WHAT IF, Jiggs had a scoring build?

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So as you all know, I like pain. To the point where it's safe to say that I have masochistic tendencies. I actively try to get people to bonk me in the head for stupid reasons. I'm pretty sure there's a discord channel and thunderdome thread for people to bonk me, and I GM the Las Vegas Aces who has done nothing but lose the past 10 or so games. So why am I saying this? Well as I have expressed time and time again, my current and only player so far in the VHL has a passing build. What does that have to do with what I said earlier? Well I like pain and passing builds are somewhat pain. Well somewhat because it really depends. So far I've had a solid career with my player. Passing defensemen are pretty okay. Obviously they don't tend to put up hall of fame numbers, and unless you foster a more defensive defenseman style of play, you're basically dead on the water. From my experience at least. So what if. WHAT IF, I chose scoring over passing? What if I had more scoring than I did passing? What if instead of 90 PA and 80 SC, I had something more of 95 SC and 70 PA? Well in this edition of theme week, lemme show you what I think might be different.

 

Well first and most obviously, offensive production would probably go up. If the rest of my current build stayed mostly the same, with maybe some more on CK or ST along with the proposed 95 SC and 70 PA earlier, I think offensive production would definitely go up. At least, you could see good ol' Jiggly Gumballs be putting up point per game numbers. As his current ice time and pairing with none other than Roque Davis would surely provide enough opportunities to have a point per game season. At most, you could see a scoring build Jiggs could possibly be compared to a player like Alex Letang (@Spartan). Another good comparison would be Latrell Mitchell (@dasboot) or the aforementioned Roque Davis (@Josh). Does that mean that Jiggs could be a hall of famer if he had a scoring build? Probably not. The thing is, a scoring build on a defenseman will give you the same or even more assists than a passing build. So in a way, it defeats the purpose of having that much passing if you're probably getting more following the meta. However, it does mean that Jiggs will likely have a lot more offensive success if he did have scoring.

 

What about defense? Well it's likely gonna be a tad bit less, albeit still around the same range in terms of defensive numbers. Being a more defensive defenseman for passing Jiggs is a bit of a necessity in case the passing build didn't work. Would that still be the same for scoring Jiggs? Probably not. The reasoning for a heavy checking build will probably be more on just the simple desire to hit people. And because of the increased offensive production. I honestly think that the defensive numbers will take a hit. Just a bit though, not much.

 

So if given the option to go back in the past to tell myself to go for a scoring build, would I do it? Well. Yes. If I had known I'd be getting just as many, if not more assists if I went scoring instead of passing, of course I'd fucking change it. Though in the end, I think I'm fine with how Jiggs turned out. That or it's just me being masochistic I don't know anymore.

 

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