VanIslander
A 19-year ATDer on HfBoards
Icebreakers end season prematurely
(ATD-ML) With so much more to accomplish, the expansion team rookie g.m. cottonking has to wait another season before testing his drafting and roster acumen against veteran team builders in the postseason. The Icebreakers of Omaha finish the season in the basement of the Atd#7 Minor League with a line-up of mostly 90's generation players. So it's of some irony that the team MVP is old school, the team's number one blueliner, HHOFer Dickie Boon, the speedy original poke checker. All three members of captain McPhee's top line have been singled out for praise but no team can survive on the excellence of one line and a defenseman, even with fine coaching by Berenson during Hitchcock's call-up to the pro club. Goaltending hasn't held up as expected even if by committee, despite occasional great play by Potvin and sometimes solid starts by Salo. Omaha alternate captain Buchburger is rumoured to be taking it pretty hard, and many say the career third and fourth liner was overused in an all-time context, handling regular third line and penalty kill duties, and as the character guy he is, is deflecting blame from elsewhere in the post-game press conference following their mathematical elimination. The team g.m. could not be contacted in time for this story but is expected to release a statement about the season.
(ATD-ML) With so much more to accomplish, the expansion team rookie g.m. cottonking has to wait another season before testing his drafting and roster acumen against veteran team builders in the postseason. The Icebreakers of Omaha finish the season in the basement of the Atd#7 Minor League with a line-up of mostly 90's generation players. So it's of some irony that the team MVP is old school, the team's number one blueliner, HHOFer Dickie Boon, the speedy original poke checker. All three members of captain McPhee's top line have been singled out for praise but no team can survive on the excellence of one line and a defenseman, even with fine coaching by Berenson during Hitchcock's call-up to the pro club. Goaltending hasn't held up as expected even if by committee, despite occasional great play by Potvin and sometimes solid starts by Salo. Omaha alternate captain Buchburger is rumoured to be taking it pretty hard, and many say the career third and fourth liner was overused in an all-time context, handling regular third line and penalty kill duties, and as the character guy he is, is deflecting blame from elsewhere in the post-game press conference following their mathematical elimination. The team g.m. could not be contacted in time for this story but is expected to release a statement about the season.