Peace

Rylan Peace's regular season career is officially over as the Toronto Legion slip and slide into their playoff birth on a streak their players would like to forget. Although the mid-season was kind to the Legion, their current record is less than desirable, and it seemed like nothing they did could correct the issues they were having despite some competitive statistics with both the advanced stats and scoring chances categories. Today we'll recap his career from the initial entrance into the VHLM with Halifax to his inevitable exit with Toronto following the conclusion of the Legion's post-season, regardless of where they finish in the upcoming playoffs. It would be nice for Peace and team to go all-the-way... but it's unlikely to happen considering the more talented teams ahead of them. Rylan Peace entered the VHLM during the tail end of season sixty two when he signed an entry level introductory commitment contract that enabled him to play for the the Halifax 21st VHLM hockey club, and officially established the Peace Player Agency (TPPA) as a player talent registration for the Victory Hockey League. Their flagship player, which the agency was named after, wound up joining Halifax for twenty six games during their regular season and went on to cement a career tendency that followed him throughout his career. Peace recorded ten points in those twenty six games, splitting them evenly with five goals and assists each. During his debut season, Rylan Peace moved from the forth line to mixed duties between the second and first line with Halifax as he rapidly developed on a moderately deep club. By the time the playoffs hit, he was a certified second line player across the majority of the teams in the VHLM... although Peace's playoff performance fizzled out as Halifax was defeated in the second round of the VHLM playoffs. Peace never scored a goal, registering a sole assist as his lone point in the eight playoff games he dressed in. Following the conclusion of his first partial season, Rylan Peace entered the draft and was selected by the Saskatoon Wild in the second round. Additionally, Peace was also drafted twelve overall in the VHL Entry Draft, but more on that later. Back then the VHLM was a far more condensed league, so eight overall was actually 'early' in the second round of the Dispersal Draft. With Saskatoon Rylan would achieve much more personal success - although he was snuffed from any personal awards. During season sixty three, Rylan Peace would wind up serving as Saskatoon's assistant general manager... and eventually acting general manager as their captain went missing in action. Peace would score ninety one points for the Wild during the season, and was named team Captain by an internal leadership vote. Peace scored forty six goals, while contributing forty five assists for (almost again) a near split in point production. During the season Peace was named interim general manager, which in a press conference, mistakenly said 'intern' in a text-based interview he concluded with VSN. In the playoffs the Wild would win the championship, but Peace wasn't the most productive member of the team like he was during the regular season. Trades made brought in better players, and despite a stronger lineup sharing similar production, Peace wound up earning himself seven goals and three assists (for ten points) in eleven playoff games... finishing - surprisingly - with a negative one plus/minus rating. Moving up into the VHL - after expending a season of his eligible career in the minors - he joined the cup favorites in Riga after he was drafted twelve overall by them in the entry draft, while also being passed by the Helsinki Titans. Riga had just won the cup, and they were poised to do so again with perhaps the strongest roster in the VHL. After reporting in with the club, Riga GM Hedge would slot the rookie on the third line with Mikko Pajajari thinking the apparent shooting/passing chemistry between the two would blossom. They were projected to be the best third line in the league, but it just didn't happen the way the club thought they would. Rylan Peace's rookie season was 'good' for a rookie, but the player was disappointed with his production because he knew he could do better than how he did. Rylan Peace's twenty four goals and twenty two assists (again... nearly a split point production) weren't enough to give him the top rookie award. Riga did well that season, however, and easily made the playoffs on the effort of their top line. Peace started the playoffs alongside Riga's dynamic duo in Cast and Reencarnation. In the first four games of the playoffs, and despite Riga trailing the series, Rylan Peace had found success with his line mates. He scored two goals and two assists in those four games... and then he was benched for the remainder of the playoffs. Riga was down three-one in the series, fought back to tie it, and were eventually eliminated in game seven. Peace quietly implied he wanted to be traded from the club after being benched for games five, six and seven. He was then traded to the HC Davos Dynamo, where he was forced to play alongside VHLM rival Elias Dahlberg. As the season begun for Peace's first as a Dynamo - which would end up being his career high - he found immediate success alongside Elias as the clubs top center. Oh yeah, that's right... he switched from his natural position on the right wing to a center for the club. Rylan Peace would go onto scoring fifty one goals for the Dynamo, while earning fifty two assists for... once again... a nearly total split in point production. Unfortunately the Dynamo missed the playoffs that season, but the hype was building. Now Peace'll be the first to admit that his second and final season with the Dynamo was individually sub par as the club added talent and depth, although his eighty five points would help carry the Dynamo into the playoffs. Rylan Peace, alongside Elias Dahlberg and other members of the Dynamo, would publicly criticize an irrational decision made by Dynamo GM that send away talent close to the trade deadline - but more importantly the GM traded himself to a different team that was looking like they had a stronger chance at a championship. The team was doing alright, and while it wasn't as expected, the trade ultimately wounded both the confidence in the leadership and the on-ice product. Peace would score eleven points in the playoffs (five goals and six assists) and was traded as soon as possible following the conclusion of Dynamo's second round exit. This season marked the first (and only) season he'd end up being more of a 'playmaker'. Rylan Peace's goal production dropped with the likes of Svoboda and Dragomir flanking him along the wings on the top line. Rylan Peace's adventure with the Dynamo ended when he was traded to the Toronto Legion for a full set of draft picks. Rylan Peace would begin his career with the Legion as the teams top center despite facing natural depreciation in the upcoming seasons. A high cost to pay, but one the Legion GM was clearly okay paying, as not long after the trade the newly acquired Legion was announced as the replacement GM for Toronto when the current (and still present GM) retires. Rylan Peace returned to successful roots with the Legion, producing nearly ninety points (89) while also - like his classic self - nearly splitting the point production between goals and assists. He scored forty goals and registered forty nine assists for eighty nine points. The Legion, however, were defeated in first round of the playoffs in a heartbreaking five game series. Rylan Peace registered seven points in the five postseason matches, but it simply wasn't enough to get the team over the hump. The following season saw Peace hit natural depreciation as his body aged, and the fast paced high energy game of the VHL started to wear his body down. Despite being less than he was before, Peace still managed to achieve a point-per-game pace and once again nearly split his point production. He scored thirty five goals and recorded thirty eight assists for seventy three points in seventy two games, but it was nothing special - so there's really nothing special to write home about consequentially. In the playoffs Peace seemed out of place, earning only four assists in a first round exit for the Legion. Finally - in his final season - Rylan Peace lead his Toronto club in points with seventy one in a full seventy two game schedule. Like clockwork his point production was split almost evenly between goals and assists, as he finished the season with thirty six goals and thirty five assists. Over his career he reached the two hundred goal milestone, while also hitting two other significant milestones by reaching two hundred assists and four hundred points. Peace was rarely acknowledged as a skilled player by his peers, league fans and observers... but the stats speak for themselves, and he was arguably one of the best non-physical two-way players in the Victory Hockey League during his career. He never received recognition, however, partially because he was a non-physical player. This season he regressed into a more 'veteran' role as the amount of checks he threw this season went up by hundreds in comparison with the rest of his career. Sadly it was already too late, but would he have won an award in season sixty five had he had two hundred and forty five hits? Maybe, just maybe. 1602 words, claiming for the next three weeks.

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It's unfortunate that boxing day is going to break up my family this holiday season as literally every single family member who does work in the retail sector is scheduled to work on the 26th early in the morning. I get it though, I really do. One store is projected to make over fifty thousand profit, while the other is expected to make between twenty and thirty based on the sale figures the past three years on the 26th. One is a hardware store, one is a bargain store both with pretty lucrative boxing day sales - can you figure out which one is which for profit margins? haha. Damn consumerism! But I do hope you have a good holiday as well, Sonnet.

They keyword there is deemed. The way I interpret this is that of a time frame - a guide line to what is officially considered 'inactive' at the VHL level, it's basically saying that after 30 days they're 'considered inactive' assuming they've completely dropped out of contact with everyone. For the VHL, or at least at the VHL level of play, this rule governs what is classified as an inactive or active player. In the VHLM, it's actually just two weeks now, or even shorter now (seven days) if they never updated their player. You were a VHLM GM, dude, you should know that even if a player isn't posting on the website, but has a presence on the VHL or VHLM discord (either a locker room or the official Discord) they're not truly 'inactive' in the sense if they're eligible to be released or not. Now, admittedly, this is pretty much a topic restricted to players who wish to be a career VHLM players and stop updating or posting after they've reached the build they want. If a player is in your Discord and posting there, he's not inactive, even though it's been over 30 days since he posted on the website. He's just not active on the forum, and frankly the addition of Discord LRs and the official Discord hasn't really been implemented in the rule book... and I honestly don't think they should be, either. Edvin was 'active' in the sense he replied to Discord messages and posted in Halifax's DLR every once and a while. Saskatoon has a few players that are doing that this season despite periods of inactivity on the forum, like McDagg and DeYeeto (who's stopped updating at 250 because he wants to be a career VHLM defender now, but still replied to PMs here on the forum). DeYeeto isn't inactive, even though he'll go 30 days without really posting, because he's a player who likes to check the box score and see how he is doing. Yet he's replied to every PM I've sent him. So... *shrug*

No. 30 days without updating their player and no contact.

This isn't entirely correct. If we were going on activity on website = active member, then I have a few Saskatoon players that aren't 'active' yet have a presence elsewhere. Activity on the forum just means you're engaging with the community around you. If player (x) is satisfied just checking the box scores and only logging in every so often - like when he/she is traded to a different team - then so be it. That's how they want to enjoy the sim. They'll log in, claim welfare and practice, and pop off again or simply leave their build as is because it is working for them.

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@SlapshotDragon They actually caught you sleeping this time.

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I appreciate you segment on Peace!

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Vancouver 3-2

408 Vancouver Wolves @ Moscow Menace 409 Prague Phantoms @ Malmo Nighthawks 410 Helsinki Titans @ HC Davos Dynamo 411 New York Americans @ Calgary Wranglers

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So Saskatoon just going to spend half the game on the penalty kill? Ouch.

I did not anticipate the 0 CK - 4 DF - 1 OF strategy to work this well against Saskatoon. Well played, well played.

1. Do you like the VHL's 12 days of Christmas? Do you think you'll post in every daily thread? 2. Have you been following, or perhaps playing, in the WJC? Any surprises? Who'll win? 3. Who is the MVP of the VHLM so far? 4. GM Peace's nephew or something just joined the team, what chance do you give him to score a goal before the season ends? 5. Any hobbies you will have time spending a little bit time on between Christmas and New Year's? 6. Star Wars premiering on the 18th, your thoughts and expectations? Will you go watch it with the team? 1. I love it. I will absolutely be posting in every thread... uh, not because I'm a TPE whore or anything. Not at all. 2. I honestly didn't pay attention this season. 3. DeYeeto. 4. Who's this? 5. Well I'll be trying to catch up on some sleep. Beyond that, I want to finish this B-17 model. 6. I'll watch it with the team, but I was very disappointed in the last release.

The Toronto Legion have been slumping lately despite line changes, strategy changes and prayers to the STHS gods for better results - but one player has been pretty consistent throughout the unfortunate fall in the standings that once had them competing with Seattle and Vancouver for the top position in the conference, and is perhaps not as popular in the league as he should be or should have been earlier. Goaltender JB Rift has been a workforce for the struggling Legion team, earning himself a respectable record among goaltenders who've played more than fifty games this season. Rift's respectable save percentage (.917) lands him as the fifth best goaltender in the league - and it was better before the Legion's last ten wasn't[/b] 2-8-0. While his save percentage has remained fairly stable, Rift's goals against average has nose dived to 2.57 as a result of the Legion's ongoing struggle. Despite the slump, Rift gives the Legion the best opportunity to win night in and out and isn't the key piece in ending the slump. He's been doing his job, it's up to the rest of the team to get on board as well. Toronto fans... your unsung hero this season so far is your starting goaltender!

Oh no... [Audible crash of pizza boxes and pop cans.] MOM. MOM. Peace is writing about Saskatoon again! There was no other way. Yep. Here I am writing about Saskatoon's unsung hero, but the question is - who do I think is the hero of such a dominating team? Stay tuned, I suppose, because I reckon the only people who are truly reading this media spot are likely (most likely) members of the Saskatoon Wild... am I right? Maybe the occasional updater to skim through the thread to make sure I'm not talking about myself in description, so to throw them off I am officially announcing that Erik Killinger is unofficially the unsung hero of the Saskatoon Wild. Haha, I'm kidding. But let's be real, Saskatoon has so many great players this season it is absolutely unreal the level of accomplishments our individual players have - well - accomplished. Danny DeYeeto has one hundred and twenty five (125!) points on the season, while long-serving Wild Ondrej Ohradka has again once reached the triple digit milestone. Both of those players are not are unsung hero, though, but it should be noted that Ohradka is just six goals away from tying the all-time leader for Saskatoon. Could Saskatoon's unsung hero be Jacques Lafontaine? While it certainly could be, the goaltender has been absolutely incredible backstopping the Saskatoon Wild this season and it's an unsung hero. In fact... he's probably anything but. Lafontaine has been one of numerous heroes this season. No, no. Our unsung hero this season is Dagmar Havlova ( @diamond_ace ). "Whoa, Peace. Why are you listing your third most offensive forward?" I'm giving Havlova the unsung hero award simply because - for the vast majority of the season so far - Havlova has been playing on the third line and still continuing to thrive with the Saskatoon Wild. For the majority of the season we've been swapping Stava and Lathinen as our number one and two centers, but Havlova is a primary piece of both our power play and penalty kill despite a now large TPA gap between his line mates. The majority of Havlova's ice time comes from the PP or PK, as the third line typically only plays around ten minutes of five-on-five a game. Despite an early season relegation to the third line, Havlova has kept up with both his team and the league in point production. Honestly... I have no idea how Ace's player has managed to do so, but it is certainly impressive enough that I'd consider Havlova the unsung hero of Saskatoon. It was a pretty difficult decision, honestly, because there are a lot of people on Saskatoon that aren't getting the credit they deserve. Killy Foilen has been a staple on the first line the entire season, and while he may not be totally satisfied with his production, he's consistently one of Saskatoon's strongest players. Jesse Nyman has accelerated his play this season, and at just three points under one hundred, will be the third Saskatoon player to reach that milestone. Edu Stava joined Saskatoon and immediately strengthened the lineup as well, and recently has found chemistry with his wingers atop the Saskatoon's center depth on the first line once again during this season after other times proved less fruitful. Mikko Lathinen is Saskatoon's best goal scorer, but he's a shoot first player and generates his assists off the rebound, so we stuck him on a line where players will feed into his team leading shooting percentage. Neither are Saskatoon's unsung hero though, but both worthy of the title. Thanks for reading!

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My nephew joined the team? Haha

In honour of LefLop starting the song... Jingle bells, Nyko smells, and Motza’s team laid an egg. I forget the rest. +2!