3 of my top 4 players were out, so naturally I lost again.

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Head to Head Comparison


Detroit Falcons
Salisbury Striper Swipers
Offensive: 82 102
Defensive: 78 93
Goaltending: 58 72
Overall: 73 89

That should make for an interesting game.

3 of my four goals tonight came from the guys i picked up this season with Ake getting 2 goals and an assist

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anyone seen or heard from kneeneighbor lately?

every day. he doesn't even check his nebraska team anymore i don't thin

can you give him a friendly tap on the shin, see what his deal is?

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anyone seen or heard from kneeneighbor lately?

every day. he doesn't even check his nebraska team anymore i don't think

can you give him a friendly tap on the shin, see what his deal is

heh, i did last week, he chuckled and said he hadn't checked the site in 3 weeks

yet another inactive team.

I'm putting a kick *** young goalie on the trade block. looking for a young forward or defenseman. if you want a guy to build your team around for seasons to come then this is the guy. been in the league since he was 12 and he's only 23.

[plink=357486:go]Walker Muczynski (66)[/plink]

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In their inaugural game, derschwanzABLOKKEN thumps the Alberta Clippers 7-2 in Calgary.

40 year old graybeard, Milo Belvin, scores 2 goals while handing out 2 assists to lead the onlsaught. Jon Iseli chips in with a goal and an assist, Edwin Schall nets a pair and Inno Chernov notches 4 assist in the rout.

Goalie Elmer Houghland stops 27 of 29 to garner to victory.

derschwanzABLOKKEN(1-0) hosts Hellsinki(0-1) Sunday....

In their 1st game at Hyannis Arena, derschwanzABLOKKEN outpoints Hellsinki by a 5-2 final.

The power play would prove to be the difference as BLOKKEN converted on 3 of 5 opportunities while Hellsinki would whiff on all 5 of their chances.

Jonas Ledenbach stopped 33 of 35 shots in his first game action of the season in between the pipes. Gilberto Shurak (2,1) & Gerry Stamos (1,2) each tallied 3 points in the victory.

derschwanzABLOKKEN (2-0) plays the 2nd game of a back-to-back on Monday, welcoming the Pittsburgh Shamrocks (2-0) to Massachusetts.

In the 2nd game of back-to-back home contests derschwanzABLOKKEN drops a tough match against undefeated Pittsburgh 2-1 in O.T.

Gerard Arnell netted a short-handed goal 53 seconds into overtime off the feed from Tesar Toudle for the winner. Stanley Shelburn scored a goal off an assist from Arnell in the 1st period for the Shamrocks. Elmer Houghland was the star of the game for BLOKKEN stoning 36 of 38 shots including a 1st period where he was peppered with 20. Thomas Aguilar scored the lone goal for derschwanzABLOKKEN.

derschwanzABLOKKEN (2-0-1) travels to face the Canuck Flyers (2-0) on Wednesday.

Canuck Flyers white-wash derschwanzABLOKKEN 3-0 at home.

Alvar Gallion stopped all 23 shots he faced, while Abdul Kocab, Derrick Shandy and Willy Eifert scored the three for the Flyers. Jonas Ledenbach surrendered all 3 goals stopping 15 before being pulled for veteran Scotty Holthoff who saw his first ice of the season. Holthoff did stop all 8 shots he faced.

derschwanzABLOKKEN (2-1-1) travels to North Hollywood (3-0) to face the juggernaut Neurosis on Friday.

On the strength of 3 power play goals, North Hollywood garners a 4-2 home victory over derschwanzABLOKKEN.

North Hollywood outshot BLOKKEN 46-21 on the strength of 11 penalties by the undisciplined upstarts from Massachusetts accumulating to 22 PIM and an attack zone advantage of 30:22 to 17:33.

North Hollywood got 2 points each from Sherman Brunell (1,1), Jorge Zigich (1,1) and Iakin Nozarof (0,2). BLOKKEN netted PP goals with Thomas Aguilar and Leigh Mullican.

derschwanzABLOKKEN (2-3) next hosts the Dakota Bison (2-2-1) in Hyannis Arena on Monday, April 19th.

The Bison score 2 goals in the 3rd period to break a 2-2 tie and win, 4-2 in Hyannis.

Dakota outshoot BLOKKEN 32-20 in a hard fought contest. Tanner Warhurst netted a goal getting 8 shots on net and Sebastian Martyn also notched a goal while handing out 2 assists to lead Dakota. Leigh Mullican had another strong game with a goal and a dime but it wasn't enough as back-up Jonas Ledenbach gave up 3 goals on 29 shots, the other goal being an empty netter.

derschwanzABLOKKEN (2-3-1) travels to face Phucking on Wednesday to square off against the Phucks (0-6).

Jack Goffney scores a goal while handing out 2 assists with Elizar Lobanov, Fausto Jacek, Avery Sabean and German Avery also scoring leading Phucking to a rousing 5-2 home victory over derschwanzABLOKKEN for their first victory of the season.

BLOKKEN got goals from Gerry Stamos & Than Richison but overmanagement by the general manger recently has this team with a gaping hole for their 2nd goalie as recent acquisition Sonny Anos surrendered 4 goals on 24 shots to the leagues worst team. Couple that with a 1st period injury to Isiah Starrett (who would later be released) and this team was in trouble early and often this game.

derschwanzABLOKKEN (2-4-1) welcomes the Nebraska Blackshirts (0-7) to Massachusetts on Thursday.

The euphoira of starting the season 2-0 has worn off and expansion derschwanzABLOKKEN has lost it's 2nd game of back-to-backs against the leagues two winless teams, 3-2 to Nebraska in Hyannis, Massachusetts.

Nebraska got goals from Gayle Chudej, Dillon Lutze and a goal plus an assist from Isaac Hsun in the victory. BLOKKEN got goals from the "Dominican Duo" Filiberto Rias and Thomas Aguilar in defeat.

dershcwanzABLOKKEN outshot Nebraska 30-13, held attack 31:59 to 14:14, but were 0/6 on the power play while the Blackshirts were 3/11.

derschwanzABLOKKEN (2-5-1) travels to Pittsbrugh to face the Steel City Ketchup Kings (6-2) on Saturday.

Gilberto Shurak nets the game winner with just 59 seconds in regulation to give reeling derschwanzABLOKKEN a 3-2 victory over the powerhouse Ketchup Kings in Pittsburgh.

Beleaguered veteran back-up goaltender Sonny Anos, recently plucked off the waiver wire, had perhaps the best game of his pitiful career stopping 23 of 25 shots. Gerry Stamos and Leigh Mullican scored the other goals for BLOKKEN who held a 28 to 25 shot advantage.

Down 2-0 to begin the 3rd period, Steel City rallied to tie the game at 2-2 behind goals from Evgeni Savin and Bertram Luczak.

derschwanzABLOKKEN (3-5-1) hosts Raleigh (4-3-2) on Monday in Hyannis Arena.

Visiting Raliegh get PP goals from Mack Smalt and 2 from Denny Archbold lifting the Wolfpack to a 3-0 win in Hyannis, MA.

Joe Gilyard stopped all 20 shots he faced and Raleigh held a 33-20 advantage in that category.

derschwanzABLOKKEN could get nothing going offensively despite having an attack zone, pass % and a huge face off advantages.

derschwanzABLOKKEN (3-6-1) travels to Seattle (3-6-1) to face the Slashers on Wednesday.

derschwanzABLOKKEN gets 2 PP goals from new signee Ollie Bocci, a goal from Cesar Atha and a shutout from another new face, Lyle Carbonara and beat the moribund Slashers 3-0 in Seattle.

Carbonara stopped all 20 shots he faced while Seattle gave up 3 goals on 23 shots. All the stats were relatively close despite the score.

derschwanzABLOKKEN broke in 7 new players to positive results.

derschwanzABLOKKEN (4-6-1) next travels to Osaka, Japan to face the Tar Heels (7-3-1).

Your fatigue should be about -250 after the 12 hour flight.

Quote: Originally posted by bobprobert on 4/29/2010I'm putting a kick *** young goalie on the trade block. looking for a young forward or defenseman. if you want a guy to build your team around for seasons to come then this is the guy. been in the league since he was 12 and he's only 23.

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Meh. My goalie's 20, has a higher overall rating and his potential is almost 30 higher than MucEyechart's. I'll give you a bag of pucks for your chump.

how about i throw you a beating instead?

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anyone seen or heard from kneeneighbor lately?

every day. he doesn't even check his nebraska team anymore i don't think

can you give him a friendly tap on the shin, see what his deal is?

heh, i did last week, he chuckled and said he hadn't checked the site in 3 week

bummer

Your goalie's worth is ranked #5 in the league.




Considering the oldest (and worst) of my three netminders is 22, I think this is the one area the 'Rocks are set at moving forward. Now I just need to develop some scoring punch.

NHN coming to town tomorrow night.

GULP

Quote: Originally posted by pttsbrghkid on 4/29/2010I am definitely not liking that we have a yankees and red sox.But kudos to those clubs for their strategies.Guess I'm going to have to start actually putting some work into this thing if I want to compete.

A lot, if not most of it is a function of having been right on those young 'uns I signed off the free agent list after the first season. It's now season 5, and those guys have come back to me with expiring contracts and HUGE demands.

So here is how to go $12.25M over the cap without really trying:

Get knocked out in the semis by the eventual champ. Draft project defenseman in 1st round. Now right up against cap.

See Zigich sitting there on the free agent list getting zero love.

Look at roster. Iseli scored a whopping 6 goals for $2.9M. Dinnendahl had a whopping 14pts and was looking or enormous money (and got just under $2M from the Capitals). 2nd-string goalie Vanloh is 3-5 in the playofs in his career and now wants gigantic cash to re-sign (and got $4.35M from BD to sign with Caps).

Wiggy's team folds. Roarty, whom I've been trying to get from her for two seasons is a free agent. Holy ****, he wants $1.6M per year.

Decide (Zigich + Roarty) > (Iseli + Dinnendahl). Especially over the long haul.

Bye bye Vanloh, Iseli, Dinnendahl, Stamos (1g + 1a -4 in one season, -2 in the playoffs, zero points), Macayan (ouch, a regular since season one), Holtmann (never played) and Doerksen (offered him round the loop, no takers).

Finnski signs Macayan and his 105 DEF, Gregos jumps on young Holtmann and his power shot. Stamos is currently leading Blokken in scoring.

Hello Zigich and Roarty.

Find self with 12 forwards, 7 defensemen and 2 goalies. Ouch. Depth used to be what NHN was known for. Double ouch. One of the forwards opens the season on the injured list, so I have exactly ZERO spare bodies healthy.

Need body, anybody, Have 180K to spend. Sign Chargois (47 overall) for $101K as disaster insurance.

Read post here by Sleepy. He has 40 skaters and no cap space. Hmmm. That gives me an idear.

Re-sign homegrown studs Nazarov ($2.3M - up from 688K), Dacres ($2M up from $700K), Brunell ($1M up from <$400K), Akimov ($1.5M up from $750K), Cannone ($1.2M from $800K). Now officially cap-fucked. Over $38M re-signing own players.

Ring up Sleepy. I'll pay three of those guys to sit in MY press box, freeing you of the burden of paying them to sit in yours without having to pay to buy out their contracts.

I give up the best player in the deal and $1M cash, but get three warm bodies. Now, counting Chargois and his 47 overall, I have my 22 skaters. Should survive the season. Re-sign one of the guys I got from Sleepy with an expiring contract for $500K raise, knowing the free agent list is off limits to me for all times now...

Flip one of the forwards I got FROM Sleepy TO Finnski for right defenseman. Actually save $300K on the deal, but now at $41M and change.

Brain reasonably happy. 2 goalies, 8 defensemen and 13 forwards (plus Chargois who now, hopefully will never see the ice).

Wait! AJ is having a fire sale, and Probie is shopping. Probie already blew his cap trading for Ake Orosco.

AJ generously offers me Iseli back. Problem #1 is, he's making $2.2M more than I did when I cut him. Other problem is, he's offered Shurak to SSS. Other problem is, Iseli for Chargois is not a fair trade, game engine won't go for it.

Brain throws in $3.25M and Iseli (86) returns to the NHN from a nine-game exile. Shurak (89) goes to SSS.

While waiting for trades to process, NHN beats SSS again, 4-3.