An Evaluation of Molly the Cat, Rookie VHL season so Far

[JCarson 744]

My first VHL season has begun, we are 8 games (well most teams are) in and I have to say that I am a little surprised by some of my statistics. I am going to give a summary of where I am 8 games in, how that is lining up with my goals for the year and what changes I may make to react to my current situation. As a reminder my goals for this year are to end the season with 700TPE, at least 20 goals and 50 points. 

 

After 8 games, here is where I am at. 

TPE 510  

Goals 3 

Assists 3 

Total Points 6 

 

In relation to my TPE goal, I expect that I will continue to get 13 each week for tasks (media spot 6, Press conference 2, VHL article 2, training camp 1, Trivia 2) In addition I just did a donation, claiming the 5 uncapped TPE and $1 mil in player store cash. The addition of the player store cash brought me to 6million, and I bought the 5x4TPE Uncapped TPE bundle. That will add an additional 25 TPE beyond the normal progress of 13/week. With the additional TPE through Fantasy Zone and VHFL I believe I will be on track to start next season with 700TPE.  

 

In relation to my goals goal, we are 8 of 72 games in, projecting out my goals to a full 72 game season I expect to have 27 goals if I keep my current pace. That will meet my goal however I am still looking at continuing to grow. My TPE placement will focus on building Defense and Skating with the express purpose of building my ability to manage the puck and retrieve pucks from the other team. This may adjust as I see how the results turn out. 

 

In relation to total points goal, we are 8 of 72 games in, projecting out my points to a full 72 game season I expect to have 54 points if I keep my current pace. That will just meet my goal; however, I do believe that my TPE growth focus on defense and skating will allow me to improve on my current pace and potentially allow me to push farther beyond my current expected target. I am happy with the current expectation but also do understand that there may be portions of the year where getting points may be reduced 

 

Now that I have made notes on my season and the progress towards my goals, I am going to discuss my other more surprising statistics. I am going to discuss my hits and penalty minutes. 

I currently have 21 hits, not the highest in the league by far but for a player who had 90 total hits in their VHLE season and 107 hits in their VHLM season, to be projecting to be at about 189 hit means that I am almost double my prior 2 seasons. This was beyond my expectations but has already allowed me to contribute to goals by other members of the team. 

 

I currently have 27 penalty minutes, again not the highest in the league but for a player who had 32 penalty minutes in the VHLE and 36 minutes in the VHLM, to be projecting at about 288 penalty minutes that is a huge change from the prior 2 seasons. I am hoping to be able to reduce the amount of penalty minutes without sacrificing my strong physical playing style.