Duncan Idaho: rookie experience

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Duncan Idaho: A rookie experience

 

 

 

For Duncan Idaho his time in the VHLM was one of necessary evil, he doesn’t care much about the league, but he has to go through it to get into the VHL, so one full season is what it took for him to make make the jump. While the Houston Bulls failed to clinch the Founder’s Cup, for Duncan Idaho it still brought a valuable experience of playing together with his protegé Paul Atreides. Duncan Idaho has been loyal to House Atreides for a while and serves Duke Leto the First, who trusted him on guiding his son on his road to become a great hockey player.

 

 

For Duncan, it was important to help Paul by staying close to him and that’s exactly what happened. On the trade deadline when they signed up, they both signed with the Marlins, in the VHLM draft they both went to the Bulls and now, with the VHL draft passed, they wanted to end up together and Menace made this possible so Paul and Duncan are now heading towards Moscow together, to start a career that should follow them side by side.

While Duncan is more of Paul’s trainer, it became clear that Paul is a better hockey player then Duncan, while Duncan only gained 80 points in the minors, the youngster ended up  with a point total over 100, earning him the first overall selection by Moscow. Duncan couldn’t be more proud of him, but is happy they managed to trade up to the third overall pick, to make sure Duncan could remain close to Paul.

 

 

 

So what is to be expected from Idaho? Duncan himself thinks his career might not be as good as others expect from him, as he would like to remain in Paul’s shadow, giving him a first ballot HoF bid. With Idaho being a more physical force, he is expected to put up less points as Paul would, so Duncan already loves to temper the predictions for his career.

 

 

The start in Moscow seems promising though, new Menace coach Spartan seems to wants to best for his two franchise stars and hopes to build a great team around them. While it might be harder to win in the VHL now, with 16 teams in total, the players do believe in this project and hope to be able to launch back Moscow into greatness in a few seasons time. While Idaho got a lick in Gorlab’s lick or bust article, he certainly will have issues to live up to the expectactions, but time will tell how his career will pan out.