Victor

Did you intentionally make a female surname?

Anyone wanna tell him about Mexico City and Houston?

It’s actually pretty easy to do so worth if you aren’t sure. So @STZ you have like five hours.

God damn this was going to be my idea. Guess I can focus more on his Calgary time.

I don’t use my real last name, it’s just an ode to my old username. Think it’s a mix, I always asked the incoming GM what they wanted, generally former player seems to be popular.

Ok when’s the heavy cavalry gonna come in?

Assume I can do the doubles next week as I foolishly already claimed the second week of my MSs.

This will trigger @flyersfan1453

Kolur’s revenge

Good thing we don’t need to play Seattle in the playoffs is all.

1. Who would you say is the biggest surprise in the VHL this year? (Player or Team) All of the teams I didn't expect to compete for the playoffs have surprise me. Seattle, Malmo, New York, all very young but competitive against anyone else in the league. It's made every game tough for everyone else. 2. Whats your favorite post game meal? A big fuck off chicken. Maximum calories and enjoyment. 3. As the season is in it's final leg. What do you think makes this Moscow team so special? Our strength in depth. Being able to roll out 3 quality lines, all of whom could win a game on their own on a given day, is essentially something's no one's been able to do before and many didn't even believe was possible. But here we are. 4. Toronto is the favorite as they have been the most dominant force in the VHL this season. Do you think they're within reach or will it be up to next year's Menace team to compete? I made the big trade with Riga with an eye for S68, even hanging onto the S68 1st in case we missed the playoffs this season. But there's no guarantees anymore, we could make the playoffs this year and get overtaken the next, so if we're there, we have to play to win. We've proven we can beat Toronto and anyone else this season, it's just about stringing it together at the right time. 5. What's the biggest hot take you've heard this season? Free boubabi. 6. Do you think the standings are set or will we see movement between the top 6 this season? Toronto is set in 1st and I think Calgary and Vancouver will stay just behind the European top 3, although that doesn't really matter. How the top 3 settles over here though is anyone's guess. I'm just counting down the days until we can with certainty stop looking over our shoulder at Davos, that would be a big relief.

2,017 words. Week 2 of 4 for Cast.

1,626 words btw so week 2 of 3 for Pavlov.

That's the premise of the article. In my quest to dig out articles worthy of the HOF (as advertised earlier), I went through @CowboyinAmerica's Media Spots today as I know he always writes interesting stuff. My search proved me right although sadly that interesting stuff is almost always with a current twist making it very dated very quickly. That said, in going through those topics I did find this quote from myself, now 5 and a half years old. And given this was posted in S36 or so, I thought surely by this point this fact would have changed. Nope. Not a single GM in Seattle's history has had a goalie as their GM player. Two of them, Greg Harbinson and Blake Campbell, were actual goalies but only became GMs after retirement. Two others, Barabash and Szatkowski, were goalie-GMs on other franchises (Toronto, Davos, Riga, Calgary most recently), but chose to not add a goalie during their time in charge of Seattle. So there's a fun tidbit. Funnily enough, the second sentence above is also still accurate. None of Frank, Brovy, or Beaviss have ever made a goalie while GMing Quebec/Vancouver - the only goalie any of them made, Marius Henchoz, retired before Frank got to Quebec. And Cologne's GMs also opted against making goalies until the bitter end.

Good to see you around @FacebookFighter, as I said/implied earlier, take all the time you need. My grandma died earlier this year and I hadn't even seen her in over 2 years so I'm glad you can still make the most of the time you have.

Sorry not sorry.

Damn, needed that.

I am planning to dive into the old Mag forum at some point as I know most of the stuff I wrote on this site was for the mag and there was some good shit in there.

So we've always kept the 20 in 20 (30 in 30, 40 in 40) articles in the HOF... https://vhlforum.com/forum/121-vhl-history/ And today I took the liberty of moving my all-time lists from earlier this year into a section of their own - yeah it's just one man's opinion but still something no one's done before and will be fun to revisit later on down the line: https://vhlforum.com/forum/505-greatest-players-of-all-time-s64/ So my question is, does anyone remember writing or reading an article or series of articles which deserves its own place in the HOF? If so, post suggestions below as I feel the stuff we are likeliest to lose is good articles which are never read again after the week they were published.

Gigga-Bijou account is still available.

(S1) G - Robert Sharpe; TPE: 188(S6) LW - Alexander Beketov; TPE: 593(S14) G - Alex Young; TPE: 481(S21) RW - Niklas Kristensen; TPE: 217(S25) C - Jason White; TPE: 506(S32) G - Evgeni Chekhov; TPE: 675(S39) RW - Jackson Miller; TPE: 825 https://vhlforum.com/topic/26238-s48-g-jakab-holik-tpe-1017/ OK so you had one goalie who had shit luck in the playoffs and no other players who put up HOF TPE levels: https://vhlforum.com/topic/16036-hall-of-fame-players-by-position/ Not sure where you're getting the notion the sim hates you, you're basically a very late bloomer in VHL terms whose best players have you been your last couple.

May

Have you ever gotten close to this level of TPE earning before?

1. Listening to music not talking to anyone in my headphones, as usual on long trips. I let everyone else sort out the problems. 2. The above to be honest. Ignoring my teammates is one of my top 1 pastimes. 3. Roger Sterling, he keeps getting emotional about how differently our careers have gone since we were both drafted in S61. He's ruined too many of my t-shirts already. 4. Jet Jaguar, some absolutely wild Ukrainian shit. I don't even know if it's legal in most of Europe but we're in Russia and it tastes nice so fuck it. 5. Probably the captain, Komarov, he's tough as a tree. Pretty sure I saw him maim a bear once. Although maybe that was someone from Seattle. 6. Beau Buefordsson, but he probably thought we had purposefully stopped in the middle of nowhere to kill him in a forest for retiring early.

(S67) D - Vladimir Pavlov Hometown: Moscow, Russia VHL Team: Moscow Menace Height: 6'2" Weight: 220 lbs. Vladimir Pavlov is one of three rookie defencemen on the S67 Moscow Menace roster, joining the franchise in its third season of existence, just as the VHL's first ever Russian team has joined the hunt for the playoffs. On a team performance level, it has been a great success for the local Muscovite, who has been burdened with fans' expectations ever since it was announced that the Menace would be represented by a kid from Moscow. Individually, there is still much room for improvement. Scouted as a center in the mould of his agency's predecessors like the Hall of Famer Alexander Chershenko and the currently active Podrick Cast, Pavlov has had a difficult transition to defence just as he started finding his feet in the VHLM as a forward. By the end of S66, Pavlov was showing hallmarks of some of those highly acclaimed names in the past, with MVP-worthy performances for Team Asia at the World Juniors and the Saskatoon Wild in the playoffs (10 goals and 18 points in 10 games), although both runs ended too short for the young center to be in serious consideration fo individual awards. It hadn't all been smooth sailing to that point, with S65 being effectively a waste of time for Pavlov as his agent chased a maiden Founder's Cup and while that was secured, Pavlov's stat line for the VHLM regular season and post season was identical – 11 games played and 0s across all the other categories as he saw no ice time for the Minnesota Storm. It was after a midseason trade from Minnesota to Saskatoon that Pavlov started to come into his own, but has now had to start from scratch again in a new position and in a league with Moscow. Here's a look at how that adaptatation's gone so far: Strengths Shooting ability – As a natural scorer, Pavlov has transferred his attacking nous to his new position with a shoot-first mentality resulting in a very respectable 6 goals and 28 points through 56 games in S67. Three of those goals have come on the powerplay where Pavlov has been a useful and understated weapon on the Menace's second unit. On-ice awareness – Like many forwards who shift to defence early on, Pavlov sees the game a bit differently to more experienced defencemen, with a clear eye for a good pass. This is definitely a skill which will become most useful in future seasons as the young defenceman really finds his bearings on the ice, and currently most his assists still come from rebounds rather than timely passes, but the potential is clearly there. Versatility – It almost goes without saying, but having already played as a forward and a defenceman in a short period of time, coaches will be able to use Pavlov in any position in the team in the future. Although defence is the position set in stone for Pavlov by Moscow's management, perhaps he will see some time as a forward on the powerplay or when the team is down by a goal late in the game. Weaknesses Defence – This comes as no surprise, but 56 games into life as a defenceman, Pavlov still has the mindset of a forward and will think about scoring before preventing goals. It's a mindset which fits the Menace, high both in the goals for and goals against columns but will need to improve as it's not a sustainable style of play for a serious Continental Cup contender. Taking one for the team – In a similar vein, Pavlov is so far not the most keen to lay his body on the line, with a meagre 40 blocked shots so far this season. This is a combination of both Pavlov's past as an offensive forward but also perhaps an element of prejudice from his status as a local fan favourite in Moscow. He has added a bit more to his physical game with 75 hits so far in S67 already ahead of his S66 full-season total, although that has led to the final main weakness... Discipline – Although an increased willingness to hit the opponent is a welcome change to Pavlov's game and transition to defence, it has come at a cost as on occasion the rookie gets overexuberant and has spent 74 minutes in the box so far this season, far ahead of his VHLM numbers. With experience and continued coaching, this is presumably an issue which will be resolved over time.