GM Game #1 by T_Cage, TP, and IR4

[CaptPantalones]

Duck Hunting: Ducks ink Hornqvist to offer sheet

The Anaheim Ducks are pleased to announce that they have signed Nashville Predators RW Patric Hornqvist to a 5 year, $22.5 million offer sheet. The Ducks will now wait the appropriate time for the Predators to match or allow him to leave

 

[TLinden]

If Ryan Kesler is to be moved it will be today. We'd like to stay involved in FA. PM us if interested.

Chris Stewart could be packaged with another forward for an upgrade.

 

[Mike Hasselhoffman]

Pascal Dupuis
Matt Cooke
Chris Kunitz
Matt Niskanen

All available! PM me

 

[IslesRock4]

I got caught up in a couple things last night and didn't sign a couple clients that I said I would. That could start happening at 1 PM.

 

[TLinden]

Dead?

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

Dead?

That's what I was thinking.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

I'm just waiting on a few players to get back to me. I don't think I'll be making any trades or anything like that.

 

[IslesRock4]

Just had a bunch of my players agree to contracts, but yeah haven't gotten many PMs today and the thread is dead. Sucks that things die down so quickly in FA.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

Avs have signed RFA Jamie Benn to an offer sheet at 6.25/year for the next 5 years.

Avs waive Greg Zanon and use their amnesty buyout on Shane O'Brien.

Avs are done unless something crazy comes along.

Roster:

Ryane Clowe - Jamie Benn - PA Parenteau
Gabriel Landeskog - Ryan O'Reilly - Steve Downie
Jamie McGinn - Paul Stastny - David Jones
Cody McLeod - Lars Eller - Brad Malone

Victor Hedman - Erik Johnson
Kimmo Timonen - Ryan O'Byrne
Jan Hejda - Ryan Wilson

Semyon Varlamov
JS Giguere

 

[bananaz]

is this game dead?

 

[Carlzner]

There seemed to be plenty of posts yesterday, maybe just not much activity tonight.

 

[Backstrom #19]

It's because I'm on vacation! We all know that I'm one of the most active people in these games!

 

[IslesRock4]

It's because I'm on vacation! We all know that I'm one of the most active people in these games!

Shut up Bingo.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Would you guys like to know why it was dead yesterday? Easy answer...

 

[donghabs98]

Would you guys like to know why it was dead yesterday? Easy answer...

 

[Dichow Stopper]

YOUR 2013-2014 MONTREAL CANADIENS!

Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Erik Cole
Aleksander Barkov - Alex Galchenyuk - Jonathan Drouin
Brendan Gallagher - Louis Leblanc - Brian Gionta
Brandon Prust - Ryan White - Travis Moen
Blake Geoffrion

Andrei Markov - Alexei Emelin
Jarred Tinordi - PK Subban
Nathan Beaulieu - Josh Gorges
Rafael Diaz

Carey Price
Cedrick Desjardins

*I'm upset with the lack of activity after the trade deadline... and we can't blame the rookies this time!

 

[IslesRock4]

Oh TP.

 

[TribalPhoenix]

Your 2013/2014 Toronto Maple Leafs



STARTING LINEUP

Joffrey Lupul - Travis Zajac - Phil Kessel
James Van Riemsdyk - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin
Brendan Morrow - Joe Colborne - Matt Frattin
Mike Brown - Jay McClement - Leo Komarov
Dave Steckel
Greg Scott

Lubomir Visnovsky - Carl Gunnarsson
Jake Gardiner - Douglas Murray
John-Michael Liles - Mike Komisarek
Korbinian Holzer


Niklas Backstrom
James Reimer

Carter Ashton - Greg Mckegg - Tyler Biggs
Gustav Nyquist - Spencer Abbott - Tomas Tatar
Jerry D'Amigo - Max Gardiner - Niklas Jensen
Josh Leivo - Sam Carrick - Jamie Devane
Will Acton
Kenny Ryan

Jesse Blacker - Stuart Percy
Morgan Rielly - Derrick Pouliot
Simon Gysbers - Mark Fraser
Dylan Yeo

Mark Owuya
Jussi Rynnas

 

[TribalPhoenix]

Oh TP.

Sometimes in life you gotta make your own opportunities...

 

[Backstrom #19]

Shut up Bingo.

You jelly?

 

[Dichow Stopper]

STARTING LINEUP

Joffrey Lupul - Travis Zajac - Phil Kessel
James Van Riemsdyk - Mikhail Grabovski - Nikolai Kulemin
Brendan Morrow - Joe Colborne - Matt Frattin
Mike Brown - Jay McClement - Leo Komarov
Dave Steckel
Greg Scott

Lubomir Visnovsky - Carl Gunnarsson
Jake Gardiner - Douglas Murray
John-Michael Liles - Mike Komisarek
Korbinian Holzer


Niklas Backstrom
James Reimer

Carter Ashton - Greg Mckegg - Tyler Biggs
Gustav Nyquist - Spencer Abbott - Tomas Tatar
Jerry D'Amigo - Max Gardiner - Niklas Jensen
Josh Leivo - Sam Carrick - Jamie Devane
Will Acton
Kenny Ryan

Jesse Blacker - Stuart Percy
Morgan Rielly - Derrick Pouliot
Simon Gysbers - Mark Fraser
Dylan Yeo

Mark Owuya
Jussi Rynnas

Contender? Phaneuf and Regehr are better than Visnovsky and Murray. You have an above average D but you have no real top pairing defensemen IMO.

Backstrom is obviously an upgrade in goals but most contenders have a better starting goalie. With that being said, Backstrom-Reimer would be solid.

Zajac is a great upgrade over Bozak and Morrow will bring leadership to the team. Well balanced lines up front but once again, nothing that can be compared to legit contenders.

With that being said, you made some key moves (especially signing Lupul after getting Jensen from Vancouver). I could definitely see this team in the playoffs.

 

[TribalPhoenix]

Contender? Phaneuf and Regehr are better than Visnovsky and Murray. You have an above average D but you have no real top pairing defensemen IMO.

Backstrom is obviously an upgrade in goals but most contenders have a better starting goalie. With that being said, Backstrom-Reimer would be solid.

Zajac is a great upgrade over Bozak and Morrow will bring leadership to the team. Well balanced lines up front but once again, nothing that can be compared to legit contenders.

With that being said, you made some key moves (especially signing Lupul after getting Jensen from Vancouver). I could definitely see this team in the playoffs.

In terms of Phaneuf, he and Regehr were never on the same team... and we factor Gardiner as a solid # 3 guy at that point. We may not have a legit #1, but we look at it that there are only maybe 10-12 true #1 guys out there at the most, so we went for balance which we think we've achieved. Teams like Pittsbrugh and Carolina won the Cup without bona fide # 1 defencemen.

We think our top lines are among the top 5 in the league - the Kessel/Lupul combo and the Grabo/Kulemin combinations have produced amazing results, and both have had better players put as the third to their tandem (Zajac > Bozak, and JVR > MacArthur). Morrow is a legit 2nd liner on most teams, and he's on our 3rd. Our fourth line is pure grit and energy, and we've got an elite faceoff specialist as our 13th forward.

As far as Backstrom, we still see him as a top 10 guy in the league... but as he is getting older, he needs more rest and Reimer will give him that by picking up 20-25 games per season.

Realistically we see ourselves as a solid #5, #6 team in the Eastern Conference.

 

[IslesRock4]

Wait, you traded Regehr?

 

[TribalPhoenix]

Wait, you traded Regehr?

He was an FA, and ended up signing in Edmonton... so we added Murray and Visnovsky.

 

[IslesRock4]

He was an FA, and ended up signing in Edmonton... so we added Murray and Visnovsky.

Oh, I was about to get pissed.