THE HOWE FAMILY
The Whalers come into the NHL with the Howe Family on the roster -- Gordie, Mark, and Marty. At this point Gordie is a living legend and is regarded as the best hockey player ever. He's in his age 51 season and historically still put up a decent year in 1979/80 with 15 goals to finish with 801 total, the most ever until Wayne Gretzky. Even though he's retiring at the end of this year, I don't think there's any point in trading him so we'll try to get him to 800 goals at least.
The real superstar of the Howe family at this point in time is Mark Howe. He's an elite defenseman and the Whalers' best player upon entering the league. He also fits our style perfectly. Much like with Ron Francis, I'm going to avoid trading Mark Howe in his prime like the Whalers did historically. We'll try to get him a Norris Trophy at some point in the 80s.
Marty Howe is a depth defenseman and will rotate into the 6th spot at times this year. Mark and Marty's profile pages are a bit bugged and don't recognize Gordie as their father, probably because he's still playing! When Gordie retires I'll be sure to edit the pages if they don't change automatically.