NHL EHM Managerial Dynasty - Page 6

Karim · 11-05-2004, 11:22 AM

November 16th, 2006
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The media has criticized Matthew Lombardi. I defend him. He's actually been one of the better players this year. Where are Richards, Kobasew and Ruthemann?

Game 17: vs. Boston
Kiprusoff starts. Jackman in for Frogren. Reinprecht in for Pyatt. No scoring in the first. 1:21 into the second, Zhamnov scores to make it 1-0. Ruthemann ties it up in the third. Norstrom answers for Boston. With the goalie pulled, Richards forces overtime. 31 seconds into overtime, Cole wins it. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Boston 2 (OT). We outshot Boston 38-22. Bell and Reinprecht got '6' ratings.

* Ivo Ruthemann (1g, '8')
** Alexei Zhamnov (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Brad Richards (1g, '8')

Martin Bartek (Cbs) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Drake Berehowsky (Wsh) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Buffalo's F Maxim Afinogenov (27) will be out for 7 months with a torn MCL.

Game 18: vs. Ottawa
Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Phaneuf (75%). Pyatt in for Reinprecht. Forgren trips Hossa and a penalty shot is awarded 33 seconds into the game. 1-0 Ottawa. Iginla blasts a one-timer from Kobasew to tie the game. 18 seconds into the second, Bell scores his first of the year. Eaves ties it up for the Senators. 1:22 later, Spets regains the lead on the powerplay. In the third, Madden scores with Lalime pulled from goal. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Ottawa 2. We outshoot Ottawa 30-16. Buhrer was the only one with a '6' rating.

* John Madden (1g, 2a, '10')
** Marian Hossa (1g, '8')
*** Patrick Eaves (1g, '8')

Carolina trades F Pavel Brendl (25) to Atlanta for D Matt Nickerson (21).

Toronto trades D Ian White (21) and a 3rd Round Pick in 2007 originally from Columbus to Carolina for the rights to D Mikko Salonen (18).

Dallas trades D Mike Stuart (19) and a 6th Round Pick in 2007 to Calgary for F/D Darren Lynch (23).

Game 19: vs. Nashville
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. No scoring in the first. Madden opens the scoring in the second. Iginla scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-0. 1:17 into the third, Lombardi makes it 3-0. Iginla scores his second, deflecting a Tanabe point shot. 54 seconds later, Kobasew scores to make it 5-0. Kessel breaks the shutout. 23 seconds later, Tanabe banks one in off the post. Modry adds a meaningless tally. Final Score: Calgary 6 - Nashville 2. Bell and Pyatt had '6' ratings. Games stats were pretty even.

* John Madden (1g, 2a, '10')
** Jarome Iginla (2a, 1a, '10')
*** Erik Cole (3a, '9')

Edmonton trades F Alexei Ponikarovsky (26) to Dallas for F Jamie Tardiff (21).

John Madden (Cgy) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Dan Cloutier (Van) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 20: vs. Colorado
Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf in for Souray. Nystrom in for Pyatt. No score in the first. 25 seconds into the second, Lindros scores. 2:09 into the third, Tanguay opens up a two goal lead. 24 seconds later, Frogren answers with his first career goal. Tanguary then scores into an empty net. Final Score: Colorado 3 - Calgary 1. We limited Colorado to only 15 shots on goal and outplayed them in all areas yet they still find a way to win. Only Spets had a '6' rating.

* Alex Tanguay (2g, '8')
** David Brown (18 saves, '8')
*** Peter Forsberg (2a, '8')

I have signed an Assistant Coach that is Technique-Based. All my assistant coaches were Conditioning-Based, and while they all have high reputations, I'm wondering if coaching is a problem.

Karim · 11-05-2004, 11:27 AM

November 29th, 2006
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Game 21: vs. Minnesota
Kiprusoff starts. No lineup changes but I switch to a defensive mentality, overloading the forwards and a normalized system for the defence. 15 seconds in, Leopold scores. At 3:31, Madden one-times a Phaneuf pass to make it 2-0. Ruthemann then jumps on a Roloson rebound and makes it 3-0. No scoring in the second. Bouchard gets Minnesota on the board in the third. Kobasew answers on a pass from Spets. Wiemer scores for Minnesota but Richards quickly answers. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Minnesota 2. Bell and Lundqvist had '6' ratings.

* Jordan Leopold (1g, '8')
** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8')

Alexander Ovechkin (Chi) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Kevin Weekes (Det) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Ray Emery (Cbs) wins Rookie of the Month.

Game 22: vs. Dallas
Kiprusoff starts. Souray in for Frogren. No scoring in the first. Madden deflects a Phaneuf slapshot to make it 1-0. Turgeon ties the game in the third. With 8:13 left in the game, Kobasew scores on a penalty shot. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Dallas 1. We outshot Dallas 33-15 but were 0/7 on the powerplay. Bell, Lombardi and Nystrom got '6' ratings.

* John Madden (1g, '8')
** Chuck Kobasew (1g, '7')
*** Pierre Turgeon (1g, '8')

Patrik Elias (NJ) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Chris Pronger (Van) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 23: @ Minnesota
Buhrer starts. Reinprecht in for Bell. Reinprecht scores to get us on the board. Segal answers for Minnesota. 19 seconds into the second, Gaborik gives Minnesota a 2-1 lead. Segal then makes it 3-1 with his second of the game. Ruthemann answers with his fifth of the year. Ruthemann gets his second to tie it at 3. Final Score: Minnesota 3 - Calgary 3. Minnesota outshot us 38-16 mainly due to 8 powerplays against. Iginla, Nilson and Nystrom got '6' ratings.

* Brandon Seagal (2g, '8')
** Andrei Zyuzin ('8')
*** Matt Foy (2a, '8')

Game 24: vs. Vancouver
Kiprusoff starts. Pyatt in for Nystrom. 1:38 in, Doan scores to give Vancouver an early lead. Cole scores late in the period to tie it up. 15 seconds later, Warrener scores to make it 2-1. Reinprecht scores in the second to make it 3-1. With 5 seconds left in the period, Nilson scores to make it 4-1. With 1:44 left, Kariya scores to cut the deficit to two but we hang on. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Vancouver 2. Phaneuf will be out a few days with knee pain. Pyatt was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Erik Cole (1g, 1a, '8')
** Rhett Warrener (1g, '8')
*** Steve Reinprecht (1g, '8')

Calgary Flames trade F Eric Nystrom (23), F Joel Lundqvist (24) and a 6th Round Pick in 2007 to Minnesota for F Jason Weimer (30). I wasn't planning on doing anything until I noticed Minnesota was interested in Nystrom who wasn't in my long-term plans. Lundqvist's attributes were declining and doesn't appear to be much more than a third line center. I wanted a more veteran, reliable center and Weimer was a player I've tried to get for a couple years. I'm surprised the deal worked.

Game 25: vs. New Jersey
Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. Phaneuf is out. I've scrambled the lines:

Ruthemann - Richards - Iginla
Cole - Madden - Kobasew
Reinprecht - Weimer - Bell
Spets - Lombardi - Nilson

Leopold - Warrener
Jackman - Tanabe
Souray - Frogren

Bell scores for a 1-0 lead. 1:16 later, Friesen answers for New Jersey. Gionta scores a powerplay goal in the second for a 2-1 lead. Cole answers to tie the game at 2. 59 seconds later, Paul Martin scores to regain the one goal lead. In the third, Iginla scores on the powerplay to tie the game. 1:32 left, Ruthemann blows by Martin and roofs it past Brodeur. Final Score: Calgary 4 - New Jersey 3. We outshot New Jersey 27-16. Buhrer and Spets got '6' ratings.

* Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, '8')
** Jeff Friesen (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Brian Gionta (1g, 1a, '8')

F Markus Nilson (28) has demanded a trade because he is unhappy with his current contract of $1 million/1 year. I offer a new contract but he is unwilling to negotiate. I deny his request to place him on the block. He's a solid player and a great penalty killer. Losing him would just open up a hole on the right side. I went through the same situation with Lombardi last season.

Minnesota trades D Filip Kuba (29), a 1st Round Pick in 2007 and a 1st Round Pick in 2008 to Buffalo for G Henrik Lundqvist (24) and a 1st Round Pick in 2007.

Game 26: @ Vancouver
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Ruthemann scores a powerplay goal late in the first to make it 1-0. I made a mistake not giving him first line powerplay time the entire year. In the second, Richards makes it 2-0. Bertuzzi scores in the third to cut the lead to one. 1:09 seconds later, Bell answers. Morrison then scores on the powerplay for Vancouver. 33 seconds later, Weimer makes it 4-2. Bell scores his second of the game to clinch it. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Vancouver 2. A great win on the road against the number one team in the NHL. Spets and Lombardi got a '6' rating.

* Mark Bell (2g, '9')
** Barret Jackman (3a, '9')
*** Todd Bertuzzi (1g, 1a, '8')

I've noticed Lombardi's technical stats shoot and other players as well, ever since I made the decision to bring in a "technical" assistant coach. Something to consider for the future although a quick check of the top teams in the league shows they also employ "conditioning-based" coaches.

Justin Williams (Car) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Greg de Vries (Ott) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 27: vs. Atlanta
Buhrer starts. Pyatt in for Spets. No scoring in the first. Kip Brennan and Jason Wiemer get into a fight; Brennan lands a crushing blow for a decisive victory. Iginla hits the post but Ruthemann is on the rebound for a 1-0 powerplay goal. Kobasew then beats Nurminen to make it 2-0. In the third, Savard scores on the breakaway to get Atlanta on the board. 24 seconds later Lonny Bohonos ties the game. 17 seconds after that, Mike Knuble gives Atlanta a one goal lead. With just under five minutes left in the game, Iginla ties it up. With 1:52 left, Reinprecht give us the lead. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Atlanta 3. Bell, Nilson and Buhrer got '6' ratings. It looks like Madden will be out for a few days (65%).

* Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, '8')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Steve Reinprecht (1g, '8')

I recall F Matthew Myers (22) from Lowell.

Karim · 11-05-2004, 11:38 AM

December 12th, 2006
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Game 28: vs. Colorado
Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf and Madden are unavailable which is quite the blow. Myers is in for Madden. Lombardi moves to second line center. Lindros scores a powerplay to get Colorado on the board. No scoring in the second. With the goalie out, Pirjeta scores into the empty net. With 40 seconds left, Bell scores to make it 2-1. Jeff Cowan then scores into another empty net. Final Score: Colorado 3 - Calgary 1. Ruthemann was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Eric Lindros (1g, '8')
** Mark Bell (1g, '8')
** Boris Mironov (2a, '8')

Former Head Coach, Brian Sutter, has been appointed as a scout by the Ottawa Senators.

Atlanta trades F Antti Miettinen (26) to Anaheim for the rights to D Michael Buhler (18).

Game 29: @ NY Rangers
Kiprusoff starts. Madden in for Pyatt. I decide to take Madden off the second powerplay unit and put Lombardi in his place. No scoring in the first. Richards scores in the second to make it 1-0. Ruthemann then scores a powerplay goal on a breakaway. In the third, Iginla scores a powerplay goal. Final Score: Calgary 3 - New York 0. Nilson and Kobasew get '6' ratings.

* Brad Richards (1g, 2a, '9')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, 2a, '9')
*** Miikka Kiprusoff (27 saves, '9')

Tie Domi (Tor) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
J.S. Giguere (Ana) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 30: @ Buffalo
Buhrer starts. Phaneuf in for Jackman. I need both Jackman and Kiprusoff near 100% for tomorrow's game against Detroit. J.P. Dumont opens the scoring. Cole answers late in the first. No scoring in the second. In the third, Iginla scores on the powerplay. Lombardi scores into an empty net. With 24 seconds left, Lombardi adds another. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Buffalo 1. Bell was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Matthew Lombardi (2g, '9')
** Marco Buhrer (21 saves, '9')
*** Jarome Iginla (1g, '8')

Game 31: @ Detroit
Kiprusoff starts. Jackman in for Frogren. No scoring in the first. Andreas Sundin scores first for Detroit. Zetterberg adds another on the man advantage. Dandenault adds one more in the third. Final Score: Detroit 3 - Calgary 0. We were outshot 30-16, gave up 6 powerplay opportunites but outhit Detroit 25-11. I decide to complain about the referee. Bell and Reinprecht got '6' ratings.

* Kevin Weekes (16 saves, '8')
** Andreas Sundin (1g, '8')
*** Darius Kasparaitus (1a, '8')

Carolina's F Jaroslav Svoboda (26) will be out for 5 months with a concussion.

I get fined $26,000 for my outburst to the media about the quality of refereeing.

Colorado trades a 2nd Round Pick in 2007 to Anaheim for F Rob Niedermayer (31).

Game 32: vs. Edmonton
Kiprusoff starts. Spets is in for Bell. Morale is low throughout the roster. Jani Rita opens the scoring. Souray answers to tie the game. Ruthemann scores on the man-advantage to make it 2-1. Richards assists with his 400th career point. In the second, Richards scores on the powerplay. With 9 seconds left in the period, Madden strips Brewer from the puck and puts a backhand past Howard to make it 4-1. In the third, with a two-man advantage, Cajanek scores. Tanabe rifles a slapshot and Myers tips it in for his first career goal. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Edmonton 2. We outshot Edmonton 44-27 but the other game stats were fairly even. No one got a '6' rating.

* Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8')
** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, '8')
*** Sheldon Souray (1g, '8')

Pavol Demitra (TB) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Brent Johnson (Bos) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 33: vs. Minnesota
Kiprusoff starts. Frogren in for Leopold (80%). Nilson is proving difficult; his morale is very low, he's unhappy, and still wants to be traded. Plus, he is not willing to negotiate a new contract. I take him off of penalty killing and put Cole in his place. Iginla deflects a Souray shot off the post for a powerplay goal. Myers then adds another to make it 2-0. In the second, Rod Sarich scores to get Minnesota on the board. 12 seconds later, Reinprecht scores his 100th career goal to make it 3-1. In the third, Iginla tips a Frogren shot to make it 4-1. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Minnesota 1. Spets and Lombardi got a '6' rating.

* Jarome Iginla (2g, '8')
** Miikka Kiprusoff (21 saves, '9')
*** Jonas Frogren (2a, '8')

My fourth round pick, F Brett Sutter (19), is named captain of the US World Junior Team.

Nilson will be out for three weeks after suffering a groin strain in practice. I place him on the block.

Game 34: @ Edmonton
Kiprusoff starts. Leopold in for Phaneuf (86%). I'm managing based on fatigue because we have back-to-back games against division opponents, followed by a game against Colorado. Bell is in for Nilson. Doug Lynch scores to get Edmonton on the board. Iginla scores on the breakaway to tie the game. Hemsky regains the lead on the powerplay. In the second, Ruthemann ties the game. Madden then hits the post but Kobasew is on the rebound to give us a 3-2 lead. With 3:48 left in the game, Scott Barney misses a penalty shot. With 1:19 left, Viktor Kozlov ties the game at 3 on a breakaway to force overtime. With 34 seconds left in overtime, Leopold scores. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Edmonton 3 (OT). Edmonton outshoots us 40-34. Reinprecht got a '6' rating.

* Viktor Kozlov (1g, 2a, '9')
** Jordan Leopold (1g, '8')
*** Jarome Iginla (1g, 2a, '9')

Game 35: vs. Vancouver
Buhrer starts. Phaneuf in for Leopold (70%). Iginla scores on a breakaway to open the scoring. Bertuzzi answers for Vancouver. No scoring in the second. In the third, Iginla scores on the powerplay. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Vancouver 1. We outshot Vancouver 19-16 - our type of game. Spets, Lombardi and Reinprecht got '6' ratings.

* Jarome Iginla (2g, '8')
** Ivo Ruthemann (2a, '8')
*** Todd Bertuzzi (1g, '8')

Fredrik Modin (TB) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Robert Esche (Phi) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 36: vs. Colorado
Kiprusoff starts. Pyatt in for Reinprecht. Hejduk opens the scoring. Bell ties it at 1. Lindros scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-1. 46 seconds into the second period, Brashear gives Colorado a 3-1 lead. Richards answers to make it 3-2. Iginla scores to tie the game at 3. Iginla scores another to make it 4-3. Pirjeta scores in the third to tie the game at 4. Lombardi then scores to give us a 5-4 lead. 1:33 later, Tanguay ties it at 5. Final Score: Colorado 5 - Calgary 5. Spets and Pyatt got '6' ratings. Kiprusoff got a '5' rating.

* Peter Forsberg (4a, '10')
** Eric Lindros (1g, 2a, '10')
*** Jarome Iginla (2g, '8')

Todd Bertuzzi (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Scott Clemmensen (Tor) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Philippe Furrer (Stl) wins Rookie of the Month.

Minnesota trades the rights to F Roni Andersson (21) to Buffalo for F Michael Tessier (22).

G Miikka Kiprusoff (30) signs a new $7.9 million/4 year deal.

Calgary Flames have signed F Mike Modano (36) from Philadelphia for $2.5 million/1 year.

Game 37: vs. Minnesota
Kiprusoff starts. Leopold in for Frogren. Modano in for Spets. Nystrom scores on the powerplay to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead. Madden scores in the second to tie the game. Bouchard quickly answers on the powerplay to regain a one goal lead. Samuelsson adds one more in the third. Final Score: Minnesota 3 - Calgary 1. Game stats were even except we had nine powerplays against. Richards and Ruthemann got '6' ratings - unusual.

* Dwayne Roloson (24 saves, '9')
** Sebastien Bordeleau (2a, '8')
*** John Madden (1g, '8')

Game 38: @ NY Islanders
Buhrer starts. No lineup changes. Scatchard scores a shorthanded goal for New York. Steve Webb then makes it 2-0. Kobasew gets us on the board late in the period. 13 seconds into the second period, Webb makes it 3-1. Final Score: New York 3 - Calgary 1. Bell, Tanabe, Pyatt, Ruthemann and Richards get '6' ratings - cause for concern when you top guys start showing inconsistency. You expect that from your third and fourth liners.

* Steve Webb (2g, '8')
** Rick DiPietro (21 saves, '9')
*** Dave Scatchard (1g, '8')

Game 39: @ Pittsburgh
Kiprusoff starts. No lineup changes. No scoring in the first. 20 seconds into the second period, Koltsov makes it 1-0. 8 seconds later, Cole snaps a one-timer past Fleury to tie the game at 1. Koltsov gets his second of the game to make it 2-1. In the third, Cole ties it at 2 with his second of the game. Milan Kraft adds the decisive goal. Final Score: Pittsburgh 3 - Calgary 2. Three losses in a row. Plus, Lombardi will be out for two months with a dislocated shoulder. No one had a '6' rating and we outshot Pittsburgh 34-24.

* Milan Kraft (1g, 2a, '9')
** Konstantin Koltsov (2g, '8')
*** Erik Cole (2g, '8')

Washington trades the rights to G Alexander Smirnov (18) to Detroit for G Kevin Weekes (31). Smirnov was Washington's most recent first round draft pick and the guy I was hoping would fall to me.

Finland and Russia are relegated from the World Junior Championships. Wow. The Czech Republic and Japan held on to a spot in next year's tournament.

Preliminary Round
Switzerland 1 vs. Canada 4
USA 5 vs. Belarus 0

Semi-Finals
Canada 5 vs. Slovakia 6
USA 4 vs. Sweden 0

Finals
USA 3 vs. Slovakia 0 - My fourth round pick and team captain, F Brett Sutter (19), was first star with a goal and two assists for a '10' rating in the gold medal game.

Dany Heatley (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Brent Seabrook (Chi) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 40: @ Nashville
Buhrer starts. Reinprecht in for the injured Lombardi. Richards scores late in the period to make it 1-0. In the second, Isbister scores a powerplay goal to tie it up. Hartnell then finds the net to make it 2-1. Iginla ties it at 2. In the third, Tanabe finds the mark on a pass from Kobasew. That's Kobasew's 100th career point. Isbister gets another powerplay goal to tie the game. Madden then makes it 4-3. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Nashville 3. We were outshot 32-20 because we had 8 powerplays against. Bell, Pyatt and Reinprecht got '6' ratings - the usual suspects.

* John Madden (1g, 1a, '8')
** Brad Isbister (2g, '8')
*** Scott Hartnell (1g, 2a, '8')

Chicago trades G Jocelyn Thibeault (31) to Atlanta for the rights to F Riley Merkley (19) and a 1st Round Pick in 2007.

Washington trades the rights to F Gary Friesen (19) and a 4th Round Pick in 2007 to Chicago for F Oleg Minakov (23).

Florida trades G Al Montoya (21) to Buffalo for G Chris Beckford-Tseu (22), a 2nd and a 3rd Round Pick in 2007.

Florida trades the rights to D Zach Jones (19) and a 2nd Round Pick in 2007 to Edmonton for F Shean Donovan (31).

Game 41: vs. Carolina
Kiprusoff starts. Frogren in for Warrener (75%). Marcus Kahnberg scores for Carolina. Pyatt answers in the second. Nordgren scores in the third to give Carolina the lead. Murray then scores into the empty net. Final Score: Carolina 3 - Calgary 1. We outshot Carolina 29-16 and outhit them 23-8 and still lost the game. Kobasew and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings. We weren't prepared to play this game.

* Jamie Storr (28 saves, '8')

(Or as they refer to him in Lowell - Jamie "Convenience" Storr - get a goal, get one free!)

** Niklas Nordgren (1g, '8')
*** Marty Murray (1g, '8')

Game 42: @ Boston
Kiprusoff starts. Warrener back in for Frogren. Thornton scores to get the Bruins on the board. Cole answers to tie the game. Richards scores in the second to make it 2-1. Ruthemann scores early in the third. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Boston 1. Pyatt, Modano, Myers and Bell got '6' ratings.

* Brad Richards (1g, '8')
** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Joe Thornton (1g, '8')

Game 43: @ Tampa Bay
Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. Lecavalier scores to make it 1-0. Bell scores in the second to tie the game. Cole scores on the powerplay to make it 2-1. In the third, Cole adds an empty net goal. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Tampa Bay 1. Reinprecht was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Erik Cole (2g, '8')
** Marco Buhrer (19 saves, '8')
*** David Tanabe (2a, '8')

F Marcus Nilson (28) signs a new contract worth $7.6 million/5 years. He is no longer unhappy or demanding a trade. Go figure.

Alex Tanguay (Col) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Michael Leighton (Chi) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 44: vs. Phoenix
Kiprusoff starts. Modano gets his first goal as a Flame to get us on the board. 1:02 seconds later, Richards makes it 2-0. 25 seconds later, Jeff Taffe gets Phoenix on the board. 43 seconds after that, Richards gets his second of the game. 1:39 into the second period, Bell makes it 4-1 with his 50th goal as a Flame. With 1:19 left in the game, Ruthemann scores on a pass from Richards. It's Richards 200th point as a Flame. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Phoenix 1. We outshoot Phoenix 24-12. Reinprecht is the only one with a '6' rating.

* Brad Richards (2g, 1a, '9')
** Jarome Iginla (2a, '8')
*** Mike Modano (1g, '8')

Game 45: @ Los Angeles
Kiprusoff starts. Spets in for Reinprecht. Andrew Ference scores the first goal. 21 seconds later, Jackman ties it at 1. In the second, Spets makes it 2-1. Anson Carter answers to tie the game at 2. In the third, O'Neill gives Los Angeles the lead. Ruthemann answers with his 15th of the season. With Pavel Bure in the penalty box with a double minor, Phaneuf scores on the powerplay. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Los Angeles 3. Bell, Pyatt and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings.

* Dion Phaneuf (1g, '8')
** Rhett Warrener (2a, '8')
*** Mike Modano (2a, '8')

Washington trades a 1st Round Pick in 2007 and the rights to G Christopher Stromqvist (21) to Detroit for D Chris McAllister (31).

Game 46: @ San Jose
Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. Korolyuk scores late in the first for a 1-0 lead. No scoring in the second. In the third, Ruthemann scores on the powerplay to tie it up. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: San Jose 1 - Calgary 1. Bell and Spets got '6' ratings.

* Ivo Ruthemann (1g, '8')
** Derek Gustafson (24 saves, '8')
*** Alexander Korolyuk (1g, '8')

Karim · 11-05-2004, 11:41 AM

January 21st, 2007
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Dany Heatley (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Mathieu Dandenault (Det) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 47: vs. Chicago
Kiprusoff starts. Nilson has returned from injury and replaces Bell. Cole scores first to make it 1-0. 39 seconds later, Modano makes it 2-0. Nilson scores late in the period to make it 3-0. Ruutu scores in the second to get Chicago on the board. Modano gets his second to make it 4-1. Jackman scores in the third. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Chicago 1. No one got a '6' rating.

* Mike Modano (2g, '8')
** Marcus Nilson (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Miikka Kiprusoff (24 saves, '8')

Game 48: vs. Florida
Buhrer starts. No changes to the lineup. No scoring in the first. In the second, Mike Van Ryn opens the scoring on the powerplay. Kobasew answers to tie the game. Late in the third, Weimer gives us a 2-1 lead on Nilson 200th career point. Iginla then adds one into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Florida 1. We outshoot Florida 32-20 and outhit them 26-9. No one got '6' ratings.

* Jarome Iginla (1g, '9')
** Marco Buhrer (19 saves, '8')
*** Mike Van Ryn (1g, '8')

Montreal trades F Steve Begin (28) to Chicago for G Thomas Baumle (22).

Game 49: @ Anaheim
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Miettinen scores 1:36 into the game to give Anaheim an early 1-0 lead. Brunette adds another late in the period. No scoring in the second. 7 seconds into the third, Parssinen makes it 3-0. With 4:34 left, Richards scores. With 1:24 left, Kobasew makes it 3-2. Chistov then scores into an empty net. Final Score: Anaheim 4 - Calgary 2. Game stats were even. Weimer, Spets, Leopold and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings.

* Stanislav Chistov (1g, 1a, '8')
** Andrew Brunette (1g, '8')
*** Chuck Kobasew (1g, '8')

Game 50: @ Dallas
Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. Frogren in for Jackman (70%). Bell in for Modano (81%). Madden scores on a penalty shot to make it 1-0. 34 seconds later, Blunden ties it at 1. Ruthemann scores on the powerplay to make it 2-1. In the second, Morrow adds his own powerplay goal to tie the game. No scoring in the third or overtime. Final Score: Dallas 2 - Calgary 2. Game stats were even. Bell, Pyatt and Buhrer got '6' ratings.

* Brendan Morrow (1g, '8')
** John Madden (1g, '8')
*** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, '8')

gi · 11-05-2004, 11:44 AM

Since your comments and thoughts about your team are sparse right now, going to write up a midseason review? Your commentary (in my opinon) is the one of the most enjoyable parts about this dynasty.

Karim · 11-05-2004, 11:45 AM

January 28th, 2007
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Dany Heatley (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Dan Blackburn (NYR) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Toronto trades D Pierre Hedin (28) to Florida for the rights to D Victor Bartley (18), a 4th Round Pick in 2008 and a 5th Round Pick in 2007.

Montreal trades G Thomas Baumle (22) to Detroit for F Jimmie Svensson (24).

Game 51: vs. Nashville
Kiprusoff starts. Jackman (80%) is still out. Modano in for Bell. Cole scores a powerplay goal to open the scoring. 11 seconds later, Kessel ties the game. With 12 seconds left in the period, Kessel makes it 2-1. 32 seconds into the second period, Isbister makes it 3-1 Nashville. In the third, Cole scores his second to bring us closer. Phaneuf then scores on the powerplay to tie the game with his 50th point as a Flame. Myers then deflects a Warrener shot to give us a 4-3 lead. Spets seals the deal with a wristshot off the post. Good to see our kids stepping up with crucial goals. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Nashville 3. We outshot Nashville 42-17. Kobasew will be out for 3 months with a partially torn ACL; that's his third major injury in two years. Kiprusoff had a '6' rating.

* Jarome Iginla (3a, '10')
** Dion Phaneuf (1g, 1a, '9')
*** Erik Cole (2g, '8')

Dany Heatley (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Pavel Kubina (TB) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Philippe Furrer (Stl) wins Rookie of the Month.

Game 52: vs. Los Angeles
Buhrer gets the start. He has good morale and form. Kiprusoff put in two back-to-back '6' performances, his morale is low and he's only at 93%. Jackman in for Frogren. Bell replaces Kobasew. I'm going to put him on the second line in hopes of getting him going. He has all the tools and probably needs more ice time to show his stuff - hopefully. Reinprecht in for Modano (79%). Frolov scores on the powerplay to make it 1-0. Carter makes it 2-0. Spets scores on the powerplay to cut the lead to one. In the second, Selanne give LA a two goal lead. 2:05 into the third, Nilson cuts the lead to one but that's as close as we get. Final Score: Los Angeles 3 - Calgary 2. Buhrer is the only one with a '6' rating. Our goaltending is struggling the past week or so.

* Jeff O'Neill (3a, '10')
** Alexander Frolov (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Teemu Selanne (1g, 1a, '8')

Eastern Conference All-Stars

G Martin Brodeur (NJ)
G John Grahame (TB)
G Roberto Luongo (Fla)

D Jay Bouwmeester (Fla)
D Kenny Jonsson (NYI)
D Wade Redden (Ott)
D Dan Boyle (TB)
D Pavel Kubina (TB)
D Brian Leetch (Tor)

F Patrik Elias (NJ)
F Martin Havlat (Ott)
F Dany Heatley (Atl)
F Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl)
F Pavol Demitra (TB)
F Vincent Lecavalier (TB)
F Joe Thornton (Bos)
F Alexei Yashin (NYI)
F Marian Hossa (Ott)
F Jaromir Jagr (Car)
F Alexei Kovalev (Mtl)
F Martin St. Louis (TB)

Western Conference All-Stars

G J.S. Giguere (Ana)
G Olaf Kolzig (Det)
G Marty Turco (Dal)

D Sergei Gonchar (Stl)
D Nicklas Lidstrom (Det)
D Scott Niedermayer (Stl)
D Dion Phaneuf (Cgy)
D Chris Pronger (Van)
D Ed Jovanovski (Van)

F Rick Nash (Cbs)
F Markus Naslund (Van)
F Alexander Ovechkin (Chi)
F Zigmund Palffy (Stl)
F Alex Tanguay (Col)
F Peter Forsberg (Col)
F Daymond Langkow (Pho)
F Brendan Morrison (Van)
F Jeff O'Neill (LA)
F Rostislav Olesz (Cbs)
F Todd Bertuzzi (Van)
F Jarome Iginla (Cgy)

Game 53: vs. San Jose
Kiprusoff starts. No change otherwise. Iginla notches his 10th powerplay goal to give us a 1-0 lead. After taking a penalty, Myers deflects a Phaneuf slapshot to make it 2-0. Myers shows his bravery by then dropping the glows with Scott Parker. He loses the fight but demonstrates why he's valuable as a fourth line center. No scoring in the second. Michalek scores in the third to get San Jose on the board. Madden quickly answers. Final Score: Calgary 3 - San Jose 1. We outshot San Jose 34-19 but were only 1/6 on the powerplay. We outhit them 25-12. No one had a '6' rating.

* Miikka Kiprusoff (18 saves, '8')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, '8')
*** John Madden (1g, '8')

Karim · 11-05-2004, 11:48 AM

February 4th, 2007
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Vincent Lecavalier (TB) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Mike Dunham (LA) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 54: vs. Columbus
Kiprusoff starts despite being only at 92%. Frogren in for Phaneuf (74%). Modano in for Pyatt. One minute into the first, Iginla scores a shorthanded goal. With 1:41 left in the period, Myers deflects a Tanabe shot to make it 2-0. In the second, Balastik gets Columbus on the board. In the third, with Modano off for high-sticking, Zherdev ties the game and forces overtime. In OT, Richards scores the winner. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Columbus 2 (OT). We outshot Columbus 32-14 and outhit them 20-7 but were 0/5 on the powerplay. Modano, Reinprecht and Ruthemann got '6' ratings.

* David Tanabe (2a, '9')
** Erik Cole (1a, '9')
*** Brad Richards (1g, '7')

Game 55: vs. Washington
Buhrer starts as Kiprusoff is only at 87%. Pyatt in for Reinprecht. 2:13 in, Spets follows up his own rebound and makes it 1-0. Madden makes it 2-0 with his 15th. Jackman shows guts and drops the glows with noted tough guy Stephen Peat; he loses convincingly. In the second, Cole scores to make it 3-0. 55 seconds into the third, Pettinger gets the Capitals on the board. With 5 minutes left and Iginla off for tripping, Semin scores to cut the lead to one. Richards scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Washington 2. We outshot Washington 45-20. Ruthemann was the only one with a '6' rating - clearly he's in a slump.

* Lars Erik Spets (1g, '8')
** John Madden (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Barret Jackman (2a, '8')

Montreal trades G Jose Theodore (30) to Chicago for G Konstantin Barulin (22).

Philadelphia trades D Alexandre Picard (21) to Boston for D Anders Eriksson (31).

Washington trades D Shane Hnidy (31) to Boston for F Brad Boyes (24).

Washington trades D Tyler Reid (24) to Buffalo for the rights to F Kenzie Sheppard (19) and the rights to F Bobby Hughes (19).

Modano will be out for two weeks after suffering a bruised ankle in practice.

The West All-Stars defeat the East All-Stars, 6-3. Phaneuf gets an assist for an '8' rating. Iginla gets '3' assists for a '10' rating. Ed Jovanovski is the MVP with 2 goals and an assist for a '10' rating.

Karim · 11-05-2004, 11:52 AM

February 11th, 2007
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Game 56: @ Minnesota
Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf in for Frogren. Reinprecht in for Modano. I demote Ruthemann to the second line and the second powerplay unit. Nilson opens the scoring. 1:44 into the second, Bell scores a powerplay goal. Gaborik quickly answers. O'Sullivan then ties the game. No scoring in the third. With 14 seconds left in overtime, Gaborik wins it. Final Score: Minnesota 3 - Calgary 2 (OT). Game stats were even. Iginla will be out for 10 days with a twisted knee - just as we head up against LA and Vancouver... Spets, Pyatt and Souray got '6' ratings while Kiprusoff got a '5'.

* Marian Gaborik (2g, 1a, '9')
** Andreas Lilja (1a, '8')
*** Marcus Nilson (1g, '8')

Since I have no one else healthy on the active roster to replace Iginla, I call up F Jens Jacobs (21), my 8th round pick from 2004. He has 23 goals and 38 points in 37 games in the AHL for a 7.62 AvR.

Marian Hossa (Ott) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Wade Redden (Ott) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

To make matters worse, Kiprusoff will also be out for a week. Do I really want to go with Buhrer as my starter? I have no choice now. I call up G Brent Krahn (24) from the ECHL.

Game 57: vs. Los Angeles
Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Warrener (75%). I throw Jacobs on the big line. Selanne opens the scoring. 55 seconds into the second, Pyatt ties the game. Conroy scores on a breakaway to regain the lead for LA. 10 seconds later, Brian Boyle makes it 3-1. Pavel Bure then makes it 4-1 in the third. Selanne adds another on the powerplay. Cole scores a meaningless goal. Final Score: Los Angeles 5 - Calgary 2. With Iginla and Kiprusoff out, this is clearly our worst game of the year although our defence were straight '8's across the board - the strength of our team. Buhrer got a '5'. Weimer got a '6'.

* Teemu Selanne (2g, '8')
** Craig Conroy (1g, '8')
*** Erik Cole (1g, '8')

Game 58: @ Vancouver
Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. 3:08 in, Doan scores for Vancouver. Ruthemann answers in the second but then Romy scores to regain the lead. 31 seconds later, Kariya makes it 3-1. With 1:34 left, Jacobs gets his first career goal and makes it 3-2. Henrik Sedin scores into the empty net. Final Score: Vancouver 4 - Calgary 2. Spets, Myers and Pyatt - our fourth line - get '6' ratings. We were outshot 34-16 and outhit 22-7.

* Paul Kariya (1g, 1a, '8')
** Sergei Zubov (2a, '8')
*** Jens Jacobs (1g, '8')

Montreal trades the rights to F Brady Calla (18) and a 2nd Round Pick in 2007 to Buffalo for G Mika Noronen (27) and a 5th Round Pick in 2007.

Washington trades G Miika Wiikman (22) to Detroit for F Landon Wilson (31).

Dave Scatchard (NYI) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Bryan Berard (Stl) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 59: @ Ottawa
Buhrer starts. Warrener in for Phaneuf (84%). I demote Bell to the fourth line and Jacobs to the second line. Spets gets time on the top line and powerplay unit. Havlat scores on the powerplay to open the scoring. Volchenkov also scores with the man advantage to make it 2-0. 40 seconds into the second, Weimer scores. Purinton answers for Ottawa. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Ottawa 3 - Calgary 1. Game stats were even but it's still our fourth loss in a row since Iginla and Kiprusoff went down. Spets, Myers and Pyatt get '6' ratings.

* Martin Havlat (1g, '8')
** Patrick Lalime (23 saves, '8')
*** Chris Phillips (2a, '8')

I make F Mark Bell (26) as available due to financial reasons. I can't have a $2 million fourth line winger. He has 9 goals and 3 assists in 45 games for a 6.84 AvR. He has great attributes but he needs to play on the top two lines with skilled people. With Iginla, Kobasew, Nilson, Spets all playing better than him and prospects waiting in the wings, he's expendable.

The press are writing off our chances at having a shot at the Cup. I confirm we intend to challenge.

Game 60: @ Toronto
Kiprusoff starts now that he's back. Phaneuf in for Frogren. No available bodies to make lineup changes up front. I put Ruthemann back on the first line and powerplay unit to hopefully spread the offence around with Cole on line two. Grenier opens the scoring for Toronto. 2:13 into the second, Souray ties the game. Weimer adds a goal to make it 2-1. Richards also scores to make it 3-1. Williams cuts the lead to one. We kill off a two-man disadvantage early in the third. Spets scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Toronto 2. Game stats were even. Nilson was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Sheldon Souray (1g, 1a, '8')
** Martin Grenier (1g, '8')
*** Brad Richards (1g, '8')

Game 61: @ Philadelphia
Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. No change to the lineup. 1:32 in, Weimer scores. Kallio answers for Philly. Radivojevic makes it 2-1. Richards ties the game in the second. Kallio scores his second of the game to regain the lead for Philly. Spets ties the game in the third. With 1:19 left, Madden gets the lead. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Philadelphia 3. We were outshot 28-19. Bell was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Tomi Kallio (2g, '8')
** Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Jordan Leopold (2a, '8')

Game 62: @ Colorado
Kiprusoff starts. Iginla is back and replaces Bell. Nilson moves to the fourth line, Jacobs (who is playing well) to the third, Spets to the second. I also puts the kids Spets and Jacobs together on the second powerplay unit because Madden isn't doing much with powerplay time. Jacobs scores on the powerplay to make it 1-0. Brashear ties it up in the second. Tanguay scores in the third. Final Score: Colorado 2 - Calgary 1. Game stats were even and we killed off 6 penalties. Nilson and Myers got '6' ratings.

* David Aebischer (25 saves, '8')
** Alex Tanguay (1g, '8')
*** Donald Brashear (1g, '8')

Karim · 11-05-2004, 12:01 PM

February 24th, 2007
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Ladislav Nagy (Pho) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Roman Hamrlik (Dal) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 63: vs. St. Louis
Kiprusoff starts. Modano is finally healthy and replaces Cole (75%). Jamal Mayers opens the scoring. Palffy quickly makes it 2-0. Kyle Chipchura makes it 3-0 and Kiprusoff is yanked in the 12th minute. Weimer scores in the second to get us on the board. With 31 seconds left in the second period, Modano cuts the lead to one. In the third, Ricci makes it 4-2. With 5:09 left, Myers deflects a Warrener point shot to make it 4-3. 39 seconds later, Modano gets his second of the game to tie it at 4. With 3:49 left, Jacobs - who has been on fire since I brought him up - scores to give us a lead for the first time in the game. Final Score: Calgary 5 - St. Louis 4. We outshot St. Louis 31-18. Kiprusoff got a '4' rating and I warn him which he acknowledges. Nilson and Pyatt get '6' ratings. There's no way I can demote Jacobs the way he is playing.

* Mike Modano (2g, '8')
** Kyle Chipchura (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Dion Phaneuf (2a, '8')

Washington's F Alexander Semin (22) will be out for four months with a separated shoulder.

Washington trades F Stephen Peat (26) to Ottawa for the rights to G Joel Gistedt (19).

Montreal trades F Corey Locke (22) to Detroit for F Boyd Devereaux (28) and the rights to D Tommi Pelkonen (22).

Colorado's F Eric Lindros (34) will be out for eight months with a torn MCL. (He retires at the end of the season).

Alexei Yashin (NYI) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Roman Hamrlik (Dal) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Mark Stuart (Bos) wins Rookie of the Month.

Game 64: vs. Anaheim
Kiprusoff starts in the biggest game of the year. We are in fifth place, two points behind Anaheim and four points ahead of arch rivals Colorado. Cole in for Pyatt and Bell in for Nilson. Cole scores to make it 1-0. Late in the period, Spets makes it 2-0. In the second, Ruthemann scores on the powerplay. 1:17 into the third, Iginla makes it 4-0. Late in the game, Lance Ward and Erik Cole get into a fight but Cole loses the contest. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Anaheim 0. Reinprecht and Myers get '6' ratings.

* Miikka Kiprusoff (25 saves, '9')
** Erik Cole (1g, '8')
*** Jarome Iginla (1g, 1a, '8')

Calgary Flames trade F Mark Bell (26) to St. Louis for the right to G Mathias Gundersen (21). I wanted to unload Bell's $2 million salary and I wanted the goalie I drafted back. With guys like Spets and Jacobs, I have plenty of depth on right wing. Bell just wasn't cutting it. Now that Bell is gone, I can remove Lombardi from injured reserve while keeping Jacobs on the roster.

Game 65: @ Columbus
Buhrer starts. Lombardi in for Reinprecht, Nilson in for Bell. Nash scores his 30th to make it 1-0. 44 seconds into the second period, Fritsche makes it 2-0. Iginla scores on the powerplay to get us on the board. Zherdev quickly answers to make it 3-1. 51 seconds into the third, Modano misses a penalty shot. A few mintues later, Marchant makes it 4-1. Final Score: Columbus 4 - Calgary 1. Modano, Tanabe and Phaneuf got '6' ratings. We just got outplayed.

* Rick Nash (1g, '8')
** Nikolai Zherdev (1g, '8')
*** Jarome Iginla (1g, '8')

Game 66: @ St. Louis
Kiprusoff starts. Frogren in for Warrener (70%). No scoring in the first. In the second, Jacobs shows some serious balls at only 5'9" and 178 lbs. by dropping the glove with Peter Worrell. Of course he loses the fight but nonetheless his bravery is duly noted. He then goes on the score the first goal. In the third, with Bell off for interference, Modano scores on the powerplay to make it 2-0. Stafford scores his own powerplay goal to make it 2-1. Then Tkachuk ties the game. With 2:30 left, Spets makes it 3-2 with a powerplay goal. Cole then scores an empty netter. Final Score: Calgary 4 - St. Louis 2. Game stats were even. Myers and Nilson got '6' ratings. Bell has become St. Louis' first line right winger. David Tanabe suffers a sprained MCL and will be out for a month. I have to bring up another rookie, my second round pick, D Grant Lewis (22).

* Erik Cole (1g, 2a, '9')
** Mike Modano (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Sergei Gonchar (1a, '8')

Kyle Chipchura (Stl) is Offensive Player of the Week.
Patrice Brisebois (Buf) is Defensive Player of the Week.

Vancouver trades D Johan Bjork (22) to Montreal for F Alyn McCauley (29) and a 4th Round Pick in 2007.

Game 67: @ Phoenix
Buhrer starts. Lewis in for Tanabe. Morris scores to make it 1-0. In the second, Nedorost makes it 2-0. Morris makes it 3-0. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Phoenix 3 - Calgary 0. We were outshot 20-14 and were 0/5 on the powerplay. Jacobs will be out a few days with a facial laceration. Nilson, Myers, Lombardi, Cole, Souray, Leopold and Buhrer got '6' ratings. Hard to win when that happens.

* Derek Morris (2g, '8')
** Brian Boucher (14 saves, '8')
*** Dan Lacouture (2a, '8')

Game 68: @ Colorado
Kiprusoff starts. Warrener in for Souray. Reinprecht in for Myers. No scoring in the first. With 1:03 left in the second, Jacobs makes it 1-0. With 49 seconds left, the goalie out, and our fourth line on the ice, Hejduk forces overtime. Final Score: Colorado 1 - Calgary 1. We were outshot 36 - 21 and killed off six penalties. We outhit Colorado 27-17. Lombardi, Reinprecht and Frogren got '6' ratings. Hejduk stripped Frogren of the puck for the tieing goal.

* Miikka Kiprusoff (35 saves, '9')
** David Aebischer (20 saves, '8')
*** Milan Hejduk (1g, '8')

Columbus trades the rights to F Bobby Ryan (19) - their first round pick in 2005 - a 4th Round Pick in 2007 and a 3rd Round Pick in 2008 to Detroit for F Robert Lang (36).

Ottawa trades F Peter Guggisberg (22) and the rights to F Sergei Aleksandrov (18) to Detroit for D Derian Hatcher (34).

San Jose trades the rights to G Fredrik Alcen (20) and a 1st Round Pick in 2007 to Buffalo for D Kyle McLaren (29).

Game 69: vs. Edmonton
Kiprusoff starts. Souray in for Frogren. Myers in for Reinprecht. Ruthemann gets his 20th on the powerplay to make it 1-0. Torres answers for Edmonton. Iginla scores on the powerplay early in the second to make it 2-1. Richards makes it 3-1. Ruthemann scores his 50th career goal to make it 4-1. Jacobs makes it 5-1. Tootoo scores a meaningless goal in the third. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Edmonton 2. We kill off six penalties and outhit Edmonton 19-8. Spets is the only one with a '6' rating but our fourth line was once again on for both goals against. This will kill us in the playoffs.

* Jarome Iginla (1g, 1a, '8')
** Ivo Ruthemann (2g, '8')
*** Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8')

Montreal's D Jassen Cullimore (34) will be out for six months following surgery to cure a torn MCL. He was just sidelined for four months with the same injury.

Tampa Bay trades G Gerald Coleman (21) to Buffalo for D Nick Angell (27).

Philadelphia trades D Mike Lundin (22) to Atlanta for the rights to F Dustin Boyd (20).

Pittsburgh trades D Ross Lupaschuk (26) to NY Islanders for D Jordan Smith (21) and a 5th Round Pick in 2007.

NY Islanders trade the rights to G Johan Olsson (20) and a 3rd Round Pick in 2007 to Dallas for D Casey Borer (21).

Columbus trades F Brock Richards (21) to Boston for D Duncan Keith (25).

Montreal trades F Jason Ward (28) to Buffalo for D Scott Lehman (20).

New Jersey trades the rights to D Zach Tarkir (22) and a 4th Round Pick in 2007 to Edmonton for F John Mitchell (22).

Washington trades the rights to G Mike Belanger (19), a 3rd Round Pick in 2007 and a 7th Round Pick in 2008 to Toronto for the rights to F Frederik Cabana (20).

Florida trades the rights to F David Holmqvist (22), a 4th Round Pick in 2009, a 5th Round Pick in 2008 and a 6th Round Pick in 2007 to Atlanta for D Ivan Majesky (30).

San Jose trades the rights to D Erkka Leppanen (20) to Edmonton for F Brad Efthmiou (22) and a 6th Round Pick in 2009.

Toronto trades D Chris Tamer (36) to Anaheim for the rights to G Jonas Gustavson (22), a 2nd Round Pick in 2007 and a 4th Round Pick in 2008.

Toronto trades D Andrew Ianiero (26) to St. Louis for the rights to D Martin Hamrlik (18).

Calgary trades F Matthew Lombardi (24) to Montreal for F Matthew Barnaby (33). Lombardi can't crack the top two lines and we really need to get tougher on the fourth line. Barnaby can play on any of the four lines on either wing. I also remember his playoff performance for Colorado and Montreal; he seems to get his game up for the playoffs.

Karim · 11-05-2004, 12:18 PM

March 9th, 2007
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Game 70: vs. Toronto
Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Phaneuf (82%). Barnaby in for the recently departed Lombardi. Iginla scores on the powerplay to open the scoring. Mogilny answers for the Leafs. With 34 seconds left in the first, Grant Lewis scores his first career goal. Sagat scores in the second to tie the game. In the third, Myers deflects a Warrener slapshot to make it 3-2. 21 seconds later, Nieuwendyk ties it up. Barnaby then gets his first as a Flame. We kill the final ten minutes. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Toronto 3. We kill off seven penalties while going 1/4 on the powerplay. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating. When Kobasew comes back, the only people that can be demoted are Jacobs, Spets, Myers and Lewis. Myers and Lewis are staying which means I have a tough decision because Jacobs has outplayed Spets since being called up even though Spets has over 100 games NHL experience.

* Ivo Ruthemann (2a, '8')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, '8')
*** Rhett Warrener (1a, '8')

Johan Davidsson (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Garnet Exelby (Bos) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 71: @ Chicago
Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf in for Frogren. Pyatt in for Spets. Wennerberg scores to make it 1-0. In the second, Radulov scores on the powerplay to make it 2-0. 1:20 into the third, Radulov scores his second on the powerplay to make it 3-0. Radulov gets his hattrick to make it 4-0. Final Score: Chicago 4 - Calgary 0. We were outshot 29-18 and gave up two powerplay goals. Richards, Pyatt, Ruthemann, Lewis and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings. When that many people don't show up, you lose 4-0.

* Igor Radulov (3g, '10')
** Jose Theodore (18 saves, '8')
*** Mike Comrie (2a, '8')

Game 72: @ Columbus
Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. Frogren in for Leopold (71%). Myers scores the first goal of the game, this time with a wristshot rather than a deflection. In the second, Marchant ties the game at 1. Pihlstrom then makes it 2-1. In the third, Richards scores his 20th to tie the game. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Columbus 2 - Calgary 2. Jacobs got his first '6' rating since being called up.

* Todd Marchant (1g, 1a, '8')
** Brad Richards (1g, '8')
*** Dmitri Kosmachev (1a,'8')

With 10 games left, we're in fourth place, 3 points ahead of Colorado and 5 points ahead of Anaheim. We're not moving up because Vancouver clinched the division long ago.

Game 73: @ St. Louis
Kiprusoff starts. Reinprecht in for Pyatt. Madden scores 30 seconds into the game to make it 1-0. Less than three minutes later, Madden gets his second for a 2-0 lead. Modano then makes it 3-0. Palffy gets St. Louis on the board. Jacobs answers for us to make it 4-1. In the second, Bell gets his revenge and scores to make it 4-2. 40 seconds later, Myers deflects a Souray wristshot to make it 5-2. Ricci answers for St. Louis to make it 5-3. 1 minute into the third, Ruthemann scores to make it 6-3. 9 seconds later, Worrell answers to make it 6-4. 31 seconds later, Kotalik brings St. Louis to within one. Barnaby scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 7 - St. Louis 5. St. Louis outshot us 30-22 but no powerplay goals were scored. Kiprusoff got a '6' rating. Lewis and Frogren were each -4 for a '5' rating. I warn each of them; Frogren apologizes for his poor performance while Lewis doesn't comment. Lewis is my second round pick and he dominates in the AHL but this is second stint with the big club and I'm worried he doesn't have wait it take to succeed at this level. I was thinking he might replace Souray next year but that doesn't look likely at this point. Phaneuf on the other hand, was a +6. We officially qualify for the playoffs with this win.

* Sheldon Souray (4a, +4, '10')
** Dion Phaneuf (3a, +6, '9')
*** John Madden (2g, 0, '8')

Game 74: vs. Detroit
Buhrer starts. I go with 5 defencemen since Jackman is at 75% and Phaneuf is at 74% - I just can't risk injury at this point. Pyatt will play as the 6th defenceman. (Jackman was inserted against my will - I guess you can't play five defencemen). No scoring in the first. Barnaby scores in the second to get us on the board. Warrener scores into the empty net. Then Weimer wins a fight against Tosla. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Detroit 0. We outshoot Detroit 33-11 and outhit them 25-9. Nilson gets a '6' rating. Leopold will be out for two weeks. Lewis got an '8' rating but had five giveaways.

* Matthew Barnaby (1g, +1, '8')
** Olaf Kolzig (31 saves, '9')
*** Rhett Warrener (1g, 1a, +2, '8')

Brian Gionta (NJ) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Ian White (Car) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 75: vs. Chicago
Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf and Jackman in, Leopold injured. Lewis still in because Tanabe is injured. Spets in for Modano (75%). Weimer scores his 15th to open the scoring. Spets scores in the second to make it 2-0. Wennerberg deflects an Ott shot to make it 2-1. Wennerberg ties it up in the third. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Chicago 2 - Calgary 2. Richards got a '6' rating.

* Lars Erik Spets (1g, +2, '8')
** Barret Jackman (1a, 0, 2ht, '8')
** Steve Ott (1a, +2, '8')

I bring up my 5th Round Pick from 2004, D Andy Roger (20), because suddenly we have a rash of injuries to D-men. At least I'll evaluate him in comparison to Lewis.

Game 76: vs. Phoenix
Buhrer starts. Rogers in for Souray (75%). Modano in for Reinprecht. Richards scores to make it 1-0. In the second, Nagy scores on the powerplay. No scoring in the third or overtime. Final Score: Phoenix 1 - Calgary 1. Weimer, Nilson and Modano get '6' ratings.

* Evgeny Nabakov (18 saves, '8')
** Marco Buhrer (24 saves, '8')
*** Ladislav Nagy (1g, 1ht, '8')

Game 77: @ Anaheim
Kiprusoff starts. Even though Souray is available I decide to leave both Rogers and Lewis in. I put Barnaby on the second powerplay unit along with Myers, who has a 20 in deflections. I figure he might work trying to deflect point shots. Modano hasn't done much there with significant playing time. Richards scores to make it 1-0. With 31 seconds left in the first, Modano makes it 2-0. With 2 seconds left, Barnaby makes it 3-0. Getzlaf scores for Anaheim in the second. Prospal scores in the third. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Anaheim 2. We kill off seven penalties but we lose Phaneuf for two weeks with a broken wrist. We're in trouble without Phaneuf, Leopold and Tanabe. What a time to get into injury trouble. Nilson was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Mike Modano (1g, 1a, +2, 2ht, '8')
** Matthew Barnaby (1g, 1a, +2, '8')
*** Ryan Getzlaf (1g, -1, 2ht, '8')

Game 78: @ Dallas
Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. Souray in for the injured Phaneuf. Pyatt in for Nilson. 3:45 in, Igilna scores to make it 1-0. Kaspar ties it for Dallas. No scoring in the second, third or overtime. Final Score: Dallas 1 - Calgary 1. We lose Barnaby for three weeks with a hip flexor. This really sucks - seeing a great season going down the drain in the last week before the playoffs due to injuries. We were outshot 27-12 and killed off 9 penalties. Pyatt, Myers and Spets got '6' ratings.

* Lukas Kaspar (1g, +1, '8')
** Marco Buhrer (26 saves, '8')
*** Jarome Iginla (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')

Markus Naslund (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Jimmy Howard (Edm) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 79: vs. San Jose
Kiprusoff starts. Reinprecht in for Barnaby, Nilson in for Iginla (74%). Parker demolishes Weimer in a fight. With 1:05 left in the period, Madden deflects a Warrener shot to make it 1-0. No scoring in the second. 1:37 into the third, Weimer makes it 2-0. Roy gets San Jose on the board. Before San Jose gets a chance to pull the goalie, Spets puts one in off the post. Final Score: Calgary 3 - San Jose 1. Modano was the only one with a '6' rating.

* John Madden (1g, 1a, +2, '8')
** Miikka Kiprusoff (19 saves, '8')
*** Sheldon Souray (1a, +2, 1ht, '8')

F Chuck Kobasew (24), who has been injured for the past four months, is demanding a trade because he is unhappy with his contract. This is the same BS I went through with Lombardi and Nilson. He doesn't want to negotiate like all the others.

After re-reading Kobasew's information, he doesn't want to renegotiate at his current team status which is "core" player. I change it to "key" player to which he responds that he doesn't think the club can meet his demands. The board is willing to offer him the same salary as Iginla. He's hardly worth that kind of money. I'll qualify him and let him sit.

Game 80: vs. Anaheim
Kiprusoff starts. Iginla in for Pyatt. No scoring in the first or second. Lewis follows his own rebound and wrists it past Giguere to give us a 1-0 lead. Weimer then scores on Modano's 700th career assist. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Anaheim 0. We outshot Anaheim 29-18 but were 0/6 on the powerplay. Everyone played well.

* Miikka Kiprusoff (18 saves, '8')
** Grant Lewis (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Barret Jackman (1a, +2, 5ht, '8')

Markus Naslund (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Ed Jovanovski (Van) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Ian White (Car) wins Rookie of the Month.

Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Chris Pronger (Van) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 81: @ San Jose
Buhrer starts. No lineup changes. Reinprecht scores to make it 1-0. Cole makes it 2-0 in the second. Cole drops the gloves with Parker but loses the fight. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Calgary 2 - San Jose 0. We killed off six penalties. Spets and Rogers got '6' ratings.

* Marco Buhrer (1a, 17 saves, '8')
** Steve Reinprecht (1g, +1, '8')
*** Erik Cole (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')

Game 82: @ Los Angeles
Kiprusoff starts. Kobasew, who is finally back from injury, replaces Jacobs (82%), even though he is unhappy. No scoring in the first. Anson Carter scores in the second. Ozolinsh scores late in the third. Final Score: Los Angeles 2 - Calgary 0. Reinprecht, Richards and Iginla got '6' ratings. We mailed this one in.

* Martin Biron (26 saves, '9')
** Anson Carter (1g, 1a, +1, '8')
*** Aaron Miller (+1, 2ht, '8')

We finish in 4th place with 103 points and will face Anaheim in the first round of the playoffs.

Kobasew rejects his qualifying offer and still feels the club cannot meet his demands, whatever those may be. I decide to give him the same contract as Cole at $3 million/year with massive bonuses.

DeToxRox · 11-05-2004, 12:25 PM

I think this is the year you make it to the Western Conference Finals. Godspeed man, Godspeed.

Karim · 11-05-2004, 12:59 PM

April 8th, 2007
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The day before our first playoff game, both Leopold and Tanabe resume full practice. The morning of the game, Phaneuf is ready to go. Thank God for small miracles.

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals
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Ottawa Senators (8) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (1)

Head to Head this season:
10/14/06: Tampa Bay 3 @ Ottawa 2
11/28/06: Ottawa 1 @ Tampa Bay 1
12/23/06: Ottawa 1 @ Tampa Bay 4
01/04/07: Tampa Bay 3 @ Ottawa 4 (OT)

Ottawa Payroll: $50.38 million
Tampa Bay Payroll: $53.56 million

Ottawa Injuries:
F Patrick Eaves - day-to-day with a partially torn MCL
F Mike Fisher - out for a week with a broken finger
F Chris Neil - day-to-day with an abdomen injury

Tampa Bay Injuries:
F Fredrik Modin - day-to-day with an UCL tear
F Chris Dingman - day-to-day with a broken pelvis

Game 1: Ottawa 1 @ Tampa Bay 4 (GWG: Jozef Stumpel)(*Pavol Demitra, **John Grahame, ***Ben Clymer)
Game 2: Ottawa 2 @ Tampa Bay 1 (GWG: Stephen Peat @ 0:15 2OT)(*Patrick Lalime, **Alexandre Picard, ***Marian Hossa)
Game 3: Tampa Bay 2 @ Ottawa 3 (GWG: Peter Shaefer @ 0:51 OT)(*Peter Schaefer, **Pavol Demitra, ***Michael Nylander)
Game 4: Tampa Bay 4 @ Ottawa 0 (GWG: Pavel Kubina)(*John Grahame, **Pavel Kubina, ***Vincent Lecavalier)
Game 5: Ottawa 0 @ Tampa Bay 1 (GWG: Martin St. Louis @ 15:19 OT)(*John Grahame, **Martin St. Louis, ***Alexandre Picard)
Game 6: Tampa Bay 2 @ Ottawa 1 (GWG: Mikhail Yakubov)(*John Grahame, **Marian Hossa, ***Fredrik Modin)

Tampa Bay defeats Ottawa, 4 games to 2.

Boston Bruins (7) vs. New York Islanders (2)

Head to Head this season:
11/30/06: Boston 1 @ New York 6
12/02/06: New York 6 @ Boston 3
12/13/06: New York 2 @ Boston 0
12/26/06: Boston 2 @ New York 5

Boston Payroll: $45.375 million
New York Payroll: $50.125 million

Boston Injuries:
D Nick Boynton - out for ten days with a pulled groin
D Shane Hnidy - out for four months with torn knee cartilage

New York Injuries:
none

Game 1: Boston 2 @ New York 3 (GWG: Oleg Kvasha)(*Oleg Kvasha, **Mark Parrish, ***Marek Zidlicky)
Game 2: Boston 2 @ New York 3 (GWG: Aaron Asham)(*Kenny Jonsson, **Joe Thornton, ***Dave Scatchard)
Game 3: New York 3 @ Boston 2 (GWG: Peter Hogardh)(*Mariusz Czerkawski, **Kenny Jonsson, ***Joe Thornton)

Keith Carney will be out for a month with a rotator cuff strain.

Game 4: New York 1 @ Boston 0 (GWG: Peter Hogardh @ 13:36 OT)(*Rick DiPietro, **Karel Rachunek, ***Peter Hogardh)

New York defeats Boston, 4 games to 0.

Washington Capitals (6) vs. Toronto Maple Leafs (3)

Head to Head this season:
11/11/06: Toronto 0 @ Washington 2
11/25/06: Toronto 4 @ Washington 1
12/28/06: Washington 0 @ Toronto 3
02/19/07: Washington 2 @ Toronto 3

Washington Payroll: $40.1 million
Toronto Payroll: $72.125 million

Washington Injuries:
F Alexander Semin - out for three months with a separated shoulder
F Trent Whitfield - day-to-day with a dislocated shoulder
F Matt Pettinger - out for two months with a dislocated shoulder
F Petr Sykora - day-to-day with a partially torn ACL

Toronto Injuries:
D Tim Conboy - out for two weeks with a sprained MCL

Game 1: Washington 4 @ Toronto 2 (GWG: Jason Arnott)(*Jason Arnott, **Cam Barker, ***Alexander Mogilny)
Game 2: Washington 0 @ Toronto 3 (GWG: Alexander Steen)(*Scott Clemmensen, **Alexander Steen, ***Darcy Tucker)
Game 3: Toronto 1 @ Washington 3 (GWG: Jeff Halpern)(*Jeff Halpern, **Kevin Weekes, ***Danius Zubrus)
Game 4: Toronto 1 @ Washington 2 (GWG: Jeff Halpern @ 5:53 2OT)(*Daniel Cleary, **Kevin Weekes, ***Jeff Halpern)
Game 5: Washington 2 @ Toronto 3 (GWG: Brad Brown)(*Ryan Smyth, **Mats Sundin, ***Tomas Kaberle)

Brendan Witt is day-to-day with a stubbed finger.

Game 6: Toronto 2 @ Washington 4 (GWG: Danius Zubrus)(*Danius Zubrus, **Jared Aulin, ***Martin Grenier)

Washington defeats Toronto, 4 games to 2.

Atlanta Thrashers (5) vs. New Jersey Devils (4)

Head to Head this season:
10/22/06: Atlanta 3 @ New Jersey 0
11/29/06: New Jersey 2 @ Atlanta 4
12/18/06: New Jersey 3 @ Atlanta 1
03/19/07: Atlanta 4 @ New Jersey 3 (OT)

Atlanta Payroll: $39.88 million
New Jersey Payroll: $57.225 million

Atlanta Injuries:
F Lonny Bohonos - day-to-day with a groin strain
F Serge Aubin - out for three weeks with a dislocated shoulder

New Jersey Injuries:
F Erik Rasmussen - out for two weeks with a groin strain
D David Hale - day-to-day with a dislocated shoulder
D Bret Hedican - out for two months with a partially torn MCL

Game 1: Atlanta 3 @ New Jersey 2 (GWG: Dany Heatley @ 0:13 OT)(*Dany Heatley, **Ilya Kovalchuk, ***Brandon Convery)
Game 2: Atlanta 4 @ New Jersey 2 (GWG: Ilya Kovalchuk)(*Ilya Kovalchuk, **Dany Heatley, ***Kip Brennan)
Game 3: New Jersey 2 @ Atlanta 6 (GWG: Petr Koukal)(*Stacy Roest, **Patrik Stefan, ***Frantisek Kaberle)

Patrik Stefan will be out for ten days with a twisted knee.

Game 4: New Jersey 1 @ Atlanta 3 (GWG: Andrej Meszaros)(*Andrej Meszaros, **Dany Heatley, ***Pasi Nurminen)

Atlanta defeats New Jersey, 4 games to 0.

Western Conference Quarterfinals
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Chicago Blackhawks (8) vs. Vancouver Canucks (1)

Head to Head this season:
12/23/06: Chicago 0 @ Vancouver 1
01/12/07: Chicago 1 @ Vancouver 2
01/19/07: Vancouver 7 @ Chicago 3
02/26/07: Vancouver 3 @ Chicago 1

Chicago Payroll: $32.73 million
Vancouver Payroll: $64.675 million

Chicago Injuries:
F Igor Radulov - out for two months with a dislocated shoulder

Vancouver Injuries:
F Todd Bertuzzi - day-to-day with a groin strain
F Alyn McCauley - day-to-day with a thigh strain
F Chris Nielsen - out for a few days with anterior knee pain

Game 1: Chicago 1 @ Vancouver 4 (GWG: Ed Jovanovski)(*Kris Beech, **Dan Cloutier, ***Mattias Ohlund)
Game 2: Chicago 4 @ Vancouver 5 (GWG: Brendan Morrison)(*Ethan Moreau, **Brendan Morrison, ***Brent Seabrook)
Game 3: Vancouver 6 @ Chicago 3 (GWG: Shane Doan)(*Brendan Morrison, **Jason Ward, ***Markus Naslund)

Ed Jovanovski will be out for three weeks with a pulled groin.

Game 4: Vancouver 1 @ Chicago 0 (GWG: Kris Beech)(*Dan Cloutier, **Jose Theodore, ***Kris Beech)

Vancouver defeats Chicago, 4 games to 0.

San Jose Sharks (7) vs. Los Angeles Kings (2)

Head to Head this season:
01/07/07: San Jose 3 @ Los Angeles 4
01/24/07: Los Angeles 1 @ San Jose 3
01/28/07: San Jose 2 @ Los Angeles 4
02/28/07: Los Angeles 4 @ San Jose 2
03/01/07: San Jose 2 @ Los Angeles 4
03/14/07: Los Angeles 3 @ San Jose 4

San Jose Payroll: $38.175 million
Los Angeles Payroll: $59.825 million

San Jose Injuries:
F Jonathan Cheechoo - day-to-day with a partially torn ACL
D Scott Hannan - out for two weeks with a groin strain
F Milan Michalek - out for two months with a partially torn ACL

Los Angeles Injuries:
F Adam Deadmarsh - out for three weeks with a dislocated shoulder
D Maxim Kuznetsov - out for two weeks with a hip flexor strain
F Pavel Bure - out for two months with a partially torn ACL

Game 1: San Jose 0 @ Los Angeles 4 (GWG: Anson Carter)(*Craig Conroy, **Anson Carter, ***Hal Gill)
Game 2: San Jose 1 @ Los Angeles 3 (GWG: Trevor Linden)(*Martin Biron, **Trevor Linden, ***Hal Gill)

Brad Stuart will be out for two months with a dislocated shoulder.

Game 3: Los Angeles 4 @ San Jose 2 (GWG: Eric Belanger)(*Eric Belanger, **Valeri Bure, ***Teemu Selanne)

Jeff O'Neill will be out for three weeks with a pulled groin.

Game 4: Los Angeles 2 @ San Jose 3 (GWG: Radoslav Such)(*Rane Carnegie, **Craig Johnson, ***Sandis Ozolinsh)

Game 5: San Jose 2 @ Los Angeles 3 (GWG: Dustin Brown @ 3:14 OT)(*Dustin Brown, **Jason Smith, ***Trevor Linden)

Valeri Bure is out for a few days with an arm contusion.

Los Angeles defeats San Jose, 4 games to 1.

Colorado Avalanche (6) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (3)

Head to Head this season:
10/12/06: Columbus 6 @ Colorado 3
12/26/06: Colorado 0 @ Columbus 3
02/12/07: Colorado 0 @ Columbus 5
02/26/07: Columbus 1 @ Colorado 2

Colorado Payroll: $69 million
Columbus Payroll: $31.275 million

Colorado Injuries:
F Joe Sakic - out for two weeks with a sprained ACL

Columbus Injuries:
F Antti Pihlstrom - out for two weeks with a hip flexor strain
D Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre - day-to-day with a dislocated shoulder

Game 1: Colorado 2 @ Columbus 3 (GWG: Robert Lang @ 6:06 OT)(*Robert Lang, **Duncan Keith, ***Alexander Svitov)
Game 2: Colorado 3 @ Columbus 1 (GWG: Jed Ortmeyer)(*Donald Brashear, **Chris Gratton, ***Peter Forsberg)
Game 3: Columbus 1 @ Colorado 2 (GWG: Peter Forsberg @ 17:21 OT)(*Peter Forsberg, **Kimmo Timonen, ***David Brown)
Game 4: Columbus 4 @ Colorado 8 (GWG: Alex Tanguay)(*Milan Hejduk, **Rob Blake, ***Alex Tanguay)
Game 5: Colorado 4 @ Columbus 3 (GWG: Alex Tanguay)(*Rostislav Olesz, **Rick Nash, ***Jaroslav Balastik)

Colorado defeats Columbus, 4 games to 1.

Anaheim Mighty Ducks (5) @ Calgary Flames (4)

Head to Head this season:
01/27/07: Calgary 2 @ Anaheim 4
03/01/07: Anaheim 0 @ Calgary 4
03/24/07: Calgary 3 @ Anaheim 2
03/31/07: Anaheim 0 @ Calgary 2

Anaheim Payroll: $52.96 million
Calgary Payroll: $45.525 million

Anaheim Injuries:
D Martin Skoula - day-to-day with a broken leg
F Antti Miettinen - day-to-day with a groin strain

Calgary Injuries:
F Matthew Barnaby - day-to-day with a hip flexor strain

Game 1: Anaheim @ Calgary
Kiprusoff starts. Our starting defence is healthy. The only question up front is whether I go with veterans Pyatt and Reinprecht over youngsters Spets and Jacobs. After checking their playoff stats, I go with the veterans because they are more responsible defensively. Jacobs is a cherry picker while Spets was a -5 in last year's seven game series against Colorado. This leaves Myers as the only rookie in the lineup - our fourth line center. I set forward time to Overload but if the fourth line costs me, I'll go with three lines.

There is no scoring in the first. In the second, with Weimer off for interference, Chistov scores a powerplay goal to make it 1-0. Less than two minutes later, Modano deflects a Warrener slapshot to tie the game. A Ruthemann wristshot then beats Giguere to make it 2-1. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Anaheim 1. We outshot Anaheim 23-9 but were 0/6 on the powerplay. Kobasew and Souray got a '6' rating.

* Ivo Ruthemann (1g, +1, '8')
** Mike Modano (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Stanislav Chistov (1g, '8')

Game 2: Anaheim @ Calgary
Kiprusoff starts at 93%. No change to the linup except I take Souray off the number one PP unit and put Leopold there instead and I decide to use equal time for each powerplay unit.

Tanabe takes a slapshot and Myers deflects it to give us a 1-0 lead. No scoring in the second. Richards scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Anaheim 0. We outshoot Anaheim 21-7 but struggle on the powerplay going 0/5. We outhit Anaheim 27-11. Zdeno Chara suffers an injury and will be out for ten days with a groin strain. Ruthemann was the only one with a '6' rating.

* David Tanabe (2a, +2, 2ht, '8')
** Brad Richards (1g, +1, '8')
*** Marcus Nilson (1a, +1, 3ht, '8')

Chuck Kobasew rejects his "Cole-like" contract saying he doesn't think the club can meet his demands. I up it by a million to $4 million/1 year. It's really tough to know what he wants. I just hope he comes around.

Devastating news. Madden will be out for 10 days after suffering an elbow injury in practice. Ruthemann will be out for a few days after suffering a dental injury in practice.

Game 3: Calgary @ Anaheim
Buhrer has to start because Kiprusoff is only at 89%. The AI teams also start their back-ups in the playoffs so it's not unusual unless you have a goalie with 18+ in stamina that can start every game. Jacobs and Spets have to come in because there's nobody else. Wiemer becomes our second line center because at 36, Modano doesn't have the conditioning; he's only at 82%. Spets becomes the second line left winger and Nilson moves up to the third line. Reinprecht becomes the center on the second powerplay unit. Jacobs is on the fourth line and second powerplay unit but I'm going to only use three lines for this game because I just don't trust the defensive capability of a fourth line of Pyatt-Myers-Jacobs.

3:20 in, Chris Kunitz makes it 1-0 Anaheim. Pyatt then feed Jacobs who scores on a wristshot. It turns out that my instructions to only use three lines were ignored. Still, maybe Jacobs's offense may force his way into the lineup. With Weimer off, Sykora scores on the powerplay. Phaneuf then blows one by Giguere to tie it at 2. With 1:57 left in the first, Sykora makes it 3-2. We can't muster any offence the rest of the way. Final Score: Anaheim 3 - Calgary 2. We still kept Anaheim to 19 shots. Nilson, Reinprecht, Cole and Buhrer got '6' ratings. Jacobs and Spets played better than Cole and Reinprecht - not what I expected. The third line of Reinprecht-Modano-Nilson was -2 and I was counting on their defence.

* Chris Kunitz (1g, 2a, +1, 1ht, '10')
** Petr Sykora (2g, +1, 2ht, '8')
*** Dion Phaneuf (1g, 1a, +2, 3ht, '8')

Game 4: Calgary @ Anaheim
Kiprusoff starts. No change on defence. Ruthemann is healthy and replace Reinprecht who has a team low rating of 6.67 after three games. I risk it but put both Jacobs and Spets together on the third line centered by Modano. Nilson, whose morale is very low, drops the the fourth line with Pyatt and Myers.

Souray hits the post but no scoring in the first. Phaneuf carries the puck into Anaheim's zone and blows a slapshot past Giguere to make it 1-0. We kill off a two man disadvantage early in the third. With 4:56 left in the third, Iginla gets a powerplay goal to make it 2-0. 23 seconds later, Cole makes it 3-0. 23 seconds after that, Modano makes it 4-0. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Anaheim 0. Anaheim outshot us 26-23 but we killed off six powerplays. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating - a whole bunch of '8's as everyone showed up. Jacobs is impressing and Myers is holding his own. Pyatt looks steady on the fourth line.

* Miikka Kiprusoff (26 saves, '9')
** Dion Phaneuf (1g, +1, 4ht, '8')
*** Mike Modano (1g, +1, '8')

Kobasew rejects his latest contract offer of $4 million/year. Kovalchuk is the same age and only making $5 million/year and he won the Art Ross and Richard trophies this year. It doesn't look like I'll be able to sign Kobasew during the playoffs.

Game 5: Anaheim @ Calgary
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup.

Andrew Brunette opens the scoring for Anaheim. In the second, Kunitz intercepts a Jackman pass and wrists it past Kiprusoff to make it 2-0. Lupul scores in the third to give the Ducks a solid 3-0 lead. Jacobs sets up Warrener for a meaningless goal. Final Score: Anaheim 3 - Calgary 1. We again went 0/5 on the powerplay. Nilson, Spets, Pyatt and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings.

* Andrew Brunette (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')
** Rhett Warrener (1g, -1, 3ht, '8')
*** Chris Kunitz (1g, 1ht, '8')

Game 6: Calgary @ Anaheim
I check the playoff stats and Phaneuf is our leading scorer followed by Jacobs. Iginla, Cole, Ruthemann and Kobasew have to pick it up. Buhrer starts because Kiprusoff is only at 90% and I need him fully rested for a potential game seven. Reinprecht is in for Spets who posted back-to-back '6' ratings.

1:14 in, Parssinen scores on a feed from Fedorov to make it 1-0. Lance Ward then makes it 2-0. Weimer gets us on the board in the second. In the third, Kobasew demonstrates his skill and puts it top shelf to tie the game. At 10:09, Iginla fires one in off the post to make it 3-2. With Getzlaf off for interference, Kobasew deflects a Phaneuf point shot to make it 4-2. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Anaheim 2. We outshot Anaheim 39-16, were 1/7 on the powerplay and were outhit 22-10. Nilson was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Chuck Kobasew (2g, 1ht, '8')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, +1, 2ht, '8')
*** Timo Parssinen (1g, +1, 2ht, '8')

Calgary defeats Anaheim, 4 games to 2.

I offer Kobasew a one year deal at $5 million with bonuses that could see him make $7.5 million. If he wants more than that, I could use that money to get an established star like Bertuzzi or Naslund, both of whom are free agents this year. There are plenty of others as well.

Eastern Conference Semi-Finals

Washington Capitals (6) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (1)

Head to Head this season:
10/11/06: Washington 3 @ Tampa Bay 3
10/31/06: Washington 2 @ Tampa Bay 7
12/16/06: Tampa Bay 4 @ Washington 5
03/13/07: Tampa Bay 5 @ Washington 1
03/20/07: Washington 2 @ Tampa Bay 1
03/24/07: Tampa Bay 5 @ Washington 3

Washington Payroll: $40.1 million
Tampa Bay Payroll: $53.56 million

Washington Injuries:
F Alexander Semin - out for three months with a separated shoulder
F Matt Pettinger - out for a month with a dislocated shoulder

Tampa Bay Injuries:
none

Game 1: Washington 1 @ Tampa Bay 5 (GWG: Fredrik Modin)(*Fredrik Modin, **Martin St. Louis, ***Pavel Kubina)
Game 2: Washington 3 @ Tampa Bay 4 (GWG: Oleg Saprykin)(*Martin St. Louis, **Dan Boyle, ***Alexandre Picard)

Chris Dingman will be out for three weeks with a groin strain.

Game 3: Tampa Bay 3 @ Washington 2 (GWG: Martin St. Louis)(*Ben Clymer, **Daniel Alfredsson, ***Martin St. Louis)
Game 4: Tampa Bay 2 @ Washington 4 (GWG: Petr Sykora)(*Mike Johnson, **Daniel Alfredsson, ***Danius Zubrus)
Game 5: Washington 1 @ Tampa Bay 3 (GWG: Michael Nylander)(*John Grahame, **Michael Nylander, ***Alexandre Picard)

Tampa Bay defeats Washington, 4 games to 1.

Atlanta Thrashers (5) vs. New York Islanders (2)

Head to Head this season:
10/18/06: Atlanta 6 @ New York 4
10/30/06: Atlanta 1 @ New York 5
11/06/06: New York 3 @ Atlanta 1
01/08/07: New York 1 @ Atlanta 2

Atlanta Payroll: $39.88 million
New York Payroll: $50.125 million

Atlanta Injuries:
F Serge Aubin - day-to-day with a dislocated shoulder

New York Injuries:
D Keith Carney - day-to-day with a rotator cuff strain

Game 1: Atlanta 3 @ New York 1 (GWG: Mike Knuble)(*Pavel Brendl, **Pasi Nurminen, ***Mike Knuble)

Yannick Tremblay will be out for a week with a shoulder contusion.

Game 2: Atlanta 3 @ New York 4 (GWG: Cory Cross @ 3:03 OT)(*Cory Cross, **Mariusz Czerkawski, ***Lonny Bohonos)
Game 3: New York 1 @ Atlanta 3 (GWG: Ilya Kovalchuk)(*Dany Heatley, **Ilya Kovalchuk, ***Pasi Nurminen)
Game 4: New York 3 @ Atlanta 4 (GWG: Petr Koukal @ 17:14 OT)(*Petr Koukal, **Ilya Kovalchuk, ***Tobias Enstrom)

Dave Scatchard is out for a month with a rotator cuff strain. Nathan Perrot is out for a days with anterior knee pain.

Game 5: Atlanta 3 @ New York 1 (GWG: Lonny Bohonos)(*Lonny Bohonos, **Pasi Nurminen, ***Dany Heatley)

Tomas Kloucek will be out two weeks with a rotator cuff strain.

Atlanta defeats New York, 4 games to 1.

Western Conference Semi-Finals

Colorado Avalanche (6) vs. Vancouver Canucks (1)

Head to Head this season:
10/16/06: Colorado 2 @ Vancouver 5
11/04/06: Vancouver 5 @ Colorado 3
12/17/06: Vancouver 3 @ Colorado 3
01/04/07: Vancouver 1 @ Colorado 4
02/22/07: Colorado 1 @ Vancouver 3
03/31/07: Colorado 5 @ Vancouver 5

Colorado Payroll: $69 million
Vancouver Payroll: $64.675 million

Colorado Injuries:
F Peter Forsberg - day-to-day with a hip flexor strain
F Joe Sakic - day-to-day with a sprained ACL

Vancouver Injuries:
D Ed Jovanovski - out for two weeks with a pulled groin

Game 1: Colorado 2 @ Vancouver 4 (GWG: Todd Bertuzzi)(*Rob Blake, **Todd Bertuzzi, ***Paul Kariya)
Game 2: Colorado 1 @ Vancouver 2 (GWG: Shane Doan @ 14:54 OT)(*Dan Cloutier, **Mattias Ohlund, ***Rob Blake)
Game 3: Vancouver 1 @ Colorado 0 (GWG: Johan Davidsson)(*Dan Cloutier, **Johan Davidsson, ***David Aebisher)

Jeff Cowan is out for two months with a hip pointer.

Game 4: Vancouver 3 @ Colorado 1 (GWG: Markus Naslund)(*Markus Naslund, **Dan Cloutier, ***Milan Hejduk)

Kris Beech is out two weeks with a thigh strain.

Vancouver defeats Colorado, 4 games to 0.

Calgary Flames (4) vs. Los Angeles Kings (2)

Head to Head this season:
01/19/07: Calgary 4 @ Los Angeles 3
02/01/07: Los Angeles 3 @ Calgary 2
02/13/07: Los Angeles 5 @ Calgary 2
04/04/07: Calgary 0 @ Los Angeles 2

Calgary Payroll: $45.525 million
Los Angeles Payroll: $59.825 million

Calgary Injuries:
D Andy Rogers - day-to-day with a twisted knee

Los Angeles Injuries:
F Adam Deadmarsh - day-to-day with a dislocated shoulder
F Jeff O'Neill - out for two weeks with a pulled groin
D Maxim Kuznetsov - day-to-day with a hip flexor strain
F Pavel Bure - day-to-day with a partially torn ACL

Game 1: Calgary @ Los Angeles
Kiprusoff starts. We now have a healthy lineup. No change on defence. Madden and Barnaby are in for Reinprecht and Nilson. Barnaby gets second line powerplay time because Cole only had one goal the last series. Jacobs gets demoted to the fourth line with Pyatt and Myers - a risky move. If they struggle in the first game, I'll split the kids up.

No scoring in the first. With Madden off for holding, Frolov scores on a deflected Ozolinsh slapshot. Ruthemann then fires a slapshot past Dunham to tie the game at 1. Boyle scores with 47 seconds left in the second to give LA a 2-1 lead. Belanger hits the post early in the third. He then scores into the empty net. Final Score: Los Angeles 3 - Calgary 1. Game stats were even. Myers and Pyatt got a '6' rating and the fourth line was on for a goal against. Phaneuf and Tanabe suffer minor injuries that see their conditioning drop to 65% - it's unlikely they'll be ready for game two.

* Sandis Ozolinsh (2a, +1, 1ht, '9')
** Mike Dunham (22 saves, '8')
*** Andrew Ference (1a, 1ht, '8')

Game 2: Calgary @ Los Angeles
Buhrer starts because Kiprusoff is only at 90%. Frogren and Lewis come in for Phaneuf and Tanabe who are only at 75%. This forces me to overload the top two pairings. I keep the forward lineup the same except I shift to only playing three lines. For the first time, I decide to use line matching and get my first line against LA's second line, my second line against their top line and 3 vs. 3, 4 vs. 4.

Right off the bat, Kobasew gets a penalty for high-sticking and Valeri Bure scores a powerplay goal. Late in the period, Richards scores to tie the game. 1:41 into the second, Cole roofs it to make it 2-1. With LA's goalie pulled, Richards fires into the empty net. 13 seconds later with Biron back in the net, Richards gets his hattrick. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Los Angeles 1. Game stats are even but for the second game in a row, we had to kill off several penalties. Weimer and Pyatt got '6' ratings. Souray is banged up and probably won't be ready for the next game.

* Brad Richards (3g, +3, 1ht, '9')
** Jarome Iginla (2a, +3, 1ht, '9')
*** Marco Buhrer (25 saves, '8')

Game 3: Los Angeles @ Calgary
Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf and Tanabe are still only at 79% so I'm keeping Frogren and Lewis in. Up front, Pyatt posted two '6' ratings in a row so I decide to put Nilson back in even though his morale is very low.

Five minutes in, Leopold beats Dunham with a slapshot. Lewis then hit the post. In the second, Selanne ties the game at 1. With 12 seconds left in the period, Cole finds the mark for a 2-1 lead. In the third, Ruthemann makes it 3-1 on a feed from Iginla. Belanger then scores to make it 3-2. 51 seconds later, Ozolinsh ties the game at 3. We kill off two penalties before overtime. In OT, at 1:59, Modano feeds Weimer who roofs it for the win. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Los Angeles 3 (OT). We outshoot Los Angeles 23-13 and outhit them 31-17. We also kill off six penalties. Kiprusoff got a '5' rating and I'm unsure as to whether to give him a warning. I decide 3 goals in on 13 shots warrants a warning to play better. Kiprusoff apologizes and admits he deserved his warning. Phew!

* Sandis Ozolinsh (1g, 1a, 1ht, '8')
** Chuck Kobasew (1a, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Teemu Selanne (1g, 2ht, '8')

Game 4: Los Angeles @ Calgary
Buhrer starts with Kiprusoff at 92%. Phaneuf and Tanabe are now over the magic 80% mark and back in for Frogren and Lewis. No change up front except I take Barnaby off the second powerplay unit and insert Cole.

With Barnaby off for cross-checking, Frolov scores on the powerplay. 15 seconds later, Jacobs has space and uses his powerful slapshot to blow it by Biron to tie the game at 1. With 1:57 left in the first, Valeri Bure makes it 2-1. 14 seconds later, Sean Avery makes it 3-1. Weimer scores in the second to make it 3-2 but then Norstrom scores a powerplay goal to regain the two goal lead. In the third, Weimer scores his second to make it 4-3. With Warrener off for tripping, Frolov one times a Carter pass to make it 5-3. Final Score: Los Angeles 5 - Calgary 3. We gave up 3 powerplay goals which was the difference. Richards, Ruthemann and Cole got '6' ratings which clearly didn't help either. But the biggest disappointment was Buhrer with a '4' rating. Game stats were fairly even we didn't even get one powerplay opportunity so I complain about the refereeing and get fined $26,000 as a result.

* Alexander Frolov (2g, -1, 2ht, '8')
** Lubomir Vishovsky (2a, 3ht, '8')
*** Mike Modano (2a, +2, 2ht, '8')

Game 5: Calgary @ Los Angeles
Kiprusoff starts. Barnaby is only at 75% so Reinprecht takes his place. I put Souray on the first powerplay unit and Jacobs on the second unit and set the instructions to equal time. We need to get the PP going. I also switch to no line matching.

Ruthemann finally scores on the powerplay to make it 1-0. Frolov scores in the second to tie the game. In the third, with Nilson off for cross-checking, Ozolinsh scores another powerplay goal. Valeri Bure scores into the empty net. Final Score: Los Angeles 3 - Calgary 1. Sean Avery is day-to-day with a cut hand. No one got a '6' rating and game stats were even. Hard to determine what to do.

* Valeri Bure (1g, 1a, +1, '9')
** Sandis Ozolinsh (1g, 1a, +1, 3ht, '8')
*** Mike Dunham (29 saves, '9')

Game 6: Los Angeles @ Calgary
Kiprusoff starts. No change on defence. Barnaby in for Nilson and plays the fourth line. Cole, who has been a complete disappointment, gets demoted to the third line. Jacobs, who has outshone Cole, takes his place on the second line.

Cole scores to make it 1-0. In the second, Frolov ties it up at 1. Cole gets his second to make it 2-1 but the just healthy Deadmarsh ties the game before the second period is over. Selanne scores early in the third. Stefanishion scores into the empty net. Final Score: Los Angeles 4 - Calgary 2. Game stats were even. Kiprusoff, Ruthemann and Reinprecht got '6' ratings. We weren't outplayed in any game but gave up powerplay goals while not scoring our own and our goaltending was sub-par. Biron/Dunham outplayed Kiprusoff/Buhrer. Iginla's 2 goals in 12 games didn't exactly help either.

* Erik Cole (2g, +2, 1ht, '8')
** Adam Deadmarsh (1g, 1a, 2ht, '8')
*** Teemu Selanne (1g, '8')

Los Angeles defeats Calgary, 4 games to 2.

World Champsionship Quarter-Finals
USA 2 vs. Russia 4
Germany 1 vs. Czech Republic 3
Norway 1 vs. Sweden 5
Slovakia 2 vs. Finland 4

World Championship Semi-Finals
Czech Republic 3 vs. Russia 4
Finland 5 vs. Sweden 4

World Championship Finals
Finland 2 vs. Russia 4

Canada didn't even make the playoff round and subsequently, General Manager Doug MacLean has been fired. I apply for the job.

Eastern Conference Finals

Atlanta Thrashers (5) vs. Tampa Bay Lightning (1)

Head to Head this season:
11/12/06: Atlanta 2 @ Tampa Bay 5
11/15/06: Tampa Bay 2 @ Atlanta 4
01/09/07: Atlanta 1 @ Tampa Bay 5
01/29/07: Tampa Bay 3 @ Atlanta 3
02/12/07: Tampa Bay 3 @ Atlanta 5
02/25/07: Atlanta 6 @ Tampa Bay 1

Atlanta Payroll: $39.88 million
Tampa Bay Payroll: $53.56 million

Atlanta Injuries:
D Frantisek Kaberle - day-to-day with a hip flexor
D Tomas Kloucek - day-to-day with a rotator cuff strain

Tampa Bay Injuries:
F Chris Dingman - out ten days with a groin strain

Game 1: Atlanta 2 @ Tampa Bay 3 (GWG: Andrei Taratukhin)(*Vincent Lecavalier, **Ilya Kovalchuk, ***Dan Boyle)

Pavol Demitra will be out for two months with a dislocated shoulder.

Game 2: Atlanta 4 @ Tampa Bay 5 (GWG: Oleg Saprykin @ 12:15 OT)(*Ilya Kovalchuk, **Oleg Saprykin, ***Dan Boyle)

Andrej Mezaros will be out ten days with a twisted knee.

Game 3: Tampa Bay 2 @ Atlanta 4 (GWG: Tom Kostopoulos)(*Ilya Kovalchuk, **Dany Heatley, ***Ben Clymer)
Game 4: Tampa Bay 0 @ Atlanta 3 (GWG: Dany Heatley)(*Kari Lehtonen, **Dany Heatley, ***Marc Savard)
Game 5: Atlanta 3 @ Tampa Bay 4 (GWG: Fredrik Modin)(*Brad Lukowich, **Adam Henrich, ***Ilya Kovalchuk)
Game 6: Tampa Bay 3 @ Atlanta 2 (GWG: Martin St. Louis)(*Martin St. Louis, **Dan Boyle, ***Mike Knuble)

Tampa Bay defeats Atlanta, 4 games to 2.

Western Conference Finals

Los Angeles Kings (2) vs. Vancouver Canucks (1)

Head to Head this season:
11/30/06: Los Angeles 5 @ Vancouver 3
01/23/07: Vancouver 8 @ Los Angeles 1
03/03/07: Vancouver 4 @ Los Angeles 1
03/28/07: Los Angeles 2 @ Vancouver 1

Los Angeles Payroll: $59.825 million
Vancouver Payroll: $64.675 million

Los Angeles Injuries:
F Pavel Bure - day-to-day with a partially torn ACL

Vancouver Injuries:
F Kris Beech - out for 10 days with a thigh strain

Game 1: Los Angeles 1 @ Vancouver 4 (GWG: Todd Bertuzzi)(*Markus Naslund, **Todd Bertuzzi, ***Ed Jovanovski)
Game 2: Los Angeles 4 @ Vancouver 5 (GWG: Chris Nielsen @ 7:18 OT)(*Chris Nielsen, **Paul Kariya, ***Anson Carter)
Game 3: Vancouver 4 @ Los Angeles 3 (GWG: Paul Kariya @ 2:37 OT)(*Paul Kariya, **Sergei Zubov, ***Todd Bertuzzi)
Game 4: Vancouver 2 @ Los Angeles 1 (GWG: Daniel Sedin)(*Dan Cloutier, **Markus Naslund, ***Sergei Zubov)

Vancouver defeats Los Angeles, 4 games to 0.

Despite my application, much to my surprise, Hockey Canada has offered me the job as General Manager of Team Canada and wants to know if I accept. You're damn right I accept!

John Madden is unhappy now that I change his status to a core player. Changing it back to a key player doesn't help. I'm starting to wonder if I really want such a defensive minded second line center.

The media question whether Kiprusoff can still command the respect of his teammates after his recent poor performance. I decline to comment although I agree with the assessment.

Stanley Cup Finals

Tampa Bay Lighting (1) vs. Vancouver Canucks (1)

Head to Head this season:
11/01/06: Tampa Bay 3 @ Vancouver 5

Tampa Bay Payroll: $53.56 million
Vancouver Payroll: $64.675 million

Tampa Bay Injuries:
F Pavol Demitra - out for a month with a dislocated shoulder

Vancovuer Injuries:
none

Game 1: Tampa Bay 0 @ Vancouver 2 (GWG: Johan Davidsson)(*Dan Cloutier, **Johan Davidsson, ***John Grahame)
Game 2: Tampa Bay 2 @ Vancouver 1 (GWG: Vincent Lecavalier)(*Vincent Lecavalier, **John Grahame, ***Daniel Sedin)
Game 3: Vancouver 5 @ Tampa Bay 2 (GWG: Markus Naslund)(*Paul Kariya, **Martin St. Louis, ***Markus Naslund)
Game 4: Vancouver 7 @ Tampa Bay 2 (GWG: Todd Bertuzzi)(*Markus Naslund, **Paul Kariya, ***Todd Bertuzzi)
Game 5: Tampa Bay 3 @ Vancouver 5 (GWG: Todd Bertuzzi)(*Todd Bertuzzi, **Ed Jovanovski, ***Alexandre Picard)

Vancouver defeats Tampa Bay, 4 games to 1.

Vancouver wins its second Stanley Cup in three years, preventing Tampa Bay from repeating. This Vancouver team is arguably one of the best teams ever assembled, losing only one game on its way to winning the Cup. This was Tampa Bay's third consecutive Stanley Cup appearance, winning once against Colorado but losing twice to Vancouver. Dan Cloutier is named as the Conn Smythe Trophy winner.

Barnaby wants $3 million so I decide to let him go to free agency. I also decide to let Reinprecht test the market. Modano was a great playoff performer but at 37, I decide it's time to move on. I make a qualifying offer to Souray but I'm thinking about trading him. Kobasew is qualified but still doesn't want to negotiate and it looks like I will have no choice but to trade the 25 year old promising right winger. The only mistake I made in this was not offering him a new contract sooner but will him injured for several months, I couldn't have even if I wanted to.

Much to my surprise, Souray signed his measley $1.7 million qualifying offer with no bonuses and no signing bonus.

Montreal trades a 3rd Round Pick in 2007 and a 3rd Round Pick in 2008 to Carolina for F Jaroslav Svoboda (27) and a 3rd Round Pick in 2007.

Once I place Kobasew as available, he is willing to negotiate. He wants an average of $6 million/year for 5 years. He hasn't proven to be worth that much. That $6 million is better spent on a quality free agent in my mind.

Detroit has won the draft lottery and will have the first overall pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft to take place at the Savvis Center in St. Louis.

Washington trades the rights to G Philippe Roberge (21) and a 5th Round Pick in 2007 to Nashville for F Martin Erat (25).

Minnesota trades F Pascal Dupuis (28) to Carolina for the rights to D Kyle Labrecque (19) and a 5th Round Pick in 2007.

Karim · 11-05-2004, 04:43 PM

June 23rd, 2007
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2007 NHL Entry Draft

Round 1

1(1) - Detroit selects C Zach Hamill, 6'1", 218 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #1)
It's unclear to me why this guy is ranked number one as there are about five guys I would have ranked higher. He appears to be a second line center. His bravery of '4' scares me off. He wasn't even on Canada's world junior team.

1(2) - Carolina selects RD Trevor Schultz, 6'1", 171 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #2)
Schultz was ranked #1 for most of the year until the final rankings came out. According to my scouts, he was the best player available but still isn't the guy I would have taken. He appears to be a top four offensive defenceman. Represented Canada at the World Junior Championships.

1(3) - Buffalo selects G Michael McKay, 5'8", 160 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #8)
One of the top two goaltenders in the draft who generated a lot of press this past season. He had an ongoing feud with his general manager and there appeared to be dressing room problems as well. Too many distractions meant an horrible statistical season but his attributes are outstanding. With Jeff Glass drafted a couple years ago and now McKay, Buffalo should be set in goal. Did not make the Canadian junior team.

1(4) - Pittsburgh selects G James Cummings, 6'2", 174 lbs. - USA (ISS Ranking: #7)
This is the goaltender I would have selected. He seems more poised, mature and professional and his attributes are also very good. He put up much better numbers than McKay. Represented his country at the World Junior Championships.

1(5) - Montreal selects LD Denis Popov, 6'4", 180 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #6)
An offensive defenseman that needs to work on his skating. Put up 94 points in 56 games. Has represented his country at the World Juniors since he was 16. Also shows sound defensive awareness.

1(6) - Minnesota selects C/RW Riley Penner, 6'0", 198 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #4)
World class speed along with decent hands but a determination of '4' and a lack of strength are question marks. Did not represent Canada at the World Juniors.

1(7) - Edmonton selects LW Jason Fortier, 6'1", 222 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #3)
An offensive and physically gifted winger, Edmonton will be pleased to see Fortier drop to #7. Represented his country at the junior championship and looks to be a sure top six forward.

1(8) - Nashville selects LW Brad Delorme, 6'2", 174 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #12)
A creative winger with good defensive positioning but only a work rate of '5'. Did not play internationally.

1(9) - Dallas selects RW/LW Oleg Naumov, 6'1", 171 lbs. - Russian (ISS Ranking: #26)
Represented Russia at the world juniors and appears to be a complete package. May be a little early to take him but he was on my list.

1(10) - Philadelphia selects LW/RW Colton Gillies, 6'6", 222 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #11)
Here is your John Leclair replacement. This is the guy I would have taken first overall. Massive physical gifts and double digits in every attribute scoring 60 points in the WHL and only just turning 18. I was trying to trade Kobasew to get into the top ten so I could draft this guy. I may try and make a deal with Philadelphia after the draft. Now that I'm in charge of Canada's junior team, he'll be on it. He hasn't represented his country yet.

1(11) - Florida selects LW/RW Corey Murphy, 5'11", 174 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #19)
Started the year ranked #8 but then suffered a torn MCL which saw him miss eight months. Has world class speed and very good defensive awareness. Was high on my list and my scouts liked him.

1(12) - Phoenix selects RD/LD Justin Dillon, 6'1", 198 lbs - USA (ISS Ranking: #7)
Seems to be a steady but unspectacular defenceman. Definitely needs time to develop.

1(13) - St. Louis selects LD Erik Fahlstedt, 6'2", 163 lbs. - Sweden (ISS Ranking: #5)
I'm not sure why he dropped because he was the highest rated player remaining on my list. Played 41 game in the Swedish Elite League as a 17 year old! Obviously represented his country as well at the World Juniors. He'll be in the NHL.

1(14) - NY Rangers select LD Timo Eriksson, 6'0", 174 lbs. - Finland (ISS Ranking: #17)
Not on my list - a '2' in skating and '1' in aggressiveness isn't what I look for in a defenceman. He did represent Finland at the World Juniors.

1(15) - Chicago selects LD Ryan Kerr, 6'4", 174 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #21)
An offensive defenceman but with a bravery of '3', I didn't look at him much. He didn't make the national junior team.

1(16) - Buffalo selects G Ville Miettinen, 5'9", 156 lbs. - Finland (ISS Ranking: #27)
Buffalo drafts two goalies in the first round. He was on my list and looks to be a decent pick up but it's so hard to tell with goalies. Did not play at the world juniors.

1(17) - Ottawa selects C Daniel Korsch, 5'11", 167 lbs. - Switzerland (ISS Ranking: #18)
Now I don't know who to draft. If Gillies wasn't available, I was going for Korsch. He's an offensive center with serious flair and creativity - something we're desperately lacking. One of only two players in the draft with a flair of 14+. Represented his country at the world juniors.

1(18) - Boston selects C/RW Trevor Gillies, 5'11", 180 lbs. - Canada (ISS Rankiing: #13)
Good physical tools, decent technical attributes but lacks determination. Wasn't on my list and didn't play internationally.

1(19) - Colorado selects G Andreas Tanner, 5'10", 169 lbs. - Switzerland (ISS Ranking: #29)
Appears to be a decent young goalie but wasn't one of the ones I was looking at. Represented his country at the world juniors.

1(20) - Detroit selects LD Andrei Uchevatov, 6'1", 202 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #31)
It sucks picking late. The highest rated player remaining from my list goes to Detroit. Appears to be a solid stay at home defenceman who played internationally.

1(21) - Anaheim selects RW Andrei Tarasov, 6'0", 171 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #54)
He was on my list because his attributes are enticing but my scouts absolutely hated this guy. Typical Russian offensive forward who played for his country at the world juniors.

1(22) - Chicago selects LW Michel Hall, 5'10", 178 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #36)
Unimpressive winger with a '3' in determination.

1(23) - New Jersey selects LW/RW Aaron Keller, 6'0", 171 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #28)
Other than his work rate of '5', he appears to be a solid winger.

1(24) - Calgary selects G Antti Hagman, 6'2", 180 lbs. - Finland (ISS Ranking: #23)
Hopefully this will be our goalie of the future. In the last two years in the junior league in Finland he has won 74 games and only lost 7. I have a Russian goalie ranked a little higher but his attitude is scaring me off, feeling pressured by my interest in him. The only worry about Hagman is his stamina of '9' which clearly isn't starting goalie material. I hope in four or five years this will improve.

1(25) - Columbus selects RD Fabian Weber, 5'9", 154 lbs. - Switzerland (ISS Ranking: #14)
He played at the world juniors and appears to be a mobile, if not small, defenceman. He was on my list.

1(26) - Toronto selects C Sergei Belov, 5'9", 171 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #35)
Who knows with these Russian forwards. He scored 135 points in 56 games in the junior league in Russia. He has ok but not great attributes and it's not clear where the offence is coming from. Anaheim was also interested in him.

1(27) - NY Islanders select RW Mark Murphy, 6'1", 163 lbs. - USA (ISS Ranking: #37)
If I didn't need a goalie, I would have taken Murphy at #24 but I simply have too many young wingers already in the system. A '20' in creativity and good physical skills, this was his first year in the WHL and he scored at a point a game clip. He represented Team USA at the world juniors.

1(28) - Los Angeles selects RD/LD Bill Desjardins, 5'10", 167 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #34)
A '5' in bravery combined with a positioning of '1' would scare me off in any defenceman.

1(29) - Tampa Bay selects G Dmitri Loginov, 6'0", 163 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #15)
This was the Russian goalie that was rated higher than Hagman. It will be interesting to compare development down the road.

1(30) - Vancouver selects LW Nikolai Yakubov, 5'9", 158 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #62)
Although he played at the world juniors, I think there were still better players available.

Calgary Flames' other selections:

2(54) - Calgary selects G Bjorn Lindstrom, 6'2", 218 lbs. - Sweden (ISS Ranking: #158)
Here's a gamble. There are forwards and defencemen who are rated higher in both ISS rankings and by my scouts but this is the only goalie left of any substance on my list and I need one of our goalies to pan out. He's only rated as a depth or marginal prospect by my scouts but I'm drafting by positional needs rather than best player available.

4(95) - Calgary selects LD Chad Hunter, 6'1", 213 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #114)
I was going to grab him in round two, worried that he'd be gone by round four. He has good physical and mental attributes but what is most impressive is a '17' in passing which instantly makes him a better passer than any of our current defencemen.

4(114) - Calgary selects LW Jozef Macek, 6'0", 202 lbs. - Slovakia (ISS Ranking: #122)
Exceptional defensive skills for a young player. Not much offensive upside but should be a good checker.

5(144) - Calgary selects C Markus Andersson, 6'1", 205 lbs. - Sweden (ISS Ranking: Unranked)
A twenty year old offensive center with great off the puck skills. He's been on my radar since he was 18.

6(159) - Calgary selects RD Thomas Boon, 5'10", 171 lbs. - Germany (ISS Ranking: Unranked)
Boon is an offensive defenceman with a '20' in creativity and decent attributes. My scouts were not high on him but at this point everything is a gamble. He's not even 18 yet so he has time to develop.

7(204) - Calgary selects C Chris Langkow, 6'4", 222 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #181)
A big, aggressive center, team leader and fans player of the year in Plymouth of the OHL. Not much in terms of skill.

8(234) - Calgary selects C Paul Kirkham, 5'9", 171 lbs. - Great Britain (ISS Ranking: Unranked)
A '20' in creativity and a '12' in flair - something I need. A complete shot in the dark.

9(264) - Calgary selects RW Jan Kolar, 6'0", 187 lbs. - Czech Republic (ISS Ranking: Unranked)
Kolar is 26 and two-time winner of Czech player of the year. Just like Ruthemann, my scouts say he's an excellent player - he has the attributes to back that up. I plan on signing him right away and bringing him over - probably to replace Kobasew.

Minnesota trades F Michael Tessier (22) to Colorado for the rights to F Mike Wiebe (19).

Jarome Iginla is Fans Player of the Year.

We are in the red, almost at our budget mark and as a result, cannot go after any free agents.

F Jan Kolar (26), our 9th Round Pick, signs with us for $3.8 million/3 years.

Los Angeles sign G Martin Brodeur (35) from New Jersey for $12.5 million/2 years.

Vancouver sign F Martin St. Louis (32) from Tampa Bay for $12.5 million/2 years.

Vancouver sign F Zigmund Palffy (35) from St. Louis for $7.75 million/1 year.

NY Islanders sign F Alexei Kovalev (34) from Montreal for $15.5 million/2 years.

Colorado sign F Pavol Demitra (32) from Tampa Bay for $16 million/2 years.

Colorado sign D Kenny Jonsson (32) from NY Islanders for $10.75 million/2 years.

Colorado sign D Aaron Miller (35) from Los Angeles for $4.4 million/1 year.

Los Angeles have re-signed F Pavel Bure (36) for $6.25 million/1 year.

Vancouver have re-signed F Paul Kariya (32) for $12 million/2 years.

New Jersey sign G Kevin Weekes (32) from Washington for $8.9 million/4 years.

Los Angeles sign D Greg de Vries (34) from Ottawa for $11.75 million/2 years.

Pittsburgh sign D Cory Cross (31) from NY Islanders for $5.6 million/2 years.

Montreal sign F Todd Bertuzzi (32) from Vancouver for $12.75 million/2 years.

Colorado sign F Adam Deadmarsh (31) from Los Angeles for $22.75 million/3 years.

Tampa Bay sign D Mattias Norstrom (35) from Los Angeles for $4.9 million/1 year.

Vancouver sign D Brendan Witt (32) from Washington for $10.5 million/2 years.

NY Islanders sign D Chris Therien (35) from Vancouver for $3.5 million/1 year.

NY Islanders sign D Rob Blake (37) from Colorado for $7 million/1 year.

Tampa Bay sign F Mike Modano (37) from Calgary for $3.3. million/1 year.

Toronto sign F Matthew Barnaby (34) from Calgary for $8.1 million/2 years.

Carolina sign D Sami Salo (32) from Minnesota for $5.4 million/2 years.

New Jersey sign D Sandis Ozolinsh (34) from Los Angeles for $5.5 million/1 year.

Dallas sign F Sebastien Bordeleau (32) from Minnesota for $7 million/2 years.

Tampa Bay sign D Jason Smith (33) from San Jose for $8.7 million/2 years.

Phoenix trades F Linus Bladstrom (21) to Los Angeles for the rights to G Miika Toivonen (22) and a 3rd Round Pick in 2008.

NY Islanders sign D Boris Mironov (35) from Colorado for $3.8 million/1 year.

NY Islanders sign D Ruslan Salei (32) from Anaheim for $6.9 million/2 years.

Tampa Bay trades F Kamil Kreps (22) and a 3rd Round Pick in 2008 to Montreal for F Mike Ribeiro (27).

Tampa Bay signs D Alexei Zhitnik (34) from Buffalo for $6.8 million/2 years.

Calgary trades F Taylor Pyatt (26) to Los Angeles for a 4th Round Pick in 2008.

Washington signs D Bret Hedican (37) from New Jersey for $3.8 million/1 year.

St. Louis trades F Peter Sejna (27) to Carolina for the rights to D Marcus Hagg (22) and a 4th Round Pick in 2008.

Tampa Bay sign D Craig Rivet (32) from Montreal for $5.3 million/2 years.

I finally manage to sign F Chuck Kobasew (25) for $15 million/4 years. I was only able to do this once season ticket revenue came in which is less than last year.

Ottawa signs F Craig Conroy (35) from Los Angeles for $1.4 million/1 year.

Atlanta signs F Doug Weight (36) from Chicago of the AHL for $250,000/1 year.

St. Louis signs F Steve Reinprecht (31) from Calgary for $7.6 million/3 years.

Karim · 11-05-2004, 04:45 PM

History to date, including the past season's award winners:

Stanley Cup
2007	Vancouver Canucks defeat Tampa Bay Lightning, 4 games to 1
2006	Tampa Bay Lightning defeat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 0
2005	Vancouver Canucks defeat Tampa Bay Lightning, 4 games to 1
2004	New Jersey Devils defeat Colorado Avalanche, 4 games to 2

Conn Smythe Trophy
2007	Dan Cloutier, Van
2006	John Grahame, TB
2005	Todd Bertuzzi, Van
2004	Patrik Elias, NJ

President's Trophy
2007	Vancouver Canucks - 118 pts.
2006	Vancouver Canucks - 115 pts.
2005	New Jersey Devils - 125 pts.
2004	Colorado Avalanche - 112 pts.

NHL All-Star Game
2007	West 6 - East 2, MVP: Ed Jovanovski (Van)
2006	East 8 - West 6, MVP: Jamie Langenbrunner (NJ)
2005	West 5 - East 3, MVP: Joe Sakic (Col)
2004	West 7 - East 6, MVP: Jeremy Roenick (Phi)

Hart Memorial Trophy
2007	Ilya Kovalchuk, Atl
2006	Markus Naslund, Van
2005	Dany Heatley, Atl
2004	Joe Thornton, Bos

Lester B. Pearson Trophy
2007	Chris Pronger, Van
2006	Todd Bertuzzi, Van
2005	Dany Heatley, Atl
2004	Markus Naslund, Van

Art Ross Trophy
2007	Ilya Kovalchuk, Atl (116 pts.)
2006	Markus Naslund, Van (110 pts.)
2005	Dany Heatley, Atl (123 pts.)
2004	Keith Tkachuk, Stl (86 pts.)

Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy
2007	Ilya Kovalchuk, Atl (59 goals)
2006	Todd Bertuzzi, Van (53 goals)
2005	Dany Heatley, Atl (59 goals)
2004	Marian Hossa, Ott (55 goals)

James Norris Trophy
2007	Chris Pronger, Van
2006	Chris Pronger, Stl
2005	Roman Hamrlik, Phi
2004	Ed Jovanovski, Van

Vezina Trophy
2007	John Grahame, TB
2006	John Grahame, TB
2005	Roberto Luongo, Fla
2004	Martin Brodeur, NJ

Calder Trophy
2007	Alexander Radulov, SJ
2006	Drew Stafford, Stl
2005	Anthony Stewart, Fla
2004	Joffrey Lupul, Ana

Jack Adams Trophy
2007	Pat Burns, TB
2006	Pat Burns, TB
2005	Pat Conacher, NJ
2004	Pat Burns, NJ

Frank J. Selke Trophy
2007	Jeff Halpern, Wsh
2006	Jeff Halpern, Wsh
2005	John Madden, NJ
2004	Jamie Langenbrunner, NJ

Lady Byng Trophy
2007	Dany Heatley, Atl
2006	Markus Naslund, Van
2005	Markus Naslund, Van
2004	Markus Naslund, Van

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
2007	Tomas Kloucek, Atl
2006	Ruslan Salei, Ana
2005	Sandis Ozolinsh, Ana
2004	Jaromir Jagr, NYR

King Clancy Memorial Trophy
2007	Ryan Johsnon, Bos
2006	Ryan Johnson, Bos
2005	Ryan Johnson, Stl
2004	Ryan Johnson, Stl

William M. Jennings Trophy
2007	John Grahame, TB
2006	Olaf Kolzig, Wsh
2005	Roman Cechmanek, LA
2004	Marty Turco, Dal

NHL Plus-Minus Award
2007	Pavel Kubina, TB
2006	Markus Naslund, Van
2005	Paul Martin, NJ
2004	Paul Martin, NJ

NHL First Team All-Stars

2007	F Todd Bertuzzi, Van
	F Dany Heatley, Atl
	F Ilya Kovalchuk, Atl
	D Chris Pronger, Van
	D Pavel Kubina, TB
	G John Grahame, TB

2006	F Todd Bertuzzi, Van
	F Brendan Morrison, Van
	F Markus Naslund, Van
	D Chris Pronger, Stl
	D Colin White, Tor
	G John Grahame, TB

2005	F Todd Bertuzzi, Van
	F Dany Heatley, Atl
	F Markus Naslund, Van
	D Roman Hamrlik, Phi
	D Ed Jovanovski, Van
	G J.S. Giguere, Ana

2004	F Keith Tkachuk, Stl
	F Joe Thornton, Bos
	F Markus Naslund, Van
	D Ed Jovanovski, Van
	D Rob Blake, Col
	G Marty Turco, Dal

NHL Second-Team All-Stars

2007	F Peter Forsberg, Col
	F Vincent Lecavalier, TB
	F Markus Naslund, Van
	D Ed Jovanovski, Van
	D Roman Hamrlik, Dal
	G Marty Turco, Dal

2006	F Zigmund Palffy, Stl
	F Joe Thornton, Bos
	F Jarome Iginla, Cgy
	D Brendan Witt, Wsh
	D Bryan McCabe, LA
	G J.S. Giguere, Ana

2005	F Peter Forsberg, Col
	F Jason Wiemer, Min
	F Zigmund Palffy, LA
	D Rob Blake, Col
	D Bob Boughner, Col
	G Martin Brodeur, NJ

2004	F Peter Forsberg, Col
	F Jeff O'Neill, Car
	F Zigmund Palffy, LA
	D Derek Morris, Pho
	D Zdeno Chara, Ana
	G Martin Brodeur, NJ

NHL All-Rookie Team

2007	F Alexander Radulov, SJ
	F Phil Kessel, Nsh
	F Eric Nystrom, Min
	D Philippe Furrer, Stl
	D Mark Stuart, Bos
	G Ray Emery, Cbs

2006	F Magnus Kahnberg, Car
	F Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Edm
	F Gilbert Brule, NYR
	D Dion Phaneuf, Cgy
	D Martin Grenier, Tor
	G Antero Niittymaki, SJ

2005	F Hugh Jessiman, NYR
	F Rostislav Olesz, Cbs
	F Anthony Stewart, Fla
	D Cam Barker, Wsh
	D Brent Seabrook, Chi
	G Michael Leighton, Chi

2004	F Joffrey Lupul, Ana
	F Jared Aulin, Wsh
	F Nathan Horton, Fla
	D Paul Martin, NJ
	D David Hale, NJ
	G Andrew Raycroft, Bos

NHL Entry Draft Initial Selection
2007	C Zach Hamill, Det
2006	RW/C Phil Kessel, Nsh
2005	C Sidney Crosby, Pit
2004	C Yevgeni Malkin, Nsh

World Championships
2007	Russia defeats Finland, 4-2
2006	Switzerland defeats Sweden, 4-2
2005	Sweden defeats Canada, 4-2
2004	Canada defeats Slovakia, 5-4

World Junior Championships
2006	USA defeats Slovakia, 3-0
2005	Canada defeats United States, 4-3
2004	Canada defeats Finland, 5-0
2003	Canada defeats United States, 2-0

Olympics
2006	Gold: Canada defeats Russia, 4-1
	Bronze: Switzerland defeats Czech Republic, 3-2

World Cup of Hockey
2004	Canada defeats Czech Republic, 3-2

Russian Superleague Finals
2007	SKA Saint Petersburg defeat Dynamo Moscow, 3 games to 1
2006	Dynamo Moscow defeat Avangard Omsk, 3 games to 0
2005	Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk defeat Dynamo Moscow, 3 games to 2
2004	Avangard Omsk defeat Ak-Bars Kazan, 3 games to 2

Russian Superleague Most Valuable Player
2007	Alexei Kaigorodov, Dynamo Moscow
2006	Vadim Shakhraychuk, Dynamo Moscow
2005	Alexei Kaigorodov, Dynamo Moscow
2004	Vadim Shakhraychuk, Dynamo Moscow

Czech Extraliga Finals
2007	HC Dukla Jihlava defeats HC OcelaTi TTinec, 4 games to 0
2006	HC Chemopetrol defeats Vestinska hokejova, 4 games to 3
2005	HC Moeller Pardubice defeat HC Sparta Praha, 4 games to 3
2004	HC RABAT Kladno defeat HC Prostejov, 4 games to 2

Czech Extraliga Player of the Year
2007	Vladimir Vujtek, HC Kometa Brno
2006	Jan Kolar, HC Moeller Pardubice
2005	Jakub Sindel, HC Sparta Praha
2004	Tomas Divisek, HC Moeller Pardubice

Finnish SM-Liga Finals
2007	Oulun Karpat defeat Tampereen Tappara, 3 games to 1
2006	Espoo Blues defeat Rauman Lukko, 3 games to 1
2005	Espoo Blues defeat Oulun Karpat, 3 games to 2
2004	Turun Palloseura defeat Rauman Lukko, 3 games to 1

Finnish SM-Liga Player of the Year
2007	Miika Toivonen, Tampereen Tappara
2006	Brett Hauer, Oulun Karpat
2005	Jere Karalahti, HIFK Helsinki
2004	Niklas Backstrom, Oulun Karpat

Swedish Elitserien Finals
2007	Modo Hockey defeat HV71, 4 games to 2
2006	HV71 defeat Lulea HF, 4 games to 3
2005	Lulea HF defeat HV71, 4 games to 3
2004	Vastra Frolunda HC defeat Modo Hockey, 4 games to 1

Swedish Elitserien Top Points Scorer
2007	Per-Age Skroder, HV71
2006	Stefan Lundqvist, Modo Hockey
2005	Magnus Wernblom, Modo Hockey
2004	Juha Lind, Sodertalje SK

Slovakian Extraliga Finals
2007	HC Kosice defeat MHk 32 Liptovsky Mikulas, 4 games to 1
2006	Dukla Trencin defeat HC Slovan Slovnaft Bratislava, 4 games to 0
2005	HC Slovan Slovnaft Bratislava defeat MsHK Cilina, 4 games to 3
2004	HC Slovan Slovnaft Bratislava defeat Dukla Trencin, 4 games to 1

Slovakian Extraliga Player of the Year
2007	Arne Krotak, Dukla Trencin
2006	Arne Krotak, Dukla Trencin
2005	Roman Kukumberg, Dukla Trencin
2004	Roman Kukumberg, Dukla Trencin

Western Hockey League Finals
2007	Kootenay Ice defeat Moose Jaw Warriors, 4 games to 2
2006	Prince Albert Raiders defeat Kelowna Rockets, 4 games to 3
2005	Kamloops Blazers defeat Red Deer Rebels, 4 games to 0
2004	Kootenay Ice defeat Red Deer Rebels, 4 games to 1

Western Hockey League Four Broncos Memorial Trophy
2007	Jeff Walker, Everett Silvertips
2006	Aki Seitsonen, Prince Albert Raiders
2005	Adam Cracknell, Kootenay Ice
2004	Kelly Guard, Kelowna Rockets

Ontario Hockey League Finals
2007	Kingston Frontenacs defeat Guelph Storm, 4 games to 3
2006	Erie Otters defeat Brampton Battalion, 4 games to 0
2005	Brampton Battalion defeat Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, 4 games to 3
2004	Kitchener Rangers defeat Brampton Battalion, 4 games to 2

Ontario Hockey League Player of the Year
2007	Ryan McGinnis, Erie Otters
2006	Cory Anderson, Peterborough Petes
2005	Andrew Cogliano, Toronto St. Michael's Majors
2004	Justin Peters, Toronto St. Michael's Majors

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Finals
2007	Gatineau Olympiques defeat Rimouski Oceanic, 4 games to 1
2006	Rimouski Oceanic defeat Moncton Wildcats, 4 games to 3
2005	Gatineau Olympiques defeat Moncton Wildcats, 4 games to 2
2004	Shawinigan Cataractes defeat Chicoutimi Sagueneens, 4 games to 1

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Offensive Player of the Year
2007	Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Oceanic
2006	Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Oceanic
2005	Sidney Crosby, Rimouski Oceanic
2004	Jean-Francois Cyr, Cape Breton Screaming Eagles

Memorial Cup
2007	Prince George Cougars defeat Kingston Frontenacs, 3-2(OT)
2006	Quebec Remparts defeat Prince Albert Raider, 3-2(OT)
2005	Brampton Battalion defeat Gatineau Olympiqes, 3-2(OT)
2004	Kootenay Ice defeat Shawinigan Cataractes, 6-2

Karim · 11-05-2004, 04:48 PM

August 29th, 2007
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Prospect Game 1: Calgary 4 @ S.A.I.T. 1

Standouts:
F Greg Gardner '9' - 1(23), 2006
G Brent Krahn '8' - 1(9), 2000
D Andy Rogers '8' - 5(142), 2004
D Chris Zarb '8' - 7(196), 2005
D Louis-Philippe Lachance '8' - undrafted
D Mike Stuart '8' - 2(45), 2005, by Dallas
F Marius Andersen '8' - 4(112), 2006
F Kris Chucko '8' - 1(22), 2004
F Brock Nixon '8' - 4(106), 2005
F Lars Erik Spets '8' - 8(238), 2004
F Jens Jacobs '8' - 8(234), 2004

Prospect Game 2: Calgary 5 @ Mount Royal 0

Standouts:
D Chris Zarb '10'
G Brent Krahn '8'
F Kris Chucko '8'
F Brett Sutter '8' - 4(94), 2005
F Yannick Tifu '8' - 3(81), 2004, by Los Angeles
F Brock Nixon '8'
F David Laliberte '8' - 3(76), 2005
F Scott McCulloch '8' - 6(172), 2004

The biggest disappointment by far is D Grant Lewis, 2(38), 2004. He's a giveaway machine.

Prospect Game 3: Calgary 4 @ University of Lethbridge 0

Standouts:
G Brent Krahn '8'
D Mike Stuart '8'
D Michael Busto '8' - 9(244), 2004 by San Jose
F Patrick Bordeleau '8' - 5(143), 2006
F Fredrick Naslund '8' - 3(79), 2004 by Anaheim
F Jordan McLean '8' - 5(121), 2005
F Brett Sutter '8'
F Greg Gardner '8'
F David Laliberte '8'
F Scott McCulloch '8'
F Jens Jacobs '8'

Karim · 11-05-2004, 04:51 PM

September 7th, 2007
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Vancouver trades F Jesse Schultz (24) and a 6th Round Pick in 2009 to Philadelphia for the rights to D Craig Bournazakis (18).

Prospect Game 4: Calgary 10 @ University of Calgary 1

Standouts:
D Andy Rogers '10'
D Mark Cormier '10' - 2(44), 2006
F Lars Erik Spets '10'
F Jordan McLean '9'
F Nick Taransky '9' - 9(287), 2003 by Tampa Bay
G Brent Krahn '8'
D Chad Hunter '8' - 4(95), 2007
D Louis-Philippe Lachance '8'
D Micheal Busto '8'
F Marius Andersen '8'
F Kris Chucko '8'
F Greg Gardner '8'
F Brock Nixon '8'
F David Laliberte '8'
F Scott McCulloch '8'
F Jens Jacobs '8'

Colorado signs F Michael Nylander (34) from Tampa Bay for $3.5 million/1 year.

Phoenix trades the rights to F Liam Lindstrom (22) to Edmonton for G Kelly Guard (24).

Exhibition Game 1: vs. Minnesota
We win 3-1. Two first round picks impress. Greg Gardner is first star and Kris Chucko is second star. Could Gardner jump from junior right to the NHL? I'd rather have him play in the AHL but his flair and creativity is something we're missing. Chucko may make the team instead of Andersen, which is the person I was expecting to make an impression. There's lots of young talent in my system which is nice to see.

Richards is injured in practice and will be out for 10 days.

Exhibition Game 2: @ Minnesota
We lose 2-1 in the last minute of the game. Spets and Myers were impressive. Chucko and Gardner held their own but Gardner got knocked off the puck too much.

Exhibition Game 3: vs. Edmonton
We win 3-1 but suffer two devastating injuries. Both Erik Cole and Jarome Iginla will be out for 3 months with partially torn ACLs. This means that Andersen, Chucko and Gardner make the team.

Exhibition Game 4: @ Edmonton
We win 4-3. The rookies didn't look out of place.

Exhibition Game 5: vs. Vancouver
A 3-3 tie. Having Chucko and Gardner together on the third line is a defensive liability but I really don't have much choice.

Detroit's Darius Kasparaitus will be out for 8 months after suffering a torn ACL.

Exhibition Game 6: @ Vancouver
We lose 4-3. Gardner played well. We will start the season with five rookie forwards in the lineup - ouch. Hopefully we'll be able to hang on until Cole and Iginla are healthy and hopefully we don't suffer any more serious injuries.

Waiver Draft
Dallas selects G Maxime Ouellet (26) from Columbus.
Florida selects G Vesa Toskala (30) from San Jose.
St. Louis selects F Peter Schastlivy (30) from Anaheim.
St. Louis selects F Daniel Cleary (28) from Washington.
Boston selects F Timo Parssinen (30) from Anaheim.
Atlanta selects F Yared Hagos (24) from Dallas.
Atlanta selects F Antoine Vermette (25) from Ottawa.

Karim · 11-05-2004, 04:54 PM

October 10th, 2007
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Game 1: vs. Columbus
Kiprusoff starts. Frogren is the seventh defenceman and healthy scratch. Nilson is the odd man out up front as I want to see what the kids have. Columbus' first shot hits the post courtesy of Staios but there's no scoring in the first. In the second, a wristshot from Svitov finds the mark and gets Columbus on the board. Weimer then springs Madden for a breakaway goal and his 300th career point to tie the game. Andersen strips Robert Lang and then feeds Jacobs who fires but is robbed by Stana. Stana gives a rebound that is taken by Andrei Markov but Jacobs, following his own rebound, strips Markov and fires it past an unsuspecting Stana to give us a one goal lead. Kiprusoff then stops Svitov on a breakaway, robbing him with a quick glove hand. In the third, Weimer fails to capitalize on a breakaway. With 20 seconds left in the game, Jacobs drops them with Svitov and finishes him off with a haymaker. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Columbus 1. No one got a '6' rating.

* Jens Jacobs (1g, +1, 1ft, '8')
** Miikka Kiprusoff (20 saves, '8')
*** John Madden (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')

Game 2: vs. St. Louis
Kiprusoff starts. The only change is moving Jacobs to the second line and putting Spets on the fourth line. Jacobs also takes a turn on the second powerplay unit. Less than one minute in, Jacobs shoves Bryan Berard off the puck and feeds Kolar in the slot for a 1-0 lead. A couple minutes later, Weimer strips the puck from a St. Louis player and feeds Souray on the point. A wrister finds the mark for an early 2-0 lead. With Chipchura off for two minutes, Phaneuf feeds Kobasew with a long pass behind the St. Louis defence and Kobasew shoves it in to make it 3-0. In the second, Leopold hits the post and before Andersen can drive home the rebound, he's hooked but we're unable to score on the subsequent powerplay. Kotalik then gets St. Louis on the board. Jackman then stops makes an open ice hit and feeds Gardner on a breakaway. Gardner's original shot is stopped by Khabibulin and as he goes for the rebound, he dekes past Zabransky but gets hooked by Ricci. Again, we are unable to score with the man advantage. Gardner is stripped off the puck by Ricci who feeds Reinprecht who rings one off the post. Leopold outmuscles Bell for the rebound. Kiprusoff then makes an outstanding save to rob Scott Niedermayer of a goal. Jacobs then strips Gonchar of the puck and feeds Gardner in the slot for his first career goal and a 4-1 lead with 25 seconds left in the second period. In the third, with about two minutes left, Gardner is stopped by a hit from Berard who then feeds Foote. Foote misses the net with a shot but feeds Torres with a wristshot that beats Kiprusoff. Final Score: Calgary 4 - St. Louis 2. We outshot St. Louis 32-17. No one got a '6' rating.

* Adam Foote (2a, +1, 1ht, '8')
** Jens Jacobs (2a, +1, '8')
*** Jan Kolar (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')

San Jose trades F Mark Smith (29) and the rights to F Mattias Axelsson (18) to Philadelphia for F Jeff Carter (22).

Brendan Morrison (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Sergei Zubov (Van) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 3: @ Minnesota
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. The first two minutes sees Minnesota with sustained pressure in our end followed by a breakaway by Jacobs but he's unable to cash in. Former Flame Joel Lundqvist then drops the gloves with Jackman and wins the fight. After more pressure from Minnesota, Andersen gets a breakaway but he passes to Spets who makes it 1-0. A few minutes later, Gaborik ties the game. Souray rings one of the post. Jackman and Jacobs are both hurt and out for the game. In the second, Gardner strips Nick Schultz from the puck, feeds Spets and he gets his second of the game. Lundqvist fires a shot and Burns gets the rebound past Kiprusoff to tie the game. Lundqvist continues to get his revenge by setting up Samuelsson for Minnesota's third goal. In the third, with only three minutes left, Weimer and Madden combine to set up Chucko for his first career goal which ties the game at 3. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Minnesota 3 - Calgary 3. No one got a '6' rating. Jackman will be out for 10 days with a twisted knee. Jacobs will be out for 2 weeks with an UCL tear.

* Lars Erik Spets (2g, +2, 1ht, '8')
** Joel Lundqvist (2a, +2, 4ht, '8')
*** Marian Gaborik (1g, 5ht, '8')

Game 4: @ Colorado
Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Jackman. Nilson in for Jacobs. No scoring in the first or second. Early in the third, Gratton breaks the deadlock. Ruthemann then scores on a powerplay after Kobasew missed on a breakaway. Tanabe springs Richards with a long pass but Richards is stopped by an amazing save by Aebischer. The rebound is not controlled and Richards follows it and drives it home for a 2-1 lead with five minutes left. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Colorado 1. Gardner is the only one with a '6' rating.

* Brad Richards (1g, +1, '8')
** Marco Buhrer (25 saves, '8')
*** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, +1, '8')

That's where I am to date.

Karim · 11-06-2004, 12:54 PM

October 19th, 2007
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Game 5: vs. Montreal
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Peca scores first. Kobasew scores his 50th career goal to tie the game. In the second, Svoboda scores a powerplay goal. With 44 seconds left in the period, Zednik makes it 3-1. With 17 seconds left in the period, Kolar answers to make it 3-2. 1:27 into the third, Zednik gets his second to make it 4-2. Lombardi gets his revenge late in the game. Final Score: Montreal 5 - Calgary 2. We were outshot 31-19. Kiprusoff, Souray, Chucko, Andersen and Nilson get '6' ratings.

* Richard Zednik (2g, +2, 2ht, '8')
** Michael Peca (1g, 1a, +3, '8')
*** Chuck Kobasew (1g, 4ht, '8')

Alexander Ovechkin (Chi) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Olaf Kolzig (Det) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 6: vs. Colorado
Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. With 34 seconds left in the first, Hejduk makes it 1-0. No scoring in the second. Deadmarsh scores on the powerplay in the third. Final Score: Colorado 2 - Calgary 0. Myers was the only one with a '6' rating.

* David Aebischer (21 saves, '9')
** Adam Deadmarsh (1g, '8')
*** Milan Hejduk (1g, +1, '8')

Game 7: @ Nashville
Kiprusoff starts. Lines are shuffled around. No scoring in the first. In the second, Adam Hall makes it 1-0. In the third, Glazachev scores another. Final Score: Nashville 2 - Calgary 0. 2 goals in three games isn't going to cut it. Nilson, Weimer, Myers and Andersen get '6' ratings.

* Tomas Vokoun (24 saves, '9')
** Konstantin Glazachev (1g, +1, '8')
*** Mike Green (1a, +2, 3ht, '8')

Game 8: vs. Ottawa
Buhrer starts. 10 seconds in, Chucko scores to make it 1-0. Peat answers for Ottawa. Fisher makes it 2-1. In the second, Fisher scores on a breakaway. Axelsson scores a meaningless goal in the third. Final Score: Ottawa 4 - Calgary 1. Myers and Leopold get a '6' rating. Buhrer gets a '5' and a warning.

* Patrick Lalime (30 saves, '9')
** Craig Conroy (2a, +3, 1ht, '8')
*** P.J. Axelsson (1g, +1, '8')

Detroit trades D Ken Klee (36) to Atlanta for F Carter Camper (19) and the rights to F Denis Loginov (22).

Tampa Bay places D Dan Boyle (31) on waivers. I was immediately interested, as is every team in the NHL. The only problem is he has a $8.2 million/2 year deal.

Game 9: vs. Vancouver
Kiprusoff starts. Davidsson scores quickly to make it 1-0. Richards answers to tie the game. No scoring in the second. Morrison scores early in the third to make it 2-1. Henrik Sedin adds insurance. Final Score: Vancouver 3 - Calgary 1. Andersen was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Dan Cloutier (19 saves, '8')
** Brendan Morrison (1g, +1, '8')
*** Brad Richards (1g, 1ht, '8')

Clearly without Iginla, our offense is non-existant. In nine games we have only scored 15 goals. Only Florida is worse with 12 goals but they've played one fewer game. I can't bring anybody up except more kids and I can't trade the kids cause they're the future. I think we're in for a long rebuilding year. If this keeps up, we'll be out of the playoffs quickly and then the question becomes do we trade any of our name players.

I have no choice but to call some guys up. I recall checking center F Yannick Tifu (23) from the AHL and American enforcer F Jeremy Pollastrone (21). I also place F Marcus Nilson (29) on the block.

Gilbert Brule (NYR) is Offensive Player of the Week.
Patrick Lalime (Ott) is Defensive Player of the Week.

Dallas have claimed D Dan Boyle from waivers.

Tifu suffers a foot contusion in practice and will be out for two weeks. Ubelievable.

Martin St. Louis (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Kimmo Timmonen (Col) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Janne Niskala (Buf) wins Rookie of the Month.

Game 10: @ Pittsburgh
Kiprusoff starts. Jackman is healthy and in for Souray. Frogren's played well this year. Nilson is scratched for Pollastrone. I change up the tactics to a dump & chase, aggressive forecheck, defensive mentality. I play this one out in full with these tactics activated. Morozov scores to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead. Whitney quickly makes it 2-0. Crosby makes it 3-0. Kolar gets us on the board with a powerplay goal. Gardner then goes coast-to-coast and scores on the backhand to make it 3-2. Early in the second, Kobasew scores a powerplay goal to tie the game at 3. Kobasew scores his second powerplay goal to give us a 4-3 lead. In the third, the crashing the net strategy pays dividends with a Chucko goal to make it 5-3. With about 5 minutes left, my American enforcer, Pollastrone, does his job and drops the gloves with Matt Bradley absolutely crushing him. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Pittsburgh 3. A nice comeback after being down 3-0, including going 3/4 on the powerplay. Pollastrone, Myers and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings.

* Chuck Kobasew (2g, 3ht, '8')
** Sidney Crosby (1g, 1a, +2, 2ht, '8')
*** Aleksey Morozov (1g, 1a, +2, '8')

Game 11: @ NY Rangers
Buhrer starts. Jacobs, now healthy, in for Myers and replaces Spets on the second line. Andersen replaces Myers' center position on the fourth line. Madden opens the scoring. No scoring in the second. With Jacobs off for cross-checking, Gilbert Brule ties it up in the third. Hands of Stone Pollastrone gets a breakaway but can't do anything with it. Kobasew wins it in overtime. Final Score: Calgary 2 - New York 1 (OT). Andersen, Ruthemann, Chucko and Frogren get '6' ratings.

* Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, +2, 1ht, '9')
** Marco Buhrer (1a, 28 saves, '9')
*** Gilbert Brule (1g, -1, 2ht, '8')

Game 12: vs. Minnesota
Kiprusoff starts. Souray in for Frogren. Myers in for Andersen. Joel Lundqvist opens the scoring against his old team. A few seconds later, Jacobs sets up Kolar to tie the game. After stripping Phaneuf, Pierre-Marc Bouchard gets a backhand past Kiprusoff. In the second, Ruthemann ties it up on the powerplay. Late in the period, Richards gives us a 3-2 lead. Minnesota pulls their goaltender and Richards gets an empty netter. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Minnesota 2. No one had a '6' rating.

* Brad Richards (2g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '10')
** Jan Kolar (1g, +1, 3ht, '8')
*** Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1g, +1, '8')

Aleksey Morozov (Pit) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Scott Niedermayer (Stl) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Karim · 11-06-2004, 05:31 PM

November 5th, 2007
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Game 13: vs. San Jose
Kiprusoff starts. Nilson in for Pollastrone. I don't play this one out in full but tell Playfair to use my tactics. Phaneuf unwisely drops the gloves with Scott Parker and loses the fight three minutes into the game. Jacobs scores to get us on the board. In the second, Myers gets his first goal and point of the season by deflecting a Warrener point shot to make it 2-0. Marleau answers for San Jose but 1:11 later, Jacobs gets his second of the game. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Calgary 3 - San Jose 1. Game stats were even. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Jens Jacobs (2g, +2, 1ht, '8')
** Miikka Kiprusoff (26 saves, '8')
*** Patrick Marleau (1g, 2ht, '8')

I send Pollastrone back to the ECHL. I also switch practice regimens for some of the regulars who've become "comfortable" which has seen their attributes decline.

Game 14: @ Columbus
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. 2:11 in, Jacobs gets us on the board. Chucko scores to make it 2-0. With 1:41 left in the period, Kolar blasts a one-time from Richards past Emery to make it 3-0. With 14 seconds left in the period, Jackman crushes Svitov in a fight. Nilson scores in the second to make it 4-0. Olesz gets Columbus on the board. In the third, Myers deflects a Leopold wristshot. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Columbus 1. No one got a '6' rating. We outshot Columbus 41-27, directing 59 shots toward goal.

* Jan Kolar (1g, 1a, +2, 2ht, '8')
** Miikka Kiprusoff (26 saves, '8')
*** Dion Phaneuf (2a, +2, 1ht, 1ft, '8')

Game 15: @ Anaheim
Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. Kobasew scores to get us on the board. Souray then scores with his 100th point as a Flame to make it 2-0. 2:26 into the second, Spets one-times a pass from Nilson to make it 3-0. It's Spets 50th career point and Nilson's 100th career point as a Flame. Richards scores to make it 4-0. Jacobs then drops the gloves with Jason Krog and demolishes him with a haymaker. 1:52 into the third, Richards gets his second of the game to make it 5-0. Kolar then adds one more. Final Score: Calgary 6 - Anaheim 0. We outshoot the Ducks, 32-19. No one had a '6' rating. 21 year old rookie, Justin Peters, was in net for Anaheim.

* Jan Kolar (1g, 3a, +4, '10')
** Brad Richards (2g, +5, '8')
*** Marco Buhrer (19 saves, '8')

Martin St. Louis (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Henrik Lundqvist (Min) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Washington trades the rights to D Taylor Chorney (20) and a 1st Round Pick in 2008 to Chicago for G Jose Theodore (31) and an 8th Round Pick in 2008.

I demote Tifu to the ECHL. I'm trying to only keep my top ten prospects in the AHL (shared affiliate) - 1g, 3d, 2lw, 2c, 2rw.

Game 16: @ San Jose
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Myers re-directs a Warrener slapshot on the powerplay to make it 1-0. Jackman goes to a rematch with Parker but the decision remains the same. Jacobs then one-times a Madden pass to make it 2-0. Marleau scores on the powerplay to make it 2-1. In the second, Kobasew tips a Jackman wristshot to find the mark. Kolar then scores on the powerplay to make it 4-1. Derek Roy answers for San Jose to cut the lead to two. Richards scores in the third to make it 5-2. Jacobs scores a powerplay goal to make it 6-2. With 29 seconds left in the game, Chucko adds one more. Final Score: Calgary 7 - San Jose 2. No one had a '6' rating. Dion Phaneuf will be out for a few days after tweaking his knee.

* Jens Jacobs (2g, 1a, 1ht, '9')
** Jan Kolar (1g, 1a, 2ht, '8')
*** Chuck Kobasew (1g, +2, '8')

Toronto signs F Markus Naslund (34) from Vancouver for $15.25 million/2 years.

Game 17: vs. Los Angeles
Kiprusoff starts. Frogren in for Phaneuf. No scoring in the first. In the second, Kolar scores a powerplay goal on Leopold's 100th career assist. Weimer scores his first goal of the season in the third. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Los Angeles 0. Spets and Frogren got '6' ratings.

* Jan Kolar (1g, 2ht, '8')
** Miikka Kiprusoff (19 saves, '8')
*** Jason Weimer (1g, +1, 3ht, '8')

We're on a great role. What do I do when Cole and Iginla come back in a couple weeks?

The media is on the case of Colorado's, F Milan Hejduk (31), whose production has dropped off drastically, scoring only 3 goals in the first 17 games. F Joe Sakic (38) is an unsigned free agent.

Game 18: vs. Dallas
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Jacobs opens the scoring. Jacobs makes it 2-0 in the second. 1:25 into the third, Jacobs gets the natural hattrick. With 43 seconds left in the game, Tanabe scores. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Dallas 0. We outshot Dallas, 30-12 but were outhit 37-19. No one got a '6' rating.

* Jens Jacobs (3g, +3, 1ht, '9')
** John Madden (2a, +2, 1ht, '8')
*** Miikka Kiprusoff (19 saves, '8')

Alexander Ovechkin (Chi) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Al Montoya (Buf) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Edmonton signs F Chad Kilger (30) from Toronto for $800,000/1 year.

F Alexander Semin (23) ends his holdout and re-signs with Washington for $8.8 million/4 years.

The media is doubtful whether we can continue our current form and seriously challenge for the Cup. Of course, I tell them I intend to challenge which delights the fans and pleases the board. The media is a little too predictable in this first version.

Game 19: vs. NY Rangers
Buhrer starts. Phaneuf in for Frogren. 50 seconds in, Madden makes it 1-0. 30 seconds later, Ladd ties the game. Betts then makes it 2-1 New York. In the second, Gardner ties the game at 2. With 56 secons left in the period, Kobasew scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-2. Ruthemann adds one more in the third. Chucko then drops the gloves with John Jakopin but loses the fight. Final Score: Calgary 4 - New York 2. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, +2, '8')
** Brad Richards (2a, +1, 3ht, '8')
*** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, +2, 2ht, '8')

Game 20: vs. Phoenix
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Taffe gets Phoenix on the board. Novoseltsev makes it 2-0. In the second, Kavanaugh makes it 3-0. Phaneuf scores a shorthanded goal to get us on the board. In the third, Kolar makes it 3-2. Nedorost quickly answers for Phoenix. Doherty adds one more. Final Score: Phoenix 5 - Calgary 2. Kiprusoff, Souray, Gardner, Myers and Nilson got '6' ratings. 10 wins in a row is a club record under my watch.

* Ladislav Nagy (2a, '8')
** Dan Lacouture (2a, +2, 2ht, '8')
*** Dion Phaneuf (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')

Game 21: vs. Nashville
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. With 45 seconds left in the first, Richards opens the scoring on the powerplay. Madden makes it 2-0 in the second. Orszagh cuts the lead to one. In the third, Kobasew scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Nashville 1. We outshoot Nashville, 31-11. Chucko and Nilson get '6' ratings.

* Brad Richards (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '8')
** John Madden (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, +1, '8')

Patrik Elias (NJ) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Kenny Jonsson (Col) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

One thing I've totally forgot about in this career, is the Hall of Fame, which is a completely hidden feature. It's buried under the "See Also" tab under the "History" section of the NHL. You don't even get a media report when someone is inducted.

Here are the inductees:

2003
F Doug Gilmour 1473gp, 450g, 964a, 1414pts, 1299pim
D Phil Housley 1495gp, 338g, 894a, 1232pts, 822pim
G Mike Richter 653gp, 296w, 24so, 2.89gaa, .898sv%
G Mike Vernon 781gp, 385w, 27so, 2.98gaa, .880sv%

2004
F Adam Oates 1277gp, 339g, 1063a, 1402pts, 407pim
F Stephane Richer 1054gp, 421g, 398a, 819pts, 614pim
F Kirk Muller 1349gp, 357g, 602a, 959pts, 1223pim
F Kevin Stevens 842gp, 328g, 393a, 721pts, 1443pim
F Claude Lemieux 1197gp, 379g, 406a, 785pts, 1756pim
D Jyrki Lumme 985gp, 114g, 354a, 468pts, 620pim
G Tom Barrasso 669gp, 313w, 35so, 3.23gaa, .881sv%

2005
F Luc Robitaille 1355gp, 647g, 709a, 1356pts, 1077pim
F Brett Hull 1264gp, 748g, 628a, 1376pts, 466pim
F Shayne Corson 1180gp, 273g, 425a, 698pts, 2371pim
F Scott Mellanby 1278gp, 355g, 422a, 777pts, 2321pim
F Mark Messier 1801gp, 687g, 1187a, 1874pts, 2006pim
F Ron Francis 1711gp, 545g, 1242a, 1787pts, 985pim
F Vincent Damphousse 1345gp, 422g, 750a, 1172pts, 1146pim
D Al MacInnis 1491gp, 346g, 954a, 1300pts, 1501pim
D Chris Chelios 1382gp, 178g, 726a, 904pts, 2695pim
G Ed Belfour 847gp, 420w, 68so, 2.48gaa, .899sv%
G Sean Burke 752gp, 307w, 37so, 2.89gaa, .887sv%
G Curtis Joseph 809gp, 391w, 44so, 2.78gaa, .901sv%
G Dominik Hasek 620gp, 307w, 63so, 2.26gaa, .919sv%

2006
F Gary Roberts 1101gp, 402g, 426a, 828pts, 2453pim
F Mark Recchi 1185gp, 476g, 739a, 1215pts, 747pim
F Theoren Fleury 1084gp, 455g, 633a, 1088pts, 1840pim
D Teppo Numminen 1170gp, 109g, 442a, 551pts, 415pim
D Scott Stevens 1731gp, 199g, 741a, 940pts, 2795pim
D Calle Johansson 1181gp, 121g, 416a, 537pts, 521pim

2007
F Eric Lindros 826gp, 423g, 515a, 938pts, 1444pim
F Pierre Turgeon 1444gp, 535g, 821a, 1356pts, 535pim
F Steve Thomas 1248gp, 418g, 511a, 929pts, 1219pim
F John Leclair 982gp, 418g, 422a, 840pts, 435pim
F Peter Bondra 1111gp, 514g, 398a, 912pts, 779pim
D Mathieu Schneider 1057gp, 162g, 375a, 537pts, 941pim
D James Patrick 1291gp, 148g, 491a, 639pts, 751pim

JeffNights · 11-06-2004, 08:23 PM

What no love for the Captain? Where is Yzerman on the inductee list??

Karim · 11-07-2004, 10:45 PM

Yzerman was the first name I looked for but he wasn't on the list. He's still an assistant coach with San Jose. Not much was done with this feature obviously.

Johnny93g · 11-08-2004, 12:45 AM

How the hell did you swing team Canada.....damn......your coaching Canada, and ill i can get is the Germany job...btw, in my 1st international tournament, i upset the USA, and Finland leading Germany to a Bronze Medal in the world championship....I am now a Hero in Germany.....that Canada job cant be far off....grrrrr

NoSkillz · 11-08-2004, 12:13 PM

Great dynasty Karim...I'll be following along. Being a Sabres fan, I'm appalled at their draft/trading philosophy in the last year in your game. Two goalies in the draft and traded for at least two others at the deadline...looks like it's time for me to fire up my own Eastside Sabres dynasty!!

Karim · 11-08-2004, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

How the hell did you swing team Canada.....

I have no idea. The last time I checked, my reputation was only 'Very Good'. I did apply as I don't think they would have handed me the job.

Karim · 11-08-2004, 05:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoSkillz

Great dynasty Karim...I'll be following along. Being a Sabres fan, I'm appalled at their draft/trading philosophy in the last year in your game. Two goalies in the draft and traded for at least two others at the deadline...looks like it's time for me to fire up my own Eastside Sabres dynasty!!

Thanks NoSkillz. G Jeff Glass, their first round pick from a couple years ago, is now in the NHL. They are definitely deep in goal ... maybe looking for another Hasek?

Karim · 11-13-2004, 08:23 PM

I've been fooling around with a draft log in Excel similar to the one at hockeydb.com. It's so much easier to get a sense of draft success/failure with this type of format. Too bad SI didn't create HTML output like this automatically.

This is for this dynasty's 2004 draft. Malkin has still not been brought over by Nashville. Schwarz was brought over this year and is playing in Hartford. Schremp is a bust as I expected (sorry klayman) but the biggest bust is Bourque at #30. Ray's kid wasn't even signed by the Devils and he's now looking for work.

2004 NHL EHM Entry Draft

klayman · 11-14-2004, 11:17 PM

Cmon. Even +/- on the worst team in the NHL That's not a bust (just looking for positives)

Karim · 11-15-2004, 10:09 PM

November 26th, 2007
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Game 22: @ Vancouver
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. 30 seconds in, Kobasew gets his 10th of the year for a 1-0 lead. Less than two minutes later, Pronger gets his 100th career goal to tie the game. 40 seconds later, Jacobs scores on the powerplay with his 10th of the year. Myers adds one of his own to make it 3-1. In the second, Jacobs drops the gloves with Brendan Witt but loses this bout. No scoring in the second. In the third, a Martin St. Louis powerplay goal makes it 3-2. With 3:32 left in the third, Morrison ties it at 3. With 7 seconds left in the game, Chucko scores the winner. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Vancouver 3. Game stats were even. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Kris Chucko (1g, +1, '8')
** Chris Pronger (1g, 1a, +1, '8')
*** Brendan Morrison (1g, 1a, +2, '8')

Game 23: @ Colorado
Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. No change to the lineup. Ruthemann opens the scoring. Vaananen answers with his first of the year. Ortmeyer scores in the second to give Colorado a 2-1 lead. 1:59 later, Ruthemann ties it with his second of the game. No scoring in the third. We stop four Colorado shots in overtime without registering one of own. Final Score: Colorado 2 - Calgary 2. Game stats were even. We were 0/4 on the powerplay but killed off six penalties. Our fourth line of Spets - Myers - Nilson got '6' ratings.

* Ivo Ruthemann (2g, +2, '8')
** Ossi Vaananen (1g, 1a, +2, '8')
*** Jed Ortmeyer (1g, +2, 5ht, '8')

Game 24: vs. Pittsburgh
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. No scoring in the first. Ruthemann scores first in the second. Rico Fata scores to tie the game. In the third, Morozov gets his 10th of the year. Final Score: Pittsburgh 2 - Calgary 1. We outplayed Pittsburgh in terms of game stats but Nilson, Gardner, Spets, and Jacobs got '6' ratings.

* Aleksey Morozov (1g, 2ht, '8')
** Marc-Andre Fleury (31 saves, '9')
*** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, +1, '8')

Martin St. Louis (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Sergei Gonchar (Stl) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Braydon Coburn (Atl) wins Rookie of the Month.

Ottawa trades F Olivier Labelle (22) and a 4th Round Pick in 2008 to Florida for F Jean-Francois Cyr (24).

Calgary signs F J.D. Watt (20) from Kelowna. He's an undrafted player that was on my list. He'll join the team next year and simply adds more minor league depth as there are two centers in the ECHL that I don't plan on re-signing.

Martin St. Louis (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Alexei Zhitnik (TB) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 25: @ Anaheim
Kiprusoff starts. Andersen in for Spets. Richards scores first to get us on the board. Jackman drops the gloves with Prospal of all people and handles him easily. In the second, after hitting the post, Getzlaf puts in the rebound to tie the game. 1:38 into the third, Prospal makes it 2-1. 1:10 later, Getzlaf makes it 3-1. Leopold gets one back but Krog answers quickly for Anaheim. Kobasew gets one with 49 seconds left but that's all she wrote. Final Score: Anaheim 4 - Calgary 3. We were 0/6 on the powerplay. Chucko and Andersen got '6' ratings.

* Chuck Kobasew (1g, 2a, +1, 3ht, '9')
** Ryan Getzlaf (2g, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Vaclav Prospal (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')

Game 26: vs. Chicago
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. No scoring in the first. Moreau scores a powerplay goal in the second to make it 1-0 Chicago. Moreau gets another to give the Blackhawks a two goal lead. Nilson scores in the third to give us hope. Richards gets his tenth to tie the game. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Chicago 2 - Calgary 2. We outshot Chicago 31-17 but were 0/5 on the powerplay. Kiprusoff got a '6' rating.

* Brad Richards (1g, +1, 2ht, '8')
** Ethan Moreau (2g, 1ht, '8')
*** Jan Kolar (1a, +1, 1ht, '8')

Game 27: vs. Florida
Buhrer starts. Cole is finally healthy and replaces Andersen. This moves Chucko to the fourth line. I also return control over tactics to Jim Playfair. Richards scores early in the first. 28 seconds later, Ruthemann scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-0. With 1:22 left in the period, Huselius gets Florida on the board. No scoring in the second. Geoffrion ties the game in the third. Kolar wins it in overtime. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Florida 2 (OT). Madden and Myers got '6' ratings.

* Jan Kolar (1g, +1, '8')
** Rhett Warrener (1a, +1, 1ht, '9')
*** Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8')

Washington trades F Brad Boyes (25) to San Jose for the rights to F Chase Crowder (20).

Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Scott Hannan (SJ) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Iginla is now healthy so I demote Andersen to Lowell.

Karim · 11-20-2004, 04:38 AM

December 10th, 2007
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Game 28: @ Edmonton
Buhrer starts because he's had exceptional form, even though Kiprusoff is ready. Iginla replaces Myers. Now I try something different with the lines:

Ruthemann - Iginla - Kobasew
Jacobs - Richards - Kolar
Cole - Madden - Weimer
Chucko - Gardner - Nilson

Iginla plays center because I want to see Kolar on the top two lines. If this experiment fails after a while, I'll go to a more balanced lineup. Rookies Gardner and Chucko get demoted to the fourth line which makes Spets and Myers healthy scratches.

Cole is stopped early on a breakaway. After several unsuccesful powerplay opportunities, Jacobs feeds Souray for a powerplay goal to make it 1-0 late in the first. Jacobs then hits the post. In the second, Reasoner scores a powerplay goal on Edmonton's first powerplay chance. Rita then scores a short handed goal from a Buhrer rebound. Richards answers on the powerplay to tie the game at 2. In the third, Rita gets another powerplay goal off of a Buhrer rebound. On our powerplay opportunity, Leopold hits the post and Jimmy Howard robs Jacobs of what looks to be a sure goal on the rebound. Late in the game with the goalie pulled, Edmonton takes a penalty which gives us a 6-on-4 situation. Howard robs Richards in the dying seconds. Final Score: Edmonton 3 - Calgary 2. We were 2/10 on the powerplay and Edmonton was 2/4. Interestingly, no one got a '6' rating.

* Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8')
** Marty Reasoner (1g, '8')
*** Chuck Kobasew (1a, 1ht, '8')

Detroit trades F Peter Guggisberg (22) to Carolina for D Ryan Wilson (20).

Game 29: @ Vancouver
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. No scoring in the first. Ruthemann scores in the second to get us on the board. 2:10 later, Palffy ties it up for Vancouver. 35 seconds after that, Kobasew regains the lead. Jackman later scores his first of the year to make it 3-1. With 1:30 left in the second, Nielsen makes it 3-2. Cole gets one in the third. Brendan Witt hits the post. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Vancouver 2. Nilson was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Chuck Kobasew (1g, 2a, +2, 3ht, '10')
** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 2a, +2, '9')
*** Chris Nielsen (1g, '8')

Chuck Kobasew (Cgy) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Bryan McCabe (NYR) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 30: vs. Minnesota
Kiprusoff starts. Spets in for Nilson. Nystrom opens the scoring for the Wild. In the second, Iginla ties it up on the powerplay. Phaneuf then one-times an Iginla pass and blows it passed Lundqvist to make it 2-1. Richards scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-1. 28 seconds later, Nystrom gets his second of the game to cut the lead to one. Weimer answers that goal with one of his own. 14 seconds later and four seconds into a powerplay, Kobasew makes it 5-2. 1:09 into the third, Leopold scores a powerplay goal to make it 6-2. Kolar adds a goal. With 13 seconds left in the game, Gaborik adds a meaningless goal. Final Score: Calgary 7 - Minnesota 3. We outshot Minnesota, 33-14, and were 4/7 on the powerplay. No one got a '6' rating but Kiprusoff got a '4' for letting in 3 goals on only 14 shots. He gets a warning from me and acknowledge his poor play.

* Dion Phaneuf (1g, 2a, 1ht, '10')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, 3a, 1ht, '10')
*** Marian Gaborik (1g, 1a, +1, '8')

New Jersey trades F Petr Vrana (22) to Columbus for the rights to D Dan Viljevac (20).

Game 31: @ Dallas
Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. Jacobs scores to make it 1-0. In the second, Ponikarovsky ties it for Dallas. 24 seconds into the third, Morrow makes it 2-1. Kolar ties the game at 2. Dallas dominated overtime but with 10 seconds left, Richards scores. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Dallas 2 (OT). We killed off six penalties. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Brad Richards (1g, +2, '8')
** Jan Kolar (1g, 1a, +2, 1ht, '9')
*** Jens Jacobs (1g, +2, 1ht, '8')

Kobasew will be out for a week with a neck strain suffered in practice.

Dallas have signed F Keith Tkachuk (35) from St. Louis for $6.25 million/1 year. Tkachuk is one of those few players who looks to have a future in the game when he retires because his non-playing profile is impressive.

Game 32: @ Phoenix
Buhrer starts. Myers in for the injured Kobasew and Iginla shifts back to right wing. 42 seconds into the game, Phaneuf makes it 1-0. With 42 seconds left in the period, Taffe ties it up on the powerplay. No scoring in the second or third. 2:10 into overtime, Iginla scores. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Phoenix 1 (OT). We were outshot 25-14. Cole, Chucko and Spets got '6' ratings.

* Marco Buhrer (24 saves, '8')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, +2, 1ht, '8')
*** Toni Lydman (1a, -1, 3ht, '8')

Richards will be out for 10 days with anterior knee pain.

Paul Kariya (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Dion Phaneuf (Cgy) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 33: @ St. Louis
Buhrer starts. Nilson in for the injured Richards. The lines are all shuffled. Stafford scores a powerplay goal to make it 1-0 St. Louis. Kotalik makes it 2-0. Kolar answers to get us on the board. In the second, Tanabe scores on the powerplay with his 200th career point to tie the game at 2. 13 seconds later, Ruthemann scores. Spets then makes it 4-2. With 38 seconds left in the period, Chipchura answers. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Calgary 4 - St. Louis 3. We outshot St. Louis 36-19 as we went 1/8 on the powerplay. Weimer, Chucko and Buhrer got '6' ratings.

* Ales Kotalik (1g, '8')
** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, +1, '8')
*** Lars Erik Spets (1g, -1, '8')

World Junior Championships: Game 1 vs. USA
Team Canada is comprised of two 19 year olds, six 18 year olds, ten 17 year olds, seven 16 year olds and one 15 year old. Simply put, the younger regens seem to have better attributes than the older players. The two 19 year olds are healthy scratches for this game, including Flames property, D Mark Cormier (19). I've molded Team Canada in the Flames' image, being a high-forechecking, physically aggressive team. The only difference is that with the amount of firepower on this team, I've made every line focus on attacking at all times. 14 players are from the WHL, 7 from the OHL and 5 from the QMJHL.

56 seconds in, Kootenay's F Greg Malefant (16) makes it 1-0. In the second, Kingston's F Jason Fortier (18) and Edmonton's first round pick this past draft, scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-0. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Canada 2 - USA 0. We outshot the US, 31-23, and killed off six penalties.

* G Michael McKay (18) (Quebec) - 1(3) Buffalo (2007)
** F Jason Fortier (18) (Kingston) - 1(7) Edmonton (2007)
*** D Cory Anderson (18) (Peterborough) - draft eligible

Karim · 11-21-2004, 05:02 PM

December 27th, 2007
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Game 34: vs. New Jersey
Kiprusoff starts. Kobasew is healthy and replaces Nilson. Iginla is still centering Ruthemann and Kobasew. We're facing former Flames farm hand in goal - Curtis McElhinney. Kobasew gets us on the board to make it 1-0. Ruthemann makes it 2-0 on the powerplay with an assist to Tanabe - his 50th point as a Flame. Iginla then makes it 3-0. In the second, Gomez scores a powerplay goal to get New Jersey on the board. 1:23 later, Madden scores against his former team. Leopold makes it 5-1. Langenbrunner scores a meaningless goal in the third. Final Score: Calgary 5 - New Jersey 2. Chucko was the only one with a '6' rating. Phaneuf and Weimer get banged up which sees their conditioning drop to 65%.

* Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, '8')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Erik Cole (2a, +2, 3ht, '8')

World Junior Championships: Game 2 vs. Czech Republic
I make a goalie change because of conditioning. I also bring in my two 19 year old defencemen. Peterborough's D Cory Anderson (18) scores a shorthanded goal to get us on the board. In the second, Kingston's F Jason Fortier (18) makes it 2-0. Moose Jaw's F Ben Morin (16) scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-0. After killing off a penalty, the Czechs get on the board. In the third, Kootenay's F Greg Malefant (16) makes it 4-1. Final Score: Canada 4 - Czech Republic 1. We outshoot the Czechs, 45-11.

* D Cory Anderson (18) - (Peterborough) - draft eligible
** F Martin Suchanek (17) - (Pardubice) - draft eligible
*** F Greg Malefant (16) - (Kootenay)

Phoenix trades D Brad Ference (28) to Buffalo for the rights to G Ville Miettinen (18). This one is surprising considering Miettinen was Buffalo's first round pick in the most recent draft.

Game 35: vs. Edmonton
Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Phaneuf. Nilson in for Weimer. Kobasew opens the scoring with a powerplay goal. York answers for the Oil. In the second, Madden one-times a Jacobs pass to make it 2-1. Brewer answers for Edmonton. Cole drops the gloves with Jason Bonsignore and actually loses the fight. In the third, Cajanek gives Edmonton their first lead of the game. Ruthemann ties the game. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Edmonton 3 - Calgary 3. Cole was the only one with a '6' rating. Spets is injured and out for two weeks.

* Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, +1, '8')
** Mike York (1g, 1a, +2, 1ht, '8')
*** Eric Brewer (1g, 1a, +1, 3ht, '8')

World Junior Championships: Game 3 vs. Russia
My best goalie is in. One minor lineup change on the fourth line. My starting goalie gets hurt. The backup has yet to see any action in the tournament. Both teams hit the post. We go 0/6 on a penalty filled first period and the game is scoreless after one. In the second, some heavy forechecking leads to a turnover and Lethbridge's D Scott Lowe (16) gets us on the board with a point shot. Medicine Hat's F Colton Gillies (18), team captain and Philadelphia's first round pick in 2007, makes it 2-0. After switching up the second powerplay unit, Kootenay's F Greg Malefant (16) scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-0. Russia gets a powerplay goal late in the third. With 36 seconds left in the game, Russia makes it 3-2. For some reason, they pulled a Tikhanov and didn't pull the goalie. Final Score: Canada 3 - Russia 2.

* D Scott Lowe (16) - (Lethbridge)
** Greg Malefant
*** F Colton Gillies (18) - (Medicine Hat) - 1(10) Philadelphia (2007)

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (Min) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Rick DiPietro (NYI) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 36: @ Vancouver
Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf in for Frogren. Weimer in for Spets. Kolar opens the scoring. In the second, Daniel Sedin ties the game. Madden answers to make it 2-1. With Weimer off, St. Louis scores a powerplay goal to tie the game. Kariya makes it 3-2. Sopel scores his first of the year to make it 4-2. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Vancouver 4 - Calgary 2. We were outshot 28-19. Gardner was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Paul Kariya (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '8')
** Jan Kolar (1g, 1a, 2ht, '8')
*** Johan Davidsson (2a, +2, '8')

Phoenix trades F Pat Kavanagh (28) to Montreal for the rights to F Kari Niemi (18) and the rights to F Jan Polak (18).

Alexander Ovechkin (Chi) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Rhett Warrener (Cgy) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Carlo Direinzo (Chi) wins Rookie of the Month.

World Junior Championships: Game 4 vs. Switzerland
My starting goalie is out for two weeks which means he's out of the tournament. I decide to go with 7 defencemen, and put the 15 year old on the powerplay. We outshoot the Swiss 19-2 in the first period but it remains scoreless. Finally, on a powerplay, Medicing Hat's F Colton Gillies (18) makes it 1-0. We keep the pressure on and Acadie-Bathurt's D Aaron Maxwell (17) gets another powerplay goal to make it 2-0. In the third, on the powerplay, one of my defencemen has a brain fart and passes the puck in front of his own net which lead to a shorthanded goal by Switzerland. Then our 15 year old defencemen gets hurt. With just over two minutes left, we take a penalty. Somehow we manage to hold on. Final Score: Canada 2 - Switzerland 1. We outshoot Switzerland 60-14.

* F Stu Phillips (17) - (Brandon) - draft eligible [He didn't get a point but won 31 faceoffs, only losing 3.]
** Colton Gillies
*** D Mark Cormier (19) - (Owen Sound) - 2(44) - Calgary (2006)

F Ivo Ruthemann (31) re-signs with us for $3 million/2 years.
G Marco Buhrer (28) re-signs with us for $1.35 million/2 years.

Game 37: @ Edmonton
Kiprusoff starts. Richards is healthy and replaces Gardner. No scoring in the first. 1 minute into the second, Madden scores to make it 1-0. Three minutes later, Martin Lapointe ties the game. Rita then makes it 2-1. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Edmonton 2 - Calgary 1. We were held to only 16 shots on goal. Myers and Chucko got '6' ratings.

* John Madden (1g, +1, 2ht, '8')
** Martin Lapointe (1g, +1, '8')
*** Jani Rita (1g, '7')

F Jens Jacobs (22) re-signs with us for $350,000/1 year.
D Grant Lewis (22) re-signs with us for $1 million/2 years.
D Chris Zarb (22) re-signs with us for $350,000/1 year.
F Lars Erik Spets (22) re-signs with us for $275,000/1 year.
D Dion Phaneuf (22) re-signs with us for $1.4 million/1 year.
F Erik Cole (29) re-signs with us for $3.1 million/1 year.

Game 38: vs. Minnesota
Buhrer starts. Gardner replaces Myers. Kobasew opens the scoring. Iginla then tips a Phaneuf slapshot on the powerplay for his 700th career point and a 2-0 lead. In the second Jacobs (Swe) drops the gloves with Koponen (Fin) but loses the fight. For Flame Joel Ludqvist makes it 2-1. Ruthemann answers to make it 3-1. With 22 seconds left in the period, Gardner scores to make it 4-1. 56 seconds into the third, Weimer scores. Tanabe scores one more. Final Score: Calgary 6 - Minnesota 1. We killed off seven penalties. No one got a '6' rating.

* David Tanabe (1g, 3a, +3, 4ht, '10')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, 2a, +2, 3ht, '10')
*** Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, +1, 2ht, '8')

World Junior Championships Quarter-Finals
Russia 2 vs. Finland 1
USA 2 vs. Slovakia 3

Japan and Belarus have been relegated.

Game 39: vs. Chicago
Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. In an effort to get Cole going, I move him up to the first line, drop Ruthemann to the second, and Jacobs to the third. Steve Ott misses a penalty shot 36 seconds into the game. Jacobs one time a Leopold pass to make it 1-0. 16 seconds later, Weimer scores. Richards makes it 3-0. In the second, Kolar makes it 4-0. In the third, Jacobs gets his second of the game. Comrie breaks Buhrer's shutout with 3:34 left. Madden scores with 41 seconds left. Final Score: Calgary 6 - Chicago 1. Cole was rated '7' and the top line didn't do much. No one had a '6' rating.

* Jens Jacobs (2g, 1a, +4, '10')
** John Madden (1g, 2a, +4, '10')
*** Brad Richards (1g, +2, 1ht, '8')

JeffNights · 11-21-2004, 06:20 PM

hey Karim...when are you going to start putting in some of us FOFC'ers in the league eh? : )

Karim · 11-21-2004, 09:03 PM

I need a save-game editor. Then I can make klayman an enforcer for the Flames!

JeffNights · 11-21-2004, 09:50 PM

You mean this thing doesnt come with the players.ehm file that the free version did?

Karim · 11-22-2004, 08:56 PM

There is no players.ehm file. NHL EHM is much more complex that the free version and it's not surprising that SI wouldn't want people to easily edit/manipulate/export the database. There is a third-party pre-game editor that's available however, so you can make changes and start a new career.

Karim · 11-23-2004, 01:28 AM

January 6th, 2008
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World Junior Championships Semi-Finals

Canada vs. Slovakia
I decide to start the same goalie who played against the Czechs. The 15 year old defenceman is out for a month, my starting goalie is gone and one of my top forwards is out for a week. Slovakia takes a penalty and a few seconds after it expires, Acadie-Bathurt's D Aaron Maxwell (17) opens the scoring. We hit the post on one powerplay and fail to capitalize on another. We outshoot Slovakia 23-2 in the first period but go 0/4 on the powerplay. In the second, our goalie stops a Slovakia breakaway. Immediately afterwards, Brandon's F Stu Phillips (17), scores on the powerplay to make it 2-0. Potential first overall selection, Everett's F Jeff Walker (17), scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-0. Belleville's F Corey Murphy (18), Florida's 1st Round Pick in 2007, makes it 4-0. With 17 seconds left in the period, Slovakia score a powerplay goal. In the third, Phillips gets his second of the game to make it 5-1. Slovakia scores to make it 5-2. With 42 seconds left in the game, Phillips gets his hattrick. We outshot Slovakia 45-22.

* Stu Phillips
** Jeff Walker
*** Aaron Maxwell

Russia 0 vs. Sweden 2

Sweden and Canada are undefeated in the tournament and will play for the World Junior Championship. We will be facing G Bjorn Lindstrom (18), my 2nd Round Pick in 2007.

Marc Savard (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Jay Bouwmeester (Fla) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 40: @ Nashville
Buhrer starts. Cole is demoted to the second line, Ruthemann promoted to the first, Jacobs stays on the third. Iginla scores a powerplay goal to start the scoring. 2:01 into the second, Kobasew makes it 2-0. Ruthemann makes it 3-0. Leopold makes it 4-0. 25 seconds into the third, Glazachev scores his tenth to get Nashville on the board. We outshot Nashville 34-19. Nilson and Chucko got '6' ratings.

* Jarome Iginla (1g, 2a, +2, '10')
** John Madden (2a, +1, '8')
*** Marco Buhrer (18 saves, '8')

World Junior Championship Final

Sweden vs. Canada
The goalie that won the semi-final is only at 83% so I have no choice but to go with a 16 year old in net. Lindstrom, who played in goal for Sweden's semi-final against Russia, is also not ready to start the final. I decide to go with an overload strategy, playing the top two lines more than the rest. Up until now, I played normal ice time. Sweden opens the scoring with a powerplay goal. We outshoot Sweden 11-4 in the first but trail 1-0. Seattle's F Tim Reynolds (17), strips a Swedish defenceman of the puck on the forecheck and shoves it in to tie the game. Corey Murphy then gives us a one goal lead. Murphy does it again for his second of the game and a 3-1 lead. We outshoot Sweden 9-3 in the second. In the third, Jeff Walker makes it 4-1. With 3:39 left in the game, Sweden makes it 4-2. Final Score: Canada 4 - Sweden 2. Canada wins the 2007 World Junior Championship.

* Corey Murphy
** Jeff Walker
*** Tim Reynolds

Calgary Flames trade D Jordan Leopold (27) and the rights to G Mathias Gundersen (22) to Phoenix for D Paul Mara (28). With Hagman and Lindstrom as my goalie prospects, the 22 year old Norwegian was expendable. I felt that the one thing missing was more offence from the defence. Leopold was ok, but Mara is an upgrade offensively, defensively and physically. Our defence is rock solid...

Phaneuf - Tanabe
Mara - Warrener
Jackman - Souray

... and I think we have three solid lines. The fourth line is suspect but they provide depth during the regular season. I don't plan on playing them much in the playoffs.

Game 41: @ Los Angeles
Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Leopold as I don't want him injured now that Phoenix has accepted the trade. No scoring in the first. In the second, Belanger makes it 1-0 LA. Iginla answers to tie the game. Kobasew scores in the third to make it 2-1. With less than five minutes left, Valier Bure ties the game. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Los Angeles 2 - Calgary 2. We outshoot Los Angeles 26-17 but go 0/4 on the powerplay. Kolar and Gardner get '6' ratings.

* Valeri Bure (1g, +2, 1ht, '8')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, 1a, +2, 4ht, '8')
*** Eric Belanger (1g, +2, '8')

Phoenix trades G Evgeny Nabokov (32) to Montreal for G Ryan Moir (20) and a 1st Round Pick in 2008.

Game 42: @ Columbus
Buhrer starts. Mara in for Frogren. Myers in for Gardner. Chucko scores to open the scoring. In the second, Chucko gets his second off of a rebound from a Nilson breakaway. Pihlstrom answers for Columbus. In the third, Warrener scores to make it 3-1. Nash quickly answers for the Blue Jackets. 43 seconds later, Phaneuf scores to make it 4-2. With 22 seconds left in the game, Nilson scores. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Columbus 2. This night belonged to our fourth line. No one got a '6' rating.

* Kris Chucko (2g, 1a, +3, 1ht, '9')
** Marcus Nilson (1g, 2a, +3, '9')
*** Matthew Myers (3a, +3, '9')

Game 43: vs. Dallas
Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. No scoring in the first. Tomica scores in the second to make it 1-0. Richards scores in the third to tie the game. Tkachuk then scores on the powerplay. With the goalie pulled, Morrow fires it into the empty net. Final Score: Dallas 3 - Calgary 1. No one got a '6' rating and game stats were even.

* Keith Tkachuk (1g, 1a, 2ht, '8')
** Marty Turco (23 saves, '8')
*** Brendan Morrow (1g, 2ht, '8')

Josef Balej (NYR) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Andy Sutton (Chi) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Washington trades F Landon Wilson (32) to Detroit for the rights to F Sergei Shabanov (19).

Carolina trades the rights to D Lukas Nemecek (20) and a 2nd Round Pick in 2008 to Buffalo for G Al Montoya (22). Montoya is on his third team in three years.

Oh, oh. With the addition of Mara's salary, I'm currently at $51 million. My budget limit is $47.5 million. I realized that at the time of the trade but I didn't think the consequences would be this potentially devastating. I've been trying to renegotiate a contract with Iginla, who is an unrestricted free agent come July 1st. I had been able to offer him up to $8 million/year but all of a sudden that has been reduced to $6 million/year which is much lower than what he's looking for. I don't want to dump any salary because I want to make a serious playoff run with the pieces currently in place. However, I can't wait for the season ticket money in the off-season because by the time it comes in, Iginla will sign somewhere else. If I have to unload someone, it will have to be F Jason Weimer (31), who is making $3.2 million and scheduled to make $3.4 million next year. He's a third line winger with 4 goals and 10 points. I don't mind the point totals because he's solid defensively, a leader and a punishing forechecker - exactly what I want. But if it comes to Weimer or Iginla, the choice is easy. That would mean Nilson or Spets will have to take a more prominent role.

SoxWin · 11-24-2004, 05:36 PM

How much ass are my Canucks kicking?

Any chance you could post their lineup as you did in the past for To/Dal and the like?

Great read btw.

Karim · 11-24-2004, 08:34 PM

No problem. If anyone has specific questions or wants to know the current lineup of a particular team, let me know.

Karim · 11-24-2004, 08:49 PM

Current Standings:

	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PCT	GF	GA	PTS
Vancouver	47	33	12	2	0	0.723	187	108	68
Anaheim	49	21	16	10	2	0.551	121	130	54
Detroit	50	21	21	6	2	0.500	144	157	50
Calgary	48	28	12	8	0	0.667	145	100	64
Colorado	49	22	22	4	1	0.500	137	134	49
St. Louis	46	21	18	5	2	0.533	130	125	49
Edmonton	49	22	23	4	0	0.490	116	135	48
San Jose	47	19	19	6	3	0.500	131	129	47
Nashville	48	19	20	8	1	0.490	130	148	47
Los Angeles	49	20	23	5	1	0.469	117	130	46
Dallas	48	19	21	7	1	0.479	108	129	46
Chicago	48	21	24	3	0	0.469	140	149	45
Minnesota	49	17	24	6	2	0.429	107	137	42
Phoenix	48	18	26	3	1	0.417	120	149	40
Columbus	49	17	26	5	1	0.408	121	144	40

	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PCT	GF	GA	PTS
NY Islanders	47	30	12	4	1	0.691	157	118	65
Atlanta	48	26	14	7	1	0.625	181	124	60
Montreal	49	22	16	10	1	0.561	146	145	55
Tampa Bay	49	24	17	8	0	0.571	129	117	56
NY Rangers	48	23	15	8	2	0.583	160	129	56
Florida	48	21	16	8	3	0.552	134	121	53
Washington	48	23	21	3	1	0.521	156	139	50
Buffalo	49	20	19	9	1	0.510	138	150	50
Pittsburgh	46	19	16	6	5	0.533	136	137	49
Boston	48	18	18	7	5	0.500	134	137	48
Ottawa	49	20	22	6	1	0.480	109	126	47
Philadelphia	49	19	21	7	2	0.480	144	149	47
New Jersey	49	20	25	4	0	0.449	160	174	44
Toronto	48	18	23	4	3	0.448	129	155	43
Carolina	47	10	24	11	2	0.351	118	160	33

Karim · 11-24-2004, 09:07 PM

Atlanta Thrashers

Dany Heatley - Marc Savard - Ilya Kovalchuk
Jimmie Olvestad - Patrik Stefan - Pavel Brendl
Kip Brennan - Doug Weight - Tom Kostopoulous
Antoine Vermette - Yared Hagos - Serge Aubin

Andrej Mezaros - Tobias Enstrom
Tomas Kloucek - Andrew Alberts
Braydon Coburn - Daniel Tjarnqvist

Kari Lehtonen
Pasi Nurminen

Injured:
Ken Klee
Lonny Bohonos

Other:
Petr Koukal

Toronto Maple Leafs

Ryan Smyth - Nik Antropov - Matthew Barnaby
Kyle Calder - Alexander Steen - Alexander Mogilny
Martin Sagat - Jason Williams - Darcy Tucker
Tie Domi

Tomas Kaberle - Bob Boughner
Colin White - Martin Grenier
Aki Berg - Brad Brown
Brian Pothier

Roman Cechmanek
Scott Clemmmensen

Injured:
Harold Druken
Markus Naslund
Mats Sundin

Other:
Chris Clark

Vancouver Canucks

Zigmund Palffy - Brendan Morrison - Martin St. Louis
Paul Kariya - Johan Davidsson - Shane Doan
Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Kris Beech
Artem Chubarov - Kevin Romy - Chris Nielsen

Chris Pronger - Ed Jovanovski
Mathias Ohlund - Brendan Witt
Bryan Allen - Sergei Zubov

Dan Cloutier
Tomas Popperle

Injured:
Marcus Ragnarsson

Other:
Brent Sopel
Ryan Kessler

Edmonton Oilers

Jani Rita - Marty Reasoner - Ales Hemsky
Scott Barney - Marc-Antoine Pouliot - Martin Lapointe
Dane Byers - Jiri Hudler - Eddie Caron
Robbie Schremp - Jarret Stoll

Mattias Timander - Eric Brewer
Risto Korhonen - Emil Axelsson
Doug Lynch - Christian Laflamme

Cam Ward
Jimmie Howard

Injured:
Petr Cajanek
Chad Kilger
Jason Bonsignoire
Viktor Kozlov
Mike York
Georges Laraque

Dallas Stars

Keith Tkachuk - Sebastien Bordeleau - Brendan Morrow
Ian Laperriere - Jason Weimer - Jakub Sindel
Marek Tomica - Jeff Toms - Dan Hinote
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Ben Maxwell - Michael Blunden

Tim Gleason - Roman Hamrlik
Denis Gauthier - Dan Boyle
John Erskine - Dan Focht

Marty Turco
Maxime Oulette

Injured:
Bill Guerin
Eric Daze

Other:
Niclas Kronwall
Hnat Domenichelli

Karim · 11-24-2004, 09:12 PM

January 14th, 2008
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I approach the board trying to increase the wage budget. They don't go for it and I don't feel like giving them an ultimatum. I have no choice but to make Weimer available. Dallas is the only team interested. The news report mentions they won't be put off my the size of his contract. I immediately go to work on unloading his contract.

Game 44: vs. Los Angeles
Kiprusoff starts. Spets in for Weimer. No scoring in the first. Kobasew hits the post in the second but there's still no score. With 2:49 left in the game, Souray scores. Final Score: Calgary 1 - Los Angeles 0. We outshot LA, 34-16. No one got a '6' rating.

* Sheldon Souray (1g, +1, '9')
** Martin Brodeur (33 saves, '9')
*** Barret Jackman (1a, +1, 4ht, '9')

"Contract rebel" (as the media report stated) F David Laliberte (21) finally re-signs with us for $300,000/1 year.

Minnesota trades the rights to F Marcin Kolusz (22) to Edmonton for F Jordan Tootoo (24).

Iginla suffers a twisted ankle in practice and will be out for one month. Rough year for Jarome.

Game 45: vs. Anaheim
Kiprusoff starts. Gardner in for Iginla and we shuffle the lines. I decide to give some time to Myers on the third line and put Gardner on the fourth line. Kobasew opens the scoring. Jason Krog answers for Anaheim. In the second, Sykora scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-1. Myers answers for us. No scoring in the third or overtime. Final Score: Anaheim 2 - Calgary 2. We outshoot Anaheim 42-21. Cole was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Matthew Myers (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')
** Jason Krog (1g, +1, '8')
*** Chuck Kobasew (1g, +1, '8')

Calgary trades D Mike Stuart (20) to Dallas for a 4th Round Pick in 2008. Any salary dump is good right now.

Game 46: @ Carolina
Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Mara. Brind'Amour opens the scoring. Jason Williams makes it 2-0. 51 seconds later, Nilson makes it 2-1. In the second, Ruthemann ties the game. No scoring in the third or overtime. Final Score: Carolina 2 - Calgary 2. We were 0/4 on the powerplay. The powerplay sucked ever since Iginla got hurt. Gardner and Chucko got '6' ratings.

* Marcus Nilson (1g, +1, 2ht, '8')
** Rob Brind'Amour (1g, 2ht, '8')
*** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, '8')

Calgary trades F Jason Weimer (31) to Dallas for a 6th Round Pick in 2008. What a rip off but you can't expect much with an obvious salary dump.

Game 47: @ Atlanta
Kiprusoff starts. Mara in for Frogren. Brendl find the net to make it 1-0. In the second, Cole ties the game. Jacobs hits the post. Cole then tips in a Souray point shot to make it 2-1. Madden hits the post. Kolar scores to make it 3-1. Kovalchuk cuts the lead to one. In the third, Ruthemann scores on the powerplay to make it 4-2. Kovalchuk answers to make it 4-3. Kovalchuk's hat-trick ties the game at 4. With 3:49 left, Spets scores. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Atlanta 4. Nilson, Gardner, Chucko and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings.

* Ilya Kovalchuk (3g, +2, 3ht, '10')
** Erik Cole (2g, 1a, +3, 2ht, '10')
*** Marc Savard (3a, +2, '9')

I recall F Marius Andersen (23) from the AHL and F Jerry Pollastrone (21) from the ECHL.

Shane Doan (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Mika Noronen (Mtl) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 48: @ Tampa Bay
Buhrer starts. Andersen in for Gardner. Pollastrone in for Chucko. Pollastrone takes a penalty and Zhitnik scores on the ensuing man advantage. 12 seconds later, Kolar scores. No scoring in the second. In the third, Kubina hit the post. Ruthemann hit the post. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Tampa Bay 1 - Calgary 1. Jacobs, Pollastrone, Myers, Andersen and Nilson all got '6' ratings.

* Jan Kolar (1g, +1, 2ht, '8')
** Marco Buhrer (17 saves, '9')
*** John Grahame (21 saves, '8')

Karim · 11-25-2004, 02:30 AM

January 23rd, 2008
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Game 49: @ Philadelphia
Kiprusoff starts. Chucko in for Nilson. Jacobs opens the scoring. Radivojevic ties the game. Kobasew scores his 20th and gives us a 2-1 lead. In the second, Spets makes it 3-1. Handzus answers for Philadelphia. 22 seconds later, Sarich ties the game at 3. In the third, Pollastrone one-times a pass from Andersen for his first career goal and a 4-3 lead. With the goalie out, Madden fires it in. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Philadelphia 3. We were outshot 34-17. No one got a '6' rating.

* Jerry Pollastrone (1g, 1ht, '8')
** Jens Jacobs (1g, 1a, +2, '8')
*** Dan McGillis (2a, -1, 1ht, '8')

Brad Richards will be out for a few days with a leg contusion suffered in practice.

Pittsburgh trades G Alexander Auld (27) to Buffalo for D Simon Skoog (24), a 2nd Round Pick in 2008 originally from Minnesota and a 4th Round Pick in 2009.

Phoenix trades F Jeff Taffe (26) and a 2nd Round Pick in 2008 to Columbus for G Ray Emery (25).

Game 50: vs. Colorado
Kiprusoff starts. Gardner in for Richards. This really screws up all the lines. Kobasew opens the scoring. Hejduk scores on the powerplay to tie the game. In the second, Tanabe scores to make it 2-1. In the third, Spets scores into an empty net but then Pirjeta scores for Colorado and they pull their goalie again. Kolar scores into an empty net. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Colorado 2. We outshot Colorado 28-18. Chucko was the only one with a '6' rating.

* David Tanabe (1g, 1a, +3, 1ht, '8')
** Sheldon Souray (1a, +1, '8')
*** John Madden (2a, +3, '8')

Zigmund Palffy (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Nikolai Khabibulin (Stl) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Washington trades F Ryan Callahan (22) to Toronto for the rights to F Jeff Hein (18).

Game 51: @ Phoenix
Buhrer starts. Richards in for Andersen. Chucko hit the post. Shutherby hit the post. Chucko hits another post. Jackman hits the post. No scoring in the first. In the second, Ruthemann scores on the powerplay. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Calgary 1 - Phoenix 0. Spets, Myers and Gardner got '6' ratings.

* Marco Buhrer (24 saves, '8')
** Brian Boucher (20 saves, '8')
*** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1ht, '8')

Game 52: @ Dallas
Kiprusoff starts. Frogren in for Tanabe. Kobasew scores on the powerplay to open the scoring. Chucko scores to make it 2-0. In the second, Ellison scores his first career goal for Dallas. In the third, Warrener makes it 3-1. Ponikarovsky makes it 3-2. Richards scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Dallas 2. We killed off 8 penalties. Spets and Gardner got '6' ratings.

* Paul Mara (2a, +1, '9')
** Matt Ellison (1g, 1a, +2, '8')
** Brad Richards (1g, 1a, +1, 2ht, '8')

Zigmund Palffy (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Derek Morris (Pho) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Dane Byers (Edm) wins Rookie of the Month.

Eastern Conference All-Stars

G Rick DiPietro (NYI)
G John Grahame (TB)
G Roberto Luongo (Fla)

D Cam Barker (Wsh)
D Rob Blake (NYI)
D Jay Bouwmeester (Fla)
D Tomas Kaberle (Tor)
D Andrej Meszaros (Atl)
D Tom Poti (NYR)

F Patrik Elias (NJ)
F Dany Heatley (Atl)
F Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl)
F Markus Naslund (Tor)
F Vincent Lecavalier (TB)
F Marc Savard (Atl)
F Joe Thornton (Bos)
F Alexei Yashin (NYI)
F Todd Bertuzzi (Mtl)
F Marian Hossa (Ott)
F Jaromir Jagr (Car)
F Alexei Kovalev (NYI)

Western Conference All-Stars

G Martin Brodeur (LA)
G J.S. Giguere (Ana)
G Marty Turco (Dal)

D Sergei Gonchar (Stl)
D Nicklas Lidstrom (Det)
D Scott Niedermayer (Stl)
D Dion Phaneuf (Cgy)
D Chris Pronger (Van)
D Ed Jovanovski (Van)

F Adam Deadmarsh (Col)
F Alexander Frolov (LA)
F Paul Kariya (Van)
F Alexander Ovechkin (Chi)
F Zigmund Palffy (Van)
F Pavol Demitra (Col)
F Peter Forsberg (Col)
F Daymond Langkow (Pho)
F Brendan Morrison (Van)
F Brad Richards (Cgy)
F Shane Doan (Van)
F Martin St. Louis (Van)

Game 53: vs. Washington
Kiprusoff starts. Tanabe in for Frogren. Nilson replaces Spets. Andersen replaces Gardner. Eminger opens the scoring. Sykora scores a powerplay goal in the second to make it 2-0. Ruthemann answers to make it 2-1. Richards ties the game. In the third, Madden makes it 3-2. Nilson adds to the lead. Ruthemann gets his second of the game. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Washington 2. Pollastrone and Chucko got '6' ratings.

* John Madden (1g, 1a, +3, 2ht, '8')
** Ivo Ruthemann (2g, +2, '8')
*** Paul Mara (2a, +1, 2ht, '8')

Dany Heatley (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Marc-Andre Fleury (Pit) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

St. Louis trades F Lee Stempniak (25) to Boston for F Mayson Raymond (22).

Los Angeles trades F Eric Belanger (30) to Ottawa for D Phillippe Seydoux (22) and the rights to D R.J. Anderson (21).

Game 54: vs. Detroit
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Kolar opens the scoring on the powerplay. Walker hits the post. In the second, Zetterberg ties the game. Myers makes it 2-1. In the third, Valabik hits the post. Richards makes it 3-1. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Detroit 1. Andersen got a '6' rating.

* Miikka Kiprusoff (23 saves, '8')
** Chuck Kobasew (2a, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Henrik Zetterberg (1g, +1, '8')

Carolina trades G Ryan Miller (27) to Buffalo for the rights to F Darren Belanger (19) and a 2nd Round Pick in 2008.

Nashville trades F Filip Hollstrom (22), a 5th Round Pick in 2008 and a 6th Round Pick in 2009 to Los Angeles for G Johan Jonfeldt (24).

The East beats the West in a 2-1 in a shootout to decide the All-Star Game. It was 6-6 after regulation. Only 6,812 people showed up at the Office Depot Center in Sunrise, Florida. Nicklas Lidstrom gets injured in the game and will miss 8 months with a torn ACL. Lidstrom is the highest paid player in the league at $16 million/year and he has one more year on his contract at $16.75 million/1 year. Ilya Kovalchuk is MPV with 2 goals, 2 assists and a '10' rating.

Game 55: vs. NY Islanders
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Warrener scores a powerplay goal to open the scoring. Cole scores to make it 2-0. 32 seconds into the second period, Jackman drops the gloves with Steve Webb and loses the fight. He's game but not much of a fighter. Justin Papineau gets the Isles on the board. In the third, Parrish ties the game. Overtime solves nothing. We outshoot New York 29-18. Pollastrone, Nilson, Chucko and Kiprusoff get '6' ratings.

* Rhett Warrener (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')
** Mark Parrish (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Erik Cole (1g, +1, '8')

Montreal trades the rights to G Jakub Cech (22) and a 4th Round Pick in 2008 to Columbus for D Brent MacLellan (24).

Markus Naslund (Tor) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
J.S. Giguere (Ana) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 56: @ St. Louis
Buhrer starts. Frogren replaces Warrener. Madden opens the scoring. No scoring in the second. In the third, Reinprecht scores a powerplay goal to tie the game. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: St. Louis 1 - Calgary 1. We were outshot 29-19 and were 0/5 on the powerplay. Pollastrone, Nilson and Andersen got '6' ratings.

* Steve Reinprecht (1g, -1, 2ht, '8')
** Marco Buhrer (28 saves, '8')
*** Nikolai Khabibulin (18 saves, '8')

Calgary trades D Michael Busto (21) to Detroit for a 4th Round Pick in 2008 originally from Edmonton.

Calgary trades F Yannick Tifu (23) to Tampa Bay for a 4th Round Pick in 2008.

I now have 15 picks in the upcoming draft (6 in the fourth round). This was deliberate because it is a very deep draft from what my scouts have presented.

Game 57: @ Detroit
Buhrer starts. Warrener in for Mara. Spets in for Nilson. Gardner in for Pollastrone. Kobasew scores on the backhand to open the scoring. Ruthemann scores on the powerplay to make it 2-0. In the second, Landon Wilson gets Detroit on the board. Kobasew scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-1. Myers makes it 4-1. Valabik hits the post. Jackman hits the post. In the third, Datsyuk makes it 4-2. Cole adds one more. With 1:02 left in the game, Cole gets his second. Final Score: Calgary 6 - Detroit 2. No one got a '6' rating.

* Chuck Kobasew (2g, 1a, 2ht, '10')
** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 2a, '9')
*** Erik Cole (2g, +1, '8')

After 57 games, we are tied with Vancouver with 80 points for 1st place overall. By virtue of having 4 more wins than us, they have top seed in the west, while we sit in fourth. Pretty good considering we've only had Iginla for 17 games this year.

Johnny93g · 11-25-2004, 12:31 PM

Your having a great run his year.....I still dont like your chances in the playoffs though......Matthew Barnaby on my Leafs top line.....

.....heres a request, id be curious to see your players salaries.....I was able to sign Iginla in my game to a cheap 5 mil/4 year deal, but i think he definatly took less to play with God's team....hehe

SoxWin · 11-25-2004, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karim

After 57 games, we are tied with Vancouver with 80 points for 1st place overall. By virtue of having 4 more wins than us, they have top seed in the west, while we sit in fourth. Pretty good considering we've only had Iginla for 17 games this year.

Don't worry, the boys will set you straight in the playoffs

Karim · 11-26-2004, 05:04 PM

I can see unrestricted free agents signing for less than they've been accustomed to but I've never been able to sign a restricted free agent for less.

Salaries:

		Age	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010	2010-11
G	Marco Buhrer	28	$675,000	$675,000	$675,000
G	Miikka Kiprusoff	31	$1,900,000	$2,000,000	$2,200,000
G	Brent Krahn	25	$275,000

LD	Jonas Frogren	28	$800,000
LD	Barret Jackman	26	$3,500,000	$3,800,000
LD	Paul Mara	28	$3,400,000	$3,900,000
LD	Dion Phaneuf	22	$1,400,000	$1,400,000
LD	Sheldon Souray	31	$1,700,000
LD	Andy Rogers	21	$300,000	$325,000
LD	Chad Hunter	18	$250,000	$275,000
LD	Louis-Philippe Lachance	22	$250,000
RD/LD	Grant Lewis	23	$325,000	$500,000	$500,000
RD	David Tanabe	27	$3,000,000	$4,000,000
RD	Rhett Warrener	32	$2,600,000	$2,800,000
RD/LD	Chris Zarb	23	$300,000
RD	Mark Cormier	19	$250,000	$300,000	$325,000

LW	Marius Andersen	23	$275,000	$300,000
LW	Patrick Bordeleau	21	$250,000	$300,000
LW	Erik Cole	29	$3,000,000	$3,100,000
LW/RW	Jens Jacobs	22	$300,000	$350,000
LW	Andrew Little	19	$250,000	$300,000
LW	Jordan McLean	21	$275,000	$300,000
LW/RW	Jerry Pollastrone	21	$250,000	$275,000
LW	Fredrik Naslund	22	$275,000	$300,000
LW	Ivo Ruthemann	31	$700,000	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
LW/RW	Kris Chucko	21	$300,000	$325,000
LW/C/RW	Lars Erik Spets	22	$250,000	$275,000
C/LW	Brad Richards	27	$3,700,000	$3,800,000
C/LW	Brock Nixon	21	$250,000	$275,000
C	Greg Gardner	20	$500,000	$550,000	$600,000
C	Chris Langkow	18	$250,000	$275,000
C	John Madden	32	$5,000,000	$5,500,000
C	Matthew Myers	23	$250,000	$300,000
C	Nick Taransky	23	$300,000
C/RW	Brett Sutter	20	$250,000	$300,000
RW/C	Jarome Iginla	31	$7,500,000
RW	David Laliberte	21	$250,000	$300,000
RW	Jan Kolar	26	$1,200,000	$1,300,000	$1,300,000
RW	Chuck Kobasew	25	$3,000,000	$3,500,000	$4,000,000	$4,500,000
RW/LW	Marcus Nilson	29	$1,500,000	$1,500,000	$1,600,000	$1,600,000
RW/LW	Mike O'Dwyer	21	$250,000
RW	Scott McCulloch	21	$300,000	$325,000

	TOTAL		46)">$51,550,000	$45,225,000	$12,700,000	$6,100,000

Karim · 11-26-2004, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Johnny93g

Your having a great run his year.....I still dont like your chances in the playoffs though......

Any particular reason? Too many kids? Goaltending? Not enough scoring?

SoxWin · 11-26-2004, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karim

I can see unrestricted free agents signing for less than they've been accustomed to but I've never been able to sign a restricted free agent for less.

Well, they're entitled to at least a 10% raise via their qualifying offer. If they turn that down, I doubt they're willing to take less then that. Just a thought, I don't own the game.

Karim · 11-27-2004, 03:25 AM

Febrary 15th, 2008
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Game 58: vs. Edmonton
Buhrer starts. Mara in for Frogren. Barney opens the scoring. Hemsky makes it 2-0. In the second, Pohl makes it 3-0. Kolar gets us on the board. Jackmand drops the gloves with Laraque but loses the fight. Kolar scores in the third. Final Score: Edmonton 3 - Calgary 2. We outshot Edmonton 29-19. Richards and Andersen get '6' ratings. Myers will be out for two weeks with a rotator cuff strain.

* Jan Kolar (2g, +1, '8')
** Ales Hemsky (1g, -1, '8')
*** Scott Barney (1g, +1, '8')

Iginla re-signs with us for $15.25 million/2 years plus a Team Option which will obviously be renewed.

Game 59: vs. Colorado
Kiprusoff starts. Iginla replaces Myers. Iginla opens the scoring. No scoring in the second. In the third, Souray makes it 2-0. Gratton answers for the Avalanche. Madden returns the favour. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Colorado 1. We outshoot Colorado 27-17. Gardner and Andersen get '6' ratings.

* Jarome Iginla (1g, +1, 2ht, '8')
** Barret Jackman (2a, +2, 3ht, '8')
*** John Madden (1g, +2, 3ht, '8')

Nikolai Zherdev (Cbs) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Alexander Auld (Buf) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 60: @ Los Angeles
Kiprusoff starts. Nilson in for Andersen. Ruthemann gets his 20th to start the scoring. Pavel Bure ties it up with a two-man advantage. In the second, Cole scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-1. Frolov answers to tie the game. No scoring in the third. 18 seconds into overtime, Kobasew wins it. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Los Angeles 2 (OT). We were outshot 26-16 but killed off six penalties. Nilson, Spets, Chucko, Gardner and Jacobs all got '6' ratings.

* Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, +2, '9')
** Alexander Frolov (1g, 1a, +1, '8')
*** Jarome Iginla (1a, +2, 1ht, '8')

Game 61: @ Minnesota
Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Jackman. Andersen in for Gardner. Jacobs drops his gloves for a rematch with Finnish rival Koponen but loses this bout as well. No scoring in the first. In the second, Cole makes it 1-0. In the third, Gaborik ties the game. Kolar makes it 2-1. Phaneuf adds one more. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Minnesota 1. We killed off eight penalties. Nilson, Kobasew, Andersen, Chucko and Ruthemann get '6' ratings.

* Dion Phaneuf (1g, 2a, +3, '10')
** Marco Buhrer (22 saves, '8')
*** Brad Richards (2a, +2, '8')

Game 62: vs. Vancouver
Kiprusoff starts. Jackman in for Frogren. Pollastrone in for Nilson. Gardner in for Andersen. Iginla opens the scoring. With 57 seconds left in the period, Richards scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-0. With 3 seconds left, Jacobs blows a slapshot past Cloutier for a three goal lead. In the second, Jacobs adds his second of the game. 41 seconds later, Kobasew makes it 5-0. Kobasew gets the goal that yanks Cloutier. In the third, Kolar gets in on the action. With 2:36 left, Palffy spoils Kiprusoff's shutout bid. Final Score: Calgary 7 - Vancouver 1. Yeah baby! Chucko was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Jarome Iginla (1g, 2a, +3, 1ht, '10')
** Chuck Kobasew (2g, +2, 3ht, '8')
*** Jen Jacobs (2g, +2, 1ht, '8')

Ladislav Nagy (Pho) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Dan Boyle (Dal) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 63: vs. St. Louis
Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Mara. Nilson in for Chucko. Cleary opens the scoring. 39 seconds later, Kolar ties the game. 45 seconds later, Pollastrone makes it 2-1. Pollastrone then drops the gloves with Worrell but loses out against the superior enforcer. Souray makes it 3-1. No scoring in the second. In the third, Warrener hits the post. Tanabe scores a powerplay goal. Stafford scores followed by Cole. Final Score: Calgary 5 - St. Louis 2. Ruthemann and Nilson got '6' ratings. Phaneuf will be out for three weeks suffering a groin strain.

* Erik Cole (1g, 1a, +2, '8')
** Drew Stafford (1g, '8')
*** Brad Richards (2a, +1, 1ht, '8')

I recall D Grant Lewis (23) and D Andy Rogers (21) from the AHL.

Game 64: @ Chicago
Kiprusoff starts. Mara in for Phaneuf. 7 seconds into the game, Iginla makes it 1-0. Kobasew hits the post. No scoring in the second. In the third, Nilson scores on a penalty shot to make it 2-0. Cole scores on the powerplay to make it 3-0. Comrie gets Chicago on the board. Wennerberg makes it 3-2. Gardner scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Chicago 2. Jacobs was the only one with a '6' rating. A very costly win as Iginla is out for a month with an ACL sprain. What an injury plagued season for Jarome. This means our best defenceman and forward are out.

* Marcus Nilson (1g, 1a, +1, '9')
** Jarome Iginla (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Erik Cole (1g, 1ht, '8')

Calgary has claimed F Stephen Peat (27) from Ottawa. He's an established tough guy and is veteran depth.

Jarome Iginla (Cgy) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Roman Hamrlik (Dal) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Sidney Crosby (Pit) wins Rookie of the Month.

St. Louis trades F Devin Balodis (22) to Minnesota for F Jakub Koreis (23).

Game 65: vs. Carolina
Buhrer starts. Rogers in for Jackman. Peat in for Iginla. Nilson plays out of position centering the fourth line. I switch to an overload strategy to play the top two forward lines and top two defence pairings more. Ruthemann opens the scoring with a powerplay goal. In the second, Chouinard ties the game. No scoring in the third. With 18 seconds left in overtime, Kobasew wins it. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Carolina 1 (OT). We outshot Carolina 39-19 but only went 1/7 on the powerplay. Clearly Iginla drives the powerplay. Nilson and Pollastrone got '6' ratings. Richards will be out for a few days with a stubbed finger.

* Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, +1, '9')
** Paul Mara (2a, +1, 1ht, '9')
*** Rhett Warrener (7ht, '8')

Game 66: vs. Edmonton
Kiprusoff starts. Jackman in for Rogers. Andersen in for Richards. What a makeshift lineup. Kolar opens the scoring. Nilson hit the post. Pollastrone hit the post. In the second, Nilson makes it 2-0. In the third, Cole scores a powerplay goal. Hemsky answers to make it 3-1. 1:01 later, Cole answers. Spets adds one more. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Edmonton 1. Jacobs was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Jan Kolar (1g, 2a, +2, 1ht, '9')
** Erik Cole (2g, +1, 2ht, '8')
*** Miikka Kiprusoff (20 saves, '8')

Mariusz Czerkawski (LA) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Kim Johnsson (Phi) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 67: vs. Anaheim
Buhrer starts. Lewis in for Mara. Kolar opens up the scoring on the powerplay. 30 seconds later, Peat makes it 2-0. Brunette hits the post. Ward hits the post. With 13 seconds left in the period, Getzlaf gets Anaheim within one. Nilson scores in the second to make it 3-1. He's been playing better out of place at center than his natural position of right wing. 10 seconds into the third, Perry makes it 3-2. 1:49 later, Jacobs regains a two goal lead. 1:05 after that, Madden scores. Ward hits the post again. Frustrated, he drops the gloves with Pollastrone and it seemed to be a draw. With about three minutes left, Jacobs gets his second of the game. Final Score: Calgary 6 - Anaheim 2. No one got a '6' rating. With this victory we officially clinch a playoff spot, the first team in the NHL to do so.

* Jens Jacobs (2g, +2, 2ht, '9')
** Jan Kolar (1g, -1, 2ht, '8')
*** Marcus Nilson (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '8')

Myers is healthy so I demote F Marius Andersen (23) to Lowell. D Andy Rogers (21) is also dispatched.

Game 68: vs. Vancouver
Kiprusoff starts. Mara in for Frogren. I decide to leave the youngster Lewis in against my better judgement. Myers in for Andersen. I don't hold out much hope for a win here with Richards, Iginla and Phaneuf out. There are just so many spare parts right now. I switch back to a normal ice-time strategy for both forwards and defencemen. Henrik Sedin opens the scoring. Davidsson quickly makes it 2-0. In the second, Davidsson's second makes it 3-0. 9 seconds later, Doan makes it 4-0. In the third, Morrison scores on a two man advantage. Peat scores a nothing goal late. Final Score: Vancouver 5 - Calgary 1. Payback for their 7-1 loss. We outshot Vancouver 35-25. Myers, Jacobs and Jackman got '6' ratings. Kiprusoff got a '5' rating but I don't warn him because it looks like part of the problem was that he got banged up. Lewis played fine and didn't have the giveaway problem he had last year. Our third line of Jacobs-Myers-Spets got killed for three goals against. Meanwhile, our fourth line of Pollastrone-Nilson-Peat is looking really good. I'm going to move up Peat to add some grinding to the third line.

* Johan Davidsson (2g, 1a, +3, '10')
** Paul Kariya (3a, +3, 2ht, '9')
*** Henrik Sedin (1g, +1, '8')

Chicago trades G Carlo Direinzo (22) to Atlanta for G Jocelyn Thibault (33).

Philadelphia trades D Anders Eriksson (32) to Buffalo for F Marc Cavosie (26) and a 6th Round Pick in 2006.

Phoenix trades the rights to F Vaclav Meidl (21) to Philadelphia for F Trevor Letowski (30).

Game 69: @ Edmonton
This is going to be a tough back-to-back game. Buhrer starts. No change other than Peat moving to the third line and Spets dropping to the fourth. Cajanek opens the scoring. In the second, Korhonen makes it 2-0 Edmonton. Rita gets kicked out of the game for a knee-on-knee hit on Madden. Kolar scores on the subsequent powerplay to make it 2-1. In the third, Laraque misses a penalty shot. A couple minutes later, Kobasew ties the game. 36 seconds into overtime, York wins it. Final Score: Edmonton 3 - Calgary 2 (OT). We were 1/7 on the powerplay. Pollastrone, Nilson and Spets each got a '6' rating, only seeing about 3 minutes of ice-time and being a combined -3.

* Mike York (1g, 1a, +1, '9')
** Sheldon Souray (2a, -1, 1ht, '8')
*** Jan Kolar (1g, 3ht, '8')

Montreal trades the rights to F Fredrik Hoglund (18), a 5th Round Pick in 2008 and a 6th Round Pick in 2009 to Anaheim for D Corey Potter (24).

Pittsburgh trades D Paul Bissonnette (22) to Florida for G Zach Lalonde (21) and a 4th Round Pick in 2008.

Philadelphia trades D Adrian Aucoin (34) to New Jersey for the rights to F Jamie Thomson (19).

Toronto trades the rights to F Jordan Lemay (19) and a 1st Round Pick in 2008 to Nashville for F Mattias Weinhandl (27).

Tampa Bay trades the rights to F Mikko Alikoski (21), a 5th Round Pick in 2008 and a 7th Round Pick in 2009 to Carolina for F Simon Ferguson (24).

San Jose trades the rights to G Patrik Eriksson (21) to Atlanta for F Scott Zimmerman (21).

Washington trades D Nolan Yonkman (26) and the rights to G John Goulet (18) to Atlanta for F Jim Slater (25) and a 6th Round Pick in 2008.

San Jose trades D Dustin Joseph (23) to Dallas for the rights to F Ned Lukacevic (22).

Phoenix trades F Randall Gelech (24) to New Jersey for F Barry Tallackson (24).

San Jose trades F Peter Tsimikalis (22) to Anaheim for the rights to D Luc Bourdon (21) and a 7th Round Pick in 2009.

Philadelphia trades F Milan Kopecky (26) to Atlanta for F Jimmie Olvestad (29) and a 3rd Round Pick in 2008.

St. Louis trades the rights to F Jaroslav Markovic (22), a 2nd Round Pick in 2008 and a 2nd Round Pick in 2009 to Detroit for F Pavel Datsyuk (29).

Toronto trades D Tim Conboy (25) to the New York Islanders for the rights to F Adam Kostal (21).

Pittsburgh trades D Noah Welch (25) to Buffalo for G Cory Schneider (21).

Pittsburgh trades F Jonathan Filewich (23) to Chicago for G Sergei Kozlov (20).

Los Angeles trades G Marek Roznik (22) to Columbus for D Sascha Goc (28).

I looked at bringing in another center but I didn't look too hard. I really don't want to disrupt the chemistry this team has.

Game 70: @ Colorado
Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. Skrastins hits the post. At 2:05 he puts it in for a 1-0 lead. In the second, Madden ties the game. In the third, Pollastrone drops the gloves with Cowan and gets a decisive victory. Jonsson hits the post. No scoring in the third or overtime. Final Score: Colorado 1 - Calgary 1. We were 0/5 on the powerplay. Nilson was the only one with a '6' rating.

* David Aebischer (19 saves, '8')
** John Madden (1g, +1, '8')
*** Marek Svatos (1g, +1, '8')

Johan Davidsson (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Derek Morris (Pho) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 71: @ San Jose
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Cheechoo scores a powerplay goal to make it 1-0. Pollastrone drops the gloves with Parker but loses this bout. In the second, Gardner ties the game. Carter hit the post. In the third, Stuart hits the post. Ruthemann scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-1. Gardner puts the puck into an empty net. Final Score: Calgary 3 - San Jose 1. Jacobs was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Gred Gardner (2g, +2, 1ht, '9')
** David Tanabe (2a, +2, 3ht, '9')
*** Miikka Kiprusoff (23 saves, '8')

Game 72: vs. San Jose
Buhrer starts. Richards in for Spets. Roy scores for San Jose to make it 1-0. Shockingly, Kolar drops the gloves with Scott Parker. It was a mistake. With 1 second left in the second, Cheechoo makes it 2-0. In the third, Ruthemann scores a powerplay goal. Sturm scores into the empty net. Final Score: San Jose 3 - Calgary 1. Pollastrone, Nilson and Kolar got '6' ratings. It was a rough game with 34 minutes in penalties.

* Jonathan Cheechoo (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '9')
** Derek Roy (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Kyle McLaren (2a, +1, '8')

Game 73: @ Toronto
Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Lewis. Chucko in for Nilson. Richards opens the scoring with a powerplay goal. Jackman drops the gloves with Domi and loses the fight. Kobasew makes it 2-0 with his 30th of the year. 39 seconds into the second, Kolar scores a powerplay goal. Ruthemann makes it 4-0. Smyth gets Toronto on the board. In the third, Tucker makes it 4-2. Grenier hits the post. Weinhandl brings the Leafs to within one. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Toronto 3. Peat was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8')
** Mattias Weinhandl (1g, +1, 2ht, '8')
*** Ryan Smyth (1g, 3ht, '8')

Pierre-Marc Bouchard (Min) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Roman Malek (Phi) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 74: @ Boston
Kiprusoff starts. Gardner is shifted to the third line. 34 seconds in, Mara makes it 1-0. Rolston hit the post. Parssinen ties it up on the powerplay. Nordstrom hit the post. In the second, Hilbert makes it 2-1 on a Kiprusoff rebound. Thornton makes it 3-1. In the third, Jackman drops the gloves with P.J. Stock but loses the fight. Final Score: Boston 3 - Calgary 1. We were 0/5 on the powerplay. Kiprusoff was the only one with a '6' rating. Souray will be out for 10 days with a twisted knee.

* Brent Johnson (24 saves, '8')
** Joe Thornton (1g, +1, 2ht, '8')
*** Adam Pineault (2a, '8')

Game 75: @ Buffalo
Buhrer starts. Lewis in for Souray. Madden opens the scoring. Cole makes it 2-0. In the second, Satan's powerplay goal makes it 2-1. Dumont hit the post. Cole makes it 3-1. Madden scores his second for a three goal lead. In the third, former Flames draft pick, Janne Niskala, scores for Buffalo. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Buffalo 2. We were 0/8 on the powerplay. Chucko-Myers-Pollastrone got '6' ratings but only saw three minutes of ice-time thanks to the special teams opportunities.

* John Madden (2g, 1a, +2, 1ht, '10')
** Erik Cole (2g, +1, '8')
*** Jan Kolar (2a, +3, 1ht, '8')

Game 76: vs. Columbus
Buhrer starts. Phaneuf is healthy and replaces Lewis. Spets in for Chucko. Lang scores a powerplay goal to make it 1-0. Madden answers on the powerplay. Kobasew makes it 2-1. No scoring in the second. Phaneuf scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Columbus 1. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating. Very bad news in that Buhrer will be out for two weeks with a groin strain. He's outperformed Kiprusoff this year. The only goalie I have is minor-leaguer Brent Krahn (25) who is in the last year of his contract and whom I wasn't planning to re-sign.

* Chuck Kobasew (1g, +1, 3ht, '8')
** Dion Phaneuf (1g, +1, 2ht, '8')
*** John Madden (1g, 2ht, '8')

Chicago's F Igor Radulov (25) will be out for 8 months with a torn ACL.

Maxim Afinogenov (Buf) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
John Grahame (TB) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Game 77: vs. Detroit
Kiprusoff starts. Nilson in for Spets. Frogren opens the scoring 34 seconds into the game. 32 seconds later, Gardner makes it 2-0. Pollastrone drops the gloves with Scott Walker and wins the bout easily. Cole's powerplay goal makes it 3-0. Hamill gets Detroit on the board. Myers makes it 4-1. In the second, Zetterberg scores. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Detroit 2. We outshot Detroit 32-20. No one had a '6' rating.

* Jonas Frogren (1g, 2a, +1, '9')
** Greg Gardner (1g, 1a, +1, '8')
*** Henrik Zetterberg (1g, 2ht, '8')

Game 78: @ Detroit
Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Gajdos opens the scoring. Kolar ties the game. No scoring the rest of the way. Final Score: Detroit 1 - Calgary 1. We outshoot Detroit 31-15. Jacobs, Pollastrone, Richards and Myers get '6' ratings.

* Jan Kolar (1g, 2ht, '8')
** Manny Legace (30 saves, '9')
*** Martin Gadjos (1g, 1ht, '8')

Chicago's D Janne Niinimaa (33) will be out for 4 months with a separated shoulder.

San Jose's F Matt Cooke (29) will be out for 8 months with a torn MCL.

Game 79: vs. Phoenix
Kiprusoff starts at 88%. Lewis in for Warrener (74%). No change up front. Gardner opens the scoring on the powerplay. Nagy answers on the powerplay. In the second, a Krajicek powerplay goal makes it 2-1. 1:07 into the third, Ruthemann ties the game on the powerplay. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Phoenix 2 - Calgary 2. No one got a '6' rating.

* Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, '8')
** Ladislav Nagy (1g, 1a, '8')
*** Lukas Krajicek (1g, 1ht, '8')

Nashville's F Scottie Upshall (24) will be out for 7 months with a skull fracture.

Game 80: @ Minnesota
Kiprusoff starts at 85%. Warrener in for Phaneuf (75%). Souray in for Lewis. Spets in for Kolar (78%). Richards opens the scoring. In the second, Cole makes it 2-0. Lilja hits the post. Bouchard makes it 2-1 with a powerplay goal. In the third, Cole drops the gloves with former Flame, Joel Lundqvist, and losely the fight badly. Former Flame, Eric Nystrom, hits the post. Cole scores into an empty net. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Minnesota 1. Pollastrone was the only one with a '6' rating.

* Erik Cole (2g, +2, 2ht, '9')
** Miikka Kiprusoff (21 saves, '8')
*** Brad Richards (1g, +1, 1ht, '8')

Zigmund Palffy (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Month.
Derek Morris (Pho) wins Defensive Player of the Month.
Michael Funk (Min) wins Rookie of the Month.

Branko Radivojevic (Phi) wins Offensive Player of the Week.
Nikolai Khabibulin (Stl) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

Dave Taylor has been fired as the General Manager of the Los Angeles Kings.

Game 81: @ Chicago
Kiprusoff starts at 86%. Phaneuf in for Warrener (74%). Kolar in for Nilson. Chucko in for Jacobs. Kolar scores his 30th to make it 1-0. Kobasew makes it 2-0 on the powerplay. Spets hit the post. Late in the period, Steve Ott gets a powerplay goal to make it 2-1. Sutton hit the post. No scoring in the second. In the third, Gardner gets his 10th to make it 3-1. Comrie cuts the lead to one. Ruthemann scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Chicago 2. Myers and Pollastrone got '6' ratings. With this victory, we clinch first place overall and the top seed throughout the playoffs. I would never have believed it if I had known I would only have Iginla for 23 games this year.

* Jan Kolar (1g, 2ht, '8')
** Mike Comrie (1g, 1a, -1, 3ht, '8')
*** Ivo Ruthemann (1g, +1, '8')

Game 82: vs. Nashville
Kiprusoff starts (87%). Warrener in for Frogren. Jacobs in for Pollastrone. Iginla, who is now healthy, in for Myers. 1:28 into the game, Iginla makes it 1-0. Mike Green hit the post. Phaneuf hit the post. In the second, Richards makes it 2-0. 20 seconds later, Legwand answers. 47 seconds later, Graham ties the game. In the third, Green hits the post again. Iginla gets his second of the game. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Nashville 2. Gardner and Peat got '6' ratings.

* Jarome Iginla (2g, +2, '8')
** David Legwand (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '8')
*** Brad Richards (1g, 1ht, '8')

Karim · 11-27-2004, 03:26 AM

Final Regular Season Standings:

	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PCT	GF	GA	PTS
Calgary	82	52	16	13	1	0.720	253	163	118
Anaheim	82	36	30	13	3	0.537	207	208	88
St. Louis	82	37	32	11	2	0.530	215	212	87
Vancouver	82	55	24	2	1	0.689	307	199	113
Colorado	82	39	34	7	2	0.530	225	214	87
Dallas	82	37	32	12	1	0.530	198	204	87
Chicago	82	39	36	6	1	0.518	239	239	85
Edmonton	82	37	34	11	0	0.518	192	207	85
San Jose	82	35	33	10	4	0.512	235	239	84
Phoenix	82	34	39	8	1	0.470	216	235	77
Los Angeles	82	32	39	6	5	0.457	199	219	75
Detroit	82	29	37	12	4	0.451	216	266	74
Minnesota	82	27	38	11	6	0.433	189	230	71
Nashville	82	29	41	11	1	0.427	200	253	70
Columbus	82	25	44	11	2	0.384	202	241	63

	GP	W	L	T	OTL	PCT	GF	GA	PTS
NY Islanders	82	43	27	9	3	0.598	243	209	98
Atlanta	82	40	27	13	2	0.579	285	215	95
Montreal	82	40	27	13	2	0.579	240	223	95
Florida	82	40	28	11	3	0.573	213	204	94
NY Rangers	82	38	28	13	3	0.561	260	232	92
Tampa Bay	82	38	30	13	1	0.549	224	202	90
New Jersey	82	41	34	4	3	0.543	262	255	89
Pittsburgh	82	37	30	10	5	0.543	235	229	89
Boston	82	37	30	10	5	0.543	219	219	89
Toronto	82	35	35	7	5	0.500	226	243	82
Washington	82	37	39	5	1	0.488	243	234	80
Buffalo	82	32	36	13	1	0.476	225	237	78
Philadelphia	82	32	39	9	2	0.457	238	252	75
Ottawa	82	28	40	12	2	0.427	178	218	70
Carolina	82	19	45	14	4	0.341	209	292	56

Karim · 11-27-2004, 03:28 AM

Final Roster Stats:

	GP	G	A	PTS	+	PIM	HT	GA	TA	AvR
Chuck Kobasew	80	32	34	66	32	16	91	44	68	7.65
Jan Kolar	81	30	33	63	34	25	79	73	40	7.53
Brad Richards	71	23	31	54	20	16	41	23	57	7.56
Ivo Ruthemann	82	26	26	52	40	6	28	26	34	7.48
John Madden	82	18	33	51	29	42	79	28	66	7.55
Jens Jacobs	74	18	17	35	22	61	45	41	37	7.22
Erik Cole	56	17	17	34	20	66	48	33	38	7.46
David Tanabe	81	5	29	34	25	10	106	95	57	7.58
Dion Phaneuf	66	6	26	32	16	84	143	108	50	7.77
Jarome Iginla	24	11	20	31	18	18	31	12	16	8.04
Paul Mara	75	4	26	31	7	44	118	91	48	7.63
Sheldon Souray	75	6	22	28	16	34	76	93	28	7.48
Greg Gardner	71	10	15	25	2	46	40	27	28	7.15
Stephen Peat	56	8	11	19	13	90	38	50	34	7.21
Rhett Warrener	79	3	16	19	30	38	168	107	79	7.77
Matthew Myers	63	8	9	17	-1	28	32	19	26	7.00
Marcus Nilson	58	8	9	17	-6	8	28	22	29	6.90
Kris Chucko	66	9	6	15	-5	39	27	27	16	6.91
Lars Erik Spets	58	8	5	13	5	12	23	21	21	6.91
Barret Jackman	74	1	10	11	36	104	129	106	43	7.55
Jonas Frogren	31	1	7	8	7	6	38	18	8	7.48
Jerry Pollastrone	32	2	4	6	1	76	15	18	7	6.88
Marius Andersen	26	0	3	3	-5	8	19	10	9	6.65
Grant Lewis	8	0	1	1	0	2	7	11	2	7.38

	GP	W	L	T	SO	MIN	GA	GAA	SV%	AvR
Miikka Kiprusoff	48	31	10	6	3	2881	99	2.06	0.910	7.31
Marco Buhrer	35	21	7	7	2	2113	62	1.76	0.921	7.69

Karim · 12-01-2004, 08:44 PM

Amateur Draft Retrospective

2004 NHL Draft

2005 NHL Draft

2006 NHL Draft

11-08-2004, 12:45 AM	#272
Johnny93g College Starter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto	How the hell did you swing team Canada.....damn......your coaching Canada, and ill i can get is the Germany job...btw, in my 1st international tournament, i upset the USA, and Finland leading Germany to a Bronze Medal in the world championship....I am now a Hero in Germany.....that Canada job cant be far off....grrrrr __________________ FOOL- Toronto Marlboros FOOL Classic Champions 2073, 2078, 2079, 2114, 2116, 2117, 2129, 2152, 2155, 2169, 2192 46 35 FOOL H- New York Giants World Champions 1914, 1928 BBCF: Notre Dame TML

11-08-2004, 12:13 PM	#273
NoSkillz College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: St. Catharines, Canada	Great dynasty Karim...I'll be following along. Being a Sabres fan, I'm appalled at their draft/trading philosophy in the last year in your game. Two goalies in the draft and traded for at least two others at the deadline...looks like it's time for me to fire up my own Eastside Sabres dynasty!! __________________ MY CURRENT FM19 DYNASTY - FM19: "Ludere causa Ludendi - To Play for the Sake of Playing" - Queen's Park FC (Scottish League Two) MY OLD FM11 DYNASTY - FM11: From Semi-Pro Minnows to the EPL - Dover Athletic FC My Personal Blog - Now on the Tee - Golf, Sports, Poker, Life 2006 GOLDEN SCRIBE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST 'OTHER SPORT' DYNASTY - EHM2005: Sharpening Swords in Buffalo

11-24-2004, 09:07 PM	#289
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	Atlanta Thrashers Dany Heatley - Marc Savard - Ilya Kovalchuk Jimmie Olvestad - Patrik Stefan - Pavel Brendl Kip Brennan - Doug Weight - Tom Kostopoulous Antoine Vermette - Yared Hagos - Serge Aubin Andrej Mezaros - Tobias Enstrom Tomas Kloucek - Andrew Alberts Braydon Coburn - Daniel Tjarnqvist Kari Lehtonen Pasi Nurminen Injured: Ken Klee Lonny Bohonos Other: Petr Koukal Toronto Maple Leafs Ryan Smyth - Nik Antropov - Matthew Barnaby Kyle Calder - Alexander Steen - Alexander Mogilny Martin Sagat - Jason Williams - Darcy Tucker Tie Domi Tomas Kaberle - Bob Boughner Colin White - Martin Grenier Aki Berg - Brad Brown Brian Pothier Roman Cechmanek Scott Clemmmensen Injured: Harold Druken Markus Naslund Mats Sundin Other: Chris Clark Vancouver Canucks Zigmund Palffy - Brendan Morrison - Martin St. Louis Paul Kariya - Johan Davidsson - Shane Doan Daniel Sedin - Henrik Sedin - Kris Beech Artem Chubarov - Kevin Romy - Chris Nielsen Chris Pronger - Ed Jovanovski Mathias Ohlund - Brendan Witt Bryan Allen - Sergei Zubov Dan Cloutier Tomas Popperle Injured: Marcus Ragnarsson Other: Brent Sopel Ryan Kessler Edmonton Oilers Jani Rita - Marty Reasoner - Ales Hemsky Scott Barney - Marc-Antoine Pouliot - Martin Lapointe Dane Byers - Jiri Hudler - Eddie Caron Robbie Schremp - Jarret Stoll Mattias Timander - Eric Brewer Risto Korhonen - Emil Axelsson Doug Lynch - Christian Laflamme Cam Ward Jimmie Howard Injured: Petr Cajanek Chad Kilger Jason Bonsignoire Viktor Kozlov Mike York Georges Laraque Dallas Stars Keith Tkachuk - Sebastien Bordeleau - Brendan Morrow Ian Laperriere - Jason Weimer - Jakub Sindel Marek Tomica - Jeff Toms - Dan Hinote Alexei Ponikarovsky - Ben Maxwell - Michael Blunden Tim Gleason - Roman Hamrlik Denis Gauthier - Dan Boyle John Erskine - Dan Focht Marty Turco Maxime Oulette Injured: Bill Guerin Eric Daze Other: Niclas Kronwall Hnat Domenichelli Last edited by Karim : 11-24-2004 at 09:09 PM.

11-25-2004, 12:31 PM	#292
Johnny93g College Starter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto	Your having a great run his year.....I still dont like your chances in the playoffs though......Matthew Barnaby on my Leafs top line..... .....heres a request, id be curious to see your players salaries.....I was able to sign Iginla in my game to a cheap 5 mil/4 year deal, but i think he definatly took less to play with God's team....hehe __________________ FOOL- Toronto Marlboros FOOL Classic Champions 2073, 2078, 2079, 2114, 2116, 2117, 2129, 2152, 2155, 2169, 2192 46 35 FOOL H- New York Giants World Champions 1914, 1928 BBCF: Notre Dame TML

11-05-2004, 11:22 AM	#251
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	November 16th, 2006 --------------------- The media has criticized Matthew Lombardi. I defend him. He's actually been one of the better players this year. Where are Richards, Kobasew and Ruthemann? Game 17: vs. Boston Kiprusoff starts. Jackman in for Frogren. Reinprecht in for Pyatt. No scoring in the first. 1:21 into the second, Zhamnov scores to make it 1-0. Ruthemann ties it up in the third. Norstrom answers for Boston. With the goalie pulled, Richards forces overtime. 31 seconds into overtime, Cole wins it. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Boston 2 (OT). We outshot Boston 38-22. Bell and Reinprecht got '6' ratings. * Ivo Ruthemann (1g, '8') Alexei Zhamnov (1g, 1a, '8') * Brad Richards (1g, '8') Martin Bartek (Cbs) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Drake Berehowsky (Wsh) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Buffalo's F Maxim Afinogenov (27) will be out for 7 months with a torn MCL. Game 18: vs. Ottawa Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Phaneuf (75%). Pyatt in for Reinprecht. Forgren trips Hossa and a penalty shot is awarded 33 seconds into the game. 1-0 Ottawa. Iginla blasts a one-timer from Kobasew to tie the game. 18 seconds into the second, Bell scores his first of the year. Eaves ties it up for the Senators. 1:22 later, Spets regains the lead on the powerplay. In the third, Madden scores with Lalime pulled from goal. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Ottawa 2. We outshoot Ottawa 30-16. Buhrer was the only one with a '6' rating. * John Madden (1g, 2a, '10') Marian Hossa (1g, '8') * Patrick Eaves (1g, '8') Carolina trades F Pavel Brendl (25) to Atlanta for D Matt Nickerson (21). Toronto trades D Ian White (21) and a 3rd Round Pick in 2007 originally from Columbus to Carolina for the rights to D Mikko Salonen (18). Dallas trades D Mike Stuart (19) and a 6th Round Pick in 2007 to Calgary for F/D Darren Lynch (23). Game 19: vs. Nashville Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. No scoring in the first. Madden opens the scoring in the second. Iginla scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-0. 1:17 into the third, Lombardi makes it 3-0. Iginla scores his second, deflecting a Tanabe point shot. 54 seconds later, Kobasew scores to make it 5-0. Kessel breaks the shutout. 23 seconds later, Tanabe banks one in off the post. Modry adds a meaningless tally. Final Score: Calgary 6 - Nashville 2. Bell and Pyatt had '6' ratings. Games stats were pretty even. * John Madden (1g, 2a, '10') Jarome Iginla (2a, 1a, '10') * Erik Cole (3a, '9') Edmonton trades F Alexei Ponikarovsky (26) to Dallas for F Jamie Tardiff (21). John Madden (Cgy) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Dan Cloutier (Van) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 20: vs. Colorado Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf in for Souray. Nystrom in for Pyatt. No score in the first. 25 seconds into the second, Lindros scores. 2:09 into the third, Tanguay opens up a two goal lead. 24 seconds later, Frogren answers with his first career goal. Tanguary then scores into an empty net. Final Score: Colorado 3 - Calgary 1. We limited Colorado to only 15 shots on goal and outplayed them in all areas yet they still find a way to win. Only Spets had a '6' rating. * Alex Tanguay (2g, '8') David Brown (18 saves, '8') * Peter Forsberg (2a, '8') I have signed an Assistant Coach that is Technique-Based. All my assistant coaches were Conditioning-Based, and while they all have high reputations, I'm wondering if coaching is a problem.

11-05-2004, 11:27 AM	#252
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	November 29th, 2006 --------------------- Game 21: vs. Minnesota Kiprusoff starts. No lineup changes but I switch to a defensive mentality, overloading the forwards and a normalized system for the defence. 15 seconds in, Leopold scores. At 3:31, Madden one-times a Phaneuf pass to make it 2-0. Ruthemann then jumps on a Roloson rebound and makes it 3-0. No scoring in the second. Bouchard gets Minnesota on the board in the third. Kobasew answers on a pass from Spets. Wiemer scores for Minnesota but Richards quickly answers. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Minnesota 2. Bell and Lundqvist had '6' ratings. * Jordan Leopold (1g, '8') Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, '8') * Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8') Alexander Ovechkin (Chi) wins Offensive Player of the Month. Kevin Weekes (Det) wins Defensive Player of the Month. Ray Emery (Cbs) wins Rookie of the Month. Game 22: vs. Dallas Kiprusoff starts. Souray in for Frogren. No scoring in the first. Madden deflects a Phaneuf slapshot to make it 1-0. Turgeon ties the game in the third. With 8:13 left in the game, Kobasew scores on a penalty shot. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Dallas 1. We outshot Dallas 33-15 but were 0/7 on the powerplay. Bell, Lombardi and Nystrom got '6' ratings. * John Madden (1g, '8') Chuck Kobasew (1g, '7') * Pierre Turgeon (1g, '8') Patrik Elias (NJ) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Chris Pronger (Van) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 23: @ Minnesota Buhrer starts. Reinprecht in for Bell. Reinprecht scores to get us on the board. Segal answers for Minnesota. 19 seconds into the second, Gaborik gives Minnesota a 2-1 lead. Segal then makes it 3-1 with his second of the game. Ruthemann answers with his fifth of the year. Ruthemann gets his second to tie it at 3. Final Score: Minnesota 3 - Calgary 3. Minnesota outshot us 38-16 mainly due to 8 powerplays against. Iginla, Nilson and Nystrom got '6' ratings. * Brandon Seagal (2g, '8') Andrei Zyuzin ('8') * Matt Foy (2a, '8') Game 24: vs. Vancouver Kiprusoff starts. Pyatt in for Nystrom. 1:38 in, Doan scores to give Vancouver an early lead. Cole scores late in the period to tie it up. 15 seconds later, Warrener scores to make it 2-1. Reinprecht scores in the second to make it 3-1. With 5 seconds left in the period, Nilson scores to make it 4-1. With 1:44 left, Kariya scores to cut the deficit to two but we hang on. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Vancouver 2. Phaneuf will be out a few days with knee pain. Pyatt was the only one with a '6' rating. * Erik Cole (1g, 1a, '8') Rhett Warrener (1g, '8') * Steve Reinprecht (1g, '8') Calgary Flames trade F Eric Nystrom (23), F Joel Lundqvist (24) and a 6th Round Pick in 2007 to Minnesota for F Jason Weimer (30). I wasn't planning on doing anything until I noticed Minnesota was interested in Nystrom who wasn't in my long-term plans. Lundqvist's attributes were declining and doesn't appear to be much more than a third line center. I wanted a more veteran, reliable center and Weimer was a player I've tried to get for a couple years. I'm surprised the deal worked. Game 25: vs. New Jersey Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. Phaneuf is out. I've scrambled the lines: Ruthemann - Richards - Iginla Cole - Madden - Kobasew Reinprecht - Weimer - Bell Spets - Lombardi - Nilson Leopold - Warrener Jackman - Tanabe Souray - Frogren Bell scores for a 1-0 lead. 1:16 later, Friesen answers for New Jersey. Gionta scores a powerplay goal in the second for a 2-1 lead. Cole answers to tie the game at 2. 59 seconds later, Paul Martin scores to regain the one goal lead. In the third, Iginla scores on the powerplay to tie the game. 1:32 left, Ruthemann blows by Martin and roofs it past Brodeur. Final Score: Calgary 4 - New Jersey 3. We outshot New Jersey 27-16. Buhrer and Spets got '6' ratings. * Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, '8') Jeff Friesen (1g, 1a, '8') * Brian Gionta (1g, 1a, '8') F Markus Nilson (28) has demanded a trade because he is unhappy with his current contract of $1 million/1 year. I offer a new contract but he is unwilling to negotiate. I deny his request to place him on the block. He's a solid player and a great penalty killer. Losing him would just open up a hole on the right side. I went through the same situation with Lombardi last season. Minnesota trades D Filip Kuba (29), a 1st Round Pick in 2007 and a 1st Round Pick in 2008 to Buffalo for G Henrik Lundqvist (24) and a 1st Round Pick in 2007. Game 26: @ Vancouver Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Ruthemann scores a powerplay goal late in the first to make it 1-0. I made a mistake not giving him first line powerplay time the entire year. In the second, Richards makes it 2-0. Bertuzzi scores in the third to cut the lead to one. 1:09 seconds later, Bell answers. Morrison then scores on the powerplay for Vancouver. 33 seconds later, Weimer makes it 4-2. Bell scores his second of the game to clinch it. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Vancouver 2. A great win on the road against the number one team in the NHL. Spets and Lombardi got a '6' rating. * Mark Bell (2g, '9') Barret Jackman (3a, '9') * Todd Bertuzzi (1g, 1a, '8') I've noticed Lombardi's technical stats shoot and other players as well, ever since I made the decision to bring in a "technical" assistant coach. Something to consider for the future although a quick check of the top teams in the league shows they also employ "conditioning-based" coaches. Justin Williams (Car) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Greg de Vries (Ott) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 27: vs. Atlanta Buhrer starts. Pyatt in for Spets. No scoring in the first. Kip Brennan and Jason Wiemer get into a fight; Brennan lands a crushing blow for a decisive victory. Iginla hits the post but Ruthemann is on the rebound for a 1-0 powerplay goal. Kobasew then beats Nurminen to make it 2-0. In the third, Savard scores on the breakaway to get Atlanta on the board. 24 seconds later Lonny Bohonos ties the game. 17 seconds after that, Mike Knuble gives Atlanta a one goal lead. With just under five minutes left in the game, Iginla ties it up. With 1:52 left, Reinprecht give us the lead. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Atlanta 3. Bell, Nilson and Buhrer got '6' ratings. It looks like Madden will be out for a few days (65%). * Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, '8') Jarome Iginla (1g, 1a, '8') * Steve Reinprecht (1g, '8') I recall F Matthew Myers (22) from Lowell.

11-05-2004, 11:38 AM	#253
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	December 12th, 2006 --------------------- Game 28: vs. Colorado Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf and Madden are unavailable which is quite the blow. Myers is in for Madden. Lombardi moves to second line center. Lindros scores a powerplay to get Colorado on the board. No scoring in the second. With the goalie out, Pirjeta scores into the empty net. With 40 seconds left, Bell scores to make it 2-1. Jeff Cowan then scores into another empty net. Final Score: Colorado 3 - Calgary 1. Ruthemann was the only one with a '6' rating. * Eric Lindros (1g, '8') Mark Bell (1g, '8') Boris Mironov (2a, '8') Former Head Coach, Brian Sutter, has been appointed as a scout by the Ottawa Senators. Atlanta trades F Antti Miettinen (26) to Anaheim for the rights to D Michael Buhler (18). Game 29: @ NY Rangers Kiprusoff starts. Madden in for Pyatt. I decide to take Madden off the second powerplay unit and put Lombardi in his place. No scoring in the first. Richards scores in the second to make it 1-0. Ruthemann then scores a powerplay goal on a breakaway. In the third, Iginla scores a powerplay goal. Final Score: Calgary 3 - New York 0. Nilson and Kobasew get '6' ratings. * Brad Richards (1g, 2a, '9') Jarome Iginla (1g, 2a, '9') * Miikka Kiprusoff (27 saves, '9') Tie Domi (Tor) wins Offensive Player of the Week. J.S. Giguere (Ana) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 30: @ Buffalo Buhrer starts. Phaneuf in for Jackman. I need both Jackman and Kiprusoff near 100% for tomorrow's game against Detroit. J.P. Dumont opens the scoring. Cole answers late in the first. No scoring in the second. In the third, Iginla scores on the powerplay. Lombardi scores into an empty net. With 24 seconds left, Lombardi adds another. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Buffalo 1. Bell was the only one with a '6' rating. * Matthew Lombardi (2g, '9') Marco Buhrer (21 saves, '9') * Jarome Iginla (1g, '8') Game 31: @ Detroit Kiprusoff starts. Jackman in for Frogren. No scoring in the first. Andreas Sundin scores first for Detroit. Zetterberg adds another on the man advantage. Dandenault adds one more in the third. Final Score: Detroit 3 - Calgary 0. We were outshot 30-16, gave up 6 powerplay opportunites but outhit Detroit 25-11. I decide to complain about the referee. Bell and Reinprecht got '6' ratings. * Kevin Weekes (16 saves, '8') Andreas Sundin (1g, '8') * Darius Kasparaitus (1a, '8') Carolina's F Jaroslav Svoboda (26) will be out for 5 months with a concussion. I get fined $26,000 for my outburst to the media about the quality of refereeing. Colorado trades a 2nd Round Pick in 2007 to Anaheim for F Rob Niedermayer (31). Game 32: vs. Edmonton Kiprusoff starts. Spets is in for Bell. Morale is low throughout the roster. Jani Rita opens the scoring. Souray answers to tie the game. Ruthemann scores on the man-advantage to make it 2-1. Richards assists with his 400th career point. In the second, Richards scores on the powerplay. With 9 seconds left in the period, Madden strips Brewer from the puck and puts a backhand past Howard to make it 4-1. In the third, with a two-man advantage, Cajanek scores. Tanabe rifles a slapshot and Myers tips it in for his first career goal. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Edmonton 2. We outshot Edmonton 44-27 but the other game stats were fairly even. No one got a '6' rating. * Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8') Ivo Ruthemann (1g, '8') * Sheldon Souray (1g, '8') Pavol Demitra (TB) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Brent Johnson (Bos) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 33: vs. Minnesota Kiprusoff starts. Frogren in for Leopold (80%). Nilson is proving difficult; his morale is very low, he's unhappy, and still wants to be traded. Plus, he is not willing to negotiate a new contract. I take him off of penalty killing and put Cole in his place. Iginla deflects a Souray shot off the post for a powerplay goal. Myers then adds another to make it 2-0. In the second, Rod Sarich scores to get Minnesota on the board. 12 seconds later, Reinprecht scores his 100th career goal to make it 3-1. In the third, Iginla tips a Frogren shot to make it 4-1. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Minnesota 1. Spets and Lombardi got a '6' rating. * Jarome Iginla (2g, '8') Miikka Kiprusoff (21 saves, '9') * Jonas Frogren (2a, '8') My fourth round pick, F Brett Sutter (19), is named captain of the US World Junior Team. Nilson will be out for three weeks after suffering a groin strain in practice. I place him on the block. Game 34: @ Edmonton Kiprusoff starts. Leopold in for Phaneuf (86%). I'm managing based on fatigue because we have back-to-back games against division opponents, followed by a game against Colorado. Bell is in for Nilson. Doug Lynch scores to get Edmonton on the board. Iginla scores on the breakaway to tie the game. Hemsky regains the lead on the powerplay. In the second, Ruthemann ties the game. Madden then hits the post but Kobasew is on the rebound to give us a 3-2 lead. With 3:48 left in the game, Scott Barney misses a penalty shot. With 1:19 left, Viktor Kozlov ties the game at 3 on a breakaway to force overtime. With 34 seconds left in overtime, Leopold scores. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Edmonton 3 (OT). Edmonton outshoots us 40-34. Reinprecht got a '6' rating. * Viktor Kozlov (1g, 2a, '9') Jordan Leopold (1g, '8') * Jarome Iginla (1g, 2a, '9') Game 35: vs. Vancouver Buhrer starts. Phaneuf in for Leopold (70%). Iginla scores on a breakaway to open the scoring. Bertuzzi answers for Vancouver. No scoring in the second. In the third, Iginla scores on the powerplay. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Vancouver 1. We outshot Vancouver 19-16 - our type of game. Spets, Lombardi and Reinprecht got '6' ratings. * Jarome Iginla (2g, '8') Ivo Ruthemann (2a, '8') * Todd Bertuzzi (1g, '8') Fredrik Modin (TB) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Robert Esche (Phi) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 36: vs. Colorado Kiprusoff starts. Pyatt in for Reinprecht. Hejduk opens the scoring. Bell ties it at 1. Lindros scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-1. 46 seconds into the second period, Brashear gives Colorado a 3-1 lead. Richards answers to make it 3-2. Iginla scores to tie the game at 3. Iginla scores another to make it 4-3. Pirjeta scores in the third to tie the game at 4. Lombardi then scores to give us a 5-4 lead. 1:33 later, Tanguay ties it at 5. Final Score: Colorado 5 - Calgary 5. Spets and Pyatt got '6' ratings. Kiprusoff got a '5' rating. * Peter Forsberg (4a, '10') Eric Lindros (1g, 2a, '10') * Jarome Iginla (2g, '8') Todd Bertuzzi (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Month. Scott Clemmensen (Tor) wins Defensive Player of the Month. Philippe Furrer (Stl) wins Rookie of the Month. Minnesota trades the rights to F Roni Andersson (21) to Buffalo for F Michael Tessier (22). G Miikka Kiprusoff (30) signs a new $7.9 million/4 year deal. Calgary Flames have signed F Mike Modano (36) from Philadelphia for $2.5 million/1 year. Game 37: vs. Minnesota Kiprusoff starts. Leopold in for Frogren. Modano in for Spets. Nystrom scores on the powerplay to give Minnesota a 1-0 lead. Madden scores in the second to tie the game. Bouchard quickly answers on the powerplay to regain a one goal lead. Samuelsson adds one more in the third. Final Score: Minnesota 3 - Calgary 1. Game stats were even except we had nine powerplays against. Richards and Ruthemann got '6' ratings - unusual. * Dwayne Roloson (24 saves, '9') Sebastien Bordeleau (2a, '8') * John Madden (1g, '8') Game 38: @ NY Islanders Buhrer starts. No lineup changes. Scatchard scores a shorthanded goal for New York. Steve Webb then makes it 2-0. Kobasew gets us on the board late in the period. 13 seconds into the second period, Webb makes it 3-1. Final Score: New York 3 - Calgary 1. Bell, Tanabe, Pyatt, Ruthemann and Richards get '6' ratings - cause for concern when you top guys start showing inconsistency. You expect that from your third and fourth liners. * Steve Webb (2g, '8') Rick DiPietro (21 saves, '9') * Dave Scatchard (1g, '8') Game 39: @ Pittsburgh Kiprusoff starts. No lineup changes. No scoring in the first. 20 seconds into the second period, Koltsov makes it 1-0. 8 seconds later, Cole snaps a one-timer past Fleury to tie the game at 1. Koltsov gets his second of the game to make it 2-1. In the third, Cole ties it at 2 with his second of the game. Milan Kraft adds the decisive goal. Final Score: Pittsburgh 3 - Calgary 2. Three losses in a row. Plus, Lombardi will be out for two months with a dislocated shoulder. No one had a '6' rating and we outshot Pittsburgh 34-24. * Milan Kraft (1g, 2a, '9') Konstantin Koltsov (2g, '8') * Erik Cole (2g, '8') Washington trades the rights to G Alexander Smirnov (18) to Detroit for G Kevin Weekes (31). Smirnov was Washington's most recent first round draft pick and the guy I was hoping would fall to me. Finland and Russia are relegated from the World Junior Championships. Wow. The Czech Republic and Japan held on to a spot in next year's tournament. Preliminary Round Switzerland 1 vs. Canada 4 USA 5 vs. Belarus 0 Semi-Finals Canada 5 vs. Slovakia 6 USA 4 vs. Sweden 0 Finals USA 3 vs. Slovakia 0 - My fourth round pick and team captain, F Brett Sutter (19), was first star with a goal and two assists for a '10' rating in the gold medal game. Dany Heatley (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Brent Seabrook (Chi) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 40: @ Nashville Buhrer starts. Reinprecht in for the injured Lombardi. Richards scores late in the period to make it 1-0. In the second, Isbister scores a powerplay goal to tie it up. Hartnell then finds the net to make it 2-1. Iginla ties it at 2. In the third, Tanabe finds the mark on a pass from Kobasew. That's Kobasew's 100th career point. Isbister gets another powerplay goal to tie the game. Madden then makes it 4-3. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Nashville 3. We were outshot 32-20 because we had 8 powerplays against. Bell, Pyatt and Reinprecht got '6' ratings - the usual suspects. * John Madden (1g, 1a, '8') Brad Isbister (2g, '8') * Scott Hartnell (1g, 2a, '8') Chicago trades G Jocelyn Thibeault (31) to Atlanta for the rights to F Riley Merkley (19) and a 1st Round Pick in 2007. Washington trades the rights to F Gary Friesen (19) and a 4th Round Pick in 2007 to Chicago for F Oleg Minakov (23). Florida trades G Al Montoya (21) to Buffalo for G Chris Beckford-Tseu (22), a 2nd and a 3rd Round Pick in 2007. Florida trades the rights to D Zach Jones (19) and a 2nd Round Pick in 2007 to Edmonton for F Shean Donovan (31). Game 41: vs. Carolina Kiprusoff starts. Frogren in for Warrener (75%). Marcus Kahnberg scores for Carolina. Pyatt answers in the second. Nordgren scores in the third to give Carolina the lead. Murray then scores into the empty net. Final Score: Carolina 3 - Calgary 1. We outshot Carolina 29-16 and outhit them 23-8 and still lost the game. Kobasew and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings. We weren't prepared to play this game. * Jamie Storr (28 saves, '8') (Or as they refer to him in Lowell - Jamie "Convenience" Storr - get a goal, get one free!) Niklas Nordgren (1g, '8') * Marty Murray (1g, '8') Game 42: @ Boston Kiprusoff starts. Warrener back in for Frogren. Thornton scores to get the Bruins on the board. Cole answers to tie the game. Richards scores in the second to make it 2-1. Ruthemann scores early in the third. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Boston 1. Pyatt, Modano, Myers and Bell got '6' ratings. * Brad Richards (1g, '8') Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, '8') * Joe Thornton (1g, '8') Game 43: @ Tampa Bay Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. Lecavalier scores to make it 1-0. Bell scores in the second to tie the game. Cole scores on the powerplay to make it 2-1. In the third, Cole adds an empty net goal. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Tampa Bay 1. Reinprecht was the only one with a '6' rating. * Erik Cole (2g, '8') Marco Buhrer (19 saves, '8') * David Tanabe (2a, '8') F Marcus Nilson (28) signs a new contract worth $7.6 million/5 years. He is no longer unhappy or demanding a trade. Go figure. Alex Tanguay (Col) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Michael Leighton (Chi) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 44: vs. Phoenix Kiprusoff starts. Modano gets his first goal as a Flame to get us on the board. 1:02 seconds later, Richards makes it 2-0. 25 seconds later, Jeff Taffe gets Phoenix on the board. 43 seconds after that, Richards gets his second of the game. 1:39 into the second period, Bell makes it 4-1 with his 50th goal as a Flame. With 1:19 left in the game, Ruthemann scores on a pass from Richards. It's Richards 200th point as a Flame. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Phoenix 1. We outshoot Phoenix 24-12. Reinprecht is the only one with a '6' rating. * Brad Richards (2g, 1a, '9') Jarome Iginla (2a, '8') * Mike Modano (1g, '8') Game 45: @ Los Angeles Kiprusoff starts. Spets in for Reinprecht. Andrew Ference scores the first goal. 21 seconds later, Jackman ties it at 1. In the second, Spets makes it 2-1. Anson Carter answers to tie the game at 2. In the third, O'Neill gives Los Angeles the lead. Ruthemann answers with his 15th of the season. With Pavel Bure in the penalty box with a double minor, Phaneuf scores on the powerplay. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Los Angeles 3. Bell, Pyatt and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings. * Dion Phaneuf (1g, '8') Rhett Warrener (2a, '8') * Mike Modano (2a, '8') Washington trades a 1st Round Pick in 2007 and the rights to G Christopher Stromqvist (21) to Detroit for D Chris McAllister (31). Game 46: @ San Jose Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. Korolyuk scores late in the first for a 1-0 lead. No scoring in the second. In the third, Ruthemann scores on the powerplay to tie it up. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: San Jose 1 - Calgary 1. Bell and Spets got '6' ratings. * Ivo Ruthemann (1g, '8') Derek Gustafson (24 saves, '8') * Alexander Korolyuk (1g, '8')

11-05-2004, 11:41 AM	#254
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	January 21st, 2007 ------------------ Dany Heatley (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Mathieu Dandenault (Det) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 47: vs. Chicago Kiprusoff starts. Nilson has returned from injury and replaces Bell. Cole scores first to make it 1-0. 39 seconds later, Modano makes it 2-0. Nilson scores late in the period to make it 3-0. Ruutu scores in the second to get Chicago on the board. Modano gets his second to make it 4-1. Jackman scores in the third. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Chicago 1. No one got a '6' rating. * Mike Modano (2g, '8') Marcus Nilson (1g, 1a, '8') * Miikka Kiprusoff (24 saves, '8') Game 48: vs. Florida Buhrer starts. No changes to the lineup. No scoring in the first. In the second, Mike Van Ryn opens the scoring on the powerplay. Kobasew answers to tie the game. Late in the third, Weimer gives us a 2-1 lead on Nilson 200th career point. Iginla then adds one into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Florida 1. We outshoot Florida 32-20 and outhit them 26-9. No one got '6' ratings. * Jarome Iginla (1g, '9') Marco Buhrer (19 saves, '8') * Mike Van Ryn (1g, '8') Montreal trades F Steve Begin (28) to Chicago for G Thomas Baumle (22). Game 49: @ Anaheim Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Miettinen scores 1:36 into the game to give Anaheim an early 1-0 lead. Brunette adds another late in the period. No scoring in the second. 7 seconds into the third, Parssinen makes it 3-0. With 4:34 left, Richards scores. With 1:24 left, Kobasew makes it 3-2. Chistov then scores into an empty net. Final Score: Anaheim 4 - Calgary 2. Game stats were even. Weimer, Spets, Leopold and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings. * Stanislav Chistov (1g, 1a, '8') Andrew Brunette (1g, '8') * Chuck Kobasew (1g, '8') Game 50: @ Dallas Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. Frogren in for Jackman (70%). Bell in for Modano (81%). Madden scores on a penalty shot to make it 1-0. 34 seconds later, Blunden ties it at 1. Ruthemann scores on the powerplay to make it 2-1. In the second, Morrow adds his own powerplay goal to tie the game. No scoring in the third or overtime. Final Score: Dallas 2 - Calgary 2. Game stats were even. Bell, Pyatt and Buhrer got '6' ratings. * Brendan Morrow (1g, '8') John Madden (1g, '8') * Ivo Ruthemann (1g, '8')

11-05-2004, 11:44 AM	#255
gi College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Berkley, MI	Since your comments and thoughts about your team are sparse right now, going to write up a midseason review? Your commentary (in my opinon) is the one of the most enjoyable parts about this dynasty.

11-05-2004, 11:45 AM	#256
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	January 28th, 2007 ------------------ Dany Heatley (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Dan Blackburn (NYR) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Toronto trades D Pierre Hedin (28) to Florida for the rights to D Victor Bartley (18), a 4th Round Pick in 2008 and a 5th Round Pick in 2007. Montreal trades G Thomas Baumle (22) to Detroit for F Jimmie Svensson (24). Game 51: vs. Nashville Kiprusoff starts. Jackman (80%) is still out. Modano in for Bell. Cole scores a powerplay goal to open the scoring. 11 seconds later, Kessel ties the game. With 12 seconds left in the period, Kessel makes it 2-1. 32 seconds into the second period, Isbister makes it 3-1 Nashville. In the third, Cole scores his second to bring us closer. Phaneuf then scores on the powerplay to tie the game with his 50th point as a Flame. Myers then deflects a Warrener shot to give us a 4-3 lead. Spets seals the deal with a wristshot off the post. Good to see our kids stepping up with crucial goals. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Nashville 3. We outshot Nashville 42-17. Kobasew will be out for 3 months with a partially torn ACL; that's his third major injury in two years. Kiprusoff had a '6' rating. * Jarome Iginla (3a, '10') Dion Phaneuf (1g, 1a, '9') * Erik Cole (2g, '8') Dany Heatley (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Month. Pavel Kubina (TB) wins Defensive Player of the Month. Philippe Furrer (Stl) wins Rookie of the Month. Game 52: vs. Los Angeles Buhrer gets the start. He has good morale and form. Kiprusoff put in two back-to-back '6' performances, his morale is low and he's only at 93%. Jackman in for Frogren. Bell replaces Kobasew. I'm going to put him on the second line in hopes of getting him going. He has all the tools and probably needs more ice time to show his stuff - hopefully. Reinprecht in for Modano (79%). Frolov scores on the powerplay to make it 1-0. Carter makes it 2-0. Spets scores on the powerplay to cut the lead to one. In the second, Selanne give LA a two goal lead. 2:05 into the third, Nilson cuts the lead to one but that's as close as we get. Final Score: Los Angeles 3 - Calgary 2. Buhrer is the only one with a '6' rating. Our goaltending is struggling the past week or so. * Jeff O'Neill (3a, '10') Alexander Frolov (1g, 1a, '8') * Teemu Selanne (1g, 1a, '8') Eastern Conference All-Stars G Martin Brodeur (NJ) G John Grahame (TB) G Roberto Luongo (Fla) D Jay Bouwmeester (Fla) D Kenny Jonsson (NYI) D Wade Redden (Ott) D Dan Boyle (TB) D Pavel Kubina (TB) D Brian Leetch (Tor) F Patrik Elias (NJ) F Martin Havlat (Ott) F Dany Heatley (Atl) F Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl) F Pavol Demitra (TB) F Vincent Lecavalier (TB) F Joe Thornton (Bos) F Alexei Yashin (NYI) F Marian Hossa (Ott) F Jaromir Jagr (Car) F Alexei Kovalev (Mtl) F Martin St. Louis (TB) Western Conference All-Stars G J.S. Giguere (Ana) G Olaf Kolzig (Det) G Marty Turco (Dal) D Sergei Gonchar (Stl) D Nicklas Lidstrom (Det) D Scott Niedermayer (Stl) D Dion Phaneuf (Cgy) D Chris Pronger (Van) D Ed Jovanovski (Van) F Rick Nash (Cbs) F Markus Naslund (Van) F Alexander Ovechkin (Chi) F Zigmund Palffy (Stl) F Alex Tanguay (Col) F Peter Forsberg (Col) F Daymond Langkow (Pho) F Brendan Morrison (Van) F Jeff O'Neill (LA) F Rostislav Olesz (Cbs) F Todd Bertuzzi (Van) F Jarome Iginla (Cgy) Game 53: vs. San Jose Kiprusoff starts. No change otherwise. Iginla notches his 10th powerplay goal to give us a 1-0 lead. After taking a penalty, Myers deflects a Phaneuf slapshot to make it 2-0. Myers shows his bravery by then dropping the glows with Scott Parker. He loses the fight but demonstrates why he's valuable as a fourth line center. No scoring in the second. Michalek scores in the third to get San Jose on the board. Madden quickly answers. Final Score: Calgary 3 - San Jose 1. We outshot San Jose 34-19 but were only 1/6 on the powerplay. We outhit them 25-12. No one had a '6' rating. * Miikka Kiprusoff (18 saves, '8') Jarome Iginla (1g, '8') * John Madden (1g, '8')

11-05-2004, 11:48 AM	#257
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	February 4th, 2007 ------------------ Vincent Lecavalier (TB) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Mike Dunham (LA) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 54: vs. Columbus Kiprusoff starts despite being only at 92%. Frogren in for Phaneuf (74%). Modano in for Pyatt. One minute into the first, Iginla scores a shorthanded goal. With 1:41 left in the period, Myers deflects a Tanabe shot to make it 2-0. In the second, Balastik gets Columbus on the board. In the third, with Modano off for high-sticking, Zherdev ties the game and forces overtime. In OT, Richards scores the winner. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Columbus 2 (OT). We outshot Columbus 32-14 and outhit them 20-7 but were 0/5 on the powerplay. Modano, Reinprecht and Ruthemann got '6' ratings. * David Tanabe (2a, '9') Erik Cole (1a, '9') * Brad Richards (1g, '7') Game 55: vs. Washington Buhrer starts as Kiprusoff is only at 87%. Pyatt in for Reinprecht. 2:13 in, Spets follows up his own rebound and makes it 1-0. Madden makes it 2-0 with his 15th. Jackman shows guts and drops the glows with noted tough guy Stephen Peat; he loses convincingly. In the second, Cole scores to make it 3-0. 55 seconds into the third, Pettinger gets the Capitals on the board. With 5 minutes left and Iginla off for tripping, Semin scores to cut the lead to one. Richards scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Washington 2. We outshot Washington 45-20. Ruthemann was the only one with a '6' rating - clearly he's in a slump. * Lars Erik Spets (1g, '8') John Madden (1g, 1a, '8') * Barret Jackman (2a, '8') Montreal trades G Jose Theodore (30) to Chicago for G Konstantin Barulin (22). Philadelphia trades D Alexandre Picard (21) to Boston for D Anders Eriksson (31). Washington trades D Shane Hnidy (31) to Boston for F Brad Boyes (24). Washington trades D Tyler Reid (24) to Buffalo for the rights to F Kenzie Sheppard (19) and the rights to F Bobby Hughes (19). Modano will be out for two weeks after suffering a bruised ankle in practice. The West All-Stars defeat the East All-Stars, 6-3. Phaneuf gets an assist for an '8' rating. Iginla gets '3' assists for a '10' rating. Ed Jovanovski is the MVP with 2 goals and an assist for a '10' rating.

11-05-2004, 11:52 AM	#258
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	February 11th, 2007 ------------------- Game 56: @ Minnesota Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf in for Frogren. Reinprecht in for Modano. I demote Ruthemann to the second line and the second powerplay unit. Nilson opens the scoring. 1:44 into the second, Bell scores a powerplay goal. Gaborik quickly answers. O'Sullivan then ties the game. No scoring in the third. With 14 seconds left in overtime, Gaborik wins it. Final Score: Minnesota 3 - Calgary 2 (OT). Game stats were even. Iginla will be out for 10 days with a twisted knee - just as we head up against LA and Vancouver... Spets, Pyatt and Souray got '6' ratings while Kiprusoff got a '5'. * Marian Gaborik (2g, 1a, '9') Andreas Lilja (1a, '8') * Marcus Nilson (1g, '8') Since I have no one else healthy on the active roster to replace Iginla, I call up F Jens Jacobs (21), my 8th round pick from 2004. He has 23 goals and 38 points in 37 games in the AHL for a 7.62 AvR. Marian Hossa (Ott) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Wade Redden (Ott) wins Defensive Player of the Week. To make matters worse, Kiprusoff will also be out for a week. Do I really want to go with Buhrer as my starter? I have no choice now. I call up G Brent Krahn (24) from the ECHL. Game 57: vs. Los Angeles Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Warrener (75%). I throw Jacobs on the big line. Selanne opens the scoring. 55 seconds into the second, Pyatt ties the game. Conroy scores on a breakaway to regain the lead for LA. 10 seconds later, Brian Boyle makes it 3-1. Pavel Bure then makes it 4-1 in the third. Selanne adds another on the powerplay. Cole scores a meaningless goal. Final Score: Los Angeles 5 - Calgary 2. With Iginla and Kiprusoff out, this is clearly our worst game of the year although our defence were straight '8's across the board - the strength of our team. Buhrer got a '5'. Weimer got a '6'. * Teemu Selanne (2g, '8') Craig Conroy (1g, '8') * Erik Cole (1g, '8') Game 58: @ Vancouver Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. 3:08 in, Doan scores for Vancouver. Ruthemann answers in the second but then Romy scores to regain the lead. 31 seconds later, Kariya makes it 3-1. With 1:34 left, Jacobs gets his first career goal and makes it 3-2. Henrik Sedin scores into the empty net. Final Score: Vancouver 4 - Calgary 2. Spets, Myers and Pyatt - our fourth line - get '6' ratings. We were outshot 34-16 and outhit 22-7. * Paul Kariya (1g, 1a, '8') Sergei Zubov (2a, '8') * Jens Jacobs (1g, '8') Montreal trades the rights to F Brady Calla (18) and a 2nd Round Pick in 2007 to Buffalo for G Mika Noronen (27) and a 5th Round Pick in 2007. Washington trades G Miika Wiikman (22) to Detroit for F Landon Wilson (31). Dave Scatchard (NYI) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Bryan Berard (Stl) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 59: @ Ottawa Buhrer starts. Warrener in for Phaneuf (84%). I demote Bell to the fourth line and Jacobs to the second line. Spets gets time on the top line and powerplay unit. Havlat scores on the powerplay to open the scoring. Volchenkov also scores with the man advantage to make it 2-0. 40 seconds into the second, Weimer scores. Purinton answers for Ottawa. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Ottawa 3 - Calgary 1. Game stats were even but it's still our fourth loss in a row since Iginla and Kiprusoff went down. Spets, Myers and Pyatt get '6' ratings. * Martin Havlat (1g, '8') Patrick Lalime (23 saves, '8') * Chris Phillips (2a, '8') I make F Mark Bell (26) as available due to financial reasons. I can't have a $2 million fourth line winger. He has 9 goals and 3 assists in 45 games for a 6.84 AvR. He has great attributes but he needs to play on the top two lines with skilled people. With Iginla, Kobasew, Nilson, Spets all playing better than him and prospects waiting in the wings, he's expendable. The press are writing off our chances at having a shot at the Cup. I confirm we intend to challenge. Game 60: @ Toronto Kiprusoff starts now that he's back. Phaneuf in for Frogren. No available bodies to make lineup changes up front. I put Ruthemann back on the first line and powerplay unit to hopefully spread the offence around with Cole on line two. Grenier opens the scoring for Toronto. 2:13 into the second, Souray ties the game. Weimer adds a goal to make it 2-1. Richards also scores to make it 3-1. Williams cuts the lead to one. We kill off a two-man disadvantage early in the third. Spets scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Toronto 2. Game stats were even. Nilson was the only one with a '6' rating. * Sheldon Souray (1g, 1a, '8') Martin Grenier (1g, '8') * Brad Richards (1g, '8') Game 61: @ Philadelphia Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. No change to the lineup. 1:32 in, Weimer scores. Kallio answers for Philly. Radivojevic makes it 2-1. Richards ties the game in the second. Kallio scores his second of the game to regain the lead for Philly. Spets ties the game in the third. With 1:19 left, Madden gets the lead. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Philadelphia 3. We were outshot 28-19. Bell was the only one with a '6' rating. * Tomi Kallio (2g, '8') Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8') * Jordan Leopold (2a, '8') Game 62: @ Colorado Kiprusoff starts. Iginla is back and replaces Bell. Nilson moves to the fourth line, Jacobs (who is playing well) to the third, Spets to the second. I also puts the kids Spets and Jacobs together on the second powerplay unit because Madden isn't doing much with powerplay time. Jacobs scores on the powerplay to make it 1-0. Brashear ties it up in the second. Tanguay scores in the third. Final Score: Colorado 2 - Calgary 1. Game stats were even and we killed off 6 penalties. Nilson and Myers got '6' ratings. * David Aebischer (25 saves, '8') Alex Tanguay (1g, '8') * Donald Brashear (1g, '8')

11-05-2004, 12:01 PM	#259
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	February 24th, 2007 ------------------- Ladislav Nagy (Pho) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Roman Hamrlik (Dal) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 63: vs. St. Louis Kiprusoff starts. Modano is finally healthy and replaces Cole (75%). Jamal Mayers opens the scoring. Palffy quickly makes it 2-0. Kyle Chipchura makes it 3-0 and Kiprusoff is yanked in the 12th minute. Weimer scores in the second to get us on the board. With 31 seconds left in the second period, Modano cuts the lead to one. In the third, Ricci makes it 4-2. With 5:09 left, Myers deflects a Warrener point shot to make it 4-3. 39 seconds later, Modano gets his second of the game to tie it at 4. With 3:49 left, Jacobs - who has been on fire since I brought him up - scores to give us a lead for the first time in the game. Final Score: Calgary 5 - St. Louis 4. We outshot St. Louis 31-18. Kiprusoff got a '4' rating and I warn him which he acknowledges. Nilson and Pyatt get '6' ratings. There's no way I can demote Jacobs the way he is playing. * Mike Modano (2g, '8') Kyle Chipchura (1g, 1a, '8') * Dion Phaneuf (2a, '8') Washington's F Alexander Semin (22) will be out for four months with a separated shoulder. Washington trades F Stephen Peat (26) to Ottawa for the rights to G Joel Gistedt (19). Montreal trades F Corey Locke (22) to Detroit for F Boyd Devereaux (28) and the rights to D Tommi Pelkonen (22). Colorado's F Eric Lindros (34) will be out for eight months with a torn MCL. (He retires at the end of the season). Alexei Yashin (NYI) wins Offensive Player of the Month. Roman Hamrlik (Dal) wins Defensive Player of the Month. Mark Stuart (Bos) wins Rookie of the Month. Game 64: vs. Anaheim Kiprusoff starts in the biggest game of the year. We are in fifth place, two points behind Anaheim and four points ahead of arch rivals Colorado. Cole in for Pyatt and Bell in for Nilson. Cole scores to make it 1-0. Late in the period, Spets makes it 2-0. In the second, Ruthemann scores on the powerplay. 1:17 into the third, Iginla makes it 4-0. Late in the game, Lance Ward and Erik Cole get into a fight but Cole loses the contest. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Anaheim 0. Reinprecht and Myers get '6' ratings. * Miikka Kiprusoff (25 saves, '9') Erik Cole (1g, '8') * Jarome Iginla (1g, 1a, '8') Calgary Flames trade F Mark Bell (26) to St. Louis for the right to G Mathias Gundersen (21). I wanted to unload Bell's $2 million salary and I wanted the goalie I drafted back. With guys like Spets and Jacobs, I have plenty of depth on right wing. Bell just wasn't cutting it. Now that Bell is gone, I can remove Lombardi from injured reserve while keeping Jacobs on the roster. Game 65: @ Columbus Buhrer starts. Lombardi in for Reinprecht, Nilson in for Bell. Nash scores his 30th to make it 1-0. 44 seconds into the second period, Fritsche makes it 2-0. Iginla scores on the powerplay to get us on the board. Zherdev quickly answers to make it 3-1. 51 seconds into the third, Modano misses a penalty shot. A few mintues later, Marchant makes it 4-1. Final Score: Columbus 4 - Calgary 1. Modano, Tanabe and Phaneuf got '6' ratings. We just got outplayed. * Rick Nash (1g, '8') Nikolai Zherdev (1g, '8') * Jarome Iginla (1g, '8') Game 66: @ St. Louis Kiprusoff starts. Frogren in for Warrener (70%). No scoring in the first. In the second, Jacobs shows some serious balls at only 5'9" and 178 lbs. by dropping the glove with Peter Worrell. Of course he loses the fight but nonetheless his bravery is duly noted. He then goes on the score the first goal. In the third, with Bell off for interference, Modano scores on the powerplay to make it 2-0. Stafford scores his own powerplay goal to make it 2-1. Then Tkachuk ties the game. With 2:30 left, Spets makes it 3-2 with a powerplay goal. Cole then scores an empty netter. Final Score: Calgary 4 - St. Louis 2. Game stats were even. Myers and Nilson got '6' ratings. Bell has become St. Louis' first line right winger. David Tanabe suffers a sprained MCL and will be out for a month. I have to bring up another rookie, my second round pick, D Grant Lewis (22). * Erik Cole (1g, 2a, '9') Mike Modano (1g, 1a, '8') * Sergei Gonchar (1a, '8') Kyle Chipchura (Stl) is Offensive Player of the Week. Patrice Brisebois (Buf) is Defensive Player of the Week. Vancouver trades D Johan Bjork (22) to Montreal for F Alyn McCauley (29) and a 4th Round Pick in 2007. Game 67: @ Phoenix Buhrer starts. Lewis in for Tanabe. Morris scores to make it 1-0. In the second, Nedorost makes it 2-0. Morris makes it 3-0. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Phoenix 3 - Calgary 0. We were outshot 20-14 and were 0/5 on the powerplay. Jacobs will be out a few days with a facial laceration. Nilson, Myers, Lombardi, Cole, Souray, Leopold and Buhrer got '6' ratings. Hard to win when that happens. * Derek Morris (2g, '8') Brian Boucher (14 saves, '8') * Dan Lacouture (2a, '8') Game 68: @ Colorado Kiprusoff starts. Warrener in for Souray. Reinprecht in for Myers. No scoring in the first. With 1:03 left in the second, Jacobs makes it 1-0. With 49 seconds left, the goalie out, and our fourth line on the ice, Hejduk forces overtime. Final Score: Colorado 1 - Calgary 1. We were outshot 36 - 21 and killed off six penalties. We outhit Colorado 27-17. Lombardi, Reinprecht and Frogren got '6' ratings. Hejduk stripped Frogren of the puck for the tieing goal. * Miikka Kiprusoff (35 saves, '9') David Aebischer (20 saves, '8') * Milan Hejduk (1g, '8') Columbus trades the rights to F Bobby Ryan (19) - their first round pick in 2005 - a 4th Round Pick in 2007 and a 3rd Round Pick in 2008 to Detroit for F Robert Lang (36). Ottawa trades F Peter Guggisberg (22) and the rights to F Sergei Aleksandrov (18) to Detroit for D Derian Hatcher (34). San Jose trades the rights to G Fredrik Alcen (20) and a 1st Round Pick in 2007 to Buffalo for D Kyle McLaren (29). Game 69: vs. Edmonton Kiprusoff starts. Souray in for Frogren. Myers in for Reinprecht. Ruthemann gets his 20th on the powerplay to make it 1-0. Torres answers for Edmonton. Iginla scores on the powerplay early in the second to make it 2-1. Richards makes it 3-1. Ruthemann scores his 50th career goal to make it 4-1. Jacobs makes it 5-1. Tootoo scores a meaningless goal in the third. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Edmonton 2. We kill off six penalties and outhit Edmonton 19-8. Spets is the only one with a '6' rating but our fourth line was once again on for both goals against. This will kill us in the playoffs. * Jarome Iginla (1g, 1a, '8') Ivo Ruthemann (2g, '8') * Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8') Montreal's D Jassen Cullimore (34) will be out for six months following surgery to cure a torn MCL. He was just sidelined for four months with the same injury. Tampa Bay trades G Gerald Coleman (21) to Buffalo for D Nick Angell (27). Philadelphia trades D Mike Lundin (22) to Atlanta for the rights to F Dustin Boyd (20). Pittsburgh trades D Ross Lupaschuk (26) to NY Islanders for D Jordan Smith (21) and a 5th Round Pick in 2007. NY Islanders trade the rights to G Johan Olsson (20) and a 3rd Round Pick in 2007 to Dallas for D Casey Borer (21). Columbus trades F Brock Richards (21) to Boston for D Duncan Keith (25). Montreal trades F Jason Ward (28) to Buffalo for D Scott Lehman (20). New Jersey trades the rights to D Zach Tarkir (22) and a 4th Round Pick in 2007 to Edmonton for F John Mitchell (22). Washington trades the rights to G Mike Belanger (19), a 3rd Round Pick in 2007 and a 7th Round Pick in 2008 to Toronto for the rights to F Frederik Cabana (20). Florida trades the rights to F David Holmqvist (22), a 4th Round Pick in 2009, a 5th Round Pick in 2008 and a 6th Round Pick in 2007 to Atlanta for D Ivan Majesky (30). San Jose trades the rights to D Erkka Leppanen (20) to Edmonton for F Brad Efthmiou (22) and a 6th Round Pick in 2009. Toronto trades D Chris Tamer (36) to Anaheim for the rights to G Jonas Gustavson (22), a 2nd Round Pick in 2007 and a 4th Round Pick in 2008. Toronto trades D Andrew Ianiero (26) to St. Louis for the rights to D Martin Hamrlik (18). Calgary trades F Matthew Lombardi (24) to Montreal for F Matthew Barnaby (33). Lombardi can't crack the top two lines and we really need to get tougher on the fourth line. Barnaby can play on any of the four lines on either wing. I also remember his playoff performance for Colorado and Montreal; he seems to get his game up for the playoffs.

11-05-2004, 12:18 PM	#260
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	March 9th, 2007 ---------------- Game 70: vs. Toronto Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Phaneuf (82%). Barnaby in for the recently departed Lombardi. Iginla scores on the powerplay to open the scoring. Mogilny answers for the Leafs. With 34 seconds left in the first, Grant Lewis scores his first career goal. Sagat scores in the second to tie the game. In the third, Myers deflects a Warrener slapshot to make it 3-2. 21 seconds later, Nieuwendyk ties it up. Barnaby then gets his first as a Flame. We kill the final ten minutes. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Toronto 3. We kill off seven penalties while going 1/4 on the powerplay. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating. When Kobasew comes back, the only people that can be demoted are Jacobs, Spets, Myers and Lewis. Myers and Lewis are staying which means I have a tough decision because Jacobs has outplayed Spets since being called up even though Spets has over 100 games NHL experience. * Ivo Ruthemann (2a, '8') Jarome Iginla (1g, '8') * Rhett Warrener (1a, '8') Johan Davidsson (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Garnet Exelby (Bos) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 71: @ Chicago Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf in for Frogren. Pyatt in for Spets. Wennerberg scores to make it 1-0. In the second, Radulov scores on the powerplay to make it 2-0. 1:20 into the third, Radulov scores his second on the powerplay to make it 3-0. Radulov gets his hattrick to make it 4-0. Final Score: Chicago 4 - Calgary 0. We were outshot 29-18 and gave up two powerplay goals. Richards, Pyatt, Ruthemann, Lewis and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings. When that many people don't show up, you lose 4-0. * Igor Radulov (3g, '10') Jose Theodore (18 saves, '8') * Mike Comrie (2a, '8') Game 72: @ Columbus Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. Frogren in for Leopold (71%). Myers scores the first goal of the game, this time with a wristshot rather than a deflection. In the second, Marchant ties the game at 1. Pihlstrom then makes it 2-1. In the third, Richards scores his 20th to tie the game. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Columbus 2 - Calgary 2. Jacobs got his first '6' rating since being called up. * Todd Marchant (1g, 1a, '8') Brad Richards (1g, '8') * Dmitri Kosmachev (1a,'8') With 10 games left, we're in fourth place, 3 points ahead of Colorado and 5 points ahead of Anaheim. We're not moving up because Vancouver clinched the division long ago. Game 73: @ St. Louis Kiprusoff starts. Reinprecht in for Pyatt. Madden scores 30 seconds into the game to make it 1-0. Less than three minutes later, Madden gets his second for a 2-0 lead. Modano then makes it 3-0. Palffy gets St. Louis on the board. Jacobs answers for us to make it 4-1. In the second, Bell gets his revenge and scores to make it 4-2. 40 seconds later, Myers deflects a Souray wristshot to make it 5-2. Ricci answers for St. Louis to make it 5-3. 1 minute into the third, Ruthemann scores to make it 6-3. 9 seconds later, Worrell answers to make it 6-4. 31 seconds later, Kotalik brings St. Louis to within one. Barnaby scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 7 - St. Louis 5. St. Louis outshot us 30-22 but no powerplay goals were scored. Kiprusoff got a '6' rating. Lewis and Frogren were each -4 for a '5' rating. I warn each of them; Frogren apologizes for his poor performance while Lewis doesn't comment. Lewis is my second round pick and he dominates in the AHL but this is second stint with the big club and I'm worried he doesn't have wait it take to succeed at this level. I was thinking he might replace Souray next year but that doesn't look likely at this point. Phaneuf on the other hand, was a +6. We officially qualify for the playoffs with this win. * Sheldon Souray (4a, +4, '10') Dion Phaneuf (3a, +6, '9') * John Madden (2g, 0, '8') Game 74: vs. Detroit Buhrer starts. I go with 5 defencemen since Jackman is at 75% and Phaneuf is at 74% - I just can't risk injury at this point. Pyatt will play as the 6th defenceman. (Jackman was inserted against my will - I guess you can't play five defencemen). No scoring in the first. Barnaby scores in the second to get us on the board. Warrener scores into the empty net. Then Weimer wins a fight against Tosla. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Detroit 0. We outshoot Detroit 33-11 and outhit them 25-9. Nilson gets a '6' rating. Leopold will be out for two weeks. Lewis got an '8' rating but had five giveaways. * Matthew Barnaby (1g, +1, '8') Olaf Kolzig (31 saves, '9') * Rhett Warrener (1g, 1a, +2, '8') Brian Gionta (NJ) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Ian White (Car) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 75: vs. Chicago Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf and Jackman in, Leopold injured. Lewis still in because Tanabe is injured. Spets in for Modano (75%). Weimer scores his 15th to open the scoring. Spets scores in the second to make it 2-0. Wennerberg deflects an Ott shot to make it 2-1. Wennerberg ties it up in the third. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Chicago 2 - Calgary 2. Richards got a '6' rating. * Lars Erik Spets (1g, +2, '8') Barret Jackman (1a, 0, 2ht, '8') Steve Ott (1a, +2, '8') I bring up my 5th Round Pick from 2004, D Andy Roger (20), because suddenly we have a rash of injuries to D-men. At least I'll evaluate him in comparison to Lewis. Game 76: vs. Phoenix Buhrer starts. Rogers in for Souray (75%). Modano in for Reinprecht. Richards scores to make it 1-0. In the second, Nagy scores on the powerplay. No scoring in the third or overtime. Final Score: Phoenix 1 - Calgary 1. Weimer, Nilson and Modano get '6' ratings. * Evgeny Nabakov (18 saves, '8') Marco Buhrer (24 saves, '8') * Ladislav Nagy (1g, 1ht, '8') Game 77: @ Anaheim Kiprusoff starts. Even though Souray is available I decide to leave both Rogers and Lewis in. I put Barnaby on the second powerplay unit along with Myers, who has a 20 in deflections. I figure he might work trying to deflect point shots. Modano hasn't done much there with significant playing time. Richards scores to make it 1-0. With 31 seconds left in the first, Modano makes it 2-0. With 2 seconds left, Barnaby makes it 3-0. Getzlaf scores for Anaheim in the second. Prospal scores in the third. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Anaheim 2. We kill off seven penalties but we lose Phaneuf for two weeks with a broken wrist. We're in trouble without Phaneuf, Leopold and Tanabe. What a time to get into injury trouble. Nilson was the only one with a '6' rating. * Mike Modano (1g, 1a, +2, 2ht, '8') Matthew Barnaby (1g, 1a, +2, '8') * Ryan Getzlaf (1g, -1, 2ht, '8') Game 78: @ Dallas Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. Souray in for the injured Phaneuf. Pyatt in for Nilson. 3:45 in, Igilna scores to make it 1-0. Kaspar ties it for Dallas. No scoring in the second, third or overtime. Final Score: Dallas 1 - Calgary 1. We lose Barnaby for three weeks with a hip flexor. This really sucks - seeing a great season going down the drain in the last week before the playoffs due to injuries. We were outshot 27-12 and killed off 9 penalties. Pyatt, Myers and Spets got '6' ratings. * Lukas Kaspar (1g, +1, '8') Marco Buhrer (26 saves, '8') * Jarome Iginla (1g, +1, 1ht, '8') Markus Naslund (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Jimmy Howard (Edm) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 79: vs. San Jose Kiprusoff starts. Reinprecht in for Barnaby, Nilson in for Iginla (74%). Parker demolishes Weimer in a fight. With 1:05 left in the period, Madden deflects a Warrener shot to make it 1-0. No scoring in the second. 1:37 into the third, Weimer makes it 2-0. Roy gets San Jose on the board. Before San Jose gets a chance to pull the goalie, Spets puts one in off the post. Final Score: Calgary 3 - San Jose 1. Modano was the only one with a '6' rating. * John Madden (1g, 1a, +2, '8') Miikka Kiprusoff (19 saves, '8') * Sheldon Souray (1a, +2, 1ht, '8') F Chuck Kobasew (24), who has been injured for the past four months, is demanding a trade because he is unhappy with his contract. This is the same BS I went through with Lombardi and Nilson. He doesn't want to negotiate like all the others. After re-reading Kobasew's information, he doesn't want to renegotiate at his current team status which is "core" player. I change it to "key" player to which he responds that he doesn't think the club can meet his demands. The board is willing to offer him the same salary as Iginla. He's hardly worth that kind of money. I'll qualify him and let him sit. Game 80: vs. Anaheim Kiprusoff starts. Iginla in for Pyatt. No scoring in the first or second. Lewis follows his own rebound and wrists it past Giguere to give us a 1-0 lead. Weimer then scores on Modano's 700th career assist. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Anaheim 0. We outshot Anaheim 29-18 but were 0/6 on the powerplay. Everyone played well. * Miikka Kiprusoff (18 saves, '8') Grant Lewis (1g, +1, 1ht, '8') * Barret Jackman (1a, +2, 5ht, '8') Markus Naslund (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Month. Ed Jovanovski (Van) wins Defensive Player of the Month. Ian White (Car) wins Rookie of the Month. Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Chris Pronger (Van) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 81: @ San Jose Buhrer starts. No lineup changes. Reinprecht scores to make it 1-0. Cole makes it 2-0 in the second. Cole drops the gloves with Parker but loses the fight. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Calgary 2 - San Jose 0. We killed off six penalties. Spets and Rogers got '6' ratings. * Marco Buhrer (1a, 17 saves, '8') Steve Reinprecht (1g, +1, '8') * Erik Cole (1g, +1, 1ht, '8') Game 82: @ Los Angeles Kiprusoff starts. Kobasew, who is finally back from injury, replaces Jacobs (82%), even though he is unhappy. No scoring in the first. Anson Carter scores in the second. Ozolinsh scores late in the third. Final Score: Los Angeles 2 - Calgary 0. Reinprecht, Richards and Iginla got '6' ratings. We mailed this one in. * Martin Biron (26 saves, '9') Anson Carter (1g, 1a, +1, '8') * Aaron Miller (+1, 2ht, '8') We finish in 4th place with 103 points and will face Anaheim in the first round of the playoffs. Kobasew rejects his qualifying offer and still feels the club cannot meet his demands, whatever those may be. I decide to give him the same contract as Cole at $3 million/year with massive bonuses.

11-05-2004, 12:25 PM	#261
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	I think this is the year you make it to the Western Conference Finals. Godspeed man, Godspeed.

11-05-2004, 04:43 PM	#263
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	June 23rd, 2007 --------------- 2007 NHL Entry Draft Round 1 1(1) - Detroit selects C Zach Hamill, 6'1", 218 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #1) It's unclear to me why this guy is ranked number one as there are about five guys I would have ranked higher. He appears to be a second line center. His bravery of '4' scares me off. He wasn't even on Canada's world junior team. 1(2) - Carolina selects RD Trevor Schultz, 6'1", 171 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #2) Schultz was ranked #1 for most of the year until the final rankings came out. According to my scouts, he was the best player available but still isn't the guy I would have taken. He appears to be a top four offensive defenceman. Represented Canada at the World Junior Championships. 1(3) - Buffalo selects G Michael McKay, 5'8", 160 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #8) One of the top two goaltenders in the draft who generated a lot of press this past season. He had an ongoing feud with his general manager and there appeared to be dressing room problems as well. Too many distractions meant an horrible statistical season but his attributes are outstanding. With Jeff Glass drafted a couple years ago and now McKay, Buffalo should be set in goal. Did not make the Canadian junior team. 1(4) - Pittsburgh selects G James Cummings, 6'2", 174 lbs. - USA (ISS Ranking: #7) This is the goaltender I would have selected. He seems more poised, mature and professional and his attributes are also very good. He put up much better numbers than McKay. Represented his country at the World Junior Championships. 1(5) - Montreal selects LD Denis Popov, 6'4", 180 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #6) An offensive defenseman that needs to work on his skating. Put up 94 points in 56 games. Has represented his country at the World Juniors since he was 16. Also shows sound defensive awareness. 1(6) - Minnesota selects C/RW Riley Penner, 6'0", 198 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #4) World class speed along with decent hands but a determination of '4' and a lack of strength are question marks. Did not represent Canada at the World Juniors. 1(7) - Edmonton selects LW Jason Fortier, 6'1", 222 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #3) An offensive and physically gifted winger, Edmonton will be pleased to see Fortier drop to #7. Represented his country at the junior championship and looks to be a sure top six forward. 1(8) - Nashville selects LW Brad Delorme, 6'2", 174 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #12) A creative winger with good defensive positioning but only a work rate of '5'. Did not play internationally. 1(9) - Dallas selects RW/LW Oleg Naumov, 6'1", 171 lbs. - Russian (ISS Ranking: #26) Represented Russia at the world juniors and appears to be a complete package. May be a little early to take him but he was on my list. 1(10) - Philadelphia selects LW/RW Colton Gillies, 6'6", 222 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #11) Here is your John Leclair replacement. This is the guy I would have taken first overall. Massive physical gifts and double digits in every attribute scoring 60 points in the WHL and only just turning 18. I was trying to trade Kobasew to get into the top ten so I could draft this guy. I may try and make a deal with Philadelphia after the draft. Now that I'm in charge of Canada's junior team, he'll be on it. He hasn't represented his country yet. 1(11) - Florida selects LW/RW Corey Murphy, 5'11", 174 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #19) Started the year ranked #8 but then suffered a torn MCL which saw him miss eight months. Has world class speed and very good defensive awareness. Was high on my list and my scouts liked him. 1(12) - Phoenix selects RD/LD Justin Dillon, 6'1", 198 lbs - USA (ISS Ranking: #7) Seems to be a steady but unspectacular defenceman. Definitely needs time to develop. 1(13) - St. Louis selects LD Erik Fahlstedt, 6'2", 163 lbs. - Sweden (ISS Ranking: #5) I'm not sure why he dropped because he was the highest rated player remaining on my list. Played 41 game in the Swedish Elite League as a 17 year old! Obviously represented his country as well at the World Juniors. He'll be in the NHL. 1(14) - NY Rangers select LD Timo Eriksson, 6'0", 174 lbs. - Finland (ISS Ranking: #17) Not on my list - a '2' in skating and '1' in aggressiveness isn't what I look for in a defenceman. He did represent Finland at the World Juniors. 1(15) - Chicago selects LD Ryan Kerr, 6'4", 174 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #21) An offensive defenceman but with a bravery of '3', I didn't look at him much. He didn't make the national junior team. 1(16) - Buffalo selects G Ville Miettinen, 5'9", 156 lbs. - Finland (ISS Ranking: #27) Buffalo drafts two goalies in the first round. He was on my list and looks to be a decent pick up but it's so hard to tell with goalies. Did not play at the world juniors. 1(17) - Ottawa selects C Daniel Korsch, 5'11", 167 lbs. - Switzerland (ISS Ranking: #18) Now I don't know who to draft. If Gillies wasn't available, I was going for Korsch. He's an offensive center with serious flair and creativity - something we're desperately lacking. One of only two players in the draft with a flair of 14+. Represented his country at the world juniors. 1(18) - Boston selects C/RW Trevor Gillies, 5'11", 180 lbs. - Canada (ISS Rankiing: #13) Good physical tools, decent technical attributes but lacks determination. Wasn't on my list and didn't play internationally. 1(19) - Colorado selects G Andreas Tanner, 5'10", 169 lbs. - Switzerland (ISS Ranking: #29) Appears to be a decent young goalie but wasn't one of the ones I was looking at. Represented his country at the world juniors. 1(20) - Detroit selects LD Andrei Uchevatov, 6'1", 202 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #31) It sucks picking late. The highest rated player remaining from my list goes to Detroit. Appears to be a solid stay at home defenceman who played internationally. 1(21) - Anaheim selects RW Andrei Tarasov, 6'0", 171 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #54) He was on my list because his attributes are enticing but my scouts absolutely hated this guy. Typical Russian offensive forward who played for his country at the world juniors. 1(22) - Chicago selects LW Michel Hall, 5'10", 178 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #36) Unimpressive winger with a '3' in determination. 1(23) - New Jersey selects LW/RW Aaron Keller, 6'0", 171 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #28) Other than his work rate of '5', he appears to be a solid winger. 1(24) - Calgary selects G Antti Hagman, 6'2", 180 lbs. - Finland (ISS Ranking: #23) Hopefully this will be our goalie of the future. In the last two years in the junior league in Finland he has won 74 games and only lost 7. I have a Russian goalie ranked a little higher but his attitude is scaring me off, feeling pressured by my interest in him. The only worry about Hagman is his stamina of '9' which clearly isn't starting goalie material. I hope in four or five years this will improve. 1(25) - Columbus selects RD Fabian Weber, 5'9", 154 lbs. - Switzerland (ISS Ranking: #14) He played at the world juniors and appears to be a mobile, if not small, defenceman. He was on my list. 1(26) - Toronto selects C Sergei Belov, 5'9", 171 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #35) Who knows with these Russian forwards. He scored 135 points in 56 games in the junior league in Russia. He has ok but not great attributes and it's not clear where the offence is coming from. Anaheim was also interested in him. 1(27) - NY Islanders select RW Mark Murphy, 6'1", 163 lbs. - USA (ISS Ranking: #37) If I didn't need a goalie, I would have taken Murphy at #24 but I simply have too many young wingers already in the system. A '20' in creativity and good physical skills, this was his first year in the WHL and he scored at a point a game clip. He represented Team USA at the world juniors. 1(28) - Los Angeles selects RD/LD Bill Desjardins, 5'10", 167 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #34) A '5' in bravery combined with a positioning of '1' would scare me off in any defenceman. 1(29) - Tampa Bay selects G Dmitri Loginov, 6'0", 163 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #15) This was the Russian goalie that was rated higher than Hagman. It will be interesting to compare development down the road. 1(30) - Vancouver selects LW Nikolai Yakubov, 5'9", 158 lbs. - Russia (ISS Ranking: #62) Although he played at the world juniors, I think there were still better players available. Calgary Flames' other selections: 2(54) - Calgary selects G Bjorn Lindstrom, 6'2", 218 lbs. - Sweden (ISS Ranking: #158) Here's a gamble. There are forwards and defencemen who are rated higher in both ISS rankings and by my scouts but this is the only goalie left of any substance on my list and I need one of our goalies to pan out. He's only rated as a depth or marginal prospect by my scouts but I'm drafting by positional needs rather than best player available. 4(95) - Calgary selects LD Chad Hunter, 6'1", 213 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #114) I was going to grab him in round two, worried that he'd be gone by round four. He has good physical and mental attributes but what is most impressive is a '17' in passing which instantly makes him a better passer than any of our current defencemen. 4(114) - Calgary selects LW Jozef Macek, 6'0", 202 lbs. - Slovakia (ISS Ranking: #122) Exceptional defensive skills for a young player. Not much offensive upside but should be a good checker. 5(144) - Calgary selects C Markus Andersson, 6'1", 205 lbs. - Sweden (ISS Ranking: Unranked) A twenty year old offensive center with great off the puck skills. He's been on my radar since he was 18. 6(159) - Calgary selects RD Thomas Boon, 5'10", 171 lbs. - Germany (ISS Ranking: Unranked) Boon is an offensive defenceman with a '20' in creativity and decent attributes. My scouts were not high on him but at this point everything is a gamble. He's not even 18 yet so he has time to develop. 7(204) - Calgary selects C Chris Langkow, 6'4", 222 lbs. - Canada (ISS Ranking: #181) A big, aggressive center, team leader and fans player of the year in Plymouth of the OHL. Not much in terms of skill. 8(234) - Calgary selects C Paul Kirkham, 5'9", 171 lbs. - Great Britain (ISS Ranking: Unranked) A '20' in creativity and a '12' in flair - something I need. A complete shot in the dark. 9(264) - Calgary selects RW Jan Kolar, 6'0", 187 lbs. - Czech Republic (ISS Ranking: Unranked) Kolar is 26 and two-time winner of Czech player of the year. Just like Ruthemann, my scouts say he's an excellent player - he has the attributes to back that up. I plan on signing him right away and bringing him over - probably to replace Kobasew. Minnesota trades F Michael Tessier (22) to Colorado for the rights to F Mike Wiebe (19). Jarome Iginla is Fans Player of the Year. We are in the red, almost at our budget mark and as a result, cannot go after any free agents. F Jan Kolar (26), our 9th Round Pick, signs with us for $3.8 million/3 years. Los Angeles sign G Martin Brodeur (35) from New Jersey for $12.5 million/2 years. Vancouver sign F Martin St. Louis (32) from Tampa Bay for $12.5 million/2 years. Vancouver sign F Zigmund Palffy (35) from St. Louis for $7.75 million/1 year. NY Islanders sign F Alexei Kovalev (34) from Montreal for $15.5 million/2 years. Colorado sign F Pavol Demitra (32) from Tampa Bay for $16 million/2 years. Colorado sign D Kenny Jonsson (32) from NY Islanders for $10.75 million/2 years. Colorado sign D Aaron Miller (35) from Los Angeles for $4.4 million/1 year. Los Angeles have re-signed F Pavel Bure (36) for $6.25 million/1 year. Vancouver have re-signed F Paul Kariya (32) for $12 million/2 years. New Jersey sign G Kevin Weekes (32) from Washington for $8.9 million/4 years. Los Angeles sign D Greg de Vries (34) from Ottawa for $11.75 million/2 years. Pittsburgh sign D Cory Cross (31) from NY Islanders for $5.6 million/2 years. Montreal sign F Todd Bertuzzi (32) from Vancouver for $12.75 million/2 years. Colorado sign F Adam Deadmarsh (31) from Los Angeles for $22.75 million/3 years. Tampa Bay sign D Mattias Norstrom (35) from Los Angeles for $4.9 million/1 year. Vancouver sign D Brendan Witt (32) from Washington for $10.5 million/2 years. NY Islanders sign D Chris Therien (35) from Vancouver for $3.5 million/1 year. NY Islanders sign D Rob Blake (37) from Colorado for $7 million/1 year. Tampa Bay sign F Mike Modano (37) from Calgary for $3.3. million/1 year. Toronto sign F Matthew Barnaby (34) from Calgary for $8.1 million/2 years. Carolina sign D Sami Salo (32) from Minnesota for $5.4 million/2 years. New Jersey sign D Sandis Ozolinsh (34) from Los Angeles for $5.5 million/1 year. Dallas sign F Sebastien Bordeleau (32) from Minnesota for $7 million/2 years. Tampa Bay sign D Jason Smith (33) from San Jose for $8.7 million/2 years. Phoenix trades F Linus Bladstrom (21) to Los Angeles for the rights to G Miika Toivonen (22) and a 3rd Round Pick in 2008. NY Islanders sign D Boris Mironov (35) from Colorado for $3.8 million/1 year. NY Islanders sign D Ruslan Salei (32) from Anaheim for $6.9 million/2 years. Tampa Bay trades F Kamil Kreps (22) and a 3rd Round Pick in 2008 to Montreal for F Mike Ribeiro (27). Tampa Bay signs D Alexei Zhitnik (34) from Buffalo for $6.8 million/2 years. Calgary trades F Taylor Pyatt (26) to Los Angeles for a 4th Round Pick in 2008. Washington signs D Bret Hedican (37) from New Jersey for $3.8 million/1 year. St. Louis trades F Peter Sejna (27) to Carolina for the rights to D Marcus Hagg (22) and a 4th Round Pick in 2008. Tampa Bay sign D Craig Rivet (32) from Montreal for $5.3 million/2 years. I finally manage to sign F Chuck Kobasew (25) for $15 million/4 years. I was only able to do this once season ticket revenue came in which is less than last year. Ottawa signs F Craig Conroy (35) from Los Angeles for $1.4 million/1 year. Atlanta signs F Doug Weight (36) from Chicago of the AHL for $250,000/1 year. St. Louis signs F Steve Reinprecht (31) from Calgary for $7.6 million/3 years.

11-05-2004, 04:48 PM	#265
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	August 29th, 2007 ----------------- Prospect Game 1: Calgary 4 @ S.A.I.T. 1 Standouts: F Greg Gardner '9' - 1(23), 2006 G Brent Krahn '8' - 1(9), 2000 D Andy Rogers '8' - 5(142), 2004 D Chris Zarb '8' - 7(196), 2005 D Louis-Philippe Lachance '8' - undrafted D Mike Stuart '8' - 2(45), 2005, by Dallas F Marius Andersen '8' - 4(112), 2006 F Kris Chucko '8' - 1(22), 2004 F Brock Nixon '8' - 4(106), 2005 F Lars Erik Spets '8' - 8(238), 2004 F Jens Jacobs '8' - 8(234), 2004 Prospect Game 2: Calgary 5 @ Mount Royal 0 Standouts: D Chris Zarb '10' G Brent Krahn '8' F Kris Chucko '8' F Brett Sutter '8' - 4(94), 2005 F Yannick Tifu '8' - 3(81), 2004, by Los Angeles F Brock Nixon '8' F David Laliberte '8' - 3(76), 2005 F Scott McCulloch '8' - 6(172), 2004 The biggest disappointment by far is D Grant Lewis, 2(38), 2004. He's a giveaway machine. Prospect Game 3: Calgary 4 @ University of Lethbridge 0 Standouts: G Brent Krahn '8' D Mike Stuart '8' D Michael Busto '8' - 9(244), 2004 by San Jose F Patrick Bordeleau '8' - 5(143), 2006 F Fredrick Naslund '8' - 3(79), 2004 by Anaheim F Jordan McLean '8' - 5(121), 2005 F Brett Sutter '8' F Greg Gardner '8' F David Laliberte '8' F Scott McCulloch '8' F Jens Jacobs '8'

11-05-2004, 04:51 PM	#266
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	September 7th, 2007 ------------------- Vancouver trades F Jesse Schultz (24) and a 6th Round Pick in 2009 to Philadelphia for the rights to D Craig Bournazakis (18). Prospect Game 4: Calgary 10 @ University of Calgary 1 Standouts: D Andy Rogers '10' D Mark Cormier '10' - 2(44), 2006 F Lars Erik Spets '10' F Jordan McLean '9' F Nick Taransky '9' - 9(287), 2003 by Tampa Bay G Brent Krahn '8' D Chad Hunter '8' - 4(95), 2007 D Louis-Philippe Lachance '8' D Micheal Busto '8' F Marius Andersen '8' F Kris Chucko '8' F Greg Gardner '8' F Brock Nixon '8' F David Laliberte '8' F Scott McCulloch '8' F Jens Jacobs '8' Colorado signs F Michael Nylander (34) from Tampa Bay for $3.5 million/1 year. Phoenix trades the rights to F Liam Lindstrom (22) to Edmonton for G Kelly Guard (24). Exhibition Game 1: vs. Minnesota We win 3-1. Two first round picks impress. Greg Gardner is first star and Kris Chucko is second star. Could Gardner jump from junior right to the NHL? I'd rather have him play in the AHL but his flair and creativity is something we're missing. Chucko may make the team instead of Andersen, which is the person I was expecting to make an impression. There's lots of young talent in my system which is nice to see. Richards is injured in practice and will be out for 10 days. Exhibition Game 2: @ Minnesota We lose 2-1 in the last minute of the game. Spets and Myers were impressive. Chucko and Gardner held their own but Gardner got knocked off the puck too much. Exhibition Game 3: vs. Edmonton We win 3-1 but suffer two devastating injuries. Both Erik Cole and Jarome Iginla will be out for 3 months with partially torn ACLs. This means that Andersen, Chucko and Gardner make the team. Exhibition Game 4: @ Edmonton We win 4-3. The rookies didn't look out of place. Exhibition Game 5: vs. Vancouver A 3-3 tie. Having Chucko and Gardner together on the third line is a defensive liability but I really don't have much choice. Detroit's Darius Kasparaitus will be out for 8 months after suffering a torn ACL. Exhibition Game 6: @ Vancouver We lose 4-3. Gardner played well. We will start the season with five rookie forwards in the lineup - ouch. Hopefully we'll be able to hang on until Cole and Iginla are healthy and hopefully we don't suffer any more serious injuries. Waiver Draft Dallas selects G Maxime Ouellet (26) from Columbus. Florida selects G Vesa Toskala (30) from San Jose. St. Louis selects F Peter Schastlivy (30) from Anaheim. St. Louis selects F Daniel Cleary (28) from Washington. Boston selects F Timo Parssinen (30) from Anaheim. Atlanta selects F Yared Hagos (24) from Dallas. Atlanta selects F Antoine Vermette (25) from Ottawa.

11-05-2004, 04:54 PM	#267
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	October 10th, 2007 ------------------ Game 1: vs. Columbus Kiprusoff starts. Frogren is the seventh defenceman and healthy scratch. Nilson is the odd man out up front as I want to see what the kids have. Columbus' first shot hits the post courtesy of Staios but there's no scoring in the first. In the second, a wristshot from Svitov finds the mark and gets Columbus on the board. Weimer then springs Madden for a breakaway goal and his 300th career point to tie the game. Andersen strips Robert Lang and then feeds Jacobs who fires but is robbed by Stana. Stana gives a rebound that is taken by Andrei Markov but Jacobs, following his own rebound, strips Markov and fires it past an unsuspecting Stana to give us a one goal lead. Kiprusoff then stops Svitov on a breakaway, robbing him with a quick glove hand. In the third, Weimer fails to capitalize on a breakaway. With 20 seconds left in the game, Jacobs drops them with Svitov and finishes him off with a haymaker. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Columbus 1. No one got a '6' rating. * Jens Jacobs (1g, +1, 1ft, '8') Miikka Kiprusoff (20 saves, '8') * John Madden (1g, +1, 1ht, '8') Game 2: vs. St. Louis Kiprusoff starts. The only change is moving Jacobs to the second line and putting Spets on the fourth line. Jacobs also takes a turn on the second powerplay unit. Less than one minute in, Jacobs shoves Bryan Berard off the puck and feeds Kolar in the slot for a 1-0 lead. A couple minutes later, Weimer strips the puck from a St. Louis player and feeds Souray on the point. A wrister finds the mark for an early 2-0 lead. With Chipchura off for two minutes, Phaneuf feeds Kobasew with a long pass behind the St. Louis defence and Kobasew shoves it in to make it 3-0. In the second, Leopold hits the post and before Andersen can drive home the rebound, he's hooked but we're unable to score on the subsequent powerplay. Kotalik then gets St. Louis on the board. Jackman then stops makes an open ice hit and feeds Gardner on a breakaway. Gardner's original shot is stopped by Khabibulin and as he goes for the rebound, he dekes past Zabransky but gets hooked by Ricci. Again, we are unable to score with the man advantage. Gardner is stripped off the puck by Ricci who feeds Reinprecht who rings one off the post. Leopold outmuscles Bell for the rebound. Kiprusoff then makes an outstanding save to rob Scott Niedermayer of a goal. Jacobs then strips Gonchar of the puck and feeds Gardner in the slot for his first career goal and a 4-1 lead with 25 seconds left in the second period. In the third, with about two minutes left, Gardner is stopped by a hit from Berard who then feeds Foote. Foote misses the net with a shot but feeds Torres with a wristshot that beats Kiprusoff. Final Score: Calgary 4 - St. Louis 2. We outshot St. Louis 32-17. No one got a '6' rating. * Adam Foote (2a, +1, 1ht, '8') Jens Jacobs (2a, +1, '8') * Jan Kolar (1g, +1, 1ht, '8') San Jose trades F Mark Smith (29) and the rights to F Mattias Axelsson (18) to Philadelphia for F Jeff Carter (22). Brendan Morrison (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Sergei Zubov (Van) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 3: @ Minnesota Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. The first two minutes sees Minnesota with sustained pressure in our end followed by a breakaway by Jacobs but he's unable to cash in. Former Flame Joel Lundqvist then drops the gloves with Jackman and wins the fight. After more pressure from Minnesota, Andersen gets a breakaway but he passes to Spets who makes it 1-0. A few minutes later, Gaborik ties the game. Souray rings one of the post. Jackman and Jacobs are both hurt and out for the game. In the second, Gardner strips Nick Schultz from the puck, feeds Spets and he gets his second of the game. Lundqvist fires a shot and Burns gets the rebound past Kiprusoff to tie the game. Lundqvist continues to get his revenge by setting up Samuelsson for Minnesota's third goal. In the third, with only three minutes left, Weimer and Madden combine to set up Chucko for his first career goal which ties the game at 3. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Minnesota 3 - Calgary 3. No one got a '6' rating. Jackman will be out for 10 days with a twisted knee. Jacobs will be out for 2 weeks with an UCL tear. * Lars Erik Spets (2g, +2, 1ht, '8') Joel Lundqvist (2a, +2, 4ht, '8') * Marian Gaborik (1g, 5ht, '8') Game 4: @ Colorado Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Jackman. Nilson in for Jacobs. No scoring in the first or second. Early in the third, Gratton breaks the deadlock. Ruthemann then scores on a powerplay after Kobasew missed on a breakaway. Tanabe springs Richards with a long pass but Richards is stopped by an amazing save by Aebischer. The rebound is not controlled and Richards follows it and drives it home for a 2-1 lead with five minutes left. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Colorado 1. Gardner is the only one with a '6' rating. * Brad Richards (1g, +1, '8') Marco Buhrer (25 saves, '8') * Ivo Ruthemann (1g, +1, '8') That's where I am to date.

11-06-2004, 12:54 PM	#268
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	October 19th, 2007 ------------------ Game 5: vs. Montreal Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Peca scores first. Kobasew scores his 50th career goal to tie the game. In the second, Svoboda scores a powerplay goal. With 44 seconds left in the period, Zednik makes it 3-1. With 17 seconds left in the period, Kolar answers to make it 3-2. 1:27 into the third, Zednik gets his second to make it 4-2. Lombardi gets his revenge late in the game. Final Score: Montreal 5 - Calgary 2. We were outshot 31-19. Kiprusoff, Souray, Chucko, Andersen and Nilson get '6' ratings. * Richard Zednik (2g, +2, 2ht, '8') Michael Peca (1g, 1a, +3, '8') * Chuck Kobasew (1g, 4ht, '8') Alexander Ovechkin (Chi) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Olaf Kolzig (Det) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 6: vs. Colorado Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. With 34 seconds left in the first, Hejduk makes it 1-0. No scoring in the second. Deadmarsh scores on the powerplay in the third. Final Score: Colorado 2 - Calgary 0. Myers was the only one with a '6' rating. * David Aebischer (21 saves, '9') Adam Deadmarsh (1g, '8') * Milan Hejduk (1g, +1, '8') Game 7: @ Nashville Kiprusoff starts. Lines are shuffled around. No scoring in the first. In the second, Adam Hall makes it 1-0. In the third, Glazachev scores another. Final Score: Nashville 2 - Calgary 0. 2 goals in three games isn't going to cut it. Nilson, Weimer, Myers and Andersen get '6' ratings. * Tomas Vokoun (24 saves, '9') Konstantin Glazachev (1g, +1, '8') * Mike Green (1a, +2, 3ht, '8') Game 8: vs. Ottawa Buhrer starts. 10 seconds in, Chucko scores to make it 1-0. Peat answers for Ottawa. Fisher makes it 2-1. In the second, Fisher scores on a breakaway. Axelsson scores a meaningless goal in the third. Final Score: Ottawa 4 - Calgary 1. Myers and Leopold get a '6' rating. Buhrer gets a '5' and a warning. * Patrick Lalime (30 saves, '9') Craig Conroy (2a, +3, 1ht, '8') * P.J. Axelsson (1g, +1, '8') Detroit trades D Ken Klee (36) to Atlanta for F Carter Camper (19) and the rights to F Denis Loginov (22). Tampa Bay places D Dan Boyle (31) on waivers. I was immediately interested, as is every team in the NHL. The only problem is he has a $8.2 million/2 year deal. Game 9: vs. Vancouver Kiprusoff starts. Davidsson scores quickly to make it 1-0. Richards answers to tie the game. No scoring in the second. Morrison scores early in the third to make it 2-1. Henrik Sedin adds insurance. Final Score: Vancouver 3 - Calgary 1. Andersen was the only one with a '6' rating. * Dan Cloutier (19 saves, '8') Brendan Morrison (1g, +1, '8') * Brad Richards (1g, 1ht, '8') Clearly without Iginla, our offense is non-existant. In nine games we have only scored 15 goals. Only Florida is worse with 12 goals but they've played one fewer game. I can't bring anybody up except more kids and I can't trade the kids cause they're the future. I think we're in for a long rebuilding year. If this keeps up, we'll be out of the playoffs quickly and then the question becomes do we trade any of our name players. I have no choice but to call some guys up. I recall checking center F Yannick Tifu (23) from the AHL and American enforcer F Jeremy Pollastrone (21). I also place F Marcus Nilson (29) on the block. Gilbert Brule (NYR) is Offensive Player of the Week. Patrick Lalime (Ott) is Defensive Player of the Week. Dallas have claimed D Dan Boyle from waivers. Tifu suffers a foot contusion in practice and will be out for two weeks. Ubelievable. Martin St. Louis (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Month. Kimmo Timmonen (Col) wins Defensive Player of the Month. Janne Niskala (Buf) wins Rookie of the Month. Game 10: @ Pittsburgh Kiprusoff starts. Jackman is healthy and in for Souray. Frogren's played well this year. Nilson is scratched for Pollastrone. I change up the tactics to a dump & chase, aggressive forecheck, defensive mentality. I play this one out in full with these tactics activated. Morozov scores to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead. Whitney quickly makes it 2-0. Crosby makes it 3-0. Kolar gets us on the board with a powerplay goal. Gardner then goes coast-to-coast and scores on the backhand to make it 3-2. Early in the second, Kobasew scores a powerplay goal to tie the game at 3. Kobasew scores his second powerplay goal to give us a 4-3 lead. In the third, the crashing the net strategy pays dividends with a Chucko goal to make it 5-3. With about 5 minutes left, my American enforcer, Pollastrone, does his job and drops the gloves with Matt Bradley absolutely crushing him. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Pittsburgh 3. A nice comeback after being down 3-0, including going 3/4 on the powerplay. Pollastrone, Myers and Kiprusoff got '6' ratings. * Chuck Kobasew (2g, 3ht, '8') Sidney Crosby (1g, 1a, +2, 2ht, '8') * Aleksey Morozov (1g, 1a, +2, '8') Game 11: @ NY Rangers Buhrer starts. Jacobs, now healthy, in for Myers and replaces Spets on the second line. Andersen replaces Myers' center position on the fourth line. Madden opens the scoring. No scoring in the second. With Jacobs off for cross-checking, Gilbert Brule ties it up in the third. Hands of Stone Pollastrone gets a breakaway but can't do anything with it. Kobasew wins it in overtime. Final Score: Calgary 2 - New York 1 (OT). Andersen, Ruthemann, Chucko and Frogren get '6' ratings. * Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, +2, 1ht, '9') Marco Buhrer (1a, 28 saves, '9') * Gilbert Brule (1g, -1, 2ht, '8') Game 12: vs. Minnesota Kiprusoff starts. Souray in for Frogren. Myers in for Andersen. Joel Lundqvist opens the scoring against his old team. A few seconds later, Jacobs sets up Kolar to tie the game. After stripping Phaneuf, Pierre-Marc Bouchard gets a backhand past Kiprusoff. In the second, Ruthemann ties it up on the powerplay. Late in the period, Richards gives us a 3-2 lead. Minnesota pulls their goaltender and Richards gets an empty netter. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Minnesota 2. No one had a '6' rating. * Brad Richards (2g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '10') Jan Kolar (1g, +1, 3ht, '8') * Pierre-Marc Bouchard (1g, +1, '8') Aleksey Morozov (Pit) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Scott Niedermayer (Stl) wins Defensive Player of the Week.

11-06-2004, 05:31 PM	#269
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	November 5th, 2007 ------------------ Game 13: vs. San Jose Kiprusoff starts. Nilson in for Pollastrone. I don't play this one out in full but tell Playfair to use my tactics. Phaneuf unwisely drops the gloves with Scott Parker and loses the fight three minutes into the game. Jacobs scores to get us on the board. In the second, Myers gets his first goal and point of the season by deflecting a Warrener point shot to make it 2-0. Marleau answers for San Jose but 1:11 later, Jacobs gets his second of the game. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Calgary 3 - San Jose 1. Game stats were even. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating. * Jens Jacobs (2g, +2, 1ht, '8') Miikka Kiprusoff (26 saves, '8') * Patrick Marleau (1g, 2ht, '8') I send Pollastrone back to the ECHL. I also switch practice regimens for some of the regulars who've become "comfortable" which has seen their attributes decline. Game 14: @ Columbus Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. 2:11 in, Jacobs gets us on the board. Chucko scores to make it 2-0. With 1:41 left in the period, Kolar blasts a one-time from Richards past Emery to make it 3-0. With 14 seconds left in the period, Jackman crushes Svitov in a fight. Nilson scores in the second to make it 4-0. Olesz gets Columbus on the board. In the third, Myers deflects a Leopold wristshot. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Columbus 1. No one got a '6' rating. We outshot Columbus 41-27, directing 59 shots toward goal. * Jan Kolar (1g, 1a, +2, 2ht, '8') Miikka Kiprusoff (26 saves, '8') * Dion Phaneuf (2a, +2, 1ht, 1ft, '8') Game 15: @ Anaheim Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. Kobasew scores to get us on the board. Souray then scores with his 100th point as a Flame to make it 2-0. 2:26 into the second, Spets one-times a pass from Nilson to make it 3-0. It's Spets 50th career point and Nilson's 100th career point as a Flame. Richards scores to make it 4-0. Jacobs then drops the gloves with Jason Krog and demolishes him with a haymaker. 1:52 into the third, Richards gets his second of the game to make it 5-0. Kolar then adds one more. Final Score: Calgary 6 - Anaheim 0. We outshoot the Ducks, 32-19. No one had a '6' rating. 21 year old rookie, Justin Peters, was in net for Anaheim. * Jan Kolar (1g, 3a, +4, '10') Brad Richards (2g, +5, '8') * Marco Buhrer (19 saves, '8') Martin St. Louis (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Henrik Lundqvist (Min) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Washington trades the rights to D Taylor Chorney (20) and a 1st Round Pick in 2008 to Chicago for G Jose Theodore (31) and an 8th Round Pick in 2008. I demote Tifu to the ECHL. I'm trying to only keep my top ten prospects in the AHL (shared affiliate) - 1g, 3d, 2lw, 2c, 2rw. Game 16: @ San Jose Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Myers re-directs a Warrener slapshot on the powerplay to make it 1-0. Jackman goes to a rematch with Parker but the decision remains the same. Jacobs then one-times a Madden pass to make it 2-0. Marleau scores on the powerplay to make it 2-1. In the second, Kobasew tips a Jackman wristshot to find the mark. Kolar then scores on the powerplay to make it 4-1. Derek Roy answers for San Jose to cut the lead to two. Richards scores in the third to make it 5-2. Jacobs scores a powerplay goal to make it 6-2. With 29 seconds left in the game, Chucko adds one more. Final Score: Calgary 7 - San Jose 2. No one had a '6' rating. Dion Phaneuf will be out for a few days after tweaking his knee. * Jens Jacobs (2g, 1a, 1ht, '9') Jan Kolar (1g, 1a, 2ht, '8') * Chuck Kobasew (1g, +2, '8') Toronto signs F Markus Naslund (34) from Vancouver for $15.25 million/2 years. Game 17: vs. Los Angeles Kiprusoff starts. Frogren in for Phaneuf. No scoring in the first. In the second, Kolar scores a powerplay goal on Leopold's 100th career assist. Weimer scores his first goal of the season in the third. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Los Angeles 0. Spets and Frogren got '6' ratings. * Jan Kolar (1g, 2ht, '8') Miikka Kiprusoff (19 saves, '8') * Jason Weimer (1g, +1, 3ht, '8') We're on a great role. What do I do when Cole and Iginla come back in a couple weeks? The media is on the case of Colorado's, F Milan Hejduk (31), whose production has dropped off drastically, scoring only 3 goals in the first 17 games. F Joe Sakic (38) is an unsigned free agent. Game 18: vs. Dallas Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Jacobs opens the scoring. Jacobs makes it 2-0 in the second. 1:25 into the third, Jacobs gets the natural hattrick. With 43 seconds left in the game, Tanabe scores. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Dallas 0. We outshot Dallas, 30-12 but were outhit 37-19. No one got a '6' rating. * Jens Jacobs (3g, +3, 1ht, '9') John Madden (2a, +2, 1ht, '8') * Miikka Kiprusoff (19 saves, '8') Alexander Ovechkin (Chi) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Al Montoya (Buf) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Edmonton signs F Chad Kilger (30) from Toronto for $800,000/1 year. F Alexander Semin (23) ends his holdout and re-signs with Washington for $8.8 million/4 years. The media is doubtful whether we can continue our current form and seriously challenge for the Cup. Of course, I tell them I intend to challenge which delights the fans and pleases the board. The media is a little too predictable in this first version. Game 19: vs. NY Rangers Buhrer starts. Phaneuf in for Frogren. 50 seconds in, Madden makes it 1-0. 30 seconds later, Ladd ties the game. Betts then makes it 2-1 New York. In the second, Gardner ties the game at 2. With 56 secons left in the period, Kobasew scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-2. Ruthemann adds one more in the third. Chucko then drops the gloves with John Jakopin but loses the fight. Final Score: Calgary 4 - New York 2. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating. * Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, +2, '8') Brad Richards (2a, +1, 3ht, '8') * Ivo Ruthemann (1g, +2, 2ht, '8') Game 20: vs. Phoenix Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. Taffe gets Phoenix on the board. Novoseltsev makes it 2-0. In the second, Kavanaugh makes it 3-0. Phaneuf scores a shorthanded goal to get us on the board. In the third, Kolar makes it 3-2. Nedorost quickly answers for Phoenix. Doherty adds one more. Final Score: Phoenix 5 - Calgary 2. Kiprusoff, Souray, Gardner, Myers and Nilson got '6' ratings. 10 wins in a row is a club record under my watch. * Ladislav Nagy (2a, '8') Dan Lacouture (2a, +2, 2ht, '8') * Dion Phaneuf (1g, +1, 1ht, '8') Game 21: vs. Nashville Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. With 45 seconds left in the first, Richards opens the scoring on the powerplay. Madden makes it 2-0 in the second. Orszagh cuts the lead to one. In the third, Kobasew scores into the empty net. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Nashville 1. We outshoot Nashville, 31-11. Chucko and Nilson get '6' ratings. * Brad Richards (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '8') John Madden (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '8') * Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, +1, '8') Patrik Elias (NJ) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Kenny Jonsson (Col) wins Defensive Player of the Week. One thing I've totally forgot about in this career, is the Hall of Fame, which is a completely hidden feature. It's buried under the "See Also" tab under the "History" section of the NHL. You don't even get a media report when someone is inducted. Here are the inductees: 2003 F Doug Gilmour 1473gp, 450g, 964a, 1414pts, 1299pim D Phil Housley 1495gp, 338g, 894a, 1232pts, 822pim G Mike Richter 653gp, 296w, 24so, 2.89gaa, .898sv% G Mike Vernon 781gp, 385w, 27so, 2.98gaa, .880sv% 2004 F Adam Oates 1277gp, 339g, 1063a, 1402pts, 407pim F Stephane Richer 1054gp, 421g, 398a, 819pts, 614pim F Kirk Muller 1349gp, 357g, 602a, 959pts, 1223pim F Kevin Stevens 842gp, 328g, 393a, 721pts, 1443pim F Claude Lemieux 1197gp, 379g, 406a, 785pts, 1756pim D Jyrki Lumme 985gp, 114g, 354a, 468pts, 620pim G Tom Barrasso 669gp, 313w, 35so, 3.23gaa, .881sv% 2005 F Luc Robitaille 1355gp, 647g, 709a, 1356pts, 1077pim F Brett Hull 1264gp, 748g, 628a, 1376pts, 466pim F Shayne Corson 1180gp, 273g, 425a, 698pts, 2371pim F Scott Mellanby 1278gp, 355g, 422a, 777pts, 2321pim F Mark Messier 1801gp, 687g, 1187a, 1874pts, 2006pim F Ron Francis 1711gp, 545g, 1242a, 1787pts, 985pim F Vincent Damphousse 1345gp, 422g, 750a, 1172pts, 1146pim D Al MacInnis 1491gp, 346g, 954a, 1300pts, 1501pim D Chris Chelios 1382gp, 178g, 726a, 904pts, 2695pim G Ed Belfour 847gp, 420w, 68so, 2.48gaa, .899sv% G Sean Burke 752gp, 307w, 37so, 2.89gaa, .887sv% G Curtis Joseph 809gp, 391w, 44so, 2.78gaa, .901sv% G Dominik Hasek 620gp, 307w, 63so, 2.26gaa, .919sv% 2006 F Gary Roberts 1101gp, 402g, 426a, 828pts, 2453pim F Mark Recchi 1185gp, 476g, 739a, 1215pts, 747pim F Theoren Fleury 1084gp, 455g, 633a, 1088pts, 1840pim D Teppo Numminen 1170gp, 109g, 442a, 551pts, 415pim D Scott Stevens 1731gp, 199g, 741a, 940pts, 2795pim D Calle Johansson 1181gp, 121g, 416a, 537pts, 521pim 2007 F Eric Lindros 826gp, 423g, 515a, 938pts, 1444pim F Pierre Turgeon 1444gp, 535g, 821a, 1356pts, 535pim F Steve Thomas 1248gp, 418g, 511a, 929pts, 1219pim F John Leclair 982gp, 418g, 422a, 840pts, 435pim F Peter Bondra 1111gp, 514g, 398a, 912pts, 779pim D Mathieu Schneider 1057gp, 162g, 375a, 537pts, 941pim D James Patrick 1291gp, 148g, 491a, 639pts, 751pim

11-06-2004, 08:23 PM	#270
JeffNights College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Michigan	What no love for the Captain? Where is Yzerman on the inductee list??

11-07-2004, 10:45 PM	#271
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	Yzerman was the first name I looked for but he wasn't on the list. He's still an assistant coach with San Jose. Not much was done with this feature obviously.

11-13-2004, 08:23 PM	#276
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	I've been fooling around with a draft log in Excel similar to the one at hockeydb.com. It's so much easier to get a sense of draft success/failure with this type of format. Too bad SI didn't create HTML output like this automatically. This is for this dynasty's 2004 draft. Malkin has still not been brought over by Nashville. Schwarz was brought over this year and is playing in Hartford. Schremp is a bust as I expected (sorry klayman) but the biggest bust is Bourque at #30. Ray's kid wasn't even signed by the Devils and he's now looking for work. 2004 NHL EHM Entry Draft

11-14-2004, 11:17 PM	#277
klayman College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Edmonton	Cmon. Even +/- on the worst team in the NHL That's not a bust (just looking for positives)

11-15-2004, 10:09 PM	#278
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	November 26th, 2007 ------------------- Game 22: @ Vancouver Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. 30 seconds in, Kobasew gets his 10th of the year for a 1-0 lead. Less than two minutes later, Pronger gets his 100th career goal to tie the game. 40 seconds later, Jacobs scores on the powerplay with his 10th of the year. Myers adds one of his own to make it 3-1. In the second, Jacobs drops the gloves with Brendan Witt but loses this bout. No scoring in the second. In the third, a Martin St. Louis powerplay goal makes it 3-2. With 3:32 left in the third, Morrison ties it at 3. With 7 seconds left in the game, Chucko scores the winner. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Vancouver 3. Game stats were even. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating. * Kris Chucko (1g, +1, '8') Chris Pronger (1g, 1a, +1, '8') * Brendan Morrison (1g, 1a, +2, '8') Game 23: @ Colorado Buhrer starts in this back-to-back game. No change to the lineup. Ruthemann opens the scoring. Vaananen answers with his first of the year. Ortmeyer scores in the second to give Colorado a 2-1 lead. 1:59 later, Ruthemann ties it with his second of the game. No scoring in the third. We stop four Colorado shots in overtime without registering one of own. Final Score: Colorado 2 - Calgary 2. Game stats were even. We were 0/4 on the powerplay but killed off six penalties. Our fourth line of Spets - Myers - Nilson got '6' ratings. * Ivo Ruthemann (2g, +2, '8') Ossi Vaananen (1g, 1a, +2, '8') * Jed Ortmeyer (1g, +2, 5ht, '8') Game 24: vs. Pittsburgh Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. No scoring in the first. Ruthemann scores first in the second. Rico Fata scores to tie the game. In the third, Morozov gets his 10th of the year. Final Score: Pittsburgh 2 - Calgary 1. We outplayed Pittsburgh in terms of game stats but Nilson, Gardner, Spets, and Jacobs got '6' ratings. * Aleksey Morozov (1g, 2ht, '8') Marc-Andre Fleury (31 saves, '9') * Ivo Ruthemann (1g, +1, '8') Martin St. Louis (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Month. Sergei Gonchar (Stl) wins Defensive Player of the Month. Braydon Coburn (Atl) wins Rookie of the Month. Ottawa trades F Olivier Labelle (22) and a 4th Round Pick in 2008 to Florida for F Jean-Francois Cyr (24). Calgary signs F J.D. Watt (20) from Kelowna. He's an undrafted player that was on my list. He'll join the team next year and simply adds more minor league depth as there are two centers in the ECHL that I don't plan on re-signing. Martin St. Louis (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Alexei Zhitnik (TB) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 25: @ Anaheim Kiprusoff starts. Andersen in for Spets. Richards scores first to get us on the board. Jackman drops the gloves with Prospal of all people and handles him easily. In the second, after hitting the post, Getzlaf puts in the rebound to tie the game. 1:38 into the third, Prospal makes it 2-1. 1:10 later, Getzlaf makes it 3-1. Leopold gets one back but Krog answers quickly for Anaheim. Kobasew gets one with 49 seconds left but that's all she wrote. Final Score: Anaheim 4 - Calgary 3. We were 0/6 on the powerplay. Chucko and Andersen got '6' ratings. * Chuck Kobasew (1g, 2a, +1, 3ht, '9') Ryan Getzlaf (2g, +1, 1ht, '8') * Vaclav Prospal (1g, +1, 1ht, '8') Game 26: vs. Chicago Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. No scoring in the first. Moreau scores a powerplay goal in the second to make it 1-0 Chicago. Moreau gets another to give the Blackhawks a two goal lead. Nilson scores in the third to give us hope. Richards gets his tenth to tie the game. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Chicago 2 - Calgary 2. We outshot Chicago 31-17 but were 0/5 on the powerplay. Kiprusoff got a '6' rating. * Brad Richards (1g, +1, 2ht, '8') Ethan Moreau (2g, 1ht, '8') * Jan Kolar (1a, +1, 1ht, '8') Game 27: vs. Florida Buhrer starts. Cole is finally healthy and replaces Andersen. This moves Chucko to the fourth line. I also return control over tactics to Jim Playfair. Richards scores early in the first. 28 seconds later, Ruthemann scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-0. With 1:22 left in the period, Huselius gets Florida on the board. No scoring in the second. Geoffrion ties the game in the third. Kolar wins it in overtime. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Florida 2 (OT). Madden and Myers got '6' ratings. * Jan Kolar (1g, +1, '8') Rhett Warrener (1a, +1, 1ht, '9') * Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8') Washington trades F Brad Boyes (25) to San Jose for the rights to F Chase Crowder (20). Ilya Kovalchuk (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Scott Hannan (SJ) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Iginla is now healthy so I demote Andersen to Lowell.

11-20-2004, 04:38 AM	#279
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	December 10th, 2007 ------------------- Game 28: @ Edmonton Buhrer starts because he's had exceptional form, even though Kiprusoff is ready. Iginla replaces Myers. Now I try something different with the lines: Ruthemann - Iginla - Kobasew Jacobs - Richards - Kolar Cole - Madden - Weimer Chucko - Gardner - Nilson Iginla plays center because I want to see Kolar on the top two lines. If this experiment fails after a while, I'll go to a more balanced lineup. Rookies Gardner and Chucko get demoted to the fourth line which makes Spets and Myers healthy scratches. Cole is stopped early on a breakaway. After several unsuccesful powerplay opportunities, Jacobs feeds Souray for a powerplay goal to make it 1-0 late in the first. Jacobs then hits the post. In the second, Reasoner scores a powerplay goal on Edmonton's first powerplay chance. Rita then scores a short handed goal from a Buhrer rebound. Richards answers on the powerplay to tie the game at 2. In the third, Rita gets another powerplay goal off of a Buhrer rebound. On our powerplay opportunity, Leopold hits the post and Jimmy Howard robs Jacobs of what looks to be a sure goal on the rebound. Late in the game with the goalie pulled, Edmonton takes a penalty which gives us a 6-on-4 situation. Howard robs Richards in the dying seconds. Final Score: Edmonton 3 - Calgary 2. We were 2/10 on the powerplay and Edmonton was 2/4. Interestingly, no one got a '6' rating. * Brad Richards (1g, 1a, '8') Marty Reasoner (1g, '8') * Chuck Kobasew (1a, 1ht, '8') Detroit trades F Peter Guggisberg (22) to Carolina for D Ryan Wilson (20). Game 29: @ Vancouver Kiprusoff starts. No change to the lineup. No scoring in the first. Ruthemann scores in the second to get us on the board. 2:10 later, Palffy ties it up for Vancouver. 35 seconds after that, Kobasew regains the lead. Jackman later scores his first of the year to make it 3-1. With 1:30 left in the second, Nielsen makes it 3-2. Cole gets one in the third. Brendan Witt hits the post. Final Score: Calgary 4 - Vancouver 2. Nilson was the only one with a '6' rating. * Chuck Kobasew (1g, 2a, +2, 3ht, '10') Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 2a, +2, '9') * Chris Nielsen (1g, '8') Chuck Kobasew (Cgy) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Bryan McCabe (NYR) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 30: vs. Minnesota Kiprusoff starts. Spets in for Nilson. Nystrom opens the scoring for the Wild. In the second, Iginla ties it up on the powerplay. Phaneuf then one-times an Iginla pass and blows it passed Lundqvist to make it 2-1. Richards scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-1. 28 seconds later, Nystrom gets his second of the game to cut the lead to one. Weimer answers that goal with one of his own. 14 seconds later and four seconds into a powerplay, Kobasew makes it 5-2. 1:09 into the third, Leopold scores a powerplay goal to make it 6-2. Kolar adds a goal. With 13 seconds left in the game, Gaborik adds a meaningless goal. Final Score: Calgary 7 - Minnesota 3. We outshot Minnesota, 33-14, and were 4/7 on the powerplay. No one got a '6' rating but Kiprusoff got a '4' for letting in 3 goals on only 14 shots. He gets a warning from me and acknowledge his poor play. * Dion Phaneuf (1g, 2a, 1ht, '10') Jarome Iginla (1g, 3a, 1ht, '10') * Marian Gaborik (1g, 1a, +1, '8') New Jersey trades F Petr Vrana (22) to Columbus for the rights to D Dan Viljevac (20). Game 31: @ Dallas Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. Jacobs scores to make it 1-0. In the second, Ponikarovsky ties it for Dallas. 24 seconds into the third, Morrow makes it 2-1. Kolar ties the game at 2. Dallas dominated overtime but with 10 seconds left, Richards scores. Final Score: Calgary 3 - Dallas 2 (OT). We killed off six penalties. Spets was the only one with a '6' rating. * Brad Richards (1g, +2, '8') Jan Kolar (1g, 1a, +2, 1ht, '9') * Jens Jacobs (1g, +2, 1ht, '8') Kobasew will be out for a week with a neck strain suffered in practice. Dallas have signed F Keith Tkachuk (35) from St. Louis for $6.25 million/1 year. Tkachuk is one of those few players who looks to have a future in the game when he retires because his non-playing profile is impressive. Game 32: @ Phoenix Buhrer starts. Myers in for the injured Kobasew and Iginla shifts back to right wing. 42 seconds into the game, Phaneuf makes it 1-0. With 42 seconds left in the period, Taffe ties it up on the powerplay. No scoring in the second or third. 2:10 into overtime, Iginla scores. Final Score: Calgary 2 - Phoenix 1 (OT). We were outshot 25-14. Cole, Chucko and Spets got '6' ratings. * Marco Buhrer (24 saves, '8') Jarome Iginla (1g, +2, 1ht, '8') * Toni Lydman (1a, -1, 3ht, '8') Richards will be out for 10 days with anterior knee pain. Paul Kariya (Van) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Dion Phaneuf (Cgy) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 33: @ St. Louis Buhrer starts. Nilson in for the injured Richards. The lines are all shuffled. Stafford scores a powerplay goal to make it 1-0 St. Louis. Kotalik makes it 2-0. Kolar answers to get us on the board. In the second, Tanabe scores on the powerplay with his 200th career point to tie the game at 2. 13 seconds later, Ruthemann scores. Spets then makes it 4-2. With 38 seconds left in the period, Chipchura answers. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Calgary 4 - St. Louis 3. We outshot St. Louis 36-19 as we went 1/8 on the powerplay. Weimer, Chucko and Buhrer got '6' ratings. * Ales Kotalik (1g, '8') Ivo Ruthemann (1g, +1, '8') * Lars Erik Spets (1g, -1, '8') World Junior Championships: Game 1 vs. USA Team Canada is comprised of two 19 year olds, six 18 year olds, ten 17 year olds, seven 16 year olds and one 15 year old. Simply put, the younger regens seem to have better attributes than the older players. The two 19 year olds are healthy scratches for this game, including Flames property, D Mark Cormier (19). I've molded Team Canada in the Flames' image, being a high-forechecking, physically aggressive team. The only difference is that with the amount of firepower on this team, I've made every line focus on attacking at all times. 14 players are from the WHL, 7 from the OHL and 5 from the QMJHL. 56 seconds in, Kootenay's F Greg Malefant (16) makes it 1-0. In the second, Kingston's F Jason Fortier (18) and Edmonton's first round pick this past draft, scores a powerplay goal to make it 2-0. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Canada 2 - USA 0. We outshot the US, 31-23, and killed off six penalties. * G Michael McKay (18) (Quebec) - 1(3) Buffalo (2007) F Jason Fortier (18) (Kingston) - 1(7) Edmonton (2007) * D Cory Anderson (18) (Peterborough) - draft eligible

11-21-2004, 05:02 PM	#280
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	December 27th, 2007 ------------------- Game 34: vs. New Jersey Kiprusoff starts. Kobasew is healthy and replaces Nilson. Iginla is still centering Ruthemann and Kobasew. We're facing former Flames farm hand in goal - Curtis McElhinney. Kobasew gets us on the board to make it 1-0. Ruthemann makes it 2-0 on the powerplay with an assist to Tanabe - his 50th point as a Flame. Iginla then makes it 3-0. In the second, Gomez scores a powerplay goal to get New Jersey on the board. 1:23 later, Madden scores against his former team. Leopold makes it 5-1. Langenbrunner scores a meaningless goal in the third. Final Score: Calgary 5 - New Jersey 2. Chucko was the only one with a '6' rating. Phaneuf and Weimer get banged up which sees their conditioning drop to 65%. * Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, '8') Jarome Iginla (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '8') * Erik Cole (2a, +2, 3ht, '8') World Junior Championships: Game 2 vs. Czech Republic I make a goalie change because of conditioning. I also bring in my two 19 year old defencemen. Peterborough's D Cory Anderson (18) scores a shorthanded goal to get us on the board. In the second, Kingston's F Jason Fortier (18) makes it 2-0. Moose Jaw's F Ben Morin (16) scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-0. After killing off a penalty, the Czechs get on the board. In the third, Kootenay's F Greg Malefant (16) makes it 4-1. Final Score: Canada 4 - Czech Republic 1. We outshoot the Czechs, 45-11. * D Cory Anderson (18) - (Peterborough) - draft eligible F Martin Suchanek (17) - (Pardubice) - draft eligible * F Greg Malefant (16) - (Kootenay) Phoenix trades D Brad Ference (28) to Buffalo for the rights to G Ville Miettinen (18). This one is surprising considering Miettinen was Buffalo's first round pick in the most recent draft. Game 35: vs. Edmonton Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Phaneuf. Nilson in for Weimer. Kobasew opens the scoring with a powerplay goal. York answers for the Oil. In the second, Madden one-times a Jacobs pass to make it 2-1. Brewer answers for Edmonton. Cole drops the gloves with Jason Bonsignore and actually loses the fight. In the third, Cajanek gives Edmonton their first lead of the game. Ruthemann ties the game. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Edmonton 3 - Calgary 3. Cole was the only one with a '6' rating. Spets is injured and out for two weeks. * Ivo Ruthemann (1g, 1a, +1, '8') Mike York (1g, 1a, +2, 1ht, '8') * Eric Brewer (1g, 1a, +1, 3ht, '8') World Junior Championships: Game 3 vs. Russia My best goalie is in. One minor lineup change on the fourth line. My starting goalie gets hurt. The backup has yet to see any action in the tournament. Both teams hit the post. We go 0/6 on a penalty filled first period and the game is scoreless after one. In the second, some heavy forechecking leads to a turnover and Lethbridge's D Scott Lowe (16) gets us on the board with a point shot. Medicine Hat's F Colton Gillies (18), team captain and Philadelphia's first round pick in 2007, makes it 2-0. After switching up the second powerplay unit, Kootenay's F Greg Malefant (16) scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-0. Russia gets a powerplay goal late in the third. With 36 seconds left in the game, Russia makes it 3-2. For some reason, they pulled a Tikhanov and didn't pull the goalie. Final Score: Canada 3 - Russia 2. * D Scott Lowe (16) - (Lethbridge) Greg Malefant * F Colton Gillies (18) - (Medicine Hat) - 1(10) Philadelphia (2007) Pierre-Marc Bouchard (Min) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Rick DiPietro (NYI) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 36: @ Vancouver Kiprusoff starts. Phaneuf in for Frogren. Weimer in for Spets. Kolar opens the scoring. In the second, Daniel Sedin ties the game. Madden answers to make it 2-1. With Weimer off, St. Louis scores a powerplay goal to tie the game. Kariya makes it 3-2. Sopel scores his first of the year to make it 4-2. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Vancouver 4 - Calgary 2. We were outshot 28-19. Gardner was the only one with a '6' rating. * Paul Kariya (1g, 1a, +1, 1ht, '8') Jan Kolar (1g, 1a, 2ht, '8') * Johan Davidsson (2a, +2, '8') Phoenix trades F Pat Kavanagh (28) to Montreal for the rights to F Kari Niemi (18) and the rights to F Jan Polak (18). Alexander Ovechkin (Chi) wins Offensive Player of the Month. Rhett Warrener (Cgy) wins Defensive Player of the Month. Carlo Direinzo (Chi) wins Rookie of the Month. World Junior Championships: Game 4 vs. Switzerland My starting goalie is out for two weeks which means he's out of the tournament. I decide to go with 7 defencemen, and put the 15 year old on the powerplay. We outshoot the Swiss 19-2 in the first period but it remains scoreless. Finally, on a powerplay, Medicing Hat's F Colton Gillies (18) makes it 1-0. We keep the pressure on and Acadie-Bathurt's D Aaron Maxwell (17) gets another powerplay goal to make it 2-0. In the third, on the powerplay, one of my defencemen has a brain fart and passes the puck in front of his own net which lead to a shorthanded goal by Switzerland. Then our 15 year old defencemen gets hurt. With just over two minutes left, we take a penalty. Somehow we manage to hold on. Final Score: Canada 2 - Switzerland 1. We outshoot Switzerland 60-14. * F Stu Phillips (17) - (Brandon) - draft eligible [He didn't get a point but won 31 faceoffs, only losing 3.] Colton Gillies * D Mark Cormier (19) - (Owen Sound) - 2(44) - Calgary (2006) F Ivo Ruthemann (31) re-signs with us for $3 million/2 years. G Marco Buhrer (28) re-signs with us for $1.35 million/2 years. Game 37: @ Edmonton Kiprusoff starts. Richards is healthy and replaces Gardner. No scoring in the first. 1 minute into the second, Madden scores to make it 1-0. Three minutes later, Martin Lapointe ties the game. Rita then makes it 2-1. No scoring in the third. Final Score: Edmonton 2 - Calgary 1. We were held to only 16 shots on goal. Myers and Chucko got '6' ratings. * John Madden (1g, +1, 2ht, '8') Martin Lapointe (1g, +1, '8') * Jani Rita (1g, '7') F Jens Jacobs (22) re-signs with us for $350,000/1 year. D Grant Lewis (22) re-signs with us for $1 million/2 years. D Chris Zarb (22) re-signs with us for $350,000/1 year. F Lars Erik Spets (22) re-signs with us for $275,000/1 year. D Dion Phaneuf (22) re-signs with us for $1.4 million/1 year. F Erik Cole (29) re-signs with us for $3.1 million/1 year. Game 38: vs. Minnesota Buhrer starts. Gardner replaces Myers. Kobasew opens the scoring. Iginla then tips a Phaneuf slapshot on the powerplay for his 700th career point and a 2-0 lead. In the second Jacobs (Swe) drops the gloves with Koponen (Fin) but loses the fight. For Flame Joel Ludqvist makes it 2-1. Ruthemann answers to make it 3-1. With 22 seconds left in the period, Gardner scores to make it 4-1. 56 seconds into the third, Weimer scores. Tanabe scores one more. Final Score: Calgary 6 - Minnesota 1. We killed off seven penalties. No one got a '6' rating. * David Tanabe (1g, 3a, +3, 4ht, '10') Jarome Iginla (1g, 2a, +2, 3ht, '10') * Chuck Kobasew (1g, 1a, +1, 2ht, '8') World Junior Championships Quarter-Finals Russia 2 vs. Finland 1 USA 2 vs. Slovakia 3 Japan and Belarus have been relegated. Game 39: vs. Chicago Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. In an effort to get Cole going, I move him up to the first line, drop Ruthemann to the second, and Jacobs to the third. Steve Ott misses a penalty shot 36 seconds into the game. Jacobs one time a Leopold pass to make it 1-0. 16 seconds later, Weimer scores. Richards makes it 3-0. In the second, Kolar makes it 4-0. In the third, Jacobs gets his second of the game. Comrie breaks Buhrer's shutout with 3:34 left. Madden scores with 41 seconds left. Final Score: Calgary 6 - Chicago 1. Cole was rated '7' and the top line didn't do much. No one had a '6' rating. * Jens Jacobs (2g, 1a, +4, '10') John Madden (1g, 2a, +4, '10') * Brad Richards (1g, +2, 1ht, '8')

11-21-2004, 06:20 PM	#281
JeffNights College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Michigan	hey Karim...when are you going to start putting in some of us FOFC'ers in the league eh? : )

11-21-2004, 09:03 PM	#282
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	I need a save-game editor. Then I can make klayman an enforcer for the Flames!

11-21-2004, 09:50 PM	#283
JeffNights College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Michigan	You mean this thing doesnt come with the players.ehm file that the free version did?

11-22-2004, 08:56 PM	#284
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	There is no players.ehm file. NHL EHM is much more complex that the free version and it's not surprising that SI wouldn't want people to easily edit/manipulate/export the database. There is a third-party pre-game editor that's available however, so you can make changes and start a new career.

11-23-2004, 01:28 AM	#285
Karim College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Calgary	January 6th, 2008 ----------------- World Junior Championships Semi-Finals Canada vs. Slovakia I decide to start the same goalie who played against the Czechs. The 15 year old defenceman is out for a month, my starting goalie is gone and one of my top forwards is out for a week. Slovakia takes a penalty and a few seconds after it expires, Acadie-Bathurt's D Aaron Maxwell (17) opens the scoring. We hit the post on one powerplay and fail to capitalize on another. We outshoot Slovakia 23-2 in the first period but go 0/4 on the powerplay. In the second, our goalie stops a Slovakia breakaway. Immediately afterwards, Brandon's F Stu Phillips (17), scores on the powerplay to make it 2-0. Potential first overall selection, Everett's F Jeff Walker (17), scores a powerplay goal to make it 3-0. Belleville's F Corey Murphy (18), Florida's 1st Round Pick in 2007, makes it 4-0. With 17 seconds left in the period, Slovakia score a powerplay goal. In the third, Phillips gets his second of the game to make it 5-1. Slovakia scores to make it 5-2. With 42 seconds left in the game, Phillips gets his hattrick. We outshot Slovakia 45-22. * Stu Phillips Jeff Walker * Aaron Maxwell Russia 0 vs. Sweden 2 Sweden and Canada are undefeated in the tournament and will play for the World Junior Championship. We will be facing G Bjorn Lindstrom (18), my 2nd Round Pick in 2007. Marc Savard (Atl) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Jay Bouwmeester (Fla) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Game 40: @ Nashville Buhrer starts. Cole is demoted to the second line, Ruthemann promoted to the first, Jacobs stays on the third. Iginla scores a powerplay goal to start the scoring. 2:01 into the second, Kobasew makes it 2-0. Ruthemann makes it 3-0. Leopold makes it 4-0. 25 seconds into the third, Glazachev scores his tenth to get Nashville on the board. We outshot Nashville 34-19. Nilson and Chucko got '6' ratings. * Jarome Iginla (1g, 2a, +2, '10') John Madden (2a, +1, '8') * Marco Buhrer (18 saves, '8') World Junior Championship Final Sweden vs. Canada The goalie that won the semi-final is only at 83% so I have no choice but to go with a 16 year old in net. Lindstrom, who played in goal for Sweden's semi-final against Russia, is also not ready to start the final. I decide to go with an overload strategy, playing the top two lines more than the rest. Up until now, I played normal ice time. Sweden opens the scoring with a powerplay goal. We outshoot Sweden 11-4 in the first but trail 1-0. Seattle's F Tim Reynolds (17), strips a Swedish defenceman of the puck on the forecheck and shoves it in to tie the game. Corey Murphy then gives us a one goal lead. Murphy does it again for his second of the game and a 3-1 lead. We outshoot Sweden 9-3 in the second. In the third, Jeff Walker makes it 4-1. With 3:39 left in the game, Sweden makes it 4-2. Final Score: Canada 4 - Sweden 2. Canada wins the 2007 World Junior Championship. * Corey Murphy Jeff Walker * Tim Reynolds Calgary Flames trade D Jordan Leopold (27) and the rights to G Mathias Gundersen (22) to Phoenix for D Paul Mara (28). With Hagman and Lindstrom as my goalie prospects, the 22 year old Norwegian was expendable. I felt that the one thing missing was more offence from the defence. Leopold was ok, but Mara is an upgrade offensively, defensively and physically. Our defence is rock solid... Phaneuf - Tanabe Mara - Warrener Jackman - Souray ... and I think we have three solid lines. The fourth line is suspect but they provide depth during the regular season. I don't plan on playing them much in the playoffs. Game 41: @ Los Angeles Buhrer starts. Frogren in for Leopold as I don't want him injured now that Phoenix has accepted the trade. No scoring in the first. In the second, Belanger makes it 1-0 LA. Iginla answers to tie the game. Kobasew scores in the third to make it 2-1. With less than five minutes left, Valier Bure ties the game. Overtime solves nothing. Final Score: Los Angeles 2 - Calgary 2. We outshoot Los Angeles 26-17 but go 0/4 on the powerplay. Kolar and Gardner get '6' ratings. * Valeri Bure (1g, +2, 1ht, '8') Jarome Iginla (1g, 1a, +2, 4ht, '8') * Eric Belanger (1g, +2, '8') Phoenix trades G Evgeny Nabokov (32) to Montreal for G Ryan Moir (20) and a 1st Round Pick in 2008. Game 42: @ Columbus Buhrer starts. Mara in for Frogren. Myers in for Gardner. Chucko scores to open the scoring. In the second, Chucko gets his second off of a rebound from a Nilson breakaway. Pihlstrom answers for Columbus. In the third, Warrener scores to make it 3-1. Nash quickly answers for the Blue Jackets. 43 seconds later, Phaneuf scores to make it 4-2. With 22 seconds left in the game, Nilson scores. Final Score: Calgary 5 - Columbus 2. This night belonged to our fourth line. No one got a '6' rating. * Kris Chucko (2g, 1a, +3, 1ht, '9') Marcus Nilson (1g, 2a, +3, '9') * Matthew Myers (3a, +3, '9') Game 43: vs. Dallas Buhrer starts. No change to the lineup. No scoring in the first. Tomica scores in the second to make it 1-0. Richards scores in the third to tie the game. Tkachuk then scores on the powerplay. With the goalie pulled, Morrow fires it into the empty net. Final Score: Dallas 3 - Calgary 1. No one got a '6' rating and game stats were even. * Keith Tkachuk (1g, 1a, 2ht, '8') Marty Turco (23 saves, '8') * Brendan Morrow (1g, 2ht, '8') Josef Balej (NYR) wins Offensive Player of the Week. Andy Sutton (Chi) wins Defensive Player of the Week. Washington trades F Landon Wilson (32) to Detroit for the rights to F Sergei Shabanov (19). Carolina trades the rights to D Lukas Nemecek (20) and a 2nd Round Pick in 2008 to Buffalo for G Al Montoya (22). Montoya is on his third team in three years. Oh, oh. With the addition of Mara's salary, I'm currently at $51 million. My budget limit is $47.5 million. I realized that at the time of the trade but I didn't think the consequences would be this potentially devastating. I've been trying to renegotiate a contract with Iginla, who is an unrestricted free agent come July 1st. I had been able to offer him up to $8 million/year but all of a sudden that has been reduced to $6 million/year which is much lower than what he's looking for. I don't want to dump any salary because I want to make a serious playoff run with the pieces currently in place. However, I can't wait for the season ticket money in the off-season because by the time it comes in, Iginla will sign somewhere else. If I have to unload someone, it will have to be F Jason Weimer (31), who is making $3.2 million and scheduled to make $3.4 million next year. He's a third line winger with 4 goals and 10 points. I don't mind the point totals because he's solid defensively, a leader and a punishing forechecker - exactly what I want. But if it comes to Weimer or Iginla, the choice is easy. That would mean Nilson or Spets will have to take a more prominent role.

11-24-2004, 05:36 PM	#286
SoxWin H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2003	How much ass are my Canucks kicking? Any chance you could post their lineup as you did in the past for To/Dal and the like? Great read btw.