VAN going into S75

[Da_Berr 219]

Going into season 75, the Vancouver Wolves have hopes of getting a repeat cup and establish themselves as a dynasty. By winning a single cup in S74, the Wolves have already engraved their names in VHL history as a good team and champions. In the history of the VHL, there have many good teams, some who won cups and some which haven't. In order to be able to be considered as a dynasty, a team must win multiple cups. Today I'm going be looking at the current roster Vancouver will be bringing into S75 and estimating the chance that they have of being repeats. With the trading away of an old franchise cornerstone and fan favourite Jeff Downey, the roster is going to quite a bit different from S74.

 

OFFENCE
In all honesty, their offence has not changed much going into S75. Apart from the young core developing and becoming better, there hasn't been the departure or coming of anyone. Other than the retirement of Brock Louth. If we are strictly comparing this offence to last seasons, they are much better overall, purely due to the solid development and advancements each player has made. Despite that, the loss of Louth still definitely hurts the team in terms of top-end talent. Andrew Su, this season will be stepping into the void left by Louth in the 1-C position. Truthfully speaking even with the great seasons that Su has had, he still isn't quite on Louth's level. Depth has always been Vancouver's strong point, and it stays true this season also. The rest of the offence, such as Stallion are great players, and they outshine the majority of the league's depth. 

 

DEFENCE
Now the defence has weakened a decent amount. Despite the continued presence of Griff Manzer, the leaving of Jeff Downey is a huge hole that is hard to fill. In terms of potential, Micah Adrienne already is close to matching Manzer and can one day be more dominant than Downey. Emi Rune is another solid prospect that will be filling a second line slot with Shawn Glade III. Compared to last year, one could say that everyone but the #1 D spot on the team improved. Despite that, I don't think that the improvements that the other D made can match the loss of Downey. Not only was he a great player, but also an unmatched leader both on and off the ice. Downey was the quarterback of VAN's offence for the past few seasons, but we will see if any of the promising prospects can fill his spot.

 

GOALIE
Well, this is the one section that I can say with confidence that VAN has improved in. The reason being is that Jimmy Spyro is still with the team. Despite starting to regress he is still one of the best goalies in the league and can match any goaltender. Coming off of a cup win, he must be very excited for the upcoming season. He will also be the sole goaltender for VAN this season, so he'll have plenty of time to show the league how good he is.

Overall I think VAN as a team stayed more or less the same in talent. Louth and Downey leaving are both huge losses, but the solid prospects on VAN help offset that loss. Spyro who has also been the heart of the team is also still here which is huge. Although they are a solid team, I don't think they'll be able to repeat. The reason why is that although VAN didn't regress, many other teams improved and are now aiming for the cup.

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Review: I like how you looked at every position, and the depth they have there. Nice paragraphs, only thing I would've changed is maybe make the subtitles bold or bigger or something. Other than that, great content.

8/10

[Jolline 13]

Very nice insider of your team for the upcoming season, Well written and Well formed. Its pleasure to read

 

8/10

[Xflexz 180]

Something I will recommend is to fix that weird sentence in the goalie section just ending 1/4th the way thought the page and moving to a next line. If it's supposed to be a new idea then maybe have a space between or indent so it doesn't look so strange. 9/10