1) How did you find us?
Wasty messaged me on facebook. I was away from the SHL for over 4 years and we started talking and he convinced me to come back.

2) Is the the site easy to navigate as a newcomer?
Considering I haven't been on here in a while I would say yes. Every sub forum is clear and threads are where they belong.

3) Did you have any trouble creating your player?
Not at all. I love the integration of the create a player in the forum. Calculates the TPE and basically generates the post for you. Absolutely brilliant whoever came up with that!

4) Did you use the video/written tutorial when creating your player? If yes, did it help?
Nope. Kind of knew what to do from past experience.

5) What would you like to do while waiting for the SMJHL Draft?(Example: Prospect Tournament)
I think a prospect tournament is a great idea. Waiting around and writing media/doing PTs can be fun, but everyone wants to see how their player performs. If it's not a prospect tournament, I would just find a way to have players see their players in the sim. May help them with their weekly updates prior to the SMJHL draft and compare them to their peers.

6) Give us one suggestion to make this site easier on new members.
I've seen mention of mentors messaging newcomers when they create their player. I'm not sure if this is the case, however I was never messaged (I understand I am returning, but I still don't fully know where everything is and having some to message me would help). I think if you could assign mentors to players, that would be a great way to have newcomers navigate the website, have questions answered, and learn, but it would also be crucial in having members stay on the site. Making a connection with someone and getting to know their mentor will help them stay.

As the mentor thing may already be a thing, I'll give another suggestion. Maybe something like an automatic PM to newcomers which generates important information. The forum is somewhat cluttered with subforums and various sticky threads with information, which to this day I do not know them all. I think if an automatic PM was generated and sent to new users outlining the rules, important threads (building a player, league rules, etc.) as well as a list of people to contact/who's in charge (not everybody, there are too many. Perhaps just the commissioners and any of the mentors/capable users who will volunteer to help), would make a world of difference. This could have them reading and learning the league while waiting to be processed and being able to be contacted by SMJHL GMs (if joining post-draft).