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Only a few moments ago a new Russian superstar arrived into the world of the VHL. Right winger Sergei Kovalev has always had one dream, that dream is to dominate in the Victory Hockey League. It is long over due but he is finally that much closer to his dream. In due time Kovalev will be joining the VHLM and one of it’s amazing franchises. Every eighteen year old dreams of this moment. After years and years of pushing himself with personal trainers, teammates and coaches Kovalev feels he has what it takes. In Russia, Sergei played in the KHL for the Ak Bars. On the Bars, Sergei played a total of 82 regular season games. In those games he managed to score 62 goals and tallying 33 apples. Totaling 95 points. The city of Ak looked at Sergei Kovalev as a gift from the hockey gods. From the beginning the city of Ak had high hopes for Kovalev to succeed. Without any sweat he managed to live up to the cities expectations. This helped Kovalev gain experience in the spotlight, which will help him in his new league and on his new team. No one ever wants to let there city down that is for sure and Kovalev definitely did not want to be known as that guy. When Sergei Kovalev was coming off the airplane we managed to stop him for a few questions. The first question we asked Sergei was how excited he was to finally be here, and how he was handling all the nerves? Without hesitation he answered “ I feel like I am dreaming, waiting to wake up and realize it is all too good to be true. To be honest I have very nervous, but in a good way. You guys may not see it, but when I was younger I was taught to hide it. “ Our reporter was surprised, at such a young age Sergei was already answering questions so professionally. Our reporter then followed up his previous question with another, asking Kovalev if there were any VHLM teams that he had interest in playing for. His response was simple but precise. “ I will honestly play anywhere that would be happy enough to have me on their roster. I know I will end up somewhere and where ever that is, I am going to play my heart out there.” Sergei told us “I just can not wait to get into the league and show everyone what I can do!” Sergei Kovalev has a great mentor to help coach him through his career, @Banackock. Banackock has a lot of experience in the VHL and Kovalev feels that he is the perfect guy to lead him to greatness. Before Sergei came from Russia he did his research on Banackock. Xavier Laflamme was the last player under Banackock’s belt and he was a pretty outstanding player in his final year with the Seattle Bears during their cup run, and that spiked Kovalev’s interest.

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1) What is your expectations for this up coming season for Oslo? 2) Who do you see winning the NHL playoffs and Stanley Cup? 3) Do you have any advice for a new up and coming player? 4) Who is Oslo's biggest rival if they have one? 5) Where do you see Oslo in 5 seasons?

It was a great run my best one yet. Ready to recreate and give it a real try this time! What better way to go out then by winning another great cup with the amazing Seattle Bears!

Player InformationUsername: LaFlammeFull Name: Sergei KovalevPosition: RWAge: 18Handedness: RRecruited By/From: n/aWould you like an experienced member to mentor you? banaPlayer AttributesTotal Points Earned: 30 (carry over = 440 x 0.08 = 35.2 - 5 BANKED TPE, total 35 TPE)CK = Checking: 40FG = Fighting: 40DI = Discipline: 40SK = Skating: 40ST = Strength: 40PH = Puck Handling: 40FO = Face Offs: 40PA = Passing: 40SC = Scoring: 70DF = Defense: 40PS = Penalty Shot: 40EX = Experience: 40LD = Leadership: 40OtherJersey Number: 17Height (inches): 6'2Weight (lbs.): 203Birthplace: Moscow, RussiaAwardsCareer StatsPlayer MovementPast Players

1. What is Quebec's plans for this up coming season? 2. You guys just acquired forward Xavier Laflamme, what are your plans with him? 3. What team do you see being Quebec's biggest threat this upcoming season ? 4. How long till your rebuild becomes competitors? 5. Waffles or pancakes?

When teams win the championship its an amazing feeling. Unfortunately after all the hype and excitement the team has to think about its future. This typically means moving the older more expensive players for the younger players who are up and coming. For Xavier Laflamme, it was his time to move locations. On this date, April 9 of the year 2018, Laflamme was put onto a plane and sent from Seattle up to the wonderful city of Quebec. Quebec is currently starting a rebuild and looking for a veteran approach from Xavier for the younger guys to come. Although Xavier Laflamme is not a big name around the league, most people know him from his lack of sticking around activity wise. Clearly General Manager @Beaviss see's something in Laflamme that he wants on his team. That or Xavier was just an appropriate pick costing Quebec only a 3rd round pick. Guess we will never know. Will Laflamme be a bust? or will he show the VHL that Quebec just got a steal? only time will tell.

Xavier Laflamme claims 5 tpe

User Name: Laflamme Cup Winner: Nashville EASTERN CONFERENCE Lightning (A1) vs. Devils (WC2) Winner: Devils # of Games: 7 Bruins (A2) vs. Maple Leafs (A3) Winner: Boston # of Games: 6 Capitals (M1) vs. Blue Jackets (WC1) Winner: Caps # of Games: 5 Penguins (M2) vs. Flyers (M3) Winner: Pens # of Games: 5 WESTERN CONFERENCE Predators (C1) vs. Avalanche (WC2) Winner: Predators # of Games: 5 Jets (C2) vs. Wild (C3) Winner: Jets # of Games: 6 Golden Knights (P1) vs. Kings (WC1) Winner: Knights # of Games: 6 Ducks (P2) vs. Sharks (P3) Winner: Sharks # of Games: 7

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A whole new player You've heard it a thousand times and at this point it seems like a broken record playing the same, scratchy, horrible tune over and over again. At this rate, you'e going to have Shania Twain "Party for 2" stuck in your head for weeks and we're sorry, but Shania is shit. For LaFlamme, struggle has been the biggest thing in his career and despite some small efforts for change, he's never really seemed to find his legs, get going and make a difference for the Seattle Bears. Looking back and taking a look at his overall points, he always seems to come in around the 0.4 to 0.55 range for points on the season and while this isn't terrible, it's not great either. He's been a role player for a very long time for Seattle but the team was always wishing he'd become something more. You always need those bottom feeder guys to be on a team, but you always want them to contribute as well. In fact, there's quite a few around the league that make massive differences. LaFlamme hasn't been one of those guys until this season. While the Bears are off to a mediocre start, which may likely be a little surprising to the organization, LaFlamme seems to be heading the other direction when it comes to his play. Through his first 9 games, he finds himself in front of teammates Mattias Forsberg and Dexter Lane (V2A if you wanna get real technical) with 8 points - 2 goals and 6 assists). We're not sure if he's ever had this hot of a start and typically when he's around the 8 points mark the team has already played around 20-25 games. This hot start for him hopefully will continue for his and the Bears sake. It feels good man. Fuck yeah. About time, hey? It really helps that they let us swap around our TPE. I think before there was too much balance but not enough in certain places to really help me push forward as a player. I guess you could say I was holding myself wrong, but with the changes I've made, you can really see the difference in my player. I wanted to be faster and better with my hands - I've practiced more on passing than on scoring and it's really worked out hot for us right now. We're playing on a weak 2nd line - myself and just Forsberg on it. Don't know where the goals are coming from as he shoots and I pass but each of us only have 2 goals. In my eyes, we need to start going a little more here. Mcallister and Yu have put in 13 in 9 games, while me and Forsberg have only put away 4 in those 9 games. That's the same as Federov and Johnsson, and with Lane they top us by 2 from the blue line. I think we need to be better and find those ways to do be it. LaFlamme has to be loving the start and feeling good about himself right now. It's been long time running (Love you Gord!). Question is, will it continue? Where does he end up? Does he push forward or fall back? If I had to throw something on it - I'd say he ends around 60-70 points on the year - but well see later on. Claiming February 26th to March 4th, 2018

LaFlamme - Season and Playoffs Presser You've likely heard it echoed among any article written about Xavier LaFlamme, but we'll say it one more time just incase you forgot or somehow actually haven't heard yet. He's a player that came into the league with significant promise. His player agent was known to be a little wishy washy and was once caught up in a cocaine scandal where he was caught in the old Stockholm Viking's arena with some marijuana in the men's bathroom, but he always seemed to build decent players throughout his agency. Following suit, LaFlamme started off to a really strong start. In fact, the start was so strong we feel as though a lot of scouts maybe found it too good to be true (which would explain where he was still drafted). Negativity aside though, his start was pretty damn good. As time went on, he began to dip and his activity and effort around the locker room, gym, practices and even games were starting to become more noticeable. For some time, he actually sort of fell off the map and it would be super surprising if the Seattle management wasn't a little alarmed during that period of time. Negativity once again aside, after the spurts of mismatch and shit efforts, it seems as though Xavier LaFlamme is handling things a little better and has started to show the Bears that despite their vision of him becoming a really good player is out the window, he can still be a solid piece in the depth puzzle for the organization. We have always liked Xavier and have often caught a lot of shit for it, Bears GM Blake Campbell said. More times than not, we had a very select few people around the league saying that one of my biggest mistakes was not moving LaFlamme when we had the chance.Still to this day, the thought comes across my mind and I question it but then I come to terms and I question their reasoning. Right in front of us, we have an enjoyable presence in the locker room who still is a part of our weekly doings. He comes in, is a part of the team and participates in shit that's going on. Every team needs depth players - take a look round the league - look at Riga and what they have. It's really nice to have a semi-young player who is extremely loyal to the organization. Very tough to say if he'd ever go anywhere. We're still very happy to have him a part of the organization. And as he's stated in the past, Xavier LaFlamme feels very fortunate, appreciative and happy to still be in a Bears uniform. As he's said in the past too, one of the best things in his career was having a whole system - the Bears - not giving up on him and keeping him going. It seems like all of this is starting to pay off for Xavier LaFlamme. While his season wasn't anything, it was a career year for him and a step in the right direction. Now with the total re-roll being announced from league leaders, he's able to reshape how he plays the game and with a little peak at his build, we think he's going to finally turn his career around and start making some pretty significant jumps in the right direction. On top of essentially becoming a new player (and a more effective one at that based off the build), he finally got his first taste of playoffs. During the S58 playoffs, the Bears also went all the way to the finals for the first time in GM Campbell's history, where they lost out to the powerful Riga Reign in game 7. Despite the shit loss and how badly it hurt, it also had to of been pretty special to finally make it that far and to do so with the group of guys they have. For LaFlamme, it likely felt a long time coming. During his 13 games played, he only managed 5 points and wasn't too noticeable on the ice despite playing some serious minutes (slightly over 26 a game). FINALLY. Man, it felt so cool stepping on the ice in Seattle after we and the team hadn't been in playoffs for so long. The crowd was roaring and while we did have some big time nerves in the locker room, we were pumped the fuck up too. The music was roaring, fans going crazy and stepping out onto the ice with the announcement of our team, holy shit man. I finally realized what it is that we play for, why we do it and why I've been trying for so long - fighting my weaknesses - to find a way to do what I love. Both of the series were great and while I was super happy and excited to be playing in the finals, the Toronto series was a nail bitter and every game left us on the edge of our seats. I know the fans loved it - no matter in Seattle or Toronto - and the boys on the ice did too. I don't know if band loved it all that much but it's part of his job under stress like that. At the end of the day, I was just happy to be in playoffs. 5 points in 13 games isn't terrible. It's not great but I've done and seen worse. I was aiming more so for 9 points but beggars can't be choosers. We have a really strong, effective and powerful roster here. Even with the changes that have happened, I think we're once again playoff bound and even with the tough teams out there, we can still make it all happen. Riga proved that very well last year and what I think it's going to take is just buckling down, playing some strong hockey and making shit happen. Bana has to be on it with the lines, try some stuff out and figure what works. Find that chemistry - the fire and just roll with it. Next seasons going to be big for me. This is something I feel really strong about and can promise fans. I really want at least 50 points next season and feel it happening. Claimable for weeks: Feb 12th to 18th Feb 19th to 25th

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A sit down with LaFlamme It seems in every article we tend to write, you hear it. It seems in any article anyone writes, you hear it. LaFlamme is not a household name overly in Seattle, or at least not when it comes to his skills or contributions. He hasn't really showed the fans, management or his teammates that he was the player they thought he'd become on draft day - however, despite the issues with training and development, we give him credit for still trying to become that guy for himself and the Bears. In fact, the only thing he may have become a household name for, and we say this was all the respect in the world, is being someone who constantly performs under expectations and constantly leaves fans yelling at their tv's "Fuck sakes, LaFlamme". Furthering onto the point, LaFlamme only has 18 points through 47 games this season and of those points, only 4 are goals. I guess you could say we understand the frustration of the fans and who knows, probably him too. While we just made that assumption, we finally got the opportunity to sit down with Xavier and ask him a couple Q's. HERE WE GO! What are your thoughts on your career so far? Did you have higher expectations? Are you disappointed or happy? Back when being drafted, where did you envision yourself? I'm not happy with the way my career is going so far, but how can I really complain? When you quit trying and training, can you really expect anything different? I'm half the player I should be and am man enough to take the blame for it. I know it may be harsh for some to see or hear, but it isn't for me. Not being a dick to myself - it is what it is. You could strongly say that I am disappointed. I don't want to be a guy who gets 18 points in 47 games. Of course I want to be someone the team can count on. Someone who hovers around the 0.8 to point per game totals. Where I thought I'd be? You know, I kind of just explained it. I want 30 goals a season and 30 assists at least to match. I don't NEED to be a point per game guy, but you know, that would be awesome too. If I'm hovering somewhere around that level - fuck yeah, but I'm not and that's something I've looked at, thought about and really, really want to change. Hopefully that's something you can expect as we fight through the final bits of the season and into the playoffs. Yeah, we see where you're coming from. I'm sure it gets frustrating. On a team aspect though, how are things in Seattle? Good besides the fact that I'm struggling to get going once again. The guys are amazing and we really have a nice group of good guys in the locker room. Removing play personalities from it, we have some heavy fire power and that could be something that also takes away from my production. There's a lot of better players who are putting the puck at the net and get stronger chances because they're simply better. Management wise, dunno if you could find much better. I see the stigma of him sending tons of PM's maybe, or being outspoken sometimes and having a bit of a big mouth. At the end of the day though, I just see all those things as him being emotional. He cares a fuck ton about this team and you know, if shit don't go his way or his team or he gets bashed, he's going to stick up for what he believes in. Most don't, but some have an issue with it and I don't know why. Why the hell would you want to play for a GM with such passion and dedication to a team? He's offered to donate for the boys AFTER they agreed to resign, meaning, they all accepted to extend happily and willingly and then he brought up that option for then. Also the amount he's helped me out is outrageous over the years. Fair enough. And overall, what are your thoughts on the Bears this season and where do you think they can go in the playoffs? You can call it biased, but I think we're killing it this season. We were on such a strong run and while we have chilled out a little bit, we're still going strong. We've seen solid seasons from everyone (except me) and that's a really amazing sign heading into the final stretches. I'm not sure people really expected us to be ahead of both the Legion and Riga right now but if you look at the standings, we are. For where we can go, the sky is the limit, man. We can lose out first round, second round or the finals - or hell, we can win the whole fucking thing. I think it's a possibility but it obviously won't be easy at all. Legion, Rigs and even New York are pretty solid teams and upsets have happened before. When playoffs start, it's going to be nerve racking for everyone win the league and most likely the league too. They surely will be some of the most exciting playoff series that happen taken place in many, many seasons. I probably couldn't agree more. Now, last question. I know most guys don't like to focus on next season, but let's look into the crystal ball here a bit. If you don't mind, where do you see yourself? Ha, yeah, we like to take things day by day but with how behind I am, it doesn't hurt to do a little looking ahead to make sure I'm on track and on the pace I want to be on. Right now, I'm feeling good and have had minor hiccups but nothing like before. I know the odds are against me, but I'd really like to overcome them the best I can. If I could take a stab in the dark, I'm going to say I hit 50 points - and that may be a little generous on my behalf, but I'm really feeling it if I can keep things up. 18 goals, 32 assists. Calling it now! Claiming for January 15th to 21st AND January 22nd to January 28th

woohoo goal number 3 only took 129 games.

A LaFlamme Xmas and New Years When it comes to hospitality among professional athletes, politicians, celebrities and the wealthiest of those who walk the earth, it at times can come in abundance. It's never rare to see the likes of Bill Gates and company dropping a couple million to help those in need, or to programs whom wish to help those who are less fortunate than others. Away from those who have billions locked away in solitude banking, athletes also seem to never shy away from helping out the communities which they are apart of and causes which they believe in. As a great example, PK Subban of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens found it in his heart to donate a lumpy sum of his own contract money to a local hospital in Montreal to help children and those who needed all the help they can get. On the ice, he's an amazing gentleman with great charisma (but of course a tough player to play against), and off the ice he seems to carry the same sort of nature about himself. In the Victory Hockey League, rarely have you heard of an athlete donating money or their time to causes, however, this could largely be due to the fact that maybe coverage isn't as large on the VHL as it could be on other major professional sporting leagues and such. This year, however, all that had come and gone and officially became a thing for the VHL and it came from someone you maybe wouldn't expect it from. Xavier LaFlamme has been a Bear since the beginning and while he isn't the biggest name to lace them up and play his heart out, he's a Bear nonetheless and is proud to place the jersey over his shoulders every single game. He was once quoted as saying: "You know, throwing that jersey on and representing such a strong fan base is one of the greatest things I get to do in my life. Bring some excitement, some life and pure passion to the city is an amazing honour and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I may not put up the huge points, but I do what I can to make this city know that we care and we are in this 100% together". And officially at 1000 MTN time, he made it known that what he said goes a lot further than just being on the ice. Despite being a little late (likely due to family events and playing the game he loves), LaFlamme took to twitter to wish his 21,000 followers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Following the tweet roughly 2 hours later (1200), he was spotted at a local Seattle hospital hanging out numerous gifts to sick children and doing meet and greets with fans who wouldn't be able to go home for the holiday seasons. Toys, jerseys and team apparel were handed out and he even handed out 20 tickets free of charge to the hospital staff to thank them for all that they've done in making a difference in the community, the hospital and all those who they care for. Following his period at the hospital, he had one last surprise in store. With an announcement on twitter, he made it clear he loved the fans as much as they hopefully loved him. Twitter: Just wanted to once again say post-Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone in Seattle and around the VHL. You make me proud to put on a Bears jersey and represent this amazing, beautiful city. For the game on New Years eve, Myself and the boys purchased fireworks for following the game and will be putting on a 3 hours entertainment fundraiser for the local hospital. Details can be found on the Bears website, but if you're too lazy to look - Food, Drinks and a large bonfire will be provided. Local entertainment will be provided throughout the night with activities for the children with special guests Metallica, Beyonce and Post Malone appearing as well. +6 for LaFlamme

A Look at LaFlamme Xavier LaFlamme has never really been a household name in Seattle, however, when he was first brought into the Bears organization he was a player who was looked at to potentially bring in some strong change. When the Bears took the chance to draft him, he was a pretty solid player who was fairly consistent on development and improving important attributes and was an even better person off the ice. The combination of both of these was something the Seattle Bears were unable to pass up. However, within a short amount of time, that all seemed to fall off and LaFlamme took a back seat in the Seattle Bears organization. With development being at an all-time low for him, the Bears and company took a lot of heat and criticism on the fact that they chose him in the first place, but also because they held onto a prospect who was mediocre at best for so long while still finding ways to high praise him. It could been too early to tell, but at this moment, Seattle seems to be winning the battle. Now, LaFlamme isn't a #1 liner who puts up a point per game or really does anything that heavy for the organization. In fact, the last couple years he's struggled strongly and during the S58 campaign so far he's only managed 1 goal in 17 games and a very below average 7 points. To make things worse, he's averaging 28+ minutes a game and he's doing so with a pretty excellent firepower organization who isn't afraid to rack up the points. For LaFlamme and the Bears, this is slightly still a problem. Both sides to the party are expecting him to be a little more active on the score sheet and be much closer to a point per game than what he's at now. However, if you think of it, it may make sense. He's the weaker of the group he's playing with while the others are much more dominant. While he should be scoring more goals, having more assists is going to be the norm for him on the Bears rosters. Aside from the lower level of offensive production, his development has seemed to pick up from where it was at and he's now striding along to becoming a solid depth piece for the Bears organization. Eclipsing 300 TPE was huge for him and he's had some significant gains in the last couple weeks that have really pushed him forward. In our eyes though, without some major attention to some other attributes, it may be a hard lesson throughout the rest of the year for LaFlamme if he doesn't find his game and how to improve it. I'd love to find my game, who wouldn't, but if you look at this year and compare it to others, it'll be a career year. Of course it won't be a booming one where I extend my totals by a large margin, but it's going to be a good enough season that I've made my strides and myself and my organization can see that I've made some good improvements and that it was the biggest mistake by keeping me around. I wouldn't like to pick up my play and see my point totals rise and I know for the team to really take control of the season, especially against Toronto, that I will need to become some sort of presence more so on the ice. Time will tell what happens, but I'm feeling good on the ice and off it in Seattle. Just waiting for the moments that come to me and try my best to better capitalize on them. +6 for LaFlamme

The past week Laflamme has been working hard. The numbers are starting to fly in and his teammates are really enjoying his activity on the team. It took Laflamme awhile to realise that he need to stop with all the blow and partying as it was ruin his rep. The last few months Laflamme had been in rehab, hence the inactivity on the forum. With open arms his family and teammates have been helping him through his addiction. The Bears held a ceremony for Laflamme's battle won last night December 16, 2017 and the turn out was outstanding. Numerous teams showed and so many fans. Xavier Laflamme told media today " This is so unreal, the support here in Seattle is insane. Its now my turn to return the love on the ice, giving it 100%. Its Seattle's time to win the cup!" Fans are now fired up and the season is creeping up on us! -The Seattle News

Long Time Coming Close, but no. It isn't the title of The Tragically Hip's song or latest documentary about their trips around Canada on one final frontier and bang before the passing of the legendary Gord Downie. If you want to catch that, it's "Long Time Running" and I'd imagine it's worth the watch though I haven't yet had the opportunity to indulge myself into tearful happiness and a sense of pride into such an incredibly strong human being. Unfortunately, this write up has a different twist and opposes the idea of legendary hero going out with a bang. In fact, this tale is about someone who had high promise, had a hell of a fall on their ass and are now trying to get back up. For Xavier LaFlamme, winger on the Seattle Bears, it's going to be quite difficult to get up too. If were running with the metaphor or imagery perspective that he's fallen on his ass and had struggled to get up, he's fallen a couple times and now his ass is painted with purple and blue bruises. Needless to say, this isn't really his first comeback story, but either way, it's still a comeback story (though it's starting to get to the point of reminding me of that one guy I knew, who constantly said he'd quit smoking but always started smoking again after a few days of anger and stress eating of that nasty nicorette gum). Needless to say, here we are and it's been quite a ride for Xavier LaFlamme and if we take a look back, it all started with Seattle Bears GM, Blake Campbell, taking a chance at the young kid and moving some assets to acquire him. At that point in time, it may not have been the biggest risk as LaFlamme was looking great, but looking back now, was it the right move? Some say no as LaFlamme has largely hit a redline and sputtered out when it comes to development, however, if not mistaken, the asset they dealt for LaFlamme, is now back and playing goal for the Seattle Bears in Vernon Von Axelberry. Now, in LaFlamme's first season with the Bears, LaFlamme and Mattias Forsbegr looked to carry over the immense dominance they had together when they played in the VHLM. However, this was not the case. While the Seattle Bears organization was the furthest thing from amazing, they weren't terrible either. After two horrible years, they landed one of the best young players currently in the game in Gabriel McAllister and threw him into the mix of call up players in Forsberg and LaFlamme (on top of Federov). Now, the team barely missed playoffs but we can nail that down to McAllister, Federov and Forsberg playing so strongly. For LaFlamme, it was the complete opposite and a rather disappointing year for himself and his fans. Through 72 games, he managed 16 goals, 18 assists and 34 points. Now, this isn't terrible, but it also wasn't the start he was looking to get off onto. "I didn't think I played too terribly, but at the end of the day, it wasn't where I wanted to be. My practice skills and development were lacking big time and while Seattle gave me huge opportunities and really tried to push me, at the end of the day I just wasn't willing to go the extra mile. Again, 34 points through that span for a rookie isn't terrible. It's not a freak of nature total like some of these guys get in their first years, but I was super bummed out - I just maybe expected a little bit more from myself. At the end of the day, it was a sign for me to work harder and put more effort into my game. If you haven't noticed, that didn't really happen and that's why I am where I am now. As the quote perfectly ended, it's where he is now. Alike S56, S57 was rather disappointing for both LaFlamme and the Bears. For the Bears, they barely missed the playoffs while starting off and a streaky but extremely hot note. For LaFlamme, his production and development almost seemed to take a step back instead of a step back. At this point in a young players career, it largely starts to define what kind of player they are and what you can expect them to become. Now obviously not 100% of the time, but usually it's pretty spot on. For LaFlamme, it was a pretty bad and negative indicator, however, despite the signs GM Blake Campbell decided not to act on them. Instead of trading a player whose value progressively had gotten worse, he decided to hold onto what he believed in. Was he right or wrong for doing this? I guess we'll find out here in the next little while, but throughout S57, it looked like a poor decision. Through the 72 game regular season, LaFlamme managed to find a way to decrease his offensive production. He managed 6 less points on the year and finished with a total of 14 goals, 14 assists and 28 points. "Very displeasing to take a step back that year but during it, my attention wasn't really there. I was more focused on others things happening in life that I had to take a step back from hockey. Yeah, it pissed me off to play like that and surely I thought of hanging up the skates, but I just couldn't do it. Seattle tried and tried to get me going. They put so much effort and trust into me, it was a difficult situation. To be honest, it's a little crazy that after all these seasons and bull shit, they still stand beside me and you know, really support me as a player and believe in me. It makes me happy to be a Bear". And a Bear he'll be. Xavier LaFlamme just signed a 2 year contract extension the other day, which sees him get 2,000,000 a season or the minimum TPE salary (whichever one it may be). Along with that, GM Blake Campbell through in a signing bonus which seen LaFlamme's agent ink up a 20 ($26 converted CAD) donations bonus to give LaFlamme a little spring leap into his return for the Bears. Where Xavier LaFlamme ends up, who knows, but fingers crossed and all the luck to him to have him come back rolling and kicking some major ass. CLAIMING for 2 WEEKS (both will be double weeks) Dec 11th to Dec 17th AND Dec 18th to Dec 24th

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Xavier Laflamme has been rolling under the radar for far too long now. The superstar is ready to take the spot light and put on a show for the fans, Seattle Bears and their general manager. weather it happens over night or over a period of seasons, Laflamme is going to find his max potential. Potential that will help the Bears win a cup or maybe even two. Who knows? If your ready to watch this player wow the hockey world follow him throughout his career on and off the ice. He has been a hockey icon for kids that have them idling him and looking at him like a gift from the hockey gods. Laflamme did not have a good season at all, but its never to late to change for anyone. In a recent interview reporters asked Xavier how he is going to improve his game and his response was, " I'm going to work on my skating day in and day out. The power of my shot and the accuracy. I am here to score goals and that is what I am going to do." So there you have it folks.