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The end is near, VHL. I can feel it in my bones when I get my ass up to throw in lines. The end is near, VHL. I can feel it in my mind when I see some of the things I see on here. It's been a long time coming, but I'm an old as fuck GM and in a way, somewhat, a member. S40's is old considering what is mostly on here now I think? Anyway, man was it tough to write this. Is it because it's my last day off? Is it because I'm finding less enjoyment for a few reasons in the league? Is it because I'm just, in general, tired in life from working, everything going on and all of the excitement, etc. Who the hells knows but damn, did I not want to do theme week or this shit this week. Have to do so for the Bears though! We own my player and she needs to be good for the team. Needs to keep earning like everyone else Now, let's just get to the word vomit so I can go to relaxing the day away! Bears started the season after like 10-12 games in last place. If we finish 1st in the conference, sweet. The goal at the end of the day is to make playoffs. The position doesn't matter because come playoffs time, you need to beat every opponent you face to win the cup and there's always great opponents that stand in your way. You have to beat the best to be the best. I'm happy with everyone's play. The team is doing well. One last hoorah? Can we find a way to do it again next season? Let's focus on this one FOR NOW! Davos gonna make playoffs? This is weird but also good to see. Zero issues with gus or Davos. It was fun to root against them and it still is, but to see them do well is also good. Flip conferences and another team people love to root against because they start the season 14-0-1 or whatever and then suck and lose no matter what is Toronto. They suck again. They also built themselves up and then sold off again, lol. Crazy to watch. Not sure what's going on but I'm sure some have their ideas. Very easy to blame STHS though! New York not gonna make playoffs? I thought they were supposed and we're supposed to be good now for like 3 seasons? What's going on there? I think the team is decent and they have some excellent members and players, but maybe some questionable moves and yada yada mixed in with some poor luck in a almost always competitive conference is getting them the wrong way! Will be interesting to see who the league chooses to replace bird-YLONEN at the end of the season. Enjoy your retirement from the chaos. YES

Hello, I hope you are all safe and well in life. I am mostly doing good. This week has been crazy busy which is why I'm finding myself writing this on my final day off before I head back. Fortunately, it's only a 7 day stretch this time and then we're off to the mountains for a 10 days vacation of fishing, hiking, golfing and adventuring the area and local. This week has been crazy full with me doing my 2nd week of starting to work out, some minor yard work, rebuilding the puppy pen downstairs and visiting our breeder that we will likely be getting another registered Doberman from in October! It's crazy exciting times in our household. Other than that, just busy and all of that. This season has flown by. It feels like Warsaw just hoisted the cup, the off-season just ended and somehow we're something like 59 games through the regular season already? That's crazy! Time flies in this league. This week is theme week and I do believe the Monday rolling around would have the trade deadline come. I think it's going to be a quieter one but I do think there's the potential of seeing some minor trades, as well as one of two big ones as long as teams can manage to keep their cap and all of that under control. There's usually ways to work something out with someone in the league. This weeks theme week is "VHL Awards" and I'm only going to be spitting out words for the sake of words as I will be busy as shit this week with work and then the following week and some I am going to be on vacation so don't really want to be on here or anything like that. For this weeks theme week, we're gonna talk about some opinions we have on awards, some maybe I'd like to add and even dive a little bit into the VHLM as it never gets the love it should! So, let's go, baby. 1. VHLM Hall of Fame - Retired Jerseys, etc. The VHL has one and it's an excellent addition to the league to see the star players/legends of our past time being recognized for their accomplishments. I know making the Hall of Fame in general as a player and/or builder was a very special thing and having a jersey retired by the team you play for would be an amazing accomplishment too (especially if done by the league!). Adding these features in the VHLM would make it a little bit more special. I know it wouldn't hold the same weight as the VHL because people don't care about the VHLM the same way they do about the VHL, but every time I've been through the VHLM, it's still a special and fun experience. YES, the end goal is the VHL... But I don't know. It's still part of the ride. I still want to do well and have fun. Any time we added something as green members into the M, it was with the hopes and intentions that it would bring enjoyment, activity and success with retention. We wanted to include people as much as possible and keep the around the M in terms of their interest. Adding anything in that league may not hold the same weight as the VHL. Adding a Hall of Fame in the big leagues, as an example, might boost interest in that one category by say 18%. People still go to it. They still reference it and use it as research. The M might only be a 3-5% boost, but any boost and improvement is good for everybody and the league! It would be cool to see some of the best players recognized by both the teams and the leagues in the VHLM. 2. GMOTY - VHL I am unsure who said it, but I agreed. I know we've had talks in the past with a bunch of members and some are on one side, some are on the others and then there's those who are on the fence and either don't care or don't know. As @Berocka mentioned, usually the team that sees good improvement with the most amount of trades wins. It doesn't matter if a GM works their ass off and wins 5 cups in whatever years, goes back to back, has crazy success like Riga or HSK, threepeats or whatever. It's a regular season award and I find that kind of silly. Playoffs don't matter? Members who win the regular season but not the cup seem let down? Like they didn't accomplish the full package. The end goal for everyone here is to win cups. I could give a shit as a player and GM if we win the regular season. Is it nice? Yes. Is it my goal when it comes to what I want to win? Nope. I make the moves I make to win playoffs. I don't think that it should be 50/50. I'm unsure what the ratio for weight should be when considering, discussing and voting, but playoffs should be involved in the process. I find it strangely weird that it's not. I also find the voting system a bit flawed. Sometimes the winner leaves me with my head scratching. Again, did you make the most moves and see some improvement? then you likely win. I can't remember what season it was, my the team that one was blown away by another team for improvement yet the team that seen the biggest leap lost. The other team was + or - 2-3 points what they were the prior season. It's become an award, as a GM, that I no longer care to win. I'd rather win the cup and just have a good tenure. It used to mean a lot when I first started, but no longer. 3. Rename some Trophies? I'm not the biggest fan of this, but there are players who are better than those who won the trophy. I think Rayz Funk might be the best player to ever play in the playoffs? I know they're not gonna name a trophy after Gretzky etc though.. or others who come along so I understand the history that the trophy holds. Also, are we going to be changing it every time someone breaks the heights the name holder reached? I'd say no, but Rayz Funk was also on another level. I'd also say (and not syaing me), but looking at the list of GM's, there's a lot more who were successful, longerterm and all of that than David Knight or whatever it is. Same could be said about the top Rookie award. Highest scoring season, blah, blah whatever. Still has the most points and unless it goes wild again, likely won't be a record that will ever be touched. Do we have a Smirnov trophy too? Would be sweet dont take any of this serious. word vomit. bye. 16-22 23-29

All good, dude. It is what it is. Start saving your pennies and cutting lawns!

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GEEZ PRAGUE! We put on a show for the "fans".

I say the same thing about Gretzky

Opposite Day

Beautiful Sim. @Da_Berr 7 point day

@Spence King

Congrats to the 4 of you on recognition.

As spoken to both BigAl and RJ, sure. I was the one who revived the tournament during my time as green whenever that happened.

HATTY @Da_Berr HERO @aksuko

@bigAL 1. We also accept debit cards and PayPal. ... "putting anyone without credit card at a disadvantage" 2. Also waiting on the other bazillion reasons - I counted 2? ... "No, never, and for a bazillion reasons. " 3. One of the best players so far this season is @BOOM. I know what you're thinking.. "having the best players in the league be random unknowns " Of course, just joking. It was mostly just word vomit to force a weekly task. Thanks for reading though . Enjoy yo Wednesday

Cool idea.

Last week was a nice week because I didn't have to do any writing for my leagues. Thank you very much to the donations double free weeks or whatever they're called. It spoiled me a lot and made writing for this week very hard. Also the fact SBA has that season pass is also making me wish the VHL had something similar to that. Is there anything wrong with helping yo members out a little bit? I don't think so. Anyway, just on day off #6 here and heading back for the usual stretch of 8 days (should be 10 but had a stat and AV attached to this 4 day off stretch to = 6). 2 more shifts of work and we get to go to the mountains and do some vacationing with another couple. MUCH EXCITE! For now, let's do some blabbing and get it over with. VHL, can you give us something somewhat similar to the Season Pass/Premium SBA has? I don't even need to fully cap 12/12 if this league is "cheaper" than the SBA, but damn... give me an option where I can provide some financial assistance to the league and then I don't have to write media spots for the season. Make that cost like.. $20 lmao. It's becoming worth it for me. Seattle is doing good. There was a time this season when we were in last place. Now we're once again near the top running with the big boys (some). Team is having fun, everyone is playing good and all of that stuff. Happy Bears, strong Bears, winning Bears, again. Also, I've either hit or am very close to #1200GMWins Just traded Kendrick for Jruutu. Bit of a big deal but we didn't mind. We have a lot of players leaving this season (which was planned), so don't mind moving some assets (when we have a good chunk) to assist the youth we brought in the previous season. S80 is a big draft, so we're excited for the Bears future with the likes of @SlapshotDragon @oilmandan and @jRuutu currently in the system. Next season, we'll also have a ton of cap available, so surely will be speaking with some free agents to have them be part of more special history with Seattle. Bye

Bana's S79 Quick Q's Press Conference Rules Seattle Bears Team Page S79 VHL Index S79 VHLM Index 19. Thoughts on the team trading Micah Adrienne ( @Poptart ) for Spencer Elsby ( @Spence King ) ? 20. Thoughts on the most recent deal of trading @Kendrick for @jRuutu's player? 21. Who has been some of the Bears MVP's so far? 22. Thoughts on the Bears season so far? 23. what are your thoughts on Toronto once again selling everything after a hot start then stalled season? 24. What team is the most surprising so far this season in the standings? Why? 25. Who has been the leagues best forward so far this season? Why? 26. Who has been the leagues best goalie so far this season? Why? 27. Who has been the leagues best d-man so far this season? Why? 28. How was your last weekend? 29. What are your plans for this week? 30. What's something interesting going on in your life right now? 31. Are you watching the Olympics? If so, which events have you watched? 32. What are your thoughts on the newest GM's.. VHLE...? GM Announcement 33. Who has been one of Seattle's underrated players? 34. What is a superstition your player has? 35. Who is your players celebrity crush? Who is yours, the members (YOU!) celebrity crush etc? *You can use these to answer for multiple weeks. It's why I provide so many (also variety to choose from).

Not a terrible sim. I'll take it!

I'm sure he will! One of his prior players, who happens to be one of my fave goalies of all time (I have a lot), was a strong force for the Riga Reign when he was with them! https://vhlportal.com/players/playerfocus/331

This no good!

@Kendrick Thank you for your time in Seattle. A member and their history I respect. Heard he was available @jRuutu, spoke to both, found a deal. I don't love giving out assets, but we have enough and add Jokinen to our portions of young core.

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