SirRupertBarnes

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Press Conference for the week ending on Sunday December 6th 1. Our hot streak has really cooled off. Do you feel our numbers now are more realistic or we're just in a slump? 2. Our goal scoring seems to have almost disappeared in recent games. How do you think we fix that issue? 3. Both of our goalies have .919SV% right now so the losses can't be on them. Do you think ultimately it's our lack of scoring or a somewhat lack of star power that's the problem? 4. Are there any teams surprising you in the standings this season compared to your expectations? 5. Do you feel there's a specific player that could help our situation in the league right now? If yes, what would you give up to acquire that player? 6. Do you follow 'The Mandalorian'? If so, what are your thoughts on the new season so far? @TTtheT @MattyIce @Boragina @Biggreen10 @der meister @Ninjaboi @SeamusSv @okochastar @Enorama @ZP16 @eaglesfan0366 @Nepto @Goliathus @McWolf @Peace @TheFlash @Corco

Press Conference for the week ending on Sunday November 29th What are you looking forward to most this season? Did you participate in the VHFL this season and if yes, how do you think you’ll do? Who would you say is the number one player from each position in the league right now? We’re off to a hot start. What do we need to do to keep it going? Is this the season we make the playoffs? What’s your favourite part about the VHL? TTtheT @MattyIce @Boragina @Biggreen10 @Ninjaboi@SeamusSv @okochastar @Enorama @ZP16 @Nepto @Goliathus@McWolf @Peace @TheFlash @Corco @der meister

1) I think we hit 40 wins this season personally. We have a great squad here and the couple new faces really bolster the lineup. 2) I've been to London Ontario when I was like 10. Obviously thats not the same but someday I'd like to go to Europe. 3) I'd have to go with @MattyIce just because he's been around the longest and I've talked to him more than anyone else. 4) My personal rivals are the expansion teams. I haven't built up a hate for anyone else yet. 5) @McWolf is a magnificent mate who makes meaningful acquisitions meant to make us marvelous champions. 6) London has grown on me a lot. My other favourites would be; Prague, Moscow, and DC. In the VHLM I love the Miami and Mexico ones.

G - Jean Pierre Camus @GreenGato last pick of the draft. It’s all yours

D - Micah Adrienne @Tate

No problem, just trying to be helpful

@GreenGato just a reminder your 12 hours for your first pick is almost up

D - Latrell Mitchell @GreenGato

London with the hot start. Let’s go fellas

F - Ola Vikingstad @Tate

F - Ray Sheilds @GreenGato

F - Mikko Lahtinen @Tate you’re up!

Here is a list of everyone’s picks, I’ll try to keep this updated regularly so we all have a good reference. 1. @GreenGato F - Thomas Landry II F - Kyl Oferson F - Uhtred D - Condor Adrienne D - Hugh Jass G - Jacob Tonn 2. @SirRupertBarnes (Group Manager) F - Mikko Lahtinen F - Ray Sheilds F - Ola Vikingstad D - Latrell Mitchell D - Micah Adrienne G - Jean Pierre Camus 3. @Tate F - Chad Magnum F - RJ Jubis F - Groovy Dood D - Erik Killinger D - Victor Grachev G - Jacques Lafontaine 4. @kevinscix F - Kris Rice F - Timothy Brown F - Rhynex Entertainment D - Jeff Downey D - Erik Summers G - Ajay Krishna 5. @Beaviss F - Patrik Tallinder F - Andrew Su F - Markus Nygren D - Gabriel Gutzwiler D - Jacob Perry G - Raymond Bernard 6. @TheLastOlympian07 F - Benny Graves F - Jim Bob F - Edwin THE Encarnacion D - Roque Davis D - Odin Omdahl G - Stone Wolski

Press Conference for the week ending on Sunday November 15th 1. What are your thoughts on our recent trades bringing in the likes of Jass, Killinger, and Magnum? 2. After these recent additions do you feel we’re a playoff team? 3. What teams do you think have the best defensive Corp in the league? 4. We no longer have a pick in the first two rounds. Is there a player you think will go in those two rounds that we should trade for a pick to draft? 5. It seems like a guarantee that LA will take Pistil Stamen 1st overall. Who do you think Toronto takes 2nd with our pick? 6. Do/did you follow along with the draft live? Or will you just check to see who we drafted afterwards? @TTtheT @MattyIce @Boragina @Biggreen10 @der meister @Ninjaboi @SeamusSv @okochastar @Enorama @ZP16 @eaglesfan0366 @Nepto @Goliathus @McWolf @Peace @TheFlash @Corco

Review: This is a pretty cool graphic. I like the contrast of the background as well as the font. The entire theme fits well and gives me a bit of a retro vibe. I like that player render with the reflection of the boards in the visor. That’s really cool. Overall great job! 10/10 Best of luck come draft day! I’d love to see you on the United but we’ll see how it goes

This was amazing! I loved every second of it and in those 2 minutes I felt the pain of you leaving even though I’m not even on the roster.

Review: I like the idea along with the reference so bonus points there. This a decent concept that has some potential. I appreciate keeping the style of New York with the shield and the colour scheme to an extent. There’s a couple areas which could be improved such as; having the grey stars on the top with a white background makes them incredibly hard to see. There’s a lot of white in this logo as well as the background. The last thing would be the team design. Earthicans doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue either. My suggestions would be to make better use of the white space in the background. Maybe consider instead of having the logo by itself, put it on the crest of a jersey to show it off a bit more. If you do a little bit of research im sure there’s some ideas for a Team World you could take ideas from. The last suggestion would to maybe use a slightly more detailed version of Earth. Overall I think you had some good ideas but there was plenty of room to expand on those and take it a few steps further. I think with a bit more time invested into the design process it could really bring your ideas up a notch. Overall I’d have to give this a 5/10 but I do really like the originality.

Yes sir I’m in. I can manage a group as well. I’m constantly checking the group anyway

1. I have a feeling we’ll make a run at making the playoffs. We were close this season and we’re going to be even better next season. 2. I do not, but I do own a guitar because I was going to learn but never did. 3. Oh wow I had no idea. That awesome! Are you talking about rj or the baby? RJ’s is Julian I believe. 4. Probably Land Rover for the sake of the versatility and just how much of a brute they are. 5. Maybe not on opening night but at least a recognition. I always loved league of extraordinary gentlemen. 6. I never really have any expectations coming into these questions so I never know.

Review: This is a great graphic in my opinion. Even with everything else in the graphic the main focal point is still the player which I really appreciate. The background is unique and fits well with the entire colour scheme. My only complaint would be the lack of team branding but honestly that's just personal preference. The font feels natural and the style flows very nicely with everything else. Great job! 10/10

Review: This is a pretty cool concept. I personally prefer the top one so that's the one I'll be covering. It's a pretty simple design overall that seems to flow well. The only real complaint I have is the amount of empty space in the background. Other than that I like that background as a whole along with Jiggly's icon put onto the player. Overall this is good work. 9.5/10

Welcome back to another entry of the greatest players from the portal era. Today we’re going to be heading down under and looking at the greatest Australian players of the portal era. Normally the format I use is five skaters and one goalie but Australia only has a handful of players who have even made it to the VHL. There’s a couple quality players I felt were worth making a shorter list for so I’ll only be including them. Now with that out of the way let’s get right into the list! D - Charles Drumm 710 TPE @frescoelmo First up on this list of Aussies, we have Charles Drumm. In 417 career games with DC Drumm put up 20 goals and 185 assists for 205 points. Although he wasn’t the offensive dynamo on the blueline like some other players he was a pretty good two-way defender. He recorded just under 500 career hits and a bit over 650 shots blocked in his career. Unfortunately for him he never won any awards or trophies but he did get some playoff experience playing in 24 games and having 8 assists, 42 hits, as well as 31 shots blocked. It’s no Hall-of-Fame career by any means but he was a solid top 4 defender in the league through his career. F - Killy Foilen 611 TPE @Aye my name jeff Second on this list we have the only forward to make the VHL from Australia, Killy Foilen. In 216 games Foilen recorded 41 goals and 52 assists for 93 points. Even though he only played in three seasons in his career he was able to capture a Continental Cup in S70 with Moscow. Although he wasn’t a superstar he did win the ultimate prize which has eluded many players over the history of the league. He was a good depth scorer and definitely contributed when he needed to. D - Latrell Mitchell 738 TPE @dasboot Next up is the only active player on this list, who was the season 72 3rd overall pick, Latrell Mitchell. In 216 career games played so far Mitchell has put up 37 goals and 94 assists for 131 points. He puts up good points for a defenseman but he’s also not afraid to sacrifice the body either, putting up just shy of 450 hits and a little more than 350 shots blocked. He was somewhat recently traded from Calgary to Warsaw in a pretty big blockbuster deal. Warsaw traded a first round pick along with Arthur Dayne and Alex Bridges in exchange for a first and second as well as Willie Dredge and our man Latrell Mitchell. Warsaw must see some good potential in Mitchell to give up those guys. We’ll have to see where his career takes him from here but even this early on he’s one of the best to come from Australia, let alone even make the VHL in the first place. D - Berocka Sundqvist 1296 TPE @Berocka For the final skater on this list we come to one of the more memorable defenders in recent history, Berocka Sundqvist. In 504 career games played Sundqvist recorded 125 goals and 312 assists for 437 points. In his career he also amassed just shy of 1,000 hits and 650 shots blocked. If nothing else he was loyal. In his 8 season career he spent the entirety of it with Seattle and even won 4 Continental Cups with them. To top that off he even won an Alexander Beketov Trophy for most assists in a single season. That’s a pretty solid career for the 17th overall pick in the draft. G - A Red Guy @.sniffuM Now that skaters are done with we move onto the goaltender, who is none other than A Red Guy. With a bit of a shortened career only playing 6 seasons he was able to put up a 191-146-32 record with 29 shutouts, .918SV%, and a 2.57GAA all in 369 games. Nice. That record puts him tied for 50th all time in wins. If he had played those extra couple seasons I could see him making a decent run at top 25 all time. He was never able to capture a Continental Cup, however he did win three separate individual trophies. Those trophies included, the Scotty Campbell Trophy for league MVP, Dustin Funk Trophy for most improved, and an Aidan Shaw Trophy for league’s top goaltender. Even though a cup eluded him he had a great career. While there haven’t been too many studs come from down under. Maybe we’ll see a spike in players coming out of Australia because of these guys. Only time will tell. Unfortunately that’s all we have for today. As always, thanks for reading and be sure to check out some of the other countries I’ve already done lists for. 801 words