Redemption - Johnny Tsunami Career Reflection

[Vice 458]

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 ....Johnny Tsunami, who could end up being a symbol of what might have been the first time around, but [Cadmael] Ixazaluoh will have to settle for being one of S81's five busts.

- @Gustav  (Let's Invent a Stat: Ranking Every Draft Bust of the S80s)

Coming into the VHL as a first-gen and not really knowing what I was doing, I was kind of shocked to learn that I was being considered for a higher pick in the first round. I was active, and after a few seasons with Toronto...I wasn't. Long story short: it was school. I needed to finish school and I just kind of had to put my head down for it. But ever since I had to do that, I had this feeling left in me that I left something unfinished and more importantly I felt that I left a lot of potential on the table. Coming back to the VHL with Johnny Tsunami was my way of finishing what I started and making amends where I could. 
 

So of course Johnny Tsunami took a bit of a hit this time around when it came to draft stock, but boy I ended up in exactly the right place. @Alex was my GM for my first-gen player in the VHLM and was (I think) pretty aware of how I operate as a person and worked with me from the get-go of drafting me again. I'm usually a person who is more fond of defense and defensive play, so making a forward was a new jump for me. Johnny at first was rocking the minors - putting up decently high numbers, performing well in the off-season tournaments and showing up consistently on the stat leaderboards. But the glaring issue was that come playoff season, he would vanish into thin air. After an extremely disappointing rookie season with Davos, there was some concern that Johnny might end up being a bust. At this point, I became worried. Then it followed up with an almost equally as abysmal second season. I was lost and really unsure what else to do except to keep earning and to put it towards the skills he was lacking most in. Come season 3 and it's an absolute banger, finally a breakout career season and then...again? At the beginning of this past season, Johnny started putting up 4-5 point games. Then suddenly he was at the top of the stat boards. 

At the conclusion of the season 4 in the majors, Johnny is looking at his best season yet, with 88 points and an almost even split between them with 48 goals and 40 assists. With regression still far on the horizon and this task being submitted to officially bring Johnny above 1000 TPE, a feat I couldn't reach last time - I think I can safely say...redeemed. Now let's see what this guy is capable of!

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Edited Friday at 02:27 AM by Vice

[mattyIceman 1,278]

Im glad you came back man, and I'm also glad you tapped into that potential I knew you had from way back when I suggested you join up in here too.