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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

D - Chicken Wing Sorry I wasn't home yesterday and I posted my pick in the wrong thread, so that's pretty funny.

D - Chicken Wing Sorry I wasn't home yesterday I JUST POSTED MY PICK IN THE WRONG CHAT OHMYGOSH

F - Rhynex Entertainment @PatrikLaine have fun

Well I'm glad my suggestions are starting deeper conversations about activity. However, based on section 4.5 and with Quiks recent message it looks like activity was switched from posting to updating. The whole point of the "Active" and "Inactive" label was deliberately to erase part of the grey area that we are having this discussion about. Maybe this should be a talking point in the BoG in the next meeting.

Correct

From the rulebook: 4.2 - Inactive Players / Free Agents An Inactive Player is any player who has not had a TPE Update in the past 30 days. An Inactive Free Agent refers to a UFA who has not updated their player in the 30 days prior to the opening of Free Agency. Obviously you don't need to implement one word on the player page. I just thought it would be nicer to have than not at all. Which begs the bigger question. What is an inactive player if it isn't someone that hasn't updated for a while?

Obviously I don't know how it would be done, but if it's something enough people want I'm sure there's a way to do it.

F - Luke Thornton @KC15

Hi it's me the guy that's been inactive for two seasons. A lot of the rules around active and inactive players being playable/categorized have been tightened up recently. Thought it might be nice to expand upon that further and officially set an active and inactive word on the player page. At least that way, when the WJC and World Cup teams roll around, it's easier for GMs to select players as they will know by looking at player pages whether or not they are eligible to be selected. When I was GM of Team World that one season there was some grey area. There was a high TPE player available and they were inactive, but I would have been flamed for not picking them for the roster. Labeling them with a formal inactive sticker would mean that any confusion is dispersed. There are also some members on the forums that are active here but not on discord. Members that are unique to either platform wouldn't know whether or not each other are active. This small method is a good indicator to show people who's active and who is not. My final point that I would like to bring up is that it would make GMs more accountable for playing inactive players over active players. In my case, when I was inactive, NYA had no other choice but to play me since they didn't have defensive depth. And yes, if they had someone else, I would rather them play that person over me. It's possible that another team, especially in the M, would have an alternate readily available but wouldn't play them. Possible spot for the word "Active" or "Inactive" to be on the player page.

Uh, okay cool beans. 10 points to Gryffindor to whoever guesses my next pick. F - Gary Rush @PatrikLaine

1. Victor is a stud and deserves mad respect for what he's done around the league over his incredible tenure. I hope that he's staying safe and keeps at least a foot in the door in Moscow. 2. I got signed here, which is incredibly surprising because my player is almost worthless. The only things that have been sparking my interest are old news pieces that people chuckle about and say they happened a while ago. 3. I'm most excited for the future of this team. Always nice to see talent fill in the roster during a rebuild so the kids can learn a thing or two before the weight fills their shoulders. 4. Being in a rebuild means that there isn't any pressure on you. For better or worse, some people do better in situations where they think that they have to compete. 5. I think that KC15 would be a great add to the AGM role. Fresh eyes in the VHL never hurt, we've seen guys like Laine and Jiggly step up to their respective jobs so maybe give him a try. 6. I've been a point per game for the past two seasons and I really hope that coming here doesn't crush that streak. Fingers crossed for that ice time!

F - Gary Rush @PatrikLaine

MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW

D - Latrell Mitchell @KC15

Review Really nice use of the formatting options available to content creators. There was a lot of really good stuff here. The inclusion of pie charts is something pretty revolutionary and I hope that more users use this. Though, one hello did look like a hyperlink and I clicked on it so maybe there was too much formatting in areas. All in all, this is the most welcoming post on the forums. Scores: Hello = 10/10 Hello = 10/10 Hello = 10/10

Me please