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The French are weird. Source: @Smarch

No other takers other than the good man @Beaviss? I always thought we had a load of people in Vancouver.

I think it's a French speaking thing in general, I've seen it when I've come across French people chatting football on Twitter and stuff.

Shhh, I paid him a lot for that.

I expected nothing less.

I'm glad someone appreciates my quest for authenticity.

Mais non !

Sterling is worse than Aamo.

FA?? Just come to Riga.

Well that was fun. I could make a Media Spot (and I probably eventually will) just on the headline figures like Smirnov's best ever rookie season, or Cast and Thompson featuring prominently on the points and goals records. But what I've done is focused on the sophomore seasons in VHL history, and carrying on from that, the first 2 seasons of a career. Here is the output: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_beGMNLWnFRBsxkVnB2U5EupOcu7Bf3ZHpHDnEjQ_ro/edit?usp=sharing As expected, Scotty Campbell and Brett Slobodzian appear a lot - hence the trophies named after them. Likewise, little surprise to see Scott Boulet but Christian Stolzschweiger you might be surprised to find had his 'top rookie season' in his sophomore season, being a S2 draftee who played in S1. Apart from these early legends, they were only really threatened by anyone so early in their career by Jardy Bunclewirth (RIP) in S18 and S19 and Tarik Saeijs in S19 and S20. Then a bit more recently the great Max Molholt and Max von Hohenzollern, who caught the Joel Jarvi gravy train. Until S62 of course, when Podrick Cast had indisputably the best sophomore season of all-time (very unfortunate for Thompson and Preencarnacion ) en route to the best first 2 seasons of anyone not named Campbell and Slobodzian (i.e. of the last 60 seasons). It will be interesting how Smirnov does in S63 as he really only need 110ish points to match that. Here's a few key highlights for those too lazy to sift through the linked data: Most Points: 1st season 2nd season Brett Slobodzian S1 Scotty Campbell S2 Jardy Bunclewirth S19 Tarik Saeijs S20 Aksel Thomassen S41 Podrick Cast S62 Most Goals: 1st season 2nd season Brett Slobodzian S1 Scotty Campbell S2 Tarik Saeijs S20 Max Molholt S46 Podrick Cast S62 MVP: 1st season 2nd season Brett Slobodzian S1 Christian Stolzschweiger S2 Jardy Bunclewirth S19 TBC? S62 Most sophomore season points, goals, and assists: Rookie Sophomore TOTAL first 2 seasons Goals Assists Points Goals Assists Points Goals Assists Points Podrick Cast S61, S62 49 48 97 79 95 174 128 143 271 Scotty Campbell S1, S2 73 61 134 79 82 161 152 143 295 Tarik Saeijs S19, S20 35 47 82 71 86 157 106 133 239 Matt Thompson S61, S62 33 23 56 76 74 150 109 97 206 Edwin Preencarnacion S61, S62 45 43 88 65 76 141 110 119 229 Rookie Sophomore TOTAL first 2 seasons Goals Assists Points Goals Assists Points Goals Assists Points Scotty Campbell S1, S2 73 61 134 79 82 161 152 143 295 Podrick Cast S61, S62 49 48 97 79 95 174 128 143 271 Matt Thompson S61, S62 33 23 56 76 74 150 109 97 206 Christian Stolzschweiger S1, S2 36 35 71 72 68 140 108 103 211 Tarik Saeijs S19, S20 35 47 82 71 86 157 106 133 239 Max von Hohenzollern S52, S53 54 44 98 67 69 136 121 113 234 Edwin Preencarnacion S61, S62 45 43 88 65 76 141 110 119 229 Rookie Sophomore TOTAL first 2 seasons Goals Assists Points Goals Assists Points Goals Assists Points Podrick Cast S61, S62 49 48 97 79 95 174 128 143 271 Aksel Thomassen S40, S41 22 29 51 44 92 136 66 121 187 Tarik Saeijs S19, S20 35 47 82 71 86 157 106 133 239 Scotty Campbell S1, S2 73 61 134 79 82 161 152 143 295 Conner Low S36, S37 19 64 83 27 79 106 46 143 189 Edwin Preencarnacion S61, S62 45 43 88 65 76 141 110 119 229 Jardy Bunclewirth S18, S19 54 78 132 45 75 120 99 153 252 Kevin Brooks S6, S7 39 50 89 53 74 127 92 124 216 Matt Thompson S61, S62 33 23 56 76 74 150 109 97 206 Best first 2 seasons: Rookie Sophomore TOTAL first 2 seasons Goals Assists Points Goals Assists Points Goals Assists Points Brett Slobodzian S1, S2 79 92 171 64 61 125 143 153 296 Scotty Campbell S1, S2 73 61 134 79 82 161 152 143 295 Podrick Cast S61, S62 49 48 97 79 95 174 128 143 271 Jardy Bunclewirth S18, S19 54 78 132 45 75 120 99 153 252 Scott Boulet S1, S2 53 79 132 60 59 119 113 138 251

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Correct.

Ending on a game which perfectly represents this weird season.

Fair enough Canmore wanted the Beketov. I'll take the prediction point.

Probably deserved for Jason White haha

I reckon it'll be more frustrating for me given I've led in goals for now 70 games. ?

The playoffs are going to be fun hahaha. Just the three goals between us now @Beketov

On fire.

I'm just refusing to score goals now.

Three triple posts in a day = 50 TPE bonus

That. Since we've now encroached into my favourite territory of 'Everything That's Wrong with the Wylde Trophy', I just want to say ^^^^ that, again, and also, All-VHL teams should address the fact that you can have a physical defenceman and/or a scoring defenceman. But there's not that much in between with this sim.

2 scoring centers 1 two-way center 1 defenceman 2 goalies That's kept me going for around 9 years lol. I do struggle to think of what else I want to do apart from two-way winger but that's a pretty long period of time before becoming a problem.

I will.

Probably, I need to sort out meeting quite a few people from the scary place called real life. But I have like a week to play with and will know sooner than later.

I actually fly in on the 1st I need to check how long/much does it take to get to Montreal/Quebec but I feel like you guys are a bit too far haha.