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*NorwegianDemon* · 04-18-2021, 11:13 PM

I work hard this offseason to improve myself so I could be more useful to my team for the upcoming season. My main objective is to put more numbers on the board than I did during my SMJHL rookie season. Last year, I scored 12 goals and got 21 points which I tough were pretty good numbers for someone who averages just over nine minutes of icetime per game. During this preseason, I saw my average icetime increase by a bit more than five minutes per game and I expect to get something around this during the regular season. During this preseason, I got three goals and five points in seven games which put me second in the Falcons top scorer order. Here is my prediction for the upcoming regular season for Salzberger Lillehammersson with the Detroit Falcons, I think he will score 25 goals and he will get at least 40 points in his second SMJHL season.

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gucci · 04-18-2021, 11:13 PM

Well I can’t say much about the preseason, as my team, wasn’t great, although we were super competitive and I’m liking our potential moving forward after a great draft. One good sign is that after a monster preseason it looks like we may have found a new top defensive pairing in St. Louis. Both Ethan Bouchard and my player, Dane von Gucci, went in the first round of the SHL draft. We’re both steadily earning and progressing at an impressive rate. After the preseason, results look promising. We each have positive +/-‘s and Bouchard managed a goal and 5 assists in 7 games and von Gucci tallied 3 goals and 5 assists in 7 games. Throw in impressive defensive numbers from Bouchard and von Gucci’s shot blocking numbers and it was a great all around preseason from a defensive standpoint. I was very happy to take the early point lead in St. Louis’s prestigious Golden Shower award standings after the preseason and hope this positive play carries onto the regular season. If DvG and Bouchard can both keep up their near point per game scoring from the blue line, the golden shower award will be a side note to our seasons.

***bluesfan55*** · 04-18-2021, 11:18 PM

Mitchell van der Heijden turned into a preseason god last season, as he scored 15 points in 7 games in his first few games in a Steelhawk uniform. That's a scoring pace of 141, which is insane but also incredibly hard to actually do. He scored 60 points instead (4 times his preseason total) which is still pretty good. The Swiss center then had another decent preseason this season, with 9 points in 7 games, good for an 85 point pace. Now, van der Heijden has been on record as saying that he hopes for another season where he's at close to or past 60 points; he's aiming for consistency to finally cement his place as a top SHL player. And while 85 points would definitely do that and make him an MVP candidate, it's a hard pace to keep up with and one that van der Heijden doesn't expect to; he just wants to stay consistent and win his third cup.

Keygan · 04-18-2021, 11:27 PM

My favourite part of small sample sizes is when they benefit me greatly, such as the fact that Edmonton went undefeated in pre-season play. Due to this fact, we can unfairly assume that when extrapolated Edmonton will both win the President's trophy and go undefeated in the regular season. This is completely realistic because there is no data that states we will do anything contrary to that. Other interesting extrapolations consist of the play of our newest goaltender, Scoochie Stratton, as he had a shutout, 1.83 goals against and a 0.933% save percentage over the course of a seven game pre-season.

The beauty of small sample sizes is the fact that you can either embrace or disregard everything you see, especially in a simulation league in which we do not actually see how the players are performing, we just see numbers spit out by a machine, thankfully that may be for the best as I have spent multiple hours testing to ensure my fake players best performance.

*Zerg* · 04-18-2021, 11:41 PM

While Nystrom spent his preseason in Colorado, where he also expects to spend the next two, that didn't mean he wasn't keeping tabs on Edmonton's preseason as well. Preseason in Edmonton has been a time of surreal lineup cards and kooky strategies for more of less the full lifetime of the current GM regime there, so reading too much into preseason results may be even less wise there than in many other teams in the big league. Despite the usual clowning around that defines the Blizzard's preseasons, the team's results this offseason were on the whole quite good. We opened the festivities with a 6-1 romp over the hapless Barracuda, then won a hard-fought battle against the Texas Renegades 4-3. The next week saw us running rampant with another 6-1 victory followed by an 8-2 frolic, both over the Pride. The remaining games were 6-5 and 3-0 wins against Los Angeles, and a final 4-1 victory over the rival Calgary Dragons. While Edmonton was not the only team experimenting with its lineup decisions and tactics, this preseason made Nystrom feel very good about the organization he was soon to join.
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Sean · 04-18-2021, 11:42 PM

I think Tony Pepperoni is going to be one of the first players ever to score 800 points in less than 800 games. Going into this season, Pepperoni has 744 points in 732 games so he would only need 56 points this season to break the 800 point milestone and if he plays in all 66 games he'll only be up to game 798.

I believe Terrence Nova is the only other player ever to accomplish the feat so it would put Pepperoni in an extremely prestigious group with his former teammate. If everything goes to plan, Pepperoni will put up another 70+ point season and end up in the low 800s at the end of this season.

I don't see it happening, but I'd like to try and be the first person to score 1000 points in less than 1000 games. Regression will be hitting me even harder this off-season so if I can get to 800 points in less than 800 games, it'll be a big help!

EDM All-Time Leader in Goals, Assists and Points

***Leafs4ever*** · 04-18-2021, 11:56 PM

If the pre-season means anything, and I think we all agree that it doesn't, I might be in line for a breakout season. In the 7 games of the pre-season, I gathered 5 points for a solid 0.71 points per game. Let's extrapolate that into a 66 game regular season and you're looking at a spicy 47 point season for yours truly. Sophomore slump? More like sophomore bump! The negative into taking the pre-season as gold is that my team went a putrid 1-7 in the pre-season. If you extrapolate that, which I really don't want to, it seems like Minnesota is in line for a miserable 9 win season. We all know that is preposterous so we're just going to believe the pre-season that I will have a breakout season, but ignore that it shows us having a terrible season.

In all seriousness, I'm aware of where we're at as a team. If we can just be competitive every game and not get shellacked every game I'll take it. As for myself, I want to break out. After a rough rookie season I want to take a huge next step in my development. I've been working extremely hard to be an impact player and I want to see some tangible results this season. Here's hoping!

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Guy Incognito - D - #24
Tampa Bay Barracuda
Season 81
36-29-1
Regular Season - [G 8] [A 29] [Pts 37] [+/- +23] [PIM 24] [Hits 49] [SB 153]
Playoffs - [G 3] [A 7] [Pts 10] [+/- -1] [PIM 2] [Hits 14] [SB 41]

Matteo · 04-19-2021, 12:14 AM

It's an exciting season for me (Mat Smith) since this is going to be my first full season playing up in the SHL for the Chicago Syndicate. I don't have any huge expectations for myself considering this, but some predictions/goals I'd like to make for myself are: A save percentage of .910 or higher, goals against average below 2.50, and these next two are a little lofty, but at least 40 wins and 5 shutouts. I think if I can accomplish these things for my team, it'll give us a great chance to get back into the playoffs and hopefully contend for another Challenge Cup. I'd love to win one of those as a starter. Overall I'm nervous for the season ahead with the team leaning on me to be the starter, I honestly expected to spend a season or two backing up the great Tibuk Soonika, but I'm definitely excited to see what happens and optimistic for the future.

visceralpotamus · 04-19-2021, 12:14 AM

Well this won't come as too much as a shock, but Pasta the Turtle projects to lead the team in hits again (well neck and neck with Billy Brooks). 21 hits in 7 preseason games. In fact, this might put amongst the league leaders with 198 hits on the year. This would eclipse his total of 123 from last year as well. Seems our favourite reptile is keen to take his already physical playstyle and take it to the next level. A bigger change from last year was in blocked shots. Pasta was second on the team with 8 blocked shots - this projects to approximately 75 during the year. While a big variable is shots allowed, which was a strength of the team last year, we might see Pasta taking advantage of his shell and deflecting pucks away from his goalie more often than he did last year. A final stat to keep an eye on is the 0 points in the preseason accrued. Never an offensive dynamo, 0 points on the season would surely cause Pasta to reflect on his two way game...

Mazatt · 04-19-2021, 12:26 AM

As I'm sure will be a common theme from my fellow Blizzard, Edmonton going 7-0 in preseason is a very promising when extrapolating over a full season. There are a couple fun things with it; for example, if my math serves me right, that translates to a 66-0-0 record over a full season (wowza!) which would match up with the 66 expected starts for Schoochie Stratton. Illegal but also very cool! We could also see history in the making for most shots on goal without scoring a goal as Axel Foley tossed 25 shots on net in 7 games (1 behind Moolio for the team lead) and ended up with 0 goals. Over a full season that's ~236 shots and a 0.0 sh%! If you extrapolate is 5v5 points over a full season he ends up with 9. That's baller. It will also be interesting to see noted goal-scoring winger, Kyle Sutton, transition into a full out playmaker based upon his sample of 6 assists over 7 games. Finally, I believe it is safe to say that Tony Pepperoni's reign of powerplay dominance is coming to an end. Only 1 lowly PP goal in 7 games. It's a crying shame to see such a storied member of the league lose a step like that.

Shmurph · 04-19-2021, 12:30 AM

Preseason was a bad time to be a Minnesota Monarchs fan for sure. With a record of 1-6, they shared the last position of the SHL with New Orleans but with a worse goal differential, allowing 33 goals while scoring only 12. They played against mostly great teams like Hamilton or Atlanta so I wouldn't be surprised if the Monarchs get a better season than what their preseason show. For a bold prediction, we must dig deeper into the personal stats. There's Phineas Gold with a nice 6 points in 7 games, getting involved in half of the goals for his team and making his place in his new environment. Another player that is new to this team is 2nd in points. Kynwyl Pearce is continuing the season he had in the juniors with a nice 4 goals and 1 assist during the 7 game preseasons. If he can play like that for the whole season, that would be something around 38 goals and 47 points, on his way for at least a nomination for the Jesster Trophy. And that's my bold prediction, I believe this season, the Jesster will be won by a team who will not make the playoffs.

Arkz · 04-19-2021, 01:15 AM

I suppose the pre-season wasn't totally awful? The Vancouver Whalers are a different team than they were last season, and we've lost a lot of impact players, particularly at forward. Fortunately we have a talented young core, but they need time to develop and adjust to the speed and momentum of the league. That means that it might be rough sailing in the opening of the season, up until folks get settled. As one of the veterans on the team, its my job to try and be a steadying influence for everyone and perform consistently. In the four games I played in during the pre-season, I went 2-2 and put together a 2.77 GAA and a .919 SV%. Those are decent numbers, particularly the save percentage, but it could be a sign of things to come if I'm making a lot of saves but still giving up close to three goals a night. Still, with the talent on this team, only giving up two goals most of the time will help us win a lot of games.

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steveoiscool · 04-19-2021, 01:30 AM

Preseason was pretty hit and miss for the best Sven in the league. Sven tallied 2 points, 1 goal and 1 assist with an average of 18 minutes of ice time per game. He expects all those numbers to go up, and those numbers were definitely impacted by getting ejected in the final preseason game by headhunting against Newfoundland. Vancouver has committed to the goon mentality this season, so it's not his fault. Sven added 9 hits and 6 shot blocks, contributing to his "Live fast, hit hard" mentality. There were glimpses of greatness in the preseason for Sven, and as the newly elected Captain of the Vancouver Whalers he hopes to lead by example by plastering people to the boards and putting pucks in the net. Vancouver is looking to be a solid team, most likely hoping to hover around the top 5 or 6 in the league. Preseason and Regular season mean very little though, we're not stopping until we're hoisting the cup.

**leafs1997** · 04-19-2021, 01:34 AM

In 7 preseason games, Vlastislav Malik ended up with 0 goals, 5 assists, 19 shots, and 15 hits. Let's extrapolate that, shall we? Given a 66 game regular season, Malik will end up with a grand total of 0 goals! That would be incredibly disappointing, considering Malik is supposed to be somewhat of a sniper lol. Let's hope that doesn't happen! Malik would also end up with 47 assists. That's almost double the 27 assists from last season, so that would be great! It would be very fun making making the team around me better, especially if it culminates in a Cup! 180 shots over a season is pretty on par for Malik, though scoring 0 goals on them would be devastating. 141 hits over 66 games would eclipse the 109 hits from Season 58, which would mean development on Malik's end physically. All in all, let's hope Malik can score early in the regular season and get that out the way. The rest should come along fine.

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