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  1. Posted

    Yes, please make some improvements in the search engine. I have played GHL for so long and now in CHL I'm in pain looking for players as I always get: "Search produced more than 100 results. Please narrow your search" (100 is really pathetic number, there no easy way to say it - you have made bigger worlds and yet have limited player search to this incredibly low number) - this can't be narrowed without additional options, especially for max. values. My suggestions would be:

    min. and max. overall

    max. separate ratings

    in All players search by league level

  2. Posted

    Well, the game is streaky for sure - you loose two games because of bad luck and then you are more likely to loose more. And on the other hand, you can beat a good team that start you winning streak. It's not a bad thing generally, although it can be very depressing. But look at NHL, the streak are there as well. Panthers in 15/16 went from 14-12-4 to 26-12-4, CBJ in 16/17 made it to 16 wins (and yet one season ago they made second longest loosing streak at the beginning of season of all time with 8 losses). And those were not great teams that were contenders for SC. Rather ok or mediocre teams. Ducks are not bad and they have 12 losses in a row now. 

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  3. Posted

    Yeah, you went down pretty fast. Also Minutemen... they attacked top4 some time ago and looked unbeatable, but now they our outside PO (but they have still chance to get there in last round). 

    The 3 points per win make a lot - I was battling for 1st place, then I lost 5 in a row and I'm 15 points behind the 1st place. Well, also because Vandals won 8 in row (in regular time).  But 15 points difference in this league is like an ocean.

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  4. Posted

    Ok, so we will finish this season after all. But I'm in a slump...4 losses in a row, that did not happened to me since S3 or so :-)

    On the other hand, Vandals are finishing really strong despite koekefix being quite inactive. Let's see what happens in the playoffs. 

  7. Posted

    I'm here! And getting stronger for the supposedly last season - I do not believe the transition will be happening this year :)

     

    I signed him, Paul. But he asked for something 4.1M from my team and I added 400k to get him, although there is no interest in signing players anymore, apparently. What I don't get is the number he asked from you - you don't have the reputation, but still 21M is 5 times more then what is real value of his salary. That can't be real for GHL newcomer - nobody would stay in GHL with such problem to get new players through FA. I would propose to write to Anders if he can check this and perhaps start on different system for new GPHM. 

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  8. Posted

    Vojtěch Dolnan http://www.gameplanhockey.com/player?gpid=3736

     

    I have posted here my 5 cups top line C and RW, so next step is obviously the LW -  and that is Vojtěch Dolnan. Together with Chovanec and Brož*, the most successful Slovak player in this world. As I'm Czech, I'm happy to have so successful neighbor (and another 4 Slovaks in my affiliate, but no Czech player is in my team now). Dolnan is now 38yo, but still at his top 94 OVR. He is mostly playmaker though his career for high skating and passing, but has decent combination of all skills including scoring. 

    We got him via trade in S2 and since then, he was stable part of our top line and also in all our 5 cups we won.

    In 818 regular season games, he collected amazing 760 points (321+439), +248, 247 PPP, 2534 shots with 19:30 avg. TOI and 76 avg. performance. His 86 points (31+55) in 101 PO games was very important for us and ranks among highest PO points collected.

    The purposeful role model is our long time assistant captain and has collected many individual awards: most points in GHL in S7 (77 points), most points in S11 (55 points) together with most goals (28), and most points in S13 (51 points) together with most assists (35) and best +/- (+32). 

     

    *fun fact - Brož and Dolnan both started very young with Camden Blackhawks team in S1 and when relegated to SHL, they were traded to GHL (Brož to Grizzlies) in S2 and both trained hard, became top players, both won golden cup and never left their GHL teams.

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  9. Posted

    Jeremy Hawks http://www.gameplanhockey.com/player?gpid=4229

     

    Jeremy is my favorite player and I cannot start active players with anyone else. He is true heart and soul of my team as he is the only one from the very beginning. 16  seasons with Protons! I got him as very talented, 21yo right-handed defender, 78 OVR in SHL (that was very high number in SHL S1!). Only later I realized that right-handed D is very valuable and I was always happy to have him. He is now 95 OVR (37 yo) and remain one of the best right-handed D in the league. I would compare him to Drew Doughty. Although he has high scoring, he is not the offensive gun as EK or Burns, but he is dominant D on both sides of the ice. He has high passing, high scoring, high defence, physical, and endurance. So he is also eating a lot of TOI... in the first 4 seasons he played 25:00 - 25:30 TOI average and pretty high performance. 

    Regular season stats are 816 games played, 404 points (98+306), +162, 22:30 avg. TOI and 77 average performance. He has 105 playoff games (exactly the same as Protons played) with 57 points (17+40), +29.

    There was drop in his performance in S5/S6, because this friendly guy was always willing to sign a long term contract for peanuts (9 year, $1 550 000 per season in S3), but he was training so fast, even he was feeling he is massively underpaid back then. We fixed that and still got cheap top right handed D. 

    He obviously has 5 GHL cups, but also was with us when we directly promoted from SHL in S1. 

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  11. Posted

    I missed his faceoff skill and PK upside, but otherwise he was starting to be odd man in my team - he was good, but too defensive oriented stats for 1st line center and slightly too expensive for lower line center. Also his traits are not that great and the age was also a factor. Eure is decent backup goalie and I needed that. So it was a good move I think. 

    At that time I was also fighting with my top line - they were great in 1 game and then completely unproductive and off for 5 games, so I tried my other centers and it went slightly better, so I blamed Nolan, but it was probably not his mistake - this problem is appearing again and again, although not so intensive as in S11. 

  12. Posted

    Thanks. But US customary is different to imperial (although it is the same in terms of pounds, foots and inches, so it does not matter here), right? I have vague knowledge as I spent some time in US, but I never get used to make the conversion in my head and I think changing units in GPHM or using some conversion tool was not necessary.

  13. Posted

    Nolan Daugherty http://www.gameplanhockey.com/player?gpid=15016

     

    Nolan is not technically retired, but at age 41 he is waiting for contract offer and with declination from 94 OVR to 82 OVR, one can see he is no Jagr. But I think there might be big fat contract waiting for him in Russia. 

    Nolan was for really long time the best or at least among best centers in the GHL. His 99 faceoff skill was really valuable and thus 56.7 FO% si among highest in GHL (he won stunning 6594 faceoffs in his regular season career). And for the Protons, he was top line center in all our 5 cup teams. 

    Nolan was mostly known for his great two-way play and as top line center for most of his career, he played average TOI of 20:30 with lots PP and PK time. In 839 GHL games, he collected 706 points (257+449), +207 in +/-, 40 SHP, 2568 shots, 1808 hits. He also played 87 PO games with 63 points (23+40) and 56.2 FO%. 

    He had most points in GHL in S8 - 76 points in regular season. 

    This tough and nervous guy was a nightmare for PP of the other team (even at age of 41, he still has defence of 99)

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    Stefan Söderström http://www.gameplanhockey.com/player?gpid=3622

     

    Stefan was not in the productivity table, but he was most dependable defensive shield in GHL for his entire career. He retired this season at age of 37 with still great 93 OVR (his best was 94) and his key skills were defence, physical and spirit, all maxed to 99. Together with big body, ~200 cm and ~100 kg (sorry to US managers, I never really learned U.S. customary system - and I think this is funny - https://twitter.com/GiveMeInternet/status/1029618705318273025?s=15.), he was predestined to be PK specialists. 

    He has also 6 cups (5 with Protons and one with Mount Healthy Young Guns). He was briefly captain, but 'A' for most fo his career and as far as I remember almost always healthy. Stefan was best in GHL in +/- in S11 and +/- is probably his most impressive stat - he has in regular season +316 in his 834 GHL games. That is more than his points, 276 (42+234). One can also notice 1401 hits and 617 PIM. Average performance was 77 and average TOI 19:30. 

    And even more impressive is his PO card - huge number of games, 115 games with 35 points (2+33), +32, 92 PIM and 190 hits. 

     

    What a career for this determined role model. 

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  15. Posted

    Bon Honda http://www.gameplanhockey.com/player?gpid=14969

     

    Bob Honda is my second choice for HOF - I really liked his name and he also has 6 cups in total (5 with Protons and 1 in S1 Mount Healthy Young Guns). He was very important part of our team for the entire career, left-handed forward in our top line - average TOI per season was 20:30-22:00 and in S7 he has most point in PO (14 points in 9 games, which is second most to Frank Beard's 15 in S3). Unfortunately he retired too early, in age of 36, while still at highest 91 OVR. Compassionate and tough player was very universal in roles (as high skating, high scoring, high defence and high spirit player) and always performed very high as a sniper or a powerforward. He was loved team member especially for his willingness to sign quite cheap long term contract (highest was $3 370 000 per season for 6 years).

    In 760 regular season (GHL only) games, he collected 683 points (321+371), including 220 PPP. He also has very high +225 in plus/minus, 2362 shots and average TOI of 20:30 with average performance of 77 over his entire career. 

    He also played 91 PO games with 75 points (41+34) and +16 in +/-.

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  16. Posted

    Today, I want to start with the already retired players. And later I will continue with the active ones.

     

    Artem Bublik http://www.gameplanhockey.com/goalie?gpid=1798

     

    There is already a special thread on Bublik, but I cannot start with anyone else. He was the cornerstone of all of our 5 cups. He has 6 cups in total (one  cup for the French Gulch Black Knights), which makes him second most successful goalie in Biscuit and most successful starter. He retired at age of 40 with still amazing 95 OVR (he lost some endurance, but kept other skill still very high). Despite being cocky and egocentric, he was loved. He would have stayed with Protons longer, but he was a money guy - he was paid $6 390 000 per season in S5 and he asked for similar amount in his late 30's (ended up with $5 575 000 per season with the Thetford Mines Pegasus in S11).

    But his stats are amazing - he played in 570 regular season games (553 started - counting only GHL) with OVR performance of 75. He had 73 SO, 92.3 SV% and 2.23 GAA. In playoff he was stable as well - 75 games played (73 started) with OVR performance of 75, 8 SO, 92.2 SV% and 2.29 GAA. 

    He had most shutouts 6 times in GHL, 6 times best GAA, 5 times best SV% and was named 1st star of the week 11 times (and made top3 of the week 18 times!). 

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  21. Posted

    Yup, Bublik was insanely good... I acquired him by luck. He asked French Gulch Black Knights (after winning cup there in S2) insane money to resign, so he went to FA and I got him for much more reasonable salary... the salary got higher with each season and more cups, but we managed to afford him and he worked hard for every dollar. His number of shutouts is insane and he got us all 5 cups / so you can correct that he has 6 cups and he was in the GHL finals for 9 times including 7 in a row. But in S10 the salary demands started to increase again and our cap situation was too tight, so he went to FA once again. And we didn't win any cup since then. 

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  22. Posted

    GHL - Looking for left-handed top6 forward, preferably good sniper. Willing to offer many assets (older players, young talents, picks) from my team. Also interested in future GHL starter goalie. 

     

    I want to trade away - some defender(s) from my affiliate, pick anyone but Fouquereau.

    Also want to trade away this goalie:

    LENELL Dean - 20yo, 85 OVR, http://www.gameplanhockey.com/goalie?gpid=9819

    Former 1st round GHL pick (ranked 10th overall). Can include him for wanted players above or he can go for pick or young affiliate center with decent faceoff skill. 

  23. Posted

    6.5M for a top defender is ok price. 10M is a bit too much, but the problem is that the teams can afford it. I have 7.5M under the cap for this season and that's a lot (as I'm second in power ranking and I have top goalie and top d-core)... there were times I was counting every penny under the cap (really, I was going offers by 5k, sometimes even less). Vandals are slightly tight in the cap, but they are stacked (best OVR) with many players in their prime age (when they are asking for highest salaries). I've been there :)

    But I was on vacation, so I didn't participated in the bidding. Maybe next season...

  25. Posted

    Yep, Pohorelec and Honda with 91 OVR and only 36yo. Bublik was not loosing any skills at 40, but at that age, I would understand it. Muller was too young to retire. I think Boller and Hartig are losses to their teams as well. 

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