My draft experience and thoughts

[Blazzer 759]

So this week being draft week was kinda hectic. I might have asked for it myself but here we go. I was preparing for the VHLM draft by scouting players, looking at player’s updates and stats. I didn’t get a chance to interview anyone because I was a new AGM for Yukon. I was 2 months into the job that miraculously came to me. It took me a while to get used to because I have bad memory hence I never remember who’s active and stuff. Yukon Rush. You know, this is a place I never thought I would end up having a job at. We had a great season, great playoff run that got cut off by you know what. I won’t say it but I’m glad that action has been taken. Cow is someone that puts a lot of effort into his work, always. Always wanting the best for Yukon. The playoff elimination wasn’t fair for him but that’s my thought on things.

 

So nearing the end of the season, Hogan decided to leave if Seattle didn’t win. It’s sad to see him go just like that. I haven’t known Hogan for a long time but I had great conversations with him in Chicago and VHL gen chat. I was still focused on Yukon because we were still in the playoffs but nearing elimination. Basically, I never really paid attention to who Jeff was gonna hire. So one night or Jeff’s morning, he texted me asking if I wanted the job. There were many factors that made me move. Firstly, Lee Xin is there and I thought that it’ll be great to AGM a team my player is on. Also, Jeff is a great GM. He cares for the team and he’s always trying to improve it.

But with this came my next problem. To be honest, I have enough problems already so why another one?! I had to sort of look at the VHL draft class again. The VHL GMs draft with the purpose of having these players stick in the league therefore they are looking for players that have the intention to stay with that team and earn consistently by capping. The VHLM looks for players that can develop well by staying active and capping weekly. But these players are not going to stay in the minors forever. Essentially, the VHLM is mainly for development.

 

11/10/20 – Draft day

I had my first taste of a draft discussion. Jeff did a great job by trading for the 4^th round pick, expanding our picks. We know have 2 first round picks but who will we pick? VSN predicted that we choose L and R, the toxic duo. We could go that way and pick them or we could not pick them at all. But as an expansion team, we needed to strengthen our blue-line and bring in more prospects. Picking L and R will give us a huge advantage. L is someone that is ready to make that jump and R is not far behind. The draft zoomed to the 4^th overall pick, freaking fast dude. I just finished making breakfast and Jeff sends me a text. On the clock now. I go back to twitch and L is picked. We did that, we picked gorlab. Oh no… At least we got ourselves an unlimited graphics machine. BONUS!

 

The end of the draft was weird already. So despite many many many people telling me to stop Jeff if he drafted a goalie, I’ve failed to do that. My apolo…no, I’m not apologising ok. Who else would we draft? We were quite far into the draft and the players started to drop in terms of earning. I’m starting to see what GMs mean now. We have a whole wave of players and not all of them are earning well enough to see them get drafted. The person that started it all Thrasher is on Chicago with 60 TPE. He has never once updated as well. I think I get my word across like that.

 

Thoughts

The draft is definitely huge but can GMs get quality players beyond the 3^rd round? GMs are looking for players that can earn and are active but for now, beyond the 3^rd round, those qualities are hard to find. I know this is a problem that can’t be solved but this is something that struck me during the draft. 

 

Note

Thank you to many people I’ve met in this league like Jiggs @JigglyGumballs, Spartan @Spartan, Fishy @fishy, Hylands @Hylands, cowboy @Prout and many others that have made my time here fun and exciting. Thank you Jeff @JeffD for drafting the goon I accidentally made and Cow @MexicanCow123 for introducing me to the world of management. I’m looking forward to the many years (hopefully) that I’ll be hanging around here. And I pinged because idk, I wanna say thank you? Thanks.

 

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[fromtheinside 1,290]

This is a good read, nice job

[Baozi 1,664]

Community experiences in the VHL are always a favorite of mine to read. It gives insight to what people feel and provides a look everything the community has to offer. I'm glad that your experience sofar has been a positive and fairly engaging one thus far here.

 

Content is VHL related, no problems here. The formatting could use maybe a little bit more on using quotations and such since you are switching from "thought bubbles" to narrating events for the draft. This could stand to be separated a bit more rather than just writing in a full blogger style. Typically for low numbers I also want to point out that "two" may look better than the number "2" when writing/reading. You had a picture in there and some tags for context. Solid work here, keep it up.

 

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