Ottawa Senators - Rebuilding

[Chorc]

Just got the game today, and figured I would jump head first into it. I have played EHM 2007 so I am somewhat familiar with hockey sims. I decided to GM my favourite team, the Ottawa Senators.

Offseason:

Trades

Ottawa traded Craig Anderson to Toronto for James Riemer.
Ottawa traded Jean-Gabriel Pageau, 2014 4th Round Pick to Calgary for G Joey McDonald and 2014 5th Round Pick

Free Agent Signings

G - Clark Anderson (22 year old) - 2 yrs (Two way contract)
Year 1 - $600,000 (NHL) $109,000 (Minor)
Year 2 - $600,000 (NHL) $109,000 (Minor)

LD - Trey Lewis (20 years old) - 3 yrs (Entry Level Contract)

G- Jose Theodore (37 years old) - 1 year (Standard NHL Contract)
- $2,060,000

Re signings

G - Robin Lehner (22 years old) 4 year contract (Standard NHL Contract)
Year 1 - $1,750,000
Year 2 - $1,850,000
Year 3 - $2,050,000
Year 4 - $2,550,000

*When I traded Anderson for Riemer, I envisioned a Riemer/Lehner duo. I offered Riemer the same contract I offered Lehner's re signing contract. But Riemer decided to see if he can get offer sheeted. So I signed Theodore and traded for McDonald.

About to start my season.

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Simmed to Dec 23, 2013:

Team Summary



Team Lineup:



Trade Rumors

• Spezza, Neil, Michalek are all on the trade block
• Sens looking for defencemen

Trades:

Ottawa traded Joe Corvo to Anahiem for 2014th 3rd round pick

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Simmed to Dec 13th 2013:

Team Summary:



Team Lineup:



Trade Rumors:

• Spezza, Michalek, Neil, Phillips are on the trade block
• Sens looking for defencemen
• Spezza being linked to Flames, Islanders, Edmonton, Vancouver
• Neil being linked to Flyers
• Sens looking at Mark Streit

Trades:

Ottawa traded Joe Corvo to Anahiem for 2014 3rd round pick

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I probably got boned on these trades but it's a learning curve.

Capital Bunzs

James Reimer gets traded to Edmonton

Reimer made it known that he won't be signing any contract extension with the Ottawa Senators. GM Beauchamp has been hard on the phones, trying to find a dance partner. But since Reimer is an impending RFA this offseason, there wasn't any urgency to trade him.

"Obviously, we would have liked to sign James to an extension. I believe with (Robin) Lehner, they would have made a good duo," Ryan remarked on Tuesday night. "Even if we didn't trade him, we had the option of waiting it out and see if anyone would have offer sheeted him."

But that wasn't the case. Ottawa found a dance partner in Craig MacTavish, who was reportedly interested in Jason Spezza. Edmonton trades 21 year old Tyler Bunz.

"James is a great goaltender, who has a connection with Dallas Eakins," MacTavish said.

In addition, MacTavish finally breaks the silence on the rumors about Spezza becoming an Oiler.

"Like any other GM, I've inquired about the services of Jason Spezza," he remarks. "But the asking price was a little to high for me. They wanted Jordan Eberle, Darnell Nurse, and Anton Lander."

BREAKING NEWS:

@NHlInsder Rumors have it that Spezza has been traded. Updates to follow

@NHLtrades Spezza dealt to the Avalanche. Information still coming in.

@Sensofficial Spezza for RD Tyson Barrie, LD Ryan Wilson, and RW Steve Downie

@Sensofficial Unrelated trade with @Coyotes - Stephane Da Costa for 2014 2nd round pick.

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I'm looking forward to this dynasty report. Hope to see more soon.

Originally Posted by Chorc

*When I traded Anderson for Riemer, I envisioned a Riemer/Lehner duo. I offered Riemer the same contract I offered Lehner's re signing contract. But Riemer decided to see if he can get offer sheeted.

So Riemer's not on the team then? I'm still a bit fuzzy on how NHL contracts work.

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Originally Posted by PotatoPeeler

I'm looking forward to this dynasty report. Hope to see more soon.



So Riemer's not on the team then? I'm still a bit fuzzy on how NHL contracts work.

He was, but at the same time, I didn't play him. If he wants to get offer sheeted before playing a game with us, he can ride the bench :P

[PotatoPeeler]

Ahh.. okay. Now I get it. So what are you going to do with him? Try to move him? Craig Anderson's not looking too bad right now.

Though a Lehner/Theodore combination doesn't look too bad either.

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Originally Posted by PotatoPeeler

Ahh.. okay. Now I get it. So what are you going to do with him? Try to move him? Craig Anderson's not looking too bad right now.

Though a Lehner/Theodore combination doesn't look too bad either.

I do have a write up coming, but it's awaiting a moderator to moderate before posting.

To make a quick summary, so my Trade deadline write up makes sense

(Probably got boned on these trades. It's a learning curve though xD)

Trades:

• Ottawa traded G James Reimer to Edmonton for G Tyler Bunz
• Ottawa traded C Jason Spezza to Colorado for RD Tyson Barrie, RW Steve Downie and LD Ryan Wilson
• Ottawa traded C Stephane De Costa to Arizona (aka Coyotes) for 2014 2nd round pick

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Trade Deadline

I was sitting 7th, with 2 points separating 8th, 9th, and 10th place.

Trades

• Ottawa trades RW Chris Neil, LW Milan Michalek to Minnesota for LD Tyler Cuma, RW Brett Bulmer,$52,000.
• Ottawa trades LD Chris Phillips, Anahiem's 2014 3rd round pick to Dallas for RD Jordie Benn, $5,000, Dallas's 4th round pick.
• Ottawa trades rights to LD Mikael Wikstrand to Edmonton for LD Darnell Nurse.

Resignings

• LW Cole Schneider (23 years old) signs a $4,080,000, 4 year contract extension ($1,020,000 per year)
• LW/RW/C Cory Conacher (24 years old) signs a $3,900,000, 4 year contract extension. ($975,000 per year).
• RW/LW Steve Downie (27 years old) signs a $20,080,000, 4 year contract extension.

Breakdown:
Year 1 - $4,620,000
Year 2 - $4,820,000
Year 3 - $5,220,000
Year 4 - $5,420,000

• RW Andre Petersson (23 years old) signs a $4,750,000, 5 year contract extension. ($950,000 per year)
• LD/RD Ben Blood (25 years old) signs a $3,850,000, 4 year contract extension.

Breakdown:
Year 1 and 2 - $900,000
Year 3 - $1,000,000
Year 4 - $1,050,000

• LD/RD Tyler Cuma (24 years old) signs a $10,200,000. 5 year contract extension.

Breakdown:
Year 1 - $1,500,000
Year 2 - $1,850,000
Year 3 - $2,100,000
Year 4 - $2,300,000
Year 5 - $2,450,000

• RD/LD Tyson Barrie (22 years old) signs a $9,200,000, 5 year contract extension.

Breakdown:
Year 1 - $1,560,000
Year 2 - $1,610,000
Year 3 - $1,710,000
Year 4 - $2,010,000
Year 5 - $2,310,000

finished 9th with 91 points. 1 point from 8th place.

Off Season

Pre Draft Trades

• Ottawa traded RD Jordie Benn to Chicago for Chicago's 2014 2nd round pick.
• Ottawa traded LW Colin Greening to Montreal for Montreal's 2014 3rd round pick, $3,900.

2014 NHL Draft (Can't find rest of the draft)

• Round 2, pick 37 - LW Matt Mistele from Plymouth Whalers (OHL)
• Round 2, pick 44 - RD Andreas Radin from HC Pustertal Wolves (SA)
• Round 2, pick 58 - RW Malte Stromwall from Vaxjo Lakers HC (SHL)
• Round 2, pick 61 - C Tyler Sandhu from Everett Silvertips (WHL)

2014 Free Agency

• Ottawa signs LD Chris Phillips to a 2 year, $4875,000 contract. ($2,437,500 per year with a NMC)
• Ottawa signs RW Teemu Selanne to a 1 year, $5,390,000 contract.

• Ottawa signs LW Thomas Vanek to a 5 year, $31,950,000 contract (with a NMC).

Breakdown:
Year 1 - $6,270,000
Year 2 - $6,370,000
Year 3 - $6,470.000
Year 4 - $6,370,000
Year 5 - $6,470,000

• • Ottawa signs LD/RD Dennis Seidenberg to a 2 year, $10,508,918 contract. ($5,254,459 per year)
  • Ottawa signs RD/LD Marek Zidlicky to a 1 year, $2,161,340 contract.
  
  
  Prospect Signings
• Ottaws signs prospect G Chris Driedger to a 3 year, $2,719,766 Entry Level Contract. ($906,592 per year).
• Ottawa signs prospect C Matt Mistele to a 3 year, $2,775,000 Entry Level Contract. ($925,000 per year).
• Ottawa signs prospect C Tyler Sandhu to a 3 year, $2,775,000 Entry Level Contract. ($925,000 per year).
• Ottawa signs prospect RW Malte Stromwall to a 3 year, $2,775,000 Entry Level Contract. ($925,000 per year)
• Ottawa signs prospect LD Andreas Radin to a 3 year, $2,775,000 Entry Level Contract. ($925,000 per year)
• Ottawa signs prospect LW Scott Simmonds to a 3 year, $1,650,000 Entry Level Contract. ($550,000 per year).

Resignings

Ottawa resigns LD/RD Marc Methot to a 5 year, $9,100,000 extension. ($1,820,000 per year).
Ottawa resigns G Tyler Bunz to a 5 year, $3,550,000 extension. ($710,000 per year).
Ottawa resigns RW Bobby Ryan to a 7 year, $42,560,000 extension. ($6,080,000 per year).
Ottawa resigns RW Mark Stone to a 4 year, $3,400,000 extension. ($850,000 per year).

Trades:

• Ottawa traded LD Chris Phillips to Anahiem for 2016 1st round pick

2014 Free Agent Notable Signings

• Buffalo signs LD Dan Boyle to a 1 year, $5,870,000 contract.
• Edmonton signs G Martin Brodeur to a 1 year, $3,720,000 contract with a NMC.
• Calgary signs LW Simon Gagne to a 3 year, $16,110,000 contract. ($5,370,000 per year).
• Florida signs RW Jarome Iginla to a 1 year, $5,870,000 contract.
• Florida signs LW Daniel Sedin to a 3 year, $17,730,000 contract.

Break down:
Year 1 - $6,142,958
Year 2 - $5,910,000
Year 3 - $5,677,042

• Carolina signs G Ryan Miller to a 4 year, $22,200,000 contract.

Break down:
Year 1 and 2 - $6,550,000
Year 3 and 4 - $4,550,000

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2014 NHL Season Game Day - Season Opener

Ottawa Senators vs Nashville Predators

Ottawa Senators

Projected Starting Lineup



Nashville Predators