What’s Next? - Saskatoon Wild S81 Rap Up

[Bulduray_1 274]

 

What’s Next? - Saskatoon Wild S81 Rap Up

 

As the VHLM Finals come to an end (GG Lynx), there have been a lot of things on VHLM GM or AGM minds. Some are preparing for the S82 VHLM Dispersal Draft. Others are left feeling cold, depressed and nostalgic about their team that unfortunately had missed their mark. I guess as a Saskatoon AGM, it’s my duty to reflect on the S81 Saskatoon Roster.

 

Coming into the season, there were low expectations for the Saskatoon Wild. They were not expected to be a top caliber team by any means. In the S81 draft, Saskatoon traded up for the first overall pick to certify their goalie position, picking up Cole Pearce who was a goalie quickly rising up the ranks. The Wild then went on to pick Connor Johnson, Rusty Cannon and Alessio Simeoni picked in the first three rounds of the draft. Lastly, in the latter rounds of the draft Saskatoon picked Jack Quill and Nick Letty in the 6th and 7th rounds respectively. The Wild evenly balanced out their picks with 3 defensive (Pearce, Johnson, Cannon) and 3 offensive (Simeoni, Quill, Letty) players picked in the draft. It was a successful draft for the Wild, they utilized all their draft picks as best as they could. And hoped to surprise some people when the season commenced. 

 

Not only did Saskatoon gain some skillful players through the draft, but they also acquired many of them through free agent signings. Picking up the likes of Tyler Thode, Sean Murphy, Latavuis Jackson, Chase Taylor, Chris Irons, Blake MacTavish, Jeff Buffy, Bob Rob, Bradley Wall, Ostin Leavens and Jay Saucey along the way. 

 

As games passed on the schedule passed for the Wild. It became clear that the Wild couldn’t keep up with the front runners of the VHLM. This ultimately led them to become sellers during the trade deadline. Trading their top players in Connor Johnson, Alessio Simeoni, Rusty Cannon, Cole Pearce. But for every trade, there has to be compensation. The Wild picked up Dylan Dubnyk, Robbie Robbie, Kyou Fujibayashi and tons of draft picks in return after all was said and done. 

 

Saskatoon finished with 55 points at the end of the regular season. Although it was marginally better than last year’s point total (33), Saskatoon found themselves at the bottom half in the teams standings. Even though this was the case, they managed to squeak into the playoffs to faceoff against the mighty Las Vegas Aces. As expected, the Wild roster was extremely outmatched by the Aces, losing the series 4-0. Which marked the end of the season for Saskatoon.

 

Although the season might be considered a disappointment, I would beg to differ. In my first season as an AGM I’ve learned a multitude of things and I enjoyed contributing a tad more to this community. This is just the stepping stone for what’s to come in my managing career. Sky’s the limit for the Saskatoon team, and I look forward to seeing how far this team will go in the upcoming seasons!

Edited January 16, 2022 by Bulduray_1

[MubbleFubbles 1,289]

Review: This is a nicely formatted article, with good use of links and a picture. I didn't find any spelling errors, only issues gramatically were some instances of starting a new sentence when the sentence probably should have been continued:

 

E.g. With "This ultimately led them to become sellers during the trade deadline. Trading their top players in Connor Johnson, Alessio Simeoni, Rusty Cannon, Cole Pearce." it would have been better to make this one full sentence like "This ultimately led them to become sellers during the trade deadline and they ended up trading their top players in Connor Johnson, Alessio Simeoni, Rusty Cannon, Cole Pearce."

 

As for the content, it was a good read! You've made some good moves this season, and I can see those fourth and fifth rounders you've stacked up on helping you build a team that could potentially build into a proper contender later in the season once those picks have hit towards the 200 TPE mark, best of luck to you! 9/10

[ROOKIE745 604]

Review time: Pretty good rap up for S81 I am impressed by all the players you mentioned here, and all the underlines for each of them, good touch. I think it wouldn't have hurt to group them up though by forwards, defensemen and goalies, good to know who was playing where. I do like the picture you included and the use of bold  in thestatement right under it. Your spacing is mostly fine, don't think it would have hurt to make one or two paragraphs a bit bigger, to combine one or two of the smaller ones. Lastly I think you could have talked about the overall team record along with at home and away as something extra. overall 6.5/10

[a_Ferk 766]

I think you have a pretty good article here. One thing that stood out to me is the title. If it is a conclusion to the Wild's season the correct spelling would be "Wrap Up", not rap. Rap is the music genre. 

 

Anyways, I think it's pretty cool that you provided a clickable link to every player that you mentioned. It's a pretty convenient way for anyone to look them up. Your spelling seems fine and I think the grammar looks alright, but like Mubble mentioned some sentences are choppy where they probably should've continued. 

 

9/10

[Rhynex Entertainment 481]

Very nice article. Great read! Well structured paragraphs, love the hyperlinks to major events (ie. Draft) and player profiles. Clear and concise. Best of luck in the VHLM dispersal draft and best of luck for next season! 9/10

[xNJDevilsFanx 109]

On 1/16/2022 at 10:34 AM, Bulduray_1 said:

 

What’s Next? - Saskatoon Wild S81 Rap Up

 

As the VHLM Finals come to an end (GG Lynx), there have been a lot of things on VHLM GM or AGM minds. Some are preparing for the S82 VHLM Dispersal Draft. Others are left feeling cold, depressed and nostalgic about their team that unfortunately had missed their mark. I guess as a Saskatoon AGM, it’s my duty to reflect on the S81 Saskatoon Roster.

 

Coming into the season, there were low expectations for the Saskatoon Wild. They were not expected to be a top caliber team by any means. In the S81 draft, Saskatoon traded up for the first overall pick to certify their goalie position, picking up Cole Pearce who was a goalie quickly rising up the ranks. The Wild then went on to pick Connor Johnson, Rusty Cannon and Alessio Simeoni picked in the first three rounds of the draft. Lastly, in the latter rounds of the draft Saskatoon picked Jack Quill and Nick Letty in the 6th and 7th rounds respectively. The Wild evenly balanced out their picks with 3 defensive (Pearce, Johnson, Cannon) and 3 offensive (Simeoni, Quill, Letty) players picked in the draft. It was a successful draft for the Wild, they utilized all their draft picks as best as they could. And hoped to surprise some people when the season commenced. 

 

Not only did Saskatoon gain some skillful players through the draft, but they also acquired many of them through free agent signings. Picking up the likes of Tyler Thode, Sean Murphy, Latavuis Jackson, Chase Taylor, Chris Irons, Blake MacTavish, Jeff Buffy, Bob Rob, Bradley Wall, Ostin Leavens and Jay Saucey along the way. 

 

As games passed on the schedule passed for the Wild. It became clear that the Wild couldn’t keep up with the front runners of the VHLM. This ultimately led them to become sellers during the trade deadline. Trading their top players in Connor Johnson, Alessio Simeoni, Rusty Cannon, Cole Pearce. But for every trade, there has to be compensation. The Wild picked up Dylan Dubnyk, Robbie Robbie, Kyou Fujibayashi and tons of draft picks in return after all was said and done. 

 

Saskatoon finished with 55 points at the end of the regular season. Although it was marginally better than last year’s point total (33), Saskatoon found themselves at the bottom half in the teams standings. Even though this was the case, they managed to squeak into the playoffs to faceoff against the mighty Las Vegas Aces. As expected, the Wild roster was extremely outmatched by the Aces, losing the series 4-0. Which marked the end of the season for Saskatoon.

 

Although the season might be considered a disappointment, I would beg to differ. In my first season as an AGM I’ve learned a multitude of things and I enjoyed contributing a tad more to this community. This is just the stepping stone for what’s to come in my managing career. Sky’s the limit for the Saskatoon team, and I look forward to seeing how far this team will go in the upcoming seasons!

This gave me a feeling of one of those official articles you would see on a website like CBS Sports or CNN. The only problem is the way you formed your sentences. Grammatically it needs to be better but other than that it was a really good article and I enjoyed reading it. Very articulate and precise with your feelings. I also would love to play for the Saskatoon Wild if I had the chance but obviously I don't. I'm happy where I'm at but you guys have a great team right now and I can't wait to see what you do in the future. 

Edited February 1, 2022 by xNJDevilsFanx