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BagoPucks · 07-22-2021, 11:18 PM

Its been a while since GM Bagopucks made a post. Usually he posts at a higher frequency but given the CPHL Entry Draft work and off season there hasn't been much time.

GM Bagopucks had a plan to go into the draft and take Eklund at 2. The night before the draft, he began second guessing himself. Eklund is very slick and smart but we got talked into deciding that Brandt Clarke is the guy with massive offensive potential and the knocks against him seemed superficial. Bagopucks fell in love with the player and decided that Clarke was the guy. Now given the view from his arm chair isnt very good and who knows.

Kent Johnson, Xavier Bourgault were two players we were hoping for and were happy to land. Olen Zellweger was just the guy we thought was good value after Ayrton Martino was stolen by Knut a pick before us.

Below is the roster we started with when we took over the this franchise about 10 or 12 games into the season last year. I am still cringing from looking at it.

Tyler Ennis - Mikael Backlund - Kyle Okposo
Zack Smith - Cody Eakin - Drake Caggiula
Tobias Rieder - Nic Dowd - Justin Bailey
Michael Ferland - Curtis Lazar - Hudson Fasching

Erik Cernak - Mark Pysyk
Brent Seabrook - Brendan Smith
Matt Irwin - Martin Marincin

Craig Anderson
Ryan Miller

Fast forward to now and some of you are still cringing at my roster. We are taking a balanced approach to assembling a team.

A.Iafallo (72) - P.Danault (73) - P.Kessel (72)
N.Niederreiter (71) - B. Sutter (69) - D.Brown (69)
A.Chiasson (67) - R.Faksa (68) - T.Terry (68)
A.Ladd (64)- ???????? - A. Erne (67)

M.Giordano (74)- S.Gostisbehere (69)
D.Forbort (68) - O. Klefbom (71)
???????? - J.Tinordi (66)

T.Jarry (87)
?????????

Some of the trades include moving P.K Subban, Mike Smith and Cap this year for next. Players coming in through trades include Henrik Borgstrom, Adam Erne, Nino Niederrieter, Andrew Ladd and Libor Hajek.

The upgrade from last year doesn't look like much but our AHL, ECHL is stronger with a years worth of development, signings and trades. It still remains to be seen if anyone from the AHL will jump up and take a few open spots at the CPHL level

Washington Capitals will try to be competitive this year as our goal will again be to make the playoffs. The current roster is weak with lots of holes but Bagopucks has been telling all his staff not to worry as he has been personally delivering magic performance enhancing potions to drink for the upcoming sim season to all his players. Troy Stecher refused to drink it and hence why he is stuck in the minors.

TLDR; we still suck but Bagopucks is delusional of building something special. So nothing new.

07-22-2021, 11:18 PM	#1
BagoPucks First Line Centre Join Date: Jul 2009 Exp:	2021-2022 Washington Capitals Update Thread Its been a while since GM Bagopucks made a post. Usually he posts at a higher frequency but given the CPHL Entry Draft work and off season there hasn't been much time. GM Bagopucks had a plan to go into the draft and take Eklund at 2. The night before the draft, he began second guessing himself. Eklund is very slick and smart but we got talked into deciding that Brandt Clarke is the guy with massive offensive potential and the knocks against him seemed superficial. Bagopucks fell in love with the player and decided that Clarke was the guy. Now given the view from his arm chair isnt very good and who knows. Kent Johnson, Xavier Bourgault were two players we were hoping for and were happy to land. Olen Zellweger was just the guy we thought was good value after Ayrton Martino was stolen by Knut a pick before us. Below is the roster we started with when we took over the this franchise about 10 or 12 games into the season last year. I am still cringing from looking at it. Tyler Ennis - Mikael Backlund - Kyle Okposo Zack Smith - Cody Eakin - Drake Caggiula Tobias Rieder - Nic Dowd - Justin Bailey Michael Ferland - Curtis Lazar - Hudson Fasching Erik Cernak - Mark Pysyk Brent Seabrook - Brendan Smith Matt Irwin - Martin Marincin Craig Anderson Ryan Miller Fast forward to now and some of you are still cringing at my roster. We are taking a balanced approach to assembling a team. A.Iafallo (72) - P.Danault (73) - P.Kessel (72) N.Niederreiter (71) - B. Sutter (69) - D.Brown (69) A.Chiasson (67) - R.Faksa (68) - T.Terry (68) A.Ladd (64)- ???????? - A. Erne (67) M.Giordano (74)- S.Gostisbehere (69) D.Forbort (68) - O. Klefbom (71) ???????? - J.Tinordi (66) T.Jarry (87) ????????? Some of the trades include moving P.K Subban, Mike Smith and Cap this year for next. Players coming in through trades include Henrik Borgstrom, Adam Erne, Nino Niederrieter, Andrew Ladd and Libor Hajek. The upgrade from last year doesn't look like much but our AHL, ECHL is stronger with a years worth of development, signings and trades. It still remains to be seen if anyone from the AHL will jump up and take a few open spots at the CPHL level Washington Capitals will try to be competitive this year as our goal will again be to make the playoffs. The current roster is weak with lots of holes but Bagopucks has been telling all his staff not to worry as he has been personally delivering magic performance enhancing potions to drink for the upcoming sim season to all his players. Troy Stecher refused to drink it and hence why he is stuck in the minors. TLDR; we still suck but Bagopucks is delusional of building something special. So nothing new.