VSN Presents: S78 World Cup Roster Breakdown and Predictions

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Team Canada

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Dakota Lamb	907	SS Hornet	957	Groovy Dood	896	F	5201
Dominic Gobeil	788	Jeffery Pines	948	Nathan Perry	705	D	3489
D		D		G		G	1350
Erik Killinger	963	Tyler Walker	835	Jacob Tonn	975
Alex Letang	858	Matty Socks	833	ClapbombsRUs	375

 

The season S76 World Cup silver medalists will look to find further success, they come into the tournament with the top rated defense and solid depth in their forward group. Notably, in net they have 2 time Greg Clegane Trophy and 1 time Aidan Shaw Trophy winner Jacob Tonn @MexicanCow123 will look to add a world cup gold to their trophy case to finish off their career. Their forward group is lead by SS Hornet @McWolf and Jeffery Pines @rory  who are both coming off of very solid seasons. Lastly, Canada’s D-core looks terrifying and should be able to dominate all tournament long and features Erik Killinger @Peace, who like Tonn is looking to add a gold medal to their trophy case before retirement. Expect to see this team winning games with their defensive superiority and stelar goaltending.

Projected Finish: Second

 

Team United States of America

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Thomas Landry II	1085	Isabella Campbell	974	Justin Lose	840	F	5467
Robin Winter	803	John Merrick	965	Addison McLaren	800	D	2701
D		D		G		G	1598
General Zod	761	Jolly Greene Giant	727	Stone Wolski	812
Randy Marsh	676	Bob Tristan	537	Thadius Sales	786

 

This season’s edition of the team from the United States is very top heavy and offensive based to say the least. The team will be reliant on their offence to carry them through the tournament as their defensive group is not the strongest we have seen. However, with Isabella Campbell @Banackock and John Merrick @Steve down the middle and S78 VHL leading goal scorer Robin Winter @Sonnet this team will produce goals. In net we will be seeing a tandem of Stone Wolski @DollarAndADream and Thadius Sales @thadthrasher, these two will be put to the test and will hopefully be able to assist in making the USA medal contenders once again. We should see this team involved in quite a few high scoring battles as their offense will look to power their way through opponents.

Projected Finish: Fourth

 

Team Western Europe

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Ryan Schwarz	805	Cabe McJake	915	Uhtred	767	F	4535
Artair McCloud	693	Leo Strauss	705	Phil The Rock Johnson	650	D	3178
D		D		G		G	1482
Roque Davis	1080	Chris Hylands	774	Artem Tretiak	745
DeFenz Mann	556	Micah Adrienne	768	Kunibuni UnGuri	737

 

The top end talent of Team Western Europe is quite impressive, lead by Roque Davis @Josh and Cabe McJake @Red, this team has some clear star players. The main issue with the Western Europe team is the depth as their second forward line and D-pair will be just shy of par with the rest of the teams. With that being said, there’s a real chance that with their top end talent and solid goaltending with a combination of Artem Tretiak @Molholt and Kunibuni UnGuri @Berocka this team could make some noise.

Projected Finish: Sixth

 

Team Nordic

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Aloe Dear	978	Valtteri Vaakanainen	945	Venus Thightrap	850	F	5434
Luke Thornton	960	Julian Nousiainen	876	Onde Sandstrom	825	D	3232
D		D		G		G	1136
Kasper Kankkunen	920	Spencer Elsby	802	Zamboni Driver	751
Linus Zetterstrom	721	Battre Sandstrom	789	Aksu Maronen	385

 

The Season S76 bronze medalists will be looking to improve on that and claim the gold. Offensively this team knows how to put up points, lead by S78 VHL leading scorer Aloe Dear @Renomitsu and Luke Thornton @Jtv123 this team looks very promising. In terms of point production during the season 78 VHL season this team is ranked first in both points scored by forwards and defensemen (collectively by a margin of 80 points). With Zamboni Driver @Tape-to-Tape in goal this team should have no problem keeping the puck out of their own net. Team Nordic is without a doubt the team to beat this world cup.

Projected Finish: First

 

Team World

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Lee Xin	839	Christian Mingle	975	Pistil Stamen	825	F	5192
Jim Bob	835	Taro Tsujimoto	930	The Terrible Trivium	788	D	3148
D		D		G		G	1664
Latrell Mitchell	943	Marshall James Frostbeard	778	Doug Dimmadome	880
Victor Grachev	744	Kosmo Kramerev	683	Sirkants Klamasteris	784

 

Team World has a very similar make-up to that of Team USA of having a strong offence and a top heavy D-core lead by Latrell Mitchell @dasboot, the main difference between them and the States is that the difference between the two is to much less of a degree. Team world also features the best goaltending tandem of the tournament with Doug Dimmadome @Esso2264 and Sirkants Klamasteris @hedgehog337 which will need to be solid in every game to get past the competition as they are one of the main strengths of Team World.

Projected Finish: Third

 

Team Mercenaries

F	TPA	F	TPA	F	TPA		Total TPA
Timothy Brown	785	Andrew Su	779	Red Lite	798	F	4607
Jungkok	740	Lester Green	755	Patrik Laine	750	D	3011
D		D		G		G	1571
James Rose	807	Scotty Kaberle	765	Jean Pierre Camus	798
Tom Eagles	743	Kristof Welch	696	Rara Rasputin	773

 

Last years gold medalists seem to have taken a step back this season, as they come in with the 5^th ranked forward and defence groups and the third ranked goalie tandem. Lead by returning goalie and reigning World Cup MVP Jean Pierre Camus @solas this team is nothing to take lightly even with their lower TPA compared to the other teams. With that being said this team is the dark horse to win the whole thing as if Camus plays like they did in S76, and if their offense can contribute, they could pull off a few upsets.

Projected Finish: Fifth

 

Realistically, this tournament is anyone’s for the taking and only time will tell what team wins the season 78 World Cup!

Edited July 11, 2021 by Alex_J32

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