Peace

In the modern age of VHL, the secret of being a VHLM GM is knowing you're already dead.

There's actually five, excuse me, just the other three are alumni.

That's awesome! Do I get to allocate that TPE within the attributes I have?

I'm honored to be selected for Canada! But I do have a question. How am I eligible for this?

Hey would you look at that, Seattle can win a game against Toronto.

Let's ask some player building questions this time around. 1. What are some of your favorite cities to play at when Toronto isn't hosting a game? 2. If you have time after a game, and management has allowed you to roam, where do you typically go after a game? 3. Do you have any pre-game rituals or superstitions? 4. It's been asked before, but we've got a new crop of players: What is your pregame or postgame meal? 5. What do you tend to do on your days off stuck in Toronto? 6. Describe in as short a sentence as possible your favorite action movie.

259 New York Americans @ Calgary Wranglers 260 HC Davos Dynamo @ Vancouver Wolves 261 Malmo Nighthawks @ Riga Reign 262 Toronto Legion @ D.C. Dragons

TOR 4 - 2 DCD

COMEBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!

Before we begin, I think it is important to understand how the Toronto Legion were organized last season compared to this season. There have been many comments on Discord that simply weren't true, and I'm here to debunk them. One of the larger ones is the claim that Toronto had more depth, therefor a more competitive roster last season than the one we are fielding this season. Sure, Toronto had a ton of inactive players, but hardly any of them played any significant amount of ice time. I used the typical 6F-4D-1G setup like Toronto is using this season and prioritized active players over inactive depth strength, which means that a rookie 280 TPA Chad Magnum and a 310 TPA Edu Stava were both playing between 26-30 minutes a game each. That is supported by Miniti and his lackluster TOI. The next big thing that was stated at the beginning of the season was Toronto's top six was better last season than it was this season, and I disagree, because 'officially' on the lines we submitted used had Dissanayake, Magnum, Scoringson, Nielsen, Shackleford and May. We started this season with Killinger, Magnum, Scoringson, Nielsen, Shackleford and Hextall. The TPA improvement wasn't much, but certainly stronger, as both Magnum and Killinger combined had more TPA than Dissanayake and Magnum of S70, Nielsen banked over 100 TPE and came back stronger this season than last, and Hextall was almost exactly the same as May was at the season start of S70. The only thing different was Shackleford regressing, but the TPA added offset the TPA lost by it. I get it though. Top six is a measurement of your three best forwards, your top two defenders and your starting goalie. In our case the Legion I fielded last season wasn't measured that way, which is why I disagree that Toronto was stronger last season than this season. Obviously now that's not the case as the Legions' active players continue to earn TPA, and I'd argue we're twice the team we were last season. [SIM 1] GAME 1: This season: NYA 4 - 3 TOR (0-1-0) Last season: TOR 2 - 1 SEA (1-0-0) GAME 2: This season: MOS 6 - 1 TOR (0-2-0) Last season: TOR 2 - 1 SEA (2-0-0) In the seasons first set of sims, Toronto had a completely different outlook, in fact they were totally opposite from one another in direct comparison to each other. S70 Toronto defeated Seattle twice with a score of 2-1, much to Bana's utter dismay on Discord -- followed by a rant about STHS -- fueled by the thought Toronto was supposed to be a trash team. Meanwhile the S71 Toronto fell to New York and Moscow, starting the season 0-2-0 instead of 2-0-0. It seemed like S71 Toronto was struggling to find some chemistry using the lines I had submitted, but the S70 Legion didn't have that problem as they shut down a team that should have beat Toronto twice. [SIM 2] GAME 3: This season: TOR 6 - 2 DCD (1-2-0) Last season: VAN 3 - 0 TOR (2-1-0) GAME 4: This season: TOR 5 - 4 SEA (SO) (2-2-0) Last season: TOR 4 - 1 MAL (3-1-0) In the second sim S71 Toronto climbed back to their objective: .500 hockey or better. They defeated DCD 6-2, and Seattle 5-4 in the shootout, which also caused Bana to once again take to Discord and mutter some choice words about the sim. I can't remember Enorama's reaction on Discord, I was more focused on trolling Bana, but I felt bad since SEA since they never really controlled the game and I already knew what was going to be said. I just watched the short STHS rant after Devise posted the sims and did my 'Toronto, Toronto, Toronto!' chant. S70 Toronto on the other hand improved their record to 3-1-0 after being shutout by Vancouver, and then defeating Malmo. [SIM 3] GAME 5: This season: TOR 1 - 0 VAN (3-2-0) Last season: CGY 4 - 2 TOR (3-2-0) GAME 6: This season: DCD 5 - 2 TOR (3-3-0) Last season: TOR 3 - 1 MAL (4-2-0) After the third sim, looking back thanks to this comparison, Toronto really did start off stronger in 70 than 71 and it's a bit surprising. It wasn't entirely just with their record, but their sims were better (generally) as well I'd argue. I think I can attribute that to the stronger defense Toronto had last season, and we were playing a 1-3-1 or 1-4-0 style of game. S71 Toronto was all about the offense, and this sim was the third time I had sent new lines in, and I believe these were set to 0-0-5... so seeing a 1-0 TOR win over Vancouver was equally surprising. But the records were exact after the fifth game, and S70 Toronto climbed ahead 4-2-0 over 3-3-0. [SIM 4] GAME 7: This season: TOR 5 - 4 SEA (4-3-0) Last season: VAN 4 - 2 TOR (3-4-0) GAME 8: This season: CGY 7 - 4 TOR (4-4-0) Last season: VAN 4 - 1 TOR (4-4-0) Well after the fourth sim, both Toronto rosters ended up being 4-4-0. S71 TOR defeated Seattle -- again -- with the same score as their previous victory. I didn't check the Discord this time, in fact I believe this is the one Viperhawk (McDagg) posted the scores to Toronto's Discord since I wasn't around until later that night. In S70, Vancouver kicked Toronto down twice with two four goal victories, meanwhile Calgary wrangled up themselves a Legion of Toronto players in a 7-4 CGY win. Nothing to really be said, honestly, other than this was my forth time changing Toronto's lines in an attempt to find some balance. [SIM 5] GAME 9: This season: TOR 4 - 3 CGY (5-4-0) Last season: VAN 5 - 1 TOR (4-5-0) GAME 10: This season: PRA 5 - 1 TOR (5-5-0) Last season: SEA 2 - 1 TOR (4-6-0) We start to differentiate a little here in regards to the records between S71 Legion and S70 Legion. S71 TOR finished day five 5-5-0, going 1-1-0 on the sim, while S70 TOR had picked up an additional loss. It was a revenge story for S71 Toronto, too, showing a Calgary team that just defeated them 7-4 that it was a one time deal by beating them 4-3 in regulation. They went on to get defeated by Prague 5-1, but that's another story. The S70 Legion, unfortunately, begun a dive right around this time. Loosing their third game in a row to Vancouver, then Seattle getting a revenge win, meant they finished a sim 0-2-0 for the first time in S70. It wouldn't be the last... spoiler! [SIM 6] GAME 11: This season: TOR 4 - 3 DCD (SO) (6-5-0) Last season: MOS 6 - 2 TOR (4-7-0) GAME 12: This season: VAN 1 - 0 TOR (6-6-0) Last season: MAL 3 - 1 TOR (4-8-0) Sixth day of simming wasn't to kind to Toronto in S70, but in S71 they managed to pull off another 1-1-0 sim to maintain a .500 record. The important thing about these set of sims is Toronto's 4-3 shootout win over the Dragons. At this point in the season, Toronto was still surprising people regarding their position in the standings, and it would be until Toronto's back to back games later in 71 they were 'hot on the heels' of the Dragons. Had they gone 2-0-0 one or two more sims, it's reasonable to assume the Legion would be at least tied for first in their division. Sadly that never happened, and there is no story to tell with the S70 Toronto roster as they fall to 4-8-0. Oh and that 1-0 TOR win over Vancouver. Hextall was remarkable that game! [SIM 7] GAME 13 This season: TOR 3 - 1 NYA (7-6-0) Last season: TOR 3 - 2 SEA (5-8-0) GAME 14 This season: NYA 4 - 2 TOR (7-7-0) Last season: TOR 4 - 1 DCD (6-8-0) S70 Toronto really enjoyed these set of sims, pulling a 2-0-0 for the first time since beating Seattle twice to start the season off. Of course it's only natural S70 Toronto defeated Seattle in one of those games, so it was obviously meant to be. One season added, the Legion faces the Americans twice and split their set of games 1-1-0 to level their own curve and failed to seize the opportunity to go up 9-7-0 against a team they've had relative success against. [SIM 8] GAME 15 This season: CGY 5 - 1 TOR (7-8-0) Last season: SEA 3 - 2 TOR (SO) (6-8-1) GAME 16 This season: CGY 2 - 1 TOR (OT) (7-8-1) Last season: TOR 4 - 3 VAN (SO) (7-8-1) The records are even across the board once again... exactly even, in fact. Both teams at the end of the eighth day of sims were respectfully at 7-8-1. The different is S70 TOR is climbing back from a 4-8-0 record just a few days ago, meanwhile the S71 Toronto team is suffering from a frustrating three game slide and fell to 7-8-1 when they could have reasonably been at 9-9-0 had they win a few key games. Sims are sims, though, and the reality was pointing S71 Toronto in direction a weaker roster went last season. [SIM 9] GAME 17 This season: HSK 2 - 0 TOR (7-9-1) Last season: TOR 5 - 3 DCD (8-8-1) GAME 18 This season: TOR 4 - 2 RIG (8-9-1) Last season: VAN 3 - 2 TOR (8-9-1) S71 Toronto got blanked by Helsinki before recovering in their game against Riga, which ended a four game loosing streak that upset the European GM on Discord, but they had fallen behind the .500 record they were trying to maintain before the season started. Meanwhile, the S70 Toronto roster is showing a ton of character here by defeating the Dragons and remaining competitive with Vancouver to end the ninth day of sims 8-9-1. Both teams shared that record, actually, but it's the S70 Legion that climbed out of a 4-8-0 record quite remarkably! [SIM 10] GAME 19 This season: PRA 3 - 2 TOR (SO) (8-9-2) Last season: VAN 3 - 2 TOR (8-10-1) GAME 20 This season: TOR 5 - 4 RIG (SO) (9-9-2) Last season: TOR 2 - 0 SEA (9-10-1) Overall this was a really good sim for both Toronto rosters. S71 TOR went 1-0-1, allowing them to claw back to that .500 hockey goal, while S70 TOR fought a superior Vancouver team similarly to their last set of sims and blanked the Seattle Bears for yet another win against the coastal city. Bana was very upset this time, and I witnessed his massive STHS rant on Discord and left a very amusing 'what a joke' comment in the game thread. [SIM 11] GAME 21 This season: NYA 2 - 1 TOR (SO) (9-9-3) Last season: MAL 3 - 2 TOR (9-11-1) GAME 22 This season: CGY 4 - 3 TOR (9-10-3) Last season: MAL 4 - 1 TOR (9-12-1) At this point the difference between S70 TOR and S71 TOR is -- quite simply -- S71 Toronto's ability to push a game into overtime or the shootout, indicating they're a bit more competitive than the previous incarnation of the Legion. Both clubs share the same wins, but S71 Toronto has two additional OT or SO losses instead. Sadly for both rosters, this sim was another unkind one, as both teams failed to earn a W. NYA defeated S71 TOR 2-1 in the SO, then fell in another one goal game 4-3 to S71 CGY. S70 TOR lost to Malmo twice, but there really wasn't much to say about those games. [SIM 12] GAME 23 This season: TOR 5 - 2 PRA (10-10-3) Last season: MOS 4 - 0 TOR (9-13-1) GAME 24 This season: MOS 4 - 3 TOR (SO) (10-10-4) Last season: MOS 4 - 3 TOR (9-14-1) Wait... Prague isn't Moscow? Sim twelve featured a lot of Russians... a lot. S71 Toronto managed to take them to the shootout from a Herculean effort from Hextall and Killinger after a 5-2 victory over Prague, while S70 Toronto just couldn't compete with the eventual champions. There's really not much else to say, but you can see the records starting to spread apart now. 10-10-4 for the S71 Legion was within acceptable margins, that's the .500 hockey goal believed to be attainable. Meanwhile, after an impressive comeback from 4-8-0, the S70 Toronto roster starts an eventual irrecoverable free fall in their record. [SIM 13] GAME 25 This season: SEA 4 - 2 TOR (10-11-4) Last season: SEA 3 - 1 TOR (9-15-1) GAME 26 This season: TOR 6 - 3 DAV (11-11-4) Last season: TOR 6 - 2 MOS (10-15-1) Seattle owns this one on Toronto, that much they are able to hold over both variants of the Legion roster, and there is nothing I can say about it -- both regulation losses that hurt both clubs position in the standings, especially the S71 Legion who remained in striking position of the Dragons' first place position in the division. S70 Toronto got revenge on Moscow in their fourth straight game against the Russian team by squashing them 6-2 in an uncharacteristic offensive display, while the S71 Toronto brushed aside the Dynamo 6-3. S71 Toronto maintained a .500 record, ending the sim at 11-11-4 while S70 stabilized their fall slightly with a 10-15-1 record. [SIM 14] GAME 27 This season: TOR 2 - 1 DAV (12-11-4) Last season: MAL 4 - 3 TOR (SO) (10-15-2) GAME 28 This season: TOR 5 - 4 PRA (SO) (13-11-4) Last season: HSK 4 - 3 TOR (10-16-2) S71 Toronto earned themselves a 2-0-0 sim by defeating a newly adjusted Dynamo roster that was surprisingly competitive, and then winning in the skill competition against Prague, where 'TOR RW1' was dubbed the first star of the game by observers. In reality that Prague win was all Hextall -- or at least the majority of it was -- as I personally doubt our backup would have stolen a victory from Prague in that game. With a 2-0-0 sim, it meant for the first time this season S71 Toronto Legion were above .500 hockey. S70 Toronto went 0-1-1, dropping to 10-16-2. [SIM 15] GAME 29 This season: TOR 2 - 1 MAL (14-11-4) Last season: TOR 2 - 1 PRA (11-16-2) GAME 30 This season: DCD 3 - 2 TOR (SO) (14-11-5) Last season: ROG 4 - 2 TOR (11-17-2) Toronto's 2-1 victory over Malmo was surprising to some -- a few even chiming in 'MALMAO' on Discord and the game thread -- but I expected a W from this one honestly, and I'm not being egotistical here. I was absolutely confident we'd get a win here, and not because STHS is an awkward sim engine, but because our history against Malmo in S70 was 'warmer' than other teams. It's just predicting a close game or a Toronto win against Seattle, we just 'have their number'. S71 TOR went 1-0-1, while S70 TOR went 1-1-0. The OT loss helps the S71 roster out -- obviously -- but the 14-11-5 record still speaks for itself. [SIM 16] GAME 31 This season: RIG 4 - 2 TOR (14-12-5) Last season: NYA 4 - 1 TOR (11-18-2) GAME 32 This season: TOR 2 - 1 HSK (OT) (15-12-5) Last season: TOR 4 - 2 HSK (12-18-2) We're getting close to the end here, and it's been a pretty interesting journey. I've looked at every box score, seen how competitive (or not) my roster has been against particular teams, and overall I'm actually very impressed by the S71 Toronto Legion. While technically both rosters went 1-1-0 this sim, with both victories coming at the cost of Helsinki loosing a rare game against Toronto, the arguably self-claimed 'vast improvement' I've seen in the present Legion roster is actually irrefutable I'd say. 15-12-5 vs. 12-18-2 There's not much of an argument to be made anymore, and the teams Toronto are facing aren't considerably weaker than they were last season. [SIM 17] GAME 33 This season: DCD 3 - 2 TOR (SO) (15-12-6) Last season: TOR 2 - 1 HSK (SO) (13-18-2) GAME 34 This season: DCD 6 - 1 TOR (15-13-6) Last season: RIG 3 - 2 TOR (SO) (13-18-3) Whew! Sadly this is where the Dragons completely decimated Toronto's opportunity to climb into a playoff position in season seventy one, and it's quite unfortunate too. Prior to these sims, the Legion had had moderate success against the US capital team, but it seemed to have fallen apart when it mattered the most. I might be able to blame a line change, but honestly I don't think I submitted one for these set of sims. Simply put: Toronto got beat. I've seen Enorama's 'ELO sheet' he posts on Discord every once and a while, and while Toronto is 10th overall (bottom 3), we're still playing .500 hockey... above it, actually. My goal was to not award a lottery pick to Davos in the trade that brought Toronto all their core prospects. Sadly, since Toronto is still a non-playoff team, it appears as if Davos might still get a lottery pick after all since DCD drained the steam Toronto had while chasing the top spot in the division. It really shouldn't be a roster pick as the Legion hold a healthy point lead over Helsinki, but a weaker EU conference will give it to the Dynamo. I'm going to kill someone if it turns out to be first overall. [SIM 18] GAME 35 This season: TOR 2 - 1 MAL (16-13-6) Last season: TOR 4 - 2 PRA (14-18-3) GAME 36 This season: HSK 5 - 3 TOR (16-14-6) Last season: PRA 4 - 2 TOR (14-19-3) We're at the halfway mark of the season, and both clubs went 1-1-0 in the eighteenth day of sims. 16-14-6 vs. 14-19-3. Like I said before, it's obvious why S71 Toronto has a slightly above .500 record, and that is their ability to extend a game into sudden death or a skill competition. Toronto has been a more competitive roster this season, and Corco wrote an article about Toronto's higher successes in the OT/SO not long ago and it really is the reason why Toronto is better. Sure, two extra regulation wins aren't much, but when you win an extra two games, lose five less in regulation, it really does paint a moderately brighter picture. [SIM 19] GAME 37 This season: TOR 5 - 0 NYA (17-14-6) Last season: RIG 4 - 3 TOR (SO) (14-19-4) GAME 38 This season: VAN 4 - 3 TOR (17-14-6) Last season: VAN 5 - 2 TOR (14-20-4) So here we are. All caught up. Difficult sim for Toronto in general, but the 5-0 shutout over the Americans was enjoyable. S71 TOR is ten points above New York for last place in the NA Conference, and remains six points ahead of Helsinki as well. I thought I'd throw that in. I'm kinda upset that Helsinki will make the playoffs in the EU conference, but I guess I feel Esso's pain when the New York Americans should have been in there last season as well when both Helsinki and Prague were below the Americans point total. If Toronto is going to make the playoffs, and we're only five points behind the Dragons, we're going to have to rely a lot on the top for NA teams beating the absolute shit out of each other while the EU Conference chips in some help. I'm not going to lose hope, but overall I'm actually satisfied with Toronto's performance this season. 3, 302 words. I'd claim for six weeks... but I don't think I can.

Indeed.

Huh

What?

New PC! 1. Chad Magnum officially hit the 500 TPE milestone, so congratulations Captain! What are you thoughts about his dedicated development? 2. Toronto recently acquired the Gutzwiler siblings, what are your thoughts about the trade that brought them to Toronto? 3. Are you enjoying the season so far? 4. What areas do you think Toronto needs to improve upon? 5. We've had a run of 'good luck' according to some, but do you think there is more than luck involved in the Legions' 11-11-4 record? 6. What is one thing you bought with the bonus money you were given?

$10 - S71 Transaction ID: 5618-3007-0975-447 5 TPE Doubles Week

I won.

The disrespect to Toronto is unreal.

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- During the off season the Legions' GM predicted that Toronto would be closer to .500 than some people were anticipating, and they've proven through the seasons first twenty four games to be a bigger thorn than some have come to realize, at least compared to their record from last season. Toronto was 9-14-1 after their first twenty four games in Season 70, while they're now 10-10-4 this season and looking to maintain their position, perhaps even move into a playoff spot as the teams above them battle each other for points in the conference. Toronto has been led by by their first alternate captain -- Nielsen (@solas) -- and by a formerly underutilized Miniti with twenty points each, while Scoringsonn, Dissanyake (@nethi99) and Killinger make up the remaining three players of Toronto's top five point scorers with 18, 17 and 16 respectively. While team captain Chad Magnum (@Corco) and his 15 points have certainly been welcomed -- which he is on pace to double his rookie totals -- it's his impressive physical presence on the ice with a remarkable 97 hits so far, well above any other Legion player and good for fifth league wide, that has helped the Legion establish a thorny reputation. "I'm very happy with how we're performing," Peace said in a brief media conference after the teams recent 4-3 loss to Moscow. "I think we're underestimated by a large chunk of the league, and while it's still early, we've been performing pretty good against teams that should -- at least on paper -- completely blow us away, such as the game today against Moscow. Killinger's 18 shots, that impressive, and Toronto actually controlling segments of the game are more common now." While rookie goaltender Hextall (@ROOKIE745) wasn't in net during Toronto's latest games against Prague and Moscow, finally given a break after a string of successful starts for the club, the young netminder has built himself a solid foundation to continue his daily improvement. The Legions' starting goaltender has a 9-8-3 record with a .916 save percentage, better than both former Legion goaltender JB Rift and league favorite Rayz Funk, while earning a respectable 2.83 goals against average after facing the third most shots in the league. He's a massive reason Toronto is 10-10-4 right now, and there is absolutely no denying it. "We've got to reach the minimum games played requirement," Peace said in regards to Hextall being on the bench in the clubs recent games. "He knows that I believe he gives us the best chance at a win each night over Gunnarsson, and he'll be playing ten more games in a row so I hope he's ready, but yeah, sadly we have to reach a minimum. If we don't I'll eventually have a rule named after me, too, and I don't know if I want that just yet." While Toronto is sharing team success, individually rookie forward McDagg (@Viperxhawks19) seems to be going through a rut after being the top rookie leader earlier this season. He's been scoreless in many contests, and we know in the world of hockey this could ruin a prospects confidence, but there is still hope. The Legion forward has been a great defensive asset for the club, slowly clawing his way back into a positive +/- rating, and making those around him a little more defensively better as a result. The points will come, he's doing the small things right. Oh yeah... Toronto recently added the Gutzwiler brothers (@DaftRaincloud and @Gwdjohnson) too! Both of them celebrated their first VHL goals in Legion uniforms. Congratulations, Leon and Gabriel Gutzwiler!

Final claim

Holy shit.

What will you say if Toronto does make it? ?

109 Malmo Nighthawks @ Vancouver Wolves 110 Toronto Legion @ Prague Phantoms 112 Helsinki Titans @ HC Davos Dynamo 113 Riga Reign @ Moscow Menace

VAN 4 - 3 MAL

Toronto receives: Gabriel Gutzwiler Leon Gutzwiler New York receives: S73 TOR 3rd @Esso2264 Was told to wait a couple hours for the portal to be fixed, it ain't fixed -- it'll be a new sim tomorrow but I understand the league still needs to approve this, just wanted to get it out of the way. Esso and I cam make it 'official' on the Portal once it has been repaired so it tracks all this stuff.