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S59 PT #1 Preseason

The San Francisco Pride are going to score maybe 100 goals all year in a 66 game season. This team only scored 12 goals in 7 games, yet somehow still won 4 of them on the back of tightened up defensive play. The coach, who helped the team achieve the playoffs for the first time since the start of the rebuild last season, had the team really tighten up defensively, and put a lot of onus on blocking shots, playing smart with the puck, and helping the sophomore Antonescue. Due to this, the team has drastically lowered its offense to be the worst in the league. 100 goals would be abysmal, the likes of which hasn't been seen since early years of the new system, leading to SFP, TBB, and BAP to have low totals because of lack of parity. Let's see if San Francisco can let loose a little in the season and pop a few (spoiler: they can't)

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Stretching the Newfoundland Berserkers' 5-1-1 record into a full 66-game season would place them at a record of 47-10-9. There's an odd game out in there, so I put it as a regulation loss to be conservative. That comes out to a 103-point season. Last time, that would have been good enough to win our division over the Quebec City Citadelles and set us up as the SMJHL number 2 seed. I had a goal and 3 assists over that same stretch, which would put me at 9 goals and 28 assists over the season, for a total of 37 points. From last season's stats, that would place me in a tie for 78th among all J's players. Maybe not take that so much as I would a 103-point team record, though I understand this is a development process that will take a little longer. I would definitely take the preseason extension of both right about now, where we sit at a 7-4-3 record after 14 games and I sit on 6 points (5 goals and 1 assist).

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Hello and welcome back to Knightly News. It has been a great pre season and we are ready to dive into this season. Kelowna looks to be one of the top teams this year and Roboute Guilliman will be a key part to this. In the preseason Roboute was a monster on the ice. He was great at getting the puck passed around the ice, allowing him to receive many assists. He also wasn't afraid to throw pucks on net and nearly got a hat trick in one game. His defensive mind set is something that will help out Kelowna a ton this up coming season. He has been on fire in the face off dot with a +50% in face off wins and he has kept up the pressure not allowing many players free reign of the ice while hes there. We are stoked to see just how well he does this season and just what role Roboute will play for the team.

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I think looking back no one really expected the North Stars to be as good as we were. Being an afterthought in the Great Lakes, last year we really broke out and the final four run opened a lot of eyes. Ultimately we lost in Game 7 OT, which was heartbreaking, and if I'm being honest still kind of stings but on the other hand I do not want to discredit the great run we had. I think with everything said and done, I am very proud of all the boys. We are still a young team and with another off-season under our belts, I think we will continue to grow into a powerhouse hopefully. Many people thought the assets we gave up for Adam Barron were a lot but I think this season proved otherwise. He leads the league in defenseman scoring and was an absolute stud on the back end. It was the exact type of piece we needed to make the jump and it has been a crazy experience having him on the team.

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My hot preseason take is that the Simulation Hockey League team known as the Atlanta Inferno will go undefeated the entire season and win the challenge cup. Based off the very small sample size of seven games, the Atlanta Inferno won seven of those games and lost zero. Based off those results, it is only expected that they can carry that pace into the regular season and not lose a single game. Guy Zheng will lead the team in scoring with about 140 points, with Eko Van Otter and Simon Takshak close behind him. Samat Beibitzhanov will win every game he's in net for. On the Simulation Major Junior Hockey League side of things, the Anchorage Armada will keep up their pace, finishing top 5 within the league and expect to make yet another deep playoff run. Pablo Salvatici will overperform his preseason expectations however, as he does not plan to only score 28 points this season. It will be hard to predict how many he does score but expect a lot.

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I think the Detroit Falcons will be much better than they were in the preseason, where the Falcons only won 4 out of 7 games and having a measly goal differential of +1, so something was off there, maybe the players are rusty or theres some lack of chemistry in the lines. Looking at the Falcons, the team has an excellent forward group, great Defense and an elite starting goalie. Theres no way they will continue to be this average all season long. I think Detroit will finish top 3 in the league in regular season and be a contender for the cup, and not a middle of the pack team like in preseason. Player wise, Pavel Jeziak only had 2 goals and 1 assist in 7 games, the natural sniper obviously is very unsatisfied with that and he seems to have been unlucky in preseason. Theres no way he finishes only around 0.5ppg, after potting 25 goals and 50 points last season.

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The Knights did not get off to a great preseason, going 3-4 in the seven game stretch. Many have the Knights down as a favorite to win it all this season, and that is where the smart money is. Unfortunately the Knights had similar expectations last season which were dashed by the eventual cup winners, the Quebec City Citadelles. In the preseason the Knights were able to take a W vs Quebec, so we may take that as a good omen for the season. You may be wondering at this point, "Hey, I thought the PT topic was to make a prediction based off pre season reasults, and yet here you are talking about how the Knights had a bad preseason but you think they can win it all. What gives?" Well here it is. The Knights already got 4 of their losses out of the way and they did it when it won't hurt them. From here on out the Knights have nothing but gas in the tank and a cup to win.

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Based on the seven game preseason we got without a doubt I think Jaska Seppala will dominate the league in both goals and assists. In those seven games with the Buffalo Stampede Jaska Seppala recorded an incredible zero goals on 14 shots. This is just some incredible stuff. Not only did he score zero goals he also recorded two whole assists. I think this will translate into the very least a points per game season but I think he can do even better than that if I am being honest. This is MVP caliber stuff for Jaska Seppala. I think the only issue with is Buffalo Management. They have notoriously suppressed Jaska Seppala's development with the little ice time he received and it did show in the preason with Jaska Seppala just getting a little over 18 minutes a game and 30 seconds of power play time. So if Jaska Seppala can get the respect he deserves he will dominate this season.

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The Season 60 Simulation Major Junior Hockey League preseason is showing massive, promising signs for a team off the back of their first ever four star cup wins, and one of their second year players in Right Winger slash Center Shane Duffy Jr. Obviously the Quebec City Citadelles did happen to lose 6 of their 7 preseason games, but let’s all be real with ourselves here, who gives a shit about the preseason anyway? Oh right, this prompt. Well then I guess we better focus on the positives of the Citadelles preseason. Therefore I think it’s extremely important to take into account the one victory Quebec City managed to pick up in a contest vs NL, they managed to win 4-3. Our hero of the story, the sexy Irishman Shane Duffy Jr. himself managed to pick himself up 2 goals in the game off of 3 shots on goal, basically the only positive of their preseason

This is the season that we see the Atlanta Inferno finally launch themselves into orbit and establish their dominance in the Atlantic Division. It may not mean anything seeing as the Great lakes will more or less steam roll everyone in their path on their way to another challenge cup victory but at least it will be a line in the sand capping off four seasons of incredible work from Hotdog and golden glutes. Manhattan is on the wane and looks like it needs a rebuild, new England bought players to probably end up as the worst team in the division and Baltimore and Tampa couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery. As is tradition the more successful his team is the worse Rex Kirkby is likely to perform. So a solid thirty point season with possibly two goals is firmly on the cards for the aging blue liner. Who will be the bigger anchor to their team, him or Gabe Johnson? Only time will tell.

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Preseason always makes for good predictors of regular season success and this season shall be no different. From the plethora of data provided in the 7 games its clear that Atlanta and Edmonton will be the top teams this season. While they have dropped 14 games between them already, they shall clearly be back to top form soon to take over the league.

On a more personal note, Patrik Money was the top goal scorer for San Francisco in preseason and this will most certainly continue. As it’s his rookie season, this will surely make him candidate for Rookie of the year. As the top SFP Goalscorer last season had 25 and with the improvement in the team in general, going from an 0-7 preseason in S58 to a breezy 2-5 record in S59, 25 goals is well below what he should score. This improvement should translate directly into goalscoring for Money as the 0.286% increase in WR should also create the same increase in goals and push him over 30 for the season.

I'm going to make a bold prediction and say that the Chicago Syndicate would be undefeated after the first week of the season. This is a team that is made up of all-star caliber players and super stars. So it was a real shock last season when they didn't make the playoffs, so they are looking to have a fast start to this season. Following a decent showing in the pre-season, I think the Chicago Syndicate won't lose after the 1st week of the season. You can fact check me next week if you believe I am wrong. I will also say that the Hamilton Steelhawks will be the sacrifice to the Great Lakes this season. One of the four teams will have to miss the playoffs and be a top 5 team in the league. I think unfortunately for the Hamilton Steelhawks, they are going to be this seasons sacrifice. If this one comes true, there needs to be some really big changes to the playoff format. That would be back to back seasons where the cup winner doesn't make the following seasons playoffs. Expansion will help and then the playoffs should be expanded a bit, but divisions will still be a tight race.

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Based on the season 59 pre season of the simulation hockey league, my prediction is that the Texas Renegades will be the best team in the southwest division. I know that is quite the bold prediction but the Renegades were by far the best team in their division in the pre season with 9 points in 7 games while the next best team only had five points. Leading the way for the Renegades will be their dynamic season 51 duo of Kaarlo Kekkonen and Alexander Wachter. Kekkonen led the team in scoring in the pre season and will likely do so again in the regular season. Wachter on the other hand had a bit of quiet pre season but sources around the team say that Wachter has taken another step this season, and his already deadly shot is clearly among the league best. It will be no surprise to see Wachter challenge for the league goal scoring lead this season.

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Base on preseason, we can expect to see dot hockey get played, played many many times a day. Franky without any particular concern for player help in the league  and I am not talking about sim performance. WE ARE TALKIG ABOUT IAing. The most horrible experience the a sim league user, or their GM , can go through.

Based on the preseason hype and counter hype  my prediction is a strong showing or burnout this season  as players get increasingly frustrated with the current set out of non parity in the league.

The shift to a higher update scale that was undertaken at the same time as the shift over the the new FHM engine has resulted in the disappearance of the shl middle class of 700-1200 tpe players and their ability to meaningfully role play in a competitive team. Structural Parity is essential in an online community like ours so that the best don't just keep getting better, and there is more opportunity to share the benefits of victory across the league. If the league doesn't act soon, will it be too late?

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Preseason? Who pays attention to preseason? They're absolutely meaningless games that feature teams with automated lines in most cases, so why on Earth would you even think of reading anything into the results? If you look at the standings from this preseason specifically & extrapolate them over a full season, then we'll have 3 teams that won't lose a single game in regulation & 2 of those having not lost any games at all in Edmonton & Atlanta. Now, I love my old team in Edmonton & I respect their new bunch a great deal, but is there any chance at all that they could possibly win all 66 games they're going to play this season? Absolutely not. I will say I think it's pretty funny that it had to be these 2 teams though because they're polar opposites in just about every respect. I'm not just talking about the fun fire & ice dynamic of their respective branding, but also in their franchise track records. Edmonton has been a perennial contender for the last 15 seasons or so, while Atlanta is still a young expansion team on the upswing looking to break into the group of the league's elite teams.

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