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I had a feeling, I didn’t have a feeling. I was confident in the team that we had but you never know with STHS and surely at times the greatness in front of you can blind you from the greatness across from you. Fortunately, for the 4th time in the last 6 seasons, that was not the case. Calgary gave us a run, but the moment this series was down to the wire, I got to work at looking for those special markers in games and patterns, and boom, bang, beam.. we done it! Helsinki, congrats on the season. It’s special to make it all the way to the big show and I know as well how heartbreaking it can be to be so close and then come up short.. take it from me - you can return and it doesn’t have to take long. It was bad ass what you guys did to Riga and how far you made it. The feeling sucks ass but don’t be down. It was a hell of a performance from the start of the regular season to the end of the playoffs. Seattle team - You get tired of me calling you champions yet? It’s like identical twins that look too much the same and I keep fucking up your names. My butler the other day had to remind me “uh sir, that’s not 4x continental cup champion, that’s Scott Greene”.. I corrected him, though. I said “ Butler, that’s 4x Continental Cup Champion Scott Greene to you”... hehe.. The door keeps revolving and while we have been able to work together to keep the amazing core in tact, we’ve continuously brought in younger to have them taste the fine dining and wining that is winning Continental Cups for us. Rumour has it, every place that serves food in Seattle is now giving out free CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST’S for the rest of the week (aren’t they always free?). I’ve said it on 4 different times and many, many other occasions sporadically throughout our times together.. THANK YOU. Thank you for coming on-board and building the dynasty that we have. To them older guys, for showing the newer members on the Bears what it takes to become and remain the best of the very, very best.. your loyalty, your players skills/your hard work and the very most, your guidance, have helped this team become the legendary, historic team it’s became. It would not have without you. I am so proud of what the Seattle Bears organization has become. Throughout my 25 seasons as GM, plus the 10 or so+ years of sim league experience, I have never felt a brand that was so loyal as the team and teams we’ve had over the last many seasons. 68, 69, 71 and now 73, boys.. all this talk about “Bana maybe being one of the best” and Bana this and bana that is super sweet.. it’s what I strive for every day in this role.. but this one is 110% yours. It’s sad our time is coming to an end for some of you older Bears. You have been a sim league family to me and am grateful to each of you. There isn’t a soul I trust more in these leagues. To the new boys, I hope you like winning because we ain’t fucking done! Uhtred and Dil have their 2nd cups!! OMD has won with 2 different Bear players during this dynasty.. Timmy got one now.. ODIN is the MAN. Tonn is the best back up... ever. I look forward to moving on.. to new players that cross our paths and the future of da BEARZ. Enough of the blabbing. I was fishing and had a lot of raw emotions building up about this amazing group that I have. Excited for the future of this team and the role. See you all out there! DA BEARZ

Congrats to you guys and good luck!

It’s how it should be anyway... not like the old GM’s... tsk tsk

Yeeeee

THE FINALS ARE HERE. The excitement of the fans is almost too much to contain. Every announcer in Helsinki is screaming at the top of their lungs and coffee is flying off the fucking shelves in the Bears Den during these playoffs. The Fins sure so love their screaming and the Seattle fans their fresh brewed dark roast magic. For some teams, the wait has been a short one but I'm sure they're ready to get on with the off-season and starting working towards their goals for next season. For others, like Vancouver, the expansion teams and whoever else I don't list but have been waiting for forever, I can only imagine as it's been awhile and brain too used to doing a little okay at least. I mean, I can't imagine at all maybe for Vancouver? Maybe S66? They got picks, they're ready to go and make some noise. Seattle back in the finals. We've got 3 cups in 5 seasons. 4 finals in 6 seasons. Can we make it 4 cups in 6 seasons? Damn, that would be cool. Games one and two VS HSK went in a 1-1 split. Game 1 was shit but we feel like it was STHS going a little cuckoo. Game 2 was what we were expecting between these teams and Seattle was fortunate to take the W there. I really expected those tight battles - something similar to Calgary. It's the style that seems to follow Seattle everywhere. However, 2 team party in these finals and Helsinki reminded Seattle of that with a big 7-2 win. Are the Fins screaming the team being magic, Rayz being shit or both? Probably both. You would hope both. Unless... Does Finland have Winter Ostriches that live with their heads under ice? an be the only way they didn't see RayRay play like poopoo. Game 4, Seattle at least responded. Fuck ya. 5-2 win. Kind of makes up for the bullshit we put out the game before. Though, like I commented, a L is a L. A W is a W. Move on and get ready for the next. Tomorrow is a big day for sims. That's all I'm going to say. You're gonna wanna be around. WE GOT A DOUBLE HEADER?!?!?! MAYBE

Good write up.

Being helped by being on an expansion team to me doesn’t shout outstanding while looking at a few other names and comparing things for me. Amazing season, but would he have gotten that on a team that wasn’t LAS? Why did Beav go to Warsaw? I sense the vibe it was to pad stats for HoF but maybe not. ? Any who, that’s the magic of voting. Usually not unanimous and different opinions. I’m maybe over analyzing and should just take the player into accoun, period no matter the cause, but hey. ??

Nobody in an expansion team for me. Why do you think the commie went to one? EZ. Went with Benny, seen Tate after. I vote for Tate. My bad. You all should too! edit: Dow is there too f

As the years go on for VHL, words become harder to find and gifs become easier.

Don’t see anyone else ballin as hard Moscow sleeping giant, NYA DED again after 1 season of fame. Wolves the next beastly animal to rise in the league with the bears. Long live NA! NA NA NA NA NA > EU E-U EW

Worst part, you can score 15 and it’s only 1W.

Best part, you can let in 15 and it’s only 1L. Rayz gets the record and now has a look-a-like in net for himself.

TBH, blue team should remove a season or two from his GMing record. I don’t even know how many times I brought it up that he was basically doing fuck all, hiring an AGM and then using that to pad his stats but it took something like 5-10 seasons to actually have him removed and it shouldn’t of taken that long. I’m sure focus was elsewhere (firing Shawn), then that personal thing made it bad timing etc. He should not have the statistics he does though and it’s disappointing to be sitting at the same totals for wins as him (973)... knowing many other Assistants - NOT JUST JUBIS.. did much more than 50% of the work, most of the time. As for CGY now, they might be getting better but still not champs. I joke. Jubis and I talk fairly regular. Often, weekly. Sometimes even a day to day thing. Point is, we chat lots. I have lots of respect for him as a person. Started off him as a player, fun shit talk. Evolved into fun and respect and here we are. I help him, he does the same somewhat. Good dude. I wish him nothing but 2nd best behind Seattle haha

It seems like it was just yesterday, or yester-season rather, that the Seattle Bears were playing for their 3rd shot at the Continental Cup. You quickly blink and get that fresh moment of the boys lifting the cup over their head, the locker room going absolutely fucking nuts and we did it again, and the fans shitting their pants as the boys took home number 3. Fast forward a couple of seasons and we find the bad boy Bears once again fighting their way through the playoffs and into the finals for another shot at the Continental Cup glory. Thinking back now, I don't think any other time was this difficult to dance their way into the finals. If I'm remembering correctly, S68 was the season that was went on the massive win streak after the first round 2-2 tie between us and Toronto. That was a super thrilling season for us and really made us feel on top of the world. It was a little bit ahead of schedule for us but going all the way and winning against Malmo in the finals was a good way to start off the dynasty. For whatever reason, the next one is a little more difficult to remember. I want to say it was 69 against Moscow and while people thought they were gonna stick it to the man, the boys returned to defend their title and did absolutely that. My thoughts, unfortunately, are wrong though. Moscow got pooped on by Riga in the previous round. It was Riga who was supposed to be the hero and beat the team everyone loves to hate. Fortunately for Seattle, unfortunately for Riga, Seattle managed to fight hard and tough against an amazing squad and win the cup in 6 games. Reminiscing is a lot of fun. As me move forward looking back to the good old days, we find Seattle back in the finals again during their S71 run and basically the very minor stuff I said about Moscow above could be applied down here. They won the season before yeah? Had the thought of doing what Seattle was doing and while they admitted to not thinking they had the best odds, something in my gut tells me otherwise. I got the feeling that they thought the cup was theirs to lose and the only thing that stood in their way was a "weaker" Seattle Bears team. One, Two, Three, Four and Five. Series was done. Blink, Blink, Blink, Blink. Bears have won their 3rd Continental Cup in their 4th seasons of play - 5th season with the core of guys that GM Blake Campbell said would bring great success to the team. Now you do a little bit of blinking and Seattle is galloping their way to another chance. Wait, what? Bears gallop? When they win this much, maybe. Unlike the other years though, that Calgary series might have taken a lot out of the Bears right before the big show. Or, maybe it gave them the boost they needed to show Helsinki how it's done? For me, the playoffs have been a big test for the Bears this season and for Helsinki and today's sim could be the icing on the cake. Do remember, though, that that's probably what Calgary was thinking when they went up 3-1 to the Bears. Inside the VHL bubble, we managed to catch up with Bears GM, Blake Campbell, before today's sims to see what his thoughts have been on his success during this self-proclaimed "dynasty", the season so far, the round vs Calgary and what's happening today. HERE WE GO! The "DYNASTY" When I first drafted all these guys back in 67, we knew something special was at play. We set ourselves up maybe better than any team has in the past and it's really worked out for us. In fact, we have a theory that it worked out so well, that teams like Vancouver are now getting their feet heavily wet in the process with hopes that they can do what Seattle just did. The question is, can the GM pull off what's required to make things happen? Do they have the pieces that they need to make sure everything falls in place? Does the GM have the intelligence to do it? I think the answer would be yes to most or all of these depending on the day, time of year and weather. For these boys in Seattle, we just knew it was going to be good. I reached out to them before the draft to discuss plans and then once we drafted them all, we immediately got them into the locker room, got the ball rolling on teaching them how we wanted them to be taught, and molding them how we wanted them to be. At the same time, we did all this by allowing them to be the players we drafted. They were fierce. They were strong. They were loyal. At the end of the day, there will not be many better champions than this Seattle Bears team. I remember telling them in the first season, maybe it was the start of the 2nd one, that with a little bit of patience the team would be rolling over other teams in the playoffs and we'd be lifting the championship high over our heads. We didn't think we'd have such a short weight but the surprise was extremely nice. For us, we were extremely ahead of schedule but there's nothing wrong with that. We were getting business started early. This team could not wait for greatness. The fact that we won the amount of championships we did in the amount of seasons we achieved, it was super special. Getting the 3-P and being able to share that with only one other GM would of been pretty special, maybe even more considering we won the next season and could of made it 4? However, after that loss, the boys weren't really down at all. We picked ourselves up quickly, even though there wasn't much picking up to do, and we focused on the season ahead. One great thing this team has been good at is not allowing the shit show to cloud up our crystal clear toilet bowl. We've had a plan, we stick to the plans or we're always trying and usually being a step or two ahead of what's going on. I know lots try to be and lots probably think they are, Seattle truly was. HONK, HONK on the old horn there, buddy. It's true though. 3 cups in 4 seasons was super amazing. I think the first few were a little better. The first one the LR went absolutely ape shit. I came on to 300 tags, 300 messages and an LR that was absolutely bonkers. It was amazing. The next 2 were just as special but they went from a "We did it" to proving others we could keep doing so. Close in feeling but that first one you never forget. Who knows how long this dynasty will continue. We've done a great job at keeping the wheels going and the league is looking better and better everyday (unless you're Chicago). The fact that we're back in the finals again, damn, it's an epic feeling. After that 3rd one, I could of had the thought that this could be it. Enjoy it. Teams up there. Shits changing. League is changing. Everything is always changing around you whether its yours or other teams. Bye, bye cap space (thanks blues). Hell 4 new teams. Crazy shit. Bears back in finals tied 1-1 to the Titans... 4th time in the finals in 6 seasons. Back in the day that was cool. The fact Seattle is doing that now, and even doing it after a big expansion and having 15 other teams in the league during the same dynasty where they've gone 3/5 for Continental Cups, fucking eh. Regular Season I'm not even going to touch on this one hugely. The season went good. The players did a great job at doing what they needed to do to make things happen. The start, like usual, was a bit shit and Rayz took a little bit to find his form but it seems like we always do and once we do, the ball doesn't stop rolling. It might slow down, but it's tough to stop. The Victory Cup debacle at the end of the season was a little bit fucked and I think it's something that the league REALLY needs to look into. I get it hasn't happened before in 72 seasons, but holy shit my dog, we're trying to be a big time sim league and skate with the big boys, you need to have that shit in the rules or at least in the blue forum. I don't know what's more embarrassing - saying one team won and then changing your minds in the Finals because you fucked up home ice advantage (not really Devise's fault, it was the blues cover up), or was it the fact that I asked immediately after the sim and one of the blues said they'd find the ruling because I didn't see it in the rule book and they literally never came back or reached out to me. Some said GF, some said ROW. I don't care what it is and if it's ROW, that's fine for this season. It's a regular season award. If a team gets excited about that and wants to fight to win it, it's literally all yours. I don't fight over table scraps or a baby deer when I can get the big daddy and have the meat killed by a thousand warriors (just watched the new Mulan. Good shit!). What I will say is that if it's ROW, this is a case where the better team doesn't win. ROW is regulation wins + OT wins. Seattle had the same amount of wins as HSK, same amount of points as HSK. HSK had the better ROW and that's why they maybe won if it is based off ROW. I still get very confused when I listen to the blue team talk about it. I'm sure I'm not alone despite a friendly comment likely to come below. Yet, Seattle was the better team. ROW is the only thing they lost in and yes, Quik, I get it's the rules and I really don't care, but the better team lost and the Victory Cup is for the better team to win. Same wins, Same points, HSK must of won a game or two more in OT than Seattle. Seattle had a much better PP, PK, GF total, GA total, a goal differential that I think was better by 40...thats not some small fucking number. Seattle's goal differential was 82. That's insane. HSK's was 42. Big difference. To me, that alone shows which team playeed stronger. Like I said, I don't care but am allowed to voice my opinion to see what others think with the pursuit of making the league a better place. Not saying this would be better, or an alternative to ROW is better if it's actually what we use, but discussion always makes things better whether it's for change, understanding or clarification. SUE ME! BUT, better team lost if we use ROW. Playoff - Minor recap - nothing huge, over 1.8K words DC DC was a fun series and it was one where we didn't think it would come easy. I surely thought 7 games or a DCD victory before that. Being up 3-1, we felt pretty damn confident in the fact that we needed just 1 more and they needed 3. The odds are pretty good in that case but we just went 3-1, why couldn't they do it now. Once things went 3-2, I thought to myself "here we go". Happily, the round ended the next game for us and we sent them packing. To me, this always should of been what happened. DCD is good, maybe, but not Seattle good to me. Maybe I'm biased. I love the Bears. People know my passion, but this one was for the Bears to lose. Hell of a fight for the Dragons and kudos for actually making the playoffs. As always, we wish them well. CGY was a fucking battle, man. Being down 3-1, thank god for my LR. It was hard to not think we were done. No matter what, Lafountaine would carry them to victory. 60+ shots, we'd score twice and they''d win 3-2. The games were huge and shots always somewhat close, CGY getting a lot too, but Seattle always had a little edge for that stat. Fortunately for CGY, they had the slightly better goalie at the time. 2-0 really sucked ass. 3-1 sucked a lot too. I think it was after the 3-1 sim that Jubis messaged me saying "frustrated yet?" and it was at that very moment that I went from "hey man, whoever loses, beat HSK" to "it's time to teach you a lesson about the eggs, the chickens and when to count them". Rookie mistake. I've sent in probably the most lines out of every GM these playoffs, maybe this season too. I'm not revealing shit, but I did my checks and magic and seen what I saw and did what I did. Even after a W, I was looking, I was sending. I sent. We did. We climbed back. 3-1 went to 3-2. Calgary pooped a very small bit and were praying for the next sim. It was the double sim. I expected CGY to take it. Likely in 6, for sure in 7. Seattle won 6 and you could see CGY freaking. Bears were too. My heart was going so fast! hands shakey. Was nervous for Devise to click the button. He did for G7 and it closed quickly. I thought I seen Seattle score 5 and Devise confirmed it with his quick eyes and said he thought SEA won, but nothing 100%. Sure as shit, Jubis was taught a very important lesson. ROAR! DA BEARZ. 2.3K Words Claiming +6 - > Weeks ending in: Sept 6 Sept 13 Sept 20 Sept 27

Awesome work as always buddy!!

Woo hoo! Excited for the rest of the series. Best of luck to all on HSK

1-1 Not bad! GG’s HSK

Crazy shots in another series.. well, HSK.. here we go!!

FLAMING-GOES!

How did this go this is amazing plz more of these