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Post by New Jersey Devils GM on Feb 6, 2012 22:26:33 GMT -5
Thought I'd join in and make my own Be-A-GM write up. I decided to try and build a winner out of Columbus. I'll be blowing it up. I'm going to sim up to the all-star break and make sure I am last in the league at that time. Season 1. 2011-12 Hoping to keep it realistic as possible I left trading off. The way I tossed my games was simple, ice horrible players, for the most part. By January, at the all-star break my record is 5-43-1!! I lost 32 games in a row. 32! ALL in regulation. Here was my line up for the first half; Smith[71]-Johansen[81]-Boll[79] Gillies[75]-Gabriel[70]-Kubalik[68] Umberger[84]-Brassard[83]-Atkinson[74] Prospal[82]-Pahlsson[83]-Dorsett[79] Blomqvist[71]-Delisle[71] Clitsome[78]-Johnson[77] Methot[80]-Martinek[80] Allen[71] Mason[84] Just some fun(laughable) stats from the first half; 49GP 5W 43L 1OTL 11pts 83GF 232GA Highest scorer, Umberger with 8g & 20a for 28pts D Steven Delisle 49gp 0g 1a 1pt -64 G Allen York 49gp 5w 42l 4.73GAA & 0.853SV% Okay, after that it's time to take over. Play the game for real. Injuries and CPU trading back on. Huselius[84]-Carter[87]-Nash[89] Umberger[84]-Vermette[84]-Brassard[83] Prospal[83]-Johansen[81]-Pahlsson[83] Gillies[75]-Dorsett[79]-Boll[79] Tyutin[81]-Wisniewski[83] Martinek[80]-Methot[80] Johnson[77]-Clitsome[78] Mason[84] York[71] Everyone but Johansen is available. I win the first game after the All-Star game! My first point in over 30 games! Going into the trade deadline I am 8-52-2. The day before the deadline I try to make a few trades, not enough phones on deadline day. Trade Wisniewski to STL for Cole, Huskins & 2nd Trade Brassard, Atkinson, Giroux & Savard to NJ for Henrique, Urbom & 2nd Trade Clitsome, Huskins & Letestu to CAR for Spacek Trade Nash, Tyutin, Moore & two future picks to NYI for Okposo, Hamonic & Niederreiter Trade Johnson & Calvert to CHI for Stalberg & O'Donnell Trade Prospal, Dorsett & future 3rd to DET for Smith & Helm Trade Umberger, Mackenzie, St.Pierre & future 2nd to VAN for Hansen, Reinprecht & Hodgson A few minor trades getting rid of multiyear contracts(2yrs or more of 90% of the team) That leaves Vermette, Carter and Mason for the deadline. Trade deadline; Hour 1 and 2 amount to nothing productive. No good offers. Hour 3: Trade Huselius to OTT for 1st & Gryba Hour 4: Try offering Vermette to NSH for Blum and 1st, no dice. Hour 5: CHI offers Leddy & Lalonde for a 2nd - I want picks but like Leddy. I try switching the 2nd to NJ's, no dice. Final Hour: PHX offers Schlemko for Russel & Madaisky - No thanks ANA offers Gordan for Russel & Madaisky - No thanks Try for Blum & 1st again. I get it after the 1st try. Trade Vermette, future 1st, & 3rd to NSH for Blum & 1st I still have Carter and Mason. Both to be likely dealt at the draft. (Eying LA's Voynov & Bernier for Carter) Deadline OVER. New line-up; Henrique[78]-Carter[87]-Okposo[84] Hodgson[77]-Johansen[81]-Boll[79] Gillies[75]-Helm[81]-Hansen[81] Klinkhammer[74]-Reinprecht[77]-Mayorov[74] Blum[80]-Hamonic[82] Spacek[82]-Methot[80] Nikitin[76]-O'Donnell[79] Mason[83] Tarkki[75] Injuries; Pahlsson[83], Martinek[80] & Stalberg[81] *Team looks a lot worse overall wise, but I also got 3 1sts and about 5 2nds.* Will post the rest of the season and off-season later. |
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Post by New Jersey Devils GM on Feb 6, 2012 23:57:01 GMT -5
I end the season 17-63-2. I surprising don't make the playoffs.
Vancouver win the Cup over Florida.
Jonathan Blum win the Calder. 47points for most among rookies
Draft;
Round 1;
I hold #1, #2 & #25
Trade offer from CGY Stajan and Glencross for Carter - No thanks..
I try and move up with the #25.
Offer for a high 1st, no dice.
#1 - LW Nail Yakupov
#2 - RW Mikhail Grigorenko
#25 - D Olli Maata
Round 2:
Trade offer from PIT Morrow & Killeen for my 2nd - No thanks.
I try and get another 2nd.
I trade a future 3rd and a late 2nd for OTT's 2nd.
#31 - D S Koekkoek
#33 - D Nick Ebert
#50 - G Andrei Makarov
Round 3:
#61 - C Michael McNamee
That's it for the draft for me.
All my later picks I traded for pretty much nothing. Don't like those 5ths or later.
Re-Signing period;
I release almost everyone form my minor team. Re-sign my main RFA/UFA and sign my rookies.
I have $32.560M to spend.
I don't really need anything up front, personnel wise, but overall wise it's pretty low.
Defense, I'd like to add a top d-man.
Goalie, still looking to move Mason and get someone else.
I sign RFA Perron to a 6yr $3.5m offer - He accepts, gotta wait for STL now.
Sign Jamie Langenbrunner 1yr $1.2m
Sign Bryce Salvador 1yr $1.5m
Sign Pavel Kubina 1y $5m
St.Louis Matches my RFA offer.
Sign Deslauriers 1yr $1m - backup needed
I now need a LW.
Trade Carter, McNamee, Smith & 1st to SJ for Couture & Clowe
then Trade Clowe & 2nd to STL for Perron
Team is set, just need minor league players.
3 C
3 LW
2 RW
3 D
Yakupov[79]-Couture[85]-Okposo[84]
Perron[84]-Johansen[82]-Grigorenko[79]
Henrique[79]-Hodgson[79]-Langenbrunner[81]
Stalberg[81]-Helm[81]-Hansen[81] - SUCH a great line to play with, soo fast.
Boll[80]
Kuina[85]-Blum[82]
Methot[82]-Hamonic[83]
Nikitin[77]-Salvador[79]
Mason[85]
Deslauriers[80]
I am now ready for season 2
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Post by C00kies - Retired Kings GM on Feb 7, 2012 0:03:34 GMT -5
Hosed Vancouver  |
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Post by New Jersey Devils GM on Feb 7, 2012 0:28:30 GMT -5
Definitely. lol
They won the cup, I'm sure they're happy.
Sedin-Sedin-Umberger was the reason too. 20+ points each.
I played a pre-season game, just to get a feel of some of the players. Grigorenko is fucking awesome. Big, strong, fast, great hands. Scored a hatty.
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Post by Tjhaskell - Retired Jets GM on Feb 7, 2012 1:03:30 GMT -5
Stalberg[81]-Helm[81]-Hansen[81] - SUCH a great line to play with, soo fast. haha that was my 3rd line for my Hawks GM, skate circles around everyone |
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Post by New Jersey Devils GM on Feb 8, 2012 23:13:38 GMT -5
Season 2;
Pre-season 3-1
After a strong start to the season, 4-0 with 2 shutouts and a GAA of 1. The team starts to slip a bit.
After November team record is 14-13-2
After December team record is 20-19-3
Steve Mason sucks, shoulda dealt him earlier. I'm going to try Deslauries, see how he does. Deadline I'm going for a goalie.
Deslauries goes 6-2 going into the all-star break, better than Mason.
All-star Rep was Blum. West wins 3-2 in OT Blum 0pts +1
End February 33-26-5. Not bad.
Going into the deadline team goes 1-4, not great. Some tweeks needed.
Team is 7th in the West, 1 point out of the divison lead though.
Grigorenko leads the team in points 60
Couture leafs in goals with 29
Blum lead the D with points at 50
Top 6 is very balanced all with 50+ points
Deslauries makes the team play better, but his numbers are bad. 3+GAA <.900S%
I might look to add a 3rd line C.
I will look for a 2nd pairing D-man, upgrade Methot.
and I will look to deal Mason for a different goalie.
Trade Deadline;
Players of interest on the trading block;
BOS Thomas
CHI Hossa
FLA Gaustad
MIN Backstrom/Harding
PHI Pronger/Timonen/Bryzgalov
WSH Neuvirth
Bottom teams;
TOR/DET/PHX/BOS/COL/FLA
Deadline Day;
4 hours remaining; No offers
I make an offer to MIN for Backstrom. Mason, Eckford & 4th - No dice
3 hours remaining;
Capitals offer Poti & Ward for Okposo, Boll, 4th & 6th - No thanks.
Devils offer Tallinder for Mason & '13 2nd - I counter with Mason, Methot, & Eckford for Greene & Clermont - No dice.
I try for Pronger - I offer Mason, Methot, Eckford, Szczechura & 2nd for Pronger & Huet - Close, but they reject.
I try again; Mason, Eckford, Giroux, Boll & 2nd for Pronger & Huet - They reject.
2 hours remaining;
Islanders offer Poulin for Boll - I counter for DiPietro using Mason & Boll - They reject.
With Detroit being a bottom team, I'll try for Kronwall.
I offer Methot, 2nd, 2nd for Kronwall - They reject.
I try for Pronger again - Mason, Methot, Giroux, 1st, 2nd for Pronger & Huet - They reject. :/
1 hour remaining;
Sharks offer Antropov for Johansen & Aliu - No. I counter for Niemi thoug, Mason & Aliu for Niemi - They accept!
Bruins offer Savard, Thomas, & Pouliot for Okposo, Hansen, Niederreiter & Helm - No..
Try for Pronger again Ebert, Giroux, 1st, 2nd & 4th for Pronger - They accept!
Waive Methot, he gets claimed.
Final hour;
Flames offer Depth for Helm - No thanks.
Sharks offer Marleau & Boyle for Okposo, Hodgson, Hansen, Stalberg & Zharkov - No thanks.
Flyers offer Briere & Burish for Okposo, Helm & Zharkov - No thanks.
I offer Jenner, Laakso & Eckford to Flyers for McClement & Shelley - No dice.
I try again, Jenner, Laakso, Szczechura & Eckford to Flyers for McClement, Harper & Shelley - No dice.
Last offer for the deadline; Jenner, Laakso, Szczechura & Eckford to PHX for Hanzal - They reject.
Deadline over.
Post deadline roster
Yakupov[79]-Couture[85]-Okposo[84]
Perron[84]-Johansen[82]-Grigorenko[79]
Henrique[79]-Hodgson[79]-Langenbrunner[81]
Stalberg[81]-Helm[81]-Hansen[81]
Blum[82]-Pronger[90]
Kubina[85]-Hamonic[84]
Nikitin[77]-Salvador[79]
Niemi[87]
Deslauriers[80]
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Post by Lilwayne - Retired Canucks GM on Feb 9, 2012 0:10:53 GMT -5
go nucks lol |
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Post by New Jersey Devils GM on Feb 9, 2012 0:37:38 GMT -5
Post-deadline;
I end the season 44-30-8 that's good for the division win and 3rd in the conference.
Some team stats;
Team finishes 1st in goals for - But finished 2nd last in goals against.
My PP is #2 and my PK is average.
AHL team finished 5th in the league.
Grigorenko lead my team in goals with 34 and points with 75.
Top 6 all had over 20 goals each and at least 65points.
Best bottom 6 guy would be Hodgson with 26pts
After a great pre-deadline Blum only got 6 points after it. Finishes with 14g 56pts
Deslauriers numbers got better, and Niemi's stayed good after acquiring him.
Playoffs
Round 1 CLB vs EDM
Game 1 - L 4 - 2
Game 2 - W 4 - 2
Game 3 - W 3 - 2
Game 4 - W 3 - 2
Game 5 - L 4 - 1
Game 6 - L 8 - 4.....
Game 7 - L 4 - 3... well fuck
Top line was shit.
Penguins win the Cup over the Oilers in 6 games. Staal wins the Smythe.
Mikhail Grigorenko wins the Calder.
Ovechkin sweeps the major awards and Kipper was the best goalie.
Draft; I have no picks, so there's that..
Round 1;
Wings offer Kronwall for Johansen & Boll - No.
Nucks offer Umberger for Johansen & Boll - No.
Jets offer Oduya & Fehr for Couture - No..
#1 overall pick goes to Colorado - D.Vanderwiel
Round 2;
More crappy offers for Couture and Johansen form Montreal, Toronto and Senators
Round 3;
More crappy offers.
Enough of that, no picks, crap offers. Auto the rest of the draft.
Some contracts up that are important pieces; Henrique, Hodgson, Blum, Hamonic and some depth. $24M - Should be good.
Signed all the main guys to long term deals.
Let Langenbrunner and Kubina walk.
Salvador retired.
In UFA I'll be looking for
a top 4 d-man
a bottom pairing d-man
3rd line winger
for the AHL;
1 LW
2 D
1 G
I offer Douglas Murray 2yr $2.45M - Accepted
I offer Visnovsky 1yr $4.75M - Rejected
I offer Elias 1yr $2.8M - Accepted
I offer Davis Drewiske 1yr $1.25M - Accepted
All position targets acquired, I'm good to go.
The new line-up;
Yakupov[81]-Couture[85]-Okposo[84]
Perron[84]-Johansen[83]-Grigorenko[83]
Elias[85]-Hodgson[83]-Henrique[84]
Stalberg[81]-Helm[81]-Hansen[81]
Blum[84]-Pronger[87]
Hamonic[84]-Murray[85]
Nikitin[77]-Drewiske[81]
Niemi[87]
Deslauriers[81]
On to season 3.
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Post by New Jersey Devils GM on Feb 11, 2012 18:43:43 GMT -5
After a good season opener, 4-1 win over LA, the team is at a bad spot two months in.
10-10-3 after November.
No need to trades, yet, make a few strategy changes and line changes.
After December, 16-16-5..
12th in the West, 6 points out.
Need a change I think.
Trade Elias, 2nd, 2nd, Perreault, & Eckford to STL for Clowe, 6th & 7th
21-20-7 at the All-Star break...
Grigorenko is selected to go to the All-star game. West wins 3-0, Grigorenko with a goal.
The team is not bad in net, Niemi has decent numbers. But they lack scoring. Need a change up front.
Going into the deadline the team is in 9th place, 2 points out and 30-26-7.
My main goal is to upgrade Drewiske for a good OFD.
4 hours remain;
NSH offers depth for Okposo - No thanks.
3 hours remain;
PHI offers Taormina, Betts & Read for Helm, Stalberg & Dekanich - Nah
BOS offers Marchand & Paille for Okposo - No thanks.
I offer BOS Drewiske, 1st & 3rd for Chara - No dice.
2 hours remain;
PHX offers Hanzal, Kampfer & Hensick for Hansen, Stalberg, & Boll - Nah
CHi offers Frolik & Bickell for Henrique - Nah
PHI offers Simmonds, Gragnani, & Betts for Henrique - Nah
OTT offers Lee, Smith, Gervais for Johansen & Drewiske - nah
EDM offers Smid, Eager, Teubert & Potter for Henrique - nah
I offer FLA Drewiske, Sterling, Boll & 3rd for Campebll - he's in the minors - they reject
1 hour remain;
A few bad offers, nothing important.
I try again for Campbell - Drewiske, Currie, Trask, 1st & 3rd for Campebll - They reject.
Final hour;
More bad offers
I try this package a few times; Drewiske, Currie, & Trask.
Beauchemin - rejected
Kaberle - rejected
Streit - rejected
Kubina - rejected
I try adding a pick -
Drewiske, Currie, Trask, 1st & 3rd to WPG for Enstrom - Rejected
Wasted deadline, nothing..
At the end of March the team is in 6th, only two points out of 9th, and a record of 38-30-8.
It comes down to one game. Anaheim has the 8th place right now with 88 points, 82GP.
I have 81GP 87PTS.
I need a WIN, I don't have the tie breaker.
For the final game I play St.Louis at home.
Game 82;
After one period shots are 5 - 5 score tied at 0.
1:26 into the 2nd Johansen takes the feed from Perron in the slot to make it 1-0.
3:23 Grigorenko takes the feed from Hamonic and rings one off the post.
7:26 into the 2nd period Couture takes the feed via Yakupov from the red line, breaks in dekes around Pietrangelo, SCORES! Jackets lead the Blues 2-0!
14:30 into the 2nd period, Grigorenko shoots from the blue line, Johansen whacks at it, Halak saves, Perron jumps on the rebound, scores!! 3-0 Jackets
2nd period ends, 3-0 Jackets.
6:26 into the 3rd on a delayed penalty Elias pushes one pass Neimi, 3-1 Jackets
with 42.2 seconds remaining Grigorenko makes to 4-1 with an empty net goal.
Blue Jackets win, they make the playoffs!!
more later
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Post by New Jersey Devils GM on Feb 12, 2012 17:16:10 GMT -5
On to the playoff. We faceoff against the top team in the West, and league, Nashville. They were easily the best team in the league, and Rinne had an ridiculous year. Game 1 - win 1-0 Game 2 - win 4-2 Game 3 - win 2-1 Game 4 - win 3-2 Actually swept them.  - I only played one game, that was game 1. Round 2 brings us Los Angeles. Only simming this series. Game 1 - lose 4-2 Game 2 - win 5-3 Game 3 - win 3-1 Game 4 - lose 6-1 Game 5 - lose 3-2 Game 6 - win 6-5 in OT Game 7 - lose 4-2 - damn.. Bridgeport wins the Calder cup Los Angeles Kings win the Stanley Cup over Florida in 6 games. Kopitar wins the smythe Awards; Kovalchuk cleans up for offense and Doughty wins the Norris. Rinne wins the Vezina My contract is up, I still want to make this team win a cup, so I look for a new deal. they offer 2,3,4,5 yrs. I accept a 3 yr deal. |
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Post by New Jersey Devils GM on Feb 12, 2012 23:03:44 GMT -5
Draft time, I have no picks so I'll likely auto draft the whole thing.
Phoenix has the first overall pick they draft J.Corbett
No good offers from the first round, I auto draft the whole thing.
Re-signing;
Couture, Johansen, 4th line need to be re-signed.
Re-sign them all. Couture and Johansen long term and the 4th line for 2 yrs.
Don't need anything from UFA, but some depth players(minors) and another top 4 d-man would be nice.
I offer for some minor leaguers, young potential type, and for Markov, 1 yr $5.5M. Everyone I offer accepts, 5/5.
Nothing major happens. So now i'm ready for the new year.
Season 4 line-up;
Perron[85] - Johansen[84] - Grigorenko[87]
Yakupov[85] - Couture[87] - Okposo[85]
Clowe[85] - Henrique[84] - Hodgson[84]
Stalberg[81] - Helm[81] - Hansen[81]
Blum[85] - Markov[87]
Pronger[84] - Hamonic[85]
Cole[81] - Murray[85]
Niemi[87]
Deslauriers[81]
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Post by New Jersey Devils GM on Feb 14, 2012 0:19:23 GMT -5
Season 4;
I start off with a 4-1 win over Chicago.
I sim a few months, to the end of December. I finish 19-13-2
After that I play through to the All-Star break at .500, nothing special.
I ride a 4 game win streak into the break.
Grigorenko is chosen to represent the team at the game, he scores the only goal for the West in a losing effort. 3-1.
After the break, the win streak continues. 11 wins after the game, that's a 15 game win streak. Anaheim ends the win streak at 15 with a OT win.
The deadline is now here, my record is 39-21-5. That's good for 4th in the West, two out of the division lead. 13 away from 8th, so I'm in decent shape.
My PP and PK are crap, both bottom 5.
My D and G are good, no need to change it, really.
My offense might need a slight change. That's what I'll look at in the deadline.
4 hours remain;
No offers
3 hours remain;
FLA offers Corvo for Helm & 2nd - no thanks
OTT offers Lee & C.Fraser for Helm, Boll & 2nd - no thanks
2 hours remain;
MIN offers Rozsival for Helm & 2nd - no thanks..
MTL offers 2 1sts for Markov - no thanks
STL offers McClement & 1st for Okposo - I counter with Okposo for Stewart, they say no.
NJ offers Parise for Okposo and Stalberg - I like this idea, I change Stalberg to Trask and Boll they accept.
1 hour remain;
PHX offer Brule and Korpikoski for Johansen - NOOO way.
STL offers G.Campbell & 1st for Henrique - No thanks.
final hour;
WSH offers their 1st for Nikitin and 3rd - accept
I make an offer for Landeskog offering Henrique - They reject.
I try again, Henrique & Narbonne for Landeskog & Saskin - They reject
I try again offering Henrique, Narboone, & Currie for Landeskog, Blunden and gaskin - they accept
Claim Brooks Orpik off waivers.
Done for the deadline, stretch run now.
Perron[85] - Johansen[84] - Grigorenko[87]
Parise[92] - Couture[87] - Landeskog[85]
Yakupov[85] - Hodgson[84] - Clowe[85]
Stalberg[81] - Helm[81] - Hansen[81]
Markov[87] - Blum[85]
Pronger[84] - Hamonic[86]
Murray[87] - Orpik[87]
Niemi[88]
Deslauriers[81]
I end March 50-22-5, everything is looking good.
After the deadline I go 15-1-1.
Season ends, 54 - 22 - 6 114pts. That's good for 1st in the league and wins the President's Trophy.
Some top scorers for the team;
Grigorenko 41g 44a 85p
Johansen 22g 61a 83p
Parise 26g 54a 80p
Perron 34g 41a 75p
Blum 10g 37a 47p
Playoff time.
Round 1 brings us Edmonton
Game 1 - L 2 - 1
Game 2 - L 3 - 1
Game 3 - L 4 - 2 - Change the goalie to Deslauries
Game 4 - W 6 - 1
Game 5 - OT-W 4 - 3
Game 6 - OT-W 3 - 2 - Yay!
Game 7 - OT-W 6 - 5 - Woot! Yakupov wins it.
Only change I make is putting Niemi back in.
round 2 brings us Chicago
Game 1 - W 3 - 2
Game 2 - W 3 - 1
Game 3 - L 5 - 2
Game 4 - L 3 - 0
Game 5 - L 2 -0
Game 6 - W 2 - 1
Game 7 - W 2 - 1
Western Conference Finals, Jackets vs Kings
Game 1 - OT-W 3 - 2
Game 2 - W 3 - 2
Game 3 - L 4 - 3
Game 4 - W 3 - 2
Game 5 - L 4 - 3
Game 6 - L 2 - 0 - fuuu
Game 7 - W 4 - 2
We did it, Stanley Cup finals.
Jackets vs Hurricanes
Game 1 - L 7 - 0
Game 2 - W 7 - 2
Game 3 - L 1 - 0
Game 4 - W 5 - 4
Game 5 - W 4 - 1
Game 6 - W 3 - 1- Stanley Cup Champions!!
Conn Smythe winner is Logan Couture 11g 9a 20pts +13
Pronger and Markov retire
Draft time;
I've got two picks, both in the first. #13 & #26
round 1;
SJ offers Burns for Couture - I counter with Orpik & Koekkoek - rejected
I offer Orpik & Koekkoek to OTT for a 1st - accepted
#6 - D Jesper Viklund
#13 - D Kim Dahl
#26 - RW Pat Corazzini
Auto draft the rest.
Re-signings;
There's a lot to do here, Parise, Grigorenko, Yakupov, Niemi, Landeskog, plus more..
I have about $30.8m to use.
I re-sign them all and have about $2m to spend.
I'm in the market for a top 4 d-man. I can trade a forward to free up some space, Niederrieter is ready for the NHL.
I offer Babchuk 1yr $2.6m - accepts
I offer a few minor leaguers too - they all accept
I like my forwards and goalies but I'd like to add a top pairing defender.
I make a trade for Shattenkirk, giving STL Babchuk, Sock, Shalimov, Uotila & 1st.
Perron[85] - Johansen[85] - Grigorenko[87]
Parise[92] - Couture[87] - Landeskog[87]
Yakupov[86] - Hodgson[85] - Clowe[87]
Stalberg[81] - Helm[81] - Hansen[81]
Blum[85] - Shattenkirk[87]
Murray[87] - Hamonic[87]
Urbom[81] - Cole[82]
Niemi[88]
Makarov[81]
Season 5, later.
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- I only played one game, that was game 1. 