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*puolivalmiste* · 04-23-2021, 02:26 PM

After such strong performances I have no doubt that both Edmonton and Atlanta will take their conferences with no problems, though 66-0 for both seems unlikely specially when they play two games versus each other. Also noticeable will be Buffalo missing playoffs as they are so far behind the other teams in great lakes. For player performance it is no surprise Atlanta is expected to do so well when their top 2 forwards are on pace for at least 120 point season.

Also worth noting that while Minnesota and San Francisco will be battling for few last places in west we have seen them playing very different schedule and if they were to keep up with current pace Minnesota is expected to play only about 20 home games this season while San Francisco should be playing more than 50 at home with Los Angeles with about 45 homes games so I wonder if league is biased towards Californian teams.

***JKortesi81*** · 04-23-2021, 02:51 PM

The preseason pretty much told me what I already knew about the New Orleans Specters: it’s going to be a rough season. That’s okay, of course, because it’s by design. The way to get back to the top is to bottom out, and that’s exactly what we did. I don’t expect us to go 0-66-0, well, we already can’t. But I don’t expect 0-65-1 either. We have a modest goal of hitting the over this season. For us, that means 11 wins. I do think this is a possible goal. In fact, we’ve already come close to winning some games. The biggest goal for the season is just watching the kids grow. With Doom, Kauppinen, Petrov, and Vili Tugs on defense, its fun watching them grow up and hit all of the fun rookie milestones. We even got St. Ark called up and he started some games for us. The future is now for New Orleans, and even though we aren’t getting many wins, its still awesome to watch us grow. Let’s get spooky! (174)

Huck24 · 04-23-2021, 02:53 PM

This preseason was very similar to last preseason for the New Orleans Specters and Lyle Odelein III. In the midst of our re-build, the team from the Big Easy had a rough go in last seasons pre-season, the regular season and again this preseason. This comes to no surprise to anyone in the organization, we've been busy stockpiling some of the best young players in the league, getting ready to get back to where we were for so many seasons. For my player, I'm expecting another season in which he will get in front of as many pucks as possible and punish as many players as possible. Last season he recorded over 300 blocked shots (1st overall) and had 170 hits (12th overall) and 60 take aways (2nd overall), maybe this season if he can surpass some of his totals from last season, he may even get nominated for the best defensive defensemen award, I would have thought he would with the stats he but up last season, but apparently being a good defender on a rebuilding team means that the awards committee doesn't think they they meet the requirements. We shall see if this season is any different.

jtam · 04-23-2021, 03:19 PM

Preseason has come and gone and Hamilton played well in the tune up games prior to the start of the season. While Hamilton was able to rack up a 6-1-1 record, Hamilton’s preseason run did not pit them against the strongest teams in the SHL. There were no preseason tilts against the other Great Lakes teams, nor were there games against the top teams in the West (besides one game against Calgary, which Hamilton was able to shut out 4-0.) Without a sample size against the top teams, it is difficult to predict how Hamilton will do in the regular season, but extrapolating the 6-1-1 record over a 66 game season, Hamilton stands a good shot at hitting achieving their record of 50-13-3 from last season.

As for Rikard Hammarberg, he seems to have found a new gear in his offensive capabilities, leading the Steelhawks in goals in the pre-season, while this may not last over the regular season, it is a great step for Hammarberg for the regular season.

ztevans · 04-23-2021, 03:23 PM

The good news is, it looks like Calgary is set for an excellent season, so my landing point after an offseason trade is a pretty strong one. There have been a lot of promising signs to this point, and I only expect many of those trends to continue. With that said, it's unclear how much of a factor I will be in Calgary's success. They have a very strong team, so I'll largely be playing third-line minutes. Between that and being, well, an 800 TPE player in the SHL, I'm not going to show up and shock the world. For now, I'll try to make the most of my ice time and be a positive rather than a negative for the team. It'll be tough to top some of the monsters in the East, but I think we can battle at least for a strong playoff seeding and maybe top honors in the regular season out of the West.

Mavfatha · 04-23-2021, 03:37 PM

I see absolutely no flaws in the pre-season index that would not be extrapolatable to a full season of results. For example, it is entirely sustainable for my teammate Mr. Guy Zheng to average more than 2 points per game, with our fellow teammate Mr. Eko van Otter not very far behind with a little under 2 points per game in finishing second in the league in points during the pre-season. It is also sustainable for the third leading scorer - yes, another member of the Inferno - Mr. Simon Takshak to continue to score on over one third of his shots. Based on these small sample sizes with an extraordinary quantity of predictive power, the Inferno are just going to dominate the league this season while providing all of the MVP candidates with a serious potential to win the thing while also going on to win the championship. I see absolutely no flaws in my logical thought process, and you should definitely not check the full team standings and should only look at the stats of the top 3 players in the league when making such predictions.

reid · 04-23-2021, 03:42 PM

Its been a busy time for me, so I didnt watch much of the preseason, but I did enough to gather some hot takes from the preseason and the beginning of the year. One: Toronto sucks. After finishing 2nd in the division and 3rd in the league last season, they are doomed to go back to their basement dwelling ways and miss the playoffs in the cut-throat great lakes division. Is this a PDO reversal? no that makes too much sense. Is this just a tough run and they will get back on the horse cause their team is super talented? nope, doesnt seem that way to me. Two: My player is going to lead the league in goals. I didnt see if I did in the preseason, but I scored several times in Seattles games, and I am trying to build a two way playmaker. So that must mean that I will score a ton of goals, in which case, I assume I will lead the league. [168 words]

***Rangerjase*** · 04-23-2021, 04:14 PM

Based on what I am seeing in my own little world right now, I'm predicting that Zoltan is going to finish in the top 3 in points for the Tampa bay barracuda this season and finish with more points than I did last season. We are growing steadily in Tampa and I think Zoltan is gong to be on pace for some really high points totals this time around. I was able to keep up with Tom Fiddlers scoring pace until the last 15 games of the season or so before he really started brining the heat. Even though its been a little bit of a bumpy start, that kind of happens when you forget how to swim and drown in the great lakes in the first couple of sim weeks. Overall i'm really excited to see Zoltan start producing on a higher level and really utilizing the full Tampa roster that everyone has been waiting to see.

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Fluw · 04-23-2021, 04:33 PM

So the pre-season didn’t really go that well for me , 7 games played, 2 pts and a -6. If that is a glimpse of what this season will be like for me then I am afraid of what the future holds for me. I would be on pace for my worst season in the SHL, which should be the other way around as I have only been improving my build. To be honest with you though, I do not think the pre-season is a reflection of what I will do in the regular season, as I don’t think I end the season with only 19 pts, what I was pacing for in the pre-season, although I do expect a pretty bad +/- as I have yet to figure out why im such a one dimensional player. As for shooting %, that will be a lot better come the regular season as I am traditionally a decently accurate shooter despite being a pass first player.

Fitted2106 · 04-23-2021, 04:56 PM

My thoughts for the season are completely out of whack As I really dont think preseason matters much at all as many teams simply dont try in the pre season. I expect what I normally do and thats for top end tpe teams to really run away in the standings and be the big dogs for the majority of the time. Not much you can really predict besides that and maybe some players people wernt to high on just smashing expectations. It's a very hard thing to judge lately as more parity has finnaly entered into the league but one thing is for sure the top 4 or 5 teams will still be dominant and crush many weaker teams throughout the season. That being said maybe a bubble team can suprise us and end up in the finals I think that would be very good for the league honestly. Let's keep pushing that parity button baby and heres to another season.

juniped · 04-23-2021, 05:11 PM

Based on the preseason there are a few things I can extrapolate. 1: I had about 10 hits per game so if I play every single game, (which I know I won’t) then I should end the season with over 650 hits. That would be crazy, and i would love that but I know that I won’t be on the starting roster for most of the games. The team (the new team go Argonauts) are going undefeated just because every single game I watched we won. Therefore we will go undefeated. It's simple math. Lets ignore that we’re far enough into the season that we’ve lost already. Because I’m going to pretend like I wrote this a week ago. Besides that I think Toronto did really well and if the preseason sticks to what I believe then I believe that Toronto will the the cup. They look good and they shed that dead weight schoochie stratton.

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peej2189 · 04-23-2021, 06:05 PM

Well to start, I have some high hopes about my players performance. I should hopefully have a positive +/- for once! On top of that my player is finally able to do more than just hangout on the ice, I'm hoping I help out way more on offense this season. Team wise, it is looking pretty good for the Tampa Bay Barracuda. I personally don't think we will get far in the playoffs. But with how our team is stacking up, we should be able to do some massive damage in the regular season. League wise, I think there are a decent amount of teams that are going to massively under perform. People get used to seeing teams perform at whatever level they've been at, then one day, they hit a brick wall. There are some brick walls that are popping up, mark my words. TBB to win the cup in 2 seasons is my hot take. Good luck to everyone this season, hopefully everyone's players do well!

Toivo · 04-23-2021, 06:29 PM

I thought NOLA would be better than the start of the season they have had. I was so confident that I put money on them in the casino. This may prove to be a bad idea since my other bets are tied to it. But that said, I am not upset or anything,. This unfortunate error is more on me since I did not fully evaluate the team or poke around to figure out what their plans were for the upcoming season. Sometimes, teams have to make a calculated judgement and throw in the flag earlier. I am against this approach because it can develop a losing culture, but others see it as a viable strategy to get better prospects come draft time. I can't disagree with their logic. However, with the SHL, it's a much longer term focus, we do not see players drafted from the SMJHL ready to make an impact in the SHL right away like we might see in some other leagues. I thought NOLA would do better, but that's more an indictment on me than them.

*Festinator* · 04-23-2021, 06:41 PM

Well, based on the panthers pre-season, it would appear that we are in for a rough time because i am pretty sure that we lost every single game of the preseason, definitely at least the first 5 games, i did not see the result for the last game of pre season. based on Jonas' results in the preseason, he is in for a steady yet unspectacular season, as his 2 points in preseason could be extrapolated to about 18 points in the regular season. I personally think Jonas and the Panthers will do much better in the regular season than they did in the preseason because i think that we were not really using our true strategies in the preseason as to not give away all our secrets and allow the other teams to plan how to play against us. also Jonas will be making a lot of improvements over the season which i think will lead to a higher offensive output than he had last season.

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