A Tale of Two Seasons

[Juice 641]

Season 78 might be the wackiest season for me as a player and a GM, as on one hand I have a team that is quite dominant in the VHLM for my GM perspective, and a lackluster season in the VHL as a player on the Toronto Legion.

 

For the Yukon Rush, we've come out of the gate insanely strong and kept up relatively good pace. We had an amazing start going almost 1/3 of the season with points in each of the games we had, and still at this point we are sitting pretty at 24-2-4, at a respectable 2nd in the league only behind the powerhouse that is Halifax. Where some teams might have a dominate core few, myself and @fromtheinsidebuilt a roster of depth with almost 9 players at a PPG pace with not a single person in the minus column for the +/- stat. At this point we know we're a cup contender, and although there's a few teams we need to be careful of, this season in all matters of the word has been a success so far both team wise as well on an individual level as a GM, as I could not ask for a better group (shoutout to @Beketovfor making us his ghouls, @jRuutuand the Finnish gang for making little Finland, and the Reinhart bros @Zetterbergand @MexicanCow123 for tearing it up both on the ice and in the LR) to have as just having them would make this season a success in of itself, but I want these guys to earn a cup as no one deserves it better.

 

For the Toronto Legion, wow. What a strange season. To start out similar to the Rush going on a great run to become 1st in the Conference in the first 12 games, and then to come crashing down on an insane losing streak (seriously, how does a team go L12?) is quite insane to watch. I doubt this lasts all season, as something similar happened last season and we rebounded on a good winning streak to make the playoffs where we took the eventual champs to 6 games before we got bounced out. For a team where unbiasedly I thought we'd be a good contender for top in the regular season (that defensive core though ), my predictions are getting absolutely blasted, and on a team morale level I don't think it can be lower at this point.

 

Overall, the season has me in such a weird state where I can both relax that my VHLM team is doing extremely well and then in the VHL it's pretty lackluster and disappointing thus far. Hopefully things turn for the better for the Legion, and things keep on cruising for the Rush, but S78 has been wacky as all can be.

 

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