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  2. Posted

    USBL To Start Inaugural Season

    March 1st, 1875 - Jim O'Malley will be the commissioner of the United States Baseball League, the 1st Professional league in America. 8 cities have signed on to have teams in the league, along with 16 other cities acting as the minor league teams. Players have already been drafted in the Inaugural draft with a few free agents still available. Spring Training will start today with teams playing 24 games. Season will get underway April 1st with all 8 teams playing. Season will last 50 games, with the Division Leader being crowned Champion of the USBL.

     

    The Teams that will Participate in the USBL are as follows;

     

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    US AAA

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    2012 NHL DRAFT

     

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    Islanders won the lottery and selected Sean Monahan, so no surprise there. The strange pick was at number 3. Florida picked some kid some Korea(I'll have to look in the editer to see his PA). A familiar name went 4th and a few more goalies went in the 1st 20 picks. Unsure if anyone is a regen(I'll take a peek later), but no real big reaches except for the Korean kid and Washington reaching for Ben Mosher.

     

     

    No major deals went down besides us trading our 1st Rounder to Buffalo for Brian Campbell. Easy decision since we had Detroit's 2nd(32nd overall) and that gives us an unreal Blueline. Weber-Pitkanen, Johansson-Pietrangelo, Campbell-Wideman/Bogosian

     

     

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    Our draft went solid. "Reached" for Ristolainen but it was at my Head Scouts recommendation. He was ranked in the 100s for some reason. Same with Pokka. Both are rated at 1-2 Dman(Pronger and Marc Staal respectively). Some solid depth was picked up in the later rounds

     

    Hurme - 3rd Line Potential, Like Ryan Craid

    Kurki - 4th Line Potential, Like Jan Bulis

    Mullen - 3-4 Dman Potential, Like Andrei Zyuzin

    Sinkkonen - 4th Line Potential, like Kris Beech

    Lehto - No scouting report(yet)

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    FLYERS WIN STANLEY CUP

     

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    We did it! Took us a few years in the bottom of the East and League but with a little patience and some solid deals we're Stanley Cup champs. It was an exciting Cup run starting with getting our revenge on Montreal, who swept us last year. We almost swept them, but a 3-2 Win during Game 4 only delayed the inevitable. Everyone chipped in during the series and Pekka Rinne was spectacular allowing only 7 goals in the 5 game series.

     

    Next up was those annoying New Jersey Devils. We took Game 1 in Overtime and then Brodeur took over. He held our potent offense(minus Giroux and Gagne :P) to only 3 goals in Game 2, 3, and 4 and despite Rinne's goaltending we found ourselves down 3-1 going back back to Philadelphia for Game 5. Game 5 was another overtime victory with Spezza scoring all three goals and we finally had some momentum going for us. Rinne threw up a brick wall for Game 6 and suddenly we were tied up. Another shutout from Rinne in Game 7 and we were moving on to a date with the Maple Leafs.

     

    Rinne kept up his goalkeeping clinic as he shut out Toronto in Game 1(3 straight games). Nik Antropov ended Rinne's shutout streak midway through the 2nd period, but that was the only offense Toronto could muster in the whole series as Rinne and the stingy Flyers defense shut the Leafs down in Game 3 and 4, punching a ticket to the Stnaley Cup Finals vs Roberto Luongo and the Vancouver Canucks.

     

    Vancouver fresh off their 7-game series victory over the LA Kings took it to the Flyers in Game 1 and 2 with a 5-3 and 4-2 victory that had Canuck fans counting on a parade coming to Vancouver. Luongo and his 1.28 GAA was stopping the Flyers at every turn and the Sedin brothers were wrecking house. The Flyers were not going to go down so easily though as they took the next two in Philadelphia with Rinne posting his 6th shutout and Simon Gagne making his return. Fans in Vancouver were still confident that the Canucks wouldn't let another Stanley Cup fall through their fingertips. And it appeared to be so as both Pekka Rinne and Roberto Luongo put on a show with a 1-1 tie going into Overtime, but Patrick Kane sent the Vancouver faithful home sad and worrying with his OT winner. The Wachovia Center was rocking for Game 6 and with the Stanley Cup only one win away the fans had every reason to blow the roof off the WC. Wideman and Giroux scored in the 1st, McCauley scored in the 2nd and van Riemsdyk put the nails on the coffin early in the 3rd to give the Flyers a 4-2 win and their 3rd Stanley Cup in Franchise History ending a 36 year drought.

     

     

    "It's an amazing feeling and everyone in Philadelphia should be proud. I want to thank the fans for continuing to stand by our team during my 1st few years and having faith that we could become Stanley Cup champions." GM Nicholas Ritt told fans during the parade.

     

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    2011-12 Season Recap

     

    NHL Standings

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    League Leaders

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    Goalie Leaders

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    Trades

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    Almost had a 2nd division in title in as many years, but the wheels came off a bit towards the end of the year allowing the Penguins to pass. Could have had a better shot at clinching but we dropped the season finale to the Devils and the Penguins picked up a point in their finale vs Toronto. So we get a shot at exacting our revenge vs Montreal in the 1st round. Injuries were a little rough towards the end of the year. Gagne went down for 3 months with a fractured ankle and we lost Giroux in the season finale for possibly the 1st round. Other than that though we were lucky and when we did have injuries our call ups performed admirably.

     

    We did make two moves during the season; sending Bobby Ryan and Nick Bjustad for Alex Pietrangelo and sending Scott Hartnell to LA for Dustin Brown near the deadline. Both these deals worked out for the teams involved. Ryan led the Isles in scoring and held an 8.0+ AVR(better than he did here) and Pietrangelo anchored our 2nd D-line pairing. While Hartnell aided the Kings league leading defense and Brown added some snarl to our potent third line of McCauley-Richards-Brown.

     

    Rinne and Hiller were solid the whole year, but did go through inconsistent patches where they were brick walls for some games and then swiss cheese. Rinne is our #1 goalie and will start during the playoffs but Coach Carpenter isn't afraid to throw Hiller in if Rinne's inconsistent play keeps up.

     

     

    Flyers Stats

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    SEASON PREVIEW

     

    Key Additions: Dennis Wideman(TRADE), Adam Pardy(FA), Jay McClement(FA)

    Key Losses: Nicklas Kronwall(TRADE), Keith Ballard(Waivers)

     

    Top NHL Players - Simon Gagne(#9LW), Patrick Kane(#5RW), Brendan Holtby(#1 Prospect), John Tavares(#3 Prospect), Zach Bogosian(#7 Prospect)

     

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    A Division Title and #1 Seed should result in a nice playoff run, but things didn't work out that way for the young Philadelphia Flyer squad. Now one year older they look to continue to become a dominant force in the league. They will ice arguably the best Top 9 in the league with Gagne-Spezza-Kane leading the way. John Tavares will center James van Riemsdyk and Claude Giroux on the 2nd line. Tavares performed admirably during his time with the Flyers due to injuries. Bobby Ryan, Mike Richards, and Justin Williams will ice a 3rd line that can play hockey on both sides of the rink. Any of those lines have the potential to take over a game. The 4th line of Alan McCauley-Max Talbot-Scott Hartnell is nothing to scoff at either. They'll be leaned upon as a shut down line and chip in a few dirty goals.

     

    On the back-end Shea Weber and Joni Pitkanen lead a blueline that is only improving. Zach Bogosian was expected to have a spot on the opening night roster, but underperformed during 3 preseason games(6.50AVR) while Jussi Timonen and Adam Pardy secured roster spots with great showings during preseason play. Kim Johansson and Dennis Wideman can do it all and don't be surprised to see a few pucks put behind opposing goalies with these two.

     

    In net Pekka Rinne and Jonas Hiller have quietly become an elite duo and can shut down any offense in the league. Rinne is expected to start between 55-65 games while Hiller will take the rest. Holtby will keep the Phantoms in contention while he waits his turn with the big league.

     

    Prediction: The Rangers and Penguins are breathing down the Flyers neck, but this young team has the potential to take home the President Trophy. 1st in East, 1st in Atlantic. At Least a Conference Final bid.

     

    Rumor Mills: Bobby Ryan is being shopped for a Defenseman under the age of 25. Flyers rumored to be looking at Islanders' Alex Pietrangelo or Chicago's Duncan Keith. Ryan had an iffy preseason and is projected to play on the third line.

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    Notable Trades from Last Season

    ATL - Colin White from NJ for G.Brule, 2011 1st

    CBJ- S.Hannan from NYR for J.Blum and D.Fritsche

    NYR - Rights to P.Couture and Z.Torquato from TOR for A.Markov

    MTL - C.Pronger from NYI for Rights to A.Denezhkin, J.Muzzin and 2011 2nd(CBJ)

    ANA - N.Filatov from COL for C.Kunitz

    NYR - M.Cammalleri from OTT for Rights to T.Fox

    NJ - M.Sturm from OTT for Rights to S.Anthony

    CHI - D.Seidenberg from OTT for T.Tatar and 2011 3rd(DAL)

    NYI - Rights to E.Etem from VAN for T.Hunter

    STL - Rights to B.Chevrier and V.Tikhonov from VAN for P.Demitra

     

     

    OFFSEASON

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    Waited to see if Couturier dropped out of the top 5 which he surprisingly did. Agreed to the following Deal with Detroit;

     

    To Philadelphia: 6th Overall, Dennis Wideman, 2012 2nd(DET)

    To Detroit: Derek Stepan, Steve Downie, Nicklas Kronwall, Shane Morrisson, 28th Overall, 2012 4th(PHI).

     

    Gives them a #1 Center(As per Team Report) and #1 Dman(Kronwall) and I get Couturier.

     

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    Scout Reports

    Couturier - 1st Line, Better Lindros

    Bennefield - 3-4 Dman, Like Hannan

    Johns - 2nd Line, Better Fritche

    Burian - 2nd Line-3rd Line, Poor man's _____-(Can't agree)

    Alt - 5-6 Dman, like F.Tyutin

    Grigoriev - 7 Dman, Poor Zhitnik

     

    NOTABLE FREE AGENT SIGNINGS

    PHI - Adam Pardy and Jay McClement

    NJ - David Backes

    WSH - Zdeno Chara

    LA - Shane Doan

    MTL - Dustin Penner

    NYI - Kari Lehtonen

    TOR - Patrick Sharp and Alexander Semin

    NYR - Dan Boyle

    ATL - Tim Thomas

    STL - Erik Cole and Johan Franzen

    CGY - Chris Pronger

     

     

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    End of Year
    Awesome season though the ending was a bit of a tough pill to swallow. Things started with James van Riemsdyk tearing his ACL(Out 7 months), then Mike Richards slightly tore his MCL(3 months), Kim Johannson tore his UCL(3 Months), Spezza had a shoulder issue(2 months), Giroux had a hip flexor issue(1 Month), and last but not least Pekka Rinne had a strained shoulder(3 weeks). All that within the last few weeks of the playoffs. Still managed to take 1st in the conference, but a tough battle vs the Montreal Canadians proved too much(Swept in 4). Ended up trading Jeff Carter and two prospects to Anaheim for Bobby Ryan and Ryan Wilson. The amount of injuries led to John Tavares being called up and he filled the 2nd line slot amazingly well(9-21-30, 8.19 AVR) and secured his roster spot next year. The Phantoms also took 1st in the conference and also fell in the 1st round. Holtby was a monster for them. Thrashers won their 2nd Stanley Cup beating Vancouver 4-3(Series and Game 7 in OT).

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  13. Posted

    Off-season

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    Carolina won the lottery and than made a VERY questionable pick......actually quite a few head scratchers... The only major move made was New Jersey sending Zach Parise and their 2010 2nd to Edmonton for their 1st(2nd Overall). The third overall pick is the Hasek regen

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    Scout Reports
    Tarasenko - 1st Line Potential, Better Loui Eriksson
    Bennett - 1st Line Potential, Better David Backes
    Stolt - 1st Line Potential, Like Ryan Malone(Mikael Renberg Regen)
    Gogolev - 1st line Potential, Like Alex Steen
    Evans - 3/4 Potential, Like Nicklas Kronwall
    Bjugstad - 3rd Line Potential, Like Eric Lindros
    Sobchenko - 2nd Line Potential, Like Daymond Langkow
    Svoboda - Back up Potential, Poor Tim Thomas(Roman Cechmanek Regen)

    Pretty damn good draft. All those 2nd rounders are paying off. LOL Drafted two ex-flyer regens.


    Free Agents

    A lot of big name were available and signed.
    Some of the big signings.

    Atlanta signed Pavel Kubina
    Tampa Bay signed Sheldon Souray
    Los Angeles signed Marc Savard
    Boston signed Sergei Gonchar
    New Jersey signed Patrick Marleau
    Atlanta signed Jaromir Jagr
    Phoenix signed Milan Hedjuk
    PHILADELPHIA signed Jason Spezza
    Chicago signed Evgeni Nabokov
    Calgary signed Brian Rafalski
    New York Islanders signed Chris Pronger
    Montreal signed Olli Jokinen
    Vancouver signed Christian Ehrhoff
    Edmonton signed Dany Heatley
    PHILADELPHIA signed Kim Johansson

    Failed to lure Rafalski, Pronger, or Ehrhoff, but did pull Spezza. Decided to offer him a deal to help that 1st line score and take some slack off Richards and Carter, though Carter could be dealt for a Defenseman. Did sign Tavares, Bogosian and Stepan to ELCs and they'll spend the year with the Phantoms(Baring injuries). Everyone has had a year of development and both JVR and Giroux were "Turning Heads" in Training Camp.

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    2009-10 Season

    Another disappointing year, but some improvements. Ended up firing John Meckler and replacing him with Bobby Carpenter towards the end of February after a long slide. Start off good, end crappy....we're turning into the Maple Leafs.
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    Powerplay was crap, PK was great, Pekka Rinne and Jonas Hiller both had over 8.00 AVRs so Goaltending isn't an issue. Managed to improve the team with the additions of Shea Weber, Patrick Kane, Max Talbot and Jay McKee so hopefully that will lead us to the playoffs along with improvements to our players. Jeff Carter is working his way out of my good graces and with John Tavares waiting, I may pull the trigger on a deal. I think we just need time, but I think my leash is getting tight. We need to make the playoffs.

    As far as the league. Colorado won another Stanley Cup, beat the Penguins in 7 AFTER BEING DOWN 3-0.
    Let's take a moment and laugh at the Pens
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    Notable Deals
    DET - S.Kostitsyn and K.Dallman from MTL for Rights to B.Dumonlin
    CGY - Adam Hall from TB for R.McDonagh
    COL - A.Foote from NSH for C.Stewart
    MTL - R.Blake from NSH for T.Plante
    ATL - G.Brule and D.Brassard from CBJ for A.Aucoin
    COL - L.Visnovsky from FLA for 2010 2nd(COL) and Rights to K.Ryan
    EDM - S.Weiss, Rights to A.Nigro and 2010 2nd(COL) from FLA for D.Kalinin
    TOR - K.McLaren from ATL for S.Gagner
    ANA - K.Bieska from VAN for K.Marshall
    EDM - J.Silfverberg and M.Johansson from TOR for S.Horcoff
    EDM - M.Sauer, 2010 4th(NYR), 5th(NYR) from NYR for J.Lupul and 2010 4th(TOR)
    CBJ - E.Lindros from NYR for D.Perron and TJ Brennan
    EDM - D.Cleary, 2010 3rd(DET) from FLA for D.Wideman

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    OFFSEASON

    Calgary Flames ended up winning the 2008-09 Stanley Cup over Buffalo
    Philadelphia Flyers won the Draft Lottery, only made one big move.

    Flyers Trade Peter Forsberg to Colorado for 2009 1st(21st Overall)


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    Easy decision on who to draft. John Tavares is going to be in the Orange and Black in maybe 2 years if not next season if he impresses. Mostly a Forwards draft. There were no goalies ranked in the top 50 and I'm pretty solid on the defensive side of the prospect pool.


    Start of free agent, I noticed Pekka Rinne was a RFA for Nashville and quickly offered Boston's 2010 2nd Round for him. So we have a new goalie. Turned around and traded Thibault to Atlanta for their 2010 2nd and sent Sami Kapanen to the Rangers for their 2010 2nd.

    As far as signings go the Flyers signed Scott Hartnell, Alyn McCauley, and Jay Pandolfo off of the Free Agent. Also a slew of prospects agreed to Entry Level Contracts. James van Riemsdyk, Carl Hagelin, Brad Malone, Kevin Shattenkirk, Blake Kessel and Kevyn Guerrette-Charland all will either be with the Flyers or the Phantoms next season.

    Here is our Team Report going into 2009-10 Season. I'm expecting a playoff berth at the least.

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    My word is that a sexy Prospect pool. I can't wait for the JVR-Tavares-Giroux line to be unleashed in the 2010-11 season(hopefully)

  16. Posted

    My only signing that I was successful at was bringing in Jonas Hiller over from Switzerland. He turned out to be a blessing, keeping us in a lot of games. We were in contention right before the deadline so I didn't move Forsberg, but the 1st game after the deadline he went down with a fractured arm. That led to an implosion with us going 6-19-3 in the final games. Straight down to the bottom of the conference and league, just like that. As far as moves made during the season, I managed to swing a deal to get Keith Ballard(3-6 Dman), Justin Williams, Shaone Morrison, Doug Murray, and an extra 1st, 2nd and 3rd round pick

     

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    Notable Trades

    -Colorado trades Dennis Wideman to Boston for Glen Murray

    -Pittsburgh traded 2009 2nd(PIT) to San Jose for J.Cheechoo

    -Vancouver traded Luc Bourdon to NYI for Robert Lang

    -Rangers traded B.Dubinsky to STL for O.Nolan

    -LA Trades M.Cammalleri, 2009 4th(LA) to MIN for 2009 4th(MIN), 5th(MIN), and S.Belle

    -ATL Trades M.Backlund and T.Enstrom to MIN for B.Rolston

    -ANA Trades 2009 1st(ANA) and Rights to T.Kundratek to BOS for M.Savard

    -COL trades G.Murray to CHI for V.Leino and J.Wisniewski

    -ANA Trades 2010 1st(ANA) and 2009 2nd(ANA) to DET for N.Kronwall

    -BOS trades Z.Chara and B.Stuart to DET for P.Datsyuk and J.Franzen

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    San Jose win the Stanley Cup

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    Pretty solid draft for us. Columbus came calling about Blum and I managed to get their 1st out of it which turned into Bogosian. Trusted my scouts in this draft. Holtby was a pretty unanimous pick at the 6th overall selection by the scouting staff.

    Scout Reports:
    Holtby - Starting Goalie, Better Mike Smith
    Bogosian - 1-2 D, Better Andrew Alberts
    Moisan - 1-2 D, Better Tom Poti
    Stepan - 1-2 C, Better Johnny Pohl
    McRae - 2nd Line, Like Henrik Zetterberg
    Pouliot - 3rd Line, Like Ryan Smyth
    Jacquemet - 3rd - Limited, Better Konstantin Baranov
    Kessel - 3-6 D, Like Ryan Whitney
    Guerette-Charland - 3rd Line, Like Vaclav Prospal

    Pretty high hopes for these prospects

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    FREE AGENT SIGNINGS
     

    Anaheim
    Michael Leighton
    Ryan Shannon
    Mark Eaton
    Ville Nieminen
    Nolan Preatt
    Dan McGillis

    Atlanta
    Mark Popovic
    Jeff Cowen
     

    Boston

    Dennis Packard
    Kyle Gajewski
    Brad Larsen
    Antti Laaksonen

    Buffalo
    Jiri Novotny
    Jaroslav Modry

    Calgary
    David Desharnis
    Brent Krahn
    Brian Rafalski
    Jason York
    Kirk Maltby
    Darren McCarty
    Byron Ritchie
    John Klemm
    Tony Amonte
    Jim Dowd
    Derek Armstrong
     

    Carolina
    None

    Chicago

    Jeff O'Neill
    Sean Hill
    Sean O'Donnell
    Marcus Nilson
    Eric Belanger
    Daniel Tjarnqvist
    Wayne Primeau

    Colorado
    Dean McAmmond
    Brett McLean
    Travis Green
    Martin Gelinas

    Columbus
    Glen Wesley
    Derek Dorsett
    Mike Smith
    Todd Fedoruk
    Jan Hlavac
    Ladislav Nagy
    Vesa Toskalololololololololol
     

    Dallas
    Evgeni Dadonov
    Chris Dingman
    Jussi Jokinen
    Nolan Schafer
     

    Detroit
    John Slaney
    Petr Sykora
    Kevin Weekes
    Andy Sutton
    Stephane Robidas
    Tomas Holmstrom

    Edmonton
    Jussi Markkanen
    Joffery Lupul
    Bryan Berard
    Ruslan Fedotenko
    Mike Johnson
    Aaron Ward
     

    Florida
    Tom Poti
    Bryan Allen
    Ville Peltonen
    Alex Auld
    Dan Cloutier
    Paul Kariya
    Craig Rivet
    Todd White
    Teppo Numminen
    Radek Dvorak
    Alexei Semenov
    Eric Lindros

    Los Angeles
    Martin Biron
    Chris Simon
    Jason Blake
    Petr Nedved
     

    Minnesota
    Aaron Downey
    Mattia Weinhandl
     

    Montreal
    Donald Brashear
    Patrice Brisbois
    Brad Lukowich
    Brendan Shanahan
    Eric Brewer
    Jamie Heward

    Nashville
    Stu Barnes
    Marco Sturm
    Alex Henry

    New Jersey
    Scott Clemmensen
    Anders Lindback
    Bryan Muir

    New York Islanders
    Brian Boucher
    Wade Dubielewicz
    Mathieu Schneider
    Denis Grebeshkov
    Robert Lang
    Chris Drury
    Victor Kozlov
    Eric Perrin
    Janne Niinimaa
    Bryce Salvador
    Boyd Devereaux
    Jan Bulis
    Bates Battaglia

    New York Rangers
    Michael Nylander
    Stephen Valiquette
    Scott Hannan
    Sheldon Souray
    Scott Bertuzzi
    Pascal Rheaume
    Richard Zednik

    Ottawa
    None

    PHILADELPHIA
    Ian Laperriere
    Jeremy Roenick
    Radek Bonk
    Aaron Asham
    Patrick Lalime
     

    Phoenix
    Oleg Saprykin
    Adam Mair
    Linus Omark
    Yutaka Fukufuji
    Phillppe Dupuis
     

    Pittsburgh
    Nils Ekman
    Rob Scuderi
    Dominic Moore
    Martin Rucinsky
    Damien Brunner
    Mark Recchi
    Fredrik Modin
     

    St. Louis
    Aaron Miller
    Ronald Petrovicky
    Jeff Friesen

    San Jose
    Ty Conklin
    Anders Eriksson
    Joey Mormina
    Steve Staios
     

    Tampa Bay
    Brad Isbister
    Yannick Tremblay
    Jeff Taffe

    Toronto
    Shane Hnidy
    Jean-Sebastien Aubin
    Deron Quint

    Vancouver
    Sandis Ozolinsh
    Scott Parker
    Wade Flaherty
    Brent Sopel
    Tyson Nash
    Josh Green

    Washington
    Brent Johnson
    Michael Peca
    Roman Hamerlik
    Greg de Vries
    Anson Carter
    Tyler Donati
    John Erskine
    Ken Klee
     

    2006-07 Trades
    9/19/06 - Chicago trades 2007 4th Round Pick to NJ for Dan McGillis
    10/2/06 - Montreal trades Mathieu Dandenault to PIT for 2007 4th Round
    10/26/06 - Chicago trades Jassen Cullimore to COL for COL 2007 4th
    11/13/06 - Dallas trades Jon Klemm and Rights to Aaron Snow to MIN for Benoit Pouliot
    11/28/06 - Calgary trades Chuck Kobasew to MIN for Wes Walz
    1/2/07 - NJ trades Sergei Brylin to COL for 2007 3rd(COL)
    1/3/07 - BUF trades 2007 3rd(BUF) to CHI for Martin Lapointe
    1/4/07 - MTL trades Christobal Huet to PHX for 2007 2nd(PHI)
    1/13/07 - CBJ Trades Rights to Ben Wright to BOS for Milan Jurcina
    1/14/07 - CAR trades Bret Hedican to CAR for Hannu Toivonen
    1/14/07 - COL trades Ken Klee to FLA for 2007 4th(FLA)
    1/15/07 - PHX trades Dennis Seidenberg to EDM for 2007 4th(EDM) and 5th(EDM)
    1/18/07 - WSH Trades Jamie Heward to BUF for Drew Stafford
    1/18/07 - MIN Trades Keith Carney to BUF for Andrej Sekera
    1/18/07 - TOR trades Ian White to CBJ for Alexandre Picard
    1/18/07 - TOR trades Steffan Kronwall to LA for 2007 4th(LA) and 2008 5th(LA)
    1/21/07 - EDM trades Steve Staios to DET for 2007 2nd(DET)
    1/22/07 - NYR trades Dan Girardi to WSH for Chris Bourque :D
    1/23/07 - BOS trades Nathan Dempsey to DAL for 2007 3rd(DAL)
    1/24/07 - BUF trades Toni Lydman to LA for 2007 5th(LA) and Barry Brust
    1/24/07 - COL trades Marek Svatos to BUF for Nathan Paetsch
    1/25/07 - ANA trades Petteri Wirtanen to ANA for Glen Wesley
    1/27/07 - COL trades Karlis Skrastins to SJ for the Rights to Derek Joslin
    1/29/07 - DET trades Derek Meech and Krystofer Kolanos to STL for Doug Lynch and Magnus Kahnberg
    2/3/07 ANA trades Shane O'Brien to TOR for Justin Pogge
    2/4/07 - ATL trades Boris Valabik to VAN for Trevor Linden
    2/6/07 - CGY trades the Rights to Leland Irving to CGY for Patrice Brisebois
    2/6/07 DAL trades the Rights to Matt niskanen to NYI for Alexei Zhitnik
    2/8/07 - COL trades Michael Vernace and Rights to Justin Mercier to PHX for Derek Morris
    2/9/07 - ATL trades the Rights to Bryan Little to FLA for Jozef Stumpel
    2/11/07 - NYI trades Jason Blake to NYR for the Rights to Ryan Russell
    2/13/07 - NJ Trades Brian Rafalski to CAR for 2007 3rd(CAR) and 2008 2nd(CAR)
    2/16/07 - CHI trades Byan Smolinski and the Rights to Simon Danis-Pepin to DAL for Rights to Ivan Vishnevsky
    2/19/07 ATL trades the Rights to Ondrej Pavelec and 2008 3rd(ATL) to NYI for Brendan Witt and rights to Dustin Kohn
    2/19/07 - NAS trades Alexander Radulov to NYI for Shawn Bates
    2/22/07 - PHX trades Georges Laraque and 2007 5th(EDM) to TB for Nolan Pratt and 2007 4th(TB)
    2/22/07 - MTL Trades Mark Streit and 2007 3rd(WSH) to NYR for Nigel Dawes and Karel Rachunek
    2/23/07 - MTL trades Andrei Markov to NYR for Rights to Bobby Sanguinetti
    2/23/07 MTL trades Francis Bouillon to DET for Rights to Logan Pyatt
    2/23/07 - MTL trades Craig Rivet to BUF for Derek Roy
    2/23/07 - SJ trades Josh Gorges to LA for 2009 5th(LA) and 2008 4th(LA)
    2/23/07 - DAL trades Mark Fistric to NYI for Sean Hill
    2/23/07 - FLA trades Martin Gelinas to CGY for Rights to John Armstrong
    2/23/07 - COL trades Johnny Boychuk and Rights to Raymond Macias to STL for Dennis Wideman and Rights to Jonas Junland
    2/23/07 - ATL trades Rights to Riley Holzapfel to CHI for Adrian Aucoin
    2/23/07 - LA trades Mike Weaver to NJ for 2007 4th(CHI)
    2/23/07 - DET trades Valterri Filppula and Rights to Darren Helm to CAR for Rod Brind'Amour
    2/23/07 - DET trades Jiri Hudler to PIT for Rights to Brian Strait
    2/23/07 - MIN trades Derek Boogaard(RIP) to CBJ for 2007 4th(CBJ)
    2/23/07 - EDM trades Tom gilbert to FLA for 2007 3rd(FLA) and 2008 4th(FLA)
    2/23/07 - EDM Trades 2008 4th(EDM), 2008 5th(EDM) and Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers to PIT for 2007 5th(PIT) and Maxime Talbot
    2/23/07 - DAL Trades 2007 4th(DAL) and 2007 5th(NYI) to STL for Jamal Mayers
    6/23/07 - COL trades 2007 2nd(COL) to BOS for 2007 3rd(PHX) and 2007 7th(BOS)
    6/28/07 - CGY trades the rights to Akim Aliu to PHX for Dave Scatchard
    6/29/07 - TOR trades 2008 4th(TOR) to LA for Oleg Tverdovsky
    7/3/07 - DAL trades Rights to Mike Smith and Bryan Smolinski to CBJ for Rights to Drew Schiestel and 2008 3rd(CBJ)
    7/14/07 - CHI trades 2008 4th(CHI) and 2009 4th(CHI) to NYR for Marek Malik
    7/21/07 - PHI trades Scott Munroe to ANA for 2008 7th(ANA)
    7/23/07 - PHX trades 2008 4th(PHX) to TOR for Hal Gill

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    Flyers Miss Playoffs for 1st Time Since 1993
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    The Philadelphia Flyers continued their downfall after the lockout, as they failed to make the playoffs. Antero Niittymaki struggled in his first year as the starter in Philadelphia posting a 31-29-9 record with a 2.96GAA and 89.3SV% while Robert Esche continued to struggle after his 2004 Stanley Cup Playoff performance. On offense the Flyers were led by their top line of Gagne-Forsberg-Knuble, but struggled to find secondary scoring particularly from their young up and coming players like Jeff Carter, Mike Richards and RJ Umberger. Joni Pikanen led the Flyers defense but Derian Hatcher and Mike Rathje failed to make the impact they were looked upon since signing their contracts shortly after the lockout ended. GM Paul Holmgren was fired at the end of the season and replaced by Nicholas Ritt, who led the Phantoms to an exceptional season. GM Nicholas Ritt quickly let Ken Hitchcock go and hired John Meckler. Ritt was also quick to ship off some veterans for solid youth and picks

     

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    Draft Report

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    Flyers had arguably the best 2nd round due to the three of the first ten picks in the round. James van Riemsdyk was labeled by some scouts as a Top Three selection but fell to #6 while Jonathan Blum and Kevin Shattenkirk could make an impact in a few years. Look for Carl Hagelin to surprise some in the coming years.

    Next report Free Agent Season and Notable Trades from last season

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    Art Ross
    2006-07: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)
    2007-08: Sidney Crosby(PIT)
    2008-09: Sidney Crosby(PIT)
    2009-10: Sidney Crosby(PIT)
    2010-11: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)
    2011-12: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)

     

     

    Masterton Trophy
    2006-07: Mats Sundin(TOR)
    2007-08: MIKE KNUBLE(PHI)
    2008-09: Mats Sundin(TOR)
    2009-10: Peter Forsberg(COL)
    2010-11: Peter Forsberg(COL)
    2011-12: Sidney Crosby(PIT)

     

     

    Calder Trophy
    2006-07: Anze Kopitar(LAK)
    2007-08: Erik Johnson(STL)
    2008-09: Patrick Kane(TB)
    2009-10: Max Pacioretty(SJ)
    2010-11: Juhamatti Aaltonen(STL)
    2011-12: Derek Stepan(DET)

     

     

    Conn Smythe Trophy
    2006-07: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)
    2007-08: Joe Thornton(SJ)
    2008-09: Patrick Marleau(CGY)
    2009-10: Sidney Crosby(PIT)
    2010-11: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)
    2011-12: Pekka Rinne(PHI)

     

     

    Hart Trophy
    2006-07: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)
    2007-08: Mats Sundin(TOR)
    2008-09: Patrick Marleau(CGY)
    2009-10: Patrick Marleau(CGY)
    2010-11: Pavel Kubina(ATL)
    2011-12: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)

     

     

    Adams Award
    2006-07: Bob Hartley(ATL)
    2007-08: Ron Wilson(SJ)
    2008-09: Jim Fairplay(CGY)
    2009-10: Wayne Gretzky(COL)
    2010-11: Alain Vigneault(VAN)
    2011-12: Bobby Carpenter(PHI)

     

     

    Norris Trophy
    2006-07: Wade Redden(OTT)
    2007-08: Scott Niedermayer(ANA)
    2008-09: Dion Phaneuf(CGY)
    2009-10: Paul Martin(NJ)
    2010-11: Pavel Kubina(ATL)
    2011-12: Jack Johnson(LA)

     

     

    King Clancy Trophy
    2006-07: Joe Sakic(COL)
    2007-08: Joe Sakic(COL)
    2008-09: Joe Sakic(COL)
    2009-10: Joe Sakic(COL)
    2010-11: Mike Modano(DAL)
    2011-12: Mike Modano(DAL)

     

     

    Lady Byng Trophy
    2006-07: Teemu Selanne(ANA)
    2007-08: Thomas Vanek(BUF)
    2008-09: Markus Naslund(SJ)
    2009-10: Brad Boyes(BOS)
    2010-11: Daniel Sedin(VAN)
    2011-12: Henrik Zetterberg(CGY)

     

     

    Lester Pearson Award
    2006-07: Mats Sundin(TOR)
    2007-08: Jaromir Jagr(NYR)
    2008-09: Patrick Marleau(CGY)
    2009-10: Patrick Marleau(CGY)
    2010-11: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)
    2011-12: Patrick Marleau(NJ)

     

     

    Maurice Richard Trophy
    2006-07: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)
    2007-08: Dany "I'm a Fucking All-Star" Heatley (OTT)
    2008-09: Alexander Ovechkin(WSH)
    2009-10: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)
    2010-11: Alexander Ovechkin(WSH)
    2011-12: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)

     

     

    Vezina Trophy
    2006-07: Jean-Sebastien Giguere(ANA)
    2007-08: Niklas Backstrom(MIN)
    2008-09: Jean-Sebastien Giguere(ANA)
    2009-10: Roberto Luongo(VAN)
    2010-11: Marty Turco(DAL)
    2011-12: Roberto Luongo(VAN)

     

     

    Jennings Trophy
    2006-07: Jean-Sebastien Giguere(ANA)
    2007-08: Jean-Sebastien Giguere(ANA)
    2008-09: Jean-Sebastien Giguere(ANA)
    2009-10: Roberto Luongo(VAN)
    2010-11: Roberto Luongo(VAN)
    2011-12: Roberto Luongo(VAN)

     

     

    Plus-Minus Award
    2006-07: Bobby Holik(ATL)
    2007-08: Sidney Crosby(PIT)
    2008-09: Sidney Crosby(PIT)
    2009-10: Patrick Marleau(CGY)
    2010-11: Alexander Ovechkin(WSH)
    2011-12: Ilya Kovalchuk(ATL)

     

     

    Roger Crozier Award
    2006-07: Jean-Sebastien Giguere(ANA)
    2007-08: Jean-Sebastien Giguere(ANA)
    2008-09: Jean-Sebastien Giguere(ANA)
    2009-10: Martin Broduer(NJ)
    2010-11: Marty Turco(DAL)
    2011-12: Tim Thomas(ATL)