ColeMrtz

Leph Twinger

@Pandar

David Kiaskov

@DaftRaincloud

22 minutes ago, Tagger said:

I've added nationalities to these, but it's made the chart thinner for some reason. Lemme know if you'd prefer nationalities in or a better looking table.

Nationalities, gotta see how those world juniors teams are shaping up

Hm, what do goalie stats do?

Better chance to stop a shot

Better chance to stop a shot

Better chance to stop a shot

BETTER CHANCE TO STOP A SHOT

On 8/18/2018 at 10:31 AM, Tagger said:

1) The VHLM Regular Season is set to start today, what's the one thing you're most looking forward to seeing?

I just want to play, we could lose both games but the anticipation is killing me. PUT ME IN COACH!

15 hours ago, McWolf said:

3) What are your thoughts on the current competition within the team for places at your position?

Halifax made it fun, we have two active starters so we both start, we switch out every couple of games.

On 8/18/2018 at 10:31 AM, Tagger said:

5) From the time that you've been here, what's the first piece of advice you would give to a new member joining the league?

Aim for cap every week. It's not hard to do and it can be really enjoyable as well. My first "real" week I capped on Monday. I pass on reviews because I'm lazy though.

1 hour ago, Sonnet said:

@ColeMrtz21 You'll be doing what, now?

I spoke before I checked lol, don't worry, you're just keeping it warm for me until I start again

+2 baybee

VHLM Weekly

Article by: Riley Johnston

After the first few VHLM games have passed, we take a look into which players have started off hot and where the best in the league are playing. The teams are then ranked based on the talent they have and Cup potential.

1. Las Vegas Aces

LVA has a standout team, one of the deepest rosters in the league, and an All-Star goaltender in Alexander Pepper. Currently in second place, Vegas boasts an impressive 9 GA, the lowest in the league with the only contending team being the Halifax 21st. Vegas also has 10 players (including Pepper) over 50 Overall on their roster, and three players with 70+ Defense. They might not score a whole lot, but they have the prospects to do so and you sure as hell won't score on them.

2. Halifax 21st

It was a tough choice between HFX and LVA, but at the end of the day I wouldn't be surprised for the finals to be between them. Halifax has one of the most active rosters in the league, and it shows. Nine players over 50 Overall, 2 active goaltenders, 2 of the leagues top 4 goalscorers, Karl von Moltke being second in the league in assists, and did I mention 4 of the top 5 rookies? The list goes on. Halifax currently holds the first place position in the league, and they can only go up from here. Vegas only just edged them out of the top ranked team as they are the deeper roster right now.

3. Saskatoon Wild

Hear me out on this one. SSK is currently second to last in the standings, which doesn't look promising for the 3rd ranked team, but I have my reasoning. For starters, Saskatoon is only to Ottawa in goals for, and it's not a close race with any other team, with Halifax being 5 goals back. The Wild have one of the most potent player combos in the league with Ryuu Crimson and Dylan Nguyen, who by the way are both firmly planted in the top 10 points leaders. Crimson is second in the league for goals with 6 and Nguyen is third for assists with 8. This roster also boast Anderson LaVey and Burnt Toast, also in the top 10 for points. If SSK can come together defensively they will become one of the top teams in the league, no question.

4. Ottawa Lynx

10 players over 50 Overall, the top 2 players in the league for points, the league leader in goals. Ottawa seems like they should be higher, but they won't be. Ottawa is alarmingly mediocre, they have 2 standout players and a lot of generally good guys. There's no real holes but there's not a whole lot to be excited about. Chance Matthews is a phenom, Baxter can do it all, but everyone else falls kind of flat. Not to mention Kritikers, who should be one of the best in the league, is currently sitting in fourth out of the leagues tenders. That's bottom 50% for a goalie who's rated highest in the league. Ottawa will be good, no question, but they won't be anything to watch.

5. Yukon Rush

Whoa. What? Yukon ISN'T the 6th ranked team? With the shallowest roster and Rhett Stoffiday/Victor in net, it is a bit of a shock, but Yukon has two prospects that make me excited and scared. Let's talk about Sidney Crosby and Ryan Kastelic. Crosby is a monster, and absolute machine. If you watched the first few games Crosby dominated every leaderboard he could slap his name on. Should he keep it up he'll be one of the best players in the league. Kastelic is a whole different beast. He's quietly maintained where Crosby faltered, staying on the leaderboards. Out of everything Kastelic is eligible for, he appears on 4/7 leaderboards. Kastelic and Crosby could be an elite defensive pairing, but they don't have a team to back them up. Time will tell just how good they turn out to be.

6. Oslo Storm

Nothing to see in Oslo. 5 guys with 50+ Overall, their points leader is some 38 TPA player who's playing beyond capacity, the team just isn't any good. I'm sorry Oslo but draft picks will be your best players. The only thing you really have to look forward to this season is the end of it.

I’ll be taking that spot back now @Sonnet

7 hours ago, Banackock said:

This is something we've been interested in reviving but will only do so if we find the right, consistent team.

 

@ColeMrtz21 - what are your thoughts on being an editor? The head chief, MR.CEO of the Mag? Something you're interested and capable of doing?

 

If so, fire myself a message while including @Will, @Beketov and @.sniffuM
 

Though, what I'd be thinking is:

 

2 editors (1 full-time, 1 part-time/casual if so)

4-6 writers (again, 4 full-time and 2 back up - though, the back up can always write too).

2 graphic people.

 

For each week, you the writers - for their articles, can claim 7 TPE. 6 TPE for a media spot, a 1 TPE weekly bonus for having a "mag job". Similar would be for the graphic boys, too. Editors, that would be in talks with Bek, Willy and such.

Depends on what being editor entails, I’m open to the positions but I may not be able to fulfill some of the roles software wise

After talking with @Victor and @McWolf, talks have emerged for a VHL Mag style project coming out for the VHLM. However, it's contingent on having enough staff as well as approval by someone with power in the forums moderation staff. Just to see if we could pull together enough people, anyone interested feel free to respond to this post stating what position you'd be interested in. There would be a Graphics team, a Writing team, and a few editors.

3 minutes ago, Victor said:

 

If you guys get a list of willing volunteers we can certainly work from there.

Will do

Well this put a damper on coming out with the best % in the league 

16 minutes ago, Tagger said:

Someone on the discord (can't remember who but it was a veteran member) did propose the idea of bringing in a VHLM Magazine for these newer members to contribute to and also get their first experience of holding a job in the league. I think it's a pretty good idea to be honest. 

If you gave job pay for this I would spend probably too much time writing articles for it

@Victor since he asked for interested people

Roger Sterling

@Pandar

@DaftRaincloud you get two picks because you missed your first one

@DaftRaincloud

@oilmandan

12 hours have passed

Casey Jones

@DaftRaincloud

@jacobaa19

try again, Stopko went already

5 minutes ago, Pandar said:

I was gonna pick now, but maybe I will wait...

 

Yeah yeah, just poking fun at ya for last time

This is the fun part where pandar waits until the last minute to make his pick

Robert Malenko

@Pandar

Just now, Beketov said:

The links you posted will work. Just use the "Insert other media" button down in the corner.

Ah, okay. Thank you!

Excuse me while I try to figure out what code imgur uses

Logo

Away Jersey

Home Jersey

I liked the idea of making expansion concepts for graphics so claiming for week of 8/26