Claimed:Jedtsson's finishes rookie season as the Americans' top defenseman [Final 6/6]

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JEDTSSON FINISHES ROOKIE SEASON WITH THE NEW YORK AMERICANS 

Golden Jedtsson’s rookie season for the Americans has concluded. After playing great seasons in the minors with the Brampton Blades there were some that were expecting a better rookie season from Golden Jedtsson. However, he disappointed a few of the experts who expected the defenseman to excel at the number one defenseman role with the Americans. Jedtsson was disappointed with the numbers he tallied this season as he saw himself as a better two-way defenseman, but there were some issues with his game this season. He wasn’t as efficient of a scorer as many predicted that he would be. His shot from the point wasn’t effective for the team, which the statistics showed with his four goals this season. Jedtsson’s expectations were higher than what he put out this season, however he’s willing to learn from this season and he’s looking forward to the next season. Next season he would like to take less penalties as he finished with the fifth most penalty minutes in the league: 168 penalty minutes, find the net and his teammates more often. It was obvious that Jedtsson wasn’t suited for the number one role with the team finishing the season with a plus/minus rating of minus 22. He was on the ice more for goals against than he was for goals for, which isn’t something you’d like to see from your top defenseman.

 

 

 Jedtsson finished the season with four goals and 35 points. He finished sixth on the team for scoring and the team’s top defenseman in points with three more points than the offensive defenseman, Benjamin Dupont. Jedtsson’s 35 points ranked him ninth in rookie scoring and third for rookie defensemen. Clardy and Samuelsson ranked ahead of him, but the team that those two played on were more experienced than Jedtsson’s. Onto the defensive aspect of Jedtsson’s game, he finished the season with 234 hits that was the second most on the team behind forward, Nicolas Caprivi who finished with 237 hits. Jedtsson did finish with 146 shots blocked, which was fifth most in the league. With a season of experience under his belt he’s looking to change that next season as he’s excited to be a stronger, faster, and smarter player next season with a better team.

 

Jedtsson’s team finished third in the Eastern conference and took the Calgary Wranglers to five games, which is impressive for a team that’s still retooling. Despite being doubted by the whole league the Americans took a game against the Wranglers and made some other ones closer than they should have. Jedtsson’s still looking for more after the series loss and he expects the team to be a contender to come out of the Eastern conference next season. He told the media after the game seven that there weren’t too many people that thought the Americans were going to win that series and they didn’t, but the Americans fought their hardest to come out with a win or more. Sometimes the other team’s too good and you’ve got to give the Wranglers credit, but Jedtsson claims that his team will be able to take down the Wranglers next season after an off-season of training and development.

Edited August 15, 2015 by Kel

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Content: 3/3 Word minimum was met. Rookie seasons are always a big mystery when it comes to stats. It's good to see you are enjoying yourself on the Americans.

Grammar: 2/2 Only one concern below

Presentation: 1/1

 

Grade: 6/6

 

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