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Carolina Hurricane's - Year 1, Half Way.

Posted on May 28, 2014 at 01:04 PM.

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Beginning the Season.

So all adjustments have been made, I've placed Lucas Wellmark in the third line of the Charlotte Checker (65 face off rating, not bad for a winger!) so he centers J. Staal and E. Karlsson (The TWF). So now the preseason results!

� The team goes 5-1-1, pretty great all things considered including a 9-1 destruction of the Islanders.
� 3 Players in the top 8 of points, J. Liles with 10 (tied first) , N. Gerbe and J. Staal on 9. Our 2nd lines of defense and offense out played the top ones.
� Leading assists was J. Liles and A. Sekera both with 7.
� The leading goal scorer was J. Staal with 7. The closest to him is 4 players on 3.

Early on, Nathan Gerbe looks like he used to back in NHL 13 when he would be an 88 overall destroyer of universes getting 7 goals in 7 games from the second line. It's not long before J. Tlusty takes over for a while before FINALLY being passed by Skinner. That's what I wanted 40 games ago kid!! Finally we make it too the Olympic break. Our record is very respectable at 35-18-5. Good enough infact to have us in 2nd, 2 points behind Columbus who have 77. I still want shot of Jordan Staal and Alex Semin ASAP, so I enquire with Buffalo, they want Staal and can afford him. Interestingly, Grigorenko's value is a little lower, plus the pick they got from the Islanders (4th in Metro Divison) means I have a trade I want to put through.

Apparently, it's not a good offer. I guess they really want Ennis and the Hodge as their centers. I'm going to try and add in Da Silva, 3.5 star goalies come about, he has a little bit of value. I will add in a second pick from us for 2015 and a dud goalie from them to see. Trade will not go through what so ever� Im not one to be beaten, so now they have J. Staal and A. Semin, for a 1st, Grigorenko and Pysyk. Suck on those apples Buffalo, I hope we tank you EVER time. Whatever. Pricks.

The good news, we have cap space

That took a lot of work, the team is in pieces but to hell with it. Im running this ship and putting rings on fingers!! Time for the Tommy special!! Pysyk is too low for the NHL, Grigy can stay on the bottom 6 so I call up Ron Hainsey from the AHL� here is the line up now!!

J. Skinner - SNP - 86 // E. Staal - PLY - 88 // N. Gerbe - PLY - 80//
M. Grigorenko � SNP � 75 // J. Tlusty - PLY � 81 // J. Liles � OFD - 81
D. Bowman - SNP 75 // A. Loktionov - PLY -78 // Z. Boychuk - TWF - 76
R. Dvorak - TWF � 77 // M. Malhotra - GRN - 77 // P. Dwyer - TWF - 76

A. Sekera - DFD - 84 // J. Pitkanen - OFD - 84
R. Hainsey � TWD - 80 // J. Faulk - TWD - 83
A. Sustr - DFD - 77 // M. Komisarek - DFD - 78

C. Ward - HYB - 89
J. Peters - HYB - 78

Yes, the lines are butchered, yes we will probably fall out of contention. But This team could not have won it this year. The Defense is a shambles, I could have traded but upgrading would be near impossible give the computer still has so many players still signed this early on. And my top line looks great and then you see Gerbe. This team is just not for the cup this or next year I'd say.

So let's have a review so far.
Halfway point positives

Tlusty, Skinner and Staal should all make at least 70 points this year. Given the team around them, that is Hercules points that they are still finding.
We have 2 first round picks so far (looking more so more to come!)
Cam Ward is probably the unthanked hero behind this having notched 29 wins. If I can build the team in front of him well, he'll have a few fingers with Stanley Cup rings on them by the time he retires.

Negatives.

Only 6 players are plus players. Given the situation I can't be too harsh but thats 18 who are negetive. How on earth are we second in the Metro like that?
That Buffalo trade really annoyed me but seeing the window to get rid of them I took it.
It's a long season to go still.