GM Game #2 by TP, RR, and IR

[Jamie Benn]

The waive Adam Cracknell, with the intention of him playing in the AHL.


Alexander Steen - David Backes - TJ Oshie
Jaden Schwartz - Derek Roy - Vladimir Tarasenko
Magnus Pääjärvi - Tyler Bozak - Vladimir Sobotka
Brendan Morrow - Maxim Lapierre - Ryan Reaves

Jay Bouwmeester - Alex Peitrangelo
Brooks Orpik - Kevin Shattenkirk
Barrett Jackman - Jordan Leopold
Ian Cole

Jaroslav Halak
Brian Elliott


What we feel we did with this team is made it much harder to play against, tougher in some aspects. Gaining our prospect pool with a 1st round draft pick as well as still maintaining a contending team. Re-signing some big key name players (will announce later), we will this franchise will be stanley cup contender this year and the Blues franchise is heading onto the right path.

 

[888 98 twins]

Playoff Lineup

Pascal Dupuis-Sidney Crosby-Chris Stewart
Chris Kunitz-Evgeni Malkin-James Neal
Jussi Jokinen-Brandon Sutter-Beau Bennett
Kyle Clifford-Joe Vitale-Craig Adams/Tanner Glass

Rob Scuderi-Kris Letang
Olli Maatta-Paul Martin
Simon Despres-Robert Bortuzzo
Deryk Engelland

Marc-Andre Fleury
Tim Thomas​

We got younger and faster on the blueline, and our new defensive philosophy with Jacques Martin should help us prevent goals in the playoffs. If Fleury shows signs of struggle, we have Tim Thomas who has proven to be a clutch goaltender in the playoffs. Kunitz-Malkin-Neal has been a proven line that is as good as it comes in this league, and Stewart will create space for Crosby to continue to be the best player in the world. We finally have a good third line that is capable of playing good defense as well as providing good secondary scoring.

All in all, the problems that have plagued this team in the previous playoffs have been addressed, and we look forward to contending for another cup.

 

[stempniaksen]

Still shopping Stajan, Butler, Russell, O'Brien, Ramo, Berra and MacDonald. Varying prices on all these guys, but the UFA's will be cheaper than the signed/RFA guys.

 

[NowitzkisBrownNugget]

The waive Adam Cracknell, with the intention of him playing in the AHL.

and put Magnus Pajaarvi on LTIR.



Alexander Steen - David Backes - TJ Oshie
Jaden Schwartz - Derek Roy - Vladimir Tarasenko
Brendan Morrow - Tyler Bozak - Vladimir Sobotka
Ryan Reaves - Maxim Lapierre - Chuck Kobasew

Jay Bouwmeester - Alex Peitrangelo
Brooks Orpik - Kevin Shattenkirk
Barrett Jackman - Jordan Leopold
Ian Cole

Jaroslav Halak
Brian Elliott


What we feel we did with this team is made it much harder to play against, tougher in some aspects. Gaining our prospect pool with a 1st round draft pick as well as still maintaining a contending team. Re-signing some big key name players (will announce later), we will this franchise will be stanley cup contender this year and the Blues franchise is heading onto the right path.

Where's Polak?

 

[Jamie Benn]

Where's Polak?

Traded. Will post shortly.


To :
Roman Polak

To
Marek Hrivík
SJS 2nd Round Pick in 2013



- Looking to make one more trade to add a bottom-six forward.

 

[NYR Viper]

The Rangers are very excited to announce a trade with the St Louis Blues. We have acquired rugged defenseman Roman Polak from the Blues in exchange for LW prospect Marek Hrivik and SJ's 2nd '14.


Roman Polak


Marek Hrivik + 2nd '14

We had a HUGE need for another RD and we feel Roman is a solid top-4 defensive RD that we can slot in moving forward. We like the way he plays the game and look forward to him partnering up with either John Moore or Michael Del Zotto moving forward.

 

[TLinden]

The waive Adam Cracknell, with the intention of him playing in the AHL.

and put Magnus Pajaarvi on LTIR.

LTIR? Seems odd to assume he'll still be injured when you had him in your lineup up until this point.

 

[NowitzkisBrownNugget]

"playoff line-up"

Tyler Ennis - Cody Hodgson - Drew Stafford

Marcus Foligno - Mikhail Grigorenko - Ville Leino

Matt Beleskey - Zemgus Girgensons - Daniel Winnik

Patrick Eaves - Johan Larsson - Cody McCormick

John Scott


Mark Pysyk - Christian Ehrhoff

Tyler Myers - Kyle Quincey

Henrik Tallinder - Jamie Mcbain

Mike Weber


Viktor Fasth

Jhonas Enroth​

In:
Riley Sheahan (7.0C)
Teemu Pulkinnen (7.0C)
William Karlsson (7.0C)
Viktor Fasth
Matt Beleskey
Kyle Quincey (UFA)
Patrick Eaves (UFA)
Daniel Winnik (UFA)
Mark Fistric (UFA)


Out:
Ryan Miller (50% retained)
Steve Ott
Matt Moulson (50% retained)

 

[Jamie Benn]

LTIR? Seems odd to assume he'll still be injured when you had him in your lineup up until this point.

From the injury it sounded pretty serious, to be honest it was a cap problem. But now i'll I take him off of it.

FINAL LINEUP:


Alexander Steen - David Backes - TJ Oshie
Jaden Schwartz - Derek Roy - Vladimir Tarasenko
Magnus Pääjärvi - Tyler Bozak - Vladimir Sobotka
Brendan Morrow - Maxim Lapierre - Ryan Reaves
Chuck Kobasew

Jay Bouwmeester - Alex Peitrangelo
Brooks Orpik - Kevin Shattenkirk
Barrett Jackman - Jordan Leopold
Ian Cole

Jaroslav Halak
Brian Elliott

DRAFT PICKS: TOR 1st, STL 1st, EDM 2nd, STL 2nd, SJS 2nd, STL 3rd, TBL 4th
PROSPECTS: Ty Rattie, Jake Allen, Dmitri Jaskin, Brett Ponich, Marek Hvirik, Sebastian Wannstrom



FORWARDS
Alexander Steen ($3.363m) / David Backes ($4.500m) / T.J. Oshie ($4.175m)
Jaden Schwartz ($0.851m) / Derek Roy ($4.000m) / Vladimir Tarasenko ($1.750m)
Magnus Paajarvi ($1.200m) / Tyler Bozak ($4.200m) / Vladimir Sobotka ($1.300m)
Brenden Morrow ($1.500m) / Maxim Lapierre ($1.100m) / Ryan Reaves ($0.600m)
Chuck Kobasew ($0.550m)
DEFENSEMEN
Alex Pietrangelo ($6.500m) / Jay Bouwmeester ($5.400m)
Brooks Orpik ($3.750m) / Kevin Shattenkirk ($4.250m)
Barret Jackman ($3.167m) / Jordan Leopold ($2.250m)
Ian Cole ($0.825m) /
GOALTENDERS
Jaroslav Halak ($3.750m)
Brian Elliott ($1.800m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $60,779,667; BONUSES: $850,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $4,370,333

 

[NYR Viper]

Line-up:

CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Chris Kreider ($1.325m) / Derek Stepan ($3.075m) / Rick Nash ($7.800m)
Carl Hagelin ($2.250m) / Derick Brassard ($3.200m) / Brad Richards ($6.667m)
Matt Nieto ($0.925m) /Jordan Schroeder ($0.600m) / Kyle Palmieri ($1.467m)
Eric Nystrom ($2.000m) ($500k retained) / Dominic Moore ($1.000m) / Derek Dorsett ($1.633m)
Benoit Pouliot ($1.300m) / Mats Zuccarello ($1.150m)

DEFENSEMEN
Ryan McDonagh ($4.700m) / Marc Staal ($3.975m)
Michael Del Zotto ($2.550m) / Roman Polak ($2.750m)
John Moore ($0.965m) / Justin Falk ($0.975m)

GOALTENDERS
Henrik Lundqvist ($6.875m)
Cameron Talbot ($0.563m)

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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $57,794,167; BONUSES: $165,833
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $2,581,667

Kept Salaries:
Dan Girardi - ($1.6625m)
Ryan Callahan - ($2.1375m)
Brian Boyle - ($0.340m)


With the cap going up, Richards and the kept salaries all going away plus Pouliot and Moore, we feel we have a solid future line-up here...

Kreider-Stepan-Zuccarello
Hagelin-Brassard-Nash
Nieto-Schroeder/Miller/Lindberg-Palmieri
Nystrom-Lindberg/Miller-Dorsett

McDonagh-MDZ
Staal-Polak
Moore-McIlrath
Falk

________
Talbot


We are looking to trade some of highly valuable young NHL players and prospects for proven high level players:

Schroeder
Miller
Nieto
Palmieri
Lindberg
Fast
Sproul
McIlrath
Skjei
Nieves
Yogan
Kristo

Let me know if you are thinking about having some players available in the off-season and we can have preliminary talks.

 

[NowitzkisBrownNugget]

Top 6 forwards available:
Drew Stafford
Ville Leino

Bottom 6 forwards available:

Patrick Eaves
Cody McCormick
John Scott
Daniel Winnik

Defensemen available:

Henrik Tallinder
Kyle Quincey

I would also look at deals involving:

Christian Ehrhoff
Tyler Myers
Tyler Ennis

I'm looking for young forwards and goalies and draft picks.

 

[Avs44]

Kevin Klein is still available but it's looking like he will be retained at this point. Unless you're offering a youngish(under 27) top 6 winger please do not inquire. No, your 34 year old third line winger+a 3rd round pick will not suffice.

Matt Cullen is also available for a team looking for a veteran third line center.

 

[NYR Viper]

Marc Staal could be available for a similarly aged top-6 forward (preferably a center but could be swayed)

 

[Dichow Stopper]

FINAL ROSTER

Jonathan Huberdeau - Aleksander Barkov - Sean Bergenheim
David Booth - Nick Bjugstad - Scottie Upshall
Tomas Kopecky - Jared Stoll - Jordan Caron
Daniel Paille - Drew Shore - Jared Boll
*Dustin Jeffrey, Krystofer Barch

Dmitry Kulikov - Erik Gudbranson
Jared Cowen - Chris Tanev
Ed Jovanovski - Alex Petrovic
*Ryan Whitney

Jacob Markstrom
Scott Clemmensen

IN :
Jared Cowen (acquired from OTT)
Chris Tanev (acquired from VAN)
David Booth (acquired from VAN)
Jared Stoll (acquired from LAK)
Jared Boll (claimed from CLB)
Daniel Paille (acquired from BOS)
Jordan Caron (acquired from BOS)
Dustin Jeffrey (acquired from PIT)
Nicklas Jensen (acquired from VAN)
Valentin Zykov (acquired from LAK)
Alexander Khokhlachev (acquired from BOS)
Mark Stone (acquired from OTT)
Andy Welinski (acquired from ANA)
OTT 2014 2nd round pick
PIT 2015 2nd round pick
COL 2014 3rd round pick
SJS 2014 3rd round pick

OUT :
Brian Campbell (traded to VAN)
Tomas Fleischmann (traded to OTT)
Kris Versteeg (traded to LAK)
Shawn Matthias (traded to OTT)
Tim Thomas (traded to PIT)
Marcel Goc (traded to COL)
Mike Weaver (traded to SJS)
Tom Gilbert (traded to ANA)
Brad Boyes (traded to BOS)
Scott Gomez (traded to BOS)

"It was no secret that we were going for a full rebuild. We had identified Huberdeau, Barkov, Kulikov, Gudbranson and Markstrom as the core players to build the team around. We are glad to have two new members to this core in Cowen and Tanev, along with several prospects who should be part of this core in a couple years.

We expect Jensen, Khokhlachev and Stone to battle for a roster spot as soon as next season, while Zykov should follow shortly. Bergenheim, Booth, Upshall, Kopecky, Stoll and Paille will all be at the final year of their contract in 2014-2015 and it should be a year of transition. In 2015-2016, we will be looking to surround our young core properly and we believe that we will have a competitive team for many years to come. We ask our fans to be patient and they can be sure that they won’t have to wait many years to see positive results."

 

[TLinden]

FINAL ROSTER

We expect Jensen, Khokhlachev and Stone to battle for a roster spot as soon as next season, while Zykov should follow shortly. Bergenheim, Booth, Upshall, Kopecky, Stoll and Paille will all be at the final year of their contract in 2014-2015 and it should be a year of transition. In 2015-2016, we will be looking to surround our young core properly and we believe that we will have a competitive team for many years to come. We ask our fans to be patient and they can be sure that they won’t have to wait many years to see positive results."

Be patient, a few years and we'll be in Quebec/Seattle.

 

[Dichow Stopper]

And: Tim Thomas for a 2015 2nd and Dustin Jeffrey.

Tim Thomas is a proven Cup winner and will be great insurance if Fleury begins to falter in the playoffs again.

THOMAS TRADED TO PITTSBURGH

The Florida Panthers have traded goaltender Tim Thomas to the Pittsburgh Penguins for forward Dustin Jeffrey and PIT 2015 2nd round pick.

"We wanted to see Markstrom as our number one goalie and we are happy to give Thomas the chance to go to a contender."

 

[Dichow Stopper]

Be patient, a few years and we'll be in Quebec/Seattle.

I never said I was talking about Florida fans.

 

[Nuckles]

We suck but we don't have a 1st round pick so I don't care where you decide to place my team in the standings.

 

[Dichow Stopper]

RE-SIGN KEY RFAS

Dmitry Kulikov 30M$ for 6 years (5M$ per)

Erik Gubranson 5M$ for 2 years (2.5M$ per)

Chris Tanev 12M$ for 4 years (3M$ per)

Jordan Caron 700k for 1 year

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

Why would the Flyers do that? Tank for a lottery pick?

Give him a chance to win a Cup and no one else made an offer for him.

The trick is to negotiate your trades when the opposing GM is drunk.

That too.

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

We didn't blow it up as much as we originally planned. We have a decent forward corps on paper but like we've seen in real life they're not clicking. My defense is now completely awful with Coburn and Timonen departing. We look forward to our future with the additions of Klefbom, Yakupov, and hope to have two top five picks (Edmonton and Ourselves) in the upcoming draft, which is held in Philadelphia.

Remember... and suck.

Scott Hartnell - Vinny Lecavalier - Nail Yakupov
Jakub Voracek - Brayden Schenn - Matt Read
Sam Gagner - Sean Couturier - Steve Downie
Michael Raffl - Adam Hall - Zac Rinaldo

Luke Schenn - Erik Gustafsson
Mark Streit - Hal Gill
Nicklas Grossmann - Andrej Mezsaros

Steve Mason
Ray Emery

 

[Soli]

Dustin Penner – Ryan Getzlaf – Corey Perry
Jakub Silfverberg – Tomas Plekanec – Teemu Selanne
Steve Ott – Saku Koivu – Andrew Cogliano
Devante Smith-Pelly – Nick Bonino – Emerson Etem
Mathieu Perreault

Hampus Lindholm – Francois Beauchemin
Cam Fowler – Dan Girardi
Sheldon Souray – Tom Gilbert
Reverend Lovejoy

Ryan Miller
Jonas Hiller

​

The reunited PPG line was a pivotal line when we won our last Stanley Cup and that won't be any different this season.
Selanne has found success despite having an offensively capable center since Andy McDonald. To rectify this we picked up Tomas Pleckanec to open up for the Selanne farewell tour. With their groupie Silfverberg, they're expected to make sweet music together.
It has been 5 years since Steve Ott has gone to the post season. In that time, we've seen skilled pests the likes of Marchand, Gallagher, Shaw and Burrows make names for themselves and be key contributors in the Playoffs. Cut from the same cloth, Ott will look to make his presence known and make life difficult for the opposition.

Young Swede Hampus Lindholm has been making a Brodin-like impact with Beauchemin which has made it difficult to separate the two. The addition of Dan Girardi gives Cam Fowler the defensive mentor and rock to lean on as he gets the green light to drive the rush up the ice. Depending on match ups, it wouldn't be a surprise to see Girardi and Beauchemin united on a shutdown pairing. Tom Gilbert and Sheldon Souray have played together and are a more then capable third pairing.

Ryan Miller has been all world this season keeping the scores in Buffalo respectable. His (extrapolated) .919 SV% tells a very different tale then his (extrapolated) 2-10-0 record in net. His previous performances at in the playoffs and Olympics backstopping the United States proved that Miller is a big game goaltender. Jonas Hiller is his very capable backup with all the merit to be the starter himself.

 

[Dichow Stopper]

We didn't blow it up as much as we originally planned. We have a decent forward corps on paper but like we've seen in real life they're not clicking. My defense is now completely awful with Coburn and Timonen departing. We look forward to our future with the additions of Klefbom, Yakupov, and hope to have two top five picks (Edmonton and Ourselves) in the upcoming draft, which is held in Philadelphia.

Remember... and suck.

Scott Hartnell - Vinny Lecavalier - Nail Yakupov
Jakub Voracek - Brayden Schenn - Matt Read
Sam Gagner - Sean Couturier - Steve Downie
Michael Raffl - Adam Hall - Zac Rinaldo

Luke Schenn - Erik Gustafsson
Mark Streit - Hal Gill
Nicklas Grossmann - Andrej Mezsaros

Steve Mason
Ray Emery

Bottom 5 maybe but not bottom 3 (quite clear that Buffalo, Calgary and my Panthers are the worst teams IMO).

 

[holden57]

Offers starting to pick up for Alex Goligoski. I'm open to either roster players or prospects, not too interested in draft picks though.

Stephane Robidas and Vern Fiddler available for a mid prospect.

Still this.

 

[TLinden]

Mike Weaver

SJ 3rd 2014

Weaver is a great addition to the team. You can never have enough depth for the playoffs, and his ability to log 20 minutes a night is huge in playoffs where injuries are bound to happen.