Thus the Curtains Close

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So...uh I did have an article idea for today, that being a preview of LVA's upcoming team award ceremony. However, this bastard known as Simon T just happened to slap me in the jugulars and hit me twice in the balls with a steel baseball bat. In other worlds, LVA got swept by Miami. Adding insult to injury, I'm still considered an AGM in the Miami LR so... uh... yeah. Anyways, this isn't an article to vent my frustrations or anything like that. Miami deserved the win and we put up a good fight. However, this is a bit of a recap of LVA's playoffs and my first season as a GM. There will be an award ceremony next week for LVA, but let's get on with it.

 

So coming into the playoffs, LVA had just lost it's last two games of the season, and then we were graciously granted Saskatoon Wild as our first round opponents. If you didn't know, finished 2nd this season in league standings in the VHLM. Was I concerned? A little. To me, playoffs are an even playing field. Literally anything can happen. That includes the potential upset. I remember literally changing my lines every fucking game or so to keep the roster fresh. I really don't know if that worked or not. However, as Vegas does, we put on a show in that series. We would finish off Sasky in just 5 games. Finishing the series with the 2nd best powerplay and the best penalty kill amongst the contending teams. Confidence was high for me, and probably the team as well. After that, we basically had to wait for a few days as a couple of series's were still not done. However at the end, we would end up facing Miami.

 

Miami and Vegas has fought in a series before during my time in management. We've lost to them in a game 7, in this very same round in the playoffs. Miami would then go off and win a championship there. So there was a bit of a playoff rivalry going on. However in this series, things were different. Right off the bat, we were down two. The PK went from first to shit, and although the powerplay kept us afloat, we couldn't depend on it. This was completely understandable in all honesty. The powerplay wasn't going to carry us to the finals. So with that in mind, I ended up changing up the lines once more. In hopes of giving us some time to bounce back. Unfortunately, this is where Simon T hits me in the balls twice with a steel bat. We outshot and outplayed our opponent in both games, only to lose in overtime. Adding insult to injury was that both OT goals were scored in the powerplay. Thus ending our season. It was over, we fought hard, but ended up still losing.

 

Of course looking ahead, there's still an upcoming draft, and despite only having late round picks in a decently questionable draft, I'm still looking for a chance to improve on the team. Get them to hopefully a better position come next season. We have some key pieces moving forward and I hope we can come back here next season. Other than that, I'm honestly very proud of the team. You guys in LVA have just been great. Sure most of my trades were questionable and I definitely traded too many picks, but in the end, this season was more than satisfying. I'm sorry we couldn't get you the cup, but I do hope you had a great time with us here in LVA this season. Thank you.