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Saskatoon Wild Press Conference - Week Ending April 28 A new week, and new questions from the media to answer! Here are your questions for this week: 1. The end of the regular season is here! How do you feel about your performance this season? 2. Which team do we have to keep our eye on in the playoffs? 3. Which series has been the best in the NHL playoffs so far? 4. Describe your perfect date. 5. What is the most important thing that a team needs to have success on a deep playoff run? 6. Why is it that the second movie in a trilogy usually ends up being the best one?

It's been a phenomenally successful breakout season for Diego Machado this year with the Toronto Legion, one that has helped propel the Legion to the top of the Conference and League with just 6 games to go. Machado had been a solid contributor for Toronto in his first two seasons, the first of which was the Continental Cup year. In that season, Machado had 18 goals and 32 assists for 50 points, a solid contribution for a rookie in the VHL (he finished 7th in rookie scoring that season). Into his sophomore year, he sought to be a bigger contributor to the offense in Toronto, and achieved just that. He finished his second season with 25 goals and 37 assists for 62 points, establishing a new career high in all three categories. Year over year, Machado saw a 39% increase in goal scoring, a 16% increase in assists, and a 24% increase in points. Those were all solid gains, but paled in comparison to the huge jump that followed. Diego Machado seeked to take on a larger role in the offense this season in Toronto, and has managed to do so successfully in all areas. With 6 games left to play, he has already eclipsed those career highs wildly, sitting at 42 goals and 53 assists for 95 points. With the season incomplete, he stands to continue to add to those massive numbers before it ends. From last season's career bests, he has already seen a 68% increase in goal scoring, 43% increase in assists, and a 53% increase in points. All of those statistical jumps should have him well in consideration for the Dustin Funk Trophy for Most Improved Player in the VHL this season, and it would be an honour well earned.

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Kobe Johnson was drafted 22nd overall by the Toronto Legion in S86 following a successful S85 in Las Vegas with the Aces. Johnson returned to Vegas the following season, and exploded offensively, making the jump from 23 to 94 points as a sophomore in the VHLM, and earning a promotion the following season to the VHLE's Geneva Rush. Johnson maintained steady offensive numbers in Geneva for three seasons from S87-89, posting point totals of 71, 86, and 86. For S90, Johnson was caught in the VHLE's roster shuffling after the contraction of 2 teams. That led to Johnson playing in Vasteras down the lineup, only amassing 16 points in the S90 season. In the following season, the opportunity presented itself to play up the lineup again, and Kobe responded with a 67 point season, coming close to averaging a point per game. The S91 season would prove to be Johnson's last in the VHLE, as he got the call to come up to the VHL's Toronto Legion, where he spent the S92 posting 22 points (9 G, 13 A) in 72 games. That brings us to this season, where Johnson has already set new career highs in multiple statistical categories. In 55 games this season, Kobe has already tied last seasons goal total with 9, and has surpassed last seasons assist and point totals with 16 and 25 respectively. Johnson is also more involved offensively through shooting, having increased his shot total from 96 last season to 127 and counting this season. So far, new career bests have been set in assists, points, plus/minus, shots, and shot blocks. He is a goal away from a career best in the VHL, as well as being 2 game winning goals, 2 powerplay goals, and 8 hits away from besting those categories as well. These last 17 games being productive will go a long way to helping set highs in those categories as well.

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