Awesome to see another football sim league, especially with what looks to be really solid leadership and planning. Always enjoyed football sims, can't wait until this starts.
I'll throw my hat in the ring. Been active here for a while, have 2-3 years of sim league graphics experience (maybe 3+ of sim league experience total), and I've been a graphics grader in the past (SSN v2, MFA).
And also, what do you want me to do? End up like Seattle with a plethora of 1st round picks, yet still have to fight to make the playoffs? Everybody glamorizes first round picks like they are diamonds, yet they don't always work out. Look at it like this, in terms of first round pick success, from S30-S35 (too early to determine S36):
S30 Round One
1. HELSINKI TITANS: Ethan Osborne, 135 TPE
2. CALGARY WRANGLERS: Yuri Grigorenko, 191 TPE
3. RIGA REIGN: Alexander Valiq, 171 TPE
4. SEATTLE BEARS (from Vasteras): Adam Harris, 120 TPE BUST
5. NEW YORK AMERICANS: Jeff Phinney, 123 TPE BUST
6. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES (from Seattle via Toronto via Riga): Roberto Martucci, 115 TPE
7. HELSINKI TITANS (from Davos): Smooth Jive, 108 TPE
8. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES (from Toronto via Seattle): Henrik Larsson, 113 TPE - Semi-bust
S31 Round One
1. RIGA REIGN (from Quebec City): Josef Heiss Jr. - Semi-bust
2. COLOGNE EXPRESS: Kameron Taylor
3. TORONTO LEGION (from Riga): Nikita Lebedev
4. HELSINKI TITANS: Till Lindemann
5. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES: Samu Heiskanen - Semi-bust
6. TORONTO LEGION: Remy LeBeau
7. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES (from New York): Malcom Spud
8. COLOGNE EXPRESS (from Davos via New York): David Poulin BUST
9. HELSINKI TITANS (from Seattle): Felix Leiter BUST
10. QUEBEC CITY MEUTE (from Calgary): Sergey Brovalenko
S32 Round One
1. TORONTO LEGION: Jack Sound
2. QUEBEC CITY MEUTE: Niklas Valiq
3. HELSINKI TITANS (from Vasteras via Seattle): Anatoli Zhumbayev
4. COLOGNE EXPRESS: Evgeni Chekhov
5. SEATTLE BEARS: Damien Sandow BUST
6. SEATTLE BEARS (from Helsinki): Zack Sound
7. TORONTO LEGION (from Riga): Jamie Shetler Semi-bust
8. CALGARY WRANGLERS: Chico Salmon
9. SEATTLE BEARS (from New York): Matt Rielly BUST
10. CALGARY WRANGLERS (from Davos via New York): Cody Inko
S33 Round One
1. HC DAVOS DYNAMO: Wesley Kellinger
2. SEATTLE BEARS: Karsten Olsen
3. TORONTO LEGION: Odin Tordahl
4. CALGARY WRANGLERS (from Cologne via New York): Tomas Valiq
5. QUEBEC CITY MEUTE: Felix Zamora
6. HELSINKI TITANS (from Vasteras via Seattle): Willie Weber
7. CALGARY WRANGLERS: GIYGAS
8. SEATTLE BEARS (from Helsinki): Keiji Toriyama
9. RIGA REIGN: Jarkko Olsen - Semi-bust
10. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES (from New York): David Collier
S34 Round One
1. QUEBEC CITY MEUTE: RW - Doug Clifford
2. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES: LW - Willem Janssen
3. SEATTLE BEARS: G - Steven Smyl
4. COLOGNE EXPRESS: C - Davey Jones
5. TORONTO LEGION: D - Ville Sixten
6. SEATTLE BEARS (from Davos): LW - Mikey Blade
7. COLOGNE EXPRESS (from Calgary): LW - Simon Tremblay - Semi-bust
8. SEATTLE BEARS (from Helsinki via Davos): D - Gabrial Johnson BUST
9. COLOGNE EXPRESS (from New York): LW - Boone Cassidy BUST
10. RIGA REIGN: D - Shane Baker
S35 Round One
1. HC DAVOS DYNAMO: G - Lennox Moher
2. HELSINKI TITANS (from Toronto): C - Naomi Young
3. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES: LW - Leon Leitner
4. HC DAVOS DYNAMO (from Seattle): RW - Tony Stark BUST
5. RIGA REIGN (from Cologne): D - Edwin Encarnacion BUST
6. NEW YORK AMERICANS: D - Conner Low
7. SEATTLE BEARS (from Riga): RW - Brennan McQueen
8. COLOGNE EXPRESS (from Quebec via Davos via Riga): C - Frédérik Ernst BUST
9. HC DAVOS DYNAMO (from Calgary): LW - Earl Parker BUST
10. HELSINKI TITANS: D - Tyler Owens - Semi-bust
Now, I'm just going to assume that Cologne is going to continue to sell, so that Vasteras will not have a lottery pick, so now look at the boom/bust ratio of non-lottery picks.
S30 Round One 5. NEW YORK AMERICANS: Jeff Phinney, 123 TPE BUST 6. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES (from Seattle via Toronto via Riga): Roberto Martucci, 115 TPE 7. HELSINKI TITANS (from Davos): Smooth Jive, 108 TPE 8. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES (from Toronto via Seattle): Henrik Larsson, 113 TPE - Semi-bust
S31 Round One 5. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES: Samu Heiskanen - Semi-bust 6. TORONTO LEGION: Remy LeBeau 7. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES (from New York): Malcom Spud 8. COLOGNE EXPRESS (from Davos via New York): David Poulin BUST 9. HELSINKI TITANS (from Seattle): Felix Leiter BUST 10. QUEBEC CITY MEUTE (from Calgary): Sergey Brovalenko
S32 Round One 5. SEATTLE BEARS: Damien Sandow BUST 6. SEATTLE BEARS (from Helsinki): Zack Sound 7. TORONTO LEGION (from Riga): Jamie Shetler Semi-bust 8. CALGARY WRANGLERS: Chico Salmon 9. SEATTLE BEARS (from New York): Matt Rielly BUST 10. CALGARY WRANGLERS (from Davos via New York): Cody Inko
S33 Round One 5. QUEBEC CITY MEUTE: Felix Zamora 6. HELSINKI TITANS (from Vasteras via Seattle): Willie Weber 7. CALGARY WRANGLERS: GIYGAS 8. SEATTLE BEARS (from Helsinki): Keiji Toriyama 9. RIGA REIGN: Jarkko Olsen - Semi-bust 10. VASTERAS IRON EAGLES (from New York): David Collier
S34 Round One 5. TORONTO LEGION: D - Ville Sixten 6. SEATTLE BEARS (from Davos): LW - Mikey Blade 7. COLOGNE EXPRESS (from Calgary): LW - Simon Tremblay - Semi-bust 8. SEATTLE BEARS (from Helsinki via Davos): D - Gabrial Johnson BUST 9. COLOGNE EXPRESS (from New York): LW - Boone Cassidy BUST 10. RIGA REIGN: D - Shane Baker
S35 Round One 5. RIGA REIGN (from Cologne): D - Edwin Encarnacion BUST 6. NEW YORK AMERICANS: D - Conner Low 7. SEATTLE BEARS (from Riga): RW - Brennan McQueen 8. COLOGNE EXPRESS (from Quebec via Davos via Riga): C - Frédérik Ernst BUST 9. HC DAVOS DYNAMO (from Calgary): LW - Earl Parker BUST 10. HELSINKI TITANS: D - Tyler Owens - Semi-bust
I'm not saying that the S37 VAS 1st will be a bust, however I don't think assuming that it will be a player that reaches Toriyama's current TPE is correct either.
If you want to be a dick you may face palm whenever you want. But trading for an inactive and trading for an active who is among the league's leading scorers are two very different things.
Janssen Heating Up
VASTERAS, SWEDEN – Season 36 has been a great season for the Vasteras Iron Eagles to say the least. Since Vasteras began its rebuild in Season 33, the team has not made the playoffs – and as many know, they have not won a Continental Cup since S26. However, the Iron Eagles now have become a playoff contender. Goaltender Eggly Bagelface has gone on a tear, with a league-leading .934 save percentage, as well as a 2.02 GAA and 4 shutouts. New acquisition Zach Cuff has also proved his value, with 32 points as well as a team-best plus/minus rating of +15.
Team captain Willem Janssen, while certainly not on a dominant run like Bagelface, has certainly impressed. After a disappointing Season 35, in which he scored 54 points (down from his rookie season in which he notched 58), Janssen has now shown the star potential that caused Vasteras to select him second overall in the S34 draft. Currently, Janssen leads the team as well as all VHL left wings with 38 points in 30 games, which puts him on pace to score between 80 and 90 this season. “I’ve just tried to do my best to help the team this season,” says the Dutch winger. “Obviously we’re having a great year so far, hopefully this continues and we can make the playoffs, regardless of whether I score 50 points or 100.”
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