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I drafted Lundqvist and Anderson. Traded for Martin Biron and Toskala. Season 5, Biron is gone, Lundqvist is dominating in Cleveland, and Anderson and Toskala have just helped me clinch my first playoff spot. And now with respect to m0fownz0r and Beukeboom, I just need 3 points to pass their 104 point season for Season 5. And with 8 games left to go, it looks like I'm going to do it.Asher413 wrote:
Has anyone traded for a goalie solution? Just curious.
Think i'll just play around with the db for a while instead then.
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Traded Cibak, who I signed in the off-season before his rights ran out. Detroit sent Jeff Halpern and a 3rd round pick for 2002 in return! I thought that was a steal and surly my 3rd line should be much improved now. Cibak has actually been very good in the AHL this season, much better then I expected. But I don't see him making it into the NHL anytime soon, if ever. Not sure what Detroit are doing, his contract was running out but I thought they were easily persuaded. Not complaining though. 
Hi nino,nino33 wrote:I think some longtime players of EHM05 have gotten so used to the issues that game had (ridiculously fast development, players staying at their peak well into their 30s, all-intense practice working, superplayers abound due to the lack of Player Roles) that they think that it represented real hockey or want it to (which the IRL data clearly shows it doesn't)......and I think some such players are really struggling with having to make the changes in philosophy/practice from EHM05.....and if they traded away their draft picks like you could in EHM05, they're now a couple/few seasons into their online league and have discovered they've destroyed their organization for many years to come, in particular when playing with those who don't have any connection to EHM05 and know only the new EHM (and aren't looking to trade picks for a vet!).....and those "new players" seem to be more likely to better understand/accept the concept of development because they seem more connected with the new/modern IRL NHL where trading is hard to do, players peak in their 20s and drafting/development are key (the opposite of EHM05!)bruins72 wrote:I don't know if that person's statement is true but I do think player development has changed quite a bit in recent updates. Attribute development used to be a gradual thing, even for young players. Now it seems that young players will keep the same stats for a year or two and "pop. Suddenly they'll have much improved stats.
I was wondering.....that's helpful to know for the future, as I won't bother next timevilifyingforce wrote:I can't help but feel that you really only mean one guy who is essentially blackballed from large parts of the community rather then some or most online players.
Yeah, I really didn't mean to paint with a broad brush...I happily stand corrected/fair enough!vilifyingforce wrote:I think most of us old online vets have been able to keep up just fine
Pahlsson went off a cliff and got scratched for a while, came back as a winger and did much better. Feel I still have a lot of work to do with the 3rd/4th lines, for some reason those are the hardest to get working in this game. Renberg and Lecavalier had great seasons though. Richards did get promoted to the 1st line in Q4 and looks to be our 1C from now on, he is a stud no doubt. Having problems re-signing Mara, hope we can strike a deal now that the D is doing a little better, finding a replacement won't be easy as I have few pieces to move. 
Not a faceoff specialist according to my scout at least.bruins72 wrote:Is Pahlsson any good at faceoffs for you? I can't seem to get him to win them. His scouting report even goes so far as to call him a faceoff specialist. He's terrible at them though.
But you're right, he is not too good at it. During his 3 seasons on my team he is 39%, 50% and now 46%. He is also consistently one of the highest minus players on my team. Will probably be moving Zamuner to the 4th for next season, hope that will help Pahlsson playing better as his wingers haven't been too stellar to be fair to the guy.Nice!bruins72 wrote:I just made a steal of a deal! It pays to watch the news items. I saw a rumored deal between the Ducks and the Predators. Apparently the Predators were offering Rob Valicevic and a 5th to the Ducks for Kevin Bieksa! So I went to make my own offer and saw that they only had Bieksa valued at 3 stars. The Ducks had picked Bieksa with the 17th overall pick in the 1999 draft. So I offered Afanasenkov and the feedback said it wasn't enough. I added a 3rd round pick, just to be safe and my AGM steal thought we were on the winning end. So I offered the deal and they accepted! My board and my fans were actually happy! They celebrated the deal as a steal! Now I've just got to decide if I'm going to bring him up to my big roster now or wait a bit.
I will have to start paying better attention to all these trade offers going around. bruins72 wrote:Yikes. That's rough. Why don't you go ahead with rolling back to before the Krivokrasov trade. Please just PM Archi and tell him where to roll your posted stats back to. ie "Please reset my stats for everything after Q2 of Season 3" or whatever. Also, let him know that I said it was okay. You can release Skudra and we'll put a small penalty on Season 2.
Does that sound fair?