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[glorybe23]

Credit to #Moose GM for taking part in inaugural Insider Interview...

WHL final prediction? Hmm.. Ill take Voodoo over Pie.

Nobody takes anything over a good warm pie! NOBODY!

...also great stuff by the insider as always

[First Round Pick]

Entertaining to see this, looking forward to seeing more interviews!

[Pengwin7]

Oh man, so many great little parts to the WHL.

#WHL Insider (the latest & greatest!)
*The Keeper of the Record Book
*glorybe's End of Season Standings Page
*bobby4ev's occasional chatbox rants
*The Great Waxers Rebuild
*The Eagles "This guy for a 1st?" trade offers

Oh man, the list goes on.
Such a good group of guys.

[metaldude26]

6 is hardly enough.

[Pengwin7]

Just past the 1/3rd point of the 23-week regular season, WHL Year #4:

1 Vancouver Voodoo (GoNucks) 9 0 0 627.91
2 North London Nationals (VintageVibe) 9 0 0 582.18

3 Braham Pietasters (glorybe23) 8 1 0 522.37
4 Manitoba Moose (GinFizz) 8 1 0 476.45

5 Victoria Dead Hookers (Loch) 7 2 0 481.72
6 Grand Rapids Griffins (brakli) 7 2 0 478.12
7 Toronto Fighting Turtles (Kofax) 7 2 0 477.48

8 Saanichton Cougars (InForAPenny) 6 3 0 480.9
9 Tampere Polar Bears (Jouko-Pouko) 6 3 0 382.51

10 Oshawa Generals (Bobby4Ever) 5 4 0 451.27
11 District-5 Ducks (evans334) 5 4 0 411.46
12 Lake Valley Thunder (First Round Pick) 5 4 0 456.93
13 Windsor Spitfires (Pengwin7) 5 4 0 442.3


14 Lake Eerie Monsters (Sulla) 3 6 0 475.44
15 STORM (havanablast21) 3 6 0 469.68
16 Edmonton Road Runners (Lemmy) 3 6 0 431.94
17 Amsterdam Red Lights (rataylor22) 3 6 0 411.46
18 Wheeling Nailers (Brosive) 3 6 0 381.79

19 Glasgow Kiss (Magicstew) 2 7 0 390.97

20 Fresno Firebirds (Pit Bulls) 1 8 0 377.48
21 Fort Frances Muskies (Burgundy) 1 8 0 332.81
22 Montreal Canadiens (newfcollins) 1 8 0 320.14
23 Markham Waxers (praba) 1 8 0 317.06

24 Dryden Eagles (metaldude26) 0 9 0 342.91

[GinFizz]

whos the next GM to be interviewed by the WHLInsider?

[WHLinsider]

Patience grasshopper...

[WHLinsider]

Interview number two to be announced shortly....

[WHLinsider]

Interview number two...with the Ducks GM...

Why did you decide to become a co-commish?

Was kind of random how it all happened, I was in the draft room a lot during the inaugural draft and made a couple suggestions to fix things and Peng gave me commish access.
Since then I’ve helped out here and there where I could when it comes to more administrative type stuff.
I’ve got a lot of experience with the Fantrax platform and I’m on the site a lot.
I’ve got OCD. #ObsessiveCompulsiveDuck



If you were the only commish what is one aspect/rule you would change?

Hmmm tough question….might be the minor system we have in place.
I’d either allow the streaming of Minor to Pro, so you could make line changes as you wish or if you bring up a player from the minors, he’s up for the year kind of thing.
Basically I prefer to let Fantrax do all the work, so whenever we throw in stuff that needs to be manually tracked/policed there’s always room for error, it’s just human nature.



Now to your team...
Why just a duck..? Why not mighty?

A nod to the movie series and the original team, plus there’s tons of good reaction gifs to use.
And the millennial hipster in me wanted to be different.



Are your phone notifications set to a quack quack sound?

Haha! No, but maybe I should change it.
My duck phone moves in silence.



After a hot start are the Ducks now becoming a buyer?

We’ll see how things go, but probably not.
After I decided to rebuild/retool last year I wanted to try and not force things. I did that the first couple seasons and fell short in the playoffs due to my lack of depth and goaltending. That being said, I’m always active on the trade front, so if an opportunity arises I’ll make some offers, but I’m not sacrificing some of the young promising assets I’ve acquired.



Did you expect to be this competitive so soon into your rebuild?

Not at all, I thought I’d win a couple here and there off the back of Landeskog and Hellebuyck, but players like Nelson, Domi and Drouin have really been a huge surprises.
Had some lucky bounces as well against a couple of the upper echelon teams, I feel like I’ll fight for a playoff spot, but it’s going to be a tight race.

What did you think of two teams having the same team name?

I think they should have had a side bet or challenge to determine who keeps the name.
Winner renames the losing team's name.



Best WHL trade/worst trade you made?

Worst: Brayden Point & 1st for Carl Soderberg
A great example of selling assets to make a push, Soderberg fell of the map completely the next year and well we know what Point is doing.

Best: Subban & Raanta for Hellebucyk
I had a lot to choose from, but this one is my favorite because the goalie market in our league is so volatile and young elite tenders are hard to come by.
I benefitted from the fact that Moose also had Vasilevsky so he probably was a little more open to move a goalie than another GM may have been.



Who is the Ducks biggest rival in WHL?

The “Accept Trade” button haha




Which team name do you dislike the most?

Saanichton Cougars, because I don’t know how to read or say Saanichton.


Favourite hockey player? Current/all time?

Saku Koivu.
I’m a Montreal native and what Saku mean’t to Habs and the city is transcendent.
#SISU



Will you ever add Mighty to your team name?

Maybe if we acquire Adam Banks. #CakeEater



You can now ask me one question...
Which WHL GM gives the you most insider info and who gives you the least?

Good question...my source inside the Eagles and #Moose organizations give the most, least is a multi way tie with several teams...Victoria, Montreal, Grand Rapids, Oshawa, among others...no source = no rumours.

[Pengwin7]

^Beauty. Like having our own media outlet!
#HashtagSomething

[First Round Pick]

Great article! I wonder how the insider has his sources... none have infiltrated the Thunder dressing room as of yet, but my guys like to talk haha

[newfcollins]

You can now ask me one question...
Which WHL GM gives the you most insider info and who gives you the least?

Good question...my source inside the Eagles and #Moose organizations give the most, least is a multi way tie with several teams...Victoria, Montreal, Grand Rapids, Oshawa, among others...no source = no rumours.

We run a very tight ship here in Montreal. It's how we became 1-10.

[GinFizz]

Awesome interview. Nice work fellas.

[GinFizz]

I’m probably going to be mentioned in everyone’s favorite trade.

#moosetrades

[Pit Bulls]

good job #whlinsider & #ducks