Draft days and Contract Negotiation

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The draft is behind us and the season is up next. Justin Lose was drafted in both the VHLM draft and the VHL draft. At this time, Justin Lose has decided to commit to the VHLM and spend the whole season with the Mexico City Kings. It was not an easy decision though. Lose talks more in depth about this decision in his article here: [Article]. It was a crazy 3 days last week with both drafts and the first (non-waiver) contract for Lose being signed. 

- He got drafted by the Mexico City Kings in the second round.
- He got drafted by the Riga Reign in the second round.
- He signed a 3 season contract with Riga worth $5.5 Million.

 

 
Things are moving rather quickly for this rookie. We wanted to get a quick statement on what was going through his head during this crazy time. First we talked about both drafts:

 

"Oh man the VHLM draft was crazy. Hearing my name be called in the second round is a dream come true. The best part? I did it all over the next day at the VHL draft. Hearing my name again in the second round just pushed me over the moon. I couldn't believe it. I've worked so hard and I felt that it finally payed off. I feel the need to prove myself to Riga and Mexico City now." - Justin Lose

 

After that discussion the time came to contract negotiations:
 

"The contract negotiation was straight forward. I was approached by Riga to sign a 3 season deal. I felt the terms were good and we agreed. Obviously with my first contract I didn't want to mess with anything or get on the bad side with Riga. In the future I hope it's easy like this. Signing the contract was incredible though. I finally made it to the VHL. I can finally say I proved all of my doubters wrong!"- JL

 

We also went over how his offseason was going:

 

"My offseason is going great! I feel great and ready to go for the season. We just wrapped up training camp in Riga and I feel as motivated as ever. I'm only getting stronger from here. I've worked on a lot during the offseason too. I worked with the Reapers before the draft to get some training in and after the draft I finally got to meet the Kings staff. They were super helpful and laid out a nice plan for me for this offseason. In a different angle, they also helped me with the media too. They have a great speech coach that worked with me to improve my confidence in interviews and press conferences. Right now I feel comfortable instead of dreading every word! As the offseason draws to a close my decision had to be made about the VHL. Obviously the goal was VHL, but that will have to wait and I'm putting 1000% with the Mexico City Kings." - JL

 

Lose will play with his VHLM squad, the Mexico City Kings, for the full season. We are unsure where in the lines he will be, but we are sure he will make a huge impact in his first season after being drafted. Be sure to catch him live this season in Mexico City!
 

[jRuutu 2,483]

8/10

Fun article. I especially liked the comments on what it means to sign a deal and make it into VHL and also the speech coach part. I wish more and more users would keep building on their stories and players by focusing on ''small'' factors such as having to master the art of answering questions in front of cameras.

 

You have one picture in there but could perhaps use one at the top as well as a way to give the article some structure. Overall, a solid article!