Victor

You weren't down 3-1 Yay my support for the Gows paid off. There is hope for a new champion yet!

Hahahahahaha Frank you suck. Go Calgary, may the odds be ever in your favour.

Heatley - Spezza - Alfredsson Karlsson - Redden Anderson HMs: Hossa (it really sucks that Heatley hit such heights and that I liked Heatley then) Vermette (I always liked him for some reason but he's nowhere near good enough) Chara (interchangeable with Redden really but Redden was better as a Sen) Emery (for the banter and 2007 run) Volchenkov (shot blocking god. wtf happened to him)

Yeah they could all learn from VHL GMs.

shit so I have deluded myself into this false belief and keep spreading it despite being proven otherwise. I'm like the church.

#jeffership was obviously leadership!

Zoidberg the double agent.

Home ice disadvantage.

I have angered the gods.

Yeah started comeback a tad late.

we don't have files up to s17. I could probably guess a lot of them. I guess you could go on the first site and go through peoples' posts to figure out which team won each game but I mean, if someone has time to kill.

I'm sure over 40 seasons it's closer to 10%, if not less. Since the slightly different sim in S20 (still v1), probably something similar. Like I said, very skewed by S33 and those finals. Even then, nowhere near the guaranteed losing team winning that some imply.

I hereby decree that any new member who joins before the S41 VHLM Dispersal Draft is entitled to quadruples week (and 3 doubles separately). This won't be a regular occurrence but quadruples is quadruples.

There seems to be a terrible misconception in the VHL that a 3-1 lead in the playoffs is not a good thing. I am here to prove that this is not the case. This is a 590 because it's not good enough to be a MS or interesting enough to be a mag article. Anyway, I have looked at all seasons since S27. Why S27? Because that is roughly when people started to doubt leads. Up to the mid-20s, a two-game lead was considered a guaranteed lead. In fact, S27 was the first time a finalist (New York, obviously) led 2-0 and lost. New York would then be the first finalist to lead 3-1 and lose in S31. Anyway, here's what I've come up with. CODE: Bland boring text: team with 3-1 lead won in 5 or 6 games Bold: team with 3-1 lead won in 7 games RED AND BOLD: team with 3-1 lead lost the series S27: New York 3-1 Seattle S28: New York 3-1 Davos S29: Toronto 3-1 New York, Toronto 3-1 Davos S30: Seattle 3-1 New York, Calgary 3-1 Seattle S31: Riga 3-1 Helsinki, Davos 3-1 Riga, New York 3-1 Calgary, New York 3-1 Davos S32: New York 3-1 Quebec, New York 3-1 Calgary, Riga 3-1 New York S33: Davos 3-1 Riga, Helsinki 3-1 Riga, Calgary 3-1 New York S34: Calgary 3-1 Quebec S35: Cologne 3-1 Davos. Toronto 3-1 Calgary, Quebec 3-1 Calgary S36: Toronto 3-1 Quebec, Davos 3-1 Helsinki, Toronto 3-1 Davos S37: No 3-1 leads S38: Riga 3-1 Vasteras, Toronto 3-1 Seattle, Davos 3-1 Riga S39: Seattle 3-1 Calgary, New York 3-1 Seattle, New York 3-1 Davos Well, well, well. Out of a whopping 29 3-1 leads in 13 seasons, just 11 Game 7s were forced, of which seven comeback wins were secured. That's 38% and 24% respectively, for those who like that stuff. If we go just for the last decade, which is probably fair, then it's 9/23 (39%) and 7/23 (30%). Take away a freak Season 33, where every 3-1 lead was blown away, and things look pretty dire for the comeback settings conspiracy crew (which isn't really a thing, I hope). That season, and three finals in six seasons (S31, S32, S36) which featured 3-1 comebacks is probably what created this myth.

Not in Riga. Granted, Latvian prices are similar to the rest of Europe, unlike salaries...

Davoooooooooos

Wylde really clocked up the PIM. Though Helsinki improved without him. Fuck should have changed pick'em to two Riga wins.

It's vintage S36 Moher here.

It's probably 50/50 historically at this point but sure. Plus we bought the refs.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw that in the team forum bar.

Look at this absolutely sexy boat

#jeffership all you need to know also James died and we ate him

gorlab it is then don't fuck it up

Lunaro and jaladolar shall be your World Cup commissioners for S40.