Where is Groovy Dood?

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Since the Minnesota Storm were eliminated in the second round of the VHL playoffs, no one has seen or heard from Groovy Dood the enigmatic hippy.

Groovy Dood had a great end of the season. In the first round of the playoffs, he matched up against his favourite VHLM team, the Miami Marauders. He was so happy seeing the series go to 7 games because he got to see all his Miami heroes up close. After stealing a win in Game 7 vs Miami, Dood and the Storm got dispatched by the Mexico City Kings in six games.

In his exit interview with GM Rayzor, Groovy Dood stated: “Cool season Storms. It was a great time, I fell in love with Minnesota (it ain’t no Miami though). But, my time here is done.” Done? Yeah I guess so, you’re just too good for the VHLM. “Oh no Rayz, I’m done here,” tapping his head. “I’m going home.”

With that, uhhh, interesting statement, Groovy Dood pulled a live, purple toad from his messenger bag. He eyed it up, made kissy noises at it, licked his lips, and dragged his tongue from tip to tail. The toad ribbited and Groovy Dood danced out of the office. Training Camp starts on Monday July 20, you better be there! Groovy Dood flipped two fingers up to Rayz, and galloped towards an apple tree.

Rayz called bigAL, Dood's agent: “Dude, Groovy Dood just licked a frog and ran off. WTF?!” It’s a toad, and ugh, he’s licking toads again. He’s on some sort of spirit quest to find himself. “He said he was going home?” I’ll make sure he’s back for training camp. Don’t let this story get out Rayz.

The VHL community hasn’t seen much of Groovy Dood since the playoffs ended. bigAL published a pre-written “Draft Me 1OA” article to keep the media satisfied and thinking that Groovy Dood is alive and well. The ploy worked and he went first overall to the DC Dragons. Suspicions were raised when he didn’t show up to the VHL draft. bigAL managed to get him to phone the VHL draft show, but he showed up at the end of the fifth round, long past the point regular viewers have tuned out.

With training camp on the horizon, I’ve got to put the story out here and ask for help answering the big question:

Where is Groovy Dood?