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WarningTrakPower · 03-17-2023, 05:59 PM

We have finished the 2024/25 regular season with a record of 49-32-1 which gives us 99 (!) points! Winnipeg won the Central division with 100 points!

Here are the Western Conference standings:

Anaheim had a hot start to their season, so tough to see them miss out on the playoffs this year.

Here are the Eastern Conference standings:

Detroit had an amazing season finishing with 114 points and losing their last 3 games heading to playoffs.
Dylan Larkin had 110 points and Lucas Raymond had 106 points (47 goals!)
Mitch Marner didn't miss playing with Auston Matthews as he had a career year putting up 44 goals and 60 assists playing with Tavares & Nylander.

We were looking to bolster our lineup at the trade deadline only to find out we had no money to add anyone of significance.

We switched up the lines a bit as mentioned in an earlier post.
We moved Logan Cooley to LW and Connor Bedard to Centre. This made room for Nick Schmaltz to move from the 3rd line to the 2nd line.
We moved Andrei Kuzmenko down to the 3rd line on RW.

Here are the lines we will be using to start the playoffs:

This paid immediate dividends as the "new" 3rd line had this stat line in their first game together.

Speaking of Kuzmenko, we signed him to a 3yr extension at $3.25m per season.

Here is what the playoff bracket looks like:

Here are the regular season stats for our forwards:

Nice to see Connor Bedard put up 38 goals in his sophomore season!

Here are the regular season stats for our defense:

Victor Soderstrom (somehow) managed to score 11 goals in his rookie season while logging 3rd pair minutes!

We did make two waiver claims in January to add some depth to both our forwards and defense.
We claimed Brayden McNabb Vegas. He only got in to 8 games for us and is on an expiring contract (Cam York got injured in the AHL so we didn't really have anyone else ready).
Also, we claimed Akil Thomas from LA. He is listed as a RW, but he has decent faceoff skills (should one our centres get injured and he needs to draw into the lineup).

Now, our goalies have been less than stellar this year and our coach's preference is to play Karel Vejmelka with the starters workload.
Below are their (underwhelming) stats on the season:

After the rookie season Ivan Prosvetov had, I am surprised our coach is sticking with Vejmelka. IF we could change the goalie start preferences, we would, but we can't.

In the first round we will be facing Minnesota. Filip Gustavsson played in a remarkable 74 games this season.
The Wild have a very strong group of D that include: Brodin, Spurgeon, Dumba & Calen Addison. Also, Carson Lambos was having a nice season, but hurt his elbow and will be injured for a few months still.
Up front they are led by Kirill Kaprizov who finished with 102 points in only 74 games. Joel Eriksson Ek scored 30 goals for the first time centring their top line.
They also have Matthew Boldy playing RW with those two and he scored 71 points after having 80 points last season.

During the regular season we did win 2 out of 3 vs Minnesota, but they are a very tough test in the first round.

We will post another update soon once we finish round #1!

03-17-2023, 05:59 PM	#25
WarningTrakPower All Star Reserve Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 595	April 16, 2025 - Team Update! We have finished the 2024/25 regular season with a record of 49-32-1 which gives us 99 (!) points! Winnipeg won the Central division with 100 points! Here are the Western Conference standings: Anaheim had a hot start to their season, so tough to see them miss out on the playoffs this year. Here are the Eastern Conference standings: Detroit had an amazing season finishing with 114 points and losing their last 3 games heading to playoffs. Dylan Larkin had 110 points and Lucas Raymond had 106 points (47 goals!) Mitch Marner didn't miss playing with Auston Matthews as he had a career year putting up 44 goals and 60 assists playing with Tavares & Nylander. We were looking to bolster our lineup at the trade deadline only to find out we had no money to add anyone of significance. We switched up the lines a bit as mentioned in an earlier post. We moved Logan Cooley to LW and Connor Bedard to Centre. This made room for Nick Schmaltz to move from the 3rd line to the 2nd line. We moved Andrei Kuzmenko down to the 3rd line on RW. Here are the lines we will be using to start the playoffs: This paid immediate dividends as the "new" 3rd line had this stat line in their first game together. Speaking of Kuzmenko, we signed him to a 3yr extension at $3.25m per season. Here is what the playoff bracket looks like: Here are the regular season stats for our forwards: Nice to see Connor Bedard put up 38 goals in his sophomore season! Here are the regular season stats for our defense: Victor Soderstrom (somehow) managed to score 11 goals in his rookie season while logging 3rd pair minutes! We did make two waiver claims in January to add some depth to both our forwards and defense. We claimed Brayden McNabb Vegas. He only got in to 8 games for us and is on an expiring contract (Cam York got injured in the AHL so we didn't really have anyone else ready). Also, we claimed Akil Thomas from LA. He is listed as a RW, but he has decent faceoff skills (should one our centres get injured and he needs to draw into the lineup). Now, our goalies have been less than stellar this year and our coach's preference is to play Karel Vejmelka with the starters workload. Below are their (underwhelming) stats on the season: After the rookie season Ivan Prosvetov had, I am surprised our coach is sticking with Vejmelka. IF we could change the goalie start preferences, we would, but we can't. In the first round we will be facing Minnesota. Filip Gustavsson played in a remarkable 74 games this season. The Wild have a very strong group of D that include: Brodin, Spurgeon, Dumba & Calen Addison. Also, Carson Lambos was having a nice season, but hurt his elbow and will be injured for a few months still. Up front they are led by Kirill Kaprizov who finished with 102 points in only 74 games. Joel Eriksson Ek scored 30 goals for the first time centring their top line. They also have Matthew Boldy playing RW with those two and he scored 71 points after having 80 points last season. During the regular season we did win 2 out of 3 vs Minnesota, but they are a very tough test in the first round. We will post another update soon once we finish round #1!