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1. We did pretty well against Prague in the regular season so there's some confidence going into the game, but we're division rivals and it's the playoffs. We can't let our guard down, and they've been developing as well through the season. They were good enough to be the 3rd seed so we have to respect them. It'll be a tough series. 2. I think they've got a phenomenal defense corps, probably one of the best all-around groups in the league. They're going to be trying to shut us down throughout the series, we just have to produce on offense and get goals past their rookie netminder. 3. I wasn't part of the team then, but you can't ever expect that kind of success. We'll take it a game at a time and if we lose, we'll learn from those losses for the next game. 4. Honestly, I think the spotlight will be on Papa in net. He's not a rookie, but it's his first full season as a starter, and it'll be his first playoff game as well. We have generally won and lost as Papa plays, so we'll be counting on him to not bow to the pressure of the playoffs. Then we'll just follow the lead of our stars, have Duncan, Paul, Seabass, Markinson and Moreau lead us otherwise. 5. I think it's nice to have those community events, although sometimes there's a bit too much value on the TPE you get out of it. We should frame it more as give to the community just because it's the holidays. 6. Definitely have some concerns, especially since we didn't win the conference this season like we did last season, and a finals loss with a 3-1 lead always stings. We'll have a tough path to tread in the playoffs, but we'll start with Prague and take it a series at a time. New season, new chance at a cup!

I just said even though I went on a tear from August-December, you still ended up doing 30-33% of the league's updates in 2021. And that once you got busy, I picked up the slack. That's all!

Shoutout to @MexicanCow123 for being the highest volume updater Shoutout to @bigAL for inducing me into an update rage through the second half of 2021 New mPT idea! Give me feedback please and thanks 2 weeks claim eventually

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Congrats to you and @LuluSalesAway!

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hello

I actually asked lol

Devils fan, nice. Welcome!

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your uh...*checks spreadsheet*...6 total hits and 38 blocked shots did not help the cause.

Hello, below is the overall ranking of all 102 users that participated in VHFL in S81. Tagged the top 50 and then got lazy, congrats if you did well. Better luck next season if you didn't! Edit: Added in group rank as well for comparison purposes across groups (group #'s would be too difficult to add for this season, I can try to make it work for next season) Rank Group Rank User Score idk how to delete this row 1 1 @DMaximus 1808.4 2 1 @FonziGG (GM) 1777.4 3 1 @kelvi (GM) 1755.7 4 1 @Will3 1754.2 5 1 @dlamb (GM) 1743.9 6 1 @Daniel Janser 1739.1 7 1 @JB123 1729.5 8 1 @Alex 1724.4 9 1 @Mr_Hatter 1712.8 10 2 @CowboyinAmerica 1711.8 11 1 @McWolf 1703.2 12 1 @Lemorse7 1685.6 13 1 @N0HBDY (GM) 1679.8 14 2 @RomanesEuntDomus 1678.4 15 2 @Spartan (GM) 1672 16 2 @BarzalGoat (GM) 1670.8 17 1 @Nykonax 1662.1 18 3 @Renomitsu 1660.6 19 2 @dasboot 1659.2 20 1 @DollarAndADream 1652.5 21 2 @chikn(GM) 1644.4 22 3 @Frank 1638.9 23 2 @Esso2264 1635.5 24 1 @fishy (GM) 1631.3 25 3 @a_Ferk 1620.5 26 2 @Phil 1620 27 2 @DQ 1618.8 28 1 @v.2 1617.9 29 2 @bigAL 1617 30 2 @Beaviss 1613 31 3 @WranglersSuck (GM) 1610.1 32 2 @Juice 1609.6 33 1 @Doomsday 1601.2 34 2 @diamond_ace 1599.1 35 2 @qripll 1595.9 36 3 @fromtheinside 1590 37 3 @Johnny_HX 1588.5 38 3 @MubbleFubbles 1587.8 39 3 @rjfryman 1586 40 3 @teknonym 1581.8 41 4 @Baby Boomer 1579.4 42 3 @rory (GM) 1576.5 43 3 @Underclass_Hero 1575.6 44 3 @Ahma 1571.2 45 2 @BrutalBoost 1559.2 46 4 @Advantage 1557.4 47 4 @Ledge 1553 48 2 @Dom 1551.7 49 4 @Josh 1551.6 50 5 @hylands 1549.2 51 4 @jRuutu 1538.3 52 3 @Crstats23 1537.1 53 3 @animal74 1536 54 4 @DQed 1533.5 55 5 @MexicanCow123 (GM) 1524.7 56 4 @Jubis 1524.5 57 4 @KaleebtheMighty 1516.2 58 4 @telkster (50%) 1511.1 59 6 @NSG88 - 50% 1508.9 60 5 @JardyB10 1503.8 61 3 @GustavMattias (GM) 1501.1 62 2 @Beketov (GM) 1497.9 63 5 @leafsman (GM) 1495.7 64 4 @Brewins15 (GM) 1492.4 65 6 @Bulduray_1 1485.6 66 3 @GreenGato 1484 67 5 @OrbitingDeath (GM) 1482.2 68 4 @Acydburn 1475.8 69 4 @wcats 1474.1 70 5 @Viper 1463.5 71 4 @bukss_a 1460.7 72 4 @DQ 1457.1 73 5 @Blazzer 1456.4 74 5 @(DQ) 1441.8 75 5 @UnkemptCL4PTP 1439.9 76 3 @Jamomayo 1436.9 77 5 @Agito 1433.1 78 5 @FrostBeard 1426.5 79 4 @KC15 (GM) 1425.3 80 6 @Kisslinger 1423.9 81 6 @Vice 1409.3 82 5 @Gaikoku-hito 1407.8 83 6 @Minion 1405.2 84 6 @TheNeonShaman 1397.4 85 6 @youloser1337 1395.9 86 5 @Enorama 1393.7 87 4 @BOOM 1389.5 88 5 @Peace 1388.1 89 4 @Ente2997 1385 90 6 @Berocka 1376.6 91 5 @zepheter 1375.4 92 6 @KnightRiley 1371 93 5 @Seabass 1370.6 94 5 @FireballSalad 1365.1 95 6 @ajwllmsn 1363.2 96 6 @Moon 1328.5 97 6 @Webberj 1319.7 98 6 @MMFLEX 1316.9 99 6 @16z 1306.8 100 6 @tinafrombobsburgers 1280.4 101 6 @DQ 1195.7 102 6 @Vkobe-v 1163.6

Below are the S81 VHFL Payouts. Please DM me on forums or on Discord (uɐʇɹɐdS#3393) if you have any questions or concerns. Please don't have questions or concerns. However, I would love to hear any feedback you have for VHFL, so send all of that my way. Complaining about not winning is not considered feedback. You're just bad. Get good! Rankings Lists (Will be edited in later once I put them up): S81 VHFL Top Users To claim VHFL on the portal: Player Management tab -> Claim uncapped -> Fantasy -> VHFL Rank Group 1 TPE 1 @fishy (GM) 1631.3 6+1 2 @DQ 1618.8 5 3 @rjfryman 1586 4 4 @Jubis 1524.5 3 5 @Viper 1463.5 2 6 @Vice 1409.3 1 Rank Group 2 TPE 1 @DMaximus 1808.4 6 2 @Beaviss 1613 5 3 @WranglersSuck (GM) 1610.1 4+1 4 @Baby Boomer 1579.4 3 5 @hylands 1549.2 2 6 @NSG88 1508.9 1 Rank Group 3 TPE 1 @kelvi (GM) 1755.7 6+1 2 @CowboyinAmerica 1711.8 5 3 @Renomitsu 1660.6 4 4 @Ente2997 1385 3 5 @zepheter 1375.4 2 6 @Zack 1306.8 1 Rank Group 4 TPE 1 @JB123 1729.5 6 2 @dasboot 1659.2 5 3 @rory (GM) 1576.5 4+1 4 @bukss_a 1460.7 3 5 @Agito 1433.1 2 6 @youloser1337 1395.9 1 Rank Group 5 TPE 1 @Alex 1724.4 6 2 @RomanesEuntDomus 1678.4 5 3 @Crstats23 1537.1 4 4 @DQ 1533.5 3 5 @MexicanCow123 (GM) 1524.7 2+1 6 @Moon 1328.5 1 Rank Group 6 TPE 1 @Daniel Janser 1739.1 6 2 @Spartan (GM) 1672 5+1 3 @animal74 1536 4 4 @BOOM 1389.5 3 5 @nurx 1365.1 2 6 @Webberj 1319.7 1 Rank Group 7 TPE 1 @v.2 1617.9 6 2 @BrutalBoost 1559.2 5 3 @GustavMattias (GM) 1501.1 4+1 4 @Acydburn 1475.8 3 5 @UnkemptCL4PTP 1439.9 2 6 @ajwllmsn 1363.2 1 Rank Group 8 TPE 1 @DollarAndADream 1652.5 6 2 @diamond_ace 1599.1 5 3 @MubbleFubbles 1587.8 4 4 @Telkster - 50% 1511.1 3->2 5 @leafsman (GM) 1495.7 2+1 6 @Bulduray_1 1485.6 1 Rank Group 9 TPE 1 @Doomsday 1601.2 6 2 @qripll 1595.9 5 3 @teknonym 1581.8 4 4 @KaleebtheMighty 1516.2 3 5 @OrbitingDeath (GM) 1482.2 2+1 6 @MMFLEX 1316.9 1 Rank Group 10 TPE 1 @Nykonax 1662.1 6 2 @Esso2264 1635.5 5 3 @a_Ferk 1620.5 4 4 @samx (GM) 1492.4 3+1 5 @Seabass 1370.6 2 6 @Vkobe-v 1163.6 1 Rank Group 11 TPE 1 @dlamb (GM) 1743.9 6+1 2 @Phil 1620 5 3 @fromtheinside 1590 4 4 @Josh 1551.6 3 5 @Blazzer 1456.4 2 6 @TheNeonShaman 1397.4 1 Rank Group 12 TPE 1 @Will3 1754.2 6 2 @Beketov(GM) 1497.9 5+1 3 @GreenGato 1484 4 4 @wcats 1474.1 3 5 @DQ 1441.8 2 6 @Kisslinger 1423.9 1 Rank Group 13 TPE 1 @McWolf 1703.2 6 2 @BarzalGoat (GM) 1670.8 5+1 3 @Underclass_Hero 1575.6 4 4 @jRuutu 1538.3 3 5 @JardyB10 1503.8 2 6 @KnightRiley 1371 1 Rank Group 14 TPE 1 @Mr_Hatter 1712.8 6 2 @chikn (GM) 1644.4 5+1 3 @Frank 1638.9 4 4 @Advantage 1557.4 3 5 @FrostBeard 1426.5 2 6 @Minion 1405.2 1 Rank Group 15 TPE 1 @Lemorse7 1685.6 6 2 @Dom 1551.7 5 3 @Jamomayo 1436.9 4 4 @KC15 (GM) 1425.3 3+1 5 @Gaikoku-hito 1407.8 2 6 @Berocka 1376.6 1 Rank Group 16 TPE 1 @FonziGG (GM) 1777.4 6+1 2 @Juice 1609.6 5 3 @Johnny_HX 1588.5 4 4 @Ledge 1553 3 5 @Peace 1388.1 2 6 @DQ 1195.7 1 Rank Group 17 TPE 1 @N0HBDY (GM) 1679.8 6+1 2 @bigAL 1617 5 3 @Ahma 1571.2 4 4 @DQ 1457.1 3 5 @Enorama 1393.7 2 6 @tinafrombobsburgers 1280.4 1

2021 was a pretty chaotic year to start with, and then just sort of kept going that way. I'm sure we'll all be happy to put 2021 out of our memories, but there are some things I really enjoyed in 2021 especially in regards to the VHL. 1. Getting the Moscow GM position I had to go and double check the job interviews section to make sure this was even a 2021 occurrence because I feel like I've been in the position for longer than just a mere year. But no, the job opened up on March 6th, and it's been a great year at the helm of the organization that drafted me in 2020. I had the privilege to meet and interact with so many phenomenal people, listen to such diverse experiences, and build a small community of good people. I think my new year's resolution for the VHL would be to draft more first-gens, I feel like I've only been drafting recreates and missing out on the potential to meet newer faces, so I'll try to do that a bit more in the future so that Hatter isn't trapped on Moscow for the rest of his sim league life. 2. Getting to "officially" run VHFL I'm a spreadsheet nerd and VHFL is like.....the digital version of Valkyrae. I simp for both. I'd been involved in VHFL since Twists left in S73, but always from behind the scenes and exclusively on the calculation and results portion of it. I'd suggest some improvements, but it was up to the manager to implement. Now as the manager, I enjoy being able to feel like I'm not stepping on toes, and that I can easily implement solutions to issues people have mentioned for a while. Nerd shit, but it's nice. 3. The people Some of you are cool, some of you are the opposite of cool. Regardless, I'm grateful to everyone in the community for the role they play, it's a nice league to be in and I'm always excited to see how the community shapes the league moving forward into the future.

There used to be some sort of mutual understanding of trade value of capped players back when I was an M GM. Apparently that's gone away, and capped players are simply worth pennies. You can't want to be competitive and want capped players, while in the same breath saying capped players have no value because they'll be gone after the season. Someone needs to step in and figure this shit out because it looks horrendous. I also can't believe certain people have the gall to go onto a podcast and explicitly shit talk their co-workers. And that's what you are in the VHLM, co-workers, because your win-loss record as a GM doesn't mean jack shit. You're all working together to give the players in the league the best experience possible, but it seems like all anyone cares about now is their own success. I would have thought the people who recorded that podcast would have known a bit better than to straight up flame VHLM GM's. Did you really think that was a good idea?

hey that's me!

I'll admit I'm a little disappointed in the outcome, and that I feel the punishment was levied based on the rule that was broken and not the severity of the infraction. I understand that being in a GM job means you're getting to a higher standard though, so I'll accept it as fair and hope this is the precedent moving forward. Congrats to Bubbles for getting bumped up to GM! He definitely would have been my top choice to move into the role and I'm glad AJ gets to stick around as the team's AGM. Both of them have created a great environment in LVA and I'm thrilled they get to keep it going together, albeit in different roles. AJ better get Vegas when he's back to being the top candidate for an M job in the future

I've mentioned in the past that a lot of these "VHL has a problem" articles feel like knee-jerk reactions to isolated incidents and are then made out to be larger issues than they really are. Maybe for the multi account thing, I can agree that it is actually a decently large issue if we have 3 or 4 infractions caught at the same time after a decent period of the activity going on. I was more concerned in those situations about how often the moderation team checks for IPs if that is part of their job description, and how we can try and make an account level rule more prominent. It's not asking for a gigantic shift in cheating policies, a complete lack of toleration, or on the flip side - no punishments at all. But for some reason that's what the community "knee-jerk" reaction has been. A decent amount of people are either trying to move on as quickly as possible from a serious infraction, or calling for heads to roll and permanent bans from the league. The locker room ownership/staff presence discussion might be another one to add to your list, as it was also a knee-jerk reaction to the Matty situation. I thought Dil was involved in another instance of rage-quitting and not handing off an LR, but turns out it wasn't the case. So we only have the one instance of an LR getting nuked (after already getting punished btw) and there was a long discussion around the community (and yes, I know it was not a "we're going to be doing this" for when a staff member interjects) about either having moderators own locker rooms and/or having moderators or some level of staff with moderation powers with full view access over all LR's. Sometimes I feel like activity and the "reputation" we hold in the league revolves around how many rules or precedents we can get our fingerprints on. That being an active, contributing member is no longer defined as a person who earns TPE and posts on the forums and is active on Discord to be part of the community, but someone who actively tries to spark change in the league. Like constant activism, and frankly, it's getting dull. Even when thinking about my own activity, I feel like I've spent more time participating in these "how can we make ___ better" or "is ____ an issue" discussions over the past month or two, and haven't spent as much time enjoying the actual purpose of this league which is the spreadsheet hockey and to have a good time with people who share an interest in that spreadsheet hockey. There's been more discussion around the league about a rulebook called the CoC than addressing competitive issues in the league. We added the VHLE in the middle of the M and VHL, but we didn't tweak ELC's to factor in that most players will lose a season of rookie salary tier eligibility to the VHLE. We didn't tweak salary brackets or the VHL salary cap either even though the average TPA has gone up, and I'm sure I can run the math if someone wants to question that. But players used to come in at a 200-250 floor, now they have to be at least 350 TPA, there's a clear increase at the bottom level of the salary bracket tier that hasn't been addressed or fixed. Why? Because we're too busy trying to overcomplicate what it means to be a decent person. It'll be two seasons now after the emergence of the fully exploitive meta and I haven't heard any rumblings of potential tweaks to attempt to resolve the problem, even just a step to alleviate the issue. I've been yelling about all of this competitive stuff and salary stuff for a bit and it feels like it doesn't matter because we're collectively too concerned about moderation and punishments. I've got my own issues with them but fuck, people. Is this all our league is about now?

I know it definitely must have looked odd when we signed Rara, but we made sure to have Bek's blessing before doing it. If he wanted to be the starter and felt ready to lead us to the playoffs, we wouldn't have signed Rara at all and would have just rolled with Papa. But Bek agreed and we made the finals, think we even tried to squeeze in some extra starts for Papa to get some stat padding going on. Good article, glad Moscow has a decent goalie future ahead of us unlike some other teams

I expect to see Kovalchuk off Seattle by the end of his ELC then

I think I got a Tier 2 in the VHL birthday one, but this nhl 22 thing is definitely the highest value raffle I've ever won lol. Thanks for the opportunity and glad it came from doing good things for the world.

goal was to 30 tpe from draft to HOF challenge but accidentally got too involved and ended up max earning from the start lol