A Red Guy picks Yukon, eyes the VHL

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After interest from many VHLM teams, A Red Guy ultimately landed on the Yukon Rush as his team.

 

The Rush were set to go into this season with Stanley Sawchuk as their goalie. At one point, Sawchuk was seen as the top goalie prospect among Season 68 draftees, but his drop off in practice attendance has led the team to quickly pounce on another young goalie. Early speculation was that the two would split starts to begin with for Yukon, but so far it has been A Red Guy who has taken all the starts.

 

Wearing a translating device around his neck, A Red Guy addressed his decision and his future goals in a press conference.

 

"Yukon has a roster that can win now," Guy said. "That appeals to me a lot. My dream is to go straight to the VHL after being drafted. Of the teams that reached out, I felt like this was my best opportunity to win in the short window that I will be in the VHLM."

 

When asked about the VHL, A Red Guy had this to say:

 

"When you look at VHL rosters right now, there are a lot of good established starters that aren't too old, and then the last draft had two first round goalies. Vancouver used a second rounder on a goalie recently as well. So in looking at it, my path to the VHL looks to be as a backup or splitting time with another young goalie, unless New York drafts me, as they're the team most in need of a franchise goalie prospect. If I do everything right, I hope I can end up on New York and have a free run at their franchise goaltender spot."

 

The Muffins agency has an extended history with the New York Americans franchise, with Tukka Reikkinen spending the latter half of his Hall of Fame career on the franchise and helping lead them to a Cup win, while E'Twaun Delicious, the agency's highest drafted player, spent his entire career as a second liner for the team.