Victor

RIP to the greatest defence that ever was and ever will be (S70-S70).

Davos gonna be our main threat in Europe then?

Wow Munk is 45 and still typing like this

Unreal

We miss you.

Moscow winning in the bigs, our prospect @Grant winning in the minors.

moscow moscow moscow

Moscow has won there is nothing left to achieve. Delete league.

W

We only love to hate you x

Hey he really turned it up in the finals.

Woooooooooo! As a single season (regular season + playoff performance combined), I think this was the best team I have ever built (still some way to match Davos' longevity). Couldnt be more proud of this group. @Bushito you built a solid unit. Certainly surprised me this season and I'm sure will be q force to be reckoned with going forward. @wcats I was really hoping at least 1 expansion draftee would make it to our first cup and you did it. Thank you for your continued loyalty to Moscow. @gorlab @Matmenzinger @Kyle @hedgehog337 - the core of the team who've been through the highs and lows, you guys deserve it. @Telkster @Aye my name jeff @Will @fever95 @Mr_Hatter - the younger guys, some steals, some just stars, we have lots more winning still to come. @eaglesfan036 @flyersfan1453 Thank you for your trust two seasons ago and helping push us over the edge. MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW

I was indeed thier.

We can stop the draft now all the good players have gone.

Victor, Cast was dead and buried by then.

moscow moscow moscow

Big sigh of relief when the Malmo Thompsons got swept 2 seasons ago tbh.

Arise Ser Tocco, slayer of evil.

Just read the originals, don't even pretend you have already.

Best thing is question 2 is actually someone's submission.

Just a tease to keep my loyal fans happy.

To eliminate the heavily favoured Vancouver Wolves in just 5 games in round 1 of the playoffs, reigning 2-time playoff MVP stopped 185 out of 197 shots faced for a very decent .938 save %. Impressive as that is in its own right, what this meant was that in his short career, Funk has already had a save percentage above .930 in five different playoff series. The previous four contributed to cup-winning runs and two Daisuke Kanou Trophies. This one didn't end quite well as Seattle didn't make the finals, but adds to the growing legacy of Funk. For context, only 8 other goalies since S18 have had at least 5 .931+ save % playoff series. Only 3 have had more – Hans Wingate leading the way with 7, Kanou naturally not far behind with 6, as is Apollo Skye, the underrated Quebec franchise goaltender of the 50s. That is very elite company to be keeping and Funk still has half his career ahead of him. Goalie careers are far from linear and perhaps he will now find more regular season success than playoff wins. Or maybe he will double down on playoff dominance and beat his personal best of .943 (achieved against Toronto in S68), matching the stratospheric performances of the past, like Wingate's .975 against NY in S45 or Kanou's arguably even more impressive .968 in the finals against Toronto in S24. Anyway, Funk is good and that's this week's 2 TPE.

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In a reasonably recent conversation or two, someone correctly flagged that my all-time greatest players lists may have a bit of bias or inaccuracies and are also a bit out of date now (even though they were published right before the VHL's dead puck era). I dispute the bias, and I think they were about as good as one man can do with all the information available from the VHL's storied history, but yes – there have been more great players retiring since S63-S64 and my opinions can change. So let's revisit the categories briefly in light of it being near the end of the league's 70th season. Playoff performers This is the category which would see the most change today. Three players have retired since S64 who all have a strong claim to be the best playoff performers at their position. Norris Stopko's .932 save % and back-to-back Kanou Trophies gives Wingate and Kanou a run for their money, while Mats Johnsson might just take Incognito's crown as the best defenceman to suit up in the postseason. That means goodbye to the two oldies on the list – Schneider and Labatte. Most recently, Matt Thompson put up legendary playoff numbers. McAllister was the first great playoff hitter AND scorer; Thompson in my mind went one better, despite never being crowned playoff MVP. He slots in right between Chershenko and McAllister for me, although where that puts Stopko and Johnsson is hard to tell. @Bushito @Quik @Beketov Defencemen I don't think there would be any change here, as Johnsson's playoff heroics don't quite push him over the edge with some of the weaker regular season numbers for a Hall of Famer. On reflection, Ay Ay Ron probably drops out of the honourable mentions, but no one new has yet arrived to replace him (but perhaps Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen might?). @Quik @flyersfan1453 Goaltenders I think the one blatant omission I made on the 5 all-time lists was not mentioning Markus King at all. The ninth-winningest goalie ever (eighth at the time as Kriketers has only just overtaken him) deserved better, although I think I can see the logic of including Sandro Clegane at tenth place instead – the younger Clegane had one less season and played for weaker teams, while also having the better playoff record. However, while my honourable mentions were intended to recognise two older goalies who are largely forgotten (Devereux and CAL G), King was clearly eleventh in my mind so should have been included there as well. It might all be moot point now though as Norris Stopko, still active when the list was made, might just slot into tenth place now anyway. He was a bit weaker in the regular season (although still won 3 Shaws), but clearly one of the all-time greats in the playoffs so probably gets the nod as of S70. @Kendrick @Bushito @hedgehog337 Two-way forwards With 4 Scott Boulet Trophies, Thompson definitely enters the conversation here. His stats are eerily similar to McAllister's, at which point it becomes a question of would McAllister still beat out the more conventional top two-way forwards in Smalling and Parechkin if I compiled the list today. Depending on where you stand on this determines where Thompson places in the top 5. @Beketov Forwards This is only really going to be about Thompson and Cast from the last decade, but this is also a list which I think is most subject to change purely based on the vast array of players available. I think the top 4 is set in stone, and Szatkowski is also still safe in fifth. Cast might miss out completely as he doesn't quite qualify entirely under 'stats' or 'awards', but on further thought he could also knock out either Bunclewirth or Rybak. Thompson goes in for sure and undoubtedly into section 2B (which despite the “B” is in my mind the more impressive column). I think I'd struggle to rank Thompson above Chershenko (although he may very well disagree), but he has every chance to beat out Jenkins for an unofficial 7th/8th spot all time. @Beketov @me

If we spread these goals out we could have won by now.