A Rough Start In Toronto

[NickSunderbruch 392]

     The first week for Toronto has been a rough one to say the least. In their first 8 games the Toronto Social Club has won 4 games and lost 4 games. Lets take a look at some of the games played this first week and try to diagnose potential problems either with Toronto or the STHS. While I feel as though the sim might have a small factor in this rough start, I feel as though most of it is likely just bad luck, as any team can win on any given day. So without further ado lets get started. 

 

     Games one and two went as well as you could hope for the Legion, they went 2-0 in the first set of sims. In game one Toronto played the New York Americans, and beat them 7-2. In the first period New York opened the scoring in 1:42 with a goal from Adam Syreck, with assists from RJ Thatcher, and Nathan Steele. Toronto quickly answered 25 seconds later with a goal from Oh Sens, with assists from Nicholas Sunderbruch and Scotty Kaberle. Afterwards the legion opened the flood gates with three more goals in the first period. One from the following players, Frank Funk Jr, Gunnar Odinsson, and Nicholas Sunderbruch. Toronto raked in another two goals in the second period, another for both Odinsson and Sunderbruch. Oh sens scored one more in the third, and New York's RJ Thatcher scored one more goal in the third to end the game 7-2. Game two was much closer, Toronto faced off against LA, and won 6-4. The first period LA lit up the Legion with three goals, one from the following players, Its Gucci, Mikeal Keef, and Vin Calia. Toronto then in the second period exploded with 3 goals to tie the game. Toronto scored 3 more in the third and one more goal was scored by LA. 

 

     While these two games were both wins, only one of them were deciding victories. Yes Toronto did score 5 straight against LA, but they still allowed three straight and didn't show up in the first period. The first game was in the Legions hands the entire time. While this team has much promise and continues to stun even me, a player on this team, we have a lot to do before the post season. I'd say the bad games we've had so far in the season were due to our defensemen being incredibly tired. We have two pairs of defensemen, and while all four of them are incredibly talented, only having the four is likely to be a detriment to their stamina. However this does not explain the problems in the first period of game two against LA. I feel as if that problem in itself can be solved by just moving on, the STHS is weird sometimes and very unpredictable. 

 

     What can we take away from this rough start? Well we can say that Toronto's offense seems to still be putting up, just not consistently. We need much more consistent play from our offensive core, and we need to just step up and put pucks in the net. I also see a few problems with our defense, but none that could really cost us too much. We have the best goalie to ever play in the league, and he's retiring soon. So we'd best win some games for my man Hextall. I don't have much knowledge on the sim engine to really diagnose the problem with the team, so for now I figure we'll just have to watch them develop over the course of the year. 

 

     Anyways thank you all for reading this article, please tell me in the comments what I seem to be missing. I know that I only took an in-depth look at two games this season in the article, but I assure you I researched the other six games the Legion have played in great detail. I hope you all have a wonderful night, stay warm and also stay icy. Seacrest out. 

[Smarch 3,196]

Review: It a been a up and down early start to the season for the Legion. The North American Conference looks wide open so far so who knows what a hot steak could do this season.

 

I don’t think you were missing anything, good over view of the two games you went over. Keep up the good overviews.

 

Like the other MS I reviewed, some pictures and colour possibly could go along way to break up a long walk of text.

 

8/10