Monegasque McJesus Makes Landfall In Europe

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Monegasque McJesus Makes Landfall In Europe

 

Jean-Pierre Devote is an interesting player, making his way back to Europe via the VHLE Draft, though much further down the order than previously expected for the young Monegasque goal-scorer. After his successful first season in the VHL system, racking up two individual awards following his 106 point performance for San Diego in the VHLM, Devote now heads to Cologne after being picked 12th Overall in the S93 VHLE Entry Draft. One of the young Monegasque's main hopes for this upcoming VHLM season is the possibility of him shattering even more National Records. Just last season, Devote broke more than a dozen Monegasque National Records in the VHLM, and with many of those records being set much before the existence of the VHLE, there's a strong possibility that Devote sweeps every VHLE record for his small nation as well. Despite a sharp drop in draft stock due to unresponsiveness and a temporary halt in development, Devote has stated repeatedly since arriving in Germany that he remains committed to his goals and that he's excited to play alongside his former VHLM scoring race rival Forum Content. Devote has also come out and said that Cologne feels almost like a return to roots for him, considering his first exposure to hockey came from a German Ice Hockey Game that he attended with his family while on vacation one year. He feels that playing in Cologne may be the refresher that he needs in order to get himself back on track and push himself onwards to the goal of becoming the greatest Monegasque to ever pick up a hockey stick. While the surroundings in Cologne may be slightly familiar to the Monegasque player, the atmosphere is certainly different from what was seen in San Diego. Due to San Diego's location, hockey is no where near the top of the list of the preferred sport within the city. In Cologne however, there is a much larger fanbase than in San Diego, and Devote has even been recognized a couple times while out in public already. In San Diego he wasn't recognized once, partially because of the small amount of fans who actually knew what he looked like. Devote has also come out to the public, already donating some money to local charities and volunteering within the city of Cologne in an attempt to come across as likeable to the fans while helping the community who will be supporting his team throughout the coming season. He hopes that he'll be able to live up to the massive expectations for him that have been given, playign alongside Forum Content should surely help his scoring as the two are both extremely talented prospects and time will soon tell us how well this season will go.

 

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