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2 would have been the golden number. Unfortunate enough thought was not given to the removal of 2 VHLM teams before actually pulling the trigger. Dust will settle soon enough.

Playoffs here we cum

No rush, man. Always next week's PT.

SICK Mind doing one for me??? Aleksei Federov? @NUCK

yay no pts

gud win

meh

Peter Forsberg was almost a household name to hockey fans when he was around playing. In fact, you head on over to Sweden and mention the name and I betcha most will still remember the legacy he left himself with the game of hockey. This persona is not so much happening right now for relative Mattias Forsberg in the Victory Hockey League. Though he is priding himself in currently being a 2-way forward who is big on winning face offs, he needs to do more to help his team win. Though he is sporting a high FO% of 64.53, his offensive production is lacking strongly. With 9 points in 19 games, the media asked Forsberg "How do you feel with your play so far?" In all reality, it is what it is. I feel as though the season is a struggle and currently am finding it difficult to adapt. Minus 10 is extremely discouraging and my points production is very similar. Sure, face offs are rolling but that was almost a given. Going to have to focus more on the offensive side of things. Not happy at all and am expecting management to make some moves. For Mattias Forsberg (1tpe)

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Las Vegas 6-1

#Legendimo

While there weren't too many candidates, I'd say we're pretty excited and confident in the guy who is about to take over the Yukon Rush. A past member making a return, we hope he stays around the VHL for quite sometime while also bringing the golden (get it?) days back to the Yukon Rush. Welcome aboard and good luck, @Laflamme! You know where to reach us if you need anything.

6-1 NYA

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Reward: FREE WEEKS Eggs Cost: 2 For Player: Forsberg AND Federov

Great career.

For Forsberg (1 of 2 double weeks used for him) +12

Rodriguez in his Quebec days sending a member of the Reign to their asses. The Seattle Bears have been quite the Roller-coaster team ever since GM Blake Campbell took over the reigns from previous management. During his first season, the team made a run for it knowing that they had the potential to be a strong contender. Despite their high talent level, their conference which they played in was an exact match and than some for their talent and depth. This resulted in GM Campbell giving up on the season, the team and their goals and totally entering a rebuild. Selling off each asset they could to get some more of a future asset or "help us right now" piece. Campbell was quoted in saying that he wishes to not enter a full rebuild. That his goals were to skip some of the initial stages to allow some sort of competitive hockey in Seattle and hopefully make the process go a little quicker. "That's exactly what we did. We missed playoffs the following year and then we were laughing. We brought in some top pieces to add onto the great pieces we already had in AK-47, Podarok and Wolf. Adding Petenis was a huge piece for us and bringing in Jakab Holik was one of the best moves we could have done. He's an elite goalie, whether his numbers truly made people believe that here. He was a huge reason for the success in the season and the team just couldn't handle playoff atmosphere so we crumbled." Another key piece the Seattle Bears add was at the time defender Fillipe Rodriguez. Coming in from a trade from Quebec, Rodriguez wasn't sure on how he felt on the deal. If correctly remembered, he was indifferent on the situation and was almost blindsided as Quebec seemed to be all over the place with what direction they were heading. Though he wasn't exceptionally excited about coming to Seattle, he was ready to make it his home and home it became. Rodriguez fit in well with the teams plan and made the locker room a more enjoyable experience. At the time, he held down the fort on the back end with numerous other partners and night in, night out displayed performances that easily made him one of the Bears top players. Blocking shots and laying the body was part of Rodriguez' job with the Bears Joining the team to enter Season 51, the Bears went on to make their first playoff birth since starting the rebuild/retool era of Campbell's tenure. With a 37-29-6 finish, the Bears barely clinched by 8 points. The team seen some average play from a majority of their players and while not having amazing elite depth, they still managed to see exceptional depth scoring from most of their players. From Rodriguez, the team seen 19 goals, 43 assists and 62 points through 72 games that season. On top of that, he added 238 hits and 116 shots blocked. Rodriguez had just begun making a strong name for himself in Seattle and he hadn't yet known it. Season 52 was next and it was the first of two seasons where the Bears stood up, said fuck yeah and then failed in the playoffs. Adding even more depth through trades and free agency. Joel Jarvi, Biggu Kyanon and Thor Odinsson all ended up joining the team in the off-season. With a huge performance in the regular season, the team finished with a 58-11-3 record and easily coasted to being the best team in the regular season (who also scored the most goals by a landslide). One of these huge performances, while not a huge increase, was from Rodriguez once again. 21 goals, 48 assists, 69 points, 199 hits and 85 shots blocked to end the regular season off put Rodriguez at the top of Seattle once again. Rodriguez found his scoring touch the moment he switched positions (49 in 72) Season 53 was extremely similar to Season 52 for the Bears. The team played huge during the regular season, going on to win the regular season crown for a second straight season. The team managed some trades, as well as a huge free agent signing in one of the most elite defender to lace them up, Jeff Hamilton. Jakab Holik was bigger, better and stronger than he's ever been and the team was sharp and ready to get things underway. The team seen huge numbers from almost all of their players and GM Campbell actually ended up praising the team for their offensive capabilities a couple times throughout the season. The one biggest difference in the season was that the top pairing on the blue line lost Rodriguez. The team desperately needed to fill a void at Center and true colors, loyalty and a sign of Rodriguez' character shined bright like a diamond. Rodriguez decided to switch position, going from a stay at home - two way defender, to splitting time on the 1st and 2nd line with Sven Wolf. Let's just say, this move paid off for him and he climbed to the top of the ranks for Seattle, engraving his name into S53 as the biggest reason why the team was able to make their final push. With a career year behind him, he finished the season with 49 goals, 66 assists, 115 points and all while still managing to play one hell of a physical game with 226 hits. "Fillipe Rodriguez was a monumental asset the moment he walked on that plane with a ticket saying Seattle on it. Though he wasn't hugely open to the idea of becoming a Bear right away, he grew to the idea and were very happy for that because he will go down in my books as one hell of a Bear and one of the best players to work with. We knew when we picked him up what kind of player we were getting. Someone who put the team first, was extremely loyal, was an exceptional asset to have in the locker room and someone who would become a strong player for whatever franchise he played for. All of these things, he was or became for us. His loyalty was beyond what we expected and each season, he got better and better for us. Rodriguez was a key piece to every season and when we mentioned our original players to our plans, he was always on of them. He was a stone set in place for us. One of the originals to the plan we wanted to build around. Rodriguez, the Seattle Bears organization would like to thank you for your time with the organization. Your loyalty and character which you added to the locker room was what made the team a better place to play with. You were a huge piece to the team but especially in S53. I don't want to take credit away from Holik, Hamilton or anyone else deserving, but if you wouldn't have switched to center, we would have been in trouble. I could go on forever giving you and the media reasons as to why you're an amazing player and person. We could thank you for countless things and be here all day. Simply put Roddy @evrydayimbyfuglien , we thank you and hope that your agency and our organization once again can cross paths. All the best and with much thanks, GM Blake Campbell

Welcome back, Cail.

He's always been a play making legend, haha.

We should of teamed up a long time ago. Kickin ass !

3-2 RIG

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This is the problem I have with making 90% of my players in all my leagues Swedish. I literally have struggled to write this week and last (bless free weeks). So take it as it is haha

Aleksei Federov celebrates after winning a gold medal at the World Juniors in Tokyo. From the moment any person who has a passion for the game of hockey is born, they're eyes are automatically set on the big stage. Whether it be the KHL, SEL, NHL or VHL (notice how we don't put the SHL), children's eyes across the world are fixated on being able to represent the game they love on the biggest stages possible. For Aleksei Federov, this was no different for him than any other talented, young player. Thoguh Swedish media speculated that he would stay within the country to pursue a career, it's often noted by international scouts that two of the biggest leagues across the globe are the NHL and VHL. For Federov, it was a pretty simple choice. The phone rang early one morning and next thing he knew, VHLM scouts were interested in taking him in the draft. The Brampton Blades would end up calling his name come draft time and while no championship was found, he had a fairly successful stint there. During his final season, he was put up for consideration for the top dman award. Though he is not known for his large offensive presence on the ice, he managed ot put up respectable and excelling numbers from the blue line. Through the 72 game season, Federov managed 19 goals, 74 assists and 93 points to finish 3rd on the team for scoring. On top of that, he had 94 hits and 57 shots blocked all while playing 24.5 minutes a game (average). To say the least, the kid had one hell of a year. Felt good to play strong in my final VHLM season heading into the draft. With cut off being so strict for skill, I knew next season I would be playing somewhere in the VHL. While I would have loved to have stayed down one more season, it's a pretty big honor to make the jump so quickly and to be able to already be placed into such a strong position on an organization. Through the season, I really focused on bringing levels of my game higher - whether it be offensively or defensively. I wanted to be that shut down guy who was also able to hop in on the play and help with the goals. Sokky scored a huge amount of goals, but that's not really my department. I like to pass. I'm a skilled set up guy who can easily find someone anywhere on the ice. I like to think of myself as a leveled out two-way defender. It's something I wanted to head into the draft with. With the 4th overall selection in the VHL entry draft, Federov found himself being called to the stage by Seattle Bears GM, Blake Campbell. While it was no surprise that Campbell called Federov's name, one can't help but think what his career may be if he joined a more skilled team right away. Would he win cups quickly? How long would it take for him to earn his stripes and be a top pairing dman? What sort of production could be expect from the young guy? Either way, a Bear he is and officially played in his first ever VHL game. During which, he helped on 2 goals (2 assists) and now has 3 points through his first 4 games of his career. It was a big night for me and not overly in terms of how I played or the points that I got. Obviously my nerves were pretty strong and I was excited but nervous to get out on the ice. During my interviews with Seattle's GM, Blake Campbell, he told me that I would be a huge player to the team. A key player that they would build around and ultimately, one of the faces to the franchise. I know being a defender we have lots of pressure. You're either average, shit or elite and I can tell you I don't want to be shit and I sure as hell don't want to fit in with the rest and be average. I want to climb the ranks, be known as one of the best current defenders and hopefully one of the best to ever play the game. Time will tell, but hopefully I make a huge impact on the Bears and VHL. Double Week 1 of 2 for Aleksei Federov