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03-06-2019, 02:52 PM | #1 |
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What If thread
Just recently bought the game. I've been doing some what if scenarios and seeing how they would have played out until the present time.
The first scenario I did was what if Mark Messier stayed in NY in 97 instead of Vancouver. Here are some highlights. Messier plays until 04-05 albeit at a 2nd line pace. In 97-98 The Devils win the Stanley Cup but Marty Brodeur bolts that summer to join the expansion Nashville Predators. That same summer Eric Lindros bolts from the Flyers for Chicago, and Jagr leaves the Pens for Tampa. This results in Mario Lemieux coming out of retirement 2 years early and leading the Pens to a cup in 99. Philly wins one in 2000 (I guess Lindros didn't mean ****), while the Pens win again in 01. After that its the Red Wings and Avs dominating until 05 when the league starts to change. Crosby winds up in Montreal, while Ovechkin winds up in Atlanta/Winnipeg. Champions from this scenario Champions 97-98-New Jersey 98-99- Pittsburgh 99-00-Philadelphia 00-01-Pittsburgh 01-02- Colorado 02-03-Colorado 03-04-Detroit 04-05-Phoenix 05-06-Anaheim 06-07-Anaheim 07-08-Calgary 08-09- Ny Rangers 09-10-Atlanta 10-11-Boston 11-12 Tampa 12-13-Phoenix 13-14- Ottawa 14-15- Montreal 15-16- Edmonton 16-17-Nashville 17-18 -Arizona The next scenario I did was what if the trade never happens in 88 and Wayne Gretzky stays in Edmonton. Here are some highlights, Gretzky scores over 3000 pts and the Oilers remain an elite team into the mid 90s, however they only win 1 more cup in 1990 just like in real life. Expansion and players declining eventually derail them. Mario Lemieux plays all the way to 2006 and wins 4 cups with the Pens the Pens Oilers finals battles in the early 90s are epic. Mario surpasses Gretzky in goals but not points. The St.Louis Blues win 3 cups as do the Vancouver Canucks. All 4 late 90s expansion teams also win multiple cups. The Toronto Maple Leafs also win 2 in this timeline. Sidney Crosby plays for 4 teams jumping whenever he becomes a ufa. The New York Rangers break their curse not in 1994 but in 1999. The longest drought now belongs to the Detroit Red Wings who still haven't won since 1955. Steve Yzerman,Joe Sakic, and Ray Bourque all retire cupless. Champions 88-89 Pittsburgh 89-90 Edmonton 90-91 Pittsburgh 91-92 Pittsburgh 92-93 Toronto 93-94 Dallas 94-95 St.Louis 95-96 Montreal 96-97 Vancouver 97-98 Calgary 98-99 Ny Rangers 99-00 Carolina 00-01 Vancouver 01-02 St.Louis 02-03 St.Louis 03-04 Dallas 04-05 Ottawa 05-06 Pittsburgh 06-07 Nashville 07-08 Nashville 08-09 Columbus 09-10 Columbus 10-11 Atlanta 11-12 Toronto 12-13 Vancouver 13-14 Winnipeg 14-15 Minnesota 15-16 Florida 16-17 Minnesota 17-18 Anaheim |
06-26-2019, 02:23 PM | #2 |
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Well I just finished my 3rd sim and its that what if Eric Lindros goes to NY and let me just say WOW. His career was even worse than the 1 he had. He eventually winds up in Toronto but does nothing there either. The NY Rangers cup drought now stands at 75 years. While the Pittsburgh Penguins win 6 cups in the 90s.
Cup Champs 92-93- Pittsburgh 93-94 - Pittsburgh 94-95- Pittsburgh 95-96-New Jersey 96-97 - Colorado 97-98- Pittsburgh 98-99- San Jose 99-00- Pittsburgh 00-01- Detroit 01-02- Anaheim 02-03- Ottawa 03-04-Anaheim 04-05- Ottawa 05-06- Ottawa 06-07 - San Jose 07-08- LA 08-09- Nashville 09-10 - Toronto 10-11- Calgary 11-12 - Florida 12-13 New Jersey 13-14- Carolina 14-15- Colorado 15-16- Colorado 16-17 - Columbus 17-18 - Columbus 18-19- Edmonton |
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08-02-2019, 11:30 AM | #4 |
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Another complete and its what if there was a season in 04-05.
Champions 04-05 Colorado 05-06- Detroit 06-07- NY Rangers 07-08 San Jose 08-09 - Buffalo 09-10 - Edmonton 10-11 - Atlanta 11-12 -Buffalo 12-13 Phoenix 13-14 - New Jersey 14-15 - Dallas 15-16 -Pittsburgh 16-17 - Ottawa 17-18 - Colorado 18-19- Vancouver |
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