A disappointing season, and other news.

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This season wasn't an easy for an up-and-coming defenseman in New York. Chosen 12oa in the S69 VHL Entry Draft, he definitely wasn't expected to be a star, but to grow consistent was entirely expected, if not by his peers or management, at the very least by himself. This has not come to pass, however. Defenseman David O'Quinn missed nearly 30tpe this year, which at the end of the day could have been the difference between his team making the playoffs and missing. In terms of individual performance, O'Quinn registered 3 goals and 15 pts in 72 games, a rather modest collection of numbers compared to his 14 goals and 114 pts in his second and final VHLM season, where he helped lead Saskatoon to its most recent VHLM championship.

 

There could be plenty of reasons for this, of course. There's always hardship every season, burnout, struggling to write a good article, struggling with the 'fun' aspect in general. But does this excuse all that missed TPE? and how much will that missed TPA affect him, and his team, in the future? Time will tell with that one. 

 

One thing we can tell now, however, is where does he place in his teams hierarchy? Well, it's not too pretty. Besides backup goaltender Thorvald Gunnarsson and former prospect Ryo Yamazuki II, O'Quinn is arguably the worst player on the entire team. He has plenty of room to grow, of course, most of which he will hopefully utilize, but there are a few players that were picked lower in his draft that are now better than him, and at the end of the day that is nothing short of shameful. As O'Quinn's contract is up this year, the Americans may see fit to not sign him at all, since he has turned out, so far, to be nothing but a depth defenseman on a team that needs better.

 

The future has hope, though. O'Quinn still grew by a rather respectable 100 TPE this season, and if he continues this trend, in a few seasons he will still likely turn out to be a supporting top pair dman, not to carry a line or a team but to help a better player carry the load.

 

This has been an awkward article in an awkward context and tense, by reporter Roger Pennies.

 

 

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Former fan favourite player Fheoren Tleury has been caught doing various hallucinogenic drugs in New York clubs and back alleys, while previously he was considered a H.O.F forsure, speculation has circled stating that he will never be allowed in the H.O.F due to his extra-curricular actives, and what light it may put the league in.

 

The highly anticipated Hockeypunk 2077 VHL roleplay game has been pushed back 6 months, says Latvian developer CD Projekt Blue. Many prominent speakers for the games community have tried to wrestle the fans calm, but rioting in the streets of Vancouver has, again, taken hold. This is their seventh riot this week, including this years third large-scale-protest protesting the existence of a VHL team in Calgary. A spokesperson for the protest organizers gave us this statement. 'Fuck the Lames and any team associated with them! and any team not associated with them! fuck calgary!', we're still trying to translate this, we think it might be in Finnish.

 

549 words, claiming doubles week from here aswell.

Edited March 14, 2020 by David O'Quinn