Since Anthony Archer went to Edmonton for his VIP trip in last year's playoffs, this time he's decided to change it up and go see the playoffs from Hamilton's perspective. Anthony really enjoys seeing the stadium environments the playoffs and championship games can bring from various team's perspectives. This past season in his rookie year he was fortunate enough to make the playoffs in Tampa Bay and that was thrilling. Archer takes an uber to all of his destinations throughout his stay. His destinations range from the local theater to watch an expensive play to dining at some of the finest steak houses the city has to offer. And of course, he selects the best reviewed hotel in the city as his choice of shelter. To top it all off, Archer makes sure to fly first class on AirCanada, both ways to make sure Eggie is proud.


The time has come -- Anthony Archer has become so physical that he's lost control and has missed a lot of big hits lately and taken out his own players. More particularly his defense men, in a sad attempt at back checking. After the 3rd Dman bites the dust, they have no more healthy scratches or depth to pull from and Anthony is called into the coach's office the next day. He briefly explained to him that not only is this a punishment for taking out half of their defensive line, but it's also the only choice they have, which is to put Archer on defense. The coach is aware Archer isn't exactly the strongest skater when it comes to skating backwards. He basically explains to him that he doesn't really have to cover people, he should just hit everyone he can, as long as he doesn't kill the forwards. Anthony Archer smiles and nods in approval.

Anthony Archer is most eagerly looking to his first ever free agency in the SHL and his second ever contract negotiation. Rumor has it that Anthony Archer's camp is currently open towards heading towards free agency, but has received multiple offers from the Tampa Bay Barracuda. The most recent report claims Archer has received an offer of $5 million a year, with the contract length being unknown. That would be a $2 million increase from Archer's rookie contract, which is approximately the average for a Barracuda player. Another part of the off season Anthony is looking forward to is hitting the rink back home and getting in a lot of long daily training sessions and hit a spike in development for his sophomore season. Through the season Archer missed quite a handful of practices due to illness in order to make sure he was playing for games so his development has been slacking some and he hopes to correct that this offseason.

To find out what can be done, the SHL first needs to assess why fans aren't watching. Some of the reasons they find in particular are that American football post season is going on, fighting and checking is down in the SHL, and no one in the league can pull off the lacrosse move or rather 'The Svech' if you prefer. To address these problems, the SHL can first start by advertising during NFL playoff games. One member of the think tank event mentions putting an ad during the super bowl to which the committee nervously chuckles as they think about the price tag on it. To address the next issue, the town hall comes short of an idea. The only proposal they have is to send out testosterone pills and steroids to all players that are mandatory to take. For the final issue, the league agrees to hold a workshop for every team hosted by Andrei Svechnikov in which he teaches them how to do 'the Michigan.'

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I just wrote about the SHL being dead
And what we can do

The ratings are down
The fans are watching football
It makes the players frown
When they hear Tom Brady down the hall

Things just aren't the same
So gather up all your cash
And please come to a game
Or our jobs will be gone in a flash

We won't overcharge by a cent
Please come fast, we can't pay rent