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[Red_Man]

I got most of my FA's by simple offering them like 25% more than they asked for, same term :lolol

Nobody wants to come to Tampa. Everybody wants to come to Columbus. Clearly.

I legit doubled some salary requests and gave them like 2 extra years and I'm still getting turned down. I don't get it.

 

[Orca]

What the fuck kind of offers are you guys making to free agents? I'm doubling their cash and term requirements and haven't had a single offer accepted.......Jesus.

It's probably the term increase that's screwing you over.

 

[MacAttack]

Any teams making a playoff push, my entire roster is up for trades. Looking for prospects/picks/expiring contracts.

 

[Smiley90]

Any teams making a playoff push, my entire roster is up for trades. Looking for prospects/picks/expiring contracts.

I sent you a trade for Halak.

Also, it's the trade deadline, so I won't be simming tonight! Get your trades in while you can.

 

[MacAttack]

I sent you a trade for Halak.

Also, it's the trade deadline, so I won't be simming tonight! Get your trades in while you can.

I'm considering it. I sent Random a PM and in game offer involving him too.

 

[Smiley90]

I'm considering it. I sent Random a PM and in game offer involving him too.

WHAT'S HE OFFERING I'LL OUTBID HIM THAT SOB.

/Holmgren mode activate

 

[MacAttack]

WHAT'S HE OFFERING I'LL OUTBID HIM THAT SOB.

/Holmgren mode activate

He's not offering anything, I'm trying to get him to bite on an offer...

Any chance you'll part with one of your young defencemen?

 

[Smiley90]

He's not offering anything, I'm trying to get him to bite on an offer...

Any chance you'll part with one of your young defencemen?

Define who. Schultz and Gardiner are off-limits unless you REALLY wow me. I mostly just wanted an upgrade on my goalie for this year, and I have a younger prospect for once Halak is gone. And I figured Reimer will be a good deal for next year, once Brodeur's gone.

 

[OAK35]

Put in a crapload of trades. If only I could see what I offered in the past....Hey Smiley, if my Skinner trade doesn't go through go for my other trades but I'd love it if you put that one at the top of your list. Thanks.

 

[Smiley90]

Mac got rid of Brad Richards? and you retained an amazing... 20k a year? LOL. was that on purpose?

I accepted everything except the Skinner trade. That one was way too unreasonable, sorry.

 

[MacAttack]

Mac got rid of Brad Richards? and you retained an amazing... 20k a year? LOL. was that on purpose?

I accepted everything except the Skinner trade. That one was way too unreasonable, sorry.

I didn't intentionally keep any of his salary, maybe I accidentally moved the slider on the iphone app before submitting.

Aside from the term, Richards should be able to help Orca in the playoffs, giving him some much needed depth at center.

 

[Rand0m TAG]

sorry havent been able to log on for the last bit.
hows my team doing? should be back tonight

 

[Orca]

I didn't intentionally keep any of his salary, maybe I accidentally moved the slider on the iphone app before submitting.

Aside from the term, Richards should be able to help Orca in the playoffs, giving him some much needed depth at center.

Yeah I kind of wondered about that salary keep as well. I didn't realize you could even keep that little salary back lol

And yeah, I needed some help in the middle. If the prospects pan out that's a problem that won't stick around, but it would hurt my run this year.

 

[Smiley90]

Last sim before the playoffs start tomorrow!

... I have no idea how they'll be structured after the realignment, so I'll be as surprised as anyone lol.

Looks like the Jets are far and wide the best team of the regular season. I'm happy with 1st in the East.


Also as a reminder, since everyone's allowed to play up to 5 non-playoff games themselves, if you wanna give your team for this season a try, now's the time!

 

[Smiley90]

PLAYOFF TIME

... okay, how do I do this. it's weird.

Western Conference

Pacific

Vancouver (1) - Anaheim (4)
Calgary (2) - Edmonton (3)

Central

Winnipeg (1) - Nashville (4)
Dallas (2) - St. Louis (3)


Eastern Conference

Atlantic

Tampa (1) - Carolina (4) (why is Carolina in the Atlantic playoffs? -shrugs-)
Detroit (2) - Boston (3)

Metropolitan

Philly (1) - NJ (4)
Columbus (2) - Pittsburgh (3)

 

[Red_Man]

Surprised Tampa even made the playoffs. Hopefully my younger players get bumped up over the off season, I have a shit load of cap space to unload on some attractive UFA's.

 

[Rand0m TAG]

once playoffs are done im looking to move players
do i need to wait to discuss?

 

[Red_Man]

I don't think so.

 

[Smiley90]

Feel free to discuss anything you feel like!

 

[Rand0m TAG]

Sedin, Ryan are available
Mac is halak a fa?

 

[Red_Man]

I'm curious about Ryan, but I don't have much to give unfortunately.

 

[Smiley90]

Sedin, Ryan are available
Mac is halak a fa?

I might be interested in a swap between one of Hall/Kane and Ryan... since Ryan's a RW and Hall and Kane are both LW's.

I have WAY too many RW's though. My 2nd&3rd line wingers are all RW's, so I'll want to trade for the other wing, if possible.

I also need an upgrade on goalie...

 

[Rand0m TAG]

Honestly my team sucks bad. I want to retool completely. Msg me a package of draft picks/rookies/depth players
I'll see if I like anything

Smiley, which Kane?

 

[Smiley90]

Honestly my team sucks bad. I want to retool completely. Msg me a package of draft picks/rookies/depth players
I'll see if I like anything

Smiley, which Kane?

Evander :lol So... the younger one.

 

[MacAttack]

Mac is halak a fa?

It depends on if he accepts my low ball contract offers.

 

[Smiley90]

Oh btw: draft priority list is available now too. Quite a few 4.5star players. Sad that it still gives you the actual ratings instead of leaving you with uncertainty, but w/e.

RESULTS

Vancouver 4 - 3 Anaheim
Calgary 4 - 1 Edmonton

Winnipeg 2 - 4 Nashville
Dallas 3 - 4 St. Louis

Tampa 4 - 1 Carolina
Detroit 2 - 4 Boston

Philly 4 - 2 New Jersey
Columbus 4 - 2 Pittsburgh



Schedule:

Western conference:

Vancouver (1) - Calgary (2)
St. Louis (3) - Nashville (4)

Eastern conference:

Tampa (1) - Boston (3)
Philly (1) - Columbus (2)


IT IS ON ZOD.

 

[Orca]

I was robbed!

 

[Red_Man]

Oh shit, Tampa VS Boston this is like crossing the streams with the regular season Mac....hopefully my team can beat the Bruins in virtual hockey at least. Not sure how I made it this far, my bottom 9 is very average.

 

[MacAttack]

I had no idea I even made the playoffs. Makes me wonder where my team would be if I kept Vinny and Richards.

 

[Red_Man]

Jaime Benn is gone for 13 games. Whelp, I'm fucked.

 

[Red_Man]

You said were allowed to play our playoff games Smiley? I'm down to play some tonight if you want Mac, or just let it sim

 

[Smiley90]

You said were allowed to play our playoff games Smiley? I'm down to play some tonight if you want Mac, or just let it sim

If you guys wanna play each other, feel free. Only regular season games against the AI though, no playoff games against the AI though, that'd take away from the gm goal of the mode. Just let me know, so I don't sim before you're done.

 

[Red_Man]

Alright, I'll be on all night Mac if you're down, if he doesn't respond then just sim it like normal Smiley.

 

[Smiley90]

Round simmed!

Results:

Vancouver 3 - 4 Calgary
St. Louis 3 - 4 Nashville

Tampa 4 - 1 Boston
Philly 0 - 4 Columbus


Conference Finals:

Calgary - Nashville

Tampa - Columbus


Red, you're next.

 

[Red_Man]

:lol :lol I'm missing Benn and my entire top 9 is full of 78's and a couple 80's.....must be the combined power of Schneider and Peitrangelo pushing me through these rounds. I don't fell bad about giving up my 1st rounder anymore.

 

[MacAttack]

Alright, I'll be on all night Mac if you're down, if he doesn't respond then just sim it like normal Smiley.

Shit, wish I had seen this, I would have been down. :/

 

[Rand0m TAG]

Go Lumbus!!!

I don't know if its just me, but the goalies are shit in this game. I play against my bro all the time and the goalies keep giving up stupid goals. frustrating as hell

 

[Red_Man]

Go Lumbus!!!

I don't know if its just me, but the goalies are shit in this game. I play against my bro all the time and the goalies keep giving up stupid goals. frustrating as hell

they're just really inconsistent, they make a ridiculous save on a 2 on 1 then let in some shitty slapper from the boards. EA Sports.

Shit, wish I had seen this, I would have been down. :/

I saw you get online but you didn't say anything so I just assumed you didn't want to play lol

 

[Smiley90]

Boo Red.

RESULTS

Calgary 4 - 3 Nashville
Columbus 0 - 4 Tampa


STANLEY CUP FINAL


Calgary - Tampa




Also just a reminder, set your draft priority list! I will sim the Stanley Cup final AND the draft tonight, so the resigning stage will begin tomorrow and will go for 3 days/3 opportunities for you to resign your players, before free agency starts.

 

[Rand0m TAG]

can i make trades before the draft?
not sure if its simple enough...

 

[Smiley90]

can i make trades before the draft?
not sure if its simple enough...

Theoretically yes, I wasn't planning on having a break before the draft, but I can accomodate it if you want?

 

[Rand0m TAG]

Screw it. I wanted to trade players for draft picks but have nothing planned

 

[Red_Man]

So jokes, I was at .500 hockey for the majority of the season. I'll take it though.

 

[Smiley90]

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR... Calgary Flames? What? ... AI FTW!

3/4 teams in the conference finals were user controlled, the lone AI team wins :lol


Also, the draft and player growths happened! So check those out.

Apparently I was able to draft a 4.5star (red) prospect with my late pick. Awwww yiss nobody did draft priority changes.

Resigning stage is on now! You'll have three sim periods to resign the players you want and put in QO's for your RFA's. Good luck!

 

[Red_Man]

Bullshit. Fuck you Calgary. Time to lock up some of these UFAs...Drouin didn't progress much though =/

 

[Smiley90]

Bullshit. Fuck you Calgary. Time to lock up some of these UFAs...Drouin didn't progress much though =/

Murray is now an 82, as well as Schultz and Gardiner. Three young 4.5star defensemen -nicholsonyes.gif-

And i drafted another 4.5star dman :lol


... I'm willing to part with 1-2 of them for a 4.5star Center prospect/legit 1C. Thornton isn't gonna last forever. I'm scared of the contract he's asking for...

 

[Red_Man]

Murray is now an 82, as well as Schultz and Gardiner. Three young 4.5star defensemen -nicholsonyes.gif-

And i drafted another 4.5star dman :lol


... I'm willing to part with 1-2 of them for a 4.5star Center prospect/legit 1C. Thornton isn't gonna last forever. I'm scared of the contract he's asking for...

Hmmm that's tempting, I have both Benn and Huberdeau, Benn is 88 and Huberdeau is 86. Benn didn't do well at C though, so I'll probably move him on Huberdeau's wing this upcoming season.

 

[Smiley90]

ALL my players are only asking for 1 years deals. It's weirding me out. Even gardiner, who's now an 82ovr 4.5star, wants a 1mio 1 year deal. What's up with that EA lol.

 

[Red_Man]

Pietrangelo only asked for 1 year too, it's weird

 

[Rubber Ducky]

Same here. It sounds like next year's free agent class is going to be pretty amazing.