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Once projected by his own agency to go high in the first round, Trokker unsurprisingly fell to tenth of sixteen first round selections. The fall can be attributed to several incidents that happened consecutively starting around the mid-point of his first full VHLM season. First Trokker started growing frustrated with the organizations unwillingness to adapt to what the agency considered red flags, which led to a generally unsatisified player and player agency heading into the mid twenty game mark. Secondly Trokker experienced a sharp decline in motivation as the player agency distanced themselves from him and San Diego, even relocating back to where they once came instead of following their signed player through his journey. But there's a stir from both. The VHL draft has concluded and Trokker is now a happy member of the Predators, and so is the agency. "We're motivated to make history here," Agent Rylan Peace stated. "When you look back at all the redrafts in VHL history players move up and fall down based on their success. Trokker is motivated to be a top three pick in a redraft long after he's retired from the league. He wants to be the steal of this draft; end of story."

1. Did you watch the 4 nations tourney, what did you like about it most? A: I didn't pay too much attention to it truthfully, but I did listen in on the Canada-USA game. 2. What are you expectations for your player this coming season? A: Point per game or higher. 3. What was the last live hockey game you've been to? A: Well before COVID for sure, but I can't remember when... maybe 2015? Calgary didn't have Tkachuk yet so I think that's about right. 1. Any draft surprises in the VHL or VHLM? 2. How is your favourite hockey team doing? 3. Do you think Ovechkin passes Gretzky's total this season?

1. Does your player have a nickname? Not that I am aware of. 2. Name me another rivalry like BMW vs AUDI, Coca-Cola vs Pepsi? Kenworth, Peterbilt and Mack. I'm a trucker so I've been in all three... and I prefer the MACK. 3. Cold showers for a month or cold food for a month? Cold showers 100%. I used to be an industrial insullator, if I had a warm shower all that fibreglass shit got into my skin and it was... unpleasant. Q1: Did you ever expect two wildcard teams to make it to the finals? Q2: What are your thoughts on the 4-nation showdown? Canada or US? Q3: Are you excited for the VHL and VHLM drafts?

Well... the season has come to an end, and although the VHL just saw a wildcard showdown in the Cup Finals, I thought this season was spectacularly boring. Sim after sim after sim I saw no adjustment, no willingness to change or adjust tactics; it seemed like the strategy was to just ride great goaltending and excellent defense to a championship. Well, unsurprisingly, the Merlin fell to a weaker Halifax team with no real contest when it should have been a cake walk [comparatively]: there was just no offense when it mattered. Quite clearly I lost interest in the VHLM before the mid-season point, and what is worse, I was absolutely available to write 2,000 word articles on how the team and Trokker were progressing... but the season sucked my soul away. The team did great and I'm glad those players that performed had great seasons, but as an individual, it was everything but memorable. Weak, uninteresting, soul sucking and unfun. But now it's time to rise up as a dark horse for the upcoming VHL draft. Engaged I am an max earner, disinterested I am a welfare+ player. Steal or bust?

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Been a while... 1. How has the season progressed in your view? 2. Early on it seemed like the team was either shutout or earned a shutout, but lately we've fallen 'down to Earth' a bit. What do you think is the cause for the Marlins fall from grace? 3. Who would you say is our biggest rival this season? 4. So far who would you consider the Marlins most valuable player? 5. With the Marlins defensive ability do you think it is possible for Ricky LaFleur to end the season with the most shutouts? 6. On a scale of 1-10 how odd is this schedule? [We played SSK 3 times in 4 games, and Halifax 4 times in a row before a 5th in 6 games].

Lately I've been quite disappointed with Trokker's performance. It has essentially killed the passion and desire I had when I created him: the entire purpose of this player is to be the best one I've created yet, and while I've acknowledged the VHLM is just a roadbump in my hopes for his HoF and Championship potential, it's damn depressing seeing him regress with significantly more TPA. Trokker was performing better with a hundred less attribute points than he is now, and I've found myself rolling my eyes at the Marlins bone dry offence while watching our early successes diminish just as fast as our goal differential has. Part of that reason is my player seems to be stuck in this realm of mediocrity and the STHS gods seem content leaving him there. It's fucking infuriating. I know he's better than two goals, an assist and the worst plus/minus on the team... or is he? I'm more or less new to the hybrid system but I still remember some of the attributes to target, so maybe it is time to change gears and start targetting strength and defence, perhaps even moderate gains in puck handling. IIRC those three attributes all play a secondary role to a primary attribute. Ah well, gotta keep grinding I suppose.

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1. Big fat guy. Goal scoring Winger. 2. I think we'll make the playoffs. 3. Point per game. 4. I'm honestly not too sure. 5. Calgary Flames; they're doing about as I expected they'd do. 6. Dinners, games and visiting with family.

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San Diego, CA - The feeling of being drafted by San Diego could easily be described as ironic by Zak Trokker after falling to the Marlins in the second round. No, the irony wasn't because the Peace Player Agency predicted the fall well before the draft, but rather San Diego is the only team Trokker has registered a VHLM goal against. In fact he scored a hat trick against the Marlins in a 5-2 victory while playing for the Reapers, earning the game winning goal in the process and his only three goals of the season; perhaps San Diego drafted the RW so that'd never happen again. "Who am I going to score against now?" Trokker joked. "Philly?" "Truthfully I'm excited to join the Marlins. They had a pretty strong draft, and management did really well in free agency; the team went from no forwards to six in a few short hours." When asked about how the agency predicted a slide, Rylan Peace noted that the majority of players taken in the first round have a slower development trajectory than those selected as an asset for a deep playoff run. "The VHLM GM's have to plan for their teams future too, so it makes sense that the first round has a few players who will be here [in the minors] longer than those who are developing rapidly. There's, uh, sometimes a strategy behind every decision so I imagine Trokker dropped in favor of players who'd be in the minors longer for a season or two."