THanks Timmy, although I really do not care whether people like me or not. I call spades spades. There are guys I have alot of respect for. There are guys I don't. Any time Getzlaf gets involved in trade discussions, he gets whiny that he is getting ripped off, and that the trading partner is not offering enough....especially if it is me. I think in the first season I took him to the cleaners on a trade, and since then....if I offered him Gretzky, Dryden and Lemieux for Howe, Geoffrion and Steen, he would automatically assume I was offering Brent, Dave and Jocelyn for Gordie Bernie and Thomas....and not Wayne, Ken and Mario for Marty Blake and Alex.
And he would tell me that those guys were not a good deal because he needs defensemen
Now I love working on deals with Marsac, Manimal and Catchup....the negotiation is fun there. Noone else will negotiate...just accept and reject. Corinthians does a little bit.
But..noone else does. Lidas did when he was around. Everyone else just leaves it and walks away. There are only so many times a person can work deals with the same two people.
Yeah...trading is not what it is all about for sure. I have enjoyed finding free agents like Henrique, Callahan, Doan, O'Reilly...and last year Brian Boyle etc.
But it is just not the same as working out a deal.
I love the fact that I don't attend the draft at all...and the computer picks for me and I have a team well above many of the guys (that not being at the draft includes year 1 which I left after 2 picks I believe)
anyway....moving on. L
Lets see how many responses we get to this question. It will help guys like me and Catchup decide if we want to come back to the league.
List your team name, your name, your players and how you acquired them (including year) If you took over a team, and the guy was a keeper just let us know that.
Sancouver Sentinals formerly Burnaby Ice, Batdad,
Players
Jeff Carter-Trade 2010-11
Brooks Laich-Draft 2011
Adam Henrique-Free Agent 2011-12
Jason Arnott-Free Agent 2011-12
Patrick Marleau-Draft 2009 (1st draft)
Rene Bourque-Trade 2009-10
Brandon Prust-Free Agent 2011-12
Teemu Selanne-Draft 2011
Shane Doan-Free Agent 2010-11
Ryan Callahan-Free Agent 2010-11
Alex Burrows-Trade 2011-12
Jordan Caron-Free AGent 2011-12 (will be gone soon, just there til Versteeg back or b4)
Brent Seabrook-Trade 2009-10
Lubomir Visnovsky-Draft 2010
Sami Salo-Free Agent 2011-12
Kevin Bieksa Trade 2011-12
Zybenek Michalek-Free Agent 2011-12
Dmitri Orlov Free Agent 2011-12
ANdrei Kostytsyn Draft 2011
Ryan O'Reilly Free Agent 2011-12
Kris Versteeg Draft 2011-12
Roberto Luongo-Draft 2009-10
Anti Nielmi Draft 2011
Ray Emery-Free Agent 2011-12
So for me
2 draft picks 2009 (Luongo, Marleau)
1 draft pick 2010 (Visnovsky)
3 draft picks 2011 (Niemi, Kostitsyn, Laich)
5 through trade (Carter 2010-11, Burrows 2011-12, Bourque 2009-10, Seabrook 2009-10, Bieksa 2011-12)
12 Free Agents (9 this season, and Shane Doan, Ryan Callahan and Teemu Selanne in 2010-11)
So you can see my roster has changed over a ton from the first draft.
My keepers last season were Luongo, Seabrook, Visnovsky, Lidstrom, Doan, Carter, Marleau, Bourque,Selanne, Callahan. 2 original draft picks, 4 original keepers still on my roster) In year one....only had 6 keepers ...so 2 original keepers are gone---Lidstrom this year, and Iginla.
Year two kept 6,3,1....I have my goalie, 2 of the 3 dmen, and all 6 forwards still on my roster. However, one of them will not be a keeper this year (Bourque) and Bieska will be in to replace Mr. Lidstrom. Bourque will become Burrows and Selanne will become Henrique. Doan may go out for O'Reilly.
Curious to see how many others will post their teams history
My seasons: 2009-10 1st overall, lost in finals.
2010-11 2nd or 3rd overall, lost in semis to the champion...who timmy t, is proof a team can get hot at the right time and come out of nowhere. I think he finished 7th last year old Sura Sloppy Slippers.
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