Last weekend I started an interesting experiment.
I substituted the Islanders with IFK Helsinki, put all Islanders to free agent list, and replaced IFK's players with only Finnish players. I only draft and trade for Finnish players, no foreigners allowed!
I have simulated 3 seasons, and I've won 2 SC's... Rinne is pure gold.
One thing that's interesting, is that Finnish players that play in Europe, almost all of them are on the market after 1st season, and they progress really well. As an example, Roope Talaja was 80 after first season, and he was an awesome pickup from the free agency for me. Also Joonas Jalvanti, who is now 81, after 3 seasons. For some reason Finnish players are also very cheap to sign, so I'm having a bit of a trouble with the cap-floor... But, oh well, maybe I'll just offer an insane contract for someone like Mikko Koivu, when his contract runs out.
Just one more thing, I'm having trouble to get Jani Hakanpää... He plays for Nashville and is 84 overall. His trade value isn't even that high, but Nashville just won't give him up. Any advice on how to get him? His value's about 1/5-1/6 of the value bar.
e: If I remember correctly, my line-up is as following:
Joensuu-M.Koivu-Talaja
J.Jokinen-Mi.Granlund-Barkov
Korpikoski-Filppula-Roppo
Bergenheim-T.Ruutu-Elo
Pitkänen-Jalvanti
Melart-Maatta
Lehtivuori-Eronen
Rinne
Ortio
I substituted the Islanders with IFK Helsinki, put all Islanders to free agent list, and replaced IFK's players with only Finnish players. I only draft and trade for Finnish players, no foreigners allowed!
I have simulated 3 seasons, and I've won 2 SC's... Rinne is pure gold.
One thing that's interesting, is that Finnish players that play in Europe, almost all of them are on the market after 1st season, and they progress really well. As an example, Roope Talaja was 80 after first season, and he was an awesome pickup from the free agency for me. Also Joonas Jalvanti, who is now 81, after 3 seasons. For some reason Finnish players are also very cheap to sign, so I'm having a bit of a trouble with the cap-floor... But, oh well, maybe I'll just offer an insane contract for someone like Mikko Koivu, when his contract runs out.
Just one more thing, I'm having trouble to get Jani Hakanpää... He plays for Nashville and is 84 overall. His trade value isn't even that high, but Nashville just won't give him up. Any advice on how to get him? His value's about 1/5-1/6 of the value bar.
e: If I remember correctly, my line-up is as following:
Joensuu-M.Koivu-Talaja
J.Jokinen-Mi.Granlund-Barkov
Korpikoski-Filppula-Roppo
Bergenheim-T.Ruutu-Elo
Pitkänen-Jalvanti
Melart-Maatta
Lehtivuori-Eronen
Rinne
Ortio
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