Spartan

Player Information Username: Spartan Player Name: Nico Pearce Recruited From: Returning Age: 21 Position: LW Height: 72 in. Weight: 180 lbs. Birthplace: Greece Player Page @VHLM GM

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I'm replying very late to this so I doubt that anything I say will be novel. 1. More recognition for content created on site. Say 1 uncapped TPE for a PT that was considered the "best" that week. Updaters get eyes on all PT's, so some sort of voting system by them might work, and it'd get general members more intrigued to complete PT's and potentially get the recognition. 2. Get rid of trivia. It's not a thought provoking mPT for 99% of the league. There are like 3-4 people who actually do it every week and then the rest of the league passes those answers around. People can still do reviews for the other 2 tpe, but then we could add a Twitter option, where 3 tweets in a week equate to 2 TPE if they mention the VHL. Get more engaged on social media as other leagues do, and we could potentially expand our growth in a new area. 3. Add one or two more games/fantasy options, like a weekly fantasy lineup. Users can draft a weekly lineup of 3 F, 2 D, 1 G *on the forums, no google forms*, and the top 3 could get some uncapped TPE. Overall, I've probably suggested too much uncapped TPE. But, if we can slightly lower the amount given out by our existing games, maybe we can avoid inflating beyond what we deem necessary.

@Ryan Li you got 1 tpe for asking a question. Claim it as "Claim Uncapped -> Fantasy -> Trivia Question" for 1 TPE, link to the very first post in this thread.

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I chat about VHL awards that I/Letang have earned over the past few years. Then I talk about three awards that have a decent amount of controversy around them (Boulet, Wylde, Elmebeck) Then I realize I have no gas left in my car as I speed down the highway! Find out how it all ends. There are mild audio issues in there, idk how it happened. Suck it up, I'm claiming this for 2 weeks.

I don't like this one at all

I'd like to apply! I got my GM'ing start in the WJC of S71 and have AGM'd for new folks multiple times after that. Would be nice to take a larger role in the tournament!

1. Usually just getting in practice, it's the best way to try and work yourself out of bad habits. Otherwise just try and find something to help you relax. I get superstitious sometimes, if I have a stretch of poor play at a certain attribute level combination. I'm just overthinking it most of the time. 2. Well, a lot of my predictions are going to be wrong. I think I'll get the Wylde right since I predicted Letang there, but picked Hylands for all the other defense awards. Also picked Dear and Xin for most of the forward awards, those are likely lost as well. 3. We have a great offense, superb goaltending and a defense that has been playing very well. If we keep playing the way we've been, I think we'll fare well. 4. Sliding on the ice like a penguin. It was my favorite thing to do in youth hockey camp. 5. Wake up as late as I can without being late to the rink, snack on some trail mix, throw back a Captain Morgan and Coke for the nerves and just make sure all the equipment is good to go. 6. Ice up whatever needs to be iced, then sleep.

This is a fair point, that everyone is experiencing the same "issue." However, I found this case more interesting because it overall devalues defensemen when it comes to making fantasy selections. You'd be fine with D20, since the gap from D1 to D20 isn't that large. Both players will still be in the top 30 of overall skaters. However, the difference between F1 and F20 is significantly large, from top 30 to maybe top 50. Defensemen simply are too easy to coast on, there isn't really much of a skill component to selecting them. You pick defensemen on bad teams who will get shot blocks, and defensemen on high scoring teams who will get fantasy points from scoring. But picking the top 2 defensemen on the bottom 12 teams in the league is much more prevalent in VHFL strategy, in my opinion. So this is straying away from what I've written so far, but I do plan on looking at goalies as well to create a bit more of a disparity as you had mentioned, to try and make the gap from G1 to G12 a bit wider. This is the current state of goalies, a 12 point gap from G1 to G10. If you pick literally any of these, your goalie position won't be the reason you lose. Unless you're one of the rare unlucky folks who lose out on a position by <5 points. RIP to those fine folks. But yeah, making this gap wider is something I'd like to think about. This is probably going to be the major argument against making any changes to VHFL - it's just something for fun, doesn't need to be a super overthought process. It's mainly out of my own impulse that I decided to look into why VHFL felt too cookie-cutter, and I found what I presented in the article. However, STHS still favors the best players on bad teams just from a points standpoint. They'll still be very viable, I also don't want to eliminate those players from viability. I just don't want those players on average/bad teams to be dominating VHFL, and some more variability would be really nice. I think my issue with this is also that your 2nd and 3rd forward combined may not score as much as one of your defensemen. If you have 2 top 10/15 forwards, an average goalie and any defensemen who doesn't fall out of the top 30 for overall skaters, you will land at least 3rd, likely 1st or 2nd with those forwards. The strategy is mostly clear, as a few others have pointed out -> you prioritize selecting the best possible forwards and leave defense for later since you're more likely to get a defensemen in the top 30 of skaters in the 4th or 5th round than you are to get a forward in that same top 30. In my perfect world, picking defensemen and goalies in the 1st round would be viable and encouraged. Users must try to figure out who would truly be the best player for their team, and no position is easier to pick between. As you mentioned, emphasizing and maximizing the disparity within position groups is key, and to do that, I think not only do we need to reduce the impact of Shots Blocked to reduce defensemen point inflation, but also increase the value of multiple other scoring stats to widen the gap between players of the same position. Making goals and assists more valuable, from 2 and 1 to 3 and 1.5. Rewarding hits more. Making shutouts significantly more valuable. Punishing for goals against.

oops I put this in articles, if someone wants to move it, that'd be lovely

See you soon

Easy there snips, you're only 3 points ahead of Vancouver and 4 points ahead of Toronto who are literally all bots. Those OT/SO losses are keeping you afloat, better focus on winning some games with that "best d-pairing in the league"

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Hey you have to live in close proximity to Big Stinky Al, surprised you can smell anything other than him . Don't make me toss you in the trash can outside the rink, Juice Box.

Seems to be a common issue once one turns blue, they miraculously lose the capability to hear the voices of anyone apart from their own . Also, jokes on you - Letang doesn't score goals, he's just assisted on basically all of them!

For the first time in my career, I've been freed offensively. DC stifled me for 2 seasons, I get my revenge this week

Hey BIG Al, some of us take a break from hitting people and shooting at the net to play defense and generate offense for the entire team. What would you know about it, you just hit and score .

Yeah haha, I figured, just had to call out @Juice and @JigglyGumballs when they tried to talk shit the other day, saying they were the best D-pairing in the league. Clearly @rory and I are better!

98 combined points vs 79 combined points, and LA is 4 points higher in the standings

Most importantly: Pines + Letang > Welch + Gumballs

Was this ever filled?