ShawnGlade

Press Conference

 

1. Season is over, what was our downfall?

 

2. How do you feel about your player's season?

 

3. Who's one member of this team you'd like to give a shoutout to and why?

 

4. What should our focus be in the upcoming draft?

 

5. What's your favorite ice cream flavor?

 

6. Do you own any NHL jerseys? If so what's your favorite?

23 hours ago, Dil said:

Tf bro you weren’t supposed to share that

35 minutes ago, McWolf said:

I was on the other team lmao

In that case I hate you for killing our cinderella run

In a rollercoaster of events, the Ottawa Lynx have been dumped in 6 games. For Jani Karppinen, the season that started well for the Finn has ended in a disappointing way. After earning 3 points in his first 3 games, Karppinen would score just 3 points in 16 games, and 1 assist in 12 postseason matches. One place he was consistent however, was the penalty box, in both the regular season and playoffs, Karppinen averaged 1 PIM per game, and was a -4 in the playoffs. Even as a new player, that sort of production makes Ottawa wonder what could've been if their new toy had panned out the way they wanted. It will be interesting to see how the offseason goes for the young Finnish star, as he will enter the VHLM draft before entering the VHL draft next offseason. Will he work hard and go high in the draft, or will he fall and have another disappointing year?

I'm not eligible for the theme week appreciation post bonus, but in true appreciation spirit, I don't need an incentive to talk wonderfully about my baby, the Halifax 21st.

 

When I first joined the VHL way back in the early S60s which feels ancient now I didn't know the hell I was doing. Older members can remember a time like this, and I had just joined when we still updated manually in team forums, when the "OG Teams" were the new kids on the block, and when the Vancouver Wolves (and @Beaviss) were a meme for choking every season. I joined the Yukon Rush for that playoff run just a few days after joining, and we actually lost in the finals due to some questionable manager decisions, but it is what it is. I remember there were talks about an expansion franchise joining the VHLM. AT the time there were only 6 teams in the league which today seems outrageous, but I guess that's why the league needed an expansion. They were looking for a management team for this new team and I since I was an ambitious whippersnapper, I thought, "I'll throw my name out." After a few days, @Smarch was named GM, and his first order of business was naming me as AGM, which came as a complete shock, but I welcomed the role with open arms and an eagerness to learn. EXCEPT, Smarch's second action as GM was to resign, handing the reigns over to me. I was shocked, but also super excited. After I had taken over as GM, the commissioners had reached out to me and asked where I thought the team should be located, since they didn't have a city or name picked, they just knew they wanted to add a team. I got this list of 5 cities and immediately, one stuck out to me more than any of them. Now I've always had a deep connection to Halifax, despite being an American citizen and never being outside the country. I have family from there, and I've always been a true Mooseheads fan because of Nathan MacKinnon. It's really the only Canadian city I am a true fan of, so it was an easy choice. I submitted my vote and sure enough, Halifax was chosen as the next VHLM franchise.

 

I tried to model a lot of what VGK did that inaugural season, seeing as this was in 2018 and the Golden Knights had just had their cinderella run to the finals that calendar year, and I figured it would be a fun immersion to real world events. This was when team's still had locker rooms and season threads, so I named ours "The Golden Misfits" because like the NHL, we also had an expansion draft (although the best I got was a 4th round pick). To my surprise, we dominated early season, which gave me a lot of confidence. I also did my best to be a likable figure as GM, making funny waiver claim posts to new members which got us a lot of free agents, so many so that we had active 4th liners with over 100 TPE, which I'm sure the BOGs would explode with rage seeing that happen today. That S82 squad was special in a few ways, my favorite VHL memory also occurred because of this team. This member is no longer active so I don't feel bad laughing about this, but I once got the league's top forward (and eventual MVP/point leader) and a top 2 dman, for an inactive player and a 5th rounder. The trade was so lopsided that it got veto'd because the commish thought we were colluding, but once it was found out I fleece'd him outright, this poor GM was made to sit down with commish and have a chat about proper player value. Anyways, that team was star studded, had so many name of people who went on to be so much more on this site. @ColeMrtz @McWolf  @Peace @Baozi , just to name a few of the big names on that team. It was insane, and after finishing first in the league convincingly, we got swept in the Finals. Oof.

 

S83 was different. Not nearly as good, but still a force to be reckoned with and a third place finish to bring us to the conference finals that season. I did well enough to earn a promotion to the VHL which I actually almost declined because Halifax was my baby, it was me, I hadn't know anything that wasn't the 21st. But I chose to take the promotion, but I only agreed if I could choose the next GM, which was strange at the time, but I was allowed to and chose McWolf as my successor which I believe was his first job on the site, so you're welcome McWolf ;). I came back to Hally a few seasons later, this time in a comeback-gone-wrong attempt with another player. I AGM'd for @Dil who I did not like at all, but he grew on me and he was willing to put our differences aside and let me help manage my baby, and so I decided to be an adult about it and just work as friends, so I apologized yada yada we kissed whatever. We had different philosophies on managing the team, and a bit of lazyness on my part led to dil firing me which I was a bit salty about but I couldn't really be mad about. That was the last time I had every been part of the management for Halifax.

 

Truthfully I'd love to run the team again someday. I know VHLM GMs can be a carousel at times, but I won't hold my breath. There are others more deserving than me, and the way to grow the league is to give other, newer members a shot. I've posted a few times in the discord that despite whichever teams I've been on, and whichever people I've managed, I still wear my Halifax 21st hoodie out in public, it's cozy.

 

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Week ending 6/5

Week ending 6/12

Oh I like this! Awesome detail by styling the logo to look like it's on a jersey, and paired with the text and player render it makes for a pretty appealing sig. I also appreciate people who make an effort to remove logos and such from renders, makes it feel more realistic. Only thing I'd say is making the player bigger would fill a bit of the empty space around his head, but I'm sure you have your reasons. 9/10

This made my day

Don't see my name anywhere, so I think this is bad...

 

But on a serious note I like these articles. I'm a huge fan of this particular theme week for articles like this, where we can step aside from the league and recognize individual members who make each and every day fun in this tight knit community we have. I like the write up and each member and I'm sure it makes these guys feel awesome. 9/10

Ottawa Lynx

Press Conference

 

1. The cinderella run is in full swing! Why do you think that is? 

 

2. Who's you pick to win playoff MVP?

 

3. In your opinion, who goes #1 in the VHLM draft this off-season?

 

4. Do you pronounce it Gair-age or Gah-rage

 

5. How do you feel about your performance these playoffs?

 

6. Who do you want to win the Stanley Cup?

Ottawa Lynx

Press Conference

 

1. What's one piece of advice you'd give your play heading into playoffs?

 

2. How do you feel about your season as a member and a player?

 

3. The team has been streaky lately, what's your opinion on what's going good and what's going bad?

 

4. Do you pronounce it Colo-RAW-do or Colo-RAH-do?

 

5. Who's your pick for team MVP?

 

6. Which team do you think will be a spoiler in the playoffs?

DIdn't get our offer in in time, Ottawa woulda loved to have you. But regardless, welcome back Phil, always nice seeing an older name pop around again

Welcome back pal

I will throw my hat in this ring

 

First career goal for Jani Karppinen in his debut. LFG

Title made me laugh before I even opened the article, which maybe you intended but it gave me a chuckle. I always appreciate articles that list players like this and show stats to back it, it makes the article feel more immersive and gives life to it. Plus the writeup on each player was done nicely and it was easy to read. Maybe you could've added a picture of some player missing an open net or something. 9/10

Pretty solid article, I would also like to see some more pictures and pizzaz to this piece, but it was very well written. Only content thing  I'd add is more of a writeup for the players. It's cool seeing your name mentioned in an article but it's kind of a bummer when there's no real substance to the paragraph, like the one about Riga. 7/10

I've made like 7 players at this point, and apart from 1, all of them have been in the "Shawn Glade" bloodline. When I decided to come back to the VHL I didn't want to make another SG player because not only would it get meme'd but god damn how cringey would it be to make a Shawn Glade 6? The original SG played 20 seasons ago, if there's 6 generations in 20 years then I wanna know what the hell is in the water in the Shawn Glade household. I wanted to make a European player because I was bored, although I will miss playing for team USA. I went to a random name generator and selected a Finnish name and boom, chose the most Finnish sounding hockey name I could. I can't decide how I want to pronounce Jani though. Should I keep the J sounding like a Y or should I really pronounce the J?

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Free Week

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Doubles Week

 It's no secret that I am somehow related to Trifecta in the sense that I am making a new player every so often, only to ditch them after a few weeks because I get too busy. When I first joined the league I was heading into my senior year of highschool, and let's be honest, highschoolers have fuck all to do during the day so I was able to spend HOURS a day on the site. I'm not joking when I say that every morning before school, I'd spend upwards of 2 hours a morning managing my VHLM team making trades, offers, etc. and maybe that's why we were so successful, but that's a topic for another day. After a while I got offered the Davos GM spot I wanna say around December-ish of my senior year and it was just constant downhill moves from there. If my memory serves correct, we did make the playoffs one year and took the Nighthawks to game 7 OT but that's as far as we ever got under me. Everyone pretty much knows what happened after that so I won't go too into detail but once I went off to college I had significantly less time to spend on the site, seeing as I was playing hockey for my school and finally went and got a girlfriend, both of which took up 90% of my time. Also the site just got kind of boring for me. It wasn't fun logging in everyday just to be clowned or told I suck or whatever, something I'm sure everyone can sympathize with. I got fired in January 2020 and from there pretty much just said fuck this and left.

 

I've made a few players between then and now, mostly unsuccessful returns apart from summer 2020. A few weeks ago Zack reached out to me and basically asked how I was doing yada yada and then asked if I had ever considered returning. At first I was a bit on the fence given my history, but I fell asleep on it that night and thought, "yknow what? I do miss the VHL." I told Zack that if I came back, I'd do it properly and start on the deadline (which I totally almost missed because I forgot) to amass as much TPE as I can. Plus, if I stick with it and go high in the draft, how cool of a comeback story would that be? Anyways, there's a lot about the site I'm not a fan of, like this new TPE system which I've had explained to me 5 times already and still don't know what the hell I'm looking at, but I miss a lot of the good. I miss fleecing bana in trades and then winning a cup on his team like nothing happened especially @Banackock. Anyways, hopefully I can find the time this time around, and maybe it helps I stopped the SG bloodline of players, it was getting tiring just adding a roman numeral on to each of my player's names.

21 hours ago, Zack said:

Ottawa Lynx

Press Conference

 

1. Fans want merchandise, what's a random item you want us to sell with your jersey number on it?

 

2. How do you view daily sims? Instantly check, Discord results or scroll through the text?

 

3. Does anything in the league remind you of anything in real life? If so, what? If not.. Why?

 

4. The Lynx skills competition is coming up.. What drill is your player signing up for? 

 

5. Are you a speed or puck handling enjoyer?

 

6. What's a food or drink you've never had but want to try?

 

1.  Underwear, so your mother can finally let the entire neighborhood who her favorite player is

2. I don't tbh, I msg our GM and he tells me how we are doing

3. When I check sims and see I scored 0 points, reminds me of my play in real life

4. Shootout contest because my player isn't very good at anything right now so hopefully he can impress with flashy shit

5. Puck handling for sure

6. A real cinnabon cinnamon roll. I alsways got their pretzels as a kid but fuuuuuck man a cinnamon roll sounds bomb right now

 

Jani Karppinen (S85)

Espoo, Finland

 

Jani Karppinen was born in Espoo, FInland. By the time he was 3 years old, he learned how to skate and loved playing out on the pond with his friends from school. He joined hockey for the first time when he was just 5 years old, and quickly was a standout player. He was consistently being moved up in age groups, as one of the most outstanding up and comers in the region. This caught the eyes of scouts everywhere in Finland, and when Jani was just 11 years old, he received an offer from the Espoo Blues, his hometown team, to join their youth club. In 3 seasons with the team, Jani lead the team in scoring every season as a defenseman, earning top honors in the league as well as catching attention from teams in the CHL in North America.

 

Until he turned 14, Jani Karppinen played with the youth program of the Espoo Blues, a Finnish Liiga club, later playing with the youth club for HIFK. During his time in the organization, Karppinen recorded 21 points in 42 games to win the rookie of the year award, the youngest ever in program history to do it, and this title earned him a four year extension with HIFK. The next season, he would be promoted to the parent club and would spend the season anchoring the team's top pairing, earning 31 points in 62 games in his rookie season in the Liiga. HIFK head coach said "Karppinen is the best defenseman on this team, which means a lot as a rookie and we are excited to see his career develop whether that be here in Finland or over in North America." Karppinen would return to HIFK for his sophomore season at age 20, earning 57 points in 76 games which earned him first team honors as well as winning DOTY as a second-year player.

 

Upon completion of his second season in the Liiga, Karppinen shifted his focus towards North America, originally setting his sights on the NHL. However after some mulling it over and with the chance to return home via the VHLE, Jani decided it was in his best interest to take his talents to the VHLM. On May 16th, 2022 Jani Karppinen announced that he had signed a one year contract with the Ottawa Lynx, and is expected to make his North American debut later that night.

Thanks for the warm replies, happy to be back. I have a history with Halifax, and they are my baby forever and always and I've said that I will always sign with them. However, it was Zack that convinced me to come back, and it just wouldn't be right to not sign with him for that reason.

 

2 minutes ago, Zack said:

 

Hellllo! Welcome back to the league friend!!

 

We have 3rd line minutes in Ottawa if you wanna join us, will give you chances on the specialty units as well! Just quote my message with a #GOLYNXGO 

#GOLYNXGO

Player Information

Username: ShawnGlade

Player Name: Jani Karppinen

Recruited From: Returning

Age: 21

Position: D

Height: 72 in.

Weight: 165 lbs.

Birthplace: Finland

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Winning it all with Seattle that season was truly something special. Felt like I was apart of something bigger, and is definitely one of my favorite seasons

Shawn Glade was one of the best two-way defensemen this site has ever seen