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RainDelay · 04-17-2020, 12:13 PM

Toronto will "beat out" Tampa Bay for the worst team in the league. Tampa Bay has the dubious honor right now, but even though Toronto has picked it up a bit, that goal differential is downright scary. It's possible TBB finds the net more than a couple times next time they face off.

***hotdog*** · 04-17-2020, 12:20 PM

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The player with the most assists in this season will have the most assists in a season in SHL history (current record is Elias Armia's 60 from the Inflation Era in S11)

Soft Against - Slap McShotty has the highest assist pace in the league, and it's conceivable that he could get close to the 60 mark, but he's a bit short now. With Wagstrom's goal scoring rate, I could see a few more offensive explosions against weak teams vaulting him ahead of his current pace, but I do doubt he'll hit 60.

Blues · 04-17-2020, 12:35 PM

For: Detroit will probably win the 4 Star Cup. They drafted spectacularly in the S52 SMJHL Draft and that is paying of for them now in dividends. Edward Williams is really leading the pack with an unbelievable year and he will lead them to the promised land.

mastersheep · 04-17-2020, 12:35 PM

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The Los Angeles Panthers will finish the regular season atop the Western Conference

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Here is what the standings currently look like out west:

Panthers: 25-8-3 record, 53 points, 14 games remaining
Blizzard: 23-8-3 record, 49 points, 16 games remaining
Dragons: 21-9-3 record, 45 points, 17 games remaining

And here are the full remaining schedules of each of these three teams:

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I am only going to analyze these three teams since the Pride and Specters are just too far back at this point and without any major changes they are just not going to pass 3-4 other teams. As you can see, the Panthers have the shortest schedule remaining with only 14 games remaining and the Dragons have the longest remaining schedule with 17. The Dragons not only have the toughest schedule with opponents win % at 0.566, but also have ten games that are back to back. For the second games of the back to back, Dragons opponents have a 0.598 win%, which is the highest of these three teams. Based on that alone, I predict the Dragons will not pass either the Blizzard or the Panthers.

Now we are down to two teams. The Panthers’ and Blizzard remaining opponents are almost of equal strength overall at 0.517 and 0.518 win% respectively. The Panthers remaining schedule is brutal with 10 of their final 14 games back to back. The Blizzard have 16 games remaining, but their schedule is a bit more spaced out with half of their remaining games coming back to back. Comparing the win% of the 2nd back to back game opponents makes it clear that the Blizzard have a big advantage facing weaker teams overall of 0.474 win% versus the Panthers’ opponents 0.530 win%. Couple that with the fact that the Panthers play the Blizzard in Edmonton twice on the second game of a back to back and I conclude that the Blizzard will be first in the Western Conference at season’s end.

Mediocre_Fred · 04-17-2020, 12:50 PM

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Someone with fewer than 425 TPE will win the SMJHL MVP award

Yeah, this one seems likely. Edward Williams is leading in like 5 different categories and he is a 350 capped player. I think he'd have to get injured (can't happen) or someone would have to have a seriously good rest of the season in order for him to not be a leader in multiple areas and win MVP.

***Aephino*** · 04-17-2020, 12:56 PM

"The SMJHL's West is better than the East"

Depends on your criteria I suppose. Just by looking at the standings and teams thus far, the East has the best and worst teams, while the West is more competitive. Then again, if you remove Detroit from the picture in the East, the range between the best and worst team by points is actually equal. Detroit's season has certainly been stellar so far, but that doesn't mean the East is definitively better than the West.

If you look at future talent, I would argue that the East has a higher potential. Teams like Maine and Carolina are struggling right now, but they both have had early draft picks that could pay dividends in the future. Meanwhile in the West, you have teams with already-strong rosters like Kelowna and Anaheim that could be on the decline.

Let's take soccer as an example. There is always debate about which is the "best" league: English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, German Bundesliga, or Italian Serie A. Many use the argument that competitiveness = better. You see this in the Bundesliga, where the past few seasons you have seen multiple teams challenging for the title. The 2019-20 season had 3 or 4 teams challenging for the title. The Serie A was dominanted by Juventus for years, but that has been changing, with other teams coming into the mix. La Liga was notoriously the best league for years, as Spanish teams kept winning European trophies, deeming their country the best in Europe. The Premier League was arguably the most competitive for years (in terms of title winners), but the past couple seasons it has become a Manchester City vs. Liverpool fight for the title. Overall, I say that a league is better based on the teams that have the potential to win the title.

If we use that standard in the SMJHL, I would say that the East is better than the West. Before the season started, the favorites for the Four Star Cup were Detroit, St. Louis, and Kelowna. The East is stronger right now, and it looks like it will continue to be that way in the future.

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*leviadan* · 04-17-2020, 01:09 PM

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Detroit will win the 4-Star Cup

I'm going to say for here, but maybe not for the obvious reason. We've definitely had a hot start and a lighter schedule than some teams, but we've been continuously performing. The only team that I haven't seen us consistently get wins off of is Anchorage, so a finals against them would certainly be a tough go. That being said I've seen the Knights win 3/4 against them and really give them a hard time.

I feel pretty confident in our record against every team in the J except for ANC, but both us and them have to actually make it to the finals for it to be a concern. When it comes to us making it in the East, I think we have an easier route than ANC does in the West. Nothing is guaranteed, but I think the odds are in our favour.

Muerto · 04-17-2020, 01:14 PM

The New Orleans Specters will be the best SHL team to miss the playoffs

AGAINST: I believe NOLA will actually squeak into the playoffs, they are currently tied for the last spot in the West and seem to be on the upswing while SFP has taken a bit of a dive. Ultimately either SFP or CHI will be the best of the non-playoff teams when all is said and done

Z0REM · 04-17-2020, 01:21 PM

Andrej Doskocil is the toughest guy in the SHL

For. This man is the defenseman defenseman and has only one competitor at this time for the illusttrious reward at the end of the season. The Rage are built on grit and this guy is really showing it htis season.

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