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So glad im not in this group 

F - Christian Mingle 
D - Erik Killinger 
 
@Seabass

domg punching the air rn 

So glad im not in this group 

I listened to the whole thing.

lmao please shut the actual fuck up dumbass -- and adding actual content. This is not a holocaust and it is absolutely disgusting and disingenuous to compare the situation here. The 1948 war was to destroy a Jewish state, 1967 Israel conquered land and the issue of helping the Palestinians were then put onto Israel. Palestinian pop is actually growing. All Jews were removed from Gaza in the early 2000s and all which we were given was war and Hamas. My family had all their assets seized and were kicked out of an Arab country in the 1940s, and my other side was in Tel Aviv area since the 1900s

So glad im not in this group 

So glad im not in this group 

With some better text work and render effects I can see this being quite good!

@Telkster

It’s been 75 years since the Holocaust, we’re allowed to say fuck Israel without them playing the anti Semitic card now right? Because fuck Israel. 
 
Looking at the whole history of the nation state of Israel, this makes sense. The Zionist movement had been trying to get the west to give them a Jewish nation since the late 1800s, the west was looking to protect their access to the black gold from the people who didn’t look like them. The Holocaust gave them all a reason to move forward with the creation of Israel in one of the weirdest forms of colonization. Usually a western power comes in and just straight up takes the land you’re on and calls it mine. This time, the UN goes into the land a bunch of middle eastern countries are on, takes it away from them, and gives it to their spoiled and entitled little brother. This new kid nation is a) stewing on 3000 years of lived experience that says “everyone in the world is out to get us all the time”, b) armed to the gills with leftover weapons from the war, and c) very mad that the muslims took over Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Sites. The Israeli are thankful for the gift from the west but are also salty that it’s not big enough and start to take matters into their own hands. Asking for forgiveness instead of permission (or sometimes not even that), they take by force big chunks of land from literally all their neighbours. The more militaristic neighbours like Egypt and Jordan fight back with varied levels of success, but places like Palestine get backed into a corner. 
 
Looking through the colonial lens of the 20th C, Palestine is a nobody. They were a colony of the Ottoman Empire (rip) and became an orphan travelling from foster home to foster home after WWI. They tried and tried to get their own nation state, first from the League of Nations, then through rebellions, then through the United Nations, but no dice. The British took over the former Ottoman colonies and granted Jordan its independence in the 1920s, but not Palestine.
 
The Brits and the UN made a plan to create BOTH a Palestinian Arab state and an Israeli Jewish state in 1948. On literally the last day of Western control - the next day would create Palestine and Israel - Israel was like “lmao no it’s actually all ours now” and declared independence and control of the whole area the next day. The west was essentially just over the whole thing and went “sure whatever”. Having a Middle Eastern ally, a country so grateful and happy about the western assistance in making this happen, was very advantageous as oil continued to become the most important resource in the world.  The Arab neighbours (Egypt, Syria, Jordan) were PISSED and immediately started a war with Israel. The Arab countries snagged a bunch of territory like the Sinai and the West Bank, and Israel spent the rest of their existence fighting wars to try to get all that territory back, and more. 
 
Israel has since then acted like a North Korea, except with a big brother who watches out for them. They are a paranoid, aggressive, nation whose identity is essentially “not Arab”. They collective and existentially believe (not  always incorrectly, based on both 3000 years of existence and 70 years of constant war) that the rest of their Middlen Eastern world hates them and wants to destroy them in the same way Hitler did. When your mindset is that “we just got genocided and we are never ever going to let that happen again”, the collective psyche of the country becomes paranoid and aggressive towards everyone. They *needed* to fight Egypt and Jordan because they needed a buffer to keep them safe from the inevitable invasions. They *needed* to relocate and concentrate Palestinians onto the West Bank. They *needed* arms deal after arms deal from the States, lest their enemies become more militarily advanced than them. Developing, advancing, and using the military has been one of the primary goals of Israel literally forever. 
 
It’s easy to fight Egypt and Jordan because they also have militaries. Palestine does not and never did have a formal military. Israel knew better than anyone that beating up on a poor defenceless peoples wasn’t kosher in the modern age anymore. When Israel trumped the Palestinian independence, and when their world turned into a war zone, the Palestinians ran. They became refugees in all the neighbouring Arab states. As soon as they left, Israel was like “you left willingly, so no coming back” and passed laws that gave all the Palestinian land that was given up to Jewish peoples from around the world eager to come “home” to Israel. The people that stayed eventually had the same things happen to them over the decades, their homes turning into war zones and being forced to relocate to refugee camps. Israel was kind enough to set up a colony of refugee camps on the West Bank and Gaza for Palestine, and continued to appropriate their lands outside of the camps. 
 
Israel, like most of the world, wasn’t really a fan of taking care of their refugees. As the rest of the world developed, Palestine didn’t. They became a third world country within a first world country. Israel made the conditions purposefully bad to try to force Palestinians out, so they can take the land they “gave up”. For years (and still) access in and out of Palestine is controlled by the Israeli military. It’s literally a jail - people are trapped there unless their arch enemies allow them to leave, in which case they would probably never be allowed back. Clean water was scarce, and good food and medical supplies were tightly restricted. Palestinian rebels built tunnels to smuggle in supplies, and Israeli forces would destroy them (sometimes with people in them!) whenever they were discovered. 
 
Understandably, Palestinians are pissed. They’ve had enough for the last 20 years. But, they have no real way to do anything about it. Due to their paranoid nature, the Israeli military is the second most powerful in the world (the first is their big bro USA who supports them and let’s them do their thing). When Palestinians fight back, they literally and metaphorically throw rocks and rockets at Israel. Israel laughs because they have a missile defence bubble that makes them never get hurt. But, when Palestine “starts it” by throwing a rock, that “gives permission” to Israel to come back swinging hundreds of times stronger than the initial attack. They are a grown ass man beating up on a child who kicked them in the shin. Trevor Noah did a great explanation of this last week (on mobile, someone Google) about the power dynamic between the two countries and how his mother taught him not to murder his toddler brother even if the kid punched him in the nuts. 
 
And then, of course, religion ramps everything up to 11. In today’s shit, Israel cut off Palestinians from one of their most holy sites at the end of one of the most holy months. Understandably, they were pissed and protested. Of course, that protest of throwing rocks and shit warranted a reminder of who’s boss and led to the current rocket barrage from Israel. Israel pokes Palestine, Palestine tells them to fuck off, Israel punches them in the face and says they started it - all with the goal of moving them out of the West Bank and Gaza one way or another so those lands can be reincorporated into the Israeli state. 
 
Its fucked. I work hard to understand all perspectives, and I get the Israeli insecurity and need to arm themselves to the gills. The best defence is a good offence and all that jazz. But the Israeli have been violating the human rights of Palestinians since the 1940s. America, with the second largest Jewish population in the world, is okay with this because of a) a powerful Jewish lobby, and b) the protection of American resource extraction in the area. Things that make us money >>> things that don’t make us money. When the global super power does nothing about the problem, the rest of the world just shrugs and agrees that it must not be a problem. I get the “no anti American sentiments” but time and time again American presidents, Republicans and Democrats, have gone out of their way to implement a foreign policy that allows and emboldens Israel to do exactly this all of the time. It’s only news now because the “war” (is it a war when only one side is armed?) has heated up more than usual. It’s important to know this never really cooled off, Palestinian protests and Israeli retaliatory bombings are just a fact of life there. It’s a horrible, awful way to live in our so-called developed world. 
 
This shouldn’t be a political issue. No one should be able to argue for the bombing of civilians and children. But, when society is as fractured as we are, every opinion about anything deserves equal airtime for its counter opinion. 
 
Humans suck and my heart breaks for the Palestinians. They just want to govern themselves for the first time ever, like literally every other former colony in the world has been allowed to. They just want to celebrate Eid at a Muslim holy site in their neighbourhood. They just want clean water and to not die from preventable diseases. They just want to go to school. But Israel be like *bugs bunny no gif*. 

Calvin Harvey has announced their retirement.

As we enter the final few days prior to the posting of the Victory Hockey League Indexes for the Pros and Minors, the VHL rosters are finally starting to finalize as teams around the league are starting to slow down the normal off-season roster movement. After a return to the playoffs in Season Seventy-Seven for the Toronto Legion, the club is looking to take the nest step as we head into Season Seventy-Eight. In this weeks’ article, we would like to introduce the rest of the VHL to the players that will be donning the blue and white in the VHL to start Season Seventy-Eight.
 
SS Hornet (S72 – Center)

After spending the first twenty-two games with the Vancouver Wolves in Season Seventy-Six, Legion General Manger Rylan Peace wasn’t happy with the clubs start and pulled the trigger and acquired Hornet as part of a trade with the Wolves. Once Hornet joined the Legion last year, his points per game climbed from 0.95 points per game to 1.20 points per game, which happens to be the pest point per game numbers Hornet has put up in his seven VHL season with three different VHL clubs. Hornet also helped bring another scoring punch to the Legion roster when he was acquired, putting up twenty-four goals in forty-nine games with the Legion. Now Hornet will enter his first full season with the Legion, looking to hold down the top line center spot for the team with his 957 TPA to date. With his time winding down in the league, Hornet and the Legion brass are hoping for another gear from Hornet this season as both the franchise and player are looking for a long lost Continental Cup in Season Seventy-Eight.
 
Oh Sens (S73 – Right Winger)

As we were preparing to write the article to introduce the VHL world to the Season Seventy-Eight Toronto Legion roster, Oh Sens walked up to the podium in the Legion Locker-room in the Air Canada Center, to announce Season Seventy-Eight would be his last season in the VHL. Oh Sens was originally drafted Eighteenth Overall by the Helsinki Titans in the Season Seventy-Three VHL Entry Draft. After spending Season Seventy-Three in the VHLM with the Miami Marauders, Oh Sens was ready for his VHL debut in Season Seventy-Four with the Titans, but it was a short lived tenure in Finland. Thirty-Six games into his rookie season, Oh Sens was dealt to the Legion for two Season Seventy-Five and one Season Seventy-Six draft choices. Now as we await the start of the Seventy-Eighth VHL season, Oh Sens is coming off his best season in Toronto which saw his put up thirty-four goals and forty-nine assists in seventy-two regular season games, which both Oh Sens and the Legion hope he can duplicate in his swan song season in the VHL.
 
Nicholas Sunderbrunch (S74 – Left Winger)

A Second Round draft choice of the Legion back in Season Seventy-Four, Sunderbrunch is looking to improve in his fourth VHL season, after consecutive seasons of fifty points. Although fifty points in seventy-two games is a great stepping stone, Legion fans and management saw the potential that Sunderbrunch has during the Legions six game playoff appearance in Season Seventy-Seven, as Sunderbrunch put up 2 goals and four assist in those six games. Now as the Legion and Sunderbrunch prepare for the upcoming season, more will be expected out of the thirty-fifth overall draft pick from the Season Seventy-Four VHL Entry Draft.
 
Jon Webber (S75 – Right Winger)

Webber is coming off his rookie season in the VHL having put up thirteen goals and eighteen assists in seventy-two games with the Legion. Webbers VHL career got off to a different start than most players experience. Webber was drafted in the Fourth Round, Sixty-Third Overall, by the Helsinki Titans, a draft position that doesn’t often see VHL players come from those draft choices. Webber used his time in the VHL with Houston to his advantage after his draft season, putting himself in a position for a roster spot as the Season Seventy-Seven season was about to get underway. Unfortunately for Webber and the Titans, who were looking to make a championship run again, there wasn’t a spot for Webber each and every night, which led to Webber being traded to the Legion. After a few hours of the announcement of the trade between Helsinki and Toronto, Webber was on a flight to Toronto, only to be told once at the Pearson International Airport, he may be getting right back on the flight and returning to Helsinki. After some weird and tense moments, Webber was advised he was staying put in Toronto for the final year of his rookie contract. Webber was again about to leave Toronto in free agency this offseason, but once again as the clock was about to strike midnight on his departure, the Legion and Webber came to an agreement on a one-year contract for Season Seventy-Eight. Hopefully now with the dust settled, Webber will be able to see more ice-time and produce above his rookie points total in Season Seventy-Eight.
 
Phoenix Dawson (S76 – Center)

Dawson is another roster player that continues the trade trend for the Legion in constructing their current roster. Dawson was originally drafted by the Seattle Bears, Ninth Overall, in the Season Seventy-Six VHL Entry Draft. Dawson spent Season Seventy-Six in the VHLM with the Miami Marauders, putting up an eye popping thirty-nine goals and fifty-eights assists in his final VHLM season. Dawson and the Bears believed he was ready for his shot in the big league come Season Seventy-Seven and Dawson made the opening day roster for the Bears last season. As the trade deadline closed in rumors began to swirl out of Seattle that Dawson and the Bears organization were looking for a fresh start for the young Canadian Centerman. That fresh start came in the form of a player for player swap with the Legion, that say the Legion move Frank Funk Jr to the Bears for Dawson. At the conclusion of his rookie season Dawson ended the season between the two clubs with fourteen goals and twenty-one assists in seventy-two games, something Dawson is working hard to improve as he enters his sophomore season.  
 
Gunnar Odinsson (S76 – Right Winger)

As you likely would have guessed it, Odinsson comes from a long list of Legion players that were drafted by other VHL franchises and flipped to the Legion in various trades. Odinsson follows the trend of being drafted by the Helsinki Titans to be flipped to the Legion during his rookie season. Oddinsson was selected by the Titans, Eleventh Overall, in the Season Seventy-Six VHL Entry Draft, and jumped into the VHL right away that season. After thirty-seven games in the light blue and white, Titans management decided that Odinsson looked better in the Royal blue and white. On February 6th, 2021 the Legion send Seattle’s Season Seventy-Seven First to Helsinki in exchange for Odinsson. During his split season with Helsinki and Toronto, Odinsson put up seventeen goals and twenty-four assists, numbers that didn’t sit well with Odinsson. Odinsson took his rookie season personal and made sure he put in the off-season work heading in to Season Seventy-Seven to improve in his sophomore season. Odinsson did just that last season, as he increased his point total to seventy, putting up thirty-four goals and thirty-six assists in his first full season in Toronto. Now as the number one winger on the Legions anticipated lines for Season Seventy-Eight, we can only imagine that the point total will climb in Odinsson final year of his rookie contract.
 
Asher Reinhart (S77 – Center)

Our final forward to introduce to the VHL world is a trend breaker in the Legion books. Reinhart is only the second Legion forward that was drafted by the team that is still on the VHL roster heading into Season Seventy-Eight, alongside Season Seventy-Four draftee Nicholas Sunderbrunch. Reinhart was drafted Sixth Overall by the Legion in the Season Seventy-Seven VHL Entry Draft, and was a part of the weird sequence of events that saw Webber come over from the Titans, in a trade that was supposed to include Reinhart.  After the dust settled Reinhart would stay in Toronto for his rookie season, posting a respectable twelve goals and twenty assists, while seeing limited minutes on a veteran Legion roster. Now as his sophomore season comes around, Reinhart is closing in on 550 TPA, which should allow him to have more of an impact role for the Legion this season.
 
Erik Killinger (S71 – Defense)
It’s not often in the VHL will you have the ability to bring in the reigning Jake Wylde and Sterling Labatte winner from the previous season, but that’s what happened to the Legion this off-season. While Killinger will be retiring after the conclusion of Season Seventy-Eight, he still is an elite defender in the VHJL as evident in his season with London in Season Seventy-Six. With a relatively young defensive crop still maturing in Toronto, Killinger will be leaned upon many times in his final season, but he appears to be up to the task. After spending his first four seasons in Toronto, Killinger and the Legion brass hope the second time for Killinger and the Legion end in a championship raising.
 
Jolly Greene Giant (S75 – Defense)

Jolly Green Giant was the beginning of the elite defenseman the Legion would bring into the fold in the Season Seventy-Five and Season Seventy-Six VHL Entry Drafts. Giant was selected by the Legion with the Second Overall draft choice in the Season Seventy-Five VHL Entry Draft. Giant has been a fixture on the Legion blue-line since being selected Second Overall, putting up thirty-four goals and eighty-siz assists in his 144 games played since joining the Legion in Season Seventy-Six. Now Green enters his final year of his rookie season, with 732 TPA, which makes him a very dangerous defenseman for the Legion. With a younger defensive core for the Legion suiting up again in Season Seventy-Eight, Giant could be a key for the Legion improving over last season’s one and done playoff series.
 
Scotty Kaberle (S75 – Defense)

Kaberle was the second defenseman selected by the Legion in the Season Seventy-Five VHL Entry Draft, selected by the club Eleventh Overall in the draft. Kaberle like Giant finished his second full season with the Legion and is coming off an improved sophomore season that say his put up twenty-two goals and forty-seven assists for the Legion. Kaberle much like Giant has been working hard on improving each and every week, and now he will enter the season with over 700 TPA, which will allow him to keep improving on his point total each season. In his final season of his rookie contact in the VHL and with the Legion, Kaberle will be auditing not only for the Legion, but the rest for the VHL this season.
 
Kristof Welch (S76 – Defense)

Welch was the final piece to the puzzle for the Legion on defense when they selected him Fifth Overall in the Season Seventy-Six VHL Entry Draft. Welch joined the Legion right out of the draft, which saw him put up thirty-four points in his rookie season. While the thirty-four points for a defenseman on a team that missed the playoffs is nothing to laugh about, Welch wasn’t exactly thrilled with his performance and vowed to improve in the team’s off-season meetings. Welch took those words to heart and improved his point total from thirty-four points to sixty-five points last season. Now like his defensive counterparts that joined the roster full-time in Season Seventy-Six, Welch is looking to make the Legion and the league take notice in Season Seventy-Eight.
 
Sirkants Klamasteris (S75 – Goalie)

After being selected by the Riga Reign, Fourteen Overall in Season Seventy-Five, it’s final time for Klamasteris to be a full-time starter. Over the past three seasons Klamasteris has played in only fifty-eights games, a number he is likely to surpass alone this season. Although he hasn’t been the starter in Riga or Toronto, Klamasteris has been reliable when called upon. Klamasteris has posted a 11-17-3 record alongside a .923 save percentage and 3.03 goals against average. Now with no incumbent starter in front of him, Klamasteris is ready for a full workload with the Legion, hoping to prove the trade of a First Round draft pick was worth it for the Legion.
 
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Hey @Agito! Welcome to the Victory Hockey League!
My name is dlamb, and I am the GM of the Ottawa Lynx. We would like to offer you a contract! We can offer 2nd pair ice time, always with an opportunity to move up, with a friendly and growing locker room! Me and my AGM JB123 are both very active and willing to help with any questions you got, you just got to ask! Ottawa has a long history of developing top-tier talent, and you can be the next. Just quote this post and say #FEEDtheLYNX to join the Lynx!
 
Have fun and good luck,
dlamb

Ottawa Lynx GM

1. How do you feel about the offseason moves made by the Lynx? If you are new to the team, what are your thoughts on joining us?
 
I'm happy to be a part of Ottawa, it was one of the teams I wanted to go to.
 
2. What do you hope to accomplish this season here in Ottawa?
 
Winning a cup is the goal, playoffs would be nice too.
 
3. Any recommendations for a new channel on discord? @Juice said it was kind of lacking, so we want your input!
 
I like  the idea of jersey numbers that Rask suggested. 
 
4. What's your favorite NHL team? If you don't have one, what other sports/teams do you support? 
 
Flames are my team so I'm in serious pain right now.
 
5. Any players you look up to/idolize either in the VHL, NHL, etc.? 
 
Iginla has always been my favourite NHL player, and for the VHL I like Andrew Su.
 
6. To get to know you better, where would you rather vacation? A. Beach B. Mountains C. Golf Resort D. Hockey Town E. Other 
 
In a  Hockey town if I get to play.

One last run left in ole Randy

Tui Sova's Rookie Experience
 

 
After being selected 7th overall by the Malmo Nighthawks in the Season 78 VHL entry draft, rookie Tui Sova prepares himself for the start of the season.  He is expected to slot into top 4 defence minutes, a spot that was not expected heading into the draft.  Sova was fine to remain in the minors for an extra season, but starting the year with the big club lets him gain some bearings quickly at a higher pace of play.  As of now, his primary focus is on conditioning and strength training to physically prepare for the start of the regular season, and be game ready right away.
 
“I’m a very determined guy, and I like to make the most of opportunities that are given to me.  The last thing I’d want to do is disappoint management or myself by not coming correct, so I’m going to make sure that I start my season off strong.  I’m in Malmo now, my first time in Sweden actually, I love it here so far.  As much as I’d love to do some sight seeing and get to know the city, right now my focus is purely on diet, training in the gym, and practice at the rink.”
 
Sova is unsure who he’ll be partnered up with to start his rookie campaign, but management and coaches are exploring all options.  Sova is known for his very strong shot blocking ability, and knows how to rack up points.  Expectations for him this season are to continue excelling where he did in Mexico City, but most importantly his coaches want him to just feel comfortable on the ice and with the new pace of play.
 
“I’m getting to know all the guys.  Coaches are trying me on different line pairings, but it’s tough to establish any real chemistry until the season begins.  I like to consider myself a fairly versatile player though and compliment my teammates.  On ice communication is huge and I can tell that my teammates share many of the same philosophies of the game.
 
The ceiling is high for Tui Sova in Malmo.  His drive to improve and love of the game are likely going to push him towards success.  The main goal is to eventually be the teams top defenceman and a strong leader in the room.
 
“Im taking my career one step at a time, landing in Malmo at 7th overall was huge for me, and has boosted me to train even harder.  I surprise myself more and more each day, just pushing my body into peak physicality.  I cannot wait to get it going this season!”
 

This is great now plz update Rigas

I've dibbled and I've dabbled, and why not take a stab at the recent S77 VHL Champion's logo and revamp it in KaleebtheMighty fashion?
 
THE SEATTLE BEARS
 

 
SEE FURTHER DOWN BELOW FOR ANOTHER VERSION AS WELL!

Competition @Jubis
 

Tui Sova's Rookie Experience
 

 
After being selected 7th overall by the Malmo Nighthawks in the Season 78 VHL entry draft, rookie Tui Sova prepares himself for the start of the season.  He is expected to slot into top 4 defence minutes, a spot that was not expected heading into the draft.  Sova was fine to remain in the minors for an extra season, but starting the year with the big club lets him gain some bearings quickly at a higher pace of play.  As of now, his primary focus is on conditioning and strength training to physically prepare for the start of the regular season, and be game ready right away.
 
“I’m a very determined guy, and I like to make the most of opportunities that are given to me.  The last thing I’d want to do is disappoint management or myself by not coming correct, so I’m going to make sure that I start my season off strong.  I’m in Malmo now, my first time in Sweden actually, I love it here so far.  As much as I’d love to do some sight seeing and get to know the city, right now my focus is purely on diet, training in the gym, and practice at the rink.”
 
Sova is unsure who he’ll be partnered up with to start his rookie campaign, but management and coaches are exploring all options.  Sova is known for his very strong shot blocking ability, and knows how to rack up points.  Expectations for him this season are to continue excelling where he did in Mexico City, but most importantly his coaches want him to just feel comfortable on the ice and with the new pace of play.
 
“I’m getting to know all the guys.  Coaches are trying me on different line pairings, but it’s tough to establish any real chemistry until the season begins.  I like to consider myself a fairly versatile player though and compliment my teammates.  On ice communication is huge and I can tell that my teammates share many of the same philosophies of the game.
 
The ceiling is high for Tui Sova in Malmo.  His drive to improve and love of the game are likely going to push him towards success.  The main goal is to eventually be the teams top defenceman and a strong leader in the room.
 
“Im taking my career one step at a time, landing in Malmo at 7th overall was huge for me, and has boosted me to train even harder.  I surprise myself more and more each day, just pushing my body into peak physicality.  I cannot wait to get it going this season!”
 

Mikey Markov Rookie Profile
 
Today I was assigned to research into the hockey career of the Canadian child prodigy Mikey Markov. I learned some very interesting things about Markov and I will discuss them in this report. To get started Mikey Markov is a player of 5’5, 170 lbs frame. He’s a very small player but this has never stopped him from performing. Mikey Markov was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on February 17th 2005. He’s come along way in his young career. He’s played in several leagues throughout his hockey career and has impressed in every single one.
 
            At the age of 8, Mikey Markov began his league play. He started in the MJHL also known as the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. This is where he caught the eye of many scouts around the world from many different international leagues. Markov gave himself high expectations in return due to his very high level of play he showed. In this league, Markov played mainly against older and larger competition than him but he still dominated the league in scoring. Markov had 71 goals and 43 assists in 56 games and always seemed to find the back of the net whenever he shot the puck. Every team was on notice and always attempted to contain Markov but nobody could and so he simply kept dominating until he exited the league after the season ended.
 
            At age 15, Markov was granted exceptional status into a league known as the WHL based in North America. The young Canadian excelled in this league as expected and gave himself even more of a name. Markov was seen as one of the top prospects in the whole world during this stint and was even invited to meet with the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau. In his WHL rookie season, Markov lit it up with 21 goals and 28 assists for 49 points in 56 games. This is the best rookie season of all time in any North American junior league for a player under the age of 16. He won the league mvp award and the rookie award which were his first ever hockey accolades. He was very impressive and it really helped his personality and confidence grow. He played another almost full season in the league where he registered 73 goals and 61 assists for 134 points in 49 games which is the best points per game in the WHL in the modern era and the highest all time for anyone under 18 in North America.
 
            Markov’s play in the WHL caught the attention of several teams in the VHL in Russia. Markov decided to pack his bags and head to Russia for the chance to play in this prestigious league. Markov signed a 1 year contract worth $1.5 million dollars in the minor affiliate VHLM. He played 1 regular season game with the Houston Bulls and 5 playoff games. He was a point per game during his short stint with the team. This seemed to impress other teams as well and he was selected 23rd overall in the s78 VHL entry draft. He was also selected 7th overall in the VHLM dispersal draft. Markov is a highly skilled player and will be a great addition to the teams who selected him.
 
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