Claimed:Leskowsky Shines in Increased Role

[TheDanglingCellist 1]

Minot, North Dakota

 

 After VHLM superstar, Simon Tremblay, made the jump the big league, pessimists, haters, trolls, and several analysts were predicting Minot as toast. These skeptics looked at Minot's roster and had little faith in the developing skills of players such as Aelred Leskowsky: a player whose scoring ability left something to be desired after scoring less than 30 goals combined in 2 seasons in the VHLM; a player who benefited from the presence of superior teammates; a player too small to be anything...well big.

 

 

 This season, critics be damned. The aforementioned Leskowsky has equaled his total rookie season goal scoring output with 11 goals in a mere 19 games, a fantastic spike in production. He also has 12 assists, a testament to his willingness to share the puck. His defensive play has been every bit as solid as it was last year, the season when he played a key role on one of the league's best special-teams. As for the size, he has been playing as if he were 6'4", piling up over 50 hits in this short space of time. If all that is not impressive, Leskowsky also regularly double-shifts, playing centre and wing.

 

 Now fans and analysts are wondering: what is Leskowsky's ceiling? When people saw him as a potential scorer whose raw talent outweighed the negatives in his game, he proceeded into his sophomore season as one of the league's best defensive forwards (as well as defenceman). Now, when people began to see him as a penalty-kill specialist and elite defensive player, he starts to display an offensive edge still without sacrificing anything on the backcheck. Leskowsky is beginning to look more and more like a fantastic two-way player who will one day make his mark in the VHL.

 

 

 

 As for a ceiling? The ceiling for Leskowsky is pretty much however high he wants it to be. A comparison for Leskowsky would be Toronto Maple Leafs' (NHL) prospect Frederik Gauthier, a fantastic two-way talent who risk factor is so low that his floor is third-line defensive specialist. Leskowsky can be compared so because he pretty much guarantees the Dynamo a solid defensive-forward in a worst case scenario.

 

 Somewhere in Davos, somebody is gleefully rubbing his hands together and celebrating in a drunken fashion.

Edited October 24, 2013 by TheDanglingCellist

[Victor 10,947]

Fuck the critics.

[eaglesfan036 4,603]

Content: 3/3 - I'm glad that Minot is proving doubters wrong and still going strong this year. As far as Leskowsky's size goes, it's not about the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog or something like that. 

 

Grammar: 2/2 - Nice job.

 

the jump the big league = the jump into the big league

 

Appearance: 1/1 - Your first picture isn't showing up on my computer for some reason, but I think it's just my computer so I won't take any points off.

 

Overall: 6/6

[Toast 887]

Content: 3/3 - There are tons of teams fighting for the top spot in the VHLM this season and that makes things much more exciting for sure. Definitely smaller guys may have more trouble but as long as the effort is there, nothing will stop them!

 

Grammar: 2/2 - Make sure any number below 10 is written out (one, two, three..)

 

Appearance: .5/1 - Docking for the broken image.

 

Overall: 5,5/6

 

FINAL: 6/6 

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