After finishing last place I was ready to draft first overall. However, I forgot I enabled the sponsorship option, so it looks like I will be building my team by signing players that are allocated to the unaffiliated juniors' team. My biggest signing was 4-star potential RW Ken Schinkel. I also signed a couple of depth pieces to fill out the team.
I ended up trading away some of the older guys while they still had value since it looks like this team won't be competitive for a while, ended up getting some prospects in return.
Since I signed a few depth pieces I was forced to waive lifetime player Fred Glover who was claimed by Detroit. It worked out for the best though because Detroit waived 2 players that made huge contributions to the team.
The team is making small strides we are ranked last for forwards depth (7th) but 6th for both defence and goaltending depth.
Regular Season Results
What a great improvement from last season. I honestly had no expectations for this team but they made the playoffs even with pts% below .500. Finished with a 20 point increase over last season scored about 10 more goals but let in 40 less. Thanks to a great win streak at the end we were able to squeak past the Bruins to qualify for the playoffs in just the second year.
Playoff Results
Round 1 Playoffs Matchups, MTL vs DET rematch from the finals, and CLE vs TOR, Cleveland first appearance.
MTL 3-4 DET
CLE 4-3 TOR, great series coming back from 3-2 to win in game 7.
Round 2 Stanley Cup finals, CLE vs DET
What a great run by the team. Blew a 3-1 series lead but we had no business even making playoffs this year so cannot be upset. Congrats to the Detroit Red Wings. Just look at how much better their roster was.
