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1) Will you be attending this off-season's draft? 2) Who do you see meeting in the finals this post-season? (Vancouver/Seattle and Moscow/Riga remain) 3) Malmo was swept by Moscow. Do you think Helsinki would have put up a stronger fight? 4) Where would your player most likely be found during the off-season? 5) Are you anticipating a return to the playoffs for the Titans in S72? 6) Who in the locker-room has the best pre-game soccer skill? I sure hope that the team can fly me over. It's a good time. Just uhh... Vancouver and Moscow? Sounds like two big hockey cities. Perhaps. It's unlike us to not take advantage of home ice. Be found sounds so ominous. Fishing is a good bet. I'm anticipating a return to form. Spin that as you may. Virgil used to be a freestyle artist. He's cool like that.

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1) Final week of the season is upon us. In your opinion who has been our team MVP? Erik. No two ways about it. He's got it all. 2) Who has been our unsung hero? Owen's been alright the few times he's been called upon. Definitely underrated. 3) Bailey is set to play his final regular season games before retirement. What will you miss most about his on-ice skillset? He creates space for others. He's slick down by the boards and draws the attention of the defense. 4) What is a personal goal of yours for next season? I'd love to present some grandeur goals, but I'm afraid I just have to be content with not looking old and slow. 5) During your time in the VHL, would you agree that the league is as competitive as its ever been? I would say so. In my earlier years we had some of the best teams imaginable but didn't get to the mountain top. That should explain all in itself. 6) When you are watching a game, what is your go-to arena food and/or drink purchase? Would likely be popcorn. Not a big soda or nachos guy.

Guillaume Fontenette +6 SBA

Seattle 4-2

391 D.C. Dragons @ Helsinki Titans 392 New York Americans @ Riga Reign 393 Seattle Bears @ Moscow Menace 394 Toronto Legion @ Vancouver Wolves

1) Tough go last week, still have a fighting chance with 20 games left. Do you remain optimistic? Yes, of course. We'll keep playing hard until the season is over and there's mathematically no way to go to the playoffs. 2) TOO MANY PIMS! It is clear this has hindered us in many games. What do we need to do as a team to clean up our game? No more hitting mitts on defense. 3) We'll be picking Valtteri Vaakanainen with our round 1 selection this draft. What sort of impact do you expect from his rookie season? Wow! How do you know who we'll be picking already. I'm remaining optimistic about this Vaakanainen fellow. 4) Who on the team best complements your play style? I mean, it's not very good but anyone who lets up long shots from the point. Staying in front is my playstyle, and while I don't want to block 200 shots a season, someone has to. 5) Are you a visor, cage or visor-less player? For goalies, do you wear the plastic neck-guard? I thought we were mandated to use visors here! 6) How do you tape your stick? Style/colour/etc. You've seen my white tape. Not really a style guy in that fashion.

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1) We added a young promising talent (Okada) while Malmo traded off Burn and Marleau. Who makes the playoffs of the two? this cannot be a real question. Biased journalism. 2) Hiroshi Okada arrived in Helsinki last night, how did you help welcome him to the arena? I asked him to go find me an iced coffee? Does that count? 3) Do you recommend any hockey pod-casts or YouTube personalities? Laz and Powers on The Athletic and I suppose UrinatingTree counts as a YouTube shitposter. 4) What is your favourite table top game (board game/foosball/air hockey etc)? Monopoly. Deadass. 5) What are you most looking forward to this summer? Announcing my retirement 6) Do you have any pets? If not, which pet would you most like to have? I'd like to have a small cat, but I am unfortunately allergic to cats.

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259 Calgary Wranglers 260 Vancouver Wolves 261 Malmo Nighthawks 262 Toronto Legion

Legion 2-1

I'm sorry if you thought I was singling you out or even thought I was pointing at you. My view is that you've more taken part on this last week's current conversation and aren't doing any unnecessary whiteknighting or instigating. Either way, thanks for sharing your thoughts, I guess? ?

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unemployment checks for Reno

Isn't that obviously idiotic and if someone brings that up they are clearly mistaken, cannot read, and/or have not interacted with more than a handful of VHL people? I don't see a lot of that happening in either direction in the current day (months ago it used to ride both ways). I guess there is a difficult nuance in calling ie. Nyko, DaaD and Dil "those VHL dumbasses" and outright stating "VHL is a bunch of dumbasses." I don't really care which way anyone sways on the issue but I feel like there's a select number of people whiteknighting for their leagues for nothing, since they aren't in administrative positions and the announcement threads in both leagues are not exactly meant to be public discussion threads. It's literally nothing but a puny dick-swinging contest at this point and I would be surprised if anyone is stupid enough to feel like they've gained the upper hand in the arguments. Prime example of it is when in the thread the other day it became a weird public spat between beketov and molholt, nothing was resolved and no one gained anything. I don't like Enorama or Devise or Jubo any less because they are VHL members and the affiliation was discontinued in dramatic fashion. I don't think no one could justifiably argue that what happened in the vhlm finals thread shouldn't(??) reflect poorly on the "overall community", but it's definitely not some sort of a disease that now colors literally every user. There are some users that take part in the whiteknighting every single chance they get (examples from the SBA too), but that's their fight.

1) Our combined goal tending has been stellar, including back-to-back shutouts last week. What do you attribute this success to? 2) Helsinki has shown grit more this season than in recent memory. How does this benefit you as a player? 3) As of the end of week 3 we are 2 points out of a playoff spot. What do we need to improve to make the jump up? 4) What has been the biggest change in your day to day life over the last 3 to 4 weeks? 5) What is a social activity you miss taking part in? 6) Do you have a favorite motivational hockey quote? I would love to take credit since my shins are bruised every night, but the guys in net have been great. Consistency is the key. I've had to play more PK? Ha. Get through it in close games and get pucks to the net and watch the magic happen jumble jumble I've been buying shoes that are not black or white. Tremendous. Oh this was supposed to be real life? I suppose going to live sports and gigs. Nothing jumps up right on cue, sorry!

+6 Simulation Basketball Association - League Simmer if I understood that correct?

oh that's why my update was still pending sorry about that, updaters.

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Malmo 4-3

109 Malmo Nighthawks @ Vancouver Wolves 110 Toronto Legion @ Prague Phantoms 112 Helsinki Titans @ HC Davos Dynamo 113 Riga Reign @ Moscow Menace

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hey! that was ours

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