Cursebreaker (Toronto Maple Leafs NHL20 - Fun Only)

[Vettz25]

Hi folks. So my playthrough will be a fun one, not meant to really be realistic. Salary Cap will be off, that said I will try to avoid stupidly outlandish contracts to keep it reasonable and will not stack my team with 90s. Morale will be kept on, which helps prevent stacking for long.

There will be a Seattle team. As there is no "Kraken" Play by Play option and no logo that does it justice anyways, I went with a completely different team name: Seattle Grizzlies.

Now I will be honest I'm very bad at matching game colors with real life so the colors are completely off. Sorry folks. The green Alternate uniforms are homage to Seattle being known as The Emerald City. Arizona will move to the Central Division with Seattle playing in the Pacific.


However I will be playing as the Toronto Maple Leafs in this Dynasty. What will become of Barrie & Muzzin? Will one, both or neither return? Stay tuned!20200727_194927_HDR.jpeg20200727_194931.jpeg20200727_194946.jpeg20200727_194955.jpeg20200727_195005.jpeg

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AHL MAKES HISTORY WITH FIRST TEAM OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICAN MAINLAND

Introducing the Hawaii Islanders. Playing out of the Neil S Blaisdell Center, they will be the AHL affiliate to the Seattle Grizzlies. 20200727_211804.jpeg20200727_211812.jpeg20200727_211820.jpeg20200727_214126.jpeg

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[SENS_AK27]

Love the Hawaii minor league club. Great job.

[Vettz25]

Alright, so Pre-Franchise Notes:

-As stated, I'm playing for fun but will try to keep it realistic. No salary cap gives me options, but I don't like being stuck with horrible contracts myself

-Waivers are on, so that also limits high quality players

-Ordinarily I sim most games and play games vs Rivals or Playoff games when needed. For this playthrough though, I will play at least 4 regular season games each month (all home, 2 NHL, 2 AHL). I will likely sim preseason and will play every other game in the NHL playoffs (simming AHL)

That said, moving forward to the Expansion Draft!

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GM DUBAS SUBMITS PROTECTION LIST, MUZZIN & JOHNSSON LEFT EXPOSED

Team Reporter Bubba O'Neil, who will continue to provide crucial information moving forward, reports that Maple Leafs General Manager Kyle Dubas has submitted a list of players protected from Seattle. Having a dearth of forward depth, plus 3 NMCs, left a difficult choice in the backend and a good depth forward left exposed as well.

No Movement Clauses prevented the exposure of David Clarkson & Nathan Horton, and automatically protected John Tavares who was already a lock. This left 7 skater positions to spread between the rest (and 1 goaltender).

Automatic locks for protection were Matthews, Marner, Reilly & Nylander, along with goaltender Frederik Andersen. Travis Dermott was another easy selection given his age.

That left two spots, 1 for a defenseman and 1 for a forward.

At forward, it was a 3 way battle between Kasperi Kapanen, Zach Hyman & Andreas Johnsson. Hyman was the oldest and Dubas is hoping that is age will protect him, for he is also exposed.

The decision to protect Kapanen was simply based on age and contract, being cheaper and on a shorter contract.


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[Vettz25]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vettz25

GM DUBAS SUBMITS PROTECTION LIST, MUZZIN & JOHNSSON LEFT EXPOSED Team Reporter Bubba O'Neil, who will continue to provide crucial information moving forward, reports that Maple Leafs General Manager Kyle Dubas has submitted a list of players protected from Seattle. Having a dearth of forward depth, plus 3 NMCs, left a difficult choice in the backend and a good depth forward left exposed as well. No Movement Clauses prevented the exposure of David Clarkson & Nathan Horton, and automatically protected John Tavares who was already a lock. This left 7 skater positions to spread between the rest (and 1 goaltender). Automatic locks for protection were Matthews, Marner, Reilly & Nylander, along with goaltender Frederik Andersen. Travis Dermott was another easy selection given his age. That left two spots, 1 for a defenseman and 1 for a forward. At forward, it was a 3 way battle between Kasperi Kapanen, Zach Hyman & Andreas Johnsson. Hyman was the oldest and Dubas is hoping that is age will protect him, for he is also exposed. The decision to protect Kapanen was simply based on age and contract, being cheaper and on a shorter contract. Sent from my LM-Q710.FGN using Operation Sports mobile app

At Defense, the choice was between Tyson Barrie & Jake Muzzin. Both on expiring contracts, neither guaranteed to return.

However, Barrie is 3 years younger, and therefore stood the best chance of resigning.

Cody Ceci, Jack Campbell and Denis Malgin are also exposed, but are less likely to be chosen.

It will be interesting to see who Seattle chooses

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[Vettz25]

Quote: Originally Posted by SENS_AK27

Love the Hawaii minor league club. Great job.

I was originally considering doing one in one of Seattle's "Sister Cities". Would have been Kobe Japan. I admit I was tempted but didn't think it could be believable lol

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JOHNSSON PLUCKED BY GRIZZLIES

Seattle Grizzlies Depth Chart (listed alphabetically, *indicates in minors)

Center:
N. Acciari, T. Blueger, J. Dickinson, M. Phillips*, E. Staal, Y. Trenin*

Left Wing:
A. Johnsson, M. Jones, J. Martinook, F. Perron*, E. Svechnikov*

Right Wing:
C. Atkinson, C. Garland, G. Hathaway, O. Kase, M. Luff*, V. Nichushkin

Defense:
R. Bortuzzo, T. Carrick*, L. Hajek, C. Jones, J. McCabe, I. McCoshen, R. McDonagh, M. Niskanen

Goalie:
E. Comrie, C. Lindgren*, A. Nilsson, C. Schneider*

Based on those selections, former Leaf Andreas Johnsson stands a good chance at top line, likely with Eric Stall & Cam Atkinson, with Ondrej Kase being his surprisingly strongest competition for the spot

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