Minnesota - Tampa Bay

[Jets GM]

To Minnesota:

Jeff Halpern (73)
Ben Guite (70)
Louis Leblanc (75)

To Tampa Bay:

Brent Burns (77)
Carson McMillan (74)
3rd Round MIN 2011

Reasoning: I didn't plan on making any more big deals for the foreseeable future, but after WAS and CAR making some big time acquisitions in Koivu and Markov I felt something needed to be done in order to keep up with these Eastern conference juggernauts. Brent Burns is a beast, plays extremely well at both ends of the ice and while his positioning attribute will come back down to earth in the next few seasons he's still young and developing in other areas. This also will ease the pain of Zdeno's departure this coming off-season.

It really sucks to give up Leblanc, within the next 4-5 seasons he'll develop into a awesome two-way winger with a 99 shooting rating. I think having a 99 shot on your team will become an EHEC standard for a contending team in the coming years, but luckily I have Ryan Stoa who is set to hit the same mark in the next few years. Having to move Halpern and Guite sucks, there great bottom 6 forwards but to make the money work the had to go. McMillan is just a cheap depth guy in case one of my other newly acquired bargain bin players get hurt.

$$$: Now one would assume with a 6 million dollar penalty and being inches from the cap there is no way I can take on Burns contract. Think again!

Current Salary: $55,360,606 (this is including Tyrell's assignment to the AHL, which has not been reflected in the Team Financials thread)

Halpern + Guite = -$3,100,000
Skrastins = -$800,000 (will be assigned to Norfolk(AHL) after trade)

= $51,460,606

Burns = +$3,550,000
Adams and Pouliot = +$800,000 (both were recently signed at 400k per)

= $55,810,606

Weeeeee, under by about 90k. Sry for the length, tldr. gl MIN

[WildGM]

Accepted

[Penguin]

It really sucks to give up Leblanc, within the next 4-5 seasons he'll develop into a awesome two-way winger with a 99 shooting rating.

Nice deal and all, but how do you consider Leblanc a TWO-WAY player!?!?!?! He's projected to be 60DEF bro!

[Jets GM]

It really sucks to give up Leblanc, within the next 4-5 seasons he'll develop into a awesome two-way winger with a 99 shooting rating.

Nice deal and all, but how do you consider Leblanc a TWO-WAY player!?!?!?! He's projected to be 60DEF bro!

First off, you have a bad habit of posting in threads you have no business in. I'd appreciate it if you kept your thoughts to yourself.

Secondly, if your still using (ceiling)x.(pot) = (attribute) your thinking is way behind in EHM player development. I was able to get Leblanc to hit over 70 in both CHK and POS in offline sims, so yes I would consider him to be a two way player. I never said he was the next Jere Lehtinen, but he'll know how to play at both ends of the ice at a high level.

[Virtual Jarmo]

Approved and inputted.

[Jets GM]

Carson McMillan con drop, 37 --> 74.

[Virtual Jarmo]

Carson McMillan con drop, 37 --> 74.

God damnit. Thought I checked that. My bad.

Should have entered the trade post-sim, also. Apologies.

[Jets GM]

Carson McMillan con drop, 37 --> 74.

God damnit. Thought I checked that. My bad.

Should have entered the trade post-sim, also. Apologies.

No apology necessary sir.