Higgins

Over under 3.5 seasons in the VHL before retiring 

Over under 3.5 seasons in the VHL before retiring 

Over under 3.5 seasons in the VHL before retiring 

@Higgins

Little playoff run in Hali sounds good to me

Little playoff run in Hali sounds good to me

The expansion this coming off-season is old hat now. It's all about the next expansion and it will be one that changes the global hockey landscape. Predictably we are getting another North American and another European team to round out the conferences to six teams a piece. The next expansion will shake things up more than usual.
 
A whole new conference will be born. Let's be honest with the cross-over factor there really is no conferences they are more simply divisions in the VHL when compared to the NHL. So let me introduce the next expansion: Asian conference. There will be two new teams introduced in Asia to kick start the Asian VHL conference. Hockey is growing rapidly in Asia, specifically China, but with them being nationalist and wanting control of the entire league the VHL will entirely avoid the Chinese market (for now).
 

 
The two new expansion teams will join the VHL from a short list of countries that includes Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan. Eventually all five countries could have a team and by then the VHL will dominate Asian hockey culture. At this point I expect China will be begging to join as most of their elite hockey players will declare for the VHL draft and commit to playing far from home in the VHLM.
 
S75 VHL Conferences
North American: 6 teams
European: 6 teams
Asian: 2 teams
 
Two expansion teams get their own conference, that seems a bit excessive. Well the next plan will be to transition the current Moscow to the Asian conference, which will be done two seasons after acclimating the new teams into a competitive position. That brings the total teams in each conference to North America: 6, European: 5, Asian: 3.
 
S77 VHL Conferences
North American: 6 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 3 teams
 
The league will run with this setup for three to five seasons and by then one of the North American teams will be intrigued by the growing Asian market and will pull out of a struggling market where they compete locally with the NHL. By now the VHL is the premiere hockey league in Asia so it's not inconceivable for this to happen. It's tough to say which teams, but I'd personally eye the Calgary Wranglers or the new S68 expansion team to fill this spot. That brings the total teams in each conference to North America: 5, European: 5: Asian: 4.
 
S80 VHL Conferences
North American: 5 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 4 teams
 
We are at the part where China is willing to pay to join the league with no control over any of the league aside from having a representative on the BOG. The plan is coming to completion on the Asian VHL expansion. A new expansion team joins the league. Beijing the biggest hockey market in the world outside by this time is set to join the VHL the very next season.
 
S81 VHL Conferences
North American: 5 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 5 teams
 
Next stop... AFRICA.
 
 

You’re fucked on weed ain’t you

I was going to say when did cryptic confusion Higgins show up? Was a good read nonetheless though so blaze on Highs. 

"give a man a team and he will gm for a season, teach a man to team and he will gm forever"
 
It's that quote that sticks with me all these years later. I can't remember exactly who said it, but it was during a time in my life that I was looking for guidance of any kind. For years I've tried to decipher the true meaning behind the words, but I had been unable to crack the code until recently. It's all about your perspective. You will not understand it unless you are in a very specific state of mind that most people will never achieve in their whole life. When you get there - unwrap the quote and put it back together like the perfect origami - it will be a different message for everyone.
 
The new expansion GMs are excited to start their journey but are they the man in the beginning of the quote; or are they the man in the second part? Only time will tell and I wish them well on their journey and to not be discouraged or overly encouraged. The odds are that one of them will be a success and the other will not. I will not make my choice now as to who is who, because it will be easier in hindsight. Good luck to you both.

It may be helpful to newer people to explain how to claim the extra TPE for events like this, as not everyone has been through it before, and the system can be confusing at times. You explain how to get it, just not how to claim it.

The expansion this coming off-season is old hat now. It's all about the next expansion and it will be one that changes the global hockey landscape. Predictably we are getting another North American and another European team to round out the conferences to six teams a piece. The next expansion will shake things up more than usual.
 
A whole new conference will be born. Let's be honest with the cross-over factor there really is no conferences they are more simply divisions in the VHL when compared to the NHL. So let me introduce the next expansion: Asian conference. There will be two new teams introduced in Asia to kick start the Asian VHL conference. Hockey is growing rapidly in Asia, specifically China, but with them being nationalist and wanting control of the entire league the VHL will entirely avoid the Chinese market (for now).
 

 
The two new expansion teams will join the VHL from a short list of countries that includes Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan. Eventually all five countries could have a team and by then the VHL will dominate Asian hockey culture. At this point I expect China will be begging to join as most of their elite hockey players will declare for the VHL draft and commit to playing far from home in the VHLM.
 
S75 VHL Conferences
North American: 6 teams
European: 6 teams
Asian: 2 teams
 
Two expansion teams get their own conference, that seems a bit excessive. Well the next plan will be to transition the current Moscow to the Asian conference, which will be done two seasons after acclimating the new teams into a competitive position. That brings the total teams in each conference to North America: 6, European: 5, Asian: 3.
 
S77 VHL Conferences
North American: 6 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 3 teams
 
The league will run with this setup for three to five seasons and by then one of the North American teams will be intrigued by the growing Asian market and will pull out of a struggling market where they compete locally with the NHL. By now the VHL is the premiere hockey league in Asia so it's not inconceivable for this to happen. It's tough to say which teams, but I'd personally eye the Calgary Wranglers or the new S68 expansion team to fill this spot. That brings the total teams in each conference to North America: 5, European: 5: Asian: 4.
 
S80 VHL Conferences
North American: 5 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 4 teams
 
We are at the part where China is willing to pay to join the league with no control over any of the league aside from having a representative on the BOG. The plan is coming to completion on the Asian VHL expansion. A new expansion team joins the league. Beijing the biggest hockey market in the world outside by this time is set to join the VHL the very next season.
 
S81 VHL Conferences
North American: 5 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 5 teams
 
Next stop... AFRICA.
 
 

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Mumbai

The expansion this coming off-season is old hat now. It's all about the next expansion and it will be one that changes the global hockey landscape. Predictably we are getting another North American and another European team to round out the conferences to six teams a piece. The next expansion will shake things up more than usual.
 
A whole new conference will be born. Let's be honest with the cross-over factor there really is no conferences they are more simply divisions in the VHL when compared to the NHL. So let me introduce the next expansion: Asian conference. There will be two new teams introduced in Asia to kick start the Asian VHL conference. Hockey is growing rapidly in Asia, specifically China, but with them being nationalist and wanting control of the entire league the VHL will entirely avoid the Chinese market (for now).
 

 
The two new expansion teams will join the VHL from a short list of countries that includes Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan. Eventually all five countries could have a team and by then the VHL will dominate Asian hockey culture. At this point I expect China will be begging to join as most of their elite hockey players will declare for the VHL draft and commit to playing far from home in the VHLM.
 
S75 VHL Conferences
North American: 6 teams
European: 6 teams
Asian: 2 teams
 
Two expansion teams get their own conference, that seems a bit excessive. Well the next plan will be to transition the current Moscow to the Asian conference, which will be done two seasons after acclimating the new teams into a competitive position. That brings the total teams in each conference to North America: 6, European: 5, Asian: 3.
 
S77 VHL Conferences
North American: 6 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 3 teams
 
The league will run with this setup for three to five seasons and by then one of the North American teams will be intrigued by the growing Asian market and will pull out of a struggling market where they compete locally with the NHL. By now the VHL is the premiere hockey league in Asia so it's not inconceivable for this to happen. It's tough to say which teams, but I'd personally eye the Calgary Wranglers or the new S68 expansion team to fill this spot. That brings the total teams in each conference to North America: 5, European: 5: Asian: 4.
 
S80 VHL Conferences
North American: 5 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 4 teams
 
We are at the part where China is willing to pay to join the league with no control over any of the league aside from having a representative on the BOG. The plan is coming to completion on the Asian VHL expansion. A new expansion team joins the league. Beijing the biggest hockey market in the world outside by this time is set to join the VHL the very next season.
 
S81 VHL Conferences
North American: 5 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 5 teams
 
Next stop... AFRICA.
 
 

The expansion this coming off-season is old hat now. It's all about the next expansion and it will be one that changes the global hockey landscape. Predictably we are getting another North American and another European team to round out the conferences to six teams a piece. The next expansion will shake things up more than usual.
 
A whole new conference will be born. Let's be honest with the cross-over factor there really is no conferences they are more simply divisions in the VHL when compared to the NHL. So let me introduce the next expansion: Asian conference. There will be two new teams introduced in Asia to kick start the Asian VHL conference. Hockey is growing rapidly in Asia, specifically China, but with them being nationalist and wanting control of the entire league the VHL will entirely avoid the Chinese market (for now).
 

 
The two new expansion teams will join the VHL from a short list of countries that includes Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan. Eventually all five countries could have a team and by then the VHL will dominate Asian hockey culture. At this point I expect China will be begging to join as most of their elite hockey players will declare for the VHL draft and commit to playing far from home in the VHLM.
 
S75 VHL Conferences
North American: 6 teams
European: 6 teams
Asian: 2 teams
 
Two expansion teams get their own conference, that seems a bit excessive. Well the next plan will be to transition the current Moscow to the Asian conference, which will be done two seasons after acclimating the new teams into a competitive position. That brings the total teams in each conference to North America: 6, European: 5, Asian: 3.
 
S77 VHL Conferences
North American: 6 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 3 teams
 
The league will run with this setup for three to five seasons and by then one of the North American teams will be intrigued by the growing Asian market and will pull out of a struggling market where they compete locally with the NHL. By now the VHL is the premiere hockey league in Asia so it's not inconceivable for this to happen. It's tough to say which teams, but I'd personally eye the Calgary Wranglers or the new S68 expansion team to fill this spot. That brings the total teams in each conference to North America: 5, European: 5: Asian: 4.
 
S80 VHL Conferences
North American: 5 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 4 teams
 
We are at the part where China is willing to pay to join the league with no control over any of the league aside from having a representative on the BOG. The plan is coming to completion on the Asian VHL expansion. A new expansion team joins the league. Beijing the biggest hockey market in the world outside by this time is set to join the VHL the very next season.
 
S81 VHL Conferences
North American: 5 teams
European: 5 teams
Asian: 5 teams
 
Next stop... AFRICA.
 
 

Blacker Velvet and that little boy smile 

69 TPE, how fitting!
We do need a future generationnal defensive talent in Halifax to help us in what will hopefully be a deep playoffs run. Come help us win the first Founder's Cup in franchise history!

I mean, a script doesn't have to come from the interviewee's side. Let's not try to put words in my mouth in that respect: we've already had that discussion.
 
I listened through the entire 90 minutes, and quite a few questions (obviously not all) were Discord requests that I'm aware of because I was there when they were asked. As evidenced by what you wrote under the podcast (e.g. inclusion of listener questions, various other topics), the interview had flexibility and at no point did I challenge that. But it was structured with a number of pre-determined questions, and yeah, it's scripted in the same way something like a late-night talk show might be scripted. None of them are ever entirely off-the-cuff, and none of them are entirely pre-ordained (e.g. reading off of a transcript or movie script).
 
Like I said, different definitions (and usage) of scripted. It's an odd detail, a fair criticism, and hardly the focus of that post, but hopefully this clears things up.

@boubabi

So just to clear the air a bit: I'm not super thrilled you're back and I'll be honest about that, based on how you were at the end of your time. I'm still on the side of no, even though it's obviously happened anyway. However: you definitely impressed me in the podcast, and so far in your time back, you seem to be fine. I know how you can be when you're not in the mode you were in at the end - I know the vast majority of your time here, you were one of the best we had.

I know you can be a great member - I've seen that firsthand. I've also seen the opposite, and that's the lasting memory I have of you at this point. Prove me wrong. You have this chance and regardless of whether I think you should or should not have it, I'm interested to see what you do with it. Podcast-you does seem to be much closer to original-you, so good luck and I wish you the best.

After 489 days the indefinite ban on @boubabi has been lifted.
 
Let's all move on from the past - for a better future.
 
For more details on the ban and the member listen to the podcast interview here.

After 489 days the indefinite ban on @boubabi has been lifted.
 
Let's all move on from the past - for a better future.
 
For more details on the ban and the member listen to the podcast interview here.

After 489 days the indefinite ban on @boubabi has been lifted.
 
Let's all move on from the past - for a better future.
 
For more details on the ban and the member listen to the podcast interview here.

After 489 days the indefinite ban on @boubabi has been lifted.
 
Let's all move on from the past - for a better future.
 
For more details on the ban and the member listen to the podcast interview here.

Player Information
Username: Higgins
Player Name: Blacker Velvet
Recruited From: Member (scotty)
Age: 18
Position: D
Height: 75 in.
Weight: 215 lbs.
Birthplace: Canada

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