Let’s see your rosters

[Goffie]

Panarin(79)-Zibanejad(80)-M.Tkachuk(80)
B. Tkachuk(78)Suzuki(77)-Caufield(74)
Anderson(72)-Dach(73)-Lafreniere(69)
Boyd(69)-Evans(69)-Vesey(68)


Hedman(78)-Pulock(72)
Romanov(71)-Byram(73)
Harris(67)-Xhekaj(67)

Sorokin(88)
Forsberg (78)

[MJK]

Huberdeau (76) - Draisaitl (85) - Toffoli (75)
Boeser (72) - Kadri (76) - Verhague (75)
Newhook (69) - Monahan (72) - ???
Labanc (68) - Glendenning (67) - Bleugar (69)

Pietrangelo (78) - Chabot (75)
Lyubushkin (69) - Pesce (72)
??? - ???

Andersen (82)
Raanta (78)

[TheScorpion]

We're approximately cap compliant:

Buchnevich (78) - Crosby (81) - Eberle (74)
Skinner (76) - Pavelski (78) - Perron (74)
Dadonov (70) - Malkin (76) - Parise (72)
Fischer (69) - McBain (69) - Atkinson (68)

X - Karlsson (80)
Gostisbehere (74) - Gudas (72)
Zaitsev (67) – Borgen (68)

Wedgewood (78)
Campbell (76)

Still a work in progress but we're getting there.

[Cambam8]

Some forward gaps to fill, I am very happy with the D core and Fleury in net.

Kucherov(80) Crosby(81) Pasta( 82)
??? ??? Rust( 73)
N. Foligno(71) Krejci(70) M. Foligno(72)
???? ??? ???

Orlov(76) - Dumba(71)
Gavrikov(72) - Gudas(72)
Suter(72) - Clifton(70)

MA Fleury( 84)
???

[Swayze11]

With RFA offers submitted, still have some work to do.

Landeskog (77) - Aho (78) - Batherson (74)
Burakovsky (72) - Miller (80) - Kreider (78)
Bunting (71) - Schwartz (73) - Clutterbuck (70)
Perry (69) - X - Noesen (68)

Fox (78) - Werenski (77)
Dunn (76) - Miller (74)
Forsling (73) - Schneider (68)

Samsonov (81)
X

[TheScorpion]

Skinner (76) - Pavelski (78) - Schmaltz (77)
Perron (74) - Malkin (76) - Eberle (74)
Dadonov (70) - Hartman (73) - x
Atkinson (68) - McBain (69) - x

Brodin (72) - Karlsson (81)
Gostisbehere (74) - Hamilton (78)
x - x

Wedgewood (78)
Campbell (76)

[savardandjokinen]

Bratt 75 - Pettersson 80 - Laine 77
Sharangovich 70 - Krebs 68 - Wahlstrom 68
Sillinger 66 - Ruzicka 67 - Quinn 67
Jonsson Fjallby 64 - Kupari 66 - Novak 64

Spurgeon 75 - Ferraro 71
Boqvist 70 - Peeke 70
Valimaki 67 - Jokiharju 70

Swayman 83
Thompson 75

Safe to say we got a lot of work to do if we want to be competitive. However, after being competitive for a long time and not winning, a one year rebuild developing good contracts within the organization and building up a prospect/pick pool that can offer value may be best in the long run

[MJK]

B. Tkachuk (78) - Draisaitl (85) - Huberdeau (76)
Verhague (75) - Kadri (76) - ???
??? - Monahan (72) - ???
Labanc (68) - Bleugar (69) - Blais (67)

Pietrangelo (78) - Hamilton (77)
Chabot (75) - Pesce (72)
Lyubushkin (69) - Borgen (68)

Andersen (82)
Raanta (78)

[Hanna Sniper]

Hintz (78) - Thomas (77) - Debrincat (76)
Zuccarello (76) - Barzal (75) - Kyrou (76)
Staal (74) - Lowry (72) - Carter (72)
Hayton (71) - Backstrom (71) - Strome (71)

Hanifin (74) - Dobson (73)
Sandin (72) - Brodie (72)
Drysdale (66) - Smith (62)

Brossoit (70)
Daws (69)

Hurricanes weakness is goaltending but is also the easiest to address. In defence the Canes are in a transition, one season from Drysdale and Hughes taking over the top pair pushing the rest of the D-core into their proper placement.. The forward core, the bottom 6 need to change. This bottom 6 will make me a playoff team and win games.... but I would prefer a more proper 4th line and will be my main focus in correcting

[Abstract]

Gaudreau (77) - Larkin (78) - Meier (78)
Maccelli (68) - Henrique (74) - Kane (76)
Ritchie (69) - Milano (69) - Seguin (74)
Foote? (60) - Drury? (62) - ???

Montour (74) - Holl (71)
Bouchard (72) - Sanheim (72)
Nemeth (68) - Holden (70)

Allen (76)
Levi (68)

Goaltending an obvious concern until Levi comes of age, LW also weak and needs some work

[Knut]

Filip Forsberg (77) - Jack Eichel (79) - Mark Stone (77)
Taylor Hall (74) - Joel Eriksson-Ek (76) - Travis Konecny (77)
Oliver Bjorkstrand (72)- Nick Bonino (70) - xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sammy Blais (67) - Colin Blackwell (67) - PE Bellemare (68)


Ivan Provorov (74) - Jacob Trouba (74)
Alexandre Carrier (69) - Brian Dumoulin (72)
Jeremy Lauzon (69) - Radko Gudas (72)

Thatcher Demko (80)
Casey DeSmith (77)

I like my top 6 depth. Bottom 6 and Defence need a bit of work. Good mix of two-way and Offense first guys up front as well.

I can bring in 16 M in cheese so I should be able to supplement the roster in free agency or via trade.

[JonDuke]

Ehlers 74 Scheifele 77 Wheeler 75
Svechnikov 76 Lindholm 76 Lehkonen 74
Kapanen 70 Toews 73 Oshie 73
XXXXXX Luostairnen 71 XXXXXX

Sergachev 77 Andersson 75
Gustafson 72 Shattenkirk 72
Staal 70 Rosen 66


Vas 87
Murray 76

We still might move Scheifele or Oshie to fill out the rest of the roster but this is how she shapes up after round 2.

[JonDuke]

McCann 75 Lindholm 76 Svechnikov 76
Ehlers 74 Wheeler 75 Lehkonen 74
Luostairnen 71 Toews 73 Oshie 73
Lomberg 67 Staal 67 Kapanen 70

Sergachev 77 Andersson 75
Gustafson 72 Shattenkirk 72
Staal 70 Kulikov 71

Vas 87
Murray 76

Still not set on Wheeler as 2C and guess he'll be moved before the season starts

[I wanna be like Miikka]

Raymond 72 - Barkov 82 - Tarasenko 76
Zegras 74 - Matthews 81 - Pageau 74
Mikheyev 72 - Hischier 78 - O'Reilly 75
Lizotte 69 - Acciari 70 - Gaudreau 72

Makar 83 - Ekholm 75
Doughty 78 - Schenn 73
Bortuzzo 67 - Mccabe 72

Kuemper 83
Vanacek 80
Vladar 78

Lineup is now compete after adding Kuemper, O'Reilly and McCabe via UFA.
Still a tiny bit of cap left for a depth D or fwd.
Will plan to add a 3rd pairing D sometime later this summer or during the season. May need to swap a C for a winger depending on the positions I have when the roster file is released.

[Goffie]

Originally Posted by I wanna be like Miikka

Raymond 72 - Barkov 82 - Tarasenko 76
Zegras 74 - Matthews 81 - Pageau 74
Mikheyev 72 - Hischier 78 - O'Reilly 75
Lizotte 69 - Acciari 70 - Gaudreau 72

Makar 83 - Ekholm 75
Doughty 78 - Schenn 73
Bortuzzo 67 - Mccabe 72

Kuemper 83
Vanacek 80
Vladar 78

Lineup is now compete after adding Kuemper, O'Reilly and McCabe via UFA.
Still a tiny bit of cap left for a depth D or fwd.
Will plan to add a 3rd pairing D sometime later this summer or during the season. May need to swap a C for a winger depending on the positions I have when the roster file is released.

Too deep up front for regular season and Matthew’s is definitely too soft for playoffs. The sim will hate it.

[Harry Lime]

My team has 1 good guy on offense (buchnevich) and 2 good guys on defense (miro and jones), rounded out with a bunch of plugs. It's going to be interesting what the SIM makes of this season.

[Knut]

Forsberg (77) - Eichel (79) - Stone (77)
Hall (74) - Eriksson-Ek (76) - Konecny (77)
Bjorkstrand (72)- Bonino (70) - B. Tanev (71)
Xxxxxx - Blackwell (67) - Bellemare (68)


Provorov (74) - Trouba (74)
Slavin (75)- Dumoulin (72)
Xxxxxxx -Gudas (72)

Demko (80)
DeSmith (77)

Need a couple depth pieces but I feel like there is pretty good depth here. Lots of Defensively aware forwards as well which I think helps in the sim.

[JonDuke]

Originally Posted by Goffie

Too deep up front for regular season and Matthew’s is definitely too soft for playoffs. The sim will hate it.

As a team that can't seem to get past the 1st round, I clearly know nothing but I have become a believer in what others have mentioned here often: The sim punishes teams that are too strong.

So I wasted a few minutes this morning:
Based on a 28 team league, the top 28 rated forwards would be considered a "star", the top 84 would be top line, the top 168 2nd line, etc.
For D, the top 28 are "star", top 56 are 1st pairing, top 112 are 2nd pairing, etc.

Some fell right in the middle of a rating, so I just used the .5 to mean some would be above that and some below. anyway, here's how ratings break down, roughly:

Star forward 78.5ov and above
Top line forward 75.5 -78ov
2nd line F 72 - 75
3rd line 69 - 71
4th line 67 - 68

Top D 76.5
top pairing 74 - 76
2nd pairing 71 - 73
3rd pairing 68.5 - 70

#1G 79+
Backup 75-78


I omitted the 4th line, but here's how some teams (based on posts in the roster thread) pan out with the above.


Sharks
2 star forwards
3 top line F
1 2nd line
1 3rd line
2 star D
1 top pair D
12nd pair D
2 3rd pair
top goalie and a high rated backup

Carolina
1 star
5 top line F
3 2nd line F
3 upper 3rd line
No star D
1 top pair D
3 2nd pair D
lower rated starter goalie

Florida
2 star Forwards
3 top line F
2 2nd line F
2 3rd line
No star D
1 top pair D
3 2nd pair D
2 3rd pair D
Backup as a starter

Flyers
No star forwards
4 top line players
4 2nd line forwards
2 3rd line F
1 star D
1 top pairing D
3 2nd pairing D
1 3rd pair D
2nd highest rated starter
bottom half ranked backup

Calgary
2 star forwards
3 top line
5 2nd line
2 3rd line
2 star D
1 top pair D
2 2nd pair D
2 x starting goaltenders
1 high end backup

CBJ
1 star forward
5 top line forwards
2 2nd line
13rd line
3 top pairing D
2 2nd pairing D
True starter


I've been in the position of having multiple stars on my team and it's never led me to the promised land. This year, I go on with no start forwards and wonder how it will effect me.

Flames and Sharks have amazing rosters but I wonder if having 2 or 3 x star forwards and 2 x star Dmen will cause the SIM to punish them. Same goes for teams like Florida who have 2 x star players

This is just for sh1ts and giggles but I'm personally following a breakdown like this to follow teams and see how they make out.

[I wanna be like Miikka]

Last year I had Mackinnon and Matthews and the sim took the squad all the way to the finals. I think the sim was made by Darryl Sutter. In general two way C outperform their ratings and young guys don't perform as well as they should. Sim seems to love Vets so need to have several of those on the roster.

[JonDuke]

Originally Posted by I wanna be like Miikka

Last year I had Mackinnon and Matthews and the sim took the squad all the way to the finals. I think the sim was made by Darryl Sutter. In general two way C outperform their ratings and young guys don't perform as well as they should. Sim seems to love Vets so need to have several of those on the roster.

and Im pretty sure Pat had more than 1 star player as well.