Claimed:Young Stars Hopeful or Longshot? [Reviewed]

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Now you may not be familiar with the name Asher Donovan so it may come as a surprise to you when I suggest that he should be a late addition to the upcoming Young Stars game. There are so many stars in the VHLM that are much more deserving such as Pietro Maximoff who has 34 goals and 33 assists in just 54 games and also Kai Roberts who also has an impressive 20 goals and 36 points in 54 games and that isn't even mentioning the top goalies and defencemen. Sven Wolf has put up substantial 25 wins in only 34 games and a 0.912 save percentage and a minuscule 1.72 goals against average which is tops in the league. Lets not forget about defencemen Bobby Digital and Ted Doughty who are both dominate players for their teams and they will likely be starting in the game but we are here to highlight budding power forward Asher Donovan.

 

It really wouldn't be fair to dismiss all those who have played a full season and put up decent but not great numbers as giving your team 50 or more games is certainly an accomplishment but what Donovan has done with just 12 games is impressive. Asher may have only put up 11 points in those twelve games but he has 9 points in 8 games since leaving the basement dwelling Yukon Rush and joining the second place Saskatoon Wild. Jumping from a 0.5 points per game(ppg) to a 1.125 ppg is an accomplishment that comes with playing on a stronger squad but I think if we prorated that to a full season we would find that Asher is near the top of the league in scoring. 

 

His scoring is not all that has been improved either, Asher was minus six in just four games on the Yukon and while some of that was part of playing a lot of minutes on an unimpressive Rush team some of that was a young player finding his way on the defensive side of the puck. Since joining Saskatoon Asher has managed to be a plus six, some of that is a good team but some of that is natural progression as Donovan is learning rapidly on the job.

 

 

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The flip side to this argument of rapid progression placing Donovan among the league leaders is that this is just a hot start from getting a change of scenery. We have seen it plenty of times where a player gets traded to a team and he gets hot because he's excited to be somewhere new and then after 15 or 20 games he cools off back to his normal pace. Which side of this line will Asher fall on? Only time will tell but for now all we can do is enjoy the ride and look forward to the Young Stars game.

 

I think we can safely assume that Asher will be left off of the Young Stars roster come Monday but if you were to argue that he is deserving of a spot you would have my full support, even if he is left off the roster I think we can agree that we are witnessing the beginning of a great career. The power forward may be an under appreciated and dying breed but Donovan doesn't care and he's going to crash and bang a path all the way to the VHL draft.
 

Edited April 10, 2016 by Dangles13

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This was never reviewed. I remember reading it a little after you posted it. Ah, well. My apologies.

 

I think Asher can be a definite force if you continue to progress!