I'll write my 1st year recap with the Kansas City Scouts as I'm very bored at work..
Ended the season with the following roster:
Pääjarvi-Kelly-Sheary
Vatrano-Tierney-Korostelev
Pulkkinen-Porter-Hemsky
Bourque-Poirier-Moses
Gelinas-Tyutin
Erixon-Weber
Holden-Bortuzzo
Irving
Danis
Some stats:
Korostelev 20+17
Vatrano 19+24
Tierney 19+25
That's about it for anything worthwhile. Ended the season with a 15-62-5 record.
Trades:
Jaroslav Halak to Devils for NJD 1st 2018 (35th) & NJD 2nd 2019
Notable trades around the league:
Krejci to ANA <> Petterson, right to Comtois to BOS
Stempniak to PIT <> PIT 1st 2018 to CAR
Suter, rights to Shaw to TOR <> Kapanen, rights to Räsänen, TOR 1st 2018 to MIN
Pacioretty to CGY <> McDonald, Mangiapane, rights to Ruzicka to MTL
Neal to NSH <> Carrier, rights to Farrance, rights to Mismash to VGK
Parise to ARI <> rights to Steenbergen, rights to Entwistle to MIN
Yandle to SJ <> Roy, right to Norris, rights to Reedy, SJ 1st 2018, SJ 1st 2019 to FLA
Maroon to OTT <> Paul, OTT 3rd 2018, OTT 4th 2018 to EDM
Dadonov to DAL <> Guryanov, right to Point, rights to Nichushkin to FLA
Jokinen, rights to Hults to BUF <> POuliot, rights to Laaksonen to LA
de La Rose, rights to Walford, CHI 2nd 2018 to BOS <> Krug to MTL
Sekera to STL <> rights to Noel, rights to Toropchenko to EDM
Filppula, rights to Lycksell to LA <> Fantenberg, irghts to Villalta to PHI
Petry to CHI <> rights to Altybarmaykan, rights to Kayumov to MTL
Abdelkader, rights to Kotkansalo to NJ <> rights to Walsh, FLA 2nd 2018, CGY 5th 2018 to DET
Green, rights to Gilmour to TB <> Cirelli, Stephens, rights to Foote to DET
NHL Entry Draft 2018:
Scouts have the 6th pick
Svechnikov goes 1st to Nordiques, Dahlin goes 2nd to Kraken
As my pick comes up I have a lot of choices between the likes of Boqvist, Merkley, Wahlstrom, Skarek etc so...
TRADE ALERT: Scouts trade 6th ovr to FLA for 8th ovr & 20th ovr (SJ) as the Panthers were really high on Merkley
With the 8th pick Scouts select RD Adam Boqvist
With the 20th pick Scouts select LD/RD Jared McIsaac
With the 35th pick Scouts select LW/C Jesperi Kotkaniemi
With the 41st pick Scouts select G Alexis Gravel
With the 77th pick Scouts select C Jake Wise
With the 113th pick Scouts select LW/RW Kirill Nizhnikov
With the 185th pick Scouts select RD Sean Durzi
With the 221st pick Scouts select RW Sami Moilanen
So hopefully I drafted my future top D pairing and a future starting goalie. Kotkaniemi and Wise have great potential but both have a long way to go. Rest of the picks I'm just hoping for that diamond in the rough as they have some good features that they could develop into NHL level skills.
Signed before last season and now coming over/European free agents:
Jonathon Blum: 1 year/2M
Vyacheslav Voynov: 6 year/30M
Olli Palola: 2 year/1,85M
Dominik Kubalik: 3 year/1,95M
Dominik Hrachovina: 2year 1,85M
Vladimir Tkachyov (younger one): 2 year/1,85M
NHL Free agency:
David Desharnais: 1 year/2,5M
Derek Ryan: 1 year/2,5M
Ryan Murray: 2 year/8M
Got some good center depth that can be turned into picks at the deadline. Got a few solid D that can be also turned into futures when Boqvist/McIsaac are ready for bigger roles. Got a goalie ready for a 1A/1B role. And also got some young talent that can turn into core pieces for this young team.
Projected lineup:
Tkachyov-Desharnais-Sheary
Pääjarvi-Ryan-Vatrano
Pulkkinen-Tierney-Korostelev
Kubalik-Palola-Poirier
Voynov-Boqvist
Murray-Blum
McIsaac-Holden
Bortuzzo
Hrachovina
Irving
Still gonna try to pick up a center from the waivers and some D depth if McIsaac/Boqvist are not ready for NHL.