Challenge 39 Rebuilding the Bruins - Discussion

[watts555]

Seasons change for our trading purposes on June 15th. You make your initial trades and then you must wait until June 15th 2017. At that point, the trading age drops to 28. At this point you're allowed to trade players 28 and older but not required to trade them.

Thanks Bruins. For some reason I got confused as to other challenges.. I mean, I played LAST challenge.. but for some reason my brain wasn't working

[batdad]

Also just because it was worded oddly to me....it appeared that you wanted to trade FOR players 29 and over. You can only ever trade for players 24 and under

I am sure you knew that, but the sentence looked odd to me.

Can I make MY season 2 trade for players 29 or older

[watts555]

Also just because it was worded oddly to me....it appeared that you wanted to trade FOR players 29 and over. You can only ever trade for players 24 and under

I am sure you knew that, but the sentence looked odd to me.

Can I make MY season 2 trade for players 29 or older

Ahh yes, my mistake !!!

[stone169]

OMG! Very last win of the season...down 2-0 to the Lightning...late in the 3rd period the Bruins come back and win the game 3-2. Rookie defenceman Dante Fabbro was named the 1st star with 2 goals. Including the game tying goal and the game winner. Thanks to Fabbro's heroics, the Boston Bruins have made the playoffs in season 3. Now to face the Caps, who have pretty much owned me.

Game 4 of the 1st round. Bruins already down 3 games to none. Caps up by one, with 53 seconds left to go in the 3rd Pastrnak ties the game. With 1 second left to go in the 3rd Pastrnak gives the Bruins their 1st playoff win in over 3 years.

I took the Caps to a game 6 and lost 2-1. I have to be real happy with the team. Making the playoffs the way they did and taking a power house like the Caps to 6 games. Really looking forward to next season.

[watts555]

I am an idiot, and even though I asked about the age, I went and I made a trade before the age limit and new trading season began. I was three days ahead of the age decreasing. I traded Marchand, Beleksy, and Irwin for Kempe, Murphy, and Baltisberger. This trade was done on June 12th, 2017.
I can either

A) Restart from an earlier save in February, I have 57 games played. So I would need a stats reset.
OR
B) Forfeit a Specific round of the draft,
OR
C) A punishment gathered by you guys !!!

Please let me know what you guys think !!!

[Peter_Doherty]

Personally i think a slap on the wrist is enough, we're talking about 3 days here But b72 has the final word

[bruins72]

Public flogging sounds fair enough.


Don't worry about it.

[Peter_Doherty]

Hehe Brown has been alot better in his second stint after Pastrnak got injured, now Pasta is almost back and i have no idea what to do since i have Novikov on Browns line to balance that line (Novikov is a defensive player). I'll keep Pasta on the 3rd line for a bit and decide on Brown later.

[watts555]

Public flogging sounds fair enough.


Don't worry about it.

Thanks B. I literally feel like a complete idiot after asking that question lol

Also, I think I may have encountered a bug. The game is saying that I have traded Malcolm Subban, but you can see here, I did NOT trade him, and he is still on my roster. I am not sure if this has happened to anyone else or not. Just wanted to see what your guys verdict was.

[Peter_Doherty]

I finally get my team going and sit at 21-11-3 which should mean i'm solid in a playoff spot right? RONG... East is insane on my save and i'm sitting in 8th with .643 Win%, insane. The same Win% would have me in 2nd in the West Nothing comes easy in this challenge.

[bruins72]

So I'm only 12 games into season 2 but my team is looking pretty good. So of the moves I made aren't working out that great but we're winning games. We're actually in 6th place in the conference! I will be thrilled if we can sustain that pace.

I love my 4th line! These guys are really good defensively and they're chipping in point. I've got Kempe - Sheahan - Ferlin as my 4th line. Ferlin has 5 G 1 A in 12 games on the 4th line. I don't want to move him to a different line though because I think he'll suffer on another line. Kempe is also a beast. He's got 2G 4A in 12 games. Sheahan has only played 10 games because he was suspended to 2 games. He's got 1 G 4 A in those 10 games. All three of them are + players.

Nolan Patrick was really struggling with the big team. He played on the 2nd and 3rd lines and also 2nd PP. He had no points, -2, and a 5.67 Av R in 5 games with Boston. I figured he wasn't quite ready yet. When I went to send him back to juniors I saw the option to send him to Providence. His junior team must have released his rights when he was drafted and signed by Boston. So he's in the AHL. He's doing better there with 4 points in 5 games so far. I really didn't have much for centers in Providence, so I brought up Visuri. I've got to say, he's surprised me! When Sheahan was suspended, Visuri centered both the 3rd and 4th lines. Now he's centering the 3rd. He's actually got 5 points in 6 games! Head Scout Bob Strumm still think Visuri will have trouble adapting to life in the U.S. but so far, he's looking good to me.

My top line of Koko - Kuznetsov - Pasta is doing well, getting most of our team's points. They're all averaging about a point a game. My 2nd and 3rd lines are more of an issue. Meier really wasn't working out in the pre-season. He was getting some bad game ratings and didn't come to camp in the best shape. So he was sent down to Providence. Sonny Milano has struggled but hasn't been replaced in the lineup because of a lack of other options. Mantha and Connolly have been okay. Hayes hasn't done much though. And of course Spooner is Spooner and that's frustrating.

I've had plenty of injuries on defense, so I've juggled them quite a bit. Jones, Krug, Morrow, and Murphy are all regulars. The other 2 spots are rotated between Nurse, Zboril, Cross, and Kevan Miller. Nurse is usually the 5th defenseman.

I think I'm going to move Milano down to Providence and switch Connolly to LW. That will allow me to bring up Senyshyn and try him out as 2nd line RW.

[bruins72]

That's just bizarre, watts. You've got screenshots, so you're covered.

[Peter_Doherty]

b72 - From experience, don't touch that 4th line as long as they perform, i tinkered with Koko after his success and moved him up and down the lineup, he hasn't been good since. He's a healthy scratch right now. I also have Kempe, love him, so solid.

Right now i'm on the hunt for a LW Power forward to play on the left of Brown-Zibanejad, want Novikov on the 3rd line if possible instead of the 2nd, just need to find the right trade. Dangling Beleskey, Trotman and Randell as bait, scouting all the young LW powerforwards i could find with a quick search, someone like Thachuk or Max Jones would be cool, both are struggling in their teams. Hopefully i don't have to add Marchand to the deal, it's hard enough adding Beleskey who has been really solid overall, i just don't think he's skilled enough to be on that 2nd line (need more of a passer since i think both Brown and Ziba are more of shooters) and i really want Novikov on the 3rd line.

If Trotman is added to the deal then i'll probably bring up Fabbro to play with Krug.

[watts555]

That's just bizarre, watts. You've got screenshots, so you're covered.

I was looking at the other trades and player histories, it looks like none of the trades below that trade were actual trades in the game.. it's just plain weird to me.

[bruins72]

So in his first game after being called up Senyshyn had 1 G 2 A and was the game's first star. This also brought a good game out of linemates Mantha and Spooner. Let's hope he can keep it up!

[Peter_Doherty]

So Panthers GM values Max Jones 3*, my scouts all have him at a future 1st liner and compare him to Jamie Benn and Andrew Ladd Maybe i can get a steal here?

[watts555]

So Panthers GM values Max Jones 3*, my scouts all have him at a future 1st liner and compare him to Jamie Benn and Andrew Ladd Maybe i can get a steal here?

I would go for it !!!

[bruins72]

Definitely go for it! I was trying to get him in the offseason but they wouldn't bite.

EDIT:

So after I go and talk about how much I like Kempe and my 4th line, Kempe gets injured. Out for 10 days. I hope this doesn't mess up the line. I've called up Blidh since he seems like the closest to that type of player that I had in Providence.

Also, now that my 2nd line has been brought alive thanks to Senyshen, my top line has been struggling.

[Peter_Doherty]

Yeah i'm trying, Flyers also value Tkachuk at 3* and my scouts have him as a first liner and compare him to Milan Lucic and Jamie Benn, definitely getting one of them, one piece of the deal going away will be Beleskey, probably Trotman aswell, maybe Randell. The third option is Adam Erne, also 5* according to my scouts, less physical but more NHL-proven then the other two, Lightning has him at 3* aswell.

[bruins72]

Grrrr! And now that I've brought up Blidh, he's out for 10 days from an injury during practice.

[Peter_Doherty]

Yeah, just as Brown started playing really well he got injured 3 weeks for me annoying. His rating is still all over the place, when he doesn't get points he's a 5-6 always, but he has 7+10 in 23 games, which is clearly really good.

[watts555]

Definitely go for it! I was trying to get him in the offseason but they wouldn't bite.

EDIT:

So after I go and talk about how much I like Kempe and my 4th line, Kempe gets injured. Out for 10 days. I hope this doesn't mess up the line. I've called up Blidh since he seems like the closest to that type of player that I had in Providence.

Also, now that my 2nd line has been brought alive thanks to Senyshen, my top line has been struggling.

I don't know anything about Kempe in real life, but for some reason, in EVERY game I play, I always try and Target him. I love young defensive type forwards.

[Peter_Doherty]

IRL he's not really a defensive forward, he's the typical young power forward, Swedish though so pretty good two-way because that's how we make our kids

Edit: Got my deals done now, it's either Max Jones + 1* scrub for contract purposes or Matthew Tkachuk + 3rd for Beleskey + Trotman. I'm leaning towards Jones just because his rating is better with less ice-time. Don't think the 3rd rounder weighs up the fact that Jones seem like the better player right now.

[watts555]

IRL he's not really a defensive forward, he's the typical young power forward, Swedish though so pretty good two-way because that's how we make our kids

I wish the Leafs would follow suit and draft some two-way swedish kids.

[stone169]

While doing my screenshots I just found out that I messed up with a trade that I did during season 3. I traded Zach Trotman (legal player to trade) to the Islanders for Loic Leduc (legal player) and a 4th round pick in 2020 (not legal).

I released Loic because I have too many good young defencemen and he never played a game for me in Boston. The only thing I have left over from the trade is the draft pick. Do I give the pick back to the Islanders? I'm ok with not having Leduc on the team or Trotman for that matter because I have 9 Dmen signed, all ready to push for spots who are 22 and under.