McLovin

Review: Now this is an incredibly high quality graphic. The colors, the text fading in and out of the foreground, the seamless jersey swap. Even little things like the Davos logo joining in the "tear" right across the middle of the graphic. This is a remarkably detailed addition to the forum, and I would genuinely love if I could commission you for my own new player if you're putting out graphics this high quality! Easily a 10/10 from me!

1. If you were allowed to make a new rule for the VHL What would it be? That I get to make it past the first round of the playoffs every single season 2. Lots of new faces on the team! What do you think of your new teammates/friends? I think they're fantastic! It's always such a pleasure to see new faces and new chemistry whenever waiver day comes around! 3. which team do you think has most defied the expectations from the preseason? Honestly it's gonna be a cop out answer, but I'm gonna say us! There weren't massive expectations for this group going into this season, and yet the team has put up a respectable season and could make some waves in the playoffs if the stars align that way. 4. You get to go back in time and watch a movie or tv show from the beginning for the first time again, which one are you picking? Revenge of the Sith, man when I first watched that movie back in like 2005, my entire life trajectory changed. I wonder what it would do to me today if I watched it for the first time again 5. You keeping up with the NHL standings? Do you think the Habs or Blue jackets are getting the wildcard spot? My brain says it's the Habs, but my heart desperately wants it to be the Blue Jackets 6. You get $200,000 USD in your bank account right now, what is the first thing you’re doing with it? Payin bills and debts off cause I need that credit score to go up

Hello everybody! The wonderful @OblivionWalker has stepped down from her position as AGM of the Helsinki Titans, and I wanna thank her for all the work she put into the Titans in helping the team grow and mesh into the unit its become today! We wouldn't be the same team without you, and you'll be greatly missed in our locker room! With that said, I am in need of a new AGM that can help out especially with the playoffs rapidly approaching. There's a few criteria I'd like met before one applies for this position, so take close care in seeing if you are capable of meeting these standards prior to applying. That said, applicants should be able to do the following: 6 weekly press conference questions for the players both on roster and prospects in the VHLM to answer for TPE (You can claim your 6 questions as presser TPE for yourself) Assist with lines & strategy when I am not available to submit them, as well as providing input to potential trades Help out with scouting for the draft and assist in conducting player interviews in the weeks leading up to the draft Positive locker room presence and regular activity in the discord To anybody interested in applying, comment on this post expressing your interest or message me on Discord @itsmclovin with the same thing, and I'll likely make a decision within the coming days! Thank you in advance to all who apply!

Being told what lines to run as my team is on a 7 game heater with the most goals scored in the league is so funny to me. I love y'all hahahaha

A Legacy of Disappointment: Maxim Anisimov Let's keep this one short and sweet, just like his playoff appearances, shall we? Man oh man where to begin. I created Maxim Anisimov back in the summer of 2023. He was my first player back since during the pandemic and I was so hyped to finally be back in the league after so long. I created a winger because it's how I started with my first player before moving him to center, so I was familiar with the strategy, the TPE placements, things like that. The forum and league itself had changed a ton since I was last here. There was a brand new league called the VHLE (now defunct, rip bozo), a bunch of my friends were still around like @ShawnGlade and a few folks who have now since departed the league. It was fantastic. I created Anisimov as a reference to the 2BCproductions NHL Franchise Mode he did with the Nashville Predators, and a franchise potential playmaker in it also named Maxim Anisimov (It's also where the inspiration for my current player Brandon Hope came from, but in a series he did with the Coyotes in NHL 15.) I wanted to model my guy off his guy as best as I could, make him a playmaker first, speedy, good special teams player too. I wanted to finally have a GREAT player instead of the last two just average players I had before who never even eclipsed 1k TPE. I put in the work too, media spots, articles, VSN posts, job pay, all to pay for his growth and development into one of the leagues best. Accidentally created a really consistent goal scorer instead but you can't win them all My disappointment with him however, and the reason for the title of this media spot, stems from just how he's been utilized in the past almost two years now. I have to frankly say that I am really disappointed, both in myself and my teams in how Anisimov's been treated. The LR's I've been a part of due to my player have all been excellent environments, they just didn't have too much in the way of TPE opportunities getting posted for me to REALLY take off with my earnings. That, and also just the fact that he has never played more than 5 games in any seasons playoffs, both in the M, E and VHL, it leaves a lot to be desired in terms of personal achievements on top of team ones. I can't lie when I say that being stuck on two teams who have struggled immensely with creating deep runs in the playoffs has affected my ability to stick to the website. I lost my drive to post weekly media spots or articles, my VSN posts have been non-existent lately, and I've gotten by just claiming job pay and welfare for my guy over the last few months. I figure "well I'm deprecating now, my best seasons are behind me and nothing happened, no point in breaking my back any longer." and it's a really bad mindset I've found myself in. Having Anisimov as my first good player has been amazing though, and seeing him have great season after great season has helped my confidence in making good players with hard work and dedication put into it. Despite that though, I still can't help but feel like his career is missing a lot, especially in terms of individual awards or deep playoff pushes with teams. I personally haven't won a cup in ANY league since my FIRST player back in like 2019. That was Season 70 with the Vancouver Wolves. I want to win, both for myself and for my team, I just have no idea what I have to do other than put hours upon hours of my free time into my player just for that work to go towards nothing in the legacy category. All in all, I'm proud of Anisimov. I didn't ever expect him to have as many good seasons as he did, but he was very much worth the effort I put into him. I'm hoping I find more success with Hope, but we will have to see how that all pans out this time by 2027 LMAO. Thanks for reading my rant!

1. Jorgen Lovstrom has been an absolute machine for us. This guy single handedly puts the team on his back night in and night out. We would be nowhere near first place without him. 2. Since we're riding first seed in the conference and the league right now, honestly I wanna see anybody go up against us right now. We're on a crazy win record, every gear is turning, this team is unstoppable right now! 3. Moscow most likely, their offense would put our defense on high alert and Lovstrom would need to bail us out with every save he makes. It would be a bloodbath of a series! 4. I'm never happy with Maxim Anisimov hahahaha 5. Really any team with a solid offense really. Our team averages about 2-4 goals a game depending on the competition, but when we play a solid offensive team it all goes to complete hell and back 6. I didn't sign up for any of that oops

INCREDIBLE WORK ONCE AGAIN, THIS GUY DOESN'T MISS

Player Information Username: McLovin Player Name: Brandon Hope Recruited From: Returning Age: 25 Position: G Height: 73 in. Weight: 196 lbs. Birthplace: United States of America Player Page @VHLM GM

banger reference

THAT'S MY GOATTTTTTTTTTTTT

the safe answer cause either we finish dead last in the standings or we win the cup. there is no in between

Presser for week ending 3/2/25! Answer all 6 for 2 capped TPE! 1. We've made a ton of trades during this offseason! What do you think of the makeup of the team so far? 2. If there were an area the team could improve upon, where would you want it to be? Offense, defense, or goaltending? 3. The Draft just happened and we picked up a ton of players! Who are you most excited to see in a Titans uniform down the line? 4. We're quickly rising up through the power rankings in the EU Conference! What does a good season for the Titans look like to you? 5. If you could change one thing about the team or yourself, what would it be and why? 6. Be honest, do you see the Titans winning the Cup this season?

Cheers to @LucyXpher as always for being a fantastic negotiator and conversationalist! Best of luck to @Kavadar and @MandyManiac in Malmo! You guys were fantastic and I hate to see y'all go!

Weren’t you not even a week ago calling for the commissioners to investigate my locker room cause somebody wanted to go play for another team? Though you do have a very particular stick up your ass about malmo so I hope you get over however Lucy and the Nighthawks slighted you soon, cause I’m getting sick of seeing your hot takes whenever they do anything at all

You need to fucking relax dude, you ride me harder than anybody else on this forum and for what? Are you jealous or something? Is it envy? Lay the fuck off dude, you used to be cool. What happened?

And I’m telling you it’s not. Again though, it’s semantics and I know better than to try and change commissioners minds once they’re made

I wasn’t disregarding the rule, I forgot, but there’s no point in arguing semantics over me forgetting to move a backup bot around while I’ve been going through life just like everyone else. It’s the rule and I respect it, I’d just prefer if in this reply you aren’t acting like I’m pissing on your rulebook or something

That being said, I’m a little confused why playing my HUMAN goalie with BETTER stats makes me completely ineligible for GM pay when someone playing a bot more times than one should, in some cases 12 more times than we played ours this season and tanking a record even worse is a lighter offense. If this is a conversation for DMs I’m more than down to take it there, I’d just like a little transparency as how I’m being punished harder personally for my team unintentionally being the best it could this season hahaha

Watch us win the lottery anyways LMAO

Clap back to what? Them wanting to be on another team more than my own, under a different GM more than myself? They weren't the one eluding to needing to get the commissioners involved over a simple misalignment of interests and a common occurrence in the VHL. I was directly confronting YOUR opinion on this matter as it's fueling a fire that does not exist at all. Inflammatory dialogue like that is incredibly unnecessary, especially when considered you're referring to someone who you've worked with in the past, who you know well enough to have a proper informed opinion of and who considers you a friend.

Remarkably untrue, incredibly harsh and woefully uninformed opinion of my and Helsinki's situation during my first season with the team. Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

GMing in the pros is hard

Maxim Anisimov - OV

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