Spence King 387 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) Two months ago in Espoo, Finland , Spence Elsby Sr , GM of the Colorado Avalanche in the FNHL, was asked what he planned to do get back to the national level now that he had found himself back where he'd long wished to be and long should have been. After the still very untold and limited information leading up to Elsby Sr being blackballed during his playing career and seeing that happen again after amazing success as a GM in the OHL , people are finally getting past whatever happened and realizing this mans IQ and ability to assess players skills, and weakness and the intangible quality and knowledge of how to show these players what to work on and what they needed to do to improve as well as the ultimate goal Elsby had for all his players , make the pros. After his tenure in the OHL as everyone knows SOMETHING happened for Elsby to be shunned like he was after his proven success at that level and the recognition he even received from his players , always mentioning Elsby’s ridiculous determination , patience and overall teaching abilities “He is by FAR the best GM I’ve ever had , he was also a coach and a good friend , I have never learned more than I did in the short time I spent playing for Mr Elsby and cant thank him enough for everything he has taught me, we still keep in touch and he usually will call me at least once if I don’t call him first to check in and just make sure im doing my best because that man really truly cares about his players.” Elsby Sr said after moving back to his home country Finland he had made a commitment and would keep it. That commitment is to win on the national stage , and work with the best players in the world and continue to pass on his knowledge as Elsby is just a true fan of the and who some call the Elon Musk of hockey Elsby is in for some great competition after recently being named GM of team Asia for the upcoming WJC , Europe and USA are heavily favored in the upcoming tournament and Asia is probably the biggest underdog in this years tournament. Elsby Sr deffintely has his work cut out for him , however hes deffintely got the skills and some nice up coming prospects that are almost locks on the team such as @Jungkok who has been playing amazing as of lately , as star forward Shaposhnikov. "I think we have more rinks in my home town of Sault Ste. Marie than the all of Asia. (laughs) To be honest the skill level of some of these players at there age just blows my mind especially coming from a country where hockey is almost uknown" Elsby said in an interview with VHLSPN . "I think we have 1,200 registered players, and to have the opportunity to play a team like Team Canada and Team Sweden and prove what these young men have is huge – it doesn't matter how many shots you get, it's how many go in the net – so to play were going to be playing them tough, but also relying on our extremely high offensive skill set with some secret weapon players that are definitely going to open some eyes to all VHL GMS, I'm extremely proud of them." “Overall im very happy with the players that weve chosen , it wasn’t easy making the last picks but I know weve got a great group here, im really looking forward to seeing their talents compliments eachother” Elsby said this morning on VHLSPN. Elsby may have GM experience in other leagues but this is is debut as a GM within the VHLM world and the whole world will be watching come puck drop when these WJC start. Will Elsby’s blue collar roster and new mentality bring him or good fortunes , or will it fail miserably? Edited April 15, 2020 by Spence King Previously declined , Edited following template Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/80706-spence-elsby-sr-hired-as-wjc-gm-team-asia/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence King 387 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Edited 600+ words now sorry for my mistake here Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/80706-spence-elsby-sr-hired-as-wjc-gm-team-asia/#findComment-732618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence King 387 Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 Just making sure this is still in the pending approval queue ? i understand totally and can only imagine all the reviewing that must be done i just wanted to confirm that its still claimed properly or if i needed to repost it before week end so i can get this Media spot Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/80706-spence-elsby-sr-hired-as-wjc-gm-team-asia/#findComment-733779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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