S87 VHFL Blessed Team

[STZ 5,389]

S87 Blessed Team

It’s been a long standing tradition that I go through my roster for VHFL and reveal what players will be blessed with a good season. I have been undoubtedly the best performer in VHFL history, despite what the statistics show. This season we saw a couple copycat roster reviews, but make no mistake, this is the Official Blessed Team. So, let’s get into the team.

 

To start things off, I took a season off, so I’m a little out of touch with the trends. On top of that I was the Group Manager and first pick overall. This plays into a harder strategy as while you do get the first selection, you have to wait until everyone picks twice before you get another player.

 

1st Overall - F - Daniel Janser @Daniel Janser
For me this is a player that I have taken in the past. I predicted his rise to superstardom before it happened. So in a way, this was a bit of a nostalgic pick. I also like to return to the players I’ve taken before. You’ll see that with a few of my picks. Janser is in his sixth season with the Wranglers. He has proven to be an incredible player taken at 8th Overall in the S81 draft. He’s put up three seasons in a row where he’s had over 200 hits, and he’s been quickly trending up in the points total with 120 last season. He has an optimal build and on a team with a great group of forwards. I think this is a safe pick.

 

12th Overall - F - Nico Pearce @Spartan
Another familiar face, I bring back Nico Pearce to the blessed side. Pearce had a bit of an off-season last year with a decline in points and hits; it can only be explained by the fact that I took a season off of VHFL. Well, welcome back to promised land my friend, you’ve been re-blessed. He’s on an absolutely stacked roster of heavy hitters, so that is my only concern with Pearce. Realistically there isn’t a set amount of hits that can happen in a game, but for forwards most of the time they are coming from the forecheck. When you look at how this team is composed, Pearce won’t be heavily relied on to be the only fetching the puck. Despite this, I still believe in this player.

 

13th Overall - F - Vinny Detroit @dasboot
Three forwards right off the bat? Well, yeah. The opportunity presented itself to get three previously blessed performers and I took it. One of my OG blessers in Vinny Detroit. This is a no-brainer, and might be the safest and best pick in the 3rd round of any group. This is a player who almost hit 400 times last season. He's been in the 300’s every season of his career, and will undoubtedly do it once again in his final season. In addition to the hits, he’s got a change of scenery where he’s playing in LA where he’s the main focal piece for scoring. He’s at 87 Scoring, and I’m just assuming that is him pouring all of his banked TPE into Scoring, and will likely continue to point to the golden STHS attribute until he’s put into the ground at the end of the season. Vinny D has always been one of my favorite VHL Players, so this is partially a fanboy selection.

 

24th Overall - D - Pierre Emile Bouchard @Gaikoku-hito
At 24 I bring the first new face into the blessed world of fantasy fantasy hockey. My first non-forward selection brings Pierre Emile Bouchard, or PEB into the mix. PEB has had a modest career so far, not getting above a point per game and peaking in the mid-100’s for hit totals. Well, that’s over, get ready to feast, my friend. This is a player with the very nice build, and it seems like 68 Checking must be a drastic improvement, as you wouldn’t have only 100 hits with that attribute. One of the bigger things that attracted me to this player was that they were the premiere defenseman on a really well built team. This team features a forward core that has 5 players above 83 Scoring, with the top one being 90. PEB should collect a mountain of points and as the main defensive player, should collect a large hit total as well. Career season, incoming. Keep an eye out, this player will not be selected in the 4th round ever again.

 

25th Overall - G - Xavier Booberry @CowboyinAmerica
Another returning pick. I secured my goalie with the top TPE Earner, CIA’s Xavier Booberry. Booberry is on a decent Davos team that has top defensemen Jake Thunder and Siyan Yasilievich. In addition to the two star defensemen, they feature new draftee David Jokinen and Isamu Knieval. I like this group. A lot of times with a goalie pick you are taking the whole team. I think Davos will be a strong defensive team. On top of that, Booberry is the type of player that can steal a game. Booberry hasn’t had a 10 shutout season since his rookie contract, however I feel like the two time Aiden Shaw Award winner will be on the top of his game as he tries to get that elusive Continental Cup in his 8th and final VHL Season.

 

34th Overall - D - Callum Murray @Berocka
The group had two skips, so I got to pick two spots ahead of time here. I go back to the LA Stars for one of their two signed defenseman in Callum Murray. Here’s another new face to the blessed team. Murray has not historically proven to be a point producer or a huge hitter. Well, that’s about to change. This season we will see over a point per game, maybe even catch a sniff at triple digits. More importantly we are going to see the young defenseman get a career high in hits, and take home an award for top defensive defenseman and maybe even a Labatte. Okay, maybe that’s a lot, but he’s been blessed. Watch for this player to be on my team for years to come - however, there’s no way I am able to select with the last pick in the draft ever again.

 

 

1038 words. 

 

Claiming: 
Week Ending 1/29
Week Ending 2/5
 

[Spartan 4,531]

Loaded team, hope Nico can keep up

[jacobcarson877 2,563]

Feeling pretty good about my team now!

[Berocka 2,263]

1 hour ago, STZ said:

Callum Murray

[STZ 5,389]

Claiming Week Ending 2/5