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Originally Posted by Rasmuth
how did Ric Seiling do in your replay?
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Ric Seiling put up numbers fairly close to his real life totals (738GP 179-208-387 with 573PIM). His sim totals were 666 games played with 133 goals, 169 assists for 302 points while also earning 444 penalty minutes.
The difference is in the sim Seiling only played one season for the Buffalo Sabres. It was a solid rookie campaign and would turn out to be the best year of his career by scoring 28 goals and 54 points. The Calder Trophy that year would go to Mike Bossy of the Islanders (42-43-85).
In July 1978 after his rookie season, Seiling was dealt along with Lindsay Middlebrook to Pittsburgh in exchange for goalie Greg Millen and defenseman Colin Campbell. Campbell would play 4 seasons on the Buffalo blueline while Millen, just 21 at the time of the deal, never played for the Sabres but did enjoy some great years in Calgary, including a Cup winning season in 1992. Without Seiling the Sabres would reach the finals for the first time in their history in 1978-79.
Seiling would spend 2 seasons with a bad Pittsburgh club, which missed the playoffs both years he was there. After his second season with the Pens he was dealt to Philadelphia in exchange for veteran forward turned broadcaster Bill Clement and goaltender Al Smith. Clement would play four seasons with the Pens but was best known as being part of a package that brought Ray Ferraro from Hartford to Pittsburgh in 1984-85. Al Smith spent 5 seasons as the Penguins number one goaltender.
Seiling would play the final 8 seasons of his career with the Flyers including their run to the finals in 1982-83, when he had 4 goals and 8 points in 16 playoff games but they lost to Edmonton in 4 straight for the Cup. After missing just 6 games in his first 5 years in the league, Seiling was bothered by nagging injuries during much of his time in Philadelphia and by 1986- at the age of 29- he was reduced to being a part-time player. He retired after appearing in just 12 games in 1987-88.
Older brother Rod Seiling did manage to win a Stanley Cup as a rookie with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1965. Rod spent 14 seasons with the Leafs before finishing his career with a year in Hartford after the Whalers came over from the WHA. In real life Rod spent most of his career with the Rangers and finished with 62 goals and 269 points in 979 games. In the sim the elder Seiling played 782 games, recording 87 goals and 369 points.