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1. We have the firepower and the depth to pull it off. The fight for first is never easy though. 2. I think they are both amazing players! They are great in the locker room too which is really nice. 3. It's a team sport. We all contribute to our success here in Mexico City. 4. Sometimes the best defense is a good offense (wait...) Kidding. In all seriousness, it's awesome to see our defensemen step up. I feel like they are comfortable to take risks which pays off. 5. A championship with Mexico City Kings. 6. Nope and nope. I'm more of a fall / spring guy. I like the cool weather, not the extremes.

Claiming Week 2 Also I'm sorry I didn't see your reply @Gaikoku-hito. Amazing writeup. I appreciate the work that went into that.

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1. The league is getting better. Obviously we are only going to have tougher battles from here, but I think we can bounce back and dominate the league again. 2. Definitely. Philly is a strong team and so are we. It's the battle of goliaths and I think we have a chance to come out on top. 3. I've heard that Las Vegas Aces are our biggest rivals, so a matchup against them would be a great series. 4. Chicken parm. Easy. 5. I hope the nice list 6. Spending time with family and giving gifts. I enjoy giving more than receiving.

After the release of Justin Lose's rating, we wanted to get a word in from the man himself before his games and how that is going to impact his game. Luckily he was more than happy to comment on his rating. "First off I want to commend the fellow who went through all of that work to grade me and my team and teammates so far. That must have been a lot of work and they need credit. Now to get to the serious part that I'm sure everyone is expecting. I'm okay with the rating. They have graded me fairly and I will use this as a stepping stone to stay motivated for the push for the playoffs. I'm glad they think my scoring is great by the way. I've been working hard with the training staff and building chemistry with my teammates. It is kind of sad to see that they think I'm not a two way forward since my defensive stats haven't been up to their standards. I want to be a reliable forward that can be great on both ends of the ice. If everyone thinks I'm not good on my own end, I will work on that. I'm always open for constructed criticism and I can't argue what they graded me on. Finally I feel a bit hurt that my growth wasn't that high. I feel that I've improved in all of the areas that I needed to be improved on. You can't please everyone, but that is okay. I'm going to use all of this as motivation in my upcoming games. Look for me on the scoresheet! Thank you for your time." - Justin Lose on his mid season grading

Today we are going to be grading Justin Lose's performance in the half way mark for Season 75 in the VHLM. Alongside the Justin Lose evaluation, we are also going to be taking a look at his line and how the team is doing. Let's get started on where the Mexico City Kings are in the standings. Mexico City Kings are currently in first place in the Western Conference and in the league with 74 points in 45 games played. In the west the closest team is the Saskatoon Wild with 62 points in 44 games played. In the league the closest team is the Philadelphia Reapers with 68 points in 43 games played. The league this season has been very close. Wins are very valuable to get that advantage going into playoffs later this season. Next lets get to the 2nd line stats (excluding Justin Lose). John Callahan Jr and Chris Foley are the two line mates for Justin Lose. They are offensive powerhouses in their own unique ways. John Callahan Jr, which we've stated multiple times that he was teammates in Philadelphia with Lose, is having a career season. Putting up outstanding stats with 17 goals and 21 assists for 38 points and a +14 +/- rating! He seems to be on pace to out grow the VHLM by the end of the season and possibly have a chance to crack the Toronto Legion lineup in the VHL. Chris Foley is the center for Lose and Callahan Jr and is having a great season as well. He has 8 goals and 34 points for 42 points and a +20 +/- rating. Although he is doing well in point production we estimate that he could possibly not hit his career high 85 points from last season. Of course we could be wrong and Foley could explode in points in the final stretch towards playoffs. As previously stated the self proclaimed best second line in the league is still scoring and staying hot! Finally we come to the part Lose has been dreading, his evaluation! When Justin Lose started as a waiver pickup last season with the Reapers, he never thought he would be in this position today which is being first in the league with the Mexico City Kings. Scoring just 19 points in 34 games last season was a big accomplishment for Lose. Now he is an offensive threat to all the VHLM teams. First up on the evaluation is the scoring category. Currently Justin Lose is on the second line of the Mexico City Kings with John Callahan Jr and Chris Foley. Lose found his production when he was demoted to the second line earlier in the season. Now he has 22 goals and 27 assists for 49 points in 45 games. Those stats alone are impressive, but he also has 6 game winning goals, 6 powerplay goals and 1 shorthanded goal. On top of that he has 196 shots! We can't think of a better grade than A+ for Lose in the Scoring category. Next up is the defensive category. When scouts were meeting with Justin Lose for the draft, he kept telling them that he was a two way forward. Did he keep his promise? This is debatable. Currently he is a +13 +/- rating which is good but not great. Compared to his line mates, he is the lowest +/- rating. Another category that isn't great is the PIM total which is 46 penalty minutes. The two good stats to help his defensive rating is his hits and shot block totals. Currently Lose has 96 hits and 17 shot blocks. This shows that he isn't afraid to throw his body or put himself in danger to help the team. Defense is a tough category to grade and I can't be too positive about Lose's performance so far. I would put Lose at a B- in the Defense category. Lastly is the most difficult grading topic, Player Growth. Justin Lose is currently ready for the VHL, make no mistake about that. He did want to stay with the Mexico City Kings for the full season though before the season began. Lose has shown that he is ready for the next step and has almost outgrown the VHLM. I want to go over Lose's prospect report that was done last season with his strengths and weaknesses. His strengths were scoring, passing and defense. Scoring and passing are both easy to credit and move on from. The question rises about his defense though. As stated previously he self proclaimed being a two way forward. Does he fit in that role? I think we can rebrand him from a two way forward to being either a sniper or playmaker, two roles that better fit him. Bottom line, defense being a strength? Maybe. Weaknesses, this is a tough one, but I think Lose has shown improvement. His three weaknesses were fighting, checking and strength. Lose is not a fighter so I think we can write that one off. Checking has improved by a lot. 96 hits in 45 games is a great number. Of course it isn't outstanding compared to other teammates, but it is not a weakness for Lose now. We can confidently say checking is no longer a weakness. The next weakness was strength. This is a tough one to talk about since there's no real stat to go along with it. For that reason I can't grade him on strength. As a teammate and in the locker room I would say Lose is an A+, Strengths I would put him at an A- and finally Weaknesses at a B+. This leads Lose to an A- in Player Growth. In conclusion, Justin Lose is a great player for the Mexico City Kings. Some have called him the steal of the VHLM draft after being picked in the second round! Combining all of the grades from this evaluation, we can safely say that his grade is around a B+. While his offensive is outstanding, he needs to be better defensively which really hurt him in this evaluation. If he wants to be called a two way forward, he has to put up better defense numbers. I think that Justin Lose is doing a fantastic job and is going to have a great career in the VHL if he continues down this path. This has been a long one, I hope that this was an in-depth read for everyone and a fair assessment on Justin Lose at the halfway point of the VHLM season. What do you think Justin Lose's rating is? 1,099 words - Claiming two weeks

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First Christmas on here. Super excited!

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1. Hell yeah! We have shown the league that we can win with our 13 win streak and top teams as well. 2. Honestly I would say my passing isn't that great. It's weird to say that with 16 assists so far. 3. No way. That is a great name and rolls off the tongue. 4. It's Mexico City. We are always streaking. On a serious note, I believe we can get back in the win column and get a good streak going. 5. I'm trying to get cereal sponsors right now. Who knew it's tough to find sponsors. 6. We gotta get some gambling in with some blackjack. I have to take everyone's money!

Another week and another grand performance for Justin Lose on the second line. Lose even got a weekly award from @thadthrasher in the Week 2 Player Highlights for VHLM! He got the Snow Plow Award with a team leading 42 hits. Week 2 had 6 more games than last week. Justin Lose continues to tear the league up on the second line with an astounding 19 points with a +2 rating. He had 10 goals and 9 assists. The only player that produced more than Lose was RJ Thatcher, who is on the first line, with 12 goals and 9 assists for 21 points. Compared to week 1, Lose played 6 more games and scored 5 more goals and 2 more assists. We reached out to Lose for a quick statement on his increase in production. "Right now I got the hot stick. I can't put all of the glory on myself. Obviously I have more assists and that is all possible with the amazing linemates I have. John Callahan Jr and Chris Foley have been an absolute dream to work with this season. I can't wait to get back on the ice!" - Justin Lose

Mexico City Kings are on a hot streak. In their last 10 they are 9-1-0. They were on a 13 game winning streak after their loss against the Reapers back on game 93. For Justin Lose that Reaper game was a big game. He wanted to go out on the ice and impress everyone against his former team. Game 93 was a 5-1 loss for the Kings. Lose only had an assist but a -2 in that game. We got a reaction after that game in the locker room from Justin Lose himself. "It sucks losing but it hurts even more when you lose to your former team. It was nice to see some familiar faces before the game though. When it came time for the game I guess I lost focus and didn't play to my full potential. I put the loss on myself today." - Justin Lose after Game 93 Loss After that loss, like I stated before, went on their 13 game win streak which included a win against the Reapers in Game 167. This time Lose was in front of fans in Mexico City. Lose finally got that redemption after putting up 1 goal and 2 assists for 3 points and a +3. An elated Justin Lose was ready for us in the locker room to share his experience in this gameday win. "Oh man, being in front of our home fans and getting the first star against my former team feels great. This time I only said a few hellos to my former teammates but I was laser focused on the game. I think the results speak for themselves. Getting the scoring started really got my adrenaline going. I knew we were going to win, but the first star? That was the cherry on top." - Justin Lose after Game 167 Win I also reached out for a comment on the win streak that they were on. "We are working as a team every game. We are like a family here. Everyone is contributing in our wins and putting in hard work. All of our lines are clicking too. Life on the second line is great. I'm on pace for a point a game. This is always fun and the best hockey we are putting out so far." - Justin Lose on Win Streak Unfortunately the 13 win streak was broken by a loss to the Houston Bulls 3-2. Lose would be scoreless in that game and had a -2 rating. Fortunately Mexico City is in first in their division with a 10 point lead over the San Diego Marlins and first in the league with a 2 point lead over the Philadelphia Reapers. That win over the Reapers today was a battle for first! The Reapers do have a game in hand and the tie breaker advantage. Mexico City Kings look to rebound off of that loss and keep their #1 position in the standings with their upcoming games against San Diego and Mississauga. Stay tuned for more Kings action coming up!

Review: Good job with the interview. I think maybe a more robust intro would have been better. The mix of word colors is a bit distracting and odd. I think your questions led to great in-depth answers from Ricer so excellent work for that! The only question that was out of place was the trades question. I feel like that it reveals too much. That could just be me though. Overall this is a solid interview. Some minor tweaks and formatting and I think this could be perfect! 8.5/10!

Review: This is a great write-up. I can't even imagine the amount of work that you did just to set this all up. I think this is a fun thing to look forward to during the season. I don't know how much work this would cause, but maybe like a runner-up for the awards just to showcase more talent? Maybe even showing what VHL team they were drafted to? Other than that I see no problems with this write-up. Amazing work! 10/10.

Mexico City Kings want perfection when it comes to their first line. When Justin Lose failed to deliver on the first line, the decision was made to demote him to the second line. In a way this isn't a bad thing though. Rory, the assistant general manager for the Kings said in the locker room after demoting Lose to the second line, "Yeah (I) think we're gonna have to do the Draisaitl/Mcdavid strategy and separate you and RJ." This was addressed by Lose in a statement here: [LINK]. The pressure of the first line finally got through to him. A few days after that statement went out Lose approached us again and gave us a follow-up. "Mentally it's taxing to be told you aren't meeting expectations. It was a rough couple of days when I was first told. I couldn't shake it. Luckily I calmed down and realized this is a blessing in disguise. I think currently I am doing better mentally and I'm finally scoring too!" - Justin Lose What happened after being demoted shocked management and Lose himself, he was finally producing. Being reunited with John Callahan Jr and having Chris Foley be their center in what they say is the best 2nd line in the league. Lose has finally found the chemistry that the Mexico City Kings were looking for when they drafted him. Let's analyze the 3 that make-up the self-proclaimed best 2nd line in the league. The line consists of Chris Foley on Center, Justin Lose on Right wing and finally John Callahan Jr on Left Wing. Chris Foley is in his 3rd year with Mexico City and has 4 goals and 9 assists for 13 points so far this season in 14 games played. Last season was his best season in production with 28 goals and 57! assists for 85 points in 72 games. He also contributed 4 assists in 5 games in the playoffs last season. John Callahan Jr is only in his second season in the VHLM after being a waiver last season. He was drafted 29th in the VHLM draft and is having a career season already with 6 goals and 7 assists for 13 points in 14 games played. Last season he only played in 28 games and only had 3 points (2 goals / 1 assist). Justin Lose is also in his 2nd season after being drafted 18th overall in the VHLM draft. Currently he has 5 goals and 9 assists for 14 points in 14 games played. In his waiver year he had a respectable 8 goals and 11 assists for 19 points in 34 games played. This trio is boosting each other up to almost point a game pace for each player! The season is still young, but with Mexico City (at the time of this recording) being tied in first with Philadelphia anything is possible. This just goes to show that a slow start doesn't mean the end of your season and a demotion isn't always a 'demotion'. For Justin Lose it was a reunion and redemption for failing to please the Mexico City management.