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hedgehog337

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  1. 1. I guess lets just move on to the season. Nothing much else to do on offseason 2. Yeah....I was sleeping. But with all of his inconsistencies, Eagles dropped so far lol 3. Yeah....but where are @solyom, @ELF_SH0ES and @Isaac then lol. Anyways, welcome! 4. No. This free agency stinks besides couple of good players 5. Uhh...not really. I just know Frost is gming me there hah 6. Yea maybe. I guess only Bļugers to watch there though
  2. 1. How have you been keeping yourself busy in the offseason? I'm doing exactly bunch of nothing. 2. The Continental Cup went to Game 7 OT and Riga alumni The Frenchman scored the winner - how thrilling was it for you? if only this happened with Riga.... 3. Will you be paying attention to the upcoming VHL draft? depends. if we still have picks by that point, sure. otherwise, don't care 4. How do you think you did on your prediction points if you submitted them? I think I actually never submitted anything. shrug emoji 5. What is your thoughts on the 4 Nations Cup the NHL is organizing next year? uh....what's that. never heard of that before now 6. Do you expect much activity in this years NHL trade deadline? not so much? Not following this thing closely so I can't answer
  3. cant knock the hustle eh? we'll see how it goes
  4. 5. D.C. Dragons , The Frenchman 13 2 - The Frenchman (DCD) 3 - Henry Tucker Jr (DCD) thank you @hedgehog337
  5. 1. How boring is a wait for the offseason? 2. Your opinion on that lazy Riga GM almost catching a punishment (1 backup goalie game too much) 3. Any hype for the offseason tournaments, such as world cup or JST? 4. Which prospect you're most excited to see in Riga next season? 5. Your opinion on me nominating Fradin as the most improved Riga player. 6. Who do you think will win the cup out of 4 remaining teams?
  6. 1. Following the season, what is your overall thought on the teams performance? Wasnt bad. 30+ wins with mixed roster is a fine sign. 2. What about your player's performance? Did it it live up to your expectation? I guess it was a good sendoff. makes it up for the mid first half of his careeer 3. Are you going straight to vacation mode now that the offseason is here or is there some other things you need to address/work on before packing up the locker? more like permanent vacation mode right now 4. What is your expectation for next season? depends on the trades. Ideally, being a contender. 5. Riga has three 1sts in this year draft - do you think this may be the start of another rebuild? Ehhh? Probably selling the own first may not be a good idea, but otherwise there is a point to sell some 6. Auston Matthews is currently on pace for 76 goals - do you think he makes it to 70 before the end of the season? It hasn't been done since the early 90s. cant really answer to this question. I guess he has the talent to pull that off
  7. Player Information Username: hedgehog337 Player Name: Donnis Orange Krupis Recruited From: Other (ig dis recreate) Age: 49 Position: RW Height: 73 in. Weight: 242 lbs. Birthplace: Latvia Player Page @VHLM GM
  8. 1. With playoffs out of probable contention, what is your mindset for the last handful of games? enjoy the rest and hope Prague chokes. Or not, just enjoy the rest 2. What do you think of Red Panda's rookie season in net? (.919 SV%) Fine. The better days are coming. But also the low rebound=lots of shots theory isn't the most accurate it seems 3. Do you have any offseason plans lined up already? to blow money fast and forget about the hockey 4. Do you have any friends in the playoffs you're going to secretly cheer on? I don't think so. I don't really care about the season once we're eliminated 5. What player has been the most dominant when facing Riga this season? I didn't notice anyone ngl. Everyone doing everything to win games, I don't think there's been any particular kryptonite for us 6. NHL Trade Deadline is coming up - who do you think will be the biggest player traded? I don't know. just not following much this season. I guess not Elvis hah
  9. 1. We took another fall in the standings since last week, what do you think has contributed to the fall? I guess team believes more in tanking than being tryhard for the 5th seed. Decent choice, now I know what pick not to sell 2. It's more likely than not the team is in sell mode, how do you feel about that with respect to your player? AK is sad. He might actually be sold and not finish his career at homeland 3. Are you looking ahead to next season or is there still reasons to focus on the rest of the year? I guess there's always next season. This season is only for stats and stuff 4. With AK92 retiring, who do you think is next in line to be the top scorer/leader of the team? White Jr might have a good shot at it. Just needs some luck. 5. Let's talk positives - what has been the highlight of your season so far? AK still isn't mid. Well then. 6. Did you watch any the NHL All-Star weekend? If so, what was your favorite part ? Did not at all. Forgot this thing existed, I guess cause no Latvians are there anyways
  10. 1. After a rough week - do you think its better to be a buyer or seller at the trade deadline? gotta hold on before the trade deadline. the team isn't exactly far from the truth, but selling may still be more likely 2. Do you think the team has a chance to win in the playoffs if they make it? everything is possible I guess. especially if we actually can make it 3. What's the vibe like in the dressing room right now? pretty calm, no panic. we know we still have work to do so no worries 4. AK92 's contract expires this season - do you see him returning? he will not return to Riga. matter of fact he will not return to VHL at all, he is retiring 5. When in the midst of a losing streak -how do you manage to not let it distract you? in fairness, it's not even really a losing streak. just a string of not so successful games. I'm not distracted by this cause I know we're playing a fine hockey 6. Who has the best chance at winning the Stanley Cup out of all the Canadian teams? id EDM backline holds tight in the post season, might be them
  11. btw while I was claiming this I just saw this response so... this was not an expected twist ngl. still can't justify that trade, but the idea was valid. Perhaps only few would expect I'd hop on Lemorse at 8th ov
  12. 1. We are currently above .500 - what are your thoughts on the teams performance? Not bad. the team became considerably younger so hanging on is a good stuff already 2. What do you think is the biggest difference beteeen this years and last years team when it comes to success? More vets last season so better chances were there. but we're fighting still 3. What does the team need to keep doing to stay above water? try to score more. not an easy task, but can be achievable towards the late season if we improve on the practice 4. Riga always seems to get good goaltending - what’s the biggest reason? having active goalies is always good lol 5. If the team stays at this pace would It better to buy or sell at the deadline? Uncertain answer. Depends if we're still on the playoff spot or very nearby by it. 6. In the dog days of the NHL season, what has been the most interesting story? Bļugers scoring! he found his team and lineup it seems like. oh yeah Elvis saga too. tough to trade him now however
  13. This week has been very rich with so many different things for the VHL league. Big YT recruitment, a controversy about captaincy, the VHLM GM punishment for AI articles. And on top of that, the most recent problem - early Warsaw's struggles. The start of the season hasn't been kind to them at all - only 3 wins in 10 games which only puts them above Davos in EU...matter of fact, in the whole league. Now, we all learned that horrible start doesn't mean much as it's always possible to catch up later on and do some big damage in late season. We don't even need to look up to the far past. Last season Toronto was very middling for the first half of the season. I think everyone knows who is our defending champion now. However, can Warsaw follow Toronto's footsteps and have their own happy ending? My opinion is - no. And it's not really because I wanna bully Nohbody here, I just like to speak in your face language. Even before this seasons started, I already had doubts about this team going far. There is a possibility of them grabbing the 5th spot and trying to have a fight in the wildcard and I wouldn't be very surprised if that happens. But also won't shocked if things go other way around. Even by looking at this roster I just can't imagine this squad doing a lot. Let's look at their players though. We'll start with their supposed to be leading part: Dogwood Maple. Always been solid scoring option in Vancouver and Davos. However, he never played the most major role in either teams so it's tough to imagine a triple regressed player can pull out a huge season out of nowhere. Though he has been the most active attacking player so far and for sure could end his career with a over PPG season. Alfred Champagne. Became a solid deal in his last two seasons with Davos. Again, never been THE guy for them. You know where I'm going with this one. He scored 7 goals so far though so maybe he's onto something...gotta shoot more! Clueless Wallob. Other than weak S87, always been pretty solid netminder. Never fell off below .925 mark. So far he hasn't been the real problem for Warsaw either and I imagine he can keep this form till the end of the season. Whether they will make the playoffs or not. Now we will dig deeper into this squad and figure it out the biggest issue with them... I'm sorry, but this defense ain't it. Fun fact, neither of 4 defs has a defense as the main attribute. I'm not sure how are they supposed to defend and by looking at the team stats...looks like they don't even try. The leading D is supposed to be Gregor - had a good last season in Seattle. In a very mediocre Seattle, mind you. He is already regressed and I don't think he can top out his last season at all. It's hard to do a lot without at least one def leading the way. The other three are not exactly better and two of them are also older too. They also have young forwards plus Creeg. The young fraction might have bright days ahead of them, but I don't see them stepping up big time this season which puts their chances even in a bigger danger. So what we have at the end of the day? A somewhat competent but not flashy forward lineup, a weird defensive lineup and a fine goaltending. In overall, this roster could produce things, but we are talking about the EU conference. Since forever this place has been nothing but a non stop WAR. This season, only Davos is onto the rebuild. The other 7 teams are having chances to some degree. So just having a kinda fine team might not work in this environment. You have to stand out to survive this bloodbath. Can Warsaw do this? Honestly, I have to doubt here. But if they will manage to break through, kudos to them. Now, with all of these trades that were deemed dubious (by me as well) I just can't name them the biggest problem. After all, perhaps N0h was just tired of constant rebuilding. Not fun at all, I know. Or Anisimov/Kisslinger were feeling the same way. Who knows. So let's talk about another deal. Just imagine how different things would've been without this horrific trade. Nohbody already did explain his thought process behind this deal, but I just still can't justify this blunder. Warsaw management really did underestimate how shallow drafts have become for the past 3-4 seasons. But even in the case if a deeper draft, going from 2 to 13 and some 2nds is a huge reach in my books. This only might've worked in S66 or S75 drafts. I get that getting more players and possibly steals was an idea here. It's just in these type of drafts the better choice was just drafting another franchise caliber player instead of going for more depth. And I think Warsaw certainly needed that. And now imagine the life without this deal. N0h actually drafts his own player. The S92 pick that in reality was used to trade for his own player is staying intact. Now there would be a chance to draft another real good youngin. Whether if it's someone like Richmond or going for a future star D, like Gavrilovs or Lamb. Now they would've ended up with the same roster PLUS another good future player on their hands. Not a perfect situation, but it's definitely something better. But hey, coulda shoulda woulda things never works in real life so they have to live with what they have. And the reality is they will face the retirements of Wallob and Maple and Champagne is heading towards his last season. And all they will have is S95 picks and a hope for the good free agency. And also Dubois and Popa coming up. I guess that's something. Now that Warsaw boss already told everyone he will not give up on this team, he is gonna have some task to make a way out of this situation. It will be somewhat impressive if he manages to keep Warsaw afloat and also having a good future at the same time. But until that, all I have are doubts. By the way, some interesting fact. There have been some talks about Bana always making it so he wins trades. And he even managed to push a rental goalie plus a mid level D to Warsaw for the 1st and a 2nd rounders. However, in the case of that infamous trade and the follow up had Moscow in it. Can't really stress about it though. After all, GM's are trying to do better for their own team. So I'll just shrug it off here. Another interesting fact. In most of times the team actually plays a lot better right after I'm criticizing them about something. So...Warsaw W streak incoming? That's it and I'm out.
  14. 1. A middling 4-5-1 start so far. What can we do to improve this situation? 2. Do you think we can improve this situation? 3. How the season start went for your player? 4. Also do we have a chance to improve the activity of this presser? 5. Do you think Fradin needs to fight more to give us a morale boost? 6. How excited are you about the most recent YT ad and how much first gens it has brought so far?
  15. New season, even more fresh faces in not so snowy anymore Riga. That also reflected on the captains choice as 3 out of 4 players listed here are rookies. Another one is a sophomore. I guess you all know where it goes. The transition period is going real nice and now it's time to meet people who are gonna lead us at this timeline: C - Eric White Jr. @Mysterious_Fish A - Red Panda @Lemorse7 A - Reginald the Dodo @Esso2264 HC - Martin Kemp @leafsman you already know what the deal...don't forget to congratulate our captains!
  16. 1. do you feel this presser is less active than before? 2. how did you like our draft selection? 3. can we make to the playoffs this time? 4. how proud are you for VHL community on donating so much on holidays? 5. what mood did you have on Jan 1st morning? 6. do you think we actually had a chance in this free agency?
  17. A quick simple media about VHL teams for doubles week. The creativity is up to the moon, I know. NA Conference Sure contenders: - The only NA team in this tier with 4 defs on the roster. Not sure if this is gonna help the cause. However, Skor will definitely up this team's chances. Calgary is gonna hope he will teach their forwards how to skor considering how much pain this thing has brought to them last season. - one last push! Though, I do feel they already blew their best chances in last two seasons. Now most of the team is regressed the hell out already which may be a factor. They will hope Simon thinks otherwise and their forward core is still gonna be on top of things. - You would think the champ team is gonna have no problems in extending all of the pending FA players. The AI media(?) scandal definitely has put a halt on the younger players' development and Burns hasn't even signed yet. Soogard is also gone cause retirement. They will hope their remaining top core is still gonna carry. - gonna be interesting to see how are they gonna compete with lesser D power as Sakamoto retired. The rest is pretty much the same plus they upgraded the goaltending with Tucker Jr. They will hope the last season was just a bump on the road and this season is totally different. Likely a playoff team: - their history of the past 30 plus seasons has teached us not taking them really seriously. Though this season might provide us a different story. The top forward lineup should be the real deal. The rest is take it or leave it tier, but still with the promise. They will hope sim is actually gonna let them taste a deep playoff run for once. No Cinderella story this time: - Sundin is gone and he took the luck with him. At least I think this is the case. Trunov is cool, but not on Scotty's level at all. Now this is the time to actually grab a lotto pick. Also, they do have a bit lots of S87-88 players there and none of them are earning more than 10 TPE per week. Doesn't look very promising. Rebuild! - unlike last off season, Bana managed to have a good firesale this time. Thanks to Warsaw. Now they can calmly cruise through the season and grab that lotto pick. - I mean, they still have Slater. And that's really it for now. The focus is mostly on young players and just like Seattle, they can afford to wait. Europe Sure contenders: - probably gonna take the first spot in EU. Their D lineup isn't ideal, but the top crew is still there. They will hope the depth is gonna hang on enough for London to make a deep playoff run. Also that Simon won't screw Teno in post season. - losing Skor sucks, but I think they will hang on nicely. Not exactly sure if this is the clear cut championship tier team though. Will be enough for the conference and then they will hope this roster is good enough to climb to the top. By the way, I'm expecting Stone to be the real deal this season. Little doubts: - not being able to directly replace Wolanin hurts badly. Hard to tell which player could have a great chemistry with Dixon. They will hope Lazaro is that person. Otherwise, I'm not liking their chances a lot. - seeing Riga and Davos flying out of contention is good news for this team. The problem is they pretty much have the same roster as the last season which didn't even make the post season dance. They will hope things gonna turn 180 for them. Is it though? - rushed out contention for keeping their younger core happy. I guess that makes things entertaining, but I can't see a deep playoff run with this roster. If they will make it to begin with. Probably yes, but....ehhh. They will hope the miracles are actually happening this sim. Might fight - this team is on the right trajectory. I'm not gonna be surprised if they can squeak into the wildcard, but perhaps their roster is still too raw for big things. But it's not far away anymore. - we went younger this time, hence no direct replacements for retiring defs and also selling Tucker Jr. for Panda to shine. Can we somehow still make it? Yes, but it's a reach in my opinon. This is yet another season when any outcome is gonna be fine for us: either playoffs or a lotto pick. A EU team is rebuilding??? - good for Alex who was trying this for a while. Finally he did send his team to rebuild. I guess Summers could steal some games, but the new era Davos coming in soon. Enough for today. That's it and I'm out.
  18. 1. How is your player gonna or did celebrate New Year? 2. Any gifts your player received this day? 3. Any gifts your player gave to anyone? 4. Do you believe in Santa? 5. In your opinion, how this year went for VHL as a whole? 6. Any wishes for VHL members before we move into 2024?
  19. giving all of em picks for 1-2 seasons of contention sheesh also ig now Europe has 0 clearly tanking teams
  20. these trades are so odd ngl at least we have these trades...?
  21. AK92 Wit da Hoodie - PC
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