McWolf

an outstanding surname it is

what's this other league? i'm curious hell, welcome aboard my fictional team. We had no win last season, so 1 would be an infinite% upgrade

1 Who wins the S70 Continental Cup? 2 Do you see yourself pkaying for another team in the near future? 3 Are you satisfied with your individual performance? 4 What's the point total you'd like to reach next season? 5 If you could play with any VHL legend, who would it be? 6 How do you like your eggs?

1 How did you hear about the VHL? 2 What teams do you think have the best logos? 3 What do you bring to the table for the VHLM team that will draft you this offseason? 4 Talking about the draft, have you talked to some teams? Where do you think you are going? 5 What are some weaknesses you know you'd better work on in the near future? 6 Who's your role model?

Part I - Pick em' (Pick the correct winners of all three games for 2 TPE) Game 3 - Seattle Bears @ Riga Reign Game 4 - Seattle Bears @ Riga Reign Game 5 - Riga Reign @ Seattle Bears Part II - Predict the Score (Predict the correct score and winner of this game for 3 TPE) Game 5 - Seattle Bears 3-1 Part III - Player Predictions (Predict the correct player for each category, 1 TPE for each correct answer) Series leader in points: Palo Series leader in goals: Palo Series leader in assists: Kastelic Who has the series PIM lead: Hackett Who scores the series winning goal: Stiopic

After another disappointing playoff run, All-Star defenseman Joseph McWolf held a press conference in which he mainly made two important announcements. First of all, the Brit told the members of the media gathered in Helsinki, home of this season's All-Star Game, that Season 69 might be his only wearing the neon green jersey of the Malmö Nighthawks, as he intends to test the free agency market for the first time in his career. After being selected 2nd overall by the New York Americans in the Season 63 VHL Entry Draft, he was viewed as a franchise defenseman that would live and die in the Big Apple. It seemed even more true when he signed a four-season extension with a mutual option for a fifth campaign following his sophomore season where he captured his first of two Sterling Labatte Trophies. His career took a bad turn, however, and he became quite the journeyman, after trades to Riga and then Malmö brought him from America to Europe. "I don't know, really. I loved my time in New York. Then I kinda brought it on myself and I ended up in Riga, which I loved to death. Team was amazing, but I had a feeling I was the odd man out, with Apollo [Hackett] and Lincoln [Tate] pushing for top spots. And look at them this season, they were both in the All Star Game with me this morning, it felt good sharing that with these two. But now it's basically the same thing in Malmö. We got myself, we got Jerry [Garcia], we got Condor [Adrienne]. On paper, that's one of the best blueline in the league. But the chemistry was just not there and now it feels weird that I'm up there while Condor is the team's 3rd dman. The man is a star, and he deserves the ice time to show it. I mght come back though, I just want to see what's out there. Who else thinks I'm what they need to win a Cup. And God knows I want a Cup bad. Clock is ticking." Finally, while he hasn't been too precise on the type of money he's looking for, he did hint at the length of the contract he will be signing this offseason, as he told reporters Season 70 will be his last. This was to be expected, as this next season will be his eighth, the length of the usual full-length VHL career. Over the first seven seasons of his career, McWolf has been named the Defenseman of the Year on two occasions and the Offensive Defenseman of the Year once. He also is on pace to finish his career in the top 20 in all-time hits, shots blocked and penalty minutes by blueliners. Even though he'll be remembered as a solid two-way defenseman, he will also be remembered as a renowned underperformer come playoffs time, as he has reached the Conference Finals only twice and faied to make it to the Continental Cup Finals on both occasions. This might hold some weight in the decision-making process once he hits free agency in a couple of weeks.

@DrHexDex that's a name i haven't heard in a long time welcome back bud o/

literal gold

I miss Rupert too

oh you

you misspelled @tfong @tfong rocks

Grats man

@Esso2264 would like a word ?

YES GIVE ME FRIENDS I AM LONELY

the honesty

GG Now go and get it!

should have kept some for today, F

so, this is the end of the road, @BladeMaiden?

5 uncapped double week

1 The playoffs are starting soon. Like later today. Who do you think will face off in the Finals? 2 Who do you think goes first overall in the next Draft? 3 Is there one player who's predicted to go late in the round who you think should go early? 4 What are you gonna do to kill time now that we are eliminated? 5 The VHLM currently has 11 teams and I hate it. Say we add a 12th team, what would be its name? 6 Is there a league job you'd like to do at some point in the future?

it's not like they are bad on defense either. Stropko and Paddywagon are still good for a while, Smith, LeBlanc and Palazzo are pushing up.

Playoff Previews: First Round Seattle Bears v. New York Americans And there it is. 72 games later, we are in the playoffs. This season was a weird one but, once all was said and done, the teams that were supposed to make it into the playoffs did, and the teams that are rebuilding or are still in that expansion setup phase. Just like that, the 72 games every team just played aren’t worth much anymore. Even if a team made the playoffs without too much hassle, they’re just 4 losses away from being eliminated by a team that barely made it in. Which brings us to this North American Conference first-round matchup between the defending champion 2nd-seeded Seattle Bears and the young 3rd-seeded New York Americans, reminiscent of a fight between David and Goliath. Road to the playoffs The Seattle Bears should be the overwhelming favourites, coming into this first-round series. They are better offensively and defensively, and apart from a couple of players, they are virtually the same team that seized the Continental Cup in Season 68. However, things are not always either black or white. While the Bears enter the playoffs as one of the best teams in the North American Conference and one of the favourites to make it to the Continental Cup finals, they have strangely struggled against the weaker New York Americans all season. Both teams won twice with the home-ice advantage and won twice on their opponents’ ice. Seattle did win one game in overtime, giving New York a lightly superior head-to-head record of 4-3-1, compared to Seattle’s 4-4-0. Both teams also tied with 19 goals across the 8 games played. However, when the Bears won a game, they did it in explosive fashion, leaving the Americans scoreless in their 3 regulation wins. When it comes to games played against other teams, Seattle did have the edge, finishing second in the North American Conference and fourth in the whole league with a record 44 wins, 23 regulation losses and 5 overtime losses. New York ended up just one spot behind them in the conference and seventh overall thanks to their 35 wins and 37 losses, including 10 in extra time. As said earlier, the Bears were the most recent winner of the Continental Cups, capturing it last season after sneaking in the playoffs for the first time since Season 65. On the other side, the Americans are just making it back into the playoffs after missing them in the last two seasons. Why the Seattle Bears should win Even though they didn’t overwhelmingly dispose of the New York Americans every chance they had throughout the season, the Seattle Bears are still entering this series as the favourites, and are actually among the favourites to be the North American representative in the Continental Cup finals. They are stronger in literally every aspect of the game, sporting better forwards, defensemen and one of the best starting goaltenders in the VHL. Their forward corp, led by veterans Dan Wilinsky and Joel Ylonen, and youngsters Acyd Burn and John Frostbeard, is one of their obvious strengths. Wilinsky had a career-high of 39 goals this season, while also surpassing the 80-point mark for the 3rd straight time. Ylonen has been his regular self, playing a strong two-way game while eclipsing the 60-point mark for a 3rd season in a row. Burn and Frostbeard have actually both taken step backs from their strong performances last season but were still very serviceable, both scoring over 30 goals and 60 points. On defence, the team can count on a ridiculous top 5 of Hulk Hogan, newcomer Guy LeGrande, Leph Twinger, Ambrose Stark and forward-turned-blueliner Berocka Sundqvist. All of them are equally good offensively and defensively, but if we had to highlight one that could be a difference-maker over the course of the next 4-to-7 games, I’d say LeGrande, who was acquired from the Americans this very season, might be holding a grudge against his former team and could wreak havoc on them. Finally, the team’s MVP this season has definitely been goaltender Rayz Funk, who’d be in the discussions for the Shaw Trophy if it wasn’t for Riga’s Kallis Kriketers’ almost historical numbers. He shut the Americans out thrice this season already and could very well do it again a couple of times in the next couple of weeks. On the other side, the New York Americans have a tough matchup ahead of them. They did win half of the head-to-head games this season, but their roster is nowhere as competitive as their opponents’. While the Bears were named among the favourites to win the Continental Cup since before the season even started, no one knew if the Americans would even join them in this spring dance until about a week or two ago. Now, while their roster might not be as strong as the Bears’, they are a very young team, dressing only three players not still on their rookie contracts, meaning. Indeed, except soon-to-be-retired Konstantin Mulligan, no one on the team has been in the league for more than four seasons, with the vast majority of them actually playing only two or three seasons in the VHL. Despite all that, the Americans could surprise the better Bears if their young stars perform well. Boris the Forest and Keven Foreskin, the team’s leading scorers, both coming off career years, need to step their game up even more if they want their team to even have a chance in this first-round series. Soren Jensen and Ryo Yamazuki II, two of the league’s top rookies, are also expected to carry the offence for the Americans. On defence, the Americans are definitely not as dangerous as the Bears, but still sport a couple of strong blueliners, like Fredrik Elmebeck, former Bear Kevin Low and defending Jake Wylde Trophy winner Lance Flowers. The team’s true X-factor, however, is definitely young goaltender A Red Guy. His 0.923 SV% and 2.24 GAA both rank top 3 among starting netminders. Should he play as good in the playoffs as he did in his sophomore season, he might be able to save his team and steal a couple of games for them, which is basically what they need to advance to the next round. At this point, all the Bears have to do to win this series and proceed to the North American Conference Finals is be their usual selves. The Americans were the slightly better team in the 8 matchups between the two teams this season, but they’d need a literal miracle on ice to summon their inner David and overcome their own Goliath. A Red Guy would need to play on his head, but it’s definitely possible. Not probable, but possible. My predictions are A Red Guy will be able to steal two games for the Americans, but they come short and the Bears win the series in 6. Players mentioned: @oilmandan @Esso2264 @Acydburn @FrostBeard @HulkHogan @Steve @DollarAndADream @Banackock @Berocka @Rayzor_7 @hedgehog337 @Pandar @chillzone @Velevra @Donno100 @Elmebeck @Smarch @CowboyinAmerica @.sniffuM VSN Writer McWolf

I think Calgary needs forwards more than it needs defensemen

Yes, give us more oui oui

very fair