48 Team Franchise : The Milwaukee Bucks of Hockey

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League Standings - Season 1 - Midway Point Standings

NHL Eastern Conference- Updated: Jan 2, 2023
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD	POINTS
1	Tampa Bay Lighting	35-8	102
2	Columbus Blue Jackets	30-12	85
3	Philadelphia Flyers	30-14	85
4	New York Rangers	30-14	84
5	Carolina Hurricanes	29-15	83
6	Toronto Maple Leafs	28-12	82
7	Buffalo Sabres	26-11	76
8	Pittsburgh Penguins	26-15	74
9	Ottawa Senators	26-16	74
10	Florda Panthers	26-18	74
11	Boston Bruins	25-12	73
12	Nashville Predators	21-20	60
13	Montreal Canadiens	21-18	59
14	New Jersey Devils	20-20	59
15	Washington Capitals	21-19 *	58
16	New York Islanders	21-20 *	58
17	London Royals	14-30 *	38
18	Halifax Mariners	12-31 *	34
19	Hartford Whalers	11-33	31
20	Quebec Nordiques	10-30	28
21	Orlando Solar Bears	9-28	27
22	Atlanta Gladiators	9-28	26
23	Cleveland Growlers	9-30	24
24	Hamilton Tigers	8-37	21

NHL Western Conference - Updated: Jan 2, 2023
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD	POINTS
1	Detroit Red Wings	31-10	86
2	Calgary Flames	30-13	85
3	San Jose Sharks	29-18	85
4	LA Kings	30-18	84
5	Vegas Golden Knights	29-10	80
6	Winnipeg Jets	27-16	79
7	Colorado Avalanche	28-15	79
8	Chicago Blackhawks	26-17	76
9	Seattle Kraken	26-17	75
10	St. Louis Blues	26-18	73
11	Arizona Coyotes	26-19	73
12	Edmonton Oilers	26-19	73
13	Vancouver Canucks	26-19	73
14	Minnesota Wild	25-11	71
15	Anaheim Ducks	22-20 *	61
16	Dallas Stars	21-20 *	60
17	Utah Stealth	15-29 *	41
18	Milwaukee Bucks	12-30 *	33
19	San Diego Golden Seals	12-29	32
20	Saskatchewan Roughriders	12-27	31
21	Portland Redhawks	12-29	31
22	Kansas City Scouts	11-31	28
23	Indianopolis Fuel	6-39	18
24	Houston Astros	1-44	3

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League Update - Season 1 - Midway Point - NHL News

Coach Firings

hamilton Tigers fired Braden Kovulchuck on November 22nd, 2022 after a 3-24-2 start and hired their current associate coach D. Terry.

Houston Astros fired Terry Wilde on Friday, November 25th, 2022 after a 1-26-1 start and hired their current associate coach Bales

Indianapolis Fuel fired Paul Wang on December 14th after a 5-27-7 start and hired their current associated coach Domingue.


Analysts believe all coaches were justified except for Paul Wang who excels at coaching defense. Being the only coach with an "A" rating out of the three, he'll look to see a lot of options in the off-season.

Waivers

Milwaukee Bucks claim Jordan Osterle (78, D, 30, 1.25M x 1) from the Detroit Red Wings. Looks to be a small piece that could be taken on by another team at the trade deadline.

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Season 1 - Midway Point - Team Stats Update

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Not gonna bother posting goalie stats.. they suck

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Quote: Originally Posted by johnstone1987

Wow all this can be done with NHL 23? I gotta check it out!

That was about the only improvement to franchise in 23. 48 teams is now the max.

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Season 1 - 63rd Game / 3/4th Point - League Update


Coach Firings

Many teams became frustrated with the lackluster performance of their rosters and made huge moves involving several coaches. Seven head coaches were fired within 21 games.

These include

Cleveland Growlers fire Lee Cogliano after a 9-32-2 start on January 21ststart on and replace him with G. Daigenuealt (Associate Coach)

KC scouts fire Jamal Bieksa after 13-34-2 start on January 14, 2023, and replace him with associate coach H. Fenton (Associate coach)

Portland Red Hawks fired Bear Cunningham after a 13-38-7 start and replace him with B. Yzerman (associate coach). This is a strange firing as Bear Cunningham is considered one of the game's best defensive coaches with an A rating. He looks to see several offers in the offseason

Emilio DiPietro has been fired from the Hartford Whalers after a 16-35-2 start on Feb 1st to replace him with A. Halpern (associate coach). This is the strangest since their sitting in a playoff spot (along with Emilio having an A rating)

The San Diego Golden Seals fired Georges st Jaques after an 18-41-4 start and replace him with A. Lehoux (associate coach) despite being 1 pt out of a wild card spot... Another A-rated coach


The Atlanta Gladiators fire Trenton Girard after the 12-36-6 start and replace him with D. Henry (associate coach)


The Quebec Nordiques fired Francis morgan after the 11-42-6 start and replace him with G. Byers (associate coach) as their new coach

Trades

The Pittsburgh Penguins have traded 2024 5th round pick, G Filip Lindberg (74, starter potential, 24) and G Joel Blomquist (77, Fringe starter potential, 21) to Houston Astros in exchange for a 3rd in 2024 and Franz Nilsen (76, 38, 2-way contract)

Grade for Houston : C+ - The Astros downgraded their draft picks, but still grabbed a couple of valuable (for them at least) prospects. At the very least, it might make their team watchable

Grade for Pittsburgh : A - The Penguins managed to get rid of middling prospects and add a more valuable pick for the deadline. Franz Nilsen can help out the AHL team, or step in as a healthy scratch for a playoff team.



The New York Rangers acquire D, Justin Shultz (81 Ovr, 32, 3M for 2 years) , a 2023 4th round pick, and a 2023 6th round pick in exchange for Ryder Korczak (71 Ovr, 20, Top-6F pot), and a 3rd round pick.

Grade for New York: C - New York wants to upgrade their defensive core, but only upgrading their defense slightly isn't a great help for what they gave up. They won't care about the prospects or the pick if they win it all this year.

Grade for Seattle: B - Seattle gets an established prospect that can contribute in the AHL next year along with a stronger draft pick. Getting rid of Shultz's contract can't hurt as well.

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Season 1 - Team Update - 3/4th point / 63rd game - Are we sure about the playoffs?

The Milwaukee Bucks have been in and out of the hunt for the last wild card spot for the last month showing occasional promise and consistent disappointment. Despite being 5 points out of the playoffs, many experts believe they should trade away assets at the deadline and tank. Coach Vajihollahi believes the "..team is more than capable of winning the cup", but according to the rumors inside the organization that would be the only thing that could possibly save him from being fired during the offseason.

When you lose games like this, it's hard to argue why the organization believes the way they do.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MBa2dgRpz0

With the trade deadline in two days and rumors that they'll trade whatever they can get to accumulate assets toward the draft; it's hard to argue against the organization's direction toward tanking.

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League Standings - Season 1 - 3/4ths Point

NHL Eastern Conference - Updated: Feb 19, 2023
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD	POINTS
1	Tampa Bay Lighting	49-14	140
2	Carolina Hurricanes	45-22	131
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	44-19	130
4	New York Rangers	44-19	126
5	Buffalo Sabres	43-19	125
6	Boston Bruins	43-16	124
7	Florida Panthers	41-22	119
8	Philadelphia Flyers	41-22	118
9	Ottawa Senators	41-23	118
10	Pittsburgh Penguins	40-22	116
11	Columbus Blue Jackets	39-24	111
12	Montreal Canadiens	37-23	106
13	New York Islanders	37-28	106
14	Washington Capitals	37-24	104
15	New Jersey Devils	35-28 *	102
16	Nashville Predators	35-30 *	101
17	London Royals	24-44 *	65
18	Hartford Whalers	17-46 *	49
19	Orlando Solar Bears	16-48	47
20	Halifax Mariners	16-46	45
21	Atlanta Gladiators	14-47	38
22	Quebec Nordiques	11-50	30
23	Cleveland Growlers	11-51	30
24	Hamilton Tigers	10-57	27

NHL Western Conference - Updated: Feb 19, 2023
RK	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD	POINTS
1	Detroit Red Wings	48-15-1	136
2	Calgary Flames	47-16-4	133
3	Colorado Avalanche	44-13-7	126
4	Vegas Golden Knights	45-13-7	124
5	LA Kings	44-20-5	123
6	Winnipeg Jets	39-18-7	115
7	Minnesota Wild	40-15-7	114
8	Seatttle Kraken	40-22-5	113
9	San Jose Sharks	39-21-8	113
10	Vancouver Canucks	40-22-9	112
11	Dallas Stars	38-22-5	111
12	Chicago Blackhawks	38-23-5	111
13	Edmonton Oilers	39-18-10	111
14	St. Louis Blues	37-23-6	105
15	Anaheim Ducks	38-25-4	104
16	Arizona Coyotes	36-23-6	103
17	Utah Stealth	24-39-3 *	66
18	San Diego Golden Seals	20-45-4 *	55
19	Milwaukee Bucks	16-40-8	50
20	Portland Red Hawks	16-46-4	43
21	Kansas City Scouts	16-41-5	43
22	Saskatchewan Roughriders	16-41-5	42
23	Indianopolis Fuel	9-47-7	27
24	Houston Astros	3-55-5	9

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Season 1 - Trade Deadline - Ton of moves

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