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April 17th Update Beaviss +14 TPE Spade18 +14 TPE rjfryman +12 TPE GRZ +13 TPE gorlab +14 TPE SirRupertBarnes +11 TPE bluesfan55 +11 TPE Kirby +9 TPE RunnerBert11 +11 TPE solas +12 TPE GustavMattias +4 TPE FacebookFighter +7 TPE aleks +8 TPE xDParK +1 TPE Dangles13 +8 TPE Kylrad +4 TPE TheFlash +9 TPE Renomitsu +13 TPE nethi99 +1 TPE K1NG LINUS +3 TPE leafssteen +6 TPE Matmenzinger +6 TPE FrostBeard +3 TPE Jtv123 +20 TPE SlashACM +6 TPE MexicanCow123 +1 TPE SparrowLTD +5 TPE Radcow +11 TPE Gregreg +1 TPE Patpou22 +1 TPE johnnyhockey42 +2 TPE VisualDarkness +7 TPE jab3 +1 TPE Jake Levine +6 TPE Grape +17 TPE cody73 +14 TPE Kyle +7 TPE zepheter +9 TPE littleboi +2 TPE Abaddon +6 TPE itsmclovin +1 TPE

First off, sorry updates haven't been happening this week. Had longer hours at work and as a result was too knackered to keep up with this as regularly as I have been. April 13th Updates Beaviss +16 TPE Spade18 +14 TPE rjfryman +16 TPE GRZ +14 TPE gorlab +30 TPE SirRupertBarnes +19 TPE TheLastOlympian07 +25 TPE bluesfan55 +15 TPE RunnerBert11 +17 TPE solas +18 TPE GustavMattias +22 TPE DMaximus +14 TPE FacebookFighter +8 TPE uphillmoss +12 TPE xDParK +33 TPE aleks +10 TPE Dangles13 +1 TPE Kylrad +38 TPE Plate +18 TPE TheFlash +17 TPE nethi99 +8 TPE K1NG LINUS +16 TPE leafssteen +10 TPE Renomitsu +24 TPE Matmenzinger +12 TPE FrostBeard +2 TPE MexicanCow123 +18 TPE SparrowLTD +6 TPE Gregreg +20 TPE Radcow +10 TPE Jtv123 +10 TPE Inf1d3l +8 TPE Patpou22 +12 TPE johnnyhockey42 +10 TPE Birdman +10 TPE Jus +12 TPE jab3 +13 TPE VisualDarkness +6 TPE Oost +12 TPE Jake Levine +6 TPE Grape +8 TPE cody73 +6 TPE okocha5 +12 TPE Sunburst +4 TPE efiug +6 TPE Gabella19 +10 TPE Kyle +7 TPE cpetrella +8 TPE littleboi +9 TPE zepheter +17 TPE Jacob Kundrat +6 TPE itsmclovin +18 TPE Walter Fizz +8 TPE

There's still plenty of time before the draft, I'm just taking a little break from these cause the Mock Draft took a lot of effort.

No he's not

April 7th Update GRZ +8 TPE bluesfan55 +2 TPE RunnerBert11 +6 TPE solas +12 TPE DMaximus +4 TPE uphillmoss +2 TPE GustavMattias +2 TPE Dangles13 +18 TPE nethi99 +2 TPE xDParK +16 TPE leafssteen +17 TPE K1NG LINUS +18 TPE Matmenzinger +6 TPE Renomitsu +6 TPE Radcow +14 TPE Inf1d3l +6 TPE Jtv123 +7 TPE Gregreg +2 TPE Birdman +3 TPE Oost +2 TPE Grape +8 TPE Tophdaddy +8 TPE cody73 +6 TPE Rent A McZ +10 TPE Sunburst +9 TPE efiug +6 TPE okocha5 +2 TPE Kyle +14 TPE Gabella19 +2 TPE littleboi +10 TPE Abaddon +8 TPE zepheter +10 TPE Kithoo +4 TPE Walter Fizz +6 TPE

Nice listen! Gonna be a very entertaining off season for sure! Just on the part who took over from me, it was actually Devise!

Usa

April 3rd Update Beaviss +28 TPE Spade18 +20 TPE rjfryman +38 TPE Kirby +10 TPE GRZ +17 TPE gorlab +22 TPE SirRupertBarnes +8 TPE bluesfan55 +26 TPE TheLastOlympian07 +21 TPE RunnerBert11 +16 TPE FacebookFighter +22 TPE DMaximus +22 TPE uphillmoss +31 TPE GustavMattias +22 TPE aleks +25 TPE solas +10 TPE nethi99 +8 TPE TheFlash +22 TPE FrostBeard +5 TPE xDParK +4 TPE Kylrad +4 TPE SparrowLTD +8 TPE Matmenzinger +16 TPE MexicanCow123 +10 TPE K1NG LINUS +4 TPE Renomitsu +21 TPE Nacci25 +10 TPE Patpou22 +16 TPE SaltyTalty +4 TPE Jtv123 +2 TPE Gregreg +30 TPE Birdman +4 TPE Jus +18 TPE Jake Levine +6 TPE Radcow +6 TPE jab3 +32 TPE Oost +18 TPE cody73 +2 TPE Sunburst +10 TPE okocha5 +12 TPE Gabella19 +8 TPE Jacob Kundrat +6 TPE Yusuf Abdul-Latif +6 TPE zepheter +6 TPE itsmclovin +8 TPE TriaL Exotic +2 TPE 46 players updated these last three days!

Like has been mentioned above, the cutoff was towards the end of the week (would have been unfair to add any of the TPE from this week into consideration given people will potentially opt to do the same tasks later in the week), so only a small portion of that would have been included and prolly wouldn't have influenced the order of the Mock Draft. There'll likely be another one in two weeks which, if you continue that form, could see you rise up the draft board though!

So I thought we'd agreed on that as well, but I noticed the last post in the BOG mentioned that Moscow would need to be in it (although in hindsight, it looked more like they were talking about if we were adding more than one team) and since I didn't see any specific mention in the announcement to say they weren't going to lose a player (something I figured would have been added when explaining the expansion rules), I figured I'd best add them in.

Rank Change Player Name TPE Team Nat. Member 1 C - Hunter Hearst Helmsley 298 YUK USA Beaviss 2 LW - Shane Mars 275 MIN USA Spade18 3 Up 1 C - Maximilian Kirbsson 215 HOU SWE Kirby 4 Down 1 LW - Kari Jurri 209 HOU NED hockeyis66 5 Up 1 RW - Mikko Aaltonen 206 LVA FIN GRZ 6 Down 1 LW - Dimitri Volosenkov 203 HFX RUS SirRupertBarnes 7 LW - Julius Freeman 195 HFX USA rjfryman 8 C - Jet Jaguar 190 HFX UKR gorlab 9 RW - Shawnomir Jagr 184 SSK CZE TheLastOlympian07 10 Down 1 RW - Arnor Sigurdsson 181 YUK ISL bluesfan55 10 Up 1 LW - Bert Meyers 181 MIN USA RunnerBert11 12 Up 1 D - Aron Nielsen 170 MIN FAR solas 13 Up 1 G - Owen May 169 HOU SWI FacebookFighter 14 Up 3 LW - Valeri Morozov 165 YUK RUS Dangles13 15 D - Charlie Paddywagon 164 LVA USA DMaximus 16 D - Jerry Garcia 160 HOU USA GustavMattias 17 Down 5 D - Rhye Tyr 159 HFX CAN Plate 18 Down 2 RW - Nethila Dissanayake 156 SSK SRI nethi99 18 Up 4 C - Ludvig Sederstrom 156 HOU SWE aleks 20 Down 2 LW - Kyle Sabertooth 154 LVA USA uphillmoss 21 Down 1 G - Wendy Kandee Cain 152 MIN USA SlashACM 22 Down 1 RW - John Frostbeard 149 YUK LAT FrostBeard 23 Up 1 LW - Chico Smeb 143 MIN SKR xDParK 24 Down 1 D - Codrick Past 142 OTT UK Kylrad 25 Up 1 G - Clayton Park 139 YUK AUS leafssteen 26 Up 1 C - Hans Gruber 137 SSK GER TheFlash 27 RW - Emil Passerelli 134 SSK USA SparrowLTD 28 Up 3 D - Rusty Shackleford 131 SSK USA K1NG LINUS 29 Down 5 C - Raphael Nazarians 128 SSK ARM LIL V O D AK 29 Up 3 C - Jordan Joshua Tonn 128 LVA CAN MexicanCow123 31 Up 2 LW - Hunter Wagner 124 GER GER Inf1d3l 31 Up 6 RW - Mat Tocco 124 MIN CZE Matmenzinger 33 Down 4 D - Richard Hejtsel 123 YUK LAT hejta 33 Down 3 LW - John Perdue 123 SSK USA johnnyhockey42 35 D - Andreas Sundell 122 MIN SWE VisualDarkness 36 Up 1 RW - Aleksander Rodriguez 120 OTT USA Jtv123 37 Up 2 D - Cody Parkey 119 SSK PRK SaltyTalty 38 Down 4 C - Nacho 115 HFX USA Nacci25 38 Up 4 D - Samuel Sparrow 115 HOU USA Birdman 40 Up 22 D - Apollo Hackett 113 SSK USA Renomitsu 41 Down 5 G - Luke Derion 112 LVA USA Barracuda 42 Down 1 C - Rhys Chism 111 HOU USA Jake Levine 42 Up 2 D - Beau Buefordsson 111 HOU SKN Radcow 44 Down 5 D - Edward Vigneault 109 HFX CAN Patpou22 45 Down 1 G - Juan Jaundice 101 SSK USA Jus 46 Up 3 D - Anthony Amberback 95 SSK USA Oost 47 Up 2 LW - Edgar Tannahill 91 SSK CAN Gregreg 48 Down 5 D - Titus Stone 90 YUK USA MD9 49 Down 3 D - Papa Gage 87 HFX USA PapaGage 49 Up 5 LW - Blake Laughton 87 HOU CAN Grape 51 Down 3 D - Duncan Jeffers 86 LVA USA Tophdaddy 52 Up 4 G - Kolur Bjoernsson 85 PHI ISL jab3 53 Down 6 RW - Sami Van Den Dreissche 82 YUK BEL TsarPeter 53 Up 7 LW - Cody Smith 82 HFX CAN cody73 55 Down 6 C - Eeli Harju 79 OTT FIN Teztify 55 Up 2 C - BALLS McZehrl 79 OSL GER Rent A McZ 57 Down 5 D - Dwin Championship 78 SSK SWE Award97 57 Down 5 D - Srraxxarrakex II 78 OTT JAP flan 59 Down 5 LW - Blake Gaudette 77 HFX CAN Gaudette 60 Down 1 C - Pascal Batz 75 OTT SWI efiug 61 Down 3 C - Walter Clements 69 PHI SIE cpetrella 62 Down 1 G - Sunny Burst 64 LVA USA Sunburst 63 Up 6 D - Guillaume Fontenette 62 OTT FRA okocha5 64 Down 1 D - Dave John OQuinn 60 YUK CAN JohnOQuinn 64 NEW LW - Devin Gabella 60 HFX USA Gabella19 66 Down 2 D - Dean Clarke 58 PHI USA Kyle 66 Up 17 RW - AJ Axelsen 58 HFX SWE littleboi 68 Down 3 D - Hiromu Takahashi 54 MIN JAP O4L 68 Down 2 D - Finn Theismann 54 HOU GER StaticShocked 68 Up 5 D - MORPHEUS DESTRUCTIOUS 54 PHI IM Abaddon 71 Down 4 D - Fabius Adomaitis 51 HFX LTU Claire 71 Down 4 LW - Micheal Rasmussen 51 LVA CAN Connor mcdavid 71 Up 5 LW - David Clarkson 51 PHI CAN Jacob Kundrat 74 Down 5 LW - Joakim Sederstrom 50 HOU SWE Samee 74 Down 5 C - Adama Traore 50 PHI USA Adama Traore 74 Up 11 C - Charles Alderson 50 HFX USA Kithoo 77 Down 5 LW - Jean ClaudePaul 49 HOU FRA Yusuf Abdul-Latif 78 Down 5 LW - Thomas Vancheck 48 LVA AUT Thomas Vancheck 79 Down 4 C - Markus Lulic Descheneaux 46 LVA CAN mxld17 80 NEW LW - Dylan Doyle 44 USA zepheter 81 Down 4 RW - Karlis Liede 43 MIN LAT DoubleCarl 82 Down 4 RW - Alexis Lafreniere 42 SSK CAN Yehboi 83 Down 4 D - Londortharl 41 LVA CAM MattyG 84 Down 4 D - Yuri Kalerov 40 SSK SWI Camel 85 Down 4 D - Jack Logan 39 YUK USA WeaponX 85 Down 4 D - Quinton Collins 39 OTT CAN Jepox 87 NEW C - Thomas Kennedy 38 OTT AUS Walter Fizz 88 Down 5 D - Jakobe Puffalump 37 LVA CAN Puffalump 89 Down 4 RW - Fudge Popsicle 36 HFX CAN LaprasRuler 89 NEW LW - Ben Hafkey 36 USA itsmclovin 89 NEW C - Logan Swallow 36 PHI USA TriaL Exotic 92 Down 5 LW - Waluigi De Rossi 34 OTT ITA Kitras 93 Down 5 C - Matthew Tolsma 33 SSK CAN matthewtols 94 Down 5 D - Anthony Griffis 32 USA Tygrzz 94 Down 5 G - Marchello Mirabella 32 MIN ITA Wandering_Buffalo 94 Down 5 LW - Tim W 32 USA Spadesy 97 Down 5 C - Gervais Bulhoes 31 CAN HOCKEYBEAST9000 As with all weekly updates, Up/Downs relate to progress from last week. These TPE rankings were correct as of Sunday 3PM EST and were the rankings primarily used for this Mock Draft. First off, for those who haven't seen the status updates, sorry that this is later than originally announced. I thought I would be able to submit a mock with an unnamed expansion team since it seemed pretty inevitable across the board that we were expanding, but was asked to hold off till the announcement of expansion was made. When the announcement was made though, I then had a run of birthday's and Mother's Day that meant my free time wasn't as much as usual. Hopefully I should have next week's rankings up at a swifter time next time around. One thing to note for the Mock Draft is that I have not added anyone who hasn't added TPE to their player in a fortnight. This does not mean that they cannot re-earn their way back onto later Mock Drafts by adding TPE to their player, but given that prospects are generally going to be ranked on their earning rate, a player that hasn't earned TPE in two weeks does not offer anything a prospective team would be looking for. The following Mock Draft has been done based on the VHL Standings as of yesterday (Monday) morning and with the expansion team Malmo Nighthawks picking sixth overall. First off though, to get a gauge on what they need, here's the mock expansion draft. Expansion Draft Selections for Malmo: From Moscow: Lew Bronstein Moscow have seven active players currently on their roster, so they’ve got an interesting decision on their hands; protect all them and lose an inactive + a 3rd in likely this season’s draft or free up an active. So Moscow offer up Lew Bronstein (their oldest active) for selection, ADV considers trying to get Von Moltke back active from EFL, but does wind up going with Bronstein. From Calgary: Callum MacElroy Calgary have seven actives on their pro roster at the minute and elect to protect all of them, leaving a pick between Brian Strong and Callum MacElroy, a pick decided by MacElroy having a chance at earning TPE through the recruitment of Ludvig Sederstrom and Finn Theismann From Vancouver: Jorgon Weyed Another interesting scenario, I can actually see Vancouver leaving starting goalie Tristan Iseult being left unprotected here but I don’t think Malmo will have much use for a goalie with only two seasons remaining, so they go with Jorgon Weyed. From Davos: Jack Lynch I originally had Malmo picking Cayden Saint here, but since Malmo don’t want to completely overload on defensemen in this draft, they take Jack Lynch, who has shown solid bursts of activity and could be a very good winger in the future. From New York: Paolo Nano/Vaydar Odinsson I couldn’t tell from Boom’s topic if he intended to leave the league after this season or later on than that, but I think either way, he’s unlikely to be protected. If he doesn’t retire, I could see ADV taking a punt on him for certain, but if he is retiring, it will likely be Paolo Nano who, for the second consecutive expansion draft, finds a new team. From Helsinki: Dan Montgomery Vesto Slipher’s retirement has at least provided the Titans with an extra protection for this expansion draft, that I think they will intend to use on Orion Slade. This leaves Helsinki a choice between Dan Montgomery or the younger David Harrison, but I think he’ll go Montgomery. From Toronto: Chace Trepanier Toronto would have the option of either Trepanier or Lespineau-Lebrunette, but I don’t foresee Malmo having much need for a defenseman entering his final season in the league, so they take Trepanier who regularly submits for welfare. From Riga: Anthony Matthews I think this will be between Matthews and Basaraba Moore, two players who I think Riga would rather keep, but will likely have to expose to keep up their championship aspirations. I’ll say that, while Moore has displayed better TPE earning than Matthews as of late, Malmo takes Matthews mainly because they could use a center. From Seattle: Gucci Garrop I think Seattle will be picking here between Sergei Kovalev and Gucci Garrop for their seventh protection. While Kovalev is considerably older than Garrop and not that far ahead in TPE, the GM Blake Campbell --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST ROUND 1st Overall Moscow Menace select Center Hunter Hearst Helmsley Victor may have announced that his GM player for the Moscow Menace is going to be a centre, but should they win the lottery, I would highly doubt they would be looking at anyone else with their first overall pick. Helmsley gets a guaranteed 12 TPE per week through his recruitment work that winds up also receiving the benefits of TPE-events automatically, so there's very little chance that anyone is going to catch Helmsley in terms of TPE. Don't be surprised to see Victor hold off of adding faceoff points to his GM player until after the lottery is decided. 2nd Overall Calgary Wranglers select Left Winger Shane Mars Calgary already have a couple of very promising wingers in Brady Stropko Jr and Diljodh Starload, but with players like Aksel McKnight and Bryce Zhields either retiring or purely filling in as depth on the second line, they will definitely have a place for Shane Mars in that offense. Like Helmsley, Mars benefits from earning a capped 12 TPE per week from his recruitment job, so unless he leaves abruptly, the pieces are in place for him to become one of the best players in the VHL once he enters his prime. 3rd Overall Vancouver Wolves select Left Winger Julius Freeman One of the bigger reasons for not just reposting the Mock Draft I made a week ago is the dramatic change in the VHL standings. In my previous mock draft, Vancouver were picking seventh overall but after losing eight of their last ten games, they find themselves picking with one of the first three picks. Vancouver will already have two full lines of offense before this pick (even with losing Weyed to expansion, they’ll still have Matthew Kai promoted to the pros), Freeman offers them a second winger other than Beau Louth who regularly hits the 12 TPE cap. Not only that, Freeman has earned an absurd amount of uncapped TPE through the lottery, which has helped catapult him to seventh in TPE despite joining late on in the process. 4th Overall HC Davos Dynamo select Center Jet Jaguar I remember back in Season 49 that Gorlab’s last player Bobby Digital was selected by the Dynamo and he demanded a trade because he didn’t want to play for them (In fact it was myself who wound up trading for him), but history shouldn’t repeat itself here as he’s talked on the discord about how that wouldn’t be the case this time. Depth at center is probably the main weakness for Davos as Connor McDavid (their current second line center) only earns a max of 6 capped TPE per week while every other forward on the top two lines regularly hit the max 12 capped TPE per week. Adding Jaguar to that and Davos have an incredibly dangerous forward line to keep an eye on. 5th Overall Riga Reign select Right Winger Mikko Aaltonen Reign were likely expecting a top four pick when they traded Leph Twinger for this selection, but with the Wolves falling down the table, the Americans currently find themselves in the wildcard slot. They still get one of their primary targets though in Mikko Aaltonen who, like General Manager Benjamin Zeptenbergs, is Latvian (or at least GRZ is) and will both now represent a Latvian team. Aaltonen has been max capping very consistently and will be a very good winger for the future, likely replacing the now inactive Kisshan Shan down the line. 6th Overall Malmo Nighthawks select Goalie Owen May I had to think about this for a bit because there’s a lot of very good skaters still available here and there are some good goalie prospects outside of Owen May, however May is the only one who is consistently capping out at 12 TPE per week and if you were to let him fall to Moscow at 11th, it could wind up becoming a decision you regret in the future. Norris Stopko’s playoffs just last season showed just how important getting the very best goalies can be and, if he continues on his current pace, May can certainly get up there. 7th Overall HC Davos Dynamo select Defenseman Jerry Garcia Davos will be waiting till the fourth after this round is over till their next picks and, with only three defensemen on the roster currently, they’ll probably want to make sure that they can get the best available defenseman in case Riga decide to snap him up with their two consecutive picks. While it’s extremely close between Garcia and Charlie Paddywagon, I’m giving the edge to Garcia here as he’s got the more VHL ready build of the two (which will be ideal for a Davos team that should be looking to compete in Season 66), but both are consistent 12 capped TPE per week earners and this is definitely the closest race for best player at their position. 8th Overall Riga Reign select Defenseman Charlie Paddywagon While Riga don’t necessarily need a defenseman right away, they will likely want to snap up one for the future as, while they do have very active defenseman like Ryan Kastelic, Shawn Glade and Basaraba Moore, they’re currently getting inconsistent activity out of Dylan Nguyen and Bolt Vanderhuge is purely a welfare player. Paddywagon can therefore potentially be the fourth super active defenseman for the team and will rise to prominence once the likes of Glade and Nguyen start to regress after Season 66. 9th Overall Riga Reign select Center Bert Meyers With Matthews gone in the expansion draft, Riga don’t currently have a young center prospect in their system and, with Podrick Cast and Mikka Pajari both hitting regression prior to the start of Season 66, plans need to start being made for their replacement. Meyers, like Freeman, has had an exceptional start to the league and could very well go quite a bit higher than this depending on GM member preference. He may not get many minutes out of the gate, but Meyers will go on to be a key player for this Reign team in the future. 10th Overall HC Davos Dynamo select Right Winger Arnor Sigursson Davos think about snagging another defenseman before they go silent for the next three rounds, but wind up going with the best player available. That would be either Shawomir Jagr or Arnor Sigursson, who are both very similar right now, but they wind up going with Sigursson. While I think Jagr may be the better prospect, it seemed from his media article that Jagr really wanted to go to Moscow, so I think the fact he’s very likely to go there with the next pick would make him extra disappointed if he goes here. Sigursson is still a very good player though, capping at 12 TPE the last few weeks and gives a more physical edge to the Davos forward line. SECOND ROUND 11th Overall Moscow Menace select Right Winger Shawnomir Jagr As mentioned above, Jagr mentioned that this would be his favourite team to be picked by in the draft and this will fill a need for the Menace as they have just two active wingers right now in Matteo and Dan Bailie. I think they would also consider defenseman as well as, after losing Bronstein in the expansion draft, they’d only have Evgeni Komarov and Mitch Matthews who are active, but I think there’s a player he can potentially snap up in the third that fits what he’s looking for at that position. 12th Overall Calgary Wranglers select Defenseman Aron Nielsen Calgary could still use another active forward to add to their roster even after the addition of Mars, but I think they’ll make sure to fill up their second line of defense with this pick. After having his last five players in the VHL being taken no later than second overall, Solas re-enters second round territory for the first time since Season 27. Out of all of the top three defensemen I've had selected this draft, I'd say Nielsen is likely the most VHL-ready player and, while it has been a while since he's made a defenseman, his general understanding of the sim will likely see him distribute TPE a little better in the early goings. He is progressing at a solid rate TPE wise, currently flipping between 8-10 TPE per week, which is good, but not quite the rate of the other defenseman ahead of him. Hopefully this is a return to form for a very good member who has made the Hall of Fame once before with the powerful two-way forward Theo Axelsson. 13th Overall Riga Reign select Center Maximillian Kirbsson It might be surprising to see a player who is currently third in the rankings occupy this space in the draft, but ultimately this was triggered by the fact that I feel like his recent TPE earnings have been off the pace in comparison to the remainder of his forward competition, only earning six capped TPE this week. If he were to return to the form that got him this high up in the rankings though, then Riga have an absolute steal here and, like Meyers, an eventual replacement to the aging pair of Cast and Pajari. 14th Overall Vancouver Wolves select Left Winger Dimitri Volosenkov Another player who is ranked very high but is picked later than maybe anticipated due to recent TPE earning, Volosenkov has already demonstrated he can earn TPE as he’s already set to enter the VHL next season. However, he’s not quite at the same TPE earning pace of the other players taken ahead of him here. I mentioned it in another article I believe, but he really is just 150 words away from capping each week (VHL.com articles), and given that he’s done media articles before, he’s got that capability in him, he just needs to do it to prove he belongs with those taken ahead of him. 15th Overall Helsinki Titans select Left Winger Kyle Sabertooth With losing Dan Montgomery in the Expansion Draft and Bald Guy not having done much to improve his player as of late, Helsinki are desperate for defenseman help, but there’s a lot of depth at this position set for the third round, so they’ll hold off till then. In the meanwhile, they’ll pick the most talented offensive player available in Kyle Sabertooth, a podcaster for the VSN who is more than capable of hitting the 12 TPE cap pretty comfortably with his current radio job. This gives the Titans a player to potentially fill the hole that the retirement of Vesto Slipher creates. 16th Overall Malmo Nighthawks select Right Winger Mat Tocco This may seem like a very early selection for the Nighthawks based off of the rankings, but for an expansion team such as Malmo, this makes a lot of sense. In reality, the Nighthawks are unlikely to be competing for the next couple of seasons, so their prerogative should be less focused on “who is going to help us most in our first few seasons?” and more focused on “who is going to help us most in our third season onward?”. That’s where a player like Mat Tocco comes in, someone who is reaching the TPE cap super consistently (moreso than the players still left to be picked ahead of him in the rankings) and provides a great future offensive threat for the Nighthawks. 17th Overall Vancouver Wolves select Defenseman Rusty Shackleford Vancouver do already have four defensemen on their roster, but I believe they’ll want to have more future talents in mind for the position given that Samuel Gate has long been inactive and both he and Marvin Harding are entering regression after this season. Rusty Shackleford has been either capping at 12 TPE or getting very close to doing so since creation and should he keep that form up, he would likely continue on to be a better player than Gate was, even though the fifth year defenseman was taken second overall. 18th Overall Vancouver Wolves select Right Winger Nethila Dissanayake Aiming to be to hockey what Murali Murilitharan was for cricket, the Sri Lankan Dissanayake had a bit of an off week last week, only earning 6 TPE, but he’s been an active contributor in discussions and has shown max TPE potential in the past. 19th Overall Riga Reign select Right Winger John Frostbeard Like GRZ taken previously, John Frostbeard is another Latvian member who I’m sure Hedgehog will have an interest in. Frostbeard hasn’t been hitting the cap lately, hitting 7 TPE the last couple of weeks, but he’s certainly shown the potential to be earning much more than that. He’ll still be a very solid player even if he maintains the earning of the last two weeks, but returning to his previous form will be the factor that can turn him into a star. 20th Overall Vancouver Wolves select Left Winger Chico Smeb A member who has made several solid players in the past, Smeb will hope to improve upon those players performances with Chico Smeb. So far he’s on the right track, hitting the pension cap on quite a few occasions. Won’t likely feature on the top lines out of the gate, but will be competing with Volosenkov and Dissanayake for second line minutes down the line. THIRD ROUND 21st Overall Moscow Menace select Defenseman Codrick Past Does Victor take the player who is named after one of his current players? Yes he does. Past has been pretty good at hitting 11 TPE per week with his player and it fills a need for Moscow who, like stated above, only have two active defenseman on the roster. 22nd Overall Helsinki Titans select Left Winger Valeri Morosov Morosov is an interesting case as his TPE per week has varied drastically week-on-week (been anywhere between 4 and 9 capped TPE per week). He’s proved with Otto Axelsson that he can make a solid player, let’s see if he can do the same with Morosov. 23rd Overall New York Americans select Center Hans Gruber Gruber is a player who I think could climb in later Mock Drafts as he’s very regularly hitting his welfare cap of 10 TPE. Gruber will provide a good backup solution for Odinsson down the line should the winger decide to leave New York this off-season. Edit: Noticed after writing that Gruber changed to Center, but he can still cover for Odinsson for the time being. 24th Overall Riga Reign select Center Ludvig Sederstrom A player who has been earning solid amounts of TPE since joining the league, Sederstrom really only falls here because after the first few centers are taken, their isn’t that much clamour for a center. Riga have already drafted two, but they will play one/two of those on the wings until the retirements/transactions that end Pajari/Cast’s stay with the team. 25th Overall Moscow Menace select Goalie Clayton Park Moscow need a backup plan at goalie to challenge Chase for the number one spot in case he goes missing for a period like he did earlier this season. Park has less TPE than other alternative Wendy Kandee Cain, but has displayed greater potential in earning TPE, so I think he’s more likely to take this spot. 26th Overall Malmo Nighthawks select Defenseman Apollo Hackett Very much like the Tocco pick, this is quite a bit higher than Hackett sits in the rankings, but he’s earning max TPE per week, something that Advantage is going to want out of his star defenseman. Hackett looks set to rise in future Mock Drafts with continued activity as well. 27th Overall Helsinki Titans select Defenseman Cody Parkey The first defenseman Helsinki take to address their need at the position, Parkey has shown capabilities of hitting the 12 TPE cap and has a couple of recruits (Dwin Championship and Duncan Jeffers) that he will gain lots of recruitment TPE from should he reach the required milestones. 28th Overall Helsinki Titans select Defenseman Beau Buefordsson Buefordsson had an off-week that saw him only claim two capped TPE, but bounced straight back with one that earned him 12 capped TPE, demonstrating his capabilities to earn TPE. Another defenseman, Buefordsson and Parkey could be a very good combination down the line should they hit their potential earnings more regularly. 29th Overall Riga Reign select Left Winger Emil Passerelli Riga pick up a solid winger to finish off the third in Emil Passerelli. While he’s occasionally hit the welfare cap of 10 TPE, one thing he’s had that worked in his favour was the recruit of Juan Jaundice, netting him some extra recruitment TPE. 30th Overall Vancouver Wolves select Center Jordan Joshua Tonn Vancouver have Beau Louth entering regression, so can start to plan for the future depth of the position with Tonn. Tonn has yet to hit the TPE cap since joining, but is a solid earner nonetheless. 3554 Words.

4. Riga Reign , Edwin Preencarnacion 36 (Ryan Kastelic 53, Podrick Cast 46) at 15:405. Helsinki Titans , Vesto Slipher 20 (Jasper Canmore 38) at 15:446. Riga Reign , Edwin Preencarnacion 37 (Ryan Kastelic 54, Podrick Cast 47) at 15:50 That was quite the ten seconds!

It's probably something that I can pretty easily implement into my weekly rankings, I'll see if I can add it in for next week's.

March 31st Update gorlab +2 TPE TheLastOlympian07 +15 TPE RunnerBert11 +12 TPE solas +2 TPE FacebookFighter +6 TPE Dangles13 +6 TPE aleks +10 TPE uphillmoss +2 TPE FrostBeard +9 TPE xDParK +4 TPE SparrowLTD +3 TPE K1NG LINUS +10 TPE Matmenzinger +4 TPE johnnyhockey42 +2 TPE Jtv123 +8 TPE SaltyTalty +4 TPE Renomitsu +18 TPE Jus +6 TPE Grape +6 TPE Rent A McZ +2 TPE okocha5 +2 TPE Gabella19 +12 TPE Kithoo +5 TPE zepheter +8 TPE For those wondering, these rankings will be what is used for the Mock Draft.

Emil Passerelli Username: @SparrowLTD Position: Right Winger Height: 5'10" Weight: 160 lbs Nationality: VHLM Career Emil Passerelli declared his intentions to join the VHLM a day after the VHLM Draft and as a result, he was able to pick his own team for Season 65. Going with the Saskatoon Wild, Passerelli started off the season as a third line winger who also played on the second penalty kill unit but as he's progressed as a player, Passarelli was given a more important role on the team and he's now currently a second line winger who is also on the main powerplay unit. Given that he's not a first line player for the Wild, Passerelli has done well to rack up the points regardless as he's currently fourth on the team in points with only the team's first line forwards ahead of him. Surprisingly for a player who considers himself a playmaker and has aspirations to lead the VHL in assists one day, he actually ranks higher in the VHLM in goals (22nd) than assists (31st), which is mainly thanks to a very solid shot percentage (his 13.64% is 14th out of the 38 forwards who've played over 1000 minutes in the VHLM, he's actually better in that category than VHLM's leading goalscorer Hunter Hearst Helmsley). He's recorded a surprising amount of penalty minutes to this point given that he's one of the smaller wingers in the league, but as we've mentioned before this is predominantly because of the less physical VHLM, so isn't a cause of concern for Passerelli's post VHLM career. Player Build As stated earlier, Passarelli stated his intentions to be regarded as a playmaker and one day lead the league in assists, so it might be considered surprising that his scoring and passing are at the same level, but this isn't actually too bad as having somewhat decent scoring can also set his player up for assists through deflected shots/rebounds. He's a very well rounded player right now with no attributes over 70 at this moment, so it will be surprising which will be the first to break that barrier. Passarelli has focused on improving his defense and puck handling the most over the month of March, adding 15 TPE to both attributes and these are solid attributes to get moved up, although Passarelli's skating could also do with an improvement, as 60 skating is fairly low for a top VHLM winger. The best thing about Passarelli's build is that there's not been any added attributes to any less important attributes, meaning it's all been focused towards the key attributes required for Passarelli to succeed Main Area for Improvement: Skating Like mentioned with Smith previously, skating is usually at least 70 by the pros, so could use a bit of focus in the coming weeks. Consider Leaving: None I feel like Passarelli's done a really solid job with allocating his TPE so far, no attributes he's added to that he shouldn't or any attributes that are too high. TPE Earning Total TPE Earned: 131 Average Capped TPE per Week: 9.2 TPE For a player who has predominantly done welfare rather than the six TPE point tasks, Passarelli has done a very good job of getting to or even close to the maximum capped TPE that he can per week. He's also done his Rookie Profile, his Biography, claimed his first-generation bonus and bought a first-gen package in the player store, so he's done almost everything he can to earn uncapped TPE. The one bit of advice that I can give Passarelli is to have a look into the Recruitment Rewards, as I haven't seen him claim TPE for this yet and Juan Jaundice (a player who is currently at 95 TPE) listed him as his recruiter, so if Jaundice continues to keep earning TPE, Passarelli can earn up to 15 uncapped TPE, which is a big boost! Draft Prospects Passarelli is in an interesting position heading into the draft. He's earning TPE at a very solid rate and there are definitely players that he will overtake prior to the draft, but there's also a few players below him in the rankings right now but are earning 12 capped TPE per week, so stand a chance of overtaking him. I think right now, Passarelli is most likely an early to mid third rounder, but if he decided to move to 6 TPE Point Tasks rather than welfare in addition to his regular activities, he could well sneak into the second round. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want your Season 66 Player to receive a Rookie Profile like this? Click Here to submit for one! Note: Newer members who may need more help with build/TPE earning advice will have their profiles covered first. All players who submit will get a profile Pre-Draft. Also, if you've already submitted for a Rookie Profile, you don't need to submit again, all submissions are recorded and stored. Monday's Rookie Profile: Pascal Batz @efiug

March 28 Update: Kirby +8 TPE gorlab +14 TPE solas +2 TPE Dangles13 +6 TPE aleks +2 TPE leafssteen +2 TPE TheFlash +2 TPE SparrowLTD +6 TPE MexicanCow123 +10 TPE Inf1d3l +6 TPE VisualDarkness +2 TPE Birdman +22 TPE Radcow +22 TPE Patpou22 +4 TPE Jus +2 TPE Renomitsu +2 TPE Oost +16 TPE cody73 +4 TPE okocha5 +6 TPE littleboi +16 TPE StaticShocked +2 TPE Abaddon +6 TPE Walter Fizz +6 TPE @itsmclovin +36 TPE - NEW ENTRY @zepheter +36 TPE - NEW ENTRY @TriaL Exotic +36 TPE - NEW ENTRY Further apologies for the delay to the previously announced Mock Draft. Basically I'd been told to hold off posting a day or two for reasons, but the reason for the hold still is yet to be resolved. Since the Mock Draft is already somewhat outdated now even in that short time, I'll be writing up a new one for Sunday.

These questions count as regular press conference questions. You can answer 3 of them for 1 TPE or 6 for 2 TPE, but you can't gain more than 2 TPE a week from press conferences, meaning you can't answer these questions if you have already claimed 2 TPE for other press conferences. You could always come back early next week to answer these questions, however. Also, quik remainder that these questions are targeted at VHLM players. If you graduated to the VHL, you can ask questions to fellow VHLers in their personal press conference threads or start your own so people can ask you questions. 1. In the latter half of the season now and, while Halifax and Minnesota are quite a few points ahead, there is just 4 points separating 3rd and 7th, which of those five teams (Aces, Bulls, Lynx, Rush, Wild) do you think will finish highest at the end of the season? 2. Since the last set of questions were asked, the World Juniors Rosters have been selected. What do you think about your nationalities chances at winning the tournament? 3a. (If you made your World Juniors roster) Who would you consider the best player on your team? 3b. (If you didn't make your World Juniors roster) Were you surprised not to make it onto your team's roster or was it expected? 4. Hunter Hearst Helmsley is currently leading the league in points and goals, do you think there's anyone who can stop him from leading in either come the end of the season? 5. Give a shout-out to one member of your team who has helped you out and why (maybe a member's player has helped your player perform well in the sim, a member who helped you with PT's, etc.) 6. Recommend either a video game or a movie for other members to play/watch and why you'd recommend it.

Cody Smith Username: @cody73 Position: Left Winger Height: 5'11" Weight: 242 lbs Nationality: VHLM Career Created a week after the VHLM Draft took place, Smith signed a one year contract to play with the Halifax 21st upon declaring his intent to join the VHLM. He had predominantly featured as a third line winger for the 21st whilst also being a part of the second line of the powerplay unit, however a recent change has seen him receive a more prominent role on the team at even strength (playing on the 2nd line) but he's now been removed from the powerplay unit altogether. As a result, the player was averaging 17 minutes per game has only played 16 total minutes in the first two games since the change. Playing alongside highly rated prospects Jet Jaguar and Dmitri Volosenkov may have an adverse effect on Smith's future contribution to the 21st as typically (especially in the VHLM) the higher skilled players will play around teammates with less TPE rather than with them. This is evidenced by his name being mentioned 26 times in the Play-by-Play of his last game as a third line winger as opposed to the seven times he was mentioned in the Play-by-Play of his last two games combined. Smith is perhaps a little unfortunate to have only three goals to his name (2 at even strength) as he's fired more than enough shots at goal given his limited ice time, it's just goalies are finding a way to save his shots right now and as a result, he only has a 4.2% shooting percentage, surprisingly low given shooting is arguably Smith's greatest strength. The area where Smith has had his best production is his checking, as Volosenkov is the only forward on the 21st to have recorded more hits than Smith to this point. Player Build Smith regards himself as a power forward and, for a VHLM player, he certainly seems to be leaning in the right direction with his build. He doesn't have much TPE invested in checking, but the VHLM is a less physical league than the VHL so adding any TPE into it can get a player the desired results (see his hit tallies thus far). It's also good to see he's invested quite a bit into defense which will help him pick up the loose puck more often. Probably the main area of his game that needs improving before making the pro league is his skating. Power Forwards typically are able to keep hold of the puck put Smith's low skating (only Austen Fourier has lower skating among forwards in the VHLM) currently makes him an easy target for physical defensemen to nail with a big hit. Main Area for Improvement: Skating As mentioned above, Skating is important for helping a skater maintain possession of the puck. Typically, players will get this to at least 70 prior to hitting the pros. Consider Leaving: Checking If his new place on the second line is going to last the remainder of the season, he's likely going to see his hit totals fall as his line-mate Volosenkov has more Checking right now (60) as opposed to when he was on the third line where the only line-mate who had added to checking (Nacho) was still below Smith (42). Obviously it depends on what approach Smith wants to take with his development, but it may be better to take this opportunity where he knows his hits will drop to improve his offensive attributes rather than challenging Volosenkov for more hits. TPE Earning Total TPE Earned: 78 Average Capped TPE per Week: 5.5 TPE Smith is currently in his fifth week in the VHL and in his previous four, he has consistently added a decent amount of capped TPE to his player, earning 6 capped TPE in three of those four weeks. The one thing to suggest to Smith is to make sure he always at least submits welfare per week, as there was one week where he missed out and had he submitted he would have earned 8 TPE as opposed to 4. Smith can earn more TPE and maximise his total possible TPE per week by submitting for the 6 TPE Graphic/Media/Podcasts, point tasks, but if he would prefer to keep doing welfare instead then he can still earn up to 10 TPE per week by doing the following (Left off Trivia as Smith has been doing a good job submitting for this already): VHL.Com Articles/Player Cards In the VHL.com forum, players can post a 150 word article or a Player Card (Example here) for 2 TPE each or they can do both for 4 TPE. Press Conferences Smith has actually submitted for Press Conferences in week's past, but has sometimes not submitted answers or maybe not been provided questions to answer. If the latter is ever the case, you can instead ask other members questions to earn TPE (5 questions for 1 TPE, 10 questions for 2 TPE). If you're struggling for topics, it may be easier to ask questions towards team-mates since you will be more familiar with them. There's also one uncapped TPE task still remaining for Smith to participate in, it's a long one but generates a big reward at the end of it: Biography Submit a 1000 word article covering your players life, how he got into hockey and his hockey career to date for 10 TPE. One note of praise for Smith is that he's picked up on opportunities to earn extra uncapped TPE, submitting a suggestion to the league in this week's event for an extra 2 TPE along with purchasing the first generation package in the store to net him an extra 5 TPE. Draft Prospects While he has been in 60th place in TPE in the Draft Rankings in each of the last three weeks, I feel Smith has the potential to rise up the rankings, especially since he's taken part in a lot of the activities thus far, he just needs to do them more consistently. If he takes on all my advice for TPE earning, he can rise up as high as the fourth round, but even if he only takes on some of that, he can move from his current projection of sixth round to mid-late fifth round. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want your Season 66 Player to receive a Rookie Profile like this? Click Here to submit for one! Note: Newer members who may need more help with build/TPE earning advice will have their profiles covered first. All players who submit will get a profile Pre-Draft. Also, if you've already submitted for a Rookie Profile, you don't need to submit again, all submissions are recorded and stored. Tomorrow's Rookie Profile: Emil Passerelli @SparrowLTD

1) How early do you think you would be drafted in a Re-Draft of Season 62? 2) What point totals are you aiming for come the end of the season? 3) What's your thoughts on your current line mates? 4) Riga got three firsts in Season 66 Draft, anyone in particular you'd want to see them draft? 5) Which GM do you think has the toughest task after this season finishes? 6) What are your thoughts on Riga's logo?

Links to Profiles: AJ Axelsen Cody Smith Emil Passarelli AJ Axelsen Username: @littleboi Position: Right Winger Height: 6'1" Weight: 177 lbs Nationality: VHLM Career AJ Axelsen joined the Halifax 21st of the Victory Hockey League Minors just one week ago to play as a third line winger. While he didn't actually get onto the ice in his first two "games" for the 21st, he's gone on to play 89 minutes in his first eight games and, while he has yet to score a goal or provide an assist in a Halifax jersey, a rough start was to be expected given that his opposition and teammates have had much more practice than Axelsen to this point of his career. A good sign for Axelsen early is that the vast majority of his shots are at least forcing a save from the goalie, he hasn't had too many shots miss the net. Surprisingly given his intended playstyle, he's been shooting himself just as much as he's been attempting to find a teammate. He has picked up 6 penalty minutes, but that should not need to be addressed, the VHLM is known as a league where even the least physical players get involved in the rougher side of the game. Player Build When Axelsen sent me his form for his player to be submitted for a Rookie Profile, he said that he would consider Axelsen a playmaker. While he is certainly leaning in that direction with passing being one of his primary attribute, for him to move more towards that intended goal he probably will want to generate a greater gap between passing and scoring as, right now, he's shooting just as much as he's attempting to pass. Main Areas for Improvement: Passing/Defense For the reason stated above, it would be a good idea for Axelsen to consider creating a greater gap between passing and scoring if he'd like Axelsen to play more like a playmaker. He should also make sure to not totally neglect defense, as this attribute effects how quik a player responds to the loose puck. Consider Leaving: Strength While strength is useful down the line, it's an attribute that affects how likely a player is to get successfully hit which is usually not as big a problem in the VHLM as it is in the VHL. Better to focus on the technical points of his game during the early points of his career rather than the physical ones. TPE Earning So far, Axelsen has made a smart purchase in the player store to get his 5 uncapped TPE for being a first-generation player and seems to have an understanding of where he can earn capped TPE. If he wants to continue to do welfare for 4 TPE as opposed to the 6 TPE Graphic/Media/Podcasts, he can reach the 10 TPE cap by participating in these potential activites (underlined headers are links): VHL.Com Articles/Player Cards In the VHL.com forum, players can post a 150 word article or a Player Card (Example here) for 2 TPE each or they can do both for 4 TPE. Press Conferences Axelsen actually submitted for a Press Conference this week, but he potentially could have earned more TPE by answering all six questions provided, which would have given him 2 TPE Trivia Every week except during the off-season, the trivia master Victor (although for the next couple of weeks it will be Beketov) ask two VHL-related trivia questions and, if you get them right, you will be rewarded with 2 TPE at the end of the week. Since some of these questions (especially historical) can be difficult for newer members, it would be worth consulting with your VHLM GM/AGM as to how to find the correct answers to them. There's also uncapped one-time only TPE tasks that are useful to submit as early as possible to give your player an early boost. Rookie Profile Submit a 500 word article mainly covering your pros and cons as a hockey player for 8 TPE. Biography Submit a 1000 word article covering your players life, how he got into hockey and his hockey career to date for 10 TPE. Draft Prospects Given that Axelsen has only been in the league for around a week, it is difficult to get a proper gauge on where he will end up going in the VHL Draft. If he keeps earning the same amount of TPE that he earned last week, I can see him being selected in the sixth or seventh round. However, should he start earning more weekly TPE with the advice that I've given above, I think it's possible that he could squeeze into the fifth round. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want your Season 66 Player to receive a Rookie Profile like this? Click Here to submit for one! Note: Newer members who may need more help with build/TPE earning advice will have their profiles covered first. All players who submit will get a profile Pre-Draft. Tomorrow's Rookie Profile: Cody Smith @cody73

March 26th Update Beaviss +14 TPE Spade18 +14 TPE GRZ +14 TPE SirRupertBarnes +4 TPE rjfryman +16 TPE bluesfan55 +12 TPE RunnerBert11 +2 TPE solas +8 TPE DMaximus +14 TPE FacebookFighter +10 TPE GustavMattias +16 TPE nethi99 +10 TPE Dangles13 +8 TPE uphillmoss +8 TPE SlashACM +10 TPE aleks +8 TPE Kylrad +11 TPE xDParK +11 TPE leafssteen +10 TPE TheFlash +10 TPE K1NG LINUS +2 TPE VisualDarkness +6 TPE Matmenzinger +10 TPE Inf1d3l +1 TPE SaltyTalty +16 TPE Jtv123 +2 TPE Jake Levine +16 TPE Patpou22 +6 TPE Jus +4 TPE Renomitsu +32 TPE Gregreg +12 TPE Tophdaddy +6 TPE jab3 +10 TPE Grape +4 TPE cody73 +13 TPE Rent A McZ +6 TPE efiug +7 TPE okocha5 +4 TPE Jacob Kundrat +7 TPE @Gabella19 +48 TPE - NEW ENTRY Kithoo +9 TPE littleboi +5 TPE @Walter Fizz +32 TPE - NEW ENTRY For those who haven't seen my statuses, the Mock Draft is done, but I need to wait on something before I can post it, but it will be based on the previous TPE figures, not these ones. I'll probably start my Rookie Profile Series later tonight to make up for the Mock Draft being later than anticipated.

March 24 Update: Kirby +12 TPE SirRupertBarnes +8 TPE bluesfan55 +2 TPE TheLastOlympian07 +12 TPE RunnerBert11 +2 TPE DMaximus +2 TPE nethi99 +2 TPE SlashACM +2 TPE Kylrad +2 TPE leafssteen +2 TPE K1NG LINUS +8 TPE MexicanCow123 +8 TPE Jtv123 +10 TPE Matmenzinger +12 TPE Gregreg +2 TPE jab3 +2 TPE Renomitsu +2 TPE StaticShocked +4 TPE Connor mcdavid +2 TPE Yusuf Abdul-Latif +5 TPE Abaddon +8 TPE Mock Draft should be up either later today/tomorrow

No, nothing posted in here will be rewarding TPE. This just tracks how much TPE players have added to their player (yours is 44 because you were a new player, so includes the 30 a new player starts with)