S78 Draft Update

[Patrik Tallinder 1,087]

Hello everyone, and welcome to a quick draft update. I threw together a stats spreadsheet and figured I would use it for an article, so here is some content for you to (hopefully) enjoy.  
 

 

Player Name	POS	GP	P
David Tavau	D	10	17
Sven Reikkinen	D	10	14
Watson Stonebridge	LW	10	11
Zarek Kaczka	D	10	11
Anze Miklavz	RW	10	11
The Seabasstard	C	10	10
Gregory Bates	LW	10	10
Kyros Z	LW	10	10
Cody Lachance	C	10	9
Drakon Zabastovka	D	10	9

 

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Leading the way in the first ten games of the season is David Tavau of the Saskatoon Wild. Eight players find themselves scoring at a point-per-game pace, including three defensemen. Zarek Kaczka’s start in particular becomes even more impressive when you consider that he is a defenseman with the least amount of time on ice per game in this entire list.

 

 

Player Name	POS	GP	G
Sven Reikkinen	D	10	6
Anze Miklavz	RW	10	6
Hard Markinson	D	9	5
Zarek Kaczka	D	10	4
James P Albini	LW	10	4
Luc Tessier	C	9	4
Nils Tallinder	C	9	4
The Seabasstard	C	10	3
Gregory Bates	LW	10	3
Kyros Z	LW	10	3

 

Tied with six goals apiece, Sven Reikkinen and Anze Miklavz top the goal charts for the S78 class so far. Miklavz has scored all of his goals at even strength, while Reikkinen and Markinson each have four powerplay goals. Hard Markinson is shooting at over 29% at the moment, which is simply not sustainable. However, he is the type of talent who will likely maintain a very high goal-scoring rate by increasing his volume of shots. 

 

 

Player Name	POS	GP	HIT
Hard Markinson	D	9	28
Charlie fraser	LW	10	28
Sven Reikkinen	D	10	22
Gregory Bates	LW	10	22
Zarek Kaczka	D	10	21
Mr Duk	D	9	21
Julia Waffles	D	9	20
Watson Stonebridge	LW	10	18
Jaromir Lemiuex	RW	10	18
The Seabasstard	C	10	17

 

Despite having a more offensively focused build, Watson Stonebridge is off to an exceptional start in the defensive end. With fifty-five PK minutes already and eighteen hits, Stonebridge is proving that he is a valuable two-way threat on the ice. Projected 1st overall pick Hard Markinson finds himself high up on another list, tying Philadelphia forward Charlie fraser for most hits. Markinson is the type of player who could very easily end up on top of multiple lists by the end of the season.

 

 

Player Name	POS	GP	SB
Tui Sova	D	10	19
Drakon Zabastovka	D	10	18
David Tavau	D	10	15
Zarek Kaczka	D	10	15
Arvid Johansson	D	9	15
Sven Reikkinen	D	10	13
Nathan Powers	D	10	12
Brodie Landry ll	D	10	12
Masami Iwasawa	D	9	10
Hard Markinson	D	9	10

 

Moving on to shots blocked, Mexico City defender Tui Sova tops the list with nineteen. Sova is averaging a stunning six minutes per game on the PK so far, which becomes even more impressive since he is playing in just under twenty-one minutes per game. Three defensemen make their presence known in the early stages of the season by appearing on all four lists; Those players would be Zarek Kaczka, Hard Markinson and Sven Reikkinen.

 

 

Goalie Name	GP	PCT
Aike van Giersbergen	10	0.920
Anime Protagonist	9	0.884
Leroy Johnson	9	0.861

 

Houston netminder Aike van Giersbergen has kicked off the season unbelievably well, holding down the fort in H-Town with a league-leading .920 save percentage. Johnson and Protagonist are also off to decent starts, playing in every one of their teams first nine games.

 

 

Name	3/21
Anze Miklavz	24
Zarek Kaczka	22
Tui Sova	19
Jaromir Lemieux	19
Hard Markinson	14
Nils Tallinder	14
The Seabasstard	14
Sven Reikkinen	14
Luc Tessier	14
Tynan Sylvester	14
Damien Salducci	13
Alexander Rivers	13
Aike van Giersbergen	12
Mr Duk	12
Masami Iwasawa	12
Brock Hampton	12
Julia Waffles	11
Bjorn Ceaf	11
Leroy Johnson	11
Arvid Johansson	10

 

Last week was a solid one for the draft class in terms of TPE earning, and it was headlined by Anze Miklavz putting up 12 capped + 12 uncapped for 24 total TPE. Zarek Kaczka and Mr Duk each passed 100 TPE, making them the eleventh and twelfth players to do so.

 

 

Name	Last Capped
Hard Markinson	12
Nils Tallinder	12
The Seabasstard	12
Sven Reikkinen	12
Luc Tessier	12
Tynan Sylvester	12
Brock Hampton	12
Tui Sova	12
Anze Miklavz	12
Jaromir Lemieux	12
Aike van Giersbergen	10
Zarek Kaczka	10
Mr Duk	10
Masami Iwasawa	10
Arvid Johansson	8
Cody Lachance	8
Anime Protagonist	8
Watson Stonebridge	8
Jannik Nylen	8
Bogdan Trunov	8

 

Ten players capped out last week; This was the first time doing so for Sylvester, Sova, Miklavz and Lemieux.

Hard Markinson, Nils Tallinder, Luc Tessier, Brock Hampton, Tui Sova and Anze Miklavz have all earned every capped TPE available to them.

 

That will conclude this rundown of the S78 draft class early in their draft season, and I will try to provide regular updates like these. Hopefully I will also be able to beef up the writing content in the future, as this was not a very well-planned out article by any means. I wish everyone the best of luck with their teams this season, and hopefully this class of players can be a special one!
 

Edited March 27, 2021 by Patrik Tallinder