Peace frustrated with individual inconsistency.

[Peace 1,518]

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- Rylan Peace has been quietly and privately upset about his individual performance so far this season. The Toronto Legion centre was hit with the first wave of depreciation and the effects have been notable. More passes have been intercepted, his shooting percentage is at a career low, and despite maintaining a point per game pace so far Peace knows he is capable of so much more - especially a few seasons removed from a triple digit achievement. The Legion have relied mostly on top defender Tzuyu for their offensive production, who leads his team in all offensive categories bar shot attempts. 

Rylan Peace has registered twenty nine more shots on net than any other Legion player, and while it would seem lopsided, the majority of Peace's assists aren't generated on the rebound opportunity but rather a pas. He's 54% on the dot, too, so Peace is understandably trying to do it all for his club but struggling offensively at the last. The Legion were anticipated to be the top club in their division, but a rocky 5-5-3 start may have the team in a small depression. 

Let's break this down. 

Game 1: CGY 3 - 2 TOR (SO)

Rylan Peace earned a secondary assist on Matthew Kai's game tying goal near the mid point of the third period. Peace won a defensive zone face off after Rift froze the puck, directed it back to Tzuyu, who gave it to Kai as Toronto transitioned through the neutral zone. Kai was able to pot the goal. Tzuyu got his second point of the season, and Peace was finally on the score board after registering nine shots and generating numerous rebound opportunities. 

Game 2: NYA 5 - 3 TOR 

Rylan Peace earned two primary assists (0-3-3) on both of Tzuyu's goals during Toronto's defeat against a division rival; mid-way through the first period Tzuyu would collect a shot taken by Rylan Peace (blocked by Forest) and scored to draw Toronto within one; and during the second frame Tzuyu would receive a pass from Peace and put Toronto up 3-2 early in the second. Peace would register four shots on net but was kept scoreless. 

Game 3: TOR 5 - 0 SEA

Despite Toronto shutting out Seattle 5-0, Peace only registered an assist (0-4-4) after firing a barrage of pucks (9 shots) at the Bears' goaltender. Rylan Peace earned a secondary assist on King's first of the season during the second period, perhaps the most awkward assist in his career. Peace deflected a shot towards the net, missed, which was subsequently collected by Kia. Kai took a shot and missed, but the bouncing puck found its way to King who made no mistake when he fired the puck into the back of the net.

Game 4: HSK 2 - 1 TOR (SO)

Rylan Peace was held scoreless against Helsinki, but that can be attributed to one of the best goaltenders in the league in Pepper. Rylan Peace and Alexander have had previous rivalries in the past during Peace's rookie season. Pepper saved not only his four regulation shots, but his shootout attempt too. 

Game 5: TOR 3 - 1 SEA

Another game against Seattle, and another win against Seattle, and a individual relief for Rylan Peace - or so he thought. Peace would register his fifth assist on Tzuyu's go ahead goal less than thirty seconds into the third frame. Peace won the offensive face off, collected his own puck and skated around the back of the net and passed back to Tzuyu moments before a minor hit by Hogan along the boards. Tzuyu's point shot found twine, tying the game at one. Peace would get the game winner, and his first goal of the season, after potting a goal similar to King's goal in the previous Seattle game. Two shots missing the net, bouncing in front of the net, and Peace was lucky enough to slam the puck home. Peace would have a stat line of 1-5-6 after five games.

Game 6: SEA 2 - 0 TOR

Rylan Peace won just over half of his face offs, and took six shots, but everyone from Toronto was kept scoreless this game. 

Game 7: TOR 9 - 1 DCD

Toronto's first ever game against one of the newest expansion teams was a blowout. Rylan Peace recorded four points in this game - two goals and two assists; all four of his points would come in the first and third periods of the game. After an impressively offensive game from Toronto, Rylan Peace would have three goals, seven assists and ten points on the season in just seven games. In comparison, he now had thirteen points in twelve games. Spoiler alert? 

Game 8: VAN 4 - 3 TOR (SO)

Rylan Peace would record a goal and an assist, and pot his shootout attempt, in Vancouver's 4-3 shootout win over the Legion. He received the primary helper on Tzuyu's first period game tying goal, and netted his forth of the season to bring Toronto within one almost four minutes into the third period. Rylan Peace would have four goals, eight assist and twelve points in eight games... now the slump begins. 

Game 9: NYA 5 - 4 TOR

Rylan Peace was held scoreless and finished the night as a negative two plus/minus player. Additionally, he was on the ice for nearly six minutes on the penalty kill and was one of the penalty killers during NYA's only power play goal. Overall, Peace was on the ice for... too many goals against Toronto, to be blunt. While Peace's contributions weren't offensive, him and the members of his PK unit kept NYA to one powerplay goal on six opportunities if you're looking on the bright side. 

Game 10: TOR 3 - 2 DCD

Thirteen shots... thirteen fucking shots. 

Scoreless. 

Game 11: TOR 2 - 0 CGY

If Peace was frustrated before, imagine how frustrated he is now... over twenty five shots on net before a goal, and the slump continues past this game! Certainly, at this point, you're gripping the stick far too tightly and you're prepared to chop heads off like your hockey stick turned into an extremely sharp great sword. 

Game 12: VAN 5 - 3 TOR

Scoreless... again. Peace's slump since game eight continues to drive his morale into the ground, as if the STHS gods were drilling into him like the United States drills for oil in countries it is 'liberating' while installing democracy and freedom. Six feet under? Nah, Peace's mood could be found by archaeologists and put into a museum as the worlds grumpiest individual. It's be a hit display for the emotionally unavailable. 

Game 13: VAN 2 - 1 TOR

An assist during a drought?! 

Well it goes like this... the forth, the fifth... the minor fall... the major lift?

 

The baffled Peace composing hallelujah?

Hallelujah!   

1, 000+ words. 

Claiming for the next two weeks. 

 

Edited September 19, 2019 by Peace

[Peace 1,518]

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