The Utah Mammoth GM search is finally over. After a long a grueling process that stretched into early December, the team formally announced Prather Silverthorn as the new general manager. This is Silverthorn's first GM role at the PSHL level, and there is a lot of work to be done. The Mammoth have seen a staff exodus with many scouts leaving the organization due to the uncertainty posed by the long unfilled GM role. Silverthorn will have to quickly rebuild Utah's scouting department, to ensure they do not waste what will likely be an early pick in the upcoming draft.

 

On the ice, the Mammoth rank among the most anemic offenses in the PSHL, a situation Silverthorn will want to rectify. Young stars Hayden Manchurek, Silas Everett, and Pavel Sokolov have the talent to be one of the PSHL's most prolific lines, but have been kept relatively quiet so far this season. The Mammoth will be looking to tweak their offensive philosophy in order to get more production out of their talented forwards. It remains to be seen if Utah can score enough goals to cover up their shaky back end and get themselves back in the mix for a wildcard spot before the trade deadline. Utah has a lot of young talent that they would like to hold on to, but goal keeper Lovell Boudens and defensemen Michael MacMurchy could be potential trade chips for the Mammoth if the team continues to struggle.

 

It will be interesting to see how Silverthorn can build a competitive around Manchurek, Everett, and Sokolov within the next couple of seasons.

We are 43 games into the 2038/2039 PSHL season and Silas Everett has been scoring goals on demand for a Utah team who has looked....better...??? This season. Perhaps better is a strong word for a team that looks to finish even with results froma  season prior. However, this season feels hopeful with a team being driven currently by the teams youth core. Young veterans like Preston Califf and Kiril Nomerovsky, as well as newly minted team captain Silas Everett. All this, despite averaging 30 minutes less ice time a night, our boy is learning cost effectiveness and we love it! Everett has 12 goals in his last 11 games played. This outburst has catapulted him to 4th in league scoring. With the league leader sitting 10 goals ahead, we don't think a scoring title is in the cards for this season, but if he remains consistent he could joint he 50 goal club in his 4th PSHL season.

The Arizona Coyotes will look to re-tool in the next season or two - with a rough 2036-2037 behind them. Now, in the off-season. We can look to the future and deep dive on what could come next for a team shackled by a few veteran contracts. One such player is Andrey Titlyanov - the 'Yotes 5th round choice - 150th overall in the 2036 draft. Titlyanov loves the spotlight and the 6'1 Russian forward loves to put on a show when he scores. Lighting the lamp 11 times in the VHL this season. "He plays a responsible two-way game, with his strength being defence. However, he has produced points in every league he has played in. We were really shocked he fell to us last year in round 5 - he played most of the season in the RUS-U18 league and had 21 points in 14 games. He added 10 games int he VHL and had 6 points. He looked really good this year the times we got over to see him - really impressed. We are startign to see a lot of great young Cs coming up - Calif, Juntunen, Nomerovsky and Titlyanov as well. It is exciting."