Challenge 14: Winnipeg Jets (Discussion Thread)

Post by **McQwak** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:43 pm

Lidas wrote:
CatchUp wrote:Just curious how many have added additional GMs to manage either of the farm teams...
I've GM-ing (but not coaching) both Dayton and San Antonio. They are both tearing it up! SA are 30-8-6, and Dayton 34-2-0!

Well, after seeing such records, I'm sure I can't beat Lidas

This is just a small challenge for me and I don't expect big success in comparison to other players. Now I realized this, but it's a big fun playing with this database. Great setup story and the challenge rules! I tried to pause playing till the next day about 5 hours ago, but couldn't. And I'm still playing...

Johnnyluc · Post by **Johnnyluc** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:25 am

Im with you, its hard to walk away from this game!

Mason is really teasing my patience. 5 goals on 10 shots against the worst team in the league. I have considered moving him down to the AHL, but there is so little time left in the season that at this point I do not know if it really will do any good.

I just lost Selanne for a month with a fractured ancle, the one player I really did not think that i could afford to loose. Oh well, Ryan moves to the top line and Latendresse gets top two line minutes until the playoffs.

alexob18 · Post by **alexob18** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:49 am

Oh I'm so excited!! And I just can't hide it!!
Stanley Cup Finals, here I come!
4-1 vs the Blues,
Swept the Canucks,
Swept the Stars...
Now on to the Devils!
They shall feel the wrath of my offensive prowess!! Brodeur is going DOWN!!!

Post by **Lidas** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 1:20 am

McQwak wrote:
Lidas wrote:
CatchUp wrote:Just curious how many have added additional GMs to manage either of the farm teams...
I've GM-ing (but not coaching) both Dayton and San Antonio. They are both tearing it up! SA are 30-8-6, and Dayton 34-2-0!
Well, after seeing such records, I'm sure I can't beat Lidas This is just a small challenge for me and I don't expect big success in comparison to other players. Now I realized this, but it's a big fun playing with this database. Great setup story and the challenge rules! I tried to pause playing till the next day about 5 hours ago, but couldn't. And I'm still playing...

Those are just the minors... my Jets are doing good too, but I cant get them to perform as good as some other users can. I just can't get my D to work. Especially PK. Any suggestions?

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:05 am

CatchUp wrote: Did anyone replace Carlye?

You can't replace Carlyle. Well you can't release him until season 2 and then you could only replace him with with of your staff members from season 1.

Johnnyluc · Post by **Johnnyluc** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:51 pm

End of year one is done.

Lost in the first round of the playoffs to the mighty Red Wings. Goaltenders where actually pretty solid, they just ran me over.

I was in 4th until Mid March, then Selanne, Toews, Pitkanen, Smid and Tkachuk all went out with injuries of some sort. They where all back for the playoffs thou, so no excuses there.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:01 pm

I just had one heck of a game.

Screenshot!

Toews and Doan both had hat tricks. Selanne, Toews, and Tkachuk each had 5 point nights. Ruutu, Doan, and Keith each had 3 points. Wisniewski, Numminen, and Pahlsson each had 2 points. Mair had a fight and got the instigator game misconduct. It was just a great game!

13-1

gibson41 · Post by **gibson41** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:04 pm

Man, their Penalty Killing sucks, thats for sure.

Laker2415 · Post by **Laker2415** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:05 pm

Great game Bruins72! Your team scored as many goals in 1 game as my team does in 5.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:07 pm

Trust me, that is not a regular occurrence for my team! Usually we're good for scoring 4 or 5 goals but we're also good for allowing about the same lately.

Post by **Manimal** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:07 pm

After tweaking my tactics I have now won six in a row!
And San Antonio are 8-0 to start their season

alexob18 · Post by **alexob18** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:20 pm

Wow nice win Bruins! I'm impressed!
And same to you Manimal!

I'm starting season two, and we were ranked number 1 to start the season!
I'm gonna try to make back to back cup runs! Wish me luck people!

Post by **McQwak** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:52 pm

How do you solve the problem with scouts' contracts expiring? They demand big money and my board doesn't allow me to offer them what they want. I found this thread here, but there is no conclusion.

Thanks.

Rougesang · Post by **Rougesang** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:00 pm

bruins72 wrote:It's a good thing we can't trade right now. It's a cheap exploit to trade for a big name player like that when they're on long-term injury. It's technically legal but you look lame for doing it.

I know, and I am actually against it, so wouldn't have done it anyway tbh... but in theory

Actually Tkachuk - Doan is good enough as it is, don't feel the urge to trade yet

Qikdraw · Post by **Qikdraw** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:10 pm

McQwak wrote:it's a big fun playing with this database. Great setup story and the challenge rules! I tried to pause playing till the next day about 5 hours ago, but couldn't. And I'm still playing...

I'm jealous of you guys in the compitition. I really wanted to play but high stress with stuff going on at home has not made me want to play ANY game at all. I've got 7 games I've never played before just sitting around and I'm not doing a thing with. Plus I haven't started EHM in over a month now.

This challenge was perfect for me too.

Well keep on playing guys, I am enjoying watching from the sidelines anyway.

gibson41 · Post by **gibson41** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 11:56 pm

Just began second 20-game segment, my team has played 4 overtime games in a row now, fortunately I lost only one point to Red Wings.

But what the hell are Kings trying to do? They traded for Adam Foote, Rob Blake, and claimed Chris Chelios off the waivers. Are they building a retirement home?

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:47 am

McQwak wrote:How do you solve the problem with scouts' contracts expiring? They demand big money and my board doesn't allow me to offer them what they want. I found this thread here, but there is no conclusion. Thanks.

Sometimes you just can't re-sign them.

If you really want that particular scout just wait until July 1st and he'll probably sign for less than you originally offered him. It's one of the quirks of the game.

mustardstew · Post by **mustardstew** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:47 am

Well, I am finally back home and looking forward to this challenge! Dig the story, the Jets, and the changes to the DB and the rules...

Is it me, or is the team pretty stacked - based on all the exhibition blowouts

So, as for what I have done:
Mason starts the season in the AHL. I want him to play as much as possible - and give my farm team and players a taste of winning. I could have sent him back to juniors, but we have no goalies as it is, AND he is better than junior skill level, IMO.
I sent everyone else back (besides Toews)...

Looks like my top two lines will be:
Doan - bag of pucks (Steen) - Selanne (hell, I could play there and get 50 points LOL)
Tkachuk - Toews - Ryan / Latendresse

after that... still working it out...

Anywho - thanks for the challenge, and here's to getting much further than last challenge!!

Cheers!

jbsnadb · Post by **jbsnadb** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:51 am

Closing in on the 20-game mark, and I'm having a blast with this team. We're playing over .500 hockey right now, but things got off to a rough start when we lost Pahlsson for almost the first month of the season. While not having the same success as some others early on, the future definitely looks bright.

Toews has risin to the challenge centering the first line with Doan and Selanne. Through the first month, he led the league in points with 26 (7g, 19a). Somehow he was not named ROM.

Backstrom has cemented himself as my #1, with Mason struggling early on. I'm giving him time though. Meanwhile, Crawford (6-0-0, 2.01 GAA) and Bernier (4-1-0, 1.81 GAA) are tearing things up for San Antonio and Dayton respectively.

Rougesang · Post by **Rougesang** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:05 pm

sounds very interesting with Steen as first line C mustardstew, will be interesting to see how that works out!

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:18 pm

I thought I saw somebody else using Steen on one of their top lines too. Interesting idea. I don't know if I'd try it though. I ended using him on my 4th line until he got injured. Still, he could be okay. He's not a bad player.

bruins72 · Post by **bruins72** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:45 pm

Ugggh! So close!

I thought I was going to get Selanne to have a 50/50 season. 50 goals in 50 games. He scored his 50th goal in game 52. So close but yet so far.

Post by **McQwak** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:03 pm

bruins72 wrote:I thought I saw somebody else using Steen on one of their top lines too. Interesting idea. I don't know if I'd try it though. I ended using him on my 4th line until he got injured. Still, he could be okay. He's not a bad player.

That was me. I used him as RW in 2nd line most season (Tkachuk-Ruutu-Steen) and he got one point per game, averaging around 8 in rating. But now I use Latendresse there and Steen is 4-5th center. And I suprisingly made it from 8th seed to SC finals against Devils

Post by **Lidas** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:33 pm

bruins72 wrote:I thought I saw somebody else using Steen on one of their top lines too. Interesting idea. I don't know if I'd try it though. I ended using him on my 4th line until he got injured. Still, he could be okay. He's not a bad player.

Toews and Steen are sharing 1st and 2nd line duties for me. The one with highest moral gets the top spot.

gibson41 · Post by **gibson41** » Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:04 am

Why can't I ever come up with working tactics? No matter what team, no matter what players, it's always the same ol' story. First match is fine, and from that point it goes down, down, down.

Seriously, with exception of 6-1 win, they scored 3+ goals against me like...in last 15 games. I allowed 126 goals in just 35 games. I changed my tactics three times, and it's always the same...first game looks good and that's about it. I was 11-6-3 in my first segment, and now I am 4-9-2 in my next 15 matches. All of my players are slowly going under 0 +/-. Doan is -5. Toews is just +2.

Lindros.