cody73

SWEET, SWEET, SWEET VICTORY! 

Now to get that Founders Cup and crush Minny's dreams! 

Okay, so atm I'm at 96 TPE. However, I just put in a claim for Welfare, so depending on how fast you claim stuff, I should be at 100 soon and I''d like my +10 please and thank you. 

Proof I did Welfare: 

And proof I'm at 96 TPE:



 

I swear if we lose this series.

Rank Change Player Name TPE Team Nat. Member 1   C - Hunter Hearst Helmsley 298 YUK USA Beaviss 2   LW - Shane Mars 275 MIN USA Spade18 3 Up 1 C - Maximilian Kirbsson 215 HOU SWE Kirby 4 Down 1 LW - Kari Jurri 209 HOU NED hockeyis66 5 Up 1 RW - Mikko Aaltonen 206 LVA FIN GRZ 6 Down 1 LW - Dimitri Volosenkov 203 HFX RUS SirRupertBarnes 7   LW - Julius Freeman 195 HFX USA rjfryman 8   C - Jet Jaguar 190 HFX UKR gorlab 9   RW - Shawnomir Jagr 184 SSK CZE TheLastOlympian07 10 Down 1 RW - Arnor Sigurdsson 181 YUK ISL bluesfan55 10 Up 1 LW - Bert Meyers 181 MIN USA RunnerBert11 12 Up 1 D - Aron Nielsen 170 MIN FAR solas 13 Up 1 G - Owen May 169 HOU SWI FacebookFighter 14 Up 3 LW - Valeri Morozov 165 YUK RUS Dangles13 15   D - Charlie Paddywagon 164 LVA USA DMaximus 16   D - Jerry Garcia 160 HOU USA GustavMattias 17 Down 5 D - Rhye Tyr 159 HFX CAN Plate 18 Down 2 RW - Nethila Dissanayake 156 SSK SRI nethi99 18 Up 4 C - Ludvig Sederstrom 156 HOU SWE aleks 20 Down 2 LW - Kyle Sabertooth 154 LVA USA uphillmoss 21 Down 1 G - Wendy Kandee Cain 152 MIN USA SlashACM 22 Down 1 RW - John Frostbeard 149 YUK LAT FrostBeard 23 Up 1 LW - Chico Smeb 143 MIN SKR xDParK 24 Down 1 D - Codrick Past 142 OTT UK Kylrad 25 Up 1 G - Clayton Park 139 YUK AUS leafssteen 26 Up 1 C - Hans Gruber 137 SSK GER TheFlash 27   RW - Emil Passerelli 134 SSK USA SparrowLTD 28 Up 3 D - Rusty Shackleford 131 SSK USA K1NG LINUS 29 Down 5 C - Raphael Nazarians 128 SSK ARM LIL V O D AK 29 Up 3 C - Jordan Joshua Tonn 128 LVA CAN MexicanCow123 31 Up 2 LW - Hunter Wagner 124 GER GER Inf1d3l 31 Up 6 RW - Mat Tocco 124 MIN CZE Matmenzinger 33 Down 4 D - Richard Hejtsel 123 YUK LAT hejta 33 Down 3 LW - John Perdue 123 SSK USA johnnyhockey42 35   D - Andreas Sundell 122 MIN SWE VisualDarkness 36 Up 1 RW - Aleksander Rodriguez 120 OTT USA Jtv123 37 Up 2 D - Cody Parkey 119 SSK PRK SaltyTalty 38 Down 4 C - Nacho 115 HFX USA Nacci25 38 Up 4 D - Samuel Sparrow 115 HOU USA Birdman 40 Up 22 D - Apollo Hackett 113 SSK USA Renomitsu 41 Down 5 G - Luke Derion 112 LVA USA Barracuda 42 Down 1 C - Rhys Chism 111 HOU USA Jake Levine 42 Up 2 D - Beau Buefordsson 111 HOU SKN Radcow 44 Down 5 D - Edward Vigneault 109 HFX CAN Patpou22 45 Down 1 G - Juan Jaundice 101 SSK USA Jus 46 Up 3 D - Anthony Amberback 95 SSK USA Oost 47 Up 2 LW - Edgar Tannahill 91 SSK CAN Gregreg 48 Down 5 D - Titus Stone 90 YUK USA MD9 49 Down 3 D - Papa Gage 87 HFX USA PapaGage 49 Up 5 LW - Blake Laughton 87 HOU CAN Grape 51 Down 3 D - Duncan Jeffers 86 LVA USA Tophdaddy 52 Up 4 G - Kolur Bjoernsson 85 PHI ISL jab3 53 Down 6 RW - Sami Van Den Dreissche 82 YUK BEL TsarPeter 53 Up 7 LW - Cody Smith 82 HFX CAN cody73 55 Down 6 C - Eeli Harju 79 OTT FIN Teztify 55 Up 2 C - BALLS McZehrl 79 OSL GER Rent A McZ 57 Down 5 D - Dwin Championship 78 SSK SWE Award97 57 Down 5 D - Srraxxarrakex II 78 OTT JAP flan 59 Down 5 LW - Blake Gaudette 77 HFX CAN Gaudette 60 Down 1 C - Pascal Batz 75 OTT SWI efiug 61 Down 3 C - Walter Clements 69 PHI SIE cpetrella 62 Down 1 G - Sunny Burst 64 LVA USA Sunburst 63 Up 6 D - Guillaume Fontenette 62 OTT FRA okocha5 64 Down 1 D - Dave John OQuinn 60 YUK CAN JohnOQuinn 64 NEW LW - Devin Gabella 60 HFX USA Gabella19 66 Down 2 D - Dean Clarke 58 PHI USA Kyle 66 Up 17 RW - AJ Axelsen 58 HFX SWE littleboi 68 Down 3 D - Hiromu Takahashi 54 MIN JAP O4L 68 Down 2 D - Finn Theismann 54 HOU GER StaticShocked 68 Up 5 D - MORPHEUS DESTRUCTIOUS 54 PHI IM Abaddon 71 Down 4 D - Fabius Adomaitis 51 HFX LTU Claire 71 Down 4 LW - Micheal Rasmussen 51 LVA CAN Connor mcdavid 71 Up 5 LW - David Clarkson 51 PHI CAN Jacob Kundrat 74 Down 5 LW - Joakim Sederstrom 50 HOU SWE Samee 74 Down 5 C - Adama Traore 50 PHI USA Adama Traore 74 Up 11 C - Charles Alderson 50 HFX USA Kithoo 77 Down 5 LW - Jean ClaudePaul 49 HOU FRA Yusuf Abdul-Latif 78 Down 5 LW - Thomas Vancheck 48 LVA AUT Thomas Vancheck 79 Down 4 C - Markus Lulic Descheneaux 46 LVA CAN mxld17 80 NEW LW - Dylan Doyle 44   USA zepheter 81 Down 4 RW - Karlis Liede 43 MIN LAT DoubleCarl 82 Down 4 RW - Alexis Lafreniere 42 SSK CAN Yehboi 83 Down 4 D - Londortharl 41 LVA CAM MattyG 84 Down 4 D - Yuri Kalerov 40 SSK SWI Camel 85 Down 4 D - Jack Logan 39 YUK USA WeaponX 85 Down 4 D - Quinton Collins 39 OTT CAN Jepox 87 NEW C - Thomas Kennedy 38 OTT AUS Walter Fizz 88 Down 5 D - Jakobe Puffalump 37 LVA CAN Puffalump 89 Down 4 RW - Fudge Popsicle 36 HFX CAN LaprasRuler 89 NEW LW - Ben Hafkey 36   USA itsmclovin 89 NEW C - Logan Swallow 36 PHI USA TriaL Exotic 92 Down 5 LW - Waluigi De Rossi 34 OTT ITA Kitras 93 Down 5 C - Matthew Tolsma 33 SSK CAN matthewtols 94 Down 5 D - Anthony Griffis 32   USA Tygrzz 94 Down 5 G - Marchello Mirabella 32 MIN ITA Wandering_Buffalo 94 Down 5 LW - Tim W 32   USA Spadesy 97 Down 5 C - Gervais Bulhoes 31   CAN HOCKEYBEAST9000
As with all weekly updates, Up/Downs relate to progress from last week. These TPE rankings were correct as of Sunday 3PM EST and were the rankings primarily used for this Mock Draft.
 
First off, for those who haven't seen the status updates, sorry that this is later than originally announced. I thought I would be able to submit a mock with an unnamed expansion team since it seemed pretty inevitable across the board that we were expanding, but was asked to hold off till the announcement of expansion was made. When the announcement was made though, I then had a run of birthday's and Mother's Day that meant my free time wasn't as much as usual. Hopefully I should have next week's rankings up at a swifter time next time around.
 
One thing to note for the Mock Draft is that I have not added anyone who hasn't added TPE to their player in a fortnight. This does not mean that they cannot re-earn their way back onto later Mock Drafts by adding TPE to their player, but given that prospects are generally going to be ranked on their earning rate, a player that hasn't earned TPE in two weeks does not offer anything a prospective team would be looking for.
 
The following Mock Draft has been done based on the VHL Standings as of yesterday (Monday) morning and with the expansion team Malmo Nighthawks picking sixth overall. First off though, to get a gauge on what they need, here's the mock expansion draft.
 
Expansion Draft Selections for Malmo:
From Moscow: Lew Bronstein
Moscow have seven active players currently on their roster, so they’ve got an interesting decision on their hands; protect all them and lose an inactive + a 3rd in likely this season’s draft or free up an active. So Moscow offer up Lew Bronstein (their oldest active) for selection, ADV considers trying to get Von Moltke back active from EFL, but does wind up going with Bronstein.
 
From Calgary: Callum MacElroy
Calgary have seven actives on their pro roster at the minute and elect to protect all of them, leaving a pick between Brian Strong and Callum MacElroy, a pick decided by MacElroy having a chance at earning TPE through the recruitment of Ludvig Sederstrom and Finn Theismann
 
From Vancouver: Jorgon Weyed
Another interesting scenario, I can actually see Vancouver leaving starting goalie Tristan Iseult being left unprotected here but I don’t think Malmo will have much use for a goalie with only two seasons remaining, so they go with Jorgon Weyed.
 
From Davos: Jack Lynch
I originally had Malmo picking Cayden Saint here, but since Malmo don’t want to completely overload on defensemen in this draft, they take Jack Lynch, who has shown solid bursts of activity and could be a very good winger in the future.
 
From New York: Paolo Nano/Vaydar Odinsson
I couldn’t tell from Boom’s topic if he intended to leave the league after this season or later on than that, but I think either way, he’s unlikely to be protected. If he doesn’t retire, I could see ADV taking a punt on him for certain, but if he is retiring, it will likely be Paolo Nano who, for the second consecutive expansion draft, finds a new team.
 
From Helsinki: Dan Montgomery
Vesto Slipher’s retirement has at least provided the Titans with an extra protection for this expansion draft, that I think they will intend to use on Orion Slade. This leaves Helsinki a choice between Dan Montgomery or the younger David Harrison, but I think he’ll go Montgomery.
 
From Toronto: Chace Trepanier
Toronto would have the option of either Trepanier or Lespineau-Lebrunette, but I don’t foresee Malmo having much need for a defenseman entering his final season in the league, so they take Trepanier who regularly submits for welfare.
 
From Riga: Anthony Matthews
I think this will be between Matthews and Basaraba Moore, two players who I think Riga would rather keep, but will likely have to expose to keep up their championship aspirations. I’ll say that, while Moore has displayed better TPE earning than Matthews as of late, Malmo takes Matthews mainly because they could use a center.
 
From Seattle: Gucci Garrop
I think Seattle will be picking here between Sergei Kovalev and Gucci Garrop for their seventh protection. While Kovalev is considerably older than Garrop and not that far ahead in TPE, the GM Blake Campbell
 
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FIRST ROUND
 
1st Overall
Moscow Menace select Center Hunter Hearst Helmsley
 
Victor may have announced that his GM player for the Moscow Menace is going to be a centre, but should they win the lottery, I would highly doubt they would be looking at anyone else with their first overall pick. Helmsley gets a guaranteed 12 TPE per week through his recruitment work that winds up also receiving the benefits of TPE-events automatically, so there's very little chance that anyone is going to catch Helmsley in terms of TPE. Don't be surprised to see Victor hold off of adding faceoff points to his GM player until after the lottery is decided.
 
2nd Overall
Calgary Wranglers select Left Winger Shane Mars
 
Calgary already have a couple of very promising wingers in Brady Stropko Jr and Diljodh Starload, but with players like Aksel McKnight and Bryce Zhields either retiring or purely filling in as depth on the second line, they will definitely have a place for Shane Mars in that offense. Like Helmsley, Mars benefits from earning a capped 12 TPE per week from his recruitment job, so unless he leaves abruptly, the pieces are in place for him to become one of the best players in the VHL once he enters his prime. 
 
3rd Overall
Vancouver Wolves select Left Winger Julius Freeman
 
One of the bigger reasons for not just reposting the Mock Draft I made a week ago is the dramatic change in the VHL standings. In my previous mock draft, Vancouver were picking seventh overall but after losing eight of their last ten games, they find themselves picking with one of the first three picks. Vancouver will already have two full lines of offense before this pick (even with losing Weyed to expansion, they’ll still have Matthew Kai promoted to the pros), Freeman offers them a second winger other than Beau Louth who regularly hits the 12 TPE cap. Not only that, Freeman has earned an absurd amount of uncapped TPE through the lottery, which has helped catapult him to seventh in TPE despite joining late on in the process.
 
4th Overall
HC Davos Dynamo select Center Jet Jaguar
 
I remember back in Season 49 that Gorlab’s last player Bobby Digital was selected by the Dynamo and he demanded a trade because he didn’t want to play for them (In fact it was myself who wound up trading for him), but history shouldn’t repeat itself here as he’s talked on the discord about how that wouldn’t be the case this time. Depth at center is probably the main weakness for Davos as Connor McDavid (their current second line center) only earns a max of 6 capped TPE per week while every other forward on the top two lines regularly hit the max 12 capped TPE per week. Adding Jaguar to that and Davos have an incredibly dangerous forward line to keep an eye on.
 
5th Overall
Riga Reign select Right Winger Mikko Aaltonen
 
Reign were likely expecting a top four pick when they traded Leph Twinger for this selection, but with the Wolves falling down the table, the Americans currently find themselves in the wildcard slot. They still get one of their primary targets though in Mikko Aaltonen who, like General Manager Benjamin Zeptenbergs, is Latvian (or at least GRZ is) and will both now represent a Latvian team. Aaltonen has been max capping very consistently and will be a very good winger for the future, likely replacing the now inactive Kisshan Shan down the line.
 
 6th Overall
Malmo Nighthawks select Goalie Owen May
 
I had to think about this for a bit because there’s a lot of very good skaters still available here and there are some good goalie prospects outside of Owen May, however May is the only one who is consistently capping out at 12 TPE per week and if you were to let him fall to Moscow at 11th, it could wind up becoming a decision you regret in the future. Norris Stopko’s playoffs just last season showed just how important getting the very best goalies can be and, if he continues on his current pace, May can certainly get up there.
 
7th Overall
HC Davos Dynamo select Defenseman Jerry Garcia
 
Davos will be waiting till the fourth after this round is over till their next picks and, with only three defensemen on the roster currently, they’ll probably want to make sure that they can get the best available defenseman in case Riga decide to snap him up with their two consecutive picks. While it’s extremely close between Garcia and Charlie Paddywagon, I’m giving the edge to Garcia here as he’s got the more VHL ready build of the two (which will be ideal for a Davos team that should be looking to compete in Season 66), but both are consistent 12 capped TPE per week earners and this is definitely the closest race for best player at their position.
 
8th Overall
Riga Reign select Defenseman Charlie Paddywagon
 
While Riga don’t necessarily need a defenseman right away, they will likely want to snap up one for the future as, while they do have very active defenseman like Ryan Kastelic, Shawn Glade and Basaraba Moore, they’re currently getting inconsistent activity out of Dylan Nguyen and Bolt Vanderhuge is purely a welfare player. Paddywagon can therefore potentially be the fourth super active defenseman for the team and will rise to prominence once the likes of Glade and Nguyen start to regress after Season 66.
 
9th Overall
Riga Reign select Center Bert Meyers
 
With Matthews gone in the expansion draft, Riga don’t currently have a young center prospect in their system and, with Podrick Cast and Mikka Pajari both hitting regression prior to the start of Season 66, plans need to start being made for their replacement. Meyers, like Freeman, has had an exceptional start to the league and could very well go quite a bit higher than this depending on GM member preference. He may not get many minutes out of the gate, but Meyers will go on to be a key player for this Reign team in the future.
 
10th Overall
HC Davos Dynamo select Right Winger Arnor Sigursson
 
Davos think about snagging another defenseman before they go silent for the next three rounds, but wind up going with the best player available. That would be either Shawomir Jagr or Arnor Sigursson, who are both very similar right now, but they wind up going with Sigursson. While I think Jagr may be the better prospect, it seemed from his media article that Jagr really wanted to go to Moscow, so I think the fact he’s very likely to go there with the next pick would make him extra disappointed if he goes here. Sigursson is still a very good player though, capping at 12 TPE the last few weeks and gives a more physical edge to the Davos forward line.
 
SECOND ROUND
 
11th Overall
Moscow Menace select Right Winger Shawnomir Jagr
 
As mentioned above, Jagr mentioned that this would be his favourite team to be picked by in the draft and this will fill a need for the Menace as they have just two active wingers right now in Matteo and Dan Bailie. I think they would also consider defenseman as well as, after losing Bronstein in the expansion draft, they’d only have Evgeni Komarov and Mitch Matthews who are active, but I think there’s a player he can potentially snap up in the third that fits what he’s looking for at that position.
 
12th Overall
Calgary Wranglers select Defenseman Aron Nielsen
 
Calgary could still use another active forward to add to their roster even after the addition of Mars, but I think they’ll make sure to fill up their second line of defense with this pick. After having his last five players in the VHL being taken no later than second overall, Solas re-enters second round territory for the first time since Season 27. Out of all of the top three defensemen I've had selected this draft, I'd say Nielsen is likely the most VHL-ready player and, while it has been a while since he's made a defenseman, his general understanding of the sim will likely see him distribute TPE a little better in the early goings. He is progressing at a solid rate TPE wise, currently flipping between 8-10 TPE per week, which is good, but not quite the rate of the other defenseman ahead of him. Hopefully this is a return to form for a very good member who has made the Hall of Fame once before with the powerful two-way forward Theo Axelsson.
 
13th Overall
Riga Reign select Center Maximillian Kirbsson
 
It might be surprising to see a player who is currently third in the rankings occupy this space in the draft, but ultimately this was triggered by the fact that I feel like his recent TPE earnings have been off the pace in comparison to the remainder of his forward competition, only earning six capped TPE this week. If he were to return to the form that got him this high up in the rankings though, then Riga have an absolute steal here and, like Meyers, an eventual replacement to the aging pair of Cast and Pajari.
 
14th Overall
Vancouver Wolves select Left Winger Dimitri Volosenkov
 
Another player who is ranked very high but is picked later than maybe anticipated due to recent TPE earning, Volosenkov has already demonstrated he can earn TPE as he’s already set to enter the VHL next season. However, he’s not quite at the same TPE earning pace of the other players taken ahead of him here. I mentioned it in another article I believe, but he really is just 150 words away from capping each week (VHL.com articles), and given that he’s done media articles before, he’s got that capability in him, he just needs to do it to prove he belongs with those taken ahead of him.
 
15th Overall
Helsinki Titans select Left Winger Kyle Sabertooth
 
With losing Dan Montgomery in the Expansion Draft and Bald Guy not having done much to improve his player as of late, Helsinki are desperate for defenseman help, but there’s a lot of depth at this position set for the third round, so they’ll hold off till then. In the meanwhile, they’ll pick the most talented offensive player available in Kyle Sabertooth, a podcaster for the VSN who is more than capable of hitting the 12 TPE cap pretty comfortably with his current radio job. This gives the Titans a player to potentially fill the hole that the retirement of Vesto Slipher creates.
 
16th Overall
Malmo Nighthawks select Right Winger Mat Tocco
 
This may seem like a very early selection for the Nighthawks based off of the rankings, but for an expansion team such as Malmo, this makes a lot of sense. In reality, the Nighthawks are unlikely to be competing for the next couple of seasons, so their prerogative should be less focused on “who is going to help us most in our first few seasons?” and more focused on “who is going to help us most in our third season onward?”. That’s where a player like Mat Tocco comes in, someone who is reaching the TPE cap super consistently (moreso than the players still left to be picked ahead of him in the rankings) and provides a great future offensive threat for the Nighthawks.
 
17th Overall
Vancouver Wolves select Defenseman Rusty Shackleford
 
 Vancouver do already have four defensemen on their roster, but I believe they’ll want to have more future talents in mind for the position given that Samuel Gate has long been inactive and both he and Marvin Harding are entering regression after this season. Rusty Shackleford has been either capping at 12 TPE or getting very close to doing so since creation and should he keep that form up, he would likely continue on to be a better player than Gate was, even though the fifth year defenseman was taken second overall.
 
18th Overall
Vancouver Wolves select Right Winger Nethila Dissanayake
 
Aiming to be to hockey what Murali Murilitharan was for cricket, the Sri Lankan Dissanayake had a bit of an off week last week, only earning 6 TPE, but he’s been an active contributor in discussions and has shown max TPE potential in the past.
 
19th Overall
Riga Reign select Right Winger John Frostbeard
 
Like GRZ taken previously, John Frostbeard is another Latvian member who I’m sure Hedgehog will have an interest in. Frostbeard hasn’t been hitting the cap lately, hitting 7 TPE the last couple of weeks, but he’s certainly shown the potential to be earning much more than that. He’ll still be a very solid player even if he maintains the earning of the last two weeks, but returning to his previous form will be the factor that can turn him into a star.
 
20th Overall
Vancouver Wolves select Left Winger Chico Smeb
 
A member who has made several solid players in the past, Smeb will hope to improve upon those players performances with Chico Smeb. So far he’s on the right track, hitting the pension cap on quite a few occasions. Won’t likely feature on the top lines out of the gate, but will be competing with Volosenkov and Dissanayake for second line minutes down the line.
 
THIRD ROUND
 
21st Overall
Moscow Menace select Defenseman Codrick Past
 
Does Victor take the player who is named after one of his current players? Yes he does. Past has been pretty good at hitting 11 TPE per week with his player and it fills a need for Moscow who, like stated above, only have two active defenseman on the roster.
 
22nd Overall
Helsinki Titans select Left Winger Valeri Morosov
 
Morosov is an interesting case as his TPE per week has varied drastically week-on-week (been anywhere between 4 and 9 capped TPE per week). He’s proved with Otto Axelsson that he can make a solid player, let’s see if he can do the same with Morosov.
 
23rd Overall
New York Americans select Center Hans Gruber
 
Gruber is a player who I think could climb in later Mock Drafts as he’s very regularly hitting his welfare cap of 10 TPE. Gruber will provide a good backup solution for Odinsson down the line should the winger decide to leave New York this off-season.
Edit: Noticed after writing that Gruber changed to Center, but he can still cover for Odinsson for the time being.
 
24th Overall
Riga Reign select Center Ludvig Sederstrom
 
A player who has been earning solid amounts of TPE since joining the league, Sederstrom really only falls here because after the first few centers are taken, their isn’t that much clamour for a center. Riga have already drafted two, but they will play one/two of those on the wings until the retirements/transactions that end Pajari/Cast’s stay with the team.
 
25th Overall
Moscow Menace select Goalie Clayton Park
 
Moscow need a backup plan at goalie to challenge Chase for the number one spot in case he goes missing for a period like he did earlier this season. Park has less TPE than other alternative Wendy Kandee Cain, but has displayed greater potential in earning TPE, so I think he’s more likely to take this spot.  
 
26th Overall
Malmo Nighthawks select Defenseman Apollo Hackett
 
Very much like the Tocco pick, this is quite a bit higher than Hackett sits in the rankings, but he’s earning max TPE per week, something that Advantage is going to want out of his star defenseman. Hackett looks set to rise in future Mock Drafts with continued activity as well.
 
27th Overall
Helsinki Titans select Defenseman Cody Parkey
 
The first defenseman Helsinki take to address their need at the position, Parkey has shown capabilities of hitting the 12 TPE cap and has a couple of recruits (Dwin Championship and Duncan Jeffers) that he will gain lots of recruitment TPE from should he reach the required milestones.
 
28th Overall
Helsinki Titans select Defenseman Beau Buefordsson
 
Buefordsson had an off-week that saw him only claim two capped TPE, but bounced straight back with one that earned him 12 capped TPE, demonstrating his capabilities to earn TPE. Another defenseman, Buefordsson and Parkey could be a very good combination down the line should they hit their potential earnings more regularly.
 
29th Overall
Riga Reign select Left Winger Emil Passerelli
 
Riga pick up a solid winger to finish off the third in Emil Passerelli. While he’s occasionally hit the welfare cap of 10 TPE, one thing he’s had that worked in his favour was the recruit of Juan Jaundice, netting him some extra recruitment TPE.
 
30th Overall
Vancouver Wolves select Center Jordan Joshua Tonn
Vancouver have Beau Louth entering regression, so can start to plan for the future depth of the position with Tonn. Tonn has yet to hit the TPE cap since joining, but is a solid earner nonetheless.
 
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1. In the latter half of the season now and, while Halifax and Minnesota are quite a few points ahead, there is just 4 points separating 3rd and 7th, which of those five teams (Aces, Bulls, Lynx, Rush, Wild) do you think will finish highest at the end of the season?
HAL and MIN are the clear top two here, but for the next 5 teams, I think the front runners are probably the Aces and the Rush. So i'd rank them Aces, Rush, Lynx, Wild, Bulls, if I had to choose.
 
 
2. Since the last set of questions were asked, the World Juniors Rosters have been selected. What do you think about your nationalities chances at winning the tournament?
I was selected to Team Europe and I think we have a pretty decent shot at upsetting USA/CAN and winning the tournament. We have a lot of young prospects, but the potential of the team is really high. A lot of this WJC's Team Europe roster will be VHL superstars in the future.
 
 
3a. (If you made your World Juniors roster) Who would you consider the best player on your team?
Probably Codrick Past. A real gentleman of the game and a quality player. I hope to get some ice time with him, because he has a great breakout pass that I think would work well with my game as a forward.
 
 
4. Hunter Hearst Helmsley is currently leading the league in points and goals, do you think there's anyone who can stop him from leading in either come the end of the season?
Probably not. I like what he's done at NXT and I think he's underrated in terms of all-time wrestling greats. His runs in Degeneration X as well as the Corporation, are really underrated. A lot of people attribute the success of the Attitude Era to Austin and the Rock, but I think HHH played just as vital of a role.
 
 
5. Give a shout-out to one member of your team who has helped you out and why (maybe a member's player has helped your player perform well in the sim, a member who helped you with PT's, etc.)
I'll give a shout out to @cody73 . He's a good guy, is active in the LR, and embraces his role on the team. He's helped me by being defensively responsible on the ice, while always working hard imo.
 
 
6. Recommend either a video game or a movie for other members to play/watch and why you'd recommend it. 
I'm currently re-watching the Game of Thrones series, before the final season begins on April 14th. GoT is definitely one of, if not THE, greatest drama in the history of television. Even though watching season 1 to 7 takes like 4 IRL days, it's definitely worth the watch.... Either that, or THE HOLY MOUNTAIN.

I think the VHL could add a mechanic to the portal similar to the one on the SBA Online sight (Equivalent of the VHL Portal). On SBA Online, you can enter your updates and apply TPE as soon as you have entered the amount of TPE you are claiming. For example, if I did a graphic, I would then claim the six TPE and instantly apply it. This way, members do not have to wait for updaters before they can apply TPE. They can just apply it once and then take it off their mind for the rest of the week, rather than having to come back a second time after your updates have been approved. Of course, the TPE won't officially be applied to the player until the updaters approve it, but it will be pre-assigned so that there is a better chance of the players' attribute changes making it into the league file in time. I know often, I get my updates in late Friday night and then go to sleep. They may be approved as early as an hour later, but when the league file is updated the next day, I will not have had time to update my player's attributes with the TPE that I have just earned. It would be much simpler if we could do it all as one process. This is a common feature which I have seen used in every league I have been in, aside from VHL, including SHL, NSHL and SBA. I think it would be a beneficial step in the right direction if the VHL followed suit.
 
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In case anyone missed it I’ll be filling in for the Victator over the next two weeks while he’s on vacation.
 
Fill out the below form for up to 2 capped TPE:
 
https://forms.gle/6xTsZNknLzYE3nH27

@Tagger You deserve all the props you can get for that.... and somehow I stay in the same spot as last week, #60.  

Thanks to the players who have already submitted for this (currently sitting at 12), definitely got enough for this draft at least to do this as a thing. Just a few extra notes about my plans for these:
 
- I'll likely start doing these next Monday/Tuesday (3/25 or 3/26), so one or two days after the Mock Draft is posted. Main reason is just so I have a projected draft position in mind for players who've submitted a profile.
 
- As of right now, I'll probably be posting a Rookie Profile every other day, but if more people submit for profiles, there may be multiple days in a row with a profile. I won't be doing profiles on Sundays though, since that's when I'll be doing my write-ups.
 
- Everyone who submits for a profile using the form will receive a Rookie Profile prior to the draft, however I will predominantly be focusing first on newer members who are lower down the rankings as I'll be offering advice on how they can improve their TPE earning. Better covering those prospects first so they've got more time to improve after their profile as opposed to players who already hit TPE caps pretty consistently.

1. After one long offseason, season 65 has finally started. What do you think of your team's performance in these first couple of sims?

Were playing well as a team, but I've struggled to have had any impact so far.... hoping that changes. 
 
2. How is the ambiance in your locker room after these sims?

I'd say it's pretty high, were feeling confident as a group. 
 
3. Which team do you like playing against more than others?

Vegas..... cause they seem to have our number and I hope we can finally kick their ass. 
 
4. Season has just started, so the VHL Entry Draft might be hard to predict right now, but in what round do you think you'll be taken?

Zero clue. Hoping to move up the board by the end of the year and be a 1st rounder, but that might be setting my expectations a little too high.
 
5. Besides hockey, obviously, what other sports do you like to play casually or watch?

I'm a basketball nut, huge fan of the Raptors. 
 
6. What's your game day routine? What do you eat before games?

My game day routine is all about being in top shape.... making sure that if I do eat, it's heavy in calories such as a burrito, burger, pizza, pasta, poutine..... just a few examples. I'll burn off most of it on the ice anyways! 

Name: Cody Smith
Age: 18 (Born 12/21/2000)
Handedness: Right, but shoots Left
Position: LW/RW
Born: Toronto, Ontario
Height: 5'11 (71 inches)
Weight: 242 pounds

Smith is seen as one of the new bright spots for the Halifax 21st, a kid most known for physicality, shot & being a great locker room presence. Having grown up in Toronto, Smith took up hockey at a young age, mostly playing floor & ball hockey till the of 13, where he impressed at a summer camp and was given a chance to play for a team. Given his skating was seen as really rough, and at 1st he had a lack of awareness regarding offsides, Coach implented a dump & chase strategy with line, allowing Smith to use his snap shot or his passing skills to great ability. The team went to make the post-season that 1st year, and reach the Finals..... only for Smith to be taken out of Game 3 in a best of 5 with a High Stick that caused him to have to leave the ice..... and sadly, lose the tourney. 

However, Smith had a problem. Due to him moving out of the region, Smith had to forgo playing with that club the next season, and instead joined a new team, with a much harsher Coach by the name of Wayne Douglas Chard. Chard took a liking to Smith and saw that the kid could be special, playing him on his 1st unit even though others were skeptical. Smith went on to have a 50 goal season that year, while also leading the league in hits, as he was showing a tendency to get hot headed while his team was down and because of this, Chard would instead choose to bench Smith for long sessions as a way of helping him calm down.

Smith returned the next season looking a bit rusty, having put on a lot of weight..... but once again proved to Chard and his club that he could play well, hitting 50 goals yet again. However, that offseason, Chard sadly passed away due to a heart attack..... and Smith, who had seen Chard almost like a grandfather, took it  really hard and opted to not play the next season. 

After a year away from hockey, Smith went through a lot..... a fit of depression, a falling out with his mother and ended up on the streets of Oshawa. However, once again Smith saw that their was a beer league in his area, and figured what the heck, I'll play with these guys.... which is how he met Foster Cromwell. Cromwell decided to take Smith under his wing, helping him find a place to stay, getting back into hockey shape and working on his game, which has led him to making the 21st after a personal tryout. He's excited for his rookie season and hopes to impress his coaches and teammates. Having never been on the coast before, Smith has stated he looks forward to seeing the sights, trying to slim down if possible and hopefully find the back of the net as much as possible for the 21st. 

I do. Go 21sts. I mean, IRL I was born the 21st, so yeah. Happy to be here. Can I ask for a certain jersey number or nah?