Talking to the media and being outspoken hasn't always come naturally to Matviy Cajabi. However, after stints with Anchorage and Maine in the SMJHL as well as international tournaments across the past four seasons, speaking publicly is something that Cajabi has become accustomed to.
Now, entering his first year as a pro with the Edmonton Blizzard, those media engagements will become even more frequent. With the abundance of personalities on the Blizzard, though, it's likely he won't be the most sought after member of the team for either pre and post-game interviews. At least not right off the hop. Like throughout most of his career thus far, Cajabi is flying somewhat under the radar to begin his SHL career but will let his play on the ice do a lot of the talking for him. It should only be a matter of time until it's Cajabi's stall that the reporters mill around first for a comment after a game.
At the end of the day, Cajabi doesn't seek out the media spotlight but it seemingly has no problem shining it's ever-present light on him.
Volta is more of an equity guy. In fact, he thinks that each player can get a chance to get a spotlight with the medias. Even if he’s the assistant captain this season for Colorado (which impact with more media spotlight), Volta wants also to help the rookies to get some too. Because in his first season, Volta got the most of media’s spotlight during his rookie season. He hasn’t much liked the media spotlight a lot because he’s more of a private social life. The medias don’t know his private life. But for the marketing, Volta is already a sensational player. In fact, being the first character on Sonic the Hedgehog Franchise to play in the big leagues of the sim leagues is already a milestone. So that’s why fans always want a Volta’s shirt to get a souvenir from him. Volta is a natural popular figure and doesn’t need medias to boost his popularity.
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Total | 203 GP | 74 G | 122 A | 196 PTS S78 | 6 GP | 2 G | 3 A | 5 PTSS79 | 0 GP | 0 G | 0 A | 0 PTS
Being part of the team’s marketing and media communications has never really been that big of a deal to Ho Lee-Smokes. In fact, the team organized media is just about the only kind of promotional things that he likes to be a part of. Wearing the Chicago jersey is a thing of pride for the young and growing defenseman. He doesn’t have that big and bubbly personality that would make him a sensation among the media normally. But the team organized media presence at the start of the season is a little bit more comfortable than just the usual media spot. For one, all of Ho’s teammates are around and also part of the fun, which builds the camaraderie amongst the group. And the fun of being part of the pre-game promotional video that the team will use during warm ups and walk outs for the first third of the season is a great time to just be a little bit goofy. Plus, often times these season intro type of media things focus on players that are new to the roster this season which allows guys like Ho Lee to take a back seat and just enjoy being one of the more seasoned members of the Syndicate.
Grzegorz annoys his GM constantly. It's probably a shorter list of what he does that doesn't annoy his GM. A few seasons ago, he did a contract holdout to try to make the GM bribe Los Angeles city officials to let him keep a pet elephant in the city. Fitzgerald "Fuzz" Essechel has since retired from his role as Panthers GM, but Grzegorz's antics continue. From the time he tried to serve deep-fried pucks to his teammates, to his insanely inconsistent performance from season to season (seriously, what's up with that? Why am I cheeks again?), to folding scratch paper into "hornets" and using rubber bands to launch them at teammates and front office employees, Grzegorz is an absolute headache who probably would've been out on his Polish ass if it weren't for the occasional McBride / Razov performance he puts up in clutch time and the fact that he's very easy to get along with in person. Asking him to change a lightbulb is only fair, and Grzegorz is a good sport about it. He gets a ladder, does the job without much flash (and somehow without hands, but how he wields his glove is a mystery best left unexamined if we're going to go there), and proves that it only takes one Polak to change a light bulb.
Paul Bondage loves joking around with hotdog in the locker room. Unfortunately, one interaction got him in some heat lately. You see, hotdog posted a picture of a very polite looking beluga whale in the "selfies" section of the locker room. Paul Bondage then stated, in quotation marks, a funny statement of when that beluga would look like that. It was determined hours later that Paul Bondage stole this statement from Twitter and SUPPOSEDLY passed it off as his own joke. The debate got a bit heated, defendants of him stating that because he used quotation marks he was not claiming those words to be his own; other saw it as blatant plagiarism. Regardless of the outcome, Paul Bondage will suck it up and change the lightbulbs. He is terrified of heights and hated every second of it, but he sucked it up and got it done as best to his ability.
Jacob Marsh quietly goes about his business on the ice so it's no surprise to find him quiet off the ice as well. Marsh isn't too involved in the marketing aspect for the Berserkers mostly being involved in game or player promos but leaving most advertisements to the more boisterous players in the room like fellow rookie Ima Noobie.
In player interviews he keeps focus on the team but takes responsibility for his play when necessary and does this in as few words as possible. Some may feel he is a bit rude in his short responses but also likely emotion or frustration leaking through.
Take the Nevada post game interview for example. Newfoundland sitting at 3-1, scored 18 goals over that stretch and Marsh was kept off the scoresheet in all 4 despite numerous chances. He was asked how it feels starting the season in a mini slump to which he just replied "sucks." When pressed on how he would start finding the net "Gotta keep working". That 4 word interview may be Marshs longest post-game interview of his career.
Since the interview, Marsh has posted 4 goals and 2 assists in 3 games. Keep working seems to be the right attitude.
I've been meaning to share this story. It all started at training camp by a player that didn't even make the team! This man, @HillsHaveHats, arrived late, as usual, to practice and @luke didn't tolerate this at all. HHH was instantly demoted and sent back to Vancouver. Even though he is a mediocre player at best once the ice, Oliver Cornwall was still expecting to make the team, but his dream was crushed rapidly by his general manager. You see, Luke was mad because he had heard from @JR95 that Oliver had been late at practice because he had spent all morning putting peanut butter in the socks of every single player of the team. To top it off, he added strawberry jam in them to create his favorite version of the famous PB&J. While the players were arriving in the locker room and dressing up, he'd screaming ''PB AND JJJJJJJJJJJJJ'' each time someone put his foot in those socks. My feet still smell like peanut butter and it's been 2 weeks. Luke was so mad by all this that he made the whole team do the lightbulb work.
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Written Option 2: Hockey is back, so is the media covering it. Each player gets their time on the spotlight, but how does your player handle it? How big part they are for their team’s marketing campaigns and how does your player feel about that? How much they like addressing the media, trying to get out with as few words as possible or trying to make themselves as well known to land some hefty sponsorship deals?
Oskar Scholz was an early first round selection for San Francisco back in season 69 and as such he has had a prominent role in the teams marketing campaign for some time, along with other big names from around that draft like Viktor Hargreeves and Toasty to name a few. It was a bit startling for him in the beginning, but over time he has become much more comfortable with the limelight. As Oskar enters his regression years though he has begun to take more of a backseat role in the front facing marketing campaigns. The next crop of superstars in Webb, Winters and Schattenaxt to name a few are quickly becoming the new face of the San Francisco Pride and as such are grabbing more and more of the market campaign (and rightfully so). Oskar has always been a player of few words and lets his play do the talking, so if the young bucks want to soak up the media attention he's more than willing to pass the torch.
Rence Sykut has always had a fairly adversarial relationship with the media. For one, he has never felt comfortable in the lime light and has gone out of his way to avoid any interaction with the press if it is avoidable. Furthermore, he feels that the questions that they come to him with are some combination of shallow, incendiary, or hunting for gotcha quotes that can be taken out of context to paint a picture that is not representative of the reality of the interview. In terms of personal endorsements, Rence has only ever accepted one marketing deal and that is with a Lithuanian company that makes pickled herring, his favorite snack from his time growing in Latvia. Rence has appeared in several magazine and television ads for the company in exchange for a steady stream of pickled Baltic herring being sent by express mail to his home on a monthly basis.
Will Tomlander swears he did not do it on purpose, but apparently he managed to park in the General Manager parking spot, and then left his car overnight when he had to go clubbing with some of the other team mates. Also, coincidentally the clubbing probably did not help their game performance the next day. But Will thought that he had to show some leadership by taking the younger players like AT-AT Wolker and Stavros Kondos to show them the best spots to go in Seattle to find some stress relief from the not so good games that they have been having.
Either way, it is good to switch to LED bulbs to both help save the environment and also increase the lighting level in the stadium. Sometimes if the lighting is dim it is much harder to track the puck, as they do not have the weird glowing puck tracker thing that sometimes the TV people use to help those at home.
Mary Hollywood is Schrodinger's Media Personality. She can be her team's greatest weapon when it comes to energizing the fans for an upcoming season or placating them with entertaining anecdotes when they are restless as a result of long stretch of despicable performances by the team at large. However, she can also be a tremendous liability. Sometimes, you will get a nice little story out of her where everyone will go "Mary, you're so quirky!" as she eats a bunch of popcorn or goes to some kind of media appearance and hands out bags of Manhattan Rage branded popcorn to kids or something. Other times, she is a hideous media liability. This is usually a result of her having gone back to her apartment, vaped a bunch, drank a bunch of Dark Liquor, and then gotten on Instagram Live to tell the world which petty grievances she wanted to share that day.
Trevor Lopez has never been known as a media darling. and he very much prefers to stay silent in the background and do his job while the other players soak up the media attention. However, management is making him do an interview, so how exactly does he handle this pain in the rear? he does what he does best, and focuses on the game and his teammates rather than himself. After all, he'd much rather let his performance on the ice speak for itself, so why not use the TV time to hype up his comrades on the ice instead? His main goal is to contribute to the team’s success and not his own, so if the media ends up loving his "team first" attitude and finds it charming, and if that leads to some sponsorship deals along the way, that’s just a bonus. More money to donate to the countless charities he supports.
10-16-2024, 09:22 PM(This post was last modified: 10-16-2024, 09:23 PM by roquefort. Edited 1 time in total.)
Roquefort Cotswold does not view the changing of the light bulbs as a punishment. Rather, he sees it as an opportunity. The opportunity to sabotage the opposing team. The wily rodent installs specifically tuned bulbs into opposing LRs. little glass luminescent mines, ready to explode in a burst of heat or light at any moment. Passively, they sweat out enemy players before the game, weakening their resolve. Their eyes get spotty, blinded by my shining bulbs. They go outside to get some fresh air and clear their head, and suddenly - SKREEEE a literal falcon comes down and rips their eyes out. All according to plan. And to think all I had to do to set this up was take a pee in @Aephino's cheerios. a small price to pay for greatness. After the great changing of the bulbs, Roquefort would retire to his own locker room. Inside of which is installed some beautiful, freshly engraved Detroit Falcons brand lightbulbs. Now available in all major box stores, or orderable online for a low cost of $19.99. That's right, for just $19.99 you can have some very special "Skreelights" to guide you throughout life. Brought to you by Roquefort Cotswold.
At this point in my career, I am a veteran on the back end of my career. As a result, I have really grown to mature in a way where I feel comfortable handling the media, no matter the situation. On days where things are going well, I like to deflect on to my teammates who tend to be the ones blocking shots or scoring goals. On days where we lose a tough game, I know what it takes to take on the brunt of that responsibility. I think this is particularly important because the media, bless their souls, are trying to get a juicy quote. I have been burned by this before, so I know now to make sure I keep it short or keep it on me and make sure there is not even a chance that it could sound like I am throwing a teammate under the bus or calling out an opponent directly.
Media is obviously a huge part of the game. It's something that, as hockey players, we’re not overly used to, and we have to learn to adapt. Some players even have to go to media school, hire a manager, or hire a PR team to prompt them on the do's and don'ts of dealing with the media. Depending on where you are in your career as a player, your attention will vary, as well as what city you are playing in. There’s no doubt that, in Canadian cities, it is hard to go unnoticed as a player for those teams—fans and media are everywhere you go. Personally, I do not go searching for media attention; I prefer to focus on the game and let my play do the talking. Being a rookie in the league, I am lucky enough to only have spot interviews, while the veterans of the team handle the tough questions. Media plays an important role, but it can also play a hurtful role in targeting players after a few bad games.
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