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Perrin has had a rather inconsistent season in Helsinki, he'll be fire for 2-3 games and then non-existent the next 7 games and the cycle has seemed to repeat itself all season long. "This season has been rather disappointing for me as I thought I'd come here to Helsinki and hopefully have myself a career year knowing how many goals Helsinki scored last season and the success they had going all the way to the finals. I was also hoping I'd finish the year in the positives plus/minus but that's out of the question now." Perrin has currently has 43 points to his name and is -9 for the year. When acquiring Perrin Helsinki thought they were bringing in a experienced defenseman that was going to further improve their team. If anything Perrin seemed to have been anything but as the Titans regressed to the point of barely grasping onto one of the final wildcard spots. Perrin has looked frustrated and that has further hindered his team by also taking more penalties. "We're still in this though and we're not out of it and if we work on finishing the season strong, we might even get ourselves out of the wildcard round. So let's not worry so much about what has happened lets just focus on what we can do now to better our odds of making the playoffs. To me all that matters is making the playoffs, after we do that who cares what happened during the season because come playoff time, it's anyone's game . I came here to hopefully win the Continental Cup and I still intend to do that, i'm not done and I still have lots left in the tank." Despite the off year Perrin still has a chance to hit the 50 point mark for the 4th season in a row but the odds are against him as he's currently 7 point away from that mark. He'd have to at least score a point in 7 of the teams remaining 9 games. The odds are slim but Perrin still has a chance to finish the year strong.

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More for another week 1. Tell me one of your fondest hockey/sport memories. 2. Do you play any other sport else than hockey? 3. Who would you say has been your MVP so far? 4. How confident are you that your team can maintain it's current position in the standings as the heat is on for the playoff hunt. 5. What's your favourite thing about the city of Prague? 6. Out of every VHL team out there, is there one player that you can't stand on the ice?

Presser questions! 1. What's the craziest prank that any of your Phantom teammates pulled? 2. Halloween is coming soon, are you dressing up this year and if so what are you going as? 3. Havlova has a chance at being the first Phantom to hit 80 points, but what do you think are our chances of possibly seeing 2 Phantoms hit that 80 point mark with our man Ohradka being 8 points away from the mark? 4. How would you deal with a stalker fan? 5. Do you contribute to any of your VHL salary to charities or do you just horde it all to yourself? 6. What's you game day breakfast routine?

Well it's theme week again and this year our theme is dream teams. Now i'm guilty of not really being that sharp with my VHL knowledge so I won't be making an all time great dream team or anything like that. My dream team will be mostly made up of my favourite team mates during my career or people who have had an impact on my 2+ year stay here so far in the VHL with Seabass. My dream team will be made up of 6 forwards, 4 defenseman and one goaltender. Here goes! First Line Center: Roll FIzzlebeef @TacticalHammer I played with the Fizz for the last 3 seasons of his career. Fizz was a consistent offensive threat during those 3 seasons and lead the Prague Phantoms in scoring for 2 out of those 3 seasons. He was probably the best centerman I got a chance to play with, not only because of his offensive output but because he was just a good all around player. He would play a physical brand of hockey and try to hit anything that moved which opened up some space for others on the ice. In those 3 years, the fizz scored 193 points in 216 games played and threw 469 total hits. He was crucial in putting Prague on the map during the franchises early years and his physical play further cemented the Phantoms reputation of being a very physical team that nobody looked forward to play against. First Line Left Winger: Thomas Landry II @Doomsday Landry has been a stud since he entered the league in S71. He's basically the posterboy for the current Prague Phantoms and he will be essential to the team moving forward once Block/WSJ retires. The reason I want Landry on my dream team is more for leadership purposes. Landry has shown me that he was an incredible, natural leader while we played together. He was always the first one on the ice and usually the last one on the ice as well. Brining in Landry onto the dream team gives me yet another physical presence up front to compliment Fizzlebeef, who Landry puts to shame with his 768 total hits accrued over 3 seasons., which is just a insane amount of hits. First line Right Winger: Erik Draven @Jbeezy76 Draven and I go way back, we played out our time in the minors together as a member of the Yukon Rush. After we graduated the VHLM we were also lucky enough to get a chance to go to the same VHL team together as we both started off our careers in Prague. Draven is one of the few members that I have regular discussions with and he's helped me stay interested in the VHL over my career. Draven has been a pretty clutch player in the playoffs and I hope he can be just as clutch while playing on my dream team. 2nd Line Center: Alex Pearson @Jayrad28 Of course I have to grab my homie Pearson that's a no brainer. Pearson and I also go back, as we've played 6 seasons together as members of the Phantoms. Pearson was a pretty consistent offensive producer during his career being a 50+ point producer in 5 out of his 6 seasons played. The real reason I've acquired him to be on my dream team however is to party! Pearson is a fucken party animal, I just want him here to drink with in the event we win the dream team championships. I won't even require any real work out of him, he can even show up drunk to work if he wants! I know I will be and I can't be the only one making a fool of myself on the ice or during the post game media scrums. As long as we keep out of jail this time, it'll work out great. 2nd line Left Winger: Ondrej Ohradka @animal74 Ohradka is cool shit! He's just fun to have around and really shows that he's passionate about the teams he's a part of. He always encourages his team mates to be the best version of themselves and he gives praises all around to his team mates. I feel like I've built a good friendship with Ondrej during our time in Prague and I miss having him around. That's why I'm stealing him from Prague to be a member of the Seabass Dream Team. Ohradka gives it his all every night and I hope that kind of passion just spreads throughout my lineup through him. 2nd Line Right Winger: Willie Dredge @Speed Dredgie! It's been a while since I've played with Willie and I can dream about having us reunited. Dredge and I played together in the minors and like Draven, we joined up in the VHL after being both drafted by the Prague Phantoms. It's been 4 seasons since I've got to play with Willie and I'd like to get that going again for my dream team especially since Dredge has grown into such a offensive star since his departure from Prague. He has been a PPG player since he left and I want a chance to play with my Willie at it's peak. 1st Paring: Seabass Perrin and Wolf Stansson Jr. @Cornholio Of course I'll be putting myself on my own team's first pairing that's just expected, but i'm picking up my homie WSJ to join me on it. Out of any player in the VHL, i've played the most games with WSJ as a team mate. He too was a member of the same Yukon Rush team with the likes of Willie Dredge and Erik Draven. Wolf however was my most common defensive partner over the years and I feel like our players had some good chemistry playing together for the 6 seasons I was in Prague. 2nd Pairing: Cinnamon Block and Erik Summers @omgitshim It only made sense to reunite the old Phantoms big 3 on defense by also having Cinnamon Block on my dream team. We terrorized the league together for 6 years, now we can all reunite to inflict more punishment. I've played a good 90% of my time with either Block or WSJ during the entirety of my career so it's safe to say I didn't really know who to add in to pair up with Block for this 2nd pairing. Summers is the better of the defenders I currently play with in Helsinki so i've selected him to fill the spot even though him and I play like shit together. I'm hoping he has better chemistry playing with Block then he is currently with me. Goaltender @BladeMaiden This one is easy, Brick Wahl. He's by far the best goaltender I've had to play in front of. Wahl is a riot to be around and keeps all his teammates laughing and in good spirits. His last season in the VHL was just something amazing to be a part of , it's just too bad we didn't get to win a single playoff series with Wahl in net. Well by drafting him onto my dream team I hope we can get a chance to change that and become the best dream team out there. 1200 words

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Helsinki Titans defenseman, Seabass Perrin was acquired last offseason as the team's only big name free agent signing. He had a great first few games and looked to be a real game changer early on in the season. However it seems like Perrin wasn't able to keep up with that pace and has actually regressed to the point he's at now, pointless in 4 games and visibly frustrated on the ice. Perrin has been terrible defensively as he's looking more like a construction pylon out there on the ice being outskated by the opposition and losing key puck battles. Perrin has been letting his young goaltenders down as he's posted a plus/minus rating of -9 during the team's last ten games. That's nothing new for Perrin as he has been a minus player his whole career, however he's been able to produce enough offensively in the past to disregard the stat. In his last ten he has only posted three assists, which leaves Titans fans wondering if they just paid big bucks to acquire a aging vet who's just finished. For obvious reasons the Titan's bench boss has shuffled Perrin down from the first pairing playing alongside Erik Summers to the 2nd pairing with youngster Spencer Elsby. When asked about he how he felt about being bumped down Perrin had the following to say: " Hey I get why they made the change, I've been shit and Summers has had past success playing with Bolonee in the past so it only makes sense. I gotta do what's best for the team even if that means stepping aside to a lesser role. Obviously i'm frustrated with my play as of late, but complaining about it won't do me any good. This isn't my first slump, I just got to keep working hard out there and try my best to keep out of my head and hopefully good things will come."

1. The Team is on a 4 game winning streak currently, what must the team keep doing in order to extend this winning streak? 2. Gary Tarantino was the team's top scorer last season right now he's currently sitting with 15 points in 28 games. Are you confident that he can return to last year's form? 3. Ohradka currently is tearing it up with 32 points in 28 games, will he be able to keep it up and make this a career year for himself? 4. McPine has been phenomenal, the team hasn't had this kind of play since the days of Brick Wahl. Should McPine be considered as one of the VHL's elite goaltenders now? 5. What's your favourite thing about the fall? 6.Are you a dog person or a cat person?

Well this is a first. The Captaincy Vote this year made the the Phantoms players ended up in a 3 way tie at 6 votes each. All three guys are big pieces to our squad and have been Phantoms for their entire careers so far. I'm proud to announce that we will have three alternating captains this year! Congratulations guys! A-Captain #1 @Jayrad28 Alex Pearson A-Captain #2 @omgitshim Cinnamon Block A-Captain #3 @Doomsday Thomas Landry II

Seabass Perrin was the only big ticket UFA signing of the year for the Helsinki Titans after agreeing to a one year deal with him. Perrin didn't seem to need much of a adjustment period in order to produce for the Titans. Perrin looked like a impact player right from the start of the season notching his first point as a Titan, a primary assist on Erik Draven's first of the season. Which is the perfect scenario considering Draven and Perrin played together for 2 seasons, 3 if you include the minor leagues. Perrin looks to be a solid addition to the Titans lineup, he's tied for 2nd on the team with 8 points in 9 games, which is a great start considering it took over ten games last season for Perrin to notch his 5th point of the season. Perrin can still use to work on his defensive play which still has a lot more to be desired. It seems he has been struggling to learn the Titan's defensive structure as he currently has a plus/minus rating of -2 despite being able to produce on offense. A far fetch from the days where Perrin was considered just a stay at home defender. "I feel like i'm doing okay, but I still think I can bring my game to another level. I've been losing a lot of one on one puck battles in the corners and I've been coughing up the puck too much. I just got to simplify my game and learn to rely more on positioning then pure skating like I did for most of my career. I'm getting old and i'm slowing down so I have to start adapting my game a bit. "

Awesome! Congratulations Alex Pearson on the well deserved Jersey retirement as well as the amazing career! It was an honor playing 6 seasons with you. I'm glad you stuck it out despite the challenges you had to fight through. I'm happy to have gotten to know you the last 2 years. Today I'm proud to call you a friend. I'm excited to see what you do with your next player and I hope our paths cross again! @Jayrad28

Presser Questions Training Camp Edition 1. Training camp is underway, what are you most excited for looking towards season 74? 2. Who has stood out so far in training camp? 3. Is there an area of your game that your trying to work on? 4. What method did you use to make your way to practice today? Ex: Cab, Bus, Bike, Walk ect. 5. What piece of advice would you give to a young Phantom's fan looking to be you someday? 6. How pumped are you to see Cinnamon Block back in Prague for another year?

Hell it broke my heart splitting us up this year. This doesnt make it easier. I didnt know you at all before we became phantoms, but we seemed to have hit it off right away. I will always consider you a close friend whether we play again together someday or even as rivals. Good luck with your next player, I'll make sure to keep in touch.

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Prior to the UFA season Seabass Perrin announced that he would be testing the free agent market by letting his contract with the Prague Phantoms expire. While Perrin mentioned that he wasn't closing the door on signing with the Phantoms, he sounded pretty convinced that he was going elsewhere. Perrin is going to have to get used to hearing boos at the A1 Arena in Prague as fans we're expecting Perrin to play out his whole career as a Phantom. This week it was announced that Seabass was going to be signing on with the Helsinki Titans on a one year deal. Titans fans are excited to see Perrin, their teams' only UFA acquisition play his first game in Titan's blue. Perrin has already been spotted in the city of Helsinki last week, apparently looking for a condo to stay in. Today Perrin had a short media presser sporting his new Titans swag. "First off, I'd like to thank the Titans organization for taking me on board. I decided to come here because I felt like this team had the potential to make another finals appearance. Im honored to be a part of the Titans and stoked to be here. Now let's make some noise and kick some ass all the way the Continental Cup!" The Titan's training camp opens this week as the VHL's 74th season is set the begin.

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1. How do you feel we made out with our two selections in the draft last night, John Leclair II and The Blob? 2. UFA season is next, is there anyone you would recommend the team to target? 3. Everyone loves candy, but what's your favourite candy? 4. What member of your team do you think will surprise us the most come S74? 5. Which one would you rather: - A trip to NYC to drink and party and see the big city. - VEGAS BABY! To gamble and sin. - A Northern Ontario Remote Fishing Camp. To well uh, fish. - A visit to Tanzania to up hike Mount Kilimanjaro - A visit to Italy to visit museums and monuments. - A day walking around all baked in Amsterdam or - Party in the lockeroom hot tub with your teamates after a win 6. What are our odds to make the playoffs this year?

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The Free Agent season is soon underway and Prague Phantom's GM, Diamond_Ace has been busy trying to tie up his group of pending UFAs. He's already gotten some headway after signing Thomas Landry to a lifetime 5 year deal. Fans are celebrating the signing as Landry is a core piece to their team and to their future. He's been a vocal leader on the ice and in the locker room and his rough and tumble style of play continues the reputation of Phantoms brand of hockey. However there's two other big name UFAs still on the board for the GM to tie up. Seabass Perrin and Cinnamon Block still have yet to sign new deals and the Phantoms risk losing two members of their three headed monster on defense. Today Perrin has released a statement: "I won't be closing the door yet on the Phantoms Family, we still have ongoing discussions to this day but I'm here to announce that I will be testing the market this year after signing a one year deal at the end of last year. I'm getting older and my VHL Career is coming to a end soon and I'm running out of time to win. That's why I'll be testing the free agent market after only making the playoffs twice in my career here in Prague. Ideally I'll go to the team that I feel has the best chance on going for a deep run in the playoffs. But, I'll only sign for a single year as I want to keep the possibility open of returning to Prague to finish off my career. I want to thank Diamond_Ace for drafting me back in S68 and for having faith in me during my career. I want to thank all my team mates for the incredible time I've had being a member of the Phantoms, I'll miss every one of you. I will always consider you guys as phamily. This ain't personal it's just me grasping at what may be my last opportunity to get my name on that Cup. "

Inaugural Seasons This last decade in the VHL has been a pretty active one. We seen the cup change hands several times but that's not what we will be focusing on this on this week's media spot. This week I'm going to take a look at the Expansion teams introduced in the last decade and more specifically their inaugural seasons. I will then be ranking them afterwards. The Moscow Menace So let's start with the first team introduced to the VHL in this decade. The Moscow Menace were introduced to the VHL almost ten seasons ago back in S65 . In their draft they got a couple of solid pieces in Dan Baillie and Paolo Nano but Nano was traded during the S65 season to the New York Americans for goaltender, Chase a 3rd and a 4th round pick because Nano made it clear to management that he wished to explore Free Agency at the end of his current deal. That wasn't the only stick in the spokes move during this season, Nathan N, a highly touted prospect coming off a 113 point season in the VHLM acquired through the expansion draft, announced his retirement mid-season. The Menace finished the season in last place in the VHL which is expected from a expansion team. They managed to only win 9 games that season for a measily 25 total points in the standings. They were lead offensively by Mark Gebauer who was acquired by the Menace from the Calgary Wranglers in exchange for Moscow's first round pick in S65 (Elasmobranch Fish). Despite the team's total wins Gebauer still managed over a PPG by scoring a career high 93 points in 72 games. Gebauer looked like he was worth that first round selection at the very beginning but as we know he eventually went inactive. They also got good production from guys like Kyson Blake (88pts) who, like Gebauer also eventually went IA and Dan Baillie who had a good rookie season earning almost 60 points (59). Other than from those three players (Gebauer, Blake, Baillie) the Menace didn't really have any other offensive contributors and that's really why they did so poorly, no depth. The Malmo Nighthawks The Nighthawks were introduced to the VHL in the very next season, S66. This expansion draft gave them more quality selections as the Nighthawks picked up good pieces like Jack Lynch, Matthew Materazo, Sergei Kovalev, Brian Strong and Teagan Glover who all had respectable VHL Careers. They fared a lot better than the Menace in the standings in their inaugural year by more then doubling them up on points (59pts) and scoring almost 20 more wins (28). The Nighthawks even managed not to finish last in the VHL standings by beating out the Seattle Bears by 4 points. The team was lead by Teagan Glover with 71 points followed by Jack Lynch (61) Matthew Materazo (58) and defenseman, Vaydar Odinsson (58), who signed on as a free agent to then retire at season's end. The big difference here between the Nighthawks and the Menace's inaugural season is that the Menace had nothing after their top 3 scorers and the Nighthawks had contributions from nearly everyone in their lineup. They ended the year with 8 players scoring more then 40 points, which didn't include then rookie, Jerry Garcia (31). Things were looking real good for the Nighthawks but they took a hit after S66 due to some retirements. Ordinsson who was the team's big minute cruncher on the backend retired unexpectedly to add onto the loss of other retirements like Sergei Kovalev and Blake Gaudette who retired after a promising 54 point rookie season. The D.C Dragons The VHL waited two more seasons before Season 68 blessed VHL fans with 2 expansion team's at once, the D.C Dragons and the Prague Phantoms. Instantly there was a small rivalry going on between the two teams as both teams competed not to finish last in the VHL all season long. The Dragons ended up finishing the season in last place falling 12 points behind the Phantoms for last ending the year with 43 points, which is still not Moscow Menace kind of bad, but then again there was two expansions teams here not just the one. The Dragons at least had the chance to pickup a few extra wins by beating out the other expansion team. There wasn't as deep of a pool to pick from since there was two teams selecting but the dragons fared well selecting solid pieces like Dan Gles and picked up aging veteran Maxim Kovalchuk but the key selection for the Dragons is when they picked up a star through the expansion draft by selecting Mikko Aaltonen from the Reign. Aaltonen just retired at the end of this season (S73) after going on to play 6 seasons for the Dragons since and is currently the franchise's all time leading scorer with 421 points in 432 games. Aaltonen will forever be remembered as we expect his jersey to be retired after having such an impact for the franchise. During the team's inaugural season Aaltonen lead the team with 40 goals and 78 points which was 28 points more than next leading scorer Dan Gles who managed 50 points. Those two lead the offense for the Dragons during their inaugural season but the team also saw promising contributions from their rookie blueliners, Luciano Valentino (48pts) , Kaspars Claude (45pts) and Charles Drumm (35pts). With a promising young blue line and a elite goal scorer in Aaltonen the Dragons looked like a team to watch for the future. Unfortunately for the Dragons the regressed the season after as they weren't able to attract much via free agency and saw Gles and Claude fall off the face of the earth. The Prague Phantoms As I mentioned earlier, S68 introduced the VHL to two new teams. The city of Prague was lucky enough to be awarded one of the two new franchises. The Phantoms performed better during their inaugural season than their D.C rivals and that's while the Phantoms played in a more stacked European conference. To show you just how stacked the European Conference was at the time, the Moscow Menace missed out on the playoffs that year with a 82 point season. 82 points would've been good for 2nd in the North American conference that year. The Phantoms impressed the league with 23 wins and 55 points for the year. The team didn't acquire a superstar of Aaltonen's calibre through the expansion draft but the Phantoms still managed to sneak out with two solid pieces that would become future captains by selecting Alex Pearson and Erik Draven. In their inaugural year the team mostly consisted of VHL rookies as the team only had 5 players that wasn't(Meyers, Draper, Thunderfist, Laughton and Draven). Rookie, Zeno Miniti lead the team in scoring with 67 points followed by Erik Draven (63points) and Don Draper (58 pts). The team was getting contributions from across the board as they had 3 other players break the 50 point mark (Laughton and rookies Wolf Stansson Jr/Alex Pearson). Over all it was a success as the Prague Phantoms looked like a young team that was only going to keep getting better with time. There was just one big flaw to this team, goaltending. The team drafted goaltender Bruce Grimaldi 15th overall in the S68 Entry draft in hopes that he would continue on to grow into an elite goaltender for the team down the road, however Grimaldi dissapeared soon after being drafted and never amounted into anything. The Los Angeles Stars Alright now we're in more recent territory. As you may know already, the VHL decided to expand itself by adding 4 more teams to the league in S73, 5 seasons after the last expansion. With the addition of 4 more teams I was expecting the leagues scoring rates to skyrocket due to having several weaker teams added to the league. The scoring rate has been as different but not as different as I was first expecting as the expansion teams were mostly able to show that the belonged in the VHL. The Los Angeles Stars are the prime example of this as they finished with a very respectable 29 wins and 64 pts in the standings which was the best record of any of the four expansion teams. The team built itself around VHL veterans Sigard Gunnar and Markus Nygren who were drafted via expansion. The team managed to reunite Gunnar with one of his old Wranglers team mates, Tyler Barabash Jr. which the team managed to pick up via Free Agency and that move by itself drove the Stars offense. Gunnar went on to lead the entire VHL in goals and points and winning both the Kevin Brooks and the Mike Szatkowski Trophies. He ended the year with 60 goals and 119 points with his line mate, Barabash Jr. also breaking the highly coveted 100 point mark by scoring 107 points. Nygren also played well scoring 80 points this season for the Stars. Rookie Jeffrey Pines also had a strong showing offensively by contributing 52 points after the Stars drafted him 8th overall in the first round of the S73 VHL Entry Draft. It was a very promising start for the new franchise as the team definitely has enough firepower to compete, their weak spot is their defense and goaltending. Their top two defencemen, Kaspars Claude and Gert B. Frobe have experience playing for expansion teams having played respectively for the Dragons and Phantoms but I wouldn't say their VHL all stars. They had a good showing from Kolur Bjornsson who posted a .920 save percentage, but the team relied more on a unamed goaltender during the season. If the Stars are to compete they're gonna have to get themselves a bonafide starter. The Chicago Pheonix The Chicago Phoenix were less impressive than their other expansion counterparts. They went full tank mode from the get go going more for draft selections than established veteran players. They still managed to pick up Adam Syreck, Squirrely Dan and Vladimir Shaposhnikov out of the expansion draft but expectations were low for the team. The team ended the year with 18 wins and 39 points which was good for last place in the VHL Standings. The team was mostly consistent of no name players so what do you expect. Adam Syreck lead the team in scoring with 73 points but ended the year with a abysmal plus/minus of -63. Squirrely Dan was not too far behind Syreck with 68 points. Shaposhnikov had a okay season as well scoring 64 points but all three of them finished off the season with a plus/minus that was under -50, ouch guys where's the defense? That was their problem as they iced 3 inactive blueliners all season and no named AIs all season long. Jean-Pierre Camus had a solid season considering he was playing behind garbage, with all those abysmal plus/minus ratings, Camus still managed to keep his save percentage over .900 by posting a save percentage of .907. Even with the horrible season, Casmus is still active and is only going to get better from this point on. But, he's going to need help on the blueline in order to get him there. The Warsaw Predators The Predators were projected to be one of the top expansion teams this season, it just seems that the projections were right. The Predators finished behind the Los Angeles Stars by ten points with 23 wins and 54 points. Still, the predators proved that they were a competitive team in the VHL and surprised many teams teams by playing spoiler at the season's end. The LA Stars aimed at being competitive right off the hop, the Predators built with the future in mind. Else than future draft selections they ended up drafting a hot young prospect, Arthur Dayne who played in the VHLM this year for the Ottawa Lynx and scored 107 points which was good for 10th on the VHLM Scoring List. They also drafted VHL defenceman, Alex Bridges from HC Davos. Bridges was just coming off a 26 point rookie campaign when he was picked up by the Predators, but he was young and had enough promise to him that Predators were betting on Bridges to improve. Boy did that bet pay off for them big time. The young defender not only improved but he exploded anyone's expectations in his sophomore season with 20 goals and a whopping 86 points which was good for 9th among VHL Defenders. A lot of Bridges' success is due to Hunter Hearst Helmsley's decision to spend the last season of his career with the Predators via Free Agency. The GM then added onto his roster by signing on Zeno Miniti, Scotty BigShotty and Dalton Wilcox further turning this team into a more competitive team. Helmsley came into Warsaw and had the best season of his career scoring 113 points good for 2nd in VHL Scoring behind LA's Sigard Gunnar and it would be very hard to see Bridges have the same type of success without him. Both Miniti and Wilcox had career years for the Predators. Wilcox managed to score 40 goals and 83 points, Miniti managed a 72 point season. The team also saw some success from other contributors, BigShotty had 64 points, Wolfe had 56 points, the veteran defender Chan had 52 points. Which is all nice but eventually the Phoenix is going to need to get themselves some active members to their team as their Inactive Vets will soon depreciate themselves to use VHLers. The Phoenix are bound to regress next year with HHH's retirement unless they can surprise us with another key UFA pickup to fill the void. The London United The London United ended up being the winners of the Expansion Draft Lottery, so they had the chance to select first. With the first expansion selection the team went with prospect, Jay Jones from the Reign who was coming off a 63 point season for the Mexico City Kings but had yet to make his rookie debut. The United followed that selection by picking another prospect in defender James Rose who had finished 73 point season with the Houston Bulls. The United had also manage to grab veteran Guy Lesieur from the D.C Dragons but they opted to trade Lesieur back to the Dragons in exchange for D.C's first rounder pick in S74. The United tried to fill that roster spot by then signing veteran Koda Adok from Free Agency. The prospects they drafted out of the expansion draft, Rose and Jones ended up leading the team in scoring with 63 points each in their respective rookie seasons. The team got good production from veteran Adok who scored 56 points but the surprise was The Terrible Trivium who stepped up for the United. The 30th overall pick from S73 was an immediate impact for the team and came out with 62 points in his rookie campaign. However the team ended the year with 2 old inactive goaltenders from S66 and I figure goaltending and depth issues were big reasons why the team ended the season last in the European Conference with 23 wins and 48 points. The team seems set with core pieces like Trivium, Jones and Rose. They're also about to pick twice in the first round of the upcoming from trading Lesieurs so that'll give them two more pieces to work with. Hopefully one of those two pieces will be used to land themselves a goaler because as of now the team has no goaltender at all. Seabass' Rankings 1. Los Angeles Stars, closest to making the playoffs, had the VHL's leading scorer, most points (64), 2. Malmo Nighthawks, 59 points season, 3. Warsaw Predators, had the VHL's 2nd leading scorer, 54 points 4. Prague Phantoms, 55 points 5. D.C Dragons, acquired franchise player, 43 points 6. Moscow, worst inaugural season, 25 points, worst bad just bad 2710 words

1. If you were doomed to drink a specific beverage for the rest of your life what would it be. Water is not a valid answer. 2.Who do you think on the team would grow the nicest playoff beard? 3. Out of all the teams remaining in the NHL playoffs who you secretly rooting for? 4. Helsinki or Seattle who do you got on winning the cup this year? 5. If the team plane crashed on a deserted island and we had to resort to cannibalism to survive. Who would be the first 3 on the menu? 6. Name me a tune you can't get enough of.

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