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The season is starting soon and the Toronto Legion could not be more excited. Armani Calamari especially has been counting down the days until it starts, spending his most recent days going to practice and team meetings along with admiring the new bobblehead made of him. In fact each member of the Toronto Legion including the rookies like Ryuji Sakamoto have gotten bobbleheads made of them thanks to a partnership with a bobblehead company that the Legion have recently gotten. Each of the bobbleheads had facts about the players on the back that talked about where they have come from and thier past accomplishments. Speaking of Ryuji, Armani has tried his best to be a bit of a mentor to rookies like him. The biggest thing he has told them was how to deal with the pain of losing and how to keep thier cool in defeat. He is satisfied with how the rookies are growing and is trying his best to improve himself and his game. He does believe that he will be a hell of a lot more productive then he was at the beginning of last season. With the new style of playing that he started to towards the end of last season payed off hugely last season and he hopes to continue the momentum going forward.

Well the Toronto Legion season ended not with a bang, but with an unfortunate sort of whimper. Being eliminated by the Seattle Bears in the Conference finals was extremely disappointing, but honestly I don't feel very sad about it right now. Despite the ending, the past season still gives me hope about the future. Armani Calamari went from getting no stats and being a general burden on the team before the reroll (seriously before then he had one of the worst shot percentages in the league, though a lot of his goals were game-winning goals so there is that) to actually being a contributing factor in games after the reroll. The new hybrid builds were a huge learning experience for not just the Legion, but the entire league. If you are getting basically no stats for the team despite your TPE count, maybe try getting a reroll build and see how having a more focused build will work out for you. Get your GM to suggest a specific build for you, because the new Hybrid builds thrive on having certain specific attributes be very high depending on what position you are in. Maybe we can prevent some kind of new dead puck Era? Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading this and I hope to see you all on the ice!

GG Seattle

"...and Armani Calamari shoots to the goal... SCORE!! TORONTO SWEEPS CALGARY IN OVERTIME!" The TV announcer yells as the fans in Toronto go nuts as Armani punches thier ticket to the Conference Finals. Armani gets a group hug from his teammates as they all celebrate the sweep. After the eventual traditional handshakes from both of the teams to each other, Armani is interviewed by the on-ice reporter: "Armani after coming back from such tough times and getting back to a good mental state, getting this goal must have felt amazing after the slump you were having. Tell me what this moment means to you!" "Well Sara" Armani began to say as he wiped away a tear of his "getting the winning goal here in this game does a lot for my confidence. I was worried that I would never get back to the level that I was at so long ago, however slowly but surely I feel like am getting back to where I was when I was a hot star. I am glad that these wonderful fans here in Toronto have come to come along with me and the rest of the team oh this journey, and it is not over yet! Let's go Legion!"

The Toronto Legion are heading into the playoffs with high hopes. Having the second seed, they are hoping for a pretty deep playoff run and a possible Cup run. The new sim hybrid builds have been a mixed bag so fat, and even my player Armani Calamari was basically one of the worst shooters and seemed to be a bit of a liability until I managed to get a reroll that has upped his production by quite a bit. Right now it seems that in order to get the best out of the hybrid builds you need to really have a build in mind, with some stats needing to be in the 70s and 80s to actually make them work out. It has been a lot of 1-1 sims for the Legion, but they were helped out a lot by a bunch of 2-0 sims early in the regular season. Honestly despite the way the standings look I have no idea how these playoffs will play out. The Seattle Bears should be a strong team, and the Legion's first opponent the Calgary Wranglers should provide a tough first opponent. However despite all of that, I do have a lot of faith in the Legion and am really hoping for a deep run this season.

Armani skated across the ice as he goes to attempt another practice slapshot. With the playoffs coming in hot for the Legion and what looks to be a very tight series against the Calgary Wranglers coming up, Armani wants to work his ass off for the Legion so they can make a big run to the cup. His new kind of practice that he's been doing has been paying off in a big way, and he has been improving his production in quite a big way. "Good shot Armani" the Toronto Legion coach says as Armani scores with his practice shot "You are slowly but surely getting back to your old self" "Thanks coach" Armani smiles "just doing my best for the team. I know that I was letting them down with how bad I was shooting before I changed things up ." "Ehh don't let that get you down, the title of "one of the worst shooters in the league" just meant that you needed to go by things in a different way. You came back from a hiatus, and I could tell that you just weren't really feeling it for the longest time. However, now you just seem to be playing like a new man." "Heh, thanks for the confidence boost. So let's set up another shot, I need more to truly feel it tonight" They went to go set up the practice goal again, with the Legion goalie watching Armani get yet another shot by him. The goalie flashed a thumbs up and then prepared for yet another shot that just barely gets past him again. "There now I am definitely feeling it! Let's go!" When practice us eventually ended by the coach, Armani went back into his car as he called his wife up "Hey Tiffany baby, how is little Ryan doing?"he asks her as she chuckles from the other line "He is doing wonderful honey" she giggles "he is keeping down all the food I give him, and he just seems extremely happy as of late. I tried to get him to walk to me and he tried his best, but he just doesn't seem ready yet" "Well don't force him to walk, he will get there eventually." Armani smiles "I will be home soon, just gonna get some dinner. What do you feel like eating?" "Hmmmm, well pizza does sound good" Tiffany smiles "maybe some meat lovers, I really feel like eating some protein" "Yeah I'll get me a supreme pizza. Like I said, I'll be home soon so I love you" Armani then calls up a pizza place amd puts in his order a few minutes before pulling up to it. As he waited on his pizza, a Legion fan nervously comes up to him holding a jersey with his name on it "Umm Armani can I get your autograph?" The young fan asks "Absolutely!" Armani smiles as he signs it with a marker he keeps with him "I better not see this on Ebay for at least a few years though, alright?" The kid nods "on this is one of my rookie jerseys, that's pretty cool" "Yeah it is! I actually got the jersey today from my uncle who got it a few years ago" The kid says as Armani hands him the jersey back "Umm Armani can you promise that the Legion will best the Wranglers?" "I can't promise anything. Nothing in life is guaranteed, that's what I learned recently. But I do promise to do my absolute best to win" Armani smiled as he rubbed the head of the young fan. For him, moments like these make it all worth it.

Armani Calamari has had a tough time in life before he came back to hockey. Between the birth of his first son who caught a bad flu as a baby but thankfully survived and his creeping depression throughout the whole process he has had to slowly but surely get his mojo back. He has decided that one thing can help him find a purpose beyond hockey: starting a charity! He has started the Armani Calamari Center for Mental Health of Athletes, which his wife convinced him to shorten to the Center of Athletic Mental Health, or the CAMH. He has decided to split time between hockey and working on the charity center in order to keep his mind busy. In other news for Armani, he has focused on some new training techniques in order to get back to competing at the same level as his teammates. And by that, I mean that I ended up giving him a reroll. Yeah I needed to do that because it was clear that his build is not cutting it, and I had my GM give me one that is not as completely haphazard. Hopefully with this new build I can slowly get back up thier with stats. I already gave a goal with it!

I'm getting a reroll so hopefully this change

It seems like recently the Toronto Legion have been riding a wave of momentum. They have had seven straight wins with a few blowouts in there as well with thier current record being 20-7-2. However, while the Legion have been soaring, Armani Calamari has been struggling a bit to keep up with his teammates and is mostly a good role-player so far. While I personally would rather see the Legion succeed then get a lot of personal success, it is still a bit disappointing. Still, the Legion should be riding cozy all the way to a second seed in the playoffs, provided the Seattle Bears don't start struggling. In other news, the DC Dragons and the Chicago Phoenix have been fighting for that second seed with them both being 14-14 and the Phoenix having one overtime loss. The New York Americans are behind them both at 10-16 and the Vancouver Wolves ate behind them at 10-17. Calgary and LA fill out the last two spots at eight wins each. The other conference is a bit more of a bloodbath with the Moscow Menace having 23 wins and the Riga Regin having 22. However the Regin have an unfortunate four overtime losses that might hold them back from the first seed. This season is definitely going to be interesting going forward.

The start of the new hybrid skaters TPE system has not been too kind to my player Armani Calamari so far, who appears to be in a bit of a slump. So far on the young season, he only has one assist amd no goal for a grand total of one single point. The Toronto Legion as a whole are struggling to deal with the shift in TPE amd the hybrid rerolls, with usu suffering some embarrassing losses early on. Armani Calamari has been quoted as saying: "It's been a bit frustrating trying to get back to the shape that I was at before. It just seems like goalies are the ones who are benefiting the most from the new system, which I will not complain about personally. However,I have heard some grumbling from a few skaters, but honestly we are just going to have to get over it in the end. We will survive the new system and then some new top teams will emerge from it. Just hoping that the Legion end up being one of them." The Legion will be looking to rebound after an embarrassing loss against Seattle, amd will be hoping to get better as time goes on. This is WildfireMicro signing out.

It's safe to say this has been a crazy offseason for not just the Toronto Legion, but the league as a whole. With the necessary death of the Meta after the three straight titles for the Vancouver Wolves, we have had an extremely long offseason to adjust to the changes. However it seems that Toronto will be in a position to compete for the cup as they only lost to the Seattle Bears in the preseason, who they traded wins with. They also shut-out the Wolves with a 1-0 victory. Armani has had a decent preseason, with at least two assists and a goal. Armani is not looking for personal glory however, and is hoping to be able to be a good piece in what looks like a competitive team this season. We all know that the preseason does not really mean much, but hopefully for us in the Toronto Legion it means some good things for us as the regular season starts tomorrow.

When Ryuji gets to Toronto Armani will show him around

Armani slapped another shot to the goal, and it barely makes it in as he wipes the sweat from his forehead. "You'd think that the cold of the ice would help you not sweat, but apparently not" Armani said to the coach "I still have work to do, before everything happened I'd make that goal dead center" "Yeah you just need to keep training" Coach says as Armani goes to slap another shot "your body is getting used to training again. A year off will make you sloppy, so training is the key." "Yeah that is what dad says to me a lot" Armani smiles as he manages to hit the shot dead center "there, now that is an amazing shot' "Ehh it could be better" the coach smirks "don't give yourself too much credit, or you will get complacent." "Yeah I know. I am not getting complacent in any way shape or form, and I know I am a long way away from what I used to be. It will be an long road for me, but I am ready to help bring a cup to Toronto." "Now that is what I like to hear! Now take five, you must be starving" Armani nods as he skated out of the rink to grab some lunch.

"I mean he was such a good prospect and he just up and disappeared!" "Mental health is an important thing, perhaps one of the most important things on life overall to me." "I do not disagree with you in any way shape or forn, but still it is just a mysterious disappearance! One day he was there, the next he was gone! Where in the world did Armani Calamari go?" A man sighs as he turns off the TV in the Legion locker room and goes to put on practice gear. He starts firing off slapshots when one of the security team goes to stop him. "Hey buddy you are hitting those shots well, but maybe you should tryout for a spot on the team before you do any of that..." The man turns around and removes his helmet, and the Guard eyes go up in recognition "wait a minute they said that you went missing, and now you are here. Well I am glad you came back but...where did you go?" "I went on a bit of a mental health break" the long hair man known as Armani Calamari smiles as he stretches a bit and skates over to the security guard "I know I have a lot to catch up on, but I hope the new Toronto GM is ready for me to talk to him. Tell him Armani is ready to tear up the league again"

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Armani Calamari was recently going to grab his mail when he was hit by a big spray of water from Kevin Moore's water gun. Kevin was the local trouble making kid in town, but was mostly innocent with his mischief. The worst he had done to them in the past was knock over some of thier trash cans. "Oh sorry Mr.Calamari" Kevin said as he held up his water gun "I was trying to hit one of my friends over there" Armani looks over to see some more of the local kids watching them with water guns of thier own. Without saying a word and holding a slight smirk, Armani went to his garage, put down his mail on a table, and grabbed a huge water gun from a trunk. "Kids, this water gun isn't even being made anymore. When it was, it was the best water gun in Canada at least. And I'd say that hockey has left me able to run pretty fast. So, are you ready for this?" He pours some water in his gun and goes after the kids as Tiffany Calamari watches, giggling to herself. "He will be a great father" she says to herself as she rubs her stomach "I know he will. Don't you agree little one?" Armani comes up to her afterwards, soaking wet "Sprry I just needed some stress relief. The season is coming up, so some moments of levity are necessary-" Tiffany just kisses him before he could finish, and the two of them share a tender moment.

We have an app? Huh

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Armani Calamari has had a lot of reasons to be happy lately. With the lengthy extension he has signed wo5h the Toronto Legion and the baby he and his wife Tiffany are expecting, there is definitely a lot to get excited about. Recently they have finally agreed to two different names that depend on what gender the baby is: Nichols if they are a boy, and Eleanor if they are a girl. The name Eleanor comes from Tiffany's grandmother who is unfortunately no longer with them. Grandmother Eleanor raised Tiffany when her parents weren't able to, and was a huge reason for why Tiffany is as sweet as she is. Armani Calamari has said that right now he has complete confidence in the Toronto Legion organization and that is a big reason why he has resigned. Well that, and him just really wanting to stay in the city of Toronto for the foreseeable future. He has said that Toronto is the perfect city for his child to grow, and that right now he is close to being the happiest he has ever been. He is hoping the child has his brown hair, but would be OK with them having blond hair. John Calamari is especially excited to be a grandfather, and he only wishes his late wife was there to celebrate the moment with him. Armani has told him however that she will always be with him no matter what in spirit.

Hey guys and gals and everything in between WildfireMicro here with a few offseason thoughts I have. I am a member of the Toronto Legion and the current VHLE AGM of the Cologne Express, and right now I feel very comfortable with the position I am in. I did sign an extension with the Toronto Legion and I am preparing for my second draft with the Express after how well the first one went. It's been a bit of an interesting offseason with the Legion offseason for us starting after we lost 4-1 against the Vancouver Wolves. So without any further ado let's begin! The recent changes to the media review PT process sure have caused a stir I think. Instead of just a paragraph, now you have to get it up to 75 words. My big issue right now with it is that I think there should be at least a ping for when you make a change like that instead of just dumping it on us expecting us to just check without knowledge. Hell, even a fourm ping would have been good. And yes, I know we could have just checked the announcement, but without a ping to know that the announcement is coming, we have no knowledge that it is there. Not everyone checks all the pinned posts on the fourms, and not everyone is on the VHL discord a lot in order to see the announcement without a ping. I know that everyone complains about pings, but to me pings at least let us know that something big is coming. I know that you changed the review media pt in order to make it less easy and lazy for users, but not giving true notice did mess up some people's updates, including mine. Before you say that is probably just 1 TPE, well that's 1 TPE that person doesn't have. I just think there should be a ping for announcements like that, all I'm saying. Another thing that has made me a bit irked is the meta builds. The Vancouver Wolves just won the cup by using meta builds, and while I know that the meta will always be there, I just think there should be some kind of rule to prevent people from abusing it. It just seems that a team using nothing but the meta to destroy the other teams is overall not really that fair to people that just want to build thier players how they want. It's especially not really fair to those players who are new to the league and have no chance with thier haphazardly built builds against a truly meta strategy. My absolute sincere congratulations to the Wolves for the cup win, but it is still am issue that I think needs to be addressed. Well that's all I have to talk about. I just think a couple of things need to change for the betterment of the user experience. Now, I have to get ready for the VHLE draft soon to keep this Express going. Thank you for reading and I hope to see you all on the ice!

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REVIEW You get bonus points for using Ryuji as a render from a Persona 5 fan! Overall this media is a good read. I could totally picture Ryuji saying a lot of that stuff as well. Plus you putting the render on the bottom helps us picture who's talking. This does come with some bias, but I love stories that involve renders like this do I will give you a perfect rating 10/10