Offseason. This is new. I’ve been given my official media tag so I’m like a big deal now. This week I will be bringing you a few things to wrap up season 45 and get us ready for 46. Today I will be giving out my First and Second team players, and All defensive team for the Regular season.

FIRST TEAM PLAYERS 

First team players are the top of the bunch. The play is exponential better and the stats show

Your First team LW. Fishhure. Tho Fish mains RW (now c watch out) he played a bunch of games on LW this season and still produced at a high level. League forward leader in Goals, Assists, Points and Games played this is a clear and concise pick. To put his excellence into perspective, The Sharks scored 231 goals this season while Fish played, he accounted for a point on 166 of those. Another solid season turned in for Fish

First Team Center. Later Smitty. Smitty Exemplified the Center position well. He won over 50% of his draws while having a positive GV/TK margin which gave him the edge for First Team Honors. Smitty added 110 points and turned in a 57 +/-. He was the Robin to Fish most of the season finding him a bunch. Not to mention he shot nearly 43% so when a goal was needed he could be counted on

First Team RW. Boknows. Will be talked about a lot this week in post season awards and rightfully so. Bo posted a league best 4.9 PPG recording 127 points in 26 games. If it wasn’t for a mid season vacation and bad Thursday avail, he runs away with all forward awards. Like Smitty, when Bo shot, there was a high chance it would go in. 

First Team LD. Doranz. As most people know Doranz is easily a top 3 player in SP regardless of season. Doranz led qualified Dmen with an astonishing 2.9 ppg. This comes as no surprise as he had to carry Brad on the left side all season. The GV/TK margin isn’t as good as others but when you put in the perspective of how much he had the puck it makes sense. Just too good of an offensive threat to leave off this list.

First Team RD. Reimattack. Reim was a backbone all season to the Flyers defensive success. His league leading 64 points on D brought another element to the offense. But when called on defensively he was there. A 3.55 GV/TK was amongst the best in that scoring bracket. If I wasn’t dumb enough to play fourth forward on D, Reim would’ve ran away with the Norris (Yeah bart).

First Team Goalie. Liljxgren. This season Calgary had two high Quality goaltenders. Gren just happened to be a bit better in my eyes. A 12-5 record put him in 4th for wins. His 80 save percentage and a 2.71 gaa puts him 2nd in the league for both categories. He also posted 3 shutouts in the 17 games played.

SECOND TEAM PLAYERS

Like the players above, these ones are right there at the top, just a notch below.

Second Team LW. Xbradeii. In Brad’s first season in SP he made a splash. Totaling 105 points in 30 games, this was good enough for 5th in that category. Brad also played a solid two way role locking up solid RWs on other teams. A player who has the capabilities to step up to a first team, we shall see if he stays and develops into that role.

Second Team C. Hughsy. Hughsy was right there with Smitty for first team honors but a lesser point total and GV/TA margin landed him here. Second team is not a slight to him whatsoever as he is a perennially force defensively regardless of position. Acting as a third defenseman and putting up 103 points is fairly impressive. He also finished second in Faceoff percentage for qualified players.

Second Team RW. J_Sherminator. Sherm had a phenomenal season like most of his counterparts on the first team, but being pigeon holded behind the best Forward in the league and bouncing around a bit between C and RW is why he’s on the second team. Sherm registered 124 points in 34 games, good for 3rd in the league. He also played solid defense and was an important piece of the run to the cup.

Second Team LD. Bxrt. Bart and Randy will never be split up again for some reason. Bart may never play defense again but he turned in a solid season. Second in the League in points with 61 and a solid GV/TA of 3.33. Bart is a really skilled forward who should probably stick to forward.

Second Team RD. Shxyne. Shayne wasn’t the best Dman on his own team but he lands here because he plays RD and not LD (And also plays the position right). Jokes aside, Shayne was a staple for the team’s success on defense. A 1.61 GV/TK ratio and adding 50 points to his name, Shayne lands himself second team honors.

Second Team G. Flashify. This was tough not to give to Chad but Flashify finished the season 13-1 and a 78 save percentage that was above an 80 before the final game. In this stretch he solidified his role as starter for the Sharks but couldn’t get it done come playoff time.

ALL DEFENSIVE TEAM

As simple as it sounds. Best defensive player at each position.

All Defensive LW.  xBradeii. Second time coming in today is Brad. As I stated earlier Brad did a really good job at slowing opposing teams RWs down. Brad’s Takeaway to giveaway numbers were solid for a guy who saw the puck a lot.

All Defensive C. John Dean. This comes as a shock to literally no one. John is always one of the best defensive centers in the game. One of a handful of Forwards to have a positive GV/TK stat is an impressive mark to reach. John was a key reason for the frustrations teams had in the playoffs vs the Caps.

All Defensive RW. J_Sherminator. Sherm, like Brad, finds himself on another list for good reason. Sherm displayed an exceptional ability to play on both ends of the ice at a high level. Adding to his high point total, he was top 5 in both takeaways and interceptions.

All Defensive LD. WheelChairDevon. As shocked as everyone else reading that is, Dev actually turned in solid numbers in his 19 games on defense. With a GV/TA ratio of 6.53, dev led the league among qualified players. Dev also caused chaos, laying the BOOM with 240 hits, also tops in the league.

All Defensive RD. BIG DAN/illusionz. Illusionz is new to SP this season but was a huge contributor on the defensive side of the puck. On a team like Buffalo where Steve would control the puck on breakouts, Illusionz was serviceable enough to be trusted. He posted a 6.42 GA/TK ratio, 2nd only behind Devon.

All Defensive G. Alonzi. Alonzi is this season’s goalie who saw the most pucks. A total of 518 shots were recorded, 90 more than the next closest. Despite this Alonzi was among the top ten of goalies posting a 77 save percentage stopping nearly 400 pucks this season.