Grape

I cooked

Shawty Nananana might have a little gas left in the tank

iirc, those extra 3 bot games for Calgary was against other lottery teams...

All this just to rig it for Moscow

Sounds like life to me tbh

Week 2 Claimo

Maybe this time I'll be selected by Team Europe

Obuz Schneider Canet du Bocage Defensemen 6'8" 250lbs VHLM Stats: 144GP, 33G, 96A, 129P, -52 Drafted By: Moscow Menace (12th) Obuz Schneider Canet du Bocage is an offensive defenseman originating from France. Playing in Halifax, he showed a strong two-way game, despite being on a team that typically struggled on the defensive side of the puck. The Moscow Menace selected him late in the first round of the S90 VHL draft, with high hopes that he develops into a franchise level defenseman. Pros: Offense Bocage has a very powerful shot and often uses it to either score or generate rebounds for his teammates. Over the course of his VHLM career, he averaged over 2.5 shots per game. His slapshot is one of the strongest in the league, and allows him to generate offense from the blue line. While shooting is his focus, Bocage has an underrated passing game, able to move the puck around the ice effectively. Of his 33 goals in the VHLM, 15 of them were on the powerplay, showing his effectiveness as a powerplay quaterback. Leadership For the majority of his two seasons in Halifax, Bocage was the only defenseman on the roster, and even with a lack of help for large portions both seasons, he was able to excel. Moving into a young Moscow roster, Bocage should be able to use this experience to slide into a leadership role and assist in mentoring the other blueliners, as well as quarterback the powerplay and run the offense reliably. Defense/Physical Play In his time with Halifax, Obuz was able to average roughly 2.5 hits and 2.5 shot blocks per game, able to neutralize offensive chances and slow down the rush through crushing body checks. While he is focused on the offensive side of the game, he has been able to utilize his staggering size to provide a strong physical edge and shut down opposing offenses. Cons: Skating Ability Being a large body on the blue line, Bocage is one of the slower skaters on the ice at a time. The majority of time, he plants himself on the blue line when in the offensive zone, and is one of the first to back check when a turnover occurs to compensate for his below average speed. It is a concern if this lack of speed and skating ability will let his offensive game translate in the VHL. Discipline In his 144 games with Halifax, Obuz put up 155 PIMS. His physical edge coupled with his lack of skating ability led to late hits and desperation penalties and kept sending him to the penalty box. If he wants to be a top producer in the VHL, he needs to work on his discipline and learn to stop committing bad penalties.

Back in the recreate wave, one fine upstanding user by the name of @Dil did a little funny and created a character by the name of "Shut Up Ruutu" (still shows up in the index as that too). Sure, telling someone to shut up may not be very nice, but the discourse that was spawned by it was quite amusing to say the least. It was not overly abusive per-say, honestly quite tame in terms of "going after someone". But eventually, the name was forced to be changed to a more acceptable "Rainbow Colours", which, under context, is still pretty funny, but it loses that blunt charm that the original had. Ruutu is a big boy, I think he can handle a funny name at his expense that he will likely rarely see on a regular basis. I doubt having a name telling someone to shut up will cause that much distress amongst the league. But the big big piece of it all, was that it was kind of funny. I can understand blatant harassment of a user is a huge no no and whatnot, but this? I doubt many people would be too upset with this. If it’s done in good faith, then I see no issue with it. If people want to openly insult me or whatever on the forum, feel free. I won’t be mad, so long as it’s funny.

To me the entire season was rigged so it'd make sense that the postseason is too

10. Ottawa Lynx (15-49-8) FD Ranking: 9th (0.122) Goalie Ranking: 10th (98 TPA) Players In: Josh Caz, William Wallace, Rat Pans Players Out: N/A Ottawa was primed to be at the bottom of the standings from the very beginning. Having been unable to bolster the roster very much through the draft or the waiver wire, this team struggled throughout the entire season and was pretty much out of every game they played. Goaltending, defense, and offense were all pretty much at the bottom of the league ever since the season started. They hope to bounce back in the draft and get back into contention. 9. Houston Bulls (17-49-6) FD Ranking: 10th (0.052) Goalie Ranking: 6th (166 TPA) Players In: Keegan Vos, Kimi Raikkonen, Jeffrey Howard Dewberry Kalin Players Out: Joshua Schwarzer, Toby Kadachi, Joseph Holm Houston was pretty much out of the playoff conversation as soon as the playoffs started. Never able to get any defensemen on the roster, their defense became a pure turnstile and oppositions were free to score at will. The offense, lacking any true superstars, especially after trading away both Schwarzer and Kadachi early into the season. The only real competition this team had was with Ottawa for the first overall pick. While they held that spot for the majority of the season, at the last sim, they sucked just a little less than Ottawa and bumped up to 9th, ceding that first pick to Ottawa. Looking at the draft however and the picks this team has, a slide from 1 to 2 is not too much of a blow. 8. Halifax 21st [-1] (25-39-8) FD Ranking: 6th (0.626) Goalie Ranking: 9th (98 TPA) Players In: Olumide Anderson, Shaunca, Demko, Guntis Gavilrovs Players Out: N/A The start of the season was pretty bleak to say the least. Without a goalie, they struggled mightily, despite bolstering a decently strong forward group. Eventually, they were able to get a goalie, and then their defense showed weakness, with only having one defenseman on the roster. At the trade deadline, they were able to get a player via waivers to fill that spot, and thus their roster was complete. However, those early season woes means they have to go up against the best team in the regular season as their first playoff opponent. While their roster is good and their weaknesses at least patched up, they’re likely to struggle against the juggernaut before them. They’ll go as far as their goaltending takes them, and based on their TPA, that likely won’t be very far. 7. Mexico City Kings [-6] (28-39-5) FD Ranking: 3rd (0.690) Goalie Ranking: 8th (152 TPA) Players In: Rory Sullivan, Tom Dufour Players Out: Kirk Van Him, Motionless Kleaver I really got burned by this pick. On paper, at the start of the season, this team was arguably the best and was primed to start off strong. Well, they did not. They bumbled and fumbled and flopped around at the start sitting near the bottom and stayed there for the entire season. Even still, on paper, this is a strong team. Their record is not necessarily indicative of the roster this team has. Their main issue is offensive production. While they’re about middle of the league in goals against, they are down with the bottom feeder teams in terms of goals for. If they want to truly compete at the level that their roster should have them at, there needs to be a strategy change to either score more goals or become a true shutdown team and keep games low scoring. 6. Philadelphia Reapers [+2] (30-34-8) FD Ranking: 8th (0.505) Goalie Ranking: 7th (165 TPA) Players In: Daniel Temple, Vlad Von Carstein Players Out: Eno Velson Philadelphia has had and still has one of the thinnest rosters in the league, and yet they were able to stay close to the middle. They were able to find the perfect line combinations with the slim pickings that they had to get the most out of their relatively weak team, and were able to stay around the middle in both goals for and goals against. Not much roster change has occurred with this team, and honestly they haven’t needed it. They got their two defensemen, a good goalie, and some decently strong forwards. Will they do anything in the playoffs? Probably not to be honest. But a decent season from a team that really should be worse than they actually are. 5. Miami Marauders [-1] (39-27-6) FD Ranking: 2nd (0.765) Goalie Ranking: T-1st (200 TPA) Players In: Eno Velson, Logan Ninefingers, Riley Martin, Giorgiy Costanzov Players Out: Liam Evans, Hershey McFleury, Joakim Norden Miami is one of the few teams that benefited greatly from the recreate wave, bolstering their team and making them a lot better than what their record would have you believe. While defense is still relatively thin with only two defenseman on the roster, their forward core is deep and elite, and should make it hell for the opposing netminders. This team is one that has a legitimate chance to, at least in terms of the standings, cause some upsets in the playoffs. So long as the offensive production doesn’t go cold, they should be chugging along the postseason just fine. 4. Las Vegas Aces [+2] (47-19-6) FD Ranking: 7th (0.519) Goalie Ranking: T-1st (200 TPA) Players In: Bric Sheithaus, Caesar Monterrey, Jean-Marc Lemieux, Elle Aura Ashe, George Richmond Players Out: Jaja Dingdong, Zacharie Masse, Barry McOckiner Vegas is a team that always seems to have no problems with getting waiver players to help flesh out their roster, and this was the case again, getting a large chunk of players early on which have kept them strong throughout. Their defense is very solid and while their forwards are a little low TPA wise, they have the depth to jumble the lines up if things go cold. This team did recently take a pretty massive blow, having one of their better forwards go IA and having to drop them right before the playoffs started. That is going to serve as a pretty big issue going forward if they want to make a push for the cup. 3. Saskatoon Wild [-1] (48-16-8) FD Ranking: 1st (0.835) Goalie Ranking: 5th (199 TPA) Players In: Joshua Schwarzer Players Out: Jean-Marc Lemieux, Henry Ford Saskatoon is one of the deepest teams forward wise, having 10 forwards on the roster. What is really amazing about this team is that they got zero waiver players all season long. Their roster is built up out of their draft picks and a trade here and there. How well this team performed and honestly how good the roster looks speaks volumes on their (now former) GM’s drafting ability. This is definitely a competitive team and a team to watch this playoffs and potentially next season as well, since they could very likely retain a decent group of players going into Season 91. 2. Mississauga Hounds [+1] (54-16-2) FD Ranking: 4th (0.681) Goalie Ranking: T-1st (200 TPA) Players In: Joseph Dubois, Alfonzo Fineski, Toby Kadachi, Suetekh Kos, DB IV Players Out: Pierre-luc Dutil Mississauga’s offense is the offense. Full stop. Their forward core is absolutely lethal and can and will put the puck in the back of the net. Their defense is not too shabby either, having a strong top two guys with some decent help below them. This team is one that should and I believe will have a legit chance of going all the way. A lot of max players means next season, they will likely be pretty low in the standings, so they have to make the most of it here and now. 1. San Diego Marlins [+4] (57-13-2) FD Ranking: 5th (0.631) Goalie Ranking: T-1st (200 TPA) Players In: Trevor Parsons, Thickums Mcgillacutty, Vanellope von Schweetz, Adi Dassler, Rainbow Colours Players Out: N/A This team absolutely feasted on the recreates this trade deadline, making their strong, deep roster even stronger and deeper. Their forwards? Nasty. Defense? Even nastier. This is the de facto cup favorite and it is hard to argue against that. The only team roster wise that can match them is Mississauga and maybe, if I’m a couple bottles deep, Miami. While the initial acquisition of the recreates should have hurt the team, as bringing in lower TPA guys and taking time away from higher TPA guys should hurt the team, San Diego did not slow down very much and those recreates are starting to catch up. Overall, this should be a fun squad to watch and see what they can do. Playoff Matchups 1. San Diego Marlins vs 8. Halifax 21st As I said before, Halifax will only go as far as their goaltending takes them, and when put up against a juggernaut like San Diego, that is not going to be very far at all. This series is not gonna last long at all, and I predict it’ll be a clean sweep, no gentlemen here. Despite the high hopes Halifax had coming into this season, they simply will not get past this Marlins team San Diego wins 4-0 2. Mississauga Hounds vs. 7. Mexico City Kings Mississauga is a team that can pretty much score at will. Mexico City is a team that couldn’t score to save their life. The only way Mexico City gets out of this series is with a major strategy change to basically turn them into the New York Islanders and play some of the most boring hockey known to man and make every game end up as 2-1 or 3-2. Mexico City is not that bad of a team, they simply can’t score though. Mississauga is not only better than Mexico City in every way possible, but they can actually score too. Even if Mexico City New York Islanders it up, it’s pretty evident that Mississauga will win. Mississauga wins 4-1 3. Saskatoon Wild vs. 6. Philadelphia Reapers Another interesting matchup. Saskatoon with an immensely deep roster and a multitude of line combinations to change up the team if the first couple games go south, versus Philly who pretty much has to rock with whatever the sims give them. In every category, Saskatoon has Philly beat, and will likely stomp them pretty handedly. Philly could probably steal a game but that’s about it. Saskatoon wins 4-1 4. Las Vegas Aces vs. 5. Miami Marauders This is what I feel the first “upset” would be. Las Vegas, especially after that major blow of one of their top players going IA, is actually pretty weak. Miami, on the other hand, got a huge boost due to the recreate wave and looks a lot stronger than what their record shows. This will definitely be the tightest of the series, just because these teams are actually somewhat close compared to everyone else, but I see Miami getting the edge in 6. Miami wins 4-2 2nd Round 1. San Diego Marlins vs. 5. Miami Marauders The two teams that benefited from the recreates the most. Honestly it is poetic for these two to meet. In all honesty, I think Miami has a legit chance to upset. Their forward group as a whole is a lot stronger than San Diego and while San Diego has the depth, Miami has that star power on defense that we saw during the regular season. What this will come down to is a legendary goaltender duel between Slezak and Syko, who have been pretty damn close in the goalie rankings throughout the season, and it is fitting that they match off against each other. This is a series that I feel will go the distance, with Miami edging off the Marlins right at the end. Miami wins 4-3 2. Mississauga Hounds vs. 3. Saskatoon Wild This feels like arguably the hardest matchup in the entire playoffs. Both these teams showcase a plethora of elite talent on both sides of the puck. This is one of those series that either team really could win it, and also one that feels like it’ll either go the distance or be a sweep. That being said, I just find it really hard to bet against Mississauga this season, and I see them absolutely shocking the Wild in a sweep. Mississauga win 4-0 Final 2. Mississauga Hounds vs. 5. Miami Marauders All upsets must come to an end eventually, and this is where Miami’s stops. Mississauga is simply better than Miami in practically every way, and while I was able to argue for Miami’s case in their first two matchups, I’m not able to here. Mississauga is built to win, and they will. I feel like this series will be decently close, but there really won’t be much doubt for who the victor will be. Mississauga wins 4-2 (2141 words)

Mexico City runs a hog cycle deck confirmed

Wait a second. If you're old, then, I'm old too

Obuz mentioned = 10/10 article

Every single article you make is an absolute gem

The trade deadline has come and passed, and so too has the wave of recreates. This surge of “new” players breathes life into the VHLM and bolsters both rosters and locker rooms. While this is overall a good thing, as more activity in the VHLM leads to a greater experience for first gens, it also impacts the league in a pretty negative way in my opinion. As of writing this, if my counting is right, there are 14 returning members that have signed with a team. All but one team has gotten a returning member, with Saskatoon being the lone team to not bring in any returning member (you could also include Ottawa since their returning member is a pure VHLM lifer and basically recreates every season now).. While that in itself is fine, one must look at the distribution of the other five returning members. Those five members went to two teams, San Diego and Miami. Another fun fact: ALL of Miami’s waiver players are returning members, and ALL but ONE of San Diego’s are also returners. Think about that. San Diego, the top team in the VHLM, has four returning members who have all pretty much broken the 100 TPE mark and continue to boost this team in the standings. Miami, while not as good as San Diego, is also feeling the influx of production from their wave of returners. Returning members coming to a team and making them better is not a new revelation. What team is not going to benefit from getting a player with some extra TPE in their pocket at the start? But the real question is, is it fair? Is it fair that returning members turn a stacked team into an even more stacked team, taking away playing time from new creates who have been having themselves a good season, only to get shafted? Is it fair for the struggling teams with new players to not get that extra veteran experience? Is it fair for returning members to basically cup chase right out of the gate? I understand going to a team because you have a personal relationship with the GM or something like that. I’ve done that before, albeit when I did that team was kinda in the shitter, but, especially in San Diego’s case, this just seems like blatant cup chasing. The only way for this league to survive is to bring in new members, give them a positive experience, and retain them. Stacking a single team or two while pretty much ignoring every other team does not help facilitate it. Obviously, returning members likely would not want to go to the bottom teams in the league and basically play for a week or two max and dip out, but there’s no need for a big chunk of them to go and make the best team in the league even better. Spread the wealth around, actually make the race to first look competitive. At the very least, implement a system in which roughly an even distribution of returning members, in which a team cannot get three until every other team gets two, or something along those lines. It just seems extremely unfair to GMs and players alike that returning members can just come in and choose to cup chase right out of the gate. (553 words)

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womp womp

3rd player's the charm, eh?

No mention of Obuz = 1/10 article

Damn Bud Light Americans tryna come and take over. They should know this be Coors Country

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I will be completely honest, none of my players have necessarily been snubbеd, so to speak. I have made four players at this point, none of them particularly a superstar by any means, but theme week is theme week and I want that bonus TPE so I guess I will give it a try and find something for each player that I can label as being snubbеd. Player 1: Blake Laughton My first player, created way back in season 66. In the VHLM draft, he did some snubbing of his own, being picked ahead of multiple, arguably better players at the time, despite not doing a single point task or even claiming any TPE to that point. Yet, because of the anime connection, was able to be picked decently high at the time and put onto a stacked Houston team. Of course, due to sabotaging their own growth, was pretty much rotting in the bottom six, eventually leading them to be traded to Ottawa to help Houston push for the championship. I guess I can count that as the first time they were snubbеd, a loyal Houston player disregarded for some high TPE player. Womp womp I guess. Didn’t amount to anything for either team. Houston didn’t even sniff the finals and Ottawa made a push the next season and fell short. Fast forward to the VHL draft, Laughton gets drafted to the Malmo Nighthawks (I guess he had a thing for expansion teams), and the season in which he would make the jump to the VHL, he was moved to New York, snubbеd by his draft team without even given a chance. He played one season with New York, in which nothing really came from it, then moved again to another expansion team in Prague, so snubbеd again. He simply was not good enough for any team, except for Prague I guess, where he spent pretty much the rest of his career, stopping for a cup of coffee in Helsinki and being sent back to Prague to finally retire a Phantom. Player 2: Shawty Nananana A pure-passing defenseman, and was probably treated the best in terms of being snubbеd. They return to Houston and has a damn good season, but, next season comes around, Houston is in their tank phase, and despite wanting to stay in Houston, they were snubbеd for some draft picks and sent off to Halifax, where they have a great season, but end up losing out in the playoffs. After that, there really was not any more snubbing going on for the rest of their career, spending the entirety of their time in the VHL with Davos. I guess in a sense they were snubbеd of playing for a good team, but besides that it was a pretty lackluster career in the snubbеd department. Player 3: Bob Vladovechsenkchushkin This player is the one that has been snubbеd the most, in a couple major ways. VHLM went totally unsnubbеd, given a big role and stuck with the team that drafted me. Went up into the E, played two games, and was immediately traded to Vasteras. Why, I don’t know. Whatever. But in my time with Vasteras, came the biggest snub of my entire time with the VHL. I am someone who likes to do meme builds, and the idea with Vladovechsenkchushkin was to basically be a pure checking and fighting forward with stone hands and no skating ability whatsoever. However, the Vasteras GM got on my ass about it, telling me to use the free reroll with the hybrid attributes and actually make a good player. So, reluctantly, my fun meme build was snubbеd for something actually useful. It was something that pained me so, as now I have to be a positive contributor on my team. That was not the last of the snubbing, however. The VHL team that drafted me, Helsinki, decided I wasn’t gonna be good enough for them and they’d rather have someone else, so off I went to LA. Played a couple seasons there, tuned up my build, got snubbеd for a younger player, shipped off to Calgary. Had a damn good season in Calgary, but they couldn’t afford me, so I was traded to Davos. Davos snubbеd me, got traded to Vancouver. Vancouver snubbеd me, got traded to Malmo. Sign a one year deal with Malmo, have a decent season, then back on the market I go. On the market, I was snubbеd by Helsinki a SECOND time, even after they said that they were heavily interested in having me. I guess they changed their mind, then shipped me off to Vancouver. In the last season of their career, Vancouver basically told me they didn’t have the money to keep me around, and wanted to replace me with a younger player, and at that point, I said screw it, I’m not going through that whole song and dance again, and retired. Player 4: Obuz Schneider Canet du Bocage Obuz is barely into their long and prosperous career, and already they have been snubbеd. One of the few premier French players eligible for the World Juniors, and they were snubbеd for some random schmuck, and was therefore forced to represent Team Asia instead of the region with their home country. A great insult to Obuz, who always dreamed of one day showcasing his talents on behalf of his great nation. Although, Obuz himself snubbеd the Stockholm Vikings, choosing to stay and play for Halifax of the VHLM instead of going to Europe and playing for the team that drafted them, and plans to completely skip the VHLE altogether and go straight to the show, where hopefully they will go through the rest of their career unsnubbеd. - Also obligatory snubbеd every single draft because I wasn’t taken first overall and also snubbеd by every team for not trying to make absolutely ludicrous offers to bring any of my players in, despite them totally being the best player in the league. - Also snubbеd for best GM every single season I’ve been a GM just because I was too good and the league didn’t want to have to give the award to the same person every single season for the rest of my tenure. (1040 words)

Yea I'm aware that doing that would not necessarily be possible. It's simply a suggestion and just an idea to keep the logo fresh and the community breathing. Doesn't need to be that extensive.

I for one would like the logo color to be constantly changing, as it really helps breathe life into the server. Holidays? Holiday themed logo. VHL champion? VHL champion themed logo. WJC winners? WJC winner themed logo. etc. etc. etc. Have some fun with it. Stagnation is not a good look and while I have no quarrel with the pride-themed logo, it's time for a fresh coat of paint.