JohnnyFlame
01-06-2005, 10:06 PM
Superfraggle was saying "Fart have you gone crazy"? and JohnnyFlame could only laugh. Well I went with Cheese's advice who said that perhaps the team had two many veterans and didn't have the right mix. We dealt some outstanding players but in return the team is set for years and there are still a good compliment of vets to field a competitive team.
We think that Horton with Zhamnov and Antropov along with Boyle and Boucher can be an excellent top five. Then the next five would be a veteran unit of McAmmond, Francis, Scatchard, Mara and Cross. Then we would mix a veteran line in Horcoff, Ricci and Bougnecki with two young dmen in Visnevski and Pitkanen. The fourth line would see Schaeffer alongside youngsters Lombardi and Taffe.
Yeah Superfraggle said but what about the guys you gave up. JohnnyFlame said well we dealt two 40 somethings who won't be in the mix next year, an underperforming CPHL and going downhill NHL goalie in return for young talent. We traded a great young player in Gaborik for a even younger star in Horton. Marty St. Louis is an awesome NHL player but he sucks in the CPHL. He isn't in the top 100 scoring in the CPHL this year nor was he last and maybe on a new team he can actually play some hockey like he is supposed to. Kaberle was brutal on defense despite his pts. Gill was useless.
A whole lot of nothing was what we gave up in actual performance though on paper and in that other league they are exceptional players.
The team won with a whole, whole lot less talent last year and at the end of the day they will likely perform no worse than what they were which was a .500 team who neither scored well or played well defensively.
Caps are back to their old strategy. Just make trades and enjoy that and if the SIM likes that then good and if not oh well then make some more trades!!!!!
We think that Horton with Zhamnov and Antropov along with Boyle and Boucher can be an excellent top five. Then the next five would be a veteran unit of McAmmond, Francis, Scatchard, Mara and Cross. Then we would mix a veteran line in Horcoff, Ricci and Bougnecki with two young dmen in Visnevski and Pitkanen. The fourth line would see Schaeffer alongside youngsters Lombardi and Taffe.
Yeah Superfraggle said but what about the guys you gave up. JohnnyFlame said well we dealt two 40 somethings who won't be in the mix next year, an underperforming CPHL and going downhill NHL goalie in return for young talent. We traded a great young player in Gaborik for a even younger star in Horton. Marty St. Louis is an awesome NHL player but he sucks in the CPHL. He isn't in the top 100 scoring in the CPHL this year nor was he last and maybe on a new team he can actually play some hockey like he is supposed to. Kaberle was brutal on defense despite his pts. Gill was useless.
A whole lot of nothing was what we gave up in actual performance though on paper and in that other league they are exceptional players.
The team won with a whole, whole lot less talent last year and at the end of the day they will likely perform no worse than what they were which was a .500 team who neither scored well or played well defensively.
Caps are back to their old strategy. Just make trades and enjoy that and if the SIM likes that then good and if not oh well then make some more trades!!!!!