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ESPN HOCKEY 2k5
SEGA, KUSH GAMES
DYNAMITEHACK91
Jeff French
For use only for GAMEFAQS.com
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Contact Information
3. Basic Q&A
4. Free Agent List
5. Retired Players
6. Europe-bound Players
7. Team Moves
8. Historic Teams
9. National Teams
10. Player Info Fixes
11. Thanks
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1. INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the roster update FAQ for ESPN HOCKEY 2k5. This probably won't
be the only update FAQ on the market for this year's game because in the
past I've failed to update regularly because of class work or other things
comming up. I hope those problems have been rectified.
This will not be a guide on how to play ESPN HOCKEY 2k5 - isn't that what
the in-game manuel is for? If you don't know how to get to the in-game
manuel, select the bottom option on the game's main menu. If you can't
find it then, give up. This guide will be for updating your NHL rosters
to (hopefully) accurately match the ones of the real NHL clubs.
I am in no way, shape or form affiliated with ESPN, the NHLPA, SEGA, Kush
Games, or any other organization responsible for this game. Got a problem
with me, take it up with my lawyer Leonord J. Crabs.
VERSION HISTORY
VERSION 0.55
DATE 9-7-04
Transactions, Sonnenberg (CAL) to Phoenix
Transactions, Centomo (FA) to Calgary
Transactions, Martins (STL) to JYP Jyvaskla (Finland SML)
Transactions, Bierk (PHX) re-signs with PHX
Transactions, Berry (WSH) to Phoenix
Mistakes, Greg Campbell (FA) to Florida
Mistakes, Gaetan Royer (FA) to QSMHL
Mistakes, David Morriset (FA) not listed
VERSION 0.50
DATE 9-3-04
Game has been released. Most major transactions finished.
Still need to do a lot however, as you can all see.
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2. CONACT INFORMATION
You can email me at ANY time at
[email protected] - just don't send
me junk mail or viruses and please mention ESPN 2k5 in the subject line.
I frequent GAMEFAQS often under the alias of dynamitehack91.
I also frequent A.I.M. under the handle of dags91.
If you need to get a quick message to me and have yahoo messanger, please
leave it at dynamitehack91.
I'm willing to answer quick questions and maybe even talk hockey if I'm in
the mood. The sport is a passion for me but its not my whole life.
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3. BASIC Q & A
Q1 - Are you sure you want people contacting you on AIM? You've been pissy
in the past on it.
A1 - Some people have annoyed, I'll admit that. i'm willing to try it again
I know there's enough great hockey fans out there to talk to so it
would be a shame to lose that.
Q2 - Why are there two John Tripp(s), two Patrick Boileau(s), ect.?
A2 - Honestly, I have no clue. Just use player edit. If you can get over the
fact that you're new player will have the same potrait as Tripp (or
whomever) then by all means create a new player out of the dupes.
Q3 - Why has no one signed Daniel McGillis?
A3 - Again, no clue. I didn't expect him to be a top free agent but I'm
surprised no one has picked him up. He's not going to cost a lot and
he's a fine defenseman for the right side of any blueline. Wake up GMs!
Q4 - What should I do with Retired Players?
A4 - Most people like to set their stats all to zero rendering the player
useless. That's up to you. I don't mind if you use retirees in your
rosters.
Q5 - What about Europe bound players? What do I do with them?
Q5 - You could either fit them on National teams or set their stats to 0
as well. Personally, I leave them in the free agent pool but I don't
touch them because they are technically not free agents.
Q6 - You forgot so-and-so on the Free Agent list. Why?
Q6 - There's a few 'fictional' players sitting on the free agency list when
you start up the game. I failed to put them on the list because I'd
rather you just use them for creating new players. However, at the
moment, there are going to be some I forgot while glancing over the
free agent list - I'll be making corrections in the first week. If
they are not there in a week, then they probably don't deserve to be
there.
Q7 - You use abbrivations that I dont' understand. What do they mean?
A7 - D.E.L. = German Elite League
S.E.L. = Swedish Elite League
S.N.L. = Swiss National League
R.S.L. = Russian Super League
C.E.L. = Czech Extra League
SLVK.N.L = Slovakian National League
S.M.L. = Finnish SM-Liiga
ECHL = "East Coast" Hockey League
Q8 - What does "NHL Rights" mean on some of the Free Agents?
A8 - Currently they have a contract with a European club but if they ever
decided to come back to the NHL, their NHL rights are owned by the
club mentioned. If you want to put those players on the NHL rosters,
by all means go ahead, however note that they won't be playing for
that NHL squad for the upcoming season (in most cases.)
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4. FREE AGENT LIST
The default Free Agents list is a bit odd seeing as it is full of some
players that were never released (or not qualified) by their respective
clubs. You may want to clear out the Free Agent list first in order to
give yourself more flexibility in adjusting the actual roster. Some of the
players on the free agents list have either retired, signed with European
clubs or have been on European clubs for quite some time. I've mentioned
what European club some of these players have signed with. Don't worry if
you've never heard of the club - you can do what you like with these
players but just know - they are not "exactly" free agents. Retired players
you could always set their player attributes to 0 if you'd like, rendering
them useless. You may want to do the same with European players - its your
choice.
A. GOALIES
Martin BROCHU
Sebastien CENTOMO CALGARY NHL
Dan ELLIS DALLAS NHL
Eric FICHAUD
Wade FLAHERTY VANCOUVER NHL
Corey HIRSCH SCL TIGERS S.N.L.
Dieter KOCHAN ISLANDERS NHL
Marc LAMOTHE YAROSLAVL R.S.L.
Adam MUNRO CHICAGO NHL
Cody RUDKOWSKY
Danny SABOURIN
Travis SCOTT FLORIDA NHL
Matt UNDERHILL
Stephane VALIQUETTE RANGERS NHL
Matthew YEATS
B. DEFENSEMEN
Bobby ALLEN NEW JERSEY NHL
Chris ARMSTRONG ERC INGOLSTADT D.E.L.
Michal BARINKA CHICAGO NHL
Francois BEAUCHEMIN MONTREAL NHL
Andy BERENZWEIG
Patrick BOILEAU HC LAUSANNE S.N.L.
Rich BRENNAN SC BERN S.N.L.
Petr BUZEK SALZBURG (Austria)
Brett CLARK COLORADO NHL
David CULLEN
Joe DIPENTA VANCOUVER NHL
Brennan EVANS CALGARY NHL
Denis GREBESHKOV LOS ANGELES NHL
Martin GRENIER RANGERS NHL
Kurtis FOSTER ANAHEIM NHL
Steven HALKO
David HARLOCK
Radoslav HECL HC BRATISLAVA SLVK.N.L.
Burke HENRY FLORIDA NHL
Jason HOLLAND LOS ANGELES NHL
Bill HOULDER
Martti JARVENTIE JOKERIT S.M.L.
Hans JONSSON MoDo HOCKEY S.E.L.
Zenith KOMARNISKI COLUMBUS NHL
Yegenvi KOROLOV CHEREPOVETS R.S.L. (NHL Rights - ISLANDERS)
Igor KRAVCHUK
Jarno KULTANEN HIFK HELSINKI S.M.L.
Zdenek KUTLAK KARLOVY VARY C.E.L. (NHL Rights - BOSTON)
Janne LAUKKANEN
Sylvain LEFEBVRE SC BERN S.N.L.
Jyrki LUMME
Jeff MACMILLAN RANGERS NHL
Paul MANNING HAMBURG D.E.L. (NHL Rights - COLUMBUS)
Mike MATTEUCCI
Grant McNEILL FLORIDA NHL
Rick MROZIK EDMONTON NHL
Bryan MUIR MoDo HOCKEY S.E.L. (NHL Rights - LA KINGS)
Fredrick OLAUSSON HV-71 S.E.L.
Jeff PAUL WASHINGTON NHL
Kyle ROSSITER ATLANTA NHL
Kirill SAFRONOV BARS KAZAN R.S.L. (NHL Rights - NASHVILLE)
Robert SCHNABEL
Darrel SCOVILLE COLUMBUS NHL
Ray SCHULTZ NEW JERSEY NHL
Luke SELLARS ATLANTA NHL
D.J. SMITH COLORADO NHL
Ken SUTTON ERC INGOLSTADT D.E.L.
Rocky THOMPSON
Oleg TVERDOVSKY OMSK R.S.L.
Darren VAN IMPE HAMBURG D.E.L.
Jesse WALLIN
Mike WEAVER LOS ANGELES NHL
Dmitry YUSKHEVICH
C. RIGHT WINGERS
Jonas ANDERSSON SODERTALJE S.E.L. (NHL rights - NASHVILLE)
Dennis BONVIE COLORADO NHL
Gregory CAMPBELL FLORIDA NHL
Jim CAMPBELL ISLANDERS NHL
Matt ELLISON CHICAGO NHL
Toni DAHLMANN
Matt DAVIDSON DEG METROS D.E.L.
Mike FARRELL
Peter FERRARO
Ken GERNANDER RANGERS NHL
Lee GOREN VANCOUVER NHL
Mark GRIEG HAMBURG D.E.L.
Darren HAYDAR NASHVILLE NHL
Steve HEINZE
Ty JONES FLORIDA NHL
Tomi KALLIO FROLUNDA S.E.L.
Jaroslav KRISTEK SPARTA C.E.L. (NHL Rights - BUFFALO)
Ladislav KOHN ESPOON S.M.L.
Patrick LEAHY
Claude LEMIEUX
Jason MACDONALD TORONTO NHL
Marty MCINNIS
Sean MCMORROW BUFFALO NHL
Eric MELOCHE PHILADELPHIA NHL
Joe MOTZKO COLUMBUS NHL
Brantt MYHRES
Dennis PEDERSON BERLIN D.E.L.
Oleg PETROV GENEVE-SERVETTE S.N.L.
Jason POMINVILLE BUFFALO NHL
Pavel ROSA DYNAMO R.S.L.
Andreas SALOMONSSON
Richard SCOTT RANGERS NHL
Mike SIKLENKA DALLAS NHL
Joey TETARENKO
William TIBBETS
Mattias TJARNQVIST HV-71 S.E.L. (NHL Rights - DALLAS)
John TRIPP Mannheim D.E.L.
Tony TUZZOLINO ASIAGO (Italy)
Rob VALICEVIC
Tony VIRTA
Sergei ZINOVJEV BARS KAZAN R.S.L. (NHL Rights - BOSTON)
D. LEFT WINGERS
Chris BALA COLORADO NHL
Ryan BARNES
Lubos BARTECKO
Derek BEKAR
Ken BELANGER
Sergei BEREZIN CSKA R.S.L.
Craig BERUBE PHILADELPHIA NHL (AHL DEAL)
Kip BRENNAN ATLANTA NHL
Mike BROWN
Ryan CHRISTIE LAS VEGAS ECHL
Ivan CIERNIK EHC WOLFSBURG D.E.L.
Noah CLARKE LOS ANGELES NHL
Mathieu DARCHE COLORADO NHL
Hnat DOMENICHELLI AMBRI-PIOTTA S.N.L.
Doug DOULL PHOENIX NHL
Gordie DWYER CAROLINA NHL
Mikko ELORANTA TPS TURKU S.M.L.
Ryan FLINN LOS ANGELES NHL
Steve GAINEY
Simon GAMACHE NASHVILLE NHL
Brent GILCHRIST
Adam GRAVES
Barrett HEISTEN ISLANDERS NHL
Matt HENDERSON ISERLOHN D.E.L.
Jonas HOGLUND DAVOS S.N.L.
Ryan JARDINE FLORIDA NHL
Chris KELLY OTTTAWA NHL
Quitin LAING CHICAGO NHL
Derek MACKENZIE ATLANTA NHL
Donald MACLEAN ESPOON S.M.L.
Dave MORRISET
Josh OLSON FLORIDA NHL
Mike PANDOLFO COLUMBUS NHL
Scott PELLERIN
Andrew PETERS BUFFALO NHL
Libor PIVKO NASHVILLE NHL
Shjon PODEIN VAXJO (Sweden-2)
Jeremy REICH COLUMBUS NHL
David ROCHE EDMONTON NHL (AHL DEAL)
Gaeten ROYER QMSHL
Chris SCHMIDT LOS ANGELES NHL
Reid SIMPSON
Rob SKRLAC NEW JERSEY NHL
Martin SPANHEL HIFK S.M.L. (NHL Rights - COLUMBUS)
Brad SMYTH LOS ANGELES NHL
Shawn THORNTON CHICAGO NHL
German TITOV TOGLIATTI R.S.L.
Jean-Guy TRUDEL AMBRI-PIOTTA S.N.L.
Todd WARRINER JOKERIT S.M.L.
Matt WATT ST.PETERSBURG R.S.L.
Chad WISEMAN RANGERS NHL
Jeremy YABLONSKI NASHVILLE NHL
Vitaly YACHMENEV KHABAROVSK R.S.L.
E. CENTERS
Jaroslav BEDNAR OMSK R.S.L.
Blake BELLEFEUILLE CHICAGO NHL (AHL DEAL)
Steve BRULE COLORADO NHL
Yuri BUTSAYEV CSKA R.S.L. (NHL Rights - ATLANTA)
Greg CLASSEN ASSAT PORI S.M.L.
Carl CORAZZINI
Daniel CORSO
Jiri DOPITA PARDUBICE C.E.L.
Benoit DUSABLON MONTREAL NHL
Steve DUBINSKY RETIRED
Shane ENDICOTT PITTSBURGH NHL
Jeff FARKAS RETIRED
Chris FERRARO
Vernon FIDDLER NASHVILLE NHL
Paul GAUSTAD BUFFALO NHL
Chris HERPERGER KREFELD D.E.L.
Matthew HERR DEG METROS D.E.L.
Matthew HUSSEY PITTSBUGH NHL
Mattias JOHANSSON FARJESTADS S.E.L.
Andreas KARLSSON EHC BASSEL S.N.L.
Steve KELLY MANNHEIM D.E.L.
Espen KNUTSEN DJURGARDENS S.E.L.
Ryan KRAFT ISLANDERS NHL
Brett LYSAK
Ian MACNEIL
Kent MANDERVILLE TIMRA S.E.L.
Jim MONTGOMERY
Brad MORAN COLUMBUS NHL
Gavin MORGAN MONTREAL NHL
Jason MORGAN CHICAGO NHL
Serge PAYER FLORIDA NHL
Dominic PITTIS KLOTEN S.N.L.
John POHL ST LOUIS NHL
Stacy ROEST RAPPERSWIL S.N.L.
Tonni SANTALA ATLANTA NHL
Andre SAVAGE COLORADO NHL
Jarrod SKALDE TAMPA BAY NHL
Jerred SMITHSON NASHVILLE NHL
Jeff SHANTZ LANGNAU S.N.L.
Charlie STEPHENS OTTAWA NHL
P.J. STOCK BOSTON NHL
Per SVARTVADET MoDo HOCKEY S.E.L.
Layne ULMER RANGERS NHL
Kris VERNARSKY BOSTON NHL
Vladimir VUJTEK TOGLIATTI R.S.L.
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5. RETIRED PLAYERS LIST
Tommy ALEBLIN NEW JERSEY Age
Dan BYLSMA ANAHEIM Age
Ted DONATO BOSTON Age
Steve DUBINSKY C FREE AGENTS Concussions
Jeff FARKAS C FREE AGENTS Injuries
Rem MURRAY LW NASHVILLE Muscle condition
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6. EUROPE-BOUND PLAYERS LIST
A. DEUTSCHE EISNHOCKEY DEL (GERMANY)
Chris ARMSTRONG (FA) ERC INGOLSTADT
Ivan CIERNIK (FA) EHC WOLFSBURG
Matt DAVIDSON (FA) DEG METRO STARS
Mark GRIEG (FA) HAMBURG
Matt HENDERSON (FA) ISERLOHN
chris HERPERGER (FA) KREFELD
Matthew HERR (FA) DEG METRO STARS
Steve KELLY (FA) MANNHEIM ALDER
Paul MANNING (FA) HAMBURG
Dennis PEDERSON (FA) BERLIN
Ken SUTTON (FA) ERC INGOLSTADT
John TRIPP (FA/LA) MANNHEIM ALDER
Darren VAN IMPE (FA) HAMBURG
B. EXTRALIGA CEL (CZECH REPUBLIC)
Jiri DOPITA (FA) PARDUBICE
Jaroslav KRISTEK (FA) SPARTA PRAHA
Zdenek KUTLAK (FA) KARLOVY VARY
C. ELITESERIEN SEL (SWEDEN)
Jonas ANDERSSON (FA) SODERTALJE
Mattias JOHANSSON (FA) FARJESTADS
Hans JONSSON (FA) MoDo HOCKEY
Tomi KALLIO (FA) FROLUNDA
Espen KNUTSEN (FA) DJURGARDENS
Kent MANDERVILL (FA) TIMRA
Bryan MUIR (FA) MoDo HOCKEY
Fredrick OLAUSSON (FA) HV-71
Martin SPANHEL (FA) HIFK
Per SVARTVADET (FA) MoDo HOCKEY
Mattias TJARNQVIST (FA) HV-71
D. SUPERLEAGUE RSL (RUSSIA)
Jaroslav BEDNAR (FA) AVENGARD OMSK
Sergei BEREZIN (FA) CSKA MOSKAVA
Yuri BUTSAYEV (FA) CSKA MOSKAVA
Yevgeny KOROLOV (FA) CHEREPOVETS
Marc LAMOTHE (FA) YAROSLAVL
Pavel ROSA (FA) DYNAMO MOSKAVA
Kirill SAFRONOV (FA) BARS KAZAN
German TITOV (FA) LADA TOGLIATTI
Oleg Tverdovsky (FA) AVENGARD OMSK
Vladimir VUJTEK (FA) LADA TOGLIATTI
Matt WATT (FA) St. PETERSBURG
Vitaly YACHMENEV (FA) KHABAROVSK
Sergei ZINOVJEV (FA) BARS KAZAN
E. SM-LIIGA SML (FINLAND)
Greg CLASSEN (FA) ASSAT PORI
Mikko ELORANTA (FA) TPS TURKU
Martti JERVENTIE (FA) JOKERIT
Ladislav KOHN (FA) ESPOON BLUES
Jarno KULTANEN (FA) HIFK
Donald MACLEAN (FA) ESPOON BLUES
Todd WARRINER (FA) JOKERIT
F. NATIONAL LEAGUE (SWITZERLAND)
Patrick BOILEAU (FA) HC LAUSANNE
Rich BRENNAN (FA) SC BERN
Hnat DOMENICHELLI (FA) AMBRI-PIOTTA
Corey HIRSCH (FA) SCL TIGERS
Jonas HOGLUND (FA) DAVOS
Andreas KARLSSON (FA) EHC BASSEL
Sylvain LEFEBVRE (FA) SC BERN
Oleg PETROV (FA) GENEVE-SERVETTE
Dominic PITTIS (FA) KLOTEN
Stacy ROEST (FA) RAPPERSWIL
Jeff SHANTZ (FA) LANGNAU
Jean-Guy TRUDEL (FA) AMBRI-PIOTTA
G. OTHER EUROPEAN LEAGUES
Petr BUZEK (FA) SALZBURG (Austria)
Radoslav HECL (FA) BRATISLAVA (Slovakia)
Shjon PODEIN (FA) VAXJO (Sweden-2)
Tony TUZZOLINO (FA) ASIAGO (Italy)
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7. TEAM MOVES
A. ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS
The Ducks look to make it back to the playoffs in 2005 after a
dissapointing 2003-04 season, one year removed from Game 7 of the Finals.
After an off-season of payroll cuts, the Ducks are expecting some of
their youth to finally step up. All eyes will be on LUPUL and CHISTOV to
strengthen the second line. FEDOROV and SYKORA return as the team's top
players and RUCCHIN will retain his second line job. The checking line
looks great with NIEDERMAYER, MCDONALD and the underrated PAHLSSON on
the third line. BURNETT can be inserted on the fourth line as an enforcer
but the Ducks are hoping SMIRNOV can finally grab a line-up spot.
On defense the team carries three 80+ dmen in OZOLINSH, CARNEY and SALEI.
VISHNEVSKI and SKOULA should already have slots but the last spot is a
battle between MALEC, FOSTER, POPOVIC and WARD. In net GIGUERE firmly
holds the starting job but BRYZGALOV could push him soon.
Tchistov-Fedorov-Lupul
Leclerc-Rucchin-Sykora
Niedermayer-Pahlsson-McDonald
Burnett-Holmqvist-Smirnov
Skoula-Carney
Ozolinsh-Salei
Vishnevski-Foster
Giguere-Bryzgalov
NEW ARRIVALS
Kurtis FOSTER FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Dan BYLSMA RETIRED
Casey HANKINSON
Jonathan HEDSTROM DJURGARDENS S.E.L.
Jason KROG VILLACH (Austria)
Tony MARTENSSON LINKOPING (Anaheim retains rights)
Mike MOTTAU
Valclav PROSPAL TAMPA BAY NHL
Petr SCHASTLIVY
Cam SEVERSON NASHVILLE NHL
B. ATLANTA THRASHERS
The Thrashers feel its time this club makes a serious push for the
playoffs. They do field some excellent offensive forwards in HEATLEY,
KOVALCHUK, KOZLOV and SAVARD. MCEACHERN may be slightly overrated in the
game but use that to your advantage. MELLANBY and STEFAN should help
round out the top six. AUBIN and PETROVICKY will handle the checking.
SIMON and SANTALA should battle for the fourth line center job. LESSARD
and BRENNAN give the Thrashers some goon muscle if needed or you could
throw in STEWART, VIGIER or LARSEN. Defense leaves something to be
desired in Atlanta. I find TJARNQVIST slightly overrated and MAJESKY
underrated. EXELBY hits everything that moves as does KLOUCEK. In net
the team boasts a nice Finnish trio. NURMINEN will hold the job to start
but don't be surprised to see LEHTONEN wrestle the job away from him
fairly soon and find himself better than an 81. HURME has not played in
almost a year because of a groin injury but should be healthy in 2k5.
Kovalchuk-Savard-Mellanby
Kozlov-Stefan-Heatley
McEachern-Aubin-Petrovicky
Larsen-Simon-Lessard
Modry-Sutton
Havelid-Majesky
Exelby-Tjarnqvist
Nurminen-Lehtonen
NEW ARRIVALS
Kip BRENNAN FREE AGENTS
Cory LAROSE RANGERS NHL
Derek MACKENZIE FREE AGENTS
Scott MELLANBY ST LOUIS NHL
Jaroslav MODRY LOS ANGELES NHL
Travis ROCHE MINNESOTA NHL
Kyle ROSSITER FREE AGENTS
Tommi SANTALA FREE AGENTS
Luke SELLARS FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Zdenek BLATNY
Fredric CASSIVI
Byron DAFOE
Shawn HEINS BERLIN D.E.L.
Frankistek KABRLE CAROLINA NHL
Bill LINDSAY
Randy ROBITAILLE ZSC LIONS S.N.L.
Brian SWANSON KASSEL D.E.L.
Chris TAMER
Yannick TREMBLAY
C. BOSTON BRUINS
GM Mike O'Connell certainly cleaned house over the off-season and has
yet to make any real significant additions leaving Boston as one of the
problem teams in the game. In releasing all the players not on the
Bruin roster, you'll be left with one goalie and 5 defensemen. Best way
around that is to create HANNU TOIVENEN in goal and MILAN JURICA, BRIAN
WHITE or KEVIN DALLMAN on defense. Bruins do start with a very solid
young netminder in RAYCROFT and two top line players in THORNTON and
SAMSONOV. BERGERON, BOYES and HILBERT will be expected to play huge
roles on this decemated Bruins squad. LAPOINTE and AXELSSON should make
for a solid third line centered by VERNARSKY. ORR may find himself into
the line up as the Bruins main enforcer and FITZGERALD and STOCK may
join him on the fourth line. The defense contains two all-star D-men in
BOYNTON and GONCHAR. GILL will add size and GIRARD will work the second
PP-unit despite missing over a year due to injury. MORAN rounds out the
Bruins defense.
Hilbert-Thornton-Huml
Samsonov-Boyes-Bergeron
Axelsson-Vernarsky-Lapointe
Fitzgerald-Stock-Orr
Gonchar-Boynton
Gill-Girard
White-Moran
Raycroft-Toivonen
NEW ARRVIALS
Tom FITZGERALD TORONTO NHL
P.J. STOCK FREE AGENTS
Kris VERNARSKY FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Andy DELMORE MANNHEIM D.E.L.
Ted DONATO RETIRED
Travis GREEN
Michal GROSEK
Mike KNUBLE PHILADELPHIA NHL
Craig MACDONALD
Daniel MCGILLIS
Glen MURRAY
Michal NYLANDER RANGERS NHL
Sean O'DONNELL PHOENIX NHL
Felix POTVIN
Brian ROLSTON MINNESOTA NHL
Jiri SLEGR LITVINOV C.E.L.
Timothy THOMAS JOKERIT S.M.L.
Rob ZAMUNER BASEL S.N.L.
D. BUFFALO SABRES
The Sabres have a pretty nice team going with SATAN being their main
goal scorer. BRIERE has established himself as a top center and may even
be underrated here. DRURY adds a one-two punch up the middle and DUMONT
and AFINOGENOV could score goals in bunches - however their defense is
lax. HECHT can play any forward position so use that wisely. KOTALIK has
the potential for a big year, you may want to raise his stats if he gets
off to a hot start. PYATT, GRIER, CONNOLLY and ROY give the Sabres
options on the third line. MAIR and GAUSTAD should anchor the fourth line
with PETERS as the main enforcer. With the departure of ZHITNIK, KALININ
takes over as the club's top d-man and feature 8 dmen in the 70s and a
perfect balance of right-handed and left-handed dmen. In net the Sabres
have three 80 rank goalies, though it may be unfair to put MILLER in that
range just yet. BIRON has a firm hand on the starting job but NORONEN is
capable of taking the job away. You may think about moving one in your
franchise mode.
Dumont-Briere-Satan
Kotalik-Drury-Afinogenov
Pyatt-Hecht-Grier
Peters-Gaustad-Mair
Kalinin-Brown
McKee-Jillson
Tallinder-Fitzpatrick
Biron-Noronen
NEW ARRIVALS
Paul GAUSTAD FREE AGENTS
Sean MCMORROW FREE AGENTS
Andrew PETERS FREE AGENTS
Jason POMINVILLE FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
James PATRICK
Alexei ZHITNIK
E. CALGARY FLAMES
This team goes as far as IGINLA takes them though they upgraded by
switching essentially Conroy for LANGKOW. REINPRECHT should be healthy
now (and may deserve a stat boost). The strength of the Flames is their
abundance of hard-working checkers - YELLE, NILSON, WEIMER and others
simply will never be outworked - too bad that doesn't translate very well
into a video game. More will be expected out of LOMBARDI and KOBASEW.
Defense is a strong point with five 80s D-Men led by REGEHR and LEOPOLD.
KIPRUSOFF and TUREK give you a nice combination in net as well.
Reinprecht-Langkow-Iginla
Gelinas-Lombardi-Kobasew
Nieminen-Yelle-Nilson
Simon-Wiemer-Clark
Regehr-Lydman
Leopold-Warrener
Ference-Montador
Kiprusoff-Turek
NEW ARRIVALS
Sebastien CENTOMO FREE AGENTS
Brennan EVANS FREE AGENTS
Daymond LANGKOW PHOENIX NHL
Byron RITCHIE FLORIDA NHL
Jason WIEMER MINNESOTA NHL
DEPATURES
Robert DOME SODERTALJE S.E.L.
Denis GAUTHIER PHOENIX NHL
Dave LOWRY
Dean MCAMMOND
Krzysztof OLIWA NEW JERSEY NHL
Oleg SAPYRKIN PHOENIX NHL
Martin SONNENBERG PHOENIX NHL
F. CAROLINA HURRICANES
The past few seasons have not been kind to the Canes since going to the
Finals. But they've set themselves up nicely with budding star STAAL
leading the charge with VASICEK and 30 goaler O'NEILL on his flanks.
BRIND'AMOUR, BAYDA and COLE will bring back the BBC line and CULLEN will
see his share of wingers in BRENDL, VRBATA and WILLIAMS. BOULERICE has had
injury problems but will most likely be Carolina's top enforcer. Defense
looks pretty solid. HEDICAN and WESLEY may be getting old but they might
be better than 80 and 79, respectively. KABERLE and FAST will help on the
PP-units while ST JACQUES, WALLIN and WARD handle the rough stuff. In net
you may have to create ROB ZEPP to complete the roster accurately as the
game only has one goalie for Carolina in GERBER.
Vasicek-Staal-O'Neill
Bayda-Brind'Amour-Cole
Vrbata-Cullen-Williams
Murray-Adams-Boulerice
Wesley-Hedican
Kaberle-Ward
Fast-St.Jacques
Gerber-Zepp
NEW ARRIVALS
Matt CULLEN FLORIDA NHL
Gordie DWYER FREE AGENTS
Colin FORBES FREE AGENTS
Frantisek KABERLE CAROLINA NHL
DEPATURES
Craig ADAMS MILANO (Italy)
Brad DEFAUW VAXJO (Sweden-2)
Patrick DESROCHERS FLORIDA NHL
Sean HILL FLORIDA NHL
Tomas KURKA
Jamie STORR MANNHEIM D.E.L.
Damian SURMA
Kevin WEEKES RANGERS NHL
G. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
Will the Blackhawks ever compete again under their current ownership? I
still can't see why people side with the owners when you've got people
like Writz running franchises. There's a lot of good youth on this club
in ARNASON, YAKUBOV, BELL, RADULOV, VOROBIEV, ELLISON and especially
RUUTU. DAZE takes billing as the best forward on the Hawks in 2k5 but you
could make an arguement for CALDER. BROWN and NICHOL give them two nice
defensive centers but YAKUBOV will have to step into the second line role
immediately. BARNABY is always fiesty and BELL is looking for a break-out
season. They may be slightly generous on the Hawks defense but BERARD and
MCCARTHY are the best here although CULLIMORE is ranked higher than
MCCARTHY. Rookie BABCHUK should make a fine addition to the blueline.
THIBAULT has a hold on the starting job in net but LEIGHTON has gotten
attention as a potential starter down the road. MUNRO and ANDERSON will
spend time as #3 and #4 on the depth chart.
Calder-Yakubov-Vorobiev
Daze-Arnason-Ruutu
Bell-Brown-Barnaby
Moen-Nichol-Ellison
Berard-Poapst
McCarthy-Robidas
Cullimore-Babchuk
Thibault-Leighton
NEW ARRIVALS
Michal BARINKA FREE AGENTS
Matthew BARNABY COLORADO NHL
Curtis BROWN SAN JOSE NHL
Jassen CULLIMORE TAMPA BAY NHL
Matt ELLISON FREE AGENTS
Quintin LAING FREE AGENTS
Jason MORGAN FREE AGENTS
Adam MUNRO FREE AGENTS
Shawn THORNTON FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Jonathan AITKEN VANCOUVER NHL
Theoren FLEURY
Igor KOROLOV YAROSLAVL R.S.L.
Brett MCLEAN COLORADO NHL
Steve PASSMORE
Deron QUINT
Jason STRUDWICK RANGERS NHL
Ryan VANDENBUSSCHE PITTSBURGH NHL
H. COLORADO AVALANCHE
The Avalanche are completely loaded with talent. FORSBERG, SAKIC, TANGUAY,
HEDJUK, BLAKE, FOOTE, LILES, ect. GM Pierre Lacroix has gone out and
attempted to shore up one of the Ave's biggest problems last year - PK.
LAPERRIERE and LAAAKSONEN will be just as important as the big name point
guys. Players like SKRASTINS, VAANANEN and CLARK probably deserve better
ratings but they're already the most dangerous team in 2k5.
Tanguay-Forsberg-Hedjuk
Damphousse-Sakic-Svatos
Konowalchuk-Gratton-Hinote
Laaksonen-Hendrickson-Laperriere
Skrastins-Blake
Liles-Foote
Vaananen-Bougher
Aebsicher-Sauve
NEW ARRIVALS
Chris BALA FREE AGENTS
Dennis BONVIE FREE AGENTS
Steve BRULE FREE AGENTS
Brett CLARK FREE AGENTS
Mathieu DARCHE FREE AGENTS
Vincent DAMPHOUSSE SAN JOSE NHL
Antti LAAKSONEN MINNESOTA NHL
Ian LAPERRIERE LOS ANGELES NHL
Brett MCLEAN CHICAGO NHL
Andre SAVAGE FREE AGENTS
D.J. SMITH FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Matthew BARNABY CHICAGO NHL
Travis BRIGLEY
Jim CUMMINS
Paul KARIYA
Mikhail KULESHOV
Steve MOORE
Andrei NIKOLISHIN CSKA R.S.L.
Tommy Salo MoDo HOCKEY S.E.L.
Teemu SELANNE
I. COLUMBUS BLUEJACKETS
Nash-Cassels-Zherdev
Sanderson-Svitov-Vyborny
Reich-Marchant-Letowski
Shelley-Malhotra-Wright
Richardson-Spacek
Klesla-Lachance
Suchy-Westcott
Denis-Irbe
NEW ARRIVALS
Zenith KOMARNISKI FREE AGENTS
Andre LAKOS AUSTRIA NATS (see National team section)
Joe MOTZKO FREE AGENTS
Mike PANDOLFO FREE AGENTS
Jeremy REICH FREE AGENTS
Darrel SCOVILLE FREE AGENTS
Radoslav SUCHY PHOENIX NHL
Matthias TRITTNIG AUSTRIA NATS (See National team section)
DEPATURES
Fred BRATHWAITE BARS KAZAN R.S.L.
Andreas ERIKSSON
Brian HOLZINGER
Hannes HYVONEN D
David LING TORONTO NHL
Derrick WALSER BERLIN D.E.L. (CBJ retains NHL rights)
J. DALLAS STARS
Morrow-Modano-Guerin
Turgeon-Arnott-Lehtinen
Miettinen-Kapanen-Svoboda
Ott-Barnes-DiMaio
Erskine-Zubov
Daley-Boucher
Sweeney-Klemm
Turco-Ellis
NEW ARRIVALS
Dan ELLIS FREE AGENTS
Mike SIKLENKA FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Valeri BURE
Shayne CORSON
Richard MATVICHUK NEW JERSEY NHL
Teppo NUMMINEN
Daren OLIVER
Lubomir SEKERAS NUREMBERG D.E.L.
Blake SLOAN
Chris THERIEN
Ron TUGNUTT
Scott YOUNG
K. DETROIT RED WINGS
Technically YZERMAN is a free agent but if he's not a RED WING he'd
probably rather retire. Keep him on the squad for now.
Zetterberg-Datsyuk-Shannahan
Whitney-Lang-Holmstrom
Maltby-Yzerman-Williams
Manlow-Draper-McCarty
Hatcher-Lidstrom
Chelios-Dandenault
Kronwall-Woolley
Joseph-LeGace
NEW ARRIVALS
Bryan HELMER PHOENIX NHL
Eric MANLOW ISLANDERS NHL
DEPATURES
Boyd DEVEREAUX PHOENIX NHL
Brett HULL PHOENIX NHL
Kevin MILLER
Anders MYRVOLD
Mathieu SCHNEIDER
Steve THOMAS
L. EDMONTON OILERS
York-Smyth-Dvorak
Torres-Stoll-Hemskey
Moreau-Horcoff-Isbister
Pisani-Reasoner-Laraque
Brewer-Smith
Cross-Staios
Semenov-Ulanov
Conklin-Markkanen
NEW ARRIVALS
Rick MROZIK FREE AGENTS
Toby PETERSEN PITTSBURGH NHL
Dave ROCHE FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Scott FERGUSON
Mikko LUOMA MALMO S.E.L. (Oilers retain NHL rightS)
Petr NEDVED PHOENIX NHL
M. FLORIDA PANTHERS
Huselius-Jokinen-Horton
Nedorost-Weiss-Kolnik
Hagman-Taticek-Berglund
Hordichuk-Payer-Jardine
Bouwmeester-Hill
Mezei-VanRyn
Carins-Karpovtsev
Luongo-McLennan
NEW ARRIVALS
Eric CAIRNS ISLANDERS NHL
Gregory CAMPBELL FREE AGNETS
Patrick DESROCHERS CAROLINA NHL
Burke HENRY FREE AGENTS
Sean HILL CAROLINA NHL
Ryan JARDINE FREE AGENTS
Ty JONES FREE AGENTS
Alexander KARPOVTSEV ISLANDERS NHL
Joel KWIATKOWSKI WASHINGTON NHL
Jamie MCLENNAN RANGERS NHL
Gratn MCNEILL FREE AGENTS
Serge PAYER FREE AGENTS
Josh OLSON FREE AGENTS
Travis SCOTT FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Donald AUDETTE
Matt CULLEN CAROLINA NHL
Paul HEALEY
Kristian KUDROC
Simon LAJEUNESSE
Andreas LILJA NASHVILLE NHL
Eric MESSIER
Lyle ODELEIN
Byron RITCHIE CALGARY NHL
Mikael SAMUELSSON
Steve SHEILDS
Denis SHVIDKI Yaroslavl R.S.L. (Florida retains NHL rights)
Jeff TOMS
Pavel TRNKA Plzen C.E.L.
N. LOS ANGELES KINGS
Frolov-Straka-Cammalleri
Robitaille-Conroy-Brown
Armstrong-Belanger-Klatt
Avery-Pirnes-Cowan
Norstrom-Miller
Visnovsky-Dempsey
Corvo-Quintal
Garon-Cechmanek
NEW ARRIVALS
Noah CLARKE FREE AGENTS
Ryan FLINN FREE AGENTS
Denis GREBESHKOV FREE AGENTS
Jason HOLLAND FREE AGENTS
Tom KOSTOPOULOS PITTSBURGH NHL
Chris SCHMIDT FREE AGENTS
Brad SMYTH FREE AGENTS
Mike WEAVER FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Jason ALLISON
Brad CHARTRAND
Adam DEADMARSH
Milan HNILICKA
Ian LAPERRIERE COLORADO NHL
Jaroslav MODRY ATLANTA NHL
Zigmund PLAFFY
Jozef STUMPEL
John TRIPP MANNHEIM D.E.L.
Tomas ZIZKA
O. MINNESOTA WILD
Daigle-Wallin-
NEW ARRIVALS
Raymond GIROUX NEW JERSEY NHL
Kirby LAW PHILADELPHIA NHL
Brian ROLSTON BOSTON NHL
DEPATURES
Antti LAAKSONEN COLORADO
Bill MUCKLAT
Travis ROCHE ATLANTA NHL
Jason WIEMER CALGARY NHL
P. MONTREAL CANADIENS
Zednik-Koivu-Ryder
Bulis-Ribeiro-Hossa
Dagenais-Bonk-Sundstrom
Ivanans-Begin-Ward
Markov-Brisebois
Souray-Rivet
Hainsey-Komisarek
Theodore-Huet
NEW ARRIVALS
Francois BEAUCHEMIN FREE AGENTS
Benoit DUSABLON FREE AGENTS
Gavin MORGAN FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
J.F. DAMPHOUSSE
Jim DOWD
Benoit GRATTON LUGANO S.N.L.
Alexei KOVALEV
Darren LANGDON NEW JERSEY NHL
Yanic PERRAULT
Patrick TRAVERSE
Q. NASHVILLE PREDATORS
NEW ARRIVALS
Vernon FIDDLER FREE AGENTS
Simon GAMACHE FREE AGENTS
Darren HAYDAR FREE AGENTS
Andreas LILJA FLORIDA NHL
Libor PIVKO FREE AGENTS
Cam SEVERSON ANAHEIM NHL
Jerred SMITHSON FREE AGENTS
Jeremy YABLONSKI FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Brad BOMBARDIR
Andreas JOHANSSON GENEVE-SERVETTE S.N.L.
Jan LASAK
Rem MURRAY RETIRED?
Robert SCHNABEL SPARTA C.E.L.
Jason YORK
Sergei ZHOLTOK
R. NEW JERSEY DEVILS
NEW ARRIVALS
Bobby ALLEN FREE AGENTS
Darren LANGDON MONTREAL NHL
Richard MATVICHUK DALLAS NHL
Krzysztof OLIWA CALGARY NHL
Pascal RHEAUME ST LOUIS NHL
Ray SCHULTZ FREE AGENTS
Rob SKRLAC FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Tommy ALBELIN RETIRED
Craig DARBY TAMPA BAY NHL
Raymond GIROUX MINNESOTA NHL
Stephen GUOLLA KLOTEN S.N.L.
Steve KARIYA TAMPERE S.M.L.
Corey SCHWAB
Turner STEVENSON PHILADELPHIA NHL
S. NEW YORK ISLANDERS
NEW ARRIVALS
Jim CAMPBELL FREE AGENTS
Barrett HEISTEN FREE AGENTS
Dieter KOCHAN FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Eric CAIRNS FLORIDA NHL
Mariusz CZERKAWSKI
Jeff HAMILTON
Alexander KARPOVTSEV FLORIDA NHL
Alan LETANG HAMBURG D.E.L.
Eric MANLOW DETROIT NHL
Cliff RONNING
Brandon SMITH
Garth SNOW
T. NEW YORK RANGERS
NEW ARRIVALS
Martin GRIENER FREE AGENTS
Jeff MACMILLAN FREE AGENTS
Jason MARSHALL FREE AGENTS
Michael NYLANDER BOSTON NHL
Richard SCOTT FREE AGENTS
Jason STRUDWICK CHICAGO NHL
Layne ULMER FREE AGENTS
Stephan VALIQUETTE FREE AGENTS
Kevin WEEKES CAROLINA NHL
Chad WISEMAN FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Joel BOUCHARD
Pavel BURE
Josh GREEN
Mike GREEN NUREMBERG D.E.L.
Jan HLAVAC SPRATA C.E.L.
Jeff HEEREMA VANCOUVER NHL
John JAKOPIN AUSBERGER D.E.L.
Daniel LACOUTURE
Cory LAROSE ATLANTA NHL
Eric LINDROS
Chris MCALLISTER
Sandy MCCARTHY
Jamie MCLENNAN FLORIDA NHL
Mark MESSIER
Boris MIRONOV
Ales PISA
Jamie PUSHOR
U. OTTAWA SENATORS
NEW ARRIVALS
Jesse FIBIGER SAN JOSE NHL
Pat KAVANAGH VANCOUVER NHL
Chris KELLY FREE AGENTS
Charlie STEPHENS FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Peter BONDRA
Jody HULL
Curtis LESCHYSHYN
Glen METROPOLIT
Rob RAY
Todd SIMPSON
Petr SMREK EHC WOLFSBERG D.E.L.
Brad TAPPER NUREMBERG D.E.L.
Shaun VAN ALLEN
V. PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
NEW ARRIVALS
Craig BERUBE FREE AGENTS
Mike KNUBLE BOSTON NHL
Eric MELOCHE FREE AGENTS
Turner STEVENSON NEW JERSEY NHL
DEPATURES
Kirby LAW MINNESOTA NHL
Vladimir MALAKHOV
Mike PELUSO
Mark RECCHI PITTSBURGH NHL
Alexei ZHAMNOV
V. PHOENIX COYOTES
NEW ARRIVALS
Rick BERRY WASHINGTON NHL
Boyd DEVEREAUX DETROIT NHL
Doug DOULL FREE AGENTS
Denis GAUTHIER CALGARY NHL
Brett HULL DETROIT NHL
Sheldon KEEFE TAMPA BAY NHL
Petr NEDVED EDMONOTON NHL
Sean O'DONNELL BOSTON NHL
Mike RICCI SAN JOSE NHL
Oleg SARPYKIN CALGARY NHL
Brian SAVAGE ST LOUIS NHL
Jonathan SIM PITTSBURGH NHL
Martin SONNENBERG CALGARY NHL
DEPATURES
Goran BEZINA GENEVE-SERVETTE S.N.L.
Bryan HELMER DETROIT NHL
Tom KOIVISTO FROLUNDA S.E.L.
Daymond LANGKOW CALGARY NHL
Ivan NOVOSELTSEV TOGLIATTI R.S.L.
J.M. PELLETIER
Todd REIRDEN
Radoslav SUCHY COLUMBUS NHL
Mike WILSON
W. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
Much like Yzerman in Detroit, LEMIEUX IS NOT going to play for another
club so even though he's a Free Agent, I wouldn't put him there.
There seems to be confusion on whether SIVEK or MOROZOV's contracts have
out-clauses that will help them return to the NHL. It seems as though
MOROZOV signed a contract he can't get out of so you may want to release
him. I've heard varying reports on SIVEK's deal with Sparta in Prague.
Either way, Pittsburgh retains the NHL rights of both for now.
NEW ARRIVALS
Shane ENDICOTT FREE AGENTS
Matthew HUSSEY FREE AGENTS
Mark RECCHI PHILADELPHIA NHL
Jonathan SIM PHOENIX NHL
Ryan VANDENBUSSCHE CHICAGO NHL
DEPATURES
J.S. AUBIN
Patrick BOILEAU LAUSANNE S.N.L.
Kelly BUCHBERGER
Dan FOCHT
Tom KOSTOPOULUS LOS ANGELES NHL
Steve MCKENNA
Aleksey MOROZOV BARS KAZAN R.S.L. (Penguins retain rights)
Toby PETERSON EDMONTON NHL
Reid SIMPSON
Michal SIVEK SPARTA C.E.L. (Penguins retain rights)
Landon WILSON ESPOON S.M.L.
X. SAN JOSE SHARKS
NEW ARRIVALS
DEPATURES
Curtis BROWN CHICAGO NHL
Vincent DAMPHOUSSE COLORADO NHL
Jesse FIBIGER OTTAWA NHL
Todd HARVEY
Seamus KOTYK
Jason MARSHALL RANGERS NHL
Mike RICCI PHOENIX NHL
Y. ST LOUIS BLUES
NEW ARRIVALS
John POHL FRE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Murray BARON
Mike DANTON
Pavol DEMITRA
Jef FINLEY
Christian LAFLAMME KASSEL D.E.L.
Al MACINNIS
Steve MARTINS JYP JYVASKYLA S.M.L.
Steve MCLAREN TAMPA BAY NHL
Scott MELLANBY ATLANTA NHL
Chris OSGOOD
Pascal RHEAUME NEW JERSEY NHL
Z. TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
NEW ARRIVALS
Craig DARBY NEW JERSEY NHL
Steve MCLAREN ST LOUIS NHL
Valcalv PROSPAL ANAHEIM NHL
Jarrod SKALDE FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Ben CLYMER
Jassen CULLIMORE CHICAGO
Sheldon KEEFE PHOENIX NHL
Evegeny KONSTANTINOV DYNAMO R.S.L.
Stanislav NECKAR
Jimmie OLVESTAD DJURGARDEN S.E.L. (Tampa retains rights)
Eero SOMERVUORI KARPAT S.M.L. (Tampa retains NHL rights)
Cory STILLMAN
Pascal TREPANIER NUREMBERG D.E.L.
aA. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
NEW ARRIVALS
David LING COLUMBUS NHL
Jason MACDONALD FREE AGENTs
DEPATURES
Drake BERHOWSKY
Aaron GAVEY
Tom FITZGERALD BOSTON NHL
Ron FRANCIS
Josh HOLDEN MORGES S.N.L.
Calle JOHANSSON
Trevor KIDD
Bryan MARCHMENT
Robert REICHEL LITVINOV C.E.L.
Mikael RENBERG LULEA S.E.L.
BB. VANCOUVER CANUCKS
NEW ARRIVALS
Johnathan AITKEN CHICAGO NHL
Joe DIPENTA FREE AGENTS
wade FLAHERTY FREE AGENTS
Lee GOREN FREE AGENTS
Jeff HEEREMA RANGERS NHL
DEPATURES
Magnus ARVEDSSON FARJESTAD S.E.L.
Sylvain BLOUIN
Marc BERGEVIN
Johan HEDBERG LEKSANDS (Sweden-2)
Mikko JOKELA HPK S.M.L. (Canucks retain NHL rights)
Pat KAVANAGH OTTAWA NHL
Mike KEANE
Mats LINDGREN
Chris NIELSEN
Jaroslav OBSUT LULEA S.E.L.
Sean PRONGER FRANKFURT D.E.L.
Brandon REID HAMBURG D.E.L. (Canucks retain NHL rights)
Martin RUCINSKY LITVINOV C.E.L.
Sergei VARLAMOV BARS KAZAN R.S.L.
CC. WASHINGTON CAPITALS
NEW ARRIVALS
Jeff PAUL FREE AGENTS
DEPATURES
Mel ANGELSTAD BELFAST (England)
Bates BATTAGLIA
Rick BERRY PHOENIX NHL
Sebastien CHARPENTIER
J.F. FORTIN
J.L. GRAND-PIERRE
John GRUDEN
Chris HAJT
Craig JOHNSON HAMBERG D.E.L.
Joel KWIATKOWSKI FLORIDA NHL
Kip MILLER
Brad NORTON
Andrej PODJKONICKY LIBEREC C.E.L.
Todd ROHLOFF
Rastislav STANA SODERTALJE S.E.L. (Caps retain NHL rights)
Roman TVRDON NOTTINGHAM (England)
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8. HISTROIC TEAMS
ANAHEIM 2003
MINNESOTA 2003
CAROLINA 2002
SAN JOSE 2002
COLORADO 2001
NEW JERSEY 2000
BUFFALO 1999
DALLAS 1999
WASHINGTON 1998
OTTAWA 1998
ANAHEIM 1997
OILERS 1997
RANGERS 1997
TAMPA BAY 1996
COLORADO 1996
DETROIT 1996
FLORIDA 1996
NEW JERSEY 1995
BUFFALO 1994
SAN JOSE 1994
RANGERS 1994
VANCOUVER 1994
QUEBEC 1993
WINNIPEG 1993
CHICAGO 1993
MONTREAL 1993
LOS ANGELES 1993
BOSTON 1993
ISLANDERS 1993
TORONTO 1993
PITTSBURGH 1992
ST LOUIS 1991
EDMONTON 1990
CALGARY 1989
WASHINGTON 1988
PHILADELPHIA 1987
MONTREAL 1986
EDMONTON 1984
ISLANDERS 1982
MINNESOTA N.STARS 1981
MONTREAL 1977
PITTSBURGH 1975
WASHINGTON 1975
BUFFALO 1975
PHILADELPHIA 1974
BOSTON 1972
MONTREAL 1968
BRUINS ALL-TIME
CHICAGO ALL-TIME
DETROIT ALL-TIME
MONTREAL ALL-TIME
RANGER ALL-TIME
TORONTO ALL-TIME
CHICAGO 1967
RANGERS 1967
BOSTON 1957
MONTREAL 1956
DETROIT 1952
TORONTO 1951
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9. NATIONAL TEAMS
AUSTRIA
The Austrian National is fairly accurate in 2k5. Divis's commitments to
his NHL club usually make him unavailable to the Austrians but he's still
the best goalie the country has produced up to this point. Dalpiaz is no
longer with the Senior team and the Austrians are instead using three
under 25 goalies in real life (see below for their names) Both Andre Lakos
(Lekus) and Mattias Trittnig (Trettnog) are over in the States with
Columbus now so you may want to 'create' them for the BJs and change their
names later. At the International level, Austrian hockey has had a sort of
change towards younger players and 2k5's Austrian roster is a bit outdated
and full of older players.
Reinhard DIVIS G Reinhard DIVIS G (also on St Louis)
Claus Delpoez G Claus DALPIAZ G
Matthias Trettnog C Matthias TRITTNIG C (going to Columbus)
Dieter Kelt LW Dieter KALT LW
Christoph Brendnir C Christoph BRANDER C (also on Minnesota)
Andre Lekus D Andre LAKOS D (going to Columbus)
BELARUS
CANADA
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
The Danes roster is a bit confusing
Martin Andreason D Andreas ANDREASEN D
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
KAZAKHSTAN
LATVIA
RUSSIA
SLOVAKIA
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UKRAINE
UNITED STATES
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10. PLAYER INFO FIXES
ANAHEIM
POSITION MOVES
McDonald to RW
NAME CHANGES
Chistov to Tchistov (optional, he spells it with a 'C' in the NHL)
MINNESOTA
POSITION MOVES
Burns to D
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