Mustangs are back and stronger than ever. Some old faces, some new faces. This year is the year of the haircut.

Lets hope I still have my hair next September.

Here is what our roster is looking like so far, there will still be some changes forthcoming.

Defence:

Zach Bogosian $2.50
Henrik Tallinder $ .50
Robyn Regehr $ .50
Mike Komisarek $1.75
Jeff Finger $ .50
Martin Skoula $ .25 Free agent still negotiating
Brooks Orpik $ .50
Mike Mottau $ .25 Still in talks
Scott Hannan $ .50
Matt Greene $ .50
Josh Gorges $ .25
Anton Volchenkov $ 1.25


Forwards:

Chuck Kobasew $2.50
Dustin Byfuglien $3.50
Nik Antropov $2.00
Kyle Wellwood $3.25
Dustin Penner $ .75
Jason Blake $3.75
Sean Avery $ .75
Peter Prucha $ .50
Alex Tanguay $8.00
Daymond Langkhow $14.00
Saku Koivu $ 13.00
Thomas Steen $1.25
Maxim Afinogenov $2.75

We are also in negotiations with legend Mats Sundin, and we will make some moves to fit him in if he decides to play.


Goalies

Toronto $1.00

Prospects?

Here is the farm:

FARM TEAM
D JOSH GODFREY WSH ml $1.00 --- --- --- ---
D PIERRE HEDIN TOR ml $1.00 --- --- --- ---
D STEFAN KRONVALL TOR ml $0.25 --- --- --- ---

F JUSTIN ABDELKADER DET ml $0.25 --- --- --- ---
F MILAN BARTOVIC CHI ml $0.25 --- --- --- ---
F BLAIR BETTS NYR ml $0.25 --- --- --- ---
F LUCA CAPUTI PIT ml $2.00 --- --- --- ---
F CHRIS DIDOMENICO TOR ml $1.50 --- --- --- ---
F NATHAN GERBE BUF ml $2.00 --- --- --- ---
F DARREN HELM DET ml $0.50 --- --- --- ---
F SERGEI KOROSTIN DAL ml $1.00 --- --- --- ---
F JONUS NORDQVIST CHI ml $1.50 --- --- --- ---
F JUSTIN PAPINEAU FA ml $1.00 --- --- --- ---
F SCOTT PARSE LA ml $0.25 --- --- --- ---
F BRANDON REID VAN ml $2.00 --- --- --- ---
F WAYNE SIMMONDS LA ml $0.25 --- --- --- ---
F MIKHAIL STEFANOVICH TOR ml $1.00 --- --- --- ---
F BILL SWETTS CHI ml $0.50 --- --- --- ---
F JEREMY WILLIAMS TOR ml $0.50 --- --- --- ---
F LIAM REDDOX


There is a couple of good players there

Agree, but it's well past time to cut bait on Milan Bartovic.

True..There is a couple of guys there that have been out of hockey for a while. No real need to cut them unless I have picks that puts me at the limit.

could one of the mods please sticky this thread and unsticky the other.

thanks

can the magically delicious get stickied? lol

Bleak.

jealous?

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id...mp;blogger_id=6

He's like 5' 4'" and 140 lbs soaking wet right? When he runs into Chara, that's gonna hurt.

Whalers
Canadian Gothic
Ottawa Shortstackers
Steelheads
Greaseballs
Ingmen
Puck Warfare
Mustinks
PK Dealers
Purple Hearts
Ravag
Red Ravens
Underdogs
Screamin' Eagles
Shoot Loose
Magically Delicious
Swackers
Cheap Thieves
T Birds
The Big M

Oh it's there...just go look.

Wayne Simmonds is really good...Scored two goals last night and looks like he will stick with the team..

i am looking for 17 goals and 25 assists from him this year.

Belanger???

Thoughts

Simmonds has zero shot of getting on either of the top two lines, so more than 10 goals and more than 30 points will be a big reach for him. I would project him for the 4th line, personally, but he's a good player to be sure. Needs a trade to reach full potential, he just has too many young guys in his way to get the big minutes on LA...ever.

seem like a Brian Burke player..

Looks like Adam agrees

Your 2009-2010 Mustangs:

DEFENCE:

FREE AGENTS:

ZACH BOGOSIAN ATL $2.50 $2.50 $2.50 $2.50 $2.50(sign 5 years)
MATT GREENE LA $0.50 (1 year)
SCOTT HANNAN COL $0.50 (1 year)
BROOKS ORPIK PIT $0.50 (1 year)
MARTIN SKOULA MIN $0.25 (1 year)

Already under contract:

JEFF FINGER TOR 1 $0.50 -- -- -- --
MICHAEL KOMISAREK TOR 2 $1.75 $1.75 -- -- --
ROBYN REGEHR CGY 2 $0.50 $0.50 -- -- --
HENRIK TALLINDER BUF 3 $0.50 $0.50 $0.50 -- --

FORWARDS:

FREE AGENTS
DOMINIC MOORE $0.50 $0.50 $0.50 $0.50 $0.50 Sign 5 years
SAKU KOIVU ANA $13.00 Sign 1 year
DAYMOND LANGKOW CGY $14.00 Sign 1 year

Already Signed
ALEX TANGUAY Tbay 1 $8.00 -- -- -- --
PETER PRUCHA PHX 2 $0.50 $0.50 -- -- --
MAXIM AFINOGENOV BUF $2.75 $2.75 -- -- --
SEAN AVERY NYR 3 $0.75 $0.75 $0.75 -- --
F JASON BLAKE TOR 3 $3.75 $4.25 $4.75 -- --
F DUSTIN PENNER EDM 3 $0.75 $0.75 $0.75 -- --
F KYLE WELLWOOD VAN 3 $3.25 $3.75 $4.25 -- --
F ALEXANDER STEEN STL 3 $1.25 $1.25 $1.25 -- --
F NIK ANTROPOV ATL 4 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 --
F DUSTIN BYFUGLIEN CHI 4 $3.50 $4.25 $5.00 $5.75 --
F CHUCK KOBASEW BOS 4 $2.50 $2.50 $2.50 $2.50 --


GOALIES
G GOALIES-B TORONTO TOR $1.00 SIGN ONE YEAR
G GOALIES - A NEW JERSEY $6.75 SIGN ONE YEAR

Thats 23 players and 2 goalies signed for $71.75

I need one goalie for $1.75

Wow, Bogosian will be out before Christmas with a bad back from carrying the rest of those dmen on his back. Awful!

isn't 8 alot for alex tanguay?

It is too much but there are no other options really. The money is there to spend and it can't be carried over into the next season. Plus there will be no better players to be had for $8 at the free agent draft.

makes sense

Wow, I'm amazed that you think your team is on par with mine.



DEFENSE

Andrej Sekera - BUF - Sign for 5 years $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00
Marc Staal - NYR - Sign for 1 year $0.50
Matt Hunwick - BOS - Sign for 5 years $0.50 $0.50 $0.50 $0.50 $0.50
Kyle Cumiskey - COL - Sign for 1 year $0.75
Anton Strallman - CGY - Sign for 5 years $0.75 $0.75 $0.75 $0.75 $0.75
Kevin Klein - NAS - Sign for 5 years $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00 $1.00

Already Signed:
Matt Niskanen - DAL - $0.75 $0.75 $0.75 $0.75
Zbynek Michalek - PHO - $1.75 $2.00 $2.25


FORWARDS

Shawn Matthias - FLA - Sign for 1 year $1.25
Tomas Kopecky - CHI - Sign for 1 year $0.50
Patrik Berglund - STL - Sign for 5 years $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00 $2.00
Doug Weight - NYI - Sign for 1 year $9.00
Torrey Mitchell - SAN - Sign for 1 year $0.75
James Sheppard - MIN - Sign for 1 year $2.00
Bryan Little - ATL - Sign for 5 years $3.00 $3.50 $4.00 $4.50 $5.00
Dustin Boyd - CGY - Sign for 5 years $2.50 $2.50 $2.50 $2.50 $2.50
Andrew Ebbett - ANA - Sign for 5 years $1.25 $1.50 $1.75 $2.00 $2.25

Already Signed:
Matthew Lombardi - PHO $2.00 $2.25 $2.50
Mikael Samuelsson - VAN $0.50 $0.50 $0.50
Jussi Jokinen - CAR $0.50 $0.50 $0.50
Paul Stastny - COL $4.00 $4.50 $5.00
Ruslan Fedotenko - PIT $0.50
Guillaume Latendresse - MTL $2.00 $2.00 $2.00


GOALIES

Carolina Hurricanes B - Sign for 1 year $0.25

Already Signed:
Anaheim Ducks A $2.75 $3.25 $3.75
Philadelphia Flyers A $5.25

not on par..better.

Good news out of Mustangs camp is that recently re acquired Maxim Afinogenov is with Atlanta looking for a contract.

Its not the ideal location as I have Antropov, however its better than Russia.

Sign him.

More good news for the Mustangs. With Kessel officially out of Boston, Kobasew moves up the depth chart and should get top 6 forward minutes.

Mustangs Nation, we have lots of surprises for you this year..

We will entertain you and most importantly win a lot of games.

We have a party October 2, for all season ticket holders. Location will be emailed to all of you..

There will lots of food, booze and celebritites.

How did the draft go?

Did really well...I picked up Swedish sensation Viktor Stalberg.

Watch this one closely.

did his being a leaf effect you drafting him at all?

While it may have affected us a little, the guy is gonna be really good..And he isnt 18 like the rest of they yoyos that were drafted..He is NHL ready.

Mustangs Announcement:

The Mustangs have announce that Zach Bogosian will be the their captain. He was the interim captain after the veterans went down, and now the future and leader of the franchise will wear the captaincy for many years to come.

"Shad uragh em, yev goozem usel vor inch bedk illa bidi inem, ays mustang neroon hamar" said Bogosian from Atlanta.

With the season about the start, it's time for Mustang's World to bust out the fight song..



Ride High, You Mustangs,
Kick the frost out, burn the breeze
Ride High, You Mustangs
Those bow wows we'll knock to their knees
Hi! Ki! Yi!
Ride High, You Mustangs
Chin the moon and do it right
Ride High and cut a rusty
Fight! Fight! Fight!


http://www.gopoly.com/images/uploads/pages...stangs_2007.mp3

awesome..

Thanks buddy.

So I'm watching the 'Leafs/caps game tonight. Drawn in, as the casual fan that I am, by Ovetchkin, and he delivered in like a minute. And in the moments before the score, the announcers were talking about the Capital's coach, and how he coached in the AHL, and how he's "Earned the respect" of his team. Now, I am one who is a firm believer that coaching matters little.. that if you have great players, great talent, you're going to win, and rarely is a team where coaching makes a difference at all. So I was curious what you thought the importance of the hockey coach is serge, how much of a difference do you think they make? As a casual observer, I'd rank the sports, in order of coaching importance as 1) Football 2) Basketball 3) Hockey 4) Soccer 5) Baseball.

I'd probably rank hockey ahead of basketball, but really don't know anything about basketball.

I can't say anything about soccer because I don't know the sport. But if I had to rank them.

1) Football
2) Baseball
3) Basketball
4) Hockey

I ranked baseball ahead of the other two, because there's so many things the coach can control, such as which pitchers to use, which batters, when to intentional walk, when to steal a base, hit and run, putting the shift on. So many things.

I find basketball and hockey are more spur of the moment sports. Coaching is still a big part, but no where near as much as football and baseball. I rank basketball ahead of hockey, just because when coaches design plays for the end of the game, coaching in basketball is a lot more controlled in terms of the play.

I guess what I meant was VORC. ( Value over league average replacement coach). It seems to me the situations that you hit and run, intentionally walk, steal, shift are extremely basic and that few coaches would have advantages over any other coach. Hell, with the advancement of statistical analysis in the game, even when to pull a pitcher and what pitcher to replace him with could almost be automated.

It seems to me that coaches in basketball and hockey are constantly having to make replacements, judging who should or shouldn't be on the ice/floor, who should or shouldn't play with each other, for a night and for a season. And in basketball they have to design plays, and offensive/defensive philosophies, so you can actually see a big difference in the play between a team like D'antoni's Knicks, and Mike Brown's Cavs.

disaster.we lost to the worst team..

all the players i didnt put in scored..

ridonkilous

And don't forget that your A team lost to my B team for a prop bet.

FUnny thing is my B team would of beat your A team.

My A team scored 7.5 so I doubt it.

The Mustangs will be back...

Mustangs owner Serge Bogosyan will be attending the Leafs game tomorrow to have pre game chat with players Blake,Komisarek and Finger.

Good news for the Mustangs..The early season gamble of signing Dominic Moore has paid off...

We dont have any Panthers..So this works..

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=293843

Great signing for the Cats too. They all of a sudden have a little bit of forward depth.

Lineup for tomorrow, note that of the 11 spots 5 are Leafs...I love it

Jason Blake...Toronto....OT
Dustin Penner...Edmonton
Saku Koivu...Anaheim
Alex Tanguay...Tampa Bay
Daymond Langkhow...Calgary
Viktor Stalberg.....Toronto

Mike Komisarek..Toronto
Jeff Finger........Toronto
Robyn Regehr...Calgary
Matt Greene.....LA

Toronto Goalies

Mustangs trade:

Brooks Orpik

FOR

Willie Mitchell.

Finally got rid of the stiff

riding the pine

Things arent rosy in Mustang land...

There will be a bag skate this morning.

Once again I had more goals from my farm team then my starters.

Simmonds(gonna call him up soon) scored.

And Kronwall goal and assist...Shocking