Another Sunday in Seattle

[Victor 10,938]

As another Sunday arrives, nothing has really happened in the VHL this week. The Seattle Bears are better than .500 now, reasonably comfortable in the midst of the North American playoff race (6 will not go into 5) but whilst the top line of Severus Targaryen and Eric White Jr has led the way, the other forwards have fallen off track, chief among them sophomore Gianfranco Del Rocco.
 

With 15 points from 20 games, Del Rocco is currently below the pace he set as a rookie, a performance he was already not particularly happy about. With fellow S93 draftee and Italian rival (or lover? Who knows) nearly 50 career points ahead, the mood is quickly changing in Del Rocco's camp from patience to impatience.

 

Can the rut be stopped? Is the Bears' historic mantra of team above player conducive to good individual performance season after season? These are the questions going through Del Rocco's head and threaten to spill over into feelings which go against the direction the rest of the team is pulling in. Will the volatile Italian get in line and wait for his turn or will he implode? The clock ticks and we will have to see the situation by next Sunday.