MWHazard

Will we get moved over in time for the sim?

Thanks for everything @diamond_ace! I appreciate you making Ottawa a fun place to get started on this site. Hello Vegas!

You might get @Shaka with that.

You don’t have your 1st

I mean, I see him posting trades for HSK lol

NOTES FROM THE ROAD / JOHANNES VILHJALMSSON / CENTER It's deadline day. I am not looking forward to it, to be honest. I am wondering about whether I will get to stay with Jonas and Jakub much longer. We have done our best in Ottawa so far, but we sit at the bottom of the table today. I know we are in talks. Ultimately, I will play wherever Jonas and Jakub are. We are one unit on the ice, working towards the goal. We try to act as one entity. I know many see us as too late to this place. We came after the draft, after the power structure took shape. We have not upset that power structure, that is for certain. Our line goes out each night looking to show that we have that ability, to create and execute as one unit. We do well at that some nights. I am anxious at the thought of us being split up. It is not because I can not play with others. Of course I can. I do that every night with our defensemen. It is more that I wish to share my journey with them. I miss home sometimes, but my brothers are the home I have while I am on this side of the world.

1. What's the most important attribute in the sim, in your opinion? 2. 7 game series. Toronto vs. New York. Be honest, who takes it? 3. If you could place the 8 franchises in 8 North American cities, which would you pick? 4. Same question, but with the six VHLM franchises. Pick 6 NA cities. 5. What makes the VHL special? There are plenty of leagues out there.

1a. We are getting better. Adjustment period is natural, coach say. 1b. We doing our best. We do not mean to hurt team. Ottawa fans understand I hope. My brothers and I are still quite young. 2. It would be strange to not play with my brothers. We have played together since childhood. I guess we adjust, yes. But maybe some day come back together.

Dear VHL, With the season heading into the post-trade deadline period, it's hard not to wonder about the road ahead. Johannes will be entering this coming draft, and while players like Dragomir and Roux will surely garner more attention heading into the draft, I'd like to believe Johannes offers a valuable asset to just about any team, and would garner interest from those with the top picks in this year's draft. Nevertheless, I'm willing to play for just about any team. In terms of where I'd like to go, a few teams have stood out. Recent trades have reduced the potential places I could end up, assuming I go in the first round. The recent VHLM Magazine mock draft didn't have me in the first round. All I really have to say to that is that a GM that misses me in the first round is going to regret it. Quebec would offer me a blank slate to try to chart a course from. Beaviss seems like he's embraced the rebuild, and they are going to have a lot of selections in this year's draft. They're barebones right now, but I like the branding here and they've got three firsts in this year's draft. I could see myself going with the Riga pick, or the Seattle pick. I'd be a fan of going to Quebec City for sure. Calgary have their first as well as Toronto's. I think I warrant a higher selection than where that Toronto pick is likely to end up, so that would mean being selected at Calgary's pick. That's probably 3rd. I'm not sure where Bash is at with his scouting, but I'd definitely play for the Wranglers. There are probably other deserving players at 3, but I can say that I'm going to build a very good player here. The only reason I'm not as high in TPE as others is my creation timing. Simple as that. I don't know much about Davos. They'll probably not want me at number 2 overall, so I'll just leave that where it lies. They do have New York's 1st as well now, so there might be a similar opportunity to Calgary where I think I should go before 7th or 8th, but the GMs might not feel the same. Honestly, I'd Helsinki's out there, but I'm not sure I want to play in a place run by a GM that gets banned on occasion. Maybe I'm just asking for this thread to turn into another argument, but it's definitely something that would turn me off about the place. Ultimately, there's always free agency if I don't like it. I think my preferred landing spots at this point are Quebec or Calgary. I'm definitely used to being on the management side of things, so it's funny to talk about this draft as a player only. I have very little idea about where I might end up. I'm taking the opportunity to ham it up a bit- if any GMs want to reach out and chat about my sim league background and how I see my player working out long term, I'm happy to chat. -Haz

4-3 Yukon

144 Oslo Storm 145 Las Vegas Aces 146 Yukon Rush 147 Las Vegas Aces

202 Bears 203 Americans 204 Reign 205 Bears

Americans 2-1

Well, we can beat Oslo.

A win! Excellent!

Bumming me out, sim

Lol 4 on 13? Really?

NYA 3-1

173 Legion 174 Titans 176 Titans 177 Reign

1. How did the team end up with the name "Americans"? Was it in direct defiance of the EU teams, or was it to pay homage to the AHL's Rochester Americans? 2. New York is obviously having a great season. Are you the best team in the league? Or are the Legion and their goal-scoring prowess the clear no. 1? 3. New York has exactly zero point per game players. Is the play of Rhett Degrath just that impactful? Or do your players pride themselves on defense over offense? 4. Sergei Komarov is your team's points leader, but also the hit and penalty minute leader. Are you concerned about the potential for him to remove himself from a playoff game at a critical moment, given his predilections? 5. McKnight, Keller, and Zayn are tied for the team lead in game winning goals, with 4 apiece. Which one do you think will come up biggest in the clutch over the rest of the season?

1. Plenty of talent in this league. Our defensemen are very very bad, except for Weise. He is good. I am not happy with communication I get from our depth defensemen. Seem like they only ever say "1" or "0". It weird. 2. Jonas only good because I am good. He always been the lazy one. 3. We should not go here. Last time we had beard growing contest, apartment we share in Reykjavik burn down. Enough said.

Fuck that noise xD aight aight fair enough lol

Get a better goalie, son