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Will check with Dom and try to get them out asap

Interesting hashtag there . Good luck this season!

yeah that's 100% me, not matty lol - he's the one who reminded me you were in this class

dm me on discord in a few hours and I'll revoke welfare

(thanks @Zetterberg) What is up folks! It's that time of season, and I'm pleased to have been joined by @MattyIce to turn this season's iteration of the mock draft into an ASMR podcast. Without the ASMR portion of course. But we did do a full hour of chatting about recent VHL moves, and team needs for every team with a pick in the first round. Plenty of banter over the course of an hour, and plenty of confusion as well! That's what happens when you don't prepare well in advance, but I think it came out pretty nicely. Below in the spoilers will be the results of our mock draft, since we understand not everyone has the time or patience to listen to an hour long podcast. Please keep in mind that we used the current draft order on the portal, and that neither of us have inside information about any of the picks or moves that we predict may occur. Hope you all enjoy!

Let's dive into this, mainly because I'm curious whether this is true or not. I've long been under the impression that it's easy to skip the E as a recreate, it's the M that's the challenge. I'm going to use Letang as a reference. I created the week before the M draft, and there was no late joiner TPE then. I updated Letang for 77 consecutive weeks from that point, from draft week to the TDL of S79. Starting in an offseason and ending at the TDL sort of balances out, so we're putting about 8.5 weeks per VHL season, which includes offseason. Letang finished with 1,440 TPE, putting him at 160 TPE/season on a 9 season schedule (2 VHLM + 7 VHL), which is also around 18.7 TPE per week. Specifically to the donations part, I Ctrl+F'd "donation 5" and found 3 instances, and I only donated $10 each time so that's 33 tpe total (6 doubles + 5 uncapped). So Letang's total if I take out any "P2W" transactions would be 1,407, which is then 156 TPE/season and 18.27 TPE /week. I'm not really including any of the community donation drives since I think a large amount of the community participates in those anyways, so I don't think that falls under the P2W umbrella. Now, on to what leagues can be skipped. I'm going through this process myself and most of my "skip the M/skip the E" stuff has been just out of curiosity to see what I can skip, not that I hate a league. I just want to play 9 seasons in the VHL, and I have to skip a second season "down" no matter what. I've never played in the E before so I'd rather skip the M and go directly to the E, but that's just my preference. So at recreate time, I got 80 TPE, the max. Now, the day before the cutoff, I am at 189 TPE. That's 109 TPE in 4 weeks. Now, I have donated twice. I've gotten 22 TPE from that, so without it, I'd be at 167 TPE right now. Granted, I still need VHFL to pay out, as well as predictions. So let's say I'd be at 175 TPE. Making it a long-term view, let's say that a recreate who max earns, does decently well in uncapped opportunities for the season, and doesn't donate gets to around 180/190 TPE, since I don't think offseasons are usually as short as this season was. I've already pointed out that I earned 156 TPE/season with Letang, factoring out donations. 190+156 gets you to around 346, and I'd be fairly confident in that max earners ability to get to 350 by the next finance cutoff. --- TLDR: I think it is very possible to skip the E as a max earner without donating. A recreate would end their first offseason around 190 TPE and then would earn around 150-160 TPE over the course of the next season in the M, getting them super close to 350, and easily above 350 if it's at a time of year where there's more community uncapped opportunities. (I'm claiming this as a media spot bc it's over 500 words)

Thanks haha, my bad

Moscow Menace Welcome New Faces to the Organization GM Euron Leonidas' statement on the latest additions to the Moscow roster: The past few days have been a true whirlwind of activity in the VHL. From the beginning of the S79-S80 offseason, to the resignation of a long-time VHL Commissioner, there have been plenty of newsworthy events to cover across the league. Therefore, some major team specific news has not received the recognition and appreciation that they deserve from within our organization. On Tuesday morning, we agreed to terms with the Calgary Wranglers to acquire the impending Free Agent rights to Tyler Walker (@Advantage), a S73 two-way defenseman, for our S80 MOS 3rd round selection. On Wednesday morning, we agreed to terms with the Warsaw Predators to acquire the impending Free Agent rights to Lexi Glass (@AW13), a S74 winger who has spent her entire career on Warsaw and enjoyed immense success, including a Continental Cup victory. As a result, we sent away forward Kevin King and an S80 3rd from London We're pleased to announce that we have agreed to one year deals with both players, for the duration of season 80. Both players provide significant value to our organization, both on and off the ice. Together, they have a total of 13 combined VHL seasons, bringing valuable experience to both our locker room and to our on-ice play. Tyler Walker has been a strong two-way player, amassing 456 points over 504 career games, adding another 1,030 hits and 1,076 blocked shots. Lexi Glass was quietly one of the offensive leaders of the juggernaut Warsaw Predators in the EU, scoring 183 goals in 432 career games with a total of 398 points. Both players will immediately slot into the top units of their respective positions and prepare to lead Moscow to a hopefully deep playoff run this season! Welcome to Moscow!

WOOOOO

Good piece overall but I don't think these side effects are exclusive to the E becoming a thing. E and VHL draft classes are the same, there are already 99's vs 99's and have been for a while, new members get easily disengaged (see Junior Showcase Tournament as a fix) and there will always be mediocre players. If we were only a league for max earners, there'd be like 40-50 of us total.

Cheers on the quick talks @dlamb! @AW13

Is there any chance for a bit more spread between Depreciation and Finance Cut-Offs/Adjustments? Maybe depreciation run on Saturday so that teams can accurately understand and expect brackets for Sunday, which also helps out with FA?

Yep, I had only really focused on skaters, but I do recognize that goalies need more differentiation as well. I haven't explored avenues for that yet, but it will certainly be on the docket. Thanks

The prodigal son returns

no

Still hasn't really sunk in that Letang is done, especially with the season he just had and still chatting in LA. He frustrated me every season and made me want to retire early up until the last one, and it was worth it tbh. Hopefully Nico won't take as long to get good lol.

Nico Pearce - LW 6'2 | 180 lbs | 21 y/o | Thessaloniki, Greece Nico Pearce is finally approaching his first professional hockey draft, and surprisingly, there's a decent amount of drama and confusion about how it'll all go down. According to VHL/E/M staffers, all three leagues are likely to hold their drafts from Friday, September 17th and Sunday, September 19th, making it very soon. However, Nico still does not know whether he'll be playing in the VHLM next season, or if he will bypass the developmental league in an effort to face more staunch competition in the VHLE. He doesn't have the prerequisite experience to participate in the VHLE, but a decision is expected to come from the league offices by Sunday night if the young Greek will be allowed to participate in the inaugural VHLE season. However, scouts had the following scouting report for Nico: Strengths: Shot: The formerly undersized winger certainly understood that his ticket to success came from his offensive capabilities, as the 6'2 winger has developed a nasty wrist shot and an above-average slap shot that makes him a lethal sniper. Puck Handling: As mentioned earlier, Pearce developed strong puck skills due to a lack of size in college and has very soft hands for his size, allowing him to maneuver through a crowd with relative ease. He finds ways to get past defenders with clever stick handling and can use his hands to keep the puck away from defenders as well. IQ: Pearce generally finds his way into the right spot on the ice and his positioning is quite decent, both offensively and defensively. He finds ways to pressure opponents when in his own zone and avoids taking penalties due to a lack of an overly aggressive style. Weaknesses: Speed: A forward growing into his body causes issues with speed. Pearce still hasn't fully adjusted to his new size, and his stride seems off. While he has good IQ to anticipate plays and to get into the right spot, he's easily beaten by defenders and doesn't have elite speed yet. Strength: Similarly to his issues with speed, Pearce hasn't grown into his lanky frame and still lacks muscle. He's outmuscled by defenders and struggles to play any kind of physical game, which does have the side benefit of less penalties.

Transaction ID: 20763523689639039 5 uncapped (claiming week ending 9/19) Doubles Week (claiming week ending 9/19) $1 Million Contract Money

Thanks for the easy talks @Ricer13, always a pleasure to negotiate with you @Advantage, glad we could agree to a deal and thrilled to have you finish out Walker's career in Moscow. Let's get to work!

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finally lol

I tried to get Ricer to trade her to me for like 3 offseasons in a row, just gave up after that lol. Maybe it'll be incentive for the next player

I gatekept it for a while but then gave in on her birthday

I graduated this May majoring in Finance, Accounting and Business Analytics, and I use a bit of all of it now as an auditor for a bank. It's more interesting than it's made out to be since you get a peek behind the curtains of whatever company/department/business line you're auditing at the time. It's honestly risk assessment and mitigation evaluation since we have to be aware of all potential threats to the company and make sure we're not leaving ourselves exposed for penalties/fines/lawsuits. Pretty cool stuff.

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