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time to cleanse the palate for today and bring you folks some real sports instead of the same ol' shit that ain't ever gonna change.
I'm playing a full season of SimLeague Hockey (NHL) on WhatIfSports for the first time, and decided to use a lineup of the Edmonton Oilers from NHL Hockey '92 (only on the Sega Genesis) by Electronic Arts.
this Edmonton Oilers lineup will be composed of:
> Line 1: Mark Messier (C), Esa Tikkanen (LW), Joe Murphy (RW)
> Line 2: Ken Linseman (C), Petr Klima (RW/LW), Glenn Anderson (RW)
> Line 3: Craig MacTavish (C), Craig Simpson (LW), Kelly Buchberger (RW)
> Line 4: Adam Graves (C), Martin Gelinas (LW), Dave Brown (RW)
> Defense Pair 1: Steve Smith (LD), Charlie Huddy (RD)
> Defense Pair 2: Geoff Smith (LD), Chris Joseph (RD)
> Defense Pair 3: Kevin Lowe (LD), Jeff Beukeboom (RD)
> Goalies: Bill Ranford (starter), Grant Fuhr (backup)
> Extras/Healthy Scratch (Press Box): Anatoli Semenov (C), Norm Maciver (D), Craig Muni (D)
> PP Line 1: Mark Messier (C), Craig Simpson (LW), Glenn Anderson (RW)
> PP Line 2: Craig MacTavish (C), Martin Gelinas (LW), Joe Murphy (RW)
> PP Pair 1: Steve Smith (LD), Charlie Huddy (RD)
> PP Pair 2: Chris Joseph (LD), Kevin Lowe (RD)
> SH Line 1: Petr Klima (Left Forward), Craig MacTavish (Right Forward)
> SH Line 2: Adam Graves (Left Forward), Ken Linseman (Right Forward)
> 4-on-4 OT [Overtime] Line: Mark Messier (Left Forward), Esa Tikkanen (Right Forward)
in other words, i'm gonna get this very last Edmonton Oilers team from their 1980s championship dynasty days one last run at championship glory. because after the 1991 Stanley Cup Playoffs, Edmonton gradually gave away all their key players except for Buchberger.
β11674[Quote]
>>11672 (OP)I donβt know shit about hockey but I think this is pretty cool. Love simulation shit
β11675[Quote]
>>11674thanks and much appreciated. sim season hasn't even started yet, but I make sure this Edmonton Oilers lineup revolve around the legendary Mark Messier as that was the only Sega Genesis NHL game that had him in an Edmonton Oilers sweater.
i got some good comments in picrel. someone told me Mike Gartner, Wayne Gretzky (99), Mario Lemieux (66) and even Theoren Fleury were fast as fuck, and also said Jeremy Roenick was unstoppable in either NHL 92 or 93 that they had to make later revision patches to slow them down.
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i am still waiting for at least four new teams to join the league before the SimLeague hockey season will start.
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the only way Anatoli Semenov is gonna get any actual game time for this Oilers team is if at least one of Messier, Linseman, MacTavish or Adam Graves go down with injury or suspension.
same thing with Norm Maciver and Craig Muni. The only way they'll get actual game time is if at least one of Steve Smith, Huddy, Geoff Smith, Chris Joseph, K-Lowe or Beukeboom go down with injury or suspension.
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actually, one person even had to add in his second team because said person is sick and tired of waiting for the league to fill up with all the teams, and i don't blame that anon for wanting to hurry up and get the show on the road.
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finally, we got all the teams ready (including my EA 92 Edmonton Oilers). next step is to wait for the schedule to be generated, so that the season will begin.
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shoutout to Gelinas for coming close to tying the game at 3-3, and Messier for finally getting it going.
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only Esa Tikkanen, Craig MacTavish, Craig Simpson, Kelly Buchberger and Geoff Smith are scoreless.
β11775[Quote]
bad news: my top defenseman from the EA 92 Edmonton Oilers (Steve Smith) has sustained a nose fracture in Game 4, incurred in just less than a minute into my fourth game.
He's gonna be out for 6 games, so that means i now have to call up either Norm Maciver or Craig Muni from the press box for the time being.
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alright, i got Craig Muni on the active roster for the next 6 games. Norm Maciver and Anatoli Semenov can stay in the press box. Steve Smith will be resting up for the next 6 games.
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>>11919that's Game 25 btw
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gem of a thread
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Martin Gelinas will move up to the third line with Craig MacTavish and Kelly Buchberger. Semenov is on the 4th line with Adam Graves and Dave Brown.
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1 win, 49 losses
the losing ways still continue, but at least 4 goals were scored by the EA 92 Edmonton Oilers.
Martin Gelinas and Esa Tikkanen each scored one goal, while Kelly Buchberger scored twice.
Dave Brown and Kevin Lowe assisted on Gelinas' goal.
Mark Messier and K-Lowe assisted on Tikkanen's goal.
Gelinas assisted on Buchberger's standard tip-in goal of Gelinas' missed slapshot.
Adam Graves assisted on Buchberger's second goal.
btw, Grant Fuhr got pulled for Bill Ranford.
after 50 games, my point producers for the EA 92 Edmonton Oilers are:
> Esa Tikkanen (LW): 12G/2A/14P
> Mark Messier (C): 7G/7A/14P
> Martin Gelinas (LW): 8G/5A/13P
> Glenn Anderson (RW): 5G/8A/13P
> Kevin Lowe (D): 3G/10A/13P
> Joe Murphy (RW): 2G/10A/12P
> Petr Klima (RW/LW): 6G/4A/10P
> Kelly Buchberger (RW): 5G/5A/10P
> Chris Joseph (D): 3G/7A/10P
> Ken Linseman (C): 2G/8A/10P
> Craig Simpson (LW): 5G/3A/8P
> Adam Graves (C): 3G/5A/8P
> Charlie Huddy (D): 1G/7A/8P
> Steve Smith (D): 1G/7A/8P
> Dave Brown (RW): 4G/3A/7P
> Jeff Beukeboom (D): 2G/5A/7P
> Geoff Smith (D): 0G/7A/7P
> Craig MacTavish (C): 2G/3A/5P
> Anatoli Semenov (C): 0G/1A/1P
for the goalies:
> Grant Fuhr: 951 saves/1105 shots on goal = 86.1 save percentage/6.05 goals against average
> Bill Ranford: 899 saves/1051 shots on goal = 85.5 save percentage/6.17 goals against average
even though Dave Brown got ejected for kneeing, he again avoided suspension. Craig Simpson however wasn't as lucky, as not only did he get ejected for elbowing, but once again he's out for another two games because he's suspended for intent to injure.
because of Craig Simpson's two game suspension, Anatoli Semenov will be getting more run time, and the last time around, he scored 1 assist in 2 games. Let's hope Semenov can do even better for the next two games, and again, Semenov will be on the 4th line next to Adam Graves and Dave Brown, while Gelinas gets promoted to the 3rd line at LW next to Craig MacTavish and Kelly Buchberger.