It's all well and good to compare yourself to other rookies, but what about the SHL greats of today? Every young hockey player has posters on their wall of the players they look up to, right? But who do you model yourself after, and how are you alike?
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Pick a current SHL player whose career you'd like to emulate. Compare his or her build to yours (strengths, weaknesses, etc). What factors do you think make them so successful? Do you think you'll be able to match that success? Must be at least 200 words. Must be a player on an active SHL roster.
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Same as above, but compare them in graphics format instead. Must contain: 2 player renders, at least 3 stats or build attributes.
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4 TPE for doing the thing
Please remember not to claim TPE for PTs that have not been graded yet.
Only S36 SMJHL Rookies are eligible for this task.
So, the one player I look up to and want my career to go as successful as his is Jed Lloren (<a href='index.php?showuser=1286' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-59'>r1c3bowl22</a>).
Just like Jed, I’m a playmaking Right Wing, every opportunity trying to create chances and passing the puck to the open guy for a goal. We both shoot left, so our handedness gives us an advantage on the right wing when talking about shooting.
Jed Lloren was born in Philippines but transferred to Sweden later on. I don’t know if it is fate written in the stars, but at an early stage of my career I took the opportunity to move to Sweden and play some junior hockey there until I was drafted into the SMJHL.
Although, we are very different physically as he is 5’3, 153 lbs and I am 6’2, 200 lbs, but we do possess similarity in our technical skills.
Jed’s and my strengths are passing (91 against my 71) and skating (95 against my 70), although he has more endurance on the ice than me, but I prefer dangling the puck around a player (my strength – puck handling) rather than just outskate him. We also both could work on our checking a bit more, as it is a weakness of ours.
One thing, why I think Jed Lloren is so successful is that he is a team-first player, which I aspire to be, too. He makes his team-mates around him better when he is on the ice.
He mostly played in West Kendall Platoon and I wish to find a team that sees me as a long-term option as I hold loyalty very high and important.
I believe that with the right guidance and lots of hard work I can achieve such success and even more.
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Beaujeaux Biscuit is a goalie, but if there's one player that he truly looks up to in the majors is Tony Flow. He is the kind of player every person should strive to be. You don't need statistics or glory to be important to your hockey team. You just need grit, determination, heart, and leadership to make your team stand above other teams. Those strengths are what defines Tony Flow. Grit from playing the depth lines, but always making an impact. Determination for constantly, making the SHL roster season after season despite the odds. Heart for keeping his loyalty to the team and wanting to help out in anyway whether it means playing fourth line or playing defense. Lastly leadership, who just by example encourages the rest of the team to play better and shows others that helping the team is just as fun as individual glory. While at an early age he was diagnosed with low T where his TPE gains and potential would never reach elite status. But his strengths are what keeps him on the ice today.
Beaujeaux compares in some catagories such as determination and heart. He has constantly maxed out his potential week by week, and his heart is clearly strong and proud in the Montreal Locker room. But he has a long way to go if he wants to be reach the bar raised by Tony Flow in leadership.
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Klaus Wagner is without a shadow of a doubt the player I most aspire to be like, as in season 35 he lead his team not only in points with 44 (18 Goals, 26 assists) but also in blocked shots (93 blocked shots), but also continues to lead his team this year in both categories (21 Points, 5 Goals, 16 Assists, 33 Shots Blocked) they say a good offence is the best defence so Klaus must be unimaginable on the ice as he excels on both sides of the ice.
Not to be overlooked is his locker room presence which is often overlooked by the media due to the fact that he was not assigned captaincy this season. Klaus often finds himself rallying the team behind him when the going gets tough.
Ours stature is nearly identical both standing in at 6'3, 225 pounds this allows us to hit people off the puck while also allowing ourselves not to be hit off the puck.
Last but not least is his clutch factor, it seems as though every time a big play happens Klaus is at the centre of it, whether it be blocking a shot late in the game of making a crisp pass across ice to a team mate to seal the game, Klaus Wagner is my ideal player and I hope one day be compared to him or maybe, just maybe better.
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Hunter Wong, I want to be like you! One of the lowest TPE starting goalies in all of the SHL who's absolutely killing it for the Dragons right now, causing people to get upset. "Why is he doing so well when I have double his TPE??" said some crybaby about his shitty goaltender. Listen man, goaltenders are random and it is what it is. A good team makes a good goaltender, as we have seen in any league when shitty goaltenders win Cups with great teams. (Niemi). And Wong is exactly what I want to be, not a very hard earning goalie but still puts up great numbers and makes everyone else mad. That's the dream. Wong is smart, having all the important abilities; Reaction Time, Rebound Control, Hand Speed and Style Control above 95 and the secondary stats are lower, Size, Skating, Endurance, Agility, at 85. That's how I've started building my goalie as well. I think that if it keeps going I can be a good goalie at low TPE as I'll only go and play for a good team obviously. If it doesn't work out, and I'm a shit goalie, it is what it is. I'll stick as a back up like I originally planned. And if they change the goalie scale, then I'm definitely not earning anything past 350!
Rembrant Q. Einstein is a player I would like to model my game after. As a two way defenseman I would like to have a similar career trajectory after making the Top 100 multiple times and helping my team win games. Currently our builds are similar in our focus on puck handling and defense. Obviously I am a long way off from the level of play Einstein has demonstrated over his 14 year career, but those are milestones that I would like to work towards and target. The biggest difference between our styles of play and builds is my favor to checking other plays and playing a more physical from of defense that should help my future teams on the back end. In comparison, Einstein’s focus on strength instead of checking gave him more opportunities to maintain control of the puck and make a bigger impact on the offensive side of the ice. I am currently nowhere near the player Einstein is and obviously, a guy like Einstein has a depth of hockey knowledge that I can only dream of. Rumors have swirled that he has probably forgotten more about this game than I will ever know. I have a point to aspire to, though only time will tell if I will reach that level of play or not.
Hercules Rockefeller wants success that Lord Pretty Flacko has seen
The player that has a similar make up to what I want to become is Lord Pretty Flacko. Both of us are snipers who play left wing. Flacko has been one of the best goal scorers in the SHL over the past 5 seasons, winning the Jay McDonald Trophy twice. That's what I want my player to achieve, to be one of the best goal scorers in the league. Our builds are similar as well. As snipers both of us have checking as our weakness. Our strengths are almost identical as well, with scoring and puck-handling, but he has skating and I have strength.
Every season when the predictions come out, Flacko is always considered as a top choice to lead the SHL in goals. When I make it to the SHL, I want to give people that impression of me. I want the players to expect that Hercules Rockefeller will score the most goals and I want to be the most feared goal scorer out there. I still have a long way to go to get to that point, but it will come. Sooner or later, you're going to see the name Hercules Rockefeller among the best goal scorers in the SHL.
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Regular Season - [G 8] [A 29] [Pts 37] [+/- +23] [PIM 24] [Hits 49] [SB 153]
Playoffs - [G 0] [A 0] [Pts 0] [+/- 0] [PIM 0] [Hits 0] [SB 0]
Anze Barbashev looks up to Zander Rhys! <a href='index.php?showuser=2476' rel='nofollow' alt='profile link' class='user-tagged mgroup-17'>ThePandava</a>
You may be surprised, you'd think Anze would look up to his father in Andrey. However, Anze is aiming to to be more like Rhys. A young talented defence man who has already proven to be a top player in the league in his first season. Rhys has skill in all areas. He is very sound positionally and has a very good first pass that allows his team to break out. On top of that, Rhys is capable of putting the puck in the back of the net. He is used on special teams and has been a large contributor for the North Stars since entering last season. Oh, and he checks. Zander Rhys literally does it all. Is one area of weakness would be his skating. He does have some work to do in getting quicker with his strides, but that will all come with time. The way he plays defensively makes up for his lesser skill in skating.
Anze is hopeful that once he enters the league that he will have just as much success. And who knows, maybe one day he can be his defensive partner just like his dad was when they broke the North Stars cup curse. Anze's dad showed the ropes to Zander, Zander could one day show the ropes to Anze
There are innumerable influences that have had an effect on Jack Tanner and his progression as a defenseman. Current SMJHL players like Isak Ødegård and Finn Krüger are certainly worth a mention as workhorse defensemen who are responsible in their own zone while being competitive with forwards in scoring but for any defenseman aspiring to be explosive offensively there's one role model to place above all others: Minnesota's Alonzo Garbanzo.
Both Garbanzo and Tanner were first round SMJHL selections by Montreal and both are defensemen who place a premium on scoring. Though their SMJHL starts have been similar, Garbanzo has had a historic career that Tanner can only hope to approach someday. Garbanzo leads active defensemen in scoring and ranks fifth all time thanks to recording the second-most assists by a defenseman all time. His TPE build of 99 in Passing, Defense, and Skating is exactly the type of build Tanner envisioned for himself before entering the SMJHL draft and that they both share a checking weakness is just another thing that connects the young defensive prospect to the grizzled veteran.
Even though Garbanzo lights up the scoreboard, though, it doesn't mean that he's a slouch in his own end. In fact, he's the all time SHL leader in shots blocked and currently ranks second in hits. That balance of offensive acumen and defensive tenacity should be what all young defensemen aspire to achieve.
If there is one player who I had to pick to emulate… I guess it would be Liam Kinsler. The Renegades legend had really high peaks in his career, played a well rounded often times physical game and won plenty of Championships at every level. The guy is a born competitor and a threat everyone he is on the ice. He has come to the end of his career, simply can’t put up those big numbers, but has the franchise record in points and captained the team for many years. I won't be his caliber of player, I know that, but I do enjoy his career and story.
He displayed a truly unparalleled commitment to an organization who treated him well. He easily will go down as one of the most respected names in the game and a surefire hall of famer when he retires. I want to have a lengthy SHL Career and battle hard for a classy organization. To be honest it’s not likely I can life it with a team the way Kinsler has since I’m a package deal but maybe seeing different outfits will help my career. Anyways I’d love to have a fraction of this man’s success.
A player who Roberts Kļaviņš would like to emulate the most is Hunter Wong. Wong has had a long career, having been around for quite a long time, however, despite regression, he has still been doing fantastically for the Dragons. He has a championship and many other awards, and, despite him getting worse with time, he looks to be on the way to yet another cup and even more trophies. Right now, Wong is leading the Simulation Hockey League in goals against average, minutes played, shutouts and wins, and he's third in the league in save percentage. His current team, the Calgary Dragons, are leading not only the Western Conference, but the entire league with 40 points and a 19-7-2 record. He is definitely one of the best goalies in the history of the SHL, and he's almost guaranteed to make the SHL Hall of Fame. And the fact that, even this far into his career, he is still most likely one of the best, if not THE best goalie in the SHL is very inspiring to many young and aspiring goalies, including Kļaviņš, and they all hope to be just as good as him and just as succesful as him one day.
I would most like to emulate Ace Redding, because of all the points he scores. Redding was the best player in the SHL last season, scored a ton of goals, and was pretty much dominant. Bananerstrom has really high scoring already, and by the time he hits the SHL he will probably be at 99 scoring and will score at least 20 goals his rookie season. Can he emulate Redding in that regard? Maybe. Banananov was a dominant scorer and Bananerstrom should be no different, and may be even better. So I do not see it as an unrealistic thing to happen. Bananerstrom is going to storm the SHL!
The one thing that will change it will be the team Bananerstrom is drafted from. Will he be given all the ice time like some players? Or will he be on a deep team and be a second liner his whole career? If he doesn't get to be a first liner then it may be more difficult. So that means Bananerstrom is going to have to hit the weights! You can do it, Bananerstrom! And even if he doesn't match Redding's best season, he could have the longevity that makes him a better overall player. Will that happen? That is more likely.
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