N0HBDY 1,116 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) Welcome one welcome all to this season's VSN Scouting Mock Draft! This draft features lots of quality players and plenty of goaltenders. Through mixups and slight miscommunication we're proud to bring to you our predictions for this season's entry draft. 1 Vancouver Wolves John Jameson @Frank C TPE: 311 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 72 45 52 97 15 419 34 137 38 Season 84 - Playoffs 5 2 0 2 -6 24 2 9 4 With players now being able to be called up to the VHL at 300 TPE and Vancouver in need of one last forward to complete a full 6-4-1 roster this would be a perfect opportunity for the team's GM to draft their own player. John Jameson lit up the VHLM with over a point per game during his time in there for San Diego and Philidelphia and would make a perfect fit for the Vancouver Wolves. 2 Prague Phantoms Henry Eagles @Greg_Di RW TPE: 368 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 72 11 14 25 0 175 41 100 10 Season 83 - Regular Season 16 17 17 34 14 143 2 18 24 Season 84 - Playoffs 6 1 4 5 3 10 17 10 0 Season 83 - Playoffs 4 3 2 5 4 16 2 1 2 With a lot of the Phantoms current forwards set to be retiring soon Prague will more than likely look to build up their forward group since they already have many notable defensive prospects ready to be called up. Henry Eagles will likely become a part of Prague's roster instantly if drafted by the Phantoms. Though having a small amout of points Henry Eagles has huge potential to become a star forward for the Phantoms in the future. 3 London United Matt Murdock @Acydburn G TPE: 368 Season GP W L OTL SV% GAA SO GA SA Season 84 - Regular Season 51 34 14 1 0.927 2.39 3 119 1640 Season 83 - Regular Season 14 7 5 2 0.919 2.69 1 38 470 Season 84 - Playoffs 12 8 4 0 0.927 2.7 1 33 454 Season 83 - Playoffs 4 0 3 1 0.914 3.81 0 16 185 With Cole Pearce recently departing from the United they're now left without a future star goaltender. Matt Murdock is a solid choice for the replacement of Pearce with an over .900sv% in both the VHLM and VHLE. Murdock will be coming off a championship run with the Istanbul Red Wolves and look to carry a little momentum and hope to the United franchise with their talents and hopefully become the franchise goaltender London has never had. 4 New York Americans Daniel Weaver @ThePerfectNut LW TPE: 377 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 72 35 45 80 25 369 49 119 17 Season 83 - Regular Season 14 6 4 10 3 35 6 21 1 Season 84 - Playoffs 7 2 7 9 1 41 6 23 0 Season 83 - Playoffs 6 1 3 4 5 15 2 5 0 Coming in at fourth overall on the list is Daniel Weaver, a forward for the Houston Bulls in the VHLM. Daniel Weaver despite being the highest TPE player slides a bit on this list, just due to the fact that some of the teams before him have different needs, but regardless Weaver is the highest TPE player in the draft and will be very solid for the New York Americans. Weaver is a pure sniper, being the best offensive player in the draft and he will be able to join the NYA squad immediately and make an impact for them. The new GM for the Americans will have their hands full, but this should help them out a bit on the forward front for their future. 5 Calgary Wranglers Phil Strasmore @Phil D TPE: 308 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 71 26 52 78 2 222 80 158 135 Season 83 - Regular Season 12 2 5 7 -3 12 8 13 8 Season 84 - Playoffs 7 4 8 12 1 19 6 18 7 Season 83 - Playoffs 5 1 5 6 5 9 2 4 6 The Calgary Wranglers recently traded up to 5th overall and with good reason, selecting Phil Strasmore in the Draft. Calgary is in desperate need for a solid fourth defenseman to be able to at minimum, slide into the lineup for them and add to their young core. Phil Strasmore had a great season in the M with the Houston Bulls and he'll be looking to continue his dominance in the VHL. With the addition of Strasmore to the team, this team should be able to contend for the playoffs again, and they're only going to be getting better with the core that they already have. 6 Malmo Nighthawks Astro Singh @8Ovechkin8 LW TPE: 273 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 72 38 34 72 -34 330 46 217 40 Season 84 - Playoffs 6 3 5 8 -1 34 8 13 7 Next up at sixth, the Malmo Nighthawks will select Astro Singh from the Saskatoon Wild in the VHLM. Singh had an extremely good season on a bottom tier M team that ended up taking two games off of the eventually champions in the first round. Singh won't be able to make an immediate impact for the Nighthawks, he'll be a solid addition to the team in the future and should be able to help spearhead the new Malmo Nighthawks lineup in a season. Singh can play both sides of the ice, being a great solid two-way forward and at the moment, Malmo can take anything they can get to help with their rebuild. 7 Toronto Legion Tater Tottingham @Trunkxolotl D TPE: 241 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 72 27 62 89 29 218 38 104 106 Season 83 - Regular Season 16 0 0 0 4 3 8 8 2 Season 84 - Playoffs 10 1 7 8 3 18 14 23 15 Season 83 - Playoffs 11 0 1 1 2 9 14 19 5 Tater Tottingham had a very succesful season in the VHLM with 89 points for the Mexico City Kings. Though it'll be another season before Tottingham will possibly be called up to the VHL this falls perfectly into the timeline to possibly replace Sting Chameleon who will be a pending UFA when Tottingham will be eligible to be called up. This would give the Legion a younger defenseman with a consistent earning track and leave more cap room for other parts of the large Toronto roster. 8 Riga Reign Jesse Teno @aimkin G TPE: 286 Season GP W L OTL SV% GAA SO GA SA Season 84 - Regular Season 71 22 47 2 0.904 3.2 5 228 2386 Season 84 - Playoffs 6 2 3 1 0.09 3.68 0 23 254 The Riga Reign are going to be entering into a rebuild and with a deep goaltender pool Jesse Teno could be a good fit for the Reign. The first gen goaltender that has exploded into the VHL scene could be a gamble but if it were to pay off, the Reign could have themselves a solid franchise goaltender. Once Teno becomes eligible to be called up the current goaltender for Riga, Tobias Reinhart, will be retiring which will make the perfect opportunity for Teno to come up and replace T. Reinhart so that Riga may focus on building up the rest of their roster in future drafts. 9 Malmo Nighthawks Henry Tucker Jr @NSG G TPE: 298 Season GP W L OTL SV% GAA SO GA SA Season 84 - Regular Season 48 26 12 8 0.906 2.11 7 101 1072 Season 83 - Regular Season 8 7 1 0 0.908 1.61 1 13 141 Season 84 - Playoffs 10 5 4 1 0.93 2.26 0 24 342 Malmo's needs are mainly on the back end with either defenseman or goaltenders. This pick may possibly be the best pick available at either position. Though the Nighthawks currently roster two goaltenders both have fallen to being weekly welfare collecters. After another season Malmo may choose to not pick up their team option with Thomas Price and instead call up Henry Tucker Jr to compete with Boris Tsezar as the starter for the Nighthawks. 10 Calgary Wranglers Reid Johnson @TopTiddee2 D TPE: 232 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 72 7 52 59 46 106 36 70 54 Season 84 - Playoffs 15 3 12 15 10 45 15 15 12 Calgary's roster currently lacks one thing, and that is a defenseman. The trouble for the team is that they don't have any prominent defenseman prospects that can come up to the team as soon as they may need them. Max earning defenseman Reid Johnson would make a good fit for the team. Calgary will likely need to rely on FA to fill the open defenseman spot for one season but after that will likely call up Johnson as soon as possible to solidify their roster. 11 Prague Phantoms Alfred Champagne @Anthique RW TPE: 229 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 72 29 53 82 32 319 64 190 36 Season 84 - Playoffs 5 2 2 4 -7 22 6 8 5 Again trying to build up their forward group, Champagne likely still has another season before possibly joining the Phantoms. Alfred is a solid earning forward that for some time could be a 1st line forward for the Phantoms alongside Henry Eagles who similar to Eagles also has huge potential. 12 Helsinki Titans Karl Pedersen @JeffD G TPE: 278 Season GP W L OTL SV% GAA SO GA SA Season 84 - Regular Season 63 32 26 5 0.909 2.57 3 163 1797 Season 84 - Playoffs 5 1 3 1 0.897 3.36 0 18 175 Though Helsinki currently has star goaltender Xavier Booberry, time is limited and the Titans currently have no prospect goalies. With Chicago's rumored interest in Karl Pedersen it seems less realistic that Chicago move for Pedersen having added Cole Pearce to their roster. This leaves Pederson in the open and up for grabs by any team, with that Karl Pedersen may fit in to Helsinki's timeline just barely to fill in for Booberry once they retire and come into a possiblely competitive Titan's roster. 13 Malmo Nighthawks Jani Karppinen @ShawnGlade D TPE: 229 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 72 18 61 79 42 204 54 123 106 Season 83 - Regular Season 19 2 3 5 4 14 18 32 12 Season 84 - Playoffs 7 3 8 11 -4 17 4 9 2 Season 83 - Playoffs 12 0 1 1 -4 4 12 24 13 Looking at their picks in this draft, Malmo has already selected a goalie in Henry Tucker Jr and a forward in Asttro Singh, so now it's time to select a defenseman, something their really need! Jani Karppinen will be the selection here at 13th, however he won't make an immediate impact on the roster. Karppinen played for the Houston Bulls in the VHLM with Phil Strasmore and was one of their best defenseman on the back end. A two-way styled defenseman is what the Malmo Nighthawks will be receiving and they'll just be adding more prospects to the never ending pool for the rebuild. 14 Moscow Menace Jeremy Swayman @Agito G TPE: 185 Season GP W L OTL SV% GAA SO GA SA Season 84 - Regular Season 25 21 3 1 0.914 1.73 2 43 498 With Moscow's last goaltender pick Ilya Bryzgalov likely going to be a bust the need to fill the spot for the future goaltender of the franchise will be crucial for moscows future. Jeremy Swayman could be a perfect fit for that spot with the user having history with the franchise, a decent earning rate, and a good chance to come up to the VHL parallel to when Moscow will be in need of a goaltender. This could be a very good target for the Menace 15 Los Angeles Stars Lloyd Braun @Toast D TPE: 218 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 71 14 40 54 13 105 44 146 105 Season 84 - Playoffs 7 1 3 4 -2 12 10 11 4 With the Los Angeles Stars now boasting a talented young core of players, led by standout second-year goaltender Art Vandelay, Zach Gagnon decides to add help for his stud goalie with... his childhood rival?? Lloyd Braun, formerly an advisor to David Dinkins, at the time the mayor of New York City, and an avid proponent of the restoration of the Alex Theatre, spent the past year in the VHLM with the San Diego Marlins and the Houston Bulls. It turns out that he's a quality two-way defenseman, capable of generating offense while still playing a strong, physical game in his own zone. His work ethic has really taken off in Season 84, and with the 15th pick, this is great value for the Stars. 16 London United Womp Womp Womp Womp Womp Jr @AdamEss D TPE: 157 Season GP G A P (+/-) SHT PIM HITS SB Season 84 - Regular Season 38 4 5 9 8 16 47 66 22 Season 84 - Playoffs 15 1 4 5 -1 12 35 32 25 After solving their goaltending dilema London will likely move to fill it's defenseman prospect pool and who other than the best named player of the draft. Womp Womp Womp Womp Womp Jr is a solid earning defenseman that created a little late but might fit into London's timeline for when they could possibly come out of their rebuild and serve as a solid depth and even possibly top defenseman for the United depending on how their earning pans out in the future. Special thanks to our writers for really churning this article out in the time crunch we found ourselves in @Doomsday@badcolethetitan. Thank you to our Editor in Chief @Alex . Finally and most importantly thank you to our readers we hope you enjoyed this article and will continue to follow all content from the Victory Sports Network. Spoiler Mentions: @Frank @Greg_Di@AdamEss@Toast @Acydburn @ThePerfectNut @Phil @8Ovechkin8 @Trunkxolotl @aimkin @NSG @TopTiddee2 @Anthique @JeffD @ShawnGlade @Agito Edited August 26, 2022 by N0HBDY Alex, dlamb, Aimee and 7 others 7 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 3,198 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Amazing job @N0HBDY, @badcolethetitan, and @Doomsday! N0HBDY, Frank and badcolethetitan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trunkxolotl 173 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Amazing write up, but its weird seeing myself in these top 10 lists. Definitely a new experience. Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthique 221 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Not much for my players but not a lot to say haha! Good job for all of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shindigs 1,771 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Mock draft was wrong, gonna have to go with a fan favorite and #blamecole on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Janser 2,165 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 20 minutes ago, Shindigs said: Mock draft was wrong, gonna have to go with a fan favorite and #blamecole on this one. Well they were right with Strasmore landing with the Wranglers at least... but yeah one cannot not #blamecole at this point... Shindigs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthique 221 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 He was right for me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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