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Dallas Stars, 2012-13 
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 12:05 AM.
Here is the link to year 1, including all offseason moves:

http://www.operationsports.com/Bloop...-stars-year-1/

Starting Line-up for 2012-13 Season:

Dallas Stars Depth Chart - 2012-13
STARTER2ND3RD4TH
LWLoui Eriksson (87)Evander Kane (85)Sean Couturier (82)Justin Abdelkador (80)
CJoe Pavelski (85)Patrik Berglund (84)Jochen Hecht (81)Zenon Konopka (80)
RWBobby Ryan (89)Teemu Selanne (84)Andreas Nodl (80)Adam Burish (80)
D #1Karl Alzner (84)Matthew Carle (83)Luca Sbisa (81)
D #2Zach Bogosian (84)Braydon Coburn (87)Cory Sarich (83)
GKari Lehtonen (87)Scott Clemmensen (82)


Trade Deadline:

To Vancouver Canucks:
G - Kari Lehtonen
D - Brett Clark
2014 4th Round Pick
2015 4th Round Pick

To Dallas Stars:
G - Roberto Luongo
D - Aaron Rome

Analysis:
Lehtonen was really struggling this season, and with Luongo we get a capable starter who is signed long term. It will give us time to draft an elite goaltender and give him time to develop. While I'm not a huge Luongo fan, I'll admit he can be one of the best goalies in the league. Rome was a fill in. He'll never play for my team.

To St. Louis Blues:
C - Dominic Moore
RW - Antti Miettinen

To Dallas Stars:
LW - Jaden Schwartz
D - Mark Cundari

Analysis:
In this trade we offloaded some vets who weren't getting playing time for some youngsters. Schwartz could be NHL ready as soon as next season while Cundari could develop into a 5th or 6th defencemen in 2-3 seasons. Slight gamble on him, but Moore and Miettinen aren't likely a part of my future anyways.

I wound up sneaking into the playoffs. I was well ahead of Vancouver in games played, so was finished my 82 games when they still had 3 to play. On the last day they wound up being shut out by Edmonton 1-0 and it was enough to allow me to make the cut by 1 point with a 41-37-4 record.

Playoffs:

Round 1 vs. St. Louis Blues:

Game 1: 3-0 Win.
Game 2: 2-1 OT Win.
Game 3: 5-3 Win.
Game 4: 2-1 Loss.
Game 5: 4-3 OT Win.

4-1 Series Win.

Well, we finally got to the playoffs after looking like we might miss until the last day. A big series by the veteran's like Selanne and Luongo saw us brush aside the Blues. While our success is mostly due to Luongo, I've been very impressed by some of the role players like Adam Burish who are stepping up with Bobby Ryan currently on IR.

AHL:
The Texas Stars, who went 53-16-7 in their regular season, played against the Charlotte Checkers. A big series by Ben Smith led to a sweep into the second round for my developmental team.

Round 2 vs. Calgary Flames:

Game 1: 3-1 Loss.
Game 2: 4-2 Loss.
Game 3: 4-2 Win.
Game 4: 1-0 Win.
Game 5: 4-1 Loss.
Game 6: 3-1 Loss.

4-2 Series Loss.

Well, we couldn't find a way to win on the road against the Flames, and Bobby Ryan being all for all 6 games didn't help. Luongo continued to play strong though, and finished the playoffs with a .937% and 2.03 GAA. Looking forward, our young core may be partially split up to get some players in the upcoming draft who look very promising.

Stanley Cup Champions:
Calgary Flames

Offseason:

I accidently closed this page without saving, so don't have all my trades and stuff, but will write down everything that I remember.

Retirements:
Cory Sarich

Signings and Re-signings:

D - Zach Bogosian: 6 years, $3.000M.
D - Justin Schultz: 2 years, $1.200M.
D - Steven Kampfer: 2 years, $0.900M.
C - Shawn Matthias: 2 years, $1.000M.
C - Brad Richardson: 2 years, $1.140M.
RW - Teemu Selanne: 1 year, $0.525M.
D - Rob Scuderi: 1 year, $1.365M.
LW - Chuck Kobasew: 2 years, $1.000M.
LW - Tomas Rousek: 3 years, $0.525M.
C - Daniel Pribyl: 1 year, $0.725M.
RW - Mika Zibanejad: 3 years, $0.925M.
C - Jeremy Boyce-Rotevall: 3 years, $0.525M.
LW - Stanley Dalton: 3 years, $0.525M.
RW - Marcus Sorensen: 3 years, $0.525M.
D - Patrick Volpe: 3 years, $0.525M.
D - Adrian Saxrud-Danielsen: 3 years, $0.525M.
D - Brandon Scott: 3 years, $0.525M.
G - Braden Holtby: 1 year, $0.800M.
G - Michael Nishi: 3 years, $0.525M.
G - Justin Peters: 1 year, $1.220M.
Draft Pick Signing:
D - Ray Stillman (12th overall). 6'4", 206 lbs. C, A-, A Potential.

Assets acquired via trade:
C - Alex Galchenyuk

LW - Pontus Aberg
2014 1st Round Pick (LA)
2014 3rd Round Pick (SJ)

Assets given up via trade:
LW - Tanner Pearson

2017 1st Round Pick
2017 2nd Round Pick
RW - Ben Smith


Comments
# 1 waspman3 @ Jul 4
Ok I reckon I stumbled upon your blog but once I did was kinda glad. So I need more details on what season you were on. For me it's just take it out of the box and start playing. Am really impressed with your detail to attention and posting it as well. What's your thought's of the new NHL13
 
# 2 Bloop33 @ Jul 4
Yeah, currently I have 2 going, this one in 2013-14 now, and Another one as the Tampa Bay Lightning that is in 2026-27 I believe. I'm trying to make it at simple as possible but suddenly they've gotten jumbled together, so I'm taking steps to organize it better.

Thanks, After my first 10 or so Blog posts, I realized I could do a much better job of it, hopefully it's coming around. When I get NHL 13 I'll be even more in depth I think.

As for my thoughts on the upcoming game, it'll be awesome. The new features should make players more unique and you'll really have to build to fit a certain style, which is exactly what I want in the game. The most exciting thing for me though, is definitely GM Connected, especially if it's between some guys that use this site. I can picture it now, weekly reports coming from different clubs perspectives, more people will be in tune with what is actually going on, the potential for armchair GM's. It'll be great.
In my mind, it'll be much better than NHL 12 was. Once I heard Dean Richards was back I was pretty excited, because when he was around, I was REALLY into each years upgrades, and 13 doesn't seem like it will disappoint one bit.
 
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