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Is there any real reason why this needs to be its own job? Why not give one of the existing updaters the additional duty of having final say on any flags. There's like five of us that have been doing this for 2+ years, any one of us could do that just fine for the what, 2-5 updates each week that may need a final input?

Is there any real reason why this needs to be its own job? Why not give one of the existing updaters the additional duty of having final say on any flags. There's like five of us that have been doing this for 2+ years, any one of us could do that just fine for the what, 2-5 updates each week that may need a final input?

Is there any real reason why this needs to be its own job? Why not give one of the existing updaters the additional duty of having final say on any flags. There's like five of us that have been doing this for 2+ years, any one of us could do that just fine for the what, 2-5 updates each week that may need a final input?

G - Ryan Artyomov
 
Draft done @Spartan

I would love it if Member could be broken down further (I know it can't) just because I know my referrals have been primarily driven by the EHM community. I think the GM league community is one that should be able to drive a ton of growth but I'm just not as engrained in it as I was in 2018.
 
Also, there would be 1 or maybe 2 from NHL66 lol, shoutout to ROOKIE

Only reacting for the title btw

Season 91 has kicked off and for the Bratislava Watchmen, who wish to avenge themselves from a tough game seven loss, the season has been a successful start. Returning players Mikko Borisyuk and 30W have been the standouts in the first four games, but new players have also proved to be icebreakers for the constantly evolving Watchmen squad. 3rd overall selection Mina @Baozi has slotted in as a stronger replacement for Walter Fitzroy Jr., who had a disappointing season in Bratislava before heading to the midzone of Toronto. Free agents Darko Alexander Malkovich @AColdCanadian and BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson @JardyB10 have also proven to be strong players in the blue and green, with BjornaBjorkson's four goals being tied to lead the league.
 
My players to watch are Oden Bell @WhiskyJack and James MacAvoy @Enraged, however. Both of these rookies are looking to make an impact in Europe after their successful careers in the minors. Bell has broken the ice early, have 5 points in the first 4 games, and MacAvoy should follow suit shortly.

@hylands ~2 hours

D.C. Dragons Special Announcement

We, the incredibly proud Dragons family, have always felt the need and in that a great honour to look for the best in our midst. 
It is that time to commemorate a career of a true D.C. Dragon, a player who embodied the true heart and soul of this team. 

In this case, we are talking about a player that had a tenure under 2 different GMs. 

Here is the comment from GM Eno Rama, the founder of D.C. Dragons : In my entire tenure as GM, I always positioned competitive windows around my goalie. If I had a good goalie under contract in a given season, I wanted to be competitive in that season. We had a couple really solid goalies even stick it out with us for a full career. Only one goalie ever brought us home a cup.

To comment on this myself, as a GM that has spent only few seasons here, there were few players that I could always rely on and I knew they would keep pushing and make us all strive to do better. That strong backbone for us was no other than our D.C. Dragons career goaltender. 

Before the start of S91, we are proud to announce jersey retirement of our own Bubbles Utonium, the amazing Nr.27! 


Congratulations @fishy - you managed to not only build a truly wonderous and talented goaltender in Bubbles Utonium, but you also managed to set an incredible standard for any goaltender that joins our franchise!

Good luck in the retirement and thanks for the amazing seasons spent with the Dragons!

The longest books in my read list, according to Goodreads:
 

 
Funnily enough, I also started The Stand around February 2020. (also lol at the Bible being in there)

The longest books in my read list, according to Goodreads:
 

 
Funnily enough, I also started The Stand around February 2020. (also lol at the Bible being in there)

@Velevra maybe?

@Spartan draft done and roster post updated.

@Jubis 5 hours

Actually it's @FrostBeard skipped, me on the clock.
 
D - Elias Lampi
 
Now @Gustav  x2

I am terrible at writing intros to this kind of thing, so I’m just going to cut to the chase: we are contracting the VHLE back to 6 teams.
 
As I’m sure a lot of you know, there has been a worrying trend of thin rosters in the VHLE, and the numbers reflect that we have a few too many roster spots for players to cover them. We anticipate that a large bounceback in the form of the sizable S90 class of recreates (when compared to S89 at least) should help breathe some life back into the locker rooms. However, we are also helping it along with contraction. After these changes, on average, we are anticipating just shy of two full lines of active players per team.
 
The unfortunate teams that will be heading into the ether are the Geneva Rush and the Istanbul Red Wolves. There was never going to be an easy decision here, but between weak branding, short history, and tangential connections to local terrorist groups, these two franchises will not be in the VHLE for S90 and moving forward. I know that not everyone will be happy, but there was no way to do this without pain somewhere along the line. 
 
However, much like the VHL in S58, we had a bit of a mismatch in terms of the rosters that make sense to remove and the franchises that make sense to remove. To that end, we are effectively full swapping roster players, prospects, and draft picks from Istanbul and Geneva to Stockholm and Vasteras, respectively. The current roster players and prospects on Stockholm and Vasteras will be released and available as free agents this off-season. The current draft picks owned by Stockholm and Vasteras will be passed or deleted as required.
 
Note: compensatory picks will be required in S91 to make this work, we will make sure everyone is made whole. The actual position of these compensatory picks is to be determined.
 
We were lucky enough to not actually need to fire anyone as GM to make this work! There has been some juggling behind the scenes, but here’s how everything shakes out:
- JB123 steps down following an absurdly strong run in Oslo
- Gaming Ringleader shifts over to GM Oslo
- Z follows his roster to Vasteras and takes over there
- Masu steps down from Istanbul in the hopes of pursuing other opportunities
- Twists keeps Stockholm and inherits Istanbul’s roster
 
That’s all for the actual contraction side of things. If you have any particular comments, questions, or concerns, please reach out to thad or I directly. My DMs are always open. 
 
Moving on to a couple of rule changes.
 
 
 
INACTIVE FREE AGENTS
 
Starting this off-season, teams will only be able to add 2 inactive free agents to their roster.This does not apply to players that go inactive mid-season or during their first three years post-draft, it only applies to the players that would have gone through the (now defunct) waivers system. 
 
Since we will only have 12 players to hand out this way each season, we will also be introducing a mini-draft, run on Discord or the forums, to allocate these players in the fairest manner possible. This draft will consist of two rounds, the first of which will be a reverse of the regular season standings while the second snakes that (i.e., equal to the regular season standings). Our current plan for this is to do rolling 12-hour clocks similar to VHFL, but we can adjust that on the fly as required. Teams are obviously allowed to pass on their pick if they do not see value in claiming an inactive free agent.
 
We’re hoping that reducing the crowd of those high TPA inactive free agents to maximum 2 per team will increase engagement for the players who remain active by freeing up more ice time, and by extension, delivering better stat lines.
 
We will be monitoring inactive free agents and their necessity over the next few seasons and will hopefully be able to remove them entirely at some point.
 
 
 
PLAYOFF FORMAT
 
In our 8-team VHLE as it stands now, 5 teams make the playoffs, with a 4-5 wildcard round before semi-finals. 
 
We don’t feel that a competitive league should have 5 of 6 teams making playoffs, so we are transitioning back to a 4 team playoff, with the matchups simply being 1-4 and 2-3. Both semi-finals and finals will remain best of 7. Tiebreakers remain unchanged. Games will be simmed 1 per day to keep as close as possible to in line with the VHL and VHLM playoff schedule.
 
 

TL;DR - Geneva and Istanbul branding deleted. Those rosters move to Stockholm and Vasteras. Current Stockholm and Vasteras rosters released. VHLE moves forward with 6 teams. Some rule changes regarding inactive FAs and playoff format to accommodate the contraction.
 
cc: @VHLE Commissioner @VHLE GM

F - Mac Atlas
 
@FrostBeard

Is it your graphic of Aurora Skylight or is it just a picture of Molly Engstrom with some words scrawled on it?

1. Ryan Artyomov is the greatest goaltender to ever grace a sheet of ice.
5. Defense is a no-brainer. No matter your position or role, you should be maximizing DF at all turns.
8. Fallout 3/NV. They're basically interchangeable to me because I started and finished each of them in the same summer in high school. 100%ed all achievements too.