Claimed: Federov Rookie Season Report

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For some rookie players entering the league, they flourish into elite power players right away. For the majority, it can take a little bit of time, experience and proper development in order to really start making an impact for themselves and their organization. Then, you have the exception of some who never become anything more than below mediocre. Numerous things have an affect on this, from who their agent is, how and what they develop into, what management they play for and the organizational side of things. Additionally, coming from playing over seas to a newer style of game potentially can also play a factor.

 

For Aleksei Federov, this never seemed to a be an issue for him early on when he played for the Brampton Blades organization. While he wasn't the top VHLM player during his stint in the league, he made a name for himself as a strong two-way defender who could be counted on. More importantly, he engraved himself in the list as a potential top 2 defenseman in the VHL with the potential to become "elite" status. Though his play was strong during his junior days and a name was made, many challenges remained in his way. These challenges are ones that all players face and have to overcome so it was only a matter of time before we got a real taste of the Federov persona. Drafted by Seattle, he knew due to the struggling organization that his name would be called to play up the following season. The organization went 11-49-12 and easily took last place on the season. 

 

Despite the poor performance of the team, we're going to break down briefly how we felt Aleksei Federov played in his first season. We're going to look at a couple factors - the good, the bad and what went right, with what went wrong. Lastly, we're going to do a potential outlook for the young player to see if he met standards and to see where his path is going to be leading him in the future.

 

Aleksei Federov - D - Seattle Bears

Seasonal Breakdown

Aleksei Federov, as stated prior, was drafted to an organization with zero anything except very, very poor defensive and goalie depth. The organization was slated by numerous betting sites and scouts to finish last in the league and the organization managed to prove them right (though it wasn't too hard). Aside from Federov, the next highest point total on the organization was 18. In fact, only 4 players managed to hit double digit numbers. On the plus, and really the only plus, Federov managed 17 goals, 26 assists for 43 points through the 72 game season. He was also showing a physical side to his game (contributing factor to this could be the weaker team) and showed the fans in Seattle that he can log big minutes.

 

Despite the poor performance by the team (as a whole and 99% of the players), Federov showed that he can handle the load, play on a very bad team and still be a good player. When you look at the bigger picture with an honest aspect, the team is shit and he's the only thing good there. 43 points in 72 games isn't bad for a defenseman with no forwards getting you points and no other significant talent helping you find the goal light game after game. 

 

Federov Season Rating:

A-

 

Reason: We think this rating may even be a little low. Some too may argue it's a little high, but we fell as though he had an exceptional season with very poor circumstances affecting his overall play. Place Federov on New York, Stockholm etc and with the right amount of playing time (not being shafted to low minutes), he could of had one hell of a season and arguably had a point per game year (or close to it).

 

Future Rating (A-F) and Risk (0-100%)

A- / 21%

 

He's been slipping on training so this is the reasoning behind the 21%. One missed week isn't going to kill his career but it could be a sign of bad things to come! For the future potential, it's still as bright as ever right now with the TPE amount etc. If he got out of Seattle (or they improved), that likely would go up to an "A".

 

For Federov for the week May 8th to 14th @Will

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Way to throw your team under the proverbial bus!