Claimed: How has Vegas done in the last week?

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RE: Which records will Vegas break/tie?

 

Having lost three times in the last week, Vegas will now need to win all of their remaining 29 games to finish the season with more points than Ottawa's 134 from last season. The Aces currently have a 38-4-1 record, which also means that to break Ottawa's record of 65 wins in a single regular season, the Aces will also have to win every single remaining game; house wins.

 

Last time we checked in on the Aces' defense, they had a legit shot at allowing the lowest number of goals in a single season all-time. With Vegas leaking 29 goals over the last 14 games (more than two per game), this record is not going to fall unless the Aces clamp down and go on a spectacular run of form for the remainder of the season.

 

However, one thing that has improved since last week has been the Vegas penalty kill. Having been shorthanded 50 times this past week, the Aces have only allowed three goals for a weekly penalty kill rate of 94%. This elevates their season penalty kill rate from 89.32% to 90.85%. The S44 iteration of the Saskatoon Wild currently hold the all-time record at 90.40%, so if the Aces can keep this rate up, they will finally be able to put their stamp in the holy shrines of the VHLM record book.

 

With Phuckin Phucked, as well as Fuk D. World, now traded to the Yukon Rush, many fans are expecting Vernon Von Axelberry to start the remainder of games. Von Axelberry however is dealing with personal issues, and is not mentally fit to start league games until further notice. This is due to a weird psychological disorder that only affects 0.00004% of the world's population. The disorder that Von Axelberry has been diagnosed with affects his limb movements and reaction time for a certain period of time after hearing the American national anthem. Therefore, newly acquired Alexander Wolf will be in net for the start of VHLM games in the mean time while Von Axelberry recovers. Doctors have cleared him to be subbed in to the game after the temporary limb movements and reaction time syndromes wear off, so we should expect Von Axelberry to relieve Wolf quite often early into the game.

 

Meanwhile, rookie center Rudi Ying finally seems to be showing his potential as of late. The Chinese forward has had multiple multi-point games in the last week, and he's even surprised VHL scouts with two goals in one game against the Yukon Rush. Rumors are swirling that the newest Asian sensation is catching the eye of multiple VHL teams, as the successes of past Asian trailblazers such as Terence Fong, Daisuke Kanou, Xin Xie Xiao, and Takashi Fujimoto to name a few have caused more VHL suits to turn their eyes towards the Far East. While many teams will no doubt be suspicious at Ying's work ethic and commitment levels, Ying is out to slowly prove to everyone with his actions that he is committed to being a VHL-caliber forward.

 

P.S.: Yet started off as another 590, but the word count made me copy and paste it into the MS section.