Ball 453 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 A New Batch Of Franchise Goalies Hit The VHL It was best said by the VHL’s own king of the pipes, Remy LeBeau. In a league like the VHL, where offense triumph over all aspect of the game, teams are going to need great goaltending if they are going to win a Continental Cup. Just look at Skylar Rift for the Meute, Tuomas Tukio for the Titans, and Alexander Labatte for the Wranglers. As three of the elite goaltenders, these players have combined to win 4 of the last 7 Continental Cups (with Skylar Rift winning his second cup this season with Meute). Now yes you don’t need an elite netminder to win a championship. Just look at Riga’s unbelievable win over New York in S33. Jenovah, who was a journeyman in the VHL, just happened to catch fire at the right time and boom, Riga upsets the Americans to win the Continental Cup. So as you can see, having a strong goalie in net is one of the most crucial things if you want to become a successful team in the VHL. But with the likes of Tukio, Labatte, and Rift coming to the end of their careers, there has been a recent plethora of talent coming into the VHL, hoping to fill the shoes of these great netminders. In Seattle, Washington, fans are ecstatic for the future with Steven Smyl in-between the pipes. Smyl has lived up to his hype so far, posting up a solid rookie season after being selected third overall in the S34 VHL Entry Draft. Behind a below average Seattle Bears team, Smyl put up a .906 save %, a solid 2.64 goals against average, and managed to post 5 shutouts in his rookie season. Did I mention he faced the fourth most shots in the VHL? The future is looking bright for Smyl, as Seattle has been slowly progressing as a team, which should help take some pressure off of Smyl in S36. With a season under his belt, Smyl will look to finally help the Bears break out of the rebuild and into playoff contention next season. Like Seattle, you know Davos has to be drooling over Lennox Moher. Moher, who was selected first overall one season after Steven Smyl, had a solid season for the Dynamo and even helped Davos make it to the playoffs before being knocked out of the first round. In his rookie season in the VHL, Moher was also very solid, posting a .904 save %, a 2.68 goals against average, and added 4 shutouts to those stats. While he faced 50 less shots that Smyl, he had a good rookie season, seeing that he didn’t have an extra season in the VHLM. Like Seattle, Davos is on its way up the food chain in their respective conference, which should take a lot of weight off of Moher in his second season. There are high hopes for the young netminder out of Boston, Ma. Eggly Bagelface, an odd name, but another terrific young netminder for the Vasteras Iron Eagles. Brought in to the VHL by general manager Thomas Corcoran, Bagelface was looked upon to help lift Vasteras out of the dark basement of the European Conference and to return the team to its former glory. After being thrown to the wolves in S34, Bagelface had a solid bounce back season in S35. The young goalie put up a .909 save %, a 2.65 goals against average, and had six shutouts on the season while facing the third most shots in the VHL. I’m trying not to sound like a broken record, but Vasteras, like Seattle and Davos, will be looking to make the jump from middle of the pack to playoff contenders in the VHL, largely behind the play of these three goaltenders. The VHLM's logos look pretty similar on the ice don't they? Last but not least are three unproven, but highly touted netminders in the VHLM. Martin Brookside, Brick Wahl, and Mike Szatkowski Jr have been tearing up the VHLM in S35 and will surely all make the jump to the big leagues in S36. Like I said, all three are still unproven and untested, but all three figure to be franchise netminders for their respective clubs. Only time will tell which of these six young goalies can or will become the next LeBeau, Tukio, Rift or Labatte. But it should be interesting to follow them through their careers to see just how bright their futures can get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball 453 Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 I realized i should have used they're in the title, stupid me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Tortorella 2,653 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I realized i should have used they're in the title, stupid me Strike 1, Strike 2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball 453 Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 Strike 1, Strike 2... Their, smh. I'm offically resigning from my grader position Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 708 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Grading is about the quantity of things you grade not the quality of which you grade at. I'd grade everything in a day 5.5 so it looks like I tried but they still get a 6. Squinty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan036 4,585 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 (edited) Grading is about the quantity of things you grade not the quality of which you grade at. I'd grade everything in a day 5.5 so it looks like I tried but they still get a 6. Shh. Edited December 24, 2013 by eaglesfan036 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan036 4,585 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 (edited) Content: 3/3 - It looks like there are a lot of new good goalies who are heading to or are in the VHL. It seems like a lot of the VHL GMs recreated as goalies to guarantee themselves a really good goalie, which makes a lot of sense. Of course, there are also non VHL GM goalies that look promising such as Smyl and others. Grammar: 2/2 - Couldn't find anything. Although title is wrong. Nicely done. Appearance: 1/1 - Looks good. Overall: 6/6 Edited December 24, 2013 by eaglesfan036 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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