World Cup, Corvid-19, And WOF talk, and top players in each position

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Julius Freeman once again looks forward to representing Team USA in the world Cup. Every time this comes around Freeman gets excited about helping teach the younger players from the USA to be the best players they can be like the players before. The world cup was the first time that HHH and Julius Freeman played together. The best thing about the world cup is that oftentimes that is where you can find future teammates or actually play against your real teammates from the VHL. I'm glad that the World cup is still going on with all COVID-19 scare that is going on. The VHL is one of the few sports leagues that is still going on during this trying time. Many cities and counties around the world are canceling sports and any large gatherings in order to prevent the spread. Honestly, Freeman is just excited to get out of the house since losing in the playoffs he has shut off from the world and is just ready to get back on the ice. He just wants his team to get back on track and learn from the last few seasons of loss and get things. Julius Freeman has been worrying about how the rest of his career will end up. There are things that are 100% out of his control and even though he tries and gives it 100% on and off the ice but that doesn't mean that he will get rewards on the ice or awards at the end of the season. One thing that is interesting when it comes to the new VHL and the influx of new blood and the idea that there are a lot of top tier players who get capped every week. the question that I have do we need to rethink how the hall of fame works for future players. We see a lot of top tier players in a single season having other great players on their team. For example, if you look at the top point-getter this season you will see that he has 4 other teammates in the top 10 points race. They also ended up being the winner of the whole league this season. So I guess one question I have is what does it take to be a hall of famer? Does it take rings? That is a lot to do with the GM and building a smart team with the right pieces at the right time. Does it take individual Stats? Well the tough thing with that is that if you look at individual stats they are tied to your team and who you play with. I don't know what it takes or even if its as clear cut as it once was. When I started in this league there were top players that you saw and knew that they were the best in the league. Now Its tough to say who is the best anything other than goalie. 

If you look at the Centers you have HHH who is by far the best on paper but sometimes doesn't have the best performance. Jet Jaguar is another great Center that plays on a great team and is a great player. There are probably 5 other Centers who are in the same range who could have to break out years and could be in that same conversation later. 

Honestly, LW is a little easier right now in this moment. Freeman is the top guy right now on paper and sometimes in actuality but
there are two who are nipping at his feet. Guy LeGrande and Henrik Zoiderberg and both great player from S67 who are almost right there and can make the step up and move past Freeman and nap the top LW spot. it does help that both players play for great teams in Seatle and Moscow. There are things that could make a difference with those teams and players. 

RW is one of the player groups that is interesting in that there are a number of players right there and its hard to say which one is actually the best one. Acyd Burn is the top guy in terms of TPA. He is above a couple of player who is even older than him in draft class. And that is before S66 depreciates. Mikko Aaltonen, Shawnomir Jagr, and John Frostbeard are the players who are right behind there. I think out of the 3 other than Acyd I think Forstbeard is the top guy since he has so many TPE stored up to fight. There are things about the Right wing position that are intesting to me since they also depend on who their teammates are. Jagr has HHH and Freeman but with Aaltonen and Frostbeard they are both on the same team. All that being said all the players are interesting.

With Defense there are 10 players who are above 900. only two of those players have been through depreciation so far but it is really hard to say who is the best player in the defense sphere. Smitty Werbenjarmanjensen has been the top guy for a while but I wonder if that is because of the team he is on and how they do such great things together which is not me trying to take anything from him but it is harder to say that he will keep it up when people keep on climbing in the TPE count. There are a few players who I would look at. MGS who was a Center up until last season. He could turn the Defense on its head and claim its top spot as early as next season. Defense is such a hard thing to pin down because in my mind defense is a team position not an individual position.

Goalies are one of the easier things to pin down. Rayz Funk is the guy. He steals so many games for his team. He is another 151 above the next player and the next best player is about to hit another depreciation. The next player who is close is Greg Eagles from Vancouver. He is tearing it up but the problem is next player up is 165 above him. Both players are starting to save up for depreciation in the next season but its hard to see both players are doing really well but Funk has been stealing series and Eagles has been on the unfortunate side of those steals. 

 

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Claim for 3/22/2020

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This season ill still be able to have the same build as last (or at least very close by the end of the season), but next season will hurt.