Alex's Very Quick Award Predictions With Minimal Research

[Alex 3,374]

Here’s my predictions for awards with some hot-takes, and 100% not biased at all…

 

Scotty Campbell Trophy

Player Name: Adi Dassler @BOOM

Honourable Mention: Forum Content  @frescoelmo

 

 

Bit of a hot take to start things off, and while both players listed above did have a massive impact on their team success, it honestly comes down to that Calgary would have been much worse without Dassler. Whereas the main argument for Content comes down to the gap between them and their next best teammate. This is probably a bit of a toss up, but I would give Dassler a slight edge.

 

Brett Slobodzian Trophy

Player Name: Maverick Goncalves @leandrofg

Honourable Mention: Jarmo Ruutu @jRuutu

This one is kind of a two horse race, and it’s all Moscow. I’ve got Goncalves taking this one due to a slight edge in goals. The next closest is probably Content or Ironhide, but there really isn’t much of an argument to have either of them ahead of Goncalves or Ruutu.

 

Sterling Labatte Trophy

Player Name: Guntis Gavilrovs @Girts

Honourable Mention: Mina @Baozi

Now onto D awards, this season we could very well see a Gavilrovs sweep, they had a good offensive season, they will be in contention for the Wylde, and they won two last season, which is huge for their HOF hopes.

 

Alexander Valiq Trophy

Player Name: Mina @Baozi

Honourable Mention: Guntis Gavilrovs @Girts

This one really comes down to how you weigh 3 more goals (Gavilrovs) vs. 5 more assists (Mina). I don’t think only 3 more goals is enough to warrant the small points gap, as a result Mina takes this one.

 

Jake Wylde Trophy

Player Name: Borris Bone-Breaker @RileyL

Honourable Mention: Guntis Gavilrovs @Girts

Hot take #2, Borris Bone-Breaker takes the Wylde! Their defensive play was huge this season as they led all defensemen in hits by a wide margin, and aren’t too far down the table for SB, while having a positive +/-.

 

Aidan Shaw Trophy

Player Name: Deadpanda @Alex

Honourable Mention: Red Panda @Lemorse7

Hot Take #3, I’ll be honest here and say the Shaw is a bit of a crap shoot, 3 goalies finished with a 0.93 SV%, of those 3 Red Panda would have the slight edge with the lowest GAA. However, only 0.03% behind them is Deadpanda who led all goalies in wins (45), GAA (2.06), and Shutouts (9), I think that the considerable gaps in those stats likely end up making up the difference in SV% and then some.

 

Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy

Player Name: Bubbles LaFleur @AJW

Honourable Mention: Pelayo Bolivar @SMYLS4

This one is purely a toss up that could go either way between LaFleur and Bolivar, LaFleur finished their season with more points and assists, whereas Bolivar had way more goals. I have LaFleur taking this largely due to being a defensemen, however this vote could really go either way.

 

Scott Boulet Trophy

Player Name: Maverick Goncalves @leandrofg

Honourable Mention: Grimgor Ironhide @FrostBeard

Goncalves likely has this one wrapped up with a pretty bow, while Ironhide did have more hits, they also had way more penalty minutes, fewer points, goals, and shots blocked. From my brief look there’s not really many other players in contention.

 

David Knight Trophy

GM Name: @v.2

Honourable Mention: @McLovin

I have V.2 taking this one in his first season as GM, largely due to their ability to adjust their plan on the fly and turn their season into a really great one!

 

Dustin Funk Trophy

Player Name: David Pastanap @Jubis

I can’t be asked to go through every team, so we’re just going to assume Davos’s nominee wins it! So congrats Pastanap!

[Florida Man 664]

We all want to see SWN win the Wylde (no bias)

[FrostBeard 2,077]

I agree with Grimgor not really deserving the award with Maverick there with those stats. 

[Nykonax 1,677]

3 hours ago, Alex said:

Scott Boulet Trophy

Player Name: Maverick Goncalves @leandrofg

Honourable Mention: Grimgor Ironhide @FrostBeard

Goncalves likely has this one wrapped up with a pretty bow, while Ironhide did have more hits, they also had way more penalty minutes, fewer points, goals, and shots blocked. From my brief look there’s not really many other players in contention.

Schwarzer 209 SB 2nd in the league might be in contention

[Alex 3,374]

1 hour ago, Nykonax said:

Schwarzer 209 SB 2nd in the league might be in contention

I'd assume that's likely the result of Chicago having no defensemen, kind of throws a wrench in BOG discussions

[Nykonax 1,677]

13 minutes ago, Alex said:

I'd assume that's likely the result of Chicago having no defensemen, kind of throws a wrench in BOG discussions

I mean he had 16 less points than Goncalves and 5 less goals. However had more even-strength goals (38 vs. 36), was also -12 on a team that was -106 goal differential lol + genuinely INSANE shot block numbers even if you say Chicago had no defense. Warsaw also had no defense their highest was 148 compared to Schwarzer 209.

I honestly think it has to be Schwarzer had very good +/- considering the team, very strong production considering he didn't have a single defenseman, and genuine record levels of shotblocking. Don't even think it's close.

[AJW 2,372]

Would be my first player to win a VHL individual award

[Lemorse7 1,054]

7 hours ago, Alex said:

Aidan Shaw Trophy

Player Name: Deadpanda @Alex

Honourable Mention: Red Panda @Lemorse7

Hot Take #3, I’ll be honest here and say the Shaw is a bit of a crap shoot, 3 goalies finished with a 0.93 SV%, of those 3 Red Panda would have the slight edge with the lowest GAA. However, only 0.03% behind them is Deadpanda who led all goalies in wins (45), GAA (2.06), and Shutouts (9), I think that the considerable gaps in those stats likely end up making up the difference in SV% and then some.

Bias 

[Pifferfish 836]

7 hours ago, Lemorse7 said:

Bias 

I talked about this on the PiffCast, while he does lead 3 categories, his margins on all of them aren't significant and he isn't top 3 in the most important goaltending stat. He also has the nagging wrench of OCO managing 3 SOs himself as a back up on the same team which overall paints a bad image for Deadpanda. Deadpanda is certainly a strong Shaw nominee, but I think predicting a Shaw win based on leading 2 heavily team dependant categories seems like a stretch. Personally, I'd vote for Red Panda has comparable numbers in any category he isn't leading and one of the most consistent goalies in the VHL closely following Løvstrøm and Dalkr in this regard.