Moderator Baozi 1,658 Posted July 28, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) Perron the MVP www.VHLMHockeyNews.com Thanks largely in part to the broad shoulders and the strength of Maxime’s back, the Brampton Blades have secured a playoff berth for the 7th season in a row. If you haven’t met the guy or watched him yet, this is a good primer to what he will grow into at the next level. He is a shoot-first center with tricks and game breaking skills to spare and a bucket full of intangibles. In his second year in the VHLM, Perron has taken the VHLM by storm. He is quick on his feet and is fairly strong on the puck and he has a laser of a shot as witnessed by his 43 goals this season. Sitting only 6 goals back from the leader, Perron is third in the league in goals and 9th in assists. In total this puts him solidly in 4th in the scoring race in the minor league with 82 points. At the mid way point he was even as high as first shortly before the rest of the league was able to catch up to him. There is however, nobody as important to his own team as Perron. On an extremely young squad in Brampton where the next most practice hours on a teammate is less than half of his own (Romanowski with 66 hours vs Perron at 166), he is literally dragging his team kicking and screaming into a playoff berth. There simply is no counter argument or justification why he should not be widely considered the MVP of the league. To put into perspective, the league leader in points – Aleksi Koponen with 94 points, has 175 effective practice hours. The difference here; Koponen has three teammates also with 175 effective practice hours (Greg Clegane, Phil Hamilton, Theo Matsikas). Then on the next tier, Yukon possesses five other teammates each with over 66 effective practice hours. Yukon at the time of this article has 1151 effective practice hours on their squad in all positions. Brampton has 405. Perron has had a hand in 53% of his team’s goals and has scored 43 of them himself. The next goal scorer on the team is Lee Sang-Heyeok with 18 goals. Koponen has additional help as well here, as Josh Merica and Marquis Hyvarinen have 26 and 22 goals respectively. There is no question here that Perron is just as effective as Koponen on the stat sheet while having significantly less to work with. On top of that, nobody has asked as much out of Perron as Brampton. Not only does he have to put up points, he has to help out in other places too. As the top center on his team, he has taken 1447 draws this season, more than any other center in the league and still maintained a good ratio, winning 57.98% of his draws. In terms of where Brampton sits, they have 59 points with 50 games. Only one point back on the #2 team in Europe the Bratislava Watchmen whom have 60 points in 51 games. While Yukon and Saskatoon are firmly entrenched ahead of the Blades in the #1 and #2 seeds in North America, Brampton could statistically slot into the #4 slot in the league behind Oslo in Europe and ahead of the Watchmen whom clock in at 953 effective hours on their roster. There is no doubting that the reason why Brampton isn’t in the basement of the standings is because of Perron. He is one of the players that embodies the ideals of Brampton GM Fong, that losing is never “Ok”. For that, there is reason to believe that his future will be looking great as many playesr before with similar ideas and faith in the Brampton GM have gone on to become stars in the VHL. “Talent, heart and the thirst to win. That is what it means to be a Blade. Perron is all of it. He is quick, he is strong, he is talented, he doesn't give up and he is coming for you all the time.” – Brampton GM Fong Edited July 28, 2015 by tfong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,836 Posted July 28, 2015 Admin Share Posted July 28, 2015 Using TPE of team to identify MVP? Really? I think he has a decent enough case based on sim results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Baozi 1,658 Posted July 28, 2015 Author Moderator Share Posted July 28, 2015 Using TPE of team to identify MVP? Really? I think he has a decent enough case based on sim results. Its a supporting point due to the difference mainly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylrad 178 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Content 3/3 Good article Grammar 2/2 nothing really stand out worthy playesr - players Appearance 1/1 Looks good Overall 6/6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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