hylands living life easy in retirement

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it hasn’t been very long since chris hylands hung up the skates for good. we only have to go back to the european conference finals last season to find his last ever game. hylands enjoyed a great career in the vhl, where he produced at over a point per game pace for his entire career. not only did he do it as a winger, but his last 3 seasons in the league he re-tooled his game and was among the league’s best defencemen. there’s a lot to be said for a player that can be as good as he was at both positions. but what does life look like for hylands now?

 

he was initially offered a job in the front office of the malmo nighthawks, the very place where hylands made his name known as one of the top players of his era. it was a tough decision, but coming off the back of another cup win, hylands felt he didn’t have much to offer that the team didn’t already have. he wasn’t even sure that he wanted to stick around the league much more considering he had spent seven full seasons dedicating everything he had and more to his game. hylands knew that what he really needed, was to get away from it all, at least for a bit.

 

so he packed his bags, sold his home in warsaw, and moved back home to the british countryside. hylands likes to keep to himself mostly. he’s got a fairly large property, with lots of green space and a home that comfortably fits about two people. he’s recently gotten into gardening! he says it’s very peaceful and relaxing to go outside and tend to the many plants and vegetables he has growing around the property. you might even catch him selling freshly harvested produce, and various baked goods at the local farmer’s market during the summer! he likes to grow a lot of different annual flowers as well, he said his partner loves them and they also help pollinators like butterflies and bees thrive. 

 

other than that, hylands leads a pretty tame life post retirement. he will travel in to london every once in a while to watch the united play one of his former teams, and catch up with some old friends. every time he goes, they can’t help but to beg him to return to the game in some form. the experience that hylands brings is invaluable. two continental cups, a kanou, and a couple of defensive awards prove that he has the talent on the ice, but hylands is hesitant and worries that his success on ice will not translate into success in the front office.

 

for now, hylands is quite content to live life at a bit of a slower pace than the vhl allowed. he’s enjoying the little things that life has to offer. perhaps he returns to the vhl in some capacity in the future, but it doesn’t seem like even he knows if that’s going to happen. it’s anybody’s guess at this point. 

[Beaviss 4,949]

Review: Good article that actually mixed in your real life current struggles with the league. It needs some more color and maybe a picture or two but please come back to the league full strength. Its better with you in it. 

8/10

 

 

 

 

[MetalToday 266]

Interesting that you are taking time to relax, gardening and watching a game here and there. Is there anything else you are doing now that you could include, maybe money wise? I think this was good overall though. 9/10