Fire Tortorella

Up to a 19 (soon to be 20 once I read tonight) day reading streak. Admittedly one or two or three of those I probably read 5 pages before passing out but they still count. I'm living the Kindle being able to tell me how much longer it'll take to finish the chapter. I hate stopping in the middle and this lets me plan out my reading easier.

So, VHLM Dispersal Draft is this Friday (I think?) this is the first time in a very long time I'm actually somewhat active with my player and not a top TPE earner or "known" member, so I'm curious to see where I go. With doing zero research I would guess the 3rd round? I don't know how many teams are even in the VHLM anymore but I'm gonna guess around 10 so that would have me around 30ish on the overall TPE list which sounds right to me. Would be cool to be drafted to the same team as @eaglesfan036 but not required. There was a nice discussion in a media spot the past two weeks or so about the effects of discipline on hits and PIMs. I thought it was interesting that hits were looked at as negatively as they were - the old (and perhaps ancient at this point) thought process was that hits were the best way we had to measure forced turnovers, so hits were good even if they led to PIMs. I forget if it was part of the discussion or not but it would be interesting to see if discipline actually reduces PIMs in builds with a high amount of checking. We know they reduce hits, but curious if the reduce the rate of PIMs per hit.

1.) It's just hard to win the cup. I don't think this is a hot take but the best team doesn't win the cup every year - just the team that's hot at the right time. Doesn't mean it isn't extremely entertaining though. 2.) In general I'll take it being cold over it being hot. Being in PA it gets "cold" but not like routinely below zero windchill or anything. Same thing about it being "hot" but not too hot usually. 3.) I would bring back the Cologne Express and put a team in the Southwest US or CA. 1.) What's your biggest hockey/sports related pet peeve? 2.) What was your biggest misconception or surprise about the VHL when you joined? 3.) How many hours of sleep do you usually get? How many would you like to get?

@MichkovSzndid you name this player after a mid 2000's Flyers draft pick?

Did you ever go through with this? I'm an Inland Marine Territory Manager for a carrier and @eaglesfan036 is in the industry as well.

Congrats!

So the Lynx made it the playoffs but then we got demolished by the Houston Dynamo. I don't think anyone expected us to make any noise in the playoffs and we really didn't. In our 3 game sweep one of the games was close, one was kind of close, and the other was a blowout. All in all I think we met expectations. It was possible we could take one game (and we almost did!) but I don't think any of us expected to win the series. What I'm about to say does not apply to any one particular person or GM or team (because almost all of them do it) but I do sort of chuckle when GMs (primarily VHLM, but I guess it would apply to VHL as well) reach out for these draft interviews. Does anyone ever really have an issue playing for particular teams or feel particularly strongly about playing for a team? Or about their role on the team? I know it's also to get to know the member but as someone who GM'd in both leagues I can't recall a single instances of changing my draft board as a result of these questions.

1.) I think overall we performed as expected. Some of the games were close, some weren't, and we ended up get ng swept. The pick bounces another way maybe we end up winning one of those games but we probably still lose the series. 2.) It's always better to say you were beaten by the cup champs and not the cup runner ups, right? 3.) I could have performed better but I'm still getting my feet wet in the league so it's not like anyone would say I didn't meet expectations....which was a low bar to begin with. 4.) Nothing particularly special from a training perspective. I have to get better in every area of my game. For travel, I'll probably take a week down the shore but then it's back to the grind. 5.) I don't have a strong preference for any VHL team. On one hand, there are teams my player agency has a (long ago) history with, but there are also teams they've never or barely played on before. 6.) Lukewarm bottle of water. No fortnite.

Remove Discord. Remove chat. Remove emotes. Locker rooms on the BOTTOM. #MakeVHL2010Again

Applying on behalf of @eaglesfan036

Ha - to be fair, I started reading the series in 2019 and last started Knife of Dreams in...2021? Pretty sure it was when I was in my last apartment and didn't read it in my house. Maybe 2022 at the latest.

Yes, Wheel of Time. Coincidentally the entire series was on sale on Humblebumble for $18 for the eReader version.

Got a Kindle a couple of weeks ago and have read more in two weeks than I have in the past 12 months. On a 7 day reading streak, which is 7 days longer than my last streak. Currently reading Knife of Dreams and then will finish the 4 other books in the series. It'll probably take me roughly a month to read each book, so we'll see where I go from there.

Everyone has to keep on top of @eaglesfan036to make sure he updates because he has a tendency to not update for an entire season and then do a massive update right before the playoffs. This is not good for multiple reasons that have nothing to do with the amount of words coming out of my (virtual) mouth. IT'S PLAYOFF TIME - except once again the Flyers won't be participating. At least I have the Lynx for at least one season, but we're going to have our work cut out against Houston. As of the time I'm writing this we're down 0-2, but we're not out yet! What is the VHLM TPE cap now, like 400ish? Do non-top TPE earners generally spend their draft season and maybe draft+1 season in the VHLM? I've been out of it for so long I forget how this works. I'm once again asking for a word counter to be built into the website so I don't have to copy and paste this into a separate tab. @Willget it done!

1.) It has to be the Rangers, right? They absolutely imploded and didn't even make the playoffs. 2.) It's definitely WWWumbo - S+ tier name and member who definitely doesn't have a 50/50 chance of going inactive before he makes the VHL. 3.) Is chess a sport? If not, I'll say...tennis. No stats, just vibes. 1.) What is a type of food that your region is known for that a lot of other people might not know? (Example - PA is the potato chip capital of the world" 2.) What's your favorite position or player type to build in the VHL? 3.) Which city doesn't have a VHL(M) team that should?