tony d
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New New York Awesome Express
General Managers: Team Awesome - (Dwight) Conrad and Cubert Farnsworth (Velociraptor)
Head Coach: Randy Carlyle
Captain: Orest Kindrachuk
Assistant Captains: Dale McCourt, Warren Godfrey
Jim Riley - Guy Chouinard - Martin Havlat
Darryl Sutter - Dale McCourt (A) - Ilkka Sinisalo
Ron Duguay - Orest Kindrachuk (C) - Don Saleski
Ted Irvine - Christian Ruuttu - Vlastimil Bubnik
Spares: Alf Pike F/D, Mikko Koivu C, Dustin Brown RW
Warren Godfrey (A) - Jocelyn Guevremont
Sheldon Souray - Brent Seabrook
Bret Hedican - Pat Quinn
Spares: Doug Lidster
Eddie Johnston
Jose Theodore
PP1: Riley - McCourt - Havlat - Guevremont - Chouinard
PP2: Sinisalo - Duguay - Bubnik - Souray - Seabrook
PK1: Kindrachuk - Saleski - Godfrey - Seabrook
PK2: McCourt - Duguay - Hedican - Quinn
Since you did a review of mine I'll review yours:
Line 1: Jim Riley brings what I like about a #1 Left Winger, goal scoring; also there is a bit of toughness in his game. Good choice for a #1 Left Winger. Guy Chouinard is another solid player, I expect him to put up good playmaking numbers with Riley and Martin Havlat. Havlat, despite being injury prone is a player I've always liked. I think he'll complement Riley and Chouinard quite well.
Line 2: Like this line as well. I looked at Darryl Sutter for a spot on my team but ultimately passed over him. Longevity cost him a little but still a solid choice. When I saw that you had picked Dale Mccourt I said how did I overlook that guy? Really solid pick. 3 seasons of 40 or more assists make me think of him as one of the better playmakers in the draft. Ilkka Sinisalo was a guy me and Dave scouted last AAA draft, solid 2 way player, perfect for a 2nd line. Goal scoring may be an issue here but I think things should be fine.
Line 3: Ron Duguay reads as the offensive force on this line, he was a popular player back in the day so a solid pick here. Orest Kindrachuk is your captain and that's a good choice, he's a prototypical checking line centre. Don Saleski was my 1st choice for a 2nd line right winger but I preferred Bill Flett's toughness, good pick for you though with Saleski. Good checking line all around.
Line 4: Ted Irvine is wrestler Chris Jericho's father but he's also a good player. He will be a checking winger as he was for me and Arcand in last year's MLD. Don't ask me why but Christian Ruutu was a player I always liked as a kid, solid all around game. Vlastimil Bubnik reads as an explosive goal scorer, maybe move him up a couple lines to your 2nd line to give that line.
Extras: Alf Pike read as your prototypical extra. Mikko Koivu maybe doesn't belong at this level yet but he's an extra so that's not so bad. Dustin Brown would have been a good power forward at the AAA level so solid group of extras you have there.
Final Thoughts On Forward Group: A great group of players who do everything well.
Defense Pairing 1: Warren Godfrey is one of the better defensive defensemen in this draft while Jocelyn Guevremont is one of the better offensive defensemen in the draft, a good complementary pairing.
Defense Pairing 2: Souray has put up some good offensive numbers during his career including 64 points 1 season, not bad for a 2nd line defenseman in the MLD. Brent Seabrook is one of my favourite defensemen in the league at this point. Together they should be a good pairing.
Defense Pairing 3: While I like the rest of your team, I'm not fussy of this pairing, Hedican and Quinn are both to defensive, you may want to put Lidster on this pairing with one of Hedican or Quinn.
Extra: Like Lidster, probably would of chose him over Zalapski had I got the chance.
Final thoughts on Defense group: Solid group that focuses more on defense than offense. That won't hurt you in the MLD.
Goalies: Eddie Johnston was one of the better goalies available while Theodore is a good backup, solid group.
Special Teams: Only qualm I have here is Mccourt should be on the point on the 1st pairing and Chouinard should be your centre, other than that solid group.
Coaching: Randy Carlyle is one of the best modern coaches, always seems to do good with those Anaheim teams.
Overall I like your team a lot, good luck to you in this.