Just a few notes. I am using the UUB 6.1 roster continued by CJ as well as the realism ehm 07 patch, basically started the file unemployed and then this is where the story begins
May 2007
May 25th
With the Montreal Canadiens struggling over the past few years, the Montreal Canadiens decided to sell the team to the Molson Family. With that being said after the past struggling seasons they have decided that it’s time for a new direction. They fired Pierre Gauthier and started to begin their search on a new GM for the Montreal Franchise. With not many players signed they have their work cut out for them and to bring a winning brand back to Montreal. As Montreal has Hamilton Bulldogs as their farm team we know what it is like for the Canadiens fans of how success they want to be. As I sit at home in my Hamilton apartment as i just finished my smww hockey gm and scouting course I have decided to fill out application and fax it to the owners of the Montreal Canadiens who hire staff for the Hamilton squad. Growing up being from Hamilton and being a Hamilton fan I know what fans expect from the team to be successful. As I sit at my computer and look at the possible future of the Canadiens we have a bright future. Marc Bergevin has his work cut out for him and the team, before I look at all of the clubs rosters, a few hours after I sent in the fax I have received a phone call from the Montreal Canadiens to let me know that I have been named as the new Hamilton Bulldogs general Manager.
Our clubs Rival team is Rochester Americans (Buffalo/Florida)
The board must not be happy with the last gm because he does not expect much of me my first season.
Montreal Canadiens 2006-2007 Season:
82gp 41-35-6 .537 178 GF 196 GA 12.6 PP % 84.5 PK % 88 Pts 9th East 2 pts out of a playoff spot, 19th overall
Top 5 Players:
Alexei Kovalev – 80 gp 33g 36a 69pts +31 34 PIM 246 SOG 7.81 AvR
Saku Koivu – 77gp 15g 41a 56pts +21 12 PIM 186 SOG 7.96 AvR
Tomas Plekanec – 69gp 22g 33a 55pts +18 12 PIM 169 SOG 7.58 AvR
Sergei Samsonov – 75gp 22g 21a 43pts +13 14 PIM 188 SOG 7.15 AvR
Michael Ryder – 78gp 18g 22a 40pts +1 32 PIM 156 SOG 6.78 AvR
Instead of the Gainey, Gauthier and Carbonneau era, before i started the file i put Marc Bergevin as gm, Rick Dudley as ass gm and Michel Therrien as head coach to see how well history would change from 2006 to present.
This past season Bergvein made the following trades during this season:
Mathieu Dandenault to Tampa for their 3rd in 07
Stars 5th in 07 to Minny for Peter Ratchuk
Garth Murray to Blues for 4th in 07
Sheldon Souray to Calgary for Dustin Boyd and Kris Chucko
Craig Rivet to Detroit for Derek Meech and their 3rd in 07
MTL’s 6th in 07, 7th in 07 and DET’s 3rd in 07 (from previous trade) to San Jose for Josh Gorges
Montreal even though they missed the playoffs, they have 1 1st, 1 2nd, 3 3rds, 1 4th and 1 5th pending any other trades for a total of 7 draft picks
Hamilton Bulldogs 2006-2007 Season:
80gp 40-33-7 .544 164 GF 181 GA 12.4 PP % 91.1 PK % 87 Pts 3rd North 13th overall, Hamilton beat Utica in 1st round 4-0, however lost to the Griffins in 6 games 4-2 in the West Semi Finals
Top 5 players:
Alexander Perehogin – 80gp 27g 29a 56pts +13 44 PIM 214 SOG 6.99 AvR
Dustin Boyd – 80gp 10gp 22a 32pts +13 16 PIM 119 SOG 7.38 AvR (with Adirondack Flames AHL)
- 30gp 7g 15a 22pts +7 14 PIM 75 SOG 7.17 AvR (with Hamilton Bulldogs AHL)
Total – 80gp 18g 37a 54pts +20 30 PIM 194 SOG 7.30 AvR
Andrei Kostitsyn – 76gp 25g 19a 44pts +15 40 PIM 196 SOG 6.92 AvR
Kyle Chipchura – 42gp 8g 19a 27pts +9 14 PIM 86 SOG 6.95 AvR
Duncan Milroy – 80gp 9g 14a 23pts -7 34 PIM 128 SOG 6.42 AvR
2nd Farm team Wheeling Nailers (shared with Pittsburgh)
72gp 32-36-4 .472 161 GF 183 GA 9.8 PP % 84.1 PK % 68pts 16 pts out of a playoff spot, 6th North 21st overall out of 25 teams
Montreal Staff:
Marc Bergevin: GM
Rick Dudley: Assistant GM
Gerard Gallant – Head Coach
Doug Jarvis, Scott Livingston, Roland Melanson, Kirk Muller – Assistant coaches
Wheeling (ECHL) Staff:
Glenn Patrick: GM/HC
Peter Twist – Assistant Coach
We have fired the following staff from the Bulldogs Organization:
David Wilkie – Head Coach
Nate Ziemski, Tim Keyes, John McCabe - Scouts
Alexander Perehogin – Heading to Salavat Yulajev July 1st, the other following players could be ufas as of June 30th.
F – Duncan Milroy
D – Derek Meech
F – Eric Manlow
F – Corey Locke
F – Andrei Kostitsyn
D – Dan Jancevski
D – Danny Groulx
F – Jonathan Ferland
F – Aaron Downey
D – JP Cote
D – Andrew Archer
The following players are future transactions joining Montreal this summer:
D – Konstantin Korneev (54gp 7g 16a 23pts -3 36 PIM 103 SOG 7.61 AvR w/ CSKA) (Habs 9th round in 2002) – June 7th
D – Pavel Valentenko (40gp 22g 30a 52pts +28 57 PIM 146 SOG 8.35 AvR w/ Reaktor) (Habs 5th round in 2006) – June 7th
RW/LW – Ted Purcell (47gp 15g 18a 33pts -6 22 PIM 126 SOG 6.81 AvR w/ Maine) (UFA signing) – June 20th
RW/C – Robbie Drummond (65gp 19g 24a 43pts +25 10 PIM 134 SOG 6.98 AvR w/ London OHL) (UFA signing) – July 5th
May 30th
Montreal has released Cory Urquhart to UFA. In 56 games with our club he had 1g 4a 5pts -16 26 PIM 70 SOG 5.89 AvR
June 2nd
Our Bulldogs staff for the upcoming season:
Julien Brisebois – Assistant GM
Slavomir Lener – Head Coach
Adam Deadmarsh and Ron Wilson – Assistant coaches
Pelle Moberg (Swedish), Kristofer Ahlstrom (Swedish), Mathias Becker (German), Cap Eaves (American), Tim Keyes (Canadian), Erik Lonnqvist (Swedish) – Scouts
Joe Aquino (American), Dave Boyer (American), Luc Leblanc (Canadian) – Trainers
June 3rd
Game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals heads to Providence as the Rampage take on the Bruins. Florida Panthers against Boston Bruins are going at it for the AHL Championship. Rampage takes a 1-0 series lead as they won by a score of 1-0 overtime win in game 1.
June 5th
Providence evens the series at 1 with a 2-1 overtime win over San Antonio in game 2 as it moves to Texas for games 3 and 4
June 7th
In game 3 of the Calder Cup heads to Texas as the series is tied 1-1. Providence shut out San Antonio 3-0 to take a 2-1 series lead.
The NHL has opened it trading window as now NHL teams can now start trading
Montreal has 45 of 50 contracts signed so they have 6 open spots for possible signings this summer. They have also put Yann Danis and David Aebischer as they plan to have Cristobal Huet and Carey Price or Jaroslav Halak in Montreal next season the idea to have Halak or Price as our starter next season couldn’t be any happier.
June 8th
The following are players on Montreal’s Roster who could be a UFA on June 30th if they are not resigned.
F – Radek Bonk
G – Yann Danis
F – Mike Johnson
D – Mike Komisarek
D – Janne Niinimaa
D – Peter Ratchuk
F – Michael Ryder
D – Patrick Traverse
June 9th
Provindence look to take a 3-1 lead as they are in Texas for game 4 with a 2-1 series lead. Providence Bruins shutout Rampage again this time its 2-0 as they take a 3-1 series lead as they now have a chance to win the Calder Cup on home ice in Game 5.
Our staff members have been looking over the possible of future Bulldogs, a few prospects that are being looked over by NHL teams right now for the draft are:
Patrick Kane – Colorado, Edmonton, Minnesota
PK Subban – Chicago, Edmonton
Logan Couture – Phoenix
Sam Gagner – Los Angeles
David Perron – Phoenix, Tampa
Jakub Voracek – Edmonton, Montreal, St. Louis, Washington, Winnipeg
Vitaly Karamnov – St. Louis, Toronto, Winnipeg
June 11th
Game 5 moves back to Providence as they try to win the 2007 Calder Cup on home ice. The Rampage win 1-0 in game 5 as the Bruins will now have to win on the road if they want to win the Championship as they still lead 3-2 in the series.
Montreal has traded Cirstobal Huet to Columbus for the San Jose Sharks 2nd round pick in 2007
June 13th
Game 6 goes down in San Antonio as they look to get back into the series and force a game 7 as Providence Bruins lead the series 3-2. The Rampage win 3-1 and force game 7 in Providence.
June 15th
Game 7 goes down in Providence as it’s anyones game as the series is tied 3-3. Providence needed overtime and what a way to win game 7 to take the series 4-3 over San Antonio Rampage as the Bruins become the 2007 AHL Calder Cup Champions
June 16th
Goalie Cedrick Desjardins has returned to our club where he was on loan to Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL where he went 11-16-5 2.54 GAA .894 Sv % 1 SO 7.79 AvR in 33gp. He is expected to make 10.5 k next season as he will battle for the back up job in Hamilton.
June 20th
Our parent club Montreal Canadiens has resigned Michael Ryder to a 1 yr extention where he was previously making 2,167,000 this season as he is scheduled to make 2.2 million this upcoming season
June 21st
Montreal has the following picks in the NHL 2007 Entry draft after the draft lottery:
Round 1 – 12th (Montreal)
Round 2 – 12th pick (Montreal), 13th pick (San Jose)
Round 3 – 7th pick (Tampa Bay); 11th pick (Washington), 12th pick (Montreal)
Round 4 – 1st pick (St. Louis)
Round 5 – 12th pick (Montreal)
Montreal has a total of 8 draft picks in the draft in two days
June 23rd
The following are the Canadiens picks in 2007 Entry Draft:
1st round (12th overall) – RW/LW/C – Egor Averin – Avangard (RSL)
5`11 202lbs 17yrs 8/25/89 Omsk, RUS
2006-2007 Season: 29gp 20g 23a 43pts +28 22 PIM 77 SOG 7.21 AvR – Omsk (MHL)
2006-2007 Season: 9gp 1g 3a 4pts +9 4 PIM 8 SOG 6.22 AvR – Avangard (RSL)
2006-2007 Playoffs: 12gp 2g 1a 3pts +1 2 PIM 13 SOG 6.25 AvR – Avangard (RSL)
2nd round (42nd overall) – LW/C Michal Repik – Vancouver (WHL)
5`11 202lbs 18yrs 12/31/88 Vlasim, CZE
2006-2007 Season: 66gp 9g 10a 19pts +3 22 PIM 123 SOG 6.23 AvR
2006-2007 Playoffs: 9gp 1g 0a 1pt -1 4 PIM 19 SOG 6.22 AvR
2006-2007 Playoffs: 4gp 1g 1a 2pts +3 0 PIM 8 SOG 7.00 AvR – Memorial Cup
2nd round (43rd overall via SJ) – LD/RD Ryan McDonagh – Cretin-Derham (USHW)
6`2 211lbs 18yrs 6/13/89 Arden Hills, MN, USA
2006-2007 Season: 56gp 30g 66a 96pts +70 42 PIM 211 SOG 8.32 AvR
3rd round (67th overall via TB) – C Dana Tyrell – Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
5`10 202lbs 18yrs 4/23/89 Airdrie, AB, CAN
2006-2007 Season: 43gp 10g 13a 23pts +3 14 PIM 86 SOG 6.84 AvR – Prince George
2006-2007 Season: 28gp 1g 11a 12pts -4 26 PIM 28 SOG 6.82 AvR – Prince Albert
2006-2007 Season: 3gp 0g 0a 0pts -3 0 PIM 2 SOG 6.00 AvR – Prince Albert
3rd round (71st overall via WSH) – C/RW Alexander Kucheryavenko – Salavat Yulajev (RSL)
6`0 200lbs 19yrs 8/27/87 Moscow, RUS
2006-2007 Season: 49gp 4g 5a 9pts +3 34 PIM 35 SOG 6.10 AvR
2006-2007 Playoffs: 5gp 0g 0a 0pts Even 2 PIM 4 SOG 6.20 AvR
3rd round (72nd overall) – LD/RD Nikoli Lukyanchikov – MHK Dinamo (MHL)
6`0 209lbs 18yrs 5/23/89 Moscow, RUS
2006-2007 Season: 30gp 3g 9a 12pts +15 12 PIM 24 SOG 6.77 AvR – Kapitan (RUS-2)
2006-2007 Season: 11gp 4g 10a 14pts +14 8 PIM 36 SOG 8.18 AvR – MHK Dinamo (MHL)
4th round (91st overall via STL) – RW/LW Linus Omark – Lulea (SWE)
5`9 200lbs 20yrs 2/5/87 Overtornea, SWE
2006-2007 Season: 50gp 8g 12a 20pts -9 26 PIM 83 SOG 6.38 AvR
5th round (132nd overall) – C/RW Drew Leblanc – Chicago (USHL)
5`11 202lbs 17yrs 6/29/89 Hermantown, MN, USA
2006-2007 Season: 60gp 24g 38a 62pts -5 60 PIM 156 SOG 6.65 AvR – Hermantown (USHW)
Attending St. Cloud State Huskies on July 1st 2008
I am very happy with the picks of the Canadiens and the future that this organization has
June 25th
I have decided to cut ties with Eric Manlow, Ajay Baines and Danny Groulx. For the 462k over my 460k budget im sure i can find better players for cheaper price.
AHL Season Awards:
Les Cunningham Plaque (AHL MVP) – Dan Ellis (Texas) – 60gp 42-15-3 1.06 GAA .952 22 SO 8.93 AvR
Red Garrett Memorial (Rookie of the Year) – Karri Ramo (Springfield) – 60gp 35-19-5 1.51 GAA .944 Sv % 11 SO 9.03 AvR
Louis Pieri Memorial (AHL Coach of the Year) – Mike Haviland (Norfolk) 58-16-6 122 Pts (AHL top team)
Eddie Shore Plaque (AHL Top Defenseman) – Nathan Paetsch (Rochester) – 80gp 11g 23a 34pts -11 33 PIM 223 SOG 8.15 AvR
Baz Bastien Memorial (AHL Top Goalie) – Karri Ramo (Springfield) – 60gp 35-19-5 1.51 GAA .944 Sv % 11 SO 9.03 AvR
John B. Sollenberger (AHL Top Point Scorer) – Tony Salmelainen (Norfolk) – 76gp 37g 44a 81pts +41 33 PIM 292 SOG 7.45 AvR
Jack A. Butterfield Trophy (Calder Cup MVP) – Hannu Toivonen (Providence) – 26gp 16-10-0 0.96 GAA .964 Sv % 6 SO 9.42 AvR (Playoffs)
Fred T. Hunt Memorial (Sportsmanship) – Alex Goligoski (WBS) – 80gp 9g 31a 40pts -1 27 PIM 156 SOG 7.94 AvR
AHL Leading Scorer Award - Tony Salmelainen (Norfolk) – 76gp 37g 44a 81pts +41 33 PIM 292 SOG 7.45 AvR
AHL Best Forward - Tony Salmelainen (Norfolk) – 76gp 37g 44a 81pts +41 33 PIM 292 SOG 7.45 AvR
Willie Marshall Award (Season Leading Scorer) - Tony Salmelainen (Norfolk) – 76gp 37g 44a 81pts +41 33 PIM 292 SOG 7.45 AvR
Yanick Dupre Memorial Award (AHL Man of the Year) – Darcy Verot (Milwaukee) – 73gp 6g 15a 21pts -8 54 PIM 99 SOG 6.18 AvR
Harry Holmes Memorial Award (Lowest GAA) - Dan Ellis (Texas) – 60gp 42-15-3 1.06 GAA .952 22 SO 8.93 AvR
AHL Rookie All-Star Team:
Goalie: Karri Ramo (Springfield)
Defense: Trevor Hendrikx (Springfield), Mike Card (Rochester)
Forwards: Dustin Boyd (Hamilton); Justin Keller (Syracuse); T.J. Hensick (Portland)
June 29th
We will be taking a different approach with this years training camp. Instead of scheduling a bunch of pre-season games and inviting like 60 players and going that way we will still invite some players but also any player who approaches our coaching staff will be invited to camp.
June 30th
With UFA beginning tomorrow it will bring some excitement of what the Canadiens could be possibility doing.
The following players have yet to be resigned by Montreal as they will be leaving as UFAs tomorrow.