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Oslo struggling at the start of the season


Eudaldkp

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The Oslo Storm, who were supposed to be the top team coming into this season, can’t seem to catch any rhythm as they sit in the 4th place of the standings with a 5-5 record. That doesn’t seem too bad, but when we dig deeper into that record, things don't look very favourable for them.

 

Oslo’s five losses have all come from both the Ottawa Lynx, a team that is looking very strong, and the Halifax 21st, a team that is supposed to be worse than Oslo. But what’s more worrysome than that, is that their five wins, have only come from games against Yukon, and even though there have been really convincing wins, the Rush are supposed to be a bottom feeder this year, they are games that should be won even before the puck hits the ice.

 

So, why is the Storm struggling so much at winning? They have only scored 29 goals so far, and that’s second to last only after Yukon, the worst team in the league right now. That’s worrying, but then you have to add the fact that, to everyone’s surprise, the top 4 in the plus/minus category is ALL made of Storm’s players. What’s the deal? Carles with a +16, and Philliefan, Diljodh, Jones with a +14. They’re lacking depth.

Carles and Diljodh, Oslo’s star players, have each 19 and 18 points. Taking into consideration that they have scored only 29 times, that equals to a 65% in participation in all goals in favour. Not a very good look for the Storm’s depth.

 

Puigdemont, who has just signed a 1 million dollar deal with True North, said “I feel like we need more help. The team isn’t performing up to it’s standards and we are going to need to make some moves if we still want to win it all. If we just played against Yukon we would be the champions without a doubt, but we are struggling way too hard against the top teams.” Even though he sounded disappointed, he wanted to add “Still, it’s just the start of the season. Once we play more games we will see if the team can finally click, and I have a feeling that we will. Hockey can be like that sometimes.”

 

Coming up in the Storm’s calendar, they are going to face Halifax again twice, then Yukon (they are already celebrating) twice, and the Lynx. They really need to win atleast 2 out of the 3 games against the 21st and the Lynx, or we might fear that some problems in the locker room will start to emerge.

 

However, the season is still young, we are only 10 games in and there is 62 to go, and even then you have the Playoffs, where, as we saw last year, everything can happen. The Lynx, who were expected to be a 1st round exit, ended up in the Finals.

If Oslo has something in their favour, is that they’ve got plenty of playoff experience, with a much improved Carles who won the cup last season.

Edited by Eudaldkp
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