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Halkohol · 04-25-2021, 11:00 AM

During my preseason an entire of 7 games were played. Jonathan Granström managed to put up an "impressive" 4 points. 2 goals and 2 assists. Got a PIM of 14 with 13 hits and 10 blocked shots. A decent start for my grinderlike build. I would however have hoped for a bit more points and fewer PIM. What am I expecting with the season only by extrapolating from these stats? A very defensive one. I expect to get more penalties than the last seasons, a trend I don't like but has been going on since the start of my career. I can probably put up a points score of 30-40 in the end of the season while I expect about 70+ blocks and a lot more hits.

For the team performance in general, I have no idea how we might do. We are probably supposed to be a top team considering all the high TPE skaters we have this season. We did however suffer defeat by some of the teams that were considered weaker. Maybe we have a bit of the wrong player roles and still need to find that "correct" tactic before we reach our correct potential. I expect us to have a decent season and at least finish on the top half on the table. Hopefully we'll be a contender for the cup as well.

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bilbo · 04-25-2021, 11:56 AM

Without any question whatsoever, the Atlanta Inferno are going to win the cup. Preseason never lies, so we have no reason to start not trusting it now. If they do not win the cup, then I am predicting that some other team surely will. All joking aside, I think Dick Clapper, Guy Zheng, Eko van Otter, and Rex Kirkby will have good seasons. The first three will get 70 points or more, because they said it is something they wanted, so I am predicting that for them. Rex Kirkby will probably stay steady in the 50s-60s point range like he did last season, because even with regression, he's still intimidating. Dom Montgomery, on the other hand, has only a few more good games in him before he's a complete wash-up this season. If he does well, it'll be entirely because I'm also predicting that BTS has a comeback in a month or two, and that hype will help fuel Dom's manager for the rest of the season. Not to mention, Dom himself is also a fan of The Circle, and we're both predicting that season two's winner is Courtney or River, even though we want Trevor or Khat to win.

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FlappyGiraffe · 04-25-2021, 12:31 PM

Mr. Finland · 04-25-2021, 12:52 PM

Personally I'm looking for better regular season from me, but also from our team Detroit Falcons. We're definitely aiming for the Cup and we want to won it for sure. This is also my last season in Juniors so I want it to be as great as possible. We have a lot of good youngsters but also very stable core, including me, as our team Assistant Captain. I'm waiting that I can lead our team to success also at regular season, but the aim is at playoffs for sure. There we need to play better than couple previous season and fight our ways to Finals. We need improve our gaming generally, not only me personally, but every players. We need to show to everyone that we can beat anyone at any day and we can real compete to the Cup. Everything else would be disappointment and it's interesting to see where things going to at upcoming season.

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Out of Toast · 04-25-2021, 01:10 PM

Everyone always says I come up with the worst predictions and how if you ask me what will happen to always take the opposite of what I say. This year the pre season/off season showed that Newfoundland will be dominating this year as we have been getting better with each year as the rookies of old become veterans on the team. The one thing I don't think anyone on NL could have predicted though is our constant goal dryness where we seem to always get around 50 shots a game and if we're lucky one goal, our worst cases have come against Maine where we have constantly struggled against them. It is still super early in the year though so anything can happen in the rest of the year in which I predict NL will end on top of the league and can put an end to QCC rain of terror and bring home another cup.

BasedMinkus · 04-25-2021, 01:27 PM

I have been a part of enough seasons and pre-seasons to know that pre-seasons ultimately don't mean anything. You play against weird line combinations and players who may never see the ice for the entirety of the season. The only things you can really see is how sharp a team is in their skating and their communication as those things do tend to translate to success on the ice come the regular season. If this is to be the case this season, then the Rage may be a little bit better than some pundits think after their retooling this off-season. The Rage went 2-1-1 in the preseason with 1 close loss (1 goal game) and one bad loss to the Syndicate. They did have a dominating win over a predicted improved Baltimore Platoon team where they looked very crisp and ready for the season. Again, while I don't believe in pre-season hype, the way the Rage played may tell a story for the regular season.

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MrStennett · 04-25-2021, 01:35 PM

Being that I don't think the preseason counts for anything, I'll just go ahead and assume that my very own Los Angeles Panthers are going to absolutely stink this year. We were 1-3-3 with a negative eleven goal deferential. This team has one of the top goaltenders in the league and an incredible offense, but we only scored fourteen goals across our seven preseason games, while allowing 25. The only win the team had came in the shootout, proving that we couldn't accomplish much of anything in regulation in any game. The team had only two players that had at least five points, Jimmy Slothface and Vorian Atreides, while only one player had a positive plus/minus rating. All in all, I'm trying to say that we really, REALLY stunk it up in the preseason. Now luckily, as I've said before, I don't really believe that there is really any correlation between preseason performance and what a team does once the games finally start to count.

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**bbjygm** · 04-25-2021, 01:36 PM

Based on preseason, I have a couple predictions:
- the SHL will be playing at least 7 games
- Atlanta will continue to rise in the ranks, possibly being a cup contender soon, if not now
- Chicago and Toronto will continue to do well, despite their tough division and conference. They might even finally push Buffalo out of cup contention, though Buffalo has progressed far in playoffs with a less-than-perfect record so I'm not sure how long they can keep it up
- the expansion teams will be near the top, if not [i]the[/>] top, of their divisions
- based on preseason it doesn't seem like McShotty will do that great, but with our ever blossoming team I believe as a whole New England, and Slap by proxy, will continue to improve. Their playoff spot isn't that secure due to the tough conference we're in, but we are definitely a team on the rise and itching to start producing

Kylrad · 04-25-2021, 01:40 PM

I think this is my first time looking at preseason standings in quite a while. They actually seem mostly accurate at least in terms of which teams will be in the upper half of the league and which will be in the bottom, which isn't that surprising considering the nature of FHM. If I was to make some crazy predictions based just on the standings in preseason and not considering schedule, lines or other stats. It would be that Atlanta is going undefeated in the regular season and easily winning the cup like their preseason performance and that Buffalo will struggle like they did in preseason for at least Buffalo standards and lose a ton of games probably while outshooting the opponent 60-10. The rest of the preseason seems pretty accurate with Chicago, Hamilton, Toronto, Edmonton, Texas being near the top along with Seattle who's been growing each season and now have the addition of Scarn.

Evok · 04-25-2021, 02:38 PM

Preseason is always a crapshot no matter what team you are on. It basically doesn't mean anything and a lot of team take the opportunity to actually screw any possible test by making joke lines or by giving time on ice to junior players. It's however still a bit interesting to see what could happen. I had a go at the pre-season file earlier in the season in order to somewhat tests what would be best to upgrade on my player and while some teams had wrong lines, most of them were properly done. It was a great way to see what could actually make an impact for my player instead of just guessing what would contribute to the success of the team. Of course, no results are properly accurate, as things change in a season, but i saw a lot of time the great lakes being at the top of the league once again, and looking at the current standing, it's still the case, with all great lake team being in the top 5 of the league.

JNH · 04-25-2021, 03:07 PM

My prediction is that Naosu aka Ryan Shepherd wins most improved player and has an absolute breakout season, notching over 80 points and leading Chicago. It's been a long time coming for the 2,000 TPE forward and I think this year he si going to be well positioned to take over the top center spot from Westbroek. He is going to see some great time on the powerplay and with his wingers only getting better with the SSS line I think it is going to be a lot for other teams to handle.

My other prediction is that we see Mat Smith win rookie of the year. He has a very good team in front of him, but he will hold his own and be near the top of the league in all the key goalie stats. I think it will be a run similar to Doyle that will make it very hard for the awards committee to not give it to him. or PODROTY. One of the two.

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***notorioustig*** · 04-25-2021, 03:17 PM

The preseason was a decent one for the Seattle Argonauts, as we saw a group that has been together awhile continue to come together alongside some new faces. The Argonauts were able to land the big fish in free agency, bringing in Michael Scarn to boost a top line that had some of the worst luck in the league last season. On top of that, two more members of the franchise's first entry draft, Vaseline Podcalzone and William Salming, would join Dee Centerman IV on the roster after playing out their junior eligibility in the SMJHL. This was quite the infusion of talent into the team, and the squad saw some promising signs in the preseason, including wins over Great Lakes powerhouses Chicago and Buffalo. As the team becomes more and more competitive in a Western Conference that seemingly becomes more wide open by the day, it is clear that the Argonauts have their eyes set firmly on achieving their first playoff berth since joining the league, and they are in an excellent position to make it happen.

***Canadice*** · 04-25-2021, 03:24 PM

The pre-season of Lind's third season in the league comes with much anticipation. His sophomore year did not go as well as expected and has been doing a lot of training during the off-season trying to even out his game. The results shown in the pre-season did not lower the expectations as he went a point a game, scoring 4 goals on 23 shots. Playing on the top line with the fellow Swede Golden Face and Luukas Lilja, Lind has shown that he has improved compared to last season. Carolina as a team also performed very well, winning all but one game. The Kraken scored the most amount of goals out of any team in the SMJHL, but had some difficulty keeping the puck out of their own net as well. In the end you only have to score more goals than the opposition meaning that these results proves that the Kraken will have a great start to the season.

*JURT* · 04-25-2021, 03:41 PM

The preseason has gone very well for the Syndicate, winning six out of our seven games and the only loss being a false start in the first game against Seattle which went to overtime. Gunnar Soderberg led us in points and Mat Smith a great stats in front of the net with a .920 Save Percentage and a Goals Against Average of under 1.3. I even had a good preseason offensively, which was unexpected but made us all cautiously optimistic for what was to come.

Now, a week into the season and with over 20% of the games played already, we can see that we were right to be optimistic. The season is going way better than the pre-season had let us imagine as we have won fourteen straight games from the beginning of the season. Even more surprising, it's our line with Ryuuji Minamino, Lallo Selman and myself who had the most early success. Gunnar's line with Ryan Shepard and Daniel Smeb is catching up too and everyone of the team has at least 0.5 point per game. The preseason was good, but the season is even better so far,

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