 Alright, we are back with the rest of season 2, I guess, or up to the trade deadline. Probably going to stem the rest of the season actually, but before we do that, we did get a comment from Speedy Gaming to put Crosby on the first line, so I'm going to listen to him. I know it doesn't give us a plus 3, and I know the team has been doing pretty good, but for the first month here, we'll see how Crosby does on this first line, and if I'm not a fan of it, I may go and switch it back just for that plus 3, but for the time being, we'll put Crosby on the first line. He's been doing good on the second line, 51 games played, he has 23 goals, 30 assists. I think Gino has similar results to him, they both have the same amount of points, but for the time being, we'll put Crosby on the first line, we'll stall, and Gensel and then Melkin will be playing with Kaepernan and Jason Zucker. In terms of defense, everything else will be staying the same, again Joseph, I'm very excited to see if he goes higher than 81, I think he started the season at a 78, so it's going to be interesting to see how he progresses, and that's pretty much it, we might as well just get on with the simulation here. Before we head into the sim, as you can see here, we are first in the Metro, the Hurricanes are behind us by 2 points, they also have a game in hand, Flyers are 6 points behind us, I believe we are second in the entire NHL, we are fighting for that President's trophy against the Lightning for the time being, so the team is doing well, hopefully it continues to gel with Crosby, moved on that first line, we do have the trade deadline coming up, I think Gino, like I said, the plan is to keep him, no one told me otherwise and I think it's going to be smart to keep him, so maybe if we do make a move at the trade deadline, it is to add some depth to the team, now before we continue here where would we add depth, maybe we get someone to replace Brandon Tanev, he's been doing pretty good on the third line, pretty decent to be honest, but maybe we get a third line winger to play alongside Granlin and McCann, and then on defense, I don't know, maybe a second, a top 4 defenseman would be nice, maybe a top 6 just for depth, because if we were to look at our depth here, Sam Lafferty and Rudeweal definitely won't do it, and if we go to the AHL here, it doesn't look like we have much depth, Yannick Weber, we have some depth on defense, not really on offense, so maybe we look for a third line forward, a depth forward, and then maybe a top 4, possibly top 6 defenseman, so yeah, it's going to be interesting to see what we can do with the trade deadline, I know we have a little bit of cap issues for the time being, so it's going to be interesting to see. All right, so we'll simulate up to the 23rd, that way we'll get everything sorted out to see how we deal with the month here, so breaking news, the Los Angeles Kings have fired head coach Grayson Denny, okay, we get a trade here, nothing that really interests us here, we're starting off good with the month, and now the Bruins have fired their head coach Xander Scriven's, okay, interesting stuff, to head coaching firings here, and we get a trade off for here, okay, so we're just going to take a look at it, I doubt we'll do it, Tristan Jari, who's our backup, could be a starter, where are his stats here, 30 games played, 16 wins, 9-0-5 safe percentage, we get rid of him and Pustin, who is the top nine forward at best, and we get David Kratich back, two years at 4.7 is not great, he's an 84 overall, you can play on our second line, I don't like that he has two years left, we'd be taken on 4.7, we're getting rid of 3.5, which isn't bad, but do we want to get rid of Tristan Jari for the time being, I feel like we can get maybe a little bit better than David Kratich, I'm just trying to think, yeah we can slot him in on that third line, maybe put him center, put Granlin on the wing, it doesn't make sense to us, we don't really need a center, yeah I'm going to decline it just because I think we can get someone better, and potentially, not potentially, we need a winger rather than a forward, so here we go, that month, most of the month wasn't bad, we got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 wins, so that's not bad, we're now 37, 19, and 6, we're still leading the Metro, the Hurricanes are now behind us by 3 points, the Flyers behind us by 4, they both have a game in hand, we are currently still second in the NHL, we're 4 behind the Lightning, so that's very good, Cindy Crosby 66 points in 62 games, so he's doing just fine on that first line, the plus 3 didn't really affect these guys here, we were still doing well, Geno still doing well as well, so that's pretty good, and yeah, looking at Kratich, we could have maybe done that to put Kratich on center here, even if we had Kratich as a fourth line, but he's a second line forwarder, I think we can get better, worst case, we can just go back to the drawing board and get that change, literally just get Tanniv out of the lineup and put Kratich there, so that's something we can look forward to at the trade deadline, before we head to the trade deadline, let's go and edit our trade and block here so we can potentially get some deals, don't know why Eric stalls there, we'll keep Malc in there just in case, Triss and Jari, okay, everything saved from last time, so everything's still the same, I'm fine with that, so let's simulate to the trade deadline, it's going to be interesting to see what we have, we also have a game on the trade deadline, we'll simulate to the 24th, nothing's happened, so trade deadline day, we are a buyer, we are looking for some depth forwards, we are looking for a third line forward, maybe even a fourth line and like I said, some depth on offense and then a top 4, top 6 defensemen and depth on D as well, so it's going to be interesting to see, Seth Jones is on the block, Patrice Bergeron, Mark Andre, Flurry, Spurgeon, Zach Hyman who's an LA king right now, he would be interesting to get, 6 years at 4.9 mil is a lot, and he's 29, probably not the best to do that actually, we just need a depth forward, Craig Smith wouldn't be too bad, 2 years at 3.1 mil, he's a righty which isn't really what we're looking for, we do have a trade alert as we're talking, anything big doesn't look like a pool ox going to the islanders I think it said, but back to looking at Craig Smith, if he was left handed man it would definitely make sense, we need a left handed winger, we could play him on his offhand, it wouldn't be a bad thing to do, now trading with Pittsburgh isn't the greatest here, now he only has 2 years left which isn't bad, ooh Seth Jones, Ryan Strome, Boone Jenner and Eric Robinson are going to the Blackhawks in exchange for a first round pick and a prospect that looks like wow, Seth Jones is now a Chicago Blackhawk, interesting so looking at Craig Smith, I doubt man his value is up there, I doubt we get him, he's 32 so we'd be taking him until he's what 34, not the biggest fan of it so maybe we just don't do that, the Leafs have now made a trade, they're trading away picks, for Hampus, Linholm and Riley Nash, okay Toronto, they're looking for something so let's see who's available all together here, again it doesn't have to be someone too too good, just someone where we can throw him on the third line, Jordan Everlay wouldn't be a bad shout again, he's a righty we kind of need a lefty here and someone with not that much of a trade value because we don't have much to trade away, Spurgeon and Yanmark are going to the Panthers, okay interesting trades to be made but looking at Raquel, Raquel looks like an interesting option, one year 3.9 wouldn't be too bad, he's a rental, now we just got to come to the fact with are we ready to say Casey to Smith is our sole starter, now I feel like I might be making a mistake by doing that but I think it's a trade we need to make, we're trying to win a cup here, you know what I mean, the Capitals have made a trade, okay I don't see anything, Columbus is in it, Max Domi's heading to Columbus, sorry, Travis Dermott's on the block, he wouldn't be too bad, he's a top four, it'd be interesting to trade for him, he's not too much value, he would help the third line, we need a lefty so that definitely does help, let's see if we can get Dermott for somewhat cheap from the Leafs, I doubt we will but we need to try to do something, we've been sitting here looking at players and we're not sure what to do so I don't know if we want to get rid of our first for Travis Dermott, maybe a second for sure, we've got to throw one more player in probably and I think this goes through, so let's see Skaters matching the block, who are they interested in, Sam Lafferty, Yannick Weber, no one with, I mean we can send Brandon Tanniv away if we're planning on getting another forward to replace him, we have him for four years at 3.5 so that would be good to get him off the books, anyone else, I mean Marcus Petterson would be coming out of the line or Matheson would be coming out of the lineup, we have him at 4.87 for five years, wow okay so I mean he's a good depth forward to keep man, how old is he, we have him for five years 27 so that isn't too bad, we'll keep him for the time being, like I said we don't really have much to trade and we might have to get rid of some rookies that we have that we really don't want to do but it might be something to get the job done, forwards yeah we can get rid of this guy, let's see if this goes through, so our second Brandon Tanniv and I'm not going to try to pronounce his name for Travis Dermott, will we get him trade rejected, this would be one of those occasions where the trade block paid off in spades, Toronto could start a deal based on what you want from us but what you're offering less in return isn't very interesting and doesn't meet our block okay so fair enough they don't want that rookie, they want Joseph, I don't plan on getting rid of Joseph, Poulin, top six forward, he is 21, he has potential, he was our 2019 first round pick, he won 21st overall, I'd rather not get rid of him in this deal, rookie goalies, like we have nothing really where we it's like yeah we can get rid of him, we could get rid of Teddy Bluger, I know he's on our fourth line, wouldn't make sense to get rid of him in all honesty, wingers here, like I don't want to get rid of Poulin, I don't want to get rid of Zocker, maybe if we get rid of him and maybe that other rookie we put on the block before and maybe we'll get this through here, let's see, I think it was this guy, so let's see if this goes through, for Travis Dermot, we'd have him for three years, he'd stay on this team, will this go through, trade rejected, we will not accept this proposal, this trade looks fair, but at least we're not willing to retain the salaries you're suggesting, did we, did we retain that, I don't think we retained that, okay what if they retain just that, will this maybe go through here, no okay so let's put that guy back in, and let's see if this goes through, no, so they're not comfortable with retaining salary, which I get, so maybe, maybe just maybe, who's someone on the books that we can get rid of here, I'd rather not get rid of Matheson to be honest with you, just because it's a good depth guy to have, but like let's see who's eating up Cap right now, so this isn't gonna be interesting to do man, who's eating up Cap that we really don't need, like right now, all signs point to Michael Matheson, and I want to get rid of him in another deal, and not this one if that's possible, I mean Marcus Patterson someone we can get rid of too, but I don't know man, like who else is eating up Cap that we don't really need at the time being, and there's not much man, maybe we get rid of Teddy Bluger as well, now Toronto would be over salary, so this is what I mean, it's interesting, how much, there's one year left, so what if we retain, all right, so we're retaining that much, let's see if this goes through for Travis Dermott, no, okay, so you know what, we're gonna stop trying with Travis Dermott, it was a good show when I saw it, we're gonna go try and get, I think and believe it's possible to get, where is he, he's not on the block anymore, so I have a feeling he got traded, but I think it was Raquel we were looking at, so he's got one year left, it's gonna be interesting to sign him back after, but it's something that we'll deal with after if we do want to sign him back, right now we're just looking at rentals, that's really what we're looking at here, so again, second round pick we'll get thrown in here, who's matching the block that they would like here, anyone, no one that we really, that we really want to get rid of, I think this is a deal where we throw, you know what, we're gonna keep Jari actually, so let's put Casey to Smith in this deal, they need someone else sent back the other way, what rookie skaters are matching the block, let's do this guy because we were good with that before, they'd be over the cap, everyone is, no what, they would be under the cap, so we need to throw someone that has cap in here, my goodness, my brain is trying to work with all this math right now, um, Pedersen is 25, Matheson, okay so let's say, okay that's not who I wanted to get rid of, actually, no, top six, I mean we could replace a Travis Haminik, but I think let's get rid of, was it Matheson, yeah let's get rid of Michael Matheson here, and then maybe try to replace him, so let's see, let's see if this will go through, I don't think it will, well let's see, okay it went through, so Ricardo Raquel is coming over to the Pittsburgh Penguins, we now have to go and make a move for a defenseman, but we now did decide that Tristan Jari is gonna be the foreseeable starter for the future here, so now we need a defenseman that can replace Michael Matheson, um, like I said Travis Jeremy would be perfect just because he's 25 man, he's got three years left on this contract, he's a medium top four, um, roll is the top six, like that's fine, we could put Joseph up, I still want to see if we can make this happen, and I'm kind of thinking we're gonna have to throw in, uh, Poolin in this deal here, um, one for one like Poolin, he's got three years left, okay we got a trade here, Golagoski, um, would this be a cheaper thing to do, 84, he's a top four, okay, maybe we go with Golagoski, he's only got a year left compared to Dermot, we're getting rid of a second for next year, ah no no no, I don't like the second being getting rid of there, I do want to try for Travis Dermot though and I think we're gonna get a deal together where we can get him, so like I said rookie skaters match on the block, I think Poolin is gonna be a guy where we're gonna have to get rid of here, he has a potential to be a top six, he's already 21, he's still very young, um, but I think you know what, we're trying to win a cup now, um, I think this will go through one for one, I kind of want to see if we can get a pick our way here, I don't think we'll be able to, even if it's like a seventh round pick, so let's see if this goes through, I don't think it will, no okay, so, what if it's a one for one, no not even a one for one, okay, so I do want Travis Dermot on this team, I think he'll be good for the future of this team, young defenseman, let's see if this goes through, trade rejected, okay, um interesting, interesting, interesting, they're not interested in Poolin, which probably doesn't help, what if we throw these two guys in, ah, they still have the retain, so they don't want to retain anything on them, which is fair, um, I don't blame them, so we, why wouldn't this go through, this should be fine, so let me see if I can get a pick here, I don't know why it's retaining salary when I didn't put it, but, let's see if we can get a seventh round pick this way, trade rejected, um, what if it's a one for one, no, wow, okay, last try, we're gonna throw our seventh round pick in now, let's see if this goes through, no, okay, so, that's okay, we're gonna have to say no to Travis Dermot and we're gonna look for another defenseman, okay, defensive defenseman, um, not that much trade value, which is nice, um, he would actually fit, uh, he could play top four or top six, which is nice, he's only got a year left, six, two, I like that, he's big, um, so let's see skaters match in the block, they do want Poolin, not interested in getting rid of him, this guy's 21, fine, we're getting rid of him, um, and maybe, we're trying to win now, you know what I mean, I kind of want to keep her first, we can get a fourth and a fifth head in their way, let's just try with a fourth, let's see if this goes through, no, they were not a fan of that deal, so let's see if a fourth and a fifth works out here, okay, so he's not gonna work, if we're gonna trade away that rookie, then we can get a better defenseman in my opinion, so let's do some scouting here, we don't have that much time left here, I say we can find a better defenseman and I'm looking at Ron Hainsey and I'm interested in bringing him back to Pittsburgh to try to win a cup with him, top six defenseman that's all we're looking for, Joseph can play top four minutes, I don't doubt that, so I think we can literally just trade away our seventh round pick for Ron Hainsey and this might just go through, no, okay, so let's go with a seventh, I don't want to, like we don't have a lot of picks, you know what I mean, who's matching the block that they would like, Dylan O'Connor, okay let's throw him in, and a seventh for Ron Hainsey, still nothing, all right maybe let's throw in a sixth round pick, no dude, what the hell, and we were unable to make a trade, the trade deadline is now complete, so we're shorthanded on defense, that's not good for us, oh my goodness, I couldn't get a trade to go man, I couldn't get a trade to go for some reason, and it's gonna be interesting to see what happens, I feel like this trade deadline may be an L for the Pittsburgh Penguins, but let's see how the team is looking like, and now that we made the moves that we made, or the move that we made, okay, so the offense isn't looking bad man, like the first two lines stay intact, Stahl, Krosby, Gensel, Kappen, and Malkin, Zucker, the third line looks better, Mark Jankowski, Mikhail Granlin, and Ricard Raquel, the player we traded for, now I can throw him up here, but I think Kappen has been working really well with Zucker and Malkin, so for the time being I'm gonna leave it like that, we can always put Ricard Raquel up on the second line, the fourth line is looking good with Russ McCann and Tanev, and then on defense we got Rudeweal, Chris LeTang, Haminik and Joseph, and then Patterson and Marino, now not a fan of Rudeweal playing up here with LeTang, he did good for us in the playoffs to be fair, but I don't think he's gonna be good enough on that first pairing, but my mistake, I couldn't make a deal there at the last second and it's on me. Now we got Tristan Jari, being the starter and our backup is a 73 overall, so we know what our need is for the offseason, we need a backup goal tender and some better defense, so we are going to go ahead and simulate the rest of the season and that's going to be it, actually we'll simulate the rest of the season here, so we'll finish the rest of the month here, not ending off good on a three game losing streak, so let's send another month, hopefully this team does a little better, I know that wasn't the greatest end to the month there, but hey we started off with a three game winning streak, that's nice to see, let's continue with the winning ways here at Pittsburgh, that'd be great, so I don't look like a total ass when I'm making a move there, and we got three more games left, we are 46, 27 and 6, we are currently in third in the metro, we fell off, the caps and flyers did catch up to us, which is okay, we're still sitting in third, we are in the playoffs for sure, Crosby with 79 games played, 83 points, looking at the lines here, looking just fine, no one went up or down in overall from what I'm seeing, and same on the defensive end of things and goal tending, so let's simulate the final three games of the month here, and then we will go through the season pretty much, we end up the season just two wins short of a 51 season, we go 48, 27 and 7, good year from the Pittsburgh Penguins, Crosby 90 points in 82 games, we did finish with 103 points, so we finished tied with the flyers, one point back of the capitals, and the lightning just ran away with the president's trophy, and looking at stats here, Crosby had 90 points in 82 games, hit the 40 goal plateau, Malkin with 80 points in 82 games, Gensel with 80 points in 82 games, Riccardo Raquel kind of hard to track what he did with us since the trade deadline, Sucker with 55 and 82, Stahl with 53 and 82, so pretty good from our team here, and then our goal tending situation, if Tristinger I could be a little bit better than a 904 save percentage that would be huge, but 26-17 and 6 for us not too bad, and our backup did get some NHL games in going 1 and 2 with a 902 save percentage not too bad, so good on the Pittsburgh Penguins here, let's see how the rest of the NHL actually shaped up here in terms of points, so Nate Mack finished with 108 points in 82 games, he hit the 50 goal plateau, Sagan with 182, the Brinkhout with 98 and 82, Barzell with 98 and 82, Marner with 98 and 82, Matthews with 97 and 82, so a lot of good players, where's Connor McDavid? Wow, Connor McDavid had 81 points in 81 games, point per game, surprising to do better than that, that's crazy. Anyways guys, let's see who we play first round of the playoffs here, NHL season is complete and we're taking on the Philadelphia Fires, oh my goodness, the Battle of Pennsylvania, this is going to be an interesting playoff series to say the least and next video is going to look good, so let's look at the brackets here, who is playing, who in the playoffs, so Pittsburgh is taking on the Fires, the Capitals are taking on the Hurricanes, the Leafs are taking on the Panthers, Tampa is taking on the Rangers, in the West is Vancouver vs Calgary, Arizona vs Edmonton, Colorado vs St. Louis and Chicago vs Winnipeg, so we have a good playoff picture painted for us here and next episode we will see what this Pittsburgh Penguins team can do against the Philadelphia Flyers.