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Yes, as we approach the new season there will be a few activities that are once a season things, there is a fantasy league to sign up for, there is something called supercoach, there is a league award prediction. In addition I will help you get set up for some offseason tournaments, think of them like the world juniors or Spangler cup.

Here is the Press Conference for the Week, remember to do full sentences 1) With the time off between the end of the season and beginning of payoffs what will your player do? 2) What are your hopes for the first round of playoffs? 3) During offseason how active do you expect to be? 4) Do you want me to reach out with reminders of TPE earning during offseason? 5) If you will be in the VHLM next year are you wanting to stay with Mexico (I can't guarantee that), If you are going to the VHLE who do you hope to get drafted by? 6) Is there anything you need to know about changing seasons?

For those of you who have been following my media spots this season you know that I have been doing a series on my thoughts as a first season GM. It has been an interesting process of learning the behind the process scene activities, getting to know the other GM’s, getting up to speed on discord, and learning to assist individuals in building their player. This week’s topic of my GM ramblings is the look ahead to the next season. First things to note is that I made the decision that Mexico was not going to be competitive in the playoffs for season 93 so I took the opportunity to position myself for the season 94 draft. To do that I took most of my top players who were expected to be above 200TPE and would move the VHLE and traded them to playoff contending teams for draft picks. There were two pieces that were important to me in the process: 1) I needed to make sure anyone I moved had the chance to play in the playoffs and potentially contend for the Cup. In that I also made sure that I focused first on all the players that I don’t manage. I never officially put Felicia Hardy on the trade block, but in the deal to move the last player I was hoping to trade, Hardy was asked about, so I made the choice to pick up some additional picks to strengthen Mexico’s draft standings. 2) Any trade I made had to set Mexico up for success in the future. And more specifically it needed to make Mexico successful in the next two seasons. Yes, I am putting it out there, Mexico is focused on winning the Cup within the next two seasons, the VHLM needs to take us seriously as we are coming hard. Beyond the trade deadline I have already started my process of evaluating my current players to see how they will fit into the framework of the future. Currently I have 3 options of players I have drafted that might be around next season. However, I expect it will be only 1 as there are 2 players that are currently over 170tpe so by the time we get to the end of the season and through the offseason they should be moving to the VHLE. Outside of my current draft stock I have a few players that I have picked up on waiver as they joined the league. All of them seem very engaged right now, however I can accept that there is the possibility of that changing over the offseason. If I have my way, I will be trying to make sure all of these players remain active over the offseason and as much as possible stay with Mexico. I know that will be difficult to do but it is my goal. Outside that, I plan to target a few key positions in the draft with the goal of creating a strong core that I can then build around. So, for now, we do what we can in season 93 and plan for season 94.

I joined the VHL as a referral form my son, it was something I could do with him that we both could enjoy.

Here is the press Conference for this week, remember to answer in full sentences 1) What are your personal expectation for your player during the second half of the season? 2) We are currently in a position to make the playoffs, do you expect we will maintain that? 3) What are your expectations foe TPE earning over the remainder of the season? 4) Is there anything you think I need to know as your GM? 5) Is there anything you would like to know about me? 6) What have you enjoyed the most about the VHL?

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With the unfortunate announcement of fraud within the VHL it is with a broken heart that we must announce the disbanding of the Victory Hockey League. This unfortunate news will leave many people without the engaging past time that they have come to enjoy. We are sorry this has occurred. That is why we have taken it upon ourselves to rectify this grievous situation and we are now able to announce with great joy the new and improved VHL. The Virtual Heroic League. The new VHL will move away from simulating the simplistic game of hockey and will enter the epic world of adventure. Count this as your call to arms. Come one, come all and take your place in the realm. By joining every player will take on the role of a Heroic Knight looking to gain fame and glory for the kingdom the hires them. Spend the week training and building your skills to take part in a variety of epic conquests. Each week every kingdom will send their knights to one of three heroic competitions in hopes of gaining honor for their kingdom, wealth to purchase advancements for their land and epic treasures that can turn the tide of future conquests. The first competition is the Tournament of Knights, a battle of skill that will gain each kingdom honor and wealth. Knights take part in an elimination format tournament showing their skills in jousting, weapons combat, and archery. Each kingdom must send at least one individual for each of the three areas of combat but have the ability to send multiple combatants to improve their odds. The second option for each kingdom is to send knights to fight the growing evil in the land. In this option knights march throughout the kingdom eliminating evil hordes of creatures, fighting thieves and/or destroying terrifying monsters Lastly kingdoms can send their knights into the vast wilderness in search of adventure, in search of lost secrets or in search of epic treasure. In this option knights search the unknown wastes for things to help their kingdoms build or items to use to gain advantage in future weeks competitions. Knights are the strength of a kingdom, each player takes on the role of a knight and has the ability to train in a variety of skills the first group of skills including mounted weaponry, melee weapons training and ranged weapon skills. These skills form the basis of a knight’s fighting strength and assist in taking part in the Tournament of Knights. The second group of skills involve areas like horsemanship, wilderness survival, monster lore and Treasure identification. These additional skills help knights as they battle evil and search for adventure within the wilderness, I encourage you to sign up and become one of the knights of legend. Battle your fellow knights for honor and glory, rid your kingdom of evil or go out in search of adventure. Help build your kingdom, make it a place envied by other knights and earn the coveted title of Empire of the realm that is awarded each season to the best kingdom. So, there you have it, the new and improved, the rebranded VHL. Come one, come all for great adventure awaits you.

It is trade deadline and theme week so we are going to do a press conference related to these topics: 1) What was your thought on the theme week topic? 2) If you got to choose the next theme week what would you choose? 3) Other than Mexico, what other team should be a seller at the trade deadline? 4) If you had to be traded to what team would you want to go? 5) If you had to be trades to what team would you not want to go? 6) If you had to rebrand the Mexico City Kings what would you do?

Competing for a Cup or Fair Play - What are we here for. As I noted in my media spot prior to the season opening I am going to do a season series about my thoughts during my first season as GM of the Mexico City Kings. Today’s discussion will center around the competing goals of a GM. First the goal of any GM should be to put their team in the best position to win, to compete and to strive for the ultimate prize, in this instance the VLM Founder’s Cup. There are many things at play when it comes to competing, one of which is making lines that can be competitive against the other teams. GM must make choices on who to trade, who to keep, who to play together. They also must make choices on who gets special teams time both power play and penalty kill. The goal is to build and play the best team possible. Secondly, the goal of every VHLM GM is to promote an environment that is inclusive of all players, that is unbiased and that allows each player to grow at their own pace. The VHLM is primarily a learning ground for players new to the league, and although winning is typically fun, it can come at a cost. That means that every player must get a fair amount of time on the ice, regardless of whether they are capped at 200tpe with a meta build or if they are a brand-new first-generation waiver player with a build that is suboptimal or even abysmal. These two concepts often come at odds with each other, and it is the GM’s responsibility to make the correct choices, the choices that put the players who are learning front and center even if it negatively impacts the team or veterans of the league. This week I was able to pick up a First-Generation player off waiver, a Right Wing with a minimal build. Because when you only have 80 TPE you are going to have a minimum build. Not any fault of the player, everything to do with just starting out. So, I was left in a situation where I put the player into the lineup, assigned then spots that tried to give them equal playing time to the other wingers (it didn’t work out perfectly). So here is what happened. The player came out in their first sim and got their first goal. Sure, one point in 2 games is not amazing but they put up production. The team cheered, they gathered round and celebrated, they bonded as a team and will all the better for it. And when we get to the same situation where we have another waiver pick up, we will again bring them into the line-up and welcome them with open arms, giving them time to play, time to grow, time to shine. We may win, we may lose but the Mexico City Kings will be a place where everyone gets to have their time on the ice. They will have the opportunity to form part of the team, and everyone will be better for it.

Here is our Press Conference for the week, remember if you answer all 6 questions you get 2 TPE, answer 3 questions for 1 TPE 1) Does your player have a middle name, what is it? 2) Do you have a pregame routine, what is it? 3) Describe your goal celebration? 4) How does your player tape their stick, describe blade and knob taping? 5) Do you have a specific brand of stich you use, which one? 6) Do you use different equipment for practice/warmup and in game, why?

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I must note that at least in North America, one is innocent until proven guilty. I highly encourage @Joshto seek legal council and file a counter suit against these slanderous allegations. You should not idly sit by and accept the destruction of your reputation. Suing those involved and the league for a minimum $1 million would seem appropriate to cover your pain and suffering.

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Life as the GM of the Mexico City Kings – Trade talks As I noted at the beginning of the season, I am going to do a series of media spots about the ongoing thoughts I have related to being a first season GM. Up to now I have covered the offseason prep for the draft and then how I progressed through the draft itself. Originally, I thought that I would do my media spot this week on the ongoing drama of the waiver system, from following new players coming into the league to building a waiver pitch, to the frustration of watching players leave immediately after creating. It was set to be a dramatic piece filled with angst and frustration. But then early this afternoon another situation came up and I thought this might be a good topic to discuss while it was occurring. Now to protect individual teams and players I am not going to name anyone. And as I write this we are not extremely far into discussion and potentially nothing could happen but the beginning of trade talks have started. Now for those who don’t know I am going to give you a small glimpse behind the secret curtain. The VHLM GM have a private chat group on discord where we talk about several things, mainly asking the commissioners to clarify rules. However, this afternoon one of the GM noted that they had player(s) that they may consider trading. They provided reasoning which I am not going to share but let me reassure everyone it had nothing to do with the individual player(s). Looking to find a way to improve my roster and help secure a playoff position, I looked at the player(s) and thought there may be some potential as long as I didn’t have to give up too much. So, I reached out to the GM and a DM conversation started. Now I will fully admit that it is about how far things have gone so everything I am going to discuss are my thoughts. The first conundrum with trade talk is how do you evaluate players. More importantly how do you evaluate a player who at any time could become inactive and may not be on your team at the end of the season? How do you evaluate someone who is not fully developed? Then how do you evaluate what you may be willing to give for today without mortgaging the next season? The second conundrum is how do you position yourself in your first inter GM conversation, how do you build a reputation of being a fair but tough trade partner? Honestly, you don’t want the reputation of being a push over, but you also don’t want the reputation of being a jerk. How do you get the most, pay the least but gain respect in the process? All I know is that there are so many variables at play, and I can’t know for sure what is going to happen, but I can suggest that there is a unique level of excitement in the process. You will have to wait to find out what happens if anything.

We are going to do a predictive press conference 1) DO you think Mexico is going to make the playoff, why? 2) Will the Mexico back up goalie have more wins than losses, why? 3) How many Mexico City Kings will end up in the top 10 for points, why? 4) Which Mexico Player will have the most goals in season 93, why? 5) Which Mexico player will have the most assists in season 93, why? 6) Which Mexico player will end with the most penalty minutes in season 93, why?

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