Eso

I'm honoured to picked to be part of this squad. 
 
Also, just in case anyone isn't aware, the real life World Junior Hockey Championship finals are today, with Finland and Russia facing off for bronze, then Canada and the USA competing for gold.

1. Chicago won their wild card series, so that's pretty cool. Right now in Saskatoon we are down 3-2, after surviving a "must-win" game today.
2. Night owl, I suppose. In real life I often advise people that to improve their health and fitness, they should drink less alcohol, and get more sleep. Unfortunately I am pretty bad at taking my own advice.
3. I'm not a New Year's Resolution guy, if you want to make a change in your life, make it for yourself, not for some sort of arbitrary calendar event. That said, it wouldn't kill me to exercise more.
4. I am a broken man. I will lay waste to the VHL and anyone who has ever even heard of the VHL, leaving naught but devastation in my wake. Hey but also it was fun to not be the person that fucked up counting for a change.
5. Wow, I feel personally attacked. Well I mean, my wife and kids will be in the house, but they'll be sleeping.
6. All y'all motherfuckers in Chicago, I'm only starting to get active in the Chicago LR
7. I gave myself and my older son both haircuts today. It went... okay. Luckily I'm balding and married with children, so I don't really have anyone to impress. My son? Well, he's not quite old enough to be vain yet.

1. I don't really scoreboard watch very much, but we're close enough to the end of the season that I doubt the standings are going to change very much. The Wild finish 3rd in our conference, 4th overall in the league.
2. Based on recent performance, I have to assume Sandstrom is going to go super high. I don't know much about the draft class, but is he in the 1st overall conversation?
3. There's always guys coming in who may or may not have a drop or a bump in earnings that could change their future outlook.
4. No one has a shot at catching him, and I think he'll finish at 120, give or take.
5. There were a couple of games, early in the season when we didn't have a ton of depth, where myself, Vericel, and Foles/Hunter would have dominant games where we'd each put up 5 points, that was a good time.
6. This is almost sacrilege as a Canadian, but I've always thought that the United States have a banger of an anthem. I don't know the European ones too well other than Russia.

Great guys to lead this ship to the ship! Let's go!

I have been updating the roster sheet , look above for the updated rosters , and no @linsangelesstill must choose a Goalie, so youre stuck waiting for their two picks to come in first  
 

Thanks everyone, and thank you for your trust @Doomsday. This is a tremendous honour.

I'll work hard to make the team the best that we can be this season, and hopefully reward the good people of Saskatchewan with some hardware.

Okay, thanks @fishy, I'll take
D - Erik Killinger
instead

1. I am, but we haven't gotten to my pick yet. Honestly, since I don't know any of the players or teams very well, I will probably look at some of the other groups and just copy them.
2. Monkey puppet meme. My TPE earning slowed down a bit in the offseason (and it's PBE off-season as well, so I haven't been able to get affiliate PT points either).
3. First overall, and by such a large margin that the team is promoted to the VHL.
4. Not that I don't have confidence in my own player, but I think that his immediate supporting cast might be a bit weaker this season. So while the team overall is improving, his line might not generate 95% of the scoring again.
5. Cold, wet, and windy. Of course that describes about 300 days out of the year here.
6. Well I play recreational ice hockey, as well as softball and curling. I think the life of a baseball player looks kind of fun, but I guess I gotta go with hockey. Curling or darts or for the drinking aspect though.

1. Drinking, mostly. Hey, turns out it's not that much different to how I spend the regular season. 
 
2. I didn't follow it at all, but I'm going to assume that they scored more goals than the other team. 
 
3. No idea. Hopefully we pick up some studs though. 
 
4. Hungary. Is there a Team Hungary? Hungary. 
 
5. Wish I had time for video games these days. I've been wanting to jam some Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Pillars of Eternity 2, or maybe even Baldur's Gate 3 (even though I bet I won't like it) but real life is eating up all of my time. 
 
6. I'm a lover, not a fighter. So, unless Zouzou is taking a dive, my money's on him. 

Whoever drafts me better have an equipment guy who is prepared to deal with all my empty beer cans on the floor of the bench.

Whoever drafts me better have an equipment guy who is prepared to deal with all my empty beer cans on the floor of the bench.

1. Yes, we're continuing to roll, but Halifax is super strong as well and it's going to be a close race the whole way.
 
2. I haven't been following it very much, but real life has to come first, and I wish them all the best with their new job.
 
3. Saskatoon to Regina for the lulz
 
4. I hope so. Our team's offense has been firing on all cylinders all season, but we also give up a lot of goals against, so hopefully this will help shore us up away from the puck.
 
5. Good question. Futurama maybe, or possibly old school Transformers. I also watched a lot of TMNT when I was a kid, but it hasn't aged very well.
 
6. I don't watch very many movies or TV shows. I did (re)watch "The Hunt for Red October" the other day though.

1. Our team is absolutely killing it. Our top line, top pairing, and goalie are monsters this season.
 
2. We are being carried by the top line, need better play on both sides of the puck from the depth guys such as myself. 
 
3. My player is doing just fine. Not a ton of production, but with the way our team is built right now, I just need to hold the fort until the top unit is ready to go out again. 
 
4. I hope not, but I wouldn't be surprised in the least. Nothing against Tampa, I just don't want hockey to be over. 
 
5. Not really. Haven't even been paying too much attention to my fantasy team. Been watching baseball mostly. 
 
6. Margherita, end of discussion. 
 

1. Looks real sharp.
2. Not at all. The addition of a stud like Steve Eso is sure to give any team a bunch of wins.
3. In real life I was a goalie when I was in minor hockey. As an adult, I play any of the forward positions. If I couldn't be a center, I'd probably be a right winger.
4. Heading down to Regina for a Riders game with my teammates.
5. Win a lot of games, and grow as a player. I'm not terribly concerned with personal stats, I want to do whatever is best for the team to help us win. So if that means killing penalties and eating minutes so that the top guys can go out there and rack up the points, I'm all over it.
6. Tough call. Going into the final four, I was cheering AGAINST Vegas, so once Dallas knocked them out I don't really have any emotional investment. I'll probably be rooting for Tampa, but I'm okay with either team.

I'd been thinking of joining VHL for a while now, so this is incentive was what finally pushed me over the edge. RIP Buffalo Bison.

I'd been thinking of joining VHL for a while now, so this is incentive was what finally pushed me over the edge. RIP Buffalo Bison.

I'd been thinking of joining VHL for a while now, so this is incentive was what finally pushed me over the edge. RIP Buffalo Bison.