DC Dragons Press Conference

[GRZ 179]

On 9/30/2019 at 7:45 PM, Enorama said:

We go again.

 

1. Who's your pick for the Continental Cup this year?

2. What's the best logo in the VHLM and why?

3. Does your player miss anything about their home city/country?

4. If someone was a tourist in your home city, what's the first thing you would tell them to check out?

5. Music or no music in the locker room between warmup and puck drop?

6. What's your favourite holiday?

 

1) Helsinki is doing really good but I'm tired of seeing them on the top, so for Malmo we cheer.
2) Really like the Marlins logo, the colors work really well together.
3) Mostly his friends and family back in Finland, he visits them every off-season.
4) There's a really nice chocolate factory near center of the town, worth a visit.
5) Listening to rap gives Mikko an energy and a confidence boost.
6) Christmas probably, Aaltonen isn't a big holiday guy, but he likes spending time with his family and friends.
 

[Bruins10 128]

1. Who's your pick for the Continental Cup this year?

Havent really followed other teams other than the Dragons but Ill just go and say Moscow

 

2. What's the best logo in the VHLM and why?

The Mississauga one is so creative, I like everything about it. The colors especially

 

3. Does your player miss anything about their home city/country?

My home city right now is DC

 

4. If someone was a tourist in your home city, what's the first thing you would tell them to check out?

The authentic restaurants in the outskirts.

 

5. Music or no music in the locker room between warmup and puck drop?

I like music, but without lyrics. Hate playing games when there is a song stuck in my head

 

6. What's your favourite holiday?

Christmas, because you get more days off

[Enorama 2,036]

And again

 

1. The NHL season is underway, if you had to pick one underdog to win the cup, who would it be?

2. Pouta has made a habit of stealing some games for him lately, what are you guys saying to him in the dressing room?

3. Who would win in a fight, Hitz or Jerwa?

4. Matt Thompson just hit the 400-goal mark. If anyone on the current Dragons roster is going to hit 400 goals in their career, who would it be?

5. Dump and chase or gain the line with possession?

6. Would you rather be a PK specialist or a PP specialist?

[Kekzkrieg 160]

6 hours ago, Enorama said:

 

1. The NHL season is underway, if you had to pick one underdog to win the cup, who would it be?

2. Pouta has made a habit of stealing some games for him lately, what are you guys saying to him in the dressing room?

3. Who would win in a fight, Hitz or Jerwa?

4. Matt Thompson just hit the 400-goal mark. If anyone on the current Dragons roster is going to hit 400 goals in their career, who would it be?

5. Dump and chase or gain the line with possession?

6. Would you rather be a PK specialist or a PP specialist?

1. I'm a Sharks fan at heart so of course I'm going to want them to finally win a cup but these past games haven't been fairing well haha

2. Nothing but praise for my dude Pouta, dude plays his heart out every game and it's evident in his play.

3. Hitz unhinged is a very, very, very scary dude... nothing against Jerwa but I'd put my money on Hitz, just look at his PIM and hit numbers.

4. Most definitely Mikko, dude needs a few more hatty's and keep at for the seasons ahead which i think is totally doable for him.

5. I'm more of a gain the line with the possession, dump and chase can get very sloppy and lazy at times.

6. I value both equally however, I do enjoy a solid PP specialist playing quarterback in looking for tipping opportunities and sharing the sauce.

[Banana2311 22]

13 hours ago, Enorama said:

And again

 

1. The NHL season is underway, if you had to pick one underdog to win the cup, who would it be?

2. Pouta has made a habit of stealing some games for him lately, what are you guys saying to him in the dressing room?

3. Who would win in a fight, Hitz or Jerwa?

4. Matt Thompson just hit the 400-goal mark. If anyone on the current Dragons roster is going to hit 400 goals in their career, who would it be?

5. Dump and chase or gain the line with possession?

6. Would you rather be a PK specialist or a PP specialist?

1. No one expects the Blues to go back to back

2. He is scared of losing time when I come up so he is trying harder

3. Hitz

4. Would like to see Claude hit those numbers

5. Possession, gotta keep the puck as much as possible

6. a PP goalie is a bit useless

[GRZ 179]

22 hours ago, Enorama said:

And again

 

1. The NHL season is underway, if you had to pick one underdog to win the cup, who would it be?

2. Pouta has made a habit of stealing some games for him lately, what are you guys saying to him in the dressing room?

3. Who would win in a fight, Hitz or Jerwa?

4. Matt Thompson just hit the 400-goal mark. If anyone on the current Dragons roster is going to hit 400 goals in their career, who would it be?

5. Dump and chase or gain the line with possession?

6. Would you rather be a PK specialist or a PP specialist?

1) Philadelphia, Hart will lead them to the cup.
2) He has 2 choices, either he plays for D.C, or gets put into a retirement home for old people, he always picks the first option..
3) You can't go against Hitz, dude is a natural fightning machine
4) Aaltonen - he's ready to put up 80 goal seasons for this to happen.
5) Possession, more valuable imo.
6) Mikko is a Powerplay god for sure.

[Enorama 2,036]

Sorry for the extra late version this week, but here are our questions:

 

1. The regular season is over! Who is your pick for team MVP?

2. How did we finish in relation to your expectations for the team?

3. Who do you think will be most improved on the team next season?

4. Buster is rising rapidly through the ranks of the VHLM, will he challenge Pouta for the starting spot sometime soon?

5. Pick the winner in each series: Riga v. Helsinki, Malmo v. Davos, Seattle v. Toronto, and Vancouver v. Calgary

6. quik mock draft, who is your top three this season? (See draft eligible prospects here, but remember that Louth, Havlova, and Washington are GM players and will not be drafted)

[GRZ 179]

1 hour ago, Enorama said:

Sorry for the extra late version this week, but here are our questions:

 

1. The regular season is over! Who is your pick for team MVP?

2. How did we finish in relation to your expectations for the team?

3. Who do you think will be most improved on the team next season?

4. Buster is rising rapidly through the ranks of the VHLM, will he challenge Pouta for the starting spot sometime soon?

5. Pick the winner in each series: Riga v. Helsinki, Malmo v. Davos, Seattle v. Toronto, and Vancouver v. Calgary

6. quik mock draft, who is your top three this season? (See draft eligible prospects here, but remember that Louth, Havlova, and Washington are GM players and will not be drafted)

1) Probably Mikko for the whole season, but Pekka came in super clutch during the later part of the season.
2) Well I originally did give us an over/under 3.5 line, so clearly better than I expected lmao 
3) I think everyone as a whole will play better, we'll get some young studs to help out.
4) Could be, I haven't paid attention, however Pouta seriously stamped his name during this season as the clear starter.
5) Riga, Malmo, Seattle, Vancouver.
6) 1st - Benny Graves, 2nd - Soren Jensen, 3rd - Cinnamon Block

[Kekzkrieg 160]

1. The regular season is over! Who is your pick for team MVP?

Tie between Mikko with his countless Hatties and Pekka just crushing the pipes.

2. How did we finish in relation to your expectations for the team?

I'd say pretty close, I know we're new and all so our time will come soon enough. This season was a necessary hurdle for us.

3. Who do you think will be most improved on the team next season?

Most definitely, I think we only have one way to go after this season... UP! 

4. Buster is rising rapidly through the ranks of the VHLM, will he challenge Pouta for the starting spot sometime soon?

Would be a cool sight to see, nothing wrong with a little competition but Buster will have some HUGE shoes to fill if he is serious.

5. Pick the winner in each series: Riga v. Helsinki, Malmo v. Davos, Seattle v. Toronto, and Vancouver v. Calgary

Riga, Malmo, Seattle, Vancouver... count it!

6. quik mock draft, who is your top three this season? (See draft eligible prospects here, but remember that Louth, Havlova, and Washington are GM players and will not be drafted)

Jensen, Graves, Block in that order.

[McWolf 3,115]

New week, new pressers.

 

1 First season is in the books. It's the playoffs, but we unsurprisingly didn't make them. What team do you think goes the distance and snags the S68 Continental Cup?

2 If you look at the standings, you can see that 5 of the top 6 teams in the league are in the European Conference. Are you glad to be playing in D.C., away from this nonsense?

3 What are your expectations for the Dragons, next season? Is it too soon to talk about playoffs?

4 What are your personal objective for next season? How much points do you see yourself scoring?

5 How did your former VHLM team do in their first season after your promotion to the VHL?

6 What is factually the best ice cream flavour?

[GRZ 179]

7 hours ago, McWolf said:

New week, new pressers.

 

1 First season is in the books. It's the playoffs, but we unsurprisingly didn't make them. What team do you think goes the distance and snags the S68 Continental Cup?

2 If you look at the standings, you can see that 5 of the top 6 teams in the league are in the European Conference. Are you glad to be playing in D.C., away from this nonsense?

3 What are your expectations for the Dragons, next season? Is it too soon to talk about playoffs?

4 What are your personal objective for next season? How much points do you see yourself scoring?

5 How did your former VHLM team do in their first season after your promotion to the VHL?

6 What is factually the best ice cream flavour?

1) Malmo takes it home.
2) The EU conference is next level of fiesta, absolutely.
3) All gonna depend on how we do in the upcoming draft, if we land on the right side of the coin, we can contend as soon as next season.
4) I want Mikko to hit 50 goals.
5) I played for the first season Philadelphia Reapers, as to how they did the following season after I departed, I've no idea, I stopped following the VHLM lmao
6) Cookies and cream, not even close.

Edited October 21, 2019 by GRZ

[McWolf 3,115]

2 hours ago, GRZ said:

1) Malmo takes it home.

no love for Riga

[Kekzkrieg 160]

 

1 First season is in the books. It's the playoffs, but we unsurprisingly didn't make them. What team do you think goes the distance and snags the S68 Continental Cup?

Kind of hoping it's Riga or Malmo, either one would make it a solid run

2 If you look at the standings, you can see that 5 of the top 6 teams in the league are in the European Conference. Are you glad to be playing in D.C., away from this nonsense?

Hell yeah, I think I've grown very accustomed to the American lifestyle and fan base here. My only complaint is the lack of real authentic Italian food.

3 What are your expectations for the Dragons, next season? Is it too soon to talk about playoffs?

Never too soon to talk about playoffs, I expect us to do much better this year with Playoffs as the goal

4 What are your personal objective for next season? How much points do you see yourself scoring?

I definitely plan on hitting the rink more often and work on my skating and puck handling, I'm hoping to break my last season stats with at least 50 points

5 How did your former VHLM team do in their first season after your promotion to the VHL?

Hali is hanging in there, hope that they can make a push in the playoffs and bring that cup home on a BOAT!

6 What is factually the best ice cream flavour?

Pistachio, everyone who disagrees lacks taste buds.

[frescoelmo 1,275]

On 10/21/2019 at 7:15 AM, McWolf said:

New week, new pressers.

 

1 First season is in the books. It's the playoffs, but we unsurprisingly didn't make them. What team do you think goes the distance and snags the S68 Continental Cup? I'm rooting for Riga, my first player was on that team 

2 If you look at the standings, you can see that 5 of the top 6 teams in the league are in the European Conference. Are you glad to be playing in D.C., away from this nonsense? Very; only going up from here

3 What are your expectations for the Dragons, next season? Is it too soon to talk about playoffs? Yes, but continuing to gather talent and lay the groundwork is more important for next year

4 What are your personal objective for next season? How much points do you see yourself scoring? I'm not as interested in goal-scoring; I'd like to see Drumm stay positive in +/- throughout the season.

5 How did your former VHLM team do in their first season after your promotion to the VHL? They emptied the cupboards and had a pretty rough year

6 What is factually the best ice cream flavour? moose tracks

 

[Banana2311 22]

On 10/21/2019 at 10:15 PM, McWolf said:

New week, new pressers.

 

1 First season is in the books. It's the playoffs, but we unsurprisingly didn't make them. What team do you think goes the distance and snags the S68 Continental Cup?

2 If you look at the standings, you can see that 5 of the top 6 teams in the league are in the European Conference. Are you glad to be playing in D.C., away from this nonsense?

3 What are your expectations for the Dragons, next season? Is it too soon to talk about playoffs?

4 What are your personal objective for next season? How much points do you see yourself scoring?

5 How did your former VHLM team do in their first season after your promotion to the VHL?

6 What is factually the best ice cream flavour?

1. The Bears

2. Yes and No, I like the NA conference better, but I think that the NA teams are up and coming like us, whilst the EU teams will diminish soon

3. I think we can make 4th in NA and squeeze into a playoff spot

4. No points but saving heaps

5. Well I haven't been promoted yet but Yukon is in the Finals

6. Bubble Gum

[Enorama 2,036]

1. Cup Finals, Malmo vs. Seattle. Who takes it home?

2. Which team will make the biggest splash in Free Agency this year? There are a lot of big names available.

3. With studs like Thompson and Cast retiring after this season, who will be the league's best player next year?

4. With DC's 1st round pick(s), would you go with a F or a D?

5. What kind of pasta is best? Or is pasta just pasta? (The correct answer is penne btw)

6. What's your favourite VHL/VHLM memory so far?

[GRZ 179]

26 minutes ago, Enorama said:

1. Cup Finals, Malmo vs. Seattle. Who takes it home?

2. Which team will make the biggest splash in Free Agency this year? There are a lot of big names available.

3. With studs like Thompson and Cast retiring after this season, who will be the league's best player next year?

4. With DC's 1st round pick(s), would you go with a F or a D?

5. What kind of pasta is best? Or is pasta just pasta? (The correct answer is penne btw)

6. What's your favourite VHL/VHLM memory so far?

1) As predicted earlier, Malmo takes it home baby.
2) Probably a team with decent cap space available, those fa gonna cost big $$$.
3) Calling it here - Kronos Bailey.
4) I'd take a forward, especially if we land a top3 pick.
5) penne pasta is absolutely the only and correct answer.
6) Hitting 40 goals this past season was pretty remarkable.

[Kekzkrieg 160]

1. Cup Finals, Malmo vs. Seattle. Who takes it home?

Malmo all day bae-bae

2. Which team will make the biggest splash in Free Agency this year? There are a lot of big names available.

I think NYA will have some great opportunity to land some names, plus who wouldn't want to be in the big city?

3. With studs like Thompson and Cast retiring after this season, who will be the league's best player next year?

Kronos fo sho-nos

4. With DC's 1st round pick(s), would you go with a F or a D?

I'm hoping we grab a forward to help boost our scoring up and give us some solid depth

5. What kind of pasta is best? Or is pasta just pasta? (The correct answer is penne btw)

Tortellini, all other options are im-pastas

6. What's your favourite VHL/VHLM memory so far?

Getting selected as the first pick of the Franchise

[frescoelmo 1,275]

On 10/29/2019 at 5:13 PM, Enorama said:

1. Cup Finals, Malmo vs. Seattle. Who takes it home? MALMO cause its fun to say

2. Which team will make the biggest splash in Free Agency this year? There are a lot of big names available. Going with DC cause we could use it lol

3. With studs like Thompson and Cast retiring after this season, who will be the league's best player next year? Kronos

4. With DC's 1st round pick(s), would you go with a F or a D? Defenseman, I need help!!

5. What kind of pasta is best? Or is pasta just pasta? (The correct answer is penne btw) MACARONI AND CHEESE (also penne)

6. What's your favourite VHL/VHLM memory so far? OLOPM never leaving the VHLM (purposely)

BUT really it was season 27 beating that superstar team or whatever ( @Victor help me, I find the backup to prove I'm right)

 

Edited October 31, 2019 by frescoelmo

[Enorama 2,036]

Off-season addition:

 

1. What's your favourite part of the off-season?

2. Seattle won the cup in a rather convincing fashion. Did this surprise you at all?

3. McWolf's name has been tossed around as a trade target. Where do you think the veteran defenseman lands?

4. World Cup is starting up! Who takes it home?

5. What is more important to you, success for your VHL club or success in an international tournament?

6. Which of the four recent expansion teams will be the first to win the cup, and why? (Moscow, Malmo, Prague, DC)

 

[Midnite 69]

11 minutes ago, Enorama said:

Off-season addition:

 

1. What's your favourite part of the off-season?

2. Seattle won the cup in a rather convincing fashion. Did this surprise you at all?

3. McWolf's name has been tossed around as a trade target. Where do you think the veteran defenseman lands?

4. World Cup is starting up! Who takes it home?

5. What is more important to you, success for your VHL club or success in an international tournament?

6. Which of the four recent expansion teams will be the first to win the cup, and why? (Moscow, Malmo, Prague, DC)

 

 

1. Just the time away to relax and also work on my game. Always great to have some down time.

2. Not really. I had them as my choice to win the cup going in. Congrats to them though!

3. My guess would be a team in need of a good defenseman. Would probably say probably Prague or Toronto.

4. Gotta root for my country. Go Canada!

5. Success for my VHL Club. International tournament success is nice, but I'm in the VHL to win the cup and hopefully multiple times at that.

6. Malmo. I mean they were first in the standings just this past season. Wouldn't be hard to imagine them winning the cup sooner than later.

[GRZ 179]

18 minutes ago, Enorama said:

Off-season addition:

 

1. What's your favourite part of the off-season?

2. Seattle won the cup in a rather convincing fashion. Did this surprise you at all?

3. McWolf's name has been tossed around as a trade target. Where do you think the veteran defenseman lands?

4. World Cup is starting up! Who takes it home?

5. What is more important to you, success for your VHL club or success in an international tournament?

6. Which of the four recent expansion teams will be the first to win the cup, and why? (Moscow, Malmo, Prague, DC)

 

1) Relax a bit with friends/family, hockey is intense and these off-seasons are really needed.
2) I could have seen them win, but not in the fashion they did, I thought that the series would go to 7 or at least 6 games
3) tbh I think he could stick with Riga, he performed good and we could see that he needed a change of scenery, and if Riga hang onto him they're a really scary team going into the next season.
4) Scandinavia(obviously)
5) Success for the VHL club 100%, Mikko loves representing his country in international tournaments, but he takes it more lightly than an average VHL season.
6) such an easy question....D.C, but for real I think malmo missed a really good chance of winning it this past season, i don't really now if they can replicate the run next season, so it's either us or Moscow.

[Kekzkrieg 160]

1. What's your favourite part of the off-season?

Visit the fam and friends back in the homeland and tell them of my rookie experience, continue pushing hard before the next season starts

2. Seattle won the cup in a rather convincing fashion. Did this surprise you at all?

Sort of, wasn't my first choice but very happy for them and the fans

3. McWolf's name has been tossed around as a trade target. Where do you think the veteran defenseman lands?

My guess is Toronto who's looking to grab a top-tier D-man of McWolf's stature

4. World Cup is starting up! Who takes it home?

Hoping to root for the home team in Team World!

5. What is more important to you, success for your VHL club or success in an international tournament?

Most definitely Club success! More games to help cultivate a winning culture in a team and as a player that can carry fourth internationally

6. Which of the four recent expansion teams will be the first to win the cup, and why? (Moscow, Malmo, Prague, DC)

D.C. all day baby, that's the goal! We just gotta show Prague who's boss.

 

[frescoelmo 1,275]

Off-season addition:

 

1. What's your favourite part of the off-season? getting to chill at the beach and drink magic hat @Phil

2. Seattle won the cup in a rather convincing fashion. Did this surprise you at all? yes

3. McWolf's name has been tossed around as a trade target. Where do you think the veteran defenseman lands? New York

4. World Cup is starting up! Who takes it home? Canada, that's probably the safest bet

5. What is more important to you, success for your VHL club or success in an international tournament? VHL club all the way

6. Which of the four recent expansion teams will be the first to win the cup, and why? (Moscow, Malmo, Prague, DC) DC because of me obv

[Enorama 2,036]

1. Who is your early prediction to win the S69 Continental Cup?

2. Which of Tagger and Beketov do you see going 1st overall in S70? Or is there someone else who will come out of left field and take it?

3. Drafts are starting to get weaker again after the heyday of the 60s, do you have any ideas on where we could find new members?

4. Does DCD win more or less than 20 games this year (our total from S68)?

5. Was Aaltonen's S68 campaign a one-off or will he get even better with a better supporting cast this year?

6. In what season do you see us making the playoffs for the first time?