It has been a long time since I last posted, I had a lot of school-related stuff going on, and our family took a vacation to England, so it's been an interesting last couple of months. Anyways, I'm back for Season 2 of the Flyers GM mode.
When I last left you, we were about to start Year 2 with the Flyers, after missing the playoffs in Year 1, completing a solid draft and signing Cody Franson and Eric Fehr in the offseason. Here's a reminder at what our lines look line:
Forwards
Voracek(90)-Giroux(90)-Forsberg(86)
Boedker(86)-Couturier(84)-Simmons(86)
Duclair(80)-Laughton(81)-Raffl(81)
Rinaldo(78)-Tyrell(78)-Fehr(81)
Defensemen
Del Zotto(85)-Franson(85)
MacDonald(85)-Vatanen(85)
Hagg(80)-Schenn(82)
Goalies
Mason(85)
LaBarbera(79)
Going into the start of December, our record was suffering, at an awful 9-13-3. We were allowing goals by the bunches, and just to make things worse, Steve Mason went down for about 2 months. It was time for another trade. I wanted a young goalie, good enough to be decent and with the potential to eclipse Steve Mason in the future. I found the perfect player in Jack Campbell with the Dallas Stars. I gave up Anthony Stolarz, a young goalie at 21 years old, 73 overall with 3 1/2 green star potential, and Arizona's fourth round pick that I acquired during the offseason. I got Campbell, who is 83 overall, a little worse than Mason, but is only 23 years old and has 4 yellow star potential, good enough to be better than Mason. I think it was a pretty good trade.
Campbell did an admirable job filling the void, and when the all star break rolled around and Mason returned, I compared their stats and found that Campbell was better. In four less games, Campbell had allowed 30 less goals, had 2 more shutouts and a save percentage of over two points better. I decided to give the full time job to Campbell, and to trade away Mason.
I looked at every team that wanted a goalie, and narrowed by which teams needed it the most and were in a position to push for a playoff spot, giving them a reason to make the deal. I ended up trading with the Minnesota Wild, giving up Mason, a future 2nd round pick, and a sixth and seventh in the upcoming draft for the Wild's first round pick from this year and Nicklas Backstrom, who was needed for salary and roster purposes. We filled the needs of helping our rebuild, and they got a player who can help for now and the next four or five years. It's a win-win.
Heading into the trade deadline, our record was a pretty abysmal 23-33-5, good for 51 points. That currently puts us at worst in the league, though I have confidence we can improve on that. However, the team is not performing and is still two or three years away, at least, from contending. Here are the team leaders to close things out.
Goals: Jakub Voracek, 27
Assists: Claude Giroux, 38
Plus/Minus: Brad Jones, +1
PIMS: Zac Rinaldo, 132
Wins: Jack Campbell, 11
See you guys next time, when we may make some big trades at the trade deadline.
When I last left you, we were about to start Year 2 with the Flyers, after missing the playoffs in Year 1, completing a solid draft and signing Cody Franson and Eric Fehr in the offseason. Here's a reminder at what our lines look line:
Forwards
Voracek(90)-Giroux(90)-Forsberg(86)
Boedker(86)-Couturier(84)-Simmons(86)
Duclair(80)-Laughton(81)-Raffl(81)
Rinaldo(78)-Tyrell(78)-Fehr(81)
Defensemen
Del Zotto(85)-Franson(85)
MacDonald(85)-Vatanen(85)
Hagg(80)-Schenn(82)
Goalies
Mason(85)
LaBarbera(79)
Going into the start of December, our record was suffering, at an awful 9-13-3. We were allowing goals by the bunches, and just to make things worse, Steve Mason went down for about 2 months. It was time for another trade. I wanted a young goalie, good enough to be decent and with the potential to eclipse Steve Mason in the future. I found the perfect player in Jack Campbell with the Dallas Stars. I gave up Anthony Stolarz, a young goalie at 21 years old, 73 overall with 3 1/2 green star potential, and Arizona's fourth round pick that I acquired during the offseason. I got Campbell, who is 83 overall, a little worse than Mason, but is only 23 years old and has 4 yellow star potential, good enough to be better than Mason. I think it was a pretty good trade.
Campbell did an admirable job filling the void, and when the all star break rolled around and Mason returned, I compared their stats and found that Campbell was better. In four less games, Campbell had allowed 30 less goals, had 2 more shutouts and a save percentage of over two points better. I decided to give the full time job to Campbell, and to trade away Mason.
I looked at every team that wanted a goalie, and narrowed by which teams needed it the most and were in a position to push for a playoff spot, giving them a reason to make the deal. I ended up trading with the Minnesota Wild, giving up Mason, a future 2nd round pick, and a sixth and seventh in the upcoming draft for the Wild's first round pick from this year and Nicklas Backstrom, who was needed for salary and roster purposes. We filled the needs of helping our rebuild, and they got a player who can help for now and the next four or five years. It's a win-win.
Heading into the trade deadline, our record was a pretty abysmal 23-33-5, good for 51 points. That currently puts us at worst in the league, though I have confidence we can improve on that. However, the team is not performing and is still two or three years away, at least, from contending. Here are the team leaders to close things out.
Goals: Jakub Voracek, 27
Assists: Claude Giroux, 38
Plus/Minus: Brad Jones, +1
PIMS: Zac Rinaldo, 132
Wins: Jack Campbell, 11
See you guys next time, when we may make some big trades at the trade deadline.
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