ethanjaeda

I was told to post this here by the VHLE Commissioner, but you can read the accompanying article that I wrote here: 

 

thanks to @LucyXpher and @kirbithan for giving quotes for this : D ! 

 NOVAWIRE - Halifax 21st’s Robin Sierra: VHLM Star, Hatricks, Halifax, and Pride.
  Story by Zachary Michel 

 

  Halifax 21st’s S93 signing of Robin Sierra on waivers has proven massive dividends for both parties involved, with Number 97 leading the team in points during the opening of the season, and with Robin Sierra-Martineau finding what it means to be a hockey player. The soon to be 19 year old’s contract for the Halifax 21st wasn’t met with much hype within th VHLM or Halifax itself–which during an exclusive interview with The Novawire, the hockey centre expresses thankfulness for. 

 

  “I was in my apartment in Halifax…throwing up,” Sierra said during our sit down in that same apartment. I suddenly regretted asking to use the bathroom. “All I did was google the seat count of the Citadel. Previously I was playing in…everything but an arena. [...] I was sort of glad there wasn’t a lot of talk around me, because I didn’t need anybody asking ‘who is this random centre taking penalties?’” 

 

  Sierra, who just started his second season with the Halifax 21st, has clearly gotten over the stage fright associated with playing at the Citadel, scoring eighteen goals in the first week of the new season.

 

  Zachary Michel (ZM): “So the obvious question, how do you feel?” 

 

  Robin Sierra (RS): “Pretty good!” 
 

  ZM: “Is there anything in particular that shifted for you, whether in practice, or what have you?” 

RS: “...I think definitely my mentality. I’m a lot more comfortable on the ice, during games and during practice, I’ve dropped a lot of the…anxiety I had before. There’s a lot less to prove now. Especially now.” 

 

  ZM: “What did you have to prove before?” 

 

  RS: “Maybe prove was the wrong word, but there was a lot of…promises I made. A lot of eyes were on me in my personal life.” 

 

  ZM: “Parents?” 

 

  RS: “No, actually. I mean a little, like I said in my biography, uh…during Hurricane Maria the only thing my mom really saved were my first pair of ice-slash-roller skates and my first helmet. It’s one of the few things she saved [...], and I feel guilty if I don’t…put it to good use, if that makes sense?” 

 

  ZM: “For sure.” 

 

  RS: “I also have a cousin from New York who’s my biggest fan, and he’s kind of the reason I’m even here.” 

  
  ZM: “What do you mean?” 

 

  RS: “Well…it’s really a roundabout…type of way.” 

 

  ZM: “I’m all ears.” 

 

  RS: “Well…I was in New York for this like…tournaments…skill…” 

 

  ZM: “Top Prospects Tournament?” 

 

  RS: “That’s it–for this junior beer league I was in when I was like…sixteen? I remember we were on his roof, relaxing, smoki–” 

 

  There was silence. 

 

  RS: “Just chillin’...y’know.” 

 

  ZM: “...How’d you get the smell out of your clothes? I never figured that out.” 

 

  RS: “Hoodie in July.” 

 

  ZM: “Gotcha.” 

 

  RS: “Anyway, we were…doing legal activities...and I was having second thoughts of even going because I thought it was pointless, but he [said], ‘You’re sitting here, wearing a NJ Devils hoodie, your skates are in your bag, and you’re sitting here–with a loser (allegedly) smoking when you have a game tomorrow. An important game tomorrow. One part of you thought it had a point. The other part of you just wants to ignore the bleeding part of you that wants it.’ So I went. And that’s where I met [my agent].” 

 

  ZM: “I see.” 

 

  RS: “I say he’s my cousin but he’s more like a sibling. He’s the reason my middle name is Mateo. He has my skate blade from my first VHLM Game.” 

 

  We then descended into a tangent about nothing in particular. 

 

  ZM: “So you said something about being more comfortable on the ice, is there anything else that helps you be more relaxed on the ice?”
 

  RS: “I think definitely the…environment. Halifax is an amazing city, the 21st is an amazing team, and for the first time, I feel like an actual hockey player. Not a freak pretending to be one.” 

 

  ZM: “Why did you feel like that in the past?” 

 

  RS: “...I was just never…a ‘normal’ kid. Or person. I was always too ‘something’. Essentially if I wanted to play hockey, I had to force myself into this mould.” 

  
ZM: “What did…the mould look like?” 

 

  RS: “A straight person.” 

 

  ZM: “...What do you mean?” 

 

  RS: “I’m gay.” 

 

  ZM: “...Oh.” 

 

  RS: “I haven’t exactly been hiding it. I called Skilton cute in a press conference. My profile picture on WhatsApp is of me at Toronto pride. I was the model recently for the Halifax Pride jerseys. There’s an Ultraviolence vinyl behind you.” 

 

  I turned around. To check. From what I recognised, Troye Sivan, Conan Gray, Chappell Roan, and Artpop by Lady Gaga. 

 

  RS: “I like musicals. There’s a Luke Prokop jersey next to the front door and I hate Nashville.” 

 

  ZM: “...Okay. How…how do we want to go about this?” 

 

  RS: “What do you mean?” 

 

  ZM: “Do you want me to run…any of this?” 

 

  RS: “Yeah, I mean, that’s why you’re in my apartment.” 

 

  ZM: “...This just…I mean it’s heavy, dude.” 

 

  RS: “Life is heavy.” 

 

  ZM: “...Is Halifax the only place you’ve felt able to…share that?” 

 

  RS: “It’s the only place where I felt…that it didn’t matter. There’s a scene from POSE–great show, by the way, you need to watch it–where one of the trans characters says after finding out her modelling company doesn’t care that she’s trans, she goes ‘I don’t have to hide anymore?’. It’s hard to explain to someone who hasn’t gone through it before, because ‘hide’ doesn’t really do it justice. It’s so much more than hiding, you feel like a criminal for simply existing. My existence is perverse–especially in hockey.” 

 

  ZM: “Perverse?” 

 

  RS: “You know how men aren’t allowed in women’s locker rooms?” 

 

  ZM: “Sure.” 

 

  RS: “To a room full of toxically straight, insecure, muscular male hockey players, I’m the creep and they’re the girls in bikinis.” 

 

  ZM: “You feel like a predator?” 

 

  RS: “I was treated like one. I got called ‘disgusting’, I was told that [all gay people] are paedophiles, words you can imagine that I won’t repeat because I don’t want your editor to deal with censoring things. And it’s not like I could just…hide it all away–which I did for a while. And the reality is it’s an infinitesimally small part of me, yet it has been pivotal to my life.” 

 

  ZM: “How so?” 

 

  RS: “Do a British accent.” 

 

  ZM: “…What?”

 

  RS: “Do a British accent for twelve hours a day around people you can’t trust to have a Quebecois accent with. Exactly. You can’t because you’re not British. It isn’t how you’re made. I didn’t have that luxury. So I became a liar. I became a pretender. I got really, really good at lying. That’s what I did for hockey. I lied for a decade. To thousands. I dissected myself in half for hockey. That’s what I did.” 

 

  ZM: “...Why?”

 

  RS: “Because I didn’t want to end up like Steve Moore. He was straight and he was never able to play again–could you imagine what someone would do to someone they think of us as a threat? It’d be a miracle if I’d ever be able to walk again.” 

 

  ZM: “...Did you ever think of switching…professions? Not that you should, but…did you ever think of ever…doing something safer for you?” 

 

  RS: “I did. A lot. But then I’d lose the other half of me.” 

 

  ZM: “...That’s a line.” 

 

  RS: “I fucking know right?” 

 

    When I got in my car this morning, this was the last thing I was expecting. Even now, it feels wrong to write something this heavy. It’s weirdly fitting for our first June publication, and Sierra’s reasoning and statements aren’t unfounded. To date, there has been–to the Novawire’s knowledge–only one openly gay player under contract for the NHL. For the VHL, the number is thankfully higher, including one of Robin Sierra’s favourites–Warsaw Predators goalie Lachlan Summers. 

 

  RS: “I like his name. It’s…very…nice to say. Y’know? He’s also an amazing player, so that kind of helps.” 

 

  ZM: “...That's the only reason?” 

 

  RS: “...His accent’s…nice. Pretty nice, actually. I’ve heard worse.” 

 

  ZM: “Do you blush when talking about every good player or only certain ones?” 

 

  RS: “Oh, fuck off, I don’t blush.” 

 

  ZM: “I just had my eyes checked–” 

 

  RS: “You think I won’t kick you out of my house, that’s what's so funny Zachary Keith Michel.” 

 

  ZM: “...That was uncalled for.” 

 

  RS: “Very much was.” 

 

  ZM: “...”

 

  RS: “...” 

 

  ZM: “...” 

 

  RS: “Fine he’s cute.” 

 

  Rudeness aside, I reached out to the Halifax 21st and asked for comment, with Sierra’s permission. 

 

  "Since joining our team, Robin has been nothing but a hard working, caring, and compassionate teammate.  To think of what he's gone through and faced in hockey coming up is honestly heartbreaking.  I'm so proud of Robin for his courage and so grateful that he trusted us enough to share such a deep and personal part of himself with us. It's our responsibility as friends and teammates to ensure he's treated with the dignity and respect he deserves as a member of this organisation.  I know he's well loved by all his teammates in Halifax and we will continue to support him any way we can as he continues his hockey journey." – Lexie Leitner, GM Halifax 21st. 

 

  Lachlan Summers, the aforementioned openly gay goalie (and Robin’s alleged crush), had this to say when we reached out to him for comment: 

 

  “I remember being in Robin’s shoes when I was younger, trying to figure out who I was and who I wanted to be, and struggling with it. It’s difficult— especially in hockey when there’s still stigma around a lot of things and even bringing up your identity is considered taboo in some places, but when you have a great support system, it finally gives you a sense of belonging and I’m so happy to see that the VHLM, VHLE, and VHL are still providing that open-minded and welcoming environment for all. If I can be a role model for players like Robin and show them that— hey, you belong here on the ice no matter what the hell others may have to say—then I’ve done something right in my career. I’m really looking forward to seeing what a player of his calibre can do in the VHL in the near future.”
 

  Before I concluded my interview with Robin, I still felt uneasy with handling something this heavy. 

 

  ZM: “Are you sure you want me to run this? I’ll delete [the audio recording of this interview] like that.” 

 

  RS: “...I’m tired of having to lie just so the feelings of pathetic, insecure, weak men control my life. They can paralyse me all they want, for that won’t chase away the demons they see when they look in a mirror. I’m alive.” 

 

  RS: “I’m happy.” 

 

  And with that, I concluded the interview and was given a plate of homemade Mofongo, courtesy of Sierra’s mother, María Colón Sierra. It’s been three hours since I’ve ate it, and I feel like I’m going through withdrawals. Twelve out of ten.

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  I changed Robin Sierra's player render to Vince Dunn A.) Because he's cute and B.) Because he's cute and C.) He's easier to find pictures of. And D.) He's cute. If the Kraken ever trade him away I will begin MOURNING. 

On 5/27/2024 at 10:27 PM, ace_five_ said:

1. "...I think we'll take the cup. I hope we take the cup." 
2. "Pray. Ganesh, Allah, Ahura Mazda, etc., but I try to deke and out-manoeuvre the goalie." 
3. "...I'm not really...sure, honestly. I trust Management with that, since they've made great decisions in the past. There's a lot of great picks on the team, so I couldn't decide on one person to make captain."
4. "I mean...it depends on the type of benching. If I'm playing like shit, bench the hell out of me--it lets me collect myself and come back to the game. But if I'm not playing until the third period after everyone else is exhausted, then I have a problem." 
5. "Playing hockey. It felt like I was going through withdraws." 
6. "...Running shoes? Usain Bolt. I stumble on flat ground." 

  the GOAT @Webberj got Graphic'd! There's a few hidden messages in this one, but not that many. 

1. With all the players being released for their perspective drafts, how are you feeling about the group returning for next season?
     "I mean...good. Hopeful. A little sad. It's like inheriting an heirloom. It's cool, but someone died, y'know?" 
    
2. What are you looking to improve on from last season, stats-wise?
   "...I'm not really sure...scoring? I feel like that's the most obvious and honestly only answer if you think about it." 
    
3. How do you feel about playing in the newly rebranded Citadel Centre? Do you like the name?
   "I like it a lot, actually. It's super edgy without trying to hard." 
    
4. What jersey number does your player wear, and why?
     "1897 was the year Puerto Rico was essentially fully autonomous for the first time in it's history. I used to wear the number sixteen when I was younger because he was my dad's favourite player from the Nordiques. But then Hurricane Maria hit and I was like...'So much of my home is destroyed, I want to have a piece of it with me when I play and/or skate. And it stuck, so.'  
    
5. If you're on a two-on-one and have the puck, are you thinking pass, or shoot?
     "Depends on the context and scenario, honestly. Some time I'd shoot other times I'd pass." 
    
6. Question of the Week: You get a million dollars, but you have to wear equipment that was designed 60 years ago for a whole season. Do you take the money?
     "Yeah. I'd just wear a jersey." 
    

Yes I know the white part of the name is clipped weirdly. No it's not intentional. Yes its driving up a wall. Yes I'm about to start TWEAKING in this [redacted]. 

I’d love to apply!

On 5/5/2024 at 6:18 PM, ace_five_ said:

 

Answer 3 Questions for 1 Capped TPE

Answer 6 Questions for 2 Capped TPE

 

For week ending on May 12, 2024

 

1. First press conference of the offseason! How do you feel we performed as a team this season?
    
2. Congrats to everyone who earned a team award this season! Are you happy with the decisions for each award or would you change some?
    
3. Are you taking part in any of the off-season tournaments? If so, where are you playing and what do you expect from them?
    
4. Saskatoon ended up kicking us from the playoffs and went on to sweep Ottawa in the finals. How do you feel about losing to the eventual champions?
    
5. What are your plans for next season? Are you moving up to the VHL/VHLE, staying with the team, or going into the Dispersal Draft?
    
6. Every week I want to throw in a fun question at the end to see what people think. This week's question is; You get a million dollars, but you have to take on an NHL tough guy in a fight once a month for 10 years. Do you take the money?

 

To claim TPE:

Go to the portal > Manage Player > Claim Capped > Type > Press Conference

 

1. “Proud. Happy. I’m really happy with what we were able to do. I think I’ve made some life long friends here despite my short tenure—not that I’m retiring, for the record.”

 

2. “I mean that questions considering me and my agent both…yknow…received one, it’s like trashing the Grammys whilst getting one. I think everbody who received award thoroughly deserved it.”

 

3. “I got drafted 31st overall by the JST’s Royals, so I’m pretty happy and excited about that. I always go onto a new team trying not to expect anything. I just aim to have fun.”

 

4. “Not great.”

 

5. “Next season I plan to stay in Halifax. I love it here.”

 

6. “…How legal can my hits be? I’ve always thought of ‘why not use the stick?’ During scrums. If it gets too serious I have something sharp on me. I’d do it. Does this cover legal expenses too?”

13 hours ago, ace_five_ said:

I can just hear your mother yelling this in a Spanish accent when she’s upset with you

  "I treat it like EAS I hear it and start running for cover it's instinctual at this point. It's worse in text because she goes '¡Robin Mateo Sierra Martineau!', but I can't take it seriously because my name is so long the two exclamation points are in a long distance relationship ." 
-Robin
 

22 hours ago, Oddpurplefly said:

Reporter: “Your line had a crucial moment in game 3. Robin Sierra’s @ethanjaeda game-winning goal, assisted by you and Pierre Marc Bouchard @Gaikoku-hito”

Dorji Khan: “Robin’s shot was like a laser, no chance for the goalie.”

 

 

“Stop it Khan I’m blushing in a Chinese restaurant right now.”

- Robin

14 minutes ago, LucyXpher said:

Excellent bio! That was fun to read and we're so glad to have you on the 21st!

  Thanks! Glad to be here ^^

 

  I thought it would be really rude to just tell Robin’s story as if it were my own, not saying if you do you’re rude or what have you—I just thought it’d be better if Robin told his own story in his own words. So I emailed him and asked precisely that, his own words. He sent me back this:

 

  “I don’t even know where to start, really. Cool I was born. Awesome. Great start.

 

  Okay, I’ll be more serious. I was born on June 18th, 2005, in—and this is the part that surprises people—in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Surprise, surprise. Hablo español con el acento puertorriqueño más fuerte conocido por el hombre. My mom was visiting family in New York and my dad was vacationing in NYC from Montréal when they met.

 

  My full name is Robin Mateo Sierra Martineau. I used Mateo Sierra when I was in Puerto Rico or visiting relatives in New York, and I used Robin Martineau when I was in Canada. Not because I was forced to, but when I was younger I didn’t like how in Spanish my name is Robín (ro-bean), rather than Robin (rah-ben) in English. I stopped caring when I was like…thirteen, but it’s not that important. If you’re cool enough you can call me Mateo, it’s still my name, but if you’re some random person on the street don’t call me Mateo. But if you’re a teammate you can call me Mateo. It's like calling someone named ‘John’ Johnny. It’s a personal thing.

 

  I spent half of the year in San Juan and the rest in Montréal, and then later Toronto. I would be in Canada during prime hockey season, and then I’d come back to Puerto Rico to root for the Habs or the Leafs in the playoffs from Hato Rey. My dad would ramble for hours and hours about hockey. Honestly I’d set him off so he’d order us pizza. (But don’t tell him that.) He would tell me the stories of Wayne Gretzky, Lemieux, how much he hated the Avs for taking the Nordiques, how ‘this was the year the Leafs were going to take the cup!’…and then they didn’t. 

 

  I started on my elementary school’s hockey team, and then in Puerto Rico I’d play a mix of both inline hockey and ice hockey, since Puerto Rico had the only ice rink in the Caribbean. Me and my mom would drive two hours from San Juan to this little city called Aguadilla at the complete ass crack of dawn so I could spend the entire Saturday there. I’d play hockey by myself, without a goal, so I’d just make up an arbitrary spot where I wanted the puck to go. I got told off once since the puck would leave black marks on the wall where I shot. I’d show up when they’d open and left when they closed. They started calling me ‘La Hoja’ when I’d show up, since the jacket I’d wear had a Canadian flag stitched on the side of it. 

 

  Then Hurricane Maria hit. I don’t know why I’m being so dramatic about it, I wasn’t even there. I always left for Canada in July so it’d be easier to transition back into life in Canada. It hurts to think about how many things I saw for the last time and never knew about it. My mom stayed, and on the nineteenth of September she texted me. I’m not translating it because it makes me cry if I look at it too long. 

 

  “Aunque me pase algo Mateo, siempre te querré. Siempre te amaré aunque ya no esté aquí. No te preocupes por mí.”

  I said:
 

  "¿qué pasa si te pasa algo?"

 

  She said:
 

  “En caso de que pase algo, patina para mí y te animaré desde las nubes :DD Pase lo que pase, todo estará bien. ” 

 

  She lived, by the way. I felt like we were getting sad. She was scooping water out of the apartment with buckets. Apparently she used one of my old helmets when the buckets overflowed. When that failed she hid in the bathroom with things she cared about in a trash bag and our cat. 

 

  A week later she sent me a text that said:

  “We’re okay!!! The apartment is a little soggy but I saved the things that mattered. Link (our cat) is mad at me for putting him in the [pet carrier] though xP”
 

  Anyway, she’s okay. She moved to Toronto with us for a few years after everything. Let’s move this back to hockey. I COMPLETELY forgot that’s what this was about. 

 

  Obviously, after Maria I couldn’t go back to Puerto Rico, so I stayed in Puerto Rico and played essentially little league ice and inline hockey, the latter on a much more hobby basis during the summers, but that’s not important. I started playing Junior Hockey for a team out of Mississauga when I was…fourteen-ish? And I stayed with them for a few years, bounced to a different Junior Hockey team based in Toronto when I was sixteen so my parents could save money on gas. It’s all very vanilla. 

 

  As time went on, though, I started to feel like I was giving everything to this game but this game was giving me nothing in return. Which, honestly, could’ve been me thinking I’m better than I was. But still, I wasn’t exactly happy with where my life was. So I had this plan where if I made it to University and nothing changed, my College Hockey career would be my last shot. 

 

  Then, a break! Well, more like two. Firstly, I got an agent [Me! :D] who was able to put me into contact with the VHL. Then, a second break! I was contacted by a VHLM team who wanted an interview. My agent wrote back to them, and they never responded. I won’t name them to keep things copacetic. And because my agent begged me too. [Yes. Yes I did.]
 

  It was. Fine, it hurt a little, but it was more frustrating. Disappointing. I’m not sure of the word to use. It made me stop and really stop and think about hockey and my life in general. It just felt like I wasn’t going anywhere with my life. Like I was stuck in the same sweat-soaked jersey with Fairweathered teammates and disgusting locker rooms with bacterial, fungal, and parasitic strains and pathogens that would truly violate the Geneva Conventions.  

 

  So I chose a date, and said that if nothing changed then I’d say ‘F[Agent Censor]k It All’ and I’d move on with my life and drop hockey like it never mattered to me. I think it was more out of anger, but I still think that it was the manifestation of an underlying issue. I think it was me just being tired. 

 

  And then I was drafted by Halifax. 

 

  So. Joke’s on me I guess. 

 

  I think my mom was more excited than me, she screamed so loud Link freaked out and broke a plate and (somehow????) knocked a clock off of a wall. She cried, I [definitely] cried, fun for the whole family. Besides Link. 

 

  One thing I want to bring up is the fact I dropped the ‘Martineau’ part from my jersey. Well, not only for space because French just LOVES to have silent letters for no reason, but remember how my mom put things she cared about in a trash bag during Hurricane Maria? 

 

  One of those things was a pair of my old inline skates. She said she ‘didn’t want me to lose one more part of my home’ like she did. Yeah. I cried. Only a little. They’re behind me as I type this and I like to think of them as my good luck charms. The day she told me that was the day I decided to drop the ‘Martineau’ part of my name from my jersey. Not out of disrespect to my dad, to Canada, or to Québec, but out of respect to the island that the other half of me still lies. I wear ‘SIERRA’ so that maybe one kid in Bayamón, Aguadilla, Ponce, or hell even Mayagüez can see it and know this sport has a place for them. 

 

  I think that’s it, really. I don’t really know what else to add. I’m sure my Agent will come up with something witty. Oh, actually, the date that I set passed a week ago. 

 

  Cool. Yeah. RS97 Out.” 

 

I, the Agent, have nothing witty to add. This is awkward, thanks Robin. 

 

  P.S. Robin ‘RS97 Out’ is BADASS, start doing that more k thx bye LETS GO 21ST!!!! 
 

Words: 1400+ (but like 1446. Maybe 1450 I’m not sure.)

Andrew Skilton, A.K.A the GOAT from Palmerston ONTARRIOOOOO 
 

  I had this idea for a while, but wasn't sure how to...execute it or how to go about it, really. But it came out way better than I was honestly expecting :D! Took me. An unreasonable amount of time but it looks REALLY good in my very humble opinion. 

  Also, there's a few Easter eggs in the photo itself, so brownie points to whoever gets it first!

  Here's everything broke down bc its kinda interesting: 


anyway. thats all
-ethan

Why not, I'll apply

15 hours ago, Will3 said:

Answer 3 Questions for 1 Capped TPE

Answer 6 Questions for 2 Capped TPE

 

For week ending on April 28, 2024

 

1.With the season comming to a close, what do you hope to accomplish before the season ends?

2. Is the Founder's Cup a two horse race between Ottawa and us?

3. What teammate had been the most  have been the most underrated?

4. What team are you looking forward to playing in the playoffs?

5. What is a hobby outside of hockey that your player enjoys?

6. With the NHL Playoffs underway, who is your pick to win it all?

 

To claim TPE:

Go to the portal > Manage Player > Claim Capped > Type > Press Conference

 

 

 

1.With the season coming to a close, what do you hope to accomplish before the season ends?
  "...Raise the cup, honestly. It'd be such a move to hoist the cup. But even if I don't hoist the cup, I've already accomplished so much more than I ever expected to. I'm here, and I think that's enough cup or not." 
 

2. Is the Founder's Cup a two horse race between Ottawa and us?
  "...I really want to talk shit but I'm not going to and jinx the hell out of us." 
 

3. What teammate had been the most  have been the most underrated?
  "I don't hear a lot about Skilton, Shelby, or Reingard. They're all really solid and good players. And...Skilton's cute so he gets a pass."  
 

4. What team are you looking forward to playing in the playoffs?
  "Saskatoon, for...reasons." 
 

5. What is a hobby outside of hockey that your player enjoys?
  "I like reading, video games, normal Gen Z things, I guess. Ironically enough I collect Hockey Cards--Don't. Don't ask how many of myself I have just--just don't worry about it. I just want to make sure they get my likeness correct--" 
 

6. With the NHL Playoffs underway, who is your pick to win it all?
  "I was born in Toronto, but I enjoy this thing called sanity. So the part of me born under Maple Leaves is rooting for Toronto, but the sensible part of me is rooting for the Oilers. I think my Agent is a Kraken fan, but...we know...we know how that went."

"rude." - ethan, agent of Robin Sierra

i just REALLY like making these things they're so fun , if you look closely you'll see Helsinki City Centre, and I might start putting more easter eggs into my graphics bc it'll be funny 




  i had this idea pop into my head while talking to the nice guys on the Helsinki Titans (@samx and @Triller), and I spent a stupid amount of time researching Finnish hockey only for it not really to matter in the end but HEY fuck it we groove 

 btw while we're here STREAM GLORIA GROOVE!!!!! and Ana Lua Caiano and idk message me if you want non-english music recs bc I have them like pokemon cards okay I'm tired i'm going to bed GOODNIGHt.

  -ethan
   agent of robin sierra

  This is based off of the time I bought the Las Vegas Aces and moved them to Quebec City. I made this version in French: 

Albeit I don't speak French let alone Quebecois French (ok je parle un peu але моя українська краща. ухххххх слухайте Ana Lua Caiano на Spotify, її музика чудова) so if it translates weirdly my apologies. 

 

idk why i talk so formally on here its really not that serious 

  There's Lore I guess? There was an Expansion Draft, but I was too lazy to see how ACTUAL VHL(E/M) expansion drafts work so I just went based off of vibes.

  

QUEBEC TALONS ROSTER - VHL VERSION:

Connor Simard (Halifax 21st) 
Maple Dogwood (Halifax 21st) 
Cole Stermer (Houston Bulls) 
Johnny Tsunami (Houston Bulls)
Nikita Yolishev (Las Vegas Aces)
Eugene Ryanheart (Las Vegas Aces)
Dakota Nachbaur (Mexico City Kings) 
Isaak Robinson (Miami Marauders)
Aiden Paige (Miami Marauders) 
Taylor Swift (Mississauga Hounds) 
Matteo Stefano (Mississauga Hounds) 
Marek Nowaczyk (Ottawa Lynx)
Jillian Woods (Ottawa Lynx)
Staroseltsev Mikhail (Philadelphia Reapers) 
Magni Jinn (Philadelphia Reapers) 
Keith Perry (San Diego Marlins) 
Kevin Johnathen (San Diego Marlins) 
Austin Goulet lll (Saskatoon Wild) 

So. Yeah.

18 hours ago, Will3 said:

Answer 3 Questions for 1 Capped TPE

Answer 6 Questions for 2 Capped TPE

 

For week ending on April 21, 2024

 

1.  Welcome @Phil and hire new player to the team. What is exciting about the latest recruit?

2. There was also  a trade. A S95 1st rounder for S94 4th AND S95 2nd. Is this a good trade building for the future?

3. Should more have been done to load up for the Cup run?

4. What team made the biggest moves in this trade deadline?

5. What is the weirdest way you have been injured?

6. Which visiting team should I arrange hotel arrangements for?

To claim TPE:

Go to the portal > Manage Player > Claim Capped > Type > Press Conference

 

 

1.  Welcome @Phil and hire new player to the team. What is exciting about the latest recruit?
  "It feels really good that I'm not the only new guy on the team anymore. It's less...isolating, if that makes sense. Not that I feel isolated, its just a me thing. I"m just excited to have someone else who's new on the team." 
 

2. There was also  a trade. A S95 1st rounder for S94 4th AND S95 2nd. Is this a good trade building for the future?
  "I think it's better for longevity, but honestly I just play the game. Logistics are for...everyone else but me, if that makes sense." 
 

3. Should more have been done to load up for the Cup run?

  "...What else were we supposed to do? Steroids? I think we've been playing extremely well and we're currently top of the league--I think. Let me check." Robin Sierra proceeded to google the standings. "Second. We're second. Which is still good, and I'm happy with how the team and I have played." 

4. What team made the biggest moves in this trade deadline?
  "Honestly no clue. I forgot trade deadlines were happening and totally didn't keep up with it." 
 

5. What is the weirdest way you have been injured?
  "I got hit by a car in the parking lot going into practice once. I was more mad I got hit by a Ford, but then the next day I couldn't walk. So." 
 

6. Which visiting team should I arrange hotel arrangements for?
  "...Philly? They seem alright." 

+10 for Robin Sierra

30 minutes ago, Will3 said:

Answer 3 Questions for 1 Capped TPE

Answer 6 Questions for 2 Capped TPE

 

For week ending on April 14, 2024

 

1. We have rode a six game win streak to a position one point behind Ottawa.  What will it take to finally surpass our rivals for the conference lead?

2. Our offense is the best overall unit in the VHLM. Who is the most under rated player in that regard?

3. If you could rebrand and team you wanted, what team would you rebrand and why?

4. What player should we buy for the playoff push?

5. Did you watch any of the eclipse today or were you indifferent to it?

6. What is one locker room tradition your player have kept with since their earliest days?

 

To claim TPE:

Go to the portal > Manage Player > Claim Capped > Type > Press Conference

 

1. "I think we have to just keep at it, y'know. We have a good core, and good players, and the drive, and soon enough I think the one point lead will be a distant memory." 
2. "Good question, actually. Maybe Tommy Shelby? I'm not sure." 
3. "Probably the Aces to either Hartford or Quebec City. I just hate Las Vegas." 
4. "Knee pads?" 
5. "I mean like, Halifax wasn't in the Line of Totality, so it was just kind of boring. I got the glasses and everything, went outside for three minutes, saw a wasp, and went back inside." 
6. "I've always cut my stick tape with my skate to make sure its sharp enough. I don't even remember how it started, honestly." 

1 hour ago, Tetricide said:

I only approve because owls.

Hoo Hoo. 

  
  me and the owner of the Las Vegas Aces got into a gambling match legally I can't divulge much but lets just say i didn't lose