Fight for a playoff spots in the VHLM

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With only 6 points difference between the fifth place and the nine place in the standings. There is a huge fight between these 5 teams to take the last 4 spots available. I will do well again like last time, describe each team and try to predict where each team will finish at the end of the season. I will keep the Mexico City Kings and The Las Vegas Aces descriptions short and sweet because I already did them in my last media spot. Link below . 

 

Vegas

 

The Las Vegas Aces are at the fifth position with 55 points  in the standings at the moment writing this. Are the mystery team. They recently traded their ex-goalkeeper Grubauer for a Wiley Blanchette and a bunch of picks for the upcoming draft. The aces have some great players who can carry the team on their back with players like Taylor Carter, Alex Toon and Patric Twist who are all over a point par game. They can steal some games against some teams but they are rapidly losing points on the standings. Let's see if their free fall will stop or continue. 

 

Mexico City

Now The Mexico City Kings, are at the sixth position with 54 points only 1 points behind Las Vegas and 1 points ahead of Halifax. They have a lot of depth and have signed a lot of players since my last article. Their star players continue to feed the scoreboard. With players like Matt Aven having 82 points in 51 games is the star offensive player with the help of defensemans Dookie Headtop with 79 points in 51 games, Wattson Power 61 points in 51 games and Roman von zkikowski 50 points in 51 points. These defenseman help the teams on both sides of the ice while being productive and being responsible in their defensive zone, to help goaltender Big Hank when the situation on the ice is critical. Big Hank had a respectable season for his first year in the VHLM with 0.881 saves percentage and a 3.92 goals against allowed par games this season. 

Halifax 

 

Now the Halifax 21st or #BOATGANG. Personally I think Halifax and Mexico City are the better teams compared to the other 3 they have a lot of depth and some nice depth players. They are at the seventh position in the standing with 53 points. Halifax have a great offense with 222 goals for and 243 goals against. They are the best teams offensively and the worst defensively between the teams they are battling with in the standings. Star player Bryn Yrwy having 126 points in 51 games played, Jacob Richard having 106 points in 51 games played and Jorgen Von Strangle with also 106 points in 51 games. Their lack of defense is hurting them a lot. They have Boris Tsezar in net who is stopping most of the pucks directed at him with a 0.890 save percentage and a 4.01 games allowed per game. 

Philadelphia 

 

Now the teams these two last teams are tied with 49 but Philadelphia have one game in hand only playing 50 games so far this season. Philadelphia has built these teams with draft players and a lot of new recruits. They have production from almost all the players on a regular basis. With players like Cadmael Ixazaluoh having 64 points in 53 games played ( yes sims have just been done  ) and 104 shots blocked so he can produce and be responsible in his zone. With Alessio Simeoni, Mason Jones, Mikael Mursu and  Julien Bernier are all almost a point per game with recently acquired the Janser brothers with Daniel having a solid 22 points in 20 games and Marcel who is responsible in his zone and can keep the cup away from his net. You can say that Ali Des Aves is not alone who is blocking shots on this team. The goalie is definitely helping steal some games with a 0.888 saves percentage and a 3.63 goals allowed per game. 

Miami

 

Now the final team, Miami Marauders with also 49 points in 51 games. These teams are lacking in depth but all of their players are points per games with Yun Chiang with 86 points in 48 games and Mix Bag OChips the two most productive guys on the teams. They are lacking in defense with only one player Xiaoping Benguin Dinghao Sonei with 31 points in 33 games played and 60 shots blocked. Surprisingly are the second team with the lowest games against with 212 only Vegas have less with 191. Goaltender Juha Jarvinen is definitely helping in that department with a 0.894 saves percentage and a 3.58 goals allowed per  game. 

 

Now the fun stuff I will try to predict where each team is going to end up at the end of the season. I personally think the two best teams are Halifax and Mexico City. 

 

In the fifth position I have Halifax I think their depth , that first line and their goaltender/defensive side of the games is better than the others so they should be versus Houston in the first round playoff. 

 

In sixth place we have the Mexico City Kings. I was hesitant between these two but I think Halifax are slightly better in most parts of the game. Playing against Minnesota in the first round in the playoff. 

 

In seventh place I have the Miami Marauders, surprisingly for most people but I think Yun Chiang and Juha Jarvinen are the two players who will make a difference. They are upgrading really quickly and can steal some games. They are earning 72 tpe for Yun Chiang and 59 for Juha only in October. Facing Ottawa in the first round of the playoff. 

 

In eight places I have Philadelphia. The Reapers are really good but I think they miss star players who can help this team. They will face Yukon in the first round. 

 

So I have Las Vegas missing the playoff this season. They have great players but not enough players to make a difference in those last games of the season. I can see them maybe take a playoff spot if their games are low scoring games. They are very good defensively but are lacking a bit in offense. 

 

That is my bold prediction for this fight. I think the trade deadline coming up is maybe going to help some teams and mess up my prediction. Thank you for reading. 

 

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[diacope 1,696]

Good work with the research and each team you wrote about has just enough to keep the reader entertained. Something I know would stand out would be a power ranking system since you've done this before, pictures could be good as well to help break things up a little, specially your predictions at the bottom. It's one of your first articles and you definitley put in work to come up with something somebody would read, you can use my suggestions to get even better but you should be good, 8/10!

Edited October 18, 2021 by 16z

[Masu Chan 458]

Review:

 

This is really good! You obviously did a ton of research and I can only imagine on how much time you spent checking through every team. As someone who is a huge stat nerd I really appreciate this and it's a good insight to my competitors. Only thing that I would change and it may only be because I'm on my phone (which likely is the case so if so ignore this part) is that the Name's of the teams could be bigger and in the center of the page. Once again it's probably just on my end, viewing on a phone and all. 

10/10

[Grosgars 44]

On 10/18/2021 at 11:23 AM, Masu Chan said:

Review:

 

This is really good! You obviously did a ton of research and I can only imagine on how much time you spent checking through every team. As someone who is a huge stat nerd I really appreciate this and it's a good insight to my competitors. Only thing that I would change and it may only be because I'm on my phone (which likely is the case so if so ignore this part) is that the Name's of the teams could be bigger and in the center of the page. Once again it's probably just on my end, viewing on a phone and all. 

10/10

I have some problème with the copy paste I think and it all paste a little off the teams names so yeah I will try to fix that next time 

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