VHLM Power Rankings S84 (Week 0)

[Plate 386]

"Both of these teams will be pretty bad this season."

 - 10th
Houston is going right into rebuilding territory with this one. We could even see them worsen as the season progresses with some trades. Now imagine a rebuilding franchise without a starting goaltender. I can only imagine how bad the goal differential will be for this team. 

 - 9th 
Saskatoon's forwards and defense are slightly weaker on paper than Houston's. Both of these teams will be pretty bad this season. With a starting goalie in Basileus jute, the goalie should pad their save stats as tons of shots will be against them. 

 - 8th 
Mexico has two capped players who are the faces of this franchise for this year and will stand alone as such until the next draft. 

 - 7th 
Philadelphia finds themselves as the first team with okay potential and might be able to fringe out a playoff spot. A couple of good forward free agent signings mean this team can use longtime VHLM goalie Wiley Blanchette. 

 - 6th 

Mississauga is the first team on the list to put forward a complete first forward line, a first d pairing, and a starting goalie, whose all members fit above 100 TPE. Don't expect much from the Hounds this season. They'll be pretty average and, I assume, are already looking to add onto their prospects come the next draft. 

 

 - 5th

Miami's got one comparable defensive core to the rest of the contending teams looking to make splashes in the playoffs. 

 

 - 4th 

Ottawa's a decent team. Mikayev Ivanovitch and James Marino are incredible pieces for the Lynx, and I can see things coming together for this team at the end of the season. I expect them to be top three by the time the playoffs roll around. For now, they have some depth issues, but those are easily solvable. 

 - 3rd 
Vegas is a great team. I would pin them as the first true championship-level team, and you'll see them battle it out for the best playoff position through the season. They have a lot of talent, and I can't wait to see them use their combination of defensive responsibility and offensive power to pack one-two punches against their opponents. 

 - 2nd 

Halifax takes everything from their past few seasons and gives themselves the top dog position in the East by far. The 21st is indeed a complete team with depth in every single position. A full four lines worth of forwards and a decent one-two punch in tandem means they can rotate goalies and not overwork them too much. 

- 1st
San Diego ends as the top dog in my power rankings. They had a great draft, and while you may say that Halifax could squeeze past them in my starting evaluation, I have to say that I'm biased only for this week because I play for San Diego. They have incredible depth and an insane defensive core so that you could flip a coin, and either Halifax or San Diego could land here.