no one judged mine last time, haha. thoughts?
#54 Bobby Ryan - #19 Brad Richards - #13 Ray Whitney
#23 Zach Boychuk - #21 Patrick Berglund - #17 Radim Vrbata
#60 Mikael Backlund - #27 Steven Reinprecht - #22 Ryan Stoa
#26 David Moss - #28 Zenon Konopka - #57 Dana Tyrell
#25 Joni Pitkanen - #33 Pavel Kubina
#29 Johnny Odyua - #39 Mike Lundin
#18 Sami Lespisto - #55 Jeff Schultz
#1 Roberto Luongo
#29 Josh Harding
I like the overall look of your team. You have decent depth in all positions. However, I feel that you went a bit too young with Boychuk/Backlund/Stoa. Boychuk might not even make the team, and the other two will be playing their first full season. I think you would be lucky to get a combined 70-80 pts from them.
The first line, and first d pair looks solid. The deoth in defense is nice, and I especially like the Schultz pick. However Pitkanen's health is somewhat of a risk, and will dictate how your defense does. Goaltending is great; barring injury, Luongo will get around 35-40 wins.
IMO Not quite top 10, but a playoff team.
The completed roster:
Doan(4.55)-Lecavalier(7.727)-Iginla(7)
Zherdev(2)-Richards(5.75)-Knuble(2.8)
Belanger(1.85)-Dubinsky(1.85)-Brodziak(1.15)
Carcillo(1.075)-O'Reilly(0.9)-Tootoo(1.25)
Carle(3.4375)-Liles(4.2)
Bieksa(3.75)-Gilbert(4)
Cumiskey(0.6)-Wilson(0.55166)
Kiprusoff (5.833)
Drouin-Deslauriers (1.05M)
Thoughts?
Also, I am looking to move a semi-high salary (like one of the 4 dmen) so that I don't have to play waiver wire roulette with my backup goalie all year long, so PM me with reasonable offers (a cheaper, relatively talented replacement+).
Love the look of that forward group. Excellent depth. However, each of the guys in your fist line had an off year, and will need to get back to their expected production to put you over the top.
The defense isn't great, but its good and deep. You have 4-30 pt + capable defensemen in your top 4, all on reasonable contracts. You have good potential in your bottom pair, and once again, good overall depth. A Bieksa trade would really help you out, as Vancouver's defense is STACKED.
Your goaltending looks good, and you have some good potential in JDD. The flames can't really get any worse IMO, so another 30+ win season is expected from Kipper. The Oilers I think will end up around 7-10th overall, and JDD should win around 16-20 games for you.
If all goes as expected, you are easily a top 10 team.