lines for 08-09

[habsgm]

post why your roster is gonna win you the cup....

[habsgm]

i'm not a contender this year or next, but i like what i've been able to do to get "younger." I'm not done yet moving everyone, but i've got some sort of "new" nucleus to work with; so here's the new habs for 08-09:
Line 1-4: LW/C/RW
Demitra/Horcoff/Jagr- most of this line will be traded at some point
Higgins/Zubrus/Ryder
Sanderson/Legwand/Hagman
Fedoruk/Boyd/Ludqvist or Perrault
Defense:
Beauchemin/ M.A. Bergeron
Backman/Kalinin
Finger/Hale
any plenty of reserves: A.Greene, A. Johnson, B. Mezei....

Goalie:
Toskala, Cloutier, McElhinney

so it's a start for us, with plenty of changes still to come either during the season or at the deadline.

I'm hoping to somehow contend for 8th in the east with no other expectations when I move Jagr, Demitra, Sanderson, Zubrus.

[Panthers and Jets]

Panthers D really got a new look with just two returning Dmen in addition to a new top line forward

Cole Staal Whitney - up until several weeks ago this wouldve been a Canes line. Still should be a pretty good top line with all 3 players being adept at scoring and passing

Antropov Nylander Parise - 2 top young forwards and one proven vet gives me a very good 2nd line

Hunter Belanger Nagy - Hunter and Belanger are solid. Nagy is sitll serviceable and has a great passing rating, may get some PP time as well

My 4th line is under construction

Campbell Jovonovski - excellent top pair
Boucher Lydman - could be a top pair on a weak team
Gilbert Ward - two top 4 in my bottom 6

extras Warrener, Hejda, Huskins

Biron in net with Raycorft as a backup. Biron should have a very good rating this year.

[Kings and Devils]

I still have a couple years left of rebuilding. It's just time to let my players develop now.

Loui Eriksson - Mikko Koivu - Corey Perry
Greg Campbell - Dave Steckel - Bobby Ryan
Rick Rypien - Rod Pelley - Jason Jaffray
BJ Crombeen - Brady Murray - Mike Brown

Carle Staal
McIver Edler
Smaby Fistric

With the likes of JVR, Filatov, Zagrapan, Sutter, and Shattenkirk along with many other valuable prospects still in my arsenal for the 09/10 and 10/11 seasons I feel my team is shaping up well.

[Wild Sabre GM]

My F lines are more set than my D due to ratings being done. But as of right now this is what I'm thinking

Tanguay-Richards-Kunitz
Smyth-Kesler-Huselius
Devereaux-Malhotra-Bertuzzi
Burrows-Pahlsson-Moreau

Spacek-Streit
Johnsson-Wideman
Gleason-Bouillon/White/Sauer/Stuart

Huet
Fernandez

Think I'm pretty balanced. My top 6 F are all 70+ in SC and 5 of those have 70+ in PA. Plus Bertuzzi is a nice threat on third line. 8 of my 12 F have 70+ in DF as well. So plenty of options for the PK as well. All of my C are 75 or better on FO, so on paper looks like I'm well balanced up front, now need to see what the D and G looks like. What I like too, is the core of my F are just entering their prime so I've got plenty of time. Only 1 F in my top 6 over 30.

[Jackets Oilers]

I want to see Calgary's lines lol

anyway, here is mine so far

This is my first team with a really good goalie in Vokoun and a top offensive player in Alfredsson. Sundin is a question mark.. with retirement looming more changes may be made.

nash sundin alfredsson - i think it would make a great first line with either sundin or arnott
cammalleri arnott satan/langenbrunner - would be a decent two-way line
pandolfo bergeron satan/langenbrunner - hoping bergeron will climb depth chart again
sim yashin kostopolous - yashin may be on waivers at some point yet


kubina hannan - kubina is actually solid offensively (#19 in d-scoring last year), hannan can be a shut-down type

roszival mclaren - roszival is actually solid offensively (#21 in d-scoring last year), mclaren can be a shut-down type

berard mara/corey murphy - all three are lower teir defenseman with some lottery value

Vokoun - solid starter, i think a top 10 goalie
Sanford

[Preds]

I might need to get a backup at some point here pretty soon.... Other than that and Mike Van Ryns injury plagued season I think my lines could be pretty good going into next season:

Forwards:

LW______________C_____________RW
T. Vanek______J. Spezza_______B. Shanahan
J.P Dumont ___S. Gomez_______M. Erat
M. Talbot____M. Richards_____S. Reinprecht
MacArthur/Setoguchi______A. Steen_______V. Peltonen

Defence:

A. Markov_______T. Kaberle
M. Van Ryn______F. Kuba
G. Exelby______M. Skoula/Letang/Koistinen

Goaltending:

H. Lundqvist
J. Markkanen

I'm still waiting for my next wave of young players. I think it is finally coming with Setoguchi, Brassard, Letang all getting good opportunities this year. Several others will see some opportunities too but these three are likely all going to play full years in the NHL in decent roles. Benoit Pouliot will prob be a plug as usual so Im not expecting much from him.

Also, Mike Richards is probably going to garner a better role than 3rd line center and a trade might be made somewhere to improve backup goaltending, depth at forward and maybe a prospect but we'll see. I think I got the best 1-2-3 center combination in the league.

[IslanderDuck]

As it stands now, these are my potential lines for the upcoming season

Mike Comrie - Kyle Wellwood/Valtteri Filppula - Glen Murray
Erik Christensen - Kyle Wellwood/Valtteri Filppula - Maxime Ouellet
Raffi Torres - Boyd Gordon - Stanislav Chistov/Petr Prucha
Petr Prucha/Cody McLeod - Brian Sutherby/Brad Richardson - Cody McCormick/Eric Nystrom

Darryl Sydor - Andrew Alberts
Karel Rachunek - Matt Greene
Andrew Hutchinson - Brett Lebda
Freddy Meyer

Dwayne Roloson
Robert Esche
Tyler Weiman

[devilsgm2]

Martin Brodeur.

[Capyotes]

malone- cullen- hejduk
fedotenko-stumpel- zednik
cooke- laperriere- oneil
bulis-novotny-sjostrom

commodore-enstrom
lilja-byfuglien
foster-dandenault

bryzgalov
lalime

very happy with my defense, but not so much with offense.

i have maltby (DF 75) and laraque for sale along with a slew of mostly Defensive prospects.

that is why i MIGHT make the playoffs this year

[redwingsgm]

Here's how we're looking right now...

Elias-Jokinen-Pominville
Stillman-Plekanec-Semin
Hecht-Hanzal-Parrish
Bergenheim-York-Calder (looking to shake up the 4th line, though)

Timonen-Visnovsky
Gill-Schultz
Sopel/Martinek/Wisniewski/Eminger/Colaiacovo will probably all split 3rd pair duties

Giguere
Budaj


Overall, I'm happy with my team. I really like the depth of my top three lines, as well as the youth I have up the middle. Still in the process of making a few minor moves, but I think the nucleus of my team is set for next season.

[ducks]

Alex Ovechkin is all anyone needs

[avsgm]

This is where we're at:

Zetterberg-Stajan-Kovalev
Getzlaf-Kozlov-Svatos
Bonk-Bourque-Dvorak
Kelly-Glencross-Niedermayer

Lidstrom-Malik
Morris-Sutton
Sarich-Vandermeer
with Barker and Westcott

Kiprusoff
Thomas
Auld

We've got some holes, but I think we'll be ok. Not necessarily a rebuilding year, but certainly a retooling one. We acquired some unknown players, in terms of consistency, but I like the make-up of my team.

Kipper's got to be a rock in net as my D is thin. He usually is very solid. This year, I need him to be great.

However, I really need Zetterberg to step up this year and be the dominant player that he can be. That will determine the success of my team this season.

[habsgm]

Line 1-4: LW/C/RW
Hagman/Horcoff/Ryder
Higgins/Zubrus/Hunter
Nagy/Legwand/ Fiddler
Fedoruk or Sanderson /Perrault or Boyd/Ludqvist
Defense:
Beauchemin/ Ward
Finger/Kalinin
Backman/ Bergeron
with A. Greene, B. Mezei and A. Johnson on the bench.
Goalie:
Toskala
Cloutier

Pretty happy so far with the "new" habs. much younger and faster. hope to see these guys mature together, still have some moves to make, but all in all almost where I want to be.....

[Kings and Devils]

Loui Eriksson - Mikko Koivu - Corey Perry
Bobby Ryan - Greg Campbell - BJ Crombeen
Nikita Filatov - Brandon Sutter - Dave Steckel
Jason Jaffray - Rick Rypien - Mike Brown

Alex Edler - Marc Staal
Matt Carle - Matt Smaby
Mark Fistric - Nathan McIver

Nolan Schaefer
Daneil Larsson



A few of the names in the System: James Van Riemsdyk, Cory Emmerton, TJ Brennan, Kevin Shattenkirk



Still a couple years away from being a contender.