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lawrence97 · 04-16-2026, 04:23 PM

1996/1997 Season Preview

Koivu sent to Stars for 1999 1st rnd pick, i'm betting they get worse by then! Salaries next year all sorted, Lindstrom tied up till 02/03 on 3.7 a year, Niedermayers 1.7 till 00/01. Carey for 175k for 4 years is good. Still have a lot of room under by budget, But Ruotsalainen, one of the top 4 defenders we've ever had is not getting his contract renewed. Hopefully he'll retire at end of year at 37 If not he can sign on for another team. His 3 Conn Smythes are most for anyone not called Brad Park, and he has 2 Norris Trophies as well. He is up there with the greats for the Rangers.

World Cup of Hockey Time and Canada win, Lemieux 18 pts in 6 games!

No major trades.

Top Team feels a changing of the guard now, Flames and Islanders should be strong, Dallas are down in 10th in the rankings. Teams are now starting to be very even, with the top 8 teams now being hit by age, and not as strong in depth. However

1-Rangers
2-Flames- Seoncd best team 6 5 star players, make them the biggest threat
3-Canadiens-To get Blake from them, i've turned them into a contendor, Richter Neely Iafrate, Calrk Boyle, Gonchar Corson and Allison make this team very dangerous
4-Red Wings-Hull Gretzky Hasek are all still great.5 4 star players behind them
5-Flyers-Karita onlt real young superstar, but Messier and Robitaille stil good
6-Islanders, Great offence, no defensive players and no goalie is an issue for them
7-Oilers, Still with Lemieux/Lindros.Francis, but not much else now Bourque traded to Chicago stuipdly. Jeff Brown a decent acquisition though. I can't see them coming throuigh Calgary, Detroit or us though.

We have a decent team , Hejduk will not last long in this team he's there as a placeholder for Nagy, and will be used as trade bait to get one of the upcoming players in the draft.

04-16-2026, 04:23 PM	#33
lawrence97 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: England Posts: 553	1996/1997 Season Preview Koivu sent to Stars for 1999 1st rnd pick, i'm betting they get worse by then! Salaries next year all sorted, Lindstrom tied up till 02/03 on 3.7 a year, Niedermayers 1.7 till 00/01. Carey for 175k for 4 years is good. Still have a lot of room under by budget, But Ruotsalainen, one of the top 4 defenders we've ever had is not getting his contract renewed. Hopefully he'll retire at end of year at 37 If not he can sign on for another team. His 3 Conn Smythes are most for anyone not called Brad Park, and he has 2 Norris Trophies as well. He is up there with the greats for the Rangers. World Cup of Hockey Time and Canada win, Lemieux 18 pts in 6 games! No major trades. Top Team feels a changing of the guard now, Flames and Islanders should be strong, Dallas are down in 10th in the rankings. Teams are now starting to be very even, with the top 8 teams now being hit by age, and not as strong in depth. However 1-Rangers 2-Flames- Seoncd best team 6 5 star players, make them the biggest threat 3-Canadiens-To get Blake from them, i've turned them into a contendor, Richter Neely Iafrate, Calrk Boyle, Gonchar Corson and Allison make this team very dangerous 4-Red Wings-Hull Gretzky Hasek are all still great.5 4 star players behind them 5-Flyers-Karita onlt real young superstar, but Messier and Robitaille stil good 6-Islanders, Great offence, no defensive players and no goalie is an issue for them 7-Oilers, Still with Lemieux/Lindros.Francis, but not much else now Bourque traded to Chicago stuipdly. Jeff Brown a decent acquisition though. I can't see them coming throuigh Calgary, Detroit or us though. We have a decent team , Hejduk will not last long in this team he's there as a placeholder for Nagy, and will be used as trade bait to get one of the upcoming players in the draft. Attached Images Last edited by lawrence97; 04-16-2026 at 04:25 PM.