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1. I've been saying for a while now that this offseason is going to be interesting. What are your speculations on what's about to happen? big trades I think. 2. Who wins the finals, Vancouver or Helsinki? Vancouver 3. Who wins the VHLM finals, Miami or Mississauga? mississauga 4. What's one thing you hope to accomplish next season? I want to make playoffs 5. You get 30 TPE for free, but the catch is that you have to put it all into one attribute, and that attribute has to be below 70. What do you upgrade? hmm any one of my secondaries I guess 6. How are you in general? Is there anything new in your life? same old COVID life

1) What is the punishment for a late press conference? Drink 4L of milk in 1 sitting 2) What players should we look at drafting in the upcoming draft? good ones, hopefully ones better than what we have. 3) Are there any free agents that Gustav should look at? I don't know the answer to this.. probably? 4) Gustav has announced he is stepping down as GM after next season. If this was real how would you react? Well shit. I was real excited for a while there. I don't like you any more. 5) What are your goals as next season approaches? Win more games than lose 6) Berocka has made a cricket sim, what would he need to do to bring you over Nothing, I'm not there

For the week ending 10/25: 1. Now that the regular season is winding down, how do you feel about your individual performance this season as a whole? I feel like I put forward a solid backup effort. 2. We're right on the edge of making the playoffs as I'm writing this. If you're answering this before the regular season ends, will we make it? Does Davos, Prague, or Helsinki get knocked out? If you're answering this after it ends, are you surprised by how the last couple sims went? Yes, we pull it together and make it in. 3. Not including yourself, which member of the league who is not currently a VHL GM would you like to see as one? I'd like to see acyd again. They were great in Ottawa. 4. What's the best place you've ever traveled to? Central Europe. So much history. 5. Do you have a favorite time of the year? How does October stack up to it? Spring. It's warming up and the snow is gone. 6. Have you played, or do you currently play, any sports in real life? Which ones? Yes, hockey.

1. Gorlab keeps reading our press conferences for some reason. Give him a shout-out or a personal message here. Hi gorlab, always nice to interact with fans. What are you wearing? 2. Things are looking a little bit more stable sims-wise, as we've managed to win a few here and there after a bit of a change in the lines. Is this something we should be excited about now, or are we at the point where we should just hope for some good playoff luck? No. If we get excited over anything we're just setting ourselves up for disappointment. 3. What did you think about the VHL when you first joined? Is your outlook on the league any different now? I thought it was neat. I like it a lot less now. 4. This past week saw a huge wave of new recruits. Is the league now full enough that we'll have to think about expanding again, or is it best to wait a while and see how these players affect the VHL when they move up? Let's hold off. Might end up with a bunch of inactive folks. 5. Last week was theme week, where we talked about dream teams! If you could play with any one other player in the league, current or former, who would it be? Richard penisson 6. Do you have any particular style? What sort of clothes do you usually wear? Butterfly. And same answer. Silk shirts with lots of butterfly's

1. You catch former player Jet Jaguar burning incense and performing some sort of ritual to try to make the team better. The locker room now has an overwhelming essential-oil smell. What's your go-to scent to make things more tolerable? My jock strap 2. All jokes aside, what's the root of our problems in the sims lately? Things haven't been going so hot. Probably just bad luck. Shit like this happens. 3. @Beketov has a stroke one day and wakes up saying we need to bring back Project Player Two. Do you make a second player? If so, what would your plans be for them? What is project player? 4. What's your favorite logo in either league, VHL or VHLM? I think Malmo. I like the look and colors. 5. If you could have any real-life job (or field of study) in the world other than your current one, what would it be? If you're not yet at career-finding age, what job would you like to have in the future? This one, professional goalie. 6. Which player on our team is most likely to win in a fight? Who's most likely to lose? I'm most likely to win or lose depending on the day.

For the week ending 10/4! 1. You've probably been asked a million times in these press conference threads what your "pregame ritual" is. What do you do after games? Smell my jock. 2. Who's your favorite NHL team and what's the worst thing about them? Edmonton. They suck and can't win. 3. Last week, I asked who your favorite sports figure of all time was. Who's your least favorite, in any sport? Claude lemieux. He's a douche. 4. We've been...inconsistent lately, beating first-place Riga one day and losing to expansion Warsaw the next. What's your general outlook on our chances this season? Fell like we just need better goaltending. 5. Which GM, apart from myself, do you know the best? Are there any GMs who you haven't talked to much or at all? Hmm the gm in Ottawa..forget his name. 6. Is there anything you wish the league did or offered that it currently doesn't? Free tacos.

1. We're off to a solid start! What are your first impressions of the season so far? I think we have a pretty decent celieng as long as our goal tending stays solid. 2. Are you happy with your role on the team? It's alright. I wish I was a bit better, but I also est a lot of hot dogs. 3. Where do you see yourself as a league member in five seasons? 5 seasons I think I'll be close to retirement? 4. Who's your all-time favorite sports figure, in any sport? Patrick Roy. He was cocky as hell and the best in the world. 5. What styles of music are you into? Swedish metal and rock 6. Have you ever been in any online communities outside of the sim league world? What were they? Uhh. Not that I can really think of. Ever is a long time though.

1. If there were vhlm affiliates for each vhl team who would you want and why? ottawa. Because they the best. 2. The draft is now over what do you think of our draftees? I need some time to haze them. 3. We acquired Funk and Davis in FA, are you happy with this? Yes. Funk is a great name. 4. With prediction points just coming out how did you do? I assume very badly. 5. What award do you think you have the best chance at winning this season? Probably worst goalie. 6. What will you spend training camp focusing on? My reaction time.

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1. Why did we lose to Malmo? What can I say, Sweden players and Sweden teams are top notch 2. Who do you want to win the NA conference and why Mmmmm let's say Calgary. I assume they are in. 3. Who do you want to win EU conference and why Malmo. Want to be beaten by the best. 4. What are your goals for next season General overall improvement. Let's work on those numbers. 5. Davos players start playing D&D in the off season which person creates the weirdest character, what is it? Gustav for sure. Probably runs some weird field medic barbarian. 6. Who is the best golfer on Davos? Beroka. He is from a sunny place.

1. Apparently we decided to suck, for no readily explainable reason. Sims as of late have gone horribly, we're currently out of a playoff spot, and even returning to the lines which put us on top of the EU has done nothing to help that. Do you have any idea what happened? What's your best guess Honestly? Just the sim. It's apparently moody. 2. Someone has placed a curse on Davos, of course! Who's the first person we investigate? Beroka 3. All roads point to nowhere and nobody finds out who cast the magic spell. What's your favorite supernatural remedy? Ummm what? Like the show? Let's go with cocaine. 4. The VHL Players' Association starts up again, after having failed the last few times it was attempted. You've been elected the representative for Davos--what's the first issue you bring up? Paying goalies more. 5. Who's the best VHL player from your home country (either yours or your player's)? Go here and sort by birthplace; feel free to include retired players if you'd like to. Why I am of course 6. While you're on the portal, what was the last VHLM team you played for, and what are their chances at a cup right now? Ottawa. And I think pretty good

1. I just recreated! I've made a center who I plan to claim in the S75 draft. Do you think this was the right move for the team, or would a different position have served us better? I suppose if you think it'll have lp us. 2. Line chemistry is off for some reason lately. Why do you think that is? Is there anything you'd like to see tried that you haven't seen yet? Have we considered running more enforcers? 3. Which EU team do you think we'll eventually meet in the playoffs? Malmo 4. We've got three S66 players retiring this season in Jaguar, Garcia, and Paddywagon. Do we have what it takes to keep moving forward or is there a step back coming? How do you think this affects our long-term future? I sure hope so, but we're probably taking a hit in the offseason. 5. The trade deadline has come and gone! Are you surprised it was uneventful? Do you think there are any moves we could have made? Maybe bringing in a better goalie 6. There's a party at Robin Winter's house tonight. What are you bringing? Lots of rhum

1. Towards the beginning of this madness, I checked in a few times on your life with respect to all things COVID and quarantine. I'm checking in again--any updates? Has anything changed for you recently? How are the numbers looking in your area? Things seem ok for us. Lots of work - that might be a blessing with the current state of the world now. 2. This week is theme week, where we talk about future players! I assume most people will talk about a future player of their own--but if you had naming rights to any other member's next player, who would it be and what would you name them? Acyd will join me in the Bruden line with their next player! 3. You can bring anyone you know from elsewhere, be it online or in real life, into the VHL. Who is it? Brent Burns. He seems like he'd be fun to hang out with. 4. The team hits the gym--what exercise can you do better than everyone else? Squats. My thighs are massive! 5. You see the same "pregame ritual" question all the time. What do you do after games? Mostly hookers and hard drugs. 6. What were you doing an hour before you answered this question? Watching some TV, getting ready for bed.

1. Joakim Bruden goes missing before a game. Where do you find him? I'm no where to be found. Show up days later with no memory of what happened. 2. Davos can't stop winning lately--we're #1 in the EU and #2 in the league! Does this mean anything for the long run, or is it just a good phase? Just good streak. Have to keep it up. 3. The coach puts you in charge of practice for a day. What unique hockey drill do you drag out? Suicides! Get that conditioning up. 4. How do you feel about your player's production so far this season? Overall this season has been ok. Room to improve though. 5. You can bring any NHL player into the league as a VHL member. Who do you pick? The king. Lundqvist 6. The blue team offers you a 100-TPE bonus on your next player if you go completely inactive for a full calendar year. Do you take it? Sure. Just let me hit 700 first.

1. Davos is off to a decent start! Right now, we're fourth in the league, and the top isn't too far away. How do you feel about our chances this season, compared to the last? Cautiously better. 2. The team lands in LA for (I think) its longest away-game flight and just wants to go to the hotel. What's the best cheap, quick takeout you can think to order? Gimme a bag of cheese burgers 3. What does your ideal Davos jersey look like? Full of old blood stains from fights 4. If we had an alternate or secondary logo, what would it be? A purple full moon - like the moon in zelda 5. NHL hockey is back! Will everything go as planned? What are your predictions for the rest of the season? Toronto will lose to Boston in the playoffs 6. Yesterday, it was announced that the affiliation the VHL previously had with the SBA has been reinstated! What are your thoughts on the situation as a whole? But why though?

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1. Well, that does it for our season. Let's look ahead--what are your goals for S73? Make the Playoffs 2. The expansion draft is coming up on us. Looking at our team, who's the very first player you protect? hmmm Davis. 3. The finals come down to Riga and Calgary! Who wins? Who do you want to win? Calgary, and Calgary - If a euro team wins I want it to be us 4. The VHL comes out tomorrow and announces that all players will be rerolled in the offseason, with every point you've earned now being banked and ready to be applied. Do you change your build at all? What do you do with it? I think so. I think I build up to 90 on the primary stats first before working on the secondaries. It's a layover from needing a competitive minors build - the secondaries help and you're limited in amount you can dump. 5. What's one member of the league you'd like to meet in real life? (Obligatory disclaimer: if you are under 18, planning a meetup is not allowed per league policy) Beroka. I'd like to grab some beers (not foster) 6. Last week, Berocka asked you which expansion team will be the worst next season. I'm slightly more optimistic, so I'm asking you this: which expansion team will be the best next season? hmmm Vegas. They are the only one I can remember tbh.

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1. Gustav ran away during playoffs create a reason why He is in witness protection for talking on the mob and they relocated him to Switzerland. He has been found 2. The sims have been found out to be rigged, what should be the punishment 50 Lashes 3. What top line would you make if we got to redo sims I'm not really sure.. the best line? 4. Which expansion team will do the worst next season The North American one 5. Who would you like to see win the cup Us. I'd like to see me win the cup 6. If you were unprotected in expansion which team do you most want to play for Whoever wants me the most.

1. We are just a couple sims away from the end of the season, and the playoff race is a lot closer than we would have liked. Are you concerned? Which team do you think misses--us, Moscow, or Prague? Is all 3 an option? 2. What's been the best part of this season in Davos for you? Hanging out on the bench with the D 3. Going off of that, what's been the worst part? BE HONEST and don't worry about my feelings here. Trading away Acyd. I liked having him around 4. What's a part of the league you aren't very involved with? Would you have any interest in becoming more involved with it? Honestly, most parts. I find I'm pretty quiet here and just silently go about my business. 5. ACL TEAR is here this season, for one season only, on his mission to play for as many teams as possible. Where does he sign next season? One of those new teams 6. The league's picked up a non-hockey-related interest as of late, as many members on many teams have been seen playing chess lately. What's something you do for fun that has nothing to do with hockey? How would you get the league interested in it? Drinking, mostly. I guess just give them some?

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1. It is Thursday night, and unmotivated Gustav is finally getting around to posting the press conference. The team gets to decide on a punishment for my lateness--what should it be? 50 Lashes, on stream. 2. Davos is on a losing streak lately! Which VHL member's effigy does former satanic cult leader @McWolf burn to turn things around? Acyd. He brought this curse on us. 3. There was some big news this week in the VHL, as the league announced its biggest expansion yet with the introduction of FOUR new teams! What do you think about the new teams in terms of logos, branding, and/or GMs? Not familiar with them, so I'll go with a conservative don't like em. 4. Jump back a month. The league lets YOU decide on the location and name of one of the expansion teams. Where do you put it and what do you call it? Hmm Paris Libertie. I think it would be cool to visit / live in southern France which I would probably do if I was on this team. 5. Next week, it will officially be summer (unless you're @Berocka and you live in a fake country). Are you doing anything to celebrate? Staying indoors and not talking to anyone 6. Will the NHL follow through on their promise and make a return to play this year? If they do, who takes the cup? Yes kindof. I think it'll start up in October but be just playoffs, which screws up the next season. A fully rested Pittsburgh takes home the cup.

1. What's with all these shootout losses to Riga? What's your theory? take the points for now 2. Now that we're halfway through the season, do you think I made the right decision in aiming to compete? Why or why not? absolutely. I think it’s always a good time to compete because otherwise you can just continuously rebuild. 3. What's your in-season diet? hotdogs with my boy Kessler 4. How many points will you put up this season? hoping for 1, we’ll see. 5. You get to become the GM of any other team in the league for a day. Which team is it and what do you do with your power? I think I’d do Seattle and change their logo. 6. Who will be the point leader for Davos come the end of the season? no effing idea. Let’s say acyd