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PPP Salary cap Challenge - Paper bag Leaf fan
OK, I have managed to fix my team to comply with the rules...as was pointed out in the comments. The biggest regret is that I lose BizNasty (and a day or so after he posted pictures with himself and a bunch of bikini babes....including Paulina Gretzky). The second biggest regret is that I had to pick you a Senator (I feel dirty). I think it works out OK in the end, however.
Out: Bissonnette, Hamonic, Haltby
In: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Marcus Foligno and Ben Bishop
Also good news, because I no longer have any Islanders on my team, I was able to pick Dipietro and then immediately sent him to the minors, removing his salary from my team. Luckily, my minor league team plays in Duesseldorf Germany, where Kobe and A-Rod go for their controversial regenerative surgeries. Glass Rick will come back a changed man.
Read on.
I have to admit, I enjoyed this a lot. My work production suffered of course, but that is just fine. A few things to explain my approach:
- I did not draft any
Sens (DAMN!!!)or Habs...and that was on purpose. I did end up drafting 2 former Habs and 1 former Sen, and that hurt a little. - I wanted a pretty defensively sound team.
- I tried not to grab the same players I noticed coming up over and over again, but some players are just the obvious picks based on the team they play for, their salary and draft positions.
- Like Brian Burke, I don't really like long term contracts. I only took one, Duncan Keith. The majority of my team would be RFA or UFA in 2013 or 2014, but I am fine with that. No getting fat and lazy while living off a contract you signed years ago.
- For some reason, I have three players from Welland ON (Girardi, Bissonnette and Clutterbuck). This was not planned, nor should it be encouraged.
- I only have $65,705 cap space to play with. Bring on the trade machine (and another workday to kill)!
Here is some of my reasoning for each player.
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Player |
Notes |
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Datsyuk, Pavel |
Considered one of the best two way players, he is a point/game player and always has great +/- stats. He has won 2 Stanley Cups, 3 Selke trophies, and international medals. Plus, he is ugly and gentlemanly (4 Lady Byngs) so he won’t be fooling around with other player’s wives, causing problems in the dressing room. |
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Sedin, Daniel |
He has an Olympic gold medal, and made Vancouver riot by getting close to the cup. In 2011 he won the Art Ross Trophy, the Ted Lindsay Award and was nominated for the Hart Memorial Trophy, so that is…like…pretty good. If he gets hurt, we can talk Henrik into stepping in. |
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Brown, Dustin |
The Captain of the Kings is leading his team to the Cup finals (assuming he does not get Shannabanned for his hit on Rozsival ). He is gritty, can score, and he has a silver medal from the Vancouver Olympics. |
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Henrique, Adam |
Playing with Kovalchuk and Parise in your rookie year must be kind of fun. In the playoffs, he has 9 points and is +8 in 16 games. He won two Memorial Cups, and won the Wayne Gretzky 99 Award as the MVP of the OHL playoffs. |
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Skinner, Jeff |
Skinner scored 31 goals during the 2010–11 season, and he was the youngest player in the NHL. This year, he was the youngest player ever to play in the NHL All Star Game. I’ll take him. |
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Simmonds, Wayne |
Fell a little shy of 30 goals in his first year in Philly, adds toughness and grit. He alsoscored a goal with his face and then got in a fight with his face all busted up the next night against the Pens. Nice. |
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Couture, Logan |
In both of his full NHL seasons, he has scored 30 goals. He has also played in 38 playoff games already and he is only 23 (I think the Leafs have played less in 23 years, but I might be a little off). According to his Wiki page, the delivery-room nurse when he was born was Bernadette Devorski, the mother of NHL referee Paul & NHL linesman Greg Devorski. Hmmph. |
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Fisher, Mike |
Fisher is known for his grittiness and two-way play, being named a finalist for the Selke Trophy in 2006 while playing for a team that I don’t even want to mention. Fine. But I drafted him so Carrie Underwood will be hanging around. Awesome. |
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Koivu, Saku |
My team grey-beard and veteran leader, has played in over 1000 NHL games. Tied for the longest serving Captain in Montreal, which is pretty impressive even if it is the Habs. He beat Cancer, won the Masterson and King Clancy Trophies. Has 4 bronze, 4 silver and one gold medal from Olympic/World Cup/World Championship play. |
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Ott, Steve |
Good for 30-40 points, 150-175 PIMs, a few dirty hits and a guarantee that he will be hated by most NHL players in any given year. |
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Bergenheim, Sean |
Can chip in a few goals (17 in 62 games), is not bad defensively, and comes alive in the playoffs. In 23 playoff games he has 12 goals, 17 points. |
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Clutterbuck, Cal |
Can score a little and adds a lot of grit. Clutterbuck broke the NHL record for hits in the 2008–09 season with 356 (breaking the record held by Dustin Brown). I would also like to hire the official statistician from the Wild to liberally assign stats for my fake team. |
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Keith, Duncan |
Owner of an Olympic gold medal, a Stanley Cup ring, and a Norris trophy. That means he has more accolades than teeth. |
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Letang, Kris |
Letang can put some points up (I am sure this has nothing to do with Crosby/Malkin et al). He also won the Cup in 2008/09 and he was awarded the Paul Dumont Trophy(QMJHL best personality) in 2007. I am not sure if this means the same thing as when you say a girl has a nice personality. |
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Girardi, Dan |
Girardi has been great in the playoffs this year. He has 11 points in 19 games, only trailing Brad Richards on the Rangers. |
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Jake Gardiner |
I don’t want to be a typical Leaf fan that hypes up a player after only one year, but Jake Gardiner is the next Bobby Orr. |
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Seidenberg, D. |
According to his Wiki page: "He drew attention for his outstanding play in Boston's 2011 Stanley Cup championship run, at one point being cited as a potential Conn Smythe Trophy winner". Well OK then. Maybe a bit over the top, but he is good. |
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Clitsome, Grant |
He has a great name. He will sit in the owner’s box with Carrie Underwood and watch most games from the stands. That will give people the opportunity to say something about "Carrie Underwood" "box" and "Clitsome". That is a win for me. |
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Halak, Jaroslav |
Halak had that great playoff run for the Habs, who then traded him because they thoughtCarey Price was better. Ha! He shared the Jennings trophy with Elliot this year (they may want to thank Hitchcock). |
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Giguere, J.S. |
I have a soft spot for this former Leaf, but he had a good year backing up in Denver. How would a goalie with a 2.28 GAA and .919 SV% looked on the Leafs this year? |
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The players I added to comply with the stupid rules:
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Ekman-Larsson, Oliver |
He had a pretty solid year in Hockey Waste Land (Phoenix), adding 32 points. He also looked pretty good in the playoffs. I also needed someone with a crazy-long last name, mission accomplished. |
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Foligno, Marcus |
Played 14 games with the Sabres this year and scored 13 points and was +6. Also adds some grit. Son of ex-Leaf Mike, Marcus can do the Foligno-leap on my team for years to come! |
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Bishop, Ben |
OK, he is a Senator. But, he can fit in the spot of young goalie who only gets called up when Halak and Giguere get hurt...which admittedly may happen a lot. |
The potential lines:
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C1 |
LW1 |
RW1
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D1 |
D2 |
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Datsyuk, Pavel |
Sedin, Daniel |
Brown, Dustin |
Keith, Duncan |
Letang, Kris |
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C2 |
LW2 |
RW2
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D3 |
D4 |
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Couture, Logan
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Jeff Skinner |
Simmonds, Wayne |
Girardi, Dan |
Jake Gardiner |
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C3 |
LW3 |
RW3
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D5 |
D5 |
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Henrique, Adam |
Fisher, Mike |
Koivu, Saku |
Seidenberg, D. |
Ekman-Larsson, O. |
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C4 |
LW4 |
RW4
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Ott, Steve |
Bergenheim, Sean |
Clutterbuck, Cal |
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G1 |
Halak, Jaroslav |
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G2 |
Giguere, J. |
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G3 |
Bishop, Ben |
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Press Box |
Foligno, Marcus |
Clitsome, Grant |
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To show I followed the rules, here is the team (and link to CapGeek)
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Draft year/R. |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
2015/16 |
2016/17 |
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2010 |
R. 1 |
Jeff Skinner |
$1,400,000 |
RFA |
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2009 |
R. 1 |
Ekman-Larsson, Oliver |
$1,750,000 |
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R. 4 |
Foligno, Marcus |
$900,000 |
$900,000 |
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2008 |
R. 1 |
Jake Gardiner |
$1,116,667 |
$1,116,667 |
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R. 3 |
Henrique, Adam |
$854,166 |
RFA |
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2007 |
R. 1 |
Couture, Logan |
$2,875,000 |
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R. 2 |
Simmonds, Wayne |
$1,750,000 |
RFA |
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2006 |
R. 3 |
Clutterbuck, Cal |
$1,400,000 |
RFA |
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2005 |
R. 3 |
Bishop, Ben |
$650,000 |
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R. 5 |
Letang, Kris |
$3,500,000 |
$3,500,000 |
UFA |
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2004 |
R. 9 |
Clitsome, Grant |
$1,250,000 |
UFA |
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2003 |
R. 1 |
Brown, Dustin |
$3,175,000 |
$3,175,000 |
UFA |
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R. 9 |
Halak, Jaroslav |
$3,750,000 |
$3,750,000 |
UFA |
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Undrafted |
Undrafted |
Girardi, Dan |
$3,325,000 |
$3,325,000 |
UFA |
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2002 |
R. 1 |
Bergenheim, Sean |
$2,750,000 |
$2,750,000 |
$2,750,000 |
UFA |
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R. 2 |
Keith, Duncan |
$5,538,462 |
$5,538,462 |
$5,538,462 |
$5,538,462 |
$5,538,462 |
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2001 |
R. 6 |
Seidenberg, D. |
$3,250,000 |
$3,250,000 |
UFA |
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2000 |
R. 1 |
Ott, Steve |
$2,950,000 |
$2,950,000 |
UFA |
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1999 |
R. 1 |
Sedin, Daniel |
$6,100,000 |
$6,100,000 |
UFA |
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1998 |
R. 2 |
Fisher, Mike |
$4,200,000 |
UFA |
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R. 6 |
Datsyuk, Pavel |
$6,700,000 |
$6,700,000 |
UFA |
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1995 |
R. 1 |
Giguere, J. |
$1,250,000 |
UFA |
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Koivu, Saku |
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UFA |
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1993 |
R. 1 |
$3,800,000 |
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Space |
$65,705 |
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TOTAL |
$64,234,295 |
$43,055,129 |
$8,288,462 |
$5,538,462 |
$5,538,462 |
STATS:
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2011-12 Stats |
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Player |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
+/- |
PIM |
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Datsyuk, Pavel |
19 |
48 |
67 |
21 |
14 |
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Sedin, Daniel |
30 |
37 |
67 |
14 |
40 |
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Brown, Dustin |
22 |
32 |
54 |
18 |
53 |
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Henrique, Adam |
16 |
35 |
51 |
8 |
7 |
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Skinner, Jeff |
20 |
24 |
44 |
-8 |
56 |
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Simmonds, Wayne |
28 |
21 |
49 |
-1 |
114 |
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Couture, Logan |
31 |
34 |
65 |
2 |
16 |
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Fisher, Mike |
24 |
27 |
51 |
11 |
33 |
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Koivu, Saku |
11 |
27 |
38 |
7 |
50 |
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Ott, Steve |
11 |
28 |
39 |
5 |
156 |
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Bergenheim, Sean |
17 |
6 |
23 |
-5 |
48 |
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Clutterbuck, Cal |
15 |
12 |
27 |
-4 |
103 |
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Foligno, Marcus |
6 | 7 | 13 | +6 | 9 |
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Keith, Duncan |
4 |
36 |
40 |
15 |
42 |
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Letang, Kris |
10 |
32 |
42 |
21 |
34 |
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Girardi, Dan |
5 |
24 |
29 |
13 |
20 |
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Jake Gardiner |
7 |
23 |
30 |
-2 |
18 |
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Seidenberg, D. |
5 |
18 |
23 |
15 |
39 |
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Ekman-Larsson, O. |
13 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 32 |
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Clitsome, Grant |
4 |
13 |
17 |
-9 |
32 |
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W-L-T |
SP |
GAA |
SO |
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Halak, Jaroslav |
26-12-7 |
.926 |
1.97 |
6 |
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Giguere, J. |
15-11-3 |
.919 |
2.28 |
2 |
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Bishop, Ben |
3-3-2 |
.909 |
2.48 |
0 |
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As I said, I spent way too much time doing this. Thanks PPP.
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