....Right..Basically I have found myself in charge of the Seattle Thunderbirds of the WHL. I am patched up to 2.1.3, unfaked to the latest v3 degree and 'skinned' with Minstrel's sleek ice option. After studying archi's guide (and having hopefully successfully implemented Minty's 'week of hell' training policies) I felt ready to go. I am wary of rushing anything this time, and despite several nice but meaningless wins in the pre-season i am prepared for tears and tantrums to come...On the trade front I did an unusually large amount for me in the opening weeks. Firstly I fired a couple of rubbish scouts as we had a ridiculously large number taking up both roster space and funds. In their place came the promising looking Timotei Arsov, who I had targeted to try and balance up our personnel a bit more with some disciplinarian tactics..
On the player front I had a look at Spencer McAvoy, recommended on SI's website. He looks pretty decent, and to get him I offloaded Greg Scott (not likely to regret) and a maybe pricey 4th round 2006 draft pick (could well turn out to regret). However, McAvoy looks decent enough to hold down a regular place in the team. In goal I traded our second choice Gavin McHale with the wonderfully-named 'Brandon Wheat-Kings' and got the fairly decent looking prospect for the future, Kurt Jory:
I have also been chasing left-winger Jordy Black and have signed him twice, only for the deal to fall through because I apparently have too many over-age players in the squad already...I shall attempt to shift some out to bring Black in, as I am confident that he could do well...
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