Plate

This is insane. You use the lighter color from the away jersey to captivate the immediate attention of the person looking, and then the way you force people's eyes to move down and see the player in a fantastic pose for the celly. The font style (Yes, who doesn't like the star wars look) fits so well with the almost elegant display of the player. I also love how the skater at the bottom is at the forefront of the image, overlapping the text and background, which appears to be at the forefront. 10/10

1. When he posted a presser on Wednesday instead of Monday. Disgraceful, and he should feel ashamed ;P. 2. I'm hoping that I get drafted before the 7th round. Those are my only goals. Otherwise, I want to contribute to a locker room and enjoy my VHLM experience. 3. There will be adjustments as the meta shifts. It'll be a flow of numbers getting tweaked, but at least with this system, it's easier to change numbers around with the tools in place. 4. The best people to pick are the ones that are proven to be active. They don't necessarily need the highest TPE values (Though they tend that way), but active players can contribute to other players getting TPE. 5. Well, I'm about to get drafted into the VHLM, so I'll answer it as though the question is framed. I'm pretty excited for a stint in the VHLM again. It's an exciting opportunity to be part of an organization dedicated to growing the league. 6. The best organizations are the ones that do right by their player. That's my opinion on the matter.

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Having grown up in Tilt Cove, Newfoundland, Jordan Bennett was the most popular kid in town. He also happened to be the only kid in town. He was driving two and a half hours every morning to go to the nearest rink. But his parents saw something in him. Maybe it was just his dad's will that his son would be a talent in the VHL. Going to practice often did pay dividends. Jordan never had the best shot. Nor was he the best stick handler. But what he lacked in those departments in his defensive awareness and speed. Bennett would be the start of a generational talent. A two-way forward can disrupt most plays and get easy breakout passes from turnovers on the defensive end. Take it with a grain of salt as his opponents were beer leaguers, with a strong emphasis on beer. The competition was never really something Bennett could strive for in a hockey community as small as this. That didn’t stop some of his early development; playing against men gave him a firmer grip on his stick and a higher IQ at stick checking with less reach. When Jordan reached the age of 18, he finally moved from the bustling town of Tilt Cove and found his way to a more populated town, Toronto, Canada. The culture shock was incredibly difficult for Bennett, as he failed to crack any OHL roster or triple-A roster. With the higher level of competition, Bennett was able to adapt quickly to the shifting strategies of his opponents. From there, Bennett hopped the border to New England. Boston University would be where Bennett took his academic career, studying in social sciences. He joined the university hockey team. He posted a respectable 47 points in 75 games, eight goals, and 39 assists, with an excellent +21 rating. News picked up in higher leagues, and the junior showcase tournament sponsored by the VHL offered Bennett a contract. As a graduate, Bennett figures this is his one chance to prove to the world that a bit guy from Tilt Cove, Newfoundland, can make a big difference in the international hockey community. Bennett currently is posting 7 points in 15 games played in the JST. He is neither a positive nor negative player and has four blocked shots with 18 hits. His physical line of play and defensive composure against better skaters have proved valuable in his showcase.

Summarizing a hockey player like this as a send-off is excellent sportsmanship, so props to you. What would have been super creative was if you made this in the style of a hockey card. The player standing as would have fit that style well. The font style covering the logo on the chest takes away from it a little. But otherwise, the color choice complements the image well. I give this image a 7/10.

Congrats!

To say that Mr. Bennett has any idea where he's going in the draft is a bit of an understatement. His current agent, Plate, has struggled to keep his clients interested in the league. Markus Schauer retired from London to pursue a career in the DEL. That tenure lasted only two seasons with the Krefeld Pinguine (Not to be confused with the Fischtown Pinguins). When we spoke to Bennett about his possible draft stock, he didn't have much to say. "It'll be nice to play in the VHLM for a season. It's a bit of a step down from the DEL, but I'm hoping that VHL teams will be able to see me with this much exposure. That's the dream to end up in the VHL. I don't care where I end up in the draft. That's not important. Hopefully, I can come into a locker room and contribute for the long term.' Jordan Bennett has three goals in 6 games playing for the Brigade in the JST. He currently plays third-line minutes with some added special teams time. Scouts report that he will develop exponentially as the tournament progresses.

$15 Donation Transaction ID: 20974428350717502 Doubles Week - Claiming week end March/27 5 Uncapped - Claiming week end March/27 1M Cash - Claiming week end March/27

Hi, not on the team, but I need to do a presser, so thanks for letting a fellow Canadian be in here. 1. Taking a quick look at the WJC rosters, it seems like Canada has the best balance of returning talent and 1st generation hype. It's an exciting team to look at. Team Canada is probably one of the most well-rounded defensive teams in the tournament. If there's anything we know about championship play, defense wins tournaments. 2. It will be up to the coaching staff to weaponize this monster team. I agree with the comment overall. The team, the roster, it's a group of hungry players wanting to take home gold. That doesn't mean anything if lines don't work. When everything falls into place, be excited to be part of a fantastic experience. 3. For those that have their final show in the WJC show - take it by the reigns and go with it. These specialty tournaments are designed to experience something unique that you otherwise couldn't. You'll also have teammates with whom you may never be in the locker room. 4. Someone kicked a ball at me hard one day. It hurt pretty bad, hit me like right in the stomach. They started getting upset at themselves that they did it. So I did the one thing any Canadian would have done in that situation. I apologized to them. 5. This is neither my first nor am I a returning member. I, however, am a former WJC GM, so I think I have a good piece of advice for players. Hockey is a team game. What's best for each of you individually is what's best for the team. Sometimes your player will struggle, and lines will get shifted. Don't worry about it. The only thing that matters is staying active in the locker room. The WJC doesn't exist without people being involved and interacting with each other. 6. I am baffled, but there will be some people way smarter than me figuring out the builds. Hopefully, the scoring era of the VHL will end, and we can get some more accurate simulation going for everyone's sake.

" I lost the reason I was here in the first place." Hello everyone. My name is Plate. I am a former league member, with two players selected in the 1st round. One of them was a bust that we don't talk about. I also worked as an AGM for your Yukon Rush a long time ago. In addition, I managed team world in the WJC, obtaining a bronze in the process. Outside of management and the VHL, I wrote for the VSN for several seasons. Some of my media spots are of the best statistical work done in the league. My players have also been assistant captains across many different leagues. There is a lot of experience and tenure underneath my cap. Unfortunately, I was prone to a not uncommon problem around here. Burnout, turnover, and a lack of motivation meant that my TPE earnings fell through for a while on my most recent success story, Markus Schauer. There were some problems that I had in the league. My player wasn't good enough to be in the VHL at the time, but in the same coin was too good to play in the VHLM. The locker room that I was a part of lost several active members in a rebuild. And overall, my experience became a chore. Writing media spots only to try and cap out every week. I lost the reason I was here in the first place. Whether it was getting flamed by @Renomitsu, being hassled to get more TPE by @Esso2264 , Talking about spreadsheets with @rjfryman, or simply reminiscing about days of the Halifax 21st with @McWolf I have since rediscovered the passion of joining a stupid forum based hockey league. Before we get into that - I want to discuss some goals for myself and my player. To keep me grounded and more sure of the future. I don't need to max earn and try every week to do my best. And that being here with a player and having fun is much more important than seeing a number 12 every week. The Alternative Active Method I tend to want to be here every day. That burns me out quickly. So I'm going to try a method that I've been using for a while now that helps me stay interested but gives me enough time to want to be alone. Two days on, one day off, three days on, one day off. It is the alternative active method. Tomorrow you won't see me in any locker rooms or making forum posts. It will be a day off, as yesterday and today I was active. However, from Friday to Sunday, I will be active. Then, I'll take a break on Monday. Scheduling time for something that I know I'm going to want to put a lot of time into makes it so that I can stomach how much time I allocate to it on a weekday. TPE is Just a Number I will never be the highest TPE player in the league. I don't have to be. And neither do you. Maxing out every week is entirely unnecessary to have a competitive player. Again, I'm here not to make the best player ever existed. I see a 12 or claiming welfare a week, or anything doesn't matter if I'm not active in the locker room, which is more important than just numbers on a screen. Being present and serving the community as a productive member is what matters. No Spreadsheets I have probably spent 100+ hours on spreadsheets for the VHL in my free time. It's a problem. I swear that I will NOT create spreadsheets for the VHL from this day forth. Not for fantasy, not for personal use, not for teams, nothing. While I made some articles with them, it was not worth the time. I much would rather have stayed active longer than making them. Hopefully, others feel that way as well. When I'm more settled in or in a management position in the future, maybe I dabble into the occasional spreadsheet, but that won't be for another few seasons. That brings us back to my discovery. Why I was in the league in the first place. When I first discovered this forum with my cousin @SirRupertBarnes, the idea was that he and I would be on the same team and compete together—just a fun little side hobby. Our tenure with the Halifax 21st is some of the most memorable hockey simming I've ever been involved with. That and my small stint with Moscow, thank you to @Spartan for never giving up on me then. Because as you can tell by now, there were many reasons I failed my activity. But kept coming back. It was never to be as active as possible. It was never to have the most TPE. It was never about the spreadsheets. It was about you guys. That's the reason why I kept wanting to come back. The VHL is blessed to have such a thorough and collective community. There are also friends. I have good friends, close people, and beautiful memories. I wish to make more. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for welcoming me as I return into the fold into an unprecedented era of VHL hockey. That of which I am very excited to be a part of. I hope that the end of the scoring era will blossom into something more competitive and exciting for all. This place would be nothing without the fantastic work of its commissioners, GMs, and community, who strive every day to add and make it just a bit better step by step. Shoutout to the VSN, who do INCREDIBLE work as the league's premier source for news. The amount of work they put into their articles is insane, guys, seriously. Cheers to another run, - Plate Edit: Spartan, I dislike you very much. I needed 21 more words to claim this twice for the 1k word count. (1000 words)

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Player Information Username: Plate Player Name: Jordan Bennett Recruited From: Member (rjfryman) Age: 24 Position: RW Height: 71 in. Weight: 150 lbs. Birthplace: Canada Player Page @VHLM GM

Happy birthday VHL

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Player Information Username: Plate Player Name: Dale Tomarov Recruited From: Returning Age: 23 Position: LW Height: 71 in. Weight: 208 lbs. Birthplace: United States of America Player Page @VHLM GM

Thanks for giving ME a shot Spartan <3.

Ryan Schwarz will be missed

My VHFL career is ruined

Josh if you can get this working then you get all the credit.

Not as controversial as eating corn without butter, salt and pepper. Just add a tag for people that are part of locker rooms. You can tag VSN, Commish, BoG, all those good guys. But you can't tag people that are part of locker rooms and honestly it doesn't make sense. If I make a media spot that mentions my team in it you BET I want them in on the action. This would also help the rightless AGMs who make press conference questions. So they can, you know, ping their team in the forums to let them know that press conference questions are up.

Sorry for the ping to those who have finished this weeks presser. Just getting this ping system set up for the next week, for those that like to hop on the forums to check what's going on instead of Discord :).

1. Fringe playoff team that probably has the capability of an upset, but might not pull it together the deeper the run goes. 2. Most important quality of a D man is decision making, decision making, decision making. Defensemen are the ones that stand between the first line of defense and the goalposts. Stopping shots and making sure shots never happen is the most important part of a defenseman. 3. Руссиа хас а греат цултуре анд то наме оне тхинг ин партицулар wоулд бе ан инсулт то оур глориоус натион. Водка ис тхе онлы релевант ансwер. (Russia has a great culture and to name one thing in particular would be an insult to our glorious nation. Vodka is the only relevant answer. "You're welcome for the translation updater") 4. I worked on my skating a bit more so I can get to loose pucks faster and help the breakout transitions be a bit smoother. 5. He signed me and I know he's a part of the Russian mob so the only answer I can give is Spartan has no flaws he is a perfect human being. 6. I have to give that torch to Patrice Bergeron. He's an incredible hockey player that plays every aspect of the game at an elite level. There is literally nothing wrong with him and I'm so glad he finally got the C on his sweater.

Markus Schauer, A “Bust”? Scouts will tell you the same thing about Schauer. He has no strength. Gets shoved off the puck too easily and loses balance. Defensive awareness is decent for someone that looks like they play with their eyes closed. The upside that everyone thought was there at the draft never really happened. In the first scouting reports of Markus Schauer there was a lot of talk about his lack of motivation. Somehow, someway, those same reports got swept to the wayside in an advantageous draft class. Defensemen were at a premium and Schauer was coming off a red hot season with the Houston Bulls. It was as if Schauer hit his potential right at the draft. And during his three season tenure with New York, saw almost no development in his play. The same strength weaknesses were there. Absolutely no improvement in Schauers balance and in the locker room - it felt like he wasn’t even there. By all accounts, if you were to look at his production, I would hardly suggest anyone say he was a bust. 189 points in 216 games played, 597 shots and 517 shots blocked in his three season stint with the New York Americans. What would be a second or third pairing defenseman on any other team was tearing it up on a rebuilding American squad. New York's head office was hard at work trying to salvage whatever value they could from Schauer. Possible trades offers deterred the longer Schauer stagnated in his development. Management and Schauer both decided to part ways at Free Agency. Maybe turn a new page for Schauer and free up some playing time for prospects on the Americans. Starbucks on 9th avenue, straddling the border between Greenwich village and Chelsea in New York City, is where Schauer got the call. The new Moscow GM, Spartan, showed very little interest in his services. As far as Moscow's roster is concerned, they had an extra spot that could have been easily replaced by a prospect in the minors. Schauer saw this as a second chance. A chance to show himself that he could work on his game. It’s in the Moscow locker room that he found a bit of his old swagger again. Team mates would tell you Schauer doesn’t skip practice, shows up and puts in the work, and has started to show subtle signs of improvement. You could say that Schauer was a bust. He might even agree with you. When Schauer is getting the job done you can’t deny that intangible asset that he brings to the locker room. It’s an aura that makes everyone else just put in a little more work. It’s like a fortune cookie once told him; It’s better to do something late than never at all.

G - Kevin Malone @PatrikLaine