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As long as there’s some form of way to moderate it.. 2-3 VHLM seasons max.. or else we’ll have S71 players in the M who haven’t started their 8 yet

It is Monday and time for all the wonderful things. I wrote my media spot yesterday and was in a weird mood. Not excited to go back to work and that made me feel a little burn when coming on to do my league stuff. Didn't have much to do with the league and mostly that stuff! HOWEVER, was a good first day back. Some minor things that are what they are, but sun was shining, the weather was gorgeous and I accomplished a lot to make my week a little bit easier and efficient. Lot's is going on in the league. Playoffs start. Some announcements. Some GM's stepping down.. let's get to the BANA BLAB! @FrostBeard and @Jubis stepped down. Frosty was part of the Bears cup wins and core for a bit in the later 60's. We acquired him and almost immediately he became part of the family. What's even more special is that even though he left, he remained part of mine on here. We talk tons. How the world is. How he's doing. How I'm doing. Then, too, GM stuff. Great person. Easy going. I'll miss him in the role. Flip conferences and Jubis is also stepping down. VERY surprising. I expected him to be like me. Very passionate. Never leaving, lol. We've never played together on a team or anything but built up our relationship with some friendly shit talk. It was always fun poking the other person. We talk tons. I actually trust him a lot and have approached him with tons in the league. I don't like him stepping down - or either. Bears in playoffs. Bears up 2-0. Shocking sim but I was jacked in the truck checking it out. I always expect the worst. Tomorrow is a massive day for the Bears and anything can happen. Calgary is an awesome team, built with good pieces and have an amazing goalie in @SlapshotDragon... I don't expect them to go down without a massive fight. Epic games - epic rivalry. The team is awesome! Good luck tomorrow. Store purchases are changing in the off-season as per Quik's announcement earlier today. I've spoken about it twice in other places but I love the changes. For the longest time, you earned money and you saved, saved, saved for depreciation (which I rarely ever have done anyway). Money was nothing in this league and store purchases were probably barely used and very boring. This opens the door to more options, diversity and honestly, fun? I've always wanted money to be more valuable in this league and hold more meanings. It helps with boosting contract talks and their meaning, money overall, the player store is going to get a huge boost and it could even help with retention. 1% improved is 1% better. It's a good change. Well done to those people involved in bringing it forward and making it happen. 484 words.. F.. Good bye.

Bana's S76 Quick Q's Press Conference Rules Seattle Bears Team Page VHL Index VHL Playoff Index VHLM Index VHLM Playoff Index 56. How do you feel the Bears season went? 57. Who was the Bears MVP? Feel free to name up to 3 58. Which team surprised you the most in the VHL? 59 Which team surprised you the most in the VHLM? 60. What are your thoughts on playing Calgary in a best of 5 in round 1? 61. @Jubis stepped down. Name some members who you think deserve the role! 62. @Spartakiller2 Guy Lambert finished the season with 97 points in 72 games.. This is a 90 point improvement of last seasons totals (7 in 52). You sent him a text. What did you tell them? 63. I just noticed Phoenix Dawson @Toast tied Guy Lambert for points. There's some competition. They made a bet. What was the wager?? 64. @aksuko finished the season 31-31-7. HUGE IMPROVEMENT and Role increase! To celebrate and reward himself... he spent some of his earned cash.. what did they buy? Remember, I post enough that there's diversity but also so that you can pick and choose throughout the season. There will always be enough that you can go back each week and answer etc.

Feb 22-28 Mar 1-7 Mar 8-14 Also, for a Monday, today was super great! Sun was shining, snow was melting (which is fucked because it's February) and it was like +5 (which is also fucked). Enjoy your day, VHL

Bitching, Burn out and Good Vibes You can tell I wasn't thrilled about going back to work yesterday (when this was written lol) I find myself in the same place I always do lately. Today is my last day off and I’ve enjoyed the days off. They’re always a nice retreat away from bullshit, stress, anxiety, the business of the workplace and the crazy people that work there and exist in our wonderful world. On contemplate the following 10 day shift and map out the dumb shit that’s going to come from my partners mouth, the silly decisions he makes on guiding and developing our crew and the even worse things and thoughts that come out of their mouths and minds (even though it’s shit enough to come from an ass). It’s an absolutely wonderful day because while those things are on my mind, they aren’t quite a reality. For a little bit longer, they’re only in my head. Thank god! Like every start of the week, I bomb out my leagues routine tasks so that they’re done, out of the way and I can enjoy the rest of the week just shooting the piss with the leagues good members and simulations. This strategy almost always works. When I do nail it off, it makes the entire week a bit easier. As I addressed above, I have enough going on. You don’t need to have a simulation hockey league on your mind to make matters busier, crazier or daunting. The league is supposed to be for fun. Yes, there will be weeks where you have to push yourself to keep going. This can happen for our new members, our middle guys/gals and our vets. It can be a job. It can suck, but rarely should it. Fortunately for me, it’s rarely something that really fucks with me and I think a lot of that can be thanks to how I handle my tasks and usually self on the league in terms of the basics. This week, at this moment, is a little bit different. Last 10 day shift was a shift from hell. I had 2 occasions where I confronted someone at work about issues I had with their performance. It was low. It was weak. It wasn’t developing people like we should be. It wasn’t being a leader. They only cared about being a friend. They were and unfortunately are, minimalist. Do the least they can while getting some replica of the job done in some form of matter and go home and smoke and don’t care until your alarm rings and you’re late for work again the next day. Good leader. It was busy. It was crazy. It was hectic and for a little while, I felt a little bit out of zone and definitely my comfort zone. This was not a bad thing though. Getting the things I had on my chest off my chest, especially with the person and some of the people that have been causing it, felt good. Finally, somebody said something. I’ve done it before. The problem is real. It won’t change anything but god damn it, it needed to be released and it felt damn good. The VHL is usually an escape for me. USUALLY. Sometimes it’s crazy. Sometimes there’s drama. Sometimes there’s differences and disagreements and all of that wonderful stuff. It feels like the more we go on, especially following my girlfriends diagnosis of cancer last summer, the less I give a shit about certain things on this site (drama, “beef”, disagreements or anything like that). Through the chaos and bull shit that others and myself inflict on my daily routines of work and living, the league has been a blessing in disguise. It has helped in a lot of ways, been a wicked hobby and I mean, I wrote I think a 4,000 word scouting article in the PBE… so it kind of keeps the brain sharp? It had me reflecting on some of the memories here and I wanted to quickly blab a few out so that I can get some nice word count, focus on positivity and take a little break from the chaos and recharge. IT’S MEMORY TIME! Being named Bears GM So the guy that used to be a green member skips over when he was named a VHLM GM, hey? It got me to where I was. I had pretty good success in the M and in the minor tournaments that somewhat helped guide me to the path I’m on now, but nothing compares to being named and still being the Seattle Bears GM. GMing has been my passion. On the NHL games, in the SHL, VHL, VHLM or literally wherever or whatever I do with this kind of thing. The fact I’ve done it for so long, have the connections that comes with longevity and hold so many special memories and league records, it just made the experience a bigger home run. I’ve been Bears GM coming up on 5 consecutive years - which is easily the longest tenure, consecutively and whatever else you want, ever in the league. If you count my VHLM stint, it’s coming up on 6 years consecutively as a member in this league I believe. I feel very much the same as I did on day one. Proud to help GM the league, help the members and even prouder to be a BEAR! VHLM Commissioner I put in wicked time and work to this role. It was an absolute pleasure and enjoyable experience to be able to talk to so many different people, help and guide so many new and olds members and be there for the entire league. There were moments where the role was a lot. I was at Easter Dinners, Christmas suppers etc and I was sitting on the couch running drafts instead of chilling with the family. My grandpa passed away while in the role and I was still here. My girlfriend was diagnosed with cancer and I was still here. I’d be up early in the morning firing off answers to members and up late at night discussing things with everyone else. The amount of stuff I did never became too, too much on me though because I loved doing it. I loved that we brought back the world juniors and I really helped guide it to what it is now. I really liked the changes we brought to the league. I think tweaks and everything can always be used. The league is always growing, always changing, but we did a very great job - especially from how we received it with how the league was and previous commissioner tenure. We brought in the Commie Cup which was an extra fun little piece for the league and the M’s players. Not always were the talks light, but always did I enjoy the GM’s and all of that at the end of the day. It’s a shame with all the work and time I put into it, that it ended the way it ended. I feel like with where the world was, other things and then the simple mistake, yeah. It is what it is. I am very fortunate to have worked the role. The Dynasty I hate to be the one to come outright and say it (not really), but this was the highlight of my GMing career so far. I’ve won gold medals as the underdogs, VHLM championships, huge wins with the Bears prior and all of that, but how do you contend with how great we were and currently still manage to be? I hear Esso saying “but you only won 1 cup in 20 seasons”, and while I’d like to remind him that I do believe it’s correctly 2 in 20, I’ve never shot back how many have you won? At the end of the day it doesn’t matter. Besides, I have more cups than he has seasons in the playoffs. Bird don’t sing nice song in tree. Bird make loud noises. My passion for GMing in this league and overall is through the roof. I love the Bears. I love the league. I love 99.9% of members in this league and even that 0.01% I still wish well and would help them through hell! The dynasty was an awesome experience. It was when I really said fuck it, this is the path and finally grew a nut sack and made the tough calls. Not ever deal will you win, not every deal will you love, but every deal led us to where we eventually went. 4 cups in 6 seasons. I did it with amazing people too. People that despite not being on Seattle, we all still talk together - joke - laugh - shoot the shit or harass Berocka on the weekly. They’re still the people I like and trust most on this site. They have helped through a lot and know a lot. I am thankful for them. I am thankful for the dynasty we worked so hard as a group to achieve. I could probably go on for a very long time. There’s a lot of things that I’ve enjoyed off the top of my head but there isn’t enough reward in having my fingers bleed and mind explode to make it happen. Thank you, VHL, for being what you are. It’s been a blast and I look forward to the future with my players and my role with the Seattle Bears… Now, to enjoy the rest of the day because as mentioned, I’m back to my super amazing, wonderful shit show bright and early tomorrow. CIAO!

I agree with @Peace on the Team Performance Boost. Not long ago we removed a bunch of things to limit the amount of TPE we were throwing around and inflating. I understand the purpose of it - which that is good, but I think it solves an issue by creating a large one. GM’s want to win right now. How long did Riga rebuild for? The answer is shorter than all the other teams that haven’t figured out how to do it yet (one season). We all want to win. The incentives would be an unnecessary bonus and truly an evil in disguise. It’s too large. What happens in situations like Seattle where they’ve won 4 cups in 6 seasons? We’re going to be collecting mad money. Moscow who constantly performs well - or even Vancouver, Calgary, HSK etc who are usually always decent and do win the Victory Cup. Rich get richer is 100% right. The title intrigued me. After that, I was 100% against the idea. Maybe if the amounts were much lower but even then, the league, teams, members are better off without it. Cash store rework.. I swear I remember a time within the last couple years where the discussion was to make it tougher. Funny because the opposite happened. I am thankful for this. There was little purpose to money and the store. This adds variety, options and more ways to improve somebodies players. I’ve always wanted money to be more valuable in this league and finally it’s become just that. I think this will be beneficial in the long run for all members and hopefully even retention etc. Roster reworks... expansion out of the options listed. I’m fine with how things are now but this is a 6/4/1 or 2 league.. I’m fine with 2 goalies... another suggestion I would make it taking a look at the minors. Are we able to adjust the cap a little bit? 259 TPE players coming up into the league is a bit of a joke. It honestly harms them more than anything. Super fun playing 6 minutes a night and getting 9 points in 72 games. The league is growing.. the M is not though.. why don’t we raise the cap for VHLM TPE to 350? You could even do TPA but then how badly will those players slaughter lesser ones? I’d make the suggestion that we cap both TPE and TPA but do so at different amounts... TPA = same old 250... but allow players to hit this total and start banking whenever.. and then season they pass 350 TPE (100 banked) is the season they graduate into the VHL? This way they’re going up also at 350-400... a much more acceptable range.. it also may keep things a little more full in the VHLM. Some may see this as a negative but I don’t.. helps the VHL with roster issues, decreases turnover in the VHLM which makes it more competitive + opens ability to potentially expand.. more people = more fun, help.. just makes it matter more + be more “alive”. My 3 cents.

Good stuff! The position swap kinda is a little too high (IMO), but this is an awesome chan that makes things more affordable, useful and efficient for members. I always felt things were to pricey and understood why but I think this way will help the league more!

GG CGY! HELLO BEARS! RARA! JENSEN knows it’s his finale! @Velevra lets go

GL!

Idk - I wanna give him the benefit of the doubt. I don’t really think he is but the coincidence of his stats don’t look good. That’s probably it though. Who knows and you never will. Idk how long live sims take.. but I know things are getting a bit easier for simming? Idk if there’s a way we can do it but at the very least it would get rid of all this silly BS of grouping up on a good staff member lol. Again, coincidental no bueno.. but who knows if he is I’d like to think no. Just live sim I guess? Idk. Eventually people are gonna start saying Beketov = Jeff with how good Chicago is.

Ya mine too.

Damn didn’t go 0-3, fuckin with my plans

Beautiful

I started a thing.

Y r we being audited

Spoke in private Thanks for your time. You were my favourite GM to talk deals with, to shoot the shit with and all of that. I don’t care for the idea of not having that anymore but understand and respect why you are stepping down. Miss you already.

Congrats and good luck. I look forward to our talks and working with you to help Malmo and Seattle!

Oh he’s still alive

Keep it up @Gaudette

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Very cool! Excited to see more.

I know Leo will be victorious in keeping London safe!!

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