Victor

You know when people say to PM these things? This is literally the single best example of when you should PM.

you so you shipped me off!!!11!!

I'm gonna give this two days.

He probably means the voided trade where more Viking players were heading to Quebec, not just Stokes and Morgan. That and the Mikaelson trade drama - it's been an interesting couple weeks for Quebec to be sure.

saw 2 goals on 19 shots, winced, then saw HEL G and all was well. HEL G the morale booster.

wtf Wingate

Cat defeats Asian. Just one shot made the difference but we really went for it in OT, good to win. And captain Duddy has awoken!

3-1

So nothing would have actually changed if this trade hadn't happened.

Mikaelson for Shaw was a bad choice.

Victor Hans Wingate Ariel Weinstein Smarch Hans Wingate Greg Clegane

I'm surprised Greg ever spoke to me again afterwards. Yeah but one of them was Jardy so no cares.

So as I was updating this thread which almost certainly no one uses but is kinda cool to me anyway, I came across a trade that has fallen through the cracks in this crazy off-season. To S45 SEA 1st (G Ariel Weinstein) To S45 RIG 1st (G Sandro Clegane) S46 RIG 2nd Riga Reign GM: Steve Smeall Cologne Express GM: Ryan Power Trade thread: http://www.vhlforum.com/index.php?/topic/23304-rigcol-s44-off-season/ I don't understand why this trade took place. The trade which gave Riga Thomassen and Denis sent the Weinstein pick to Quebec, who wanted third overall in the first place. In the thread, Toast (Riga GM Smeall) says that this trade enables him to get a player he wanted. But who? It was common knowledge that Phil Hamilton and Greg Clegane were going first and second overall to Helsinki. As Riga was one of few teams with no interest in goaltenders, they presumably targeted Biggu Kyanon. But as things stood, the team picking ahead of them (Cologne) had no interest in Kyanon as far as I know. Riga also had no need to fear that Quebec would trade up and grab Kyanon since they obviously needed a goalie (and eventually got him once Riga dealt third overall). The only logical chain I could construct was that Riga was afraid Cologne, due to a preference for Sandro Clegane over Weinstein, were fine with letting Clegane fall to sixth (with NY picking Weinstein fifth) and taking Kyanon ahead of the Reign. But of course not only could Riga then been dicks to Cologne to negate this risk, this very trade pretty much disproves the theory. If Cologne was considering such a move, it was not used as any leverage in a trade which gave very little extra for moving down a pick. So why did this trade happen? Why was Quebec pissed off when they got the pick anyway? Who was Riga targeting who they suddenly decided to not draft after all? How did Cologne benefit? And more importantly, why were these two scrubs drafted in the top four?

They should just be made before the season not in the next one. The blurbs became pretty much irrelevant.

Noo we let Stockholm win

I think they relocated back to Vasteras.

Fair enough Wingate, fair enough.

in a strange coincidence, the same amount that will be left at the end of A Song of Ice and Fire.

5. Titans , Thomas O'Malley 3 (Brady Stropko, Greg Clegane) at 14:29 (PP) game-winning assist! Another close one but 4 wins out of 4.

Did this game get lost on its way to the VHLM?

Blind showed he could steal, gg. Great stuff by the top line.

Knew I should have got the cheaper Sinclair over Wingate.

Hello all, hope you enjoyed the off-season. The VHL is back and so is trivia! We'll be running the exact same system as during the test run in S44, except for all ~8 weeks of Season 45 and with a consistent method of getting questions. As last season, you will receive a max of 1 capped TPE for answering a question correctly, and correct answers will add up on a seasonal leaderboard which will result in uncapped TPE next off-season. Uncapped TPE will also be available for those who provide me with questions to use, if they are used. To start, simply PM me one number from 1 to 4 (this will now be the same every week). I will PM you your two questions in the next few days.