Danson's Edmonton Oilers Franchise

[danson]

i've been reading Cole's for a while and i have started playing the game again and thought why not start a Franchise story with the Oilers a team i am partial to.I won't have boxscores and stuff because that will make me lose interest way to fast so i'll update every few days when i can.

This is the Freeware EHM with the rosters as of the start of the 2004-2005 season which was locked out.

My settings are:
Auto-Sim Speed:200
Scoring Speed: 135
Penalty Frequency:100
Fighting Frequency:120
Injury Frequency:110
Trade Difficulty:200

Much like Mizu's and Cole's i will have a salary cap at the moment it will be around 44-45 million with my current budget sitting at 42 million.

[danson]

Edmonton Oilers
First Game Played: October 11, 1972
First NHL Game Played: October 10, 1979
Played in WHA 1972-1979

Played As:
Alberta Oilers 1972/73
Edmonton Oilers 1972/73-Present

Coach:
Craig MacTavish 2000/01-2004/2005
Pierre Pagé 2004/2005-Present (Care Taker)

Arena: Rexall Place* 1974/75-Present
Stanley Cup Champions:
1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990

Retired Numbers:
3 Al Hamilton 1972/73-1979/80
17 Jari Kurri RW 1980/81-1989/90
31 Grant Fuhr G 1981/82-1990/91
99 Wayne Gretzky C 1978/79-1987/88

My Achivements as Oilers GM

2004-2005 Season Regular Season


3rd In The Northwest Divison
7th In The Western Conference
14th In The NHL

2004-2005 Season Post-Season
Round 1: Oilers 4- Red Wings 2
West Con Semi: Oilers 4-Avalance 0
West Con Finals:Oilers 4-Ducks 3

Trophy Cabinent:
NHL

2004-2005 Clarence S. Campbell Bowl Champions (Western Conference)

AHL

2004-2005 Edmonton Roadrunners Calder Cup Champions

[ColeJ.]

awesome. i look forward to it.

just don't stop reading mine

[danson]

Originally Posted by ColeJ.

awesome. i look forward to it.

just don't stop reading mine

i won't. I like the sabres crease references in yours always gets the blood boiling a little inside all sabre fans, much like myself.

[ColeJ.]

if you want revenge, if you're the oilers, just keep mentioning 1997.

[danson]

Offseason Trades and Signings Prior to 2004-2005 season :
Signed:
Félix Potvin has signed a $3,000,000 per year, 2 year deal with the Edmonton Oilers. Detailed terms of the deal were not announced.

A native of Canada, Félix Potvin was originally drafted to the NHL by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2nd round of the 1990 entry draft. He has appeared in 635 NHL games during his career, booking 32 career shutouts and allowing 1694 goals. The 33 year old goaltender is expecting a good season for the team.

Potvin has always been a awesome player in my books and he will help hold the number one spot whilst Markannen develops a bit he will split alot of the duties but will be the prefered number one for the moment.

Traded:
Edmonton Oilers traded Ty Conklin to Carolina Hurricanes for CAR's round 1 pick in 2005

A native of USA, Ty Conklin, was originally signed as a free agent to the NHL. He has appeared in 42 NHL games during his career, booking 1 career shutouts and allowing 88 goals. The 28 year old goaltender is looking forward for the start of the season.

I was offered this trade and Conklin never really performs when i have him and Carolina need a reasonable starter whilst Gerber and Ward develop a bit.





Oilers Pre-Season:
The Oilers went undefeated in the Preseason winning 8 out of 8 games pretty comfortably.Potvin played good in all four of his starts and Markkanen despite winning his four games struggled to keep the goals out.Smyth and Brewer were the best players in Pre-Season with probably the best side playing in all games.

Waiver draft came and we picked up Henrik Tallinder off the Sabres who kinda surprised me in letting him go. He will probably play on the lower defensive pairs coming in and out of the minors here and there, could be used in a future trade.

Season starts in 13 days and The Media rated who they see as the NHL's Best players, Not one Oiler was selected, I see it as a good thing mainly because we have no players who are in the same spotlight this season like the guys below.

In the next few days hopefully i'll have the first couple of months simmed.

GOALTENDER
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Martin Brodeur A- A- A- 32 New Jersey Devils
Nikolai Khabibulin B B B 31 Tampa Bay Lightning
Roberto Luongo B B B 25 Florida Panthers
Marty Turco B B B 29 Dallas Stars
Jean-Sébastien Giguère 80 82 81 27 Anaheim Mighty Ducks
José Théodore B B- B 28 Montreal Canadiens
Miikka Kiprusoff 77 80 81 27 Calgary Flames
Jocelyn Thibault B- B- B- 29 Chicago Blackhawks
Ed Belfour B- B- B- 39 Toronto Maple Leafs
Tomas Vokoun B- B- B- 28 Nashville Predators

DEFENSEMAN
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Nicklas Lidström A- B B 34 Detroit Red Wings
Rob Blake B B B 34 Colorado Avalanche
Scott Stevens C- A B 40 New Jersey Devils
Brian Leetch B B- B- 36 Toronto Maple Leafs
Scott Niedermayer B- B- B- 31 New Jersey Devils
Adam Foote C A- B- 33 Colorado Avalanche
Zdeno Chara C A- B- 27 Ottawa Senators
Sergei Zubov B- C B- 34 Dallas Stars
Ed Jovanovski B- B B- 28 Vancouver Canucks
Derek Morris B- B- B- 26 Phoenix Coyotes

LEFT WING
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Paul Kariya A C B 29 Ottawa Senators
Markus Näslund A C B 31 Vancouver Canucks
Keith Tkachuk B B- B- 32 St. Louis Blues
Ilya Kovalchuk 89 71 80 21 Atlanta Thrashers
Brendan Shanahan B B- B- 35 Detroit Red Wings
Miroslav Satan 82 65 78 29 Buffalo Sabres
Patrik Elias B B- B- 28 New Jersey Devils
Sergei Samsonov 83 65 77 25 Boston Bruins
Adam Deadmarsh B- B- B- 29 Tampa Bay Lightning
Vaclav Prospal B- C B- 29 Tampa Bay Lightning

CENTER
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Peter Forsberg A A- A- 31 Colorado Avalanche
Joe Thornton 90 79 84 25 Boston Bruins
Joe Sakic A- B- B 35 Colorado Avalanche
Mike Modano A- B- B 34 Dallas Stars
Sergei Fedorov 83 78 83 34 Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Mario Lemieux A C B 38 Pittsburgh Penguins
Steve Yzerman B B- B 39 Detroit Red Wings
Pavol Demitra A- B- B 29 Vancouver Canucks
Michael Peca B- A- B 30 New York Islanders
Mats Sundin B B- B 33 Toronto Maple Leafs

RIGHT WING
Name OF DF OA Age Team
Jaromir Jagr A C B 32 New York Rangers
Brett Hull A- C B 40 Phoenix Coyotes
Martin St-Louis B C B 29 Tampa Bay Lightning
Dany Heatley B B- B 23 Atlanta Thrashers
Jarome Iginla 83 73 80 27 Calgary Flames
Pavel Bure A- C B- 33 New Jersey Devils
Petr Sykora 83 69 79 27 Anaheim Mighty Ducks
Daniel Alfredsson B B- B- 31 Ottawa Senators
Marian Hossa A- B- B- 25 Ottawa Senators
Todd Bertuzzi A- B- B- 29 Vancouver Canucks

[danson]

In association with The Edmonton Journal we now present
YOUR 2004-2005 Edmonton Oilers

GM:Matthew Danson
Coach: Craig MacTavish

Forwards:
Ryan Smyth (76)(A) - Mike York (76) - Radek Dvorak (75)
Ethan Moreau (71)(A)- Shawn Horcoff (70)- Ales Hemsky (72)
Brad Isbister (71) - Marty Reasoner(69)- Todd Harvey (70)
Raffi Torres (70) - Jarret Stoll (69) - Georges Laraque (69)

Defensive Pairs:
Eric Brewer (75) - Jason Smith (73) (C)
Steve Staios (70) - Marc-André Bergeron (69)
Igor Ulanov (68) - Cory Cross (68)

1st String:Félix Potvin(77)
2nd String: Jussi Markkanen (75)
3rd String (If Needed):Tyler Moss (66)

EDIT:Henrik Tallinder claimed off waivers by blue jackets after signing for 4 years with the Oilers.
What a bad pick up by my choice he didn't even play a game for us

[danson]

October Edition 2004
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October saw the season start and the Oil finished the month witha 2-0 win over their Alberta rivals the Flames. The two teams played three times in October the Oilers winning all three times pretty comfortably.

The NHL standings see the Oilers sitting fifth with five wins,two losses, one tie and eleven points. The Oilers are three points behind the Red Wings and are thrid in their Divison behind the top of the table Canucks and second place Colorado Avalanche. I'm predicting that we will have to work our asses off to win the divison which i don't see us doing due to the lack of superstars on our roster which the Avs and Canucks have.

The best players for the month were Ryan Smyth who is looking good with with 7 points in 8 games. Mike York is also playing well with with 9 points whilst Todd Harvey is looking red hot with a 6 game point streak having 6 points in 8 games. The stand out so far is Ales Hemsky who leads us with four goals and six assists totalling ten points.

Félix Potvin is doing a good job in net with a 4-2-1 record and a .892 save percentage. Jussi Markkanen has started one game this month which was a shutout against the Flames on the 30th in Calgary.

Down on the farm The Roadrunners sit atop the AHL standings with a 7-0-1 record.

This month will probably be make or break for us with the most important games being when we meet Colorado and Detroit which will show if we can beat the best or if we can only be at those below and those equal.

[danson]

November Edition 2004
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November saw the Oilers having to prove themselves against the NHL's better teams in the Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche. The Oilers played each team twice this month with the Wings winning their first game in Detroit 5-3. The next game would see the two teams tie it up at 3-3 thanks to a Zachery Stortini final period goal. The Avs beat the Oilers twice in November by two goals respectivley each time.The month was dissapointing for fans as the Oils dropped from fifth to eleventh thanks to a record of 5-7-1 for the month with dissapointing losses to teams such as Nashville and Buffalo two teams lower in the standings.

Despite having a somewhat dissapointing month the Oilers blooded some new talent in young former Sudbury Wolves captain Zackery Stortini. Stortini was drafted by the Oils in the 3rd round of the 2003 NHL draft at 94th overall.
Stortini has played six games posting two goals and two assist for four points which has been surprising for his teammates like Oilers star Ryan Smyth

"Zack is an amazing player he is only starting out but he has already been impressing the higher powers that be and he has also impressed myself. I say good luck to him"

Stortini and Smyth will lead the Oilers into battle for the month of december starting with a home game against the Montreal Canadiens.

[crisby]

Uh well, sad to see you cant't compete with the big teams yet. I think securing a playoff spot should be your main goal. We all know that the future belongs to the Oil and Stortini is one first step..