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Saul Hackett: Brampton Blades Hits & Shot Blocks

BRAMPTON, ON - Recent insider information from the Brampton locker room has revealed that the Brampton Blades, in spite of a comfortable twenty-six point cushion over third place in the North American Conference, is considering shuffling players around on their lines or between teams. Concerns regarding offensive output and trading players have been voiced (although most have not gone through), and rookie GM Kel has decided it's time to make some changes. However, this seems to have come in the form of adding players from the waiver wire rather than trading or cutting them. Brampton has recently added brand-new S47 draftee Tom Lincoln, an apparent offensive powerhouse that could provide the spark that Brampton needs to be in serious contention for first place in the North American conference. They've also added Atticus Von Braxton IV, a young goalie with a promising career and excellent VHL pedigree. Von Braxton IV is likely to compete for the starting job at Brampton, as Chris Fekete continues to show difficulties adjusting to the minor league level. The next several games will be telling for Brampton, who seems to be below the levels of the European Big Three but above the rebuilding Watchmen, Rush, and Lynx; will Lincoln be enough to stem the multitude of overtime heartbreaks Brampton has suffered this season?

3-1 Americans

Who will make the VHLM playoff finals? Why is Brampton struggling to earn wins this season? In your opinion, which S46 prospect will have the most successful VHL career? From a talent standpoint, which team has the best defense in the VHLM? What does Cooper Supernaw do in his free time? What's Supernaw's career going to look like? How long will it take before he starts for a VHL team?

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Rough loss - GGWP Moscow.

Fekete getting it DONE today. Grats on the shut-out! GG Bratislava.

Great effort by Fekete to keep it respectable, but that Swiss offense was just a little too much for us.

5-2 Wild

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Loving it. GG Yukon!

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Fekete had a solid game, but we just couldn't find the net enough against Clegane. GG Moscow!

ANOTHER OT/SO, but this time we come out on top! GG Bratislava. Lord Faker bailing us out in the shootout, haha.

BRAMPTON, ON - As Brampton's mid-season slump (of sorts) continues, the Blades' coaching staff is still trying to figure out exactly what their team is meant to do. With the Blades sitting in second in the North American Conference, fifteen points ahead of Ottawa, some may consider the season thus far a success. However, it's clear that the Blades leave something to be desired in comparison to the Wild, as well as Europe's top three teams, both in terms of overall team play as well as a defining identity. The Royals, for example, have relied on the abilities of star Zach Parechkin to produce the majority of their offense, whereas the Wild exploit the unusual offensive ability of defenseman MC Hammer; Saskatoon also has an excellent mix of forwards with defensive and offensive proficiencies. The Red Wolves use first-line talent like Arcturus Mengsk and Jace Hines in tandem with a tremendously deep roster to wear opponents out, and the Storm focus their team around their excellent defensive talent in their top two lines paired with Giovanni Reuel and Wesley Babiy to produce most of their team's offensive output. The question is, then, what does Brampton do well? They have two solid defensemen in Hackett and Voss, but they have no standout offensive player like Parechkin, and their defenders aren't specialized in the same way Hammer is. Goalie Chris Fekete has been pushed to so many overtime games and shootouts in his couple dozen games that the rookie has probably had a tough time adjusting to the grueling nature of VHL games. These are the questions experts will hound Brampton with until they come up with something definitive.

Zach Voss coming up HUUUGE for us in this game - two goals, 6 hits, 3 shots blocked. Solid performance by Fekete in this game too. =]

Agh, another OT/SO loss. GG Ottawa!

GG Ottawa - a pair of close games today.

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Got a little too happy with the hits out there, haha. GG Yukon!

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Another day, another shootout loss. It's unfortunate, but GG Oslo!