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Graves at your service! Hellll yeeaaaah!

Alistar Graves Forward Points +/- Rating

I'm ok with a lot of stuff you noted but there are few questions ft = ft. lbs = lbs. If so then I should put "." after every attribute I noted (after age, youth team etc.) aaaand strenght = strength Is this only to Muricans?

Can I create one to VHLM too?

Final countdown Have ever played though game? Have you watched to the tablo and saw that few seconds have left and you are down by one goal? Though .... but when you make it! It is worth it! I mean I feel exactly same. Draft is coming. I’m down by practice hours on ice because of joining VHLM bit too late. Others have been more experienced but I think in recent trainings I had rised my skill relativly fast but not so much as others. There is less than 24 hours before draft but I’m sitting here in Rush arena doing last individual practices. *Practice hours=TPE How this started? Why I’m here? I think it started when I got in VHLM. It was something else, never before experienced. I love to play with Outlaws but it was quite there. I was doing great on ice but in locker room I was reserved than usual... I wanted to just do my job and train. I got that spark in my eye when I was playing hockey... But I was reserved at all. All what I did I managed and didn’t felt empty... Then happened trade what changed my life... Rush was different. Different players, staff, game tactics. Personally I thought that I was playing like „sh*t”. I mean I want to say that it was my fault that Rush didn’t got in to the Play Offs. I should be better. Team was relaying to me. I thought it could be disaster to me. This time line of my carrier but... But I love this team, players, stuff, game style and even mascott who I never had seen Somehow enthuazism awake into me like ever before. I already placed myself as forever fourthliner. Just do dirty job and relay to team but... I wanted more. I want fight, check, block, assist, score ... WIN! I have never rated personal sucess higher than team sucess. Team sucess is priority. These new feelings that I have... I feel that I want prove myself to others. To show I’m that guy who want to win! Even though I played in minor league I had opportunity to learn from real masters. I saw how hard working was Jaime Hill. Despite being defenceman I learnt a lot from ..him.. Most important was patience. Ziedins is amazing skater. As a forward I usually try to skate less and focus on positional game but this guy is amazing. He is like rocket. He made me believe that on skates there are no limit. Shadhu has amazing shot. I remember that we sometimes after workout we were challenging each other with shooting skills. We won every single time. Pettyfer came up in the very end of Rush family. I love how creative was he and that how unselfish was he. Man of honor! I learned that you should be unselfish on ice. Catrall was good offensive guy and it was pleasure to play next to him. I saw the same spark what I have to him. More likely I understood that I should go every shift with passion. These five were my best teachers... But one of them was like son of hockey God itself. Zoidberg was killing machine! I’m not evena t half so good as he but as he said: „I one day was just like you.” That’s is true. One day may be I could be same good as he is now but ... But I have to work a lot. Zoidberg is always last out from gym. Guy is like superhuman in my eyes. He could become super goalscorer or one best league playmakers but part of his identity will be that he is overally better than everyone elso on this planet! (Hold on VHL guys ) I learnt from him that everything is possible. I have progressed a lot since last august. Does it make me to the best? I’m far away from that but I have right to keep going and become one. Only what I want is team what will draft me would appreciate my passion to hockey. After this day my life won’t end. I don’t who want more see me in their jersey. I want next season see myself in new jersey. If I could reach Team Europe roster it would be great positive statement that I’m progressed a lot in very short period of time and that I have done my objectives. This night will be special. Now it is time ti get reward of my work. Now it will be judged!

Yuo has problem with my Englando? btw - I don't use google translator. I use Tilde computer dictionary for several words. The biggest problem is between Latvian and English grammar structure. If I try to make complicated expressions and senteces in Latvian it is almost impossible to switch that to Latvian. We use a lot commas and constructions for undefined sentence type. There could be hard to find these for NA people illogical sentences. Also there could appear wrong usage of sinonims. Like "well" and "good" means absolutely same in Latvian so sometimes it seems to me that I can use both of then even though only one fits But these are mine not grader problems.

Name: Alistar Graves Height: 6’2 ft Weight: 205 lbs Age: 18 Nationality: German (Team Europe) Position: Right Winger Shoots: Right Youth team: Kölner EC U18 Claimed: By Turku Outlaws Traded to Yukon Rush First VHLM season (S39): 41 GP; 11+25; +/- -26; PIM 12 Turcu Outlaws: 22 GP; 10+19; +/- -14; PIM 8 Yukon Rush: 19 GP; 1+6; +/- -12; PIM 4 Alistar Graves is hard working and enthusiasm based player. He has good size and he uses it well so he isn’t afraid from contact game too. Graves has good vision. In the offensive zone he can easily find open spots and uncovered places. . Better than that is his defensive read. Good positioning and fast decision making and simple style of game make scouts rate his hockey IQ highly. Graves is great doing hard work. He isn’t afraid to block shots, do pokecheck or keep playing physical, aggressive game. Even though Alistar Graves is more suited to be penalty killer he has some Hockey God gifts to play in power play. Gifted with powerfull slapshot he can fill empty spot on blue line. However his strong shots are not so accurate so usually shots go wide. Despite inaccurate shot he is good playmaker and master of getting open. Before VHLM Alistar Graves was not named as powerplay specialist but with right linemates he can become such a type player. Especially if he is next to "blind” goalscorer (only fucused doing shot) then Graves task is to make him open and send pass to him! After being called as powerforward or two-way forward Graves actually can be dangerous playmaker. He is still 18 so he can fix his lacks and problems. Graves has two serios problems. First is sloppy and slow skating. Althought Graves is hard to hit on skates it seems problem to him skate enought fast. As Alistar Graves said about himself: "I’m using bad skating technique. It takes a lot strenght for me so I better save some strenght skating little less than I could. Of course in some situations I can’t think about it. I should really work on my skating. Especially accelaration. It is ankward when you see rest of your linemates "flying” on ice.” Another problem for Graves is his ability to hadle puck. He has lack of puckhandling during game. Alistar just avoid to handle puck too long. On the one hand, it is positive in case if he play less risky and he knows that he don’t handle puck well so it prevent from takeaway. On the other hand, line has no forward who could carry puck and could make serious problems to opponents. Puck handling is very usefull skill which doesn’t fit to name „Alistar Graves”. In some ways Alistar tries to compensate his lacks and use his size to make past foe defenders. Episodically Graves can show some nice dekes or creative pass plays or even goalscoring moments. In Germany junior leagues he was named as „Bloodthirster” because of his „aggressive” hits. Graves has huge potencional. If he will work harder he could get rid from his disturbing weakneses to become so good as Ryan O’Reilly. Hockey experts has already called him as O’Rielly analog in some way. Especilly about his confident defensive game. In VHLM he got his place in team in teams as a leader player. Which he obviously not! He must grow to become such a type player. Graves is well suited for 3rd/4th line. Only thing that need to him to develop his talents is game in not even strenghts. That should be his real place in his first VHLM season but my be after year we will recognise another Alistar Graves? Almost forgot to mention. Alistar Graves is mental player so he like to provoke opponent player. Alistar no need to do cheapshots because his character will do it fine. If you ever play against Alistar Graves be sure that he will know what to do with your mom/wife. Already I do apologies if there are any (should be) mazingly stupid grammar mistakes. Englando isn't my native language

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I didn't asked but ...... woah!

Awww.... Eagles fan asked sig for Robin... On the one hand I managed to make same look sig. on the other hand I see that I haven't progressed in look. I tried to follow to tips.... But worst is that I lost creativity point... arrrgh!