DC Looks to Next Season

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Questions in DC

 

After making the playoffs in Season 76, the DC Dragons were hoping to make an impact in the post-season and make a strong push for the cup after all of their efforts. They have a number of retiring players on their team, and were hoping to capitalize on that and get a championship before these players end their respective careers. Unfortunately for the Dragons, this did not happen and they were eliminated by their first playoff opponent.

 

That Conference Semi-Finals round match-up between the DC Dragons and Vancouver Wolves did not go as expected for many. A lot of people thought this was going to be a big series with some strong goaltending, and some back and forth scoring. This was not the case, and Vancouver's Jimmy Spyro stole the show for the Wolves made goals very hard to come by. Stone Wolski on the other end had a difficult time stopping shots, and the Dragons paid for it. The Vancouver Wolves won the series 5-1 and the Dragons just couldn't get the goals or saves that they needed to advance in this series. Jimmy Spyro saved 153 of 163 shots over 5 games, which was good for a 93.9% in saves. Meanwhile, Stone Wolski for DC saved 180 of 197, which is good for 91.4%. While that's also a respectable number, it's clear that Spyro was the better goaltender here, and one of the main reasons that Vancouver on this series handily in 5 games.

 

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After their early exit from the post-season, there will be many questions for the DC Dragons. Benny Graves, Guy Lesieur, Cinnamon Block, Lewis Dawson, and Alek Andreshnikov are all retired after S76, and obviously players like Graves, Lesieur, and Block were huge for the Dragons. What they do still have in DC is a strong goaltender in Stone Wolski, who has 2 seasons left until he retires himself. Then they have Catowize, Dood, Mann, and Philliefan, with some prospects coming up as well, and quite possibly some other things I forgot because I do not pay enough attention to everything in the VHL these days. They are going to need to sign some big name Free Agents in the off-season or come up with another way to compete heading forward.

 

Regarding goalie Stone Wolski, the guy is going to have to go through regression for his final 2 seasons, so it is going to be interesting to see what happens in the rest of his career. He has let it be known that he will be a Dragon until he retires unless his GM has other ideas, and so he is staying in DC unless other ideas unfold.

 

Stone Wolski: "I just want to go out there for my final 2 seasons and win a championship. I want to bring DC a championship. I believe even this late in my career that I still have what it takes to be a top goalie, and I am not done yet. It will be sad to see my long time teammates go, but that's the sports world and these things happen."