as many people did, i tried to choose players all coming from different teams across the junior league to fill my lineup. that proved to be somewhat of a difficult task especially once you look into defensemen, you almost HAVE to take them from a top team. i looked at stats from the S43 regular season as well as S44 preseason, referencing the bit of S44 regular season we’ve been through when i needed to.

just looking at this forward line combination you know they would dominate. they may not have a ton of grit but one wrong move by the opposition and theres going to be a goal scored. kovacs is a perfect playmaker at center recording the most points at his position in S43 and second in assists overall. to his left it only made sense to put S43’s top goal scorer, vladislav konstantin... though he is listed as a right winger he played on the left during that season. why not throw someone who can do both on the opposite wing? that certain someone could most definitely be alex winters.

on the defensive end we see two players who absolutely dominated the S44 preseason, kiko rytmeyr and tauras karazija. kiko had a decent S43 outing but really made himself known this preseason, besting his previous goal total by 10. filling out the pair, karazija has proved himself from day one. finishing second in overall rookie scoring in S43 he kept the train rolling taking the same spot in overall defenseman scoring S44 preseason.

cedric robinson has been a consistently great goalie for detroit over the past few seasons and this season has showed why he’s going to be a star. even though we’re only and handful of games into the season his 6-1-0 record is a pretty good indicator he is one of the top goalies in the league.

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