Am I the only one that DOESN'T want to stick and would prefer being sent down to the AHL? I started off playing through an entire CHL season with my 5'10", 270-pound, LW wrecking ball power forward. Played through every single game. Did pretty good. Knocked a lot of heads (650+ of them), racked up a crap-ton of points... but nothing surprising playing vs.50-60 overall failed abortions.
Dude ended up getting drafted #1 overall by the Jets. I knew going in it was going to be a lot harder, but Superstar difficulty in the NHL with my low attributes... *******. I went from shredding guys left and right to being an absolute man-boy. Occasionally I'll get in a big hit, but more often than not, I just bounce off people, and I'm not at all surprised by it. My player's totally outclassed in every single way, and my teammates seem to think it's a Saturday free skate at the local arena. My player needs a LOT more development, the kind he could get in the AHL. Unfortunately for him, he's not going there, I'm not racking up a whole lot of experience points and I doubt I will be anytime soon.
Cause we can't get wins, and there's no way the coach is getting rid of me unless I act like an utter and complete ass hole, and I told myself I wouldn't. This game can be frustrating as hell sometimes. Feels like I'm trying to carry the entire team every single game, and I'm getting crushed under its weight. I'm leading the team in the points department right now, and that doesn't mean a whole lot. I fought my ass off to get 2 goals and 3 assists... in 8 games, and we've only managed to win 1. I always sim to the next shift, and the other lines never score. OK, almost never score. The only time they DID score was when I had a big 3-point game. Then they lit up the board a few times.
Anyways, yeah... the coach "loves" me. I currently seem to be his proverbial crutch. If we don't win the Stanley cup, it'll all be the star rookie's fault. We're going 1-7-0 right now. I was hoping for a send-down, but instead, he moved me up to the second line. Media loves ripping into me, too. "So you were a real turnover machine out there tonight, what was that all about?" Let's see... maybe it's my dumbass teammates forgetting how to receive a perfect pass when they're completely open, drifting up the neutral zone, preferring to watch it slide past them and into the other team's possession. Or maybe never REALLY having possession of the puck in the first place, and having to fight for it as it flicks back and forth after breaking up a pass. But, you know... you had it for .01 seconds. Or maybe it was when I cleared the zone on the PK, but... whoops... I used the pass button instead of shooting cause the situation called for it, a.k.a. I didn't want to get crushed before getting rid of the puck, and passing up is faster than shooting.
"You had a few long shifts out there tonight. Like, come on, man. What's going on? lololol" Whoever said that the Jets were sieves was absolutely right, that's what's going on. It seems like their idea of breaking out of the defensive zone is running around like chickens with their heads cut off and then hugging the boards 'til the other team takes the puck away. Definitely doesn't involve passing me the puck when I'm completely open for a breakout. Cause slapping to the other side across the boards behind the net is a much greater idea. Even though it gets intercepted every single time, or creates another tie-up on the boards, which can go on forever or until the other team scores. I end up having to compensate for these ******-nozzles CONSTANTLY. If I try to stay in position, we end up getting tied up in our own zone eternally.
My teammates also seem to be massive puck hogs that step offside whenever I try to walk the puck in. Even though they're not that far ahead of me, and their positioning is ****tier than mine cause they're trying for the center when it's completely blocked off. I'd go on a rant about the other team scoring the second I step on the ice, but that's been covered enough already and I don't have the energy.
In the words of Denis Lemieux: "Trade me right ****ing now."
Never wanted to play for the Jets to begin with. Despite all that, I told myself I was going to tough it out for as long as humanly possible. Really don't feel like giving ass hole responses. Think I'm going to let my ELC run out, or apparently I can ask for a trade after my second season. Just sucks cause I feel like my player's development is going to be gimped by this, from all the missed experience points.
