TBL Challenge 1.1 & 1.2: Washington Capitals Chat Thread

Systemfel · Post by **Systemfel** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:25 pm

Great, now I have a line that can score.

Ovechkin, Bergeron and Semin have been lighting it up the last five games or so.

And Zubrus is a happy man again.

Post by **archibalduk** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:31 pm

I've played about ten games so far. Things aren't going too bad I guess - I'm about 11th in the Conf. My highlight so far was beating the Canucks 4-2 and Ending Naslund's five game scoring streak.

Hopefully I'll be getting Radek Bonk in exchange for two prospects and two draft picks. The Habs decided to negotiate and I agreed to their negotiations. Fingers crossed.

Mysteriously, I decided to pickup JS Aubin from the waivers (not the waiver draft by the way

). I don't really know what possessed me to sign him. Oh well I guess I'll chuck him on waivers and see what happens!

Post by **E5150_ca** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:07 am

archibalduk wrote: Hopefully I'll be getting Radek Bonk in exchange for two prospects and two draft picks. The Habs decided to negotiate and I agreed to their negotiations. Fingers crossed.

Are you sure hes worth that?

I managed to get Spezza for less, you can probably do better then Bonk.

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:41 am

Depends on which picks and which prospects of course...

Post by **E5150_ca** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:22 am

Aww jeez.. I dunno if it was the patch or not but Stevens just dive bombed my last 5 games.

In 5 games hes got

0 points
-4 +/-
33 penalty minutes
and an average rating of 6.00

This coming form a guy that was easily my number 1 D-Man the first 20 games.

So anyone know a good cheap defenseman?

Post by **E5150_ca** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:33 am

And now Ovechkin is injured for 2 weeks. UGH.

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 4:02 am

Careful you'll start claiming it's all some kind of consipiracy soon! Maybe what really did it was that your stadium changed peanut venders

Hope things improve for ya

Post by **E5150_ca** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:47 pm

Well... Maybe Stevens was always snacking on the peanuts instead of practicing, than when we changed vendors he didn't like the new guys and took out his rage on Ovheckin

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:27 pm

Strange things happen on teams behind closed doors...

Post by **archibalduk** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:29 pm

E5150_ca wrote:Are you sure hes worth that?

I managed to get Spezza for less, you can probably do better then Bonk.

I think the picks I exchanged were rounds 6 and 7 so that's no much of a big deal. The two prospects involved in the trade aren't that fantastic either - I think they were both valued as two stars each in the trade screen.

I've been looking for someone tough but who can put in a few goals as well and, having unsuccessfully attempted to sign some other players for this position, I've put in an offer for Bonk. I'm really quite desperate to strengthen the checking lines of my offence and I'm hoping he'll do this. He's not exactly ideal but I think he will still do the job.

Post by **Minstrel** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:01 pm

Maybe my Caps can make a trade with your Caps Arch

My checking lines are a bit too full and I really need another scorer as a second line winger. Whattya think?

Post by **archibalduk** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 11:06 pm

It's a deal! My checking lines suck pretty hard.

Who've you got on the wings? I think I have Ovechkin and someone else on the first and Semin and Zubrus on the second.

Post by **Minstrel** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:15 am

Mainly my wings are free agents I could probably waive and nobody would pick up

All my FA offers on the offensive/playmaker side went elsewhere and then all my defensive guys signed.

It's a bit dismal. To give you an idea if I can't swing a deal here soon (I'm 'round a week from opening day now) I may just have to break down and give Battaglia the money he wants

I can only give guys so much credit for attending the same High School as I did

Systemfel · Post by **Systemfel** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:25 am

Isn't Battaglia supposed to be a UFA when the game starts?

Post by **Minstrel** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:13 am

I belive so, just like Stevens is 'supposed' to be retired

darn you code lock deadline!

Systemfel · Post by **Systemfel** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:47 pm

I thought Battaglia's been a UFA since August 1.

Systemfel · Post by **Systemfel** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:26 pm

The Sens just ousted me in the first round of the play-offs.

Lost four games in a row after winning the first three.

Post by **archibalduk** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 7:05 pm

I'm approaching the end of the first segment. I signed Bonk and he's doing ok (he scored on his debut) but the rest of my team is underperforming. I need to shake up my lines a little.

I beat the Devils though

Post by **Minstrel** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:08 am

My team has met with mixed results so far... 2-3-2

at one point we had three consecutive shootouts and own only one of them

After the second game Ovechkin went out for two weeks with a hip injury

I have to say that Semin was clicking in my preseason though with 7g3a in 5 games

he's had three now in 7 regular season games...

I have some moves on the horizon and Ovechkin will be back in 5-7 days so we'll see what happens.

Devils88 · Post by **Devils88** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:41 pm

i've just begun my challenge. preseason was very sucessful with 5 wins and 1 loss. Now 4 games into the season my caps are 3-1-0, despite i didn't shake up the roster like most of you did. nothing spectacular, only revamped defense

signed free agent scott lachance
traded for barett jackman (get rid of battaglia who wants over 1m for his play

)
claimed brad ference from waivers (lost nycholat on waivers what didn't hurt me at all

)
traded for sebastian caron (qullet was awful, needed a backup)

exept my first line, there is not much scoring. most caps players on the roster are average. but i still need a 2nd line center and left wing. but nothing average, so it will cost more than i'm willing to give at the moment

we will see.
semin has lighted up the scoreboard so far with 5g 4a in 4 games.

still i'm trying to get rid of kolzig but no one wants his salary.....

Post by **E5150_ca** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:51 pm

Try handing off Kolzig to Edmonton, I know I'm not the only one who managed to do that.

I managed to sign battaglia for 775,000 a year, I have no idea why everyone else is having so hard singing him. Hes not playing that bad for me either. 14P in 40 games, +2, Average Rating of 7.30

Post by **archibalduk** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:54 pm

I also want to ship out Kolzig. The only thing that worries me is that I won't be able to find a quality G willing to come to my team to replace him.

Post by **E5150_ca** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:07 pm

With a tag-team of Miller and Oullette playing I've been doing abit better than average. Next year, once they've both matured a little I predict it will be even better, you shouldn't assume Oullette is hopeless for the season.

And just to brag a little more, I fineally put together a top line with the right tactics. My first line has a combined 20 points in the last 3 games.

Post by **Minstrel** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:14 pm

I dealt Fehr and a 3rd for Lundqvist to cover myself before dealing Kolzig... usually the Rangers won't move him without basically just signing over your prospect list and picks but I gots lucky I guess. Right place right time like E's Spezza deal.

Currently in my game... after complaining that I wasn't able to get any deals done they've been practically making themselves for me recently and I've brought in some players that I'm very happy with. I'll have mostly the lineup I'll use for the year after hammering out one more deal for a D. Finally among my list of additions to the team will be Ovechkin who as I mentioned was out two weeks with a hip injury

Something that has reallly been bothering me has been Tomas Fleischman's card. Apparently in his spare time he likes to pose for terrible pictures. Who knew?

The current pic is actually his only pic at the Caps official site too. So for my own sanity I had to rework it. Didn't turn out too bad given the source. I had to rework the background, remove the text and do a 'Hair Club for Men' hair restoration project on the top of his head

:

Here's the card if you want it... you'll have to either rename it as an .ehg or pull out the .ehg version currently in your pics folder so this one will come up. Had to leave it a png or I couldn't show it online.

Post by **archibalduk** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:28 pm

darn that's some good hair restoration.

What did you use? Was it Just For Men Gel?