Nykonax

i dont think a player should be disqualified if they are on a bad team, can still be a good defensive dman if you look at efficiency stats as well. But I do agree there should be some sort of weighting on shots blocked. Not sure if I agree on +/-, you could make the same argument as shotblocks - that players on good teams have an inflated +/-. Not really a great metric because like real life, you still get a minus even if it's not even close to your fault. I think my order of weighting stats would be SBs -> Hits/Pim -> Hits -> SH Goals Responsible For (if you want to use that metric despite it not being completely accurate). There's probably some stat you could make correlating shots against a team and shots blocked by a player which I think would be useful.

The VHL award ceremony is going on right now, and the Jake Wylde trophy for best defensive defenseman went to Randy Marsh with 5 votes. The other candidates being L with 4 votes, and Cowboy Prout with 2. For a while I've been saying hits are bad, but haven't actually done a full breakdown of why, so here it is Brief intro, increasing checking means more hits means more penalties right. Discipline doesn't do anything just reduces your hits and thus probably penalties. (I haven't actually tested discipline increases, that's just my theory with some basis that it does reduce hits). So looking at the 3 candidates, I compared their stats and added a couple of my own. The first being Hits/Pim, which is just a ratio of how many hits per penalty minute. It's found by just dividing hits and penalty minutes pretty self-explanatory. I think it's a decent stat especially to counter the "but hits lead to turnovers" argument. A higher hits/pim is good, since it means your hitting more and causing more turnovers without taking penalties. Next stat is SH Goals Responsible For (SHGRF). This stat is just on average how many goals the other team would have scored while the player was in the penalty box. It isn't actually the real number since I can't be bothered to manually check every game for 3 players. But I still think it's decent. It's found by taking the players total penalties, then multiplying by 1 minus PK%. So for example, if we wanted to find Kyl Oferson's SHGRF you'd take his total penalties (8), then multiply by 1 minus Chicago's PK% (1-0.776), and you would get a total of 1.79 goals. Obviously goals can't be a decimal which is why it's just an average. I would assume the number would be higher since most dmen would be playing more PK minutes, and substituting them with a worse player or bot would only increase the number. Without further ado, lets look at the stats. Player SB PIM (No Fights) Hits Hits/Pim Total Penalties SH Goals Responsible For Randy Marsh 162 230 312 1.36 115 22.21 L 164 147 244 1.66 72 16.13 Cowboy Prout 189 118 168 1.42 59 13.19 As you can see, Randy Marsh and L have similar shot blocks (giving this one to L since Malmo was a worse team with more shots against). Looking at Hits/Pim L is higher, suggesting he was more efficient in creating turnovers. Then Marsh was responsible for 6 more goals against than L. But Marsh still wins the award because his hit number was bigger, despite being less efficient at causing turnovers and costing his team more goals. Great defensive defenseman am I right? I also decided to look at the other 3 names listed in the Wylde post. Player SB PIM (No Fights) Hits Hits/Pim Total Penalties SH Goals Responsible For Alex Letang 139 207 264 1.28 102 22.98 Robin Galante Nilsson 229 76 153 2.01 38 9.84 General Zod 140 154 282 1.83 77 16.08 Letang is the same thing as Marsh, just less efficient. Nilsson and Zod are interesting though, and are who I would've gave my votes to along with L. Nilsson has super good SB, and super high efficiency. Only thing is he suffers from a lack of volume in hits, so you could argue against him for that. Zod I think is super underrated and could be deserving of the award. Super efficient with hit volume similar to Marsh, and responsible for same amount of goals as L. I think this award should have come down to L/Zod, and we really need to re-evaluate how we look at hits. P.S. I kind of click-baited the title, looking at the data should probably be Zod winning it but gorlab gets more clicks.

I'm interested

Vancouver Wolves Press Conference Week Ending July 18th 2021 Answer 3 for 1 TPE or 6 for 2 TPE! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. I'm a day late posting this press conference, what should be my punishment? 2. The draft lottery just happened and we are selecting 2nd and 4th overall, do you think the draft lottery is rigged? 3. What should we do with our picks? 4. We have some rookies joining us next season, what advice can you give them? If you are the rookie joining what are you most excited about? 5. What's a trend that should be brought back? 6. What's your favourite STHS attribute and why?

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just like the good ol' s63 ottawa days. grats @McWolf

Vancouver Wolves Press Conference Week Ending July 10th 2021 Answer 3 for 1 TPE or 6 for 2 TPE! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Does COVID exist in the VHL universe? 2. What's your most memorable/favourite VHL experience? 3. Our GM Fonzi was recently seen putting pineapple on pizza, should he be fired? 4. Who's your favourite VHL team? 5. Who's the most sportsmanlike VHL team? 6. Everyone knows someone who's habitually late, who on the team is this person?

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Vancouver Wolves Press Conference Week Ending July 4th 2021 Answer 3 for 1 TPE or 6 for 2 TPE! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. It's almost American Independence day, if your American do you have any plans? / It's almost Canada Day! If your Canadian do you have any plans? 2. What's the best hockey game you've seen? 3. What are your predictions for the upcoming season? 4. Are we going to win the draft lottery? 5. We have two lottery picks, what should we do with them? 6. What's your favourite thing about fonzi? (it's okay to not have a favourite thing)

time to ddos josh

yeah im in

Vancouver Wolves Press Conference Week Ending June 27th 2021 Answer 3 for 1 TPE or 6 for 2 TPE! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The end of the season is coming up, what could we have done better? 2. What changes need to be made over the off-season? 3. What is your player going to work on during the off-season? 4. Of the playoff teams in the VHL, who do you want to win the cup? 5. Warsaw and Chicago are in a tight race for the Victory Cup, who's gonna take it? 6. Do you think the Victory Cup curse exists? (that the team who wins the Victory Cup never wins the Continental Cup)

Corey Kitson Junior Review Corey Kitson is the son of @KitRas, the legendary VHLM GM who won back to back championships in his three seasons with the Bratislava Watchmen. No stranger to hockey, it is not a surprise that Mario De Rossi decided to raise his son as a hockey player. Corey Kitson was enrolled in minor league hockey at the age of 3, right after learning how to skate. The early years of his hockey career were very uneventful. In the minors Corey Kitson was focused on figuring out how to skate rather than be a good hockey player. It took a lot of time and patience from De Rossi before his efforts finally payed off. At 8 years old Corey joined the Crowfoot Orange Coyotes, a community hockey novice team. His life then consisted of school, practice, and games, much like any other good ol' Canadian boy's life did. Kitson kept playing throughout elementary and junior high. Finally in Grade 9 he tried out for the local AAA time, and much to his surprise, he made it. His first year on AAA he was playing second line minutes while taking his dads advice and practicing outside of school. In that first season he put up solid second pair numbers, but not the offensive numbers he wished for. His grade 10 year saw him become eligible for the WHL draft, and, unfortunately, being just a 2nd pair dman on some random AAA team made him get passed over by every team in every round. But still, Kitson kept working on his game and with his dad to be the best player he could be. It wouldn't be until college when Kitson got his first offer from the University of Minnesota to play hockey for them. Fans of the Golden Gophers weren't fans of Kitson, believing he only got an offer because of nepotism. Kitson heard this while on social media, and made it his goal to prove them wrong. In his freshman year he scored 8 goals and 15 assists for a total of 23 points. Professional teams started to take notice, but only after he completed his sophomore year did he receive professional offers. Kitson's dream was always to play in VHL, just like his dad. Most Canadian kids dream of the NHL, but Kitson was different. He declared he'd be entering the upcoming VHLM draft to continue his career. Currently he's on a PTO with the Las Vegas Aces and playing big minutes for the non-playoff team.

2/10 needs more semi colons

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Vancouver Wolves Press Conference Week Ending June 20th 2021 Answer 3 for 1 TPE or 6 for 2 TPE! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The trade deadline has passed and saw us making 2 moves. Sandstorm and Tot for S79 LDN 1st and Sosa for a S28 MAL 1st. What do you think of the moves? 2. Do you have anything to say to the teammates who are leaving? 3. I hear this new AGM is pretty cool, what do you think of the hire? 4. NHL Semi Finals have started, who are you rooting for? 5. What are you looking forward to this week? 6. What's your favourite shakespeare play? 7. The S80 class has opened up for creation and a few big names have recreated, of the bunch who do you think will be the most succesful?

got completely outclassed by oferson soyou made a goalie... insecure

IM ALL IN

Player Information Username: Nykonax Player Name: Corey Kitson Recruited From: Returning Age: 19 Position: D Height: 74 in. Weight: 190 lbs. Birthplace: Canada Player Page @VHLM GM

banger career, thanks @hedgehog337 and riga, and everyone in chicago but jeff for making it a great one

CHICAGO PHOENIX PRESS CONFERENCE ANSWER 6 FOR 2 TPE; 3 FOR 1 TPE 1. Trade deadline is upon us, do you think the team should make any moves? 2. Trade deadline also means retirements? Who are you most sad to see retire 3. That Kyl Oferson guy is pretty good, do you think he will make HOF? 4. Will Lee Xin lead the league in points? 5. What's your favourite Shakespeare play? 6. This is @KitRas's question, but if you were sent back in time to the dinosaurs, could you eat a whole dinosaur in 2 weeks?

@gorlab

considering im over point per game with 600 TPA I think it's a no brainer to go the 9 season route. Say there's like a 30 point difference between a VHLE player's first VHL rookie season, and a non-VHLE player's first VHL season, it easily gets made up with a solid 9th season. Which, by your numbers seem possible if you have an optimized build.