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CanuckJohnny · 07-08-2023, 11:58 AM

Trevor Linden takes the helm of ailing franchise

After a disappointing 2013-2014 season that saw them finish 12th and miss the playoffs, the Vancouver Canucks fired GM Mike Gillis and the fiery head coach he had hired, John Tortorella. In the aftermath, and desperately looking for leadership for a club that had recently won President's trophies and still boasted two of the greatest stars to ever play for the franchise, ownership came calling for one of the most renowned leaders in Canucks history - former captain, now entrepreneur Trevor Linden will take over as President and General Manager. He will transition to a less active role in his 'Club 16' fitness enterprise, with business partner Chuck Lawson taking over that venture.

Trevor released a statement that he would "allow the draft and offseason to run its course under the direction of current staff" while evaluating the organization and transitioning into his new role.

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Franchise Story Notes:

Historical Game starting at the end Mike Gillis' tenure, 2014 offseason. The 2014 draft and offseason moves have already happened, so we will pick up basically at the pre-season of the 14-15 season. The goal is to play an alternate timeline of what was Jim Benning's disastrous tenure as GM, and see if I can do any better at guiding the franchise towards consistent success before present-day. I play with commissioner mode on, and if anything crazy unrealistic comes up I try to fix it. (The AI trading and roster decisions are ridiculous in this game). If I make trades I try to keep them realistic and beneficial to both sides. I find authenticity and challenge more interesting than dominance or gaming the computer. I hate doing GM-only cuz the AI coach can be really dumb, or constantly change lines every game, etc, but I'm gonna try it and just go with it for the sake of the realism of having to hire/fire head coaches. If nothing else, it can be a documented exhibition of the ridiculosity of the AI coach decisions and maybe it can help to lobby for change in that area. If I can't handle it after a year I will go back to GM/HC by firing my coach, at which point I will be the HC in game so I can make lineup changes, but I will label one of the Assistant Coaches in the game as a Head Coach for story purposes and just pretend he is the head coach.

I will try to run things from a bit of a big picture, month by month doing recaps (other than possibly taking the playoffs slower).

The game doesn't do a great job of interactions between you and your coaches or players, so I may make up storylines either arbitrarily or through dice/random chance (IE players wanting a trade or refusing to renew a contract, coaches wanting a promotion, etc.). I do like the team harmony thing in the game so hopefully that gives us some interesting stories.

Also, I spent a bunch of time researching and editing the contracts (on the Canucks) to be accurate because in-game they are not at all accurate - neither the AAV nor the length is correct for most of my players, even big name players like the Sedins, so that's disappointing. I'm not going to edit every team in the league, that would take too long. I do wonder if they could eventually work together with Cap Friendly and get a database for the contracts for historical because it hurts the immersion quite a bit. (Especially in post lockout games because of how significant the cap and contracts are for roster management).

07-08-2023, 11:58 AM	#1
CanuckJohnny All Star Reserve Join Date: Apr 2022 Posts: 554	Vancouver Canucks - 2014 - what if Jim Benning never happened? Trevor Linden takes the helm of ailing franchise After a disappointing 2013-2014 season that saw them finish 12th and miss the playoffs, the Vancouver Canucks fired GM Mike Gillis and the fiery head coach he had hired, John Tortorella. In the aftermath, and desperately looking for leadership for a club that had recently won President's trophies and still boasted two of the greatest stars to ever play for the franchise, ownership came calling for one of the most renowned leaders in Canucks history - former captain, now entrepreneur Trevor Linden will take over as President and General Manager. He will transition to a less active role in his 'Club 16' fitness enterprise, with business partner Chuck Lawson taking over that venture. Trevor released a statement that he would "allow the draft and offseason to run its course under the direction of current staff" while evaluating the organization and transitioning into his new role. __________________________________________________ ____________ Franchise Story Notes: Historical Game starting at the end Mike Gillis' tenure, 2014 offseason. The 2014 draft and offseason moves have already happened, so we will pick up basically at the pre-season of the 14-15 season. The goal is to play an alternate timeline of what was Jim Benning's disastrous tenure as GM, and see if I can do any better at guiding the franchise towards consistent success before present-day. I play with commissioner mode on, and if anything crazy unrealistic comes up I try to fix it. (The AI trading and roster decisions are ridiculous in this game). If I make trades I try to keep them realistic and beneficial to both sides. I find authenticity and challenge more interesting than dominance or gaming the computer. I hate doing GM-only cuz the AI coach can be really dumb, or constantly change lines every game, etc, but I'm gonna try it and just go with it for the sake of the realism of having to hire/fire head coaches. If nothing else, it can be a documented exhibition of the ridiculosity of the AI coach decisions and maybe it can help to lobby for change in that area. If I can't handle it after a year I will go back to GM/HC by firing my coach, at which point I will be the HC in game so I can make lineup changes, but I will label one of the Assistant Coaches in the game as a Head Coach for story purposes and just pretend he is the head coach. I will try to run things from a bit of a big picture, month by month doing recaps (other than possibly taking the playoffs slower). The game doesn't do a great job of interactions between you and your coaches or players, so I may make up storylines either arbitrarily or through dice/random chance (IE players wanting a trade or refusing to renew a contract, coaches wanting a promotion, etc.). I do like the team harmony thing in the game so hopefully that gives us some interesting stories. Also, I spent a bunch of time researching and editing the contracts (on the Canucks) to be accurate because in-game they are not at all accurate - neither the AAV nor the length is correct for most of my players, even big name players like the Sedins, so that's disappointing. I'm not going to edit every team in the league, that would take too long. I do wonder if they could eventually work together with Cap Friendly and get a database for the contracts for historical because it hurts the immersion quite a bit. (Especially in post lockout games because of how significant the cap and contracts are for roster management).