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Bigby Wolf · 06-08-2014, 04:32 PM

Game Version 1.6 Build 19

Note: I edited practise injuries from 1.25 to .85.

2013 Off-Season

Bigby Wolf, the new General Manager of the New York Islanders decided that his first job was to shore up the scouting system, Kyle Ferguson, Denis Bazkenin, Olov Elfsberg and Jason Halkett were signed to full time scouting contracts. Ferguson is expected to be the head scout for analyzing player abilities and Olov Elfsberg is slated to become the chief scout for analyzing player potential.

With the initial infrastructure improvements in place, the next task was to try and find another goaltender to help out Evgeni Nabakov. The management team was focused on acquiring Semyon Varlamov, from the Colorado Avalanche. Although the goaltending talks broke down, Wolf managed to wrangle defenseman Erik Johnson from the Avalanche. The Avalanche were thrilled when we added forward Kirill Petrov to the trade offer. Our scouts value Petrov as a potential 7.5 player....

To the Islanders: Erik Johnson
To the Avalanche: Cal Clutterbuck, Thomas Hickey, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, 2014 4th Round (Philadelphia) Draft Pick and the rights to Kirill Petrov

Moving Clutterbuck and Bouchard will allow the Islanders to promote a couple of their young players. The team is loaded with depth defensemen so the loss of Hickey shouldn't hurt the blue line too much. We were also very pleased that we were able to move Clutterbuck, and that we gained maximum trade value from him. Hopefully this trade helps ease the relationship between the management and the fans after the old regime acquired Clutterbuck for (young diamond in the rough) Niederreiter.

Our search for a goalie eventually led us to Washington where the Capitals were willing to trade us Braden Holtby. Once again, our inclusion of a prospect (Robbie Russo) was the final piece of the puzzle. Our scouts rated Russo as a 7.0 potential player

To the Islanders: Braden Holtby
To the Capitals: Kevin Poulin, Brian Strait, Peter Regin, rights to Robbie Russo, 2014 6th Round and 7th Round PIcks

Of interest here was the Capital's refusal to entertain any negotiations involving goalie Anders Nilsson. Our scouts valued Nilsson and Poulin as being equals but the Capitals were adamant on getting Poulin. Strait and Regin are solid depth players.

With these two recent trades, we've lost a lot of depth and there is a sufficient amount of risk involved in acquiring Braden Holtby as our scouts are saying that Holtby is currently below Nabokov's skill set but the potential is there for significant improvement.

From Around the League

To Buffalo: David Perron
To Edmonton: Tyler Ennis

To Buffalo: Tyler Bozak, Brad Ross
To Toronto: Christian Ehrhoff, rights to Justin Kea

And in perhaps the most interesting signing of the pre-season - the Colorado Avalanche signed Miroslav Satan to a 2 year deal, worth over $2.8 million per season.

06-08-2014, 04:32 PM	#1
Bigby Wolf Minors (Single A) Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Beautiful British Columbia Posts: 53	(Dynasty) New York Islanders Game Version 1.6 Build 19 Note: I edited practise injuries from 1.25 to .85. 2013 Off-Season Bigby Wolf, the new General Manager of the New York Islanders decided that his first job was to shore up the scouting system, Kyle Ferguson, Denis Bazkenin, Olov Elfsberg and Jason Halkett were signed to full time scouting contracts. Ferguson is expected to be the head scout for analyzing player abilities and Olov Elfsberg is slated to become the chief scout for analyzing player potential. With the initial infrastructure improvements in place, the next task was to try and find another goaltender to help out Evgeni Nabakov. The management team was focused on acquiring Semyon Varlamov, from the Colorado Avalanche. Although the goaltending talks broke down, Wolf managed to wrangle defenseman Erik Johnson from the Avalanche. The Avalanche were thrilled when we added forward Kirill Petrov to the trade offer. Our scouts value Petrov as a potential 7.5 player.... To the Islanders: Erik Johnson To the Avalanche: Cal Clutterbuck, Thomas Hickey, Pierre-Marc Bouchard, 2014 4th Round (Philadelphia) Draft Pick and the rights to Kirill Petrov Moving Clutterbuck and Bouchard will allow the Islanders to promote a couple of their young players. The team is loaded with depth defensemen so the loss of Hickey shouldn't hurt the blue line too much. We were also very pleased that we were able to move Clutterbuck, and that we gained maximum trade value from him. Hopefully this trade helps ease the relationship between the management and the fans after the old regime acquired Clutterbuck for (young diamond in the rough) Niederreiter. Our search for a goalie eventually led us to Washington where the Capitals were willing to trade us Braden Holtby. Once again, our inclusion of a prospect (Robbie Russo) was the final piece of the puzzle. Our scouts rated Russo as a 7.0 potential player To the Islanders: Braden Holtby To the Capitals: Kevin Poulin, Brian Strait, Peter Regin, rights to Robbie Russo, 2014 6th Round and 7th Round PIcks Of interest here was the Capital's refusal to entertain any negotiations involving goalie Anders Nilsson. Our scouts valued Nilsson and Poulin as being equals but the Capitals were adamant on getting Poulin. Strait and Regin are solid depth players. With these two recent trades, we've lost a lot of depth and there is a sufficient amount of risk involved in acquiring Braden Holtby as our scouts are saying that Holtby is currently below Nabokov's skill set but the potential is there for significant improvement. From Around the League To Buffalo: David Perron To Edmonton: Tyler Ennis To Buffalo: Tyler Bozak, Brad Ross To Toronto: Christian Ehrhoff, rights to Justin Kea And in perhaps the most interesting signing of the pre-season - the Colorado Avalanche signed Miroslav Satan to a 2 year deal, worth over $2.8 million per season.