Victor

El capitan with a strong showing.

3 articles up for grabs! Smitty and Ironside for players, and Green's builder article. Also based on @Thranduil's last site visit, Canmore is probably also available if you're quick. @Mason, is Kriketers still on your radar/do you need any help?

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Hi VHL. Today I would like to talk about a few members currently active/holding all our money in a Caribbean bank account who thanks to their longevity have played for a large chunk of the VHL's 16 franchises. This may not be a full list of the league's biggest whores but it's a few names that came to mind. Plus it was 456 words before I started writing this opening paragraph and that is very important when you have writer's block stretching back several months. Green – 11 franchises @OrbitingDeath Toronto (S31-S38, S63-S65) – 2 Cups Cologne (S40-S44) – 1 Cup Helsinki (S45-S46, S61) – 2 Cups New York (S47) – 1 Cup Riga (S49-S52) – 1 Cup Seattle (S53, S57-S60) – 1 Cup Stockholm (S54-S55) – 0 Cups Quebec (S56, S59) – 1 Cup Davos (S55-S56, S60-S62) – 1 Cup Calgary (S62) – 1 Cup Malmo (S68-present) – 0 Cups I think Green was the inspiration for this as I know he was proud of his cup-winning record with all of the “original” 10 teams, except Vasteras naturally. He does have some catching up to do as he has been on Malmo through the last few expansions. Also does anyone refer to him by his new username? Victor – 9 franchises - hey, it's me New York (S11-S15, S32-S33, S41-S42) – 3 Cups Helsinki (S16, S45-S48) – 2 Cups Calgary (S17-S19, S27-S31, S34) – 3 Cups Toronto (S20-S23, S51-S52) – 1 Cup Vasteras (S24) – 0 Cups Davos (S35-S39) – 2 Cups Quebec (S40, S49-S50) – 0 Cups Riga (S61-S66) – 1 Cup Moscow (S67-present) – 1 Cup Having looked at Green I had to check how much better he was than me and was pleased to learn that not by much. We both couldn't win with Vasteras and I have featured for fewer teams but other than Quebec I don't have too many taints on the record. Sterling – 7 franchises @sterling Calgary (S1-S9) – 3 Cups New York (S10-S14, S33-S34, S37-S42) – 3 Cups Seattle (S15-S17, S46-S48, S53) – 1 Cup Toronto (S19-S23, S28-S30, S52) – 2 Cups Vasteras (S24-S26), Stockholm (S43-S44) – 1 Cup Riga (S31-S32, S51) – 1 Cup Quebec (S49-S50) – 0 Cups Sterling was actually very loyal when he had players and is a terrible example for this Media Spot. Who's editing this thing? He only left Europe for a combined 8 seasons and like me couldn't solve the Quebec puzzle (but did win with Vasteras). Fong – 10 franchises @tfong Avangard (S6-S8), Davos (S18-S25, S28-S31, S49) – 5 Cups Riga (S9-S10, S34) – 1 Cup Vasteras (S11-S13) – 0 Cups Helsinki (S14-S16, S32-S33, S61) – 1 Cup New York (S36-S42, S45-S48) – 3 Cups Cologne (S43, S50-S51) – 0 Cups Seattle (S49, S52, S57-S58) – 0 Cups Quebec (S54-S56, S60), Vancouver (S70, S72-S73) – 1 Cup Toronto (S59, S63-S69) – 2 Cups Malmo (S73-present) – 0 Cups Resident old horny man Fong gets us back on track with double digits now that he's on Malmo and overall a very similar path to Green, but without having made a stop in Calgary to date. Overall, a very respectable record. Smarch – 10 franchises @Smarch Vasteras (S1, S12), Stockholm (S47-S49, S52-S55) – 1 Cup Calgary (S2-S3, S8-S9, S21-S22, S50-S52) – 3 Cups Hamilton (S6-S7), New York (S13-S14, S36-S42, S49, S69) – 3 Cups Davos (S11, S28-S30, S55-S56, S59-S62) – 1 Cup Seattle (S15-S17, S67-S69) – 2 Cups Riga (S23, S57-S58, S63-S64) – 3 Cups Toronto (S24-S25, S33, S58) – 0 Cups Cologne (S31-S33) – 0 Cups Quebec (S45-S46, S57), Vancouver (S70) – 0 Cups Los Angeles (S74-present) – 0 Cups Smarch spent a lot of time with Sterling back in the day. He also used to be something of a championship guarantee but seems to have chosen to play for terrible franchises more recently, presumably seeking more of a challenge. This is however another solid list if you ignore any of the expansions since S65. Beketov – 11 franchises @Beketov Amstel (S1), Davos (S48-S49) – 0 Cups Stockholm (S1-S2), Riga (S23) – 0 Cups Calgary (S3, S44, S70-S73) – 2 Cups Hamilton (S6), New York (S18-S19, S21-S22, S25-S28, S54-S55) – 0 Cups Vasteras (S7-S8) – 0 Cups Seattle (S9-S12, S15-S17, S22, S49-S53, S61-S65) – 2 Cups Toronto (S29-S30, S43, S54-S59) – 1 Cup Cologne (S33-S37, S45-S46) – 0 Cups Helsinki (S39-S42, S46, S66-S67) – 2 Cups Malmo (S68) – 0 Cups Moscow (S74-present) – 0 Cups Big news, Bek has tied Green according to this unofficial official list with his move to Moscow this season! His cup record is a bit more patchy though, which makes be a bit worried for Moscow now. I'm just going to focus on our hugely successful S46 with Helsinki instead. Anyway, Beketov has made the best start on the new expansion franchises but as they are growing exponentially there's a bit of catching up to do now. Quik – 11 franchises @Quik Vasteras (S1-S4), Stockholm (S57) – 1 Cup Helsinki (S5-S8, S12-S16, S64-S71) – 3 Cups Toronto (S8-S10, S27, S40-S41) – 1 Cup New York (S17-S18, S67) – 0 Cups Calgary (S19, S58, S61-S63, S73) – 2 Cups Quebec (S33), Vancouver (S69) – 0 Cups Davos (S35-S36, S72) – 1 Cup Riga (S37, S70) – 0 Cups Seattle (S38-S39, S59-S60, S71) – 1 Cup Malmo (S71) – 0 Cups Chicago (S73-present) – 0 Cups I actually thought ACL TEAR's whoring would have made a big difference here, but he actually contributed just one new franchise to Quik's collection – Malmo. However, he has pulled into a joint lead thanks to being drafted to Chicago and thus starting his journey through the VHL's newest teams. Nothing else to add here really. In conclusion, damn Beav and his expansions robbing so many prestigious members of having played for nearly 100% of the league's teams. Hope you enjoyed this Media Spot, if you feel I missed someone, please comment below and let me know! And as always, subscribe to this channel for more content just like this. Much love and good night!

1. I certainly hope so and see no reason why we couldn't. In fact we should be aiming for 1st place. 2. Ain't no vegetables on my pizza. But actually potato works remarkably well, had some in Sicily. 3. Given how competitive the league is these days, we should be aiming for 25 I think. 4. It's always good to know we can beat anyone on our day and especially against our old expansion rivals. 5. That sounds fucking delightful, where was my invite? 6. I wish we had a bit more defensive depth but I think we've proven so far this season we can outscore anyone on most nights. If Bernard finds his old playoff form, absolutely, but most importantly we know this is just the beginning and will be back next season regardless.

LP-LL won back to back cups tbf

@Dil

@Dil

Oh wow an actual good game.

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@Berocka ?

was raw

GG top line

lmao wtf are those shot totals, get it together Prague

Oh whoops that wasn't meant to be a backup game lol.

MOS G is doing god's work this season

Fans allowed in the stadiums??

unproven rumours

Picked the wrong guy in S61

Bigger than Malmo

I introduced the Moscow Hall of Fame in S71 just after our Continental Cup victory and several franchise greats have graced the induction ceremonies since. Yet while we have inducted some superbly talented players here in Moscow, no one really compares to the impact of today's inductee. Jet Jaguar. Drafted tenth overall in S66, robbed of rookie of the year the same season, vindicated as league top scorer and champion in S70. Captain for five seasons including in that great cup-winning year. And I think no one has done more for the Moscow brand than @gorlab, who has of course also created the graphic seen below as he has for all players so far. The only regret with Jaguar is we couldn't quite have him spend 8 seasons in Moscow. However, despite being traded midway through a turbulent S72, Jaguar continues to be the franchise scoring leader both in the regular season and playoffs and I expect his regular season records will stand for quite some time to come. I firmly believe that later this season an even greater honour will be bestowed on this man, but for now it gives me great pleasure to welcome Jet Jaguar into the Moscow Hall of Fame!

Vladimir Pavlov may have been an utter disappointment until this season, performing like a 400 TPE defenceman for approximately 80% of his career, but he still ticked off a few more boxes in my quest to leave the VHL having achieved everything there is. 1. He won the Founder's Cup: I really should have known it was a bad sign that I had finally won the VHLM championship on the seventh time of asking, especially having done it in the dirtiest way by playing 0 minutes on a stacked Minnesota team. But nonetheless it finally happened and probably won't again for a while given I'm on a playoff bubble team now with Rasputin and who knows when the next player will be. 2. He made the Triple Gold Club: I think I won a gold medal with most of my previous players, and have definitely won a cup with all of them (even Pavlov didn't fuck that one up), but the aforementioned lack of VHLM success meant the Triple Gold Club had never been a possibility before. In S70, I managed to cross that one off the bucket list, with a double of Continental Cup with Moscow and then gold with Team World. It was doubly glorious as Pavlov had so foolishly been left off the World Cup roster in the previous tournament. 3. He made a position change: I actually really dislike the idea of position changes and have never done it before, sticking at either center or defence when I have made skaters before. Even with Pavlov I made sure it was something that happened before VHL graduation so that I could at least spend my entire VHL career in one position. Nonetheless, it's something that Pavlov did, which is a bit of a shame as he was really coming into his own as a center while defence is the worst position in the league. The sacrifices you have to make as GM. 4. He played out a full career with one team: Another first, now that I know I won't trade him this season, is that Pavlov played his full career with hometown team Moscow. I believe the closest I came to this before is with my very first player, fittingly also not a Hall of Famer, who spent 5 of 6 seasons with New York. That's pretty nice, a cool feature of the modern VHL where I have been able to replenish the ageing Moscow core without going through a full rebuild and therefore some of the younger players of the S70 cup winning team have been able to stick around til now. I guess it's good to be able to find some silver linings even in what was a pretty disappointing 1,400 TPE spent. The real vindication of Pavlov's career has been being part of a fun and unforgettable expansion team which managed to scale the very heights of the VHL and therefore has been hugely enjoyable from a GM perspective. It will be curious to see if I can sneak him onto a HOF ballot depending on how the rest of S74 to go, but he really won't make it I don't think. Which is a shame as that was a nice streak to have but it's not like I spoiled a 100% record. Plus, those first are still cool. Fuck you Vladimir Pavlov.

You really gave yourself a B for drafting Gate over Cast huh