The new wave.

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The VHLE playoffs are now over and with the winner now decided as the Oslo Strom defeat the Vasteras Iron Eagles in the finals we can now look forward to the future. Plenty of young players will be able to say that their next season will be their final rookie season as the promoted the their respective VHL clubs. The odds on Favorite to have the biggest impact in their first year would have to be the previous first overall selection: Antonia Bucatini she will be suiting up for The Davos Dynamo HC who is coming off another weak year with a high selection in the upcoming draft imminent. She will likely be able to play a big role on this rebuilding franchise coming of a Renaissance Cup win with the Oslo Storm will have Bucatini riding high on a wave of momentum as she tries to win best rookie in her inaugural season. Another notable player coming up will be Gianfranco Del Rocco who was selected second overall and has the best odds of challenging Bucatini for top rookie. Del Rocco will be joining the Continental Cup champion Seattle Bears and as such a competitive team will be his home could likely mean he will have solid line mates to help him score loads of points to earn himself top rookie honors. Leitner the top defenseman taken in the draft at third overall who will be rear guarding for the Riga Reign this upcoming season after going to the Renaissance Cup finals with Vasteras and losing to Oslo she will be looking ahead to be ready to compete at the highest level of the sport. Leitner has been a very effective defenseman at every level so far and should have a solid rookie season for Riga whose roster is rounding out quite well  and will be looking to have a competetive year. The fourth overall pick of last years draft was Annie Oaks who seemed to struggle with the jump into the VHLE only able to score 36 points over the regular season however did put up three goals and four points in six playoff games. She will be looking to embark on a successful career in the VHL with the Vancouver Wolves but it may take a little bit of time for her to really find her feet in the highest level she will have played in yet. At fifth overall the Chicago Phoenix selected the Irish winger Ughsike who had a solid year in the VHLE with the Renaissance Cup champion Oslo Storm he will be joining a competitive Chicago team that will be fighting for a playoff spot this coming season but with lots of teams looking to take the next step it will be a hard fought journey that Chicago is hoping Ughsike will be that extra piece needed to push them into the playoffs. Next up to look at is Forum Content who will be joining Bucatini and Davos this upcoming season a sixth overall pick Content has always been known for his great puck handling abilities, however over his time in the VHLE seems to have worked really hard on becoming an elite passer and will be looking to setup his teammates rather than shoot Davos will have three rookies suiting up for them and Content should have a decent amount of ice time there unlike his start in the VHLE where his playtime was limited in Cologne before being traded. Benjamin Abenduct who was selected ninth overall by the Moscow Menace was the second defenseman selected in his draft class he too is yet another part of that cup champion Oslo team graduating to the big leagues. Abenduct is a smooth skating two way defense man who loves having the puck on his stick and is adept at taking it from his opponents, he will be the fifth defenseman on a strong looking Moscow team and should be given plenty of opportunity to grow into an elite defenseman for that Moscow squad.

 

Of the top ten picks of last years drafts those are all the players who are currently slated to begin with their respective VHL clubs however it's worth mentioning that the likes of Jorgen Lovstrom and  Nathan Ecker who were selected at seventh and tenth by Malmo and Seattle respectively will likely earn a spot out of camp as well.