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    VHLM Player Profile

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    Name: Chase Keller

    Position: Center

    Handedness: Left

    Height: 6’2”

    Weight: 200 LBS

    Birthplace: Pleasant Camp, British Columbia, Canada

    Practice Hours: 221

     

    This week we will be looking at the undisputed number one prospect in the upcoming VHL entry draft, Chase Keller.  Keller is represented by long time VHL agent and hall of fame builder Joey Kendrick.  Kendrick also currently represents goalie Marcus King of the Riga Reign.  With such a high pedigree agent representing Keller it is no wonder he is expected to do great things in the VHL.  He has already capped out his practice hours applied in the VHLM and will surely make the jump to the VHL next year.  Keller is currently second in the VHLM in goals with 24 in 29 games.  He adds 19 assists to that for 43 points, good enough for 7 in the league in points.  However, Keller really needs to work on his defensive game as he currently has the lowest +/- in the top 10 in points with a -10, 7 worse than the next closest.  It is important to note that Keller does play on the worst team in the league, the Yukon Rush.  The Rush have wallowed in last place the past 2 seasons and even the explosive offensiveness of Keller won’t change that. 

     

    Strengths:

     

    Scoring – Despite being 2nd in the league in goal scoring currently I am going to go out on a limb here and say Keller is the best goal scorer in the VHLM currently.  He currently plays for the worst team in the league on a line with Phil Bennington and Vincent Oakhart who are both scorers in their own right with only Phil having any practice hours in passing and even then only having a measly 4 hours.  I would wager to say that if placed on a line with a pure playmaker that Keller would blow the league away in goal scoring. 

    Passing – While Keller is a score first kind of player he is also a great passer.  He has had to do basically everything on his line as his line mates have scored 20 points total combined.  If Keller were to get some better line mates I would expect his assists to go up.  Currently he sits outside the top 10 in assists by 6 but we could see him creep into the lower half of the top 10 as Bennington and Oakhart continue to improve.

    Skating – Keller is a very strong skater and he is expected to inmprove this ability when he moves up to the VHL next season.  Keller is very quick and it is reflected in his goal scoring abilities and his ability to get open on the ice for quality shots.

     

    Weaknesses:

    Defense – Even as a forward you need to be able to play defense if you want to be successful in the VHL.  I would expect Keller to improve his defense once he gets to the VHL level with a better defensive coach.  Defense helps you keep possession of the puck and if you have the puck you can score more, so we could see Keller improve more offensively as he improves his defense.  Right now this is Keller’s most glaring weakness.

    Physicality – Keller has taken the second most hits in the VHLM this season with 153, and has only laid out 28.  That gives Keller a -125 hit differential this season, one of the worst in the league.  If Keller does not improve his strength and checking he will struggle to compete with the top forwards in the VHL later in his career.  While this is not a huge issue right now, I would like to see Keller improve his physicality slowly over the next couple of seasons.  Improving his strength should also help with his ability to score.

    Face-Offs – Face-offs are not as important to many minor league players in the VHLM because virtually no one focuses on them at this level, but I would really like to see Keller improve this as he moves on to the next level in his career.  Gaining possession off the draw is an invaluable asset at any level but it becomes much more important at the VHL level and I would expect him to start to improve this attribute once he reaches this level.

    S56 Discussion: Changing of the Guard

    in Ottawa Lynx

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    Just now, JardyB10 said:

    Freedom isn't free.

     

    Speaking of which, in 7 hours I'll be on a plane to Washington for the weekend. Any must-see recommendations, or cool bars to go to? We're doing the Nationals game tomorrow, and definitely going to the Game of Thrones pop-up bar on Saturday. The rest of Saturday is pretty open. I imagine we'll do the standard monument viewing on Capitol Hill.

    I always liked the Smithsonian museams (when you spell something badly and not even autocorrect can tell you what you mean) and they are free.  The Air and Space Museam and the Museam of Natural History are the two coolest imo.  Those can take some time to walk through though, like you could do 2 in a day depending on how busy it is because it is a weekend.  They are a lot cooler than the monuments around town if you ask me.  Also I don't know if this would be cool to you but National Archives is really interesting to me but again they are probably packed on a weekend.  My mom actually works for National Archives.  Also the coolest museam (one day I will learn how to spell this word) in the whole freaking city is the Newseam but it's not a Smithsonian so it costs money to get into and I think it's expensive like $25 so maybe not that one.  If you're looking for good restaurants to check out I unfortunately can't help you there, I live closer to Baltimore and really close to Annapolis so I am more in tune with their local restaurants than DCs.  I can tell you there will be a lot of food trucks downtown, I am absolutely terrified of eating from one.  Also if you use the metro DO NOT STOP TO PUT YOUR TICKET IN PUT IT IN AND KEEP WALKING lol 

    Hope this helped you with some ideas 

    Introduction!

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    4 hours ago, aalst239 said:

    Good evening y'all,

    Hockey has always been my favorite sport to follow, unfortunately I follow a team who loves to disappoint.......the capitals :(. I discovered the VHL through the capitals sub-reddit and decided to give it a shot. I have pretty high hockey IQ from years of following the NHL and playing on XBOX.

    All of the feels right here, all of them.  I'm from Maryland so I have been a caps fan since I discovered hockey and May is honestly the worst month in the history of months they should just get rid of it.  I literally cried this time when the caps lost it hurt so bad </3

     

    37 minutes ago, JardyB10 said:

    Welcome friend! I'd say you could come to me with any questions (and you can), but after tomorrow I'm going to be gone for the weekend...to Washington! Hopefully the disappointment of the Caps doesn't leak onto their city. :P

    Coming to visit me?  I have great news about DC though, their bars are open until 3 am woop woop

    VHLM Player Profile

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    Posted

    Article is a little heavy on content, feel free to trim some.  Also I wasn't sure of formatting so just let me know if this is okay.

     

     

    Name: Keaton Louth

    Position: Defenseman

    Age: 19

    Handedness: Right

    Height: 6’4”

    Weight: 230lbs

    Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Practice Hours: 128

    NHL Comparison: Erik Karlsson

    Keaton Louth grew up just outside of Duncan, British Columbia in a small town named Cobble Hill.  Growing up Louth played a variety of sports including ball hockey, football, and rugby.  The now 6’4” and 230 lbs defenseman was always large for his age.  Louth finished high school a year late and was quickly signed by the Victoria Royals of the WHL.  After slipping to the 7th spot on their depth chart, but saw a shot at some ice time when a team mate went down with a prolonged injury.  Louth scored his first assist on his first shift as a Royal, foreshadowing for good things to come.  With 13 games to go in the VHLM regular season, the Las Vegas Aces looking to boost their roster for a deep playoff run signed Keaton Louth to a $1 million entry level contract good until the end of the playoffs.  Louth played surprisingly well on the blue line for the Aces in the regular season with 6 assists and only a -1 on a team that had the majority of the players on the negative side.  Louth also had 7 shot blocks for the Aces.  Going in to the playoffs the Las Vegas Aces were expected to handle the Yukon Rush, who were dead last, rather easily in the first round, but weren’t expected to move on much further.  However, they went all the way to the finals before bowing out in 4 games to the Saskatoon Wild in the post season.  Louth had 2 goals and 2 assists in 14 games but was tied for the worst +/- on the team and only had 11 blocked shots.  Was Louth’s defense, or lack thereof, going to become a problem in the VHLM?  In the VHLM dispersal draft for S56 Louth was on the hot seat once again.  After not hearig his name called in the first round and seeing people with much less practice hours put in go before him Louth was wondering when his name would be called.  Finally with the final pick in the 2nd round Louth was drafted 10th overall by the Saskatoon Wild.  Coming out of arguably nowhere Louth has made great leaps and bounds in his play this season.  Currently he is tied for the lead for defensemen in points with 11 goals and 21 assists for 32 points in 17 games.  He is 2nd in the entire league in points and has a very solid +6.  His defensive play is still leaving much to be desired with only 21 shot blocks and 32 hits. 
    Strengths:

    Scoring – Scoring is Louth’s best attribute with the most practice hours devoted to it.  He can score goals with considerable ease although he is not currently leading the league in scoring from a defenseman.  I would keep an eye on him though, he will be a strong scorer from the blue line when he makes the leap to the VHL next year.

    Passing – Passing is another great attribute of Louth’s and while he isn’t quite as strong of a passer as he is a finisher, he is offensively deadly when he has the puck no matter how you look at it.  Louth has been racking up the assists with more than 1 per game this season.

    Skating – Louth is a fluid and swift skater.  He is always flying around the ice and is sometimes too reliant on his ability to get back in the play with his speed, causing him to play out of position more.

     

    Weaknesses:

    Defense – While he is not the worst defensive player in the VHLM, his defense is simply not where it needs to be to be on par with the other top line defenders in this league.

    Checking – Louth’s checking is abysmal, and I wouldn’t expect that to change anytime soon.  He seems to be focusing his practice time on getting better offensively and not worried about his physicality at all.

    Strength – Many often see strength and think it goes hand in hand with checking.  And, while it does, it is not the only thing we are referring to when we say strength.  Louth is also weak on puck possession and easily turns the puck over or is knocked off the puck in the corners easy.  It also effects his shot and I would really like to see him start putting some time into this attribute.

    Welcome to Oslo

    in Oslo Storm

    Posted

    11 hours ago, KGR said:

    Meg I am seriously going to need top line center duties asap. The ignore for the request is kinda upsetting and not helping me out.

    DT take a chill pill my man, it will be done.  We still have Jack Sheppard as you can see by the game threads which totally threw me for a loop so I had to ask Higgins what was up with that and he said Helsinki is above cap and can't call him up until they make a trade so for now we got him and might as well use him to get those standings points.  I will get you on the first line you will play wing for now or you can be second line center if that floats your fancy, whatever toots your boat.  It takes me a few minutes to do lines so it will have to wait until this afternoon.  Just breathe, 1 or 2 games won't break your achievement tracker.

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