GM Game #5 Part Deux

[New York RKY]

It was a "right thread, right moment" time.

I feel out of the loop now

 

[Backstrom #19]

I feel out of the loop now

Everybody but a select few are left out of the loop...Don't feel bad.

 

[CaptPantalones]

FORWARD UPDATE

interest has been expressed in these guys

Tim Connolly – 2.5 mil best offer
Matt Moulson - 3 offers. 3 years @ 3.75 mil per
Jussi Jokinen – 3 offers. Come with at least 4.5 million per
Jamie Langenbrunner - 2.5 mil per
Andrew Brunette - 1.5 per
Mathieu Darche - Wants a 1 way deal

No Offers

Tomas Kopecky
Mark Recchi
Alex Frolov
Vinny Prospal
Curtis Glencross
Brendan Morrison
Petr Prucha
Vernon Fiddler
Eric Belanger
Pascal Dupuis
Arron Asham
Chad LaRose
Alex Kovelev
Nikolai Zherdev
Alex Ponikarovsky

I resigned aaron asham before the ufa period

 

[Backstrom #19]

Panthers add veteran leadership

To Florida
Chris Drury
2012 2nd round draft pick

To New York
2012 5th round draft pick

"We felt we were in the right position to make a trade like this. We moved up 3 rounds in the draft, and acquired a good player in Chris Drury. Obviously his contract is a bad one, but we need to reach the Cap floor and it's an expiring contract. Drury will be named our team captain, and is expected to center our 2nd line. He does all the little things that we want to teach our young players."

 

[Tavares2TheRescue]

Lightning send Kubina to San Jose

Get: Torrey Mitchell, 3rd round pick
Get: Pavel Kubina

 

[habsman56]

I lost the link to HFbros a while ago.

Probably for the better

 

[Backstrom #19]

I lost the link to HFbros a while ago.

Probably for the better

Don't worry...IR has taken over as the creeper.

 

[IslesRock4]

No one is as creepy as habsman, no one.

 

[habsman56]

Don't worry...IR has taken over as the creeper.

No one is as creepy as habsman, no one.

 

[New York RKY]

No one is as creepy as habsman, no one.

Hi.

 

[habsman56]

Hi.

Did you go through years of archives to find out IR's first name?

no?

 

[IslesRock4]

Did you go through years of archives to find out IR's first name?

no?

I like how you take pride in being creepy.

 

[New York RKY]

How far back exactly??

 

[habsman56]

I like how you take pride in being creepy.

How far back exactly??

Only a few years I believe. It was icethetics, a hockey site, but I don't remember exactly how I was able to find IR's name through it...

 

[scrappylilnobody]

So what is his first name? lol

 

[AlexMaz]

Place D Mike Komisarek on waivers with intention of sending him down to the AHL

 

[AlexMaz]

finish their offseason moves and are looking forward to an exciting 2011-2012 season.

The Toronto Maple Leafs came into the offseason after an ugly 2010-2011 season to improve this roster, we are pleased with the work done in the offseason and feel this team is better. With the moves we have done we feel that we are ready to challenge for a playoff spot in the upcoming season.

We made a substantial move at the deadline bringing in an elite defensemen in Brent Burns for a replacement for Tomas Kaberle. We feel this move was needed and we feel we have added a better defensemen in Burns. We then shipped off Kaberle and Macarthur in the offseason for a move to bolster the future of this club adding two very good prospects in Grachev and Werek and also adding a 2011 2nd and a solid defensemen in Matt Gilroy. We feel Matt and Luke Schenn will grow together to form a great pairing for us in the future. We then shipped off that 2nd round pick and we added a solid gritty forward in Eric Nystrom to add to the depth of our team. We also got James Sheppard who we feel has all the tools to become a solid 3rd/4th liner on our team for the future.

Going into free agency we felt we needed to add a legitimate top 6 forward and we did just that. We added a 30 goal scorer in Matt Moulson who is still young and will flourish playing alongside sniper Phil Kessel. We now feel we have a legitimate top line that can produce. To boot we added a nice forward in Tim Connolly who will play on our third line adding a playmaking and a scoring threat to that line. We feel we now have 3 solid lines who can put the puck in the net. We are very happy with these two aquisitions.

In the draft we added a very nice prospect former #1 overall pick in the OHL draft in Daniel Catenacci, we feel that in the near future he will form into a 2nd line centre.

Nazem Kadri will start in the AHL once again and we will call him up during the season and hope he produces and he can solidify a spot on this deep roster. He will be our first call up barring any injuries.

Trades:

To TOR: Brent Burns, MIN 2012 2nd
To MIN: Carl Gunnarsson, Jussi Rynnas, Jesse Blacker


To MIN: NYR 2nd 2011
To TOR: James Sheppard, Eric Nystrom


To TOR: Grachev, Gilroy, Frolov, Werek, NYR 2011 2nd
To NYR: Macarthur, Kaberle

Projected 2011-2012 Opening Night Lineup

Forwards


Matt Moulson - Tyler Bozak- Phil Kessel
Nikolai Kulemin - Mikhail Grabovski - Kris Versteeg
Fredrik Sjostrom- Tim Connolly - Colby Armstrong
Erik Nystrom - James Sheppard - Colton Orr

extras. Nazem Kadri, Tim Brent, Joey Crabb, Luca Caputi, Evgeny Grachev


Defensemen

Dion Phaneuf - Roman Hamrlik
Francois Beauchemin - Brent Burns
Matt Gilroy - Luke Schenn


extras. Keith Aulie


Goalies

Jonas Gustavsson
James Reimer

Cap Payroll = $55,085,000
Cap Space = $7,215,000


Top Prospects
Nazem Kadri, C
Ethan Werek, C
Daniel Catenacci, C
Luca Caputi, LW
Brad Ross, LW
Jerry D'Amigo, LW
Keith Aulie, D
James Reimer, G
Greg McKegg, LW
Christian Hanson, C
Marcel Mueller, LW
Juraj Mikus, D
Korbinian Holzer, D
Ben Scrivens, G
Kenny Ryan, RW
Brayden Irwin, C
Sondre Olden, C

 

[T_Cage]

So what is his first name? lol

My vote is Sylvester.....I dunno why

 

[Kessel>Seguin +]

LAST UPDATE

Andrew Brunette - 2 years 2.5 per - wants a contender
Mathieu Darche - Wants a 1 way deal
Recchi - 2 offers, 1.5 per


No Offers
Vinny Prospal - Considering Europe
Petr Prucha - Considering KHL
Alex Kovelev - Considering KHL

 

[Backstrom #19]

Florida Panthers are looking to trade Mike Weaver or Dennis Wideman for a 3rd line winger...Weaver makes less then $1 million dollars and would be a cheap, reliable defenceman. We can take on some salary if you need that.

PM me with offers!

 

[Dichow Stopper]

Senators Offseason Review​

The Ottawa Senators capped off a forgettable 2010-2011 season on a high note, pleased with their work done in the offseason. The team underwent a pretty substantial re-tooling, but with the moves made the club now feels that they are ready to challenge for a playoff spot in the upcoming season.

It became pretty evident that the current core would not suffice for future success, so the club shipped out: Mike Fisher, Nick Foligno, Patrick Wiercioch, Filip Kuba, Milan Michalek, Jarkko Ruutu, Chris Campoli, Peter Regin, Matt Carkner, Brian Lee and Roman Wick. Brought in was a combined new nucleus of youth and experience, with Corey Perry, Jarret Stoll, T.J. Galiardi, Carter Ashton, Zenon Konopka, Jared Cowen, David Rundblad, Matt Greene, Davis Drewiske and Evgeni Nabokov all representing a culture change in Ottawa. Those additions, combined with a strong draft (Strome, Bartschi and Jensen) have given Senators faithful a renewed sense of hope.


Trades:

To Anaheim: Mike Fisher, Nick Foligno, Patrick Wiercioch
To Ottawa: Corey Perry


To Philadelphia: Filip Kuba
To Ottawa: Erik Gustafsson


To Vancouver: Chris Phillips
To Ottawa: Kevin Bieksa, Darren Archibald, Vancouver's 2011 1st


To Tampa Bay: Kevin Bieksa, conditional 2nd round pick
To Ottawa: Mike Smith, Carter Ashton


To Colorado: Milan Michalek, Jarkko Ruutu, Chris Campoli
To Ottawa: T.J. Galiardi, Troy Rutkowski, Colorado's 2011 1st


To Los Angeles: Peter Regin, Matt Carkner, Brian Lee, Roman Wick
To Ottawa: Jarret Stoll, Matt Greene, Davis Drewiske, Jeff Zatkoff


Top Prospects:
1) Jared Cowen (D)
2) David Rundblad (D)
3) Carter Ashton (RW)
4) Robin Lehner (G)
5) Jakob Silfverberg (C)
6) Ryan Strome (C)
7) Bobby Butler (RW)
8) Louie Caporusso (C)
9) Sven Bartschi (LW)
10) Niklas Jensen (LW/RW)
11) Roman Wick (RW)
12) Troy Rutkowski (D)
13) Erik Gustafsson (D)
14) Zack Smith (C)
15) Jim O'Brien (C)
16) Chris Wideman (D)
17) Eric Gryba (D)
18) Jakub Culek (C)
19) Markus Sorensen (RW)
20) Erik Condra (RW)


2011 Draft Picks
Ottawa's 1st [10th] - Ryan Strome
Colorado's 1st [15th] - Sven Bartschi
Ottawa's 2nd [40th] - Niklas Jensen

Projected 2011-2012 Opening Night Lineup


Scottie Upshall - Jason Spezza - Corey Perry
T.J. Galiardi - Jarret Stoll - Daniel Alfredsson
Carter Ashton - Chris Kelly - Chris Neil
Zack Smith - Zenon Konopka - Jesse Winchester
Ryan Shannon


Chris Phillips - Erik Karlsson
Jared Cowen - Sergei Gonchar
Matt Greene - David Rundblad
Davis Drewiske


Evgeni Nabokov
Brian Elliott​

Cap Payroll = $53,785,834
Cap Space = $8,514,166

You have Josh Harding, not Evgeny Nabokov!

 

[C-Saku Koivu MTL]

Montreal Canadiens ​

2011 - 2012 Projected Line Up​

RJ Umberger - Tomas Plekanec - Michael Cammalleri
Max Pacioretty - Scott Gomez - Brian Gionta
Benoit Pouliot - Lars Eller - Mike Knuble
Pascal Dupuis - Marty Reasoner - Travis Moen
Ryan White

Ed Jovanovski - Josh Gorges
Fedor Tyutin - PK Subban
Bryan Allen - Yannick Weber
Randy Jones

Carey Price
Ty Conklin

LTIR: Andrei Markov (expected return - early Janurary 2012)​

Total cap hit: 56.947mil$
Total cap space: 5.353mil$
*Doesn't include Markov cap number for the time being

Very happy with the look of our team on paper. Added some size and grit without losing speed or skill witch is still the key to succes in the NHL.

Our offence is deeper, we hope that Eller will step up his game and make a 3rd unit dangerous offensivly. Really like our 4th line, this line won't be over their head in any match up so we'll be a team capable of running 4 lines, also key in the NHL for long term succes.

On defence, Markov won't be back at the begining, it hurts but we'll manage. It adds to the importance of adding Ed Jovanovski. Getting a little old but still a top defenceman, capable of playing #1 minutes. Subban could again have a up and down season with the sophomore jix, but we have enough depth and overall quality players to overcome those issues.

Defence with healthy Markov:

Markov - Jovanovski
Tyutin - Subban
Allen - Gorges
Weber

One of the best defence quality and depht wise in the NHL. Of course by the time Markov comes back, other guys might be injured but that's out of our control...

In nets, well Carey Price will hopefully continue his great work and give us the best of chance to win most games and be more ready to be a #1 with added experience. Conklin, great back up, one of the best in the league so he'll be able to take some work load off Carey a bit more than Auld could.

2011 - 2012 Hamilton Bulldogs projected line up​

Alexandre Giroux - David Desharnais - Alexander Avtsin
Ryan Russel - Louis Leblanc - Aaron Palushaj
Andrew Conboy - Andreas Engqvist - JT Wyman
Gabriel Dumont - Olivier Fortier - Ian Scultz/Jimmy Bonneau

Brett Festerling - Nathan Paetsch
Brendon Nash - Kyle Klubertanz
Alex Henry - Frederick St.Denis

Curtis McElhinney
Robert Mayer​

extra/ECHL: Danny Masse, Phillipe Lefebvre, David Urquhart

Top Prospect in other league
D- Jon Merrill
D- Jarred Tinordi
C- Joonas Nattinen
D- Mac Bennett
C- Michael Bournival
W- Phillipe Hudon
W- Brendan Gallagher
W- Maxim Trunev

 

[T_Cage]

I'm taking Game 6 off to recharge. But don't worry... i'll fill the role of Hollywood Cannon next game and loiter on the GM thread

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

I'm taking Game 6 off to recharge. But don't worry... i'll fill the role of Hollywood Cannon next game and loiter on the GM thread

I appreciate that sir.

 

[IslesRock4]

I'm taking Game 6 off to recharge. But don't worry... i'll fill the role of Hollywood Cannon next game and loiter on the GM thread

I can't allow you to do this. If you want to take 1 game off, then you must take 5.