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Created by: MelonVK
Team: 2020-21 Custom Team
Initial Creation Date: Oct. 20, 2020
Published: Oct. 20, 2020
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Description
RULES:

23 man roster
Close your eyes and pick 11 random players. (Can be as many ELCs as you get)
Fill in the other 12 roster spots with players of your choice. (ONLY 2 ELCs!)
Stay under the cap
Have fun and @ me in the comments when you've completed the challenge!

My 11 randoms:

Bozak, Appleton, Blackwell, Zetterlund, Abramov, Marody, McGrew, Merrill, Ekblad, Korczak, Coghlan.

Then, looking at everyone elses picks, I put into question the honesty of them - seeing as I literally hardly had heard of most of my picks. So instead I sorted by cap hit and re-did it.

This time I got:
Huberdeau, Kane, Pettersson, Turris, Kaut, Dumoulin, DeKeyser, Shattenkirk, Carlo, Talbot and Vehvilainen.

Added ELCs: Hughes and Svechnikov

Analysis:
I lucked out on Pettersson and Huberdeau, then I just added good players and removed bad players. Crazy good scoring first and 3rd lines, stupid good possession 2nd and 4th lines. Great 1st pairing D, okay-to-solid 2nd defensive pair, and lastly a mixed bag 3rd pairing. I chose McAvoy over Klingberg cause Shattenkirk is actually useful on the PP. I chose the best goalie of the past season and used my random one as back-up.

This is a pretty interesting challenge, but I think there are too few random players to cause real variation - I just have them as scratches or bottom of the lineup players.
ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
23$81,500,000$81,188,334$0$6,775,000$311,666
Left WingCentreRight Wing
Logo of the Florida Panthers
$5,900,000$5,900,000
LW, RW
NMC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$6,300,000$6,300,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Boston Bruins
$6,666,667$6,666,667
RW
UFA - 3
Logo of the Boston Bruins
$6,125,000$6,125,000
LW
NMC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Philadelphia Flyers
$4,333,333$4,333,333
C
UFA - 2
Logo of the Montreal Canadiens
$3,750,000$3,750,000
RW, LW
NMC
UFA - 1
Logo of the Vancouver Canucks
$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$2,850,000$3M)
C, LW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Carolina Hurricanes
$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$2,650,000$3M)
LW, RW
UFA - 1
Logo of the San Jose Sharks
$7,000,000$7,000,000
LW, RW
M-NTC
UFA - 5
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
$1,800,000$1,800,000
RW, LW
UFA - 1
Logo of the Colorado Avalanche
$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$425,000$425K)
RW
RFA - 3
Logo of the Tampa Bay Lightning
$925,000$925,000
C, LW
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Logo of the Vancouver Canucks
$916,667$916,667 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
LD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Boston Bruins
$4,900,000$4,900,000
RD
UFA - 2
Logo of the Winnipeg Jets
$6,166,667$6,166,667
G
UFA - 4
Logo of the New York Islanders
$1,600,000$1,600,000
LD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Boston Bruins
$2,850,000$2,850,000
RD
UFA - 1
Logo of the Minnesota Wild
$3,666,667$3,666,667
G
UFA - 3
Logo of the Pittsburgh Penguins
$4,100,000$4,100,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
Logo of the Anaheim Ducks
$3,900,000$3,900,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 3
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
Logo of the Detroit Red Wings
$5,000,000$5,000,000
LD
M-NTC
UFA - 2
Logo of the Edmonton Oilers
$1,650,000$1,650,000
C, RW
UFA - 2
Logo of the Columbus Blue Jackets
$925,000$925,000
G
UFA - 1

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Oct. 20, 2020 at 10:53 a.m.
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Yeah, looking at what other people got I was very suspicious. So I tested it and found the same thing you did -- where over half they guys I selected were basically league minimum players that I'd never heard of.
Oct. 20, 2020 at 10:54 a.m.
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Yeah, looking at what other people got I was very suspicious. So I tested it and found the same thing you did -- where over half they guys I selected were basically league minimum players that I'd never heard of.


Yup, seemed pretty disingenuous to me. So I decided to at least post what I did in full honesty.
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Oct. 20, 2020 at 10:56 a.m.
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Yup, seemed pretty disingenuous to me. So I decided to at least post what I did in full honesty.


And I agree on your last point in the description -- I think you should have a 20 man roster only; all the randoms should be in the lineup (maybe 10 random - 10 not, in that case)
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Oct. 20, 2020 at 10:57 a.m.
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Quoting: villenash
Yeah, looking at what other people got I was very suspicious. So I tested it and found the same thing you did -- where over half they guys I selected were basically league minimum players that I'd never heard of.


Quoting: MelonVK
Yup, seemed pretty disingenuous to me. So I decided to at least post what I did in full honesty.


i sorted by last name and just luck of the draw.

But yes, your first picks were quite terrible, and im not sure the others are being completely honest
Oct. 20, 2020 at 10:58 a.m.
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Quoting: MitchMarner_16
i sorted by last name and just luck of the draw.

But yes, your first picks were quite terrible, and im not sure the others are being completely honest


I could re-do it, or maybe try tweaking it a bit, but I'm not exactly seeing the McGrew's, Coghlan's and Korczak's of the world on anyone elses team!
Oct. 20, 2020 at 11:05 a.m.
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I could re-do it, or maybe try tweaking it a bit, but I'm not exactly seeing the McGrew's, Coghlan's and Korczak's of the world on anyone elses team!


Well i got Reese Johnson, Taro Hirose, Denis Gilbert, and whoever jake kielly is...
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Oct. 20, 2020 at 11:07 a.m.
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Well i got Reese Johnson, Taro Hirose, Denis Gilbert, and whoever jake kielly is...


Excuse me? That's Grand Rapids' *STAR* Taro Hirose to you
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Oct. 20, 2020 at 1:01 p.m.
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This looks fun Imma try it
 
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