Davos Regular Season Wrap-up and Alex's Award Predictions!

[Alex 2,971]

This season was an interesting one in Davos, as coming off of a Continental Cup and with a quickly aging roster many people expected Davos to go into a rebuild. However, with some clever asset management and the additions of Vasile Lamb @dlamb, DB III @wcats, and Halvar Torbjorn @Rayzor_7 we were not only able to stay relevant, but win the Victory Cup as the best team in the VHL. In order to do that there were several key things that fell into place. The first week or so of the season was rough as the cup hangover was real, following that we did find our footing around game 20 and never looked back! Towards the end of  the season is where things really caught fire as Davos would go 21-3-1 in their final 25 games! In large part this was due to the performance of several key players.

 

First off all of Halvar Torbjorn, Alfred Champagne @Anthique, David Jokinen @Ahma, and Skor McFleury @Alex set new career highs, including Champagne taking a over 30 point leap to be above a point per game for the first time in their career! Additionally, James Teekirque @Mongoose87 had over 40 goals again as they powered Davos's offense for the most part, and while Pete Mitchell @Crstats23 did take a small step back in production this season, they were an assist machine with a career high of 53 assists and were a key contributor to Davos's success! 

 

Now on the back end of things, Davos's blueline was spectacular this season on both ends of the ice as David Jokinen would record a solid 48 points as a 3rd defensemen! While Jake Thunder @Thunder would have another great season with 86 points, the third most among defensemen, and Skor McFleury would post a breakout 96 points, 25 of which were goals, enough to lead defensemen in points!

 

Now you can't bring up Davos without mentioning Lachlan Summers @kirbithan, this season Summers reached a new level as they would finish the season with a 49-12-3 record, a 0.938 SV%, a 2.06 GAA, and 7 shutouts, which leads starting goalies in ALL MAJOR GOALTENDING CATEGORIES!!! In addition to this, the 0.938 SV% is the 8th best SV% in league history and they are the 1st goalie since S74 (Raymond Bernard @Mr_Hatter) to lead goalies in all major categories. 

 

Now just moving into my award predictions, here they are:
 

Continental Cup: Vancouver Wolves - The best team on paper, and have the experience to get it done!

 

MVP: Split between Lachlan Summers and Todd Cooke @KRZY - Both had amazing seasons and were the main reason for their teams success. I would lean Cooke here, primarily due to their being nobody else on LA that had a top-tier season.

 

Most Outstanding Player: Lachlan Summer - Enough has already been said about this, but they had one of the all-time best seasons ever and no other starting goalie was even close to them statistically.

 

Playoff MVP: Brian Payne @Scurvy - Should Vancouver win the cup, Payne will have to be a large part of their success.

 

Top Defensemen: Split between Ryuji Sakamoto @der meister and Skor McFleury, leaning McFleury due to having a better season in every statistic other than assists and shots blocked.

 

Top Offensive Defensemen: Skor McFleury - led defensemen in points

 

Top defensive defensemen: Jake Thunder - led defensemen in hits and shots blocked while having one of the league's best +/-

 

Top Goaltender: Lachlan Summers - yeah...

 

Top Rookie: Jeff Lewis @nerji - led rookies in points, was incredible this season for a rookie!

 

Top Two-Way Forward: Jason @Jason kranz - led the league in goals and was 2nd in points, very high on the hits leaderboard as well!

 

Top GM: @Moon - made major trades to improve the roster, still has picks left, and Toronto's future is really bright!

 

Most Improved: Split between Jason and Ryuji Sakamoto - these players had the two largest and most significant improvements in the league, DC can only nominate 1 player though, so whoever @FrostBeard nominates will win the award.

[Banackock 7,797]

Remember, before all the ass smooching, I was your biggest fan @der meister

[Anthique 202]

What a great season we had!