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Pleased to announce our captains. Very close contest between the four actives we have - all deserving. C - Gifford Shock A - Vladamir Komarov A - Kurtis Hunter

THE VHL HAS A SHORTAGE OF NET MINDERS / GOALIES / GOALTENDERS / MOHERS / BRICK WAHLS / KANOUS but Davos also needs a goalie. Instead of making me murder Freedom McJustice next season, why not make a goalie and save a man's life (Freedom's). I think I've hit 150 words. But maybe not yet. So let me tell you. RMiner - come back to us soon. Boubabi and I miss you. If the above doesn't convince you, maybe the next few names will: Daisuke Kanou. There's a trophy named after him. Oh, it's just the playoff MVP [best player on the planet] award. And then there's Lennox Moher. Best goalie ever from S40. He won the award in landslide fashion (5 votes to 4 over Brick Wahl or Mike Szatkowski. neither of them deserved a vote. i honestly forget who got second place). To sum this up, Davos breeds winners. Davos breeds goaltending phenoms.

The Position Switch / Attribute Re-Roll doesn't say anything about goalies/skaters. Just sayin'.

@Willem Jansen @Victor @Jardy @all

joe allen sucks. mignolet is also a stiff.

also thanks to boubabi for the uni

cannot re-emphasize enough how great Landry was for the HC Davos franchise. best of luck to Doomsday moving forward.

Mr. Davos. Mr. Dynamo. Mr. Thomas Landry. All three titles were synonymous for one player in the second half of the fourth decade in the VHL's history. He was the leader in the VHL's most successful franchise for a great stretch in Davos history, where they went to four consecutive Continental Cup appearances in a row, winning two in that time. Although Landry won few personal awards (other than Grimm Jonsson trophy twice for Top Leader), he was truly a force to be reckoned with. The right winger from Allentown, Pennsylvania amassed 428 points (7th in Davos history), 171 goals (7th), 257 assists (8th), 138 +/- (12th), 727 PIM (5th) 1,534 hits (2nd), and 29 game-winning goals (6th). Landry was the ideal guy to have in the locker room. He wasn't ever content with the status quo and pushed the envelope, making his teammates around him better. His stats are great; his leadership legendary. In the words of Mr. Landry, "Onwards, Davos." Onwards, Landry.

Whiplash - 9/10 - never seen a movie that was just downer, downer, downer. Really good acting and good story line though.

A LOOK BACK AT THE DRAFT By: Jack Reilly High Level Look The S41 draft was certainly an exciting one, with a few trades to keep the patient listeners and watchers of VHL Radio and VHL TV on their toes. At the end of the day, four teams primarily dominated the draft – with all of those teams being at different stages of the rebuilding phase – including, HC Davos, Seattle, Stockholm, and Toronto. As for the table above, this gives us a look at the Total Players drafted by each team, along with the Total TPE Gained since the beginning of S40, along with their cumulative Total TPE as a draft class. Heading into the draft, most analysts would probably agree that Toronto was furthest along in their rebuild, with exciting prospects Sachimo Zoidberg and Jerrick Poole making the jump to the VHL this season to join Tyler Cote and Devin Sundberg. Shadhu Rathod, Jr. also makes the jump to the VHL this year, giving the Legion a solid base on which to build. Heading into the night, Toronto only had one first round pick at the very tail end of the draft. Notably missing from their prospect pool prior to the night was a franchise goaltender. By the fifth selection, they had addressed that need. Although Okranitz was probably not in the top five prospects in the draft pool, HC Davos likely would have taken him with the seventh or eighth pick as they are also in need of a goalie. If the Dynamo hadn’t picked him up, the newly minted Stockholm Vikings likely would have used their selection on Okranitz with the ninth pick. The point is, Toronto could not afford to wait until their tenth overall selection to make their move on a goalie. This shake up really changed up the draft as we will see. As noted above, Davos, Toronto, Seattle and Stockholm controlled much of the action throughout the night, drafting a combined 23 of the 30 players selected. For that reason, we will focus on each of those team’s respective hauls as the vast majority of talent was taken by these teams. HC Davos Dynamo The Dynamo definitely had one of the stronger outlooks heading into the draft, with five picks in the first thirteen selections. Considering the draft pool talent significantly dropped off around the fifteenth pick, this was a huge day for the franchise looking to make its way back to the top of the Victory Hockey League. With their first selection, they were confident in selecting Gifford Shock, a player who has amassed more TPE than any other S41 draftee this season, and had the third most TPE of any player in the draft. Shock also provides leadership alongside talent and will likely be considered for captaincy down the line. Although the Dynamo were planning on picking up Okranitz with their 7th/8th picks, they were thrilled that Kingma and De Rossi fell into their hands and are comfortable taking the risk on picking up a goalie in the next draft class. Looking at the table above, Kingma has earned the second most TPE in S40 out of the entire draft class – something Davos weighed very heavily in their prospect evaluations. Other than De Rossi, the other prospect the Dynamo considered with the eighth selection was Dirk Firley (who ended up going 10th to Toronto). With picks twelve and thirteen, Davos was able to pick up two very highly-rated prospects heading into the draft in defender Jakub Ackerman and center AIM-11. Both players were clearly undervalued on the draft board and Davos got away with two steals. One scout commented, “Davos very well could have ended up with five first round value picks tonight.” To wrap up the draft, Davos picked up right winger Yannik Zug who is not expected to be a huge contributor but undoubtedly has the potential. Zug is close friends with wingers Kyle Kingma and Mario De Rossi. If they are able to inspire him and enhance his production, Davos could walk away happy with their third round selection. Next time… In the next review of the S41 draft, we’ll take a look at the other stellar draft classes from Seattle, Stockholm, and Toronto. All three teams addressed big needs and started the growth of their foundation. We’ll also make the call and wrap up on which teams drafted best.

good luck. i like this.

yes - but it allows your players to become RFAs. which is not good for seattle.

also - rookie contracts are three years not two, but thanks for playing at this VHL game.

i mean, you can't even spell your own Asst GM's name right. cmon man. you're better than that. you can do better.

can't wait to put you to shame. and stropko is scheduled to go inactive in like 4 weeks

That said - Davos offers S41: $3.25M $750K bonus if you reach 150 PIM (only payable by Davos - in event you are traded this does not get switched to the other team) NO TRADE SANTA CLAUSE

in other words, Davos dominated

would also guest at least

i dig. think the red bubble on the right is misplaced tho and it's unfinished IMO

why didn't you retire sooner? jk why do you hate Da Trifecta? why are you a habs fan? why will this player actually pan out? etc.

S41: $3,000,000

S41: $2.5 M Sign & trade or let's have fun with rookies

solid deal both sides... i guess

Used this in the GM chat... Stockholm? More like Cock's Home (cause it's a buncha gay dudes)