How Do I Rank You - 1

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Hello one, welcome all, I am Agustin Martinez and welcome to my first edition of “How Do I Rank You” with a relative newbie in the realm of hockey. I’m not the most well knowing compared to most people when it comes to hockey as a sport, but I’m sure I’ll improve little by little the more that I write these. We have the VHL and the VHLM, but VHL games just passed by us, so I might start off with them. Seeing as there’s not a lot to talk about in the beginning of most of these rankings anyways, let’s start off with the standings. 

 

We have two conferences in the VHL: the North American conference and the international European conference, and wow, do these tell a lot about the teams. If you look in Europe, the best team has single digit losses while the best North American team has double digit losses. It could be a skill difference though, let’s take a look between London United and the D.C. Dragons first. I chose the worst of the teams because I feel like looking at the best will only make every other team look like high schoolers in comparison. Sneaking a peek at the London United first, they’re a team who mostly has new players based off of the season next to their name and they have some promising players in the VHLM for them. It might not look so bad in the future for London if everyone’s development keeps up. I don’t know what London’s plans are, but they hopefully will include something special since it seems most of these players are new and I’m sure they’re also hungry for a win. They do seem outclassed by the D.C. Dragons though, as the Dragons have much better players on paper. If you look down their roster at most of these players, who are on the team officially, they would probably stand tall against London United. D.C. is also a young team and I think the Dragons are trying to also make a name for themselves, but they’re failing because of the conference they’re in. Hitting the puck is the name of the game and the puck just isn’t spinning their way. I want to do a comparison now. First, starting first with best forward, London sports Alexandros Mograine from Canada, their best player is from a Commonwealth country which is funny to me. Mograine’s first season in London seems to be mirroring his second with a lot of losses so far being what’s on the mind of most London fans. It looks like London’s going to be looking at a lot of losses in the short term, but they might find a way to bounce back in the long run, while D.C. on the other hand has stayed looking up at the rest of the North American Conference since last season, The best forward for the Dragons seems to be Konstyantyn Shevchenko, a Ukrainian “menace” so to say, though it does look closer on paper than some might expect. Shevchenko’s position in the roster might be as solid as Mograine’s is for the United. that is to say, the best of the worst. 

 

That concludes my first showing of How Do I Rank You, thank you for reading this. I hope you stay for my journey.

Edited Tuesday at 08:19 PM by SleepyPlayz