Kirby Rambles: The River is Flowing!

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Hello, lovely folks of the VHL! I am back with a proper Kirby Rambles, and to my disbelief, my last one was actually written in July, so we are here to rectify that! This edition will mainly focus on my player, River Harrington, and the absolutely insane run that the Ottawa Lynx are on right now with River and Brandon Petan Jr. (the ever-so-lovely Sadie) leading the charge. 

 

The Ottawa Lynx are currently tearing up the VHLM. If you ignore the few odd losses we’ve had thanks to Simon’s shenanigans, it is clear that in S96, the first season without the VHLE in over four years, they are the M’s best and most dominant team right now. As of Saturday, October 26th, they currently sit on top of the Eastern Conference as well as the league as a whole with a record of 18-3-1, an insane goal differential of +36 and a solid 4 game winning streak. They are firing on all cylinders with a rejuvenated and full roster due to the death of the VHLE (thank you for your sacrifice), and I gotta say it— it’s nice to be on a winning squad. The locker room has been buzzing and everyone has been thrilled with our team’s performance, and I couldn’t have asked for a better group to spend this season with before graduating to the VHL next season. I hope we can keep up this pace and stay in that number one seed spot until the conclusion of the regular season. Simon only knows what could happen in the playoffs, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t want to win that Founder’s Cup. I haven’t won one yet with either of my players so that would definitely be a sick trophy to acquire.

 

Moving onto individual performances, of course I’ll be going over how River has been performing as of late. . . and he is leading the VHLM in scoring despite being a defenseman, with 31 points to his name in 22 games, which is incredible pace! He has 13 goals (5 PPG) and 18 assists (7 PPA), with a shooting percentage of 17.33%, no shorthanded points yet. This puts River 1st in league-wide assists as well as 4th in league-wide goals. He’s also in a three-way tie for 2nd in power play goals, which was a strong suit of his from S95 as well! As for hits and shots blocked, he’s got 31 and 21 in each category respectively. Again, I want these numbers to be a lot higher considering he is a defenseman after all, but considering he’s also a +11 and the Lynx have the lowest goals against in the M, I think it’s excusable, especially since he’s paired up with the purely defensive Taavetti Jokinen.

 

At the beginning season, I did say I wanted to chase some individual trophies and somehow, I may have managed to build a player that could be in contention for some by the conclusion of the season, given he doesn’t slow down in his point-scoring, of course. I wanted to build an offensive defenseman of the Cale Makar archetype, and now that we’re over 20 games in, I’d like to say that I’m definitely seeing some success in that department, especially after I was a bit disappointed in River’s performance at the end of last season. He was left off the ballot for best defenseman, so it’s safe to say I’m gunning for it this time around. After producing a HOFer in Lachlan Summers, I want to follow it up with my first taste of hybrid attributes and go for two in a row. Will that happen? Who knows! So far, it’s been a fun ride and I can’t wait to see what the rest of this season holds.

 

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