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Saskatoon Wild Press Conference: Answer 3 questions for 1 TPE, or 6 questions for 2 TPE! Q1: Does your player hold any jobs outside of hockey? Q2: Do you have any questions for Myself or Dadam? Q3: If you could, which NHL team would you play on? Q4: Does your player consider cereal a soup. Q5: Does your player have any superstitions. Q6: Whats your player's favorite place to eat food?

Saskatoon Wild Press Conference: Answer 3 questions for 1 TPE, or 6 questions for 2 TPE! Q1: How has your player been performing? Is it up to expectations? Q2: What are you expecting to improve over the next 3-4 weeks? Q3: What, if any, VHL team are you hoping to get selected for? Q4: Does your player put pineapple on their pizza? Q5: What is your player's favorite hobby? Q6: Where do you think Saskatoon will finish this season?

1. I expect this to be a big year for OCO! he has just started his journey into the VHL and it will be a very humbling experience without a doubt. He will learn a whole lot and I expect him to progress as a goalie in general. 2. I would expect around a 115, Moscow has a strong lineup and I expect quite a few easy wins this season. 3. OCO tends to listen to Pod Save America while on his travels. 4. I think either Paris or Raleigh would be solid choices. Both have strong fan turnout at current sporting events and would be in good enough spots to draw a crowd outside it's usual area. 5. I would take the puck, act like it went in the net, then show them the puck, and laugh at them. Then I'd beat them up. (But I'd beat them up, wholesomely) 6. The coffin dance meme was absurd, it was literally just people walking, with some music behind it.

Saskatoon Wild Press Conference: Answer 3 questions for 1 TPE, or 6 questions for 2 TPE! Q1: Now that the VHLM Draft has been completed, what are you expecting in the league? Q2: What is your player's personal goal for the season? Q3: What was your reasoning behind your players country of origin? Q4: Does your player participate in any Pre/Post-Game Rituals or superstitions? Q5: Why does your player love the sport? Q6: Does your player believe cereal is a soup?

Its at least as hard as winning the VHL Playoffs

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Season 97 saw the rise of the Las Vegas Aces, a team that managed to take an 8th ranked offense, and win the whole thing using an incredibly strong defense. They were not the only team to take on this unique style of play however. Many teams adopted very strong defenses, opting to weaken their offense to build up a stronger defense. I believe this begs the question, how does this strategy truly size up against the standard team build, and does this mark a new era for the VHL with player selections? Simon is, while an amazing god for the VHL, occasionally inconsistent with their seasons, and can give a team a good season for an outlier strategy, after any season where a team GM manages to win the cup with one of these strategies, we have to ask the question if this is a sustainable strategy for GMs to continue to pursue in season 98 and onward. Let's look at the season our current founders cup champions had. Throughout their regular season, they did not dominate the league, or even end confident they would make it to the cup. Their season was very average, they had good sims, but it was a shadow of what would be, in the playoffs. Why was this? How is it that a founders cup winning team has a seemingly subpar regular season? Well if you look deeper, you will see the stats point towards something different. The goalie, OCO, managed to end the season with a 1.57 GAA, top of the league, a strong example of the defense in front of this goalie. With such a low amount of points scored in an LVA game, this also means that the offense of the team had low points scoring results as well. This could be a result of the league having very high TPE Goaltenders but I believe it is more likely the result of a very severe sacrifice of offensive strength for defensive strength. In such a defensive league this season, I believe the sacrifice paid off, and could very well happen again should the league have more defensive seasons, such as this one. However I also believe that the exact opposite, having a weaker defense (With the addition of a strong goalie) with a stronger offense, could have thrived this season as well, and would have made for a very interesting battle in the founders cup should it have happened. However I do not believe that this strategy is sustainable in the future. The league's specific environment, with the teams surrounding it, was suited almost perfectly for Sadies strategy, and the league will hold an environment similar like this for at least another season. Now, with all of this in mind, we have to look at how this season could affect the future of how the GMs of VHLM teams approach team building. Having been involved in the drafts previously, I feel team management is usually focused on building a well rounded team offensively and defensively, even with a slight focus on offense building. This new idea that focusing on one very heavily could lead to a strong team might drive a few GMs to try the gamble of following the extreme route Las Vegas followed. While I personally don’t believe in taking that risk, does this season allow for a new strategy to be created. I think it does. The league is ever changing, and with that GMs are forced to adapt a new strategy every season, following the idea of an extreme boost in Defense or Offense might not provide as consistent results, but it could provide foundation for GMs to follow a consistent strategy that will eventually, lead their team to be championship contenders, should the leagues build allow it. While it is a route I would personally take, I would encourage any GM who is looking to take the gamble, to take it. The sporting world is all about taking the risks, and innovating the strategies, making the gamble. The greatest success stories come from someone risking it all for the cup, that is exactly what Sadie and LVA managed to do. The result of strong defense has proven itself as a viable strategy for the league, and I look forward to seeing the development of it in the future. For those who choose to take the gamble, good luck, and may the odds be ever in your favor.

Yeah, I used the wrong name while typing that up, that's my fault. Ignore that bit.

I think it's important to look at circumstances as well, a VHLM team is a team, not a player, we can bring up wins and losses all we want but ultimately, we are judging a player, not a team, in performance. The scary part about an award like this is deciding where to draw the line of team performance, and individual performance. You bring up Wins and Losses, which are nevertheless important, but also a result of strong offense and defence, not just goalie performance. Ultimately, OCO ended off with a higher SV% and lower GAA. On top of that, OCO set a VHLM record with shutouts in the playoffs. I understand your point but I think it comes from a flawed point of view. Shaw had a very strong offense in front of him, and still, OCO ended up at the end of the playoffs as the winner, with a weaker offense playing in front of him than shaw. Circumstance is important, and we have to view it as such. Shaw had an outstanding season, his stats where very solid, but they did not surpass OCO, I would argue the 2 goalies are very similar in stats and performance, but ultimately, OCO had a few more game winners when it mattered, under the pressure, OCO prevailed, and I believe that dictates the entire vote. Very few areas do one comes out in front of the other, but the few where an outlier exists, I feel OCO showed to come out of that on top. A goalie is very easy to lump in as the main reason for a win or a loss, and it is a valid argument, but ultimately, losses come from an entire team performance, not a singular player, and I feel that argument falls into the pit of lumping the goalie as the only player on the ice, which just simply is not the case.

Ouch! OCO not even mentioned.

Absolutely incredible read! As the person who runs OCOs player, Absolutely spot on! I'm starting to think you know more about OCO then I do! LVA had a rocky Regular Season, loosing a few games and coming close to a loss quite a few times. When we hit playoff time I think we held our hopes high and prayed for some good luck! We had an incredible defense, without a doubt the best in the M, but as shown by previous years, an incredible offense wins trophy's, defense just backs them up. Im shocked myself we won but the way Sadie played us was incredible. Again, amazing read, and absolutely spot on!

Your awesome sam! My fingers are crossed for you! Get well soon!

I'd be down to try out, looking to move up, been the AGM as SSK for bout a year now, willing to do Maths, Be Active in the Locker Room, and post press conferences when needed!

Weekly Press Conference 1. How has your player been preforming? 2. Anything you wish the team could improve on? 3. Who do you think is likely going all the way this season? 4. What's your dream VHL team? 5. What's your players pre game superstition? 6. What's your players favorite soda?