David O'Quinn

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As the first round is nearly halfway over, O'Quinn's colleague and teammate, RJ Jubis, jumped from a projected 9oa to 5oa, to the Calgary Wranglers. O'Quinn tweeted the following: He is the first Saskatoon player, and second Canadian player to be drafted in the first round. The next projection for a Saskatoon player is David O'Quinn, a Saskatoon defenseman, to go late during the first round or early in the second. The first round has been interesting so far, with highly touted Danish skater Soren Jensen falling to 4th, where he was projected to go #1 or #2, meanwhile guy Sasakamoose rose, up to #3, going to Riga, along with Guy Lesieur at #6. The draft has temporarily paused, however, as trades have apparently happened. More to come. 153 Words, 128 in the physical article, and 25 in the tweet (which I wrote)

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1. I found the GM and AGM both friendly, helpful, and attentive: Aware of their players. It's been good. 2. Not overly active, but not inactive, everyone who WAS active was helpful and friendly. Again, it was good. 3. Absolutely we will! I'm thinking, with some post-draft moves from our GM, we will probably make the semi-finals or finals. 4. @R Jubis 5. I don't entirely know how the sim engine works, but I would focus on depth scoring. When your top lines slump, you need your bottom end to be able to take over for a while. 6. Well, one's that are easy for you to come up with, first and foremost. But otherwise, more personal for me, since I don't know the leagues to well.

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If a Moscow VS Seattle series had happened at any point during the playoffs, with only 1 day break inbetween switching Arena's, teams would potentially have as little as a 5-6 hours in the new city for practice, sleep, and food before their next game. As I have talked about before, VHL scheduling can be (pardon my french), a bitch, and this is an extreme example of this kind of thing. Imagine playing in Seattle, flying 14 hrs to Moscow. As soon as you land in Moscow, it is already mid-late day, you may not have time to practice, eat, sleep, recover mentally (because playoff hockey is intense)... I truly fear for the health of the players of the league if a team is added to place like Australia, which, while seemingly unlikely, is still a point of conversation. Like, damn, 24hr flights from Sydney to Moscow. Now obviously, inter-conferecial games are much more common, but the schedule could still completely fuck over one team and give the advantage to another. 171 words

Everyone has to prepare for the draft. Every player, every Manager and every scout. But not everyone has to prepare their family, and this year that's exactly what O'Quinn has to do. Though it may be considered a dead topic by now, as all O'Quinn seems to talk about is his family, it's obviously important to the VHLM rookie. After a succesful year in the VHLM with the Saskatoon Wild, ending the year 3rd in team points, just two points behind Julien Blackthorn, both players back from Sophomore sensation Ondrej Ohradka, his draft stakes are relatively high. He's not in the top tier, and he may fall out of the first round, but he definitely won't be ignored during this draft. With up to 8 rounds, being picked early in the second round is pretty solid, especially for a 34yo hockey veteran who finally decided to try his chances in the big league. He enters the draft alongside five other Saskatoon players, RJ Rubis, Kristopher McDogg, Sade Taika, Eliot Porter, and Andy Roche. For O'Quinn's family back in Nova Scotia, it's a scary time. The best case scenario for this father is ending up in New York or Toronto, with secondary choices in Calgary and Washington. Even if he ends up in these first choices, O'Quinn will be far from his family as he was this year. But, if the damage is brought full force, O'Quinn could end up in a place like Moscow. O'Quinn has indeed publicly stated he has no problem with Moscow, or any other Euroconf teams, O'Quinn ending up in these cities would spell issues for his family. If O'Quinn ended up in his favourite choice, New York, he would be only but a several hour flight from home, whereas if O'Quinn ended up far off in the capital of the largest country on earth, Russia, he would be almost an entire day's flight away from his family, which would severely decrease - if not altogether eliminate - potential regular visits with his family. Language, law and comfortability also come up into questioning; one may ask themselves: "If I end up in Russia, how difficult will it be for me to quickly learn Russian? Is there the same protection of personal rights and freedoms?" I do not, however, mean to discriminate against Russia. These are legitimate questions one would need to ask going to any new country in general, but especially as a professional sports player with millions in cash in their wallet. Though it would be silly if a VHL prospective decided to outright deny himself the opportunity of playing in the VHL, simply because he did not want to play in the European conference, and vice versa, maybe one day a conversation should be brought to light, about players having their own say over these kind of things. The VHL has many variables, from timezones to families, players to law and tax, and accounting for all of these variables within the limited constraints of the VHL's own rules would be a fool's errand. But, attempting to rectify and control some of these issues, atleast, may be a good idea, if for nothing else but the comfort of the players which bring in the money. 534 Words

In character 1. "I'm not even thinking about it. It's all about next season, and preparing for it. I've been training as hard as one reasonably can on vacation, and that won't stop any time soon." 2 "Although i'm not entirely sure i'm allowed to disclose that, i've been contacted personally by New York, Washington, and Riga." (OOC, mentioned in articles i'm in favor of New York ) 3. "It's silly to pay attention to that stuff, yknow? What'll really make any of us so called "Greats" is leading this humble city to a cup." 5. "Well, when I had time to catch up on my direct competition, I was disappointed we didn't get to see Guy Sasakamoose go further in the playoffs." 6. "I heard some teams were making fun of Seattle early in the year, so to see them swamp everyone in the playoffs like that was pretty hilarious." OOC 4. On the key, 'important' atts. If i'm back in Sask, I wanna do my best to help win a championship.

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Maybe for my player, but not his fictional family. That's the crutch Good luck to you in your endeavors too, sir!

Signature Template Name: David O'Quinn Team: Sasaktoon Wild Player Number: 69 Render Choice: Lanny the Man MacDonald Are you S69?: Yes sir!

Reporter Roger Pennies here, late last night I managed to trap O'Quinn into a phonecall, and I was able to question him about his hopes in the draft. Though he has already stated his opinions and options vaguely before, in one of the weekly Saskatoon press conferences, I valued the ability to question him directly. R: "So, we're closing in on both the VHL and VHLM entry draft. Is there any teams in the VHL or VHLM you do want to be drafted to, specifically?" O: "Well, as I've said before: I ultimately just want to play hockey. Besides my wife and my children, this sport is the love of my life. So at the end of the day, I just want to be drafted. However in saying that, I'd like to stay as close to home as I can. If I had to choose, I'd want to be drafted to Toronto, or New York, in the VHL. Nothing against the rest of the teams, but for the sake of my family above all else I'd like to remain close to home. I also wouldn't mind Washington, but i'm shooting for New York. As for the VHLM, I'd love to return to Saskatoon. You might call it backwards thinking, since Halifax is way closer to home, but I've loved it here in Saskatoon and my son has been talking about moving to Calgary." R: "Ok, fair enough. You just wanna play the sport, I respect that. Eh, how about where you don't want to go? I guess you already answered this, but i'm asking anyways. O: "Well, I'd have a tough time in the European conference. For reasons I already said... I want to stay close to home, close to family. Europe isn't where either of those things are. Now, I have a golf tourney to attend in the morning, so I need to hit the hay. Goodnight, Roger."

In the S69 VHL Amateur Entry Draft, there are currently three defensemen projected to be drafted top three. The first of these blue-liners is a possibly generational prospect in Brock Louth. When it comes to defense, there is little to no question that Louth is the best defenseman in the draft. After Louth, however, it gets interesting, as rivalry seems to be brewing between the smaller, younger German defenseman Erik Summers, and the larger, older Canadian Guy Sasakamoose. They have similar levels of TPE, and have been gaining at the same rate all season, climbing into the projected top 10 of the VHL Amateur Entry Draft. - Guy Sasakamoose Guy Sasakamoose is Canadian, born in Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, a small and historically significant town in Canadian history. Although his size was once a touchy subject for him, he is a very large, defensively sound blueliner who has grown at an alarming rate, with a weekly TPE gain averaged at 20. In his rookie season, Sasakamoose played for the Mississauga Hounds, who picked him up through last years VHLM Dispersal draft, though they surely didn't know what they were getting into when they drafted him all the way down at 32nd, having never played a game in the VHLM. He stormed out of the gates this season, registering 63 pts for the Hounds in 72 games, an excellent pace for a first-year defenseman. Additionally, in the on-going playoffs, Sasakamoose has registered 5 helpers in 5 games for the Hounds. - Erik Summers Erik Summer is a German born blueliner, with a proud hockey family, his mother having played in the 1998 Olympics for Team Germany. He isn't the largest defenseman, but he isn't the smallest. He's right in the middle of the pack, owning a week-by-week growth of about 19 TPE. In Summers rookie season, he has played for the Houston Bulls, the VHLM's best regular season team. This means, however, that Summers had to fight hard for his icetime, and his individual stats may have suffered as a result of being on such a good team. Summers registered 33 pts in 72 games for the Bulls. In the playoffs, he has registered 2 pts in 4 games, although his team has been rather successful. Both of these blueliners are highly valuable assets to their current VHLM team, and will be valuable assets to their proceeding VHL team, after the draft. Although it's up in the air in regards to whether or not they will make the VHL next season, they will likely make the VHL at the same time unless one is drafted to a serious contender and the other drafted to a rebuilder, which is entirely possible if one of them falls to the 2nd round, though that in of itself seems rather unlikely. However, I digress. Neither of them are Brock Louth, but they're both better than the closest S69 competition, O'Quinn, and they will likely be in a tier of their own for their whole careers, leading their respective franchises, if they both continue their outstanding growth. 508 Words

1. "I think we ended up where others expected. I don't know if that plays to their knowledge and prediction, or that they were right about us being bad. It's for certain, though, that we played below what we expected personally." 2. "Eh, well, I think the team should focus on filling gaps. Get a center, get a goalie, get a defensemen. A team is a team, and your cup chances are forfeit if you have a gap." 3. "Whatever the plan is, or will be, it includes getting as much practice and work in as I can. You can't stop fighting for your spot, or you'll lose it." 4. "I think he'll outdo himself next season. Maybe he won't have as many points, but the team will be better, more acquainted, and we'll play better, Ohradka included." 5. "Don't worry about the stats, don't compare yourself to others. Just improve the best you can." 6. "Is this multiple choice, or open answer? I'd call that one green.

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The problem lies in that I already did a few history-themed media spots, and was not informed about the theme week coming up, so I sorta ran out of ideas and history-steam

The S60 Toronto Legion are, by far, the worst team in VHL History. With a record of 4-67-1, for a point total of.. 9... no team may ever be quite as bad as the Legion were that year. Let's expand. Forwards JourneyMan - RW This veteran winger was standing on his last legs - on a team without any solid ground at all. They forced him to play 28 mins a game, and he ended up with 40 pts. Corey Klopfenstein - C I couldn't really find anything on him. He had 43 pts, and was a rookie. Matt Denning - RW Another rookie who I couldn't find any information on. Jakub Pastrnak - LW A veteran presence with a few years left on him, he was nothing more than a minor depth piece. Defensemen Luca Volkov - D Possibly their only decent player, Volkov ended his career with 330 pts in 447 games. He was good, and had 53 pts that year as a veteran presence. Jean-Claude Girard - D Antother Veteran, Girard was a bottom pair D for his career, and was okay this year. Nicodemus Raven - D ANOTHER rookie I couldn't find any information on. Goaltender (singular) Brienne O'Tarth... yeah, another no-name rookie... So, the legion really sucked. They only had four players with any career history, and only one who was truly notable, being Volkov.

1. "I'm not really sure. I try not to think about that stuff too much, but I like a lot of the rookies on this team. Whoever is on this team next year, I just want to be a part of it." 2. "Well I hope they catch me! My wife has been going on and on about how she thinks i'm going to be a high pick this year. I don't really much care for the semantics, but I just hope here in the VHLM I stick around here in Saskatoon. As for the VHL, I'd like to stay near home." 6. "I think, to some degree, it's my duty to follow everything that happens. Obviously I can't, and I won't, watch every game, but knowing who to watch out for on the ice is important. Knowledge is power, you know, you gotta keep up with the times before you're left behind." 7. "I don't think I've ever looked at my own stats, not once. It's all about the team, and whether the team wins. I've been told i'm doing pretty good this year, but beyond that I don't know anything about my stats. I can say that I've been working very hard this year, that I'm happy with my progress, and the team has been winning more, but I can always improve. I hope I always will, yknow?" 8. "I think i probably sound like a broken record with this one, but the goal is for the team to win. If that means I don't score a goal all season, that's okay. But if I need to score 20 for us to keep winning, that's where my eyesight will be set. It's about the team at the end of the day. 9. "Hahaha, ahh. My wife went to college there, so I don't have a choice but to root for them."

This took... *forever* to gather. Mostly because i'm an inefficient bitch. Season Team Name Record GF GA DIFF S20 New York Americans 10-59-3 230 492 -262 S21 New York Americans 7-63-2 224 463 -239 S22 Vasteras Iron Eagles 22-48-2 155 244 -89 S23 Seattle Bears 9-58-5 118 336 -218 S24 Seattle Bears 9-58-5 142 295 -153 S25 Calgary Wranglers 10-61-1 133 348 -215 S26 HC Davos Dynamo 9-60-3 145 374 -229 S27 Toronto Legion 8-58-7 138 308 -170 S28 Vasteras Iron Eagles 8-58-6 161 378 -217 S29 Helsinki Titans 19-46-7 156 252 -96 S30 RIga Reign 18-47-7 152 262 -110 S31 Toronto Legion 10-57-5 132 310 -178 S32 Seattle Bears 9-61-2 115 313 -198 S33 Vasteras Iron Eagles 7-58-7 108 310 -202 S34 HC Davos Dynamo 9-60-3 118 303 -185 S35 Riga Reign 5-62-2 83 314 -231 S36 Calgary Wranglers 6-65-1 88 357 -269 S37 Helsinki Titans 6-63-3 118 329 -211 S38 Quebec City Meute 8-58-6 131 314 -183 S39 Toronto Legion 13-55-4 107 242 -135 S39 Quebec City Meute 13-55-4 135 244 -109 S40 Missing Missing N/A N/A S41 Stockholm Vikings 10-53-9 135 273 -138 S42 Riga Reign 11-56-5 131 287 -156 S43 Calgary Wranglers 15-53-4 102 236 -134 S44 Helsinki Titans 10-55-7 141 314 -173 S45 Seattle Bears 11-58-3 137 324 -187 S46 Seattle Bears 4-61-7 116 299 -183 S47 Quebec City Meute 15-48-9 128 235 -107 S48 Riga Reign 15-50-7 107 208 -101 S49 Calgary Wranglers 9-57-6 87 264 -177 S50 Stockholm Vikings 11-56-5 83 231 -148 S51 Stockholm Vikings 6-60-6 68 246 -178 S52 Helsinki Titans 9-57-6 142 352 -210 S53 HC Davos Dynamo 12-52-8 82 244 -162 S54 Seattle Bears 11-49-12 69 210 -141 S55 Cologne Express 8-60-4 76 307 -231 S56 New York Americans 7-59-6 62 295 -233 S57 Stockholm Vikings 4-63-5 62 285 -223 S58 HC Davos Dynamo 10-56-6 99 249 -150 S59 Quebec City Meute 6-61-5 102 282 -180 S60 Toronto Legion 4-67-1 97 301 -204 S61 Seattle Bears 11-57-4 105 261 -156 S62 Helsinki Titans 8-55-9 114 300 -186 S63 HC Davos Dynamo 15-53-4 132 289 -157 S64 HC Davos Dynamo 16-50-6 135 246 -111 S65 Moscow Menace 9-56-7 155 332 -177 S66 Seattle Bears 23-40-9 182 261 -79 S67 New York Americans 20-35-7 193 282 -89 So, there it is. The WORST teams in the VHL, year by year. The award for 'Best of the Worst' goes to the S66 Seattle Bears, followed by a tie for the #2 spot between the S67 New York Americans and the S22 Vasteras Iron Eagles. The best worst team in VHL history by the advent of pure points is still the Seattle Bears of S66. The award for 'Worst of the Worst' in goal differential goes to the S36 Calgary Wranglers, who had an abysmal DIFF of -269. The actual award for worst team in the entire VHL since S20 goes to the S60 Toronto legion, with a record of 4-67-1... It is said, in legend, that they would not have even made the VHLM playoffs that year. The best player on their team was Luca Volkov, with an OVA of 69. For reference, the worst team in the league this year, the New York Americans, have four players at or above that OVA. That's not good. Also, for your memertainment, the list of 'how many times have you been the worst' Seattle Bears: 8 HC Davos Dynamo: 6 Helsinki Titans: 5 New York Americans: 4 Calgary Wranglers: 4 Toronto Legion: 4 Riga Reign: 4 Quebec Meute: 4 Stockholm Vikings: 4 Vasteras Iron Eagles: 3 Cologne Express: 1 Moscow Menace: 1 Congratulations, Seattle, your team has consistently been the worst, of the worst! Throughout the years, your team has sucked, and sucked, and sucked more than any other suckers. Succ. So what lesson is there to be learned here? Well, there really isn't. Throughout the years, tanking has been a successful tactic. There isn't any price that is too high for the cup, and if you spend everything you have to win the cup, and end up down the shitter for the next half decade, one could very easily argue it was all worth it. We're only on this earth for so long, and you likely want, and definitely need to accomplish as much as you can with the short time you have. So to all the general managers out there: Lose as much as you want, as long as you have a plan to take the league by storm and win a cup, who cares how bad you are right now. Fuck the critics. And to all the players, don't get demotivated if you're on a crappy team. Talk to your GM, find out their plan, and find out if you wanna stick around for it to work or move on. But there's always something you can do as a player too, and who knows, your team may just pull a Continental Cup out of it's ass. 823 Words, 450 without all the stats (but I figured the stats counted for.. something.) Bonus 6 uncapped TPE for the theme week. Edit: Added relevant meme.

I'm very surprised I'm the most consistent S69 TPE earner! I won't be able to keep it up at 18/week though. Even getting lucky with predictions - the best I'll be able to do, since I exhausted all my doubles and once-a-career options, will be 14/week. The saving grace will be if I get lucky with pick'ems and score predictions. We shall see! Thank you for the article, good sir.

Player Card Template Name: David O'Quinn Team: Saskatoon Wild Player Number: 69 Render Choice: Lanny MacDonald Are you S69?: Yes sir.

Aleksander Rodriguez Position: RW Age: 16 Height: 6'5" Weight: 205 lb. TPA: 511 VHL Draft: 3rd round, 24th OA to Riga VHLM Draft: 1st round, 2nd OA to Mexico City Tonight on the Roger Pennies Show™, we fulfill a popular request, reviewing the top scoring forward on the New York Americans, the American born Aleksander Rodriguez. Let's begin. During Rodriguez's two year stint in the VHLM, he skated for two different teams. In S65, his first VHLM season, he skated for Ottawa scoring 24 goals and assisting on 35 for 59 points in his first 72 games. In his second year, drafted to Mexico, he played much better ending the year with 36 goals and assisting on 54 for 90 pts. The team made it to the postseason, but fell short, as did his performance, with 3 pts in 5 games. He managed a 1.03 PPG average during his VHLM years. By the time he had reached the skill to become a VHL player, he had already been traded to New York in a package deal with picks that would become Derek England and Ryo Yamazuki II, as a part of the New York American's plot that offseason to tear their team down and rebuild. In his first VHL year, he managed to score 17 goals and assist on 25 for 42 pts in 72 games for the Americans. In the following (and current) year, he has managed to score 17 goals and assist on 36 for 53 pts, in 58 games. So far in his VHL career he has managed a 0.73 PPG average, managing to be 30th of 153 for total points, and 2nd on his team behind defenseman Guy Legrand, a player who is a year less experienced than him. Additionally, he is 4th in New York goalscoring, two players also a year less experienced than him, one himself who is a rookie, and one who is a second-year VHL player alike Rodriguez. He is certainly not a goalscorer, and one may wonder whether the goalscoring stats on his team are a product of him, or if his playmaking stats are a product of them. There are other questions to be asked aswell, such as the availability of icetime to this player, or if the quality of his opponents has spiked his production, which it may have done to many North American Conference teams. Not to discredit Rodriuguez, however, as he is indeed 30th in league scoring. Six players from S66 or S67 have more points than him, and twelve in total have more points than him OR five less points than him. This makes him right in the middle of the active S66/S67 pack which altogether isn't all that special. Fan's of the league may look more towards his out-competing S66 Counterparts, or his S67 colleagues who are catching up to, or have outright surpassed him with a year less experience, but it also seems like he will be a reliable middle 6 forward who will never require the top paycheck the likes of his teammate Legrand may ask for one day. This means he can still be a valuable asset, or trade bait, though for which team he will play for next year is up in the air, as Rodriguez has stated, rather emotionally, his intentions to not return to New York and hit the free agency market. This has been Roger Pennies, later tonight we'll bring you the full shakedown on the VHLM Dispersal Draft. Again. 569 Words. Claiming my 2nd donation doubles week seen here

Wait... what if I did... a VHL version of this... how much shit would that cause?