2	52
Chris Kreider	82	18	14	32	+9	36
Gage Hendry	82	8	19	27	-1	18
Nikolay Goldobin	79	12	12	24	+6	10
Pavel Zacha	55	5	6	11	-1	4
Alexander Prokhorkin	35	4	2	6	-4	4
Vladislav Kamenev	33	3	2	5	+3	8

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Quick Hits
~ Jonathan Toews proved to be incredible again, but Aleksi Heponiemi is making the Rangers look briliant.
~ Artemi Panarin and Chris Kreider seem to be in full regression mode
~ Filip Chytil's season is slightly worrying for Rangers fans
~ Gage Hendry did not have the rookie season anyone was expecting
~ Nikolay Goldobin was one of the nicest surprises of the season

BREAKING NEWS: Hartford Wolf Pack Update
Near End of Season
The Hartford Wolf Pack sit outside the playoffs with a record of 31-35-6.

Since being sent down, Peyton Krebs and Ryan Suzuki both have posted 21 points in 29 games, good output, but not stellar as was expected.

Jakob Pelletier, 2019 2nd round pick, leads the team in points with 43 through 72 games played.

Next Post: 2023 NHL Playoffs and 2023 NHL Offseason!

Jaffray15 · Dec 19, 2018

Great reads kinger8998! Keep it up

Kaako Kappo · Dec 20, 2018

IHaveNoCreativity said:
So does scouting ruin the game ? Is every team stacked after 10 years ?

Basically yes. The best way to handicap yourself is to not touch the scouts at all and just let AI handle it. But that's silly....

IHaveNoCreativity · Dec 20, 2018

Paul Maurice said:
Basically yes. The best way to handicap yourself is to not touch the scouts at all and just let AI handle it. But that's silly....

So the other teams won’t be stacked but my can be easily is what you’re saying.

Kaako Kappo · Dec 20, 2018

IHaveNoCreativity said:
So the other teams won’t be stacked but my can be easily is what you’re saying.

No, other teams will always be stacked i think. It's unfortunate.

ZedSe · Dec 20, 2018

kinger8998 said:
Amazing job, are you playing any games or just full on sim?

Vince Dunn	81	22	D	high top 4	57-3-10-13	4yrs / 3.1M$
Tyler Myers	83	28	D	exact top 4	57-2-17-19	4yrs / 4.8M$
Tyler Ennis	79	29	RW	exact low top 6	57-21-13-34	2yrs / 1.1M$

PLAYER	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM
T. Tatar	82 (17)	16 (6)	39 (7)	55 (13)	+19	8
T. Konecny	82	15	38	53	+1	20
D. Perron	76	18	34	52	+3	18
T. Ennis	82	28	19	47	+2	8
J.. Fast	82	19	25	44	-5	0
J. Weal	82	12	22	34	-9	14
D. Helm	82	14	19	33	+1	6
M. Gaborik	79	16	15	31	-4	4
P. Berglund	81	14	16	30	+1	10
C. Hagelin	82	11	12	23	-11	12
P. Di Giuseppe	49	7	10	17	-8	6
T. Jurco	58	3	10	13	+1	6
M. Hanzal	70	6	6	12	-11	16
T. Morin	16	2	3	5	-1

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