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Looking forward to your season up front, gonna be a career season! On the job front, sorry to hear that, I can't imagine how frustrating it is to put in the work and then have nothing come of it, especially when they can't even be decent enough to just let you know.

Awesome article! I can tell you that it was definitely luck from the perspective of Kadachi and Tuominen ending up in the same place. Both of you were easy choices to target in free agency, but it wasn't intentional to reunite you. I'm happy that it works out well that way though! It's going to be a fun season coming up, here's hoping that we're celebrating a Cup in a few months! Go Legion!

Coach Jimmy McGinty ftw!!

Toronto Legion Press Conference (2 TPE for answering all six questions) 1. The start of season roster is set with training camp opening up today. How are we looking? 2. What number do you wear for the Legion (or your VHLM team if you're a prospect) and why? 3. In honour of his recent passing, what is your favourite Gene Hackman movie? If you haven't seen one (or don't know who he is), then just name the most recent movie that you watched (but know that we'll likely have to sit down and discuss why you haven't seen one lol). 4. What's your opinion on the coming salary cap decreases in the next two seasons in the VHL? 5. What song should we be playing when we come onto the ice for our home opener this season? 6. You're making a pasta dish with one noodle shape, one sauce, and one protein. What's your combo?

Wooo! Go Legion!

Go Legion!!

Thank you to @v.2 for the trade talks, and to @Kenamatic for your time in Toronto!

Who says that Toronto has a GM? For us it was definitely about giving the veterans from the S91 Cup another chance at winning before retirement in Toronto, while also allowing the next group of players to come into their own. I can't tell you how it'll turn out, but I'll put my faith in my group every day.

A fantastic choice, it's very well deserved!! Looking forward to seeing what SMYLS can do in Houston!

Then bring in a cap floor instead of reducing the ceiling. For teams who sold off like crazy the last 2 seasons (the teams who directly dragged that league average cap spending way down) and gained a truckload of draft picks, they're now rewarded by having teams who have spent to the cap suddenly need to offload players because they can't fit them in the cap. We're not addressing the actual issue here, we just have teams who now have large prospect pools and additional draft picks over the next 2 drafts, and will now get cap dumps that will accelerate their tank/rebuild. It just feels like a backwards way of making teams stop from fully tanking and trading all of the players off their roster by rewarding the teams who just did that.

The issue isn't whether it's manageable or not, the issue is why are we doing this? Like I said in my post, if it's for competitiveness reasons, we've had 10 different teams win the last 11 Cups. Nobody has been stacking teams that are constantly keeping others out of Championships. If we had the same 2 teams win the last 5 Cups, I'd agree that we have an issue that needs to be addressed. In the last 10 seasons, 75% of the league has been to the Cup Finals. That certainly doesn't seem like a reason to be lowering the Cap for parity reasons.

Teams will be forced to stay specifically at the salary bracket price for players rather than be able to go above, plus they won't be able to give out bonuses that could have before with a lowered cap. I know that it's uncommon for players to receive contracts above minimum now, but it does still happen. The decreases ensure that no teams will likely be able to afford that possibility.

Congratulations to v.2!! The Reign are definitely in great hands!

I voiced my concerns in the Discord thread, and I'll voice them here too. If these changes are being made in the name of parity, I'd suggest that 10 different Cup winners in 11 years shows that league parity is just fine. If the changes are being made because too many teams are selling off all of their players in the name of adding a ton of draft picks, put a cap on draft picks similar to what the VHLM has. Punishing teams who try to maximize the use of their cap space each season to reward the teams who are essentially tanking to add more picks is the wrong approach in my opinion. We don't have a competitiveness problem in the VHL.

Toronto Legion Press Conference (2 TPE for answering all six questions) 1. With a flurry of movement so far in the VHL, which team do you think has improved the most? 2. Who are your favourite male and female singers? 3. If you were to re-design the Legion brand, what colour set would you use? 4. You've just created a new nation! What's the first law that you're passing? 5. If you're not on your first player, what is the most success you've had in the VHL with one player? If you're still on your first, which season has been your most successful so far? 6. What is your favourite animated show?