Blackhawks Challenge Seasons 5,6 & 7 Discussion Topic

Post by **batdad** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:54 pm

Ok..something a little on the risky side for you.

I will have a startling different lineup for season 7

It is an attempt at something fun, not sure if it will work.

Heatley-Toews(Tavares)-PM Bouchard
A. Ladd-Tavares(Toews)-Justin Williams
Vasicek-Gaustad-Lacasse (20 yr rookie)
Van Rymsdyk-Bolland-Skille
Mike Pelech

Barker-Seabrook
Schultz-Wilson
Petrecki-Doughty
Brennan Turner (my new goon)-Matt Pelech

Price
Irving

I made a big deal before the draft:

Marian Hossa, Brad Richards to Carolina for Andrew Ladd, Justin Williams and a 2nd.

Saves me 2 mill in salary. And gives Toews, Tavares the chance to claim #1 centre role. I think they will end up splitting it though, and rotating throughout the season. I felt I could make this deal because in the playoffs PM Bouchard went nutso for me...with 35 points in 17 games. Only Heater (39) had more. Richards had 34 and Hossa 33. Toews and Tavares were both high 20s.

I also dumped McArdle for a 3rd rounder. Not sure if Lacasse (who I signed right out of the draft) or Petrecki will be my homegrown player yet.

That blockbuster may not be the best deal I have made for sure, but it is the MOST interesting one. Cannot wait to see how it works out.

Post by **Calv** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:54 pm

bonus points A have been awarded as follows:
Lidas 14
batdad 12
Shadd666 7
Phreak 7
corinthian 5
bigargon 2

Post by **batdad** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 1:47 am

Okay so 10 games in to my 7th season my team looked like this:

Heatley-Toews-Bouchard
Ladd-Tavares-Justin Williams
van Rymsdyk-Gaustad-Lacasse ( an amazing regen)
Boogie-Vasicek-Skille
Bolland(IR)

Barker-Seabrook
J. Schultz-Doughty
Petrecki-Ryan Wilson
B. Turner

Price
Irving

NOw..although the team is 10-0 and has allowed only 11 goals I was NOT happy. Dany Heatley had 2 goals, Toews 3 and Bouchard 1. Ugly. So it was time for a move. Not happy with Bouchard...AT ALL.

So the team now looks like this after 12 games:

Toews-Horcoff-Heatley
Ladd-Tavares-J Williams
Van Ryms-Gaustad-Lacasse
Boogie-Vasicek-Skille

I brought back Horcoff...in 2 games...he has 5 points. Heater has 3 goals and 4 assists in those 2 games.

Yep...I think I loves my Heater-Horcoff combo. Good bye Bouchard. NEver did like the midget initial guy anyway.

Post by **Calv** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:53 pm

bonus points B for 9.6
batdad 16
Lidas 15
rookier 5
corinthian 4
bigargon 3

next deadline is next sunday

Post by **batdad** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:32 pm

WAHOO!!! I did it...20 games 20 wins. WAHOO!! Streak goes back to the playoffs, and I believe it currently sits at 35 games straight won. SCARY.

What is odd..is until I traded for Horcoff my offense was brutal. Toews is just not a top line centre for Heatley anyway. And Tavares is just not ready yet.

So my offensive numbers are brutal, especially that power play. But my d-numbers amaze me.

Anyway...back to the game

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:34 pm

Oh great! Just what we needed! So are we banning you from the next challenge?

Post by **batdad** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:41 pm

Heh. I dunno if I have the time to play the next one anyway.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:42 pm

So if you "retire" from challenges we'll have to make the Batdad Memorial Trophy to give out when people win a challenge?

Post by **Shadd666** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:45 pm

bruins72 wrote:So if you "retire" from challenges we'll have to make the Batdad Memorial Trophy to give out when people win a challenge?

I love the idea!

Post by **batdad** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:48 pm

i AIN'T DEAD!! jesus

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:55 pm

But you're old!

Post by **batdad** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:01 pm

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:24 pm

Hey, all those smilies don't make you look any younger. They just make you look French. (Sorry Shadd, you're our resident smilie-nut!

)

Post by **batdad** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:43 pm

Heh. I thought of that as I put them in...

Post by **Shadd666** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:53 pm

Smilie-nut?

Me?

Never!

Or maybe...

Post by **batdad** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:20 pm

Jesus. I went to 40-0-0.

But then...all hell has broken loose. I am currently 2-3-1 in my last 6 games. INcluding my worst loss ever in game 41 vs Columbus...a 6-1 defeat.

So before that game this team had won 55 consecutive games dating back to game 2 of the 2012 playoffs, round 1 versus Calgary in which we lost in Overtime.

So yep...wow. Now I pay the price I guess.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:47 pm

Okay, now it's just getting a little ridiculous!

Post by **batdad** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:40 pm

No freaking question. But really, I have done nothing different or illegal. My roster is not even that exciting. Nor is it scoring all that well. I dunno. My tactics just worked really well for this season. Christ I even won the 3 shootouts I got into.

It just seems that I have kept guys together for so long that they know the ins and outs of each other.

Anyway...just lost Horcoff for 8 months..so that should do me in.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:46 pm

Those must be some interesting tactics!

Ouch! Horcoff was your man that brought it all together, wasn't he? That's going to hurt big time!

Post by **Calv** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:50 pm

congrats to batdad winning challenge 9.6, runner up was corinthian, then 2 points separated rookier, in third, and bigargon in fourth

Post by **batdad** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:10 pm

Yeah Horcoff had the team scoring and defending. Now it is going to be just defense again. Ugh.

Post by **batdad** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:33 pm

May get one of my old guard back. Carolina just placed Blunden on waivers. At 1.3 mill he is expensive but...

I can afford him, and I like him. So why not.

Someone else will likely claim him anyway

Post by **batdad** » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:44 pm

Cannot believe I am done.

Now..for those of you who have discussed at length, the successes I have been having, and others have been having. Here is the story:

Games 1-40 my record was 40-0-0.

I then lost a couple in the next 20.

The last 22 games I payed no attention to tactics, practices or line combos...as you can see I lost more often, but still not a ton. I changed my tactics only between games, and never between periods. I never once touched my line combinations, or tweaked players. Led to much less success, especially on the PK.

Now..playoff time came...I went back to my normal self and paid attention to practices, tactics and switching tactics and lines.

16-0-0 in the playoffs.

This is the only difference for me, between doing sillily well, and doing decently well. Slowly, methodically and carefully paying attention to

1. pracitce regimes
2. tactics for the team (alternating between 2 or 3)
3. tactics for lines (really don't play that much with what I set in my overall tactics of the three team sets I have--although will change breakouts if one line not getting anything done)
4. tactics for players--tweaking shooting, aggressiveness, passing tendencies, all of that when players struggle, even for a short 2 game period.

I pay very close attention to everything I do in this game. So, between the consistency of my line up over 7 years...I made 1-3 changes per season only on a fairly regular basis. This is what happens.

Oh and for those wondering...Horcoff...retired due to the massive 8 month injury he had, around game 70 of the season. See:

Horc in Hall of Fame

Post by **Calv** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:58 pm

Bonus points have been awarded:

Bonus A:
rookier 14
corinthian 12
bigargon 9
batdad 9

Bonus B:
corinthian 15
batdad 11
rookier 10
bigargon 6

Post by **Calv** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:02 pm

Final 9.7 standings:
batdad 159

corinthian 144

rookier 138

bigargon 125

Congrats to all