1. Unlucky


3. I didnt really get to know my paring mate well, they were very robotic in their day to day life honestly. Show up at the exact same time before games, get dressed while staring straight at the wall unblinking, not listening to music, not talking, not even hydrating. There were no call outs during the games and as soon as the game was over it was right back to the lockerroom, no celebrating wins or anything. they would then immediately get changed into slate grey suits and dissappear only to reappear either next game or for practice that week. It was like that for the entire defensive core if im completely honest. I had to hang out with the forwards all season because it seemed like everyone on defence was some sort of unfeeling unthinking automaton. Weirdly enough the only time I heard any of them speak was when the better of the 5 said "Ill be back" after the last game of the season. Did you know that most of the dmen on the Pride this year had a weird Austrian accent?


Funny enough, this is my first time missing the playoffs, atleast that I can remember. Taking my mind off of it has been pretty easy if im perfectly honest. The team went into the season knowing that we most likely wouldnt be making the postseason unless our coach was an absolute god, and while we still did better than anyone expected, even that challenge might have been too much even for a lesser god. We celebrated wins we shouldnt have gotten like they were our playoffs during the regular season. The way I have personally been keeping my mind off of it has been by looking forward to both the world juniors tourney this year and the IIHF tourney, as well as some minor gaming, both cards and computer, and celebrating the accomplishments of friends, like my teammate Viktor's championship victory in juniors. Turns out its pretty easy to ignore the playoffs if you want to. Go Forge.