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#31

Coming into season fifty nine, Mats Marner of the Calgary Dragons is set to have a new line mate centering the second line and that is the one and only Esa Parmborg @Steelhead77 . Last season Esa was in the top ten in the league in points with well over a point a game having racking up sixty assists. Esa’s play making abilities are some of the best in the league and Marner hopes that he can reap the benefits by having a career year. Marner is hoping to continue to improve his game on the ice and reach the thirty goal plateau for the first time while playing alongside Parmborg. He would need an extra eight goals this season which seems like a realistic possibility. In addition, Marner hopes to reach the sixty point mark for the first time. With a balanced top six having two first lines this season in Calgary the sky is the limit for Marner.

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Friedensreich Hundertwasser had an exciting pre season scoring a number of points for the St. Louis Scarecrows. This is in complete contrast to last season where through the first 20 or so games he had shit over 50 times before scoring his first goal. 
Now taking his place as captain and on the first line with a bunch of athletic upgrades, Hundertwasser is set up to start putting in goals and setting up assists for fun. Anything short of an MVP run would be disappointing (this is obviously not going to happen).
More importantly the team look to be in a better place this year judging solely off of pre season games. 4 games in and we had a .500 record which is a lot better than last season. So here it is. My bold prediction. St Louis will be a Mediocre team this season!!!
As a side note. I do believe Marcel Beck, young rookie for the crows could make a play at rookie of the year


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#35

I think you can make the exact assumptions based on my own play to how the season will go. Primarily playing in a 2nd pairing, the goal is to block shots and play good defense to ensure that Eller or Bloomfield back in the net will have an easier time making saves. At the same time, the 19 points from the rookie season is likely not getting followed up on. Anchoring that 2nd pairing will get easier matchups of course, but also playing with less talented offensive players. And even though he will look to improve his offensive play slightly during the season, the focus is defense first on the year.

As for the team, I think we'll see a much better showing out of NEW. You'll see Slap and Jakub rise to the occasion, and Mr. Ethan Price will surely deliver some really good goals. And getting one of the leagues best dmen in FR Finn-Rhys is a huge gain for the back-end.

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My faith in hotdog has been totally restored, after I finished first in fantasy last season and also hit the parlay in casino after following his advices. So this season I'll do the same. Fantasy draft is in the books already, let's see how it goes. And for the casino I have a parlay I will bring in and hopefully it works out. It has Baltimore Platoon and the Calgary Dragons finishing the under, and Tampa Bay Barracuda going over their set mark. The Tampa Bay over is slightly different from the other suggestion I heard, with going New England Wolfpack under, but I trust hotdog enough to use his bet. 

For the upcoming season I am really looking forward to finally being called up to the Atlanta Inferno. Not sure what exactly awaits me, but I'm thrilled for the season to start. The preseason went really well, and my hopes are up that it will be a good season. A rookie season as a defender might not be so easy, but I think I have the potential to be a solid addition to the team. Let's see how it goes, let's get the party started!

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(This post was last modified: 04-19-2021, 09:33 PM by _Blitz_.)

Danny posted 2 goals and 4 assists for a total of 6 points in the 7 preseason games. He tied takeaways and giveaways at 3 a piece and had 8 blocked shots and 10 hits.

So let's do the basic math that's probably not totally accurate because lines are bad at prediction for how certain they are. 

Total = (Stat / Number of Preseason Games) x Number of Regular Season Games. 

I'm going to round because it'll mostly give me higher stats, and higher stats are cooler stats. Based on that formula, Danny Marston is looking at a 57 point season with 19 goals and 38 assists on 198 shots. That 9.5% shot accuracy percentage certainly seems like it'll be here to stay. 28 giveaways and takeaways feels right for the trends that he's been setting in his pro career, and it's nice to see him finally possibly being less of a turnover liability. 75 blocked shots is a significant step down from last season's 117 shot total that also includes the Playoffs. 94 hits seems good, but is again much lower than last season's Playoff-inclusive total of 143 hits. 

That said, I think the best indication from linearly increased stats for Marston is in the comparisons to last season. While Toronto opened up offensive production like a war-time factory last season, I was frustrated with the defensive game my player put forward, notably the turnover ratio. I'm excited at the possibility of breaking 50 points for the season, but I'm more excited at allowing fewer opportunities to our opponents. One of the frustrations we had across the board in the Conference Finals was with regards to our defensive edge actually running rather dull compared to our offense. The motto that clings to the back of my mind is "30 Seconds". Anything can make that difference; one hit, one turnover, one shot on goal, from either team, either way. 

The name of the game this off-season has been patching those holes and getting stronger as individuals and as a team. I think the results are promising, for sure!

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(This post was last modified: 04-24-2021, 02:45 PM by charlieconway.)

Quote:The preseason has ended and we're about to jump into the regular season. The best part of preseason is the fact that we can extrapolate small sample sizes to make huge assumptions for the upcoming season and then be completely disappointed when they inevitably don't come true! Based on the preseason what is a prediction you have for the upcoming season. It can be about your player, your team, the league, whatever.(150+ words)

The North Stars went 5-2 in the preseason, good enough for 3rd in the division behind Hamilton and Chicago but ahead of Buffalo. If that holds true in the regular season then I’d be estatic because that would mean playoffs, something that’s tough to earn in the hellscape we call the Great Lakes. There has to be a GL team that misses, and I’m just hoping and praying it’s not us.

Barron finished with 5 points in 7 games, and… that’s something I’m hoping DOESN’T happen in the regular season. As someone that’s built their player as an offensive defenseman, going sub-PPG would be a huge disappointment, especially since this season I’ll be nearing the 2300 TPE mark by the end. There’s a huge potential to finish top-10 in league scoring, and I’ve even seen sims where I wind up with 80-90 points! Insane for a defender. Adam Barron is key to providing offense from the back end for the North Stars, while being a steady presence in his own zone with his (soon-retiring) long-time defensive partner Axel Meszaros. With any luck, that’ll hold true this time around as well.

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I think that based on what we saw in the preseason, the Atlanta Inferno are going to be the first team to have a perfect season and win every game that they play. Besides that, I think that the Texas Renegades definitely underperformed compared to what their roster is capable of, and the way in which we played last season. Going from the Presidents Trophy team to a mid-table franchise through preseason might just be a hangover from the teams success last season, but I'm confident that we'll be able to get things back on track for another great performance in the regular season. We have a depth of talent that few teams in the league can match up to, and with that in mind I think we're set for some really good results again this season, no matter how things went in those meaningless preseason games that we have to take part in every year.

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(This post was last modified: 04-19-2021, 08:33 AM by Lukstins88.)

Pre-season for Anchorage Armada was pretty good. We won five of seven games. Janis Lux posted 3+2, but in last few games against last seasons top teams he was pointless. Overall I think team has done pretty good job in draft because had to cover guys who left to go up to SHL. With all new faces team looks good. And with shown game in pre-season I think its pretty obvious that our target is to win back that championship. It wont be easy because other contender teams are looking good too. They are in similar position as we are, lost some good players who went up to SHL and in draft got some new faces. My personal target is to be one of teams best players not only in stats but in shown game too. Personal target is to score more goals than in my rookie season (ten goals). And overall have better season stats wise.

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Cormac Pónaire had a terrible rookie season. In the preseason, he completely shattered his point totals from the entirety of his rookie season, even if you include his performance in the WJC. It's clear that by leading the entire SMJHL in points during the preseason, he's going to be an absolute stud and put up legendary stats during the regular season. On a line with two other draftees from his class, they're going to dominate the league and win just about every award possible. This is easily going to carry the Carolina Kraken to the Cup, where they'll sweep every other team that they face. It's even going to lead to the first ever 3 way tie for the playoff MVP, and it's going to lead to just about every team in the league trying to figure out how to trade for the three of them, so they can dominate the shl for seasons to come. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.

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When people last season did do doubt the Carolina Kraken a ton, even ranking their defense the worst in the league and their offense in the bottom 3 team, I was very baffled. We had a great team built around us, just the other teams had their own players in their prime at the time - but right now, it is Carolina's time to rise and shine like a diamond

Our core forwards have reached their cap limit, some have already been capped a while ago. In Carolina this season, your average 350 capped TPE build does not guarantee you a spot in the first two lines, that is how tough the competition is here right now. Defensive wise, we have 2 lines of 425 capped TPE dudes waiting for their turn to show what they can do with that new capped build. We also hold a line of very strong rookies who are hungry to show their team's veterans what they can do. Long story short, Carolina for the cup. Period.

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Based on preseason, Goku Muerto's days of being a high producer for the Winnipeg Aurora is over. Since the switch to FHM, Goku had been hovering at or near a PPG pace, even battling through the first few seasons of regression. However, that battle is getting harder and harder and every season Goku comes in just a little bit worse. This season, apparently, is the season where time finally catches up with him. He managed to score 2 goals and 1 assist in the 7 games which is pretty disappointing. It is nice to see some of the young players on the team start to really have an impact and be the ones driving the play, and Goku will have to learn how to play a more defensive role. That part at least went pretty well, as Goku had more takeaways than giveaways, and had a positive +/- rating, despite the team being outscored badly in several games. So there was some good to go along with it, but certainly the expectation has to be that the big scoring days are over.

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Written task: The preseason has ended and we're about to jump into the regular season. The best part of preseason is the fact that we can extrapolate small sample sizes to make huge assumptions for the upcoming season and then be completely disappointed when they inevitably don't come true! Based on the preseason what is a prediction you have for the upcoming season. It can be about your player, your team, the league, whatever.(150+ words)

As we all know, preseason = exactly to what will happen in the regular season. In the preseason Ryuuji Kawashima was able to record 4 assists. So according to the logic we just presented we can say that Kawashima will get 4/7*66 = a rounded up 38 assists in the upcoming season. That is all the points he will score just a pure assist man. Using that same logic on the Anaheim Outlaws we look at their points and say 5/7*66 and we get 47 points. Which is 1 more point then they got last season. So it is looking like troubling times down in Anaheim.

So looking more seriously, with updated rookies I think the Outlaws will be on the uprise from where they finish last season. I think the preseason was not the perfect look at what is to come and I think we can see a rally from the Outlaws to make a playoff run this season. I know the squad is putting in work to be the best they can be and it is great to see.

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