FrostBeard

Now this is going to be legendary!

1. Moscow looks to be in a potential 5 way race for the top of the conference, how will we do? We are going to win, if not, we will have BIG problems, GRIMGOR WILL BE ANGRY! 2. What team is our biggest threat in your opinion? Ourselves, if we can contain that crazy Syko guy, we will be victorious, strong, da biggest of da strong. 3. The lines have seemed to settle down a bit and sim more stable, do you agree? Waaagh, not sure what is happening but Grimgor is not super happy with the sim, he feels weak. 4. Have any ideas about any changes the team should look at? Make Grimgor captain, that is the one change you need to make. 5. Syko has shown some elite skills in recent games. Can he lead us to the promised land? Bwah, he is still young, no experience makes him an easy target by all them weaklings on other teams, but he has some strong players behind to support him. He won't lead though, he is a goalie. 6. If you could have one league related change, what would it be, if any? Relocate Vancouver to Quebec City. Done. Thanks.

WAAAAGH! Or at least that is what Grimgor Ironhide would say to introduce himself. That said, here is my Theme Week submission. To start this off, I decided to take 3 teams and move them to Warhammer Fantasy universe, teams chosen are for a reason as I do believe 3 teams require a strong rebrand. Those would be Warsaw Predators, Vancouver Wolves and London United. Of course I would love to see Warsaw moved to Munich, Vancouver to Quebec City and London moved to.... London, just with a different name, United doesn't work for a hockey team. When it comes to Warhammer Fantasy, I will only focus on Locations in the Old World. And we are first moving to Parravon... So, for the Warsaw Predators, they would be moved to the great Brettonian town of Parravon, and be officially called Parravon Royal Hippogryphs. We all know that Predators is an absolutely horrible name for any sports team so we take something that the great Grey Mountains of the Old World are known for, the magestic, mighty and gorgeous beasts - Hippogryphs. Parravon, being a city carved into the mountain range, not too far off the Grey Mountains, is a perfect place to create a backstory and a reason for a team like that to exist. Now for the 2nd team team, we are moving to Barak Varr. The great dwarven stronghold and the largest Dwarven port in all of the known world, the most maginificent underground caverns, the most beautiful dwarven carved waterfalls that create ripples of sunlight reflecting from the pools of water that sometimes seem to be cascading down. For Barak Varr, being a true dwarven stronghold there is a certain charm to have a hockey team based there. This team should be called Ironclads, the one thing that Barak Varr produced to the highest quality (Not counting the Dwarven ale which is of course the greatest of treats). So from now on, Vancouver Wolves will be called "Barak Varr Ironclads". I think it is perfect. And finally, we are moving to the great city of guns, artillery and gunpowder - Nuln. This is an absolutely easy choice, sure, I wanted to first go to Averland and focus on Averheim but in the end went with Nuln. After all, Wissenland is the greatest provice of the Empire. It is the home to Imperial Gunnery School, which trains all the great sharpshooters of the Empire armies, College of Engineering, known for it's technological advancement and development of different cannon and rocket artillery. It is a place where a single matchstick could destroy half of Wissenland. And for that, we need to move London away to Nuln and create the beautiful team called Nuln Hellblasters, named after their local and brutal invention, Hellblaster Volley guns. Warsaw Predators become Parravon Royal Hippogryphs Vancouver Wolves become Barak Varr Ironclads Lodon United become Nuln Hellblasters Overall, I am personally quite happy with this and will keep this going even after Theme Week as I have plenty of ideas, you just have to wait and see which of the VHL teams could become Skavenblight Warpgrinders...

You mean Warsaw, Vancouver and London.....

I can get along with @Gustav

Latvia not available, I refuse.

There is only one option sir: Vancouver Wolves have to move back to Quebec. No other alternative. Also @FreshOceanCod this is one killer article - great job comrade!

Transaction ID: 1MW591129D7712324 $1 million player store (26.03.2024) 5 uncapped TPE (26.03.2024) Double Week (26.03.2024)

1. We are da big boyz! I am super happy with everything! 2. Grimgor is da king, da best of da best of Menace, none better is better than the better man. 3. Ya, we have many young playerz, some are super strong and some have big potential. 4. Yeah, ez, we are da big boyz, we will make them playoffs and then dominate all the EU. 5. Grimgor Ironhide, nothing to say. 6. They are big rebuild, nothing else matters, they are the ones we punish on ice, every game!

GM John Frostbeard steps up to the podium near the DC Dragons home arena on a rainy and storm-filled spring afternoon with a glass of delicious glass of Viking brandy in his hand "We are the Champions and we need captains." Here are the Captains for S93 D.C. Dragons Assistant captain and a truly wonderful player who will be intrumental in our push to bring us back to Continental Cup Finals, one of the first people to help us bring D.C. out of the rebuild - Vincent Laroche-Gagnier @vincentlg2007 Assistant captain and a leader who has developed into being one of our most reliable defensive juggernauts, an individual that motivates himself with a picture of himself blocking shots in the playoff games against London - Ben Laas @dustywilson22 Captain and a true master of his position, a man who brought leadership on and off the ice, one of the premier defencemen in VHL - Mark Calaway @Beketov Congratulations to our Captaincy squad - lets get the job done!

How did ya call me? WAAAGH, puny weakling, Grimgor FUCKING Ironhide! WAAAGH!

For sure. Just that lopsides vote seems bad on the paper.

Gold is beautiful

1. Alone was moved but we brought in Grimgor Ironhide, thoughts? WAAAGH, DA BEST MOVE EVER! GREAT GREEN MENACE IS IN! 2. Looks like Richmond still has milk on his lips. How well will he fit in? Buough, don't know who dat iz, probably a weakling, not better then Grimgor. 3. I am looking for a big season, do you think we will exceed last seasons record? Menace iz a big team. Da biggest of EU. I have full confidence we da smashers of all da weaklings in the EU. 4. Our goalie is looking good. How will he stack against the rest in the league? He is pretty, not good player, but looking pretty. So maybe he can charm all them ladies on other teams. 5. Do you see an obvious weak spot on the team? If so, what is it? Ya, any place where Grimgor hasn't sat and ate. Grimgor knows his stuff da best. HE IS DA BEST. 6. Do you think goalies should be converted to the hybrid format? Ya, why we have to suffer and have fun at the same time and they only have to suffer?

Cheers @Spartan

S92 World Cup Eastern Europe Roster Announcement! "GM Frostbeard, annoyed, angry, very drunk comes out to a room full of journalists" It is a great day for them easterners ey? Well, I don't really care to be here, I have a jacht party to attend to with Calaway so... Here are them players who play something... Forwards: LW - AK92 Wit da Hoodie @hedgehog337 C - Wann Kerr @VattghernCZ RW - Yaroslav Bogatyrev @Bojovnik LW - Left Alone @okochastar RW - Henry Eagles @Greg_Di RW - Maxim Anisimov @McLovin Defencemen: D - YaBoi Oven @Doomsday D - Admir Bala @Tyler D - Eurydyka Sklodowska Dudzinska @diamond_ace D - Karol Lamb @dlamb Goalies: G - Ryan Artyomov @Enorama G - Giorgiy Costanzov @Mongoose87 Welcome to the squad comrades!

WAAAAAAAAGH!

D.C. Dragons, comrades, we did it! @Beketov, @OrbitingDeath, @Jason kranz, @Keegan Gamble, @vincentlg2007, @woog, @emidas, @ThatCasual, @dustywilson22, @diamond_ace and @NSG - you are the reason why we got there in the end - what an amazing crew we have in D.C! Be proud of yourselves, you had to defy a lot of odds, many believed we would not make it past 1st Round and here we are, S92 Champions! Amazing, unique and glorious Dragons! 2nd cup of our Franchise, for sure not the last! Cheers boys! Enjoy the Off-season! London United - you are an amazing squad of players who deserve a ton of praise - congratulations on great series and you can for sure be proud of yourselves!

Answered 40% of questions - I think that qualifies.

Helsinki, Finland, 27.03.2024 Grimgor Ironhide is speechless and angry Grimgor has been asked to join a press conference to discuss his plans for the off-season, playoff performance and his opinion on cheese puffs. Hello, Mr. Ironhide, I am Jeremy Radclaw from Drawn Sports Magazine, we have heard that after Helsinki lost their playoff series against London, you decided to absolutely cut all ties with your fellow players and have not engaged with them since then - is it true? ... Grimgor, do you think your own performance was one of the main contributing factors for the loss? ... Grimgor Ironhide has been called out for not being able to play under real pressure, do you think you can ease that mindset and help fans reignite with next season in mind? ... Sir, you have finally answer something, what are your plans for the off-season, do you plan to head somewhere or just spend time in Helsinki while thinking about how to tackle next seasons aspirations? After a long pause, Grimgor stands up and angrily looks at every reporter wanting to ask his questions, waits a moment while the air starts to feel heavy and almost suffocating and speaks. Listen ya cupcake eatin' squigg, Grimgor does what he wants, if I want to go and pillage a village somewhere, I do that, if I want to eat a massive fruit pie every day, I do dat, if I want to go and sleep and cry in my sleep while waiting for a price to come and rescue me, I do that. Ya not da boss of me. I am not happy, terrible performance by me, I should play better so all can see my true potential. Waaaagh, I am so angry I could break you in half and eat you like a popsicle on a hot winter's day ya squigg hugger! All I want is to play some big games, get many points and be da best of da class in numbers. Dat is not hard to imagine, especially for a brainy guy like you! I have never felt this feeling - some called it pain of losing, I call it my biggest weakness, I feel so puny and weak, almost like I never existed. It is sad but it also fills me with unimaginable rage to go and make sure everyone knows how big and strong Grimgor Ironhide really is. WAAAGH! Sir, before you leave, I have one more intricate question, journalist asks Grimgor as he slowly turns to them with a strong and fierce smile on their face, as if he was insulted by the weakest gobbo of Skarsniks raiding party. Do you sir know how to bake a Latvian cake? Grimgor's smile suddenly turns from having a deep and horrifying visage to a warm, welcoming, almost your had-grandmother type of a smile, warm, likable but still worrisome. "Yes, I have my recepies in my trunk, in ma room. I get it to ya when I see ya next time. Finally someone is asking real questions. It is very tough to get the dough flour to work as you don't have any dragon blood available for quick yeast activation. No matter what, be smart, get quality non powder milk." WAAAAGH!

D.C. DRAGONS PRESS CONFERENCE Finals are here, how do we fare? Answer 3 for 1 TPE, Answer 6 for 2 1. GM Frostbeard recently said that D.C. Dragons being an underrated team going into playoffs took away a lot of pressure from our players - your thoughts about that? 2. What are your thoughts about our team cohesion going into playoffs and now after having won our conference? 3. Mark Calaway has been incredibly important piece for D.C. Dragons going into playoffs, what are your thoughts on his performance? 4. What are your thoughts on your own performance? 5. We are going to face London in the finals - how do you feel about that matchup? 6. Jason is heading into his last few games in VHL due to retiring at the end of playoffs, what would be your message to him about his time with Dragons?

1. European Conference is tight, where are we going to end up in the Standings at the end of the season? WAAGH, If we not at da top, Grimgor will be mad! We da team to beat especially if da team has Ironhide on it, da great green menace! 2. How many games would you want to let line changes ride before changing again? 6 games is all ya need! If ya wait longer, everything goes boom! 3. Are you or would you be a trade to get your team or a draft to get your team kind of GM? Draft is da way, then you can get people that want to be on da team, if ya trade, you not know what you get! 4. Can you skate? If so, when did you learn and when was the last time? If no, what's stopping you? Waaagh, what do ya mean? I am a hockey player for Helsinki Titans, of course I can skate! I am da best on them all! 5. Do you have cable? Why or why not? What is dat? Is dat da box with pictures in them? If so, no, I only watch things in my little palm thing. 6. Do you believe in ghosts or the supernatural? Ghosts are real, magic is real, dragons are real but somehow none of ya puny little things care about that!

Howdy! A little late for my Theme Week submition as I do try to get them in nice and early however here we are, finally getting to it. When thinking about All-Star teams and all-star selections and so forth, I remember our own All-star games that (I might be imagining this) were run by Beaviss. They were an experience that I still think back to, amazing ideas, if only there was a comentating done of real quality, we could think to bring it back! With that in mind, I looked back at my teams that I have managed and have decided to create an all-star team from Houston Bulls, Malmo Nighthawks, Bratislava Watchmen and D.C. Dragons. To limit myself, I have decided to choose 2 players from Houston Bulls, 2 players from Malmo Nighthawks, 1 player from Bratislava Watchmen and 1 player from D.C. Dragons. After all, some of those older players do deserve a recognition. The All-star squad looks like this: Forwards: Ray Sheilds @Zetterberg () - Erik Killinger @Peace () - Jason @Jason kranz () Defencemen: Khalabib Stiopic @SweetMike666 () - Condor Adrienne @OrbitingDeath () Goalie: Orion D.H. Chiester Jr. @Donno100 () And now a bit why specifically these players were selected. Ray Sheilds - Well, those who remember the time when I was GM of Malmo Nighthawks will also remember the time when fairly unknown player from Seattle was acquired and added to Malmo Nighthawks roster. Sheilds became a star in Malmo, S83 Funk winner, one of the reasons why we won Continental cup in S75 - 28 points in 19 games played - he was our own hidden gem. I still believe acquiring Sheilds might have been my best move as a GM in all the seasons I have been at this role. A stud who managed to be well over PPG in every season with Nighthawks. Erik Killinger - A player that I remember picking 1st Overall in S70 draft, my last with Houston Bulls. There were many forwards that I could name but I don't think there was anyone more deserving this recognition as I don't think I have had a player join a team and be that dominant immediately ever before. His 124 point season was outshined by many players hitting that 120 point mark and some going well beyond however I still believe that S70 Houston squad was only that good because of S70 draft that brought in a superstar forward in Killinger. Also, Peace was a stellar guy in our locker room and I still consider him to be a good guy, geniune and true to his word. Jason - the only active player from this all-star squad. Jason has found D.C. to be his home, he has been at the core of our recent success and has become a player I know as a GM I can rely on every game. For me, it was a huge surprise as I think it was for Jason to have such a glow up in S90. Two individual awards, always team first and a person who deserves all the possible praise. A prolific goalscorer, one of the best I have ever had a chance to GM. Let's hope he can help us all to seal the deal this season with Dragons in playoffs. Cheers Jason! Khalabib Stiopic - a name I never thought I would mention but he was our true first star in my time with Houston. He has all the team would like - active, interested, worked to make him player great but sadly after VHLM career was over went inactive. A player that for a reason was our playoff MVP when Houston won our S68 cup! Looking back at it - I do think I have had a pleasure having multiple great defencemen in VHLM under my management - Hugh Jass, Khalabib Stiopic, Frederik Elemebeck and many more, that said none of them had such an impact on any of our teams on ice as Stiopic did in S68. Condor Adrienne - a hall of fame player, the best defencemen of his age, an unstoppable force with Malmo in his second half of the career. I have had many amazing members under my management but only few of them really stand even close to OrbitingDeath and his player legacy. For us in Malmo, Condor was a player I know many looked up to, he was our star and the player that we knew we could count on to do great even if he himself didn't believe that too much. The best player I have ever had a chance to GM. Orion D.H. Chiester Jr. - once again, so many great goaltenders I have managed but Orion is the one who has an award named after them. A player I knew was at the core of our competitiveness with Beardislava, Orion was a player who you could look to when other parts of the team were not working, when you knew that the team was slacking. A 3 time award winner in his career, probably the most important name in Bratislava Watchmen VHLE history. A player I am happy to have had a chance to get and work with them to create a legacy that will be tough to beat. I think that is it, my All-star team!

I did forget about my boyz

Warhammer Fantasy universe, a bit less (quite) popular then 40k but still, we are more about magic, swords, bows and chivalry (not really).