frescoelmo

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Thank you for the kind words

Thank you @Ricer13 for good times in SASK Looking forward to reclaiming my point leaderboard stronghold with @Tetricide!

Forum Content – LW Santiago, Chile 6’2”, 220lbs Age: 22 Originally from the capital and largest city of Santiago, Forum Content was born on August 8th, 2001, having reached age twenty-two only a few months prior to this writing. An only child, Content’s parents were ex-patriots from the great country United States of America, who left to start a new life after their federally mandated retirements kicked in at age 55. With little to lose, the parents traveled the world for about a year before settling in a seaside town called Vina del Mar, where they purchased a condominium along the coast. It was there that Forum grew up and learned to speak both Spanish and English languages as an adolescent. Additionally, Forum was exposed early in life to volunteering through the local community center that his parents often visited to teach classes to other youths. These classes, whether attending or helping with, generated a distinguished interest in other cultures around the world. From an early age, Content had decided he wanted to pursue a future in design and architecture. Vina del Mar’s coastal importance includes a few things Content really drew from, namely the various high-rise buildings and gardens that constantly drew both admiration and curiosity. Forum had expressed his interest in studying abroad through either a foreign-exchange program or boarding school, to which his parents were receptive. Although the latter sounded more comfortable, due to the obvious financial obligations, Forum had applied to Chile’s exchange program, based out of Santiago. After a few unsuccessful attempts, Content was lucky enough to be selected into the program, with which he was sent for a semester abroad to live and study in Zurich, Switzerland. It was there that he quickly grew a colossal disdain for the city of Davos. “What a piece of shit,” his host family would proudly exclaim with nearly uncomfortable frequency at the dinner table. He never understood why, but he was not allowed to wear purple under any circumstances within his host’s household. Zurich was mesmerizing by any definition, and what he had grown to understand was impressive architecture in his home country paled in comparison once he familiarized himself with the intricacies of Switzerland’s financial hub. Living with two boys, he learned to appreciate hockey as the local sport and would watch it with them outside of his studies. “Why don’t you play?” one brother asked,” do they have ice in Chile?” To which, Content explained that the only sport you are allowed to play in South America is soccer (the real name of the sport). After a few weeks of instigating conversation and poking the proverbial bear, Content rented some skates and spent a few weeks learning the trades of skating on ice. It wasn’t long before the next step, which was organized hockey. Skating with a stick in my hand? What’s next? He thought to himself. He had just learned how to stay on his feet! Fast forward a few years, and you wouldn’t have recognized the hardened lean male from the surf town boy who loved to sketch buildings in his free time. Content took about two years to find himself, but the hockey experience eventually picked up. First it was the skating that really took off; swift and long strides that could help him accelerate with ease. Second came the vision; Content appreciated this and reminds everyone that his awareness on the ice is due to him “not really knowing where to go” when playing for the first few months, so instead he would just watch (yes, his coaches typically benched him when he was caught doing this). There were clear holes in his game, but even after the first few months of organized play, Forum tried to stick around for another semester. It didn’t work out. Back in Chile, Forum begged and begged his parents to help him find another outlet to continue playing. The only option was in the capital Santiago, which was a two-hour drive each way. After a brief hiatus, Content was allowed to attend private school in Santiago, where a club team had their foot in a prep league for hockey. Content moved back a few hours east and settled into yet another new living situation. Looking back, Forum would tell you that the prep league had become somewhat boring rather quickly, as he began overwhelming the opposition almost instantly once he got onto the ice. This was nothing compared to Zurich. He thought to himself. Immediately recognizing his mistake, Content put his studies on the back burner and investigated prospective schools in America where he could, at the very least, prepare for a potential future in hockey. Worst-case scenario, he would be able to get a good degree and continue his studies. A week into his winter break, Content found the VHLM and wanted to put his name into the league for consideration. He attended a prospect camp in Dallas, Texas with his family the following spring, and although he was not strongly considered for the draft, coaches had suggested he stick around and hone his skills. With growth, they said, Content would be able to work his way into the league. Three years later and a few seasons under his belt at a local college in nearby Waco, Texas, Content was accepted into the VHLM Entry Level Draft for their 92nd iteration of the event, and was lucky enough to be picked by Saskatoon tenth overall.

Comment? What about Forum Content?

TO BE CONTINUED

Prospect Scouting Report Forum Content – LW Saskatoon Wild Drafted tenth overall in the VHLM’s Latest Dispersal Draft, Forum’s rise from the South American country of Chile has been just as stunning and the mountains he grew up around. Coming in and expecting to play second fiddle to the likes of his teammates and captains (he was Saskatoon’s only pick in the first 29 draft slots), Forum threw everyone for a loop with his on-ice vision and awareness, as well as his demeanor and dedication to perfecting his craft off the ice. Having played almost half of his first season with the Wild, we will quickly review Content’s performance and talents to date. Already There Content could probably play in the VHLE right now if the opportunity presented itself, simply because he can find his teammates and get them the puck with ease. It has been almost confounding that no team has really been able to stop Content and his offensive vision. Averaging well over an assist per game, the Wild have been supported by Forum during the team’s slow start. There is no need to guess who is crossing over the blue line with the puck; Content has been dangling through defensemen with ease all season due to his elevated puck handling. As his teammates advance around him throughout the season, it will be exciting to see the counting stats perhaps get even more ridiculous. Could Use Some Work All we could say with respect to Content’s amazing passing ability left us with a little to desire in the same vein with his wrist shot. A player of his level and value, at this stage anyways, should be getting goals in droves. Seeing as his teammates have started to figure out their roles on the team, this is something we are interesting to see whether or not Content develops more consistency getting the puck behind the net. Forum’s skating and speed has been adequate, but for a guy who can make an opposing players trip themselves up trying to secure the puck, he wouldn’t have to expend as much energy if he could get a quicker start passing by them. Almost Pedestrian We see this with every player at this stage because there just aren’t enough hours of practice yet to really define a player’s role or model, but we do wonder if Forum Content will ever develop a defensive game. Is he a two-way forward if we look ahead a few years? Probably not. Granted, he is a forward and not necessarily a center, but the lack of any face-off experience is somewhat alarming. Lastly, a lot of the intangibles are missing early in Content’s development. There are no real signs of poise, leadership, or grit that really excite us. Early Indications Forum Content is a pass-first, think-second forward that dazzles us with his playmaking ability as much as his willingness to round-out his game worries us. The real development we are looking forward to will come in his second half with Saskatoon, as Forum will soon be capped at his practice hour limit for the season.

FORUM CONTENT

Miss u

OR New York GM between S84-86 when I took over for Cow before Thad replaced me I guess that would be... San Diego?

I thought I was a GM once

A month behind but I recently finished How The World Really Works (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56587388-how-the-world-really-works) and really enjoyed the author, so I am in the middle of another of his, Numbers Don't Lie (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50705179-numbers-don-t-lie) which draws a few parallels, but is significantly easier to pick up and read for a bit.

If you really want Forum Content, he's in the S93 Draft.

Limiting jobs to one per member

bring back 2011

Elmo Agency Heads South For Next Client - Chicago, IL The conclusion of a Victory Hockey League career is finite, however within its limits allows a player to achieve various levels of success. Throughout the minor league affiliates, a surplus of counting stats and success is relatively obtainable. Suddenly, without what feels like a moment of notice, you land on a professional roster with expectations that you will more than likely not achieve in the first season. But eventually you find your grounding, keep your head up, and hopefully your first contract concludes with an extension; the best situation for both player and team. Finding a new client as a player-agent is both exciting and frustrating, all the same. Sixteen teams have sixteen ideas of what they are looking for in the next entry level draft, and it is not likely to be you. Your power comes in the form of activity, saving up countless practice hours and skating for a bottom-feeder the first few years until you reach the pinnacle of your early career; free agency. That goes hardly as planned, getting picked up by a team that is ultimately underwhelming and probably was the outcome of better teams not having the financial capacity to offer you that juicy second contract. So, you continue to play in your prime for a few years, get an accolade or two, and suddenly your skating has regressed. You are now instantly slower. What the fuck? I am 28 years old and I can no longer shoot with my wrist the same way? Blasphemy? But Simon doesn’t care about your skating or wrist shot. Simon needs to eat. This is my favorite part, the fight to keep regression at bay while simultaneously becoming harder for teams to keep you on their roster. How much for an old and outdated second-line winger? No thank you! You hit free agency yet again, this time superficially begging for an opportunity just to be relevant. I hope you, the player-agent, has a job in the Victory Hockey League, as that might be the only way your player can keep up any significance as an aging veteran, without burning out reviewing articles. And thus, we hit the infamous ‘retire player’ button, the hard reset on what was over a year of time externally wasted in real life, for another shot to change the narrative. For redemption. As a long-time member of this simulation league, I hit another hard reset with my last client, Malum Maellard, a fun but oft-irrelevant defensive defenseman that seemed to constantly find his way onto underperforming rosters and essentially providing an amplifier. With Malum’s swan song ironically coming full circle (and certainly not intentionally) for the immediate future after having been traded to New York, the final chapter closes in the same city where it started. Another opportunity arises at the conclusion of Season 92, with a new winger out of Chile who the Fresco Elmo Agency was delighted to pick up over the holiday weekend. The valley that corrals the city of Santiago also is proud to host the latest talent signed by Elmo, Forum Content, a burly and quick forward who is excited to give the Agency another chance to deviate from the norm of its previous clients.

There will be forum content

Player Information Username: frescoelmo Player Name: Forum Content Recruited From: Returning Age: 22 Position: LW Height: 74 in. Weight: 220 lbs. Birthplace: Chile Player Page @VHLM GM