Victor

Well if you're gonna rig it you're gonna rig it quickly before people start asking questions. ? dunno, for me the improvement of Ball and Bronstein to Malenko and Boucher offsets the downgrade from Ironside, if only slightly. Think they were less reliant on one line this season.

For what it's worth I think this is a weaker Helsinki team than last season and a marginally better Toronto team, so last season was more dubious in my eyes but Stopko. I'm not sure why the semifinals weren't live simmed either season though and they were the ones with the more controversial results. From memory Jardy live summed just about any close series he was involved in personally.

Not gonna lie I still know him primarily from MIB.

I said this quite confidently but just scanned down the list of active players and I think the only other additions are Tyler and Robbie lol. Plus Bushito who joined pretty much with me and Greg who was just before. We're a dying breed.

I think if I'm still here in 2029 something has gone horribly wrong haha. I reckon id go for something personal like just my real name. Or some tribute to my old username.

No.

It is Easter weekend 2019 and that made me think that I must have joined around easter in 2009. So I checked my builder article and lo and behold, my joining date was in fact early April 2009, meaning that I have now been on the VHL for just over a decade. OK, its not quite up there with Beketov and Fong and a handful of others (not including Quik here cuz he must have been missing for half the leagues history), and I did leave for just over a year until I came back last summer (granted I kept popping back in pretty regularly) but still. Ten fucking years. I don't think its possible to explain everything that's changed in 10 years. In internet terms that's probably like someone talking about what life was like in the 50s. I'm sure most members newer than myself were on the internet in 2009 (although the frightening thought is that I'm sure there's a few who were not), but the same concept applies to sim leagues - they are just simply not the same these days. Better or worse that's not for me to decide but different. I don't know if teenage me would enjoy cutting my teeth in the modern VHL or if current me would enjoy the bullshit of the league a decade ago so its probably all for the best. But fuck. 10 years. Anyway, that's that. Happy Easter folks. Happy my sort of anniversary. Have a good rest of the long weekend. Much love xx.

5 for Cast

1. Don't think our roster was overpowered this season, no extra depth players, just should have done better. I don't often fail to have an explanation for the sim but this season is one of those situations. 2. See above tbh. Doesn't make sense. The only logical argument I've seen is @Advantage's about the update scale hurting goalies more than forwards now, which we should probably do something about. 3. Fingers crossed, but I'll probably be looking for an insurance policy after Cole fell off the grid. I just need a good VHL goalie, not necessarily a great one. 4. We are clearly the trend setting league. 5. Pretty good although I think I could protect my whole team under current rules. But makes sense since we could have joined the league in the same off season. 6. Ehhhh let's see what happens haha. I don't know what matters to being good anymore.

WE ARE GOING DOWN THE WIRE HYPE

Yesssssssss it’s my first ever Founders Cup there is nothing left to achieve!!!!

My heart.

I assume this is Gebauer.

ONE MORE WIN ONE MORE WIN

Kandee Cain with one of the finest goaltending displays ever, W.

Haha ok you just renamed Stopko but kept his attributes.

Let Pavlov onto the ice imo

Joey Boucher you know because obviously.

https://www.4shared.com/music/l5rrzTKNda/APWNP_Ep_15.html

you can't afford it

That annoyed me in Media Spots though.

snubbed gets me every time ffs it's been like 10 years

Nah Devise needs more than 24 hours to get Toronto back into it.

Pretty sure this thread has always been show spoilers but not book spoilers (but obviously those are irrelevant now). Ned Stark dies.

I've been involved in the draft lottery 3 times as GM and got 1st overall every time. Born winna