It's another week of CCHL action and another week of my brilliant thoughts. Once again I couldn't quite come up with 31 thoughts but we'll stay with the five for the week.
Let's get it underway because I'm short on time and long on ideas this week.
1. Travis Zajac could have been had by anyone if they wanted to assume his large salary for the year. It was looking like Zajac would become a free agent and likely not play the rest of the season in the CCHL until a two and a half month injury to Fort Erie's Sean Couturier made Zajac an appealing option.
Zajac has helped improve the Falcons PK by 5% since his arrival and has bounced back and forth between the first and fourth lines. It's impressive to see the veteran center sit at a plus-five rating in seven games with the Falcons despite flip-flopping in his role almost every other game.
2. After a scorching red hot start to the season, the Long Island Express find themselves losers of five straight contests and sit in seventh place, just two points ahead of Moscow for the final playoff spot in the Canosa conference.
It seems impossible to think that after that start that Long Island would have been in this spot but goaltending has become a bit of an issue of late. Can Long Island rebound and go on another hot streak? Remember just two years ago Fort Erie started 10-2 before losing eight straight and having to start from scratch. It worked out well for Fort Erie that year; can it work out well for Long Island with a solid winning record again?
3. Vlad Terasenko is averaging a point per game through 20 games and finds himself on the trade block in the land of the Freezing Bears. It's incredible that no other CCHL team has stepped up to acquire the dynamic, yet injury-prone winger. He's managed to stay healthy all year but with a questionable durability rating, can he maintain that health throughout the year? I bet there's at least one team that will take a chance on him.
4. Who is looking forward to the prospect tournament? Are you excited?
5. The league average penalty-killing rate has gone up illustrating the early power-play success was unsustainable as I had originally thought. Still an interesting study to watch going forward.
Well, that's it for another week of 31 thoughts. I hope you enjoyed it. If you didn't, send an email to the league commissioner.....wait, nevermind that's me. I guess if you didn't like it, wait until next week when I write something you may like more! Until then, take care and stay safe friends.
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