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1. It was a fun season and I feel prepared to make that next step. Sometimes shit doesn't turn out the way you want but I don't think the results reflects how well we did as a team. 2. As long as it's not 200 goals against I think I'll be happy. I hope to be seeing my teammates in the future and maybe even playing with them in the VHL one day. 3. I shat the bed. Fml. 4. Jarome Iginla never won a cup and he's a hofer 5. @jhatty8 probably he's pretty cool. 6. Thanks for all the help you've given me. I probably won't have stuck around if not for you but I really wanted us to win it all. See you next season in the SSL @AJW

1. I guess time will tell, but I believe in management and will be excited to see what Fitzroy Jr. can add to this roster. 2. I think we're the best in the league! 3. I don't want to be a commissioner, no thank you. That seems like too much responsibility for me. 4. Be care of @dylanjj37 and his shenanigans. He can be a handful sometimes. 5. I think it's important to have a balance of both. You need to be able to push your athletes and get the best out of them, but they are also human beings that need support to be at their best. I want to be challenged, but I don't understand coaches who run their players into the ground or humiliate them guise under "tough love." @AJW is a great coach, although maybe he should be pushing me a bit more to be better 6. Time management. Sometimes I can get really caught up in what I'm doing and lose track of time. I regularly am rushing because of it. Luckily, my teammates and coaches have been there to keep me in check!

After being drafted to London, I was again declaring my eligibility for yet another draft. I put my name in for the VHLE and was luckily drafted by the Vasteras Iron Eagles. I had actually known the Vesteras Iron Eagles prior to my arrival. It was @Lemorse7 who scouted me in my youth and advised me to declare for the VHLM draft. I had a feeling the Iron Eagles would be calling my name and I'm definitely looking forward to one day playing there. After all of I had arrived back in Houston where I learned I had been appointed as the alternative captain this season for the Houston Bulls. Not often is a goaltender given this honour and I intend to give it my best. Not just on the ice but off the ice. I'm not longer the rookie here and I know our new corp of rookies will be looking up to me. It'll be my duty to help lead this team to glory.

Oh shit, let's go! Hopefully I can help lead us into victory

1. Just keep grinding and believing in the system. I have faith that we'll be turning a lot of heads near the end of the season. 2. Captain should represent the players and imo, that means giving them the vote. 3. We need some more francophone music! Nothing sounds better than the French language. 4. Montréal and I find it a travesty that we don't have a team in this league. Some of the greatest players and most passionate fans come from Québec and to be unrepresented is disappointing. 5. I'm a player, not a GM and I'd like to keep it that way. I'm interested in the sporting aspects not management or business aspects. 6. Well I've always wanted to pick up music. Maybe the piano or bass. I enjoy listening to music so it would be nice to be able to play music myself.

It's a hot summer day and I'm dressed all formally for the big day. Today is the day I patiently await hoping a team selects me. I had given myself a great shot with my past season in Houston going fairly well, especially my performance in the playoffs (despite being swept). I thrive under pressure and based on my draft interviews I had a feeling I was going to be taken. The first pick is announced and it's not me. I definitely did not think I'd be going first overall, so this wasn't a shock for me. Then, the first round had been completed without my name being announced. I had a feeling that was going to happen, I was really expecting myself to go second round. The second round is under way and name after name called and here I am still waiting to hear my own. I start sweating now and I can feel an existential dread creeping in. Had I just wasted years of my life just to fall short? Is my name ever going to be called. It was then at the end of the 2nd round at 32nd overall that I was chosen by London United. I was pretty excited to go to a Canadian team, especially one not too far from home. I wish we had a Montréal team or any Québécois. Nevertheless, I hurried up on stage and was presented with the #35 jersey, an honour to my family's legacy. I shook my new GM's hand and before I knew it I was a professional hockey player. This is surely the beginning of a long but beautiful journey. I hope to use my time here in Houston wisely, so that by the time I'm called up, I'm VHL-ready. This has been the best day of my life and I'm so grateful to be spending this with my family and friends who have supported me through everything. I know without them, I wouldn't have made it as far as I have. I can't wait to step out on the ice for London United and in the meanwhile I'll keep grinding out here in Houston in the meanwhile.

1. Très bonne! 2. The offseason felt like such a blur to me really. 3. @jhatty8 of course! 4. If I could stay here for 5 seasons that would have been sick, but I'd be pretty happy staying here for 4. 5. I think most people grow up wanting a shoe deal and I'm no different there tbh. I would love to have my own signature shoes but I'd want them to be really affordable. I wouldn't want my shoes to only be worn by rich kids. 6. I won a lot growing up through the youth system. That's why Houston drafted me and I'm hoping to bring that success to them this season!

1. I think I did well in my first season, but I know we have another level in us and I'm hoping next season we can come out even stronger! 2. I was a bit introverted this season, but I want to become more familiar with everyone moving forward. 3. I think it would be unfair to blame it on one thing, person, or unit. Hopefully, we can use this pain of losing and turn it around for the better. 4. Yeah, I am, but I haven't been keeping up too much outside of my own team's games. It's definitely keeping me sharp for the upcoming season. 5. I would want to play with @comrade cat in the future if possible. 6. I like to go back to Montréal to spend time with my family. It's also an exciting and fun city to live in. The food is great and there's also stuff going on year round. I'd definitely encourage yous to come and visit.

Let's gooo!

1. 10-0 of course 2. Doesn't matter how people rate us as long as we believe in ourselves and work hard. 3. Where I'm needed most I guess and I'll be sad to leave. This team has treated me kindly. 4. #1 5. I grew up with a dog back in Montréal, but when I got drafted I had to leave him with my parents. 6. I try to do a lot of yoga, especially as a goalie you really need to keep your hips open. It helps loosen my body up, but it's also really good for the mind too. I feel calm in net knowing I've done the best I can to take care of all the things leading up to the game to give myself the best chance possible to succeed.

+ 10 TPE Devon Giguere

I honestly joined sim leagues shortly after a personal life tragedy and honestly, the community really helped support me. I've found friends and that's what led me to joining here. Really wish I joined sim leagues when I was a teenager, but glad to be here now.

16 year old goalie sensation Devon Giguere has entered into the Jr. Showcase Tournament after being drafted by Team Clue. This will be many VHLM's scouts chance to get a good look at Giguere when faced against other bright prospects. As it stands now, it's hard for scouts to really pinpoint where he goes in the draft, but this could be his opportunity to be the first goalie on every scout's list. According to reports, Giguere is a whopping 203 cms and 104 kgs, so he has size to protect the net in front of him. He may not be the most agile goalie, but he uses his size to his advantage and is quick into the butterfly. Giguere's rebound control is matched by his ability to recover over making a save. Finally, many have pointed out his amazing hand speed. Even when going down into the butterfly, he is able to get a glove or blocker up in time. It's arguable that Giguere has the ceiling of being an VHL starter and it'll be interesting to see how he fares in his first game in the Jr. Showcase Tournament.

1. I guess having just joined I haven't had a ton of experience yet, but I did have a lot of people welcome me on the forum and it seems like a really fun community to be apart of. 2. I'm not on a team yet, but I'm hoping whatever team I end up on we can both be a good fit for each other. 3. Québec City and the mascot would be Carnaval de Bonhomme from Québec City's Carnaval. This might be corny and tbh my answer isn't to be taken seriously, but as a French-Canadian goalie whose idol is Patrick Roy, I'd love for Montréal or Québec City to get a team. 4. I haven't performed yet, but I'm excited to step out onto the ice and show my new team why they made the right decision drafting me. 5. I'd like to stay in Canada and try to win in my home country. I would hope my gm would reward my loyalty to the team and maybe I could be a one team player. 6. Honestly, I'd love to visit Barcelona, Catalonia. I'm a huge FC Barcelona supporter and I also am interested in their history and culture.

Yeah, but that one French-Canadian team is arguably the most iconic team in NHL history and I would love Québec City to get a team back. Y'all gonna put a team in Mexico City or Las Vegas over Montréal damn.