Summers in London

[jacobcarson877 2,541]

The summer is looking mighty interesting here in London, and there’s a lot to unpack. This team, in it’s pretty well identical iterations lost the Continental Cup Finals in 7 games. Back to back seasons of late series heartbreak. Obviously something is going right, as the team has made the finals and won 3 of the 4 necessary games in back to back seasons. No other team can say the same right now. But something is obviously not right, as we were unable to win the crucial fourth game in either series.

 

Change will be coming, as several core members of the lineup have retired. Jesse Teno being the household name, but player like Halvar Torbjorn, Isamu Knievel and Lloyd Braun provided much needed top-end depth for the past few seasons and with some in-depth build creation managed to out-attribute many players with higher cap hits.

 

There are also some movements coming in the bottom units. Brad Marchand seems to have fallen to inactivity, marking a failure on the first homegrown prospect of my VHL GMing career. John Richards helped secure the penalty kill for us while Ben Dover was growing, and is now an expendable asset.

 

What this does mean is that, at least in the short term, is that London is in a great place for some super short term identity shifting before the walls come caving in. Getting some players in that can mold our model a hair could be the difference between Game 7 heartbreak and another Cup in our cabinet.

 

All of this hinges though on the acquisition of a Continental Cup calibre goaltender. There are many names floating around, household names with proven pedigree. MVPs, Top Goaltenders, Continental Cup winners, that could see London as the perfect opportunity to hop on what has historically been a finals bound train.

 

London has also been a place where veterans have very successfully been able to enjoy a last hurrah, a celebration of all of the great work they’ve done and the achievements they’ve had. Depreciation can leave a lot of opportunity to retool a player and play to their strengths, while ironing out some of their weaknesses. It’s a strategy that lots of successful teams have used. That or constantly having a supply of great young talent, who can have their inefficiencies, at a lower cap hit. Lots of ways to put together a team, and there’s lots of movement around the league as teams try to establish their rout to the EU Finals, or maybe even the Continental Cup finals for those NA teams.

 

The team is eager to get started, they’re all excited to see what kind of team we can put together this season, and I think the league should be excited to see if we can win that Final game. Stay tuned, and enjoy the show everyone, S94 is going to be a huge one, and even if the walls come tumbling down, the United are committed to making it an interesting one!

 

Summers are always exciting in London, but this one should be extra special.

[Victor 10,949]

No he's in Warsaw.

[Alex 3,207]

7 hours ago, Victor said:

No he's in Warsaw.

Tampering?

[Spartan 4,408]

Ah I'm prepared for the incoming SLAP