Victor

Groundhog day.

Shhhhhh don't tell them.

It's the day of answers and TPE. And four leaved clovers. 1. Who scored the first ever Continental Cup winning goal? (Credit to @Quik - 1 uncapped TPE) As you can see in the link about to follow, it was Markus Lidstrom, scoring for Vasteras who upset Calgary 4-2 in Season 1, with the Wranglers having gone 69-3 in the regular season and sweeping the first round of the playoffs. This probably cursed Vasteras for an eternity. https://vhlforum.com/topic/22385-cup-winning-goals/ 2. What is the lowest number of wins for a Tretiak/Shaw-winning goaltender? For a long time, this was Maxim Desny who had 27 wins back in S2. Lennox Moher, however, splitting time between a rebuilding Davos and a fringe playoff Quebec in S40, set the "record" with just 25 wins, but his save % was through the roof. 2 capped TPE goes to: Jubo07 @Jubo07 MexicanCow123 @MexicanCow Nykonax @Nykonax efiug @efiug Uphillmoss @uphillmoss xsjack @xsjack Kylrad @Kylrad Tagger @Tagger Inf1d3l @Inf1d3l Esso2264 @Esso2264 Josh. @Josh. Beketov @Beketov Barracuda @Barracuda cody73 @cody73 SaltyTalty @SaltyTalty Patpou22 @Patpou22 nethi99 @nethi99 Omgitshim @omgitshim BladeMaiden @BladeMaiden DilIsPickle @DilIsPickle gorlab @gorlab Slashacm @SlashACM GRZ @GRZ TheFlash @TheFlash SirRupertBarnes @SirRupertBarnes K1NG LINUS @K1NG LINUS Award97 @Award97 DMaximus @DMaximus Bushito @Bushito RunnerBert11 @RunnerBert11 .sniffuM @.sniffuM Joeyboucher1 @joeyboucher1 Adama Traore @Adama Traore gregreg @gregreg Sonnet @Sonnet GlowyGoat @GlowyGoat Radcow @Radcow hedgehog337 @hedgehog337 aleks @aleks Thranduil @Thranduil FrostBeard @FrostBeard majesiu @majesiu PapaGage @PapaGage StaticShocked @StaticShocked Jtv123 @Jtv123 SlapshotDragon @SlapshotDragon StamkosFan @StamkosFan hockeyis66 @hockeyis66 SidTheKid87 @SidTheKid87 bucky___lastard @Bucky___lastard Snussu @Snussu Poptart @Poptart Quik @Quik GustavMattias @GustavMattias Sogarn @Sogarn Birdman @Birdman Matmenzinger @Matmenzinger SparrowLTD @SparrowLTD Enorama @Enorama rjfryman @rjfryman FacebookFighter @FacebookFighter Peace @Peace Oost @Oost Anthony Matthews @Anthony Matthews Velevra @Velevra Hybrid1486 @Hybrid1486 Rocketman04 @Rocketman04 Oilmandan @oilmandan DollarAndADream @DollarAndADream Kirby @Kirby Thranduil @Thranduil Toasty @Toasty Grape @Grape leafsman @leafsman flyersfan1453 @flyersfan1453 lightningyamasha @Lightningyamasha ShawnGlade @ShawnGlade Sharkstrong @Sharkstrong Kuch9 @Kuch9 TheLastOlympian07 @TheLastOlympian07 1 capped TPE goes to: ADwyer87 @FacePuncher jRuutu @jRuutu Matt_O @Matt_O Renomitsu @Renomitsu Bonzaijoe @Bonzaijoe Week 3 shall commence tomorrow.

I'll take it.

I like our new goalie.

Always look at the Moscow games to get the disappointment out of the way first.

You're limiting yourself here to 4-3-3 formations, maybe 4-3-1-2. If I'm running a 4-4-2, I'd struggle to fit you in.

Holy fuck we woke up.

McKnight was released in the off season @Devise

This is always the right place. You are always my Hiro. Sadly Hardy has been lost in action so I don't think anyone else has fond memories of Renomitsu.

Welcome to Moscow Matteo! Looking forward to you joining our young core.

midtable wooo

So I completed my all-time top 10 (15 for forwards) lists last week. I timed them quite well in hindsight, just as McAllister retired so I could include him on 3 of them, but without any other all-time greats being on the verge of retirement such that the list would become redundant within a season. Who might break into the top in the next few seasons? I'd have to consider whether Norris Stopko did after his playoff heroics in his last two seasons. There are 3 goalies on the top 10 playoff performers list, and I don't think he knocked out any of Wingate, Kanou, and Wahl. But if he's fourth best, which is not a certainty by any means, there may be an argument that Stopko was better than the current 10th place – defenceman Doug Schneider. There's a debate to be had there for sure. Of the still active crop, Matt Thompson is on good track to make the top two-way forwards list, although it's very close there, but depending on how his last four seasons go could see him either in the honourable mentions or as far up as the top 4-5. Meanwhile, Podrick Cast, still living off the 172-point or whatever season in S62 is still on pace for 900+ points which should put him at least into the 'stats section' of the list, but I still harbour hopes of 5th place.

Yikes.

Lol

Lol.

Oof, rough sim.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUIFvR1_6sefKeym2EzGZm9HbwJxRoXG3PcJ5KDkIXMC31sQ/viewform?usp=sf_link ^ 2 capped TPE if you answer both questions correctly

Didn't you give up a bunch of picks to make sure you had that pick?

That's fine, just dont think it should go further than that.

More teams is clearly the way, cap raises lead to greater disparity and three lines suck.

mfw when I see I need to tag 109 people Anyway, answers: 1. How many times has a goaltender been crowned league MVP? 15, most recently by Apollo Skye in S57. It's a long way off the forward dominance, but is still pretty good representation for the goaltending position - generally someone wins it once a generation. 2. Who is the only player to lead the league in assists in their rookie season? Despite being the least recognisable name on the list, the correct answer is Shane Lynch. The last hurrah for a famous agent in RawEnergy, Lynch went inactive early on and still managed to win the Mikita/Beketov twice - both times bizarrely, not as the sole assists leader, including ending up in a 4-way tie with 81 assists in his rookie year. Conner Low won the Beketov 3 times and was a rookie Labatte winner, but doesn't meet this criteria. Vyacheslav Smirnov had a great rookie season in S62, but in that insane season 86 assists was only good enough for 6th place. Spare a thought for Michael Angelo, whose 98 assists are a rookie record but came in S20, the year of Patrick Bergqvist's overall assists record of 114. Finally, Aksel Thomassen was a top playmaker, and had 92 assists to lead the league as a sophomore, but only had 51 points in his rookie campaign. Right... 2 capped TPE goes to: @FrostBeard @Matmenzinger @Anthony Matthews @ShawnGlade @Patpou22 @Tagger @Trifecta @SaltyTalty @DMaximus @Bushito @Matt_O @Peace @omgitshim @TheFlash @StamkosFan @TheLastOlympian07 @xsjack @Nykonax @GRZ @Snussu @Enorama @DilIsPickle @Jubo07 @rjfryman @oilmandan @Jtv123 @Poptart @PapaGage @Quik @McWolf @SlapshotDragon @diamond_ace @nethi99 @K1NG LINUS @Nacci25 @Thranduil @GlowyGoat @SirRupertBarnes @Plate @Infernal - please use your actual username when filling this out @TacticalHammer @Oost @Sonnet @FacebookFighter @Kirby @gorlab @Sogarn @SparrowLTD @cody73 @hockeyis66 @Romaris @Radcow @Philliefan @Velevra @solas @Bucky___lastard @flan @GustavMattias @efiug @joeyboucher1 @RunnerBert11 @hedgehog337 @DollarAndADream @Jake Levine @Bonzaijoe @Kylrad @Wheaties @Galdoblame @Toasty @Ahma @Inf1d3l @Beketov @Hybrid1486 @Sharkstrong @O4L @SidTheKid87 @Antone10 @BladeMaiden @monkeywrench15 @Josh. @Kisshan @Teztify @Birdman @Kyle @FBR @aleks @xDParK @AndrewWarren13 @Spade18 @Esso2264 @Kuch9 @Tophdaddy @flyersfan1453 @Lightningyamasha @Grape @majesiu @leafsman @wcats 1 uncapped TPE goes to: @WhiteMocha @uphillmoss @Goonie @DoubleCarl @bluesfan55 @Dangles13 @jab3 @jRuutu @leafssteen @MexicanCow123 @Adama Traore

@wcats!

This is what we like to see.

Yeah I don’t think it’s going where you want me in there I gotta is a time for you guys and then I will come home to and get to work on my own way home from Burnham for you to be able I gotta keep it to you I don’t think you can be the one who doesn’t know how much you have been a lot more to be a good friend to and I know that I am a lot more to you than I know that you know that I’m going where you were I don’t think you have any idea how to make you happy and I gotta keep it to me I don’t think I have any good things going to do so if I gotta I don’t think you can be the real me