Victor

Fuck.

You answered Calgary instead of NY.

well yeah, but not by much. I meant more that 5 out of 7 is a good result.

A version of the playoff history spreadsheet incorporating these rankings: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zIYJYMWOYjSZAFh_jfAuYrDlhtZDKVZebEmdGd7EprU/edit?usp=sharing

Answers for Week 5, the last week of S49 which of course was worth double. PART A 1. Who was the last goalie to be taken first overall? (Credit to Bojo) ANSWER: Niklaus Mikaelson back in S41. Sinclair, G. Clegane, and Zhumbayev have gone 2nd since then and Wingate was drafted 3rd for some reason. 2. How many cities have won the Victory Cup? (Credit to sterling) ANSWER: Twelve. Calgary, New York, Toronto, Seattle, Quebec, Davos, Helsinki, Riga, and Stockholm have been regular season champions. Davos also won in Avangard in S7, while Stockholm won in both Vasteras and Madrid. Cologne has never won the Victory Cup. 3. Who has the all-time highest save percentage in the playoffs (minimum of 10 games played)? (Credit to Phil) ANSWER: S8 playoff hero Travis Willcox has a .938 save percentage from his only playoff season (13 games in a finals loss with Riga). 4. How many players have won the VHLM MVP award more than once? (Credit to solas) ANSWER: Two, early days legend Tyler Vassell (S7 and S9 MVP), followed by the creatively named Zach Parise (S12 and S13). The dark days when inactives ruled the VHLM. PART B What is the longest playoff drought in VHL history and how many seasons did it last? ANSWER: Hamilton made the playoffs in S4 and then waited 7 seasons until New York did the same in S12. This was almost matched by a 6-season run by Vasteras from S19 to S24, but remains the record, which looks particularly stark in comparison to the Americans' recent success. 2 capped TPE goes to: Beketov CowboyinAmerica der meister DollarAndADream gorlab Green JardyB10 Phil solas sterling Streetlight TheLastOlympian07 Tylar Velevra Higgins 1 capped TPE goes to: bukss_a Kendrick 1 uncapped TPE goes to: Bojo sterling Phil solas FINAL LEADERBOARD AND TPE PAYOUT (uncapped): 5 TPE: CowboyinAmerica - 12 der meister - 12 DollarAndADream - 12 Phil - 12 Streetlight - 12 Tylar - 12 Velevra - 12 solas - 11 4 TPE: Beketov - 10 Green - 10 sterling - 10 TheLastOlympian07 - 10 gorlab - 9 3 TPE: JardyB10 - 8 bukss_a - 6 Dangles13 - 6 Kendrick - 6 2 TPE: boom - 5 svb - 4 1 TPE: Draper - 2 fever95 - 2 hedgehog337 - 2 STZ - 2 Higgins - 2 Molholt - 1 I will see you all at the start of S50!

5 + Virtanen is pretty good tbh considering the draft literally had 7 players. Better actives proportion than most drafts I'd guess.

It doesn't.

I don't do little things.

Fuck S30-S35 Calgary's trophy case. Into the top 10 now, any predictions of the order?

it's OK I have no illusions after I found out about you and @solas

cheeky bastard

well I don't know who's gonna win that one

Someone say "congrats Toronto" for me on Sunday.

It's the natural next step after two players.

why not both?

Didn't use them like most people would though.

Ouch. Close.

thanks...

I'd like to think that Clegane's S49 has pushed him out of the dependent-on-Helsinki category. Hamilton will probably have 2 Labattes too after this season if I remember the leaderboard correctly so Draper's right in saying Koponen has the weakest (or indeed barely any) case as it stands.

Greater Manchester Dog Army?

Yeah it wasn't as obvious as Boateng but I've never seen anything like Boateng before. Schweinsteiger was the classic handball, they're rarely more obvious than that (intentional or not makes no difference).

Toronto hasn't won the cup yet?

don't think it was in the box in any case. Kroos probably didn't help with the way he fell.

Not a huge fan of separate articles for back-to-back champs. SO like sterling just said. Helsinki and Toronto would go together. Plus you can connect it through the S48 final.

I'm inclined towards France because they haven't won any games through complete bullshit. A bit of luck yeah, but nothing like the kings of the draw (until the semi) Portugal.