The draft is over and a new season is upon us. A ton of change has happened this season with a large number of new GMs and faces in the league. With all these new bosses this could be a very interesting time in the Eastern Conference.
New Jersey Devils
Dirty-Dietrich is one of the many new faces to take the reigns as a GM in his 1st SPNHL draft. He resigned DodgesBlueShells and monokuuu. Dirty also made a trade for Ajax32123. In round 1 he selected hypey- and followed that up by getting DeathClown27. Rest of the team consists of Brodtshadow13, docj1ggy, FidellCastro84, turdburgler169, X_beaster_X, and Itz_Synyster22. This team could be sneaky good if things go well. Goalie may be the biggest question mark and if they have enough forward help outside of the top 3. This will be a bottom half playoff team but could strive for more.
LW DeathClown27
C hypey-
RW X_beaster_X
LD DodgesBlueShells
RD Ajax32123
G Brodtshadow13
Toronto Maple Leafs
Longtime GM and player Jayscott555 returns and hopes to build on his playoff runs of the last few seasons. The Leafs brought back via resigns LeCupidon, CaponeUptop66, Nemmiss74, and xXDuFrEsNe27xX. Jay went all in and traded up to the #1 overall pick and took I9I-Stamkos-I1IC. To fill the rest of the team they picked sportsgeek5, Nickehlersrocks, PghFANATIC, Le-Mollz, Frankjones28, and Wukie89. Toronto has a solid group of forwards but really seem to be lacking defense and goaltending. They will need to score to keep pace with other teams and should finish middle of the road unless changes are made.
Starting Lineup
LW xXDuFrEsNe27xX
C CaponeUptop66
RW Jayscott555
LD Nemmiss74
RD Le-Mollz
G sportsgeek5
Ottawa Senators
Another returning vet GM kozmo483264 brings a strong roster this season. He managed to retain Go_marc, Ransom613, and Notorious250 all the while trading for u_1_2_B_me_. With their 1st selection they took toslick at 9. Also drafted by kozmo were Nocturnal_Turtle, ae_MuSe, ozip8826, xXDJFREEZEXx, and cgiroux11. This roster looks very strong and should be a team to look out for most of the season. Balanced scoring up front and decent defense the only hole right now is in net but its by no means a glaring weakness. I expect Ottawa to be top 1 or 2 in the East.
Starting Lineup
LW Go_marc
C Ransom613
RW toslick
LD u_1_2_B_me_
RD Notorious250
G kozmo483264
Pittsburgh Penguins
Cookie_man_412 returns as head man in the burgh and i feel has his best roster yet. He had a strong start by resigning Linde94, Rent-A-GoaIie, and ACK-stonerboy. Then he bolstered his roster by trading for Diirty_Triix_13 and NowYoDead. In the draft he selected Mathqc22, bubba_cheeks, YouCantSeeMe-005, and finished off with Quinzee. Pittsburgh has a strong group on offense but looks like someone may have to step up and play LD. Goalie shouldnt be an issue i expect these boys to be a top half contender if they figure out the defense they could be very good.
Starting Lineups
LW Linde94
C Diirty_Triix_13
RW ACK-stonerboy
LD bubba_cheeks
RD NowYoDead
G Rent-A-GoaIie
Philadelphia Flyers
PEACEKEEPER500 is essentially a rookie GM but he took over late last season. After trading for Bergysdeke and X73x_McAvoy_x73X. Then he went toresigning SMOKESHOWJOE, and Red_Pepsi98. 1st round they took x_Jedi_x420 and followed that pick up with Suppa_Freak08, Mg2452, chicks-n-whips, Bruiser4life2, Steel243, and ImCanedianEhh. I project this team will battle for a playoff spot most likely making it in. They have some solid forwards who are responsible in their own end. They can help support a decent but not great defense.
Starting Lineups
LW x_Jedi_x420
C SMOKESHOWJOE
RW Mg2452
LD Bergysdeke
RD X73x_McAvoy_x73X
G PEACEKEEPER500
Detroit Redwings
Shepard-88- is back for another season as man in detroit. Shep brought back on resigns a_rehmtulla, HABS_11_31_6, Phillysmvp, Purplcrayonfucer, tsibs and Teamrun420. Through the draft they added Benner77 followed by Chieftrout, Fivestarcoock, Bizness101 and FiVEpointOHHH. Average offense and defense and good goaltending should leave this team in mid to lower placement in the standings depending on how the offense meshes and how well the goalies can hold up.
Starting Lineups
LW shepard-88-
C Benner77
RW Chieftrout
LD Phillysmvp
RD Fivestarcoock
G tsibs
Tampa Bay Lightning
Tampa finds themselves led by TrueLegend07 again and look to find more success. He brings back via resign redflag33 and LouieDeuce8. With their 1st lick they selected Yeap_93. They then proceeded to select rancher12345, K1NG__21, GodS3_3Plan1, Rollingupdaily, Soiceyboyz4, Bufford80, and BennBrothers. This teams offense is very good especially the top line but as with most teams defense seems to be a bit of an issue. Rancher may have to play very solid but he is capable. I can see this team have a solid year and be around 3 to 5 range in eastern standings.
LW TrueLegend07
C redflag33
RW Yeap_93
LD LouieDeuce8
RD K1NG__21
G rancher12345
New York Rangers
iHyPeR_97 is back wiyh a very solid team on his hands. He made a ton of trades to aquire draft picks and made the best of them. He started off with GrammyHands, then eXecuti0n80, Stammerchel, RickRage, chadkillz134, ThomaLong, mike813499, I13I-Barzal-I13I, and Dafoumanchew. This team is very strong throughout and should be a top 2 in east very easily. They can score and defend and look very good.
Starting Lines
LW GrammyHands
C iHyPeR_97
RW ThomaLong
LD Stammerchel
RD mike813499
G chadkillz134