VHL Alternative Reality S77 Theme Week

[Rhynex Entertainment 462]

VHL Alternative Reality S77 Theme Week

 

Let us turn back time to S76. The New York Americans are once again having an undesirable season, looking to miss another year of the playoffs. The rebuild is on its way, nearing the trade deadline of the second season of the rebuilt. The young Americans' rookies are having a fantastic season in learning the major league VHL games, and New York Americans rookie defenseman Cowboy Prout @Prout remains quite happy with his progress and the direction of the New York Americans. This time around Cowboy Prout did not ask to be traded.

 

S76 ends for the New York Americans in a similar situation as our familiar timeline. New York falls short of a playoff spot as the Calgary Wranglers slightly steals the last spot in the North American Conference with the same 70 point season. New York falls short, but this time with a miserable 69 points as opposed to 63, such a close call for the young team. With Cowboy Prout remaining on the Americans' roster and line up, New York's defense remained relatively stable and incredibly offensive and lethal, with an edge of toughness that Cowboy Prout provides. Cowboy Prout finishes his rookie VHL season with a better productive season then our familiar timeline, maintaining his productivity and ending with 13 goals and 45 assists for 58 points in 72 games (this is one more goal than our timeline and five more assists as well, giving a final productivity of 6 more points in this alternative universe as compared to our universe).

 

The offseason remains quite similar to our reality as New York Americans GM @Esso2264once again drafts stud defenseman Zeedayno Chara @Jubis with the team's first pick in the draft. With the progress of the core players in the New York Americans' locker room, GM Esso2264 decided to pull the trigger early and traded for Calgary's Defenseman Kosmo Kramerev @Mongoose87 ahead of schedule, building a very solid and young top 4 in Kosmo Kramerev, Cowboy Prout, Zeedayno Chara, and Chicken Wing @chikn. With the backend core looking the ever more bright, and add in the ever improving Swiss Cheese Goaltender, Thadius Sales @thadthrasher, the New York Americans are prime for a strong S77 and a fight for their first playoffs birth in quite some time. The teams' forwards remain pretty similar to the offense that finished S76, with a couple new additions, along with a familiar face returning in Centre Brian Strong Jr @Wheaties who did not leave in free agency.

This alternative reality New York Americans enters S77 of the VHL with a heavier and tougher team. A team with only 6 forwards, 4 defensemen, and 2 goalies, which provided a more balanced and simpler line combinations than that from our universe. This New York Americans begins S77 with only 2 rookies, one forward and one defenseman, and quickly climbs the power rankings with their steady and exciting play. New York forwards Rhynex Entertainment @Rhynex Entertainment and Gary Rush @G_Rush, along with S76 Rookie of the Year, Red Lite @Tate(yes, Red Lite wins the Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy in this alternative reality as well) continues to improve their productions from S76 into S77 as their game time remains the same (since the number of forwards on the team did not increase to 9 players), add in a much more offensive and defensive back-end, goaltender Thadius Sales, shows off a mighty display of saves and wins, and the flashes of brilliance displayed in S76 becomes reality in S77.

 

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[Greg_Di 966]

Great article on what could have been for New York if they didn't trade Prout. I enjoyed reading it. Only things I would improve is to break up the last paragraph so it's not as long and maybe add a picture to spice up the article a little bit. Well done! 9/10

[Crstats23 331]

Great article on what could have been, good spacing on the paragraphs except for the last one, a picture could have helped, I appreciate noting the differences between the alternate universe and our own like Prout’s point difference

 

rating 9/10