I wanted to look at an All-Rookie all-star team, with a Team A and B--totally not because I wanted to talk about myself--in the vein of "end of year all-star teams."


Things are heavily skewed by the scoring numbers along the wings with this one but I feel that is fair with the immense quantity which Scott and Marner are producing this season. I wanted to keep things strictly positional down to the where the wingers play according to the index, but I was unable to ignore that the top 3 scorers in the class (as far as I know) are all RWers. For Scott, he leads the class in goals, assists, and points with 12, 16, and 28 respectively. On top of that, Scott plays with a physical edge. Early rookie of the year frontrunner that can't not be included here. Marner is in a similar boat where they are tied for second in goals with 8, in a huge tie for third in assists, and in second with points. Just amazing seasons from both so far, which land them here. To round out the forward we have Forrester who is a natural centre. On a Tampa team that is second last in goals for in 52, Forrester has contributed on 13 of those points which is impressive as fuck for someone on Tampa Bay. They don't pick up hits, but they lead the class in shot blocks by my count, which is damn nice for a forward. Even if it's the Barracusuck effect, that earns Forrester the top C distinctions

Lazer and Aumy Jr. are next up. Lazer is a player you're shocked to see have 0 goals on the season, yet they line up for 2nd in points among defensemen with 11 assists to make up for it. I'm wary to put Lazer on the top team due to the fact they are a Hamilton Steelhawks player, and the lack of goals could lead to thoughts of them capitalizing on being a good team. He and his partner, Murphy, hosting the lowest Corsifor%'s on the team don't ease those concerns but fuck it. Then we have the leading defensive scorer in the class with Aumy Jr. After getting passed over in their tertiary S54 draft, they went late into the S55 draft as a flyer by Buffalo to pick a their own player very very late. Well, they proved themselves as a positive influence in the locker room and get to do the same on the ice. 5 goals as a d-man, 14 points overall, not much more to say in all honesty.

In net we have another rookie of the year candidate in Thor Odinson. I believe they are the only rookie netminder stepping into a starter role immediately, and they are doing so very comfortably. Seattle isn't currently in a playoff spot but as a western conference team member myself, this mfer seems to be playing out of his mind, and keeps Seattle threatening to help Seattle into a spot. A .922sv%, a 2.83 GAA, he's just really good. Potential in-team MVP candidate as well.

Same thing as last time, I'm looking at points a lot more than anything else cause fuck, I cant watch these guys live, Covid's out there and the stadiums are closed.

I think this line is a lot more responsible two-way than the 1st team, and could give them a run for their money all things considered (Scott having a lot of weapons to work with on the steelhawks is something to consider, but is also not all things to consider). Opening up we have Zakkira Diporov, top scoring natural LWer with twelve points, puts up a pretty good 16 SB's, and oooh my god 105 hits? Diporov is on a war path out there, I wouldn't be shocked if his own team was on the recieving end on some of these hits, he goes absolutely crazy out there. He can score, hit, what's not to love? Next up we have JURT. I already wrote that name off memory once and didn't double-check it, I sure as hell ain't doing it again. The runner-up for best two-way forward every year in the J, JURT is tied with Forrester for points among tertiary centremen among rookies. The main things keeping him down are that the same amount of points on a much better team isn't AS impressive, but JURT's numbers are still good and I don't wanna keep em down. Then we got the first Blizzard (woot woot) in Kyle Sutton on the right side. 3rd among rookies in points, not being a centre really hurt Sutton's shot at being on the 1st team, but 2nd team isn't anything to laugh at. Sutton is a goal scorer at heart, and on Edmonton they are not only leading rookies in scoring, but they are outscoring sophomores Hartmann and LaForest. So they are producing well relative to the team, and relative to rookies. Easy snag right there for 2nd team.

Defensively there are a lot of d-men in the tier of "good for different things" which makes it hard to quantify. I can't tell you how I hard I just wanted to stick myself into this section and call it a day but no. I didn't. Instead we have Slimey Snail and Tinke Jutila, a full Minnesota pairing for the 2nd team all-rookie all-stars. Jutila is another well-rounded defenesmen with 8 points (tied for 3rd), as well as a fair amount of shot blocks and hits to their name. Just a solid two-way game that serves them into the all-star selections. Snail doesn't quite have the point production, but they are taking a page out of Mathias Seger's play with their defensive influence. Just 5 points, but they have a whopping 65 hits and 48 shots blocked. That kind of two-way presence within their own team (second in hits!!) sky-rockets them above myself for the final defensive spot on the all rookie team.

Finally in net, no surprises here, Cale Amundsen. Very good goalie, and also the only goalie I remember being a rookie aside from Odinson. That's not to take away from Amundsen's performance, they are very good behind Vilde, posting a 7-1 record with a .916sv%. For those wondering, that is just one behind Kata Vilde. Also one behind Vilde is their shutout count at 2. Amundsen has been dependable for the Dragons, giving them a chance to win every start they've made this year, easily earning the 2nd-team spot regardless of there being next to no competition.