Victor

It was your only personality trait in 2010

Does he still talk about Paramore?

With the regular season over, it's time to nominate your best members, @Members Every member can nominate one other member who they feel demonstrated great work ethic, passion for the VHL, and/or made some notable contribution which in your eyes made them stand out in S88. There are no restrictions on who you nominate, but we will not necessarily vote for someone in a position of power. This should whittle it down to a few candidates which the BOG will vote on prior to the off-season awards ceremony. To nominate a fellow member, simply fill out the short form linked here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe19SS3hDDwYM1F3AljrfpUTkihNyG0YwCTASrPvxzO-e8xtg/viewform?usp=sf_link

@Doomsday @Da Trifecta we made it

Koradek is turning in his grave right now

some might say this was AJ's Achilles heel

Vote for who you think was individually the most outstanding player in the VHL in S87. @Members

I'll be there no matter what

Nope Intense analysis here though. Perhaps one to revisit next season when we have no first ballot candidates.

Thank you to all those who put in nominations. Receiving 2 or more votes and heading to the BOG ballot are: @jacobcarson877 @MubbleFubbles @Spartan Others receiving a nomination each were @Acydburn @Ahma @Alex @Arce @Berocka @Elman Diablo @KaleebtheMighty @kirbithan @Masu Chan @ryf87 @sadie @Triller If you want to know what you got nominated, just PM me on the forums or Discord.

Ah but did you consider leap years though?

Marcel Janser beats up Chip Stone at 7:28 of 1st period Daniel Janser beats up Alessandro Nano at 7:28 of 1st period did someone make a joke about their mom or something

Hi @Members, 'tis Elmebeck nomination time. Every member can nominate one other member who they feel demonstrated great work ethic, passion for the VHL, and/or made some notable contribution which in your eyes made them stand out in S87. There are no restrictions on who you nominate, but we will not necessarily vote for someone in a position of power. This should whittle it down to a few candidates which the BOG will vote on prior to the off-season awards ceremony. To nominate a fellow member, simply fill out the short form linked here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcy6JtGYpqYewN865h8jr2vJ9MdDiW6e8c9d8b9iTKev7utg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Davos beating Riga, a tale as old as time.

It's generally reserved for defencemen heh

really showing your age there

Remember you talking about some of this briefly when we were VHLEing together. Honestly props for only going from strength to strength since then and dealing with all this - love this for you!

Depends on other submissions, it is sure to be a hotly contested battle.

y'all are 2 months early, free TPE will come in March x

Incredible. Maybe i should start putting the clear worst choice top from now on.

I mean I just always go top scorer, top goalscorer, top dman, top goalie in order. Maybe I should mix it up for science.

#ExpandTheE

It's a challenge but my people are building the best case physically possible for the great man. Surprised you've recovered from this killer Gus line though....

I'm less wedded to this point these days however I should clarify that it means something slightly different to me. In my mind, if Holik had the exact same type of career (2nd or 3rd best most regular seasons, awful in the playoffs) but played 10 seasons later against Stopko, his save% and GAA would be so much worse that he wouldnt be under consideration. So in a way Holik was lucky to be 4th best of an insanely good generation to even be on the ballot and not be a Shawn Brodeur or Alexander Pepper or whoever else. And by the same token, we aren't obliged to induct the best goalie of every generation so Stopko did do enough, especially in the playoffs, to warrant it. I think we're about to get to a similar dilemma with Papa actually in that we haven't inducted a goalie in a while and need to decide what is deserving. Biggest plot twist is I might end up being team Papa. He's certainly going to be on the ballot having looked at the career stats a couple weeks ago. But we can get into that in a month or so when the discussion begins. I do find it quite poetic that you are about to have 2 goalies at opposite extremes of the generational argument. I think we'd have to check how long Kellinger and Chouinard were on the ballot as one of them certainly holds the record for longest wait overall but I know both were taken off at some point before experiencing a renaissance and making it in at last. Perhaps that's what Holik needs too! And as Bek says, this is actually a very important point which imo needed more than a throwaway line. I think the rookie season argument is a fresh take, albeit that opens a can of worms I'm not sure I want to open, for goalies and skaters in equal measure, but your analysis would definitely benefit from a section on playoff records. Great read though!

Spartan has gone too long without losing a final.