are very excited/surprised to take such a big leap in the standings. We're thrilled that we were able to load our team with young talent, and still bring playoff hockey back to Montreal!
Patrick Kane-Alex Galchenyuk-Nail Yakupov
Alex Radulov-Tyler Ennis-Drew Stafford
Chris Kreider-Martin Hanzal-Andrew Shaw
Lars Eller-Nick Spaling-Colby Armstrong
Tyler Myers-John Carlson
Dmitri Orlov-Brent Seabrook
Keaton Ellerby-Tomas Kaberle
Jhonas Enroth
Corey Crawford
Vote !!!
We have very good forward depth with 3 scoring lines and a 4th line that could easily score 35-40 goals!
We also have a great top 4 defense, a solid 3rd pair, and a good young goalie.
We are very happy to have won the President's Trophy as the best regular season team. Home ice advantage is a wonderful thing to have, and we will enjoy that luxury in what we hope to be a lengthy playoff run.
This is a new breed of the San Jose Sharks. We are a younger, bigger, more aggressive, and more complete team then in years previous. We have a very large, very physical forward group that who are highly skilled but also capable of grinding down and punishing the opposition. A group that is built to last. We have a great mix of guys in our defense. We can count on some offensive contributions on top of stellar shut down play. In net, we have one of the most consistent, high level goaltenders in the NHL. It will be a tough road, but we feel that we have all the right personnel to bring the city of San Jose it's first Stanley Cup!
Captain: David Backes
A: Martin St. Louis
A: Dustin Byfuglien
A: Zdeno Chara
T.J. Oshie ($4.175m) / David Krejci ($5.250m) / Martin St. Louis ($5.625m)
Alex Tanguay ($3.500m) / David Backes ($4.500m) / Nathan Horton ($4.000m)
Andy McDonald ($4.700m) / Alexander Steen ($3.363m) / Rich Peverley ($3.250m)
Vladimir Sobotka ($1.300m) / Jason Arnott ($0.900m) / Kyle Wellwood ($1.600m)
DEFENSEMEN
Dustin Byfuglien ($5.200m) / Zdeno Chara ($6.917m)
Barret Jackman ($3.167m) / Kevin Shattenkirk ($1.300m)
Joe Corvo ($2.000m) / Eric Brewer ($3.875m)
Andreas Lilja ($0.738m) /
GOALTENDERS
Jaroslav Halak ($3.750m)
Jake Allen ($0.817m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,200,000; CAP PAYROLL: $69,924,999; BONUSES: $450,000
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $725,001
Call ups (2-way)
Cheechoo-750k
Porter- 650k
1st line- This line would be very hard to stop. Krejci is a great player who had 62 pts. last year, St Louis on the wing had 74 pts in 77 games last year and the year before he had 99 pts. Put Oshie on the wing and he turns into a 80+pt player.
2nd line- Backes is a elite defensive player. He was nominated for the selke trophy last year while putting up 54 pts. and 64 the year before. Horton is a winger who can get 50+pts. while being a defensive force, hitting everyone out there. Tanguay is a scorer who had 50pts in 64 games last year and had 70 the year before. He also provides playoff experience scoring twice in game 7 of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.
3rd line - Alex Steen is a incredibly underrated player. He is great defensively and had 34 pts. in 43 games last year with 50 in 70 the year before. Andy McDonald has had health issues the last few years, but there is no denying that when he is healthy he is a great scorer. Last year he had 22pts. in 25 games and the year before he had 50 in 58. Peverley is a solid two-way player, he had 42 pts. In 57 games last year.
4th line - Wellwood is a great defensive player while putting up 18 goals last year and 47 pts. Sobotka is a young player excellent defensively and had a respectable 30 pts. in 65 games. Arnott is a vet who can provide very valuable leadership with 400 career goals and 904 pts. as well as a good 34 pt season last year.
1st pair- Byfuglien-Chara. Both 50+pts. Both excellent defensively. Both Homoungous. That is all.
2nd pair- Shattenkirk is one of the league’s top young, two-way defenseman in the league.Scoring 42 pts. last year and being solid defensively. Barret Jackman is extremely solid defensively and a great leader.
3rd pair- Corvo scored 40 pts. a year ago and can handle defensive responsibilities. Brewer is a pure defensive defenseman and one of the best in the game.
Goalie- Halak is a great goalie who has proven he can step up his game and be elite in the play-offs.(see:Montreal 2009)
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We have leadership,Talent,great two-way players, and A great defense and goalie. Every player we have is solid defensively and our forward depth is one of the best in the league.
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happy to finish 2nd in the league. Congrats to on the presidents trophy.
We feel we have a team that can step it up in the playoffs and look forward to the postseason. We have great depth and star players both needed in the playoffs, as well as a goalie who has shined before in the postseason.
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Last edited by CoachBadkitten: 12-07-2012 at 11:01 AM.
excited for series against the Florida Panthers. We feel we have greatly improved our team and will emerge victorious.
FORWARDS
Alex Ovechkin ($9.538m) / Nicklas Backstrom ($6.700m) / Teemu Selanne ($4.500m)
Dany Heatley ($7.500m) / Mike Ribeiro ($5.000m) / Marcus Johansson ($0.900m)
Jason Chimera ($1.750m) / Mathieu Perreault ($1.050m) / Daniel Winnik ($1.800m)
Darroll Powe ($1.067m) / Zenon Konopka ($0.925m) / Wojtek Wolski ($0.600m)
Joey Crabb ($0.950m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Mike Green ($6.083m) / Michael Del Zotto ($4.000m)
Niklas Hjalmarsson ($3.500m) / Johnny Oduya ($3.383m)
Roman Hamrlik ($3.500m) / Jeff Schultz ($2.750m)
GOALTENDERS
Braden Holtby ($0.638m)
Martin Biron ($1.300m)
BUYOUTS
Tyler Sloan ($0.233m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,200,000; CAP PAYROLL: $67,667,905; BONUSES: $30,000
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $2,562,095
Our top line features two of the most elite wingers in the NHL playing beside one of the best centers in the league. On the second line, we have a great sniper, a pure playmaker, and one of the best up-and-coming forwards in the league. Third line has three great forwards equally good at grinding and generating offense. Our fourth line has a few tough guys sure to intimidate the rather small Florida team.
On defense, we have one of the best offensive defensemen in the past few years paired with a young but proven D-man. On the second pair, we have two great defensive defensemen who can help offense out as well. On the third pair, is a veteran who will still crack most teams' top 4 and a hard-hitting shutdown defensemen. In net, one of the best young goalie prospects in the NHL who steps up his game in the playoffs. In the unlikely event he falters, we have a veteran goaltender to finish the job.
Captain: Sid The Kid Sidney Crosby
Assistant: Henrik Sedin Assistant: Daniel Sedin
Assistant: Dan Boyle
FORWARDS Alexander Semin ($7.000m) / Sidney Crosby ($8.700m) / Jordan Eberle ($1.158m)
Daniel Sedin ($6.100m) / Henrik Sedin ($6.100m) / Radim Vrbata ($3.000m) Matt Cooke ($1.800m) / Chris Kelly ($3.000m) / Sean Bergenheim ($2.750m)
Tim Brent ($0.750m) / Craig Adams ($0.675m) / George Parros ($0.938m) Joe Vitale ($0.550m)
DEFENSEMEN
Alexander Edler ($3.250m) / Dan Boyle ($6.666m) Zbynek Michalek ($4.000m) / Matt Niskanen ($2.300m)
Alexei Emelin ($2.000m) / Raphael Diaz ($1.225m) Deryk Engelland ($0.567m) /
GOALTENDERS
Roberto Luongo ($5.333m) Jose Theodore ($1.500m)
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SALARY CAP: $70,200,000; CAP PAYROLL: $69,050,000; BONUSES: $312,500
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $1,150,000
Vote For The Stanley Cup!!!!
Reasons why vote for us ?
1) Our Top Line is AMAZING Semin who people can call lazy but he gets the job done and now he can play with CROSBY AND EBERLE!
Crosby , The All-Star Center and Face Of the NHL is perfect for #1 C
Eberle , A Young gun got 34 Goals last year and is an amazing scorer.
2) Sedin's ON THE 2nd LINE?!?!?! And not to mention Vrbata who is a pretty great 2nd line Winger.
3)Cooke - Kelly - Bergenheim , Scoreing , Grit and Toughness on our
3rd Line and not to mention Kelly is one of the best #3 Centers.
4)Brent - Adams - Parros , A lot of grit and toughness , have fun fighting parros.
5)Edler And Boyle to great all around Two way defenseman. they can score and defend and there fast and good skaters.
6) A Great shot blocker and good Offensive Defensmen , In niskanen and Michalek.
7)Emelin is one tough Cookie. He can fight and push jsut about anyone he wants. Diaz is a nice player to have aswell.
8) Luongo who is one of the leagues best goalies. He may choke but thats why we have Theodore Waiting.
FORWARDS
Max Pacioretty ($1.625m) / Brad Richards ($6.667m) / Jarome Iginla ($7.000m)
Jason Pominville A ($5.300m) / Danny Briere A ($6.500m) / Ryan Callahan C ($4.275m)
Tuomo Ruutu ($4.750m) / Patrik Berglund ($2.250m) / Pascal Dupuis ($1.500m)
Christian Thomas ($0.970m) / Brandon Bollig ($0.575m) / Matt Beleskey ($0.738m)
DEFENSEMEN
Ryan McDonagh A ($1.300m) / Ryan Whitney ($4.000m)
Kevin Bieksa ($4.600m) / Rob Scuderi ($3.400m)
Anton Stralman ($1.700m) / Chris Butler ($1.250m)
Grant Clitsome ($1.250m) / Jay Harrison ($0.700m)
GOALTENDERS
Henrik Lundqvist ($6.875m)
Josh Harding ($1.900m)
BUYOUTS
Chris Drury ($1.667m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,200,000; CAP PAYROLL: $70,790,834; BONUSES: $710,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $119,166
Captain: Ryan Callahan Alternates: Jason Pominville,Danny Briere,Ryan McDonagh
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We belive we have arguably the best top 9 in the league we may not be the biggest team, but we deffenetly have the most Heart and heart may win games so vote
This will be a very tough matchup against a formidable opponent but we feel we can succeed with grit and scoring from our top 3 lines, especially wingers. We feel we have the upperhand with Vanek, Parenteau, Michalek, Gionta, Latendresse and Simmonds! The Flyers have the advantage at center with a dynamic duo of Giroux-Staal, but our wingers will off-set that and our center depth is very solid with Ott-Malhotra centering our 3rd and 4th lines. We also feel that our 4th line will be able to provide some grit and attack and has a slight advantage over the Flyers' 4th line.
On D, both teams have some solid defensive d-men as well as offensive, the Flyers may have an advantage with Karlsson anchoring their D but our top 6 is very deep.
In net, the Flyers have the enigmatic Bryzgalov, who doesn't seem to excel under pressure, as his playoff stats are very average/below average. We feel that we have an advantage with Rask handcuffed with Anderson (who has had excellent playoff statistics!)
Our prediction is BUFFALO SABRES in 6 games!
VOTE to beat the Flyers
C: Josh Gorges
A: Brian Gionta
A: Ed Jovanovski
A: Manny Malhotra
Forwards
Thomas Vanek - Jeff Carter - PA Parenteau
Milan Michalek - Cody Hodgson - Brian Gionta
Guillaume Latendresse - Steve Ott - Wayne Simmonds
Raffi Torres - Manny Malhotra - Patrick Kaleta
Nathan Gerbe - John Scott - Matt Ellis
Cody McCormick
Defense
Christian Ehrhoff - Rotislav Klesla
Nick Leddy - Josh Gorges
Ed Jovanovski - Ryan O'Byrne
Bruno Gervais - Alexander Sulzer
Goalies
Tuukka Rask
Craig Anderson
Last edited by jakecanucks: 12-06-2012 at 12:20 PM.
Are clearly better than the Sabres this round. How could you vote against a team lead by
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The Flyers are lead by an elite 1-2-3 center punch down the middle of Claude Giroux, Eric Staal, and Sean Couturier. We don't have a big name like Vanek on the wings but we have 6 wingers who are all capable of playing in top-6 roles and are great fits for their centers.
The defense is lead by reigning Norris winner Erik Karlsson, but it also has tons of depth and defensive skill with Coburn, Sekera, and Timonen all being serviceable top-pairing options.
Bryzgalov may be "enigmatic" but there is no denying that he is talented as hell and is absolutely capable of stealing games.
Vote With equal depth as the Sabres, it all comes down to the elite parts, and Giroux, Karlsson, and Staal put the Flyers over the top.
Party Time
have won the rebuilders cup 
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are very excited/surprised to take such a big leap in the standings. We're thrilled that we were able to load our team with young talent, and still bring playoff hockey back to Montreal! 
! Everyone loves a playoff miracle!
excited for series against the Florida Panthers. We feel we have greatly improved our team and will emerge victorious.
For The Stanley Cup!!!!
are confused...we are #3, WSH is #6. Don't we play each other?
over the Flyers in round 1!
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