Claimed: Wranglers GM Optimistic About the Future

[eaglesfan036 4,605]

Trust the Process

 

Currently, the Calgary Wranglers are tied for last place with the Cologne Express, as the team has accumulated just 15 points in 30 games played so far. Most fans would be demoralized by terrible performances day in and day out, but Calgary's GM, Eaglesfan036, has the entire city on board with his plan, which he has dubbed, "The Process." Everywhere throughout the city, you can see t-shirts saying something about trusting the process, and a statue of Eaglesfan is currently "in the process" of being built in city hall in his honor. We asked Eaglesfan why he is so optimistic about his team's future, and the following are a list of reasons why.

 

 

1) Goaltending

 

I've been a GM in this league for over 10 seasons now, and the most important thing I've found is teams that win the cup usually have a quality goaltender. In fact, my last cup win came with one of the all time best goalies in Hans Wingate. Goalies can bail teams out and steal a win despite being heavily outshot, and can also suck badly and have otherwise dominant teams lose. My predecessor, @Pablo, gave up a lot of resources to acquire one of the league's best agents, @Higgins. While I may not agree with how much was given up, I do understand the logic behind it, as Higgins has produced some outstanding players before, and I expect nothing less than excellence from Jacob. Since no position is more important than goalie, I am grateful to have one of the league's best members in net for me. 

 

2) S54 Draft

 

The S54 draft was one of the better drafts I've seen. Certainly not one of the best, but it went pretty deep and had good top-end talent, so I had no complaints there. All of my picks of importance in this draft were low 1st round picks or 2nd round picks. In my experience, those are the picks that separate the men from the boys. Any schmuck can draft a stud with a lottery pick, but it takes a lot more research to hit on your lower picks. Starting off with pick #10, drafting @Devise was a very interesting decision for me to make. I have full confidence that Reinholdt will turn into a great player, but he made it clear before the draft that he would like to eventually play for a different team, as the Devise agency has already played with Calgary before. However, it now looks like I have converted Devise to trust the process, as he has mentioned he may be interested in signing a full 8 season contract once the time comes about. Next up, I selected @ChiefNoka4 at pick number 12. I wrote an article before the draft detailing who I had in mind at the end of the 1st round, and that player was actually Jon Snow. He killed it in the pre-draft interview, and active first gens always bring a new level of excitement to the team as this is their first time around the block. Originally I was looking at him in the 1st round, but my sources told me he would fall so I got the most value possible by selecting other players first. Next, lucky number pick 13 @Kyle is another great member to have on board. He also killed it in the pre-draft interview, and has been quite active around the boards. Volkov and Snow will make for a great defensive pairing, and I can't wait to see them together next year. In case you haven't guessed by now, I place a lot of stock into member activity outside of just earning tpe, as I want to create a great team atmosphere outside of just tpe earning.

 

 

3) Future Picks

 

I am already well over the word count, but I don't care because that's how much I trust the process. In addition to this sexy core already in place, we have 4 1st round picks in the next 2 drafts, as well as 3 2nd rounders. The next draft looks like another deep one, so I expect those picks to go to great use. Who knows, perhaps I will trade some of this picks and initiate the process sooner than expected?

Edited April 25, 2017 by eaglesfan036

[eaglesfan036 4,605]

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[Higgins 3,618]

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[Kendrick 4,741]

2 hours ago, eaglesfan036 said:

2) S54 Draft

 

The S54 draft was one of the better drafts I've seen. Certainly not one of the best, but it went pretty deep and had good top-end talent, so I had no complaints there. All of my picks of importance in this draft were low 1st round picks or 2nd round picks. In my experience, those are the picks that separate the men from the boys. Any schmuck can draft a stud with a lottery pick, but it takes a lot more research to hit on your lower picks. Starting off with pick #10...

I see. Note taken

[eaglesfan036 4,605]

15 minutes ago, Kendrick said:

I see. Note taken

wasn't meant as a shot at you you're just not on the team anymore. It's unfortunate that there's too many goalies but if you were a different position I would have loved to have you

[Kendrick 4,741]

Just now, eaglesfan036 said:

wasn't meant as a shot at you you're just not on the team anymore. It's unfortunate that there's too many goalies but if you were a different position I would have loved to have you

Still Calgary didn't start at #10 in the draft, they had the 9th pick. Yes I'm sure you would, just like your pre-draft message to me...#pooemoji