Roster Update FAQ
By Matt "The Nemesis15" Vignal
Game: NHL 2005
System: Playstation 2 (also for Xbox, GameCube and PC)
Version: 1.5 FINAL
Date: March 19, 2005
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Table of Contents
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1) Version History [1VH]
2) Introduction/about this guide [2IN]
3) Roster changes - NHL [3RN]
4) Roster changes - International teams [4RI]
5) Roster changes - Elite Leagues (coming soon) [5RE]
6) Themed Custom Teams (coming soon) [6CT]
7) In Closing/contact info/legal stuff [7CL]
To skip to a specific section of the guide, press Ctrl+F, then enter the key
shown after each section name, including the square brackets. Thus, for section
1, enter "[1VH]" without the quotes.
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Section 1: Version History [1VH]
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Version 0.8
Completed: Sept 24, 2004
-Started Guide
-Completed Table of Contents
-Completed Introduction/about this guide
-Completed Closing/Contact info/Legal stuff
-Began NHL roster changes (work in progress)
-Completed International Roster Changes (All World Cup teams are correct)
Version 1.0
Completed: Sept 26, 2004
-I updated the NHL rosters now that I've been able to confirm the status of
several players whose contracts/locations I was unaware of. A big thank you
to Dynamitehack91 for his NHL 2k5 guide, which had the status for several of
the players I was having problems with. Also a huge thanks to Leatherface61, who
not only referred me to DHack's guide, but also took the time to relay the
specific information I needed. You can find these updates in the NHL section,
both in the full update section, and also separated by date at the top.
-Tweaked the updating process for both the national teams, and also for getting
rid of the fictional players EA added. Check both sections for instructions on
how to use created teams to free up extra space, and to duplicate players.
Version 1.1
Completed: Oct 7, 2004
-Made some fixes on incorrect moves, and also a large number of AHL signings.
-Corrected Tim Thomas. His move to Jokerit is a lockout move, not a permenant
one.
-Added the list of NHLers who are participating in the DEL, SM-Liiga and
Elitserien during the lockout. This can be found in section 5.
-Added the list of 2004 draftees that are present in the 3 elite leagues.
-Added 2 created teams (the Quebec Nordiques and the Winnipeg Jets)
Thanks to everyone who helped me with corrections and additions for this update,
especially Kyle Abbott, for providing me with a huge list of AHL transactions.
Version 1.2
Completed: Nov 3, 2004
-A couple of NHL roster tweaks
-Some Elite League signings and transactions
-A created team courtesy of Kyle Abbott
Also, I would like to take a moment to pay my respects to Sergei Zholtok, who
sadly passed away today after a game in Belarus at the age of 31. He
was a solid NHLer, and my condolences go out to his family, friends,
teammates and fans. He will be missed.
Version 1.3
Completed: Dec 10, 2004
-Fixed some spelling errors (missed the "h" on "Pittsburgh" once, and aslo I
apologize to Kyle Abbott for misspelling his name repeatedly by having only one
"t")
-Made a few of elite league moves. All those changes are in the Elite League
section.
-Added 2 created teams (made of the players who signed lockout/2004-05 season
deals to play in the Swiss and Russian leagues respectively)
Version 1.4
Completed: Dec 29, 2004
-I hope everyone had a happy holiday season, especially in the hockey department
I know I did.
-A few elite league tweaks (it started as two departures and two arrivals in
Sweden, and has since then become the largest addition of Europe-bound players
since the initial list in version 1.1
-4 new created teams ("all-prospect" teams for the elite leagues, and a team of
young prospect/upcoming superstars on the NHL rosters.)
-fixed the description of the elite league section (I hadn't changed it from
the original description in version 1.0 when the elite league section was
incomplete)
-fixed references to players that signed with non in-game elite leagues, so that
they are consistant throughout the guide.
-One NHL/AHL transaction: Free agent J-S Aubin signed with the St. John's Maple
Leafs of the AHL. I guess you can make add him to the NHL Maple Leafs roster.
Version 1.41
Completed: December 30, 2004
-This update is being done before Version 1.4 has been accepted by GameFAQs
as a result, it's entirely likely that none of you will ever see version 1.4
by itself, instead going right from version 1.3 to 1.41.
-I tweaked the NHL "all-prospects" teams roster so that it's a litle less
powerful (I had guys in the mid to high 80s on the team, making them much
stronger than the european versions). This also led me to add a "sideboard" of
additional selectable players who are not on my core team, so that people can't
send me angry e-mails saying "OMG how did you leave ________ off the team?!?!?".
This includes players that I deemed too talented for the regular team.
-Added the jersey and logo choices for each of the "all-prospect" teams, if only
because I made some of the choices deliberately for the team (rather than just
picking something I thought looked interesting)
Version 1.5
Completed: March 19, 2005
-In what might very well be my final update to this guide, I am adding all the
NHL lockout transactions that occur between the end of December and now. There
are also a couple of Elite League-to-NHL transactions (for players coming over
to play with their NHL clubs' farm team.) this update is waaay overdue because
I've been balancing schoolwork, gaming time, and work on a guide for another
game, and haven't had a lot of time to play this game or even look at the guide.
Also, my previous incarnation of 1.5 was saved on a now-corrupted disk, and I
lost all the work I had done to that point.
-I never did add the jersey and logo choices mentioned in the 1.41 update.
ignore that, as I likely won't be adding them.
NEXT UPDATE: Honestly, there might not be a "next update" (See above.)
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Section 2: Introduction/About this Guide [2IN]
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Welcome to the NHL 2005 roster update FAQ. This guide is here to allow those
without online capabilities (which includes myself) to update their game rosters
manually to be current and accurate. I can only hope that my guide can be as
useful to you as past versions (such as DynamiteHack91's guide for 2004) were
to me. Although this is only my 2nd completed FAQ (the first was a Custom Team
Mode FAQ for NHL 2004), I think I have a good enough idea of what needs to be
done in order to make this work.
The info for roster updates in version 1.0 come mostly from the transaction
records in The Hockey News, as well as news stories from a variety of online
resources (TSN.ca, Sportsnet.ca, Hockeysfuture.com, WCH04.com, etc). Subsequent
updates will draw on any of these sources as needed.
The updates are divided into the following sections:
Section 3: NHL
This section deals specifically to the additions and subtractions to the 30 NHL
clubs. This will include trades and free agent signings/releases within the NHL
circles, as well as additions to and from the game's 3 elite leagues. I should
note that in terms of additions to the elite leagues, this will only include
players who are planning on playing the whole 2004-05 season away from the NHL
(such as Peter Forsberg).
Section 4: International teams
This section corrects the World Cup rosters to reflect the final rosters
from the world cup. The biggest change from the default rosters is that I will
correct the German team's roster by adding the DEL players that participated.
Section 5: Elite Leagues
This section contains a list of the players that are particpating in the
game's 3 elite leagues during the NHL lockout. The time may come in the future
when I expand it to cover Elite League transactions, but that's a big step
that I may not have time for.
Section 6: Themed Created teams
An update on my custom team FAQ from 2004, this section will feature a variety
of teams created in the Custom Team mode that have a unifying theme to them,
such as all-region teams, alumni/classic teams, and so forth.
The final section is some closing words, my contact info and the obligatory
legal info.
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Section 3: Roster Updates - NHL [3RN]
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The updates will be sorted alphabetically by team (except for the Free Agents
list, which is first), and each team will havesubsections for additions (with
team of origin in brackets) and subtractions (with destination team in brackets)
NOTE: It's entirely likely that with the immense volume of players released to
free agency during the roster updating,that you will fill up the Free Agent list
(to the point where you cannot add any additional players to it). Because of
this, I have given a few players secondary teams (mostly from the elite leagues)
listed after "Free Agent". It is up to you if you wish to move these players to
their Elite League team, or leave them on the Free Agent roster and make room
another way. Also, I would suggest that you place the retired players (marked as
such) on one of the lower-end national teams, then make a created team, and
replace the players on the created team with the retired players (fill the
custom team's roster out in the create team mode, just like normal, then make
the swap with the retired players in the "Roster Management" section. You'll
find the created teams on the NHL team lists, immediately before the Free Agents
or immediately after the All-Star teams). I suggest that you make the created
team's initial roster out of the players that are added to the NHL from the
elite leagues, and the ones that must be added to their world cup teams that way
the duplicate players on the created team will have a purpose, and won't make a
hassle.
The best way to go through this list to update your rosters is to do each team's
"Subtractions" list one by one, ignoring the "additions" list. This way, you
can always keep track of what players have been moved. If you were to make moves
according to the "additions" you would find that over time, the subtractions
list becomes incomplete (since some players have already been moved) and it gets
harder to keep everything straight.
Some players have signed on with leagues not contained in the game (not just
for the lockout,either). In that event, I will list the country and the team,
and you may do with that player what you wish.
One final warning. Within this section, any mention of countries refers strictly
to the pro hockey league of that nation, not the national program. So if a
destination reads (Russia), it means the Russian league, and you'll have to
decide for yourself how you want to relocate those players. This sounds obvious
enough, but I'd better cover my bases.
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UPDATES AND ADDITIONS: this small subsection will feature any updated
transactions from after the initial release. The purpose of this is to allow
easy correction for anyone who has updated using a previous version of the FAQ.
Players here will be listed by the team I most recently had them assigned to.
If this is your first time updating the rosters using this guide, then skip
down to the point below the last line of plus signs, as that is the "master
list", which will feature all transactions (even the updated ones), based on
the default rosters. For example, Blake Bellefeuille is defaulted to Columbus,
and a version 1.0 move had him playing for Chicago. Since then, version 1.1 has
move him to Pittsburgh. Therefore, the updates section will have both the
updates for version 1.0 (which moved him from Columbus to Chicago) and v1.1
(which moved him form Chicago to Pittsburgh), however, the master list will
cut out all the in between moves and ship him directly from Columbus to
Pittsburgh.
Version 1.0 additions:
Free Agent CHRIS SCHMIDT signs with Los Angeles
Free Agent JOHN JAKOPIN signs with Augsberg of the DEL
Free Agent DAVE KARPA signs in Russia
Free Agent SYLVAIN LEFEBVRE signs in Switzerland
Free Agents JEREMY YABLONSKI and DARREN HAYDER sign with Nashville
Free Agent FRED BRATHWAITE signs in Russia
Free Agent JOHAN HOLMQVIST signs with Anaheim
Colorado CHARLIE STEPHENS to Ottawa
Columbus BLAKE BELLEFEUILLE to Chicago
Florida JEFF TOMS released to Free Agency
Minnesota TONY TUZZOLINO signs in Italy
Philadelphia CLAUDE LAPOINTE is in the NHL's substance abuse program, and is
suspended until further notice
Also note that as a correction from version 0.8, DET Jamie Rivers DOES NOT get
released to free agency, and remains with the Red Wings. And NJ Tommy Albelin is
confirmed as retired.
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Version 1.1 changes:
Free Agent SERGE PAYER signs with Florida
PAUL MANNING, added to Columbus from Hamburg (DEL) is returned to the DEL (it
turns out that Manning was already on Columbus in addition to being on Hamburg)
Free Agent MATT UNDERHILL signs with Boston
Free Agent ANDERS ERIKSSON signs with Calgary
Free Agent DAVID LING signs with Toronto
Free Agent JASON MACDONALD signs with Toronto
Free Agent DON MACLEAN signs with Blues of SM-Liiga
Free Agent MIKE WEAVER signs with Los Angeles
Free Agent GAVIN MORGAN signs with Montreal
Free Agent MATT YEATS signs with San Jose
Columbus DARRIN SCOVILLE to Colorado
Free Agent DEREK BEKAR signs with Boston
Free Agent FREDERIC CASSIVI signs with Anaheim
Free Agent DANNY SABOURIN signs with Pittsburgh
Free Agent JOSH GREEN signs with Vancouver
Chicago BLAKE BELLEFEUILLE to Pittsburgh
Free Agent TODD REIRDEN signs with Minnesota
Free Agent TODD ROHLOFF signs with Buffalo
Free Agent PAT KAVANAGH signs with Ottawa
Free Agent DEAN MCAMMOND signs with New Jersey
Mannheim JAMIE STORR to Tamapa Bay
Jokerit TIM THOMAS to Boston (assuming you moved him there in the first place)
Free Agent JOE DIPENTA signs with Vancouver
Free Agent CORY LAROSE signs with Atlanta
Montreal FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN to Columbus
Free Agent MIKE MOTTEAU signs with St. Louis
Free Agent COLIN FORBES signs with Carolina
Free Agent MATHIEU DARCHE signs with Colorado
Free Agent TRAVIS ROCHE signs with Minnesota
Toronto DRAKE BEREHOWSKY released to Free Agency
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Version 1.2 changes
Anaheim JOHAN HOLMQVIST is moved to Brynas (SEL). He signed a year long contract
there, and was never actually a member of the Ducks.
Free Agent MAGNUS ARVEDSON retires
Carolina ERIC COLE signs year long contract with Berlin (DEL) and will stay for
the whole season, regardless of the lockout.
Detroit JAMIE RIVERS signed a minor league deal with Hershey, so he may now be
property of Colorado (I can't confirm if AHL deals during the lockout still
grant NHL clubs player rights.)
Free Agent DAN LACOUTURE signs with Boston
Free Agent SERGEI ZHOLTOK passed away. You may make a move however you see fit.
NY Islanders JEFF HAMILTON signs with NY Rangers
Free Agent GORDIE DWYER signs with Carolina
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Version 1.3 changes
Ilves Tampere (SM-Liiga) JESSE NIINIMAKI signs with Edmonton
Free Agent DAN FOCHT signs with Hamilton of the AHL, so he may be Montreal
property.
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Version 1.4 changes
Free Agent JEAN-SEBASTIEN AUBIN signed a deal with St. John's of the AHL, so he
may now count for the Toronto Maple Leafs
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Version 1.5 changes
JOAKIM LINDSTROM left MoDo (Elitserien) to play with Syracuse, the AHL
affiliate of the Columbus Blue Jackets.
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"extra players"
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These are the 79 non-NHLers that EA added to the game, such as Jim Hughson, Rick
Campenelli (from MuchMusic) and various members of the EA staff. Personally,
I stuck as many of them as I could on the uninteresting international teams
(like England, France, Italy, etc) so they wouldn't interfere with the "real"
NHL rosters, then after that I traded them from the international teams to a
created team. Make sure you move them off the Free Agents list before you trade
though, otherwise you might just end up with them back on your FA list when you
start a dynasty or season. However, you may do with them as you wish. The extra
players are easy enough to recognize by their stats page. They will all have no
draft year and no career NHL games played. In order for a player to make it
into this game on the NHL side of things (this excludes the elite leagues, and
the ficticious players on some international teams), he had to be a member of
the NHLPA, which required him to have played at least one NHL game before the
rosters were finalized. This is why you never see any players of the most
recent draft class in any given NHL game (ie why Ovechkin isn't in NHL 2005)
For more on this, read my annoyed rant in the "in closing" section of the FAQ.
Fred Dee
Rick Leczynski
Leon Beausoleil
Rob Edwardsen
Chris Macera
Dave Warfield
Som Yau
Sean Thompson
Kerry McGaffney
Evan Mah
Johnathan Lawlor
Michael Upton
Bing Gordon
Jacob Tran
Paul Morassutti
Alan Price
Saki Kaskamanidis
David Littman
Zachary Priest
Anthony Perrella
Paul Tremblay
Glendon Davis
James Stamos
Rick Campanelli (annoying MuchMusic VJ)
Rob Charles
Jan Horak
Carl Hasselskog
Brad Stone
Bojan Josipovic
John Gaudiosi
Brian Jennings
Martin McQuaig
Ted Saskin (Director of Business Affairs for the NHLPA, except he's not 23)
Jim Hughson (Play-by-play for NHL 2005, and the Canucks on Rogers Sportsnet.)
Marc Crawford (Consultant on NHL 2005, head coach fo the Vancouver Canucks)
Boris Skuin
Jeremy Bloy
Emmanuel Soupidis
Grant Corless
Dan Sochan
Jay Raymond
Philip Tse
Colin O'Conner
Michael Thompson
Greg Lutzer
Chris Lippmann
Nick Maas
Darren Lynch
Brent Thurston
Brad Turner
Shawn Snesar
Rob Oliveira
Joe Metzker
Stefaan Sorensen
Michael Hughes
Marc Fortier
Eric Tong
Jack Yee
Jimmy Mango
Jason Jennings
Stephen Friesen
Jouni Ylikajula
Dave McCarthy
Shawn Paithouski
Andrew Hyslop
Ty Currie
Geoff Pertsch
Richard Smit
Phil Harris
Stephen Frank
Rob Neahr
Johnny Weatherdon
Dave Beeston
Matt Langen
Devin Smithstrom
Rory Montgomery
Dave Sinclair
Greg Dick
Mike Ouellet
Free Agents
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Subtractions
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Wade Flaherty (to Vancouver)
Brian Finley (to Nashville)
Ryan Flinn (to Los Angeles)
Jared Aulin (to Washington)
Nolan Yonkman (to Washington)
Jeff Paul (to Washington)
Layne Ulmer (to NY Rangers)
Ken Gernander (to NY Rangers)
Jeff Heerema (to Vancouver)
Patrick DesRochers (to Florida)
Adam Munro (to Chicago)
Scott Clemmensen (to New Jersey)
Stephen Valiquette (to NY Rangers)
Jamie McLennan (to Florida)
Neil Little (to Philadelphia)
Zac Bierk (to Phoenix)
Jason Bacashihua (to St. Louis)
Milan Hnilicka (to Czech Republic)
Steve Passmore (to Mannheim - DEL)
Graham Mink (to Washington)
Chris Schmidt (to Los Angeles)
John Jakopin (to Augsberg - DEL)
Dave Karpa (To Russia)
Sylvain Lefebvre (to Switzerland)
Jeremy Yablonski (to Nashville)
Darren Hayder (to Nashville)
Fred Brathwaite (to Russia)
Johan Holmqvist (to Brynas - Elitserien)
Matt Underhill (To Boston)
Matt Yeats (To San Jose)
Frederic Cassivi (To Anaheim)
Gordie Dwyer (To Carolina)
Dan Focht (To Montreal)
Jean-Sebastien Aubin (To Toronto)
Additions
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There are so many players that get added to the Free Agency pool, I couldn't
possibly list them here. Just look through each team's subtractions list to find
them all.
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Anaheim Mighty Ducks
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Subtractions
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Dan Bylsma (Free Agent)
Casey Hankinson (Free Agent)
Jason Krog (Free Agent)
Mike Mottau (St. Louis)
Vaclav Prospal (Tampa Bay)
Petr Schastlivy (Free Agent)
Nick Smith (Free Agent)
Cam Severson (Nashville)
Additions
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Frederic Cassivi (Free Agent)
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Atlanta Thrashers
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Subtractions
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Shawn Heins (Free Agent)
Frantisek Kaberle (Carolina)
Bill Lindsay (Free Agent)
Randy Robitaille (Switzerland)
Brian Swanson (Free Agent)
Chris Tamer (Free Agent)
Yannic Tremblay (Free Agent)
Mike Weaver (Los Angeles)
Joe DiPenta (Vancouver)
Daniel Corso (Free Agent)
Zdenek Blatny (Free Agent)
Additions
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Jaroslav Modry (Los Angeles)
Scott Mellanby (St. Louis)
Cory LaRose (NY Rangers)
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Boston Bruins
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Subtractions
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Rich Brennan (Free Agent)
Andy Delmore (Free Agent)
Ted Donato (Retired)
Travis Green (Free Agent)
Mikael Grosek (Free Agent)
Mike Knuble (Philadelphia)
Craig MacDonald (Free Agent)
Dan McGillis (Free Agent)
Glen Murray (Free Agent)
Michal Nylander (NY Rangers)
Sean O'Donnell (Phoenix)
Brian Rolston (Minnesota)
Rob Zamuner (Free Agent)
Felix Potvin (Free Agent)
Doug Douell (Phoenix)
Pat Leahy (Free Agent)
Jiri Slegr (Free Agent)
Carl Corazzini (Free Agent)
Additions
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Tom Fitzgerald (Toronto)
Lars Jonsson (Leksand - Elitserien)
Marcel Rodman (Krefeld - DEL)
Matt Underhill (Free Agent)
Derek Bekar (New York Islanders)
Dan LaCouture (New York Rangers)
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Buffalo Sabres
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Subtractions
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Jason Botterill (Free Agent)
Jaroslav Kristek (Czech Republic *Rights retained by Buffalo*)
James Patrick (Free Agent)
Alexei Zhitnik (Free Agent)
Dominic Pittis (Free Agent)
Additions
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Todd Rohloff (Washington)
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Calgary Flames
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Subtractions
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Petr Buzek (Czech Repblic)
Craig Conroy (Los Angeles)
Matt Davidson (Free Agent/Dusseldorf - DEL)
Denis Gauthier (Phoenix)
Dave Lowry (Free Agent)
Dean McAmmond (New Jersey)
Krzysztof Oliwa (New Jersey)
Oleg Saprykin (Phoenix)
Jesse Wallin (Free Agent)
Danny Sabourin (Pittsburgh)
Martin Sonnenberg (Phoenix)
Additions
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Daymond Langkow (Phoenix)
Byron Ritchie (Florida)
Jason Weimer (Minnesota)
Anders Eriksson (Columbus)
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Carolina Hurricanes
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Note: The addition of Antti Jokela doesn't represent a move by the real
Hurricanes organization. I just did this because without Jamie Storr and
Kevin Weekes, the Canes only have one goalie, and Jokela is the only other
goaltender in the game that is in Carolina's system.
Subtractions
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Craig Adams (Free Agent)
Sean Hill (Florida)
Jamie Storr (Tampa Bay)
Joey Tetarenko (Free Agent)
Kevin Weekes (NY Rangers)
Brad DeFauw (Free Agent)
Tomas Kurka (Free Agent)
Damien Surma (Free Agent)
Brett Lysak (Free Agent/Iserholn - DEL)
Eric Cole (Berlin - DEL) *Signed for full year, regardless of lockout
Additions
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Frantisek Kaberle (Atlanta)
Matt Cullen (Florida)
Magnus Kahnberg (Frolunda - Elitserien)
Antti Jokela (Lukko - SM-Liiga)
Colin Forbes (Washington)
Gordie Dwyer (Free Agent)
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Chicago Blackhawks
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Subtractions
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Theoren Fleury (suspended/retired)
Brett McLean (Colorado)
Igor Korolev (Free Agent/Russia)
Deron Quint (Free Agent)
Jason Strudwick (NY Rangers)
Burke Henry (Florida)
Jonathan Aitken (Vancouver)
Additions
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Matthew Barnaby (Colorado)
Curtis Brown (San Jose)
Jassen Cullimore (Tampa Bay)
Adam Munro (Free Agent)
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Colorado Avalanche
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Subtractions
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Matthew Barnaby (Chicago)
Peter Forsberg (MoDo - Elitserien. Forsberg is playing the whole year in Sweden,
regardless of the lockout)
Paul Kariya (Free Agent)
Andrei Nikolishin (Russia/Free Agent)
Tommy Salo (MoDO - Elitserien/Free Agent)
Teemu Selanne (Free Agent)
Mikhail Kuleshov (Free Agent)
Jim Cummins (Free Agent)
Travis Brigley (Free Agent)
Charlie Stephens (Ottawa)
Additions
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Brett McLean (Chicago)
Ian Laperriere (Los Angeles)
Antti Laaksonen (Minnesota)
Andre Savage (Philadelphia)
Vincent Damphousse (San Jose)
Darren Scoville (Columbus)
Mathieu Darche (Nashville)
Jamie Rivers (Detroit)
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Columbus Blue Jackets
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Subtractions
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Anders Eriksson (Calgary)
Brian Holzinger (Free Agent)
David Ling (Toronto)
Don MacLean (Blues - SM-Liiga)
Blake Bellefeuille (Pittsburgh)
Darren Scoville (Colorado)
Additions
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Radoslav Suchy (Phoenix)
Paul Manning (Hamburg - DEL)
Francois Beauchemin (Montreal)
Joakim Lindstrom (MoDo - Elitserien)
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Dallas Stars
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Subtractions
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Shane Corson (Free Agent)
Valeri Bure (Free Agent)
Richard Matvichuk (New Jersey)
Teppo Numminen (Free Agent)
Darren Oliver (Free Agent)
Lubomir Sekeras (Nurnberg - DEL)
Blake Sloan (Free Agent)
Chris Therien (Free Agent)
Ron Tugnutt (Free Agent/Retired?)
Rob Valicevic (Free Agent)
Scott Young (Free Agent)
Jeff MacMillan (Free Agent)
Gavin Morgan (Montreal)
Mike Siklenka (unsigned Restricted Free Agent)
Additions
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Patrick Traverse (Montreal)
Loui Eriksson (Frolunda - Elitserien)
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Detroit Red Wings
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Subtractions
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Chris Chelios (Free Agent)
Boyd Devereaux (Phoenix)
Dmitri Bykov (Russia, but still under contract with Detroit)
Michel Picard (Free Agent)
Mathieu Schneider (Free Agent)
Steve Thomas (Free Agent)
Ryan Barnes (Free Agent)
Kevin Miller (Free Agent)
Anders Myrvold (Free Agent)
Marc Lamothe (Free Agent)
Jamie Rivers (Colorado)
Additions
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Eric Manlow (NY Islanders)
Stephan Liv (HV 71 - Elitserien)
Johan Franzen (Linkoping - Elitserien)
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Edmonton Oilers
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Subtractions
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Bobby Allen (New Jersey)
Scott Ferguson (Free Agent)
Petr Nedved (Phoenix)
Mikko Luoma (unsigned Restricted Free Agent)
Additions
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Todd Harvey (San Jose)
Jesse Niinimaki (Ilves Tampere - SM-Liiga)
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Florida Panthers
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Subtractions
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Donald Audette (Free Agent)
Jaroslav Bednar (Russia - Avangard Omsk)
Matt Cullen (Carolina)
Lee Goren (Vancouver)
Paul Healey (Free Agent)
Kristian Kudroc (Free Agent)
Andreas Lilja (Nashville)
Eric Messier (Free Agent)
Lyle Odelein (Free Agent)
Byron Ritchie (Calgary)
Mikael Samuelsson (Free Agent)
Steve Shields (Free Agent)
Jeff Toms (Switzerland/Free Agent)
Pavel Trnka (Free Agent)
Additions
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Sean Hill (Carolina)
Burke Henry (Chicago)
Eric Cairns (NY Islanders)
Alexander Karpotsev (NY Islanders)
Joel Kwiatkowski (Washington)
Patrick DesRochers (Free Agent)
Jamie McLennan (Free Agent)
Serge Payer (Ottawa)
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Los Angeles Kings
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Subtractions
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Jason Allison (Free Agent)
Anson Carter (Free Agent)
Brad Chartrand (Free Agent)
John Tripp (Mannheim - DEL)
Adam Deadmarsh (Free Agent)
Tomas Zizka (unsigned Restricted Free Agent)
Steve Kelly (unsigned Restricted Free Agent)
Maxim Kuznetsov (Free Agent)
Ian Laperriere (Colorado)
Jared Smithson (Nashville)
Jaroslav Modry (Atlanta)
Bryan Muir (unsigned Restricted Free Agent)
Ziggy Palffy (Free Agent)
Josef Stumpel (Free Agent)
Mathieu Chouinard (Free Agent)
Additions
---------
Craig Conroy (Calgary)
Tom Kostopoulos (Pittsburgh)
Ryan Flinn (Free Agent)
Chris Schmidt (Free Agent)
Mike Weaver (Atlanta)
Lauri Tukonen (Blues - SM-Liiga) [I'll be honest, I added Tukonen from Finland
partially because it was a novelty for me to have a first round 04 draft pick.
It's your call whether or not you feel Tukonen is ready enough in reality for
the Kings to possibly call on him for a roster spot (either earned or through
injury.]
==============
Minnesota Wild
==============
Subtractions
------------
Eric Chouinard (Free Agent)
Antti Laaksonen (Colorado)
Bill Muckalt (Free Agent/retired?)
Travis Roche (Free Agent)
Jason Wiemer (Calgary)
Tony Tuzzolino (Italy)
Additions
---------
Brian Rolston (Boston)
Ray Giroux (New Jersey)
Kirby Law (Philadelphia)
Mikko Koivu (TPS - SM-Liiga)
Todd Reirden (Phoenix)
==================
Montreal Canadiens
==================
Subtractions
------------
Jean-Francois Damphousse (Free Agent)
Andreas Dackell (Brynas - Elitserien)
Jim Dowd (Free Agent)
Benoit Gratton (Free Agent)
Alexei Kovalev (Free Agent)
Darren Langdon (New Jersey)
Yannic Perreault (Free Agent)
Patrick Traverse (Dallas)
Francois Beauchemin (Columbus)
Additions
---------
Benoit Dusablon (NY Rangers)
Gavin Morgan (Dallas)
Dan Focht (Free Agent)
===================
Nashville Predators
===================
Subtractions
------------
Brad Bombardir (Free Agent)
Mathieu Darche (Colorado)
Mike Farrell (Free Agent)
Andreas Johansson (Free Agent)
Jan Lasak (Free Agent/Slovakia)
Rem Murray (Free Agent)
Ray Schultz (New Jersey)
Jason York (Free Agent)
Sergei Zholtok (Passed Away)
Curtis Murphy (Free Agent)
Robert Schnabel (Czech Republic)
Additions
---------
Andreas Lilja (Florida)
Cam Severson (Anaheim)
Jared Smithson (Los Angeles)
Brian Finley (Free Agent)
=================
New Jersey Devils
=================
Subtractions
------------
Tommy Albelin (Retired)
Craig Darby (Tampa Bay)
Ray Giroux (Minnesota)
Steve Guolla (Switzerland)
Joe Hulbig (Free Agent)
Mike Matteucci (Free Agent)
Turner Stevenson (Philadelphia)
Corey Schwab (Free Agent)
Additions
---------
Krzysztof Oliwa (Calgary)
Richard Matvichuk (Dallas)
Bobby Allen (Edmonton)
Darren Langdon (Montreal)
Ray Schultz (Nashville)
Pascal Rheaume (St. Louis)
Scot Clemmensen (Free Agent)
Dean McAmmond (Calgary)
==================
New York Islanders
==================
Subtractions
------------
Eric Cairns (Florida)
Mariusz Czerkawski (Free Agent)
Alexander Karpotsev (Florida)
Alan Letang (Free Agent/Hamburg - DEL)
Eric Manlow (Detroit)
Cliff Ronning (Free Agent/Retired?)
Brandon Smith (Free Agent)
Garth Snow (Russia/Free Agent)
Derek Bekar (Boston)
Steve Webb (Free Agent)
Jeff Hamilton (NY Rangers)
Additions
---------
None
================
New York Rangers
================
Subtractions
------------
Joel Bouchard (Free Agent)
Pavel Bure (Free Agent/95% certainty retired)
Josh Green (Vancouver)
Jan Hlavac (Free Agent)
Dan LaCouture (Boston)
Eric Lindros (Free Agent)
Chris McAllister (Free Agent)
Sandy McCarthy (Free Agent)
Marc Messier (Free Agent/maybe retired)
Boris Mironov (Free Agent)
Jamie Pushor (Free Agent)
Benoit Dusablon (Montreal)
Cory Larose (Atlanta)
Additions
---------
Michal Nylander (Boston)
Kevin Weekes (Carolina)
Jason Strudwick (Chicago)
Jason Marshall (San Jose)
Layne Ulmer (Free Agent)
Ken Gernander (Free Agent)
Stephen Valiquette (Free Agent)
Jarkko Immonen (JYP - SM-Liiga)
Jeff Hamilton (NY Rangers)
===============
Ottawa Senators
===============
Subtractions
------------
Peter Bondra (Free Agent)
Jody Hull (Free Agent)
Curtis Leschyshyn (Free Agent)
Rob Ray (Free Agent/Retired?)
Todd Simpson (Free Agent)
Brad Tapper (Free Agent/Nurnberg - DEL)
Shaun Van Allen (Free Agent)
Serge Payer (Florida)
Additions
---------
Jesse Fibiger (San Jose)
Charlie Stephens (Colorado)
Pat Kavanagh (Vancouver)
===================
Philadelphia Flyers
===================
Subtractions
------------
Steve Gainey (Free Agent)
Andre Savage (Colorado)
Claude Lapointe (Suspended) [Can't play, but still part of the Flyers]
Vladimir Malakhov (Free Agent)
Mark Recchi (Pittsburgh)
Alexei Zhamnov (Free Agent)
Mike Peluso (Free Agent)
Kirby Law (Minnesota)
Additions
---------
Mike Knuble (Boston)
Turner Stevenson (New Jersey)
Eric Meloche (Pittsburgh)
Neil Little (Free Agent)
===============
Phoenix Coyotes
===============
Subtractions
------------
Daymond Langkow (Calgary)
Tom Koivisto (Free Agent)
Ivan Novoseltsev (Free Agent)
Todd Reirden (Minnesota)
Radoslav Suchy (Columbus)
Nikos Tselios (Free Agent)
Goran Bezina (Free Agent)
Jean-Marc Pelltier (Free Agent)
Additions
---------
Sean O'Donnell (Boston)
Doug Douell (Boston)
Denis Gauthier (Calgary)
Oleg Saprykin (Calgary)
Martin Sonnenberg (Calgary)
Boyd Devereaux (Detroit)
Brett Hull (Detroit)
Petr Nedved (Edmonton)
John Sim (Pittsburgh)
Mike Ricci (San Jose)
Brian Savage (St. Louis)
Rick Berry (Washington)
Zac Bierk (Free Agent)
Wayne Gre........nah, just kidding.
===================
Pittsburgh Penguins
===================
Subtractions
------------
Patrick Boileau (Switzerland)
Kelly Buchberger (Retired)
Dan Focht (Free Agent)
Steve McKenna (Free Agent)
Eric Meloche (Philadelphia)
Alexei Morozov (Russia *signed for full year, but rights retained by Pittsburgh)
Alain Nasreddine (Free Agent)
John Sim (Phoenix)
Reid Simpson (Free Agent)
Landon Wilson (Blues - SM-Liiga)
Tom Kostopoulos (Los Angeles)
Additions
---------
Mark Recchi (Philadelphia)
Blake Bellefeuille (Columbus)
Danny Sabourin (Calgary)
===============
San Jose Sharks
===============
Subtractions
------------
Curtis Brown (Chicago)
Vincent Damphousse (Colorado)
Travis Hansen (Free Agent)
Todd Harvey (Edmonton)
Jason Marshall (NY Rangers)
Mike Ricci (Phoenix)
Jesse Fibiger (Ottawa)
Additions
---------
Kai Hospelt (Koln - DEL)
Matt Yeats (Free Agent)
===============
St. Louis Blues
===============
Subtractions
------------
Murray Baron (Free Agent)
Pavol Demitra (Free Agent)
Jeff Finley (Free Agent)
Christian LaFlamme (Kassel - DEL)
Al MacInnis (Free Agent/Retired?)
Steve Martins (Free Agent)
Scott Mellanby (Atlanta)
Scott Pellerin (Free Agent)
Pascal Rheaume (New Jersey)
Mike Danton (Free Agent/Prison) *his prison term could be the end of his career.
Brian Savage (Phoenix)
Jame Pollock (Switzerland)
Additions
---------
Jason Bacashihua (Free Agent)
Andy Roach (Mannheim - DEL)
Mike Motteau (Anaheim)
===================
Tampa Bay Lightning
===================
Subtractions
------------
Ben Clymer (Free Agent)
Jassen Cullimore (Chicago)
Dwayne Hay (Free Agent)
Evgeny Konstantinov (Free Agent)
Stanislav Neckar (Free Agent)
Cory Stillman (Free Agent)
Pascal Trepanier (Free Agent/Nurnberg - DEL)
Additions
---------
Vaclav Prospal (Anaheim)
Craig Darby (New Jersey)
Jamie Storr (Carolina)
===================
Toronto Maple Leafs
===================
Subtractions
------------
Tom Fitzgerald (Boston)
Ron Francis (Free Agent)
Aaron Gavey (Free Agent)
Josh Holden (Free Agent)
Trevor Kidd (Free Agent)
Bryan Marchment (Fre Agent)
Rober Reichel (Czech Republic)
Mikael Renberg (Lulea - Elitserien)
Calle Johansson (Free Agent)
Additions
---------
Alexander Steen (Frolunda - Elitserien)
David Ling (Columbus)
Jason MacDonald
Jean-Sebastien Aubin (Free Agent) *it's a contract with the AHL Leafs
=================
Vancouver Canucks
=================
Subractions
-----------
Magnus Arvedson (Retired)
Marc Bergevin (Free Agent)
Sylvain Blouin (Free Agent)
Johan Hedberg (Leksand - Elitserien)
Mike Keane (Free Agent)
Mats Lindgren (Free Agent)
Sean Pronger (Frankfurt - DEL)
Martin Rucinsky (Free Agent)
Pat Kavanagh (Ottawa)
Sergei Varlamov (Free Agent)
Additions
---------
Wade Flaherty (Free Agent)
Johnathan Aitken (Chicago)
Lee Goren (Florida)
Jeff Heerema (Free Agent)
Josh Green (NY Rangers)
Joe DiPenta (Atlanta)
===================
Washington Capitals
===================
Subtractions
------------
Bates Battaglia (Free Agent)
Rick Berry (Phoenix)
Ivan Ciernik (Free Agent/DEL [Wolfsburg isn't in the game])
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre (Free Agent)
Craig Johnson (Free Agent/Hamburg - DEL)
Joel Kwiatkowski (Florida)
Kip Miller (Free Agent)
Brad Norton (Free Agent)
Todd Rohloff (Buffalo)
Mel Angelstad (Free Agent)
Colin Forbes (Carolina)
Chris Hajt (Free Agent)
Andrei Podkonicky (Free Agent)
John Gruden (Free Agent)
Alexander Semin (signed in Russia for the whole season)
Additions
---------
Jared Aulin (Free Agent)
Nolan Yonkman (Free Agent)
Jeff Paul (Free Agent)
Graham Mink (Free Agent)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Section 4: Roster Updates - International Teams [4RI]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This section shows additions and subtractions to correct the rosters for the
8 teams that compete in the World Cup of Hockey. There are some corrections
that cannot be made (Alex Ovechkin on the Russian team, for example) because the
players are not present in this game. I will list those additions, but make a
note that they are not possible. Also, some teams will not be able to make some
subtractions as well (Notably Russia, who loses two of its goalies, and cannot
replace them), I'll list those as well, and it's up to you if you want to find
a way to correct the subtraction or not.
There are some corrections that require you to pull players off of an NHL or
elite league roster (such as Scott Hannan, Henrik Lundqvist, or the vast
majority of the German team). It is possible to add these players to their WC
teams without actually removing them from their regular teams. All you have to
do is make a created team with all those players on it (it is doable, since
there are 23 players, including a trio of goalies, that need to be added, and
a created team requires you to have at least 18 skaters and 2 goalies before the
team can be used.), then go into roster management, and trade the duplicate
players from the created team to their destination national teams (you will find
the custom teams on the NHL roster list between the the all-star teams and the
free agent list. This is just two clicks of L1 away from Anaheim.)
Players with a * next to their names MUST be added via the "Roster Management"
screen. Players with no notations can be added via the "edit roster" screen that
appears when you start World Cup mode. I would, however, recommend that you move
ALL the necessary additions to their teams via a custom team and "Roster
Management", because that will save you the trouble of having to add the players
each time you play the world cup, and also it will give you accurate WC rosters
for play in exhibition mode.
======
Canada
======
Subtractions
------------
Rob Blake
Chris Pronger
Steve Yzerman
Ed Belfour
Additions
---------
Jose Theodore (Montreal Canadiens)
Jay Bouwmeester (Florida Panthers)
*Scott Hannan (San Jose Sharks)
Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay Lightning)
==============
Czech Republic
==============
Subtractions
------------
Martin Prusek
Pavel Kubina
Frantisek Kaberle
Robert Lang
Additions
---------
Petr Sykora (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
Martin Skoula (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
*Jiri Fischer (Detroit Red Wings)
~Petr Briza (NOT IN GAME)~
=======
Finland
=======
Subtractions
------------
Sami Kapanen
Esa Pirnes
Additions
---------
Niklas Hagman (Florida Panthers)
*Mikko Koivu (TPS Turku - SM-Liiga)
=======
Germany
=======
(NOTE: All German team changes must be done in the "Roster Management" section
outside of the World Cup, because the pool of German players only has German
NHLers, and a pair of former NHL players [Sascha Goch and Stephan Ustorf]. The
remaining players on the team and in the pool are fictional)
*Subtractions
-------------
All players on the team except for the following:
Olaf Kolzig
Marco Sturm
Jochen Hecht
Marcel Goc
Christian Ehrhoff
Sascha Goc
Dennis Seidenberg
Stephan Ustorf
*Additions (All teams are in the DEL, unless otherwise noted)
----------
Oliver Jonas (Berlin)
Robert Muller (Krefeld)
Lasse Kopitz (Nurnberg)
Robert Leask (Berlin)
Mirko Ludemann (Koln)
Andreas Renz (Koln)
~Christoph Schubert (NOT IN GAME)~
Tobias Abstreiter (Kassel)
Tino Boos (Koln)
Peter Fical (Nurnberg)
Klaus Kathan (Mannheim)
Daniel Kreutzer (Dusseldorf)
Edward Lewandowski (Koln)
Tomas Martinec (Mannheim)
Martin Reichel (Frankfurt)
Stephan Retzer (Kassel)
Christoph Ullman (Mannheim)
======
Russia
======
Subtractions
------------
Nikolai Khabibulin
Evgeni Nabokov (may be necessary to keep him, since he would've played and there
aren't any of Russia's replacement goalies in this game)
Danny Markov
Sergei Fedorov
Alexei Zhamnov
Valeri Bure
Maxim Sushinski
Additions
---------
Dmitri Kalinin (Buffalo Sabres)
*Dmitry Afanasenkov (Tampa Bay Lightning)
~Andrei Kovalenko (NOT IN GAME)~
~Alexander Ovechkin (NOT IN GAME)~
~Oleg Petrov (NOT IN GAME)~
~Maxim Sokoloff (NOT IN GAME)~
~Alexander Fomichev (NOT IN GAME)~
========
Slovakia
========
Subtractions
------------
Pavol Salingova
Ziggy Palffy
Peter Bondra
Michael Handzus
Ivan Majesky
Additions
---------
~Peter Budaj (NOT IN GAME)~
Martin Cibak (Tampa Bay Lightning)
*Rastislav Pavlikovsky (Leksand - Elitserien)
~Miroslav Hlinka (NOT IN GAME)~
~Ladislav Cierny (NOT IN GAME)~
======
Sweden
======
Subtractions
------------
Johan Hedberg
Additions
---------
*Henrik Ludqvist (Frolunda - Elitserien)
===
USA
===
Subtractions
------------
Mathieu Schneider
Jordan Leopold
Darian Hatcher
Jeremy Roenick
Additions
---------
*John-Michael Liles (Colorado Avalanche)
Paul Martin (New Jersey Devils)
Eric Weinrich (St. Louis Blues)
Scott Gomez (New Jersey Devils)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Section 5: Roster Updates - Elite Leagues [5RE]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following is a list of NHL players who have agreed to play in the elite
leagues during the lockout.
Note: Additions after version 1.1 (initial release of lockout rosters) will
be below each league's list, and will be separated in each version by a line of
plus signs
Also note the following subtractions from these lists (for people who used the
version 1.1 lists):
JOHAN HOLMQVIST (Brynas Elitserien) signed a non-lockout deal for the entire
year. This transaction is now in the NHL section, not here.
PASI NURMINEN left Pelicans SM-Liiga
RYAN MALONE left Blues SM-Liiga
JANNE NIINIMAA left Karpat SM-Liiga
MAGNUS ARVEDSON (Farjestad Elitserien) retired
+++++++++++++++++++++
Ver 1.3 subtractions/moves
TYLER ARNASON left Brynas (Elitserien)
JOSEF BOUMEDIENNE moved from Brynas (Elitserien) to Karpat (SM-Liiga)
JANNE NIINIMAA signed with Malmo (Elitserien) after leaving Karpat(SM-Liiga)
+++++++++++++++++++++
Ver 1.4 subtractions/moves
BRYAN MCCABE left HV 71 (Elitserien)
BRIAN BOUCHER left HV 71 (Elitserien)
ERIC BOGUNIECKI left Nurenberg (DEL)
JOHN MADDEN left HIFK (SM-Liiga)
KRYS KOLANOS moves from JYP to Espoo (both SM-Liiga)
MICHAEL NYLANDER left Karpat (SM-Liiga)
MIKE COMRIE left Farjestad (Elitserien)
Reports are that JANNE NIINIMAA has switched BACK to Karpat (SM-Liiga) from
Malmo (Elitserien). I wish he'd pick a league and stay there, because this
is getting ridiculous.
JOHN-MICHAEL LILES moves from Kassel to Iserholn (both DEL)
I removed ANDREW RAYCROFT from the list (was supposed to head to Djurgarden),
simply because there was talk of him heading over and it hasn't seemed to
materialize.
++++++++++++++++++++++
Ver 1.5 subtractions/moves
MARIAN GABORIK left Farjestad (Elitserien) to return to the Slovakian league.
KRISTIAN HUSELIUS and HENRIK TALLINDER (Linkoping) were released after a legal
incident involving a woman who alleges the players sexually assaulted her.
OLLI JOKINEN left Sodertalje to return to HIFK in Finland, where he started
the season.
BRYAN MUIR moved from MoDo (Elitserien) to Blues (SM-Liiga)
JANNE NIINIMAA's move to Karpat is confirmed. Niinima has appeared in each
and every one of these update sections.
TOMMY SALO retired
KIMMO TIMONEN moved from Brynas to KaiPa in Finland. KaiPa is not in this game.
DEL
===
Andy McDonald (Anaheim) - Ingolstadt
Jochen Hecht (Buffalo) - Mannheim
Andy Delmore (Free Agent) - Mannheim
Steve Passmore (Free Agent) - Mannheim
Stephane Robidas (Chicago) - Frankfurt
Mike York (Edmonton) - Iserholn
Christobal Huet (Montreal) - Mannheim
Sven Butenschon (NY Islanders) - Mannheim
Marco Sturm (San Jose) - Ingolstadt
Craig Johnson (Free Agent) - Hamberg
Nick Schultz (Minnesota) - Kassel
Jim Dowd (Free Agent) - Hamberg
+++++++++++++++++
Ver 1.2
Paul Mara (Phoenix) - Hannover
+++++++++++++++++
Ver 1.3
Herbert Vasilijevs (Latvian team [ex-NHLer]) - Nurnberg
Daniel Corso (Free Agent) - Kassel
Corey Hirsch (Timra - Elitserien) - Kassel
Tom Preissing (San Jose) - Krefeld
+++++++++++++++++
Ver 1.4
John-Michael Liles (Colorado) - Iserholn
++++++++++++++++++
Ver 1.5
Kevyin Adams (Carolina) - Dusseldorf
Nathan Dempsey (Los Angeles) - Berlin
Jean-Sebastien Gigeure (Anaheim) - Hamburg
Olaf Kolzig (Washington) - Berlin
Jamie Langenbrunner (New Jersey) - Ingolstadt
Aaron Ward (Carolina) - Ingolstadt
Doug Weight (St. Louis) - Frankfurt
SM-Liiga
========
Ville Neiminen (Calgary) - Tappara
Lasse Kukkonen (Chicago) - Karpat
Riku Hahl (Colorado) - HPK
Esa Pirnes (Los Angeles) - Lukko
Jarkko Ruutu (Vancouver) - HIFK
Jani Rita (Edmonton) - HPK
Marek Zidlicky (Nashville) - HIFK
Lasse Pirjeta (Pittsburgh) - HIFK
Duvie Westcott (Columbus) - JYP
++++++++++++++
Ver 1.2
Miikka Noronen (Buffalo) - HPK
Krys Kolanos (Phoenix) - Espoo
Tyler Bouck (Vancouver) - TPS Turku
Saku Koivu (Montreal) - TPS Turku
Patrick Stefan (Atlanta) - Tappara
Jason Williams (Detroit) - Assat
Brian Campbell (Buffalo) - Jokerit
Dwayne Roloson (Minnesota) - Lukko
+++++++++++++++
Ver 1.3
Josh Holden (Free Agent) - HPK
Zdenek Blatny (Free Agent) - Pelicans
Josef Boumedienne (Washington) - Karpat
Hal Gill (Boston) - Lukko
Mark Recchi (Philadelphia) - TPS Turku
Ossi Vaananen (Colorado) - Jokerit
++++++++++++++++
Ver 1.4
Patrick Stefan (Atlanta) - Ilves Tampere
Tomas Vokoun (Nashville) - HIFK
Teemu Selanne (Free Agent) - Jokerit
Janne Niinimaa (NY Islanders) - Karpat
+++++++++++++++++
Ver 1.5
Olli Jokinen (Florida) - HIFK
Rostislav Klesla (Columbus) - HPK
Toni Lydman (Calgary) - HIFK
Brian Muir (Los Angeles) - Blues
Andrew Raycroft (Boston) - Tappara
Mike Ribeiro (Montreal) - Blues
Craig Rivet (Montreal) - TPS Turku
Jody Shelley (Columbus) - JYP
Elitserien
==========
Sami Pahlsson (Anaheim) - Frolunda
Daniel Tjarnqvist (Atlanta) - Djurgarden
P-J Axelsson (Boston) - Frolunda
Miika Kiprusoff (Calgary) - Timra
Justin Williams (Carolina) - Lulea
Niklas Wallin (Carolina) - Lulea
Mathias Tjarnqvist (Dallas) - Djurgarden
Sheldon Souray (Montreal) - Farjestad
Tomas Holmstrom (Detroit) - Lulea
Henrik Zetterberg (Detroit) - Timra
Mariusz Czerkawski (Free Agent) - Djurgarden
Mattias Weinhandl (NY Islanders) - MoDo
Mike Knuble (Philadelphia) - Linkopings
Tom Koivisto (Free Agent) - Frolunda
Nils Ekman (San Jose) - Djurgarden
Mats Sundin (Toronto) - Djurgarden
Aki Berg (Toronto) - Timra
Pierre Hedin (Toronto) - MoDo
Brendan Morrison (Vancouver) - Linkopings
Daniel Sedin (Vancouver) - MoDo
Henrik Sedin (Vancouver) - MoDo
Zdeno Chara (Ottawa) - Farjestad
Brett MacLean (Colorado) - Malmo
Sami Salo (Vancouver) - Frolunda
Niclas Havelid (Atlanta) - Sodertalje
Dick Tarnstrom (Pittsburgh) - Sodertalje
Michael Ryder (Montreal) - Leksand
Christian Backman (St. Louis) - Frolunda
Christan Berglund (Florida) - Farjestad
Marcus Nilson (Calgary) - Djurgarden
Fredrik Modin (Tampa Bay) - Timra
+++++++++++++++
Ver 1.2
Chris Phillips (Ottawa) - Brynas
Anders Eriksson (Calgary) - HV 71
Mikael Samuelsson (Free Agent) - Sodertalje
+++++++++++++++
Ver 1.3
Daniel Alfredsson (Ottawa) - Frolunda
Francis Boullion (Montreal) - Leksand
Dan Boyle (Tampa Bay) - Djurgarden
Janne Niinimaa (NY Islanders) - Malmo (may have left team for Karpat. See above)
+++++++++++++++
Ver 1.4
Jose Theodore (Montreal) - Djurgarden
Manny Fernandez (Minnesota) - Lulea
Pasi Nurminen (Atlanta) - Malmo
Markus Naslund (Vancouver) - MoDo
Mattias Timander (Philadelphia) - MoDo
Adrian Aucoin (Ny Islanders) - MoDo
Jonathan Cheechoo (San Jose) - HV 71
Dan Hinote (Colorado) - MoDo
Manny Malhotra (Columbus) - HV 71
++++++++++++++++
Ver 1.5
Marc-Andre Bergeron (Edmonton) - Brynas
Kyle Calder (Chicago) - Sodertalje
Frantisek Kaberle (Carolina) - MoDo
Shawn McEachern (Atlanta) - Malmo
Ronald Petrovicky (Atlanta) - Brynas
Branko Radivojevic (Philadelphia) - Lulea
Radovan Somik (Philadelphia) - Malmo
Scott Thornton (San Jose) - Sodertalje
Vesa Toskala (San Jose) - HV 71
2004 NHL Draft Picks
====================
The following is a list of the players on the three elite league teams that
were chosen in the 2004 NHL entry draft in Carolina. The list is in draft order
For the purposes of this list, the name of the elite league team is listed in
brackets. After the team name will be a dash, followed by a single letter
representing the league. The code is as follows:
F = SM-Liiga
G = DEL
S = Elitserien
Lauri Tukonen (Blues - F) Drafted 11th overall by Los Angeles
Petteri Nokalainen (SaiPa - F) Drafted 16th by NY Islanders
Johannes Salmonsson (Djurgarden - S) Drafted 31st by Pittsburgh
Johan Fransson (Lulea - F) Drafted 34th by Dallas
Carl Soderberg (Malmo - S) Drafted 49th by St. Louis
Sami Lepisto (Jokerit - F) Drafted 66th by Washington
Thomas Greiss (Koln - G) Drafted 94th by San Jose
Johan Franzen (Linkopings - S) Drafted 97th by Detroit
Janne Niiskala (Lukko - F) Drafted 147th by Nashville
Petri Kontiola (Tappara - F) Drafted 196th by Chicago
Pekka Rinne (Karpat - F) Drafted 258th by Nashville
Valtteri Teukanen (JYP - F) Drafted 264th by Los Angeles
Janne Pesonen (Karpat - F) Drafted 269th by Anaheim
Bjorn Bjurling (Djurgarden - F) Drafted 274th by Edmonton
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Section 6: Themed Custom Teams [6CT]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1) Winnipeg Jets
Theme: This team represents the last year of the Winnepeg Jets in 1995-96.
Since there are not enough players in the game from that specific Jets team,
this roster also includes players from the 1994-95 Jets roster, and from the
1996-97 Coyotes Roster in order to fill it out.
Roster
------
Murray Baron (Free Agent)
Shane Doan (Phoenix)
Jason Doig (Washington)
Tie Domi (Toronto)
Dallas Drake (St. Louis)
Mike Eastwood (Pittsburgh)
Jeff Finley (Free Agent)
Michael Grosek (Free Agent)
Travis Hansen (Free Agent)
Nikolai Khabibulin (Tampa Bay)
Chad Kilger (Toronto)
Igor Korolev (Free Agent/Russia)
Jim McKenzie (Nashville)
Teppo Numminen (Free Agent)
Deron Quint (Free Agent)
Stephan Quintal (Los Angeles)
Teemu Selanne (Free Agent)
Keith Tkachuk (St. Louis)
Igor Ulanov (Edmonton)
Alexei Zhamnov (Free Agent)
Darryl Shannon (Berlin - DEL)
Scott Langkow (Assat - SM-Liiga)
Mike Stapleton (Tappara - SM-Liiga)
Yuha Ylonen (Blues - SM-Liiga)
Oleg Tverdovsky (Russian National Team)
2) Quebec Nordiques
Theme: Similar to the Jets team, this represents the last year of the Quebec
Nordiques in 1994-95. It also has players from the 1993-94 and 1995-96 seasons
Roster
------
Adam Deadmarsh (Free Agent)
Adam Foote (Colorado)
Peter Forsberg (MoDo - Elitserien)
Martin Gelinas (Calgary)
Dave Karpa (Free Agent/Russia)
Mike Keane (Free Agent)
Jon Klemm (Dallas)
Claude Lapointe (Philadelphia)
Sylvain Lefebvre (Free Agent)
Curtis Leschyshyn (Free Agent)
Aaron Miller (Los Angeles)
Owen Nolan (Toronto)
Sandis Ozolinsh (Anaheim)
Mike Ricci (Phoenix)
Martin Rucinsky (Free Agent)
Joe Sakic (Colorado)
Chris Simon (Calgary)
John Slaney (Philadelphia)
Garth Snow (Free Agent/Russia)
Mats Sundin (Toronto)
Jocelyn Thibault (Chicago)
Stephane Yelle (Calgary)
Dwayne Norris (Frankfurt - DEL)
Rene Corbet (Mannheim - DEL)
Anders Myrvold (Free Agent)
3) Halifax Hurricanes (Submitted by Kyle Abbott)
Theme: This team is made of players from the atlantic provinces of Canada.
Unfortunately, there are no atlantic born goalies in the game, so Byron Dafoe,
of British origin, is a sort of "fill-in" starter, and you'll have to choose
a back-up on your own.
Roster
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Dennis Bonvie (Colorado)
Eric Boulton (Buffalo)
Daniel Cleary (Phoenix)
Doug Douell (Phoenix)
Harold Druken (Toronto)
Gordie Dwyer (Carolina)
Ryan Flinn (Los Angles)
Jason King (Vancouver)
Darren Langdon (New Jersey)
COry Larose (Atlanta)
David Ling (Toronto)
Craig MacDonald (Calgary/Carolina [signed with Lowell, could go to either team])
Jason MacDonald (Toronto)
Don MacLean (Blues - SM-Liiga)
Jason Morgan (Chicago)
Glenn Murray (Boston)
Dwayne Norris (Frankfurt - DEL)
Steve Ott (Dallas)
Scott Pellerin (Free Agent)
Brad Richards (Tampa Bay)
Michael Ryder (Montreal)
Jon Sim (Phoenix)
Brad Brown (Buffalo)
Aaron Johnson (Columbus)
Randy Jones (Philadelphia)
Al MacInnis (Free Agent)
Jeffrey John MacLeod (Kassel - DEL)
Dean Melanson (Iserholn - DEL)
John Slaney (Philadelphia)
Don Sweeney (Dallas)
Derrick Walser (Columbus)
Colin White (New Jersey)
Byron Dafoe (Free Agent)
*Backup Goalie of choice*
4) Davos Swiss Stars
Theme: This team is made of players that have agreed to play in the Swiss
Elite League during the NHL lockout, or for the entire 2004-05 season. Some
players may have moved from the league after the point that this roster was
created. I will not be keeping track of those moves here.
Roster
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David Aebischer (Colorado)
Derek Armstrong (Los Angeles)
Georges Bezina (Free Agent)
Patrick Boileau (Free Agent)
Daniel Briere (Buffalo) *I think his deal might have expired, I don't know if
he returned to North America or was able to remain in Switzerland
Patrice Brisebois (Montreal)
Chris Clark (Calgary) *signed a 3 game contract only
Tim Connolly (Buffalo)
Kris Draper (Detroit)
Mike Fisher (Ottawa)
Martin Gelinas (Calgary)
Martin Gerber (Carolina)
Michael Grosek (Free Agent)
Niklas Hagman (Florida)
Jeff Halpern (Washington) *his deal is only until January
Rick Nash (Columbus)
Dany Heatley (Atlanta)
Andreas Johansson (Free Agent)
Kim Johnsson (Philadelphia)
Niko Kapanen (Dallas)
Robert Petrovicky (Atlanta)
Marc Savard (Atlanta)
Alex Tanguay (Colorado)
Joe Thornton (Boston)
Kimmo Timonen (Nashville) *only a temporary move
Rob Zamuner (Free Agent)
Julian Vauclair (Ottawa)
Marc Lamothe (Free Agent) - full season deal
Paul Martin (New Jersey)
5) Moscow Red Army
Theme: This team is made of players who have signed lockout deals to play in
the Russian Super League. There are more than 40 players signed to RSL deals
as listed on Eurohockey.net, so I've done my best to pick out a team that is
fairly balnced across positions and will be fun to play.
Some players may have moved from the league after the point that this roster was
created. I will not be keeping track of those moves here.
Roster
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Maxim Afinogenov (Buffalo)
Nik Antropov (Toronto)
Denis Arkhipov (Nashville)
Artem Chubarov (Vancouver)
Alexei Semenov (Edmonton)
Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit)
Tomas Zizka (Los Angles)
Sergei Gonchar (Boston)
Andrei Zyuzin (Minnesota)
Dmitri Kalinin (Buffalo)
Darius Kasparitis (NY Rangers)
Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta)
Alexei Kovalev (Free Agent)
Viktor Kozlov (New Jersey)
Slava Kozlov (Atlanta)
Maxim Kuznetsov (Los Angeles)
Oleg Kvasha (NY Islanders)
Vincent Lecavalier (Tampa Bay)
Jussi Markkanen (Edmonton)
Andrei Markov (Montreal)
Aleksey Morozov (Pittsburgh) *full year deal
Anton Volchenkov (Ottawa)
Alexander Frolov (Los Angeles)
Karel Rachunek (NY Rangers)
Brad Richards (Tampa Bay)
Kirill Safronov (Nashville)
Oleg Saprykin (Phoenix)
Garth Snow (Free Agent)
Vitali Vishnevski (Anaheim)
Danius Zubrus (Washington)
Dmitri Afanasenkov (Tampa Bay)
Fred Brathwaite (Free Agent)
Alexander Korolyuk (San Jose)
Alexander Semin (Washington) *full year deal
Nikolai Zherdev (Columbus)
6) Helsinki Ravens
Theme: This is the Finnish "all-prospect" team. It is made of players that
have been drafted by NHL clubs, and are still developing in SM-Liiga in
Finland. This does not include players that have played in the NHL or AHL
after being drafted, and have since returned to SM-Liiga for the lockout.
Make sure that when you create this team, that you set their arena as
Hartwall Areena, the actual Finnish venue from the World Cup that is located
in Helsinki. Sure it won't make a difference because the real arena name
isn't used, but accuracy has to count for something. The prospect list
is pulled from an old article that was posted on Hockeysfuture.com about
Finnish prospects. Plus, for kicks I threw in Pierre-Claude Drouin, not a
prospect by any stretch, but he recently competed on the CBC produced
hockey reality show "Making the Cut". He didn't come even close to the final
set of players, but hey, none of them can say they're in a video game... well,
that and the fact that I could only find 3 centers out of all the players
on the prospect list, and I didn't want to have to bring Jesse Niinimaki
into this since he's playing in Edmonton (AHL) right now.
Also of note is that I felt that I should have all teams evenly represented,
so I limited selections to no more than two skaters per NHL teams. extra
prospects from each team were allowed in the case of goalies
Roster
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Janne Pesonen (Karpat) - Anaheim prospect
Joonas Vihko (HIFK) - Anaheim
Jaakko Harikkala (Lukko) - Boston
Tuukka Makela (HPK) - Boston
Jyri Marttinen (JYP) - Calgary
Tomi Maki (Jokerit) - Calgary
Tommi Jaminki (Ilves) - Chicago
Teemu Jaaskelainen (Ilves) - Chicago
Olli Malmivaara (SaiPa) - Chicago
Jussi Jokinen (Karpat) - Dallas
Tuomas Mikkonen (JYP) - Dallas
Valtteri Filppula (Jokerit) - Detroit
Topi Jaakola (Karpat) - Florida
Toni Koivisto (Lukko) - Florida
Lauri Tukonen (Blues) - Los Angeles
Henrik Juntunen (Karpat) - Los Angeles
Oskari Korpikari (Karpat) - Montreal
Daniel Widing (Pelicans) - Nashville
Teemu Laine (Jokerit) - New Jersey
Petteri Nokelainen (SaiPa) - New York Islanders
Juha-Pekka Ketola (Assat) - New York Islanders
Jarkko Immonen (JYP) - New York Rangers
Sami Venalainen (Tappara) - Phoenix
Tero Maatta (Blues) - San Jose
Markus Seikola (TPS) - Toronto
Sami Lepisto (Jokerit) - Washington
Joni Puurula (HPK) - Montreal
Teemu Lassila (TPS) - Nashville
Pekka Rinne (Karpat) - Nashville
Pierre-Claude Drouin (Jokerit) - "Making the Cut" training camp attendee
7) Stockholm Warriors
Theme: the Elitserien "all-prospect" team. This team has players that are
NHL prospects playing in the Elitserien this season. The list of players is
courtsey Eliteprospects.com.
Players that have participated in leagues outside of Europe (NHL, AHL, etc) are
not eligible regardless of whether the league was professional or amateur.
Players older than 25 are also not eligible. As with the Finnish team, I am
limited the number of forward/defence prospects to two per team so that I can
take from as many teams as possible. Decisions on which two prospects make it
depend on the needs of the custom team's roster. Regardless, this team still
managed to be packed with centers and very few wingers, to the point that I
started excluding available prospects simply because I didn't need to have
yet another center on the roster (so long as the team was represented in by
at least one other prospect)
Roster
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Bjorn Melin (HV 71) - Anaheim prospect
Tobias Enstrom (MoDo) - Atlanta
Lars Jonsson (Leksand) - Boston
Jonas Frogren (Farjestad) - Calgary
Magnus Kahnberg (Frolunda) - Carolina
Jonas Nordquist (Lulea) - Chicago
Mattias Wennerberg (MoDo) - Chicago
Linus Videll (Sodertalje) - Colorado
Joakim Lindstrom (MoDo) - Columbus
Loui Eriksson (Frolunda) - Dallas
Joel Lundqvist (Froluna) - Dallas
Johan Berggren (Sodertalje) - Detroit
Jonathan Ericsson (Sodertalje) - Detroit
Stefan Liv (HV 71) - Detroit
Bjorn Bjurling (Djurgarden) - Edmonton
Jonas Almtorp (MoDo) - Edmonton
Fredrik Johansson (Frolunda) - Edmonton
Jens Karlsson (Frolunda) - Los Angeles
Nicklas Eckerblom (Djurgarden) - Minnesota
Henrik Lundqvist (Frolinda) - New York Rangers
Johan Bjork (Malmo) - Ottawa
Mattias Karlsson (Brynas) - Ottawa
Johannes Salmonsson (Djurgarden) - Pittsburgh
Daniel Fernholm (Djurgarden) - Pittsburgh
Alexander Hult (Djurgarden) - San Jose
Carl Soderberg (Malmo) - St. Louis
Alexander Steen (Frolunda) - Toronto
Nicklas Danielsson (Brynas) - Vancouver
Andreas Valdix (Malmo) - Washington
8) Landshut Demons
Theme: The German version of the "all-prospect" team was a little more difficult
to put together, since there are so few actual NHL prospects in the DEL right
now. Thus, I have made a team of the best young DEL players according to some
sources at HockeysFuture.com. This team will also include (where applicable)
members of Germany's World Junior Championships team that is participating
this holiday season in Grand Forks, North Dakota. For kicks I also included
Francois Fortier and George Zajankala. These two players also competed in CBC's
"Making the Cut". Neither is a prospect, but Fortier led the MTC "camp" in
scoring, and was one of the last cuts.
Roster:
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Kai Hospelt (Koln) - Drafted by San Jose. WJC team member
Markus Kink (Koln) - went undrafted last year, highly regarded in German circles
Edward Lewandowski (Koln) - Drafted by Phoenix.
Christoph Ullmann (Mannheim) - Undrafted, but is still young and improving
Mirko Ludemann (Koln) - well over-age for the draft, but considered NHL-ready.
Stefan Schauer (Nurnberg) - Drafted by Ottawa
Fabio Carciola (Mannheim) - solid talent at 19, WJC team member, could be taken
Robert Muller (Krefeld) - Drafted by Washington. Played backup at World Cup
Danny Aus Den Birken (Mannheim) - Passed over last year. good young goalie
Daniel Kreutzer (Dusseldorf) - late-blooming gritty scorer, plays on nat'l team
Marco Schutz (Mannheim) - playing on German WJC team.
Oliver Jonas (Berlin) - 3rd string on World Cup, played NCAA at Harvard.
Florian Busch (Berlin) - CSS ranked for 2004 draft, but passed over. only 19
Martin Walter (Hamburg) - 21 year old D-man with some decent upside.
Alexander Sulzer (Dusseldorf) - Drafted by Nashville
Thomas Greiss (Koln) - Drafted by San Jose. Starter for Germans at WJC
Frank Hordler (Berlin) - WJC team. Highly touted by hockeysfuture.com
Moritz Muller (Koln) - WJC team. young possible draftee
Michael Hackert (Frankfurt) - untapped potential as a poor-man's Jochen Hecht
Felix Petermann (Nurnberg) - was Hockeysfuture.com's 9th ranked German prospect
Tobias Draxinger (Berlin) - WJC team member
Markus Koch (Mannheim) - WJC team member
Andre Rankel (Berlin) - WJC team member
Jens Baxmann (Berlin) - WJC team member
Francois Fortier (Augsburg) - Competed on CBC's "Making the Cut"
George Zajankala (Hamburg) - Competed on CBC's "Making the Cut"
9) Capital City YoungStars
Theme: This is the NHL's "all-prospect" team, meant to serve as a counterpoint
to the three Elite League versions. players were only eligible for this team
if they were on their club's roster in the game (including players that moved
to the team as part of a REAL transaction, like Jesse Niinimaki or Mikko Koivu,
but not players that I moved over by my own choice, like Alexander Steen.)
The team was limited to no more than two players per NHL team, and each of the
30 NHL clubs had to be represented by at least one player.
Included below the roster is a "sideboard" of eligible players that did not make
my initial team, usually due to the depth at their position, and the presence of
another prospect for the same NHL team that plays a position that is less
crowded.
Players are declared inleligible if they have "graduated" according to the
criteria of Hockeysfuture.com, with exceptions going to a small minority of
players that were needed on the team to represent their NHL clubs (those players
are noted with a star next to their name on the roster). Players that do not
appear on the Hockey's Future lists at all (even in the graduated category) are
not eligible under any circumstances. The list of ineligible players is too long
to write out here, but if you find an established NHL youngster missing, chances
are it's because he's graduated according to HF, or that he's just too good for
the team.
IF YOU DO WANT TO E-MAIL ME ABOUT A POSSIBLE PROSPECT, PLEASE CHECK THE HOCKEY'S
FUTURE WEBSITE TO SEE IF THE PLAYER IS LISTED AS A PROSPECT FOR THEIR CLUB
Roster
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Chris Kunitz (Anaheim)
Kari Lehtonen (Atlanta)
Brad Boyes (Boston)
Derek Roy (Buffalo)
Matt Lombardi (Calgary)*Graduated, but no Calgary prospects were available.
Brad Fast (Carolina)
Lasse Kukkonen (Chicago)
Marek Svatos (Colorado)
Nikolai Zherdev (Columbus)
Trevor Daley (Dallas)
Niklas Kronwall (Detroit)
Doug Lynch (Edmonton)
Nathan Horton (Florida)
Noah Clarke (Los Angeles)
Zbynek Michalek (Minnesota)
Chris Higgins (Montreal)
Timofei Shishkanov (Nashville)
Ari Ahonen (New Jersey)
Josef Balej (NY Rangers)
Sean Bergenheim (NY Islanders)
Antoine Vermette (Ottawa)
Antero Niittymaki (Phialdelphia)
Fredrik Sjostrom (Phoenix)
Andy Chiodo (Pittsburgh)
Milan Michalek (San Jose)
Peter Senja (St. Louis)
Nikita Alexeev (Tampa Bay)*Graduated, but no TB prospects were available.
Kyle Wellwood (Toronto)
Ryan Kesler (Vancouver)
Alexander Semin (Washington)
Dennis Grebeshkov (Los Angeles)
Marcel Goc (San Jose)
Brent Burns (Minnesota)
Sideboard (this will not be the entire list of Hockeysfuture.com prospects that
did not make the main team. Only some of the ones that I had to make a decision
not to include due to positional depth, especially at the centre or goalie spots
or those requested by readers)
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Danny Fritsche (Columbus)
Jiri Hudler (Detroit)
Scottie Upshall (Nashville)
Jesse Niinimaki (Edmonton)
Mikko Koivu (Minnesota)
Alexander Auld (Vancouver)
Ilya Bryzgalov (Anaheim)
Dustin Brown (Los Angeles)
Christian Ehrhoff (San Jose)
Sergei Zinovjev (Boston)
Carlo Colaiacovo (Toronto)
Aleksander Suglobov (New Jersey)
Fedor Tjutin (NY Rangers)
Marc-Andre Fleury (Pittsburgh) *I felt he was too good for the regular team.
Steve Eminger (Washington)
Rastaslav Stana (Washington)
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Section 7: In Closing/Contact info/Legal stuff
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Well, this is the end of the guide. I hope this has helped you update your
rosters. I will admit that this guide took significantly longer to write than
my previous one (this was close to 10 hours of work compared to about 4 to
gather info and produce my Custom Team guide for NHL 2004.), but it should be
smooth sailing for a while, as teams won't change their rosters as long as the
lockout is in effect. The only changes that are likely to be made in the near
future are corrections and additions of missing info.
One of the things that took the longest to do during the update process was
finding and removing all the players EA added to the free agent listing. I know
that EA may have some egotistical need to put themselves and their buddies into
the game, but come on, did they have to use the free agent list? They should
know by now that one of the biggest requests gamers have for sports games is
realism. How realistic is it to have some game developers pop up in the middle
of a dynasty? I really think that if EA wants to include themselves in the next
game, they should either make it a hidden option (something that can be unlocked
and turned off and on), or they should put themselves on a separate roster so it
doesn't interfere with season or dynasty play.
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Contact info
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If you wish to contact me, my e-mail address is thenemesis15(at)shaw(dot)ca
(stupid address leechers force me to avoid the @ and . ). If you do so, please
make sure to put mention NHL 2005 or this FAQ in the subject bar, just so I
know it's not spam. You can contact me for any of the following reasons:
-If you have corrections or additions for this guide (which would really help,
since I know that I've likely screwed some of this up.)
-Questions regarding gameplay (except online features).
-General hockey talk.
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Legal stuff
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This guide is copyright 2004 Matt "The Nemesis15" Vignal. It may not be
reproduced, distributed or otherwise altered without my expressed written
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is may also be saved locally or printed for personal use. You may not earn any
profit from the use of my guide in any way. This document is protected by
international copyright law.
As of the most recent release of this document, only the following sites are
allowed to host this guide:
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I am in no way affiliated with GameFAQs, Jeff "CJayC" Veasy, Electronic Arts,
EA Sports, the NHL, NHLPA, DEL, SM-Liiga, Elitserien, the World Cup of Hockey
or any of their parent or subsidiary bodies. All opionins contained within are
solely my own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the above
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respective owners.
END OF GUIDE
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