 Alright guys we are back with episode 2 of this GM mod if you guys missed last episode there will be a link in the description for the very first episode of this today. I think we're going to get through more than 2 months, you know a lot of last video was going through what we had setting up all the lines and all that good stuff so I think today we can maybe get done the first season so looking at the changes that may last episode if you guys missed it. I threw up Evgeny Malkin because he gave me plus 3 to this line with Eric Stahl and Jake Gensel so that's pretty big for these guys we got a 90 we got a 94 and we got a 87 here so and then plus ones on the second and third the fourth line could be better but it is what it is for now. Defense they all have plus one overall which is great and we're still trying to decide who's are starting goaltender. Tristan Jarvis played 13 games he has 8 wins he's a 9-0-5 safe percentage of 3-14 goals against with one shutout and then looking at Casey DeSmith 13 games played 5 wins 9-17 safe percentage of 2-4-2 goals against average so we ended off last month with Casey DeSmith ending it off we're gonna give Tristan Jarvis maybe the first couple weeks if not the month to see how he does here so we'll go ahead and start simming the first two weeks we'll see how he does a 4-1 L not great and then we get a 6-5 shootout win the Flyers want Brian Russ from us our division rivals no we will pass on that a nice little win streak here that's 1 2 3 4 5 game win streak so 18-10 and 2 we'll continue to roll with Tristan Jarvis for another for the rest of the month we'll play him for the whole month why not see how he does here 2-1 win 1-0 win a 6-4 L ooh a little losing streak there not the biggest fan of that but we end up the month pretty well we got one more game actually and when that's a 5-0 win there so we're 24 13 and 2 after three months I believe we are second into the Metro one or two points behind at the capitals they have a game in hand though the Islanders are three points behind us with a game in hand so pretty close race in the Metro but we're sitting second Jake Enso leading the team of 44 points in 39 games I just want to check in the plus three still there plus ones are still there beautiful I want to see if we get a plus one here somehow I doubt it I did want to see so they gave Casey to Smith he has two shutouts so I guess he played last game he had five wins at the start of the month he now has 12 he's a 9 10 state percentage a 2.51 goals against average with two shutouts Tristan Jarvis 21 games played 12 wins 5 or 899 state percentage 3.25 goals against average I'm not sure why they changed it for me when I have assistant coach lines off but we'll roll with it for now we're gonna sim another month here so I think we can get the season done here maybe actually we'll we'll sim up to the trade deadline and then we'll call it a video for this month or for this video so let's go with the this month here we are in a pretty bad losing streak we get a win there a lot of people want Brian rust we're not looking for draft picks we're looking to win we're buyers right now if we want to look at it that way brand Italian ever us no not a trade we're interested in severe we're not interested in a trade we're not interested guys and we end up the month okay I guess we're 28 19 and 3 I don't think we had the greatest month there again so 49 points of 50 games we're now in fourth so we did drop off big time there the islanders even have a bunch of games in hand on us they're just one actually but 59 points not bad we got the hurricanes right behind us be they're behind by 3 yeah I don't know what happened that month and again it's just looking at the gold tending like who's been playing I don't really know that's why I like 7 to 2 weeks at a time let's give Casey to Smith the star because he's just been playing great I kind of want to solidify him as a starter he's been doing pretty good but we'll go two weeks at a time here the trade deadline is coming upon us here so maybe maybe we're gonna have to sim pass the trade deadline as well in this video so we'll see what happens here not the greatest start to the month here with a bunch of L's 29 24 4 not good not good at all we were sitting outside a playoff spot by a ton of points to we're gonna try putting captain down to the third line here see if that'll help anything I'm not too sure if it will to be honest but we'll see gold tending here again they're switching my goalies up on me when I haven't been asking them to it's kind of annoying but it is what it is I guess we'll just sit up to the trade deadline at this point there's really nothing much I can do come the trade deadline we'll see my day before right up to the Philly game I want to see where we're sitting if we are buyers or sellers at this point because we're just losing games 29 26 and 6 after that we are 10 points out of a playoff spot the Islanders have a game in hand on us as well so it's not looking good here we need to shake something up here we need to get a fourth line we're gonna be buyers I think we can still push for a playoff spot I know we are 10 points out but like you string together a winning streak and you're right back in it right so we'll trade to the state to the trade deadline that we are going to be buyers we win there so we are buyers to this trade deadline for sure let's enter the trade deadline to see what happens here all right so we're looking at who's available so we got Brent Burns we got Taylor Hall we got Jonathan Toes we got by Fuglian Fleury Alice Yandle Spurgeon Duchain interesting but he has six years left that eight meals so we don't want to touch that Matias Ekholm who Dobin Jolmerson Tatar one year at 4.8 that's not a bad player to look into for the fourth line I know he says he's top six we have a trade alert here the Chicago Black Hots trade Jonathan Toes to Montreal for just some picks and J Brooks so wow Jonathan Toes is now a Montreal Canadiens Grand Lintatar two players I'm really looking at here that would be very interesting for this team another trade alert coming from Edmonton this time they trade Evan Bouchard and Ryan McLeod to the predators in exchange for Ryan Ellis and Eric Halla okay so I'm trying to debate here get Thomas Tatar or go for a Mikael Grandlin I don't want to try for Mikael Grandlin here he's got one year he's a second line forward so we can throw him on the wing better up that second line so let's try it Gators match in the block so who do they want here again we don't want to get rid of our young guys here we do need them we don't want to get rid of Marino 10 if I'd be okay with getting rid of I don't know it's gonna be hard to trade here why would we want this I'm in the middle of trying to create a trade that was horrible and it just kicks me out of that eh? Grandlin's asking price isn't good for isn't bad for a second line I think we're gonna have to throw some draft picks in here for sure our second maybe that'll just do it right away I'm finally getting rid of our draft picks this year we got a trade alert here before I continue saying what I'm saying is it anything big Jake McCabe and Brian Dumelin and Thomas Ryder going to a reader are going to Boston okay so now I'm thinking like we're buyers this year we have a chance we can try and sign Mikhail Grandlin I think if this goes through I wouldn't be disappointed with it and it went through so Mikhail Grandlin is coming over to the Pittsburgh Penguins of this trade deadline I think that is a huge acquisition for us and I don't think we need to make any more moves Dustin Bufflin for Joseph no why would I know no I'm making a bunch of trades today they trade coke and yummy fro leak and hood on to the Jets for cold prophetic and a third round pick in 2022 that's a trade wow Montreal took the L there I want to say so the trade deadline is done we were only able to make one move I think that one move is gonna be okay for us I don't see us really needing something else to kind of help us so let's go fix up the lines hopefully Grandlin can help us push towards the playoffs as we are nine points out now so you know what that wasn't a bad trade I know he shouldn't really be playing fourth line minutes but we now have a plus one on this fourth line with Jan Kelski and Sevier now he is a second line forward he's elite exact he really should be playing on the second line but there's really nowhere else he would fit where we can get a plus one on this last line so all in all I think the depth got way better again Grandlin up here not the biggest fan of it but it's what we're gonna have to roll with for now hopefully he helps out all right we continue simming and we try to push for a playoff spot here simple as I will simulate to the first there's only one more game and it's a 5-2 when it started off not too bad so just before we complete the sim I think we're gonna go all the way until the playoffs we are sitting we're sitting seven points out of a out of a playoff spot I believe right now or we're at least seven behind the hurricane so we need a huge month from this team we just got a string together some wins so go two weeks at a time here and hope we string together some wins as we're stringing together some owls we got some points in those owls but still we don't want to be stringing together owls we'll go for the rest of the month here we're 34 28 in 8 we need big wins from this team and we're getting some right now and now we're taking some owls as I spoke way too soon I guess so we got three games left we're 40 30 and 9 we are okay we are one point behind the devils we are three points behind the islanders and five points behind the hurricane so we need a huge push we're playing Detroit twice here we're hoping we can win these games so we'll go game at a time to see if we can push the playoffs here game one against them a 4-0 win big stuff we are now in well still fifth place we're now three points behind we are now three points behind the islanders interesting stuff we got to keep it going here we got to win out essentially if we want the best chance to make in the playoffs here so another game against Detroit five to win things you'll love to absolutely see the thing you hate to see is the islanders also won their last game so we're now two points behind the islanders and the devils are one point behind us so this game against the Rangers is huge we need to need to probably win it so please get this win here boys we get a point out of it which isn't too bad and we do just squeak into the playoffs oh my goodness the devils were two points behind us they I think also lost in a shoot out there so interesting stuff and we finished one point behind the islanders there so man we just made the playoffs so now looking at who led the team I've getting a Malcon led the team with 77 points in 82 games we got again so with 74 and 82 Crosby was 70 and 82 man Malcon was too off getting a 40 goal season there these two were minus player for some reason what I really wanted to look at here was who played the most and it was Casey the Smith you play 20s if you play 52 games with 26 18 and 5 with four shutouts a 908 safe percentage with a 2.77 goals against Tristan Jari played 36 1 16 13 and 5 not the greatest with two shutouts a 909 safe percentage in a 2.87 goals these average so Casey Smith played way more than Tristan Jari and they had similar numbers so Casey to Smith is our starter question mark I know Tristan Jari has a potential to be a starter and Casey to Smith has a potential to be a backup exact I don't know I think we got to figure out our goal-tending situation come next season but hey we're looking at the playoffs right now Washington Capitals are your president's trophy winners the Flyers were not too far behind them Hurricanes not too far Islanders not too far and there we are in fifth this is the Metro so they are not the president trophies winner the president trophy winner about one point are the Edmonton Oilers no shocker there we got the Capitals one point behind them Tampa's there the Leafs up there Bruins there Flyers are up their teams you would expect to be up there with a hundred points for me on this video let's just simulate to see who our first round opponent is going to be and oh my goodness it is the Washington Capitals this sets up next video perfectly I am oh man this is going to be so exciting the rivalry between Pittsburgh and Washington going down in the first round so before I forget for next video I'm going to turn injuries on just because I said I would do that come playoff time so that's all set up for next video but boys next video we take on the Washington Capitals in the first round of the playoffs and we are going to see if crowds be came defeat over once again