Join the Simulation Hockey League

Hello r/stlouisblues ! First of all, we'd like to thank the moderation team for allowing us to share our league with you!

Secondly, as a STL fan, I wanted to give a short TLDR as well as a challenge to all the Blues fans. The SHL is essentially a hockey D&D type thing. You make a player like you would in NHL Be a Pro and then meet up with fellow fans to be drafted in a cool custom league with a fantastic community. Now for the challenge. We made a post like this to the Detroit Red Wings last season and had a total of 12 players join from that post alone, let's show our old rivals that those who bleed blue are a strong community and surpass that!

So what exactly is the Simulation Hockey League? We are a free simulation league about to enter our 79th season! The SHL allows you to create a character and take control of every aspect of their career. From creation there are tasks you can participate in on a weekly basis to earn points that go towards improving your player to perform better. With the conclusion of our most recent season comes the off-season activities, including the Simulation Major Junior Hockey League's (SMJHL) Entry Draft, the initial stepping stone for your player. You will be drafted to one of 16 excellent SMJHL teams! You'll spend your first season getting acclimated to the league and fighting for the Four Star Cup, and afterwards you'll be drafted by one of the 20 Simulation Hockey League (SHL) teams. Work hard, stay active and you could earn the prestige of being the 1st overall draft pick!

BE-A-PRO EXPERIENCE – A rich, personal hockey experience that crosses between video games and fantasy hockey. Build your player exactly how you want with a variety of different styles. Be totally involved in your player from the beginning, and take them from rookie to the SHL Hall of Fame! Every game is simulated on Franchise Hockey Manager 8, and its wide array of attributes allows you to customize your player to the maximum. Success is based on your activity within our community, so the more involved you are, the greater your player can be! A link to our YouTube channel can be found here if you want to see what our daily streams are like!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxFJhOSYFP4gLxDOEiHdVA

FREE – As stated earlier, I want to emphasize that our community/site is completely free. It's free to join, free to participate, free to do what you want. Our league runs off the hard work of our community, we all serve each other in that regard. Every aspect of our site is run by our members. This isn’t a sales pitch, we’re just always looking for new members to fuel the already great community we have built!

DRAFT DAY – Experience what it is like to wait for your name to be selected, alongside your draftmates, vying for that top spot! This is a full draft experience where real people will draft you and spend their resources on your potential. Become the next big steal, or potentially the next big bust. Show the GMs you’ve got what it takes to be the face of their franchise!

PROSPECTS TOURNAMENT – This season we'll be offering a prospect only round robin style tournament for all of our newest players! Once you create a player you will be added to a team and will get to watch your player on the ice before being drafted showing off your skills to all of the scouts! The games will be streamed starting the 24th or 25th of September! Interact with others in your team's locker room and watch your players in this tournament!

REAL PEOPLE, REAL OWNERS – Every aspect of the league is run by real people from all around the world! Your draftmates, future teammates, general managers and the league’s head office are all real people you can interact with. Every decision from team lineups, draft day selections and last minute trade deadline deals are done by teams owned by members of the site, with plenty of opportunity for you to fill in those roles yourself! SHL superstar, team captain or scout, General Manager, Head Office; the site is full of opportunities for you to get involved however you so choose!

COMMUNITY – Once your player is drafted onto a team you will gain access to a private locker room for your organization, and their Discord server (should you choose to join there). Here is often where the closest relationships develop, and where you’ll make some great new friends to share your SHL journey with! You can spend time discussing the season, reflecting on your success, or just having a blast hanging out together! Of course you’ll find passionate hockey fans here, but with so many unique members, you’re bound to find people with lots of interests all over the site for you to get connected with.

Find us at: https://simulationhockey.com/index.php

Or on discord at: https://discord.gg/TJgZ68e9bm