Breakaway

RSHL Rosters
Season 11 Team Profile
Breakaway
Captain: Gold (C)
Alternates: MD (A) w0 (A)

Well, BA has been actively recruiting the past week or so, and they have tried to shore up their weaknesses. AFH Whiplash>> and IGGY- being the two newest recruits. One a veteran defenseman, the other a solid backup goalie, and good utility/depth player with some Cup experience to go with the over 10 other experienced vets.
BA definitely has a solid roster now, and they have established themselves as a top 5 team. Now if they get shaft, they will be back in contention as a Cup favorite. What a difference a few players make. It really isn't 1 player that makes a difference, but when combined with the mass of depth that BA has, Shaft will give them that defensive presence they desperately need.

So while my quick rundown of teams had BA's D/M/G all being very weak, they made some quick repairs, and theres no way they cant make the playoffs now.
We could make this BA profile a history lesson, and just go through the amazing RSHL careers of players like Anno Domini, Gold, cOnFuSeS, Cyris, and my favorite breakaway artist, dai along with the Breakaway finisher, buck cat. Of course I have to mention w0 too, since he is sysop, and then there is Sephiroso, whose greatest game ever came when he goalied for Epik in season 7, and helped EP to upset BL in Epik's only legitimate win of it's entirety. Other then that, Seph is just there cause he's LC and where would BA be without having the LC on its team?

Anyways, with all these great vets, which 6 do you choose to start? It's pretty simple since many of them have lost their way, and only a few (dozen) actually have kept their game up. OK, I lied, it isnt easy.

Breakaway current projected starting line up>
Offense: Buck, Gold, and: w0, conf, cyris, hb, anno, dai and Xeno.
Mid/D: AFH + qbawl
Goalie: MaximaSE

Gold is really their team leader, he always has been. He's much like Darth(Capt Crunch), a two way forward, very aware, and consistent. While he doesn't put up big numbers on offense, he is the reason why BA isn't dead. Buck cat will be a shot of adrenaline to the BA lineup, a spunky wb forward who is pesky off the puck in the defensive end, and never die attitude. BA usually lacks focus during the regular season, and buck is the type of player willing to bring that focus every game. Conf is much the same as Gold, cept conf really goes unnoticed. BA's offense is better then last year by far. Idividually that is, they arnt going to win against the big teams if they try and fastbreak all game long, they will need to pull it out and showcase a plan. The settings changes have made scoring easier, but that means they other team can score on you just as easily. Breakaways are still few and far between, so having w0 crash head on into the goalie wont score too many goals this season (despite the chopped CRs).
So, it will be interesting to see if BA can keep up with the new style of game that will be played this season with the settings changes. They have yet to look good in any scrim, so many questions still remain. Their defense and goalie situation is still unproven, much the same way one would question any new goalie entering any league.

One thing is for sure, they're a top 5 team, but that only means they can drop the bottom 7 teams, it's all about the 4 teams equal, if not better then them.