Florida Man

Amen. Give this man more playing time. He's more than earned it.

So we were sitting here in my dorm room talking about my last hockey game, and one of my buddies asked me what I was looking at. Of course, being a devout VHL goofball, I had the portal open when I was looking at stats before they had walked in. They had seen it before, but didn't really know what it was. So we sat there and I explained to them what this is, how it works, and much more. They thought it would be funny if they made a bunch of "troll" accounts, but I told them they could do that to only a certain extent. Now they made players Guy LaDude, Guy LaGuy, and the infamous Tickle Mafoot. They agreed that they would at least follow the rules, but that doesn't mean they will be holding back any of their silliness. Look forward to reading some weird or oddly generic content. It'll be there whether you like it or not.

Anything from there are more or less people joining this week than the other, could be about where they're recruited from, what positions they choose, which teams are benefiting from the newer players and who looks the most promising out of them.

Now that I look at it the white around the head/helmet looks a bit weird. Let me know what you think. Hope you like it.

I love reading these every time. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to next week's edition. I'm not sure how else you can change up this specific draft profiles series. Maybe jumping back to some players you've already done and discuss how you were right or wrong about their original projections. This series is very limited and I feel like you could do a lot more with the S70 draft class than just player profiles. I'd go for point leaders and/or points per team (by a single player?), trends in recruitment, player movement such as trades, etc. You'll do just fine.

LML is gonna be filthy.

looking forward to the MCK - SSK series. We play a bunch midway through the season. Should be close games- I hope.

Makes me want to do something like this for the team I play for. Very cool idea.

139 Helsinki Titans @ HC Davos Dynamo 140 Moscow Menace @ Vancouver Wolves 141 Calgary Wranglers @ Prague Phantoms 142 Seattle Bears @ Toronto Legion

Seattle 3-1

I understand that if players don’t meet their end of the “bargain” they shouldn’t take precedence over players that are doing their part. I didn’t really explain that very well in my post.

Some of you have been following my quest to reach 500 posts in 31 days, and I wanted to save something I genuinely want to talk about. So, for my 500th post, I've decided that I want to vent over my main frustration with the VHLM. For those of you that have been following the M recently, you know that Mexico City just traded for a bunch of top players to help set the team up for a cup run. Normally you'd look at this and say it makes sense because there's only really one other team that could stand a chance against them in the playoffs. But I say fuck that logic. The best M team I was on got a swift kick in the ass in the first round of the playoffs to a MUCH weaker team. Meanwhile a team that had literally one good forward line and defensive pairing won the Founder's Cup. So here's why I think it sucks from a few perspectives: Noobs Having just got into the league, they receive a billion different recruitment offers from contenders and rebuilders alike. Why should a contender want a new player? Not only does it seem illogical for a good team to pick up a poorly rated player, but it completely ruins the lines. They barely get any playing time, and every time I look back that was one of the major factors in why I "quit" at first. One thing that irks me is that some GMs offer a 1st/2nd line role then trade for three or four guys to take their spot. The least you could do is trade them to a team that isn't going to compete this year. Stars Mostly your guys that are going to be in the M for one full season. They're expecting to put up some serious numbers and get large majority of the minutes. Picking up (new) players through trades and signings seriously diminishes their ice time. I've been on both sides of this, and it honestly sucks for the guys who are putting up insane numbers (like my current defenseman that had 10 goals and 21 points in 8 games who now has 25 points in 15 games) before trades are made. Loyalists Pretty much your players that have committed their player's entire VHLM eligibility to your team. It would seem practical that you'd give these players the most ice time just because they've made arguably the ultimate sacrifice in their VHLM career by wasting a couple seasons to stay down and help the team. By this point in time, most of these players are already highly rated and destined to make an impact. By trading for and signing players, guaranteeing them ice time, you're once again stripping your most valuable players of what they earned. I've unfortunately been in this position, and even though it makes me look like a cry baby, I wasted multiple seasons just to keep a team in contention and wasn't getting the credit and playing time I thought I had earned- and yes I had a pretty good scoring build. I think it's fair to say that you only need a line and some spare change of highly rated players on your team. Stacking your team doesn't guarantee success, and sometimes you're forced to give top players less time to find the right chemistries. And if that doesn't work you're pretty much fucked. We have to entice our newer players to stay active, and squeezing them into a stacked team with practically no playing time isn't going to make them happy. Anyway, if my team goes on a tear I'm going to look like an asshole, but I just wanted to give some of the perspectives I've had since joining the league in March. If you have any comments, questions, or concerns for my health you may certain do so below. 650 something words self note- claiming 12/1

I've been around in seasons where there are a few contenders, but never two giants like this. Go Mezicans!

Keep up the good work Carp.

Good keep it that way...

Nice work Corco hope you steal Victor’s job. keep making great content.

Is this one of those fake simulation players that DoktorFunk was talking about?

Wow you’re such a noob... and they’re still better than mine. Splendid job.

Riga 3-2

97 HC Davos Dynamo @ Prague Phantoms 98 Toronto Legion @ Vancouver Wolves 99 Moscow Menace @ Calgary Wranglers 100 Riga Reign @ Helsinki Titans @Patrik Tallinder you forgot to pick for Moscow vs Calgary

Is this The "Nightmare" KSI, the reigning YouTube Boxing Champion of the World? Welcome.

Player Card Template Name: Odin Omdahl Team: Mexico City Kings Player Number: 27 Render Choice: Adam Boqvist (his Blackhawks number is already 27 if that makes it easier) Are you S70?: Indeed. Signature Template Name: Odin Omdahl Team: Mexico City Kings Player Number: 27 Render Choice: Adam Boqvist (his Blackhawks number is already 27 if that makes it easier) Are you S70?: Indeed.

The goal is coming soon. Five games and you should have it.

I guess when I look at the 1st pick that way then yeah it made sense to draft the defenseman first. Probably would've known the value of defensemen if I wasn't a noob.

Don D. Raper is pretty cool.