Pat Quinn Memorial Cup (PQMC)

[4T2]

Going in Drai 1st Year Trade Summary:

In	Out
Gaudreau, 16	Wheeler,22
Buch, Kucherov, Halak	Lindholm,Weber,Demko
20	Quick,24
22	Necas, 23
Laine, 15	Gaudreau, 22
Foligno, 15	Wennberg, Tanev, 21
Teravainen, Zegras, Myers	PLD, Robertson
Merzlinkins, 13	Grubauer, 18
Lankinen, 16, 21	Halak, 19,20
13, 16	Buch, Lankinen, 15,16
Eichel, Anderson, Kakko, Oettinger, 24	Point, Nurse, Campbell, 13
Strome, 19	Martin, 21

Net In: Kucherov, Eichel, Teravainen, Laine, Zegras, Kakko, Foligno, Myers, Merzlinkins, Anderson, Oettinger, Strome, 13, 15, 16, 16, 19

Net Out: Point, Nurse, Wheeler, Lindholm, Grubauer, Demko, Quick, Necas, Wennberg, Tanev, Campbell, Martin, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23

Amazing job so far man... You are all set to be a major contender next year. I would hate to do this exercise with my team this season given that Kucherov is one of the many amazing players I've had to cut bait on to stay competitive this year.

[Axeman33]

My deadline day deals yesterday:

Out:

Dustin Brown, Mat Barzal, Nikita Zadorov, Mike Smith, 21st, 24th

In:

JT Miller, Boone Jenner, Eric Cernak, Dobson, 18th, 21st

Should help me next season going forward, hopefully.

[PenguinHunter]

Out:

Hamilton, Stamkos, Giroux, Trochek, Perron, Rust, Kessel, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23

In:

Meier, Necas, Dahlin, Couture, Nedjeklovic, Rust, Gallagher, Raymond, 12, 13, 13, 14, 15, 20

[Pengwin7]

Out:
In:

[Eskimo Brother]

Out:
In:

Bold move cotton!

[Eskimo Brother]

Deadline week for the Wheat Kings:

Out:
Jack Eichel, Alexis Lafreniere, Kapo Kakko, Kyle Palmieri, Josh Anderson, Zach Werenski, Matt Dumba, Jake Oettinger, 17, 20, 22

In:
Brayden Point, Ryan O'Rielly, Tomas Hertl, Brayden Schenn, Darnell Nurse, Seth Jones, Jack Campbell, 14, 15, 24

Flipped:
Storm's 13th

[DusterDave]

Well this looks like fun. I kicked off the 2020-2021 season with a blockbuster offseason trade:

Auston Matthews + JT Miller + 15th
FOR
Mitch Marner + Elias Pettersson + 13th

I was pretty quiet in the trade market all season up until deadline week where I had to address my goaltending weakness and between Wheat Kings and Storm’s-a-Bruin making major moves + my team getting pelted with injuries, my hand was forced to make some moves.

IN
Dougie Hamilton
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halak
William Karlsson
David Perron
Mathew Barzal (flipped)
Nikita Zadorov
Sebastian Aho
Picks: 17, 18, 19, 19, 20, 21, 22

OUT
Rasmus Dahlin
Lucas Raymond
Kevin Lankinen
Victor Olofsson
Brendan Gallagher
JT Miller
Boone Jenner
Erik Cernak
Mathew Barzal
Picks: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21

In a crazy year/season like this one my plan was to try and hold onto most of my draft picks but as mentioned above, my hand was forced via injuries and stiff competition. I’m very pleased to have made all those moves but still be able to hold onto my 1st (12th) round pick.

Great trading season fellas. Good luck to everyone in the playoffs except when they face me.

[4T2]

Alright, I'll bite. This was my most active season trading ever though. So I'll just stick to my trades since March 17 (I tried to get ahead of the deadline)

IN:
Bergeron
Jarry
Petry
Buchnevich
Lankinen
Martinez
Stamkos
Giroux
Brown
Picks - 15, 15, 16, 20, 20, 21, 24


OUT:
Seguin
Klefbom
Khudobin
Yandle
Meier
Rust
Dobson
Picks - 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 16, 19, 21

[Dr.Brad]

Not sure it’s the same “haul” as others, but I can play this game:

IN: Rust, Gaudreau, Palmieri, Dumba, M.Martin
13,14.15,19,21,22
OUT: O’Reilly, Suzuki, S.Jones, Backlund, D.Strome
13,17,18,19,22,23

But it only really matters if I slide into that 6 spot then get the OMG upset !

[DusterDave]

Not sure it’s the same “haul” as others, but I can play this game:

IN: Rust, Gaudreau, Palmieri, Dumba, M.Martin
13,14.15,19,21,22
OUT: O’Reilly, Suzuki, S.Jones, Backlund, D.Strome
13,17,18,19,22,23

But it only really matters if I slide into that 6 spot then get the OMG upset !

Your “haul” will be more apparent come 2021 draft day.

[DusterDave]

PQMC 2020-2021 Championship is set!

Clouds of Blood (1) vs. Storm’s-a-Bruin (5)

Congratulations to both Guelph Gryphons and Wheat Kings on a great season and two insanely tight semi-finals.

Clouds of Blood vs. Guelph Gryphons was a close match up the whole way. In the end the difference was just 2 assists and 11 shots on goal.

Wheat Kings vs. Storm’s-a-Bruin was much more dramatic. I have never seen a match-up come down to the wire and be so exciting. Wheat Kings held the lead late Sunday afternoon but the evening would change that in large part to Mikka Zibanejad and his seven shots on goal + hat-trick. In the end the difference was just a single shot on goal. Going into the closing game of the week - TB vs. CLB, Storm’s-a-Bruin held an 8 shot lead but had zero skaters remaining while Wheat Kings had 6 skaters in the game. A handful of managers managed to gather in the chat and it even turned into a countdown.... 7 shots difference, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.... OT in TBL-CLB. Wheat Kings held the season tie-breaker and needed just a single shot on goal to advance to his fourth final in five years! But it never came due to a quick Victor Hedman OT goal just 10 seconds into OT. Hell of a match-up! One that will surely never be topped!

Best of luck in the final 4T2!

And on the other end of the bracket we have Tsunami taking on Mystery Alaska for the consolation championship which will land the 1st overall pick for the winner.

Good luck everyone and thanks for another wild season!

[Jerrodedson99]

Amazing matchup! I was refreshing my phone every few minutes as the SOG count wound down...

[4T2]

The matchup last night was absolutely epic. I can't ever remember having a match that came down to that close of a battle. Plus having half a dozen of us all watching it and chatting about it made it that much more fun. Thanks for putting together such a great group of guys Dave. This truly is one of the best leagues out there!

I went into last night's matchup trailing 7-4 and didn't think I had much hope (especially with Ovie out). After EB made some late additions to try to shore up shots, I really thought I was done. But thanks to Zibby (who I tried to trade to Wheat Kings for Eichel earlier in the season) and contributions from my waiver pick ups in Reilly, Cozens and my trade deadline add in Buchnevich, I managed to hang on for the win.

Wheat Kings and I have met 4 out of 5 years in our playoffs and this is the first time I've ever came out on the winning end. My sole championship came last year when WK missed the playoffs entirely. Best of luck in the finals Dave. You've built a helluva team and are going to be a tough out. But you're standing between me and my back to back titles. This should be fun!

Good luck to the fellas in the consolation bracket too and the battle for that first overall pick!

[PenguinHunter]

The matchup last night was absolutely epic. I can't ever remember having a match that came down to that close of a battle. Plus having half a dozen of us all watching it and chatting about it made it that much more fun. Thanks for putting together such a great group of guys Dave. This truly is one of the best leagues out there!

I went into last night's matchup trailing 7-4 and didn't think I had much hope (especially with Ovie out). After EB made some late additions to try to shore up shots, I really thought I was done. But thanks to Zibby (who I tried to trade to Wheat Kings for Eichel earlier in the season) and contributions from my waiver pick ups in Reilly, Cozens and my trade deadline add in Buchnevich, I managed to hang on for the win.

Wheat Kings and I have met 4 out of 5 years in our playoffs and this is the first time I've ever came out on the winning end. My sole championship came last year when WK missed the playoffs entirely. Best of luck in the finals Dave. You've built a helluva team and are going to be a tough out. But you're standing between me and my back to back titles. This should be fun!

Good luck to the fellas in the consolation bracket too and the battle for that first overall pick!

Typical... no love for Giroux.... didn't he get a couple shots on net in the last couple minutes of that game yesterday? that also found the back of the net!

Anyways... good luck Gabe and Dave!!! Hopefully its not like most Olympics and World Juniors... where the semis is the exciting match and the finals end up being anti-dramatica.

And good luck to the Doc this week as well!

[4T2]

Typical... no love for Giroux.... didn't he get a couple shots on net in the last couple minutes of that game yesterday? that also found the back of the net!

Anyways... good luck Gabe and Dave!!! Hopefully its not like most Olympics and World Juniors... where the semis is the exciting match and the finals end up being anti-dramatica.

And good luck to the Doc this week as well!

Haha sorry I forgot about Giroux, he was definitely a contributor as well. Which lessens the sting of losing the Stamkos part of that trade half a game into his tenure here.

I hope you’re right, I really don’t want to completely crush Dave in the finals, I’d rather see an exciting matchup too