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If something is the only thing of its kind I think it’s pretty unique lol

Does any other league currently have a European Conference? I feel like that is unique enough and then Vasteras was just going out of the way to be even more niche for what is already niche for a NA-centric league.

#Justice4NY

Start your backup against us one more time I dare you.

Omg ??

Shit am I getting fired

Hopefully we don't do a Malmo and tank after 20 games but at least not looking insane so far....

F: Brett Puck F: Bobby Puck G: Louis-Philippe de la Crème

Uhhhh

@Will

Vintage Sterling this.

Oof RIP win streak. Should have woken up before the 3rd period.

We already had Vasteras in the VHLM. There were bloody two of them once ffs.

I sometimes struggle to pump that out for a VHL.com article so just go for a press conference lol. So I suppose that’s our alternative to that.

I’m not sure cash for media is compatible with welfare. Or also having welfare is basically the alternative. If you struggle in a week you can claim a bit less TPE, if you don’t you can set yourself up for a few weeks by writing a massive MS. The limited time themed PTs are my point on it being too much effort to make it there. We have seasonal theme PTs now but there’s little scope to add any more weekly tasks without increasing the TPE cap. Obviously we could completely overhaul our PT structure and copy theirs but not sure that’s worth it. Implementing a couple changes otherwise is too difficult.

Wow an old school SHL vs VHL conversation, is it 2014 again? I was a member there for the first 12 seasons, made a Hall of Famer on minimal effort as you do. Then came back a few times in more of a troll mode (last notable contribution was fucking over an expansion franchise by exposing their flawed tampering rules and making a team losing like three first round picks for messaging me once). Its weird, the SHL was set up around S17 in the VHL and was meant to be the antidote to our hardcore 9 TPE cap, grading-centric “PT league”. It was literally advertised as a non PT league but somehow over time it completely flipped and now you need to put more effort to make it there. We had some tetchy periods in our relationship usually when we had more heavily SHL based drafts but I’m glad we basically stopped speaking to each other around S50, it was pretty toxic. I never understood two things about the SHL: 1. How they kept attracting such a younger age member base which resulted in all the drama but also meant most members lifespans were shorter (guaranteed they don’t have as many old farts as us). 2. How they were so good at recruiting in general. But we’ve fixed that up now, our member counts are very similar (looking at practice facility vs activity check counts) so not really sure what they have to offer at this point that is useful to us. I’ve certainly always preferred the fact the VHL has more of a focus on the actual sim league aspect rather than being more of a side thing over there. I also have no idea how much crossover we have now, might be worth having a poll lol (although I also don’t want to give the fact the SHL exists much attention). But other than their juniors system which I don’t think we can feasibly replicate with career length limits, is there actually anything else they do which is better? I’m sure we’d take any reasonable improvements on board, just not really sure if there is anything.

We can restrict you to 17 shots again if you like instead.

Six game winning streak, tears in my eyes.

Another great win, top line doing bits.

Davos is in Switzerland so it’s probably represented enough, but Germany is definitely on the list I’m sure.

1. Are you the Greg Eagles from way back when? I feel like he had the same username? If not, were you aware of the old Greg Eagles? 2. In a similar vein, I won a cup with Greg Eagleowski, Greg Eagles' recreate, in S18 long after he went inactive. Thoughts (regardless if it's you or not)? 3. Anyway enough of that. What's it like being a backup in the VHL? In the past any active was almost guaranteed to start but now you have to wait, what's that like? 4. Any teams in particular who will regret passing on you? 5. Did you get to go to your preferred team in the draft? 6. Favourite logo in the league? 7. Thoughts on crossover (i.e. best 6 teams going to the playoffs regardless of conferences)? Should it stay or should it go? 8. If you had to pick one location for a VHL team in Europe where would you put it? 9. Same as above but for a North American team? 10. What is your view on the VHL ever expanding beyond Europe and North America? @Greg_Di

Wording is a bit iffy in that sentence, doesn't mention they did win 1 in S61. But that's still 1 in nearly 30 seasons compared to 8 in the previous 28. Yes, you need to go back.

Teams 5-10: https://vhlforum.com/topic/66213-vhl-franchise-all-time-goaltending-ranking-teams-5-10/ 4. Riga Reign S8 – Travis Wilcox S9-S15 – Marek Van Urho S10 | Tretiak S16-S17 – Jonas Markstrom S16 | Tretiak S18-S23 – Ma'a Nonu S27 – Andreas Bjorkman Tretiak S31-S32 – Alexander Labatte HOF | Shaw x2 S33 – Jehovah S33 S34 – Vincent Vega S36-S41 – Mike Szatkowski Jr. S40 | Shaw S44-S45 – Bernie Gow S46-S47 – Hans Wingate HOF | Shaw S51-S52 – Sandro Clegane HOF | S51 | Shaw x2 S55-S59 – Markus King HOF | S57, S58 | Shaw x2 S60 – Vernon Von Axelberry S63-present – Kallis Kriketers S63 | Shaw x2 Riga's goaltending history has been a slow-burner but has gone from strength to strength more recently. While we can safely ignore their brief time in Stockholm, the first few starting goaltenders were solid backbones for cup-winning teams (and Van Urho was unlucky to not make the Hall of Fame). Subsequently there was a troubled period when the Reign became one of the league's struggling franchises, but the key turning point seemed to be the free agent signing of superstar Alexander Labatte in S31. Although he was curiously traded before winning a cup, Riga was back in the spotlight and has hardly fallen out since. In the past few decades, the Reign have even aligned their goaltenders' success to their own as a team, with three straight Hall of Famers who won Shaw Trophies while in Riga (Wingate, Clegane and King). Kriketers is well on his way to matching the predecessors and keeping this streak going might just move Riga to the top of this list soon enough. 3. Helsinki Titans S1-S5 – Maxim Desny HOF | Tretiak x2 S6-S11 – Dominik Stryker S6 S12-S15 – Izaak Muller S15 S19-S24 – Jakob Kjeldsen S22 | Tretiak S25-S27 – Claudio Martucci S27 S31-S36 – Tuomas Tukio HOF | S34 S40 – Eggly Bagelface S41 – Kimmo Salo S42 – Mike Szatkowski Jr. S45-S48 – Greg Clegane HOF | S45, S46 S53-S58 – Astrid Moon S54, S55 S59-S60 – Jacob S60 S61 – Markus King HOF S63-present – Alexander Pepper S66 | Shaw As pointed out in a recent article before Pepper won the Shaw Trophy, the Titans are not very good at putting their goaltenders in a position where they can be named the best in the league. They are however quite good at getting their goaltenders Continental Cups, although the lines are quite blurred whether that reflects more on Helsinki or their goaltending strength. Either way, the Titans have gone through most of their history without struggling to find a starting goaltender with the exception of a fraught period around S40 and also oddly enough between the back-to-back championships of both Clegane and Moon. The two are quite aligned, even if a few of Helsinki's former netminders seemed to find more individual (but crucially not team) success elsewhere. The door is open for Pepper to be his franchise's best ever goalie, although it's already a solid list regardless. 2. HC Davos Dynamo S10-S16 – Benoit Devereux HOF | S11, S13 | Tretiak x3 S18-S25 – Daisuke Kanou HOF | S20, S24, S25 | Tretiak S27-S33 – Satan S31 S35-S40 – Lennox Moher S36, S38 | Shaw S42-S48 – Callum Sinclair S49-S50 – Sandro Clegane HOF S51-S52 – Apollo Skye HOF S56-S57 – Rhett DeGrath HOF S58-S62 – Shawn Brodeur S61 S64-present – Finn Davison Ignoring the weird and confusing history of the Avangard Havoc (S2-S10), who won a Continental Cup in S7 with a rookie goaltender, the story of Davos splits nicely into two parts. First they were an unstoppable force which seemed to win championships whenever it wanted, helped of course by being spoiled for around 15 seasons by two of the finest goaltenders in history – Benoit Devereux and Daisuke Kanou. Then came a slight drop in goaltending quality and then after Moher's retirement in S40, the cups effectively dried up. However, in these lean years (by anyone's standards, let alone the Dynamo's) for now nearly 30 seasons, Davos has still witnessed some solid to great goaltenders, including 3 Hall of Famers, two of whom, Clegane and DeGrath, inspired the team to underdog finals appearances. Ultimately, the steep fall of Davos has little to do with their goaltending situation and the franchise remains near the top when it comes to that aspect. 1. Toronto Legion S1-S4 – Sam Lafluer S7-S10 – Alex Gegeny HOF | S9 | Tretiak x2 S14-S17 – Tayson Barabash Tretiak S19-S25 – Aidan Shaw HOF | S21 | Tretiak x4 S28-S30 – Alexander Labatte HOF| S29 S31-S38 – Remy LeBeau HOF | S37 | Shaw x2 S43 – Mike Szatkowski Jr. S48-S50 – Hans Wingate HOF | S48, S49, S50 | Shaw S51-S52 – Greg Clegane HOF | Shaw S54-S59 – Torstein Ironside Shaw S63 – Shawn Brodeur S64 – Norris Stopko HOF | S64 | Shaw S65 – Johnny Havenk Carison S65 S66-present – JB Rift Never really in doubt but I hadn't really considered Toronto's goaltending legacy since LeBeau retired. At the time, it was a no-brainer to put them at the top, but LeBeau's shoes proved to be too big to fill for a long time. The failed attempt to compete in S43 put the Legion in a deep hole for a while, but they bounced back with a threepeat and it's been largely smooth sailing since in the goaltending department since. Finding a long-term starter has been a bit more difficult in recent years, but there is little to complain when Stopko and Carison claimed a cup and playoff MVP each in their single season as starters. There are potentially parallels to be drawn with S52-S53 New York who were also GMed by Ryan Power and for whom the luck ran out, but it will be hard to argue with the above track record for a while yet. I have now realised that this part of the Media Spot is not quite 1,000 words so will add a quick conclusion – it is fitting that it came down to Toronto vs Davos given their history in the finals and the Shaw vs Kanou dynamic for so many years. It's also interesting that this isn't really how I'd rank these 10 franchises in terms of actual success which means we might overestimate the importance of goaltenders? Not sure to be honest. 1,060 words so 2 weeks for Pavlov.