An Actually Exciting Minors Draft

[Rin 208]

For the first time in a hot minute, I'm getting drafted once again into the VHLM. Seems like a number of teams need a reliable high-earning goalie, so it's a small toss-up to see where he'll end up.

 

Last time I was here, Rin was being drafted into the VHLM for what was absolutely only going to be one season. On that day, the VHLM draft felt more like a formality; I was hopefully going to play for a contending lineup that would make use of the short time I would spend on the first rung of the VHL ladder. I wasn't particularly excited or engaged in that draft, to be perfectly honest, because I knew it was more of a formality now that I've been through the process a few times.

 

What didn't help, of course, was the idea that I would be drafted again the next year for another minor league team, the VHLE, where I would spend an additional season in a different minor league that had zero interest in... well, anything, it felt like. I've voiced my displeasure with the VHLE time and time again, so I don't need to re-hash things here, but needless to say it was another draft and transition that I didn't care about at all. Another quick, temporary stop on the long and arduous path to playing games that meant something, I thought.

 

This time, though, the VHLM structure has changed for the better. I'll get drafted once before knowing my VHL team, and then I'll likely spend some considerable time with that minor league squad while I work up enough TPE to be competitive at the majors level. While that does make it a little harder to be competitive or effective in the M right off the bat, I actually feel like getting drafted will mean something before my VHL time begins. I'm actually really excited this time to see where I'll end up, and where I'll play for as few seasons before my career officially kicks off.