Claimed:Meuted [Final 6/6]

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State of The Franchise

 

Things in the province de Québec are looking quite bleak these days for a certain hockey franchise. After multiple playoff runs that ended in defeat, the Meute had no choice but to enter a rebuilding phase this off-season. Many around the league believe the team started their rebuild one season late, but those around the team hope that a solid base picked up this off-season will do leaps and bounds for the team. Today we will look at those one the roster that could be around for the long haul, when the Meute make the step out of their rebuild

 

 

Benjamin Zeptenbergs

 

One of the few free agents in the league, Zeptenbergs isn’t as developed as other players from the Season Forty-Two draft, but none the less he adds depth to the Meute roster. As we all seen in the past few seasons in the post expansion cap era, depth plays a great role in a championship run. Zeptenbergs is a shoot first type of player, which is great for the team right now with the lack of quality forwards outside the soon to be retired Bruno Wolf. In seventy-two games last season with the rebuilding Toronto Legion, Zeptenbergs only manged to put up fifteen goals and ten assists. Zeptenbergs has five seasons left after this year until forced retirement, which is one more positive on a young promising career.

 

Francis York Morgan

 

Morgan was acquired this off-season with the Stockholm Vikings, thanks in large part to the Vikings being tight against the cap. Quebec was more then happy to jump on the opportunity to pick up a real good looking prospect in Morgan that is starting to come into his own on the blue-line. Morgan had a good year in his second season with the Vikings after a rough rookie season. Morgan put up eight goals and thirty-five assists last season, which seen the kid from British Columbia take huge strides in his development. Morgan was picked up along with veteran forward Tyson Stokes for a first and second round draft pick. With the high price tag attached to the Morgan trade, he will be looked upon to anchor the Meute blue-line for many seasons moving forward.

 

Ariel Weinstein

 

The only prospect selected by the Meute in the past off-season’s draft, Weinstein will have huge load on his shoulders moving forward. The Meute moved up specifically to draft Weinstein after his great season with the Saskatoon Wild last season in the VHLM. Selected Third Overall also brings the expectation of being a franchise goaltender, which usually comes with the thought that the goalie should be playing at an elite level each and every season. Weinstein has been thrown right into the fire this season and the results has been mixed so far. Playing in all nine games for the Meute, Weinstein has won four while putting up a .905 save percentage and a 2.76 goals against average. While those numbers aren’t going to jump out at anyone, Weinstein is getting valuable experience at the best the VHL has to offer early on. As long as the young goaltender keeps showing up to practise and learning from his mistakes, he should be just fine in a few seasons.  

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Content: 3/3 - Quebec is definitely going to have a rough season or to. Although it looks like the team is not doing too badly at the moment, but that might change. Kesler made some pretty decent moves aswell, and looks to be going in a good direction. Weinstein is playing pretty well considering and i'm not surprised since you were a beast in the VHLM playoffs.

Grammar: 2/2 -
manged = managed
was more then happy  = was more than happy

Appearance: 1/1 - Looks good.

Overall: 6/6

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