This is the kind of PT I can get behind! I won't tag users, mostly because I'd be concerned with leaving someone out, but my friends over in Buffalo and the Swedish National Team server are communities that have served as my primary motivation for remaining in the SHL after what seems like a million seasons (it's only actually been 6 or 7), especially after I cut ties with my minor league teams as part of an intentional way to decrease the amount of time I spend in sim leagues due to my new position. From team leadership to the old heads and brand-new draftees/tradees, my two team locker rooms always seem to have something going on. We talk sports (even if I don't know a single thing about hockey), healthcare, even politics every once in a long while, and they give me a little perspective on why the league views different teams the way they do.

It's difficult to say how I would have fared in this league on a different SHL or IIHF team, but I'm quite pleased with the communities I have joined so far. Even as frustrations set in with the COVID pandemic, I could always find a place to vent, discuss, or just casually chat with a lot of users that I'm not afraid to call a sim league family.