okochastar

idk if the time is right but
 
Left Alone - OV

idk if the time is right but
 
Left Alone - OV

Captain of the Vancouver Wolves
After a season where Vancouver Wolves decided not to name a single captain but ran with a rotating system of alternate Captains instead; Vancouver is set to name a new leadership group as the team looks to make the playoff again this season.
“We have a young core of players that have joined the roster this season and we felt that it would be hugely beneficial to the younger players to have a veteran presence and leadership group this season.” Stated AGM Gaikoku-hito.
“The Team voted and we have a clear direction that as team that we agree will provide a solid group for the younger players to learn from. And no, It isn`t like a Survivor voting!!” continued Gaikoku-hito.
“So, without delaying this announcement any further here are our Captains for S93!!”
 
 
Assistant Captains:


 
 
 
 
Captain:


 
Congrats to our New Leadership group!!

@Frank@RileyL@JetsGoalie101@Smarch@Scurvy@Dom@Girts@okochastar@Cwalker@Minebro@Tipskid97@Subject056@wcats@KaleebtheMighty@Gaikoku-hito

Scraps
 
GL @okochastar 

Well it's certainly been one of the offseasons of all time. Lot of fun stuff happened around Christmas time with the league showing up in force to raise money for various charities. The extra time in the offseason also gave our young team a lot of time to develop a bit more and get ready to try and make a splash in the EU this season. While we lost some talented players, we were able to lean on our strong prospect pool and future asset pool to replenish our stocks and come out strong.
 
First Alternate - Axle Gunner - @Steve
 
I typically don't give my AGM's player a leadership role and a letter, but it's difficult not to do so for someone as involved and vocal as Steve and Gunner. There's no question that this team is being built with Gunner as one of its key focal points, and he has a good share of input already behind the scenes as the AGM. He'll be expected to take a significant step forward to becoming one of the top players in the VHL this season. I hope that his leadership and leading by example mentality translates to our team succeeding on the ice as well as off the ice!
 
Second Alternate - Obuz Schneider Canet du Bocage - @Grape
 
OSCB is back for his sophomore season and also receives the A for a second time. He's still the de facto leader on our blue line, this time one of the more veteran faces in the room with two rookies in Leif Reingaard and Celise Pereira joining the team. Nils Andersson has also swapped positions from winger to defense, so there'll be some responsibility for OSCB to help facilitate a lot of adjustment in the defense corps. We'll be hoping that the Frenchman can take a big step forward in his sophomore year and help shore up our defense while driving offense from the back end.
 
Captain - Left Alone - @okochastar
 
The most veteran member of the team, and one who has shown a lot of loyalty to the organization as well by sticking it out through the rebuild, Left Alone has been selected as the captain for S92! He's proven to be one of our best players on the ice and passed up on the opportunity to play for a contender in the past to help our young players in their development phases. This season, expectations are sky high for our star duo of Alone and Gunner to see if they can drive Moscow's offense and the team into the playoffs.
 
Congrats to all named to the leadership team!
 
MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW

Hello @Members!
 
I'm excited to announce that we have made our charitable donation for the year of $1656 to Doctor's Without Borders!
 

 
Additionally you all donated $1804 separate from the league bringing our total for the 2023 Holiday Charity drive to $3540! I'm always amazed to see the league come together and make such a difference in the world, it's great to see.
 
You all want some rewards I imagine though don't you? Well it was close but thanks to being $40 over the $3500 threshold we have once again hit every community goal which means every member of the community can claim 20 uncapped TPE and a PT Doubles week! It also means all our community items were met which means:
 
@twists will stream a declaration of his love for everyone that's been active in the past week.
@DarkSpyro will perform some Christmas themed metal songs
@Grape will do a full stream of all the Five Nights at Freddy's games.
@Acydburn will stream something, he just hasn't decided what yet.
@Beketov will once again stream Zoo Tycoon 2 Ultimate and name animals after VHL members.
 
As mentioned in the OP, unfortunately to keep things fair and not have a bunch of future creates claiming this: Rewards may only be applied to players created on, or before, December 25th, 2023
 
We'll get that stuff all scheduled as well as the raffle draw scheduled soon so keep an eye out for that and, once again, thank you all for making this time of year in the VHL so special!

I don't know about you all but my favourite time of year to be a VHL member is the holidays. From the charity drive to the auctions to the free TPE everyone loves the holidays in the VHL!
 
This is officially the fourth year we've done this after @Banackock originally suggested it back in 2019 and we've chosen, as you can see above, Doctor's Without Borders to receive our charity donations for this year. This is, of course, just our league-supported charity. As always, you are free to donate your funds to any registered charity anywhere in the world and count it towards the auction and our total numbers; all we ask is a screenshot proving the donation (though please remember to redact any personal information). 100% of the money raised by the league will be donated to Doctor's Without Borders, and the VHL will not take any cut. On top of that the league has decided to once again match up to $1000 when the final donation is put in. That means if you all donate $2500 total we'll put the donation up to $3500!
 
In addition to the Donation Drive, we will also kick off our Charity Auction and 12 Days of Christmas. How will it all work? Essentially the same as past years, but here are the exact details for each portion of our holiday season for 2023:
 
Charity Drive: December 12th - 24th
Starting tomorrow members can begin donating. Whether you do so through the league, by donating HERE, privately to DWB, or any charitable foundation of your choosing (receipt proof required for donations made outside the league), it will all count towards the overall contribution from the league. From that overall contribution, the league will match donations up to $1000 CAD, and add that to the donation made through the league.
 
Please post all confirmations of donation, including Paypals through the league, auction wins, and private donations to THIS THREAD. Any donation of $5 CAD, or more, will result in an automatic personal reward of 2 Uncapped TPE + a Full Free Week (12 Capped TPE), as well as an entry to each of the first 3 tiers of the 12 Days of Christmas Raffle.
 
Like past years as well we will be accepting blood donations in the charity drive. Blood is in high demand all year round, but especially at this time. Give the gift of life to someone. If you schedule and follow through with an appointment to donate blood that will count the same as a $5 donation and have the same rewards outlined above and below. For proof just post a photo from during your donation, it doesn’t need to include your face if you don’t want it to, a shot of the machine or your arm or whatever is fine, we’ll take your word for it.
 
As this is the season of giving, members may also donate on behalf of one other user.
 
Holiday Charity Auction: December 13th-20th
@Acydburn will be posting the auction items soon but for now the full rules are available here. Go buy something fun offered up by our community members. Auction wins will count as personal donations for the purpose of individual rewards.
 
As always there are some amazing auction items that we're looking forward to this year so it should be fun.
 
12 Days of Christmas: December 13th - 24th
This year’s 12 Days of Christmas will be similar to the last two years, where there will be a daily thread to claim “tickets” into our final raffle, which will be drawn on a live stream. As always the raffle will contain 4 tiers of prizes, with each day contributing to your entry into each tier, as follows:
 
Dec. 13 - 15: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 1 raffle (1 ticket gained per day)
Dec. 16 - 18: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 2 raffle (1 ticket gained per day)
Dec. 19 - 21: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 3 raffle (1 ticket gained per day)
Dec. 22 - 24: Post in the corresponding thread each day for an entry into the Tier 4 raffle (1 ticket gained per day)
 
Number of Winners per tier:
Tier 1: 10 Winners
Tier 2: 5 Winners
Tier 3: 3 Winners
Tier 4: 1 Winner
 
As with all our previous raffles if someone is drawn twice they will be considered as having won the higher tier item and the lower tier will be re-drawn. Users may also claim any tier underneath what they have won if they would rather have that item. No rewards can be exchanged for cash but we will ship worldwide as @Berocka found out to the detriment of the league having to ship a jersey to Australia...
 
Rewards and Donation Milestones
As previously mentioned, there will be personal rewards to those who participate in the charity drive / holiday auction, as well as stretch goals to hit which will result in rewards for the community as a whole!
 
$500 Community Donations: 2 Uncapped TPE for Everyone + @twists will stream a declaration of his love for everyone that's been active in the past week.
$1000 Community Donations: 4 Uncapped TPE for Everyone + @DarkSpyro will perform some Christmas themed metal songs
$2000 Community Donations: PT Doubles Week for Everyone +  @Grape will do a full stream of all the Five Nights at Freddy's games.
$2500 Community Donations: 6 Uncapped TPE for Everyone + @Acydburn will stream something, he just hasn't decided what yet.
$3500 Community Donations: 8 Uncapped TPE for Everyone + @Beketov will once again stream Zoo Tycoon 2 Ultimate (which I'll have to re-install) and name animals after VHL members.
 
Additionally, though not a "stretch goal" in the classic sense, for every $100 donated @eagle_3450 will do a lap of the Nurburgring in BeamNG.drive
 
**Disclaimer: Rewards may only be applied to players created on, or before, December 25th, 2023**
 
Let's do this @Members!

@Members
 
As you may have noticed from the TPE bans that have been handed out recently, AI use in point tasks is becoming a bit of an issue. I would just like to remind you all that using these tools in an attempt to earn TPE is against the VHL Code of Conduct, as stated below:
 
 
Our lovely crew of updaters will also be taking this matter more seriously, and will begin to use detection tools before approving submissions.  This goes for both AI generated media spot content AND graphics.
 
Thank you all for understanding, I know AI tech is moving at an exponential rate and is an amazing resource, however maintaining the integrity of the league and an even playing field for all members is paramount.

After a season we can consider a success on our path to rebuilding, we've once again got a roster that looks quite different on paper than what we iced last season. Our defense sports nearly a completely new look with 3 new faces, and half of our forward group is making their VHL debut. We're very excited to ice such a young roster with so much future potential. While we have tempered expectations this season in a strong EU conference, we're going to be focusing on development and identifying synergies on the ice to set up a strong competitive era for our future. Now onto the captains!
 
First Alternate - Left Alone - @okochastar
 
Despite being just an S86 player and entering his 5th VHL season, Left Alone is one of the most veteran, active players left on this Moscow roster. Despite being offered the chance to head to a contender during our prior sell-offs, Oko chose to stay put and be part of our rebuild and serve as a veteran presence and leader on a very young team. On paper, he is the best player on Moscow by a wide margin and we will be counting on him to lead our offense by example this season.
 
Second Alternate - Obuz Schneider Canet du Bocage - @Grape
 
Despite being a brand new face to the team as a rookie, expectations are very high for the former first round pick as the de facto leader of a very makeshift defensive corps. While help is expected next season, the defense is OSCB's to lead this season. As a big part of this organization's future, it only makes sense to give a franchise defenseman the keys to the defense at such a young stage in his career. While he'll have some veterans alongside him in Fraser Wallace and The Mediocre One, and also former first round talent Eric Queefson, we hope that it'll be OSCB that emerges as the premier talent and leader.
 
Captain - Jeff Lewis - @nerji
 
After a phenomenal rookie debut season where he collected the Stolzschweiger award for the top Rookie in the VHL and a nod to the VHL All-Rookie team, Lewis is primed to take a massive step forward and serve as the captain for a very young Moscow squad. Another core piece for Moscow's future, Lewis also inked a long-term deal with the Menace that'll keep him in the Russian capital for the foreseeable future. We'll look to see Lewis generating chemistry with two new centers in Axle Gunner and Jarmo Ruutu, and help both rookies adjust to VHL life. Expectations are very high for the sophomore forward, but we're confident in his effort and passion to handle this responsibility.
 
Congrats to all named to the leadership team!
 
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I'd also like to officially announce our AGM change that has been in effect for a couple weeks at this point. I sincerely thank @Brandon for serving as my fantastic AGM from S86-S90, and truly appreciate his assistance and input during that time. As he shifts more towards running a very successful business in his life, and also saw his player moved to Toronto in the twilight of his career, we felt it was the right time to make this change and bring in a fresh face. With that, we're happy to welcome @Steve as the new AGM of the Menace! Our top pick in the S90 draft and a long term VHL friend makes his first foray into team management at any level in the league. He's already stepped in and been through trial by fire during my recent vacation, and I'm looking forward to continuing to work with him to shape Moscow for the future!
 
 MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW

Well damn, this season's team looks a lot different than last season's. I've mentioned it here and there, but making the decision to pull the trigger on a rebuild was pretty difficult - especially knowing that we could have kept all of our veterans and made one last push before we lost most of the team to retirement and FA. However, the organization has the opportunity to level set after 9 straight seasons of extremely strong performances - and 35 awards coming to the team and our players.
 
As we enter the S90's, like we did entering the S80's, it's time to feature a new generation of players who will lead us into the future. We've got a couple familiar faces left on the team, so we've got a nice mix of new and old players making up our leadership team.
 
First Alternate - Nils Andersson - @Viper
 
Typically, I assign captaincy and alternates based on tenure with the team or overall experience in their careers. Viper and Andersson buck that trend, but for very good reason. For those unfamiliar with Viper, he's had a pretty lengthy history of inconsistency with players and a reputation of fizzling out early in his players' careers. When we drafted Andersson back in S88, Viper and I had some chats about how we'd approach this player and how we could keep him going, regardless of any obstacles in his way. Now entering his third VHL season, Viper is poised to have his highest TPE player ever, and has become a great voice to have in the LR and with our advisors. He's learned from mistakes in the past and has showed a lot of maturity since I first met him three years ago, and I'm very confident in giving him an 'A' here in Moscow.
 
Second Alternate - Babay Shrimp - @Blazzer
 
A new face to the team, but a player and user who have already settled into the locker room quite comfortably. There was no shortage of suitors for Babay Shrimp this offseason, and despite Moscow's status as a rebuilding team, Blazzer was more than happy to join us for at least a season and be part of our organization and contribute to our culture. A veteran player who will be able to guide the young forwards on our team, we expect big things from Shrimp on and off the ice this season!
 
Captain - Hammar Voss - @BOOM
 
A long time alternate captain for four seasons now, Hammar Voss takes a step beyond simply being the best defenseman in the VHL, to becoming the Moscow captain. I suppose we're buying into the meme here that Moscow captains always end up off the team the following season since Voss is retiring after this season, but it might have been the easiest captain decision I've made as a GM. Boom is involved in our LR in all aspects, whether it's providing our players with gorgeous sigs, helping to guide our team plans, posting boobs or just chatting with folks, he's been one of my favorite acquisitions to the team outside the draft. I hope we can send a future HOFer off with a great final season!
 
Congrats to all named to the leadership team!
 
 MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW

Team World is on FIRE! 
 

 
Actually we're purple?
 
Introducing Team Worlds official S88 logo and colour scheme. (Yes team world spells colour like a Canadian) 
 

 
 
 
Without further delaying this roster reveal, let's cut to the chase. This is your Season 88 Team World Roster!
 
FORWARDS
C -Ryan Vidot @Enorama
C - Wann Kerr @VattghernCZ
LW - Nezuko @Baozi
LW - Daniel Weaver @ThePerfectNut
LW - Left Alone @okochastar
LW - Sock Monkey @chikn
 
DEFENSE
D - Hammar Voss @BOOM
D - Scoish Velociraptor Maloish @youloser1337
D - Callum Murray @Berocka
D - Deron Nesbitt @AW13
 
 
 
GOALIES
G - Lachlan Summers @kirbithan
G - Henry Tucker JR @NSG
 
 
Congrats to all those who were chosen!  
My condolences to those who were not, feel free to direct your anger towards me. 
 
This roster reveal is sponsored by lenscrafters, for the visiualy impaired. 
 

eta pizdets

@okochastar Thanks for coming to the team. I appreciated our recent brief talk regarding this and am grateful you were okay with taking a hit on your ice time and would stay with us. It happened last season after the deadline in playoffs and it’s just not my style. Everyone deserves to have fun on here and I don’t want to limit you and your experience and risk losing you as a member. 
 
Tough trade. The return is good and I’m glad member retention was the #1 goal with this deal. 
 
Thanks, @Spartan easy talks but sorry for the run around and being busy!! 

Hello everyone,
 
Not gonna bother with a members tag on this, if you see it then great, you will be rewarded for that. If you don’t then…. Well why am I writing this because if you don’t see it how can you read this part?
 
Anyway, today marks 5717 days (that’s 15 years, 7 months, and 26 days if you’re curious) since the VHL opened its doors. What a random number you might say, why does that matter? Well if I do the math, and I have, I was born 5717 days before the start of the VHL. Given that I joined on day one and have been here ever since that means today marks the official day that I have been in the VHL just as long as I was outside of it. Is that a stupid thing to celebrate? Probably but that won’t stop me; so please let me indulge in a bit of sentimentality for a moment.
 
When the VHL started I had not yet completed high school, I had never had a girlfriend, hell I had never kissed a girl. I was a lonely nerd turning to the internet to find something to do; and I found it. The VHL was not my first sim league, wasn’t even the first one I joined ran by the people who ran it, but it was the first that felt different and felt like it had a good chance of surviving which so few at that point had done. I found a community here. I cannot honestly say that everything went perfectly or that my start in the VHL was without fault; I very nearly left for good within 2 months, but I stayed. I have now not only finished high school but university and going on 10 years working post-schooling. I have now not only had a steady relationship but a wife and two children, a life. All the while the VHL has been there, constantly evolving with the times sure but present. Over 5 years ago I took up the mantel of commissioner. I did it not because I thought I was necessarily the best person for the job but because I thought the league needed something, it was in trouble and I didn’t want to see it fail. I like to think that in these 5 years of growth I have at least stalled that failure.
 
5717 days likely means nothing to any of you, just as that paragraph likely means nothing to any of you, but it means something to me. This league, this place, this community has been a standard in my life for longer than most anything else. I’m not going anywhere right now, that’s not what this is, but I did want to mark the occasion because this league does mean a lot to me.
 
So if you’ve made it this far feel free to take 5 uncapped TPE for your troubles, on me. I’m not sure the insane total I’ve had over the years (probably over 10k by now) so 5 for everyone that I bored with this story should suffice as a thank you for being my weird extended internet family.

HEY, HEY , HEY!
WELCOME BACK EVERYONE. 
I AM PROUD TO CONTINUE BEING TEAM EUROPE GM AND AS A REIGNING CHAMPION WE HAVE ONLY ONE GOAL:
BACK-TO-BACK CUP
SO TO ACHIEVE THAT I HAVE CHOSEN THE BEST GUYS AMONG THE CONTINENT TO REPRESENT OUR TEAM. 
 
GOALIES:
Fuukka Rask -  ( @Jubis )
Karl Pedersen -  ( @JeffD )
 
DEFENCEMEN: 
Jens Lekman -  ( @Bobcat )
David Jokinen - ( @Ahma )
Elias Lampi - ( @Pifferfish )
Michael Shotter -  ( @TacocaT9 )

FORWARDS:
Nikolas Kauppi -  ( @Tetricide )
Sunglasses Joyo -  ( @JetsGoalie101 )
Wann Kerr -  ( @VattghernCZ )
Left Alone -  ( @okochastar )
Alex Bridges III - ( @Oatex )
Halvar Torbjorn -  ( @Rayzor_7 )
Alexander Stroheim -  ( @Stroheim )
Brayden Albrecht -  ( @Gage2 )
Kobe Johnson -  ( @Vkobe-v )

Everyone who was mentioned above feel free to join the server! https://discord.gg/Z3PfgsaV
 
WE ARE GOING FOR THE GOLD!
 

At that point I forgot it was about first gens and was focused on steals 😏 😂

You ought to catch up on scouting, Boss.

It is THEME WEEK, and this week we're talking about FIRST-GENERATION PLAYERS (or, pretending to care for 5 minutes before going back to not caring and saying you do. Please do the former). It's no secret that the league thrives on a steady influx of noobs, and that's the sort of thing that makes the league what it is today. As a former GM in both the VHL and the VHLM, I know just how important it is to not only get your first-gens in the league in the first place and help them, but to really get to know them. Good first-gen scouting can make or break a VHL team, and it can REALLY make or break a VHLM team--you can either have a capped player or no player at all at the season's end, and sometimes that's a direct function of the work you put in to help the people that need it.
 
As a VHL GM, sometimes you can tell who's about to take off. You message a player who's mostly been on welfare and get a full paragraph in response. You see a clicker start doing press conferences, or drop a beginner graphic. Sometimes it's even as simple as happening to be online to notice that someone who hasn't yet become visible in the community has just commented on a forum thread or come into Discord to ask a question. And sometimes, it isn't even clear what might make someone a steal when the draft comes up. You could even just get lucky and happen to pick up the right player at random who gives you that rush of serotonin when they actually join your locker room and start talking. 
 
It's particularly important to talk about this now, as we approach the S87 draft, because we've got an uncharacteristically weak draft class on our hands. Outside of the top 10, the numbers drop hard--veteran-but-basically-just-a-clicker Reinhard von Kongming wouldn't be a first-round pick in most modern VHL drafts, but he's currently #13 in the TPE rankings and could even end up going higher if a GM values the consistency of a recreate over some of the potential risks involved in taking on other players. There's absolutely no luck to be had at the top--GMs know who all the good players are, and positional needs are pretty well-defined in some places, so it's almost not worth writing a mock this season (which I enjoy doing when I've got both the time and the inclination). But what about everything that comes after the top? What about our 15th, 20th, 30th picks? Every GM worth their salt will be determined to prove that you can get something from nothing, and I'm here to (try to) show you where that might be true.
 
Anyway, my intro is a media spot in itself. Behold!
 
 
Keno Akara
C |  | 🇳🇬 | 130 TPE | @Keno | TPE rank: 14
 
Akara's agent has 10 posts on the forum, 3 of which have come in the last week after joining in early October. To add, this isn't a welfare player but an affiliate, who's got the usual 6-point tasks and has put out some additional stuff (including some this week). Though somewhat casual affiliates usually aren't outright expected to become max earners, it's at the very least possible (see my first career in the EFL) and even if not, a team can always pick up a consistent earner who knows how to get around a sim league. Regardless, we've got a player who will easily crack the first round, and might actually live up to what that's actually supposed to mean in most other draft classes.
 
 
Jarkko Laakkonen
LW |  | 🇫🇮 | 115 TPE | @Xdjk93 | TPE rank: T17
 
Laakkonen hasn't earned anything yet and hasn't posted since creating. That said...both times I've checked the account associated with the player, I've seen a visit to the site in the last handful of hours. It's worth it to note that we're only technically dealing with a first-gen (in terms of this being a first-gen by definition as someone coming back after a hiatus), but it's still someone with less than 50 posts who probably hardly anyone remembers. Things like these are going to be intriguing questions for GMs heading into the draft--there's no earning history at all yet with Laakkonen, but we've also clearly got someone who remembered the site and wanted to come back and has checked in, at the very least, three times this week. Cases like these are what makes scouting so important, as GMs will need to sort through a great deal of mystery to get the bottom line--but when that's reached, the results could be intriguing.
 
 
Keita Kouru
LW |  | 🇲🇱 | 110 TPE | @woog | TPE rank: 20
 
Another West African player who's claimed affiliate point tasks leads me to question whether there's any connection with Akara. Regardless (though that's something that could be a potential boost to any GM willing to pick up both), this is more than just a clicker. It's true that in most weeks, Kouru will just claim welfare, but last week we saw something even more important--a media spot written and claimed for the VHL. I can (obviously) sit down and spill out 500 words of nonsense any time I want to, but I still viewed a media spot as a commitment when I first joined, and that's still true today. Anyone willing to make that commitment even once out of a sea of players who have never gone that far has broken a barrier that could lead to a lot more--I've seen players continue earning like that when given the proper encouragement, and a GM who takes note of that could even end up making Kouru a late 1st-rounder.
 
 
Ziggy Dupree
LW |  | 🇺🇸 | 101 TPE | @Ziggy Dupree | TPE rank: 23
 
Dupree is an interesting case because his earning has actually declined in recent times with just a practice facility claimed last week. That said, we only need to look a week further back to notice some first-gen player store stuff and a full 10 capped TPE, including a 6-point task. Contrary to some other players on this list who are starting to show some potential, Ziggy has already shown it, and we're waiting to see if he can follow up. If so (something that GMs can hopefully establish one way or another with a good pre-draft interview), GMs will be happy to have kept their 2nd-round picks.
 
 
Zechariah LeFevre
C |  | 🇺🇸 | 80 TPE | @Zechariah | TPE rank: T40
 
LeFevre is our second Saskatoon player to make the list, and does so in a curious manner. He's never claimed welfare, and never done a 6-point task, but has done some other things--trivia, press conferences, and player store purchases on top of the weekly practice facility claims. What this says to me is that we've got a player who is willing to put in some time to learn and to do things for the league but hasn't necessarily gotten past the typical first-gen learning curve that we all experience one way or another at the beginning. Even by taking the extra five seconds to claim welfare every week, LeFevre would be at 100 TPE and much higher up on the TPE list--so with the proper coaching from GM @Bulduray_1, we could see a player with newfound knowledge of the league who's ready to take off.
 
 
 
There we have it--it's very true that our upcoming draft is far thinner than some others we've had in the past 20 seasons (have I been here that long?), but I do think there's just enough in it to keep it interesting. With less availability, GMs across the league will be far more devoted to taking everything they can get from what they have--and I hope that leads to players like these getting all they need to become great. Here's to a wonderful theme week!
 
 
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Shout out to @Pifferfish and @okochastar. Taken a little higher but they fire. 
 

JST - Game 20 - Delhi Pickles vs Brigade (vhlportal.com)
JST - Game 21 - Brigade vs Delhi Pickles (vhlportal.com)
 
Index: Junior Showcase Tournament S85 - Index (vhlportal.com)

Game 1 - Team Clue vs Steel
 
Game 2 - Brigade vs Royals
 
Game 3 - Delhi Pickles vs Warriors
 
Game 4 - Delhi Pickles vs Brigade
 
Game 5 - Steel vs Team Clue
 
Game 6 - Brigade vs Delhi Pickles
 
Index: Junior Showcase Tournament S85 - Index

*Note, I was asked NOT to do a jersey change, this is why it's standard. 
 

@okochastar

Oh, boo! Best of luck to the winners then.

+10 Left Alone cool