Garsh

A lot of interesting storylines in F1 rn but I haven't followed too closely since the hamilton/rosberg year.

I'm really hoping for a non-Mercedes dominated season, but I don't have high hopes.

I don’t but we have friends that travel to Montreal for the annual F1 race 

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Final Results for the VHL All Stars Skills Competition S70!
 
Congratulations to all participants!
 
 

I feel like anything like this would piss off pure welfare earners. The "force people to claim PF on the forum until they hit 100 TPE" idea is better and probably won't lead to as many issues.
 
What if there were a button on the player update page that pulled up a short guide to earning with forum links to each task's area? That way we could get direct links to the forum right on the same page as the button that these newer guys are clicking every week, and with luck that would redirect some of them out to league civilization. I feel like it would help new members quite a bit in general, too, even those who know the forum exists and use it--it seems most new guys are unable to figure things out unless they're directly handed the information by their GM, and having a concise, easily reference-able list available to all in a place more obvious than one subforum out of many would be of reasonably good benefit.

Basically what i said but with more thought and words.
 
 

The Round Robin of the World Junior Championship has come and gone, and you can count on VSN to cover the recent set of games that have shaken the standings a bit since our last review. Stick around and follow us as VSN is here to be the media outlet for you and your entertainment!
 
Team Canada
(5-1-1-1, 18 points)
 
As we have seen unfold throughout the course of the round-robin, we end up with Team Canada on top of the standings, defying some predictions prior to the beginning of the tournament. Going back to those predictions, let’s see where it stands. Certainly, their strength was correct; their goaltending has been top-class. Jaxx Hextall has been performing admirably, with a .936 SV% across six games, while Jacques Lafontaine has also done incredibly well, with a .938 SV% posted in his two starts. Their defence has truly carried them thus far, however, as while they have the lowest goals against at 21, they also have the fewest goals for at just 23. Winger Erik Killinger is their only skater in the top ten for points, as he has six goals and six assists; while past that only Daldo and Kristopher McDagg join him in the top 20. While there is no question about their ability to win games, it’s almost difficult to see just how they are winning, outside of spectacular goaltending. We will see if that continues to the next round as they face the winner of the Team World and Team Asia game. 
 
Team Europe
(2-2-2-2, 12 points)
 
Team Europe finished their round-robin games strong, handing Team Canada one of their only two losses this tournament in a 3-2 overtime thriller. Odin Omdahl scored once and assisted twice, having a hand in all three goals to lead them to their revenge against the Canadians. Special shoutout to Markus Nygren for his 11 hits, really laying into Team Canada to give his boys the upper hand. They finished off their games with a 3-1 win over Team World where Joakim Bruden’s 21 saves on 22 shots secured them the victory (Nygren again showed his physicality, dropping the gloves in the second period to support his teammate Will Clarke after Clarke was taken out on the play. Mikko Lahtinen will seek to improve on his goals tally as he is currently tied for a top goalscorer, having found the back of the net on seven separate occasions. Looking ahead to the next round, Team Europe will face the United States, where they will seek to improve upon their last performance against the Americans, where they lost in a shootout after the game ended at 5-5. 
 
Team United States
(3-1-0-4, 11 points)
 
Speaking of the United States, let’s take a look at just how they ended their round-robin games. Short answer? Not well. Last time we took a look at them, they were second in the standings. Now, despite being just one slot lower at third, they come away from the last 4 games with three losses and one win, with their one win coming against Team Asia. That game though, was a masterclass performance from American goaltender Samuel Ross as he made 45 saves on 46 shots for a fantastic .978 SV% performance. Certainly, the Americans will need more of this Ross if they want to push on, as he failed to reach .900 for the next two games, getting a .913 on his final match against Asia. Team USA is a group of young men that favours offence over defence, as they have both the most goals scored as well as the most conceded, with 28 and 30 respectively. They are a top-heavy team; their top line of Thomas Landry II, Nate Wright, and Jaxon Walker are 8th, 2nd, and 1st on the scoring charts across all teams, with first-pairing defenceman Shawn Glade Jr joining them at 7th on that list, the second-rated defenceman by points. Add in Glade’s partner in Gert T. Frobe and you have numbers 3-7 on the rankings for +/- throughout the round-robin. Let’s see if this group can carry their team to the finals, or if they will need a little help from their other teammates. 
 
 
Team Asia
(3-0-2-3, 11 points)
 
Asia is an interesting team to consider this WJC. Going off goal differential alone, they seem to be the worst of all the teams despite being tied for 4th on points alone, as they have the second-worst goals against as well as second-worst goals for. That being said, they ended their round-robin very strongly, losing just once to Team USA before going for three straight victories. They have the grit necessary to win games, but consistency is still an issue. Uhtred remains their only skater in the top ten for points. Derek Eriksson has been a bright spot; having created eight assists throughout eight games, but really stands out with his fundamentals, and has the highest +/- rating in the tournament at +7, showing just how to lock it down while still producing; particularly impressive considering his place on the first line, and the strength of other team’s first lines. Goaltender Bennet Dahl has been tricky to categorize; he is prone to bad games here and there, but also showcases talent, with a few good games taken off of Team World to end the round-robin. Next time Team Asia takes the ice is against Team World in the play-in game, where Team Asia will look to continue their streak if they want to stay alive in this WJC. 
 
 
Team World
(2-1-0-5, 8 points)
 
And last but not least, we have Team World. If Asia is an interesting team this tournament, then Team World is an enigma. Let me read off a couple of stats for you: 27 goals for, 23 goals against. The first and third defencemen on the scoring chart, Andrej Petrovich, and Edwin THE Encarnacion. The second-best starter by SV% and best by goals allowed, Nicolas Fomba. You might think that sounds like a good team, one that should be on top of the standings; well you are half-right. They are certainly a good team, but somehow, despite these numbers, the best goal difference in the round-robin, and some spectacular performances, Team World has finished the round-robin in the last place, with just eight points after eight matches. Thing is, when Team World wins, they demolish. They dismantle. They took down Team USA early on by a score of 6-1. They beat Team Canada (Canada’s only true loss) in a 6-0 shutout. Yes, you read that right, number one ranked Canada, beaten six goals to zero. Nicolas Fomba kept all 37 shots out of the back of the net, while Petrovich went for two goals and two assists. A great two-goal performance from Iangenere Risteneen, as well as the team going 62% from the faceoff circle sealed the deal on this game. So, World can win. But they also know how to lose, as evidenced by their three-game slide to end the tournament, losing all three games in regulation. The question is then; which Team World will show up to the play-in game? If they bring their A-game and fix their mentality, then they will win this tournament. Not one team can beat them the way they played in their marquee wins, but on the flip side, if they are off, they will lose. Only time will tell, but I for one am keeping my eye on this group. 
 
 
That’s it for now- stay tuned for more WJC coverage!
 
 
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VSN Writer Mr_Hatter
 

It’s been awhile since the VHL did the 12 days of Christmas giveaways and it was super generous of them to not only give out so much free tpe, but also all the actual prizes they doled out too. 
 
If you recall, the grande prize was an NHL jersey with cresting on it. And the winner was none other than @MMFLEX. What a lucky duck. Or Predator. 
 
And as some of you may know, he is not that big of an NHL fan. His loss for sure, but it also put him in an interesting situation, being that he had just won a jersey. So being the awesome guy that he is, he looked upon myself with favour and offered his prize to me. 
 
I had been looking at buying a jersey and the idea of saving money and having this one was too hard to pass up. The BOD kindly allowed the jersey to passed along to me and I just received it this past week. I hope to be able to replay the kindness Flex showed and also wanted to post here to thank both the BOD and Flex for this awesome gift. We truly have a good set of people running this league and I feel this is proof of it. 

Yes I got James Neal. My fiancé is a diehard Flames fan and I take every opportunity to bring up the Lucic - Neal trade. And a jersey was a great way to dig the knife in deeper 
 

What about if there was a link/button/tool-tip popup doohickey on the update player page, that directed you to the forum post that talks about how to earn TPE.  Assuming that post is in good shape and is clearly written.

Leaving A Legacy: Season 63's Best First-Gens
 
First generation players are the lifeblood of the VHL. They keep things new and exciting, bringing ever-essential enthusiasm to league jobs and media while challenging the old greats of the past. They're one of the few ways that we can progress as a collective and re-define what it means to have a thriving community: some help us migrate from one platform to another, some make the league more accessible to younger and older users both, and yet others introduce fantastical new builds and strategies to the league that invariably alter its course forever.
 
Today, I begin a series that celebrates the careers of some of the league's first-time users -- most of which have become grizzled veterans and leaders in their own right. As their eighth or ninth season on the site comes to a close, their first players' careers must end. And while I could exhaustively comb the accomplishments of these users, I instead hope to bring to light their retiring players. We'll start with an unmistakable face, Ryan Kastelic.
 
 

D/C Ryan Kastelic @Enorama, Riga Reign (1941 TPE)
 
We start with Ryan Kastelic, a defender-turned-forward who has set the bar for work ethic and success among first generation players for the last ten or so seasons. Born on a farm just outside Slovenia’s capital, he was first exposed to hockey rather late – and instead was a multi-sport athlete in what we’ll call less contact-heavy sports. Inspired by his late grandfather’s outlook on life, Anze Kopitar, and a chance encounter with an extracurriculars board, he fast-tracked his way on to his high school hockey team and a chance at greatness.
 
After a sudden disappearance from his hometown team earned him the nickname “The Snake of Ljubljana,’ Kastelic had a brief stint with the Sudbury Wolves in his first professional hockey appearance. A few possibly-tamper-like talks later, the VHLM snatched up this promising young Slovenian defenseman, earning a spot on the Ottawa Lynx in Season 62. Heralded as a high-class skater with excellent athleticism and an eye for passing lanes, Kastelic easily earned his place as a first-pair defenseman alongside now-Americans’ defenseman Joseph McWolf. He placed ninth among defenders with 62 points (15G, 47A) and 108 hits – an excellent start for an unknown quantity on a mid-table team. More impressive was his composure as he and fellow blue-liners Lando Baxter and Jesse Wilson led the Lynx to an improbable 4-game sweep of the Halifax 21st for the franchise’s twelfth Founder’s Cup, including a Game 4 victory with a 31-15 shot disadvantage and a 0-3 deficit before the end of the first period.
 

ABOVE: Cows on Kastelic family farm, Ljubljana metro area
 
Kastelic’s first-overall selection of the S63 Entry Draft was of no surprise to the league’s more astute scouts, as his rapid ascension in the minors made him a consensus first pick. The Reign were quick to cash in on Kastelic’s talents, and the team – led by captains and future Hall-of-Famers Podrick Cast and Edwin Preencarnacion – earned their way to a Continental Cup. He’d managed a perfect point-per-game pace (14 goals, 58 assists), improving on his VHLM performance despite being a pro-league rookie.
 

Both non-cow image credits to Enorama.
 
Though he continues to be regarded as one of the top talents in the VHL, Kastelic’s individual numbers have not recently reflected his perceived stardom. His point production increased gradually through his first four seasons, and Riga has continued to be perennial playoff contenders, but never managed to win the Continental Cup since Kastelic’s rookie season. At his peak as a defender, he was an 80+ point player with over 100 shots blocked – certainly at least putting him in the argument for Top Defenseman. This was particularly the case in Season 66, when he earned second team All-VHL honors. With a Riga Special (i.e. D -> F position change) in Season 67, Kastelic doubled his hits per season and had a reasonable argument for the league's best two-way forward.
 
Season 69 was arguably the Slovenian skater’s least impressive, with 64 points scored on a team that was as staunch defensively as the league had seen in recent seasons. But as one of the team’s primary scorers since converting to forward, the line chemistry hasn’t been quite what history book writers would have liked to see from Kastelic. All of the tape suggests that the Slovenian has one of the best shots and pass touches in league history, as well as the strength and skating ability to match the absolute best in spite of Riga’s recent struggles. His performance in three consecutive World Cups (one gold, two silvers) corroborates that. Independent of some subtle Halifax voodoo magic (a.k.a. STHS) or a subtle mismatch in surrounding talent, however, he’s proven that he has the wherewithal to outmatch any other forward in the league. As a first generation player, there are fewer better arguments for greatness.
 
 
Image credit to Dil for signature below

LW Julian Borwinn @Jubo07, Helsinki Titans (1724 TPE)
 
It’s hard to separate Julian Borwinn from his teammates Kronos and Matt in a historical context, largely because they formed one of the most feared first forward lines in league history. Born to an unassuming household in Ontario, Canada in 1991, Borwinn’s early career starkly contrasts that of Kastelic. He scored his first goal in his first game of pee-wee ice hockey after receiving his first hockey stick as a present from his uncle, and was quickly scouted for bantam league by the age of 12, an ostensible prodigy at age 14 while leading his high school club to two consecutive city championships.
 
Tragically, he suffered pulmonary collapse during a boating accident on his 16th birthday and was kept off of the ice for months – a poison pill for most players’ professional ice hockey aspirations. After a lengthy recovery, he found a home in roller hockey and was a perennial national championship contender over his eleven years in the sport. The call of the ice proved too powerful, however, and a career change at 27 years of age found a more senior Borwinn as an elite playmaker even on entering the VHLM with the Las Vegas Aces.
 
The Canadian forward made his mark immediately on the minor leagues – scoring 87 points and a massive +44 on an Aces team that featured past and current teammate Alexander Pepper. Arguably more important were Borwinn’s 121 hits (1.5/g), an early showcase of his two-way forward talents. This set him up for a high first-round draft selection – which the Titans made good on by taking him third overall in a draft that proved to be incredibly top-heavy.
 
It didn’t take long for Borwinn to achieve individual recognition, as an 84-point rookie campaign in Season 63 earned him the Christian Stolzschweiger Rookie of the Year award. He received the best possible individual outcome as a rookie, but a rebuilding Helsinki team (with just two defenders in total) proved to be enough to keep the Titans out of the playoffs.
Seasons 64-65 were quiet ones for the Canadian forward, as the Titans took on aging forwards in The Charm, Vesto Slipher, Oleksiy Revchenko, and Keaton Louth in a final push to earn Helsinki a championship – all to no avail. It was in Season 65 that the team introduced Kronos Bailey to the team, and Season 66 that the team burst through with a massive 55-14-3 regular season by introducing Matt Thompson to their first line.
 

Image credit to Jubo07 for above.
 
Borwinn’s production matched the talent surrounding him, as he broke out for an incredible 114 points (including 51 goals) in the team’s no-brainer championship run. Borwinn ultimately had more trophies to hoist in that season than most players do in their entire careers: the Funk, Slobodzian, Brooks, Campbell, and (the first of his) Szatkowski trophies were all added to his trophy case at the end of Season 66. At the half-way point of his career, Borwinn had an argument for the Hall of Fame already.
 
In the seasons since, Borwinn has been over 1 ppg without fail – including seasons approaching 100 points in S68 and S69. He’s gradually transitioned from pure scorer to a high-quality two-way forward, arguably peaking in his second-to-last season with 93 points and 241 hits (penalty minutes aside). Like Kastelic, he has remained loyal to his drafting team for his entire career, extending with the Titans for one final ride last season. With a Boulet, Szatkowski, and first and second-teams All-VHL in the interim, Borwinn has the accolades and the statistics for a Hall of Fame berth. But with the Titans sitting in fifth place with a top three offense, Borwinn might just have one more season of trophies to throw on to the pile.
 
 
Image credit to BOOM™

 
D Joseph @McWolf, New York Americans (1433 TPE)
 
Oh, McWolf. As a beat writer for the Reign, seeing two (current or former) Riga players on this list in the first three is a pleasant sight for sore eyes. This young English defenseman started his career in New York, and after a trade in his sixth season, will end his career the same way. He claims Worcester Park as his home, born to parents that own the family-run Wolf Gardens Café. He grew up under modest means and largely uneventfully – but with a competitive streak corroborated by his brothers. A multi-sport athlete, McWolf was originally on track to become a footballer as a top-flight defender, but gradually was swayed over with encouragement as a stay-at-home defender on the ice in spite of a rocky secondary school start.
 
McWolf’s moment of clarity came not as part of a world-class team, but instead after a menacing hit on his school team’s captain that caused gloves to drop and fists to be exchanged. Though not perfectly transferable, the English defender’s football mentality translated well to ice hockey and a gradual development of point-scoring ability. He eventually finished as the UK’s Defenseman of the Year in college and drew some interest from the EIHL before committing to the VHL Minor League, best-known for his defensive technical ability and physical play.
 
Like Kastelic, McWolf started on the Ottawa Lynx – and he quickly re-established his identity as a stay-at-home defenseman with hard hitting (238 hits) and defensive efficiency to his name. As a result, these two budding stars helped lead the Lynx to an improbable Continental Cup victory over the Halifax 21st. His impact wasn’t as visually obvious as Kastelic’s, but a remarkable +8 in just 9 playoff games showed that the young English defender had a significant positive effect on the ice even when faced with high-quality opponents. Though he had not developed his scoring acumen to a pro league-effective level, McWolf was the second overall selection in the Season 63 Entry Draft and made an immediate impact for the New York Americans.
 
Though his impact on offense was clearly felt by the Americans, McWolf’s most startling career numbers come from acting (basically) as a puck sponge in his first two seasons – where he accrued 196 and 189 shots blocked, respectively. His scoring numbers (64 and 80 points) were notable for a defenseman in any season, let alone his first two, and he started his streak of >200 hit seasons with his rookie campaign. For his efforts in his first season, he earned an All-Rookie Team berth. It should come as no surprise that in his second season he earned the Labatte (and a First Team) – his first of two. After four seasons, he was traded away as part of a New York fire-sale to Riga, joining a consistently playoff-worthy Reign team with a chance to put them over the edge.
 

Image credit to Enorama. I miss you McWolf ;-;
 
Through all eight of his seasons, he has firmly established himself as an elite defender with unrivaled shot blocking acumen (>100 SBs/season) and is most certainly on pace to continue that trend  45 games into this season. He’s remained steady at 60-70 points per season, and notably earned both Top Defensive and Top Overall Defenseman trophies (and another First Team, of course) in Season 67, his first of two with the Reign. Afterward, he gave something of a veteran presence to the Malmo Nighthawks, a recent expansion team with what was a miracle trip to the finals in Season 68. He capped this off with another Second Team in Season 69. Now he’s back to where it all started: the New York Americans, fighting and clawing for a North American Conference playoff spot.
 
And I suspect that’s exactly how he wants it to be.
 
 
RW Dan Wilinsky @oilmandan, Malmo Nighthawks (1423 TPE)
 
Strangely, Wilinsky’s hockey career was initially more tightly bound to the NHL than any VHL team. Born in Edmonton, Wilinsky’s father was an icemaker for the Oilers – and as a member of a sport family, his start with hockey was early and constant. A record breaker from the beginning, he flipped the Edmonton hockey system on its head as a multi-sport athlete before eventually narrowing to strictly hockey at age 15. At that point, he played a couple of years with the Prince Albert Raiders (winning one Memorial Cup) and eventually chose the VHL over the NHL in spite of his ties to the Oilers.
 

Image credit to DollarAndADream
 
As if they hadn’t been featured enough, the Ottawa Lynx also had Wilinsky in Season 62 – a pretty good sign of what was to come in the playoffs. Some suggest that he was the most impressive member of the Lynx at the time as the goal leader (40), second overall in points for the team (84), and the fourth-best plus-minus in the league at the time. Despite his impressive numbers, the Canadian winger fell to seventh overall in the draft, and was one of three first round selections by New York, who seemed poised to take the league by storm with McWolf, Shawinganen, and Wilinsky.
As many in the league know by now, that promising New York roster was not able to hang a championship banner from the rafters in the interim. Although they kept their first rounders for multiple seasons, they unfortunately weren’t able to break through to the finals before sending off their promising S63 class. Regardless, Wilinsky established himself as a prominent two-way forward, accruing over 100 hits and points in the 50s-60s in each of his four Americans seasons. In his rookie season, the Americans were understandably bad: they had just three forwards and two defenders. But after drafting Joel Ylonen and Ryan Sullivan, Jr. the roster filled out a bit.
 
The Americans managed a playoff berth in S65 after acquiring Leph Twinger, Carles Puigdemont, and Matthew Materazo among others. But when New York failed to make the next step forward in Season 66, the Americans decided to fire-sale most of their mid- and late-career players in favor of high draft picks and younger/cap dump options. Wilinsky was shipped off to Helsinki immediately after their S66 Continental Cup, and immediately experienced a resurgence – 86 points and 230 hits later, he earned his way to a Scott Boulet Trophy.
 

Image credit to Bushito
 
Season 68 brought him a similar level of personal success (84 points, +22, 206 hits) on a Helsinki team that managed a close third place in the regular season – again without a championship, but with ‘proof-of-concept’ including Wilinsky as a featured player. In the following offseason, he was traded to Seattle – a team with burgeoning playoff success – in exchange for a second rounder and a semi-active forward.
 
Wilinsky was steady as ever, accruing 81 points, a cool +40 plus/minus, and the greatest number of hits he’d ever had in his career (273) en route to hoisting the Continental Cup with the Bears. He fittingly had several key contributions – including the assists on the third game’s tying and winning goals – while sweeping the Riga Reign and earning an All-VHL Second Team, the second of his career.
 
Still one of the better scoring defensemen in the league, he’s found his way to Malmo in the off-season – the fourth team of his career. Though they’re facing tough times, they have a battle-tested and championship-experienced leader in Dan Wilinsky.
 
G Alexander Pepper @Sonnet, Helsinki Titans (1380 TPE)

Image credit to Sonnet.
 
In a strangely perfect way, we cap off our S63 First Gen players with a top-flight netminder in Alexander Pepper, part of the tandem synergizing with Julian Borwinn in his time with Helsinki. One of the core career Titans, Pepper had far humbler origins in an arid Clark County, Nevada – and remained there for the greater part of his early career. Left without a major professional sports team, Pepper initially followed a few minor league teams in his youth – but Nevada, a desert-filled state, had a few barriers to entry with regards to ice hockey. Nonetheless, he honed his athleticism with baseball, a sport he displayed natural talent for, and gradually convinced his peers to approximate hockey with roller skates and goalies with baseball mitts. He eventually earned his way to proper goalie equipment and university resources at UNLV before finding his way on to the Las Vegas Aces.
 
His impact on the Aces was well-understood that season as he accrued a 50-15-7 record, among the best in the league with an 89.6% save rate and just a hair under 2 goals allowed per game. Pepper pitched ten shutouts that season while facing nearly 1,400 shots and earned a well-deserved Devereux Trophy in goal for Las Vegas.
 
Unfortunately for Nevada, Pepper couldn’t become a proper VHL professional in Vegas. And in spite of his success with the Aces in Season 62, some scouts still doubted his ability to convert to a pro style, suggesting his over-reliance on his primary glove hand would be a curse on his career. He was drafted tenth overall by the Helsinki Titans, sending the young Nevadan over five-thousand miles away to Finland in a draft filled with early Titans picks. Borwinn and Sidney Crosby became core members – with both playing their entire careers with Pepper.
 
As the clear-cut #1 goalie in his class, Pepper was a lock for the S63 All-Rookie team – and with a 0.918 save percentage, he was a no-brainer in spite of his 25-31-8 record. After all, he managed to make it through his rookie season without becoming Swiss cheese, facing an absurd 2,599 shots on a rebuilding team. The next two seasons saw improvement on Pepper’s behalf, as he pitched thirteen shutouts between S64-65 and greatly improved his win percentage (38 & 41 wins, respectively), all while allowing nearly a full goal less per game. He deservedly earned a Season 64 Second Team selection for his efforts.
 

Image credit to gregreg
 
The mid-60s saw Pepper reach the top of his game, and the Titans not-so-coincidentally ascended to perennial Finals contention as his save rate approached 0.92. In spite of facing a red-hot Beau Louth and Jake Davis, Pepper’s lowest save percentage in the four-game Season 66 finals was 0.929 – including an impeccable 22 of 23 shots saved in Game 3. Indeed, Season 66 Playoffs Pepper posted a 0.931 overall save percentage and just 2.15 goals against while leading his team to an 8-1 playoff record. To no one’s surprise, he hoisted both the Continental Cup and the Daisuke Kanou.
In the back half of his career, Pepper has remained with the Titans and has been remarkably consistent in spite of the team going into something of a rebuild. He posts a few shutouts per season, about 40 wins, and just about 2.5 goals per game – and his percentage has remained a steady 0.91-0.92. Unsurprisingly, Helsinki has had an incredibly difficult time finding a protégé for the Nevadan; Season 67’s Virgil Ligriv has been steadily improving and has shown glimpses of excellent goaltending, but it’s unclear as to whether he will prove a worthy replacement.
 
In the meantime, Helsinki has swelled into a playoff-ready beast for Crosby’s, Pepper’s, and Borwinn’s swan song. Will they ride out on the sunset champions or bittersweet shadows of their former selves?
 
 
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Happy valentines day?

awesome job as always man, appreciate it!

@Garsh

Hello,
 
I'd like to thank everyone who applied for the position. As always, a great amount of quality members applied and we're continuously grateful for having such a strong showing who wish to get more involved in the success and enjoyment of the amazing VHLM. With that being said and after discussions with the member and a very, very short 2 messages with the trusty partner @diamond_ace, we've made a decision... Please join me in congratulating and welcoming..... this member... to the team!
 
 
We look forward to having you amongst the ranks of VHLM GM and wish you the best of luck in the position. 
 
Thank you,
@VHLM Commissioner
 

Oh Gustav mentioned me in an article what did he say?
”Vancouver could trade low TPE players like Jerry Wang”
oh

You mentioned me so as far as I'm concerned you are focusing on the right stuff.  A+ stuff here.

Checks media spot subforum
 
Sees I'm out of claims
 
Screams internally
 
So welcome to another article! Here we'll be taking a look at how every VHL team is doing--now, yes, but more importantly, into the future. We'll see who's sticking around, who's leaving, how each team is set up for the draft, all that good stuff. If you like overly wordy analysis that takes up half your computer screen to say what could be said in two lines, you've come to the right place. So, let's get into it, I guess...
 
 
 
NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE
 
 
 

Calgary Wranglers
On Pace For: 44-20-8
Current Standing: 3rd
GM: @Bushito
 
The Present: Calgary looks good this season, and that's thanks to a solid veteran core with one of the best defensive games in the league. With five players over 600 TPA and a blueline where the average exceeds 700, they're a hard team to crack. Among the veterans, center Tyler Barabash Jr, defenseman Brady Stropko Jr, and goalie JB Rift provide the team's strongest statistical showings, though talent in Calgary is very much spread across the board--despite the Wranglers' record and standing, you'd have to go to 19th on the points list to find Barabash, and the same or similar may be said about many other categories, indicating that there is no sole savior of the team and that it is working well as a whole.
 
The Future: How the Wranglers look now is nothing compared to what they might look like in a few seasons. Prospects Sigard Gunnar, Hiroshi Okada, Kris Rice, RJ Jubis, and Jacques Lafontaine are all a season or two old and max earners (or close to max earners) on the brink of busting their careers wide open, and that's not even taking into consideration the two top picks in this past draft, Mikko Lahtinen and Edwin THE Encarnacion. If you think they've got a good team now, just wait--especially when they've got two first-rounders in S72.
 
Best Case: "Best case" is wonderful to think about for a team in a situation like this. Calgary's got five players over 600 TPA right now, and they've managed to put together a solid roster that can win games already. I'm counting seven significant earners on this list alone who are ready to move to the next level, and that's not even looking at the rest of the roster, many of whom are respectable earners in their own right. So, best case scenario? Bush builds a dynasty out of this, going on a long run of success and winning a few cups.
 
Worst Case: It's difficult to imagine what could possibly go wrong with a team that already seems to have completed a rebuild and are enjoying the post-tank success with much more and potentially much greater to come. A good look at the portal, though, combined with the questionability of some recent events, could even put Calgary under in a few seasons, though that assumes that all that can possibly go wrong does. For one, only four players are signed through S72, and none are signed through S73. For the Wranglers to keep any of their players past that point, they'll need a few good re-signings--though, admittedly, chances are low that everyone decides to bail. The team was briefly put in jeopardy for a brief period of time last season, though, when a large part of the roster retired due to internal conflict. Though the team looks to have sorted things out since, it will be necessary for management to continue to monitor its locker room in order to actively avoid the worst.
 
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D.C. Dragons
On Pace For: 29-33-10
Current Standing: 9th
GM: @Enorama
 
The Present: At the moment, D.C. is a bit below average, but that's a good deal better than they were a couple seasons ago when expansion hit. They actually have more players above 600 TPA than Calgary, at seven compared to Calgary's five, though the pieces aren't quite fitting together in the same way. Next to nobody is seeing individual success--Mikko Aaltonen, the team's point leader, is 23rd on the league leaderboard, while in categories like hits and shots blocked Dragons are barely breaking into the top 40. Even Kallis Kriketers is having his worst season since S64. D.C. does have a roster that looks good on paper, though, and that much is contributing to a just-about-average level of team success.
 
The Future: D.C. is one of the league's youngest teams, with almost two-thirds of the active roster being either S68 or S69. Whatever's going on there with player retention is working--Luciano Valentino and Mikko Aaltonen are already signed for the rest of their careers, while John Frostbeard just picked up a two-season extension. In the S69 draft, too, they were able to pick up Benny Graves, who stated before the draft that no matter where he was drafted, he planned to stick with them long-term. Other notables picked up in recent drafts, too, include Guy Lesieur and Ricky Johnson, while prospect Derek Eriksson continues to maintain a respectable earn rate in the minors and Eno's GM player, George Washington, is another career-long Dragon at forward. While they've got a first-round pick in both of the next two drafts, it's imperative that they select a goalie if they can't get one in free agency--Kallis is out after this season and backup Pekka Pouta doesn't have future face-of-the-franchise potential.
 
Best Case: The best case for D.C. is that career signings and player retention are what will lead to them winning. While the Dragons have a couple picks to work with, it really won't be much, so maintenance and growth of the current roster will need to be management's number-one priority. If it works out, though, and they're able to free up some cap space by letting a few inactives go and securing a good goalie before long, D.C. will be a team to be reckoned with in a season or two.
 
Worst Case: Career signings are a double-edged sword. On one hand, you're quite possibly locking up the future core of your team and ensuring its success for seasons to come. On the other, though, now you've got a massive contract on your hands that can limit cap space and make movement difficult. There's also the question of goaltending--will the Dragons be able to find a legitimate, long-term starter in time to catch their roster in full swing? The future doesn't look bad, but D.C. will have to jump through a few hoops to get there.
 
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New York Americans
On Pace For: 35-29-8
Current Standing: 6th
GM: @Esso2264
 
The Present: New York looks pretty good on paper--nine players above 600 TPA and a good crop of young talent--though they're currently enjoying a fairly average place in the standings because for some reason they keep losing to Davos. Fellow baguettes Joel Ylonen and Joseph McWolf make up the team's veteran leadership, and while New York is yet another team barely cracking the top 40 in points (only two players in that range, with none in the top 30!), goaltender A Red Guy is enjoying a reasonably decent season, coming in at .918 SV% and 2.36 GAA. Overall, not half bad with a decent shot at playoff success.
 
The Future: The Americans are a young team who look like they've got a bright future--S67 steal and TPE whore Boris the Forest is locked up for the rest of his career, and with recent selections like Lance Flowers, David OQuinn, Soren Jensen, and Owen Nolan leading the prospect pool, New York will break the curse of the S60s and will once again become one of the teams to beat. There's one obvious concern, though--a huge portion of the roster is in their contract year this season. Notable names that could be out the door next season include A Red Guy, Thorvald Gunnarson, Lance Flowers, and Ryo Yamazuki II, and that's not even considering forced retirement of McWolf or the tragic departure of Elmebeck, which will cut out half of the Americans' blueline. If players can be re-signed, this might not be a big deal, but it's a definite concern nonetheless.
 
Best Case: In short, New York re-signs the players that matter and make a good choice with their first-rounder in this offseason's draft, maybe cashing in on defense. If this can be done, there shouldn't be any major concerns going forward--having so many contracts end in one season does raise concerns, but it also allows a team to decide who to keep and who to move in a much more flexible manner. Next season's cap should be easy to navigate, and if the right players are convinced to re-sign, the Americans will continue to be a threat.
 
Worst Case: You can probably guess the worst case by now--basically, everyone leaves and New York gets thrown back into the void only a couple seasons after crawling out of it. They're in danger of losing both of their goalies, all but one defenseman, and two active forwards, and if all this happens, New York will find it difficult to stay afloat. Their last first-round choice was a bust as well even though I told Esso to pick him, as Iangenere Risteneen hasn't been seen for a while. So, if the next draft sees a similar miss, it's difficult to imagine the Americans remaining competitive, and even more difficult to imagine them finding legitimate success.
 
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Seattle Bears
On Pace For: 38-29-5
Current Standing: 8th
GM: @Banackock
 
The Present: There's no time like the present to be in Seattle. Winners of the last two cups, the Bears are feeling good behind (as I'm holding back snarky Hounds-related comments) a strong showing from their S67 draft class. Acyd Burn, Ambrose Stark, Henrik Zoiderberg, Scott Greene, Sundqvist, LeGrande, Hogan, Funk--they're all S67, and only four members of the current roster aren't. There's a good chance that they'll continue to find success this season as well--with nine players above 600 TPA, they're a much better team than their eighth-place standing suggests.
 
The Future: When most of your roster is S67, and six of them are signed through S73, you'll be in the running for a while. Though Seattle doesn't have any prospects in the minors at the moment and won't have any homegrown replacements for its current players for a while, they also don't have much to worry about at the moment. The main concern for Seattle, at the moment, is cap--salary goes up as more TPE is earned, and if the season ended today and restarted tomorrow, they'd be $1.5 million over the cap, even if Jack Lynch is left to free agency--and that's assuming nobody else goes into a higher bracket (a few are close right now and will likely break it by then). They'll be in deeper trouble cap-wise if they use either or both of their two first-rounders in the coming draft on players who will be playing up. So, while the future is still bright, there will need to be at least one cap dump trade to get there.
 
Best Case: The best thing that can happen to the Bears here is trading away an older, more expensive player (best choice would be Slade, though he's got a no-trade clause) and then using picks to fill in the gap left in the lineup by that player. Then, by the best-case model, that player fits in nicely and the Seattle machine keeps running. Keeping every asset will be impossible, so the best case is simply a smooth transition past the inevitable loss of current strength that keeps the team moving forward and on top.
 
Worst Case: Sure, Seattle will end up temporarily a little bit worse after this coming offseason. As has been said a million times here already, someone valuable has to go. Worst case? Robbie chooses to exercise the no-trade clause and takes up $4 million in next season's cap space. If that happens, Seattle enters cap hell and needs to offload someone right on top of their career, in their fifth season. At that point, they've taken a step into "sell players for future assets," which is a major step running contrary to the current plan. It won't be the end of the world, but it could knock the team out of elite level long enough for the S67 class to start depreciating--and at that point, it's time for this team to start finding replacements.
 
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Toronto Legion
On Pace For: 26-36-10
Current Standing: 11th
GM: @Peace
 
The Present: There isn't much to be said about Toronto's roster at the moment. They're plagued with inactives, have only one first-round draft choice, and have a thin prospect pool with a few inconsistent welfare earners. The lone bright spot on the current roster is Chad Magnum, this past season's 5th overall selection and a max earner who was shipped off to Toronto as part of a large players-for-picks deal that saw Toronto's first-rounder in the coming draft go to Davos (let's not talk about what I did with it after that). Other semi-actives on the Toronto roster include Nethila Dissanayake, a former Saskatoon player who may remain loyal to current Toronto management, and Aron Nielsen, a S66 first-rounder making a recent return from inactivity.
 
The Future: It generally isn't a great sign when the most impressive player out of the "present" group is also the most impressive player in the "future" group, but here we are. Magnum is the only player currently owned by Toronto who has future star potential. One player retires next season, and all but three are set to enter free agency, with only a few able to be re-signed as actives. Though the Legion's late first-rounder will almost certainly be burnt for Erik Killinger, Peace's player sitting near the top of the S71 class, Killinger and Magnum are the only two definite pieces they've got in place at the moment and more than time will be necessary to make them competitive.
 
Best Case: The few active prospects they have ramp up their earning game enough to at the very least provide solid depth, and the rest is done through creative trading, free agent signings, and smart drafting, if it takes long enough to do that they'll have the picks to do it. They'll likely go through a couple more rough seasons, but will be reasonably well-set for the future in good time.
 
Worst Case: Management is unable to make anything happen within a few seasons. Magnum becomes impatient with the consistent lack of success and leaves in free agency, or he sticks around and the process takes long enough that he and Killinger don't have many prime years left when Toronto begins to compete. 
 
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Vancouver Wolves
On Pace For: 47-18-7
Current Standing: 2nd
GM: @Beaviss
 
The Present: There's a lot to like about the Wolves. They've got a small roster of only twelve players, but ten of them are over 600 TPA and two--HHH and Freeman--are over 1,000. Those two sit in the league's top 10 in points, spearheading the Wolves' current success. Goaltender Greg Eagles is enjoying a fantastic season in net, and there isn't a weak spot on the team that would lead one to believe that it might be going otherwise. 
 
The Future: Though Vancouver is a bit older than some of the other teams on this list, that's certainly no major concern at the moment. They'll have Freeman, Downey, Eagles, and very likely HHH through S73, they have not one but two max earners in net (backup Jimmy Spyro says hi), and to go with a long list of draft picks, they've already got prospect Griff Manzer maintaining a respectable earn rate in the minors. The Wolves have pretty much reached any GM's dream spot--to have a good team and the future assets to keep it going. Cap shouldn't be an issue next season, either, as 5-million-dollar defender Tzuyu retires and they'll be able to trade a lower-TPA player like Jerry Wang or let Kevin Low go to free agency if that isn't enough of a discount.
 
Best Case: Beav continues to lead the team to success and smoothly transitions it into the next era. They're perfectly set up for this, and if this is done right they'll be a consistent threat to any other team in the league for, well, as much of the future as can be reasonably imagined with their current assets. Manzer comes up and continues earning well enough to become a legitimate part of the gameplan, either Spyro or Eagles is flipped for big-time draft capital or a star at some other position, and the team cashes in at the draft with some solid picks.
 
Worst Case: It's very tough to imagine a worst case here, but one thing or another might go wrong. Tzuyu is out the door, and Kevin Low might be, and if both leave, the roster is left without a fourth defenseman--and the third will be Manzer, who will still be relatively low on the TPE chart. Micheal Gary Scott satisfies his lifelong dream of going off to Seattle in free agency, and Vancouver whiffs on its first-rounders in both of the coming drafts. These are still events that the Wolves will be able to recover from, but it won't make the transition between solid teams a simple handoff.
 
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HC Davos Dynamo
On Pace For: 18-42-12
Current Standing: 12th
GM: GM Himself, @GustavMattias
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The Present: OK, fine, let's talk about how Davos is doing right now. We suck! But that's OK, we've got our actives. As far as this season goes, Davos player leadership consists of a few older and largely inactive individuals--Materazo (our only player above 600 TPA, but at least that's one more than Toronto) is putting up great numbers on both ends of the ice, while John Madden and Anthony Matthews represent the other two pre-S66 players contributing to our game at forward. On the back end, goaltender Samuel Ross recently returned from inactivity and has been earning well since. Overall, sure, we're last in the standings, but it's a rebuild, so that is to be expected.
 
The Future: Oh boy, the future. That's what we're all about. Let's talk about that--four first-round picks in the next two seasons, and five seconds. To go along with that, we've got a couple Davos-for-life players on defense in Fernando Jokinen and Andrej Petrovic, and there's also Milos Slavik at forward with the potential to be a decent second-line player on a good team. Winger Alex Bridges leads the pack among prospects, with a decent earn rate and solid team activity.
 
Best Case: The best case is, obviously, that I nail it in the draft and build the best team in the league. There's nowhere for this team to go but up, and there's potential to go way up if things are managed well. We've got the prospect pool and the younger players to build a future support structure already, but the star power needs to be obtained from somewhere else, and the draft is where we'll do it.
 
Worst Case: I run the team into the ground by being an idiot, making stupid decisions, and not drafting well. If I do, too, it's entirely my fault--I was handed a perfectly set-up team and now it's on me to work with that. And if I'm stupid enough, it won't happen quite the way anyone here in Davos is hoping. I'm still unproven as a GM on the VHL level, and if it turns out that I suck at it, that will be the team's greatest enemy.
 
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Helsinki Titans
On Pace For: 37-30-5
Current Standing: 7th
GM: @Jubo07
 
The Present: The Titans sit in seventh place at the moment, and they're hanging on to the last bits of their former glory days. Julian Borwinn, Joey Boucher, Sidney Crosby, and Alexander Pepper are all in their last seasons, and it looks like Helsinki is doing what they can to make the best of it. They've made some moves to secure some players from S66 and later--Ben Hafkey, Erik Draven, Erik Summers, and Guillaume Fontenette come to mind--and have built a decent roster with dreams to compete and bring what's left of the @Quik era to an end with a bang.
 
The Future: I came into this one thinking that this segment would be all about how the Titans need to rebuild, scrap everything, become the next Davos and all that stuff. It turns out that that isn't really the case, though--Helsinki has easily the best pool of VHLM prospects that the league has to offer, and many of their players from S66 or after will be sticking around for a bit. Though a step back is expected, it won't be nearly as drastic as one might believe. Virgil Ligriv will likely take over in net, while the others mentioned above will make up the future core. Among the prospects, Jared Spaz and Ike Bennett come to mind as two that do 6-point tasks with a decent earn rate, and there are many more welfare earners who should be up in a season or two. It seems that a retool, not a rebuild, is in order, and for that Helsinki management is grateful.
 
Best Case: Though it's unrealistic to expect Helsinki not to take a step back, a best case scenario leads one to believe that they'll be able to emerge from the transition in only a season or two without ever tanking or being at the bottom of the league. They'll have at least two solid earners next season, and likely a bit more than that, with a first-round pick in the draft, another first-rounder in S72 when Jubo's recreate comes up, and the cap space to accommodate some free agent signings or perhaps a big-ticket player or two in a trade. If all goes well, the Titans will once again stand atop the league with an entirely different roster in not too much time.
 
Worst Case: The worst case scenario in this instance is simply that the retool might not be done in a matter of one or two seasons. It might take a bit longer to develop the prospects--assuming, of course, that they all continue to develop and none go inactive--and by that point players like Hafkey, Fontenette, and Ligriv will be significantly affected by depreciation and well on their way to retirement. Assuming Helsinki does attempt a successful retool--and I maintain that they should, regardless of what the worst case scenario says--their prospects need to maintain their earn rates. If management isn't able to flex their player retention muscles, the Titans will be left with yet another aging roster, this time with nowhere else to go but a complete rebuild.
 
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Malmo Nighthawks
On Pace For: 31-38-3
Current Standing: 10th
GM: @Advantage
 
The Present: Malmo is the league's most unlucky team, and (I hope) I'm not just saying that because I play there. With eight players above 600 TPA, right up there with the more above-average teams in the league, they've still managed to be...not that great, currently sitting in 10th place. Much of the roster is in the S66-S68 range, with players like Jerry Garcia (ahem), Phil Marleau, and Michael Johnson representing the first generation of the team's history. Further supplemented is the blueline, with the likes of Condor Adrienne, while the forwards lines are graced by the presence of Aleksander Rodriguez and Dan Wilinsky. There's a solid roster there, but one that simply is not working.
 
The Future: If you thought D.C. was notorious for career signings, then take a look at Malmo's finance page and think about how wrong you were. Every player in the S66 class or after on the 600-TPA-or-more list is locked up for most or all of the rest of their career, leaving Malmo (on paper) very set up for the future. Though Dan Wilinsky is retiring this season and Ryan Sullivan Jr the next, the Nighthawks will see first-round prospect Lewis Dawson promoted next season and will then have the cap space for a move or two to be made, and perhaps a signing as well. 
 
Best Case: Everything finally clicks for Malmo after two seasons of underwhelming sim results, and they're able to enjoy success because of it. Marleau finally finds his place on the team, Garcia stops taking so many penalties, and the Nighthawks are back on top of the league with seasons to go on the big-boy contracts. Management hits on the first-rounder in S72, and all is well. 
 
Worst Case: SimonT continues to vomit all over Sweden and Malmo's current roster simply doesn't do the trick. The career signings given to half the team begin to hurt the team rather than help it, as moves should be made to bring Malmo back to where it should be and it becomes difficult to ship people off elsewhere, particularly now-inactive Rob Mattalex, who will cost any team taking him on $4 million per season, even after depreciation hits. Malmo is unable to scrape together enough prospects for a successful retool and goes the way of the Helsinki worst-case.
 
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Moscow Menace
On Pace For: 48-17-7
Current Standing: 1st
GM: @Victor
 
The Present: "Top of the League" is really all that needs to be said about Moscow at the moment. They've got eight players over 600 TPA, and while that isn't top of the league, they're making it work. A veteran core including Jet Jaguar, Randoms, and the venerable Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen lead the way at the moment, and there's a ton to like on the leaderboard--six out of the top ten point scorers are from Moscow: Jaguar, Randoms, Smitty, Gritty, Mat Tocco, and the highly underrated Dan Baillie, a player who isn't a household name but has contributed almost a point per game in his Moscow career while also showing his two-way ability by consistently reaching impressive hit totals. Moscow is dominant this season, and it's hard to imagine anyone getting by them in the playoffs.
 
The Future: The future looks good in Moscow, more so than one might expect from a look at the finances page. Though Smitty and Gritty are officially set to enter free agency after this season, neither one has historically been prone to leaving a team, and it's easy to see both re-signing. As far as younger players go, the Menace don't have much in the way of prospects, but they do have a good amount of draft picks in the coming drafts, as well as TPE whore Raymond Bernard in net, active long-term signing Nate Telker at forward, and GM player Vladimir Pavlov on defense to keep the ball rolling (or, "keep the puck moving," I guess?) into the next generation of Moscow players.
 
Best Case: Smitty and Gritty re-sign and stick with Moscow for the rest of their careers, as does Jaguar. The Menace make some good draft choices and maybe a signing somewhere along the way, and remain a good team for the foreseeable future. One can afford to run the team conservatively at the moment, too, as more than enough cap space will be freed up by the retiring Randoms to retain the current roster should they decide to stay where they are.
 
Worst Case: Smitty and Gritty decide to take their orange fur elsewhere and the Menace aren't as menacing in S71 after, well, not making signings like Smitty and Gritty. They remain mediocre--think of a big buff dude grimacing at you rather than scowling in terms of menacing quality--but aren't top of the league. They'll have space to work with, both cap-wise and draft-wise, but Victor, being the idiot that he is in this worst-case model, somehow manages to screw up both, missing signings and picking busts, until Moscow has an aging and top-heavy roster ready to tip over. As you can see, this worst-case scenario takes a whole lot of screwing up to achieve, but it's the most realistic out of everything as there isn't really much that can go wrong.
 
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Prague Phantoms
On Pace For: 37-25-10
Current Standing: 5th
GM: @diamond_ace
 
The Present: Prague is getting off to a better start than the other S67 expansion, D.C., and they're doing it with a super balanced roster. With only two players above 600 TPA, but tons in the 500-600 range, the Phantoms are making a name for themselves through depth, teamwork, and a little bit of sim luck. Current Prague veterans leading the way include Roll Fizzlebeef and Brick Wahl, though the roster runs a bit deeper with many noted players from S66-S69 seeing themselves in supporting roles. Though it could be argued that they're playing a bit above their caliber at the moment, the Phantoms are a decent team that happens to be very, very balanced.
 
The Future: Prague's got three players--Alex Pearson, Jacob Perry, and Wolf Stansson Jr--signed through S73, with Seabass Perrin and Cinnamon Block representing a couple young bright spots on defense with solid earn rates and bright futures. Solomon Crawford isn't the fastest earner, though likely figures to be the starting goalie once Wahl is out. The Phantoms don't have many draft picks, with one first-rounder next season representing the only significant pick held by the team, but if the current roster is able to be retained successfully, they could be in more serious contention in a season or two.
 
Best Case: The best case here isn't really as dynasty-ish and high up as some of the others, but it's still an optimistic one. Prague's future lies in retention--if they lose some players to free agency, which is possible, they may end up making some signings of their own, but the smartest way to develop the Phantoms is simply to just wait for the current roster to develop and reach a higher level of competition. After a hit in the coming draft's first round, the Phantoms sit back and wait--the defense breaks into the next level, Pearson steps it up at forward, and Prague earns a spot near the top of the league in an undisputed manner.
 
Worst Case: Prague picks a bust next season and growth of the current roster proves to be of questionable effect. Block, Perrin, and Stansson should stick around, but most others on the team are welfare earners with second-line potential. The team also has no real star power at forward, a part of the ice a good deal more important in this league than the blueline. In this case, we'd see less of management running the team into the ground and more of the team running itself into the ground--most of this plan is dependent upon the team's ability to improve itself, and if it fails in that regard, there won't be much to see in a few seasons.
 
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Riga Reign
On Pace For: 42-23-7
Current Standing: 4th
GM: @hedgehog337
 
The Present: Riga's got seven players above my arbitrary 600-TPA standard, and as has been the norm as long as I've been in this league (since the prime days of Preencarnacion and Cast), plenty of star power. They seem to have transitioned well between rosters, keeping Ryan Kastelic, the TPE whore who makes most other whores look like nuns by comparison, throughout that entire period. The current stars of the team include Kastelic, Lincoln Tate, Apollo Hackett, and former Davos franchise goalie Finn Davison, acquired this past offseason in a deal which gave Kallis the chance to be shipped out to D.C.. The Reign are strong as always, and though they aren't on top of the league, no major concerns are present as far as this season goes.
 
The Future: Oh, look, Riga has a good team and a good set of picks again. I'm hardly surprised--this has, of course, been the case for most of the time I've been in this league. With three first-rounders in the next two drafts, Riga is there to make a big splash with their selections, and they'll be strengthening an already good team with a decent prospect pool--they've got a few decent earners in the VHLM, but forward JaredN and goaltender Nicolas Fomba, who projects as a solid backup, are the top two in that regard. With the current roster, the entire blueline is signed through next season, though only two forwards will be around for sure--with the rest either retired or hitting free agency, an overhaul up front might be necessary.
 
Best Case: Hedge re-signs who he needs to at forward and Riga solves their goaltending problem, either through the draft or a trade. He's able to use some free cap space left in the absence of Kastelic to seduce bring in a solid player up front, and Patrik Tallinder and Guy Sasakamoose continue on their young talent track and develop into legitimate stars. Solid draft choices are made, Riga continues to be a good team, and nobody is surprised in the slightest.
 
Worst Case: For a team where everything has gone right in recent times, what could possibly go wrong? The worst that can happen to the Reign at the moment is a loss of just about their entire forward personnel--Kastelic will be forced out, and should the others choose to exercise their right to test the market, it could thin the team out quite a bit more. Davison retires before Riga is able to find a legitimate replacement, and the team effectively becomes limited to its strong defensive core only. Though this situation is unlikely, some smart management will be necessary to avoid it.
 
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Word count: 5,711. Apparently it's a 20-minute read too, hope you enjoy it. Thank God for multi-claims, because I might need them in the next few weeks.
 
See you in a month!

Picture this; the year is 2050, VHL members who used to have players on the VHL Welfare Pension Plan are now on their own real-life Pension; @Victor is still in power; all is well. By this point in time, the VHL will have matched the NHL in terms of worldwide cultural influence, and over the years has managed to successfully expand to 32 teams, equally spread out into two conferences with two divisions in each. These are those new teams.
 

 
Team Location: Beijing, China
Possible Team Name(s): Red Stars
Primary Color: Red
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Black
Much like the irl KHL before it, the VHL will expand to China, sometime around S150, thanks to a massive influx of Chinese members in the seasons preceding it. China’s current totalitarian regime has fallen by that point in time, and the new Chinese members enjoy the VHL site among others in their newfound internet freedom, uninhibited by past firewalls.
 

Team Location: Cairo, Egypt
Possible Team Name(s): Pharaohs, Mummies
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Silver
The VHL makes a very controversial move (get used to it for this media spot), expanding to a location that really has no business having a hockey team, in one of the final stages of expansion. Expanding to Cairo gives the VHL it’s first ever African franchise, and hopes that the Cairo franchise will be the start of successful hockey in Africa.
 

Team Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Possible Team Name(s): Sultans
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Silver
Tertiary Color: Red
Thanks to massive demand from the ruling House of Al Falasi, the VHL embarks on it’s first true Middle-Eastern location. Despite massive human rights protests, the league approves the construction of the first ever 100,000+ seat hockey arena, thanks largely in part due to the Royal Family paying off the VHL Board of Governors.
 

Team Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Possible Team Name(s): Waves
Primary Color: Green
Secondary Color: Purple
Tertiary Color: Yellow
The VHL’s expansion to Cairo also brings a team to a city of a similar latitude, but different hemisphere; Rio.The city has a long history of sport, but none in hockey; that changes now. I have a feeling that Rio would actually somehow become a popular destination for VHLers, despite having the odds stacked up against them.
 

Team Location: Seoul, South Korea
Possible Team Name(s): Metropolitans/Soul
Primary Color: Purple
Secondary Color: Magenta
Tertiary Color: Blue
Of all the possible expansion locations in this article, I think Seoul is actually decently realistic; you can go so many possible ways with logos/colors/etc., I think it would be a lot of fun. I have a feeling that Seoul would also become a marquee destination for free agents and draftees in the future.
 

Team Location: Sydney, Australia
Possible Team Name(s): Kangaroos, Roos
Primary Color: Brown
Secondary Color: Tan
Tertiary Color: Yellow
The VHL goes down under. Along with Seoul, I could also see this becoming a slightly realistic possible future expansion location for the VHL; I know we’ve actually had a few Australian members in the league (paging @BOOM™), so there could actually be something here.
 

Team Location: Tokyo, Japan
Possible Team Name(s): Samurai
Primary Color: Green
Secondary Color: Black
Tertiary Color: Silver
I think the VHL has been host to a multitude of members with asian descent other than tfong, but I could be wrong. Regardless, Japan is one of the more plausible locations in this media spot. I could totally see fong campaigning hard for it and getting a team in Tokyo before S125.
 

Team Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Minutemen 
Primary Color: Brown
Secondary Color: Navy Blue
Tertiary Color: Maroon
I’m actually a bit surprised to see that Boston has never had a VHL, or even VHLM team before; it’s the center of one of the largest hockey regions in the United States. I think we’d definitely see an expansion here if the VHL did somehow grow to 32 teams.
 

Team Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Skyliners
Primary Color: Gray
Secondary Color: Orange
Tertiary Color: Sky Blue
I could not for the life of me come up with a good name/colors for this team, but I knew that Chicago needed to have a team in the USA division. I know the VHL has tried to stray away from using cities that have real teams, but I don’t care, Chicago needs a team.
 

Team Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Miners/Mountaineers 
Primary Color: Navy Blue
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Brown
To my knowledge, neither the VHL or VHLM has had a team in Colorado, but that will change when the league massively expands. I don’t really have much to say regarding the possible USA/Canada expansion locations, as most of them could actually be viable, and aren’t really interesting or humorous.
 

Team Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Mesas
Primary Color: Black
Secondary Color: Maroon
Tertiary Color: Gold
You could go a multitude of ways with the logo/coloring for a Los Angeles VHL team, and to be honest I’m not really satisfied with the ones I chose, but it is what it is. The VHLM has already hosted a team in Vegas, and if that was a success I don’t see how Los Angeles couldn’t be. 
 

Team Location: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Possible Team Name(s): Lumberjacks
Primary Color: Forest Green
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Maroon
There may have been a past team in VHLM history, but I’m not 100% sure; I know Minot was close geographically, despite being in North Dakota, not Minnesota. Minnesota is one of the United States’ biggest hockey hotbeds, and the VHL would be remiss to not consider it as a location in a 32 team league.
 

Team Location: London, United Kingdom
Possible Team Name(s): Royals/Monarchs
Primary Color: Red
Secondary Color: Blue
Tertiary Color: Yellow
How Victor has not decreed a team to move or expand to the U.K. yet is beyond me. We have a handful of members actually from there, and there has always been an interest in creating players hailing from the U.K. There’s no doubt in my mind that a London team would be a successful VHL endeavor. This could easily happen before S100. Get to it league management.
 

Team Location: Paris, France 
Possible Team Name(s): Chevaliers
Primary Color: Silver
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Sky Blue
I have a feeling that the best part of this team would be the logos/coloring. I’m sensing a very Quebec Nordiques vibe for Paris, which would be pretty tight imo. I know we have a few French VHLers right now as well, but I could be wrong. This expansion happens pre-S110.
 

Team Location: Vasteras, Sweden
Possible Team Name(s): Iron Eagles
Primary Color: Gold
Secondary Color: Black
Tertiary Color: Silver
Did you really think I wasn’t going to include a comeback for the Iron Eagles in this article? There will always be VHL members who wish for Vasteras to return to the league; the controversy breeds discussion. Over time, the amount of members against Vasteras making a return dwindles, until the league announces that the Vasteras Iron Eagles will make a surprise return to the league for the leagues 100th season due to popular demand. And of course, in typical Vasteras fashion, the team will miraculously make a run to the cup in their 1st season back, only to lose in heartbreaking fashion, continuing what will still be the longest VHL cup-drought in history.
 

Team Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Prairie Dogs
Primary Color: Black
Secondary Color: Brown
Tertiary Color: Gold
Edmonton is one of the last Canadian teams to join the VHL fray, doing so just before the league adds Cairo and Rio. Albertan VHLers rejoice. Yeah, the possible team name I chose may suck, but who cares?
 

Team Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Whalers
Primary Color: Gray
Secondary Color: Turquoise
Tertiary Color: Tan
Halifax does actually scream “vintage VHL” to me in terms of location. It fits along with the VHL’s love of niche cities compared to main ones, but is still populous enough that it isn’t TOO niche. I could see Halifax joining the league pre-S90.
 

Team Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Admirals
Primary Color: Navy Blue
Secondary Color: Gold
Tertiary Color: Silver
Vasteras won’t be the only city getting its franchise back; Hamilton was the location of one of the first VHL cities, hosting the Hamilton Canucks. The franchise wasn’t too popular the first go-around, re-locating to become the current New York Americans, but I think Hamilton deserves a 2nd chance. They certainly can’t be called the Canucks again, as that franchise is currently New York, so I chose Admirals as a name; this would be extremely similar to the current situation regarding the Winnipeg Jets and Arizona Coyotes.
 

Team Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Musketeers
Primary Color: Indigo
Secondary Color: Yellow
Tertiary Color: Brown
I don’t think the Meute should have ever left Quebec City to be honest, everything about the franchise seemed to be crisp and cool. I wasn’t active at the time of it’s relocation though, so I don’t know what league-wide opinion was. Regardless, there should be a VHL franchise in Quebec.
 

Team Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Possible Team Name(s): Lakers
Primary Color: Blue
Secondary Color: Green
Tertiary Color: Yellow
There’s probably a better Canadian VHL location than Winnipeg, but idk, I think the Manitoba capital would be a decent choice. It may not be “niche” enough to be added, but I think it stands a decent chance, plus I think the color scheme is pretty tight.
 

VHL Award Tracker
S70 Midseason Edition
 
Hello everyone, and welcome to this season’s first edition of the VHL Award Tracker. At this moment, teams have played either 36 or 37 games, meaning that we are pretty much halfway through the season, which makes it a perfect time to assess the races for the different end of season trophies awards to the VHL’s best of the best. Without further ado, let’s kick it off with the Mike Szatkowski Trophy, given every year to the player that scored the most points.
 
 
Mike Szatkowski Trophy
 
The first award we are going to look at is one for which the race promises to be exciting until the very end of the season. In fact, there are currently three players tied at 48 points in 36 games atop the scoring leaderboard, making it a three-way tie when it comes to determining favourites for the Mike Szatkowski Trophy. Experts think the player who has the best shot to come on top in the second half of the season is Julian Borwinn, who already has two Szatkowski trophies to his name, but it doesn’t mean Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Jet Jaguar don’t have what it takes to finish the season with the most points scored. After all, the three of them are on a pace for a haul of 96 points.
 
 
Kevin Brooks Trophy
 
The lead in the Kevin Brooks Trophy is about as tight as the one for the Szatkowski, as two players have been taking the lead alternating fashion since the start of the season. Former Season 66 winner, Julian Borwinn of the Helsinki Titans, is currently a single goal ahead of his main rival, Jet Jaguar of the Moscow Menace. Their respective 25 and 24 goals put them at a safe distance from the third-best goalscorers so far, Mat Tocco and Matthew Materazo, who have both scored 20 goals in 36 games. It would take a massive collapse from both current favourites and a great second half for one of their rivals for the trophy to not be awarded to either Borwinn or Jaguar.
 
 
Alexander Beketov Trophy
 
We have witnessed a trend in the last couple of seasons, where forwards skillset makes them better shooters than ever before, leaving the primary quarterback and playmaker roles to the blueliners. It is once again the case this season, as three defensemen are tied at 31 assists in 36 games, creating a three-way tie in the race for the Alexander Beketov Trophy. Moscow’s blueliner Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen is only one year removed from a Beketov-winning campaign - before finishing a single assist behind Diljodh Starload last season - and once again finds himself near the top at this point of the season. He shares the lead with his Menace teammate Vladimir Pavlov and Riga Reign's phenom Apollo Hackett. Though it looks like defensemen lead the way once again, it would be surprising to see a forward come out on top for once, as both Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Ben Hafkey are only 2 assists behind the leading group.
 
 
Alexander Valiq Trophy
 
This recent trend of defensemen leading the league in playmakers made it so the favourites for the Alexander Valiq Trophy, awarded to the VHL’s best offensive blueliners, are often in contention for the Beketov Trophy as well. This season makes no exception as Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen, arguably the league’s best defenseman in the last couple of years seem to ahead in Valiq voting, thanks to a statline of 10 goals, 31 assists and 41 points. His closest rival in the Valiq race is his fellow Menace blueliner, Vladimir Pavlov, who only trails him by 3 goals. If not for them, Guillaume Fontenette of the Helsinki Titans could continue his rise to stardom and have a shot at the award, but he trails Pavlov by 3 points, putting him 6 behind Werbenjagermanjensen.
 
 
Jake Wylde Trophy
 
The Jake Wylde Trophy favourites are tough to determine because, unlike the other awards we talked about so far, it isn’t given to the leader of one particular statistic - the Valiq Trophy either, though it’s pretty much always given to the defenseman with the most points at the end of the season. For the Wylde, we must look at more than one statistic, without really knowing their specific impact in the race. It seems to me that the 4 players at the moment who could claim to be among the favourites for the award are Riga’s Apollo Hackett and Lincoln Tate, Helsinki’s Sidney Crosby and Toronto’s Rusty Shackleford. The Reign linemates both basically have the same skillset and showcase some good balance between their hits, shots blocked totals and their +/- - 91 hits, 73 shots blocked, +2 for Hackett, 97 hits, 70 shots blocked, -2 for Tate. Crosby could be compared easily to the both of them too, with a statline of 87 hits, 75 shots blocked and a -5. On the other hand, Shackleford is the kind of player that has gotten attention in Wylde voting in the past. He’s the only player to be in both the top 10 for hits and shots blocked - with 141 and 66, respectively - though he has an abysmal goal differential at -13 because he plays in a rebuilding team. So really, it depends what the voting committee is looking for, but I feel like these are the best options at the moment.
 
 
Sterling Labatte Trophy
 
The Sterling Labatte Trophy race can be brought down to pretty much only four players. First, we have Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen, who won the award in the last two seasons and now leads all defensemen in points, assists, while still accumulating strong defensive numbers - 94 hits, 54 shots blocked. Then, we have Werbenjagermanjensen’s partner with the Menace, Vladimir Pavlov, who trails him by 3 points but shares the league lead in assists with him. His defensive numbers might be even more impressive too, with 77 hits and 69 shots blocked that ranks him 6th in the whole league. Another player that should be considered for the Labatte is Apollo Hackett, who has been mentioned in the Beketov and Wylde races already, as he too shares the league lead with 31 assists, though he scored fewer goals than the previous two. His 91 hits and 73 shots blocked are among the league’s best defensive statline. Our last potential winner of the award is Guillaume Fontenette, who is currently 3rd in defenseman scoring with 35 points while leading the league in shots blocked with 79. The stat that might hurt him the most, however, is the hits column, since he has never been known as a heavy hitter and never finished with more than 40 hits.
 
 
Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy
 
If there’s one race that isn’t even a race already at the midseason point, it’s the one for the Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy, awarded annually to the league’s best performing rookie. In the first half of the season, Helsinki Titan Erik Summers has separated himself from the other first-year players’ thanks to a respectable production of 20 points as a defenseman. The rookies closest to him in the rookie scoring leaderboards - Kris Rice (16 points), Edu Stava (14 points) and Milos Slavik (13 points) - are all forwards, which means that they don’t have nearly as much of an impact as the blueliner in their own zone. In fact, Summers only trails Chad Magnum, Ben McGirr and Raleigh Ritchie in hits by a rookie, and he’s 3rd among rookies in shots blocked, behind only David OQuinn and Odin Omdahl. Unless he collapses, Summers should be named the Season 70 Rookie of the Year and lift the Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy.
 
 
Dustin Funk Trophy
 
If Season 70 was to finish right now, we might see a repeat of last season, when a young goaltender walked away from the Award Show with the Dustin Funk Trophy. In fact, A Red Guy went from 20 wins, a .906 save percentage and a 2.99 goals-against average in his rookie season to 32 wins, a .9.23 save percentage and a 2.15 goals-against average in his sophomore season, the same kind of exponential growth that Menace’s netminder, Raymond Bernard who, at the halfway of this season, bears a statline of 23W, .918SV%, 2.15GAA, compared to last season’s 22W, .903SV%, 2.15GAA. However, if Bernard can’t keep it up, I’d see one of Ben Hafkey or Mat Tocco swooping in to win the award, as both players have now scored 41 points, which puts them on a pace for 82 points, a lot more than the respective totals of 34 and 55 they amassed last season.
 
 
Scott Boulet Trophy
 
The Scott Boulet Trophy, given supposedly to the league’s best two-way forward or, as the engine has it, the league’s best power forward. After the first half of the season, it looks like the defending champion is leading the way and might win it again this year. In fact, Randoms’ 147 hits put him first in the league, while his 43 points have him in the top 10, which seems like a perfect balance for a great power forward. His most serious rivals for the title at this point in time would probably be leading scorer Julian Borwinn (48 points, 120 hits), and a trio of heavy hitters who all have recorded fewer hits and fewer points than Randoms, Ryan Kastelic (37 points, 140 hits), Tyler Barabash Jr (34 points, 131 hits) and Matthew Materazo (36 points, 128 hits). I’ll conclude this part by saying it’s pretty sad that the only thing that the engine allows us to use to compare defensive contribution from forwards is their relative number of hits and their seemingly random blocked shot totals.
 
 
Greg Clegane and Aidan Shaw Trophies
 
Last season, I bundled the Greg Clegane and the Aidan Shaw trophies together because, to me, it seems like the favourites for an award is inevitably a favourite for the other one as well. For instance, at this point, the leader in both races would be Seattle Bears’ Rayz Funk, whose 2.12 goals-against average and .929 save percentage rank him first among VHL goaltenders. His most serious competition would be Raymond Bernard, who leads the league in 23 wins, while only trailing Funk in the other two columns by a bit (2.15GAA, .928SV%). Next in line would probably be JB Rift (20W, 2.15GAA, .923SV%) and Greg Eagles (17W, 2.19GAA, .924SV%), though it’s safe to say Funk and Bernard are a step ahead of them.
 
 
Scotty Campbell and Brett Slobodzian Trophies
 
And here we go, another bundle of trophies to end this whole thing. I didn’t even speak about the Brett Slobodzian last season but, truth is, it’s really easy to pretend that I’m considering it in this paragraph because, really, the Campbell and the Slobodzian most of the time both go to the same players or at least it’s the same two or three players that appear to be seriously considered for both. It still applies this season though, I must admit, no player seems to have a statline warranting of the overwhelming favourite status, so we will just look at the favourites for other trophies, the best players at their respective positions, and work from there. Aidan Shaw and Greg Clegane trophies favourite Rayz Funk has easily been the most consistent goaltenders so far this season, giving the Seattle Bears a shot at a victory night in night out and could follow the way Kallis Kriketers paved last season, making it the second campaign in a row in which a goaltender goes all the way to be named most valuable and most outstanding player of the VHL. As far as defensemen go, Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen would be the only one with a distant shot at winning one of the two end-of-season awards, though his numbers are not as impressive as his numbers in other seasons, and he wasn’t considered in these other seasons, so I doubt this is the season we finally see a blueliner be named MVP again. Actually, I think the award is currently being disputed mostly between two forwards, the two players who are currently leading the league in points, who are within only a single goal from each other: Helsinki Titans’ Julian Borwinn and Moscow Menace’s Jet Jaguar. They are both on pace for 50-goal, 95-point seasons, which doesn’t seem that impressive until you realize scoring has been trending down in the last couple of seasons and only a handful of players even reach the 50-goal and 90-point marks every season now.
 
 
It will be interesting to see the way these races shape up during the second half of the season because, let’s be honest here, nothing is set in stone and the competition for these prestigious titles is as fierce as ever. I tried to talk about a couple of players for every award, but basically everyone - except maybe Erik Summers for the Stolzschweiger - is only one bad week of sims away to be dropped from contention altogether. Everything is still possible, both for players deemed as favourites at the halfway point of the season and for players who don’t appear to be considered for an award at the moment. Good luck to all!
     
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The Mississauga Hounds are pleased to announce a new partnership with the Gastroenterology Center of Mississauga, now the official gastroenterological provider for Mississauga’s favorite hockey team. Located right off route 403, GCM will be offering 25% off colonoscopies to patients who show their Hounds pride by coming to their appointment in official Hounds gear (on sale now at VHLM.com). There will also be a new in-game entertainment segment during the first stoppage in the second period where a fan will attempt to “spot the polyp” hidden in the crowd in order to win $50. 
 
“We want to be the first ones Hounds fans think of when they need a poke check,” said Dr. Thomas Bailey, the Center’s CEO. “Colon health is important for hockey players and fans alike,” said Hounds’ rookie left wing Linea Alba. Alba is excited that this partnership will help raise awareness of the importance of colon cancer screening. “Most of our fans are men in their 50s, which is when it is important to start getting screened regularly,” said Mississauga GM Berocka. Mississauga will debut their new sponsored segment when they take on the Mexico City Kings in their next home game.

On behalf of our family I would like to extend our gratitude to all of you. Your support, condolences and tidbits of interaction with Fredrik is an overwhelmingly positive memory being with us for the rest of our lives.
 
I want all of you to know how much he appreciated the league, the companionship and the friends he made here. He spoke of you regularly.
 
From the bottom of my heart, thank you all for your kind words!!

I have created an algorithm for the All Star Skills Competitions that were featured in the latest NHL all stars weekend. I want each of the VHL teams to nominate one player for each skills competition.
 
The competitions are:
Hardest Shot; Shooting Stars; Fastest Skater; Accuracy Shooting; and Save Streak.  
The skaters nominated will go up against a random teams goalie in the Save streak.
 
Points will be awarded to the players in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th and we will see which team has the best stars.
 
@VHL GM could you please nominate your 5 players (4 skaters and 1 Goalie) and for which event you wish for them to compete in, I will then do all the results by podcast and text for everyone to listen.
 
Everyone in the VHLM don't worry I will be completing yours straight after.
 
 

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