Marlins Reload to Push for Back-To-Back Titles

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The San Diego Marlins celebrated an S89 Founder's Cup Championship and then immediately got back to work on producing a contending roster for S90, despite some pretty significant losses in their lineup.

Five forwards, two defensemen, and their goaltender from the Founders Cup run have moved on this year, but the Marlins have replaced them in short order and pieced together a team that looks to have the pieces to keep them in the hunt once more, hoping to defend their title and capture rare back-to-back Founders Cup titles - a feat accomplished only seven times in the 89-season history of the VHLM.

Working with four picks in the first two rounds of the draft, the Marlins ensured that two key players would be back for S90 by selecting Eric White Jr. and Factor Lee at 8th and 15th overall, respectively. They also added two highly-touted S91 VHL prospects when they picked Leif Reingaard and Olober Syko at #9 and #18. The Marlins also added Gustav Mattias in the third round and retained the services of Vladimir Kozlov by picking him in the fourth.

That left them with a good start, but it's a remarkable run of success with new signings that has filled out the roster and left them poised to make a run. In the last few days, the Marlins have added Dietrich Reingaard, Aanarsi Reingaard, Phillip Rave, and Hezeus Ohmontegue-Steinhardt X creating a lineup that is both talented and deep.

When the season starts in about half a week now, we will get our first look at the new-look Marlins and begin to get an idea of just how serious this squad is at making a push to capture a second straight Founders Cup.