Haterade!

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I know I saw there was a similar article done, but I am going to do a little bit of a different thing and look towards the lines hopefully in a different light. I did all my research yesterday, so here is what I had! 

 

Centers

$3,000,000  - C Podrick Cast

TPE: 737

Team: Riga Reign

 

$750,000 - C Rauno Palo

TPE: 534

Team: Quebec Meute

 

$500,000 - C Otto Axelsson

TPE: 524

Team: Seattle Bears

 

$1,000,000  - C Kronos Bailey

TPE: 285

Team: Yukon Rush

 

$250,000 - C Curtis Gary

TPE: 89

Team: Saskatoon Wild

 

The headline of the Centers is going to be that of Podrick Cast. He is going to need to be the leader and scorer that we saw in Season 62 for the Riga Reign, a season where he scored 79 goals and put up 174 points. That is exactly what is going to be needed of him. When you look at the middle line guys, you will see defensive minded center in Rauno Palo. I think he will slot in on that second line to really stop who the other team will slot in their top six, I think he may be one of the most underrated players on this squad. Otto Axelsson will need to be a mid-line scorer where he will be placed on the  lines. He will be looked at to have a real combination of what he did for HC Davos and what he has done this season. Kronos Bailey and Curtis Gary are two young guys who will look to fill a role for the team, but this center core really will depend on the first three guys I named. 

 

Left Wing

$2,000,000 - LW Veran Dragomir

TPE: 799

Team: Quebec Meute

 

$1,500,000  - LW Matt Thompson

TPE: 708

Team: Seattle Bears

 

$750,000 - LW Jeff Gow

TPE: 677

Team: Riga Reign

 

When you look at a guy who would be a perfect fit with Cast, you have to look at none other than Veran Dragomir. This guy is a guy who is a two way forward, but they will be looking for a Season 62 performance from this guy. That was a season where he put up 92 points. I think that putting him on that line with Cast will be a deadly pairing, one in which Haterade wants to expose in hopes to really set these guys loose. I think Matt Thompson is a guy that will definitely be a scoring touch, but you want to make sure you spread out the scoring a bit. Putting him with more of a two-way center will allow Thompson to have more freedom to show his offensive prowess. I really thought about putting him on the 2nd line, but you need another guy on the top line. I think this guy will be good enough defensively to get the job done on the top line. 

 

Right Wing

$250,000 - RW Włodzimierz Zajączkowski 

TPE: 185

Team: Halifax 21st

 

Zajączkowski is the only right winger that Haterade has on their roster. He is a young player for the Halifax 21st of the VHLM. This guy is a defense first forward who will fit perfectly on that third line. You want a guy that is responsible on the defensive side of the ice in order to fill that spot. I could see him slotting up on the 2nd line to spread some of the wealth, but Haterade will likely play the top 2 lines very heavy. 

 

Defense

$1,250,000 - D Colton Rayne

TPE: 1,099

Team: Quebec Meute

 

$1,000,000 - D Joseph Bassolino

TPE: 710

Team: Riga Reign

 

$0 - D Adam Warlock

TPE: 458

Team: Toronto Legion

 

$750,000 - D Cayden Saint

TPE: 284

Team: Calgary Wranglers

 

$500,000 - D Mountain Thunderfist 

TPE: 251

Team: Seattle Bears

 

D Piotr Jerwa

TPE: 161

Team: Saskatoon Wild

 

On defense, this team is going to have to live and die with their top line. You will see a lot of Colton Rayne and Joseph Bassolino. You will need to see a lot of them at all opportunities. Beyond them two, you have Warlock who is a solid defender, but he will be going against the other team's second line paired with a very young player in Cayden Saint. Rayne and Bassolino will absolutely need to do a lot of the heavy lifting on this team. Mountain Thunderfist and Piotr Jerwa are very young players for their respective teams. I do not see them playing a huge role on this team, but I could be surprised. If you look at one potential weakness, it is definitely the defensive core beyond the first line. 

 

Goaltenders

$1,250,000 - G Tristan Iseult

TPE: 611

Team: Quebec Meute

 

$0 - G Cole Mertz

TPE: 213

Team: Halifax 21st

 

$500,000 - G Finn Davison

TPE: 141

Team: Ottawa Lynx

 

The goaltenders are built for the future with Tristan Iseult, Cole Mertz, and Finn Davison. Considering that Iseult was only picked in the Season 60 Draft, you can definitely expect a lot from him. When you look at what he has done for the Quebec Meute this season (33-16-8 with a 1.95 GAA and .928 save percentage), that is exactly what Haterade will look for him. It is likely that Cole and Finn will not get in too much, but if they do, it may be a shooting gallery. I would expect that Iseult, the fellow UK native, will get the starts as he will likely have to stand on his head throughout the tournament. 

 

Projected Lines:

Line 1:

Veran Dragomir - Podrick Cast – Jeff Gow

Colton Rayne – Joseph Bassolino

 

Line 2:

Matt Thompson – Rauno Palo – Kronos Bailey

Cayden Saint – Adam Warlock

 

Line 3:

Curtis Gary – Otto Axelsson - Włodzimierz Zajączkowski

Mountain Thunderfist – Piotr Jerwa

 

Goalies:

Tristan Iseult

Cole Mertz

Finn Davison

 

These lines should work out decently for this team. There is no doubt that this team is going to be heavily relying on the first two lines. I think that they will end up both playing 40% of the time, with Line 3 and 4 both playing 10% of the time. That should work effectively to creating the best opportunity to win for this team. Some reports have Haterade being a top team in the Sponsor's Shield. Where will they end up?

 

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