COVID-19 Sim League (CSL) - Season 4

[Zigmund.Palffy]

 

[Zigmund.Palffy]

 

Edited April 16, 2020 by Zigmund.Palffy

[Mr. Quacks]

If anyone needs some cap relief, slide into my dm's here or on discord!

[Nail]

Some teams have already begun to send in their lines for Season 3. This is fine, as long as you don't plan on making any more moves at all.

 

Also, if you plan to have a player up for a 9 game trial at the beginning of the year, please let me know in the PM so I can keep track of all to make sure we don't go past the 9 game mark.

[AV.]

We have a trade to announce:

 

To Montreal: John Grahame

 

To Carolina: Future Considerations

Edited April 16, 2020 by Alain Vigneault

[Zigmund.Palffy]

 

[Nail]

Philly sends down Alexandre Picard and Jusso Timonen.

[Nail]

Free Agency Wave 2

 

ATL -	Robert Esche	1 x 0.5M
BOS -	Andreas Lilja	1 x 0.5M per
BUF -	Steve McCarthy	2 x 0.6M per
CAR -	Jon Sim	2 x 0.5M per
CBJ -	Oleg Saprykin	3 x 1.3M per
COL -	Scott Clemmensen	2 x 0.5M per
COL -	Denis Hamel	1 x 0.5M
DAL -	Richard Matvichuk	1 x 0.5M
DAL -	Johan Hedberg	1 x 0.9M
DET -	Darcy Hordichuk	1 x 0.6M
DET -	Jakub Klepis	1 x 0.6M
EDM -	Vyacheslav Kozlov	1 x 2.6M
FLA -	Brian Boucher	1 x 0.5M
FLA -	Patrice Brisebois	1 x 0.5M
FLA -	Andrew Alberts	2 x 0.5M per
LAK -	Niklas Hagman	3 x 2.5M per
NYI -	Nils Ekman	1 x 2.2M
PHI -	Freddy Meyer	1 x 1M
PHI -	Arron Asham	1 x 0.5M
PIT -	Chris Osgood	1 x 0.5M
SJS -	Jed Ortmeyer	1 x 0.5M
STL -	Dan Boyle	2 x 4.8M per
TOR -	Miikka Kiprusoff	3 x 6M per
VAN -	JP Dumont	2 x 4.5M per
VAN -	Chris Clark	1 x 2.25M
VAN -	David Hale	1 x 3M

[Zigmund.Palffy]

 

[AV.]

After another early playoff exit, the retirement of key dressing room figures, and many players needing new contracts (which in-turn spelled the end for many of our depth guys), the Dallas Stars entered the off-season knowing that we would have have to make major changes to keep our organization steering in the right direction.

 

The Draft

 

The 2008 NHL Entry Draft saw the Dallas Stars make two major moves on the trade front.  The first move was to ship star forward Jussi Jokinen to divisional rivals, Los Angeles, in a deal that saw us receive the 10th overall pick and forward Sean Avery as notable pieces.  With a top 10 draft pick secured, we decided to accumulate more assets through our 19th overall draft pick.  In a trade that developed itself into a 4-way deal, we shipped our 19th overall and veteran defenceman Philippe Boucher to Edmonton for Petr Sykora and a package of draft picks.  We immediately moved Sykora , as well as Jan Hejda and a draft pick, to Nashville for center Jason Arnott, a former player of ours and one that we knew could replace the hole in our top 6 left behind by Mike Modano.  Of course, Skyora didn't last in Nashville too long as he was eventually moved to the Columbus Blue Jackets.

 

In total, we selected four times.  By the end of the draft, we added defencemen Todd Thompson (9.0C) and Tyler Cuma (8.0D), forwards Jaromir Kriz (8.0D) and Riley Nash (7.5D), and through trade, added defenceman Pat Blunden (7.5D) to our prospect pool.

 

Free-Agency

 

Going into free-agency, the Dallas Stars had the task of replacing both their retired and departing players, while also ensuring that they were able to stay competitive going into the 2008/2009 season.  The first order of business was to promote from within.  While James Neal and Matt Niskanen were planned graduates, a surprise graduate who made the team was Tom Wandell, who posted 57 points in his rookie campaign on our AHL affiliate in Iowa.  Having these players occupy roster spots, we decided to target experience and role players to help fill the rest of our team.

 

On the first day of free-agency, we signed forwards Bill Guerin, Matt Cooke, and Bryan Smolinski.  We were ecstatic to land these players because they had a lengthy amount of NHL experience between them and history of being contributors to their teams.  What was big for us was adding Guerin (2002-2006) and Smolinski (2007), players who had previously played for our team and were aware of the expectations that came with being Dallas Stars, something that we wanted our young players to take note of.

 

On the second day of free-agency, we wrapped up our business by bringing back former Stars, RIchard Matvichuk and Johan Hedberg.  In perhaps our most experimental move to date, we decided to bring in a defenceman who had been buried in the minors by his old team for two seasons.  Richard was a loyal servant for many years (1991-2004) and we felt it was fitting to give him another shot in the NHL to see if that could add some longevity to his career and to see if he could help mentor defenceman Matt Niskanen.  Johan, previously here during the 2006 season, will return to our team as one of the league's higher end back-up goaltenders and should give us a chance in most games when Marty Turco does not start.

 

The Season

 

We go into the 2008/2009 season like this:

 

Brendan Morrow - Mike Ribeiro - Loui Eriksson

James Neal - Jason Arnott - Bill Guerin

Jere Lehtinen - Tom Wandell - Enver Lisin

Steve Ott - Sean Avery - Matt Cooke

 

Andy Sutton - Sergei Zubov

Trevor Daley - Stephane Robidas

Richard Matvichuk - Matt Niskanen

 

Marty Turco

Johan Hedberg

 

ex. Bryan Smolinski

 

While the team has taken a noticeable step back from where we were last year, it cannot be disputed that the team has still set itself up to be among the playoff teams.  We anticipate that we will be battling with teams like Columbus, St. Louis, Chicago, Los Angeles, Detroit, Colorado, Edmonton, and Phoenix all year long for a place in the bottom four playoff spots.  It might be naive to say that our goal is to win the Stanley Cup this year but we know that long-term, we have the prospect pool to step in and bring us back to the top sooner rather than later.

[Monty]

19 minutes ago, Nail said:

TOR - Miikka Kiprusoff 3 x 6M per

[Nail]

The following players have retired:

 

Mike Sillinger @Time Lord

Martin Gelinas

 

The following players have signed in Europe:

 

Jeff Cowan

[Nail]

Free agency wave 3 is now open until 12:00 PM PST tomorrow.

 

Please specify if you are offering players a NHL or AHL role. All players who sign for an AHL role will be placed on waivers immediately after signing.

 

If I notice any offers which I deem as "ridiculous" for term for a player's contract, they will be deleted immediately.

[Bombastik der Teutone]

17 minutes ago, Nail said:

The following players have retired:

 

Mike Sillinger @Time Lord

Martin Gelinas

 

The following players have signed in Europe:

 

Jeff Cowan

whaaaaaaaat?  lol

[AV.]

We have a trade to announce:

 

To Anaheim: Wade Meyers, 2009 Detroit 3rd

 

To Atlanta: P.A. Parenteau

[Zfetch]

Phoneix Coyotes 2008-2009 Season Report

Sponsored by:

Financials:

Year - 2010

Value - $134M

Revenue - $67M

OperatingIncome - $20.1M

PlayerExpenses - $46M

Win-to-Player CostRatio - 132

 

Roster:
Henrik Sedin
Daniel Sedin
Shane Doan
Steven Reinprecht
Frederik Sjostrom
Kyle Brodziak
Kris Draper
Eric Boulton
Martin Hanzal
Cal Clutterbuck
Miroslav Stastny
Paul Byron

Ed Jovanovski
Kevin Bieksa
Denis Seidenberg
Keith Yandle
Ossi Vaananen
Shane O'Brien

Mike Smith
Ilya Bryzgalov

Valuation:


 

 

We look forward to the future of the Phoenix Coyotes.
It will be a great road ahead filled with excitement and tremendous opportunities.
See you on the ice!

[Master Mind]

The Sharks are happy to welcome Ortmeyer to the organization. Our NHL lineup is now set (barring any trades).

 

 

Michalek - Thornton - Cheechoo

Comrie - Marleau - Pavelski

Clowe - Malhotra - Bernier

Goc - Brown - Ortmeyer

 

Ehrhoff - Carle

Methot - Vlasic

Murray - Gorges

 

Lehtonen

Auld

 

Out: Pronger, Hannan, Grier, Nieminen, Conroy

 

In: Malhotra, Ortmeyer, Methot

 

We're excited to see what our new players bring to the lineup. The Sharks still have about $3M to spend, and could look to the trade market for another top 4 defenseman. We may wait to see how October goes first, unless a player we covet becomes available.

[Tanev]

Carolina waives Scott Walker and calls up Peter Mueller and Jimmy Howard @Alain Vigneault

[AV.]

Jean-Sebastian Aubin, Doug Janik, and Randy Robitaille have been placed on waivers for the purpose of assignment to Iowa.

[Nail]

1 hour ago, Nail said:

Free agency wave 3 is now open until 12:00 PM PST tomorrow.

 

Please specify if you are offering players a NHL or AHL role. All players who sign for an AHL role will be placed on waivers immediately after signing.

 

If I notice any offers which I deem as "ridiculous" for term for a player's contract, they will be deleted immediately.

Also reminder that AHL teams can only dress 5 "veterans" who've played more than 260 pro games (which is the equivalent to just over 3 seasons).