I will be doing a fantasy draft version and a non-fantasy draft version of the Philadelphia Flyers. During the fantasy draft, after three randomizations, my first pick is 11th overall. Salary cap is on, but CPU fixed my team after we ended up above the cap.
Here is my lineup:
T. Hall (84) - J. Tavares (85) - M. St. Louis (87)
J. Voracek (82) - M. Lombardi (82) - C. Kunitz (83)
T. Selanne (82) - V. Prospal (80) - P. Sullivan (79)
D. King (68) - M. Handricks (73) - P. Kaleta (72)
K. Timonen (84) - S. Gonchar (83)
L. Visnovsky (82) - S. Salo (82)
J. Gardiner (81) - M. Zidlicky (80)
N. Backstrom (87)
N. Khabibulin (77)
Top Potential:
T. Hall ****1/2
J. Tavares ****1/2
J. Voracek ****1/2 Prospects
J. Huberdeau ****1/2 69
S. Baertschi ****1/2 68
B. Gormley ****1/2 67
M. Granlund ****1/2 67
E. Etem ****1/2 66
N. Yakupov ****1/2 62
A. Galchenyuk ****1/2 60
R. Murray ****1/2 60
R. Faksa ****1/2 57
G. Reinhart ****1/2 57
M. Gernat **** 56
M. Rielly ****1/2 55 Goalies:
M. Subban ****1/2 56
J. Campbell ****1/2 65
My whole fourth line was free agents, but everyone else was drafted. I have so many top-tier prospects knowing that I'm going to have to trade some away for picks and lower-tier prospects. Good to have the cupboard full though in case some don't pan out.
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I love doing fantasy drafts, but the one thing I don't like is you have to have the salary cap off. Because of this, free agency and extending contracts isn't a challenge. Just give anybody whatever they want.
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Quote:Originally posted by Leafs4ever@Jan 5 2013, 07:17 PM I love doing fantasy drafts, but the one thing I don't like is you have to have the salary cap off. Because of this, free agency and extending contracts isn't a challenge. Just give anybody whatever they want.
I have the salary cap on though. Should be fun until these guys hit UFA
Just got done with my first season. I don't feel the need to do month by month updates, especially in the first few years because I won't be trading much to at all.
2012-2013:
Overall Record: 53-21-8
Top Performers:
K. Timonen: 5G/36A/41P
M. Hendricks: 11G/9A/20P
N. Backstrom: 24W/9L/1OTL, 1.57 GAA, .942 SV%
N. Khabibulin: 29W/12L/3OTL, 2.05 GAA, .928 SV%
Biggest Letdowns:
J. Tavares: 29G/29A/58P
J. Voracek: 17G/13A/30P
Retirees:
S. Gonchar
V. Prospal
S. Sullivan
M. Zidlicky
Gonchar and Sullivan are surprises out of this. I expected to have both of them for another year or two, but oh well. The other two are easily replaceable.
2013 Offseason:
Trades:
PHI trades M. St. Louis and S. Salo to CHI for 2nd overall pick
Draft:
2nd Overall: Nathan Mackinnon ****1/2
25th Overall: Juuso Ikonen ***1/2
55th Overall: Arturi Lehkonen ***1/2
75th Overall: Ty Bilcke ***1/2 Auto-draft from there
Resignings:
K. Timonen: 1 year/4.5M
L. Visnovsky: 1 year/3.7M
T. Selanne: 1 year/2M
N. Backstrom: 3 year/6.5M
N. Khabibulin: 1 year/1.2M
Will update later with Prospect Ratings and Free Agent Signings
2013 Draft
T. Bilcke - 63 overall TGH, 4th liner
N. Mackinnon - 60 overall PLY, Other
J. Ikonen - 59 overall SNP, Other
A. Lehkonen - 57 overall TWD, Other
NHL Prospect Progression:
J. Tavares - 85->87, Still 1st line
T. Hall, 84->84, Up to 1st liner though
J. Voracek, 82->82, Still 2nd line
J. Gardiner, 81->84, Top 4 Def
C. Fowler, 77->79, Top 6 Def
Returning Prospects
J. Huberdeau - 69->85, 1st line forward
B. Gormley - 67->82, Top 4 Def
S. Baertschi - 68->79, 3rd line SCR
R. Murray - 60->74, Minor Top 2
N. Yakupov - 62->74, Depth FWD
M. Granlund - 67->71, Minor SCR
M. Rielly - 55->69, Minor Top 6
E. Etem, 66->69, Other
A. Galchenyuk, 60->63, Other
G. Reinhart, 57->61, Other
R. Faksa, 57->61, Other
M. Gernat, 56->60, Other Goalies
J. Campbell, 65->69, Minor Backup
M. Subban, 56->60, Other
2013 Free Agency and Trades
Cap at Start: $14.770M
Signings
J. Gibson, 64 overall G, ****1/2 (red) at 3 year/$2.775M
M. Streit, 80 overall OFD, Top 6 D at 1 year/$3.250M
M. Ribeiro, 81 overall PLY, 2nd line C at 2 years/$6.400M
M. Lapierre, 78 overall GRN, 3rd line CHK C at 1 year/$2.100M
J. Armstrong, 76 overall GRN, 4th line C at 1 year/$1.110M
W. Acton, 75 overall TWF, 4th line LW at 1 year/$.900M (2 way)
Projected 2013-2014 Lineup
J. Huberdeau (85) - J. Tavares (87) - T. Hall (84)
J. Voracek (82) - M. Ribeiro (81) - C. Kunitz (82)
T. Selanne (81) - M. Lapierre (78) - S. Baertschi (79)
W. Acton (75) - J. Armstrong (76) - T. Bilcke (63)
K. Timonen (85) - J. Gardiner (84)
L. Visnovsky (83) - B. Gormley (82)
M. Streit (80) - C. Fowler (79)
Minnesota is offering me P. Berglund, 25 year old first line C with **** (yellow) for L. Visnovsky and Khabibulin. I don't have the immediate defensive or goaltender depth to make the move, but it saves cap and I get younger. Do I do it?
Quote:Originally posted by 12jmoritz@Jan 7 2013, 09:18 AM Minnesota is offering me P. Berglund, 25 year old first line C with **** (yellow) for L. Visnovsky and Khabibulin. I don't have the immediate defensive or goaltender depth to make the move, but it saves cap and I get younger. Do I do it?
Do it, too many upsides for you. Plus, you got almost every good defensive prospect, so go fur it
Go for it, and liek BK said, let your young guys develop. Berglund is sick.
Take that cap room and then use it to get better, Visnovsky and Khabi aren't that great.
On Calgary I barely made the minimum cap the first couple years, but in FA when I felt I could contend I signed Toews for 5 seasons at 11.5 per. Then two years later I signed Subban for 6 mil or so. Then traded for Keith at 9 million :lol: Then traded for Kovalchuk and his 9 mil this season (gave up Backlund and his 6 of course) and I'm like .3 under the cap :lol:
Quote:Originally posted by JmanPens19@Jan 7 2013, 11:25 AM Go for it, and liek BK said, let your young guys develop. Berglund is sick.
Take that cap room and then use it to get better, Visnovsky and Khabi aren't that great.
On Calgary I barely made the minimum cap the first couple years, but in FA when I felt I could contend I signed Toews for 5 seasons at 11.5 per. Then two years later I signed Subban for 6 mil or so. Then traded for Keith at 9 million :lol: Then traded for Kovalchuk and his 9 mil this season (gave up Backlund and his 6 of course) and I'm like .3 under the cap :lol:
Thing is that my first line is full. He'd be playing second line and I'd lose a PP defenseman and my backup tendy, who performed really well last year