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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 dynamitehack91@yahoo.com - 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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11. THANKS

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