So what's the LR culture like then? If you don't mind me asking..

Its fine, tbf. It's not hyperactive or anything, but we have people talking.

And we def have a decent group of people working with the GMs in the warroom.

That's fair, JY is an experienced GM and user on the site. Maybe he came to the same conclusion as you, your LR activity is OK but it needs to be outstanding to get the team from the rut it's currently in.

I don't think there's any malice from JY

Mephistopheles Morgonstjärna | Right Defense | Detroit Falcons
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 235 lbs
Number: 66


RETIRED

Hippo Passamus | Center/Wing | Buffalo Stampede
Birthplace: Borås, Sweden
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 290 lbs
Number: 6
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Career Statistics:
SHL Regular Season:
BUF | S46 | 50 GP | 13 G | 12 A | 25 P | +21 |   0 PIM | 9 H
BUF | S47 | 50 GP | 9 G   | 21 A | 30 P | +0   |  5 PIM | 2 H
BUF | S48 | 50 GP | 12 G | 14 A | 26 P | +11 |   5 PIM | 7 H
BUF | S49 | 50 GP | 22 G | 22 A | 44 P | +4   | 34 PIM | 192 H
BUF | S50 | 50 GP | 17 G | 24 A | 41 P | +11 | 58 PIM | 203 H
BUF | S51 | 50 GP | 18 G | 27 A | 45 P | +16 | 42 PIM | 157 H
BUF | S52 | 50 GP | 15 G | 25 A | 40 P | +0   | 61 PIM | 187 H
BUF | S53 | 50 GP | 23 G | 33 A | 56 P | +25 | 14 PIM | 117 H
BUF | S54 | 50 GP | 25 G | 29 A | 54 P | +42 | 6 PIM  | 129 H
BUF | S55 | 50 GP | 25 G | 31 A | 56 P | +48 | 2 PIM  | 141 H
BUF | S56 | 50 GP | 22 G | 36 A | 58 P | +25 | 14 PIM | 121 H
BUF | S57 | 66 GP | 24 G | 36 A | 60 P | +26 | 4 PIM  | 157 H
BUF | S58 | 66 GP | 21 G | 32 A | 53 P | +38 | 16 PIM | 127 H
BUF | S59 | 66 GP | 16 G | 32 A | 48 P | +18 | 14 PIM | 81 H
BUF | TOT | 748 GP | 262 G | 374 A | 636 P | +288 | 276 PIM | 1630 H
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SHL Playoffs:
BUF | S46 | 17 GP | 5 G   | 4 A   | 9 P   | +10 | 0 PIM | 14 H
BUF | S47 | 13 GP | 3 G   | 2 A   | 5 P   | -3    | 0 PIM | 10 H
BUF | S48 | 22 GP | 12 G | 18 A | 30 P | +11  | 0 PIM | 0 H
BUF | S49 | 5 GP   | 2 G   | 3 A   | 5 P  | +0    | 4 PIM | 15 H
BUF | S50 | 6 GP   | 2 G   | 2 A   | 4 P  | +3    | 2 PIM | 20 H
BUF | S51 | 8 GP   | 2 G   | 2 A   | 4 P  | -9     | 4 PIM | 27 H
BUF | S52 | 15 GP | 5 G   | 9 A   | 14 P| +1     | 23 PIM | 50 H
BUF | S53 | 4 GP   | 1 G   | 1 A   | 2 P  | -7     | 0 PIM | 12 H
BUF | S54 | 13 GP | 6 G   | 7 A   | 13 P  | +5    | 4 PIM | 34 H
BUF | S55 | 17 GP  | 3 G   | 7 A   | 10 P  | +10 | 0 PIM | 44 H
BUF | S56 | 23 GP  | 8 G   | 9 A   | 17 P  | +12 | 4 PIM | 66 H
BUF | S57 | 17 GP  | 8 G   | 3 A   | 11 P  | +5   | 0 PIM | 17 H
BUF | S58 | 21 GP  | 4 G   | 9 A   | 13 P  | +6   | 4 PIM | 44 H
BUF | S59 | 19 GP  | 7 G   | 10 A   | 17 P  | +16   | 4 PIM | 40 H
BUF | TOT | 200 GP | 68 G | 86 A | 154 P | +51 | 59 PIM | 403 H
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SMJHL Regular Season:
DET | S42-45 | 200 GP | 54 G | 77 A | 131 P | +38 | 92 PIM | 228 H
SMJHL Playoffs:
DET | S42-45 | 43 GP | 17 G | 25 A | 42 P | +8 | 14 PIM | 44 H


Career Achivements:
S44 Ideen Fallah Trophy Nomination
S44 Brandon Holmes Trophy
S45 Ronan O'Keefe Trophy
S45 Brodie Witzel Trophy
S45 Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy Nomination
S46 Challenge Cup Champion
S48 Challenge Cup Champion
S48 Anton Razov Trophy Nomination
S51 Jeff Darr Trophy Nomination
S55 Jeff Darr Trophy Nomination

Its fine, tbf. It's not hyperactive or anything, but we have people talking.

And we def have a decent group of people working with the GMs in the warroom.

That's fair, JY is an experienced GM and user on the site. Maybe he came to the same conclusion as you, your LR activity is OK but it needs to be outstanding to get the team from the rut it's currently in.

I don't think there's any malice from JY

I doubt there is. But it's still pretty bad form to openly speculate on how the LR culture of another SHL team is as an SHL GM.


And given the growth in the last few seasons, our team is hardly in a rut.

 

Cal Labovitch |'| RW #12 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Switzerland

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Personal details

Hometown: Lausanne, Switzerland

Height: 6'1" |'| Weight: 202 lbs

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SHL STATISTICS

Regular season
S55 REG |'| Minnesota Chiefs      |'| GP: 50 |'| G:   12 |'| A: 15 |'| P: 27

S56 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 50 |'| G:   21 |'| A: 12 |'| P: 33

S57 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   31 |'| A: 20 |'| P: 51

S58 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   19 |'| A: 34 |'| P: 53

S59 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   23 |'| A: 39 |'| P: 62

S60 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   24 |'| A: 31 |'| P: 55

S61 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   42 |'| A: 30 |'| P: 72

S62 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   27 |'| A: 33 |'| P: 60

S63 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   18 |'| A: 35 |'| P: 53

S64 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   28 |'| A: 25 |'| P: 53

S65 REG |'| Baltimore Platoon |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   23 |'| A: 33 |'| P: 56

Post Season
S55 PO |'| Minnesota Chiefs      |'| Did not make playoffs                 

S56 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs                

S57 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs                

S58 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs                 

S59 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs                

S60 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 4 |'| G:   3 |'| A: 0 |'| P: 3

S61 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 4 |'| G:   1 |'| A: 2 |'| P: 3

S62 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 5 |'| G:   2 |'| A: 2 |'| P: 4

S63 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs

S64 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Did not make playoffs

S65 PO |'| Baltimore Platoon |'| GP: 5 |'| G:   2 |'| A: 1 |'| P: 3

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SMJHL STATISTICS

Regular season

S51 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 50 |'| G:   7 |'| A: 24 |'| P: 31

S52 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 50 |'| G: 19 |'| A: 35 |'| P: 54

S53 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 50 |'| G: 16 |'| A: 25 |'| P: 41

S54 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 50 |'| G:   9 |'| A: 14 |'| P: 23

Post Season

S51 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP:   7 |'| G: 3 |'| A: 2 |'| P: 5
S52 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 10 |'| G: 5 |'| A: 1 |'| P: 6

S53 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 17 |'| G: 2 |'| A: 3 |'| P: 5

S54 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP:   7 |'| G: 1 |'| A: 3 |'| P: 4

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WJC STATISTICS

S50 WJC |'| Team Alpine |'| GP: 19 |'| G: 0 |'| A:   2   |'| P:   2

S51 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 21 |'| G: 4 |'| A: 10   |'| P: 14

S52 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 2 |'| A:   6   |'| P:   8

S53 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 1 |'| A: 12   |'| P: 13

S54 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 1 |'| A:   2   |'| P:   3

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IIHF STATISTICS

S51 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 0 |'| A: 0 |'| P:  0

S52 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 0 |'| A: 0 |'| P:  0

S53 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 2 |'| A: 3 |'| P:  5

S54 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 1 |'| A: 6 |'| P:  7

S55 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 4 |'| A: 2 |'| P:  6

S56 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 2 |'| A: 3 |'| P:  5

S57 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 3 |'| A: 5 |'| P:  8

S58 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 4 |'| A: 7 |'| P: 11

S59 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 6 |'| A: 7 |'| P: 13

S60 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 3 |'| A: 4 |'| P:  7

S61 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 3 |'| A:12 |'| P:15

S62 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 3 |'| A: 3 |'| P:  6

S63 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 4 |'| A: 6 |'| P: 10

S64 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 6 |'| A: 5 |'| P: 11

S65 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 9 |'| A: 6 |'| P: 15

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Awards, Cups and Medals

S51 |'| Elias Armia Award (Commissioners' award of excellence)

S51 |'| IIHF (Switzerland NT) |'| Silver medal

S51 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Co-GM

S51 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Bronze medal

S52 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Laurifer Trophy  

S52 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Co-GM

S53 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Laurifer Trophy 

S53 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Oriens Trophy 

S53 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Four Star Cup

S54 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Co-GM

S55 |'| Minnesota Chiefs |'| Called up to SHL

S55 |'| Ryan Jesster Trophy (nominee)

S56 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Co-GM

S59 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GM

S61 |'| Jay McDonald Trophy

S61 |'| Ron Mexico Trophy (nominee)

S62 |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GM

S63 |'| IIHF (Switzerland NT) |'| Silver medal

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Draft position
SHL     |'| Draft S52 |'| Round 1 |'|   2OA
SMJHL |'| Draft S51 |'| Round 3 |'| 25OA

 

  

Julian Flörsch |'| LD #42 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Switzerland

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Personal details

Hometown: Geneva, Switzerland

Height: 6'0" |'| Weight: 200 lbs

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SHL STATISTICS

Regular season[/pbl]

S69 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:    8 |'| A: 23 |'| P: 31

S70 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   11 |'| A: 24 |'| P: 35

S71 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   10 |'| A: 18 |'| P: 28

S72 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   09 |'| A: 27 |'| P: 36

S73 REG |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   08 |'| A: 25 |'| P: 33

Post Season
S69 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 5 |'| G:   0 |'| A: 2 |'| P: 2
S70 PO |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| GP: 4 |'| G:   0 |'| A: 0 |'| P: 0
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SMJHL STATISTICS
Regular season
S65 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 66 |'| G:   7 |'| A: 15 |'| P: 22
S66 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 66 |'| G: 11 |'| A: 19 |'| P: 30
S67 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 66 |'| G: 16 |'| A: 36 |'| P: 52
S68 REG |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 66 |'| G: 13 |'| A: 40 |'| P: 53
Post Season
S65 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 17 |'| G: 0 |'| A: 3 |'| P: 3
S66 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP:  0 |'| G: 0 |'| A: 0 |'| P: 0
S67 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 10 |'| G: 2 |'| A: 2 |'| P: 4
S68 PO |'| Detroit Falcons |'| GP: 18 |'| G: 5 |'| A: 8 |'| P:13
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WJC STATISTICS
S64 WJC |'| Team SWEDEN |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 1 |'| A:   1   |'| P:   2
S65 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 1 |'| A:  5   |'| P:  6
S66 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 1 |'| A:   6   |'| P:   7
S67 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 3 |'| A:   1   |'| P:   4
S68 WJC |'| Team DACH |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 1 |'| A:  4   |'| P:  5
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IIHF STATISTICS
S66 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 1 |'| A: 3 |'| P:  4
S67 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 0 |'| A: 1 |'| P:  1
S68 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 13 |'| G: 0 |'| A: 1 |'| P:  1
S69 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 0 |'| A: 0 |'| P:  0
S70 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 0 |'| A: 1 |'| P:  1

S71 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 15 |'| G: 2 |'| A: 3 |'| P:  5

S72 IIHF |'| Switzerland NT |'| GP: 12 |'| G: 0 |'| A: 3 |'| P:  3

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Awards, Cups and Medals

S65 |'| IIHF (Switzerland NT) |'| Gold medal

S65 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Laurifer trophy

S65 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Linna-Landvik trophy

S65 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Four Star Cup
S65 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Gold medal
S66 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Gold medal
S67 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Gold medal
S68 |'| Quilha Agante Trophy
S68 |'| WJC (Team DACH) |'| Gold medal
S68 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Laurifer trophy
S68 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Linna-Landvik trophy
S68 |'| Detroit Falcons |'| Four Star Cup
S68 |'| Quilha Agante Trophy (nominee)

S69 |'| Minnesota Monarchs |'| Called up to SHL
S69 |'| Ryan Jesster Trophy (nominee)

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Draft position
SHL|'| Draft S66 |'| Autodrafted

SMJHL|'| Draft S65 |'| Round 1 |'|   11OA

 

  

 
Credit for the images goes to @Carpy48, @soulja, @fever95 and @Wasty

That's fair, JY is an experienced GM and user on the site. Maybe he came to the same conclusion as you, your LR activity is OK but it needs to be outstanding to get the team from the rut it's currently in.

I don't think there's any malice from JY

I doubt there is. But it's still pretty bad form to openly speculate on how the LR culture of another SHL team is as an SHL GM.


And given the growth in the last few seasons, our team is hardly in a rut.

I hope you are right, and I bet we all want a more competitive league.

Mephistopheles Morgonstjärna | Right Defense | Detroit Falcons
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 235 lbs
Number: 66


RETIRED

Hippo Passamus | Center/Wing | Buffalo Stampede
Birthplace: Borås, Sweden
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 290 lbs
Number: 6
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Career Statistics:
SHL Regular Season:
BUF | S46 | 50 GP | 13 G | 12 A | 25 P | +21 |   0 PIM | 9 H
BUF | S47 | 50 GP | 9 G   | 21 A | 30 P | +0   |  5 PIM | 2 H
BUF | S48 | 50 GP | 12 G | 14 A | 26 P | +11 |   5 PIM | 7 H
BUF | S49 | 50 GP | 22 G | 22 A | 44 P | +4   | 34 PIM | 192 H
BUF | S50 | 50 GP | 17 G | 24 A | 41 P | +11 | 58 PIM | 203 H
BUF | S51 | 50 GP | 18 G | 27 A | 45 P | +16 | 42 PIM | 157 H
BUF | S52 | 50 GP | 15 G | 25 A | 40 P | +0   | 61 PIM | 187 H
BUF | S53 | 50 GP | 23 G | 33 A | 56 P | +25 | 14 PIM | 117 H
BUF | S54 | 50 GP | 25 G | 29 A | 54 P | +42 | 6 PIM  | 129 H
BUF | S55 | 50 GP | 25 G | 31 A | 56 P | +48 | 2 PIM  | 141 H
BUF | S56 | 50 GP | 22 G | 36 A | 58 P | +25 | 14 PIM | 121 H
BUF | S57 | 66 GP | 24 G | 36 A | 60 P | +26 | 4 PIM  | 157 H
BUF | S58 | 66 GP | 21 G | 32 A | 53 P | +38 | 16 PIM | 127 H
BUF | S59 | 66 GP | 16 G | 32 A | 48 P | +18 | 14 PIM | 81 H
BUF | TOT | 748 GP | 262 G | 374 A | 636 P | +288 | 276 PIM | 1630 H
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SHL Playoffs:
BUF | S46 | 17 GP | 5 G   | 4 A   | 9 P   | +10 | 0 PIM | 14 H
BUF | S47 | 13 GP | 3 G   | 2 A   | 5 P   | -3    | 0 PIM | 10 H
BUF | S48 | 22 GP | 12 G | 18 A | 30 P | +11  | 0 PIM | 0 H
BUF | S49 | 5 GP   | 2 G   | 3 A   | 5 P  | +0    | 4 PIM | 15 H
BUF | S50 | 6 GP   | 2 G   | 2 A   | 4 P  | +3    | 2 PIM | 20 H
BUF | S51 | 8 GP   | 2 G   | 2 A   | 4 P  | -9     | 4 PIM | 27 H
BUF | S52 | 15 GP | 5 G   | 9 A   | 14 P| +1     | 23 PIM | 50 H
BUF | S53 | 4 GP   | 1 G   | 1 A   | 2 P  | -7     | 0 PIM | 12 H
BUF | S54 | 13 GP | 6 G   | 7 A   | 13 P  | +5    | 4 PIM | 34 H
BUF | S55 | 17 GP  | 3 G   | 7 A   | 10 P  | +10 | 0 PIM | 44 H
BUF | S56 | 23 GP  | 8 G   | 9 A   | 17 P  | +12 | 4 PIM | 66 H
BUF | S57 | 17 GP  | 8 G   | 3 A   | 11 P  | +5   | 0 PIM | 17 H
BUF | S58 | 21 GP  | 4 G   | 9 A   | 13 P  | +6   | 4 PIM | 44 H
BUF | S59 | 19 GP  | 7 G   | 10 A   | 17 P  | +16   | 4 PIM | 40 H
BUF | TOT | 200 GP | 68 G | 86 A | 154 P | +51 | 59 PIM | 403 H
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SMJHL Regular Season:
DET | S42-45 | 200 GP | 54 G | 77 A | 131 P | +38 | 92 PIM | 228 H
SMJHL Playoffs:
DET | S42-45 | 43 GP | 17 G | 25 A | 42 P | +8 | 14 PIM | 44 H


Career Achivements:
S44 Ideen Fallah Trophy Nomination
S44 Brandon Holmes Trophy
S45 Ronan O'Keefe Trophy
S45 Brodie Witzel Trophy
S45 Vyacheslav Onoprienko Trophy Nomination
S46 Challenge Cup Champion
S48 Challenge Cup Champion
S48 Anton Razov Trophy Nomination
S51 Jeff Darr Trophy Nomination
S55 Jeff Darr Trophy Nomination

I didn't see anything bad in JY's post, shouldn't people be allowed to be critical and offer controversial takes in their media pieces as long as they stay respectful? Aren't those the most engaging ones for us readers? I rarely see articles where someone is willing to go as in-depth in his analysis of teams that aren't his own as JY is here, this kind of work should be celebrated, not trashed because he slightly criticized a team that has objectively not had a lot of success lately.

As the MIN head GM allow me to step in for a second to possibly expand on this. I get where Muted's frustration comes. I don't begrudge JY for the article, as many have said he makes a much deeper analysis in these than most do. I do think he is simply offering what he sees from the outside and as a long serving GM. But part of the frustration I and many people who I have brought into Minny's War Room is changing the league's perception of us as a team. Hell this point was a major part of my application when I applied for the job. People have been calling our locker room dead since near when I was drafted in S46. Now I will be the first to admit we are not all chatting 24/7 continuously, but we are far from dead. Many of us are adults with jobs/school, living in different time zones, etc. That being said we are not a dead LR, we just seem to operate more in spurts of chatting and it has been that way since before I got the job. I know the off-seasons can be rougher on this as well, my team hasn't made the post-season since S46 and that takes a toll on a franchise, I've even seen people leave the team because of it. Our rebuild got thrown way off when we made the FHM swap and were suddenly slapped from being a fringe playoff team trying to retool to being stuck on the bottom of the league. It's hard to get people motivated when by Game 10 of the regular season you know you won't make the playoffs. By now we don't even pay attention to the Awards ceremony because we rarely even get a nomination, much less feeling like any of us could win. Something people who have only been at the top of the league(not saying everyone, but some people don't get how lucky they have been in this league) don't seem to get is how demoralizing it can be to be on the bottom season after season no matter what work you put in. We don't even have the individual success of having a good player on a bad team like in the STHS days. Despite that I have tried doing my best to bring in amazing people in through the draft and trades to create a cozy LR environment that is welcoming, accepting, and feels like a family. If anyone wants to think my LR is a ghost town, they should have seen what it was like before I took over.

All of this rambling to say I get where Muted is coming from. He's also one of our most passionate members and it gets tiring seeing people say we a bad team publicly over and over again and it definitely has ramifications beyond simply the media.

I have been GM in Minny since taking over prior to the S52 SHL draft, in fact Muted was my first ever draft pick as an SHL GM. During that time, I haven't been able to sign a single free agent to my franchise. Every time I was told "I'm resigning with my current team, I want to win now, It's the wrong time for my player based on where Minny is at, etc" It's made our rebuild that more agonizing when we see top tier talent hit the market and find out repeatedly not matter what we pitch, we are not good enough. I'd like to say I've personally moved past it, but it still stings knowing if maybe 1 of those people took a chance on us, we might have attracted more, won more, or even made the post-season. I'm also not going to act like I've never made a misstep as a GM, but when you are on the bottom of the league, those missteps get put under a much bigger microscope. I've taken plenty of risks that backfired right in my face. I've definitely made mistakes as the GM and I don't know how many times I've considered just walking away at the end of a season because nothing seemed to change no matter what kind of effort we put in. Each season I try to go into it with new resolve to make it better than the last for my players.

I've already gotten to witness my own player's career take the bullet of hitting their prime during the engine switch and likely shattering any hope for the HOF. I don't want Minny to be a sob story or the laughingstock of this league. All I want is for my team to do better and let all the people who put faith in me, see some kind of reward or recognition for their hard work.

     

I've already gotten to witness my own player's career take the bullet of hitting their prime during the engine switch and likely shattering any hope for the HOF. I don't want Minny to be a sob story or the laughingstock of this league. All I want is for my team to do better and let all the people who put faith in me, see some kind of reward or recognition for their hard work.

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As the MIN head GM allow me to step in for a second to possibly expand on this. I get where Muted's frustration comes. I don't begrudge JY for the article, as many have said he makes a much deeper analysis in these than most do. I do think he is simply offering what he sees from the outside and as a long serving GM. But part of the frustration I and many people who I have brought into Minny's War Room is changing the league's perception of us as a team. Hell this point was a major part of my application when I applied for the job. People have been calling our locker room dead since near when I was drafted in S46. Now I will be the first to admit we are not all chatting 24/7 continuously, but we are far from dead. Many of us are adults with jobs/school, living in different time zones, etc. That being said we are not a dead LR, we just seem to operate more in spurts of chatting and it has been that way since before I got the job. I know the off-seasons can be rougher on this as well, my team hasn't made the post-season since S46 and that takes a toll on a franchise, I've even seen people leave the team because of it. Our rebuild got thrown way off when we made the FHM swap and were suddenly slapped from being a fringe playoff team trying to retool to being stuck on the bottom of the league. It's hard to get people motivated when by Game 10 of the regular season you know you won't make the playoffs. By now we don't even pay attention to the Awards ceremony because we rarely even get a nomination, much less feeling like any of us could win. Something people who have only been at the top of the league(not saying everyone, but some people don't get how lucky they have been in this league) don't seem to get is how demoralizing it can be to be on the bottom season after season no matter what work you put in. We don't even have the individual success of having a good player on a bad team like in the STHS days. Despite that I have tried doing my best to bring in amazing people in through the draft and trades to create a cozy LR environment that is welcoming, accepting, and feels like a family. If anyone wants to think my LR is a ghost town, they should have seen what it was like before I took over.

All of this rambling to say I get where Muted is coming from. He's also one of our most passionate members and it gets tiring seeing people say we a bad team publicly over and over again and it definitely has ramifications beyond simply the media.

I have been GM in Minny since taking over prior to the S52 SHL draft, in fact Muted was my first ever draft pick as an SHL GM. During that time, I haven't been able to sign a single free agent to my franchise. Every time I was told "I'm resigning with my current team, I want to win now, It's the wrong time for my player based on where Minny is at, etc" It's made our rebuild that more agonizing when we see top tier talent hit the market and find out repeatedly not matter what we pitch, we are not good enough. I'd like to say I've personally moved past it, but it still stings knowing if maybe 1 of those people took a chance on us, we might have attracted more, won more, or even made the post-season. I'm also not going to act like I've never made a misstep as a GM, but when you are on the bottom of the league, those missteps get put under a much bigger microscope. I've taken plenty of risks that backfired right in my face. I've definitely made mistakes as the GM and I don't know how many times I've considered just walking away at the end of a season because nothing seemed to change no matter what kind of effort we put in. Each season I try to go into it with new resolve to make it better than the last for my players.

I've already gotten to witness my own player's career take the bullet of hitting their prime during the engine switch and likely shattering any hope for the HOF. I don't want Minny to be a sob story or the laughingstock of this league. All I want is for my team to do better and let all the people who put faith in me, see some kind of reward or recognition for their hard work.

That was a great post, much respect for it!

As the MIN head GM allow me to step in for a second to possibly expand on this. I get where Muted's frustration comes. I don't begrudge JY for the article, as many have said he makes a much deeper analysis in these than most do. I do think he is simply offering what he sees from the outside and as a long serving GM. But part of the frustration I and many people who I have brought into Minny's War Room is changing the league's perception of us as a team. Hell this point was a major part of my application when I applied for the job. People have been calling our locker room dead since near when I was drafted in S46. Now I will be the first to admit we are not all chatting 24/7 continuously, but we are far from dead. Many of us are adults with jobs/school, living in different time zones, etc. That being said we are not a dead LR, we just seem to operate more in spurts of chatting and it has been that way since before I got the job. I know the off-seasons can be rougher on this as well, my team hasn't made the post-season since S46 and that takes a toll on a franchise, I've even seen people leave the team because of it. Our rebuild got thrown way off when we made the FHM swap and were suddenly slapped from being a fringe playoff team trying to retool to being stuck on the bottom of the league. It's hard to get people motivated when by Game 10 of the regular season you know you won't make the playoffs. By now we don't even pay attention to the Awards ceremony because we rarely even get a nomination, much less feeling like any of us could win. Something people who have only been at the top of the league(not saying everyone, but some people don't get how lucky they have been in this league) don't seem to get is how demoralizing it can be to be on the bottom season after season no matter what work you put in. We don't even have the individual success of having a good player on a bad team like in the STHS days. Despite that I have tried doing my best to bring in amazing people in through the draft and trades to create a cozy LR environment that is welcoming, accepting, and feels like a family. If anyone wants to think my LR is a ghost town, they should have seen what it was like before I took over.

All of this rambling to say I get where Muted is coming from. He's also one of our most passionate members and it gets tiring seeing people say we a bad team publicly over and over again and it definitely has ramifications beyond simply the media.

I have been GM in Minny since taking over prior to the S52 SHL draft, in fact Muted was my first ever draft pick as an SHL GM. During that time, I haven't been able to sign a single free agent to my franchise. Every time I was told "I'm resigning with my current team, I want to win now, It's the wrong time for my player based on where Minny is at, etc" It's made our rebuild that more agonizing when we see top tier talent hit the market and find out repeatedly not matter what we pitch, we are not good enough. I'd like to say I've personally moved past it, but it still stings knowing if maybe 1 of those people took a chance on us, we might have attracted more, won more, or even made the post-season. I'm also not going to act like I've never made a misstep as a GM, but when you are on the bottom of the league, those missteps get put under a much bigger microscope. I've taken plenty of risks that backfired right in my face. I've definitely made mistakes as the GM and I don't know how many times I've considered just walking away at the end of a season because nothing seemed to change no matter what kind of effort we put in. Each season I try to go into it with new resolve to make it better than the last for my players.

I've already gotten to witness my own player's career take the bullet of hitting their prime during the engine switch and likely shattering any hope for the HOF. I don't want Minny to be a sob story or the laughingstock of this league. All I want is for my team to do better and let all the people who put faith in me, see some kind of reward or recognition for their hard work.

Very well thought out and good to hear your take. Obviously im not on your team, but Im rooting for you to turn that team around. Hopefully people reading this, will be people that see you care about the team and will sign on knowing you care

   

Jeff Goldblum || Maine Timber || D || S73 ||

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S72 SMJHL Draft 14OA Maine Timber

Former Player

Sean Gatez || Calgary Dragons || D || S57 ||
Height: 6'-4"

Weight: 220LBS

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Timber Alexander Roach Award (Timber MVP) S59

Timber Dominic Montgomery Award(Best Defenseman) S59

Timber Captain S58 S59

Timber Alternate Captain S57
Timber Dash-Sondergard Award (Best Rookie S57

S56 WJC Silver Medal

S65 Challenge Cup

S69 Bojo Biscuit Award

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S56 SMJHL Draft 18OA Maine Timber

S57 SHL Draft 3OA LA Panthers

S66 Trade to Manhattan

S70 Trade to Hammilton

S70 Trade to Edmonton

S70 Trade to Calgary

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Everything that JayWhy said was so tame and pretty reasonable to say if you are an outside pair of eyes. Don’t really get the reaction from Muted here.

Thanks to @karey and @JSS for the sigs!

Teddy Cuddles  |  RW  | Edmonton Blizzard | Hall of Fame
Player Type : Two Way Forward
Height: 6'5" | Weight: 220 lbs | Age: 19
Number: 79
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Regular Season Stats :
S35 | STL | GP:28 | G:2 | A:1 | P:3 | PIMs:5 | HIT:7 | Shots:25 | +/-:-4
S36 | STL | GP:50 | G:10 | A:10 | P:20 | PIMs:5 | HIT:97 | Shots:88 | +/-:-1
S37 | STL | GP:50 | G:13 | A:27 | P:40 | PIMs:56 | HIT:120| Shots:146 | +/-:+10
S38 | EDM | GP:50 | G:6 | A:7 | P:13 | PIMs:62 | HIT:114 | Shots:83 | +/-:-18
S39 | EDM | GP:50 | G:7 | A:15 | P:22 | PIMs:36 | HIT:161 | Shots:78 | +/-:-10
S40 | EDM | GP:50 | G:13 | A:29 | P:42 | PIMs:46 | HIT:197 | Shots:109 | +/-:+7
S41 | EDM | GP:50 | G:17 | A:17 | P:34 | PIMs:49 | HIT:143 | Shots:121 | +/-:-4
S42 | EDM | GP:50 | G:17 | A:24 | P:41 | PIMs:52 | HIT:135 | Shots:132 | +/-:+9
S43 | EDM | GP:50 | G:14 | A:23 | P:37 | PIMs:24 | HIT:121 | Shots:121 | +/-:-2
S44 | EDM | GP:50 | G:21 | A:32 | P:53 | PIMs:28 | HIT:131 | Shots:214 | +/-:+19
S45 | EDM | GP:50 | G:13 | A:24 | P:37 | PIMs:51 | HIT:170 | Shots:185 | +/-:+9
S46 | EDM | GP:50 | G:29 | A:31 | P:60 | PIMs:53 | HIT:152 | Shots:195 | +/-:+9
S47 | EDM | GP:50 | G:17 | A:33 | P:50 | PIMs:46 | HIT:182 | Shots:199 | +/-:+8
S48 | EDM | GP:50 | G:22 | A:23 | P:45 | PIMs:26 | HIT:182 | Shots:210 | +/-:+7
S49 | EDM | GP:50 | G:20 | A:25 | P:45 | PIMs:36 | HIT:149 | Shots:208 | +/-:+1
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Post Season Stats :
S35 | STL | GP:7 | G:0 | A:0 | P:0 | PIMs:0 | HIT:2 | Shots:4 | +/-:+1
S36 | STL | GP:6 | G:1 | A:1 | P:2 | PIMs:7 | HIT:14 | Shots:12 | +/-:+3
S37 | STL | GP:13 | G:4 | A:5 | P:9 | PIMs:26 | HIT:26 | Shots:30 | +/-:+7
S38 | EDM | Did not qualify
S39 | EDM | GP:7 | G:3 | A:3 | P:6 | PIMs:4 | HIT:18 | Shots:10 | +/-:+1
S40 | EDM | GP:7 | G:1 | A:6 | P:7 | PIMs:4 | HIT:33 | Shots:15 | +/-:+2
S41 | EDM | GP:7 | G:2 | A:3 | P:5 | PIMs:12 | HIT:15 | Shots:15 | +/-:+1
S42 | EDM | GP:11 | G:5 | A:8 | P:13 | PIMs:10 | HIT:25 | Shots:38 | +/-:+1
S43 | EDM | Did not Qualify
S44 | EDM | GP:11 | G:4 | A:7 | P:11 | PIMs:12 | HIT:31 | Shots:42 | +/-:+3
S45 | EDM | GP:18 | G:7 | A:11 | P:18 | PIMs:24 | HIT:56 | Shots:68 | +/-:+8
S46 | EDM | GP:4 | G:0 | A:0 | P:0 | PIMs:2 | HIT:9 | Shots:11 | +/-:-5
S47 | EDM | GP:6 | G:3 | A:2 | P:5 | PIMs:6 | HIT:24 | Shots:25 | +/-:+2
S48 | EDM | GP:5 | G:2 | A:2 | P:4 | PIMs:0 | HIT:11 | Shots:19 | +/-:0
S49 | EDM | GP:23 | G:7 | A:17 | P:24 | PIMs:18 | HIT:76 | Shots:89 | +/-:-2
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Awards and Achievements:
S37 | STL Kanye Summers Award for Regular Season Team MVP
S37 | STL Bradley Wingels Award for Best Forward
S40 | Gold Medal Winner
S40 | Aidan Richan Trophy Winner
S44 | Became 4th player in Edmonton Blizzard History to reach 1000 Hits
S45 | Challenge Cup Champion
S45 | Anton Razov Trophy for Playoff MVP
S45 | Silver Medal Winner
S46 | 1st Team All Star
S46 | Sarmad Kahn Nominee
S46 | Jef Darr Nominee
S47 | Jef Darr Nominee
S49 | Challenge Cup Champion
S49 | Anton Razov Nominee
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Draft/Signing/Trade History:
S35 | Signed to STL
S36 | Drafted to Calgary 26th overall
S36 | Traded to Edmonton


Ambacas “Femboy Hooters” Cuddles | D | Tampa Bay Barracuda

Former USA Fed Head, Carolina Kraken Co-GM, Tampa Bay Barracuda GM