21 Questions: VGNHL S16 edition
What's up everybody. Now that most of the bidding is complete. Here are some questions that i asked Owners or Captains. Enjoy!
Q: What team are you?
Florida Panthers
Q: Who was your 1st bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
Culdesac, stoner, Insane_Hellfire ( we ended up landing 2 out of 3)
Q: What was you last bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
IceAJ We needed a good back up RD that I knew could play the stye I wanted for when me or Hardik can't play games. I'm happy we got Ccurtis for that role on the LD side
Q: Who was your highest bid (won)?
Culdesac and ACK stonerboy at 1.5M
Q:Who did you have a bidding war on?
Buffalo and Colorado for Insane_Hellfire We couldn't go higher than 4.5 cause of the cap space we had during that time
Q: Who was your biggest bidding rival?
Buffalo, Colorado cause they had way more cap space then us
Q: Who would you say was your greatest pick up skill wise?
Culdesac, Prodigy says that It's stoner but I never played with him yet so I'll go with the player that I know very well.
Q: Who would you say you got for the best price?
Stoner was apparently a steal. I'm Quite excited to see what he can do. I knew Culdesac was gonna be less than 2M cause not many know him
Q: Who were you most disappointed that you didn't get?
We were disappointed to not get Insane Hellfire.
Q: What position do you think you are currently lacking or lacking skill at?
Need to evaluate the RW, but I think we will be fine cause we're already working on filling that very important role. We will try out line combination next week to evaluate who works best in that position. I'm not to worried though, I like what I'm seeing so far.
Q: What position would you say you have the most players at?
LW and C
Q: How many trades do you see yourself doing in the first 2 weeks?
About 2 trades
Q: Do you think there will be any inactives on your team?
Never know, so far everyone seems pretty excited to play here
Q: What player are surprised went so high in bidding ?(Names and explanation)
Sample at 8.5M He's alright but 8.5M... gee ! Malkin and Shot at 8M is pretty high. The Premium you need to pay for a dmen in bidding can inflate the price so quickly but at least malkin is a good guy and seems to be easy to work with, he's quite offensive and if you're looking for a dmen like that to start your puck rush then I guess it could work out ? but still 8M for him is quite salty. For Shot, me personally I don'T deal with "Problematic, egotistical or diva attitude" If you can deal with that type of player. Then I guess it can be ok for the skills. But I would never bid on a player with that type of reputation personally. I have enough personalities to deal with at my work, I don't want to play babysitter on a video game.
Q: What player are you surprised went so low in bidding?(Name and explanation)
ACK Stoner: Prodigy claims he has good skills and to get a potential starting center for our team at 1.5M... I love it and i'm excited to see what he can do.
Q: What team would you say had the best bidding?
That's a very hard question, obviously teams who landed great players that they could afford.. like Tarasenko at 10M, he's a great winger
Winnipeg. So just because they got a very good player, I'll say them.
Q: What team would you say had the worst bidding?
Boston, they had the chance to make a good splash and they didn't. All the teams that went for their AHL friends have lost the real chance to build a strong team through bidding. And they are about to meet a brick wall called "Reality"
Q: What team do you think will finish 1st overall in standings?
I like what Detroit did with their team Carolina will be good this season again, LA kings seems pretty intimidating with that forward lineup. I think it will be LA or Vegas in the West, Detroit or Carolina in the East. Vegas will be the #1 team at the end of the season But Florida will win the CUP
Q:What team do you think will finish last in standings?
Boston in the east will be at the bottom , Minnesota in the west
Q: What team do you think will surprise everyone
It's so hard to talk about surprises when I don't know the new guys haha. I'll say Vancouver will finish higher then expected if scy doesn't quit :P
Q: What position do you see yourself finishing at the end of the season?
Well, I definitely think that we can compete against anyone in the league. I'll be bias when I say that we have the best defensive core in the league and we have some players that can pull on the same system from the get go. I like the skill we have in our forwards and can't wait to see what the other players that I haven'T seen yet can do for our team. I would see our team finish in the top 5 if the players that we need to play are available
Q: What team are you?
Tampa Bay Lightning
Q: Who was your 1st bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
Bubba67
Q: What was you last bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
Alcapone-514
Q: Who was your highest bid (won)?
Bdeez_Nutz
Q:Who did you have a bidding war on?
We had a bidding war on about 3-4 players. We decided to let them all go but we did win Bdeez_nutz
Q: Who was your biggest bidding rival?
Those dirty boys in the Western Conference and another little skirmish with Boston.
Q: Who would you say was your greatest pick up skill wise?
Hard to say. We weren't focused on anyone's individual skill. We were looking for players we felt would fit a particular roll.
Q: Who would you say you got for the best price?
A few for minimum which we were real happy about.
Q: Who were you most disappointed that you didn't get?
Like I mentioned before, we didn't have our heart on anyone. We lurked for a day and then pursued guys we felt would fill a very particular roll for us.
Q: What position do you think you are currently lacking or lacking skill at?
I don't think we are really "lacking" in any position. With the new 10 game week we made sure that we had depth across every position.
Q: What position would you say you have the most players at?
We evenly dispersed our roster to not be too heavy in one spot as well as signing a couple of gentlemen that are solid 5 position utility players.
Q: How many trades do you see yourself doing in the first 2 weeks?
The plan is to have 0. Trades are usually just trading our potato for your potato in most cases.
Q: Do you think there will be any inactives on your team?
I'd be very surprised if we did. We contacted everyone we bid on, traded for, drafted and resigned to make sure they all were playing and if they wanted to play for us in our system.
Q: What player are surprised went so high in bidding ?(Names and explanation)
Not really surprised. There are always guys that go for 8m+ every season. Low supply in some positions causes a high demand and prices.
Q: What player are you surprised went so low in bidding?(Name and explanation)
Like I mentioned before, no real surprises.
Q: What team would you say had the best bidding?
We weren't very focused on others bids besides our own. So we had the best...?
Q: What team would you say had the worst bidding?
We'd have to see who had the worst bc there are always surprises. But idk how some of you kids spend right to the cap. It's like living paycheck to paycheck.
Q: What team do you think will finish 1st overall in standings?
I think the strong teams from last season will still be strong this year. But I think there are a couple new teams that may surprise.
Q:What team do you think will finish last in standings?
Tampa...
Q: What team do you think will surprise everyone?
Real hard to say... hopefully Tampa but maybe San Jose?
Q: What position do you see yourself finishing at the end of the season?
Between a rock and a hard place.
Q: What team are you?
Dallas Stars
Q: Who was your 1st bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
cfairman
Q: What was you last bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
culdesacc
Q: Who was your highest bid (won)?
krilla92
Q:Who did you have a bidding war on?
Bidding war would say back and forth on krilla and schwartz
Q: Who was your biggest bidding rival?
Ducks then they gave up on krilla
Q: Who would you say was your greatest pick up skill wise?
Skill wise i like what we did by picking up cfairman on defense he's quick with passes and can get the puck moving to me defensemen who hold on to it to long tend to struggle and i don't see much of that on this team
Q: Who would you say you got for the best price?
Best price? once again would be cfairman was very surprised seeing him only go for 1.500M hes a solid defensemen I think a lot of teams overlooked him but then you see some guys go for over 8mill who may not even be playing that's rough.
Q: Who were you most disappointed that you didn't get?
A lot of the guys I would like to have were mostly already signed but one would be Karlsson_MVP great guy great player so maybe sometime in the season will see a trade who knows
Q: What position do you think you are currently lacking or lacking skill at?
Current position im little worried about is center you know faceoffs are a big thing when it comes to winning and if your on the losing side of a lot them it just feeds momentum to the other team so im looking for our centers to step up and take lead
Q: What position would you say you have the most players at?
I think were well balanced at every position, we have 2 great starting goalies with holtsee and schwartz who will share the net and teams with success starts from the net out so I do think we have best goalie duo
Q: How many trades do you see yourself doing in the first 2 weeks?
I do see a couple trades going down in the first couple weeks a few are already set in place and a lot of speculation around my 2 overall pick weapon if he will be traded or not will just have to see
Q: Do you think there will be any inactives on your team?
No i don't think so
Q: What player are surprised went so high in bidding ?(Names and explanation)
I think soccaplaya11 went for way to much over 8 mill I've seen and there's speculation he may not even be playing so hats off to that bid
Q: What player are you surprised went so low in bidding?(Name and explanation)
I'm surprised tamburello on Nashville only went for 500k I think a lot of teams don't know him well but I won the calder with him a few seasons ago he's a great player If I wasn't so full on wingers he would of been a Star
Q: What team would you say had the best bidding?
Montreal Canadiens
Q: What team would you say had the worst bidding?
Florida Panthers
Q: What team do you think will finish 1st overall in standings?
Devils are coming out of the East no pressure boys
Q:What team do you think will finish last in standings?
New York Rangers because I'll always hate them
Q: What team do you think will surprise everyone
Dumb question because were going to surprise everyone I don't plan on missing the playoffs again.
Q: What position do you see yourself finishing at the end of the season?
I see us being top 3 in the central we have a solid team with guys at every position who can contribute.
Bonus: I want Dallas vs Florida for game of the week because I want that scrub prodigy
Vancouver Canucks
Q: Who was your 1st bid on (Even if you didn't get him) ?
Malkin71_-
Q: What was you last bid on (Even if you didn't get him) ?
Brandonsniper87
Q: Who was your highest bid (won)?
Malkin71-_ and goostav both at 8M
Q:Who did you have a bidding war on?
Malkin71_- with bruins and Goostav with the Sharks.
Q: Who was your biggest bidding rival?
I would say the bruins (team that i played last season). They bid up 3 of the players that i started bidding on.
Q: Who would you say was your greatest pick up skill wise?
Champ--514. He was a top player on old gen. He's playing really good in 19
Q: Who would you say you got for the best price?
Papadamou. Only at 2.5M hes playing good D and good forward too.
Q: Who were you most disappointed that you didn't get?
Mudd Flap. Would have been a good fit and he had a lot of availability.
Q: What position do you think you are currently lacking or lacking skill at?
RD, if i could have more dept at this position that would be good.
Q: What position would you say you have the most players at?
C, all my forward can play this position!
Q: How many trades do you see yourself doing in the first 2 weeks?
Depend how it goes. But im not a guy who trade a lot.
Q: Do you think there will be any inactives on your team?
No, i already contacted every players and they are all in the team discord.
Q: What player are surprised went so high in bidding ?(Names and explanation)
Semple. He's a great player but I'm not sure i would have bid 8M on him! (Probably 5.5-6)
Q: What player are you surprised went so low in bidding?(Name and explanation)
Biggy biggs. Even if he went 4.5M, he's really low for a starting D! He could easily go 6M.
Q: What team would you say had the best bidding?
Sharks, they didn't get any top players but they got goods players and a lot of dept.
Q: What team would you say had the worst bidding?
Arizona. Not sure that making a 100% french team is good. They pass beside 80% of the league.
Q: What team do you think will finish 1st overall in standings?
Florida. They were already stacked before bidding. Having fox and hardik as top D cant do anything else than finishing first.
Q:What team do you think will finish last in standings?
Montreal. An ahl owner who bids on ahl player, nothing else to said.
Q: What team do you think will surprise everyone
Sharks. They have a lot of dept. They will have a competitive line up each game.
Q: What position do you see yourself finishing at the end of the season?
I think we can finish top 10. Our starting players has good availability. Even if we are in a tough division, we can finish in the top 3 and clinch a playoffs spot.
St.Louis Blues
Q: Who was your 1st bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
Probably Domsquad or Semple
Q: What was you last bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
MeestahDon
Q: Who was your highest bid (won)?
Mr.BarDown 5.5m
Q:Who did you have a bidding war on?
Semple
Q: Who was your biggest bidding rival?
Prob minor(NYI) and Ali (NJD) from time to time.
Q: Who would you say was your greatest pick up skill wise?
Not sure new game, time will tell
Q: Who would you say you got for the best price?
Coorsi 2.5m
Q: Who were you most disappointed that you didn't get?
Easton
Q: What position do you think you are currently lacking or lacking skill at?
NHL Capt
Q: What position would you say you have the most players at?
Chart says G but everyone knows flight is the #1
Q: How many trades do you see yourself doing in the first 2 weeks?
One trade, just need trade office opened n season 17 picks gone.
Q: Do you think there will be any inactives on your team?
Not sure not to worried either.
Q: What player are surprised went so high in bidding ?(Names and explanation)
omfglTSmatt. I mean reason he went so high was cause yan kept bidding him up. Idiot thought it was mattkinoo. Till I told him the difference.
Q: What player are you surprised went so low in bidding?(Name and explanation)
Idk
Q: What team would you say had the best bidding?
Idk tbh I think we had a gd bidding once I got yan's manager privileges removed.
Q: What team would you say had the worst bidding?
There is a lot of teams that could of done better. Time will tell.
Q: What team do you think will finish 1st overall in standings?
To early to tell.
Q:What team do you think will finish last in standings?
Same answer as 18.
Q: What team do you think will surprise everyone
TBH Ottawa and Pittsburgh need a surprising seasons or its RIP ownership I believe.
Q: What position do you see yourself finishing at the end of the season?
Somewhere in the top 5.
Q: What team are you?
Bluejackets
Q: Who was your 1st bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
Toorough2008
Q: What was you last bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
Sweethomechicago
Q: Who was your highest bid (won) :
Tom
Q:Who did you have a bidding war on?
Tom
Q: Who was your biggest bidding rival?
Washington
Q: Who would you say was your greatest pick up skill wise?
Myself
Q: Who would you say you got for the best price?
Tom
Q: Who were you most disappointed that you didn't get?
Scrubhunter
Q: What position do you think you are currently lacking or lacking skill at?
None
Q: What position would you say you have the most players at?
Fwd
Q: How many trades do you see yourself doing in the first 2 weeks?
1
Q: Do you think there will be any inactives on your team?
No
Q: What player are surprised went so high in bidding ?(Names and explanation)
A lot of shitters but surprised not to see DrtMcrt in NHL again. Elite.
Q: What player are you surprised went so low in bidding?(Name and explanation)
Bertone (he is my son)
Q: What team would you say had the best bidding?
San Jose was decent, St. Louis too I think.
Q: What team would you say had the worst bidding?
Mcleve (ANA)
Q: What team do you think will finish 1st overall in standings?
Islanders
Q:What team do you think will finish last in standings?
Mcleve (ANA)
Q: What team do you think will surprise everyone
CUPlumbus
Q: What position do you see yourself finishing at the end of the season?
Playoffs. Philly has a snake owner
Q: What team are you?
Anaheim Ducks
Q: Who was your 1st bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
heroic_saunter was our first bid, solid pickup for .500m
Q: What was you last bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
The_crazy_clown4 was a sleeper pick for us, another good addition at league minimum salary
Q: Who was your highest bid (won)?
Mclub326 was our highest bid, actually had him pegged 7+ mil and looking at some other bids i'm happy we got him at 5.5
Q:Who did you have a bidding war on?
A little war with CGY for GonzoArmstrong, but the main one we were involved in was Krilla92 with Dallas
Q: Who was your biggest bidding rival?
Definitely Dallas, that back and forth was interesting. Congrats to them
Q: Who would you say was your greatest pick up skill wise?
Mclub is a beast, some other solid pickups as well
Q: Who would you say you got for the best price?
I'd say BARRYS_SNIPIN
Q: Who were you most disappointed that you didn't get?
Krilla92, I thought he would fit really well with us
Q: What position do you think you are currently lacking or lacking skill at?
Hard to pick out a weak spot right now
Q: What position would you say you have the most players at?
We have a lot of wingers, but many can play multiple positions
Q: How many trades do you see yourself doing in the first 2 weeks?
None that stand out, unless we find something that betters the team
Q: Do you think there will be any inactives on your team?
Possibly ajax32123
Q: What player are surprised went so high in bidding ?(Names and explanation)
semple19 went pretty high, solid player but that was a reach. There's a few others that are overpaid as well.
Q: What player are you surprised went so low in bidding?(Name and explanation)
Barry forsure, we actually attempted a sign and trade that would've landed him at 2.5m so to grab him at the minimum was surprising
Q: What team would you say had the best bidding?
ANA,VAN,COL,SJS all did pretty good imo
Q: What team would you say had the worst bidding?
I would say Buffalo or Ottawa
Q: What team do you think will finish 1st overall in standings?
LAK, they're stacked
Q:What team do you think will finish last in standings?
I would put money on a east team finishing last, there's a few good choices
Q: What team do you think will surprise everyone?
COL and SJS
Q: What position do you see yourself finishing at the end of the season?
We'll see how things shake out but we have one goal in mind. Quack quack
Q: What team are you?
Montreal CanadiensQ: Who was your 1st bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
My first bid was Goldendef2010
Q: What was you last bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
My last bid was WHL_Hockey
Q: Who was your highest bid (won)?
4M on WHL_Hockey are my biggest bids
Q:Who did you have a bidding war on?
I didn't had big war but MLG was the 1 i had.
Q: Who was your biggest bidding rival?
Since i didn't had big war i didnt had bid rival. but MIN scare me a little when they start bidding everywhere.
Q: Who would you say was your greatest pick up skill wise?
Quick_scope_14 are my greatest bid won ever. i pay his game to have him at NHL level and time will gimme reason.
Q: Who would you say you got for the best price?
Quick_scope_14 at 1.5M.I really thought I had a bid war for him.
Q: Who were you most disappointed that you didn't get?
No one. i got what i wanted so I'm very happy there.
Q: What position do you think you are currently lacking or lacking skill at?
Well maybe at D. me and Golden play together since a long time ago so we will be solid, and i didn't wanted to go with big Dman name so i did go with new talented D pairing that have already chemistry so should be very good, but you never know. i have backed that with very good offensive line that have defensive skill or was Dman before.
Q: What position would you say you have the most players at?
Don't have position where i have too much players at. I have a very nice balanced team.
Q: How many trades do you see yourself doing in the first 2 weeks?
At least 1 for sure. was planned in offseason.
Q: Do you think there will be any inactives on your team?
It's my 6th season in charge of a team and only 1 time that i had to deal with inactive. Always check out my bid list before. But this season i might have 1 that did not answer me at he moment.
Q: What player are surprised went so high in bidding ?(Names and explanation)
I think OMGITSMATT went high in bidding for his past game. He didnt play VG since Season 14 and NHL19 its new game style with the player build so maybe high paid.
Q: What player are you surprised went so low in bidding?(Name and explanation)
Stay_at_homed at .500K, don't know if something happen that can explain his salary but he is a great Dman was at 9M last season and when i check to resign him it was 22M so 500K its really surprised.
Q: What team would you say had the best bidding?
Los Angeles King they have build their team before bids and that is very nice.
Q: What team would you say had the worst bidding?
I would say NYR and MIN. NYR cuz they screw their Draft pick with 4 TWDC so they cant get them all in NHL so i think they had to change their bidding at last minute. MIN they have outbids everywhere on a lot of team. not sure they have planned their bid.
Q: What team do you think will finish 1st overall in standings?
Well if LAK set up their stuff nicely they have good chance to end up in 1st place.
Q:What team do you think will finish last in standings?
Well again NYR if they cant get their drafted player up there i think they will be screw, MIN will be there also with their blind bid.
Q: What team do you think will surprise everyone
EDMONTON they had good bid time and have build great team so they not gonna finish last as last season. Also my team will also surprise with the comments we received in the new owner article I think our 22 win last season will be eclipsed
Q: What position do you see yourself finishing at the end of the season?
I think we will be 4th - 5th in our conference.
Q: What team are you?
Washington CapitalsQ: Who was your 1st bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
We had some goalies we bid on, I think, but the first big name we went after was SoccaPlaya11.
Q: What was you last bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
Carter_11-C (Left Defense)
Q: Who was your highest bid (won)?
Carter_11-C ($5.5M)
Q:Who did you have a bidding war on?
We were hot and heavy on a few people – Carter and Fuman, both LD's – but the longest bidding war was for SoccaPlaya11. We outlasted Aali and New Jersey, but Columbus swooped in and bumped his price to $8.5m. We could have afforded it, but we would have been left with bare bones at some other positions – backup C, goalie, backup D – so we opted to go for depth and passed on bumping up to $9m.
Q: Who was your biggest bidding rival?
We had a few bidding wars with New Jersey and Minnesota, but because Premier stole SoccaPlaya and Doug on us, I'd probably say Columbus.
Q: Who would you say was your greatest pick up skill wise?
I'm really excited about Carter_11-C. We really wanted a top LD to pair with Shayne. When Fuman and Socca both became cost prohibitive, we began looking at the next tier down. Carter's win/loss record is great, despite being on some mediocre/poor teams. When he's had the opportunity to play on good teams, he's really shined. We expect a big year out of him.
Q: Who would you say you got for the best price?
String_King666 was only $500K, which is a great deal for a good depth player. I also really like TheIndian4321 for $1.5m. His reputation is as a very solid two-way center, so he gives us some great depth and experience at a position of need for a really good price.
Q: Who were you most disappointed that you didn't get?
The obvious answer here is SoccaPlaya11, because we really wanted to make a splash at that position. We ended up lucking out that Carter was still available after that bidding war, so we're comfortable heading into the season with that position locked up. I'd also say that the price tag for Alonzi(goalie) pushed us out on him, which sucked because that guys an animal and he would have formed a pretty good duo with the goalie we drafted.
Q: What position do you think you are currently lacking or lacking skill at?
I'm really happy with the way the roster turned out, to be honest, but that's not fun for people reading. If I had to pick, I'd say the defense has me a little concerned. While I've heard good things about Carter – and his stats seem to back that up – I haven't seen him play personally. I'm also not sure exactly what his availability is, so if we end up having to rely on our LD depth – which we do have – it doesn't give us the top end talent I was hoping for out of our defense.
Q: What position would you say you have the most players at?
We're pretty loaded at forward. Fishhure (career 3.04 PPG) – Scredd17 (2.49 PPG) – GoMarc (2.26 PPG) – and myself(3.52 PPG) all have NHL experience in multiple leagues and have proven the ability to pour it in the net. Quite frankly, I'd be very surprised if we weren't top 3 in the league in scoring by the end of the season.
Q: How many trades do you see yourself doing in the first 2 weeks?
We're really only looking to do 1-2 trades early in the season. Theres a few trading partners out there for us, but if we end pushing through the season with the roster we have, I'd be OK with that, too.
Q: Do you think there will be any inactives on your team?
Can't predict the future, so who knows. With that said, there's only one person why I'm a little unsure of, the rest of the roster seems active.
Q: What player are surprised went so high in bidding ?(Names and explanation)
I think Vish ended up going for $7.5m (feel free to double check for me, Shayne). That's fucking insane. I really like Vish, but $7.5m is a ridiculous price for him. Add in the fact that, at the beginning of bidding he was telling people he wasn't going to play and only decided to play to avoid getting blacklisted? Yeah, I can't imagine that ends well.
Q: What player are you surprised went so low in bidding?(Name and explanation)
I've always been a fan of Krazy-Try. Aali got a steal with him at $3m. If we had the need/cap for another wing, I would have been all over bidding that up to $3.5m. The guy is a fantastic defensive forward, and he also has the ability to put the biscuit in the basket. If he plays with Aali a bit this season, I'd expect him to hang some points and wins.
Q: What team would you say had the best bidding?
I'm not sure who did "best", but I like what Edmonton did during bidding. They went from having a very thin roster to having a good D pairing (Fuman – Biggy Biggs), and a great goalie (Mooner). I don't think they have the scoring punch to keep up in the west, but making the playoffs is a possibility based on their ability to keep the puck out of the net. I think Airblaster was an overpay at LW ($4.5m), and expect his numbers to plummet back to earth after leaving a loaded WPG team. Again, this team isn't going to be a cup contender, but they have the pieces now to make some trades and try to build some forward depth and make a push.
Q: What team would you say had the worst bidding?
Again, I'm not sure about the "Worst" bidding, but I'm really confused by what Columbus did. They poached two of our bids – SoccaPlaya and Doug – on us, but our needs were significantly different from their needs. Other than Mecca, they didn't have a single person on their roster log any NHL games in the past 2 seasons. They needed depth and they needed forward who can actually score (they have none). Instead, they splurged on SoccaPlaya – who will exercise is player rights and only play 2 a week hoping to force a trade – and Doug (Dophares2000), who really needs a veteran team in front of him in order to perform well.
If I was being honest, judging by his performance art in managers chat, there was really only 3 things Columbus could have been doing:
1. Cause drama by poaching peoples players
2. Copy other teams draft strategy (in this case, ours), because he didn't really have a solid one of his own
3. Be a dick and bid up certain players, but had it backfire and ended up getting stuck with contracts that don't fit on his team
Either way, its bizarre. Unless Columbus makes some drastic changes to that roster, the team has no scoring punch, one good defenseman who will only play 2 games a week (for $8.5m!!), and goalies who will get eaten up without the help in front of them. It could be a long season over there.
Q: What team do you think will finish 1st overall in standings?
Ironically, the team that had no money to bid at all – the LA Kings – have a pretty solid roster. If TMills and MattKiinnoo can play nice, that team should be really solid. I do have doubts about whoever plays next to Burns on defense, but that team still looks like a wagon.
Q:What team do you think will finish last in standings?
There's some pretty bad teams out there. I think, as illustrated above, Columbus could be pretty bad. If they don't finish at the bottom of the standings, I expect them to be close.
Q: What team do you think will surprise everyone
I'm not sure about "surprise", but Colorado looks pretty decent. Edmonton may have a playoff push in them as well, if they make a few moves.
Q: What position do you see yourself finishing at the end of the season?
The Metro is always tough with Carolina and New Jersey, but I firmly expect to be fighting it out with those two teams for the division/conference lead at the end of the season.
Q: What team are you?
CalgaryQ: Who was your 1st bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
HitByTheBest95
Q: What was you last bid on (Even if you didn't get him)?
IceAJ420
Q: Who was your highest bid (won)?
Vish_b
Q:Who did you have a bidding war on?
Fucking everybody for fuck sake. I mean how fucking LOST are these other management teams that they have to shadow bid people they think know what they're doing. And don't give me that "oh it's a small bidding pool" horseshit. I been doing this long enough to know the difference. Why have we not gone to a blind bidding system? It took me 48 hours to get my first player off the board. Two fucking days! I swear to christ thank god my game room is on the first floor because I thought several times about jumping out the window. It's not fair to veteran owners who know the landscape of the community and put the time and effort in. Let's go blind bidding! Don't know who to bid on? Too damn bad, go play fucking tennis. Ok, I feel better now.
Q: Who was your biggest bidding rival?
Again, just about everyone. San Jose and Tampa Bay both need to jump in a bath with a toaster, preferably the same tub so they can fuck each other. Between the Sharks who bid on literally everyone I did and Tampa who drove the price of mr--barrdown all the way up to five million friggin dollars, I really didn't know what to do. The funny thing is Tampa after all that still ended up with an AHL roster. I hear DrWally is an actual doctor, I'd hate to be one of his patients.
Q: Who would you say was your greatest pick up skill wise?
Hard to say, probably Vish. Kinglyme89 is sick too. So is HitByThgeBest95. Honestly all my boys are winners. That's why I picked them up.
Q: Who would you say you got for the best price?
I like Jade_Dragoon_ and HitByTheBest's prices as far as contracts won in bidding. All in all obviously Darans at 2.5 is my best contract. Probably followed by Trottle and Tailsy.
Q: Who were you most disappointed that you didn't get?
Mr--barrdown obviously because I wanted to bring him home to Calgary, but Dr fuckin' Wally happened. And then Matt "Tarasenko" he was my original main target but WPG decided to pay their first born son for him. Which I guess I can't really be mad at, he's worth it.
Q: What position do you think you are currently lacking or lacking skill at?
We're pretty balanced, maybe natural wings? Not sure, pretty balanced.
Q: What position would you say you have the most players at?
Defense
Q: How many trades do you see yourself doing in the first 2 weeks?
None.
Q: Do you think there will be any inactives on your team?
Hopefully not, I talked to pretty much everyone so I'd lean towards "no".
Q: What player are surprised went so high in bidding ?(Names and explanation)
Just about everyone to be honest with you. There were very few steals, kind of a product of open bidding, mirror bids and management who don't know their ass from their elbow.
Q: What player are you surprised went so low in bidding?(Name and explanation)
Maybe HitByTheBest, he is better than some of the D-men who went for 5+ Mil.
Q: What team would you say had the best bidding?
CGY did OK, PHI did OK.
Q: What team would you say had the worst bidding?
I need a fucking calculator to try and figure out what the hell Tampa Bay was doing. I don't know maybe the joke is on me but that team is more lost than a Malaysian Airliner.
Q: What team do you think will finish 1st overall in standings?
I like LA and I like STL
Q:What team do you think will finish last in standings?
Hard to say, there will be a lot of competition.
Q: What team do you think will surprise everyone
Maybe ANA, VAN or NSH.
Q: What position do you see yourself finishing at the end of the season?
I think we'll do OK
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