Here is the roster of the mustangs heading into the Free Agent Draft....it is important to note that I have $41.50 available for only 4 players and 2 goalies....this is an unprecented amount of money for a team that has signed so many players...We are happy with our position going in..We are looking for a one big name defense(ie Lidstrom,Zubov..possibly Schneider at a cheaper price) and at least one of Sakic,Jagr and maybe even Sundin....Also we will look to sign a top end goalie like Dallas....

Defence Already Signed

Robyn Regehr...Calgary... $ .50
Martin Skoula....Minnesota..$4.25

Defence to be Signed

Scott Hannan.....Colorado...$ .50 1yr
Josh Gorges......Montreal $ .50 1yr
Brooks Orpik.....Pitts $ .50 1yr
David Tanabe....UFA $ .50 1yr


Forward Already Signed

Maxim Afinogenov....Buffalo $2.75 $2.75 $2.75 $2.75 4yr


Forwards to be Signed

Paul Kariya.......St Louis $13 1yr
Kyle Wellwood...Toronto $2.50 $2.75 $3.25 $3.75 $4.25 5yr
Dustin Penner....Edmonton $ .75 $ .75 $ .75 $. 75 $ .75 5yr
Brian Gionta......New Jersey $ 1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 5yr
Sean Avery......Rangers $ .75 $ .75 $ .75 $ .75 $ .75 5yr
Daniel Cleary....Detroit $ .25 1yr
Chuck Kobasew..Boston $ 2.00 1yr
David Krejci.......Boston $ .50 1yr
Maxim Lapierre...Montreal $ .50 1yr
David Moss.........Calgary $ .50 1yr
Maxim Talbot.......Pittsburgh $ .50 1yr
Blair Jones..........Tampa Bay $ .50 1yr

Goalie Signed

Colorado(A)..........................$3.75 1yr


Andy Delmore Atlanta...Place on Exempt $3.75...1yr

Buyout Keith Primeau from Exempt...loss of $ .50

Total Salaries $36 for 19 players...Total money available $77.50

Mustangs require 4 players and 2 goalies and have $41.50 available.

Man your defense is just scary good bro. Wowaweewa!!!! We might as well all pack it in guys, who can stop this powerhouse?

Yes did you see the part where I have F O R T Y O N E $$$$$$$ to spend

i dont understand why u can sign players to multi year contracts yet their salaries dont increase?

You guys need to raise their salary 10-20% each season (set amount) to make it a little more realistic.

Uhhhhh, we do!

http://www.alternativehockeyleague.com/RULES.htm

Depending on the ranking of the player the salaries do increase...Please read the rules and then you can see how realistic...Follow this link

http://www.alternativehockeyleague.com/RULES.htm#SALARYTABLE


in Kyle Wellwood's case as you can see his salary does increase...I got really luck that Brian Gionta had an off year and i was able to sign him to $1 across the board...

Once you read the rules you will see that the salary structure is great and realistic....

You certainly do have a lot of spending money at this point, not going to argue with you there.

yes in recent years my team has been bogged down with bad contracts...The only bad contract I have now is Martin Skoula at $4.25....Once i post my final roster that I will be going into the season with you guys will see a very competitive team...

Its my 3 year plan...Next year I will have even more spending money with essentially the same lineup...

Serge, when you say you have "an unprecedented amount to spend at the draft" do you mean you have the second most amount to spend at the draft? Ravag has more to money to spend.

and I am sure you will agree my signed players are better than Ravag

Your lineup is unprecedented.

The mustangs are primed and ready to enter tomorrow's free agent draft with a lot of cash and short list of players to choose from...There is a few teams with a lot of cash , but most of them are expansion teams....The top three players available are Mats Sundin, Joe Sakic and Jaromir Jagr. Among the defenseman the big 3 are Lidstrom, Zubov and Scneider...My goal is to grab at least two of these players...If i somehow end up with 3, it would be amazing. We are entering the second year of the 3 year plan and this will be a huge test for myself in the free agent draft.

I will report live from the draft tomorrow as to the progress of the Mustangs future.

The free agent draft didnt go as I planned however I did really well, and improved my team...

The way the draft went there was ton of money available and only three big name forwards to spend it on...Sakic,Jagr and Sundin....Sakic went first and i let it go and then Jagr I was outbid on...So I had to make a stand when Sundin came up and I overpaid for him however I had no choice...

The great part of the draft was I upgraded my goalie situation by picking up New Jersey and Detroit...adding to Colorado...

I also took a flyer on Scott Niedermayer...If he does play, I will have a premier dman for only $6 while others in his range went for $12-$18..

All in all I am pretty happy with my team..I will be posting my team as soon as its released later today....

A lot of people on the forum are brainwashed by Daniel's posts...In reality I believe my team is just as good....

With a top 6 forward unit of Sundin,Kariya,Gionta,Afinogenov,Penner,Wellwood/Kobasew/Avery....i will challenge anyone on any given night...

There is no doubt that Daniel has a lot of young talent and he is deep on forward, however for THIS year I will give him a solid run for the division title

How much did you spend on Sundin and how much did Jagr go for?

Serge came into the draft bragging about how much money he had to spend on free agents. He followed that up by paying an AHL record (I think, perhaps someone can confirm this) amount for the Hockey News 48th ranked played in the NHL....... How much was it Serge? 26 bucks??????? :D:D

Its almost like a poker question....Because the result cant be judged, the process is whats important..

I paid $27 for Sundin...Jagr went for less...However I HAD to pay that much for Sundin or else I would have all that money to spend and nobody to spend it on...One of the owners ran into this exact problem...he WASTED $18 because he stopped bidding on Jagr and Sakic and Sundin...The salary is irrevelant, the situation warranted me spending that much...If I dont spend $27 on Sundin, I would of had to spend the money on Fedorov as he was the next best forward available...

Yes even though I believe Sundin will have a better than average season(point a game for him) Jagr or even Sakic would of been the better pick...However I am very happy with who I got based on the circumstances that I had to deal with...

Yes i know since you work for the Hockey News , the Hockey news is the gospel...However ranking Sundin 48th is ludicrous...Here is Sundin's pt totals in his career with the Leafs..

47(strike shortened),83,94,74,83,73,74,80,72,75,78,76

Those numbers are eerie ....His Career numbers 1231 games played 1243 pts...In his whole career with the Leafs he has never had proven scorers in the prime of their careers like he has this year...He did play with Alex Mogilny, when Mogilny was at the end of his career...Due to popular belief, Sundin has not missed any significant time due to injury....he missed 12 games in 05-06 when he BROKE his wrist...He came back two weeks before the doctor's prediction...You will be hard pressed to find a more consistent player than Mats Sundin...A first ballot hall of famer....

We know how you like to talk..but lets see how sure you are...Here are two prop bets that you should take based on your comments...

Sundin will get 80 pts..
Sundin will be in the top 20 of league scoring(pts) for the regular season...

As always with these bets I ask for a minimum 70 games played clause....

Mustangs 2007-2008 Opening Night Roster

Defence

Robyn Regehr...Calgary
Martin Skoula....Minnesota
Scott Hannan.....Colorado
Petteri Nummelin...Minny
Brooks Orpik.......Pittsburgh
David Tanabe......UFA
Danny Markov.....UFA
Josh Gorges.....Montreal



Forwards


Mats Sundin....Toronto
Paul Kariya.....St Louis
Brian Gionta....New Jersey
Dustin Penner...Edmonton
Maxim Afinogenov...Buffalo
Sean Avery...........Rangers
Radek Bonk..........Nashville
Daniel Cleary.......Detroit
Chuck Kobasew...Boston
Maxim Talbot...Pittsburgh
Blair Jones.........Tampa Bay
Pascal Dupuis......Minnesota
David Moss.........Calgary
Maxim Lapierre...Montreal(soon to be reserved)
Stephane Veilleux....Minnesota


Goalies

New Jersey
Detroit
Colorado


Reserve List

Scott Niedermayer...Anaheim...
Andy Wosniewski....Toronto

Kyle Wellwood.....Toronto
David Kresji.......Boston



As you can see my defence needs help...I am working on a couple of trades right now to add a defenceman or two...Also trying to add another big name forward up front...

Mustangs vs Shootloose...Lineups OCTOBER 4


MUSTANGS

Mats Sundin...Toronto...OT
Paul Kariya...St Louis
Brian Gionta..New Jersey
Dustin Penner...Edmonton
Sean Avery......Rangers
Stephane Veilleux...Minnesota

Robyn Regehr...Calgary
Martin Skoula...Minnesota
Petteri Nummelin..Minnesota
Scott Hannan...Colorado

New Jersey Goalies


Shootloose

Forwards
1.Martin Havlet(chi)-ot
2.Patrick Elias(nj)
3.Woltek Wolski(col)
4.Alex Steen(tor)
5.Tuomo Ruutu(chi)
6.Rusty Olesz(flo)

Defense
7.Kemmo Timonen(phi)
8.Joni Pitkanen(edm)
9.Ryan Suter(nas)
10.Andrew Hutchinson(nyr)

Goal
New Jersey

Mustangs get off to a 1-0 start as captain Mats Sundin leads them to victory...Brian Gionta also chipped in with a goal as the Mustangs beat Shoot Loose, who is favoured to win the conference this year..

Tonight the Mustangs are in tough as they go with a very bare lineup....

As expected the Mustangs lost last night...4-0....Blown out pretty much..Had no lineup, as well as no goalies..

Tonight we face division rival the Rug Rats with a full lineup and we catch a break as Rats star Sakic is not in the lineup...

Prediction...

Mustangs 5 Rats 2

Mustangs took one of the worst beats in AHL history last night...

Going into the Philadelphia Vancouver game the Mustangs are up by 2 goals and the Ghosts of Elvis have Mike Richards left....Richards had scored only 10 goals all year in 06/07.....He gets 2 assists and I am up by one still...Then he SCORES at the end of the second...Which is still ok and I am still winning in OT...

THEN HE PROCEEDS TO SCORE A SHORTHANDED GOAL WITH TWO MAN DOWN.....

This was just a sick way to lose a game....I dont know why this happens to me all the time.

Damn.. I would have won had I started Richards, oops! (?)

that was just a fun game to be involved in

In the FCHL, I had Vancouver Goalies in net, and still managed to be leading after having my home team give up 7 goals. Then, the above mentioned happened.

Mustangs vs Swackers this evening...Once again the schedule is not kind to us..Here is the lineup


Paul Kariya...St Louis...OT
Dustin Penner...Edmonton
Chuck Kobasew...Boston
Daniel Cleary....Detroit
David Moss.....Calgary
David Kresji....Boston

Chris Chelios...Detroit
Scott Hannan....Colorado
Robyn Regehr...Calgary
Empty

Detroit Goalies


SWACKERS

F Daymond Langkow, CAL (OT)
F Jay McClement, STL
F Martin Straka, NYR
F Jere Lehtinen, DAL
F Michal Handzus, LA
F EMPTY

D Sheldon Souray, EDM
D Jaroslav Modry, LA
D Mattais Ohlund, VAN
D Marek Malik, NYR

G NY Rangers

Ok..where to start...We are 1-5...However the Mustangs are not a 1-5 team..

Injuries have played a part in it with Wellwood and Avery out. However also slow starts from Gionta and Afinogenov have not helped either..My defence we knew going in would be bad, however they are obviously better than the numbers show..Also my goaltending took a couple of bad beats with a no goalie night and a 5 goal effort my New Jersey...

Signing Sundin has obviously looked good as he has more pts than Sakic and Jagr and is looking like a 100pt season is not out of the question..

Look for the Mustangs to bounce back..its only 6 games out of 82..I am not worried yet.

PRESS RELEASE

Mustangs owner Serge B has announced a press conference for Thursday morning at 9am. It is expected the Mustangs will make a major announcement regarding their team.

There is a lot of speculation on what Serge will announce, however team insiders are keeping very quite. Stay tuned this could be big.

Rumour in the hockey world is that serge will confirm his engagement to Yolanda Ballard..

as the beat writer covering the AHL , i might give you first crack at a sitdown interview after the conference...however there is a fee of $1000...If not there are 3 others interested..

Howard Berger
Bob Mckown
Andy Frost

you have till Thursday to decide.

Obviously a monster trade where the Mustangs ship out even more of their future.

you have to wait and see

My moneys on contraction and roster dispersal.

I'll pass.....

Oh, and Berger pay ANYTHING? never....
McCowan? Leaf hater that he is? Doubtful, especially if you spell his name wrong..
Andy Frost? Just talked to him this morning, he didn't seem to know who you were...

by the way here is a story that might interest you...About 10 years ago i won a very nice prize from the Hockey News.

I was one of the half season winners in their hockey pool and won a trip to Philadelphia all expenses paid to watch the Leafs play...On our flight there I happened to be sitting next to Howard Berger...He was an interesting man to talk to, and we got off the plane Jim Ralph was also there and it was like in high school the cool kid(ralph) ignoring the nerd(berger)...It was really funny...

by the way me winning that pool from the hockey news makes me officially up in all my fantasy hockey pools...the prize was worth probably about $1500...

Raising money for when you lose the $5k bet?

Press conference is on....rumours are that the owner Serge will make a "earth shattering" move or promise...

This can get interesting.

Wow...Maxime Talbot with his 4th goal...He has just made the top 6 of the Mustangs until further notice.

That seems kinda sad, as much as I like Mad Max.

Has scored 4 goals since he has gone with the FU MAN CHU mustache.

lool, true dat.

Mustangs would like to announce the addition of the following players to our squad..

Both forwards from the Anaheim Ducks...

Drew Miller
and
Petteri Wirtanen...

Mustangs release
Petteri Nummelin
Rory Fitzpatrick

MUSTANGS PRESS RELEASE

Mustangs owner Serge B made the following statement from his home in Pickering on Thursday morning.

"There has been a lot of speculation on the start of the season by the Mustangs. I am here to say that we are very happy with the current makeup of the team and we will not be making any wholesale changes. We are expecting one of our top players Kyle Wellwood back this week which will add a huge boost to our offense. We are looking to make some minor moves to add a defenceman however overall we are happy with our squad. Also I will GUARANTEE that the Mustangs will win their next 3 games in the schedule. This guarantee has never been done by another owner in professional sports. If the Mustangs dont win the next 3 games on the AHL schedule, I personally will issue an apology to every owner in the AHL, in writing(hand written). I will no longer boast about my team and will humbly accept the demise of my team. However if we win the next 3 games like I GUARANTEE the other owners will see how serious we are and should really be scared of this franchise."


Serge went onto ridicule the rest of the AHL and challenged them to step up their games.

Mustangs next 3 games:

Thursday, October 18th vs Bandits
Saturday, October 20th vs Canadian Gothic (Mustangs are 0-1 vs Gothic this season)
Tuesday, October 23rd vs Legend Killers

MUSTANGS GUARANTEED WIN NIGHT LEG 1


Mats Sundin...Toronto..OT
Brian Gionta...New Jersey
Dustin Penner....Edmonton
Chuck Kobasew...Boston
Daniel Clear......Detroit
David Moss......Calgary

Robyn Regehr...Calgary
Chris Chelios....Detroit
Andy Wozniewski...Toronto
Josh Gorges........Montreal

Detroit Goaltending

vs


Bandits(aka Blackdraft)


TRAVIS ZAJAC NJ OT
STEPHEN WEISS FLA
NICKLAS BACKSTROM WSH
JOE PAVELSKI SJ
PASCAL DUPRIS ATL (this player is being protested as it was an illegal pickup)
BOYD DEVEREAUX TOR

D
ANDY GREENE NJ
MIKE KOMESERIK MTL
RICHIE REGEHR CLG
ANTON VOLCHEENKOV OTT

G
WASHINGTON

You're in tough Serge. Dupuis isn't on the Bandits' roster, Devereaux is injured and Richie Regehr isn't with Calgary.

but somehow Washington will get a shutout and Detroit give up 7 goals to make it close..not worried about Leg 1 and Leg 2(againsts you)

Leg 3 Should be Wellwood's debut....

Mustangs Record after Guaranteed 3 wins..

4-5.....Better than the Gothic