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Old 12-19-2016, 06:41 PM   #23
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2018/2019 | Pre Season Record:
GP: 7, W: 6, L: 1, OTL: 0, GF: 27, GA: 18

2018/2019 | Pre Season Notes/ Season Outlooks:
Players Stats:
Sean Monahan:
If the pre-seasons is any indication of what we will see this season from Sean Monahan, we can praise GM Baker for picking up this star player. In the 7 games of the pre-season, Sean Monahan collected an amazing 12 points (5G, 7A) and was a +8. He had a PPG and SHG during it. He's been paired with Ilya Kovalchuk & Brandon Saad as the Elite Bulldogs number one lineup.

Brandon Saad:
Saad's a force to be reckon with as we seen when we acquired him at the trade deadline. He ended up being a huge part of the Stanley Cup Run, and this pre-season looks as though he won't be slowing down. He managed to collect 4G, 7A for 11 points and was +7 during the stretch. He continued his chemistry with Kovalchuk on the first line and doesn't look to be getting moved anytime soon.

Ilya Kovalchuk:
Kovalchuk had an average pre-season coming off with 8 points during the 7 games played (4G, 4A). 3/8 of his points came on the Power play. At the age of 35 Kovalchuk is proving he still has what it takes at the NHL level, but many aren't expecting another 69 point season as he did last year. Time will only tell, but expect Ilya to still be a clutch player when it comes to those key points needed to be made.

Second Line
The second line seen James Neal and Andrew Shaw being paired up on either sides on the wing. The Center hadn't been made official, but Martin Hanzal spent a good chunk with the line (also being moved to third line center). The line looked promising as they collected 16 points together as a pairing. Neal and Shaw are expected to stick to the second line, but Bonino (Who was injured all the preseason) is expected to be the #2 center for these guys.

Third Line
As expected that would mean Martin Hanzal will center the third line. As we know the line could change at any point, right now on paper we're expecting Bryan Rust and newly acquired Brendan Perlini to be the wingers for that line. Rust had a pretty good showing collecting 5 Assists during the preseason, being rotated from second and third line. Brendan on the other hand had it rough, playing in all 7 games, collecting no points and finished as a -1. GM Baker thinks he's still got promise and will prove himself down the stretch of the season opening.

Fourth Line
The fourth lines kinda going to be just thrown together with Center: Mattias Janmark out of action right now indefinite with a partially torn UCI. That being said Center: Laurent Dauphin will get to start the season again with wingers Matt Nieto & Patrick Maroon. Laurent got to start the season last year and in his 7 appearances he only managed to get 1 Assist. He's hoping that he can mustard out something more, to earn a spot on the main roster this season. Nieto hasn't played yet, but standing 5'11 and 212LBS we expect him to be the man giving goalies a little trouble in front of the net. Lastly Patrick Maroon will finish out the lineup. His Physical play will be counted on and expect him to give those star players a hard time. Last season he spent most of his time (40 Games) in the AHL. He did play 35 games last season for the Elite Bulldogs and went 4G, 10A, for 14PTS. He had 11PIM's and was a +9 when he was called on.

Defensive Threat:
A lot to look forward to this season in front of Steve Mason and Al Montoya. Derek Forbort will be taking on the first line duties and if he performs as well as last season, we know it will be promising. He will have the assistance of Alexei Emelin who was the top +/- last season along his side. Many are excited to see how the season goes with these two leading the Defence.

Luke Schenn's still here, but will be starting this season not on the first line, but second pairing with Simon Despres. Schenn last season was a force to be reckon with for Mason during the season and throughout the playoffs. Making sure Mason was getting vision on the puck was his duty and he did it well. Expect more this season. Simon was a quiet man out there, but did damage. He had 30pts last season (7G, 23A). He had a lot of injury's during the playoffs, but played 80/82 games last season.

Third line expects to be a threat and could move up during the season who knows. 2nd Round Pick, 64 overall Yan Aucoin will get a chance to start the season with the main roster. He will be paired with Adam Larsson who had a decent season last year. Larsson played in 79/82 games last season and collected 9G, 26A for 35PTS rotating throughout the first and second line. With the addition of Alexei, expect Larsson to rotate through the 2nd and 3rd line, depending what is needed.

Goalie Stats:
Steve Mason:
Manson's Preseason was rocky at best. He played all 7 games during the preseason (Al Montoya injured most of it, so didn't play). He faced 127 shots during the preseason allowing 18 goals (GAA: 2.57 SV%: .858) , going 6 Wins, 1 Loss. Mason's rough preseason didn't seem to alarm GM Baker or Coach Oates. Both still feel Manson's true nature will return in due time during the season.

Al Montoya
He met some injury issues for preseason and when returned just backed up Mason. We expect to see this a lot during the season, but when Montoya does get the call, We expect him to be at par from last season with a great season.
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