NHL 2004 Transaction FAQ by dynamitehack91 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- N H L 2004 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- NHL2004 by EA SPORTS Transaction FAQ Version 3.00 (Just before deadline PS2, XBox, GCN, PC CD-ROM compatiable by dynamitehack91 (dynamitehack91@yahoo.com) Created on - March 07, 2004 Last Updated - March 08, 2004 Get updates at - www.gamefaqs.com, http://www.geocities.com/ftw61poppa/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Disclaimer of the Legal Kind II. Document History III. Slight Introduction !!PLEASE READ!! IV. Transaction List V. Create-A-Player (CAPs) VI. Frequent Line Combinations VII. Extra Goodies (Retired Numbers, Coaches, Captains, Jersey Numbers) VIII. Contributions -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I. Disclaimer of the Legal Kind This document is intended for the sole use of all NHL2004 Hockey fans and you know what - it was written in attempts to reach as many fans as possible so I do not mind at all if you freely distribute this guide around the internet so as long as you keep my contact update and the contribution section in tact. This guide will always be freshly updated at www.gamefaqs.com and soon - hopefully - at my own website. I am in no way affliated with the NHL (National Hockey League), the NHL Player's Association (NHLPA), the players of the NHL, the AHL (American Hockey League), or any hockey group for that matter. I'm not affliated with EA SPORTS or anyone else involved in the production of this game. I'm just a fan of the formers who's looking not to get sued because he can't afford a great lawyer like Matt Murdock or Leonord J. Crabs. Feel free to contact me on any manner regarding this document. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- II. Document History March 07, 08 - Decided to start this up again after someone asked Up to date - Val Bure trade. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- II. Slight Introduction After last year's try at a transaction document for NHL2003 (by Ea) and NHL2k3 (by Sega) and getting in way over my head on some things - this year, I'm ready and I know how to do it right this time around so without further ado, lets get it on. This document will NOT be about how to play NHL2004 or the controls. That's what the instruction manual is for and if you don't have that, that's what just randomly pushing buttons is for. This document will ONLY concentrate on the roster aspect of the game and NOTHING else. If you ever played a video sports game straight from the box you may have noticed that the rosters aren't usually right up to date as they should be. After all they need to set deadlines before the game gets shipped and that's point of no return right there. Or you've got a guy that's in charge of the rosters that can't keep track of all the fringe players out there - and who can blame him, it's a lot of work - and he misses things. That's what I'm here for. This document fixes everything that happens after NHL2004 hits the shelves. Now for a little Q and A PLEASE DO READ Q1 : When do you upate this FAQ? A1 : At the end of each week I'm hoping. And for people who remember my FAQs last year - I WILL be prepping for the deadline day so it won't hit me right in the middle of everything like it did last year. Q2 : Where can I contact you? A2 : You can email me exclusively at dynamitehack91@yahoo.com - that's the one I check the most. You can also get a hold of me on AIM at Dags91. I don't mind talking to most people just don't be rude. And if I don't answer after a couple minutes, I'm probably away and forgot to put up a message. I'm not trying to snub you, just send me an email in that case. Q3 : Where can I get the latest updates? A3 : www.gamefaqs.com will always be suppplied with the latest copy but it takes a while to be posted. For the newest copy of the guide go to http://www.theanecs.com/ESPNhockey_FAQ.txt Q4 : Have you done any other FAQs? A4 : Last year I did this same document for NHL2k3 and NHL2003. This year I have ESPN Hockey and NHL2004 coming. Q5 : You have so-and-so on the wrong team, you have so-and-so with the wrong number, you have so-and-so under the wrong whatever - ect. A5 : That's not much of a question but chances are I probably know about it already and haven't gotten around to fixing it. I don't miss too many transactions so if you think you see one that I missed, please first check the date this was last updated and when the transaction became offical (I do NOT deal with rumours to all who tried emailing me that McLaren was an Islander) before you email me. It became a big pet peeve of mine last year with people emailing me that I forgot this or that or did you hear about this or Burke may go to St Louis - When it was either a rumour or the update for a certain transaction hadn't come out yet. If you do email me about corrections, please PLEASE try and be polite and if it's a spelling mistake, email that immediately because I rarely catch those with player names with so many names included in this document. Q6 : Anything else? A6 : Please PLEASE PLEASE do not e-mail me or contact me for help on how to operate the controls or any features of this game - not to sound rude but I really don't care. DO NOT contact me about how to set up your PS2 online or X- Box Live - I have very limited knowledge on routers and my networking skills are elementary. DO NOT e-mail me for the ID key for the PC CD-ROM version - I know, I know - your dog ate the case. Well wait for him to poop it out asshole. Like I believe that one. If you're going to have a question on the document or just want to talk decent hockey, then yes you may contact me. Otherwise, please spare me. Q7 : What? You're having that plain old non-toasted instead a nice toasted Quizno's oven-toasted sub. What, were you raised by wolves? A7 : Yes, yes I was. ANAHEIM MIGHTY DUCKS New Arrivals : Casey Hankinson LW FREE AGENTS Mike Mottau D FREE AGENTS Chris Armstrong D AUGSBURG DEL Mikael Holmqvist C TPS SMLIIGA Martin Skoula D COLORADO Petr Schastlivy LW OTTAWA Depatures : Jonathan Hedstrom RW DJURGARDENS SEL Mike Commodore D CALGARY Kurt Sauer D COLORADO Rob Valicevic RW DALLAS Todd Reirden D PHOENIX ATLANTA THRASHERS New Arrivals : Greg Hawgood D FREE AGENTS Shawn Heins D FREE AGENTS Bill Lindsay LW FREE AGENTS Randy Robitaille C FREE AGENTS Tommi Santala C HPK SMLIIGA Kari Lehtonen G JOKERIT SMLIIGA Serge Aubin C COLORADO Brad Larsen LW COLORADO Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre D COLUMBUS Jani Hurme G FLORIDA Tomas Kloucek NASHVILLE Ronald Petrovicky NY RANGERS Depatures : Yuri Butsayev RUSSIAN SUPERLEAGUE Per Svartvadet C MODO HOCKEY SEL Milan Hnlicka G LOS ANGELES Simon Gamache C NASHVILLE Kirill Safranov D NASHVILLE Brad Tapper RW OTTAWA BOSTON BRUINS New Arrivals : Felix Potvin G FREE AGENTS Timothy Thomas G FREE AGENTS Michael Grosek RW FREE AGENTS Sandy McCarthy RW FREE AGENTS Martin Wilde D MODO HOCKEY SEL Hannu Toivonen G HPK SMLIIGA Craig McDonald C FREE AGENTS via Florida Travis Green C TORONTO via Columbus Sergei Gonchar D WASHINGTON Michal Nylander C WASHINGTON Depatures : Marty McInnis RW FREE AGENTS Bryan Berard D CHICAGO Steve Shields G FLORIDA Shaone Morrisonn D WASHINGTON BUFFALO SABRES New Arrivals : Chris Taylor C FREE AGENTS Jason Botterill LW FREE AGENTS David Cullen D FREE AGENTS Rick Mrozik D FREE AGENTS Brad Brown D MINNESOTA Dominic Pittis C NASHVILLE Depatures : Jaroslav Kristek RW SLOVAKIA NATIONALS Steve Begin LW MONTREAL Joel Bouchard D NY RANGERS CALGARY FLAMES New Arrivals : Matt Davidson RW FREE AGENTS Dave Lowry LW FREE AGENTS Mike Commodore D ANAHEIM Ville Nieminen RW CHICAGO Marcus Nilson LW FLORIDA Chris Simon LW NY RANGERS Miikka Kiprusoff G SAN JOSE Lynn Loyns C SAN JOSE Depatures : Petr Buzek D INJURY BUY-OUT/RETIRE Robert Dome C SODERTALJE DEL Micki Dupont D EISBAREN BERLIN DEL Blair Betts C NY RANGERS Josh Green LW NY RANGERS Jamie McLennan G NY RANGERS Dwayne Hay C TAMPA BAY CAROLINA HURRICANES New Arrivals : Jamie Storr G FREE AGENTS Justin Williams RW PHILADELPHIA Depatures : Jeff Daniels LW RETIRED Bob Boughner D COLORADO Danny Markov D PHILADELPHIA Jeff Heerema RW NY RANGERS Harold Druken C TORONTO CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS New Arrivals : Blake Bellefeuille RW FREE AGENTS Lasse Kukkonen D KARPAT OULUN SMLIIGA Tuomo Ruutu C HIFK SMLIIGA Bryan Bearard D BOSTON Stephane Robidas D DALLAS Jim Vandermeer D PHILADELPHIA Depatures : Sami Helenius D JOKERIT SMLIIGA Matt Henderson RW ISERLOHN DEL Reto Von Arx C SUISSE LEAGUE Ville Nieminen RW CALGARY Jon Klemm D DALLAS Nathan Dempsey D LOS ANGELES Steve Sullivan RW NASHVILLE Alexei Zhamnov C PHILADELPHIA COLORADO AVALANCHE New Arrivals : Dennis Bonvie RW FREE AGENTS via Ottawa Steve Brule RW FREE AGENTS *listed as D* Kurt Sauer D ANAHEIM Bob Boughner D CAROLINA Darby Hendrickson C MINNESOTA Matthew Barnaby LW NY RANGERS Steve Konowalchuk LW WASHINGTON Depatures : Eric Bertrand RW KREFELD DEL Martin Skoula D ANAHEIM Serge Aubin C ATLANTA Brad Larsen LW ATLANTA Chris McAllister D NY RANGERS Charlie Stephens C OTTAWA Bates Battaglia LW WASHINGTON Brian Willsie RW WASHINGTON COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS New Arrivals : Anders Eriksson D FREE AGENTS Mark Hartigan C FREE AGENTS David Ling RW FREE AGENTS Manny Malholtra C DALLAS Alexander Svitov C TAMPA BAY Zenith Komarniski D VANCOUVER Depatures : Jeff Ware D FREE AGENTS Andrej Nederost RURSIAN SUPERLEAGUE *CLM retains rights* Hannes Hyvonen RW FARJESTAD SEL Espen Knutsen C DJURGARDENS SEL Paul Manning D HAMBURG DEL Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre D ATLANTA Darryl Sydor D TAMPA BAY Sean Pronger C VANCOUVER Todd Rohloff D WASHINGTON DALLAS STARS New Arrivals : Shayne Corson LW FREE AGENTS Blake Sloan RW FREE AGENTS via Detroit Antti Miettinen LW HPK SMLIIGA Mathias Tjarnqvist LW DJURGARDENS SEL Rob Valicevic RW ANAHEIM Valeri Bure RW FLORIDA Jon Klemm D CHICAGO Chris Therien D PHILADELPHIA Depatures : Claude Lemieux RW SUISSE LEAGUE Stephane Robidas D CHICAGO Manny Malholtra C COLUMBUS Steve Gainey LW PHILADELPHIA DETROIT RED WINGS New Arrivals : Derek King LW FREE AGENTS Marc Lamothe G FREE AGENTS Steve Thomas RW FREE AGENTS Nicklas Kronwall D DJURGARDENS SEL Anders Myrvold D MANHEIM ADLERS DEL Robert Lang C WASHINGTON Depatures : Dmitri Bykov D RUSSIAN SUPERLEAGUE EDMONTON OILERS New Arrivals : Adam Oates C FREE AGENTS David Roche C FREE AGENTS Jamie Wright LW FREE AGENTS Igor Ulanov D FLORIDA Jamie Wright LW FREE AGENTS Mikko Luoma D TAPPARA SMLIIGA Jussi Markkanen G NY RANGERS Petr Nedved C NY RANGERS Tyler Moss G VANCOUVER Depatures : Kari Haakana D MODO HOCKEY SEL Mike Comrie C PHILADELPHIA FLORIDA PANTHERS New Arrivals : Lyle Odelein D FREE AGENTS Jeff Paul D FREE AGENTS Travis Scott G FREE AGENTS Steve Shields G BOSTON Donald Audette RW MONTREAL Christian Berglund LW NEW JERSEY Simon Lajeunesse G OTTAWA Depatures : Paul Laus D RETIRED Jaroslav Bednar RW RUSSIAN SUPERLEAGUE Jeff Toms C SUISSE LEAGUE Jani Hurme G ATLANTA Valeri Bure RW DALLAS Marcus Nilson LW CALGARY Igor Ulanov D EDMONTON Chris Mason G NASHVILLE Viktor Kozlov RW NEW JERSEY Ivan Novoseltsev RW PHOENIX LOS ANGELES KINGS New Arrivals : Esa Pirnes C TAPPARA SMLIIGA Milan Hnilicka G ATLANTA Nathan Dempsey D CHICAGO Anson Carter RW NY RANGERS via Washington Johnathan Tripp RW NY RANGERS Martin Straka LW PITTSBURGH Depatures : Steve Heinze RW FREE AGENTS Jon Sim C PITTSBURGH Jared Aulin C WASHINGTON Brad Norton D WASHINGTON MINNESOTA WILD New Arrivals : Alexandre Daigle RW FREE AGENTS Christoph Brandner LW KREFELD DEL Mika Hanula LW MALMO HAWKS SEL Jason Wiemer C NY ISLANDERS Eric Chouinard C PHILADELPHIA Alex Henry D/LW WASHINGTON Depatures : Brad Brown D BUFFALO Darby Hendrickson C COLORADO Jim Dowd C MONTREAL Brad Bombardir D NASHVILLE Jeremy Stevenson LW NASHVILLE Sergei Zholtok C NASHVILLE Tony Tuzzolino RW OTTAWA Jason Marshall D SAN JOSE MONTREAL CANADIENS New Arrivals : Pierre Dagenais RW FREE AGENTS Steve Begin LW BUFALLO Jim Dowd C MINNESOTA Alexei Kovalev RW NY RANGERS Daren Langdon LW VANCOUVER Depatures : Donald Audette RW FLORIDA NASHVILLE PREDATORS New Arrivals : Jamie Allison D FREE AGENTS Mathieu Darche RW FREE AGENTS Anthony Hrkac C FREE AGENTS Stanislav Neckar D FREE AGENTS Marek Zidlicky D HIFK SMLIIGA Simon Gamache LW ATLANTA Kirill Safranov D ATLANTA Steve Sullivan RW CHICAGO Chris Mason G FLORIDA Brad Bombardir D MINNESOTA Jeremy Stevenson LW MINNESOTA Sergei Zholtok C MINNESOTA Ray Schultz D NY ISLANDERS Depatures : Bill Houlder D FREE AGENTS Jan Lasak G RUSSIAN SUPERLEAGUE *NAS retains rights* Cameron Mann RW INGOLSTADT DEL Tomas Kloucek D ATLANTA Domenic Pittis C BUFFALO Reid Simpson LW PITTSBURGH Clarke Wilm C TORONTO NEW JERSEY DEVILS New Arrivals : Tommy Albelin D FREE AGENTS Igor Larionov C FREE AGENTS Tomas Philman RW JYP SMLIIGA Ilkka Pikkarainen LW HIFK SMLIIGA *listed as D* Viktor Kozlov C FLORIDA Jan Hrdina C PHOENIX Depatures : Christian Berglund LW FLORIDA Michael Rupp C PHOENIX Pascal Rheaume C ST LOUIS NY ISLANDERS New Arrivals : Ryan Kraft C FREE AGENTS Cliff Ronning C FREE AGENTS Steve Webb RW FREE AGENTS via Pittsburgh Depatures : Jason Wiemer C MINNESOTA Ray Schultz D NASHVILLE Stephane Valiquette G NY RANGERS via Edmonton, Florida Mattias Timander D PHILADELPHIA Alain Naserddine D PITTSBURGH NY RANGERS New Arrials : Jan Hlavac LW FREE AGENTS John Jakopin D FREE AGENTS Mark Messier C FREE AGENTS Boris Mironov D FREE AGENTS Jamie Pushor D FREE AGENTS via Columbus Martin Rucinsky LW FREE AGENTS Joel Bouchard D BUFFALO Blair Betts C CALGARY Josh Green LW CALGARY Jamie McLennan G CALGARY Jeff Hereema RW CAROLINA Chris McAllister D COLORADO Stephane Valliquette G NY ISLANDERS via Edmonton, Florida Chad Wiseman RW SAN JOSE Jaromir Jagr RW WASHINGTON Depatures : Slyvain Lefebrve D FREE AGENTS Mike Richter G RETIRED David Karpa D RUSSIAN SUPERLEAGUE via Pittsburgh Ales Pisa D RUSSIAN SUPERLEAGUE Dixon Ward RW SUISSE LEAGUE Chris Simon LW CALGARY Matthew Barnaby LW COLORADO Jussi Markkanen EDMONTON Petr Nedved C EDMONTON Anson Carter RW LOS ANGELES via Washington Johnathan Tripp RW LOS ANGELES Alexei Kovalev RW MONTREAL Vladimir Malakhov D PHILADELPHIA Mike Wilson D PHOENIX Nils Ekman LW SAN JOSE Brian Leetch D TORONTO OTTAWA SENATORS New Arrivals : Mike Brown LW FREE AGENTS Rob Ray LW FREE AGENTS Brad Tapper RW ATLANTA Charlie Stephens C COLORADO Todd Simpson D PHOENIX via Anaheim Peter Bondra RW WASHINGTON Depatures : Petr Schastlivy LW ANAHEIM Simon Lajeunesse G FLORIDA PHILADELPHIA FLYERS New Arrivals : Craig Berube LW FREE AGENTS Mike Peluso LW FREE AGENTS Joni Pitkanen D KARPAT OULUN SMLIIGA Dannil Markov D CAROLINA Alexei Zhamnov C CHICAGO Steve Gainey LW DALLAS Vladimir Malakhov D NY RANGERS Mattias Timander D NY ISLANDERS Sean Burke G PHOENIX Branko Radivojevic RW PHOENIX Depatures : Tomi Kallio RW FROLUNDA SEL Justin Williams RW CAROLINA Jim Vandermeer D CHICAGO Chris Therien D DALLAS Eric Chouinard C MINNESOTA Eric Weinrich D ST LOUIS PHOENIX COYOTES New Arrivals : Gary Shachuk RW KREFELD DEL Todd Reirden D ANAHEIM Mike Comrie C EDMONTON via Philadelphia Ivan Novoseltsev RW FLORIDA Michael Rupp C NEW JERSEY Mike Wilson D NY RANGERS Brent Johnson G ST LOUIS Depatures : Frank Banham RW RUSSIAN SUPERLEAGUE Jan Hrdina C NEW JERSEY Todd Simpson D OTTAWA via Anaheim Sean Burke G PHILADELPHIA Branko Radivojevic RW PHILADELPHIA Landon Wilson RW PITTSBURGH Mike Sillinger C ST LOUIS Drake Berehowsky D TORONTO via Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH PENGUINS New Arrivals : Patrick Boileau D FREE AGENTS Martin Strbak D HPK SMLIIGA via Los Angeles Jon Sim C LOS ANGELES Landon Wilson RW PITTSBURGH Depatures : Richard Lintner D DJURGARDENS SEL Martin Straka LW LOS ANGELES Ric Jackman D TORONTO Johan Hedberg G VANCOUVER SAN JOSE SHARKS New Arrivals : Christian Ehrhoff D KREFELD DEL Marcel Goc C MANNHEIM DEL Dmitri Patzold G MANNHEIM DEL Jason Marshall D MINNESOTA Nils Ekman LW NY RANGERS Depatures : Miikka Kiprusoff G CALGARY Lynn Loyns C CALGARY Chad Wiseman RW NY RANGERS ST LOUIS BLUES New Arrivals : Murray Baron D FREE AGENTS Scott Pellerin LW FREE AGENTS via Washington Levente Szuper G FREE AGENTS Pascal Rheaume C NEW JERSEY Eric Weinrich D PHILADELPHIA Mike Sillinger C PHOENIX Depatures : Daniel Tkaczuk C LUKKO SMLIIGA Brent Johnson G ST LOUIS TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING New Arrivals : Darren Rumble D FREE AGENTS Eric Perrin C JYP SMLIIGA Eero Somervuori RW HPK SMLIIGA Dwayne Hay C CALGARY Darryl Sydor D COLUMBUS Depatures : Janne Lakkanen D BLUES ESPOON SEL Alexander Svitov C COLUMBUS TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS New Arrivals : Ken Klee D FREE AGENTS Joe Nieuwendyk C FREE AGENTS Pierre Hedin D MODO HOCKEY SEL Harold Druken C CAROLINA Clarke Wilm C NASHVILLE Brian Leetch D NY RANGERS Drake Berehowsky D PHOENIX via Pittsburgh Depatures : Robert Svehla D RETIRED Travis Green C BOSTON via Columbus Ric Jackman D PITTSBURGH VANCOUVER CANUCKS New Arrivals : Magnus Arvedson LW FREE AGENTS Dallas Eakins D FREE AGENTS Mike Keane RW FREE AGENTS Peter Sarno C BLUES ESPOON SMLIIGA via Edmonton Johan Hedberg G PITTSBURGH Sean Pronger C COLUMBUS Depatures : Justin Kurtz D KREFELD DEL Zenith Komarniski D COLUMBUS Tyler Moss G EDMONTON Darren Langdon LW MONTREAL WASHINGTON CAPITALS New Arrivals : Ivan Ciernik LW FREE AGENTS Colin Forbes LW FREE AGENTS via Colorado Craig Johnson LW FREE AGENTS via Toronto, Anaheim Joel Kwiatkowski D FREE AGENTS John Gruden D BERLIN DEL Andrej Podkonicky C ISERLOHN DEL Jason Ulmer C LUKKO SMLIIGA Shaone Morrisonn D BOSTON Bates Battaglia LW COLORADO Brian Willsie RW COLORADO Todd Rohloff D COLUMBUS Jared Aulin C LOS ANGELES Brad Norton D LOS ANGELES Depatures : Sylvain Cote D RETIRED Glen Metropolit C JOKERIT SMLIIGA *Rights belong to OTT* Andreas Salomonsson RW MODO HOCKEY SEL Sergei Gonchar D BOSTON Michal Nylander C BOSTON Steve Konowalchuk LW COLORADO Robert Lang C DETROIT Alex Henry D MINNESOTA Jaromir Jagr RW NY RANGERS Peter Bondra RW OTTAWA LOOK FOR THE FINISH PRODUCT ON MARCH 9th and 10th