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enigmatic · 10-20-2024, 09:26 PM

Elena doesn't like to be in the spotlight. There are bigger and stronger personalities on the team and she is more than happy to let them shine. However, she is a big part of the team and with the year she just had, she understands that the team would be interested in using her in marketing material more. She was never hostile to the idea because she knows as a professional athlete, it's something that is expected of her and she can't just take what she likes about that career and not do the rest but this season has been particularly intense. The team was very helpful in helping her navigate her newfound superstardom after flying more under the radar for many years, even going as far as to providing a coach to help her answer media questions from journalists who are suddenly very interested in her. She finds comfort in having premade answers she can use when she has nothing interesting to say.

Huck24 · 10-20-2024, 09:26 PM

Written Option 2

Lyle Odelein IV is a rookie this season. His first time playing in the SHL and he also has the added pressure of playing for the team that his father, Lyle Odelein III played his entire SHL career with and many of those years, he was the captain of the team. The younger Odelein knows what it takes and know that it isn't easy to become successful playing professional hockey in New Orleans or in the SHL itself! This is a story that the team and the city have gotten behind, so Lyle Odelein IV has been doing a lot of media time. Talking about how he has some big shoes to fill, that his father was a mainstay in New Orleans for so many years and that his family name means a lot to the franchise and the city. This also means a lot to Lyle Odelein IV, he wants to succeed, for the team, for the city, for his father and most of all, for himself. This season means a lot to everyone involved and that makes it special. It's going be a fun one.

**brickwall35** · 10-20-2024, 09:30 PM

Journey Man likes taking the time with media to show off a bit of his multicultural background by answering questions in different languages. The French Canadian media was the first to pick up on it, but as Journey's prominence has risen, he has begun to receive more and more questions from international media, in many different languages. Being able to speak directly to people in often overlooked nations, in their tongue, is a great joy for Man, and he feels it helps bring him closer with everyone. It does lead to some awkward scenarios, like when he has no idea what the question being asked is since he doesn't speak ALL languages. Journey Doesn't have much as far as sponsorship deals at the moment, but he's hoping he can get one with Duolingo in the future. For now, he's fine repping the various travel agencies, hotels, and various local international food spots.

***JR95*** · 10-20-2024, 09:31 PM

option 2

While Nathan Cormier doesn't mind speaking to the media or being in the spotlight, he isn't someone who really seeks out that kind of thrill. He's a more reserved, quiet person that likes to keep to himself when he can. It's not because he gets nervous, or freezes up, or thinks he'll sound stupid. He's even very good at handling that pressure and speaking to the media with a certain level of confidence in swagger. He's just a guy who wants to stay focused on his next hockey game at all times and having the extra pressure and attention can sometimes take him out of that zone of focusing on the next match. Hockey players are creatures of habit after all, and he is no different. Luckily for cormier there are many young and exciting prospects coming up in NEW that will start taking some of the attention and he can get back to focusing on nothing but his game.

Wearingabear · 10-20-2024, 09:33 PM

Ubba Lodbrok, former center for the Anchorage Armada of the Simulation Major Junior Hockey League and current center for the Philly Forge of the Simulation Hockey League, really pissed off the GMs. You know why? You know what he did? He accidentally swiped right on the GMs niece. Whoops, she had a different last name, doesn't spend time around the rink and did have anyone to tell him better. So now he has to go around the locker room and change all the bulbs to LEDs. This takes him forever as they have quite a few light bulbs in the locker room. Not only is it the locker room, it's the showers, the kitchen, the stalls, the video room, the laundry room, the equipment room, the players lounge, the physio room, all of the coaches offices. Everywhere there's a bulb, there's Ubba changing it out. The remaining bulbs in the arena? Well, he'll leave that for the r&m boys.

.Laser · 10-20-2024, 09:44 PM

Graj would absolutely outright refuse to change all the bulbs in the stadium. Though he respects his owners, coaches, managers, everyone, such a ridiculous task would take away from his time on the ice in practice and would make it so that he wouldn't be able to practice and perfect his craft. He's noticed himself falling off the last few seasons, and he needs to focus on making sure that he's just as good as he expects himself to be. He would, however, attempt to make some kind of deal with the owner to make sure that everything gets done, such as footing the bill to have a group of professionals come in and do it, or possibly even recruit all of his teammates to take their weekly three-hour team-building session and just replace all the light bulbs. He believes his teammates respect him enough to do that for him, and he could make it fun too.

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***Faelax*** · 10-20-2024, 09:47 PM

Going back to her days in Quebec City and Maine, Anna has always been put in front of the media, often times despite her wishes. But like a good soldier, she always gets out and answers whatever stupid questions the media is asking. Lots of "Yeah we really outworked them tonight" or "We didn't get enough pucks in deep, need to do better at that". Back in Maine, the players had a game they played where they would see how much hockey jargon they could jam into a single interview. There were always bonus points awarded if you could fit in the phrase "Forecheck, backcheck, paycheck" without making yourself sound like an absolute idiot. Sponsorship deals are a bit different, seeing as those are an easy way to make some extra money on the side. Anna would always take any sponsorship deal she was offered, regardless of how stupid the product pitch would be, as there is always a price tag on embarrasssing yourself on TV or radio.

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***sve7en*** · 10-20-2024, 09:49 PM

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ZodiacEXE · 10-20-2024, 09:54 PM

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*UptownCord* · 10-20-2024, 10:02 PM

Bernard Lodge feels fairly loved by his General Manager down in New Orleans, but he did recently get into a spiff with his boss. To earn the ire of his boss, he refused to meet with the media before the season started. To Lodge, it seems pretty fair as he was still located in England at the time. Perhaps he could have come down early, but its the principle of the thing! As such, he refused to change the lights for about a week. However, after being forced to choose between practicing in the dark vs not practicing at all, he chose to change the lights. The GM must watch out though! Any more interactions like this and Lodge may decide to quit playing big league hockey and head back to England to live close to home. All that being said though, he is still more than happy being the man in net in New Orleans.

Symmetrik · 10-20-2024, 10:11 PM

Written Option 2:

Katharina Rosenthal is the starting goalie, so like it or not for her the spotlight will often be pointed at her. She knows after any rough loss or bad goal, the cameras will be pointing at her wondering why. Fortunately for Katharina, she knows that there's nothing they can say about her play that she doesn't already know. Once she's dealt with her own criticisms, she has no problem re-hashing them to the media, and most of the time has no issues bluntly pointing out the obviously stupid questions. "What happened on that bad goal?" "Well, I didn't stop the puck. It happens sometimes to goalies." She's not one to be going out of her way to be a marketing star, or a sponsorship darling, but she's not afraid to go toe to toe with the media. A goalie has to have a pretty strong mental game to make it at this level, after that the media isn't all that scary.

Steelflex · 10-20-2024, 10:18 PM

Option 2: Jefferson's least favorite part of being a professional athlete is the fame and expectations that come with it -- unfortunately this season as one of the fresh faces in Seattle, he's been expected to make the rounds with the media before games, after games and far too often in between games. Jeff just tries to put on a good face and recite all the platitudes that you'd come to expect of an athlete -- "just keeping my head down and putting in the work", "just trying to keep the puck on their side of the ice and find the open man to take the shot" -- it's not flashy and probably wont result in a ton of sponsorships or cheesy local commercial spots, but that's never been Jeff's scene. He hated public speaking in school and he sure as hell doesn't like it now that his job is to play some hockey, but he'll play nice and do what the team needs, when it needs it.

***Takk806*** · 10-20-2024, 10:19 PM

Quote:Graphic Option 2: Create an image that shows your player talking to media.

Xavier Beausoleil in a Post game press conference while showing a tshirt of this other team fromt he same city as his but in an inferior league.
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MyLittleHexx · 10-20-2024, 10:20 PM

For Sven Holmberg, the number one thing he focuses on every night is hockey. He focuses only on the on ice play, nothing outside. The media is not a fan of him, because he never gives clear answers or even pays much attention to the questions asked by media. He doesn't give the cliché answers we've all heard from players, but he also doesn't give answers filled with emotion from the game. For Holmberg, the emotion of the game stays on the ice. Everything is left on the ice, nothing is taken back into the locker room. You can be mad about something and look forward to the next game for revenge, but nothing comes out as far as media. You have to keep a professional image, and for Sven it means that staying clam and collected after a game is key. You can't be too high, and you can't be too low after a game. You just need to be there emotionally in the game, and then after you go back to normal person mode.

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***mer*** · 10-20-2024, 10:28 PM

LED bulbs are green energy friendly and good for the environment and all that, but they suck and whenever Aksel's in an arena with LEDs they shine right in his eyes. He asked to tint his visor and was denied, so he just kind of squints a lot. When he was ordered to change the lights in their home arena, he immediately went out and bought window tint. He will be tinting every single lightbulb before he screws it in, and maybe no one else will be happy, but he and his eyes will. He also does not want to screw in every single lightbulb, and the rookies are due for a bonding experience, so he's bribed them with food and drinks. He'll screw in some, as an example. They can do the rest. Aksel's sure that the arena will need to do it again, but bulbs are cheap and he's sure they won't be asking him again.

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