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1. Where do we fall in the NA conference this year? (1st-6th) I'm banking on being for us to be somewhere between 1st and 3rd cause of the hot start we've been on! 2. Who wins the race for last place between Toronto and Davos? Unfortunately, I'm thinking Davos. No one wants to be crowned last. 3. What is your VHL hot take for S71? Dragons go past the first round of the playoffs and Valentino finally becomes a + player in the first time of his career. 4. We've got a little bit of cap room going into the season, should we; a) pick up an inactive dman to take ice time away from our bots, b) accrue some to buy some help at the deadline, or c) hand out some bonuses? Wait it out a bit to scope out any options for help at the before the deadline or signing an inactive Dman. 5. Our friend Pekka Pouta was sent away to Davos to make room for FA pickup JB Rift. Do you have any nice words to send Pouta on his way? Pouta may you get all the ice time on Davos my dude, you're dearly missed! 6. Will rookie goaltender Wolski push Rift for starts by the end of the season? Call this a hot take, I'm thinking yes! I think he'll start as back up and then start splitting before taking over later in the season.

Valentino being a spicy Italian

G - Greg Eagles F - Shawnomir Jagr

D - Jeff Downey F - Mikko Aaltonen @Sebster03

Review: 7/10 First off, love the color scheme here, everything goes really well together with the player, text and background. Some things I think that could be done would be to remove the web address or crop it out on the top right corner of the background. The font is great and I love how clearly legible it is and how it fits style-wise. Also great job with the player crop, maybe adding an outline around him to make him stand out a little more and playing around with a VHL logo for the jersey and helmet to make it more custom. Overall, well done and I look forward in seeing more of your stuff!

Review: 9/10 Absolutely great storytelling in explaining the struggles of Richie's career. I do think a few more pictures of say the injury or him on ice would be a huge addition to the storytelling. My favorite part was Richie's VHL Draft experience in the dilemma of gambling his health and continuing the pursue his life-long dream. Some specifics like his family or the names of schools he went to would be great for detail purposes similar to the great research on Abbot Northwestern in Minnesota. Overall, really well done and I look forward in reading and seeing more of Richie's adventures!

F - Tyler Barabash Jr D - Vladimir Pavlov @Sebster03

Let's get it boys!

Absolutely killer dude! ? And you got my good side!

1. What have you been doing in in training to get an edge on the upcoming season? Edge work and stick handling are always a main focus of mine... that and getting better at skating backwards for better transitions. 2. The draft took place last night and we traded up to fourth to get Stone Wolski. What are your thoughts on that transaction? Solid GMing in my opinion, we got a franchise goalie that's a pivotal piece in a successful Championship team. 3. Now that you've had a brief meeting with the new young players for DC, what do you think of the future for DC? Better get some sunglasses, cause our future is mad bright ? younger guys are going to crush it! It's wild to think of myself as an older guy on the team now. 4. When you were a rookie, how was the entire draft process for you? A bit nerve racking, but exciting! You never know where you'll end up. I'm more than grateful in being in DC and I wouldn't want it any other way. 5. Now that the draft has concluded, how do you think DC will fare in the upcoming season? We made a solid run last season breaking a lot of expectations and I think we're going to go even further this coming season with the new kids on the block! 6. Which team are you raring to go against in the upcoming season? Prague, they're like the uglier twin of ours being both expansion teams. Having joining the VHL at the same time, it's hard not to compare yourselves to them hence why I consider them our biggest rival.

I'm game!

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Very good point about the face, I can definitely see where that can liven the whole thing up. I'll give it a shot! Thank you!

That's the biggest compliment I've ever gotten.

1. If you had to play for any other team in the league, who would you play for? D.C. or Bust! I do have some former Hali teammates on NYA that I enjoyed playing with but D.C.'s where my hearts at. 2. What is one change you would make in the league if you had the power to do it? I kind of wish that the 'Unofficial' awards were legit awards that could be tracked, adds some cool stats that really cool/funny to follow 3. Do you listen to any podcasts on the site? If so, which one(s)? I listened to one, VHL Australia, interviewing our GM and giving some solid insight on where the Club and League is going and what may happen in the future. 4. The draft lottery is finished. Will Riga take Roque Davis or Kyl Oferson 1st overall? I'm thinking Riga may need some more support in the O-zone so my guess is Oferson 5. We hold the 7th overall pick, but rumours abound that we may be trading it. Are we trading up, trading down, or trading it for a player? Nothing can stop us, we're all the way upppppp... either that and pick a goalie or trade for one is my guess 6. Moscow and Calgary are facing off in the finals. Moscow is heavily favored, but would Calgary winning make our 4-2 series against them feel a little better? I think the fact that we made it that competitive for them in our series and seeing the same results for them against Moscow is very impressive. I think we'll fair much better next season!

Part I - Pick em' (Pick the correct winners of all three games for 2 TPE) Game 3 - Moscow Menace @ Calgary Wranglers Game 4 - Moscow Menace @ Calgary Wranglers Game 5 - Calgary Wranglers @ Moscow Menace Part II - Predict the Score (Predict the correct score and winner of this game for 3 TPE) Game 5 - Calgary Wranglers @ Moscow Menace - Menace 4-1 Part III - Player Predictions (Predict the correct player for each category, 1 TPE for each correct answer) Series leader in points: Jet Jaguar Series leader in goals: Jet Jaguar Series leader in assists: Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen Who has the series PIM lead: Mikko Lahtinen Who scores the series winning goal: Jet Jaguar

1. We're still alive! Do we complete the comeback against the Wranglers in games 6 and 7? I'm praying and hoping that we can pull a pseudo comeback-sweep! I think we have all the pieces for it, we just need to get our special teams going and capitalize on those PP's. 2. What has been the biggest surprise of this season for you? Honestly, it's our regular season standing. After the start of the season, I'm pleasantly surprised that we rallied and got ourselves in a solid standing! 3. Three of the top four picks in this year's draft will belong to teams with 80 points or more. What do you blame this on; bad GMing, bad rules, bad luck, or some mixture thereof? Honestly, it's a shame that the lottery can even make an outcome like this when it really doesn't help the teams that really need it. I'm thinking it's a mixture of bad rules and bad luck. 4. Vancouver just went out to Seattle round 1. Will Seattle threepeat? I'm hoping not cause I want it to be us! However all great dynasties aren't dynasties without a threepeat. 5. Obviously, we'll need a goalie within the next couple seasons. Vancouver is rumoured to be shopping Spyro around and Wolski is available in the draft. Would you try to grab one of those two or try something else? I think we should see how well our draft picks are before thinking of grabbing a veteran goalie. Both are great players that could definitely help us between the pipes. 6. Now that we're in playoffs, this question is quite a bit more relevant than before; team success or personal success, which is more important to you? For me, I would say team success because my perspective of team success involves everyone clicking together and contributing the best they can in their own personal way. I think if player bought into the team's system, the personal success will come itself.