little early season recap and more

[hedgehog337 3,483]

Hey there, I need TPE and here's some recap stuff for the last week.

 

 

The Titanic appears to be an icebreaker?

 

For a team that was supposed to be in shambolics a 7-2-2 record is certainly a welcoming surprise for the depleted, but still fighting crew. Their rookies that were signed just because either nobody else could afford them or never were in other team's plans actually decided to put their claim on the rookie award. And Boobery...well, it's Boobery. Enough said. That's why the reality will come crashing down sooner or later. There's not much chances Rain and Cholo can keep this up during the remaining of the season and even Boobs may have enough of carrying this team all the time. For me this team is still 6th in Europe at best. But for now, they can enjoy bringing chaos to the Europe standings.

 

On side note, Prague is also having a pretty good record as of now. Let em enjoy this moment too.

 

AGAIN???

 

Anyone who were active around during Gustav tenure knows that scoring was the biggest Achilles heel of his Davos. Fast forward to Alex era and what do we see? Same old shit. The team just refuses to score a lot and they just managed to climb from the last EU spot. Their 28 goals scored is the 4th worst in the league and I may sense some of S70's members are having one question in mind: NOT AGAIN??? I fairness, I think Davos will pick it up later and may have more exciting games. They still have lots of room for improvement as almost the half of their roster consists of ELC players. Also, Davis is on due for better statline. Though I have doubts about their cup ambitions cause they do not have lots of elite talent for now. They still should climb comfortably as some overachievers are about to get down to lotto zone so they can still sleep tight.

 

Did I overrate this conference?

 

Last time I was praising this side of VHL for being very stacked and was kinda excited to see how it's gonna pan out. 12-13 games in and I'm starting to feel like I was too quick to predict a bloodbath and standings are kinda pre determined already. Let's see why.

 

- this was expected. Leaving things done half way, especially at offense isn't gonna do much for a team. Miglasķēms indeed isn't going to carry the whole team to anywhere and in fairness, he wasn't supposed to do that anyways;

- I had an idea for a quick standings predictions before the season. But I got lazy, how surprising!!! If I did that though, you would see that this team at 7th place in NA conference. And some of yall may be like, what is this reach? But when you dive in to their roster, it's all becoming more clear. Outside of Lindbergh, only Matty Fire could be considered as borderline elite level player. And their defence isn't built for putting the puck to the net at all which for me is a requirement if the team wants to be a legit contender. And like, you don't need all 4 of scoring first defs, but you really could use some elite shooting blue liner. This team has none which does hamper their offensive potential. Lindbergh's early struggles are a bit surprising, but even with his imminent rise they won't impress other more complete teams. More like this is gonna be your hard fighting team that will have lots of 2-1 games. And  most of times they will end up as a defeated squad.

- This one is a bit interesting. And perhaps it stings a bit too. All of that free agency splash to have 24 goals scored in 13 games. Well, it's still too early to say, but there is a feeling their struggles may never end this season. But then, what can you do when your depth isn't great at all. Matter of fact, only one player with faceoff skill? Basically they have no 2C and I think this says it all. To make things even worse, despite having really good defencemans who can do lots of stuff; the one things they can't do is....you guessed it right. To shoot a lot. What can you do, STHS is so hard on scoring first players and it will stay that way regardless of attributes system. The good news is, they only spent a third round pick for all of that so I'm sure neither Fresco or Thad are gonna lose a sleep over this.

 

Quick thrills

 

Let's talk about this team a bit. And what has quick thrills to do with Malmo. Well, this is the exact description I have for their offseason. For me, they weren't looking anything special even with Molotov and newly acquired Carter so I was expecting them being a extremely mid. Then they managed to land Trunov and this caused for the trade with Seattle. Max Torq was brought to bring the elite oomph for their defence. Looks like these moves helped this team to jump from being a rebuild team to be a fine 8-3-0 contender. You may wonder what's the real ceiling for Tsezar and can they sustain their performance as a whole. One thing is for sure, they will make the playoffs. Doesn't matter if it's from wildcard or straight to the round 1. So far so fine, you know. The problem, however, their ambitions in the future. This is the farewell tour for Trunov and Carter is going to have the same next season. After that, only Molotov and Marconi to run the show plus a decent depth from Adolfsen. Not exactly enough to make a legit competitor in my books. Doesn't looks like Tsezar is the goalie for the distant future either. Decent D prospects who are going to be a fine depth players in their ELC period. But the most important question is, Max Torq? After all, this is the last season of his contract. I think Steve is the member who needs to be convinced to sign with a team. You can't just sit and do little and expect him to happily extend. They don't have lots of draft picks left either, but these may be enough to make some useful trades. Honestly, I'm wondering if Helsinki is going to try to sell before this trade deadline. I feel like Malmo could use some of them good to elite players to fully join the dance. And also having a better chance of extending Torq too. Anyways, time will tell and it's up to Kaleeb and Spaz what's in the store for their future.

 

 

Side note 2: looking at these rookies putting numbers. And then we have AK with 8 points. Cmon bruh....

 

 

That's it and I'm out.

[BOOM 8,818]

Congratulations to them, but the Titans rookies are some of the luckiest SOBs. From sitting unsigned to starting for HSK. 

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