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Seattle 4-2

oh i WILL abuse the members tag

Poll Link Today I created a half joking, half serious media spot highlighting where I would personally want/predict the VHL to expand to, should it ever somehow expand to the same size as the current NHL. But now, I'm more interested in seeing what the rest of the league thinks. Please fill out the linked Google Forms page and let me know what locations YOU would want to see in the VHL; I plan to use the results for an upcoming media spot. I'm interested in seeing what joke locations will be popular, as well as what serious locations will be popular; I'm not placing any restrictions on cities that have had VHL teams in the past either, so don't be shy. If I had to guess, I would say that Germany will likely have a bunch of votes (why was Cologne even removed anyway? That's a serious question actually, I wasn't here when it was contracted and I'm not super sure as to why it was), as well as Montreal/Quebec; we will see though. @Members

Picture this; the year is 2050, VHL members who used to have players on the VHL Welfare Pension Plan are now on their own real-life Pension; @Victor is still in power; all is well. By this point in time, the VHL will have matched the NHL in terms of worldwide cultural influence, and over the years has managed to successfully expand to 32 teams, equally spread out into two conferences with two divisions in each. These are those new teams. Team Location: Beijing, China Possible Team Name(s): Red Stars Primary Color: Red Secondary Color: Gold Tertiary Color: Black Much like the irl KHL before it, the VHL will expand to China, sometime around S150, thanks to a massive influx of Chinese members in the seasons preceding it. China’s current totalitarian regime has fallen by that point in time, and the new Chinese members enjoy the VHL site among others in their newfound internet freedom, uninhibited by past firewalls. Team Location: Cairo, Egypt Possible Team Name(s): Pharaohs, Mummies Primary Color: Gold Secondary Color: Brown Tertiary Color: Silver The VHL makes a very controversial move (get used to it for this media spot), expanding to a location that really has no business having a hockey team, in one of the final stages of expansion. Expanding to Cairo gives the VHL it’s first ever African franchise, and hopes that the Cairo franchise will be the start of successful hockey in Africa. Team Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Possible Team Name(s): Sultans Primary Color: Gold Secondary Color: Silver Tertiary Color: Red Thanks to massive demand from the ruling House of Al Falasi, the VHL embarks on it’s first true Middle-Eastern location. Despite massive human rights protests, the league approves the construction of the first ever 100,000+ seat hockey arena, thanks largely in part due to the Royal Family paying off the VHL Board of Governors. Team Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Possible Team Name(s): Waves Primary Color: Green Secondary Color: Purple Tertiary Color: Yellow The VHL’s expansion to Cairo also brings a team to a city of a similar latitude, but different hemisphere; Rio.The city has a long history of sport, but none in hockey; that changes now. I have a feeling that Rio would actually somehow become a popular destination for VHLers, despite having the odds stacked up against them. Team Location: Seoul, South Korea Possible Team Name(s): Metropolitans/Soul Primary Color: Purple Secondary Color: Magenta Tertiary Color: Blue Of all the possible expansion locations in this article, I think Seoul is actually decently realistic; you can go so many possible ways with logos/colors/etc., I think it would be a lot of fun. I have a feeling that Seoul would also become a marquee destination for free agents and draftees in the future. Team Location: Sydney, Australia Possible Team Name(s): Kangaroos, Roos Primary Color: Brown Secondary Color: Tan Tertiary Color: Yellow The VHL goes down under. Along with Seoul, I could also see this becoming a slightly realistic possible future expansion location for the VHL; I know we’ve actually had a few Australian members in the league (paging @BOOM™), so there could actually be something here. Team Location: Tokyo, Japan Possible Team Name(s): Samurai Primary Color: Green Secondary Color: Black Tertiary Color: Silver I think the VHL has been host to a multitude of members with asian descent other than tfong, but I could be wrong. Regardless, Japan is one of the more plausible locations in this media spot. I could totally see fong campaigning hard for it and getting a team in Tokyo before S125. Team Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Possible Team Name(s): Minutemen Primary Color: Brown Secondary Color: Navy Blue Tertiary Color: Maroon I’m actually a bit surprised to see that Boston has never had a VHL, or even VHLM team before; it’s the center of one of the largest hockey regions in the United States. I think we’d definitely see an expansion here if the VHL did somehow grow to 32 teams. Team Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA Possible Team Name(s): Skyliners Primary Color: Gray Secondary Color: Orange Tertiary Color: Sky Blue I could not for the life of me come up with a good name/colors for this team, but I knew that Chicago needed to have a team in the USA division. I know the VHL has tried to stray away from using cities that have real teams, but I don’t care, Chicago needs a team. Team Location: Denver, Colorado, USA Possible Team Name(s): Miners/Mountaineers Primary Color: Navy Blue Secondary Color: Gold Tertiary Color: Brown To my knowledge, neither the VHL or VHLM has had a team in Colorado, but that will change when the league massively expands. I don’t really have much to say regarding the possible USA/Canada expansion locations, as most of them could actually be viable, and aren’t really interesting or humorous. Team Location: Los Angeles, California, USA Possible Team Name(s): Mesas Primary Color: Black Secondary Color: Maroon Tertiary Color: Gold You could go a multitude of ways with the logo/coloring for a Los Angeles VHL team, and to be honest I’m not really satisfied with the ones I chose, but it is what it is. The VHLM has already hosted a team in Vegas, and if that was a success I don’t see how Los Angeles couldn’t be. Team Location: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Possible Team Name(s): Lumberjacks Primary Color: Forest Green Secondary Color: Brown Tertiary Color: Maroon There may have been a past team in VHLM history, but I’m not 100% sure; I know Minot was close geographically, despite being in North Dakota, not Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the United States’ biggest hockey hotbeds, and the VHL would be remiss to not consider it as a location in a 32 team league. Team Location: London, United Kingdom Possible Team Name(s): Royals/Monarchs Primary Color: Red Secondary Color: Blue Tertiary Color: Yellow How Victor has not decreed a team to move or expand to the U.K. yet is beyond me. We have a handful of members actually from there, and there has always been an interest in creating players hailing from the U.K. There’s no doubt in my mind that a London team would be a successful VHL endeavor. This could easily happen before S100. Get to it league management. Team Location: Paris, France Possible Team Name(s): Chevaliers Primary Color: Silver Secondary Color: Gold Tertiary Color: Sky Blue I have a feeling that the best part of this team would be the logos/coloring. I’m sensing a very Quebec Nordiques vibe for Paris, which would be pretty tight imo. I know we have a few French VHLers right now as well, but I could be wrong. This expansion happens pre-S110. Team Location: Vasteras, Sweden Possible Team Name(s): Iron Eagles Primary Color: Gold Secondary Color: Black Tertiary Color: Silver Did you really think I wasn’t going to include a comeback for the Iron Eagles in this article? There will always be VHL members who wish for Vasteras to return to the league; the controversy breeds discussion. Over time, the amount of members against Vasteras making a return dwindles, until the league announces that the Vasteras Iron Eagles will make a surprise return to the league for the leagues 100th season due to popular demand. And of course, in typical Vasteras fashion, the team will miraculously make a run to the cup in their 1st season back, only to lose in heartbreaking fashion, continuing what will still be the longest VHL cup-drought in history. Team Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Possible Team Name(s): Prairie Dogs Primary Color: Black Secondary Color: Brown Tertiary Color: Gold Edmonton is one of the last Canadian teams to join the VHL fray, doing so just before the league adds Cairo and Rio. Albertan VHLers rejoice. Yeah, the possible team name I chose may suck, but who cares? Team Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Possible Team Name(s): Whalers Primary Color: Gray Secondary Color: Turquoise Tertiary Color: Tan Halifax does actually scream “vintage VHL” to me in terms of location. It fits along with the VHL’s love of niche cities compared to main ones, but is still populous enough that it isn’t TOO niche. I could see Halifax joining the league pre-S90. Team Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Possible Team Name(s): Admirals Primary Color: Navy Blue Secondary Color: Gold Tertiary Color: Silver Vasteras won’t be the only city getting its franchise back; Hamilton was the location of one of the first VHL cities, hosting the Hamilton Canucks. The franchise wasn’t too popular the first go-around, re-locating to become the current New York Americans, but I think Hamilton deserves a 2nd chance. They certainly can’t be called the Canucks again, as that franchise is currently New York, so I chose Admirals as a name; this would be extremely similar to the current situation regarding the Winnipeg Jets and Arizona Coyotes. Team Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Possible Team Name(s): Musketeers Primary Color: Indigo Secondary Color: Yellow Tertiary Color: Brown I don’t think the Meute should have ever left Quebec City to be honest, everything about the franchise seemed to be crisp and cool. I wasn’t active at the time of it’s relocation though, so I don’t know what league-wide opinion was. Regardless, there should be a VHL franchise in Quebec. Team Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Possible Team Name(s): Lakers Primary Color: Blue Secondary Color: Green Tertiary Color: Yellow There’s probably a better Canadian VHL location than Winnipeg, but idk, I think the Manitoba capital would be a decent choice. It may not be “niche” enough to be added, but I think it stands a decent chance, plus I think the color scheme is pretty tight.

Wolves 5-3

lead us to the promised land King

"Frans was the son of Jan Jansz Cock, a local pharmacist in the Warmoesstraat and Lysbeth Frans (Banninck). He was baptized on 27 February 1605 in the nearby Old Church."

Did somebody use my career stats sheet?? ?

gorlab

huh, I didn’t know there was three different ways to spell Vasteras

1. Maybe it's the divisional rivalry? Who knows; I'm definitely not complaining though, and I hope we keep it up against them. 2. I certainly think we can, we're a better team than most people think. We remind me a lot of the Barry Trotz-led Predators teams of the late 2000's; no real superstars, yet they still won games thanks to hard checking, good goaltending, and sound defensive positioning. 3. At this rate, no ?. We're playing pretty well against the teams we've played so far, given the circumstances. I def wouldn't want to play so well against the NA conference only to stumble against Europe. 4. Eh, not at the moment. Assistant GMs can complicate things sometimes, plus, it's not like we have an inactive GM. 5. I'm not really sure I've had one yet; hopefully the best moment is yet to come. Actually being in the playoff hunt at the deadline would be nice, even if our chances of actually winning anything are nil. 6. I'll be honest, at that [and still this] point, I wasn't really aware of Toronto's situation at all, so I can't say I would've done anything differently; I'm still getting to know who is who that wasn't around when I was last here in S57.

claiming week 4/4

God I wish I could’ve gone paintballing with the Yukon Rush

move over Scotty Campbell but actually, I would be all for a harsher update scale if it meant that we were moving to 1.5

Even going to 1.5 would be beautiful.

I definitely see where you’re coming from, and I agree that we should be doing more testing with the newer STHS engines; I’ve asked tfong about their reported testing 1.5 awhile ago, but he never got back to me.

It’s just a matter of opinion really; I don’t think the league should switch over, and if anything, a separate league would be a better idea. I just don’t see why we would need to switch over when the league has been successful on STHS for 10+ years. STHS has its flaws, but it’s decent enough for our use; you also have to remember, nobody makes a sim engine with the intent of it being used for a player-sim. We made do with what we have.

Well that’s the thing, I don’t really want to close the VHL chapter.

Rigging is much more arduous than you think; when you sim you don’t even see individual statistics, you only see the final score; I’m not sure if we do live sims for the playoffs, but you can see what it looks like during those live sims. I’m my time in the league we’ve always had trustworthy simmers, so it’s not something you have to worry about.

I would be against moving to FHM for the simple reason that it would basically render the entirety of VHL history useless.

This. If the league eventually goes the way of giving people auto-12 TPE for doing nothing, I know I would lose interest. It would certainly increase activity/member retention, but it’s spitting in the face of people who have actually worked hard in the league for years and have been rewarded for their hard work. In my opinion, if we have auto-12 each week, point tasks would eventually fall away, and most league discussion would occur in the discord, which wouldn’t be ideal.

This. And I also suggested that you PM the blue team asking for an exemption from the rule, did you do that? @Gooningitup

yee haw

Summers' Award to Lose? Erik Summers has been a key addition to Helsinki's offense HELSINKI, Finland - We are are nearly a quarter of the way through the S70 campaign, and there already appears to be a clear frontrunner for the Rookie of the Year Award: Helsinki defenseman Erik Summers. Summers, a S69 draftee, spent S69 playing for the VHLM's Mexico City Kings in an overage season, and boy did it do wonders for him. He didn't exactly light the world on fire with his S69 performance, but he has continued his steady play on the blueline into the S70 VHL season, and he currently leads all rookies with 11 points in 15 games. Helsinki currently is just barely outside of a playoff spot, and if they want to get into the postseason this year they'll need Summers to keep up his stellar play. He has a 4-point lead over the next highest scoring rookie, Chad Magnum, so at this point it appears that RoTY is Summers' to lose. Barring any other rookies going on a tear at some point during the season, there really only appears to be four other candidates at the moment who could possibly unseat the German-born defender; Toronto's Chad Magnum (2-5-7), Davos' Milos Slavik (1-5-6), and Calgary's Ondrej Ohradka (2-4-6) & Kris Rice (3-3-6).