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This week is the upcoming Season 73 VHL draft. With every draft comes speculation, and that means some fun interviews! This week, we’re sitting down with VHLM’s Miami Marauders defenseman Wolf Stansson to find out what he thinks about all of this.

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US: Thanks for talking with us, Wolf. Are you excited for the draft?

WS: Of course I am! This is a huge moment and lets me know where I am going to begin my VHL career. Playing for any of the teams will be exciting.

 

US: Why is that?

WS: Well, for one thing, every team is either pursuing a championship, trying to make a run at the playoffs, or looking to rebuild. When you are pursuing a title, you usually need only one piece or so to make a good run. That would be awesome! When you’re making a run at the playoffs, just a good draft and a trade, and some luck, and you can be in contention. When you’re in a rebuild, you have an opportunity to build something great and see how it turns out.

 

US: That’s true. Speaking of which, how do you feel about what you’ve done with the Miami Marauders?

WS: That is such a great franchise, right there. We gave it our all in the playoffs, and just came up short, but we still accomplished a lot of what we wanted to. The guys in the locker room were wonderful, and it felt like we were constantly making improvements, in leaps and bounds.

 

US: How do you think you did, as a player, throughout the season?

WS, laughing a little: I think you’ll find my experience to be the same as a lot of VHLM rookies. You get there and you don’t quite know what you’re doing, but as the season goes on, you find your place a little bit.

 

US: Being on an expansion franchise actually helped, don’t you think?

WS: Oh, without a doubt! I got to be first pairing with Kosmo [ @Mongoose87 ]. There wasn’t a better guy I could learn from, as far as I’m concerned. You get a ton of ice time and experience from that.

 

US: Where do you see yourself going in the VHL draft? Is there any team you would Lindros?

WS: Lindros?

US: Yeah, you know, refuse to go to and hold out until they traded your rights, like Eric Lindros did back in the early 90s?

WS: No, I wouldn’t do that! I would be happy to play where I was drafted and contribute what I could to the organization.

US: And where you think you’ll be drafted?

WS: I’m not sure exactly where, but I would think late first round or early second round is where I belong. I have no delusions I am a top 5 player, but I’ll give a top 5 effort!

 

US: Last question: Miami has a real chance to be a contender next season. Are you coming back, or moving on to the VHL?

WS: I really want to see it through next season. That’s part of my appeal I think. Being willing to build something and then seeing the payoff.

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