Victor

literally this piece of shit is cursed -->

I'm one of the 3 people who still associates Davos with being good.

God damn another ranking Cast just missed out on. Go

Probably the only time in my VHL career that the outcome was secondary to just the experience of being there. I still can't believe the Cleganes got that perfect series, so many things had to fall just right for it to happen.

As Vancouver makes a quick start to S69, I was looking over their roster and saw some parallels in how the Wolves roster has evolved since their S67 cup and my old Davos team in S36-S38. For a little back story, in S36 a young Davos team I had GMed for just 3 seasons had a surprisingly good regular season and ultimately won the Continental Cup. It was a team made up of sophomores for the most part but the catalyst for the cup run was the free agent signing of future Hall of Famer Odin Tordahl and a trade for reigning top rookie Davey Jones. Then in the off-season we lost Tordahl (effectively to free agency but I managed to get a pick back from New York before he signed there). I also knew our top line center Sergey Brovalenko was considering retirement, so decided to use that pick to acquire a third center in Naomi Young. The team was still strong but the loss of forward quality told, both the absence of Tordahl and the fact one of Brovalenko, Jones, and Young was playing out of position. We were ultimately swept by Remy LeBeau and the Legion in the finals. So what's the parallel? Well the Vancouver team in S67 was also very young, largely acquired in the S66 and S67 drafts. Two key veteran players, Beau Louth and Shawn Glade, were lost to retirement and trade after S67, meaning like S37 Davos, S68 Vancouver wasn't as strong as the previous season's edition. But now, after trading the third star of S67 in Rauno Palo, the Wolves have developed further, most of those rookies and sophomores are in their prime and they are ready to pounce and win a second championship in S69, just like we did in S38. 2 cups in 3 seasons is actually more rare than back-to-back cups, because it generally requires a slight reshuffle in between without losing what made you good. If Vancouver pulls it off, they'll be among the all-time greats.

All good, no longer in freefall.

Fuck we're in freefall.

Sad times.

Wasted a Baillie hatty ?

Randoms

Top line doing work.

Oh really I didn't read that far into the announcement as I probably won't be GM after Pavlov.

Don't actually see the problem here though, when was the last recreate heavy draft? S61?

Why are TPE whores such terrible players these days.

Ah but they will. No more GM players.

hmm yeah should probably tone it down with the penalties.

sad times

Right, after the shock to some people's system last week, word of warning: don't leave it til late in the week as I'll probably do the tally Sunday afternoon/early evening. Fill out the form linked below. 2 correct answers = 2 capped TPE 1 correct answer = 1 capped TPE Uncapped TPE based on season leaderboard handed out at end of season. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfxDdTh0qTxSZb7YcBu4cBpHeFa7LCRs-W8fH0kvfuOfqYs6w/viewform?usp=sf_link I am always taking question suggestions via PM, with 1 uncapped TPE going your way for each question that ends up getting used.

Not really actually- yes, they were briefly VHL members in S1, but they formed the SHL only 2 years after going inactive. And they called on a completely different pool of members- I'd say there were maybe 5 VHLers in their S1 draft, including myself. I wouldn't be able to pinpoint why the animosity started, more just a case of neither league willing to take advice from the other.

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Devise when he gets a shutout against Malmo....

Seeing a game against NY when we already lost in the other game this sim..... oh hey we actually won

yuck

go write and spread activity wooo

I've brought chaos upon the league's procrastinators, love to see it.