VSN Presents: The best first overall pick in the VHLE from S80 to S89

[Baby Boomer 709]

@Zetterberg

Welcome everyone,

 

We are back for another article of the Victory Sports News, and in this article, we are going to rank the 10 1^st overall picks in the VHLE from S80 to S89. We are not going to rank them according to the overall of their career, but only according to their career in the VHLE. Most of the 1^st overall picks had really short career in the VHLE, so the sample is small, but we can still see which player had the biggest impact for their respective team.

 

10-Miervaldis Arpa @lil OG z - G (S82)

 

Miervaldis Arpa was the first overall pick of the Yukon Rush in S82 and as of right now, is also the first and only goalie to ever get drafted first overall in the history of the VHLE. It is difficult to rank Arpa, because the Yukon Rush did not make the playoffs this season and they did not have a good team. This is a reason why Miervaldis also did not have a really good season and finished the regular season with 27 wins, a save percentage of 0.904% and an average of goals against of 3.59 in 56 games.

 

9-Rick Grimes @tinafrombobsburgers - C (S86)

 

Rick Grimes was the first overall pick of the Istanbul Red Wolves in S86 and even if he is listed as the worst player, he still had a really good season. Indeed, he scored 27 goals and 38 assists for a total of 65 points in 72 games. He also had a differential of +30 and 112 hits during the regular season. Before the regular season, Rick Grimes was traded with Daryl Dixon @Ricer13 to the Bratislava Watchmen at the beginning of S86 for Damian Steele @73MPL4R, Zlatan Ibrahimovic @Markusbg and the S88 1^st of the Watchmen who became Mark Calaway @Beketov.

 

8-Montgomery Burns @LastOneUp - RW (S89)

 

Montgomery Burns was the first overall pick of the Vasteras Iron Eagles in S89 and got traded at the trade deadline to the Cologne Express in company of Jack Quill @GoldGear88 and Mason Rice @Sawyer13. In 72 games with both teams, Burns scored 31 goals and added 34 assists for a total of 65 points. He also won the Renaissance Cup at the end of the season with Cologne, and he scored 8 points (4g, 4a) in 9 games during the playoffs.

 

7-Leandro Goncalves @leandrofg  - C (S83)

 

Leandro Goncalves was the first overall pick of the Vasteras Iron Eagles in S83. He played the entire season with the team and had 29 goals and 40 assists for a total of 69 points in 72 games. Goncalves finished the season with a differential of +18 and 162 hits. In the playoffs, he scored 8 points (4g, 4a) in 9 games, but the Iron Eagles lost in the final of the

Renaissance Cup to the Bratislava Watchmen 4-1. Leandro ended up winning the Continental Cup in the VHL with the Calgary Wranglers in S87.

 

6-Velociraptor Greg @samx - D (S84)

 

Velociraptor Greg was the first overall pick of the Cologne Express in S84. As a defenseman, Greg finished the season with 17 goals and 49 assists for a total of 66 points in 72 games. Velociraptor also added 63 hits and 147 shots blocked. In 6 games in the playoffs, Velociraptor Greg scored 2 goals and 6 points, but the Cologne Express lost in the first round of the playoffs. The last 4 players were really hard to rank, because they all had very similar career, and they could all interchange.

 

5-Darth Kaprizov @Darth Kaprizov - C (S80)

 

Darth Kaprizov was the first overall pick of the Cologne Express in S80 and he was also the first player to ever be drafted in the VHLE. He scored 40 goals and 49 assists in 72 games for a total of 89 points. In S80, the Cologne Express were not a good team, and they did not make the playoffs, but he still finished second for the most points for the Express behind Nathaniel Minion @UnknownMinion who had 102 points. If it was difficult to rank the last 4 players, the next 5 players were easy to rank, since they all had pretty different career in the VHLE.

 

4-Hulk Hogan 2 @Hogan - C (S81)

 

Hulk Hogan 2 was the first overall pick of the Istanbul Red Wolves in S81. Hogan 2 really had an incredible season with the Red Wolves as they finished first in the VHLE at the end of the regular season, and they won the King’s Cup. Hulk finished the season with 32 goals, 64 assists and a total of 96 points in 72 games. In the playoffs, Hulk Hogan 2 was even better as he scored 15 points (8g, 7a) in 15 games, but Istanbul lost in the first round of the playoffs.

 

3-John Jameson @Frank - C (S85)

 

John Jameson was the first overall pick of the Oslo Storm in S85. Jameson was part of the beginning of the Storm’s domination between S85 and S88. Indeed, Oslo finished first in the regular season and in the playoffs to win the King’s Cup and the Renaissance Cup in the same year in S85. John also finished first in the league for the number of points with 103 (51g,

51a) to win the Ronan Lavelle Trophy who is awarded to the most valuable player of the regular season. He also added 8 points in 12 games in the playoffs.

 

2-Kronchy Kardashian @Garsh - D (87)

 

Kronchy Kardashian was the first overall pick of the Yukon Rush in S87 and is also one of the best defensemen the VHLE ever saw. Indeed, he finished the season with 26 goals and 77 assists for a total of 103 points in 72 games. Kardashian also had 171 hits and 153 shots blocked that helped them won the Jake Thunder Trophy awarded to the best defenseman of the regular season.

 

1-BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson @JardyB10 – RW (S88)

 

BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson was the first overall pick of the Rome Gladiators in S88 and the first overall pick to play more than one season in the VHLE. Indeed, BjornaBjorkson said that he wanted to play his entire career in the VHLE and he currently played 4 seasons in the VHLE playing 288 games, scoring 135 goals, and adding 142 assists for a total of 277 points. BjorkaBjorn won the Renaissance Cup in S87 with the Cologne Express and the Florida Man Trophy in S88 with the Rome Gladiators for the best player of the playoffs as he had the best playoff run in the history of the VHLE with 29 points (16g, 13a) in 15 games.

 

It is all for me, thank you for reading and I will see you in another article of the Victory Sports News.

 

P.S. feel free to do your own ranking of the first overall pick in the VHLE and to write it in the comments section.

[Beketov 8,996]

6 hours ago, Baby Boomer said:

the Florida Man Trophy in S88

Can I just say I still find it hilarious that’s the actual name of the award haha