Daniel Janser

The Orange is strong in this one. Looks fantastic OD.

Well, that should not be a surprise, being the captain of a storied VHL Franchise and having a girlfriend to keep up form for. But there is more to that. Callum has noticed that the Americans, while being defensively solid since he joined the club in S92, often lacks offensive production, which can be the tip on the scale to win the important games. He is now working hard on a more productive way of play the game, not always looking for the pass, but to take a heart more often and just shoot the puck, when there is an opportunity. After the tiring workout, Eilidh and him went to the movies for some classic 80's action flicks and some dinner in a pub. They found a place which serves genuine home made haggis. Unfortunately, that means forking some money over to one of their rival clans, the MacGregor's. This was than followed by a nice walk in the Central Park, where Callum loves to watch tits and peckers, but he is intrigued by the occasional ducks as well and is fascinated how wild birds found a habitat in one of the most populated cities on this planet.

The Philadelphia Reapers would like to have a word with you...

clearly a lack of DISCIPLINE

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There is a reason why the flag of the city of Amsterdam looks like this:

Nice raise, congrats on that. But yeah, unexpected expenses suck. Especially when you have kids.

I was going to say, while the spending was unfortunate (and assumed unplanned), it was not exactly wasted.

I swear I first misread something about incarcerated birds in the title.

this... I do hardly recognize my own voice when I record youtube vids. My wife even tells me that I have a different voice when I speak German compared to when I speak Swiss German. And to @leandrofg as to filling words: this is not unusual and one does not notice really until one listens to oneself on record. This is alleviated if one speaks in a second or third language as this throws another spanner in the gears and one has even more 'need' for fillers to 'hide' the search for the right word/sentence. I did not have the impression that you used a lot of filler words when we met in Zurich, so do not worry too much over it. Personally, I prefer 'uhms' over 'like' being every other word (exaggerated ofc but you get the point, I am sure).

Well if it is indeed the 'Titanic' you win by forfeit as a certain Isaiah Colin Eberg won the fight for you over a hundred years ago

I knew I read something like this before...

I also think everyone overlooks the jet fighter which would probably be an equally lopsided site, just with the uno-reverse card

(graphic courtesy of Leandrofg) The New York Americans do not look like a contender at the moment, despite having had a ten win streak at one point this season. Of course their perennial bane, lack of production, does not help. And being in the NA conference where everyone but D.C. and LA can be considered playoff teams is another stepping stone to take. In Europe the lines between contenders and rebuilding/retooling franchises are drawn already and it would be a big surprise, if anything significant would change until the end of the regular season. There is a silver lining, though. NYA has still cap and may be able to snatch a fourth defender at the trade dead line. At the moment the Captain is shouldering a lot of ice time, when he is not occupied riding the pine as the league's most penalized player. Then there is the schedule. Not unlike last season, the Empire State outfit, has the 'easier' schedule at the back end of the regular season, for better or worse. Chances are therefore, that their record may improve compared to the first third of the season. Rookie winger Kevin O'Connor is still adapting to the higher level of performance in the VHL. The American journeyman has only scored one goal so far, but it was a game winner. We hope he can have a couple of them in the remainder of the season and continuously improving his play by taking advantage of the mentorship provided by his seasoned team mates. Callum is not there where he wants to be production wise, his physical play has taken a step forward though and opponents are not looking forward to get caught on open ice by the Swiss not-so-gentle Giant. An other point of contention is the lack luster performance of the special teams. Both powerplay as well as boxplay are par for the course at best and there is a lot of room for improvement. This is even more important in view of the fact that NYA has had the fourth-most penalty killing attempts in the league. 36W is the usual solid backstop of the team and is sixth in saving rate amongst starting netminder. The defense is weaker in comparison to the league's average than it used to be in the past seasons, but still solid. 157 year old veteran Gretzky is en route to a repetition of last season's production and leads his team in points and goals. It all boils down to the fact that the window for this franchise is closing and they need to make haste if they want to break the longest Continental Cup draught in recorded history. Maybe the mediocre performance so far is only an elaborate plot to deceive the rest of the league and to avoid to win the accursed Victory Cup. When all is said and done and the post-season starts, everything what happened during the regular season becomes irrelevant and all that counts is the next win in the series until the ultimate goal is achieved. But it is a long way there and it does not pay out to be complacent. The New Yorker's will have to grind and suffer and fight, to get into the playoffs and then they will have to grind and suffer and fight even more. CGY's stats for this season so far: 25gp, 3g, 19a, 22pts, -4, 110 PIM, 115 hits, 71sb, 3ppg, 1gwg, 1-1-2 fight record https://vhlforum.com/topic/150926-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xxxv-a-meet-up-with-family/ https://vhlforum.com/topic/151348-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xxxvi-a-post-season-review-and-outlook/ https://vhlforum.com/topic/151493-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xxxvii-cgy-the-teacher/ https://vhlforum.com/topic/152936-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xxxviii-post-season-interview-with-the-captain/ https://vhlforum.com/topic/153511-the-cgy-janser-story-part-xlix-interlude/