Spartan

Welcome to the new season of VHFL! Below is the randomly assigned draft order for your group. The draft is conducted in a snake order, meaning that each round goes in reverse order of the last. There is a time limit of 12 hours per pick. If the person ahead of you has not picked in their 12-hour slot, you may make your selection, and they can make up their pick anytime after the skip. If a member misses two picks without communicating to me or the GM - not necessarily consecutive, they will be disqualified and the team will be drafted by me or a filler I appoint. If someone has two picks in a row and fails to do the first one before 12 hours pass, tag them and give them another 12 hours for the second pick in a row. Once you have made your selection, tag the person following you. Group Manager: It is your responsibility to make sure that picks are being made within 12 hours, and if not, that the clock keeps going for the next pick. Please also have a complete roster within the first few posts of the thread - this saves me time later so that you get your results faster! Please also be sure of each player’s position, and that they are not retired nor in the VHLM before adding them to your roster! When maintaining the updated roster, please copy the roster template below, exactly how it is. Make sure to also spell player names properly when updating your group. Do NOT copy the roster for every single pick. Here are some useful links: VHFL Rules S86 VHFL Top Skaters S86 VHFL Top Goalies If there are any issues, tag the group manager or me. The draft is now live - good luck! Tag me when all the rosters are complete! 1. @JCarson F - F - F - D - D - G - 2. @Ricer13 (GM) F - F - F - D - D - G - 3. @nurx F - F - F - D - D - G - 4. @CowboyinAmerica F - F - F - D - D - G - 5. @Dabnad F - F - F - D - D - G - 6. @Ente2997 F - F - F - D - D - G -

Welcome to the new season of VHFL! Below is the randomly assigned draft order for your group. The draft is conducted in a snake order, meaning that each round goes in reverse order of the last. There is a time limit of 12 hours per pick. If the person ahead of you has not picked in their 12-hour slot, you may make your selection, and they can make up their pick anytime after the skip. If a member misses two picks without communicating to me or the GM - not necessarily consecutive, they will be disqualified and the team will be drafted by me or a filler I appoint. If someone has two picks in a row and fails to do the first one before 12 hours pass, tag them and give them another 12 hours for the second pick in a row. Once you have made your selection, tag the person following you. Group Manager: It is your responsibility to make sure that picks are being made within 12 hours, and if not, that the clock keeps going for the next pick. Please also have a complete roster within the first few posts of the thread - this saves me time later so that you get your results faster! Please also be sure of each player’s position, and that they are not retired nor in the VHLM before adding them to your roster! When maintaining the updated roster, please copy the roster template below, exactly how it is. Make sure to also spell player names properly when updating your group. Do NOT copy the roster for every single pick. Here are some useful links: VHFL Rules S86 VHFL Top Skaters S86 VHFL Top Goalies If there are any issues, tag the group manager or me. The draft is now live - good luck! Tag me when all the rosters are complete! 1. @Otaznik F - F - F - D - D - G - 2. @Hoopydog F - F - F - D - D - G - 3. @aimkin (GM) F - F - F - D - D - G - 4. @Webberj F - F - F - D - D - G - 5. @ShawnGlade F - F - F - D - D - G - 6. @JB123 F - F - F - D - D - G -

Tagging @Greg_Di and @FrostBeard since I posted before your tags were edited in, just to be safe. Good luck!

Welcome to the new season of VHFL! Below is the randomly assigned draft order for your group. The draft is conducted in a snake order, meaning that each round goes in reverse order of the last. There is a time limit of 12 hours per pick. If the person ahead of you has not picked in their 12-hour slot, you may make your selection, and they can make up their pick anytime after the skip. If a member misses two picks without communicating to me or the GM - not necessarily consecutive, they will be disqualified and the team will be drafted by me or a filler I appoint. If someone has two picks in a row and fails to do the first one before 12 hours pass, tag them and give them another 12 hours for the second pick in a row. Once you have made your selection, tag the person following you. Group Manager: It is your responsibility to make sure that picks are being made within 12 hours, and if not, that the clock keeps going for the next pick. Please also have a complete roster within the first few posts of the thread - this saves me time later so that you get your results faster! Please also be sure of each player’s position, and that they are not retired nor in the VHLM before adding them to your roster! When maintaining the updated roster, please copy the roster template below, exactly how it is. Make sure to also spell player names properly when updating your group. Do NOT copy the roster for every single pick. Here are some useful links: VHFL Rules S86 VHFL Top Skaters S86 VHFL Top Goalies If there are any issues, tag the group manager or me. The draft is now live - good luck! Tag me when all the rosters are complete! 1. @Rhynex Entertainment F - F - F - D - D - G - 2. @Gaikoku-hito F - F - F - D - D - G - 3. @Jubis F - F - F - D - D - G - 4. @Moon (GM) F - F - F - D - D - G - 5. @Greg_Di F - F - F - D - D - G - 6. @FrostBeard F - F - F - D - D - G -

Rank Group Rank User Score 1 1 @leandrofg 1626.3 2 1 @badcolethetitan 1554.8 3 1 @kirbithan 1544.6 4 1 @Jason kranz 1536.4 5 1 @sadie 1508.4 6 1 @Scurvy 1503.9 7 1 @CowboyinAmerica 1494.3 8 1 @Hoopydog 1488.1 9 1 @Yahtzee 1479.6 10 1 @MetalToday 1477.1 11 2 @hedgehog337 1474.6 12 1 @chikn 1462.1 13 1 @Pifferfish 1460.1 14 1 @Girts 1460.1 15 2 @Arce (GM) 1459.7 16 1 @animal74 (GM) 1459.6 17 2 @vincentlg2007 1452.4 18 2 @youloser1337 1449.1 19 2 @wcats 1446.3 20 1 @aimkin 1444.6 21 1 @Spartan (GM) 1443.5 22 2 @dasboot 1441.5 23 2 @KaleebtheMighty 1438 24 2 @BOOM 1432.1 25 3 @lemorse7 (GM) 1431.1 26 2 @dogwoodmaple 1430.7 27 2 @Frank 1430.2 28 2 @Alex (GM) 1427.8 29 2 @RileyL 1427.5 30 2 @MrMom 1426.9 31 3 @Triller 1419.9 32 3 @Otaznik 1418.9 33 2 @Webberj 1417.2 34 3 @scoop 1409.5 35 3 @VattghernCZ 1409.4 36 3 @JardyB10 1408.3 37 3 @Bulduray_1 1407.3 38 3 @Brandon 1400.7 39 3 @Bobcat 1399.9 40 2 @Baby Boomer 1398.9 41 1 @Enorama(GM) 1398.9 42 2 @Ahma 1397.2 43 4 @kelvi 1391.7 44 3 @Jubis 1388.6 45 3 @N0HBDY 1386.7 46 3 @OrbitingDeath 1386 47 4 @Johnny_HX 1381.3 48 4 @DMaximus 1378 49 3 @Tetricide 1377.5 50 4 @Ricer13 (GM) 1375.3 51 4 @UnknownMinion 1374.8 52 2 @AJW 1371.3 53 3 @jacobcarson877 1370.4 54 4 @samx (GM) 1366.9 55 4 @JCarson 1365.8 56 3 @qripll 1360.1 57 5 @Acydburn 1358.5 58 4 @Thunder 1358.5 59 3 @Rhynex Entertainment 1356.1 60 4 @MubbleFubbles 1355.4 61 4 @Uncommon 1352.3 62 4 @Gustav (GM) 1351.5 63 4 @leafsman 1335.9 64 4 @Daniel Janser 1335.1 65 4 @Bojovnik 1328.4 66 3 @Thad 1328.3 67 4 @UnkemptCL4PTP 1325.5 68 5 @Dabnad 1323.7 69 5 @Crstats23 1315 70 5 @JB123 1314.3 71 5 @Beketov (GM) 1313.3 72 5 @v.2 1313.1 73 5 @Ben mclaughlin 1310.3 74 4 @JetsGoalie101 1305 75 5 @Dom 1302.6 76 6 @KRZY 1297.3 77 5 @MexicanCow123 1295.4 78 5 @InstantRockstar 1290.6 79 5 @tinafrombobsburgers 1289.6 80 6 @Hogan (GM) 1281.6 81 4 @Greg_Di 1279.9 82 5 @Emperor_Fun 1272 83 6 @eagle_3450 1270.1 84 5 @NSG 1269.5 85 6 @nurx (GM) 1262.8 86 5 @Tate 1262.6 87 6 @rory 1247.7 88 6 @dlamb (GM) 1236.8 89 6 @ThePerfectNut 1220.3 90 6 @Gaikoku-hito 1217.1 91 5 @comrade cat 1213.6 92 5 @(DQ) 1204.8 93 6 @Spartakiller2 1200.6 94 6 @FrostBeard 1199 95 5 @Shindigs 1194.5 96 6 @(DQ) 1151.7 97 6 @oilmandan 1143.7 98 6 @BarzalGoat 1137.7 99 6 @DQ 1134.5 100 6 @DreMin15 1119.9 101 6 @Banackock 1067.7 102 6 @zepheter 956.6

Rank # Goalie Name W SO SA GA Fantasy Points 1 2 Papa Emeritus (Retired) 43 5 2255 159 241.1 1 1 Cole Pearce 43 6 1973 132 234.1 2 11 Dusty Wilson 30 9 2098 139 231.4 3 4 Wumbo 42 2 2310 164 226.6 4 9 Clueless Wallob 34 5 2236 165 217.6 5 3 Ben Dahl 42 3 2100 164 210.6 6 5 David Davis 36 3 2127 149 210.3 8 7 Bubbles Utonium 35 5 2120 163 209.2 9 12 Boris Tsezar 27 3 2341 158 208.3 10 8 Xavier Booberry 35 2 2191 163 201.3 11 6 Brandt Fuhr 35 5 2012 165 197.2 7 10 Augustus Kennedy 31 1 2264 172 190.2 8 13 Oskar Lindbergh 21 4 2311 173 189.3 9 16 Henry Tucker Jr 15 3 2647 209 184.3 10 14 Ed Nu 17 0 2295 178 156.7 11 15 Art Vandelay 16 3 1712 145 131.2 12 17 Thomas Price 9 1 773 69 58.9 13 21 Sam Tombstone 7 1 475 33 46.7 14 25 B-LAS G2 4 2 493 47 39.1 15 20 Jesse Teno 7 1 349 27 37.7 16 18 B-PRG G1 8 1 231 17 33.9 17 19 B-VAN G1 8 0 251 17 30.9 18 27 B-RIG G1 3 1 332 23 30.4 19 23 Matt Murdock 5 1 223 20 25.3 20 24 B-DCD G1 5 0 234 18 22.6 21 26 B-WAR G2 4 0 271 22 21.9 22 28 B-SEA G1 3 0 287 25 19.7 29 22 Karl Pedersen 6 0 198 21 19.2 23 31 B-MAL G2 1 0 368 33 19 24 30 B-TOR G2 2 0 339 33 18.1 32 29 B-NYA G2 2 1 195 18 17.7

Rank # Player Name Team Name POS G A HIT SB +/- Total Points 1 1 Daniel Janser Calgary Wranglers C 54 66 276 35 39 305.4 2 5 Vasile Lamb Warsaw Predators RW 53 53 303 36 41 295.6 3 3 Brendan Marner Warsaw Predators C 47 66 224 60 33 289.6 4 27 Brian Payne Warsaw Predators D 17 63 246 148 38 271.3 5 12 Ronan Lavelle D.C. Dragons LW 51 43 304 34 6 270.7 6 6 Bo Johansson Chicago Phoenix D 11 94 137 152 44 269.5 7 2 Baby Bob (Retired) Chicago Phoenix RW 54 63 129 53 40 268.4 8 16 Jake Thunder HC Davos Dynamo D 19 69 161 184 16 267.2 9 4 Girts Galvins Warsaw Predators LW 54 55 141 60 28 263.4 10 19 Erlantz Jokinen (Retired) Prague Phantoms D 21 65 167 147 37 262.1 11 21 Max Torq Malmo Nighthawks D 30 56 131 156 3 260.7 12 17 Hari Singh Nalwa London United D 22 65 133 170 13 257 13 23 Biggie Cheese Vancouver Wolves D 20 65 157 162 17 256.6 14 59 Vinny Detroit HC Davos Dynamo LW 30 32 398 41 20 249.6 15 14 Perry Laperriere Prague Phantoms C 43 48 245 42 6 248.3 16 24 Molly the Cat London United RW 44 41 275 27 12 242.4 17 26 Nico Pearce Moscow Menace LW 39 45 245 42 19 239 18 41 AK92 Wit da Hoodie Moscow Menace D 22 46 189 154 5 238.9 19 13 AirRig GoodBrandSun Calgary Wranglers D 15 78 61 157 37 234.8 20 58 Hammar Voss Moscow Menace D 23 40 204 138 15 234.6 21 11 James Teekirque HC Davos Dynamo LW 50 44 150 49 7 233 22 7 Scotty Sundin Chicago Phoenix C 47 54 105 42 42 229.3 23 10 Zach Kisslinger II Warsaw Predators LW 28 69 154 44 37 225.7 24 28 Tomas Sogaard Moscow Menace LW 32 48 212 47 12 220.6 25 25 Nezuko D.C. Dragons LW 42 42 169 51 1 220.1 26 30 Igor Molotov Malmo Nighthawks C 36 43 246 27 2 218.3 27 8 Nils Godlander Prague Phantoms RW 51 49 75 35 37 216.6 28 18 Saku Kotkakoivu Prague Phantoms C 37 50 196 15 39 214.6 29 33 Nic McMuffin Helsinki Titans RW 32 45 207 49 -15 211 30 66 James Marino Riga Reign D 15 42 129 243 -55 208.6 31 9 Landon Wolanin Calgary Wranglers LW 47 52 64 29 38 205.8 32 32 Leandro Goncalves Calgary Wranglers C 36 42 184 32 8 202.6 33 50 Jerome Reinhart (Retired) London United D 12 53 127 164 -4 202 34 31 The Board Game Clue On Skates Chicago Phoenix C 42 37 153 28 2 195.2 35 36 Siyan Yasilievich HC Davos Dynamo D 7 63 82 175 12 195 36 64 Taylor Mourning (Retired) New York Americans RW 28 30 268 30 6 194.6 37 103 Dabnad Shaw Malmo Nighthawks D 9 33 224 188 -28 194.5 38 53 Tavish DeGroot Seattle Bears D 14 51 94 151 12 194.4 39 57 Yun Chiang London United RW 34 30 210 40 2 194.4 40 46 Sven Eightnine New York Americans D 8 58 121 153 6 194.4 41 77 Scoish Velociraptor Maloish Los Angeles Stars D 10 43 224 116 -11 194.3 42 20 Jonathan Ori (Retired) D.C. Dragons C 30 56 106 46 7 193.6 43 56 Mikhail Kovalchuk Prague Phantoms D 9 55 127 143 -3 189.9 44 83 Cadmael Ixazaluoh Toronto Legion D 8 42 187 164 -16 189.1 45 15 Sergey Preobrazhensky Vancouver Wolves C 35 54 94 29 16 189 46 47 Daniel Weaver Riga Reign LW 25 40 110 99 -31 188.2 47 54 Hulk Hogan 2 Seattle Bears C 34 30 211 24 14 187.5 48 63 Tater Tottingham Helsinki Titans D 10 48 102 193 -20 186.5 49 79 Logain Ablar Calgary Wranglers D 15 37 114 160 9 184.5 50 85 George Sanderson Helsinki Titans D 12 38 117 214 -39 184.5 51 102 Mo Probert Malmo Nighthawks D 10 33 227 123 -1 184.3 52 86 Callum Murray Los Angeles Stars D 15 34 164 151 -32 184.1 53 65 Wattson Power Chicago Phoenix D 12 46 124 137 -2 182.9 54 91 Malum Maellard New York Americans D 13 35 145 151 1 180.5 55 69 Baxter Arcanum D.C. Dragons D 9 46 112 164 7 180.2 56 52 PJ Daniels Chicago Phoenix LW 27 38 204 24 5 180 57 97 Faith Hope Love Prague Phantoms D 9 37 124 154 52 176.3 58 104 Deron Nesbitt Seattle Bears D 13 29 146 168 -2 176.3 59 133 Jared Carter the 2st New York Americans D 6 22 292 125 -12 173.7 60 81 Pierre Emile Bouchard Vancouver Wolves D 20 31 88 126 0 170.7 61 38 Kyosti Karjalainen Moscow Menace RW 30 39 128 30 5 168.1 62 95 Ryuji Sakamoto Seattle Bears D 7 40 153 138 -3 167.7 63 113 Phil Strasmore Calgary Wranglers D 6 31 180 135 39 166.8 64 29 Alexandre Leduc Vancouver Wolves RW 35 44 76 22 16 166.4 65 49 Gus Bentley Riga Reign RW 28 37 86 77 -51 165.9 66 88 Alessandro Nano Seattle Bears D 10 38 119 137 0 163.8 67 93 Cobalt Burns Malmo Nighthawks LW 16 31 220 44 -5 163.7 68 112 Harry Hagel Toronto Legion D 14 23 152 162 -44 161.9 69 37 Bob Vladovechsenkchushkin Calgary Wranglers RW 34 35 100 26 12 161.5 70 127 Bob Beach Warsaw Predators D 2 28 181 176 25 160.1 71 43 Svatopluk Puk Vancouver Wolves RW 25 43 126 23 9 159.3 72 48 Fraser Wallace Moscow Menace C 23 42 136 28 4 159 73 84 Flynn Remy Moscow Menace D 13 37 62 135 21 157.8 74 108 Sting Chameleon Toronto Legion D 10 30 137 162 -35 157.7 75 45 Donny Carter (Retired) Vancouver Wolves LW 19 47 129 31 6 157.6 76 106 CDS Leb Toronto Legion RW 17 23 244 48 -42 157.5 77 80 Sirdsvaldis Miglaskems Los Angeles Stars C 28 24 201 27 -31 157.5 78 114 Reid Johnson Helsinki Titans D 9 28 158 158 -34 157 79 34 Pete Mitchell HC Davos Dynamo LW 32 40 50 35 23 156.6 80 22 Ryan Vidot D.C. Dragons C 32 54 19 25 7 156.3 81 115 Milan Dvorak D.C. Dragons D 7 29 182 116 7 155.3 82 76 Poopy Peepants (Retired) Los Angeles Stars D 11 42 92 126 -31 155.2 83 92 Marcel Janser Calgary Wranglers D 4 44 124 125 11 154.9 84 42 Dogwood Maple Vancouver Wolves C 29 39 101 22 12 154.6 85 131 Doug Britton Helsinki Titans D 8 21 193 146 -18 153.6 86 55 Kyle Peace Toronto Legion LW 34 30 88 35 -9 152.6 87 39 Mason Jones HC Davos Dynamo LW 29 40 60 35 13 151.6 88 60 Kakapo Bushtit Chicago Phoenix RW 28 32 103 25 39 151.3 89 67 Maximus Decimus Meridius New York Americans RW 31 26 150 21 -11 151.2 90 105 Branden Skuin London United D 9 32 142 93 13 148.1 91 111 Velociraptor Greg London United D 8 30 115 144 -2 146.3 92 71 Corey Kitson D.C. Dragons D 9 45 40 125 5 145 93 61 Juan Sano III Helsinki Titans C 23 36 78 52 -15 144.4 94 82 The Frenchman Riga Reign C 24 27 105 57 -26 143.6 95 44 John Jameson Prague Phantoms C 28 39 61 22 14 141 96 51 Matt Avens London United LW 30 35 71 22 5 141 97 130 Calix Pearce HC Davos Dynamo D 6 23 165 126 5 140.8 98 74 Christopher Young Helsinki Titans LW 25 28 130 39 -42 140.4 99 68 Daniel Clarke Riga Reign C 21 35 124 42 -55 138.9 100 90 Doug Matchett New York Americans D 13 35 12 151 -8 138.8 101 35 Ivan Retoslav London United C 30 41 26 19 15 135.5 102 128 Cameron Elsby Chicago Phoenix D 5 25 149 113 11 133.3 103 137 Jeff Buffy Warsaw Predators D 3 21 147 138 34 132.8 104 40 Sock Monkey Warsaw Predators LW 26 43 15 25 25 132.4 105 109 Juice Box Chicago Phoenix D 5 34 72 140 3 130.2 106 62 Henry Eagles Vancouver Wolves RW 29 29 79 20 -13 128.8 107 75 Matty Fire Prague Phantoms C 12 41 108 20 28 127.3 108 98 Napoleon Dynamite New York Americans C 23 22 117 27 7 127.3 109 129 Babushka Toronto Legion D 9 20 96 138 -20 123.2 110 94 Florida Man Seattle Bears RW 24 23 81 30 9 122 111 70 Robert Wilk Moscow Menace RW 21 34 69 14 22 119.7 112 78 Bob Chicoine Helsinki Titans LW 23 29 78 23 -13 118.3 113 151 Deagun Rust (Retired) Los Angeles Stars RW 7 6 299 15 -12 118.1 114 117 Harkat Mulds Moscow Menace D 10 25 53 116 -2 117.8 115 123 Jimmy MacElroy Vancouver Wolves D 0 32 99 134 -11 115.7 116 101 Alessio Simeoni Toronto Legion C 11 32 153 14 -12 115.5 117 99 Hockley Mann New York Americans LW 11 33 127 25 -15 115 118 96 Alf Larsson Helsinki Titans RW 23 23 120 18 -40 114.7 119 73 Zaza Colors New York Americans RW 20 34 40 30 1 114.4 120 121 Brian Kowalski Los Angeles Stars D 12 21 26 117 -25 105.4 121 72 Johnny Xavier Warsaw Predators C 22 32 10 18 29 105.2 122 149 Blake MacTavish Seattle Bears RW 3 11 277 7 -13 105 123 100 Sunrise van de Schubbekuteveen (Retired)d HC Davos Dynamo LW 12 32 79 21 4 102.7 124 89 DB III Los Angeles Stars C 26 22 32 22 -16 100.2 125 110 Chip Stone Seattle Bears LW 21 17 58 31 -4 99.3 126 142 Obi Adesanya Vancouver Wolves D 7 13 74 121 0 99 127 87 Jason Prague Phantoms C 20 29 39 12 10 98.6 128 141 Maxwell Mathias Riga Reign D 5 18 85 113 -25 96.4 129 120 Hayden Rain Malmo Nighthawks RW 17 17 108 15 -24 92.7 130 107 John Baard Malmo Nighthawks LW 16 24 77 18 -28 91.5 131 148 Jani Karppinen Prague Phantoms D 5 10 96 92 -1 86.2 132 125 Jason Argos Los Angeles Stars RW 9 22 115 19 -37 85.1 133 119 Sax Justice Calgary Wranglers C 14 21 39 14 40 83.4 134 118 Phoebe Bridgers Seattle Bears LW 15 20 48 18 -1 81 135 135 Omi Aberg (Retired) Calgary Wranglers C 13 13 100 12 0 80.1 136 140 Cole Caufield jr Toronto Legion LW 12 11 94 27 -15 79.7 137 126 Yaroslav Bogatyrev Seattle Bears RW 16 15 53 23 -15 78.2 138 143 Alfred Champagne HC Davos Dynamo RW 8 9 137 11 12 77.8 139 152 Isamu Knievel HC Davos Dynamo D 1 11 115 69 13 77.3 140 116 Weenuk Warrior New York Americans RW 19 17 42 11 -13 76.7 141 122 Noodles Marconi Los Angeles Stars RW 14 19 46 19 -14 75.1 142 124 Jack Hextall London United C 6 25 84 5 0 72.7 143 138 Jordan Bennett Moscow Menace RW 11 13 84 9 -3 68.9 144 136 James glove dropper Riga Reign LW 11 13 110 11 -53 67.9 145 134 Justin Adolfsen Malmo Nighthawks LW 16 12 41 10 4 66.7 146 145 Jason Coiner D.C. Dragons LW 9 7 53 32 -1 62 147 147 Chikeli Cholo Helsinki Titans LW 4 11 110 14 -39 55.9 148 132 Todd Cooke Los Angeles Stars C 10 19 25 13 -27 54.6 149 146 William Futch Chicago Phoenix C 7 9 65 17 -10 53.4 150 139 Ryan Toronto Legion RW 11 13 42 9 -40 48.9 151 150 Bob Robb Malmo Nighthawks D 3 10 26 59 -9 47.7 152 153 Astro Singh London United LW 5 5 74 10 9 46.5 153 144 Adison Bond D.C. Dragons C 4 12 42 12 8 45 154 167 B-RIG D1 Riga Reign D 1 1 100 50 -30 43.5 155 155 B-RIG D2 Riga Reign D 0 5 73 49 -22 39.7 156 160 B-DCD D1 D.C. Dragons D 0 2 82 16 -2 32 157 158 B-CHI D1 Farm Team 14 (CHI) D 0 2 57 12 40 31.7 158 189 B-RIG D10 Riga Reign D 0 1 73 41 -29 29.9 159 154 Loki Baker DMD Toronto Legion C 2 6 66 6 -45 26.2 160 156 B-RIG D3 Riga Reign D 0 3 32 14 4 19.1 161 197 B-WAR D5 Warsaw Predators D 0 1 31 15 13 17.9 162 157 B-SEA D3 Seattle Bears D 0 3 19 7 1 12.5 163 162 B-LDN D2 London United D 0 2 15 11 2 11.2 164 168 B-TOR D1 Toronto Legion D 1 1 15 7 -3 10.5 165 191 B-SEA D8 Seattle Bears D 1 0 12 7 3 9.3 166 194 B-TOR D2 Toronto Legion D 1 0 9 13 -3 9 167 164 B-MAL D10 Malmo Nighthawks D 1 1 7 2 3 7.8 168 159 B-CHI LW2 Farm Team 14 (CHI) LW 1 1 14 1 -2 7.7 169 181 B-HSK D10 Helsinki Titans D 0 1 13 12 -7 7.6 170 188 B-NYA D4 New York Americans D 1 0 6 8 1 7.4 171 185 B-LDN D3 London United D 0 1 11 5 0 6.3 172 272 B-SEA C1 Seattle Bears C 0 0 13 3 2 6.1 173 172 Bradley Buzzer Los Angeles Stars RW 0 1 22 2 -16 5.9 174 161 B-DCD D2 D.C. Dragons D 0 2 7 3 -1 5.8 175 170 B-VAN D3 Vancouver Wolves D 0 2 5 3 0 5.4 176 166 B-RIG C1 Riga Reign C 1 1 7 1 -3 5.4 177 175 B-DCD RW1 D.C. Dragons RW 1 0 6 1 5 5.4 178 163 B-MAL C1 Malmo Nighthawks C 0 2 13 0 -7 5.1 179 224 B-HSK D2 Helsinki Titans D 0 0 12 9 -6 5.1 180 239 B-MAL D1 Malmo Nighthawks D 0 0 6 8 4 5 181 169 B-VAN D2 Vancouver Wolves D 0 2 3 2 2 4.9 182 210 B-CHI D5 Chicago Phoenix D 0 0 9 10 -4 4.9 183 195 B-TOR LW1 Toronto Legion LW 0 1 10 3 -7 4.7 184 171 B-WAR RW3 Warsaw Predators RW 0 2 3 1 3 4.7 185 215 B-DCD D5 D.C. Dragons D 0 0 10 6 -1 4.6 186 192 B-SEA LW1 Seattle Bears LW 1 0 6 1 1 4.6 187 174 B-DCD D3 D.C. Dragons D 0 1 7 3 0 4.5 188 209 B-CHI D4 Chicago Phoenix D 0 0 9 9 -5 4.4 189 183 B-LDN C2 London United C 1 0 2 3 -1 4.2 190 187 B-NYA D2 New York Americans D 0 1 4 5 0 4.2 191 255 B-NYA D3 New York Americans D 0 0 5 9 0 4.2 192 165 B-NYA D10 New York Americans D 0 2 2 3 -2 4.1 193 179 B-DAV RW4 HC Davos Dynamo RW 1 0 5 0 3 4.1 194 178 B-DAV D2 HC Davos Dynamo D 0 1 6 2 0 3.9 195 214 B-DCD D4 D.C. Dragons D 0 0 9 4 -1 3.7 196 182 B-LDN C1 London United C 0 1 5 1 1 3.6 197 250 B-MOS D4 Moscow Menace D 0 0 6 6 -1 3.4 198 241 B-MAL D3 Malmo Nighthawks D 0 0 9 2 0 3.3 199 190 B-RIG D4 Riga Reign D 0 1 5 1 0 3.3 200 221 B-DAV D1 HC Davos Dynamo D 0 0 6 5 0 3.3 201 177 B-DAV C2 HC Davos Dynamo C 1 0 3 0 1 3.1 202 196 B-TOR RW1 Toronto Legion RW 1 0 3 2 -5 3.1 203 173 B-CHI D10 Chicago Phoenix D 0 1 6 2 -4 3.1 204 176 B-DAV C1 HC Davos Dynamo C 0 1 6 0 -1 2.9 205 262 B-PRG D2 Prague Phantoms D 0 0 6 4 -1 2.8 206 267 B-RIG C2 Riga Reign C 0 0 6 1 1 2.6 207 202 B-CGY D3 Calgary Wranglers D 0 0 5 5 -2 2.6 208 184 B-LDN C3 London United C 1 0 2 0 0 2.6 209 254 B-NYA D1 New York Americans D 0 0 2 7 -1 2.5 210 249 B-MOS D3 Moscow Menace D 0 0 5 4 -1 2.5 211 225 B-HSK LW1 Helsinki Titans LW 0 0 11 1 -7 2.5 212 186 B-LAS LW1 Los Angeles Stars LW 1 0 5 1 -8 2.5 213 261 B-PRG D1 Prague Phantoms D 0 0 4 4 0 2.4 214 242 B-MAL D4 Malmo Nighthawks D 0 0 5 3 0 2.4 215 284 B-TOR D10 Blades (TOR) D 0 0 5 2 1 2.3 216 180 B-HSK C4 Helsinki Titans C 1 0 5 0 -6 2.3 217 234 B-LAS D2 Los Angeles Stars D 0 0 3 7 -4 2.2 218 199 B-CGY D1 Calgary Wranglers D 0 0 6 2 -1 2.2 219 203 B-CGY D4 Calgary Wranglers D 0 0 2 6 -2 2 220 193 B-TOR C1 Toronto Legion C 0 1 5 0 -4 2 221 288 B-TOR D6 Blades (TOR) D 0 0 4 2 1 2 222 198 B-WAR RW4 Warsaw Predators RW 0 1 1 0 1 1.8 223 200 B-CGY D10 Calgary Wranglers D 0 0 3 4 -3 1.5 224 247 B-MOS D10 Moscow Menace D 0 0 4 2 -2 1.4 225 240 B-MAL D2 Malmo Nighthawks D 0 0 3 0 2 1.3 226 246 B-MOS D1 Moscow Menace D 0 0 4 3 -4 1.3 227 233 B-LAS D10 Los Angeles Stars D 0 0 7 3 -9 1.2 228 235 B-LAS D3 Los Angeles Stars D 0 0 5 3 -6 1.2 229 265 B-PRG LW1 Prague Phantoms LW 0 0 5 1 -5 1.1 230 281 B-SEA RW1 Seattle Bears RW 0 0 1 1 1 1.1 231 232 B-LAS D1 Farm Team 13 (LAS) D 0 0 2 1 0 0.9 232 259 B-PRG C1 Prague Phantoms C 0 0 0 2 -2 0.8 233 248 B-MOS D2 Moscow Menace D 0 0 3 1 -2 0.8 234 276 B-SEA D2 Wild (SEA) D 0 0 3 0 -1 0.7 235 268 B-RIG C3 Riga Reign C 0 0 2 0 0 0.6 236 201 B-CGY D2 Calgary Wranglers D 0 0 2 2 -3 0.6 237 207 B-CHI D2 Chicago Phoenix D 0 0 4 1 -5 0.5 238 263 B-PRG D3 Prague Phantoms D 0 0 1 0 0 0.3 239 222 B-DAV RW5 HC Davos Dynamo RW 0 0 1 0 0 0.3 240 231 B-LDN D4 London United D 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 241 277 B-SEA D4 Wild (SEA) D 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 242 275 B-SEA D10 Wild (SEA) D 0 0 1 0 -1 0.1 243 273 B-SEA C2 Seattle Bears C 0 0 1 0 -1 0.1 244 227 B-HSK RW1 Helsinki Titans RW 0 0 5 0 -7 0.1 245 257 B-NYA D6 New York Americans D 0 0 0 0 0 0 246 258 B-NYA D8 New York Americans D 0 0 0 0 0 0 247 279 B-SEA D6 Wild (SEA) D 0 0 0 0 0 0 248 220 B-DAV C4 HC Davos Dynamo C 0 0 0 0 0 0 249 286 B-TOR D4 Blades (TOR) D 0 0 0 0 0 0 250 211 B-CHI D6 Chicago Phoenix D 0 0 0 0 0 0 251 260 B-PRG C2 Prague Phantoms C 0 0 0 0 0 0 252 253 B-MOS D8 Moscow Menace D 0 0 0 0 0 0 253 238 B-LAS D8 Los Angeles Stars D 0 0 0 0 0 0 254 270 B-RIG C5 Riga Reign C 0 0 0 0 0 0 255 223 B-HSK C5 Helsinki Titans C 0 0 0 0 0 0 256 244 B-MAL D6 Malmo Nighthawks D 0 0 0 0 0 0 257 252 B-MOS D6 Moscow Menace D 0 0 0 0 0 0 258 283 B-TOR C2 Toronto Legion C 0 0 0 0 0 0 259 213 B-CHI D9 Chicago Phoenix D 0 0 0 0 0 0 260 212 B-CHI D8 Chicago Phoenix D 0 0 0 0 0 0 261 205 B-CGY D6 Calgary Wranglers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 262 206 B-CGY D8 Calgary Wranglers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 263 287 B-TOR D5 Blades (TOR) D 0 0 0 0 0 0 264 229 B-LDN C4 London United C 0 0 0 0 0 0 265 278 B-SEA D5 Wild (SEA) D 0 0 0 0 0 0 266 274 B-SEA D1 Wild (SEA) D 0 0 0 0 0 0 267 217 B-DCD D7 D.C. Dragons D 0 0 0 0 0 0 268 236 B-LAS D4 Los Angeles Stars D 0 0 0 0 0 0 269 256 B-NYA D5 New York Americans D 0 0 0 0 0 0 270 226 B-HSK LW3 Helsinki Titans LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 271 243 B-MAL D5 Malmo Nighthawks D 0 0 0 0 0 0 272 264 B-PRG D4 Prague Phantoms D 0 0 0 0 0 0 273 216 B-DCD D6 D.C. Dragons D 0 0 0 0 0 0 274 219 B-DAV C3 HC Davos Dynamo C 0 0 0 0 0 0 275 271 B-RIG D6 Riga Reign D 0 0 0 0 0 0 276 237 B-LAS D5 Los Angeles Stars D 0 0 0 0 0 0 277 282 B-SEA RW2 Seattle Bears RW 0 0 0 0 0 0 278 251 B-MOS D5 Moscow Menace D 0 0 0 0 0 0 279 204 B-CGY D5 Calgary Wranglers D 0 0 0 0 0 0 280 218 B-DCD D8 D.C. Dragons D 0 0 0 0 0 0 281 245 B-MAL D8 Malmo Nighthawks D 0 0 0 0 0 0 282 280 B-SEA LW2 Seattle Bears LW 0 0 0 0 0 0 283 269 B-RIG C4 Riga Reign C 0 0 0 0 0 0 284 285 B-TOR D3 Blades (TOR) D 0 0 0 0 0 0 285 228 B-HSK RW3 Helsinki Titans RW 0 0 0 0 0 0 286 230 B-LDN C5 London United C 0 0 0 0 0 0 287 208 B-CHI D3 Chicago Phoenix D 0 0 1 1 -5 -0.4 288 266 B-PRG RW1 Prague Phantoms RW 0 0 1 0 -4 -0.5

I don't get why FA would open before the cutoff and depreciation. Wouldn't you want everyone's cap hits and brackets set before signing more contracts? Also while the IA FA component obviously isn't great this season, as @MubbleFubbles said, it's tough to blame the GMs for that. Most GM's prefer to have their rosters set before FA, that's often why FA classes fizzle out by the discussion period since teams are either trading for rights and signing players, or just re-signing those they have a guaranteed chance to keep for the next season. If we removed the ability to re-sign IA's, what happens when there aren't as many actives in FA and the team has a low waiver priority due to high placement the prior season. They're just forced to have to pay another team for a player they could have just re-signed or an equivalent player?

We actually purged that half from the BoG a few weeks ago lol, we're getting some new folks in soon

But the cap was raised from 40 to 42 million, and we also changed how depreciation works (twice if you factor in the initial addition of depreciation for the 9th season) to prevent player cap hits from excessively inflating, which is also part of the issue. We have multiple BoG threads, some short-term, some longer-term to address the salary cap, salary brackets, and how contracts work in general. We're absolutely not sitting on our hands, and I'm happy to write a BoG update if the community feels one is necessary. However we can clearly see that there are teams this season with cap space who just have not made an attempt to sign some of these free agents and I'd like to see those teams make some sort of effort first. For future seasons, we'll likely have some fixes that don't include expansion.

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K Keita Kourou who played in VHL Town of Salem with us, I like him more over Kyl who gives me unplayable league games if I queue with him.

The last time Moscow had two 1st round picks in a VHL Draft, I wrote an article basically recapping the first round and assigning some grades to each of the teams and players involved. It was quite meme'd at the time with the Obama giving himself a medal image, but I stick by my grading. Both AK92 and Wallace have re-signed with Moscow and look to continue being a core part of Moscow's chase for that elusive Continental Cup win. However, it's a new season and I'm in the mood to fire up the second installment in this series, so lets get into it! Obligatory warning to not get mad if I didn't like the pick, just go prove me wrong or something. Or block me on Discord, either works. Enjoy! Toronto Legion - 1st Overall C - Mac Atlas - @v.2 Personally, I thought that this pick would be a toss up between Atlas and McFleury. I know Alex and Moon (TOR's GM) are friendly with each other, but then a surprising twist in the off-season was when V.2 became one of Toronto's advisors/unofficial AGMs. At that point it leaned fairly clearly towards Atlas being the pick, and there were no surprises at draft time. Toronto severely lacks talent across their entire roster, only sporting one other player younger than S83 - S86 rookie Joel Castle in net. V.2's last player exceeded expectations, becoming a household name as a defenseman and winning a Continental Cup with the D.C. Dragons. Toronto will surely hope that the veteran user duo can cement Toronto's core for the future. Draft Grade: A Riga Reign - 2nd Overall D - Skor McFleury - @Alex Alex and Riga have some history, specifically with Alex's last player, Alex Johnston. Although it was a brief stint of just 2.5 seasons, Johnston saw his best stretch of career performance in Riga, totaling 254 points in 166 games. Now it seems that Riga brings back Alex, this time as a defenseman, to lead a potential resurgence of their defensive unit, also with no players younger than S83. However, they sport S85 goalie Henry Tucker Jr in net, and former first round picks The Frenchman, Sadie St-Louis and Daniel Weaver anchoring their forward corps. Riga is certainly trending in the right direction, especially after adding FA defenseman Tavish DeGroot as well. The only risk is if Alex follows a similar route as his last player during times of discontent, as he played for 4 different teams during his 7 season career. Draft Grade: A- Toronto Legion - 3rd Overall C - Jimi Jaks - @kelvi Through some fortune in the lottery, Toronto managed to secure both 1oa and 3oa, where they had the chance to select yet another top recreate in this season's draft class. While the obvious answer here at 3 was Randy Bobandy, Toronto seemingly passed over him in favor of Jimi Jaks, another center made by veteran user Kelvi/McKelvie. From experience with Kelvi and his last player Anze Miklavz on Vancouver, Toronto will be getting a solid locker room guy along with a determined earner. Kelvi also spent his entire career spare his final season with the team that drafted him, so speculation could be that Bobandy declined to offer similar levels of commitment as Jaks. I'm not a huge fan of doubling up at the same position in the draft unless you're truly drafting the best players available, but I know Kelvi has shown forward flexibility in the past, so I imagine it could be a non-issue. Draft Grade: B+ Seattle Bears - 4th Overall C - Randy Bobandy - @AJW Through a lot of working the phone lines and some convenient luck, Seattle found themselves drafting at 4th overall and with Randy Bobandy just waiting to be selected. AJ and Bana (SEA GM) have history, as AJ's last player, AJ Williams, played for Seattle for 3 seasons before shockingly retiring early. However, Williams had a career season on Seattle and rumors circulated that user AJW was infatuated by the culture in Seattle and was determined to make his way back to Seattle on his next player. After some shrewd moves by Seattle, Bobandy finds himself on Seattle, presumably on a line with S86 draftees Left Alone and Yaroslav Bogatyrev. While Seattle disappointed relative to expectations in S86, they're certainly poised for a bounce-back with the youth they've brought in over the past two drafts. The only question is when all these pieces will truly gel together and become a competitive team. Draft Grade: A Vancouver Wolves - 5th Overall RW - Oreo McFleury - @JB123 Many supposed draft pundits considered that the talent level of the draft fell off pretty hard after 4th overall, but Vancouver seemingly had no issue trading back from 4th overall to 5th overall when Seattle rang with an additional 2nd round pick as compensation. Vancouver is fresh off a Continental Cup win, and also owned pick 8 in the S87 draft. The offseason was turbulent for the franchise, sending away stars Biggie Cheese and Alexandre Leduc for draft picks and cap relief. This draft was crucial to add some young players to replace those stars, and I'm just not sold on the trade down from 4oa to 5oa. JB's last player, Nathan Powers, finished with 1240 TPE while Miklavz finished with 1346. Williams with just 6 seasons finished with 1240 TPE as well. While JB is a mod and a GM, which makes up 8 guaranteed pay each week, he's shown some inconsistencies with earning and failing to cap out. I'm just not sold on the move from 4 to 5 and its impact. Draft Grade: B Malmo Nighthawks - 6th Overall RW - Yaroslav Trunov - @qripll With the 300+ TPE players rapidly disappearing, Malmo takes a smart approach and just grabs the best player remaining on the board in Yaroslav Trunov. Qrip's last player, Bogdan Trunov, was an extremely pleasant surprise as a first gen, totaling 567 career points after being selected 22nd in the S78 draft. All but his final season, coincidentally played on Malmo, were spent on Warsaw, also showing some loyalty and long-term commitment that Malmo surely noticed. Qrip knows how to build a solid goal-scoring player, and Malmo will take any talent they can as the sport possibly one of the oldest rosters in the VHL, with only 2 players younger than S82, and neither are younger than S84. With their core getting up there in age, they needed a high impact player who could step in and perform within 1-2 seasons. Trunov certainly seems like a good bet to do so. Draft Grade: A+ Helsinki Titans - 7th Overall D - Kronchy Kardashian - @Garsh At this point, not only are the max earning players mostly gone, but defensemen are slowly edging in the spotlight due to the positional shortage in the draft. Interestingly enough, Helsinki might have been the one team to not actually need a defenseman in this draft class, as they have 3 deefensemen already on the roster who are S84 or younger. However their forwards only have two players younger than S83 in brothers Daryl Dixon and Rick Grimes. Helsinki at some point also had pick 5 before the trade with Seattle for 7 and 8 before another trade with Vancouver for pick 8, so acquiring another solid forward was certainly on the board. Instead, they go for not even the best defenseman left, passing over David Jokinen for Kronchy Kardashian. However, Garsh and his pension ways have had tremendous success in the past, so this pick could still pan out well for Helsinki. I just think that Helsinki had other needs and could have addressed them at 5oa, but picking up future draft capital is never a bad thing. Just makes it difficult to judge in the moment. Draft Grade: B Vancouver Wolves - 8th Overall D - Reese McFleury - @Spaz I love Spaz and had an eye on him in case he fell down to 11, but I'm also unsure why Vancouver felt the need to pre-emptively trade up in the draft for 8oa, especially since they gave up future firsts in order to make the move happen. Vancouver also has a fairly young defense with 2 S84's and an S86, though I can respect trying to make an effort to fill the hole left by Biggie Cheese. However, Vancouver also has two S81 forwards that need to be replaced soon, and one is a center. Keno Akara was still on the board, so I might have leaned that way. My general confusion over the trade up is why I am not thrilled with this pick. Draft Grade: C+ Los Angeles Stars - 9th Overall D - Jack Jeckler - @Uncommon I actually had a really nice pre-draft interview with Uncommon and think he could be a really good pick if he can develop some consistency with his activity and earning. He had a very promising player in the S86 class who retired early due to technological issues, but he's returned with Jeckler in the hopes to start fresh. While the earning isn't quite there yet, he has completed media spots in the past, and may just need some inspiration to get back on the max earning train. It'll also be pretty interesting to see how the pure defensive defenseman build shapes up, or if he decides to be a bit more offensively capable. Draft Grade: A- HC Davos Dynamo - 10th Overall D - David Jokinen - @Ahma Somehow, this might not have been the most controversial player in the draft despite the weird slide Randy Bobandy had to 4oa, mainly because of Seattle's willingness to trade up into the top 5 and then top 4 to get their guy. Davos on the other hand gets perennial Davos lover Ahma at 10oa, and only because rumors around the league hinted that teams between 10 and 15 were willing to hostage Jokinen to force Davos to pay fair price for Ahma who only wanted to play for Davos. Seeing that teams before 10oa picked worse defensemen (by TPE) than Jokinen, it's a bit of a head scratcher that no one else tried to force Davos into a stickier position. Either way, Ahma will be a fine 2nd or 3rd defenseman for Davos for the rest of his career, but will likely force some other player out due to cap restrictions. Draft Grade: C+ Moscow Menace - 11th Overall C - Keno Akara - @Keno Full disclosure, I was really hoping that a defenseman would still be available here at 11 overall, but only due to long-term need. Despite having Hammar Voss and Ak92 Wit da Hoodie locked up for the foreseeable future, Flynn Remy is poised to retire after S88, and Moscow has no defense prospects in their pipeline. However, Nico Pearce is also poised to retire at the end of S89, so a center was a position of secondary need after defense, and somehow a max-earning Keno Akara just fell into Moscow's lap here after the run on defensemen. Akara is an affiliate user coming out of Mexico City, where GM Cole had nothing but good things to say about the young center. The only concern will be if Moscow can continue to engage an affiliate user to stick around and find interest in the VHL, especially since most other affiliate users usually just hang around for the affiliate checks. If Akara is motivated in his development, Moscow could soon find themselves with a lethal one-two punch down the middle with Akara and Wallace. So far, Akara has been extremely active in the locker room and has shown a lot of interest in earning more TPE. Hope he doesn't burn out. Draft Grade: A- Akara is Him. A+ Warsaw Predators - 12th overall RW - Hannibal Barca - @DreMin15 Warsaw and offensively-minded forwards, name a better combination. DreMin is a fairly well-known user at this point of his VHL tenure, and he's a consistent user who bounces between welfare and Graphic PTs. His time in Warsaw will largely be shaped by his own commitment and consistency, but there's no question that Warsaw will be a great fit for him as a player, as stars Brendan Marner and Zach Kisslinger II are both poised to retire at the conclusion of S88. The only question will be if Barca has a clear path to Warsaw, as their prospect pool is almost entirely filled with forwards. Draft Grade: B Warsaw Predators - 13th Overall LW - Tim Riggins - @Jayhawk Well look what we have here, another forward! Unlike DreMin, Jayhawk is a bit more of an unknown commodity, although he is familiar with sim leagues after a stint in the SHL. He claims to have left the SHL for the VHL in hopes to find a fresh experience, hopefully one where the same team (cough Hamilton) isn't making the finals every season. No one tell him. But having a sim league veteran who is willing to complete graphics could be a really nice pick here, so I think Riggins might arguably have a higher ceiling than Barca. It was a nice balance by Warsaw to draft a high floor forward, and then a high ceiling forward. The question still remains if Warsaw can even clear a path for these young prospects to the big leagues. Draft Grade: B+ Malmo Nighthawks - 14th Overall LW - Logan Foley - @WildfireMicro By TPE and activity alone, Logan Foley arguably could have been a top 10 pick, but slid in the draft for unclear reasons. The abrupt retirement of WM's last player, Armani Calamari might have had some GM's worried, but from personal discussions with the user, the circumstances behind the last retirement don't appear to repeat on this player. If that's the case, Malmo might have just added a second very talented forward along with Trunov in this draft class. When motivated, WildfireMicro pumps out detailed roleplay content around their player, and I've seen them be very active in the locker rooms of other teams in other leagues. If Malmo can keep Foley engaged and interested in the VHL, every team that picked before 14 might be regretting their decision. There's just a lot of unknown risk. Draft Grade: B+ Moscow Menace - 15th Overall RW - Ellis Woolfenden - @D3X With 15th overall, Moscow was looking to select the best player available, and that meant they went off the board a little bit to select Infamous Sim League member D3X and his winger Ellis Woolfenden. In recent weeks, Woolfenden has taken steps in his development, showing the capacity to become a VHL player. This uptick in interest, as well as his reputation for being a menace in gen chat just made too much sense for Moscow, looking to replace winger Kyosti Karjalainen after S88 as well. Woolfenden will have an uphill battle here, especially being so fresh to discovering additional TPE earning options, and he still has to find some consistency in his updating. But he's already been a fantastic addition to the locker room, and we're excited to see him grow over the next few seasons. Draft grade: A Toronto Legion - 16th Overall D- Reinhard von Kongming - @Kylrad I initially wasn't going to grade this pick since RvK was traded to D.C. a little bit later in the draft, but I think I can discuss the trade. S87 DCD 2nd, S88 DCD 3rd, S89 DCD 2nd. Quite the return for a welfare and PF only defenseman, even if DC really wanted the player due to the user behind him. After getting the draft picks sorted out in a second trade, Toronto selected Keita Kourou, who recently participated in VHL Town of Salem. He doesn't seem super interested in the VHL yet, but has the potential to be claiming affiliate tasks and grew up as a Sens fan, so there's hope for him yet. I think Toronto fleeced DC here with the chance to take anything better than a clicker in either S88 or S89. But Toronto fleeced a brand new AGM whose GM wasn't around, and they even fucked up the trade when it happened. Draft Grade: F --- Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it. Once again, don't take anything personally, most of the time my qualm is with the team that made a decision that I don't agree with. I think every player in this round could have a good career . 2,690+ words, 4 weeks claim

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Super excited to have you in the organization @Keno, going to be watching you tear up the E this season while we wait for your pro debut!

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4.5 yeah sorry, but it also seems like they weren't able to move any cap at all other than Blake. Next offseason will be interesting, will have to see how new regression hits the league. 5.5 folks will largely stay the same in cost, but a lot of folks underneath may move down a tier.

I'm fairly sure we're not dropping the cap back down to 42, or at least I'd like to keep it at 42 while we continue to work on salary bracket/tier changes. I also don't really think it's much of a cap crunch, it'd be pretty ridiculous if Moscow had all the current players we do now and could still afford another defenseman. If teams want to load up on elite players, obviously they won't have cap room to sign additional FA's. Also in terms of Fong and Rory being on the outside looking in, I wonder how much of that is due to competitive teams just generally preferring not to be finishing their roster in FA. A couple other GMs I chat with have said they prefer to have their roster set before FA, which I usually do as well. I just made an exception this go-around since @Arce was a FA and I felt like we had a good chance of bringing him to Moscow since he clearly spends a lot of time in the LR already. Another part is also what the middling teams are doing. LA had to dump so much cap simply because they had so many players signed to multi-year deals. Seattle does have the cap space for another 5.5 player, but DeGroot just walked from there for some reason. Grass isn't always greener I guess. London was mostly homegrown with some talent brought in via trade last offseason. New York just added a 5.5 player via trade, Malmo added a 5 player via trade, D.C. added a 5.5 via a rights trade. Some teams are definitely looking, but apparently in different places and at different players. Not every team can be a competitor, some stars have to play for rebuilders/average teams too. That's the risk as a player with going to FA.

Just a head's up that you and @KaleebtheMighty will have to send in a new trade flipping those picks

1. I think it was underwhelming for sure. No one wants to lose in the first round, and especially against a team that you have good results against during the regular season. 2. It's pretty cool to bring in a great player who has been playing really well the past couple seasons. Very exciting to see what kind of production we'll have as a team next season! 3. One piece of advice I've always liked to follow is that "you don't need to wait until the top of the hour to decide to do something." It was a fallacy that I used to do a lot in high school and college, and it just wasn't productive. You can make changes to your life at any point, not just at New Year's, so I don't care much for resolutions. 4. The penguins, and they started off quite well, had a nice run in November into December. Now they're falling apart which is pretty tough. Hope they can get a playoff spot. 5. I think top 1 or 2 probably, this is a really talented team that just needs to build some chemistry and handle larger assignments individually. Excited to have Mediocre One with us this season as well, I think he's a promising rookie. 6. I'll go with Tomas Sogaard, he's really due for massive breakout year.

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