i need to print all that out. or copy it by hand

you can sort the free agent list by any attribute. One trick is to sort by age and look at the 18, 19 and 20 year-olds. Look for a guy with a modest overall rating (say 63-66), but whose skills, when added up) compare favorably with a guy who's 70-72 overall. You'll get them cheap, and after they improve through practice, their overall will correct up. Coaches, training is the key attribute for a new team. Their salary counts against the salary cap too, so cheap is nice. Leadership keeps the penalties down, and the morale up. Intelligence and experience are supposed to have to do with reacting to game situations.

we're here for ya bud.

quick glance, Mussel, Kuzmin, Mohl, Gartenhaus, Ethen and Beauregard would be a decent core. Though I'd wish Mohl and Beauregard had more stamina. Then fill in aorund them with guys you hope will carry the torch later on. TWO YEAR contracts all around. NO long term deals!

generally, defensemen are harder to come by and more expensive than scorers.

Cygan, Tastet and Saleha are probably the top young guys. I've thought about signing Tastet and stashing him a few times.

22 skaters will be plenty, 2 goalies (they're pricey) and a coach.

and the free agent pool keeps a certain number of guys in it at all times. If you sign, say nine guys, at the top of the next hour, there'll be 9 new guys no one has seen 'created' to refill the pool. They might be good.

Suvorov is a fair prospect, no better. Vaglienty is a land mine you're going to want to avoid. NO stamina and way too much money.

oops. i already started signing. 9 skaters, one coach, one goalie. i just went to sign another guy and it warned me that it would put me at over $25 mil in salary. i signed everybody to 2 year deals. am i screwed already cause i should have signed all young guys???

i signed mussell, mohl, and some others

should i just pull out and start again?
































that's what i said to her

no, no, no.

Pitty has the TV contract maxed, so you'll make an extra $4-5M per home game. You can go to $30-35M and be OK. As long as you save some to upgrade your arena, staff and marketing before your 1st home game. I sitll get that message whenever I go to sign someone.

Kyle Mundwiller is a new name on the goalie list and pretty good.

you're OK, those 59 overalls aren't going anywhere but the scrap heap in two years, but they hold a spot.

simply, you MAKE money on home games (tickets + jerseys/shirts/ souvenirs, concessions - salaries and overhead), you LOSE money on road games (opponent gets all the money and you pay your players and travel costs). Players don't get paid during the playoffs and ticket prices are about double, so a playoff game is a big money maker.

The quicker you can expand your building (keeping your staff and marketing one step ahead of the building until they're all Level 9), the quicker the money rolls in to buy better players and upgrade the training and scouting.

2 year deals are the way to go because you can re-sign them when they're in the last year of their contract. Essentially, they'll play one year at that inflated, free agent price, then next year you may be able to re-negotiate them down to a salary that's more appropriate to their skills.