The C.G.Y. Janser Story, Part I: Draft day, first matches

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Graphic courtesy of Leandrofg

 

Dear readers, after the retirement of our two favourite VHLers, this news outlet spared no effort to find an other Swiss prodigy to report on. Luckily, the search was successful and we are happy to announce that we chose Callum Gary Yannick Janser (CGY for short) as the new subject of our articles. As some of our avid readers may know, Callum is the son of former Calgary captain Daniel Janser and nephew to underrated WJC-Cup winner Marcel Janser.

 

So what is Callum all about? We read thouroughly his scouting report as well as the authorized biography (linked down below) and bring a summary to our dear readership.

 

Callum was born in Calgary on the night the Wranglers won the cup. He is a hiker, a climber, a Highland games attendee, a captain in the Swiss army and a shipbuilding engineer. He joined the Hounds (his dad's and uncle's first team in North America) after the trade deadline of S89. He played as a stay at home defender and had a decent point production, considering his not well honed offensive tools.

 

Apparently his defensive prowess attracted enough attention from throughout the league and so he was selected as second over all in the VHLM dispersal draft by the Saskatoon Wild. The Wild look to compete this season and Callum is all there for it.

 

But who's on first? At first overall the Aces picked Didier Verhault, a Belgian defender. We are convinced the question which our readers will ask is as follows: 'Why was Cal-Gary not first instead?'

 

We will try to shed some light on it and deliver a possible answer. Both players are equally talented.

 

Callum has the advantage of size and displacement on his side (and being ambi-dextrous is certainly no disadvantage either), where as the 'Muscles from Brussels' has youth going for him. Also he is no pushover at 6 foot tall and 200lbs weigh-in.

 

The Belgian prodigy is a more rounded player with slightly better skating, better puckhandling and distinct better offensive tools at his disposal.

 

On the other hand the 'Swiss Réduit' is a defensive specialist, who checks often and hard. His defensive play is remarkable for a player, who only started his hockey career and may well be the best in the league. He definitely makes his own zone hell on earth for the opposing players and has so far taken not too many penalties. Any point produced by this fearless warrior has to be considered 'surplus to requirement' as he is clearly hired for his body, not his feet or hands.

 

So it appears that Vegas had more need of a power play quarterback and Saskatoon preferred a lock-down defender. In our opinion, regardless on who of the two you pick, you cannot go wrong. It depends on the team composition as well as the GM's strategy. Do you want secondary scoring from the blue-line or a non-comfort zone at your end of the ice and hope that the forwards are doing the scoring?

 

We will leave this article here and only add C.G.Y.'s stats of this still fresh S90:

5gp, 0g, 3a, 3pts, +3, 4 PIM, 16 hits, 3sb

 

 

https://vhlforum.com/topic/137991-cgy-janser-scouting-report/

https://vhlforum.com/topic/137981-callum-gareth-gary-yannick-jansers-rocky-road-to-professional-icehockey-a-biography/

 

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