 Yo, what's going on Leafrations, Leafr back again and welcome back to the channel today. We are here with another franchise mode and this one is a very interesting one and I'm excited to see how this one goes. We are going to see if my fantasy hockey team can win a Stanley Cup in one year. So we're going to go ahead and do this, hit in the franchise mode, hit in new and we're going to substitute a random team for my fantasy team, alright? So I'm interested to see how it is. My fantasy team this year isn't great. I believe at the moment I am 2-7. Let me go confirm. Yeah, so we are 2-7. I'm not having a great fantasy year, but I do think that my team is pretty darn good, man. Like, I don't know. I feel like I've just gotten unlucky. But GM Leafr is here to try and win with this team. So pretty much what we're going to do here, can you not substitute a team? You can. Okay, so what we're going to do here is we are going to just randomly hold down my left trigger and whenever I decide to stop, that is a team we are taking out for my team, alright? So we are going to stop now. So we are taking out the Edmonton Oilers. Sorry Conor McDavid, sorry Lee Andrai Settle, sorry Jack Campbell. Substitute in this team for my created team here, Leafr Nation, alright? So we are the Maple, wait no, hold on. There it is. Toronto Leafr Nation. There it is. Okay, so this is a team we will be taking over. We are in the Pacific Division. We are the highest rated team in this division, which could be good for us, it could be very good for us. So we're going to continue that there, okay? Owner mode off, CPU trades on, player morale off, Fog of War, I mean doesn't really matter. We'll turn it off for now. Head coach as it's lying, I'm going to turn off, salary cap we will keep on even though my team is over the league salary, okay? So rules and settings here, let's go to quick settings. We are going to do five minute periods, franchise mode length, we'll do 10, difficulty will be Superstar, trade difficulty doesn't really matter, we're not really making any trades but we'll put that on the highest I guess. And other than that, looks good to me, we will be keeping injuries on, no we'll take them off just because I don't have an AHL team to really ice. So injuries will be off and we will start the career with this team. We're going to keep the salary cap on even though my team isn't cap compliant, okay? I don't know how that's going to work out. Okay, so let's quickly look at this team, what kind of chemistry we have running, it's a good team, all right? Let's be honest with each other, it's a very good team, okay? So we got Lannis Gogh, Matthews Nishuskin, Kanakini, Zabinajad Hall, Bertuzzi, Kopp, Hyman, Bjorkstrom's not on my team but we got McKen and Bunting and then Defense Chitrin and Petrie Lilligren and Martinez, Brady Shea and Alexia if he's not on my team as well. And then Goaltending, we had Jake Odinger and Jack Campbell, who is scratched right now. All right, we also have Carter Hart as well, who's down in the minors that is on my team, no one really. So we got a couple players that are technically not on my team, all right? Unfortunately, that's just the way it is, I went power, like I went hard with Goaltending as you could see, Lannis Allmark is down in the minors, none of these guys make my actual team, okay? So the only players that aren't on my team, on my fans team are Borkstrom and Alexia, right? And I think I'm fine with that because they're lower overall. So we're gonna try to create some decent looking lines here. Give me a second, this team I think is gonna go the F off, let's be honest with each other. All right, so this is the team I will be running. We got a plus one on the first line with Lannis Gogh, Matthews and Kanakini. We got a plus two with Nishuskin, Zabinajad and Tyler Bertuzzi. We got a zero for Hall, Cop and Heimann, that's a right, and then we got a plus one for Bunting, McCann and Borkstrom, okay? Defensively, Chitron will be playing with Timothy Lilligren, plus one for them, a plus two for Petri and Martinez, and a zero for Brady Shea and Alexia. And then Annette, Jake Audinger is gonna be taking the crease with Jack Campbell backing them up, and then we got Allmark and the minors if things don't work out with them, okay? So, looks good to me. Do we have a coaching staff that is the question? We probably do, and we have a pretty decent coach that gets along with this team. So this team could definitely go deep in the playoffs, I think. Even though my fantasy record is two and seven, other than that, I think this team could go deep in an EA sports franchise mode, okay? So real quick, we're gonna decline and edit the blocks just to make sure we get no trades here. We're not making any trades. We can't make any trades, technically, because my team is the way it is, all right? We're gonna see if my fantasy team will do good in an EA sim. I think, personally, we'll, I'm gonna make a quick prediction. You guys make a prediction in the comment section down below to see how far you think this team will go. I am calling, I am calling conference finals with this team. I don't think we're gonna win a cup, but I still do think we will hit the conference finals, all right? We got a pretty weak division. We are the highest overall-rated team in our division right now, okay? So we're gonna take it a month at a time, keep up with everyone's staff, keep up with the team stats, and see how everyone does, all right? So let's simulate these days and see how, how this is gonna go, all right? We are 1-0-1-1. We have yet to lose in regulation, as I say that we lose in regulation. Two, oh my God, this team is losing games, all right, interesting, but we're winning some as well. First month, not how we wanted it to go, 3-5-1, Matthews with 7 points and 9 games. We are in fifth, so we are not far out of a playoff spot, but we are not doing great. Shake up the lines just a little bit, Matthews, this line is doing okay. Maybe we just shake it up a little bit. I don't know how we would shake it up. We get a minus one if we do that. I don't want Matthews playing there. Can we throw Taylor Hall there? We get a plus five on the second line. Kind of looks a little bit better. I could definitely be okay with that. I don't like Lannis Gogh on the third line. Maybe we throw him on the second line and have Ratoosie play on the third. Maybe try something like that defensively. Seems like they're doing okay. The second pairing, not doing great with the plus minuses. Maybe we just kind of change that up a little bit. Maybe throw someone up here. We get a plus one if we do that, get a plus two. I don't know if I really like that. Maybe we just keep the defense the same and hope for the best. Goal-tending-wise, Jake Audinger, 9-0-3, Jack Campbell at 8-92. With that being said, I kind of want to bring up Lannis Allmark because Jack Campbell, just like in real life, ain't doing great right now. So we even have Carter Hart scratched. Maybe we'll throw in Carter Hart before we bring in Lannis Allmark. I think that will be the fair play. Sorry, Jack Campbell, you're just not doing it. We need wins, obviously. So Carter Hart will come in. Jake Audinger is doing an A-OK job right now. Obviously could be better, all right? So first month, not really how we expected it to go. Hopefully the second month will be turned around. So far, it's not really looking like it, though, OK? So let's keep picking up these wins here. 3-0 win against Carolina, 2-0 loss against Florida, though. We need to get above 500 and just kind of start running away with it, which we are trying to do here. A little bit of a better month to be fair. We are 11-10-2, 6 in this division, which is just not great. But we're still running with these teams. We're not far behind them. Matthew's 22 points in 23 games. So he turned it up that month. Other than that, don't really know how to think of this. I don't know if there's really anything else we can change, to be honest, without getting a minus 1 in that first line for some reason. Matthews doesn't really like it here on this first line. He likes it better on the second line. Maybe we'll throw him on the second line, see how that works out. He gets a plus 2 there. Maybe we get a plus 3 for that first line. Throw Bertuzzi up there. Maybe throw Hall there. Maybe just try something out. I don't know. I'm trying to throw things at the wall, hoping it sticks with this team, because obviously we should be better than our record is saying, you know what I mean? So we'll send another month. 3-0 loss to start out, 2-1 shootout loss, and another loss, but we come back with a win. So a little losing streak there, which isn't great. This team has given up a lot of goals, which is not great, which kind of makes me think our goal tending isn't great, even though on paper it looks pretty good. We have a horrible record. 16, 17, and 5. We are almost dead last in this division, which is actually like the Kraken are doing better than us, which is actually just crazy to me. Matthew's not liking it on that line, so we'll change that back around, right? He's not liking it there. Defensively, it's not working out. We're just gonna go with that and hope that sticks. Maybe, okay, that's good there. Goal tending. I have a feeling this is where it's gonna go downhill. 9-0-8, 9-13 isn't bad. How's Omar doing down in the minors? 9-0-2, it's not like he's doing great in the minors. I kind of want to call him up and see what he does, but we'll keep it like that for now. Team's not doing great, all right? The team is not doing great. I kind of want to check some stats for this team here and just kind of show where we at, all right? So goals against per game, we are, we're not bad. We're not giving up a lot of goals. It could be better. Goals against per game, again, not bad. 2.74, goals four per game. We are not scoring, but like we're in the middle of the pack. So I don't know, this is interesting to me. I don't know what's wrong with this team right now. 16-17-5, we made some more line-up changes and hoping that that's gonna help us out. We need to make a push for these playoffs. I called the conference finals with this team and we're not even in a playoffs spot right now which is actually crazy to me, all right? So let's keep it going here. We're losing games, man. We're losing more games and we're winning and it's not good. It is not good at all. We need to get our shit together and just kind of start winning some hockey games which we are doing right now. 23-21 and six after what, four or five months. Still sitting in seventh in the Pacific, man, which is crazy. We're tied with the Canucks though. They do have a game in hand as well though. We're still in the race. We are still in the race, which is good. Matthew's not doing great, man. Like he's doing okay, but I don't know if he's not liking this first line. I don't know what it is, man. Zabinajad having a better year than he is. Maybe we gotta, hold on, all right. Let me see what we can do here. I think there's moves to be made here, okay? Hold on. All right, if I move McKen up there, we get a plus five on this line. We get a plus two here and a plus five there. I kind of like that. So Lannis Gog, Matthew's McKen. We got Konekni, Zabinajad, Bertuzzi, Hall, Cop, Nashuskin, Hyman, Bjorkström, and Bunting, not a fan of Bjorkström centering this fourth line, to be honest, with 74 face offs, but we'll figure it out. Power play, plus two, plus one. Can we get a plus five on here somehow? Surely there's gotta be a way. Okay, for the time being, that is what it is. We had a way better month here if we look back at that month real quick. We won them a little bit of a winning streak here. One, two, three, four, five game winning streak, which was huge. Hopefully we can do that again. We're gonna go another month and then the trade-down ends coming up. Obviously we're gonna be making no moves. So a five-one loss there, not ideal. A two-one-0-t loss, at least we got a point. We're on a four-game losing streak, so that five-game winning streak clearly meant nothing to this team. Can we try to maybe stack together some wins here and try to get a better record? We're 27, 27, and seven, sitting in sixth place in this division. It flabbergasted me how this team isn't doing great. Obviously, maybe it's our defense. Chitron's already up to an 81, man, that's crazy. Maybe, I don't know what it is, dude. I really don't know what it is. Is it our goal-tetting 908, 9-14? It's not great. Maybe we give Linus Allmark to call up. He's got a 9-22 up there. I think we're gonna call him up, all right? So let's go to roster moves. Hopefully no one claims them. This is my issue now. Let's call up Allmark. We gotta send someone down. It's gonna be Jack Campbell. He got claims by Seattle. That's the name of the game. Now, if we lose Allmark, that's gonna be something. We're good, all right? So, edit A-H-L lines, whatever we're gonna do best lines. I really don't care about the A-H-L, obviously. Not enough dress goalies. Okay, hold on here. Calvin Picard, and just bring in whoever, all right? Look at that. Easy to fix. We're gonna sit out Carter Hart. We're gonna throw in Linus Allmark and see what he can do in the A-H-L. And hopefully stop some pucks for us and help us win some games. I feel like that would be great, all right? I just wanna at least make the playoffs and see what we can do in the playoffs. I think that's a fair little statement there, all right? But we're losing games. We're gonna just keep current trade block. Continue sending. We don't even care about the deadline. It's not a big deal. I don't know what's happening. My game was frozen there for a bit, all right? Ryla Riley's off to Detroit. That was the big trade. Victor Mete, we're not gonna claim him, obviously. And let's keep it going here. Let's try to stack together some wins, which we were doing three game winning streak. Make it four. We take a loss there, but we get a win right back. That's good. Seattle, we went against the division rival. That's good. We're gathering some wins here. So this is good. Okay, hold on. Hold the phone here. Leaf for Nation. We just went on a one, two. Okay, we got a loss there. We went on, so before that loss against Ottawa, we were on a one, two, three, four game winning streak. After that, we were on a one, two, three, four, five, six, seven game winning streak. We are now 38, 30, and eight. We are currently sitting in second. So we are in a playoff spot, which is huge, but there are teams that are right behind us. A Kraken are a point behind us. A Sharks are a point behind us. Golden Night and Kings are two behind us. The Ducks are four behind us. So this is a close, very, very close race. We're gonna take it a game at a time, okay? Against the Ducks, six nothing loss. Not great. We are now down to fourth in our division. We play LA in the Ducks again. We lose against the Kings, which now sits us in fifth. Gotta win against the Ducks here. We get a four, three win. We are back up to third. We play the Sharks now in fourth place. We are tied, the Sharks are a point behind us. This is a big game. You wanna win this. We lose a three nothing, lovely. So the games that matter, we are not winning. We are in a wild card spot right now playing the abs, we're having a great season. We lose that six to three. And the Sharks, which we lose three. And I don't know if we've made the playoffs. I know we've not made the playoffs. Crazy that this team has not made the playoffs. Wow. I don't know what to say to that. I really don't know what to say to that. We just missed the playoffs. Wow. So clearly my two and seven fantasy team. Those are not to make the playoffs. I cannot believe that man, this team does not make the playoffs. Oh brother, oh brother. I don't really know what to say to that. How did he do this season? 9-11 save percentage, not great. Not bad obviously. Linus Allmark, how did he do for us? 9-19, four, three and one. We just couldn't win the games at the end of the season to help us make it into the playoffs. Sharks were one of the teams that were right with us and we ended up losing both games against them. Horrible stretch of hockey. I kind of want to try to see if we can win this again but honestly, it's a one year sim. And this is just kind of how it goes. So you know what, let's sim to the draft, let's see who ends up winning the Stanley Cup. I said this team could probably make the conference finals, they ended up not even making the playoffs. So yeah, I don't know, I don't know what it was. I thought we had a good enough team to win a cup or at least compete for a cup and we ended up just not making the playoffs. So the Stanley Cup champions are the Chicago Blackhawks, the Calder Champs are the Marlies. So the Hawks win in the cup. Maybe kind of shows you how this sim kind of went. Last time I checked in real life, the Blackhawks are kind of in a rebuild but they somehow won the cup. Interesting. So I kind of want to see how this playoff tree worked out. They won against the Keynes, which okay, I can respect obviously. Who did the Chicago Blackhawks have that they won the cup? All right, I'm not mad, I'm not mad. I just make it make sense a little bit. You know what I mean? So obviously Patty Kane, obviously Kershev, who was an 84, Anthony Ceu, Kays, Domi, Radish. I mean, they got a decent little team. Who was their goaltender? Peter Mrazik, an 81 overall goaltender, won the Stanley Cup. Okay, I don't know. I guess my fantasy team is worse than the Chicago Blackhawks right now. I don't know what to think of that. I'm kind of sad. I'm kind of a little bummed out that this team didn't do too well. Let's see if we won any trophies real quick. And then we will go from there. Obviously we didn't have a great year. I doubt we won any sort of trophy. Obviously we didn't win any team rewards. Our roster, Kane, Memorial going to McKinnon, Fox got the Norris, the Lady Bing went to Kane, Calder going to Wright, Kane getting the Consmythe, Vesna going to Markstrom, Jennings going to Markstrom, Bill Masterson in the White Cloud, Molly won the Jack Adams, Frank, Jay Selke going to Bergey, McKinnon to Ten Lidsy, the Rashard to Ranson in, Art Ross, and that's everything. All right, so this team's just a dud, man. I kind of want to try this again. If you guys want to see me try to win a Stanley Cup with my fantasy team once again, let me know in the comment section down below. But that is going to be it for today's video. If you guys did enjoy it, be sure to drop a like on it. If you guys are new around here, make sure to hit the subscribe button down below. We're on the road to 5,000 subscribers. We are less than two, or just over 200 subs away from 5,000 subscribers. 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