Banackock

GAME WINNER @Wikiplaysgames

Had to give them one

Day 6 of memories is going to go to the day I took over for @Mike as the Seattle Bears GM. I've always had a strong passion for GMing in these kinds of leagues and had overly enjoyed my time in the VHLM. Despite the differences, I'd say the VHLM was way easier and didn't prepare me as greatly as I would of hoped for the VHL. Though, over time and with experience I've picked it up fairly nicely and have adapted to the league and it's other managers and ways. Now, I'm the longest running CURRENT General Manager in the VHL and don't look to stop right now. I'd like to give this rebuild another go even though it could be sacrificing more of my players careers. Long live Seattle!

Despite certain things and the stakes being even, skill is only part of being a VHL GM. Luck plays a portion. Either way, sure. Some sort of excitement would be great during this dark period in Seattle.

Better than Cologne.

Close one. Whoever that Forsberg fella is.. damn he good

HOF

Whether or not you reached your goal, you're a good person and GM on this site. Really enjoyed having the ability to attempt a cup run with you in my final season with Sven Wolf. Take it easy, enjoy the break and catch yah on the flip side or whatever.

Day 5 worth of memories would have to be awarded to my General Managing time in the VHLM. A lot of people shit on the VHLM and while it was a different league then as opposed to what were transitioning to now, I LOVED it. In fact, it easily competes with my GMing tenure with the Seattle Bears. There were some tough years where the locker room was quiet, but I loved building a team, winning personal and team awards and of course, bringing new and veteran members into the organization and having them hyped for the rest of their VHL career. Bratislava is and always will be one of my greatest memories on this site.

3rd favourite memory on this site was the first season of contention - not during our stronger seasons but the first couple, but mainly the first one. It was things looking up. We had a bunch of good guys together and we had high hopes for the team. Lots of moves coming and going and we lost a lot of people in the LR so to see it finally paying off and thinking that thee chance of us winning it all together was closer and closer was really enjoyable. On the opposite side, the losses were very tough. I remember us being happy through the season. Shit was clicking, the boys were happy. We literally steam rolled over people. Playoffs came and the tank was empty. I remember how shitty it felt - how upset a lot of key members were (specifically @Beketov as he always blamed himself partially. One of the reasons I wanted it so bad. Just another reason why it was such a good memory though because it had such strong affects on myself, the team and its players.

17 hour day.. What a day! Favorite memory #2: Starting Seattle's rebuild. It was a good moment - win/loss feeling heading into it. Win as we ha lota of pieces to deal and made some good deals. Loss because it was shitty we went for it and still bit the bullet. After rebuilding, I gained a lot of amazing members in the LR which lead to a lot of enjoyable, successful season that Im very thankful for as a GM.

Mattias Forsberg - OSL - Center Goals/10 +/- Rating/6 (Above +0)

What Frank said.

One of my favourite memories has to be joining the Stockholm Vikings with my goalie, Blake Campbell. Though I did end up leaving for Free Agency which led to an Aidan Shaw and Championship, it never was an easy moving leaving @boubabi and the rest behind. Either way, my times in Stockholm got a special place in my VHL heart.

4 for forsberg (say that 23 times fast)

Poor Vegas.

Wild be Wild.

EY

Hey ho, hey ho, the season has once again come and gone. Looking across the board now, 6 of the 10 VHL organizations have reached the seasonal ending point for their regular seasons and only 4 (all in the North American conference) have a game remaining. With some very great seasons behind them and the race for the final prize bigger than ever - we're curious to see how the first round will play out. With all of the first round match ups set and ready to go, we figured we'd give it a shot and see if we can hit the grey goose on the head and predict who, what, where, when and why for the first round. Without any further delay, the European conference. European Conference 1st Round Predictions The race for the first place bye was an amazing one in the European Conference, however, Stockholm just fell shy of winning that honour. Taking an extra overtime loss than win compared to Helsinki, Stockholm finished the season 1 point behind with 117 points on the regular season standings. As a result of this, Stockholm and the HC Dynamo will be facing off against one another and when taking a look at the rosters, the stats and regular seasons standings, we can safely say we have a winner in mind (though stranger shit has happened). The Vikings put up 59 more goals while allowing 23 less on the season - beat them by 29 points and finished the year off better (7-1-2 compared to 7-3-0). We will, however, like to mention Davos is rolling on some good momentum as they're heading into the playoffs on a 5 game winning streak. Average TPE per team Stockholm: 506.54 Davos: 323 Clear cut winner here, largely gives the Vikings the edge in the first round. Chemistry would be something that would strongly help Davos take down the Vikings, however, even with boosting amounts of chemistry we feel Stockholm has this in the bag. Roster analysis 2 players break a point per game on Davos (Trombone - 79 and Gretzky - 77) with the next players coming in at 67, 63 and 58. Honestly not too bad but nothing you would expect from a championship winning team. Depth scoring seems to be pretty good on Davos - so watch for that to potentially be a factor in the series. Aside from this, the Vikings goalie edges Davos out and Stockholm's players scoring point wise goes 96, 92, 91, 90 and 70. Carrying on, their depth similarly matches Davos. Result 4-1 North American Conference 1st Round Prediction In my opinion, the European conference will likely be the series to watch in round one as I feel like things could likely be a little different in that one as opposed to this one. Could be my distaste for Calgary and being a little biased, but I see the Americans walking all over them and sending them back to their cowboy infested hole in the ground. While the Americans did;t have quite the explosive season as say Stockholm or Helsinki etc, they're season was still good enough to stack up on Calgary by 29 points in the standings, all while scoring 67 more and letting in 50 less. Based off those stats alone, that's the kind of series I expect it to be. Average TPE per team Calgary: 326 (only 7 players) New York: 711.55 (9 players) Roster Analysis 3 players over 59 points for Calgary, then 2 at 37 with the rest being below 12. For the Americans, 4 above a point per game ranging from 75 to 113, then 69, 49, 23 and the rest below 8. Again, not as exciting as the European conference to watch in my opinion. Holik is the goalie to beat in this series and likely is the icing on the cake. People claimed Jacob should be nominated for something and while he did manage a strong season on an otherwise poor team, his stats just don't pop out to me like it does to others. Boring series, high scoring games and Calgary goes home in 4. Result 4-0 6 for Federov

Looking back and comparing this season to last, a lot of things have changed for the VHLM's Oslo Storm. Three of the biggest things is the depth and talent to their roster, the fact they're not shit anymore and that Swedish centre Mattias Forsberg has been lights out, or should we say ON, this season. Last year he struggled to find his game for a majority of the season and failed to meet expectations with only 64 points through the 72 games while adding a respected 30 goals. This season, however, is a much different tale. With 3 games remaining on the season, it's safe to say he's actually surpassed his expectations this year. Through the 69 games, he has 67 goals, 82 assists and 149 points. As a little cherry on top, he's also over 69% in the face-off circle. Feels good to be playing so strong and to be doing it with a few good people. We've been clicking all season and it's a nice thing to see now considering were going to be teammates in the future. Hopefully I can keep this momentum going into playoffs and into my rookie season for the VHL. 1 for Forsberg

sweet

1. Federov growing tired of waiting Aleksei Federov, of the Seattle Bears, only has 27 points through 52 games played this season. Coming into the league and heading to the Seattle Bears, he knew it was going to be difficult to fully take off due to the teams current position and rebuilding phase but he never expected it to be quite like this. Last year was a strong struggle and this year doesn't seem to be a whole lot different. Being a player from Banackock's agency, he's actually on pace to potentially be the bets player coming out of said agency, but hasn't put up any sort of statistic to actually prove this statement as being true. Now sitting at 400 TPE, the young defender is about to enter his final season in his "rookie phase" of his career and will next move onto his prime. It's time to get the blue-line gem going or his career won't be as great as he had hoped. With Seattle bringing up some youth next season, time will tell to see if it's enough. 2. Seattle and What's going on, man? Seattle is and was and pretty much has always been in a tricky section. For a while, things seemed great. Rebuild was done and the team was rolling. We attracted the odd FA and contended each season. Always came close, but never close enough. We fell, we were surrounded by silly nonsense created by the fake news people of thy league and it really hit the team hard. With some frustrating and crazy retirements, it really but the last bullet into the Bear. Podarok fucks the team over, leaves the league and moves on - hanging up the skates and popping the last cap into the Bears. Now, the Bears are into a hard rebuild and things seem to be going okay. @Laflamme seemed to turn out to be a huge steal but I always sort of believed he would be one - which is why I took him. No knocks to the other guys, but he's been the GO TO guy so far for us. @NUCK kicks around and updates - so that makes me happy. He may not be a TPE whore, but as long as he kicks around, updates and contributes the odd time - I'm a happy GM. I go a few years back with Nuck and have always enjoyed any sort of interaction. @Wikiplaysgames is a great guy and I know he's got potential. He was drafted low - if not mistaken, was a BPA pick. He turned out to be active and chats weekly with us in the LR or via PM. Just started a new job, but should be slowing down soon. I don't expect him to be a 800 TPE star, but a good, loyal depth player is what I would like if so. 3. GM Blake Campbell + Agency, it's a struggle to maintain. When it comes to this position, I'm a try hard. This season is an exception as it's tough to do lines or the whole ten yards when your team is garbage. However, I've been heavy in the trade talks and looking at options and actually started some scouting prior to the season starting. The issue being is that I don't think I've fully enjoyed a PLAYER career since my first player - Blake Campbell (goalie). Even then, it got cut short due to the large amounts of goalies in the league. Blake Campbell - Pretty much forced into retirement due to too many goalies. Sven Wolf (Goalie) - Retired at around 180-210 TPE as Seattle needed a Centre. Sven Wolf (Center) - Retired due to GM trade rules - Seattle was rebuilding. Mattias Forsberg (Centre - active) - SEA needs a center - sometimes hard to come by. Currently around 200 the. Aleksei Federov (Defense - Active) - Defense are important and I knew he'd be good. Now my problem with Federov is that he's a great young man. On any competing or half decent team, he'd likely be wrecking the league, but here he sits with 400 the and only 27 points through 52 games. Another career likely could be going down the drain because of the GM role. Don't get me wrong, no regrets with the GM role. Have enjoyed it 110% the entire time and have no intentions of stepping down. I so badly want a cup here in Seattle and love the quality of guys we generally have in the LR. Just tough sacrificing your player and enjoyment with it due to the GMing role. PEACE. 6 TPE for Forsberg

Good to see you back, man.