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My review of Grape's Ultimate Guide. I find this guide to be extremely helpful, and it follows closely the advise I received when joining the league, and how I have my build planned out. Furthermore, while compiling the Analytic's Edge articles that I have posted for VSN, i've noticed that focusing on a handful of attributes is the way to go to become a top performer. I think Grape ultimately leans this way as well, as the reccomended attributes to boost that he's stated follows along closely with boosting certain attribute groups. I fully agree that focusing defensively is also the way to go, my player John Cowgill is a center which is very heavily focused defensively, and i've noticed that he does pretty well with scoring points as well. I give this article a 10/10 for sure, great knowledge to spread around to the playerbase, thank you for sharing.

1. I feel more confident while having a man advantage by down by a goal i think. 2. It sends the message that we want to be a physical team, love it. 3. I think Mantzz will make a big offensive impact, i've noticed my scoring as Cowgill has improved after Mantzz joined too. 4. I hope I am getting hot for the postseason, my build is improving slowly, hope it'll make the rightt difference at the right time. I'd love to score around 10-12 points in the last 18 games I think. 5. I think i'm at a confidence scale of about 8.5, i think we're poised for a run. 6. You are salsa, and I think green salsa is my favorite.

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@LucyXpher In today’s article, we will be analyzing Defenders. I will be analyzing the top 10 user controlled defenders of the VHLM, sorted by +/-. I apologize in advance if your player was not included, but I will be limiting these articles to 10 players at a time to help limit article length to make it more readable. We will start each analysis with Plus / Minus, Hits and Shots Blocked. As a bonus we have Successful Hits, Puck Retrievals and Pass Interceptions as slightly hidden defensive stats. These three stats were gathered courtesy of user VattghernCZ, who contributed heavily to the analysis of these defenders. Then we will go over the offensive production of these defenders, and finally we will list how many stars of the game they have accumulated. Without further ado, let’s dig right in. All players on this list have played in 34 games (at the time of writing), so keep that in mind for the totals they have accumulated. 1st, Krister Von Casar Tzesar, user @Komrad, Philadelphia Reapers. They generate 0.91 plus / minus per game, for a total of 31 plus / minus. They have 3.15 hits per game, totaling 107 hits. They have 1.82 shots blocked per game, for a total of 55 shots blocked. They have 2.68 successful hits per game (hits that resulted in puck retrieval), for a total of 91 successful hits. They had 11.41 puck retrievals per game, for a total of 388 puck retrievals. They had 21.76 pass interceptions per game, for a total of 740 pass interceptions.Their offensive production is 0.06 goals per game, for a total of 2 goals. They contribute 0.53 assists per game, totaling 18 assists. They score on average 0.59 points per game, for a total of 20 points. They play 28.66 minutes per game, and score 0.41 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times, and the 3rd star 3 times. Their ratings are 25 DK, 20 SH, 0 PA, 50 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 46 PC, 40 DC, 15 OV, 15 SP, 15 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and they have 40 EXP. There were 226 TPE spent on this build. The top defensemen on the list is sort of balanced in their TPE spent, but is somewhat focused on BC, PC and DC. 2nd, Adam Joy, user @MrMom, Philadelphia Reapers. They generate 0.82 plus / minus per game, for a total of 28 plus / minus. They have 0.91 hits per game, totaling 31 hits. They have 1.08 shots blocked per game, for a total of 35 shots blocked. They have 0.97 successful hits per game, for a total of 33 successful hits. They had 14.59 puck retrievals per game, for a total of 496 puck retrievals. They had 26.82 pass interceptions per game, for a total of 912 pass interceptions. Their offensive production is 0.29 goals per game, for a total of 10 goals. They contribute 1.03 assists per game, totaling 35 assists. They score on average 1.32 points per game, for a total of 45 points. They play 28.99 minutes per game, and score 0.91 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 2 times, the 2nd star 2 times, and the 3rd star 3 times. Their ratings are 52 DK, 0 SH, 0 PA, 28 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 50 PC, 50 DC, 60 OV, 0 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and they have 40 EXP. There were 300 TPE spent on this build. This player is much more offensively oriented than the number one defensemen by plus / minus, and it makes sense with their ratings being very focused, and they have put a high priority on OV. 3rd, Additional Pylons, user @courtjestr19, Houston Bulls. They generate 0.79 plus / minus per game, for a total of 27 plus / minus. They have 1.06 hits per game, totaling 36 hits. They have 0.76 shots blocked per game, for a total of 26 shots blocked. They have 0.94 successful hits per game, for a total of 32 successful hits. They had 12.41 puck retrievals per game, for a total of 422 puck retrievals. They had 22.12 pass interceptions per game, for a total of 752 pass interceptions. Their offensive production is 0.15 goals per game, for a total of 5 goals. They contribute 0.56 assists per game, totaling 19 assists. They score on average 0.71 points per game, for a total of 24 points. They play 28.01 minutes per game, and score 0.5 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 2 times, the 2nd star 1 times, and the 3rd star 3 times. Their ratings are 50 DK, 20 SH, 0 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 70 PC, 50 DC, 10 OV, 0 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and they have 43 EXP. There were 200 TPE spent on this build. This player continues the trend of the top 2 and focuses heavily in a few areas, the highest being PC, but good investments in DK and DC as well. It seems to work as a strategy, being good enough for number three on the list. 4th, Feka Ohi Kau, user @Hacob, Houston Bulls. They generate 0.71 plus / minus per game, for a total of 24 plus / minus. They have 2.18 hits per game, totaling 74 hits. They have 1.0 shots blocked per game, for a total of 34 shots blocked. They have 1.68 successful hits per game, for a total of 57 successful hits. They had 16.38 puck retrievals per game, for a total of 557 puck retrievals. They had 25.76 pass interceptions per game, for a total of 876 pass interceptions. Their offensive production is 0.29 goals per game, for a total of 10 goals. They contribute 0.5 assists per game, totaling 17 assists. They score on average 0.79 points per game, for a total of 27 points. They play 27.52 minutes per game, and score 0.58 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 3 times, the 2nd star 3 times, and the 3rd star 1 times. Their ratings are 70 DK, 60 SH, 0 PA, 28 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 70 PC, 70 DC, 21 OV, 44 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and they have 49 EXP. There were 363 TPE spent on this build. This is the most experienced player on the list so far and they also focused DK, SH, PC and DC. So far the top defensemen are focused in their TPE spending. 5th, Dan Bacle, user @Starchychaff, Philadelphia Reapers. They generate 0.56 plus / minus per game, for a total of 19 plus / minus. They have 1.91 hits per game, totaling 65 hits. They have 0.97 shots blocked per game, for a total of 33 shots blocked. They have 1.88 successful hits per game, for a total of 64 successful hits. They had 9.29 puck retrievals per game, for a total of 316 puck retrievals. They had 16.88 pass interceptions per game, for a total of 574 pass interceptions. Their offensive production is 0.15 goals per game, for a otal of 5 goals. They contribute 0.12 assists per game, totaling 4 assists. They score on average 0.26 points per game, for a total of 9 points. They play 27.63 minutes per game, and score 0.19 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 2 times, the 2nd star 0 times, and the 3rd star 1 times. Their ratings are 17 DK, 0 SH, 0 PA, 20 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 30 PC, 30 DC, 12 OV, 0 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and they have 40 EXP. There were 109 TPE spent on this build. This is the first sub 200 TPE build on this list, good for fifth overall. Like the first four players, this player has focused their TPE, to good effect, on PC, DC and BC. 6th, Bazooka Joe, user @ScottyP, Philadelphia Reapers. They generate 0.53 plus / minus per game, for a total of 18 plus / minus. They have 1.12 hits per game, totaling 38 hits. They have 1.65 shots blocked per game, for a total of 56 shots blocked. They have 1.09 successful hits per game, for a total of 37 successful hits. They had 17.26 puck retrievals per game, for a total of 587 puck retrievals. They had 31.76 pass interceptions per game, for a total of 1080 pass interceptions. Their offensive production is 0.38 goals per game, for a total of 13 goals. They contribute 0.82 assists per game, totaling 28 assists. They score on average 1.21 points per game, for a total of 41 points. They play 28.16 minutes per game, and score 0.86 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 2 times, the 2nd star 4 times, and the 3rd star 3 times. Their ratings are 0 DK, 40 SH, 0 PA, 8 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 70 PC, 70 DC, 45 OV, 0 SP, 20 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and they have 40 EXP. There were 253 TPE spent on this build. This build is much more offensively oriented than the previous five, and it shows. They are still focused, focusing on PC, DC and OV. This is the first defensemen in the top 6 to not put TPE into DK. Even though they are sixth in plus / minus, they are the most decorated player so far in stars of the game, which indicates they are doing something right. 7th, Petr Novak, user @LastGoon007, Halifax 21st. They generate 0.44 plus / minus per game, for a total of 15 plus / minus. They have 0.91 hits per game, totaling 31 hits. They have 0.91 shots blocked per game, for a total of 31 shots blocked. They have 0.85 successful hits per game, for a total of 29 successful hits. They had 10.79 puck retrievals per game, for a total of 367 puck retrievals. They had 19.44 pass interceptions per game, for a total of 661 pass interceptions. Their offensive production is 0.15 goals per game, for a total of 5 goals. They contribute 0.91 assists per game, totaling 31 assists. They score on average 1.06 points per game, for a total of 36 points. They play 24.47 minutes per game, and score 0.87 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 3 times, the 2nd star 2 times, and the 3rd star 1 times. Their ratings are 30 DK, 70 SH, 6 PA, 20 BC, 6 GR, 0 FO, 70 PC, 70 DC, 15 OV, 10 SP, 6 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 1 FG, 0 PO and they have 46 EXP. There were 304 TPE spent on this build. This user continues the trend of focusing heavily on a few areas, namely SH, PC, DC. It seems to be working since so far there are no generalists in the top seven players by plus / minus. 8th, Manuel Ceson, user @dylanjj37 Halifax 21st. They generate 0.41plus / minus per game, for a total of 14 plus / minus. They have 1.79 hits per game, totaling 61 hits. They have 1.15 shots blocked per game, for a total of 39 shots blocked. They have 1.47 successful hits per game, for a total of 50 successful hits. They had 17.53 puck retrievals per game, for a total of 596 puck retrievals. They had 32.56 pass interceptions per game, for a total of 1107 pass interceptions. Their offensive production is 0.29 goals per game, for a total of 10 goals. They contribute 0.59 assists per game, totaling 20 assists. They score on average 0.88 points per game, for a total of 30 points. They play 28.57 minutes per game, and score 0.62 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 2 times, the 2nd star 4 times, and the 3rd star 0 times. Their ratings are 75 DK, 0 SH, 0 PA, 45 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 80 PC, 80 DC, 0 OV, 0 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and they have 43 EXP. There were 315 TPE spent on this build. This user heavily focused on DK, PC and DC. Despite not putting any points into OV they are contributing 0.88 points per game, which is pretty good. 9th, Peter Venkman, user @Josh, Mexico City Kings. They generate 0.32 plus / minus per game, for a total of 11 plus / minus. They have 1.5 hits per game, totaling 51 hits. They have 1.47 shots blocked per game, for a total of 50 shots blocked. They have 1.41 successful hits per game, for a total of 48 successful hits. They had 16.38 puck retrievals per game, for a total of 557 puck retrievals. They had 29.79 pass interceptions per game, for a total of 1013 pass interceptions. Their offensive production is 0.35 goals per game, for a total of 12 goals. They contribute 0.47 assists per game, totaling 16 assists. They score on average 0.82 points per game, for a total of 28 points. They play 28.98 minutes per game, and score 0.57 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 3 times, the 2nd star 1 times, and the 3rd star 1 times. Their ratings are 75 DK, 53 SH, 0 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 58 PC, 75 DC, 79 OV, 1 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and they have 40 EXP. There were 364 TPE spent on this build. This user heavily focused on DK, DC, OV, PC and SH . The somewhat surprising result from their build is that the heaviest focus on OV in this group of ten players does not necessarily have the best offensive production of the group. 10th, Dog Jagr, user @koty_k, Houston Bulls. They generate 0.26 plus / minus per game, for a total of 9 plus / minus. They have 2.21 hits per game, totaling 75 hits. They have 1.26 shots blocked per game, for a total of 43 shots blocked. They have 2.21 successful hits per game, for a total of 75 successful hits. They had 12.38 puck retrievals per game, for a total of 421 puck retrievals. They had 24.06 pass interceptions per game, for a total of 818 pass interceptions. Their offensive production is 0.15 goals per game, for a total of 5 goals. They contribute 0.71 assists per game, totaling 24 assists. They score on average 0.85 points per game, for a total of 29 points. They play 28.37 minutes per game, and score 0.6 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 1 times, the 2nd star 0 times, and the 3rd star 2 times. Their ratings are 40 DK, 40 SH, 35 PA, 40 BC, 13 GR, 0 FO, 60 PC, 60 DC, 31 OV, 68 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 2 LD, 4 FG, 0 PO and they have 49 EXP. There were 393 TPE spent on this build. Despite having the most TPE spent on their build amongst these top ten defensemen, they grade in 10th place. I think this is in large part due to their philosophy of spreading their points around to lots of areas and not focusing on a limited number of areas. So far in my observations, players who focus tend to do better. In general, my observation is that the Defenders who put up the most plus / minus were heavily focused in a few areas of their training. All ten defenders heavily spent on DC and PC, which could indicate those are two key attributes for a defensemen, the rest of the ratings are kind of spread around, but the ones who did better focused on fewer areas, whichever those may have been. I hope that this article was enlightening and entertaining for everyone. 2200+ Words

1. I think my player helps contribute to the penalty kill, i am very defensive focused center. 2. It's a great boon having someone on the blueline contributing points to the cause, like having an extra attacker. 3. Yes physicality is a big part of our identity, I know my player is very physical focused. 4. Maybe better passing on the team can lead to better oppurtunities for Versti. 5. I think my player would excel on defense, i am a very defense focused build. 6. The historic square is named The Zocalo.

1. No it does not impact my confidence. I think our team is very solid and will show out in the end, I am slowly building up to be able to help to contribute more. 2. I'd say it's been critical to team success, if you cant score, you cant win. 3. I'm not sure what's been key to the improvement in power play, but I assume it's not due to the contributions of my player John Cowgill. 4. We do need to shore that up some, need to score some more and allow fewer scores, or else it could result in pain for us. 5. I think if i were allowed to choose a custom goal song for my player, it'd be "Here comes the boom". 6. The aztec city was Tenochtitlan, I believe. which was the capital of the Aztec empire.

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1. I think the biggest factor in our success so far is how well the GM constructs the lines and places the pieces to put us in a position to succeed. 2. It is a wonderful feeling knowing that you have a Goalie back there that just wont let goals happen, I think Cowgill hopes to win as many faceoffs as he can this season to help keep puck possession so fewer shots are attempted against us. 3. Honestly I think the group is so successful because for the most part these players are spending their TPE in a focused manner, the one player who is a little more balanced is Hughes, so far via my mentorship i've received i';ve learned that being focused is the way to go. 4. I prefer spreading the offense throughout the lineup in general, at least having 1st and 2nd line being offensively oriented, maybe 3rd line defensive oriented. 5. You make sure the goaltender is aware the fault isn't on his shoulders alone, we play as a team, we win as a team, we lose as a team. If defense did a little better job we could possess the puck for longer stretches which would help the goalie out a lot. 6. I'd swap with Venkman for sure, he's built really well and that is a large part of what i'm building towards, i just dont have the TPE yet.

+10 for John Cowgill

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The Analytics Edge: How Player Ratings Shape Plus/Minus in the VHLM @slothfacekilla Today’s article is my inaugural journey in writing for VSN, and this will kick off a long term series of statistical and ratings analysis that I will be doing every season, to help us better understand possibly the importance of ratings to stat performance. I hope this will help user’s better determine an upgrade path, to seek the specific performance they are looking for. In today’s article, we will be starting with Winger’s. I will be analyzing the top 10 Left Wingers and the top 10 Right Wingers of the VHLM, sorted by +/-. I apologize in advance if your player was not included, but I will be limiting these articles to 20 player’s at a time, to help limit article length to make it more readable. Without further ado, let’s dig right in. I will be starting with the top 10 Left Winger’s first. To be transparent, at least with the initial run of this article, I will primarily be focusing on offensive production of the wingers. 1st, ALTO RED, @alto_red , Philadelphia Reapers, they’ve scored 4 Goals, contributed 5 Assists, for a total of 9 Points. They are contributing 1.5 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 9. RED is contributing 3 hits per game, for a total of 18 hits. They are attempting 5.17 shots per game, with a total of 31 shots attempted, scoring 12.90% of those chances. They’ve played 171 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 28.56 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored 1.05 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 1 time, the 2nd star 1 time and the 3rd star 1 time. The ratings that derive these stats are 70 DK, 0 SH, 0 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 28 PC, 49 DC, 70 OV, 14 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 40 EXP. There were 231 TPE spent on this build. This player prioritized DK and OV, which seems to have paid off in the form of a top offensive performance through the first 6 games. 2nd, Hunter s, @Hunter S, Houston Bulls, they’ve scored 3 Goals, contributed 5 Assists, for a total of 8 points. . They are contributing 1.33 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 6. Hunter s is contributing 2 hits per game, for a total of 12 hits. They are attempting 5.33 shots per game, with a total of 32 shots attempted, scoring 9.38% of those chances. They’ve played 172 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 28.72 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .93 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 1 time, the 2nd star 1 time and the 3rd star 1 time. The ratings that derive these stats are 13 DK, 67 SH, 5 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 67 PC, 69 DC, 70 OV, 32 SP, 32 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 46 EXP. There were 355 TPE spent on this build. This player prioritized SH, PC, DC and OV. They have more TPE assigned than the 1st place player, so they have more ratings to work with, they are a little more balanced ratings wise, however they are 3 points lower on the PLUS / MINUS through the first 6 games. 3rd, Lorenzo Mancini, @GioSivo, Saskatoon Wild, they’ve scored 3 Goals, contributed 5 Assists, for a total of 8 points. . They are contributing 1.33 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 5. Mancini is contributing 2 hits per game, for a total of 12 hits. They are attempting 5.17 shots per game, with a total of 31 shots attempted, scoring 9.68% of those chances. They’ve played 173 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 28.96 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .92 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 1 time, the 2nd star 1 time and the 3rd star 0 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 17 DK, 6 SH, 0 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 14 PC, 52 DC, 70 OV, 7 SP,20 SS, 17 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 43 EXP. There were 203 TPE spent on this build. This player prioritized DC and OV. They continue the trend of focusing on both DC and OV like the first two entrants, it seems to be a pattern that works. 4th, Tommy James Longpre, @TJ Longpre, Philadelphia Reapers, they’ve scored 2 Goals, contributed 3 Assists, for a total of 5 points. . They are contributing .83 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 3. Longpre is contributing 2.33 hits per game, for a total of 14 hits. They are attempting 3.5 shots per game, with a total of 21 shots attempted, scoring 9.52% of those chances. They’ve played 152 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 25.38 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .66 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 0 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 21 DK, 20 SH, 16 PA, 10 BC, 7 GR, 6 FO, 12 PC, 19 DC, 26 OV, 25 SP, 20 SS, 20 WS, 9 LD, 1 FG, 19 PO and have 53 EXP. There were 231 TPE spent on this build. This player is balanced across the board, not having a heavy investment in any one rating. While they are Plus / Minus of 3 which is pretty good production, so far the first three entrants show that this balanced approach may not be the best approach to produce top tier offensive production. 5th, Jakub Kovar, @MichkovSzn, Philadelphia Reapers, they’ve scored 3 Goals, contributed 5 Assists, for a total of 8 points. . They are contributing 1.33 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 2. Kovar is contributing 2.33 hits per game, for a total of 14 hits. They are attempting 5.17 shots per game, with a total of 31 shots attempted, scoring 9.68% of those chances. They’ve played 165 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 27.58 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .97 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 0 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 40 DK, 4 SH, 4 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 16 PC, 70 DC, 70 OV, 5 SP, 9 SS, 9 WS, 9 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 43 EXP. There were 229 TPE spent on this build. This player revisited the heavy focus of DC and OV with a good investment of DK as well. While they are Plus / Minus of 2, they’re offensive production is pretty good producing 1.33 points per game. 6th, Zak Trokker, @Peace, San Diego Marlins, they’ve scored 1 Goal, contributed 6 Assists, for a total of 7 points. . They are contributing 1.17 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 2. Trokker is contributing 2.33 hits per game, for a total of 14 hits. They are attempting 5.33 shots per game, with a total of 32 shots attempted, scoring 3.13% of those chances. They’ve played 163 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 27.24 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .86 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 1 time. The ratings that derive these stats are 0 DK, 22 SH, 0 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 40 PC, 20 DC, 70 OV, 70 SP, 70 SS, 20 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 43 EXP. There were 312 TPE spent on this build. This player has heavily invested in OV, SP, and SS. They are providing valuable offensive production, however what stands out to me is that their shot % is a good 6% lower than the previous player’s analyzed so far, does this indicate that maybe DV is valuable for shooting % as well? 7th, Fortnite Moneygang, @Max77, Ottawa Lynx, they’ve scored 4 Goals, contributed 2 Assists, for a total of 6 points. . They are contributing .86 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 2. Moneygang is contributing 1.29 hits per game, for a total of 9 hits. They are attempting 3.57 shots per game, with a total of 25 shots attempted, scoring 16% of those chances. They’ve played 175 minutes in 7 games playing for an average of 25.10 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .68 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 2 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 8 DK, 8 SH, 8 PA, 8 BC, 8 GR, 8 FO, 7 PC, 7 DC, 9 OV, 7 SP, 7 SS, 20 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 40 EXP. There were 105 TPE spent on this build. This player has spent their TPE in a balanced fashion instead of focusing a few areas. There offensive production is pretty good for their TPE spent, but could maybe benefit from focusing on fewer areas. However, their shot percentage is the highest so far at 16%, they just attempt fewer shots than the players analyzed before. 8th, Owen two, @do3bo1, Ottawa Lynx, they’ve scored 0 Goals, contributed 4 Assists, for a total of 4 points. . They are contributing .57 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 2. two is contributing 2.43 hits per game, for a total of 17 hits. They are attempting 3.29 shots per game, with a total of 23 shots attempted, scoring 0% of those chances. They’ve played 163 minutes in 7 games playing for an average of 23.38 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .49 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 1 time. The ratings that derive these stats are 10 DK, 23 SH, 25 PA, 40 BC,50 GR, 5 FO, 0 PC, 5 DC, 12 OV, 50 SP, 2 SS, 50 WS, 10 LD, 50 FG, 0 PO and have 40 EXP. There were 332 TPE spent on this build. This player has focus spent on GR, SP, WS and FG, with a moderate investment in BC. Their 0% shooting may indicate that ignoring OV and DC is potentially a problem, if you’re aiming to have good offensive production. 9th, Alex Versti, @VOID Stiles, Mexico City Kings, they’ve scored 1 Goal, contributed 1 Assist, for a total of 2 points. . They are contributing .33 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 2. Versti is contributing 2 hits per game, for a total of 12 hits. They are attempting 1.83 shots per game, with a total of 11 shots attempted, scoring 9.09% of those chances. They’ve played 170 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 28.48 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .23 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 0 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 15 DK, 20 SH, 30 PA, 10 BC, 0 GR, 10 FO, 20 PC, 25 DC, 25 OV, 30 SP, 10 SS, 15 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 10 PO and have 43 EXP. There were 220 TPE spent on this build. This player has built in a balanced fashion. The pattern I’ve noticed so far, is those that are more focused on fewer ratings tend to have more offensive production than those that spread their points thin. 10th, Nick Abbott, @preds, Mexico City Kings, they’ve scored 1 Goal, contributed 1 Assist, for a total of 2 points. . They are contributing .33 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 1. Abbott is contributing 1.33 hits per game, for a total of 8 hits. They are attempting 1 shots per game, with a total of 6 shots attempted, scoring 16.67% of those chances. They’ve played 154 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 25.68 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .26 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 1 time. The ratings that derive these stats are 7 DK, 6 SH, 30 PA, 5 BC, 2 GR, 1 FO, 3 PC, 3 DC, 25 OV, 24 SP, 26 SS, 50 WS, 5 LD, 2 FG, 2 PO and have 43 EXP. There were 191 TPE spent on this build. This player has built in a balanced fashion with the exception of heavily investing in WS. This is a further data point showing that balanced spending doesn’t pay in the high offensive production department. This wraps up the Left Winger portion of the analysis. Next we’ll be moving onto the top 10 Right Winger’s analyzed in order of Plus / Minus in descending order. 1st, Joseph Poole, @Itz_Viperz, Philadelphia Reapers, they’ve scored 2 Goals, contributed 7 Assists, for a total of 9 Points. They are contributing 1.5 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 10. Poole is contributing 2.17 hits per game, for a total of 13 hits. They are attempting 5.83 shots per game, with a total of 35 shots attempted, scoring 5.71% of those chances. They’ve played 168 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 28.12 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored 1.07 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 time, the 2nd star 2 times and the 3rd star 0 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 20 DK, 21 SH, 0 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 10 FO, 43 PC, 30 DC, 72 OV, 24 SP, 40 SS, 22 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 46 EXP. There were 292 TPE spent on this build. This player prioritized OV and has a strong investment in PC, SS and a moderate investment in DV allowing Poole to be the top Right Winger by Plus / Minus in today’s analysis. Just a note, but the top Left Winger and top Right Winger are both Philadelphia Reapers, there must be something in the water in Philadelphia. 2nd, Alex Bridges IV, @Oatex, Houston Bulls, they’ve scored 3 Goals, contributed 1 Assist, for a total of 4 Points. They are contributing .67 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 7. Bridges is contributing 2.5 hits per game, for a total of 15 hits. They are attempting 4 shots per game, with a total of 24 shots attempted, scoring 12.5% of those chances. They’ve played 151 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 25.20 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .53 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 2 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 38 DK, 48 SH, 10 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 12 PC, 61 DC, 84 OV, 22 SP, 2 SS, 5 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 43 EXP. There were 313 TPE spent on this build. This player prioritized OV and DC and has a moderate investment in DK and SH. This approach was good enough to be second in PLUS / MINUS, I do note their shooting % is pretty high, they just don’t attempt as many shots per game as Poole did. 3rd, CJ Daniels, @xNJDevilsFanx, Saskatoon Wild, they’ve scored 5 Goals, contributed 5 Assists, for a total of 10 Points. They are contributing 1.67 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 5. Daniels is contributing 1.67 hits per game, for a total of 10 hits. They are attempting 7.83 shots per game, with a total of 47 shots attempted, scoring 10.64% of those chances. They’ve played 170 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 28.42 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored 1.17 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 2 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 1 time. The ratings that derive these stats are 44 DK, 32 SH, 40 PA, 0 BC, 3 GR, 15 FO, 6 PC, 48 DC, 72 OV, 43 SP, 45 SS, 50 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 46 EXP. There were 400 TPE spent on this build. This player focused OV and was balanced in DK, SH, PA, DC, SP, SS and WS. This player actually has the best offensive production of all the winger’s analyzed so far, contributing 1.67 points per game, but that isn’t too surprising because this player is capped TPE wise at 400, so you would expect them to perform well. Their overall game surprisingly only managed to come in at a PLUS / MINUS of 5 however, which is good for third out of the Right Wingers and tied for 6th out of all 20 Winger’s analyzed. 4th, Agustin Martinez, @SleepyPlayz, Mexico City Kings, they’ve scored 3 Goals, contributed 6 Assists, for a total of 9 Points. They are contributing 1.5 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 4. Martinez is contributing 2.17 hits per game, for a total of 13 hits. They are attempting 2.67 shots per game, with a total of 16 shots attempted, scoring 18.75% of those chances. They’ve played 178 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 29.69 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored 1.01 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 2 times and the 3rd star 1 time. The ratings that derive these stats are 20 DK, 20 SH, 0 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 11 PC, 50 DC, 70 OV, 20 SP, 70 SS, 30 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 43 EXP. There were 291 TPE spent on this build. This player focused OV and SS, a good investment in DC and a moderate investment in DK, SH, SP, WS. This is another high offensive performer showing that a focused approach of 70 OV and 70 SS can produce good offensive numbers. 5th, Miklo Zabanachev, @Dame, Houston Bulls, they’ve scored 1 Goals contributed 0 Assists, for a total of 1 Point. They are contributing 0.17 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 4. Zabanachev is contributing 1.17 hits per game, for a total of 7 hits. They are attempting 0.5 shots per game, with a total of 3 shots attempted, scoring 33.33% of those chances. They’ve played 86 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 14.34 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .23 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 0 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 0 DK, 0 SH, 0 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 0 PC, 0 DC, 0 OV, 0 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 40 EXP. There were 0 TPE spent on this build. This result kind of surprises me, here’s a player that hasn’t spent a single point of TPE on their build, and yet they are the 5th best Right Winger according to Plus / Minus. They do have limited playing time which could factor in, only playing in 14.34 minutes per game. This is an interesting result, maybe it will work as a baseline for all of our other players, considering it is a blank canvas essentially. 6th, Jacob Seed, @oilmandan, San Diego Marlins, they’ve scored 6 Goals contributed 2 Assists, for a total of 8 Points. They are contributing 1.33 points per game with a Plus / Minus of 3. Zabanachev is contributing 1.67 hits per game, for a total of 10 hits. They are attempting 5.5 shots per game, with a total of 33 shots attempted, scoring 18.18% of those chances. They’ve played 168 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 28.04 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .95 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 1 time, the 2nd star 2 times and the 3rd star 0 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 50 DK, 42 SH, 0 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 10 PC, 10 DC, 31 OV, 65 SP, 56 SS, 46 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 40 EXP. There were 310 TPE spent on this build. Seed focused somewhat heavily on SP, SS and DK, with moderate investments in OV and SH. They have good offensive production, so the approach isn’t a bad one. 7th, Kyle Evans, @Kyle Evans, Ottawa Lynx, they’ve scored 3 Goals contributed 4 Assists, for a total of 7 Points. They are contributing 1 point per game with a Plus / Minus of 3. Evans is contributing 1.71 hits per game, for a total of 12 hits. They are attempting 3.71 shots per game, with a total of 26 shots attempted, scoring 11.54% of those chances. They’ve played 196 minutes in 7 games playing for an average of 28.04 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .71 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 1 time, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 0 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 12 DK, 32 SH, 34 PA, 24 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 0 PC, 24 DC, 52 OV, 33 SP, 40 SS, 42 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 40 EXP. There were 293 TPE spent on this build. Evans focused mostly on OV, SS and WS, and is otherwise balanced. Their approach does provide good offensive production, producing 1 point per game. 8th, Roger Lamothe, @Webby1121, Philadelphia Reapers, they’ve scored 2 Goals contributed 1 Assist, for a total of 3 Points. They are contributing 0.5 point per game with a Plus / Minus of 3. Lamothe is contributing 1 hits per game, for a total of 6 hits. They are attempting 1 shot per game, with a total of 6 shots attempted, scoring 33.33% of those chances. They’ve played 149 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 24.98 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .40 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 0 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 4 DK, 5 SH, 5 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 5 PC, 25 DC, 25 OV, 5 SP, 5 SS, 5 WS, 5 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 40 EXP. There were 94 TPE spent on this build. Lamothe focused OV and DC, and is balanced across the board with the rest of their points. This is a promising start, but maybe the data I’ve shown here today may support focusing a little more heavily on fewer ratings. Lamothe is getting the best bang for their buck, having less than 100 TPE to spend on their build, and still showing up in the top 10 list for their position is a good accomplishment. 9th, Raoul Cyr, @Tyler, Las Vegas Aces, they’ve scored 2 Goals contributed 3 Assists, for a total of 5 Points. They are contributing 0.83 point per game with a Plus / Minus of 2. Cyr is contributing 1.5 hits per game, for a total of 9 hits. They are attempting 5.83 shot per game, with a total of 35 shots attempted, scoring 5.71% of those chances. They’ve played 165 minutes in 6 games playing for an average of 27.57 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .60 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 0 times and the 3rd star 1 time. The ratings that derive these stats are 14 DK, 21 SH, 66 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 14 PC, 64 DC, 70 OV, 39 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 40 EXP. There were 288 TPE spent on this build. Cyr focused PA,DC and OV and moderately SP. This focused approach produced good offensive production of .83 points per game and a Plus / Minus of 2. 10th, William Tree, @Bubba, Ottawa Lynx, they’ve scored 2 Goals contributed 1 Assist, for a total of 3 Points. They are contributing 0.43 point per game with a Plus / Minus of 1. Tree is contributing 2.57 hits per game, for a total of 18 hits. They are attempting 4 shot per game, with a total of 28 shots attempted, scoring 7.14% of those chances. They’ve played 179 minutes in 7 games playing for an average of 25.61 minutes of time on ice per game. They’ve scored .33 points per 20 minutes. They were the 1st star 0 times, the 2nd star 2 times and the 3rd star 0 times. The ratings that derive these stats are 15 DK, 15 SH, 0 PA, 0 BC, 0 GR, 0 FO, 15 PC, 15 DC, 0 OV, 0 SP, 0 SS, 0 WS, 0 LD, 0 FG, 0 PO and have 40 EXP. There were 60 TPE spent on this build. Tree focused has focused on DK, SH, PC and DC. This approach seems to work for them, registering a Plus / Minus of 1 with a 60 TPE build is pretty impressive. In general my observation is that the Wingers who put up the most points were heavily invested in OV and DC. The thing that the top 4 points scoring wingers (scoring 1.5 points or more a game) have in common is that they all have 70+ OV, 30+ DC and 20+ DK. 3 of the 4 players had an EXP of 43+ with one player having 40 EXP. Maybe this initial dive points to the importance of OV, DC and DK for offensive production for wingers. I hope that this article was enlightening and entertaining for everyone. It was a joy to compile and jot it all down and helps open my eyes to the inner workings of the league, hopefully you will get out of it as much as I did. 4400+ Words

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