a tale of two Brothers // End of the watch

[Daniel Janser 2,217]

Graphic courtesy of Leandrofg

(Marcel's stats/Daniel's stats)

 

'Alea iacta est' the dice are cast. Calgary is directly qualified for the playoffs and will face the Vancouver Wolves in the first round, while LA and New York will battle to meet Seattle. The Wranglers had a very inconsistent season and show a 37-26-9 recored with a +5 goal difference. Certainly not their best regular season in the recent past, but still making the playoffs every year since Janser joined the squad.

 

In an interesting twist of fate, Marcel's Phantoms have to fight for the playoffs against his last year's employer and defending Champion, the London United. Prague has a 38-26-8 and a big contributor was John Jameson who became second in the Szatkowski as well as the Brooks rating.

 

Marcel goes out with a new personal record of 11 goals and 151 shots blocked. Further and in addition with his second best points total (43) as well as second best +/- rating (+40, second league wide only behind Prague time mates, Argos and Jameson with +41 each). As predicted by this news outlet, he shows a positive +/- for every of his five seasons in the big show. The younger Janser also equalized his lowest PIM of his rookie season and only spent 30 minutes in the sin bin.

 

Daniel on the other hand cannot show similar accolades for his final season. He did not even manage 90 points in the season despite being on a 100+ points pace early on. What must also be vexing for the Captain, is that he ended up one measly point of tying Scott Boulets 737 points for the Wranglers in the all time scoring list. This is of course complaining on a very high level, as the center never had less than 40 helpers in a full VHL season and with the exception of the rookie season, always scored 30+ goals. He was also never below a point per game in any of his eight VHL campaigns.

 

So at the moment, both brothers are playing for the cup and it would be history in the making if they met in the Continental Cup final. But in all honesty, Seattle on the NA conference, and Davos as well as Moscow from the European conference look like the teams to beat.

 

Let's venture a sneak peak into the future of the Wranglers/Phantoms for a hot minute. 

 

The Albertan team appears to have found a replacement for Janser already with hot-shot Vincent LeandroLaroche-Gagnier and Wolanin (who had a bit of a slump year) as well as Gonçalves remain on the force to compliment the Quebecois. The defence as well as the goaltending is there, the only question mark is the number two center as no prospect in the system looks like a suitable candidate. Alas with the cap space from DJ's retirement becoming available, it should be possible to get a servicable center in the FA market. Even Torbjorn's pending free agency will not put any strain on GM Ricer, as with Lattimer and Mason Rice, two promising prospects are due to get their chance in the big show. The former turned some heads in the VHLE where he was the best scorer of the best team in the league in the Istanbul Red Wolves.

 

Prague have Marcel retiring and Rozzdale pending FA. Especially the former is a loss, which cannot be compensated from their own prospect pool and needs to be found in the market (or left pending). Other than that they seem to be set for the foreseeable future.

 

Here the final stats of our hockey exports:

Marcel: 72gp, 11g, 32a, 43pts, +40, 30 PIM, 46 hits, 151 sb, 1gwg, 4ppg, 1shg, 1 First Star nomination

Daniel: 72gp, 36g, 50a, 86pts, +5, 68 PIM, 173 hits, 45sb, 7gwg, 6ppg, 60.99FO%, 6 First Star nomination

 

We will revert with news as soon as possible.

 

https://vhlforum.com/topic/137631-a-tale-of-two-brothers-the-leandro-defence/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/137720-a-tale-of-two-brothers-almost-half-time-22/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/138041-a-tale-of-two-brothers-a-shocking-announcement/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/138044-cgy-jansers-reflection/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/138198-a-tale-of-two-brothers-on-the-final-lap/

 

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