Omdahl's Potential VHL Draft Destinations: Calgary Wranglers

[zepheter 586]

With the S69 regular season's completion and playoffs nearly underway, it's time for some teams to look ahead towards the S70 VHL Draft. This is the first release in a series of articles regarding where Odin Omdahl will go in the upcoming draft. I will be looking at the Calgary Wranglers, D.C. Dragons, Prague Phantoms, HC Davos Dynamo, and New York Americans, analyzing the state of their organizations and how likely they are to select Omdahl on draft day. So, let's get right to it.

 

Calgary Wranglers

 

General Manager: Tyler Barabash (Bushito)

Assistant General Manager: N/A

Regular Season Record Under Barabash: 386-287-47

Playoff Record: 31-31

 

Team Awards Under Barabash

S61 Victory Cup

S62 Victory Cup

S62 Continental Cup

 

S69 Regular Season Record

30-35-7, 67 P (9TH PLACE)

 

S69 Top Performers

F - Roll Fizzlebeef: 31G -36A - 67P, +/- 0, 79 PIM, 84 HIT, 6 GW

D - Brady Stropko Jr.: 9G - 47A - 56 P, -14, 156 PIM, 230 HIT, 110 SB

G - Brick Wahl: 25-29-4, 0.915 SV%, 2.41 GAA, 4 SO

 

S69 Calgary Wranglers Roster

LW	C	RW	D	G
[S66] Chico Smeb (572)	[S66] Tyler Barabash Jr. (815)	-	[S65] Brady Stropko Jr. (992)	[S64] Brick Wahl (1255)
[S68] Sigard Gunnar (466)	[S65] Roll Fizzlebeef (795)	-	[S66] Charlie Paddywaggon (876)	[S68] Fang Flashback (290)
[S69] RJ Jubis (376)	[S69] Hiroshi Okada (371)	-	[S66] Cody Smith (529)	-
[S68] Teemu Lehtinen Jr. (373)	[S68] Thorny Underyew (356)	-	[S67] Brandon LeBlanc (392)	-
-	-	-	[S67] Kefka Palazzo (380)	-

 

Calgary Wranglers Prospects

 

LW	C	RW	D	G
[S68] Ondrej Ohradka (269)	-	[S69] Kris Rice (346)	-	-
-	-	[S68] Roadkill Steve (250)	-	-
-	-	[S69] Little RiDog (42)	-	-

 

Expiring Contracts

F - Chico Smeb

F - Tyler Barabash Jr.

D - Brady Stropko Jr.

D - Cody Smith

 

S70 1st Round Draft Picks

DAV (PROJECTED 1ST)

CGY (PROJECTED 4TH)

 

Draft Board

 

Player	User	Position	Age	Country	Last Update	TPE
(S70) Edwin THE Encarnacion	Tagger	D	50		Dec 25, 2019	326
(S70) Mikko Lahtinen	Beketov	C	18		Dec 27, 2019	309
(S70) Odin Omdahl	zepheter	D	21		Dec 24, 2019	261
(S70) Shawn Glade Jr	ShawnGlade	D	18		Dec 24, 2019	241
(S70) Jacques Lafontaine	SlapshotDragon	G	16		Dec 26, 2019	222
(S70) Chad Magnum	Corco	C	19		Dec 24, 2019	191
(S70) Iangenere Risteneen	Maasa	LW	17		Dec 25, 2019	174
(S70) Lewis Dawson	monkeywrench15	C	18		Dec 23, 2019	172
(S70) Damien Wolfe	Laflamme	LW	16		Dec 20, 2019	153
(S70) Kyle Andersen	Cusemode	D	20		Dec 26, 2019	143
(S70) Jared Spaz	Spaz	RW	18		Dec 24, 2019	135
(S70) Derek Eriksson	DirtyDerek	RW	20		Dec 24, 2019	134

- Official S70 VHL Draft Board

Draft Analysis

#1 DAV --> CGY

Top available: Encarnacion, Lahtinen, Omdahl, Glade Jr.

The Wranglers are on track to lose four impact players if they choose not to resign them. While they have a few forward prospects in the system, the incoming defensive depth is quite non-existent. It is more than likely a defenseman is taken first and Calgary decides to resign Barabash Jr., one of their top centers. With that being said, Encarnacion is more than what the Wranglers need to lead a rebuild- or quick retool- in the defensive end. That's not to say that Omdahl or Glade Jr. aren't great options as well. Encarnacion is further along in his development, making him the first to be selected this draft.

Edwin The Encarnacion

 

#4 CGY

Top available: Omdahl, Glade Jr., Lafontaine

It is more than improbable that Lahtinen would fall this low. So, that leaves Omdahl, Glade Jr. and Lafontaine as the final three potentially available. The Wranglers have no goaltender in the system, but with Smith possibly walking in free agency and LeBlanc and Palazzo not living up to expectation, you could expect another defenseman to be picked. While Glade Jr. has stronger roots within the VHL, Omdahl has developed more consistently as of late. If in fact this is the deciding factor, Omdahl will be the fourth overall pick. If Calgary chooses to go on a full scale rebuild and trade star goaltender Wahl, you should anticipate Lafontaine's selection at fourth overall.

Odin Omdahl

 

 

Disclaimer

Some of the content is opinionated, please do not rip me apart if I make an assumption or any information is incorrect.

 

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Edited December 28, 2019 by zepheter

[McWolf 3,115]

I think Calgary needs forwards more than it needs defensemen

[zepheter 586]

6 hours ago, McWolf said:

I think Calgary needs forwards more than it needs defensemen

I just noticed they have good forwards on the rise in Gunnar, Jubis, Okada, Rice, and Ohradka. I don’t really get why they would need more forwards. Any chance you could explain? 

[Big Mac 310]

2 hours ago, zepheter said:

I just noticed they have good forwards on the rise in Gunnar, Jubis, Okada, Rice, and Ohradka. I don’t really get why they would need more forwards. Any chance you could explain? 

We’re heavily underrated with our young good forwards so I’m not suprised he didn’t notice lol

[McWolf 3,115]

3 hours ago, zepheter said:

I just noticed they have good forwards on the rise in Gunnar, Jubis, Okada, Rice, and Ohradka. I don’t really get why they would need more forwards. Any chance you could explain? 

it's not like they are bad on defense either. Stropko and Paddywagon are still good for a while, Smith, LeBlanc and Palazzo are pushing up.

[zepheter 586]

11 minutes ago, McWolf said:

it's not like they are bad on defense either. 

Right. I was taking into account that they might lose Smith in free agency. And I mean no disrespect to LeBlanc and Palazzo but they haven't been the most consistent earners. That's why I thought they should pick Encarnacion first and at least get a defenseman who will likely be have earned more than one if not both of them by around the time next season starts. Assuming they hold onto Wahl and go for a short term retool, I had them picking another defenseman to have some insurance in case LeBlanc or Palazzo stop earning altogether. Say they can hold onto all of their FAs, I could 100% see them drafting Lahtinen to be their center of the future and then the 2nd pick could go either way.

[BOOM 8,717]

Revise this..... Calgary needs everything! 

[Victor 10,910]

16 hours ago, zepheter said:

Assuming they hold onto Wahl and go for a short term retool, I had them picking another defenseman to have some insurance in case LeBlanc or Palazzo stop earning altogether.

This aged well.

[Victor 10,910]

4 hours ago, Victor said:

This aged well.

This aged even better.

[diamond_ace 3,107]

21 hours ago, zepheter said:

Right. I was taking into account that they might lose Smith in free agency. And I mean no disrespect to LeBlanc and Palazzo but they haven't been the most consistent earners. That's why I thought they should pick Encarnacion first and at least get a defenseman who will likely be have earned more than one if not both of them by around the time next season starts. Assuming they hold onto Wahl and go for a short term retool, I had them picking another defenseman to have some insurance in case LeBlanc or Palazzo stop earning altogether. Say they can hold onto all of their FAs, I could 100% see them drafting Lahtinen to be their center of the future and then the 2nd pick could go either way.

I'm Palazzo. I have a bunch of back claimable stuff. I just update in giant chunks rather than every week. Prob sitting on somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-75 tpe earned but not yet claimed.

[zepheter 586]

Just now, diamond_ace said:

I'm Palazzo. I have a bunch of back claimable stuff. I just update in giant chunks rather than every week. Prob sitting on somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-75 tpe earned but not yet claimed.

Wait that's a thing?! So I didn't need to miss out on beautiful TPE early in my player's career???

[Victor 10,910]

6 minutes ago, zepheter said:

Wait that's a thing?! So I didn't need to miss out on beautiful TPE early in my player's career???

Err, no, only if you did the work. He's saying he has a bunch of weeks he just hasn't bothered going through in the portal but once he bulk claims them he'll catch up. But he's already done the work in the relevant week.

[zepheter 586]

Just now, Victor said:

Err, no, only if you did the work. He's saying he has a bunch of weeks he just hasn't bothered going through in the portal but once he bulk claims them he'll catch up. But he's already done the work in the relevant week.

Right that's what I meant.

[diamond_ace 3,107]

You have to have earned it at the right time. Commies get some free weeks, plus I have some stuff written and welfares posted during the right weeks. You can't earn it now for then, but if you earned it then, you can claim it whenever

[Big Mac 310]

21 hours ago, BOOM™ said:

Revise this..... Calgary needs everything! 

Idk if this aged well, but we do need a goalie