Otis Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I disagree, Its a great challenge, the team has added and signed some decent young players. We're all GM's here, some with odd jobs on the side away from our computers. The Columbus job in my opinion is highly desirable and quite the challenge! Fun stuff! Agree completely Mike. The past couple of GMs have done a tremendous job, there are some very nice pieces to build your team up with. Welcome and best of luck Ty Webb!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Optimist Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Sorry on mobile wanted to check something How does everyone feel about Torts? I must saw I am excited but this has the potential to be a total gongshow. High-risk move.. Gotta wonder how much reward there could be though I think that Torts interaction with the media has very little to do with the way he coaches the team. For that reason I will find it entertaining,but I think it will also shield the team a lot from the media. as far as i am concerned he is an upgrade. Should we end up with him in Vancouver, I have no doubt the team will go deep, and I think he can add a net positive result for sure with our young guys as well as the vets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Optimist Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Welcome Ty Webb, your gonna like it here, and before squeak goes to tuff mudder, and by way of a welcome to the league, i am about to waive a player if you would like to put in a claim pm canuck2xtreme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Optimist Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Waivers: The New York Rangers waive Tim Brent, to be assigned to the minor league affiliate Connecticut Whale if he clears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Romo Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Carolina Hurricanes Loui Eriksson-Mike Fisher-PA Parenteau Ray Whitney-Nathan Mackinnon-Nail Yakupov David Booth-Mika Zibanejad-? Antoine Roussel-James Wright-Colby Armstrong Matt Dagostini-Derek Mackenzie ?-Trevor Daley James Wisniewski-? Filip Kuba-Chris Tanev Andre Benoit Mika Kiprusoff Josh Harding Ben Scrivens Charlotte Checkers David Ullstrom-Boone Jenner-Brandon Kozun Petr Straka-Dustin Jeffrey-Josh Nicholls David Dziurzynski-?-? Cam Barker-Brian Lashoff Nick Petrecki-? Matt Cornette-Mark Alt Jack Campbell Danny Taylor Olivier Roy Unsigned Prospects Mike Winther Tim Bozon Brian Cooper Jackson Houck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal and Gary's Phlegms Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Welcome to the league Ty Webb!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Romo Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Rumour: Reports are suggesting that Carolina is in the market for a top 4 defensemen and they have made some of there top young forwards available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty Webb Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Hello Fellow GM's, I am looking forward to this offseason and next hockey season and it seems like the majority of the organizations have dedicated managers.. I have seen that the Columbus Bluejackets have yet to move to the Eastern Conference where they truly belong and I would like to move to the East with the NY teams for the 2013-2014 season. I have one last thing to say to all of you, Nananananana... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I don't think you want to move to the east.. Trust me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck2xtreme Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 It's been brought to my attention that a few team charts had an error in their code which caused them to incorrectly calculate the amount of money spent on the teams minor league budget. This has been fixed and all minor league budgets are now accurate. Teams that had errors in code and were effected by this glitch are: ANA, LA, CBJ, TOR, NJ, NYR, PIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck2xtreme Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 Hello Fellow GM's, I am looking forward to this offseason and next hockey season and it seems like the majority of the organizations have dedicated managers.. I have seen that the Columbus Bluejackets have yet to move to the Eastern Conference where they truly belong and I would like to move to the East with the NY teams for the 2013-2014 season. I have one last thing to say to all of you, Nananananana... Balanced conferences are good to have. Plus... yeah... you don't want to be out East yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallstreetamigo Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 When you get a chance c2x, I am missing Thomas Hickey on my active roster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Romo Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Does Dave Pratt still work in Vancouver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Does Dave Pratt still work suck in Vancouver? Why, yes, he does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Optimist Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Hello Fellow GM's, I would like to move to the East with the NY teams for the 2013-2014 season. Don't worry, you will visit the Garden, you will wish you hadn't but you will visit MSG. For good luck we buried Hoffa at center ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddhas Hand Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Chicago welcomes the new GM of Columbus to our league , good luck mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionJax09 Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Welcome to the league Ty Webb. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da.moose Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Welcome to the league Ty Webb, and best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da.moose Posted June 22, 2013 Share Posted June 22, 2013 Washington Capitals Press Conference The Washington Capitals had a very disappointing end to the 2012-13 CDCGML season. After being the top team in the entire league for almost a third of the season things just seemed to slip. The Capitals finished the season 11th overall in the standings and 9th in the Eastern Conference just outside of a playoff spot. We had some time with GM da.moose to ask him a few questions about the recent draft, missing the playoffs, and what to expect in the upcoming offseason as well as the 2013-14 season. Question #1: What caused the team to slip so quickly in the standings last season and what will be different about the team this upcoming season? Answer #1: I'm going to start by saying that I don't think last season was a disaster at all. I am a very competitive person and obviously missing the playoffs hurts; especially when the team has such a promising start to the season. Last season we knew we were giving a lot of very young and inexperienced players a lot of playing time and a lot of opportunity to prove themselves within the organization. The fact that they started off so hot just shows the amount of potential some of these players have and how good they can be as soon as this season. However, there comes a point in the season where experience in the NHL becomes a huge factor. These young guys are not as used to professional hockey. All the hard work takes a toll on them and you need experienced guys that are accustomed to playing an 82 game season to lead the team. I was very impressed with a lot of players last season and we will continue to give them opportunities to become key players within this organization. This season though we believe that we have enough veterans that we can rely on to carry the load from the beginning until the end of the season. Guys like Gagner and Turris are a year older and adding players like Bourque, Cogliano, and Gonchar at the deadline will only give us more reliable options throughout the entire season. Question #2: After last season will there be a coaching change? Answer #2: Bruce Boudreau will remain the head coach of this hockey team. He has been here for my entire tenure and has motivated the team to over achieve at times. That division championship during my first season had a large part to do with Bruce's coaching as well as the run to the Stanley Cup Finals during my second season. The hot start out of the gate was largely thanks to Bruce as well. We will be making a few changes to his staff though. Former Devils defenseman Scott Stevens will be taking over as our primary defenseman coach and we are in discussions with Jamie Langenbrunner about a potential coaching opportunity as well. We will just wait to see the decision he decides to make this offseason. Question #3: With the 14th overall selection in the recent draft the Capitals opted to draft Frederik Gauthier out of the Rimouski Oceanic. What can you tell us about this player and what can fans expect from his in the future? Answer #3: We are very excited to have added such a promising young man to our organization. At 6"5 Frederik has a rare combination of size, speed, skill, smarts, and work ethic. He is a very mature and confident young man. He already excels at the defensive end of the ice so we are quite confident that he will make the NHL squad down the road. How much upside he has is the big question mark though I guess. Some scouts look at his numbers; especially in the second half of this season and questions Frederik's offensive upside. We believe that he is going to be a late bloomer in that regard. We are looking forward to the task in developing Frederik into a key player for us down the line. Honestly, I'm not expecting him to be here for 3 or maybe 4 season's. He has a lot to learn about the offensive side of the game. The fact that he is already so dedicated and gifted on the defensive end though will hopefully mean that he can put more focus towards learning the offensive end of the game. Most players his age are the opposite. He just does a lot of small things right that I notice and is very smart. He was offered a full hockey scholarship to Harvard but opted to go to Rimouski instead. Question #4: Should we expect any big changes to the roster this summer? Answer #4: Hopefully not. We are hoping to keep everyone around and just continue to develop from within. The biggest moves we made were during the trade deadline when we added three pieces that we believe will improve this team immensely. Outside of them we are really just depending on our leadership core that has helped us remain very competitive every season as well as the development of our big group of very young players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuck2xtreme Posted June 22, 2013 Author Share Posted June 22, 2013 Deadline to sign pending UFAs - June 25, 2013 @ 5:00pm Pacific Time Initial Offer Phase of Free Agency - July 1, 2013 Free Agency Negotiations Open - July 5, 2013 A few people have asked me about these dates. Essentially, if you have a pending UFA (or RFA as well I suppose) that has not signed an extension (by signed I mean signed AND posted in the thread), then that player cannot be signed until July 5th. This will give teams a chance to see who will for sure be testing the market and put together their plans for free agency. This means that you can put together your offers and have them ready without making a plan based on offering for a player, and then have that player re-sign with their current club at 10:00pm on June 30th. This does NOT mean that you can't talk contract with them. It just means nothing can be signed until free agency is opened on July 5th. Starting July 1st, teams can send offers to the free agents they're targeting. No negotiations will take place but offers will be received and the agents will have a few days to organize them all and get a feel for the market value of each player. Big name players may have all their offers transferred to a single agent depending on situation in order to keep things more consistent. If/when that happens, there will be a post about it in the thread and teams who have submitted their offers for that player to another agent will have their offers forwarded to that agent. Then on July 5th, agents will start replying and negotiating with teams. Keep in mind that we will have all summer and not all free agents are going to sign in the first week. Some players will take their time, some may sign fairly quickly. Hope this clears things up. If not, feel free to ask! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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