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| Ales Smirnov Free Agent Rankings |
*** These will change with teams interest as the free agency periods. These are just my early thoughts ***





Bottom Tier

Texas

There is not a whole lot that stands out for me in Texas at the moment. I haven’t really talk to anyone on their roster, besides Dankoa, and NJ when he was on WKP for a bit. It seems like Allen has the team decently competitive, and they could be cup challengers. But at this time im not really sold on any aspect of the team. If Vladdy was still kicking around and active for them I would be more inclined. WOO.

Hamilton

Is Hamilton ever going to stop rebuilding? It seems like ever since Tanner left the team they have not been able to get back on the right track. McJesus seems like a great gm one day, then not so great the next day, so there are definitely some red flags there. As for the roster, they are probably still a couple of seasons away from being competitive. With the cup being my main goal, it is going to be a pretty hard sell for Hamilton to lend the services of Smirnov.


Minnesota

The chiefs are pretty much in the same position as Texas, except they don’t have a single person ive ever really talked to. I respect Sweg for being a soldier for the team, and could get behind a guy like that. At the time being the shelves look a little empty in Minny, and it showed with them missing the playoffs and leaning heavily on Flacko. Not to mention Minny was a pretty big rival of the platoon during my time there, so it would be kinda weird going to play for them. The bright spot with Minny is that the sim tends to love less stacked team. Having Sweg in net, Argar on the backend, and Flacko upfront might be all the team really needs. Adding Smirnov as a support player might be what helps this team make it back to the playoffs.


Seattle

What is there to say about Seattle? Seattle is a weird team in my books. I know c rubs a lot of people the wrong way, but when he was head of Russia I had no complaints. However, he has made some questionable movies lately. That being said, the team is still relatively competitive and I would most likely still play a decent role on the roster. Seattle could be one of those teams that surprises everyone else by being in the favor of the sim next season. Although they could also be a team that crashes and burns. Seattle has a couple of players I wouldn’t mind playing with, so its not totally farfetched.



Middle Tier . . .

Buffalo

Well Buffalo was on pace to have the next top TPE earner in Tomen, and he went inactive as GM, a not so hot start for buffalo in my rankings. Buffalo has a middle of the pack roster in my opinion, and is one of those teams that rides, and dies off the momentum off the sim more then their actual roster. Buffalo just barely made the playoffs over the rage this season, and I see them finishing in roughly the same spot. Buffalo is another team that I don’t really know any one, other the GLU. GLU and I always had plans of playing together, however that dream isn’t looking too likely.

Manhattan

The rage was that team that failed to make the playoffs, after winning their challenge cup. There are a couple of interesting players on the Rage from Kez, to JayWhy, and grimmreaper. It is always a nice combo when you have the leading scorer, and a top goalie on your team. I don’t feel too confident in the Rages chances of winning again, unless they can some more talent. Maybe that’s where Smirnov comes in?

Winnipeg

Winnipeg barely made it out of the bottom tier of the rankings. I think they are doing the right things in Winnipeg, but I don’t know if they are close enough to being serious challengers for the cup next season. Winnipeg has Bonk and Leafs on their roster, and those are two great guys you wanna have in your locker room. If I did go to Winnipeg though, Id need a video of Bonk drinking a cup of eggnog. Get it done Winnipeg.

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