BBKL Championship BUF/MIN

[hong57]

Atta boy Honger... give 'em hell.

Thanks for the blessing!

You and Billy gets the best press box to watch the finals in our home games!

[Bruyns]

You and Fraser both seem to have taken similar paths of upgrade upgrade upgrade when you get some decent assets and have done well, while not many of the current pure rebuilders can say quite the same, about doing well. Maybe just upgrade upgrade upgrade is the best path, as results seem to be speaking for themselves.

Although, one has to have the assets to begin with to upgrade. I had zero prospects, one 1st in the next two draft years, and my best player was a just bought out 33 year old Mike ribeiro when I started. However, Ive added a good amount of prospects and picks, and some quality NHL players in wennberg, Nylander, subban, Suter, green, dubnyk so I may follow your guys examples and shift gears in the near future, as that seems like the tried and true way to BBKL success at this point.

Ya, you couldn't upgrade much with what you took over. Our rosters were similar, but I had a lot more assets to work with. I agree that Fraser's "rebuild" if you want to call it that was similar. Cap space is also an asset and being the team to acquire players that contenders couldn't afford was a big part of my build.

Trades to upgrade have to pan out too, could easily think you are upgrading and be hurting your team.

[hong57]

The guy who sells at the deadline makes the finals

Should be a close one

i planned that to let Hayden and Sissons step up

[hong57]

Btw, what's the max goalie GP for the finals?

[Matthew]

2 weeks = 8, unless you own a system, I believe.

[hong57]

Good luck Matt.. this is gonna be a very exciting matchup

Agreed, we have similar builds and matchup well.

Ya.. every category should be close

[Matthew]

Good luck Matt.. this is gonna be a very exciting matchup

Agreed, we have similar builds and matchup well.

Ya.. every category should be close

Let's hope Matt can get a goalie start this week.

[hong57]

if gibson only played one game and got a shutout.. then im fucked

[The BBKL Insider]

You two stop being weak and go win a championship.

Congrats by-the-way on making the finals! A good season from both teams.

[Handsome&FairMike]

Congrats boys - nice to see the better regular season have some meaning in the playoffs too with the tiebreak in back to back weeks!

[Shoalzie]

Congrats to ya both on getting here...figured both of you were due for a trip to the finals. Should be an entertaining matchup. Good luck fellas.

[dave1959]

Congratulations to Matt and Hong on the tough road to the finals.

Gotta cheer for my boy Matt!!

[kimmer]

Go azn

[Robin Hood]

Best of luck, gents. You're both excellent GMs and equally deserving to get this far. I've been quietly following along. Nice to see new stories this year.

[CasperX22]

A tie would be nice.

[dave1959]

A tie would be nice.

I wouldn't be surprised

[Lee]

both of you sure are pretty, sweet boys.

[Bruyns]

both of you sure are pretty, sweet boys.

Awww thanks Lee

[CAM]

I respect the hell out of Matt's team and methods but i gotta go for Honger on this one. Tell you one thing, lot less stressful once you have a cup under your belt...

[Matthew]

Are all teams going to get to make lineup changes at the midway point of this 2 week match, or just the two teams in the finals. Cuz it would be helpful for me, I believe.