Islanders year in review

[TheScorpion]

It's been a busy season for me ever since I took hold of this organization. Here's a summary of every trade I made this year.

In:

Dustin Byfuglien
Leo Komarov
Jonathan Marchessault
Deryk Engelland
Daniel Pribyl
Bryan Rust
Conor Sheary
Josh Bailey
Jon Merrill
Evan Fitzpatrick
Radim Vrbata
Tobias Rieder
Tim Schaller
Stephen Gionta
Jayson Megna
Joseph Cramarossa
Philip Larsen
Chad Ruhwedel
Ryan Spooner
Kevan Miller
Thomas Hickey
Chad Johnson
Kyle Wood
Josh Manson
Drake Caggiula
Sami Vatanen
Thomas Vanek
Tom Kuhnhackl
Ales Hemsky
Melker Karlsson
Tom Pyatt
Matthew Phillips
1 x 2017 1st
1 x 2017 2nd
1 x 2017 3rd
3 x 2017 4th
1 x 2017 5th
1 x 2018 1st (Top 25 guaranteed)
2 x 2018 2nd
4 x 2018 3rd
3 x 2018 4th
3 x 2018 5th

Out:

Jakub Voracek
John Klingberg
Brendan Smith
Jason Zucker
Antti Raanta
Bo Horvat
Andreas Johnson
Mark Friedman
Shane Doan
Corey Perry
Tomas Nosek
Zdeno Chara
Jesper Fast
Emerson Etem
Devon Toews
Martins Dzierkals
Jacob Josefson
Austin Carroll
Vladislav Namestnikov
Roman Polak
Zemgus Girgensons
Connor Ingram
Zach Bogosian
Jakub Nakladal
Johnny Boychuk
Ryan Callahan
Rick Nash
Michael Hutchinson
Marcus Kruger
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Tyler Johnson
Patrick Sharp
Mike Weber
Travis Hamonic
Tyler Gaudet
Carl Hagelin
1 x 2017 3rd
1 x 2017 4th
1 x 2018 1st
2 x 2018 2nd
3 x 2018 3rd
4 x 2018 4th

Lineup when I took over:

Rick Nash - David Krejci - Corey Perry
Jason Zucker - Tyler Johnson - Jakub Voracek
Bo Horvat - Zemgus Girgensons - Shane Doan
Jack Skille - Jacob Josefson - Emerson Etem

Zdeno Chara - John Klingberg
Travis Hamonic - Zach Bogosian
Roman Polak - Brendan Smith
Ben Chiarot

Tuukka Rask
Antti Raanta

Lineup now:

Thomas Vanek - David Krejci - Josh Bailey
Jonathan Marchessault - Conor Sheary - Radim Vrbata
Tobias Rieder - Derek Ryan - Leo Komarov
Ryan Spooner - Tom Pyatt - Bryan Rust

Dustin Byfuglien - Jon Merrill
Sami Vatanen - Josh Manson
Thomas Hickey - Kevan Miller
Chad Ruhwedel - Deryk Engelland

Tuukka Rask
Chad Johnson

My forward depth when I joined:
Jordan Nolan
...

My forward depth now (legitimate NHLers):
Ales Hemsky
Tom Kuhnhackl
Tim Schaller
Drake Caggiula
Stephen Gionta
Jayson Megna
Joseph Cramarossa
Greg McKegg
Jordan Nolan

Draft picks when I joined: zero in 2017, one in 2018 (4th)
Draft picks now: five in 2017 (1st, 3rd, 2 4ths, 5th), nine in 2018 (1st, 2nd, 2 3rds, 4th, 4 5ths)

Thoughts?

[SportsJunky]

I like what you did with the draft picks especially. Great way to stock your cupboards.

[savardandjokinen]

I like how you got a team with mostly cheap guys who will have good re rates next season. Yes your season wasn't great this year, but you built for next year and your team should be a playoff team in the near future!

[TheScorpion]

Yeah I guess I didn't fulfill simmer2's wishes very well -- his last message to me was "don't rebuild!!" -- but I felt it was best for the direction of the team to focus more on depth than high salary

[simmer2]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Yeah I guess I didn't fulfill simmer2's wishes very well -- his last message to me was "don't rebuild!!" -- but I felt it was best for the direction of the team to focus more on depth than high salary

How dare you not listen, in an online simulated hockey league that's for fun...geez.

While I don't necessarily agree with your changes, it looks like you have been one of the more active GM's and at the end of the day trading activity is what keeps the league going so in that respect well done.

[3thirty]

Nice to see all of the moves, some wins, some losses, but you should be improved next year barring any sim hatred.