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Damn. C-C-C-Combo breaker!

Hell yeah! I don't know if I like the 30 combined shots between Callahan and Shev or the 6 point game more. Probably the latter, but both are cool as hell

A1 - Probably wouldn't be a Sabres fan had I not been born in Buffalo. I kind of hate the NHL product and if I left the country and moved to Ireland or something I'd probably pick an SHL team to follow. A2 - The Assault from American Gladiators. Always wanted to try that. A3 - Probably dogs because they're generally even-keel. Q1 - Who is your favorite current or former national leader? Q2 - what is your song of the week? Q3 - I need a laugh. What's your favorite comedy movie/show?

The Toronto Legion, after half of a season of meandering in the middle of the pack, are suddenly the hottest team in the VHL. Riding a 9 game winning streak, Toronto has given themselves a 3 point cushion over the New York Americans and a 5 point lead over the Seattle Bears, with just 10 games left in the regular season. The offense has started to heat up and has put up 22 goals in their past 4 games, including hanging 7 on the Calgary Wranglers, who are 3 points ahead in the standings. Likewise, the defensive play has finally clicked, and the last time the Legion have surrendered more than 3 goals was the game before the winning streak started, against the Chicago Phoenix. Perhaps that loss to Chicago, who is 6th in the North American standings, acted as a wakeup call to the squad as they realized their postseason dreams were in jeopardy. The fans are into the Legion right now One player who hasn't really seen an improvement during the winning streak is winger Konstyantyn Shevchenko. Sporting the second-worst shooting percentage amongst forwards on the Legion, Shevchenko just recently eclipsed the 20 goal mark and is 8th in scoring among skaters, ahead of only defenseman Walter Fitzroy Jr and soon-to-be-retired center Mikko Borisyuk. Once again, and I feel like I mention this frequently, he doesn't seem particularly engaged this season. His physical play is way down, registering just 71 hits to this point compared to last season's 235 total. Defensively he's on pace to match his blocked shot total of 29 from last season with the D.C. Dragons, and his shots per game is only slightly down, from 5.41 to 5.19. Yet it just hasn't clicked for Shevchenko this year, and one has to wonder why. On the other end of the spectrum, the team's veteran leadership in Harry Callahan and Diego Machado have been on fire, with Callahan on pace to set a new personal best for points. With 96 points and 176 hits, he is clearly the team's MVP. Callahan's 96 points are also the best in the VHL, two points ahead of Maverick Gonclaves of the Moscow Menace. Diego Machado is second on the team with 78 points and while being a step behind Callahan, has also been critical to the team's success this season. Looking at these players' draft pedigrees, it might be surprising to recall that Callahan was drafted 17th overall and Machado 34th overall. As a pair of lifelong Legion players, one can only imagine their desire to repeat their S91 success in winning a Continental Cup on their way out the door. Old men celebrating on ice before they're brought to a farm up-state The Legion's third-ranked scorer is defenseman Andrew Skilton, a 6'6" smooth-skating two-way playmaker. Skilton is having a career year with 67 points, setting highs in goals, plus/minus, and game-winning goals. He's almost guaranteed to set a new career high in assists, as well, as he is just 2 shy of matching his previous best. And I would be remiss to not mention the goaltending duo of Dalkr Vidarsson and Toddly Bobbly. Vidarsson's 32-18-4 record with a 0.927 save percentage and a 2.46 goals against average are keeping him right up there with the league's best, like Jorgen Lovestrom of Malmo and Soju in Vancouver, while Bobbly is 8-0-0 with a 0.925 save percentage and 1.65 goals against. The pair seem to have a good working relationship and encourage each other to be as best as they can be. Vidarsson, who was acquired from the Vancouver Wolves two seasons ago, has proven to be an effective and steady netminder for the Legion. From a personal perspective, perhaps the best I can hope for this season is Shevchenko wakes up in the post season. Fingers crossed.

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I'm calling to report a double homicide

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1 - need to let in fewer goals for sure 2 - lol no. Not at all. 3 - 4 - huh. Color I guess. 5 - I hope so. That's dope. 6 - Honestly, chopsticks. I stir pasta with them and everything.

Well. This was an interesting week. Normally I use sim leagues as an escape from stress, but with Shevchenko's poor performance, that's not working as well as I'd like. Over two seasons with D.C., Shev had a 9.39 shooting percentage, while this season he's at 6.83. I've said before that I think he'll be much better next season, but it's frustrating to have such a setback season. But why was this week interesting? Well, yesterday I learned that I can put up with a lot of bullshit, but when I snap, I snap back hard. After starting my day hearing a disgusting story about my boss's reaction to a serious situation, I then received an email with the job posting he wants me to apply for, the 11k demotion. I already felt like I was going to puke all over my desk from the story, so I walked out citing illness. Then I went home and wrote an email to the county's HR director, as I am a state employee. I'm waiting on a response to that, but a former coworker who now works for the county offered to have a meeting with her as well to corroborate my account. Then I went to the doctor and explained my situation, which she immediately described as extremely toxic, and she gave me a medical leave letter covering the next 2 weeks. Time I will spend looking for a different job. I'm even willing to move within a few hour radius, or to Canada. Maybe especially to Canada. I know I'm going through a lot, and these entries are at least mildly therapeutic and self serving, so would it really be too goddamn much to ask for Shev to start scoring at his previous rate?

Better!

Tough loss and my player not being useful. Multi-purpose sighing

Sigh

Not picking on you, but I hate seeing "full stack". The expectation from employers seems to be they can get one guy to do the job of two or three.