Tagger 2,722 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) Calgary Wranglers defenseman Edwin THE Encarnacion has signed a two year extension with the team. Encarnacion had a rough rookie season and recorded minimal playing time, but became a solid contributor to the Wranglers last season and was the team’s joint-leader in assists. This season has been slightly worse for the Dominican, with his point tallies falling largely because of inaccurate shooting, but he still remains a solid asset for the team that currently stands second in the VHL standings. According to sources, Encarnacion already had an agreement in place with the Calgary Wranglers General Manager upon signing his rookie deal that he would sign a two season extension providing the team was heading in the right direction, although the discussions for said extension took place with the team’s Assistant General Manager. There were rumours that Encarnacion intended to enter Free Agency after he rejected the Wranglers initial extension offer, however that was not the case and the deal was rejected so that a No-Trade Clause could be added to the deal across both seasons. We believe that the addition of this clause is less to do with an unwavering loyalty to always play in a Wranglers jersey and more to do with Encarnacion wanting a measure of control over any future destination should the team feel like trading Encarnacion was in their best interests. It’s also rumoured that, should he decide to enter Free Agency at the end of his fifth season, Encarnacion will use this No-Trade Clause to reject any attempt of a trade for his free agency rights as he doesn’t like the concept. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One term that came up this week that gave me a flashback to a different era of the VHL was the use of the term “free doubles week”. It was used by Quik to offer a doubles week out to everyone after we reached our league goal for our charity drive (well done everyone for this by the way), but the term has been used before in the VHL to describe a different kind of reward. Often given around the Christmas Holiday period, the league would offer members of the VHL a “free doubles week”, however this wasn’t used to describe “a doubles week which is free”, but instead a “free week and a double week combined”. This notably led to some confusion back in 2016 when the then-commissioner Will offered a free doubles week only for people to be confused as to whether he was offering a “free doubles week” or a “free week and a double week combined”. To be fair and in retrospect, it was pretty dumb to ever call a “free week and a double week combined” a free doubles week, because that’s just poorly written. It would have made a lot more sense to refer to a “free week and a double week combined” as a “doubled free week”, but luckily with free weeks no longer being usable with double weeks, we’ve pretty much written the old definition for the term out of the VHL, although it wouldn’t surprise me if older returning VHL members will have occasionally tried to claim a “free week and a double week combined” when the term was used. Edited June 7, 2020 by Tagger Jubis 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/83760-encarnacion-extension-and-a-brief-look-back-at-the-free-doubles-week/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Tortorella 2,653 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Is it bad that I STILL get the terms confused? Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/83760-encarnacion-extension-and-a-brief-look-back-at-the-free-doubles-week/#findComment-750746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 11,043 Posted June 7, 2020 Admin Share Posted June 7, 2020 I still don't know which one's which after reading the paragraph... Doubles week = extra 6 TPE with a PT Free doubles week = straight up 12 TPE? Free week and a doubles week = .... the same? Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/83760-encarnacion-extension-and-a-brief-look-back-at-the-free-doubles-week/#findComment-750760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tagger 2,722 Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Victor said: I still don't know which one's which after reading the paragraph... Doubles week = extra 6 TPE with a PT Free doubles week = straight up 12 TPE? Free week and a doubles week = .... the same? The point was that "Free Doubles Week" used to describe "A Free Week and a Doubles Week" (so straight up 12 TPE), but now when someone says "Free Doubles Week" now, they just mean they're offering a regular doubles week. Edited June 7, 2020 by Tagger Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/83760-encarnacion-extension-and-a-brief-look-back-at-the-free-doubles-week/#findComment-750762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 11,043 Posted June 7, 2020 Admin Share Posted June 7, 2020 53 minutes ago, Tagger said: The point was that "Free Doubles Week" used to describe "A Free Week and a Doubles Week" (so straight up 12 TPE), but now when someone says "Free Doubles Week" now, they just mean they're offering a regular doubles week. oh well that's dumb, why put free in front of it if it's just a doubles week Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/83760-encarnacion-extension-and-a-brief-look-back-at-the-free-doubles-week/#findComment-750775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enorama 2,039 Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Tagger said: although it wouldn’t surprise me if older returning VHL members will have occasionally tried to claim a “free week and a double week combined” when the term was used. @tfong fights with the commies every time this is brought up Baozi 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/83760-encarnacion-extension-and-a-brief-look-back-at-the-free-doubles-week/#findComment-750781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Baozi 1,664 Posted June 8, 2020 Moderator Share Posted June 8, 2020 15 hours ago, Victor said: oh well that's dumb, why put free in front of it if it's just a doubles week JOIN MY CAUSE. Jubis and der meister 2 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/83760-encarnacion-extension-and-a-brief-look-back-at-the-free-doubles-week/#findComment-750987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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