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    ECL Elite 16 in 16: Written In The Stars

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    ECL Elite 16 in 16 is a season preview series we're implementing ahead of ECL 7. The idea was conceived by @chavelski, but due to time constraining the man himself, the project is now being carried out by the rest of our Elite writing team. The series will be released in 16 parts, one article for each team. The teams have been ranked by all team captains, and articles are being released in order from predicted last place finish to predicted champion of ECL 7. The objective of this series is to give an idea to the community of who is representing which team, added by a small insight into the team with an interview of the team captain.

    Few teams hold the distinction that Written in the Stars are able to claim; playing in all ECL Elite seasons and making the playoffs throughout is certainly an impressive feat. Despite this continued regular season success, Written has run into some quite serendipitous matchups in the playoffs. In ECL 4 they faltered to Dynasty who would go on to make the finals and lose to Laser HT. ECL 5 was an improvement as they dispatched Dynasty in the 1st round, however they came unstuck against SJK (previously Laser HT) who went on to make the finals and lose to Aapon Taikasauva in a five game series. In both of these seasons Written finished in 4th place, so when they punched their ticket to the ECL 6 playoffs with a nigh on perfect record of 27-2-1 (30GP), it was beginning to look like it was finally ‘their’ year. However, fate is rarely so simple. After quashing Northern Stars’ run in convincing fashion in the 1st round, Written moved on and was knocked out by, you guessed it, the eventual runner up Northern Ascendancy.

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    IN:

    Dominointi <-- SJK eSports
    VesKuLiNe <-- SJK eSports
    Hansulinho <-- SJK eSports
    willekunq <-- Red Machine
    topikeranen <-- Evolution
    Bugimir <-- Military service

    OUT:

    ADETIKKI --> Symphony
    joukki13 --> Radical
    eissi83 --> Butterfly Effect
    Totalii --> Radical 

     

     

     

    Current Roster:

    Forwards
    Dominointi (A) @Dominointi
    FlyerKungen (C) @FlyerKungen
    Bugimir @Bugimir
    topikeranen @topikeranen

    Defensemen
    jtorro1234 (A) @jtorro1233
    willekunq @willekunq
    JOHTAJAVIRTANEN @JOHTAJAVIRTANEN
    VesKuLiNe @VesKuLiNe

    Goaltenders
    JANURI98 @JanneK.
    Hansulinho @Hansulinho

     

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    With this is mind we’ll segue into our short but sweet interview with @FlyerKungen:

    With such great regular season showings but post-season results that perhaps leave little to be desired, what changes have you made over this past off-season in an attempt to hopefully propel your team deeper into the playoffs, and what were the motives behind said moves? 

    After a disappointing playoffs, we didn't have any plans to change things too much. When ADETIKKI made an early decision to leave us, we were forced to start looking for a new center. After hearing a rumor about the SJK eSports "re-building" thing, I immediately asked Dominointi if he is leaving SJK eSports and maybe interested to join us, and he was. He wanted me to start playing the center position, so he can play right wing for the first time in his career and it was a fine deal for me. That's why I played Summer Cup 3 as a center. Our next thing was when Bugimir called me and said, "My Army is almost over, I want to play Hockey again!". He has played here for ECL 3 & 5 and he is my good friend so that's why I wanted to take him back. Last four signings, VesKuLiNe, Hansulinho, willekunq and topikeranen wanted to join here after seeing our current team and we know all these guys very well from the past and each of them are great teammates. We also agreed that a bigger amount of players could be better for us now.

     

    In continuation of the last question, are you done tooling with the team now or are you still looking for some extra pieces? 

    Our team is now ready for the ECL 7 and we are not looking for players anymore.

     

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    With all of this in mind, what are your expectations for the upcoming season? And who do you think are the current favourites to win it all?

    The Elite division seems to be tougher than never before. So many potential and skilled teams. Battle between playoff-spots will be fun to watch and it's very hard to predict which eight teams will be playing in playoffs. It's also hard to say who is the favourite to win it all but at least FILADELPHIA, Symphony & Dynasty will be tough teams to beat if you face them in playoffs.

     

    Thanks for your answers FlyerKungen, good luck with the starting season!

    You can follow Written In The Stars during the ECL Elite season and live at the eSM finals 3.11. at GameXpo.

     

    ECL Elite 16 in 16 so far:
    (Links to each team article)

    1. Written In The Stars
    2. FILADELPHIA
    3. Radical
    4. Symphony
    5. Dynasty
    6. Northern Ascendancy
    7. Sjukstugan
    8. Northern Stars
    9. Unlucky Boys
    10. Rusty Blades
    11. Almost Famous
    12. Butterfly Effect
    13. SIKA
    14.
    Gotham Knights
    15. Falun Coal Miners
    16. Team Frosty

     

    So, NHLGamers.. The Elite season is on it's way and we've counted down to the very start with this 16 in 16 series! What do you think about the season that is around the corner? Who will be the top scorer? Who prevails as the champion? Let us know in the comments and stay tuned for more amazing action to come!




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    17 minutes ago, Tuukka.R said:

    Am I only one who thinks that Fila should be number 1 on this ? 🤔 

    Nah, there are 10 players in FILA that shares your opinion. + 25 other guys that voted for them. But that's it, I guess?!

    There is no Seppo in FILA, it may be the reason. 🙃

    (I hope I have jinxed both Written and FILA now). 

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    Good luck and all that, everyone.

     

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    Thanks for the good work interviewers. These were fun to read and it's interesting to see, how the table really settles after couple of games :)

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    3 tuntia sitten, Tuukka.R kirjoitti:

    Am I only one who thinks that Fila should be number 1 on this ? 🤔 

    If I have to choose between FILA and SKY, I would say SKY :)

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    2 tuntia sitten, DieCutterMC kirjoitti:

    If I have to choose between FILA and SKY, I would say SKY :)

    If I have to choose between my friends and not friends, I would say friends ;)

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