VSN Presents: S90 VHLE Playoff Preview

[Baby Boomer 753]

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Welcome everyone,

 

Once again, we had a really exciting regular season in the VHLE, and we can expect playoffs at least as exciting. In this VSN article, I am going to do my predictions for the S90 playoffs.

 

 

Semi-final – Vasteras Iron Eagles (1)  vs Cologne Express (4) 

 

Regular season record: VAS win 10-4-0

 

After having a really good regular season and winning the King’s Cup for the best regular season record, the Vasteras Iron Eagles are entering the playoffs with the hope to win nothing less than the Renaissance Cup. The Iron Eagles easily won the regular season series between the two teams, and I think this series will look exactly the same. After leading the team in goals (41), in assists (45) and in points (86) during the regular season, Braeden Panarella @ThatCasual is going to have an important offensive role during the playoffs. Vasteras is good offensively, but they are even better defensively, their goalie Olivier Gauthier @fonziGG and their best defensive defensemen Joe Block @jblock3 were a big part of their success. However, Cologne is not a team you should look down on them, because on paper they have one of the best team on the league and even if it was not the season they hoped for, they could really cause a surprise and win this series. They will need the help of their best player, Sjin @Sjin, who led the team for the numbers of assists (49) and points (86), if they want to cause a surprise in this series.

 

The Predictions: Vasteras in 6 games

 

 

Semi-final – Rome Gladiators (2)  vs Bratislava Watchmen (3) 

 

Regular season record: ROM win 9-4-2

 

A little bit like the other semi-final, the Rome Gladiators dominated the regular season series between the two teams, and everything is saying that it should be an easy win for the Gladiators. However, when you look at the regular season and the roster of the Bratislava Watchmen, you know right away that it will be a really exciting series to follow. Bratislava had the best offensive duo in the league this season with Otis Boudreaux Jr @Otis Boudreaux Jr leading the league in points (92) and finishing second in assists (56) and Harry Callahan @dstevensonjr who finished second in points (90) and led the league in goals (44). The Slovak team were also the best defensive team in the league and the incredible performances of their goalie WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWWWWWWWW @rory, who led the league for the save percentage (0.936%) and the goal against average (2.27), helped a lot. However, the Rome Gladiators showed during the regular season that they were better than the Watchmen and players like BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson @JardyB10, Ben Dover @Zylen, King Kisslinger @Kisslinger, Raimo Tuominen @SlapshotWrangler, Pope Francis @nurx, Conference Prince-de-Galles @UnkemptCL4PTP and Travis Clark @ClarkClanT are going to be really important players if they want to win this series.

 

The Predictions: Rome in 7 games

 

 

Final – Vasteras Iron Eagles (1)  vs Rome Gladiators (2) 

 

Regular season record: ROM win 7-3-4

 

As you can see with the regular season record, the series between Vasteras and Rome was really really tight and we expect a final exactly like that. Indeed, both teams could win the series, but when you look at the details, Vasteras has a better goalie and a better defense than Rome and their offense is similar. At the end of the day, the Iron Eagles are a little bit better than the Gladiators, so this is why I am going with the Vasteras Iron Eagles to win the Renaissance Cup, but both teams have their chances.

 

The Predictions: Vasteras in 7 games

 

 

Thanks a lot for reading everyone, see you all next time for another VSN article and feel free to write your predictions in the comments.

[Kisslinger 376]

Rome wins it all I’m afraid..

[Banackock 8,134]

35 minutes ago, Kisslinger said:

Rome wins it all I’m afraid..

NO!!!! VASTERAS 

[Sjin 188]

I think Cologne vs Vasteras will go the distance to 7 games will be an interesting series for sure and good luck @Zetterberg and the Vasteras squad