Elmebeck

SASKATOON WILD
Saskatchewan, more than a mouthful.

Welcome @Larry Five Hole, as you notice you're quite popular due to being a goalie. We don't get so many created, so those we get are treasured! I would invite you to also consider Saskatoon when you make your decision. We're kind of at the bottom of the league, but an active goalie would change that. For the draft at end of season we have a bunch of draft picks, so if you wanted to stay your second season at SSK we can hopefully make sure that happens too.
We have a really good locker room, and both the GM and I are busy taking care of all our player's needs. Send us a PM or contact anyone of us on Discord if you want a chat or see our Discord-channel or anything like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQfkiTxB9kg

Good luck no matter which team you choose!

GM @Peace (Discord: MrZPeace#0598)
AGM @Elmebeck (Discord: VerloreneSiege#9910)

Jeff²

SASKATOON WILD
Saskatchewan, more than a mouthful.

Welcome to the league @Jeffery Jefferson! May I call you Jeff²?

I am the Assistant GM to Saskatoon Wild, and as you have missed the draft you're eligible as a free agent (waiver claim) and can listen to offers from teams interested in signing you. (I was in same position as you during my first season, and I can tell you from experience that it's better to be able to choose your destiny, and that is the freedom you are now offered. )

Here at the Saskatoon Wild (situated in a small town with about 1/4th of the population of the whole of Saskatchewan) we're still building up our roster for the ongoing season, and even though we will probably not finish top of the league standings at the end of the season, I believe that with your addition to Saskatoon we have a chabce to reach the playoffs!

Nothing beats the feeling of winning as an underdog.

We're also perfectly setup to have a great season next year, this will just be the first stepping stone.

If you choose to join the Saskatoon Wild, we can offer competitive minutes on the ice from the get go, and a promise that you will have a chance to work your way up the lines during the season if you're dedicated and remain active. 

We boast a roster full of extremely knowledgeable people with steady resources in our locker room that will take care of you during the season, and the sky is the limit, only determined by your ambition level. Please feel free to ask us questions here on the thread post, as a Direct Message, or you can message our GM or me on Discord, and I do hope you will consider joining us this season!

Whatever team you choose, I want you to enjoy your time here at VHL so please feel free to reach out to me regardless of your decision.

Good luck in your career and we look forward to watching you perform on a nightly basis Jeff²!

GM @Peace (Discord: MrZPeace#0598)
AGM @Elmebeck (Discord: VerloreneSiege#9910)
 

175 Vancouver Wolves @ Riga Reign

176 D.C. Dragons @ New York Americans

177 Toronto Legion @ Helsinki Titans

178 Prague Phantoms @ Malmo Nighthawks

Riga 3-2

Good luck, and yes, we can tell you haven't been sleeping. See you next week by 19 PM, sorry 19:00. 9 pm. Nevermind, see you then!

I notice that the podcasters have very low views for the content they produce, so I just wanted to make sure everyone is aware, don't just check out the Articles and Media Spots, take a gander on the Podcast subforum too, weekly (they will be releasing new episodes this week too, the previous ones are still good listens).

I won't play favorites, I have two people I always catch, but try to listen to all of them, and they're not only entertaining, but also interesting and educating regarding VHL, and surprisingly personal. Great, great listens.

So, go listen here, and check it weekly!
https://vhlforum.com/forum/111-podcasts/

And go here to submit questions, get your query answered, your name named to be famous and also listen to shorter casts.
https://vhlforum.com/forum/92-vhl-radio/

Or, hey, make your own!


This is probably how they look and the equipment they use.

Edit: Spelling skunks

Two Flames fans in a row!

Of course we can!

Fantastic game with great streaming and live commentary. Big kudos for doing this!

+1

Very meta when you think about it, I like.

@Kiirin, I will spare you my copy-paste.

At Saskatoon Wild we're at the back of the league, but with a promising active core, and a humongous amount of draft picks for next season. We have a great locker room (msg me at VerloerneSiege#9910 on Discord to have a peek) and with the changes to going up to VHL we will be a really competitive team next season.

Please get inte touch with me or our GM @Peace to have a look at what we have to offer and what we have in store for the future.

Radio host: Good evening VHL! This is Jörgen Elmebeck and you're listening to Night Caller NYC on New York Americans Radio, 98.3 FM. Ending tonight we have a doozy, we have the amazing player that is our star defender at the Americans... Guy LeGrande!

[studio staff clapping]

Host: Welcome, Guy!

Guy LeGrande: Thank you so much.

Host: You're leading the Americans in points, blocked shots and who knows what else, and have been top 4 in the league in many aspects, what has laid the ground to this inspired playing this season?

Guy: [dry] Never shy away from hard work, never think of yourself as less than anyone else. Good things will follow.

Host: Right, but during your life and in the organization you surely have some people to thank?

Guy: I have always made my own way.

Host: [short silence] DEVY SHAM commercial now!! Right back to Guy LeGrand right after, one of the hottest defenders in VHL! This is NYA Radio 98.3!

[Commercial: With Devy Sham, you will not get only one, but three Sham Bulls 7.0 if you buy one! Ladder included to get in, as well as a free tow mirrors that you can't even fold in! [dislcaimer voice] Truck nuts are extra, other fees may be added.]

Host: Welcome back, dear listener! So Guy, I know you have to hit practise in the morning and I am sorry our time is so short, I hope we can talk for a bit longer next time. But what can we expect from you and the Americans in the future?

Guy: Whatever we have coming to us.

Host: [coughs] This has been Jörgen Elmebeck, "The Proto American" on NYA Radio, 98.3 on your FM dial, good night VHL... and wherever you are, Marchand delenda est.

@Steve

53 minutes ago, ColeMrtz said:

I don’t mean to be rude but I’m unsure where you grabbed this from, Ive only been AGMing for a couple days so this isn’t based on personal experience, just my take on a current issue. Esso has been nothing but helpful thus far.

I didn't mean to imply any of the kind, I was arguing in generalities, I know Esso is a great GM - it's why I signed - I just meant you can probably run in to GMs of that kind, and that's OK.
You as AGM have to decide if it's worth staying. It was not a put down on any GM at all, I don't think I have spoken to anyone not deserving of their place this far, just pointing out I am fine with a GM not letting their AGM doing anything (though as GustavMattias said, if you do take on an AGM, show him the ropes, or don't take on one).

Speaking of @Steve's cat pick, has anyone tried to recreate as Hanson brothers and getting on the same team? 

SASKATOON WILD
Saskatchewan, more than a mouthful.

Welcome to the league @jakejohn17! I am the Assistant GM to Saskatoon Wild, and as you have missed the draft you're eligible as a free agent (waiver claim) and can listen to offers from teams interested in signing you. (I was in same position as you during my first season, and I can tell you from experience that it's better to be able to choose your destiny, and that is the freedom you are now offered. )
 

Here at the Saskatoon Wild (situated in a small town with about 1/4th of the population of the whole of Saskatchewan) we're still building up our roster for the ongoing season, and even though we will probably not finish top of the league standings at the end of the season, I believe that with your addition to Saskatoon we not only will reach the playoffs quite comfortably, but also to overperform when we get there!

If you choose to join the Saskatoon Wild, we can offer competitive minutes on the ice from the get go, and a promise that you will have a chance to work your way up the lines during the season if you're dedicated and remain active. 

We boast a roster full of extremely knowledgeable people with steady resources in our locker room that will take care of you during the season, and the sky is the limit, only determined by your ambition level. Please feel free to ask us questions here on the thread post, as a Direct Message, or you can message our GM or me on Discord, and I do hope you will consider joining us this season!

Whatever team you choose, I want you to enjoy your time here at VHL so please feel free to reach out to me regardless of your decision.

Good luck in your career and we look forward to watching you perform on a nightly basis!

GM @Peace (Discord: MrZPeace#0598)
AGM @Elmebeck (Discord: VerloreneSiege#9910)

SASKATOON WILD
Saskatchewan, more than a mouthful.

Welcome to the league @TCadeau! I am the Assistant GM to Saskatoon Wild, and as you have missed the draft you're eligible as a free agent (waiver claim) and can listen to offers from teams interested in signing you. (I was in same position as you during my first season, and I can tell you from experience that it's better to be able to choose your destiny, and that is the freedom you are now offered. )
 

Here at the Saskatoon Wild (situated in a small town with about 1/4th of the population of the whole of Saskatchewan) we're still building up our roster for the ongoing season, and even though we will probably not finish top of the league standings at the end of the season, I believe that with your addition to Saskatoon we not only will reach the playoffs quite comfortably, but also to overperform when we get there!

If you choose to join the Saskatoon Wild, we can offer competitive minutes on the ice from the get go, and a promise that you will have a chance to work your way up the lines during the season if you're dedicated and remain active. 

We boast a roster full of extremely knowledgeable people with steady resources in our locker room that will take care of you during the season, and the sky is the limit, only determined by your ambition level. Please feel free to ask us questions here on the thread post, as a Direct Message, or you can message our GM or me on Discord, and I do hope you will consider joining us this season!

Whatever team you choose, I want you to enjoy your time here at VHL so please feel free to reach out to me regardless of your decision.

Good luck in your career and we look forward to watching you perform on a nightly basis!

GM @Peace (Discord: MrZPeace#0598)
AGM @Elmebeck (Discord: VerloreneSiege#9910)

More seriously, I've been writing down notes about both GM-ship and AGM-ship, and sooner or later I will probably post that as a Media Spot - but perhaps it would be better as a collaborative guide?

4 minutes ago, Matt_O said:

I mean, AGMs now have access to team management, so they can make trades and such. They have rights. Also, how come you think they don't need TPE, but they should have minimum requirements?Every AGM for every team serves a different purpose. Some GMs are very hands on, other's are more laid back. So that minimum requirement thing would be too difficult to enforce. I agree that AGMs should have 'rights' but they already do

Hah, I've always wondered what happens if I click on the red buttons.  Good thing I didn't.

AFAIK you can negotiate job pay with you GM, by sharing his. I really have no interest in job pay though, rather write an article to get to my 12 capped TPE (and GM/AGM pay should be capped, and I think it is?); but I think pay is a possibility if you GM is active otherwise and doesn't rely on the job pay.

I don't know, but I believe a lot of the trades and such are discussed privately, so it's up to your GM to let you in on that, tell you why he wants to trade like he does or ask for your input. I am not sure though, but like in real life every GM/coach will probably have his way of running the team. It would be neat to at least be part of other channels as read-only or something like that. Like having had the ability to follow rule changes discussions (if all GMs were involved in those - again, had I know those were going on I may have asked my GM to fill me in during the process).

The way I have taken my AGM position is that I should 1) help my GM where he wants, asks or needs help, 2) help players by being active in the locker room, answer questions, and generally being a positive force. 

Also, your GM can't really stop you from being active - but yeah, if my GM held me in the dark, didn't let me do anything, I would probably resign and just focus on my player and the team he is in.

Which editor do you use? One of the better free ones is probably GIMP (though I find it hard to work in being used to Photoshop). I made my sig below in a trial version of Affinity, considering to buy it (it's quite alike Photoshop, not so big differences as GIMP).

5 hours ago, ColeMrtz said:

For the week of the 29th:

1. After a relatively good start to the season we've been in a bit of a skid, what do you think we need to change to get out footing back?
Playing around with the lines perhaps, but I think this is a game of time. We have a huge active roster, pulling in hundreds of TPE every week, we should slowly start to gain steam.

2. What's one area of your game you think you need to improve?
Still just the base skills, more defense, more skating, more puck handling.

4. Who do you think has been our season MVP so far?
@Steve/Guy LeGrande. 18 assists (6th in league), 23 points (4th best defenseman), 51 shots blocked (4th in league)
 

6. The program recently tacked on a new AGM to upper management, is there anything the players want to see from him?

More unbridled enthusiasm! I will follow answers to this question though as I am AGM to Saskatoon.

8. If you follow the NHL, what team(s)/player(s) are you most excited about this upcoming season?
Obviously to see the development of the two possible future franchise Swedes in Elias Pettersson and Rasmus Dahlin. But also to see if Yzerman can turn around my beloved Red Wings (needs more Swedes and Russians, obviously).

9. Have you ever played Ice Hockey outside of the VHL?
IRL I was goalie for one season when I was... 16-17 or something, but I sucked and started smoking and soup up moped engines instead.
In 1997-2000 I ran a fantasy league we played over modem on NHL 96.  
Oh, and I also played Hockey-Bockey, it's a Swedish bastardization where you play bandy on a hockey rink.

Week 9/29

Another Wild press conference this sunny day!



Despite being last with Ottawa our points per game are actually a lot better than last season, keep trucking on!

1. Do you feel like you're supported in earning weekly TPE, what works well and what could work better?
2. What's your favorite point task out of all that you've tried? Any you haven't tried but would like to?
3. With a few games under your belt now, what attributes do you plan to focus on improving? Or what kind of role are you aiming for overall (i.e. LW power forward, sniper, breakaway skater, etc)?
4. Which NHL team do you root for and why?
5. If you have followed the VHL expansion teams, how do you think they will place at the end of the season? Will any of them, or both, manage to hit the playoffs?
6. What are your thoughts on the VHL so far? What do you like, and what don't you like?
 

On 8/30/2019 at 1:02 PM, Elmebeck said:

S67 Donation

$20 Transaction ID: 2564-3654-9898-0896

$1M Player Store Cash (8/9)
Doubles Week (22/9)
Doubles Week (8/9)

5 Uncapped TPE (1/9)

2019-08-30: Claiming 5 Uncapped TPE for week 1/9
2019-09-03: Claiming 1/2 Doubles Week for this Media Spot and week 8/9
2019-09-03: Edited my picks as I had three Doubles Weeks, while only two are allowed. Exchanged one for $1M Player Store Cash
2019-09-03: Might as well claim the cash. $1M.
2019-09-22: Claiming 2/2 Doubles Week for this Media Spot and week 22/9

For new link. Claiming my second Doubles week.