Spartan

NICKY! Pls don't post instructions for how to make cocaine this go around

1. Sidney Crosby no doubt, just the best all around player in the game and would be an elite player to add to Moscow's forward core. 2. I imagine Leif Reingaard has decently style, could envision @Zetterberg and his creativity with graphics translating over to fashion. 3. Yotes bc they're gone already pretty much lol 1. Who's been your favorite GM during your time in the VHL/E/M? Why? 2. What do you think makes a LR fun in the VHL? 3. What's the best method you've seen that keeps a LR active?

Idk about the SBA but VHL terms = Grape getting benched

Cheers on the chats @samx @asteria godspeed in HSK, thank you for all the contributions for us. I hope you continue to enjoy the VHL! @Garsh welcome I guess

The Kunitz to our Crosby???

hmmm

1. Ideally we'd like to remain 1st for the remaining schedule, but I think it'll be a very difficult accomplishment considering how strong the rest of the EU is. 2. Realistically anyone in the EU who is also gunning for the top spot. I don't particularly worry about any one team in specific, we've beat London all 3 times, 2-2 with Malmo, 4-2 with Prague. Just need to make sure we're not dropping games to allow the others to catch up. 3. I think we've been playing well yes. To be seen exactly which lines will show up as our "best" lines. 4. Realistically I think a defensive upgrade would be the only thing we consider for this season. Forwards and goalie are pretty much locked in for the foreseeable future. 5. He's been a bit up and down, definitely bouncing back a bit from a rough early season. If he can build a bit more consistency, it'll be great for the team. 6. More league-wide coordinated events to give folks more ways to interact with each other or bond over shared experiences.

Cheers man, has always been a pleasure to work with you and compete against your teams. Hope you get that sim league interest again in the future!

@Gaikoku-hito my sweet prince

Lemme see the sim results

I save lives daily, no biggie

Who tf uses centered formatting for articles like this. Cringe, you are a weeb, and you're still going to Warsaw

Thread being locked and Jacob is getting banned

Where tf was my cut

Overpay tbh

Surprised you're conscious and coherent in tax season. Back to work!! Chop chop. (leak the recreate name next)

Credits to @Dom for putting me on to this song! Don't look (away) now, but Moscow is enjoying a strong start to the season. Depth has been the key to success this season, as 7 players are at or over a PPG pace (rip Leif Reingaard 1 point shy). The Menace sit 4th in GF and 4th in GA as well which is really nice to see, both sides of the ice are playing as top 5 units in the league. I'm not sure if Moscow can still be called a "young" team considering how many players are off their ELCs now, but with the amount of TPA still yet to be added to builds before the depreciation begins to loom, I think there's still a fair amount of growth to be seen in the future. Adding Grimgor Ironhide @FrostBeard has given us an immediate injection of physicality that Moscow had been lacking behind Jarmo Ruutu @jRuutu, and the team is starting to feel more like the older Moscow teams I ran in the S80's - dominant centers and strong defensemen with excellent complimentary wingers. The main area for improvement seems to be special teams, where Moscow ranks dead last in PK% and 6th in PP%. Will definitely be an area to focus on and try to improve on for the future. Overall EU thoughts - WAR and PRG surprising with strong starts, most expected WAR to replicate their middling performance from last season considering they basically tried the same approach. Lachlan Summers definitely putting in work as usual. Prague running a 5-3-1 pulling an LA from a few seasons ago, curious to see how long that lasts. LDN/MAL/HSK all underperforming by a bit, but EU is always competitive so things can change at a moment's notice. HSK is especially concerning due to depth, running 4 forwards at/under 600 TPA. Curious to see if they take advantage of the seller's market depending on how sims go over the next week or so. They've got some fantastic assets that should both fetch a good price, and be eagerly snapped up. League wide news is a bit lacking, not too much change appears to be on the horizon. Goalie changes were the main topic in the past and results are going to be re-evaluated at the end of the season. Frankly I think scoring went up but goalies are simming even better than before, which is pretty opposite of how our admittedly limited test sims went. With a large class of goalies facing retirement soon, it might be an opportune time to revisit adjusting the goalie update scale. I feel like goalies can hit around 1.1k TPA and max out their core attributes and get secondaries in a really good spot and just bank, which is pretty counter to how skaters operate right now. 1.1k TPA seems like the threshold for a superstar, with 1.2/1.3k being a true max earner's peak. What else should be discussed in the BoG? Feel like we haven't opened up any channels for suggestions recently. Willing to take stuff into the back rooms if anyone has suggestions!

Wow right after I said to talk about recreate plans!!!!

Vice! Good to see you back

No thank you!

Time to start talking about recreate ideas!!

Was nice to have you around @sliceruser, but wanted to get you somewhere where you'd be able to get playing time Cheers on the fastest trade talks I've ever had @jacobcarson877