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Smirnov 2 weeks October 1st to 7th October 8th to 14th? lol

It's the first one in my books - or rather, the first one that I count. A few seasons ago I gave it a try at the VHLM commissioner role and despite the desire and wanting to do my best, I simply couldn't. At the time, I felt ready, wanted to be ready for a role like this and simply put, wasn't. For clarification, I don't even know if I truly made it a full season. I was too busy with a lot going on in life. Now, some seasons later we find ourselves completing a season together, VHLM, and this time I'm not a GM but am once again a VHLM commissioner. These season has been full of many things and has largely been a learning curve for so many members. Fortunately for everyone in the VHLM, this is the perfect and exact reason for the league itself. To Learn! From new members joining the league in what seemed like at one point a tsunami of recruits, to new members stepping up and taking over VHLM GM positions, to even your very own @.sniffuM and myself stepping into the roles and learning alongside with you guys. To me, it was awesome. I had a lot of easy choices a long the road, a good chunk of work to keep us on our toes at all times and a lot of great conversations about the league and one another along the way with many, many members. The season has come and gone, so let's touch on pieces of it, shall we? Firstly, congrats to @diamond_ace and his Ottawa team, teammates and members! You guys had an amazing season and all while everyone was watching @ShawnGlade and his stomping 21sts kick down the fucking door, storm in and seemingly potentially become an expansion winner in their first season, you closed the door and gave them hell. I guess that's what happens when you pull a @BarzalGoat! Too soon? Could this joke become a thing? He's already a meme! Either way, great season from all teams. Touching on "all teams", I appreciate the effort from all GM's along the way. @jacobaa19 @Gooningitup @diamond_ace @Reives @ShawnGlade @BarzalGoat @Trifecta @Jubo07 and all the rest who I may have missed. Being new GM's in the league isn't easy and when coming in so quick and hot, it's expected to find turbulence. We seen that at the draft - but that was a mixture of other things too. As the season grew, you guys started kicking some ass and knocked on our doors everyday with crazy trade offers and yeah. We have an amazing group of guys, so keep it up. World Juniors. It was a quick idea I brought forward to the BoG and was also something I was highly enthusiastic about. In fact, so hyped up about it I was told to "slow down". I'm very, very happy that I chose to not listen and continued on with my passion for the idea. While there's much room for improvement and ideas to come (so get HYPED), I really enjoyed watching the tournament shake down and could feel the buzz around the league. Whether around the league or in the discord, you typically found someone from Team Canada shitting on someone lower in the standing than them (joking, sort of. Or am I?). The tournament was a success and I'm highly appreciative to all the manager who stuck it out and kicked ass, all the players who took part in it, @Beketov for making sweet love with the sim and killing it for us when we needed someone to step up and of course, my trust side kicks and partners in crime, @BarzalGoat and @McWolf for helping run the show. I know it's typically a thing for commissioners to swap out in the off-season or whatever, but as far as I'm aware, both of these guys will be running the show for next season. I'm excited to see what the future has in store for the league. This coming off-season, we'll see a significant amount of changes coming to the league. The first we're going to see is with the waiver system. While not removing exactly, we're altering it and making some stuff happen. Each team will still be allowed to obviously sign members, but there will be a soft cap of 7 players per team. Once the average on each team combined signed equals above 7, that number will be bumped up to 8 and so on. This will eliminate teams only being able to sign to one team, limiting their choices and making it less fun. There's numerous teams and being told "no you can't play for that team because blah so you're on this team" is bull shit and while not totally removing this, we are limiting it quite a bit and I'm happy for that. While it may be slightly rushed and changes and such may come in the future (in little pieces to it to help improve the system), we're in the ball park for things to help make the M a much better league. The second change we're going to see is the removal of the VHLM Salary cap. While the change took place, courtesy of your big sexy (me) in the regular season towards the end, officially in the VHLM there will be no more SALARY cap. Instead, we will work with the waiver system ALL WHILE giving every single member 1.5M as opposed to the 1-2M contracts. This levels the playing grounds at the start of every career and helps out our new members too! The third change coming your way will be for draft pick trading. It was this way I while back and was only removed a short while ago to only allowing teams to trade picks in the current season. I don't like it, never have and never will, so fortunately I'm the guy - or one of them, that has the power to change that. As of now, team will be allowed to change a season in a advanced. Example - it's half way through the season of S62, teams are able to trade picks in S62 and S63. IF it's the draft, you open the doors to S62, S63 and S64. Once the draft is complete, it's S63 and S64 only. this pattern clearly continues. I'm sure I'm missing some shit, but I'm a busy guy and want to end this article so I can train and prep for the off-season. Some changes are still being worked out, but GM's, you will have everything in very short time. In an ending statement, I look forward to the off-season and draft and the seasons to come working with y'all. CHEEEEERS

DAMN SEATTLE

Weird deal. I see what NYA is after. Great deal for HSK. @McWolf to NYA lmao

Yeah that’s about it, baby. Though, you’ve got on fast just like I did! You’re kicking the donkeys ass, man.

GL

Why won’t the league last that long? Geeze - 20 seasons and he’ll be HoF builder and yet I’m not there?

Anyone wanna bet Robbie still lives at home With his mom?

@oilmandan I always believed in you!

That's basically what I wanted was to see when the email had been sent - if there was one at all. Seemingly, all is well and the email potentially did send or something which unfortunately is not our problem or the leagues fault. Thus, I see no reason for a re-sim. Halifax can come back from the depths of hell though. DUN DUNNNN

If lines truly were missed, and I believe it potentially, then I would be for a resim. As much as It would suck for Ottawa, we can’t have that silly bull shit sucking out the fun of the league. If lines were sent in, they should have been uploaded. If not, there’s an unfair disadvantage. @Will @Higgins @Beketov Unsure who is simulating, but can we check if lines were sent and missed? If so, I’m 110% for a resim as it was caught in a timely matter and not 63 days after the series completed. Thank you! @ShawnGlade

Oooooo

I'd bet a lot on it.

@wcats Welcome. Draft is coming shortly - teams can't add players to the sim. Train, hang out and get the hang of things.

hehe, oh blush.

@oilmandan Care to team up with me for World? Ill let you have pay on one condition.. I'm 1A and you're 1B

Exactly my thoughts... Fucking Riga.

What exactly was the verdict here?

I’ll put my name in for Team World. I know i said I retired from WC GMing but I wouldn’t mind grabbing one more gold. Willing to team up with someone new.

How fast things change. @Trifecta

Go Meute!!

Hopefully not. He holds numerous records... no? ?

VHL is unstable? @Cornflakers