Victor

39 of 52 draftees have more than 0 TPE (will be 40 after Eti Yoman's update is fixed).

Oh you joker you.
 
I added Jaime Hill to the LR btw tbh imo.

Sweet, I got infinitely more mentions than usual AND I got 3 free TPE using the tried-and-tested 4-4-2 formation!

39 of 52 draftees have more than 0 TPE (will be 40 after Eti Yoman's update is fixed).

Must say, really impressive work by Slobo and Kendrick with Saskatoon this season. Lots of updates, lots of new members, and LR activity, a model VHLM franchise right there.

Must say, really impressive work by Slobo and Kendrick with Saskatoon this season. Lots of updates, lots of new members, and LR activity, a model VHLM franchise right there.

That's it. No way I'm joining now.
 
Edit: I'm joking, fuck Percy Miller
 
Double Edit: I'm joking about joking, I love Percy Miller.

I'm on a sea-food diet
 
I sea food and I eat it

Well done Victor and thank you

since the Gow brothers*

Blame David Knight.

I'm providing status damnit.
 
But yes.

An image or two and a title would be greatly beneficial to you.

I just bought a fresh pair of fluties

Good ol' Jones and Landry connection.

LeSalo

For anyone wondering why I'm posting so much, I want them to think that the podcast was popular.

Then it just becomes a 10 TPE giveaway and we don't really need more giveaways. TC as is has a certain unique feel to it which I like.

203: Greg Harbinson Builder Article

This is a Builder article which will feature in the Inducted Members section of the VHL Hall of Fame.

Greg Harbinson

Joined: April 25, 2008
Member Number: 392
Positions Held: VHL & VHLM General Manager, Graphics Grader

Free agency is not as massive an event as it could be in the VHL, most blockbuster trades take place between newly-rebuilding and competing teams, while few players ever ask out of their teams. As such, loyalty is not a rare trait in the VHL, at least for the bulk of a player's career (5-8 seasons). However, over a long enough time in the league, most members experience at least half of the league's franchises and locker rooms. This has not been the case with recent Hall of Fame Builder inductee Greg Harbinson.

Since becoming a fully active member of the VHL, Greg has had five players, with the fifth being S39 draftee Devin Sundberg. Prior to the retirement of Zack Sound at the conclusion of Season 37 and excluding the first three seasons of journeyman goaltender Greg Harbinson's career (S10-S12), Greg's players have spent 25 seasons with the Seattle Bears, almost without interruption. Even that 'almost' is trivial at most: it was the result of a pre-draft season without a team between Harbinson and Markus Strauss (S16), a rental season in Davos for Hall of Famer Strauss (S23), and not even half of a rental season in Davos for top center Felix Peters (S31).

Harbinson and his players had been the beating heart of Seattle for over half of their and the VHL's existence. For 13 seasons, Greg had also been the Bears' General Manager over two spells, and his first tenure was preceded by a short time as GM of Seattle's VHLM affiliate, the Saskatoon Wild, a franchise he himself relocated from Buffalo. Strauss, Peters, and Sound combined for nine seasons as Seattle's captains, and in other seasons were often among the two alternate captains. As for Continental Cups, perhaps two in the aforementioned time span does not seem as an impressive record, but rarely were the Bears of the Greg Harbinson era out of contention. In Season 21, a star-studded team gave a run for their money to the budding dynasty of the Toronto Legion, while for five seasons later in the decade, the core known as the “Seattle Six” was unlucky to take home just one league championship.

Even in a barren decade during the S30s, Seattle has never been quiet, sporting team avatars and sigs and making their presence felt constantly around the league. This was a feature of Greg's Bears, as was the role of other outspoken individuals, be it Cam Fowler, Joey Clarence, and Nikolai Lebedev in the earlier days, or Sebastian Ball Jr. and Karsten Olsen in more recent times. Having a team-first attitude is something the Bears have over these 25 seasons become renowned for, even if it led to some heated, but ultimately healthy, rivalries, including the famous ones against Toronto and New York.

This may not be the final chapter of Greg Harbinson's time in Seattle, but it will remain the most famous one. There have been VHL Builders inducted for many reasons but not one had such a significant impact on a single franchise. Whether or not he returns to his rightful place in the VHL remains to be seen, but it will certainly not be Greg's only potential contribution. He has created some superb players and spent some time in a grading position, while the Between the Pipes podcast series, co-hosted with current Toronto GM Tyler Edgar, was one of the pioneers of the modern podcasting world in the VHL. Yet until enough time passes for Season 40 to be ancient history, Greg Harbinson will be the Builder of the Seattle Bears and the Builder of Seattle in the VHL.

says 77 but 51 fokin liar

7 replies was never a good sign.

Then it just becomes a 10 TPE giveaway and we don't really need more giveaways. TC as is has a certain unique feel to it which I like.

but i am will be only superstar

And to think there was a time I joined s40 instead of s39 because we were afraid for a weak year. Couldnt be more wrong

Blame David Knight.

-A Grande Entrance-
The Story of Jacques Grande - Chapter One - Book One
 

 
Take a deep breathe. In and out. In and out. Feel that? It's your heart rate slowing down and the constant ringing in your head finally beginning to disappear. Despite the conference room in front of you being at full capacity, why am I the only voice you here? These people are here to see you. They are here to listen to you talk with that idiotic accent. They are here to snap pictures of your unnecessary bulge. They are.....

"Stop it!"

The voice disappears. My vision clears and I find myself sitting in the middle of a fully packed conference room. My plea cut through the frigid air of the room like a knife. If the reporters sitting below the stage weren't paying attention to me before, they sure as hell were now.

"Stop what, Jacques?"

The man sitting to my left leans in and whispers the question to avoid embarrassing me. The room continues to keep their focus on me. Shit. I need a way to get out of this.

"Stop the presses!"

I stand to my feet and spread my arms out to show my full wingspan. It's as if I am welcoming the room of reporters into my world for the first time. Don't stop talking now. Keep going.

"Your savior has arrived! No longer am I a Los Angeles King, but an Ottawa Lynx."

The pictures begin again. The reporters stand to their feet.

"I am not here to answer your questions. You are here to listen to my words. I stand up here as a man that has the ability to make or break your career. My words can single handedly make sure that your family has food on the table at the end of the week and I am disgusted by you all for it. My name is Jacques Grande and I have come to the VHL for one simple reason....to take it over."

Write you fools. Record what I am saying.

"Ever since I was a youngster, I wanted to be the best I can be. After years of striving to be the best goalie, I learned that some things can not be attained by practice. Leaving things up to hard work is the best way to find yourself in an early grave. Why bust your balls for to be better than something when you can just find it's weakness and exploit it? Does this not appear to be the easier way to you all? I am not here to earn honor or be valiant, I'm here to win and win constantly. I'm going to play in the VHLM this season until I can find the weakness of each and every player this place has to offer. From there, I will begin my upward ascent. I will destroy friendships, anger fans, and step on the toes of legends to make it all necessary. I did not hold this conference to introduce myself or give a warning. What I am saying is fact and there is no other reality. Jacques Grande will be making his debut and "Le Coq" will not take no as an answer."

Non-stop flashes. The pictures continue as I make my way down the stairs and through the crowd of reporters. I can feel the sly grin spread across my face and they follow behind me like sheep searching for someone to herd them. I will not. I can not. I turn around and pose for one last picture before exiting the conference room. Security blocks the door allowing my escape to be seamless. The ringing in my head starts again. My ears pop and the room in front of my blurs slightly.

Security? What a bitch move, Jacques.
 

 
 
 
Out of Character: Thanks for reading! Plan on developing a distinct personality/storyline with Jacques throughout this thing to help the hockey transition for me.