Willie Dredge: Breakout or Bust?

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The Prague Phantoms are sitting nicely at 3rd in the standings with 24 games played, having won 14 of those and 2 points from overtime games to reach 30 points on the season. They trail two big teams in the Calgary Wranglers and the Moscow Menace, both only 2 points ahead of the Phantoms.

 

One popular question in the Prague franchise is this: Will Dredge have his breakout year, or is he turning out to be a bust and a secondary producer? Early in the season he looked promising, sporting a point per game while having a high percentage of his points being goals. Although he started hot, he has seemed to drastically slow down from his point per game role as he now only has 13 points in 24 games as a supposed top line producer.

 

As the points slow down and the team continues to win, there isn't much to complain about except maybe that the Phantoms could be squeezing out more games if he had been a hot producer. Former Yukon teammate and current teammate Seabass Perrin reportedly told media about Dredge's current sleeping issues, here is his statement.

 

"On road trips he can be a bit noisy while we are trying to get some shuteye. I hear him have nightmares, he mutters 'The sim hates me! The sim hates me!' when he wakes up from his nightmares. Strangest thing, don't know what he is talking about but it can be funny sometimes."

 

Interesting statements coming from his teammate Perrin and we will be watching closely and reporting on Dredge's conditions and play.