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My first ever mock draft. Had no idea how the drafts worked but was a lot of fun to do

Game 493: Los Angeles Stars vs Chicago Phoenix, 4-3 OTL Although the loss came as a hurt to the team, dropping the Stars’ hopes of a playoff spot even more, there was one good thing to come out of this game. S97 rookie defender Bubbles LaFleur reached the 50 assist milestone in his rookie season. This honestly has been such a surprise for myself, my previous players were both forwards who both had very average rookie seasons while my new defender has been producing points like crazy. Already surpassing both my previous player’s rookie season point totals. Even though Los Angeles is currently an underdeveloped team who will more than likely not make the playoffs this season, Bubbles has been playing a lot of big minutes and has capitalized on that. Through 63 games played, Bubbles has 18g, 50a, 68p in his rookie campaign. This is the first player that I have created where I have the full mindset of “chill earning”. If I want to earn 11/12 capped a week, cool. If I want to earn 7/12 capped a week, cool. This chill mindset has been so much fun and it’s even more fun to see my player doing so well. 2nd in points on the Stars this season, 2nd in points amongst rookies in the league, and 8th in points amongst defenders in the league. I never expected my player to have this good of a solo performance in his first season, I’m really excited about it and I’m really excited to watch this team grow throughout the seasons.

MALMO NIGHTHAWKS PRESS CONFERENCE Week Ending Apr 13 Answer 3 Questions for 1 TPE, or Answer 6 Questions for 2 TPE 1. Well it seems like there’s no hope for Malmo to make the playoffs this season, but the good news is that the future of the team looks extremely bright with the plethora of prospects we have. In your opinion, how many more seasons will it take for Malmo to be a playoff team again? 2. Not making the playoffs sucks, but once the off season hits, your player will have a lot more free time on their hands. What does your player have planned for the off season? Vacation? Seeing family? Taking the extra time to train for next season? 3. Which team would you like to see win the Continental Cup this season? I’d personally love for Helsinki to win since we have a few players from last season that we traded there. 4. The team’s stats as a whole stink this season, but is there any stat your player currently has that you are happy with? 5. Are you following the NHL as their season is coming to a close? Do you have a Stanley Cup prediction? 6. Do you have a favourite NHL player? If not, do you have a favourite athlete from a different sport? 7. Is the snow in your area finally gone? Where I am we are finally starting to see the real season of spring. 8. Are you a coffee drinker? If so, do you prefer it hot or cold? (Hot coffee vs iced coffee)… I drink my coffee black but I love an iced coffee or an iced cap from Tim Hortons. 9. The Malmo Nighthawks’ team bus needs to go to the shop for repairs, we of course need to fly for the North American teams, but for the European teams we will stick to driving. What vehicle do you suggest the team takes instead of our bus? Do we all pull up in a limo? Do we all drive solo Lamborghinis to the next game? 10. Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away?

I honestly don’t think many people would complain about the removal of theme week. In my opinion losing the uncapped 6 TPE for this week does not make a massive difference since in current times players have been able to earn the most TPE ever before. Basically the entire top 25 all time TPE players are S80+… we have enough opportunities to earn.

I waited all week to find motivation for this theme week and ended up just clicking welfare today. Had no interest in it at all.

GO BULLS GO

Sorry for the wait y’all!! Visiting family this week and have been busy, format of this press conference will look weird since I’m on my phone and didn’t bring my computer. MALMO NIGHTHAWKS PRESS CONFERENCE Week Ending Apr 6 Answer 3 Questions for 1 TPE, or Answer 6 Questions for 2 TPE RANDOM QUESTIONS THEMED 1. If you had a dollar for every time you did something, what would make you the richest? (If I had a dollar for every time I took a breath of air I think I’d be pretty damn rich) 2. What movies/shows have you watched recently? I’m currently watching The Ridiculous 6, I love the raunchy comedy of Adam Sandler movies. 3. If you could wear one outfit for the rest of your life what would you wear? 4. You are given the death sentence, sorry! You’re granted a last meal, what’s your last meal going to be? 5. You’re stranded on an island and you only remembered to bring three items. What did you bring? 6. What video games do you like to play? If you don’t play video games, what is a game you liked to play growing up? 7. You have to read a book about your entire life, it has every detail from the day you are born to the day you die. Would you be able to read the entire book or would you stop reading at a certain point? 8. Would you rather be able to stop time, or time travel? 9. If you could create anything that would help to benefit humanity, what would you create? 10. Which country in the world would you love to live in for the next 5 years? You don’t have to worry about any finances, you have as much money as you need, but you have to stay in that country and can’t leave.

Got trivia wrong AGHHH Review: Always love a graphic of my own player of course. First thing that pops out to me is the kitties text on the helmet which should actually be a real thing for Bubbles it makes too much sense. The render you used is perfect, I could see him making that face for the next NHL26 games as his mug shot. I really enjoy LA’s basic black and white colours because it makes in my opinion these graphics so sharp while having such basic colouring. Rating: 100/10

Oh my FUCK Ricky that’s the people’s champ!! love it brother great article

Took like 5 hours for Snoop to tap out but I’m happy to see Ricky come away with that one

Spartan with a top 3 pick again I’m not surprised

Bahahah that’s fuckin awesome love the render you chose

PRESS CONFERENCE Answer 3 Questions for 1 TPE, or Answer 6 Questions for 2 TPE Week Ending Mar 30 1. Already a quarter of the season has been completed and Malmo is currently sitting out of the playoff race, 13 points behind the 5th seeded London United. Do you feel there is a chance for our team to turn the tides and make it to a playoff spot? Is this instead just a hardcore rebuild season? 2. When teams go through losing seasons, most of the time the team morale will plummet. What is something your player does to keep team morale at a good level? 3. Although struggling seasons suck, they only bring in a brighter future with top rated draft prospects and current young stars being able to develop more. Out of this upcoming prospect list (click me) which player would you want to see drafted to Malmo? 4. NHL playoffs are quickly approaching and the wildcard race is getting tight! Are there any teams you think that should deserve to make the playoffs that are currently not in? Or are all current seeded teams worthy of this season's playoffs? 5. Staying on the NHL playoffs topic, which NHL team do you think will have basically a guaranteed bye to the next round? (I'm a Jets fan, so I'm routing for them to get through the first round easily). 6. If your player could play a different position for a game, which position would they choose to play and why? 7. Your player has been chosen to do community work this week and you get to decide what you will do. What are you going to do to give back to the community? 8. If you could either only watch movies or only read books for the rest of your life, which would you choose? 9. What is your favourite thing to do on a daily/weekly basis? 10. What is your dream pet?

While the Los Angeles Stars enter S98 as a team just shy of the North American Wildcard race through 20+ games played, the team's future stars have been shining bright and are putting up extremely good numbers as first season players. To start, goaltender Ricky LaFleur @DarkSpyro has been given the green light throughout the start of his VHL career as many would say is more than expected. Through Los Angeles' 24 games played, LaFleur has started for 11 and has played in 12 total, almost equaling LA's franchise goaltender Roger Eagles. Ricky has put up some good numbers in his first season so far with 5 wins plus a 0.918 SV%. The team is very happy to see both goaltenders getting playing time, but the obviously fact is that once playoffs get closer, Eagles will be the face the team will rely on. Either way, the more smoke breaks Ricky gets on the bench will be better for his player development. For most of the games that Ricky starts on the bench, he will time himself to see how many joints he can smoke before the game is completed. Word around is that 12 is the current record through 24 games played (they're only half gram joints not full 1 gram). The team is hoping a full 20 joints smoked on the bench can be accomplished before his rookie season has completed. Defensive rookie 11th overall S97 draft pick Mikko Tuomala @flyersfan345, and 6th overall S97 draft pick Bubbles LaFleur have been meeting expectations on the blue line. Both 1st overall VHLM draft picks (LaFleur in S96, and Tuomala in S97) are hoped on to be Los Angeles' franchise defenders down the road. Tuomala has been earning TPE left and right to now sit 5th in the S97 draft class according to TPE. Tuomala has 7 goals and 21 points so far in S98, but is more relied on for his shot blocking ability, leading the team with 56 while also being 7th overall throughout the league in that category. LaFleur has been less of a shot blocker so far and instead has totaled 9 goals as well as 29 points this season. The duo both average 31+ minutes a game while paired on the 1st and 3rd line, as well as most special teams, which can contribute to their applauded start to the season. Both defenders currently sit in the top 5 for points by rookies, and one can only imagine if the duo can catch the dominant centreman Pelayo Bolivar @SMYLS4 of the London United, who is currently leading the league charge with 33 points. Bolivar is a young talent who just graduated from the VHLM with a S97 Ethan Osborne Trophy (VHLM Points Leader), as well as a Alexander Chershenko Trophy (VHLM Goals Leader)... so this will be a fun dual for all three of these rookies this season.