Peace

I wonder how many LRs have that as an emote now.

Bravo, Juice, Bravo.

Thankfully the GM claim rule was abolished. It was truthfully abused... at least from my perspective. Josh is also a GM, though, and the only way him or I could acquire our own players in the draft is by securing a pick high enough to draft them. If my recreate is the projected #1 pick (as an example) I'm going to need the first overall pick to ensure I get my own player. Similar story with Josh (who's most likely going to be the true #1 pick again) and whatever his recreate is, he'd have to acquire the pick needed to draft his own player based on his draft projection. Even though the league did implement a system for those who join the draft class late it's still more efficient to retire at the trade deadline. I'd almost guarantee you any S71 player who's passed or projected to hit 1250 TPE will retire at the TDL. You get a season and a half that don't count to your career clock and that's a nice little window to gain as much TPE as you can and really begin a VHL career with one foot already in the door. Nice article!

You're welcome.

That's what the intellects do nowadays.

It is a good series so far!

1. Seattle vs. Toronto is a rematch of S74; are you excited? 2. This series is also represented individually! Dawson faces his previous team, and former Legion Frank Funk Jr will be in town. Who do you think performs better between the two? 3. How do you feel about Toronto's 40-25-7 record to end the regular season? 4. Toronto started 15-15-6 after the first thirty six games... and finished the second leg of the season 25-10-1. From your perspective as a roster player: What change kick started a successful second half of S77? 5. Are there any other storylines you're looking forward too during the post season? Doesn't have to be Seattle - Toronto related. 6. Are you following the VHLM playoffs at all? @McWolf @Smarch @osens @BOOM @NickSunderbruch @Rayzor_7 @rjfryman @Webberj@Poptart @fromtheinside @DoktorFunk @Juice@ROOKIE745 @hedgehog337

Personally I don't check the league Discord's server unless I'm tagged... and depending on who tagged me I either ignore it or poke around for a bit.

Too many spoilers so I just read the comments. Congrats @dlamb!

1. As Toronto's GM our week has been really good, Killinger's had a solid week too... but IRL I suffered from barometric headaches for six straight days. 2. Roster seems to be meshing well together right now. It was a good call not to make any moves at the trade deadline. 3. We're fucking cool. 4. No idea. 5. I bought a M1079 Camper and make it rock solid. 6. They'll be wise enough to say that when you call to make an appointment.

LONDON, UK -- Four hundred and ninety nine games ago a young forward entered the league flying the colors of the Toronto Legion, now he dons the logo of the London United across his chest. It was the start of his VHL career and the first pages he wrote in that book have long since been sealed, but remembered by player agency and fans alike. A lot has changed for the now London United two-way defensemen, who recently played in his five hundredth Victory Hockey League game, and learning pains have developed Killinger into a reliable consistent blueliner. Individually the milestone game was a snoozer, although his career has been entertaining enough; his story was forged by determination early, fueled by disappointment late, and energized by a soft resurgence heading into the tail end of his career. "This season has been awesome," Killinger stated after #500. "Wolf did a great job assembling a team that's been competitive the majority of the season. There were some growing pains early but I'm confident we've outgrown them, so onto the playoffs we go and I've got a great feeling about this club."

Rise my Social Club. RIIIIIIIIIIIIISE.

@BanackockAppreciate the quick trade negotiations. Here's hoping this helps both players out! @Rayzor_7 I want to personally thank you for your time in Toronto. Obviously you'll still be with us as a member of our alumni, but I'm happy you're heading to your VHL home. Good luck in Seattle and hopefully you find the production I was unable to give you. Once again... thanks for joining us in the Social Club.

For what it's worth I put some of my eggs into the Gutzwiler brother basket. Sad that you both wound up inactive (for the most part) but the depth was nice.

It's late in the week so I apologize for the delay. 1. Toronto has scored 198 goals so far this season. This is good for third in the entire league... how do you feel about that? 2. Toronto currently sits sixth in goals against. How does this reflect our defensive efforts? 3. Hextall is one win away from 200 career victories with the Toronto Legion (and his career). What team do you think we defeat for win #200? 4. How many more fights do you think Lester Green will participate in before the end of the season? 5. Who is the next player to get a game misconduct? 6. If you were stuck on an remote Island and could choose a member of the Legion to be stranded with you.. who would it be? @McWolf @Smarch @osens @BOOM @NickSunderbruch @Rayzor_7 @rjfryman @Webberj@Poptart @fromtheinside @DoktorFunk @Juice@ROOKIE745 @hedgehog337

Toronto... In season seventy four the Legion made a surprise appearance in the NA Conference Finals against the Vancouver Wolves after defeating the Seattle Bears 4-1 in the previous round. In our reality Toronto fell in a long seven game series to Vancouver, losing game six 3-2 and game seven 3-1 respectively, and actually lead the series 3-2 before those two games... obviously. Toronto's offense died at the most unfortunate time and that wound up guaranteeing Vancouver's spot in the Continental Finals, however it's fun to think about an alternate reality even if it is just a fun mind game. The sixth game between the two clubs was tied 2-2 in the third period for just under two minutes before Vancouver pulled ahead once again, and despite the Legion battling back from a 2-0 deficit with nearly all the momentum... the game was already over and no one realized it. But what if Toronto pulled ahead 3-2 before the Wolves' third goal? In reality Oh Sens shot the puck on net and Spyro made a save with no rebound, but in this scenario the solid Vancouver goalie couldn't control the puck and it bounces back towards the now evolving play. The rebound slides towards one of the faceoff dots and Raleigh Ritchie slaps the puck back to the blue line. Fredrik Elmebeck releases a snapshot towards the net and it's deflected in by Chad Magnum to give Toronto a 3-2 lead, the momentum swings even further in favor of the Legion and by the time the third period whistle blows the score ends 4-3 in favor of Toronto. The Legion register an empty net goal with Spyro pulled, and twenty seconds later -- also with Spyro pulled - Vancouver draws within one but it's not close enough. There is no game seven and the Toronto LR is going crazy. God I remember the actual disappointment of game six and seven we all experienced, it was a demoralizing event so I can only imagine how electrifying the LR would have been if we had made the finals that season. We've won game six and have taken the series 4-2, and now we're on our way to the finals and the club couldn't be more excited. It's the first finals appearance for Toronto under GM Peace and the team has a lot to prove. As a club they took out Seattle 4-1, defeated Vancouver 4-2 and now face another challenge. Helsinki is a tough team and Toronto went 2-2 during the regular season with them. Since STHS likes to just auto-generate numbers it seems I used the good old Google number generator for both SOG and scores... let's see how Google likes us! First number is home team and the second away for both goals and SOG. Game one ends in a 5-3 Helsinki victory over Toronto despite the Legion outshooting the European team 47-39; game two is much closer, a 3-1 Titan victory with a goal on the empty net, and a stronger offensive effort as they outshoot Toronto 54-32; game three goes to Toronto as they skate away with a 5-1 victory over the Titans and dominate the shot clock 42-21; game four is a 5-4 back and forth affair for Helsinki, who climb ahead in the series 3-1 with this victory, although the shots are nearly even at 33-31 for Toronto; game five is a strong 3-0 shutout by Hextall who keeps his club alive despite Helsinki dominating the shot clock 47-19; game six is the dagger in Toronto's hopes as the Titans' win the championship off a 4-2 victory over Toronto, once again dominating the shot clock 44-27. Well it seems like the Google number generator has given the Titans' their cup but had this been the real finals... I wouldn't have been disappointed honestly. In my opinion this has been a fun little theme week, I've been thinking about S74 a lot with Toronto's S77 playoff implications and always wondered what would have happened if we had won game six. I don't know how the series against Helsinki would have gone, but I'm optimistic we would have fought them fairly well. We slayed Seattle and would have defeated a young Vancouver team, and while we would have absolutely been the underdogs in a matchup against the Titans... stranger things have happened in the playoffs. As a VHL GM this is as close to the finals I have gotten and I am determined to get back there. I understand so are fifteen other VHL GMs so I'm hoping I've built Toronto well enough to contend long after S77 has concluded... and hopefully we see Toronto do well in the playoffs this season and into the future.

Interesting article! Thought maybe I'd put in my experience a little, but I don't want to seem like I'm high jacking the thread or anything. I found during my time as a VHLM GM that scouting wasn't really required, and quickly discovered that it was more or less just something fun we could do to get people engaged a little more. My VHLM GM tenure was from S63-S69, so I never really had to scout the prospects that were released for the VHLM Dispersal Draft. It didn't help that my strategy was to go all out every three seasons and try to win a championship for the roster and the individuals who were moving up to the VHL. But I learned as a VHL GM that scouting was more important than I realized, especially after the leagues' activity exploded. My first couple of selections were okay -- despite them going inactive on me due to IRL reasons -- but I certainly made a few blunders before I understood what I was doing wrong. I drafted a few players that other GMs already knew would never make the VHL for one reason or another, and had I put the time into scouting I would have discovered that as well. Since those hard learnt lessons I've put a lot more effort into scouting at the VHL level.

We did it! I may have jynx'd us though... 1. A win... finally! What can we learn from the 8L streak we endured? 2. The lines were shaken up, promised to players regarding lines and ice time were broken, so was the W worth it? 3. The EU Conference has been destroying Toronto. What do you think we can do to improve ourselves? 4. One of our dominating wins was a 8-3 W. Did you enjoy that game... was it fun to participate in? 5. On a scale of 1-10 where was your panic level during the 8L streak? 6. Do you think we can climb back up the NA Conference? @McWolf @Smarch @osens @BOOM @NickSunderbruch @Rayzor_7 @rjfryman @Webberj @Poptart @fromtheinside @DoktorFunk @Juice @ROOKIE745 @hedgehog337

LONDON, UK -- Erik Killinger's time with the London United has been challenging on both a personal and professional level; personal due to the distance away from his family who opted to remain in Canada, and professional primarily due to his struggles with the British hockey club. Killinger came from Toronto after producing 81 and 90 points respectively in his final two seasons with the Legion, which included a dominating playoff performance in S74 that was cut short when his team was defeated in seven games by the eventual cup champions (Vancouver). Expectations were high for the climbing defender, but the reality was somewhat disappointing. Two seasons with the United later and he never rose above his stats with his previous team, scoring 77 and 76 points in the next two seasons with the United. But it appears as if the Canadian defender is back on track. His 46 points in 36 games is good for second place among all VHL defenders, and his frequent blueline partner Kasper Kankkunen currently leads the league in points produced from a defensemen. The duo haven't played the entire season together, in fact they're currently split apart, but they're periodically on the ice with one another be it 5 on 5 or not. Regardless of when he plays alongside his fellow United rearguard, whatever the teams is doing has motivated and energized Killinger, so to put it simply 'it seems to be working'. Killinger didn't make any comments on his improvement, but was noted thanking his teammates in a previous statement.

We'll use bleach on the rim, don't worry, that'll solve the problem! (Please don't do that.)

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- The Legions' 2-6-2 record in their last ten games may have some fans worried, but GM Peace has stated behind closed doors that the team can't lose forever and has reportedly told his club to forget the last five games and focus on the next two. The Legion will likely play Riga and Warsaw tomorrow, so it is important for the club to regroup and forget about the current five loss streak they are suffering through. Despite losing five straight games, the NA Conference as a whole has been set back and besieged by the European Conference. The only team to have made any headway in the NA Standings has been Chicago, but they haven't played the European clubs in this specific ten game span. In that time the Seattle Bears and the New York Americans have quietly snuck above Toronto in the standings, but how many games have the five teams in the playoff picture played against their European competitors within Toronto's ten game span? Chicago has played only two games against the EU, defeating the London United 5-0 before falling in a shootout against Prague 2-1. Las Angeles has played seven games against European teams and has similarly struggled against them; they were defeated 6-3 by Helsinki, 8-6 by Prague, 4-2 by Riga, beat Riga 6-1, fell 3-2 against Warsaw, dropped 4-2 to Moscow and were blown out 8-0 in Warsaw for a 1-6-0 record in the window of Toronto's last ten games. As a result the NA Conference is now wide open as three teams are tied for second place, and Toronto has now slipped to fifth. Seattle has had decent success against NA teams -- two wins over Chicago to be precise -- as the previous second and third place holders have struggled immensely over in Europe. The Bears' roster took full advantage of timely wins with conference rivals to slowly close the gap, and in their last ten games have played the EU Conference five times; they defeated Helsinki 5-1, lost to Malmo 3-2 in a shootout, were shutout 4-0 by Helsinki, stunned by Davos 5-3 and finally beat London 3-1. Keep in mind that all of those are within Toronto's last ten games, so they've got a record of 2-2-1. New York has a far different story... they've taken advantage of a weaker schedule strength against European teams but unlike any other team in the NA Conference, New York has been putting up victories against them while teams above them have not. They dropped Moscow 6-3, dispatched Malmo 5-2, fought competitively in a 6-4 loss against Warsaw, pushed London to a 4-3 OTL, defeated Riga 4-3 in the shootout, won 5-2 against Davos in New York, another victory over Malmo, 4-3, and earned themselves an overtime victory against Helsinki, 5-4; 6-1-1 record against EU teams during Toronto's last ten games is very impressive. And finally Toronto... The Legions' struggles after a blockbuster trade have been frustrating for everyone on the roster, but it's compacted and compressed from a very specific reason: Third period struggles. Toronto has dropped far too many games to be comfortable with in the final twenty minutes that the team has started to wonder why they can only play forty minutes. Too many third period comebacks have resulted in a loss, and the Legion are bleeding points from those irritating defeats. Regardless... how have the Legion fared against EU teams? They started off strong with a 3-2 win over Prague, but that's as close to a win streak they got. They were defeated by Davos 3-2 in a shootout, recovered for the final time as they blew Malmo away with an 8-3 victory, and tumbled the rest of the way. 4-2 loss against London, 3-1 loss against Helsinki, 5-4 loss against Helsinki, and a 5-4 loss against London. Overall the 2-4-1 record hasn't helped them none (obviously) and the club has fallen to the wildcard spot. So what is next for Toronto? Drastic line changes, perhaps another trade... ah who knows. Praying to RNGesus and the STHS gods might be the only solution.

Pass the bottle. Whole team needs a morale boost.

He also stole wrote all the HoF articles for a certain time IIRC. lol