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@STZ

1 minute ago, Garsh said:

the deadline was the 5th

I'll just temporarily re-open trades to punt Grape

8 minutes ago, STZ said:

Spotlight: Game 479 and Game 490. A back-to-back matchup in Russia. 

Real glad you picked the next 2 games instead of the last 2 games

We can go for 4-0

10 minutes ago, Mysterious_Fish said:

what am I supposed to do. Do you forget im not AGM

Idk, you've negotiated like half the trades I know WAR has made in the last 2 seasons

9 minutes ago, Mysterious_Fish said:

I dare you t trade grape Pre Draft

Sure give me all your picks and Thor Reingaard

1. How about that hockey?

2. How cold is it rinkside?

3. How do you feel about this being your new permanent assignment?

4. What are the rules of hockey?

5. How do you pronounce Skjei?

6. It's not cold down there right?

Fart Vandelay

1 minute ago, caltroit_red_flames said:

It's me, I'm the company lol. If you find someone with software engineering experience I can show em a general outline of how it works but it's a heavy lift and they can't ever leave the job 

Ah I thought you guys had partnered with some third party company for it, props to you in that case. I dunno if we have anyone with the experience who isn't 1. either already working on our portal and 2. has the longevity or interest to take this project long term. Tuff luck I guess.

Can't wait for someone to try and find your players in 20 seasons and their brains just get fried

Gonna archive this just because I think we have a new thread specifically focused on trimming the E/removing it that is more of a specific action item than this general check in.

Archiving since this was implemented

I'd probably go Thunder and Papa. Thunder is a fairly easy one as we've all attested to, Papa was imo the 2nd best goalie of his generation and had the hardware and stats to back it up. Backstopped a long line of excellent Moscow teams even as the superstar skaters in front of him were cycling in and out of the organization.

As of when were these stats? Moscow dropping from 3rd to 7th while on a 15 game win streak is a bit surprising!

Holy shit we're a lil NASTY

I usually don't write two VHL.com's in the same week. I also don't usually pick songs based on the topic of what I'm going to write about, but rather just a song I'm enjoying at the moment. But New York has managed to buck the expected trend themselves, meriting this article. I'm sorry @STZ .

One thing you might see when looking at today's VHL standings, is NYA's accomplishment of allowing the least Goals Against in the entire league. A lot of credit has to go to stellar defense led by veteran Malum Maellard @frescoelmo and rookie Callum Gary Yannick Janser @Daniel Janser, and also top rookie goaltender WxWhatever # that is @rory - who is not only a league favorite for RotY, but also very much in the hunt for VHL-wide hardware for goalie performance. However despite allowing the least goals against in the league, New York is sitting in 6th place in the NA - outside of a playoff spot, and 13th overall in the VHL. I was genuinely curious to see how many times this phenomenon has occurred in the VHL's history, so I did a little digging. Here are my results:

Beyond the interesting scoring differences across the eras, you might notice that not a single other team since at least S60 managed to lead the league in fewest goals against while missing the playoffs. In fact, it was much more common to lead your conference or the league in the standings by leading in least GA, let alone miss out on the playoffs. I honestly just got bored after hitting the early S60's with just 8 teams in the league where it was essentially impossible to miss the playoffs with a half decent defense. Fortunately for New York, they're on pace to make some history in a disappointing season otherwise. Perhaps just not the type they'd prefer to make. At least Rory should be able to win some hardware, right?

Posted in the wrong subforum so your Malmo praise is invalid, Moscow praise is fine.

This man really got rid of waiver pitches and asked to be waiver pitched smh

27 minutes ago, Grape said:

Saw Warsaw and thought it was me for a sec, but I know Spartan loves me too much

We've got a week until TDL, dw

Had been trying for a while, glad to finally get you back on a team of mine after Nico and Dogwood played together on VAN what feels like a lifetime ago. Glad to have you for the final stretch before retirement @dogwoodmaple!

Cheers on the chats @N0HBDY

Condition: If Moscow fails to advance to the Conference Finals in S92, the S93 MOS 3 becomes S93 DAV 3.

2 minutes ago, Mysterious_Fish said:

If you are not listed you got 0 so dont worry

brutal

3 hours ago, Grape said:

No mention of the best defenseman on the team being on the shotblocking leaderboard? Guess I'm being sent to Warsaw smh

Writing was always on the wall

Did you intend to create a week early?

15 minutes ago, BOOM said:

I'm trying to create forum drama/content! Sssshhh, play along!

Oh ok, in that case, who wants this bum?

There's always a random song here and there that I hear once and just scratches my brain and forces me to put it on repeat. For now, that appears to be this random k-pop song that's just 2 minutes long. I amaze myself sometimes.

What also amazes me is that Moscow is somehow sitting 2nd in the EU and 4th overall in the league, slightly past the midway point of the season. I've spoken about our pre-season expectations before - how we hoped to show some signs of progress this season after another rebuilding season in S91. Despite losing Thor Reingaard via trade to Warsaw, the pieces have seemingly started to fall together and the team is now on a 6 game win streak. While the rest of the EU is still very competitive with everyone but Davos seemingly in the race for a playoff spot, it's a great sign that this Moscow squad is putting together an underdog run.

Axle Gunner @Steve and Left Alone @okochastar have both stepped up to lead the team in points with 48 apiece, with Alone leading the team in goals and Gunner in assists. Even third year forward Jeff Lewis @nerji has taken a big step forward with 45 points this season, with all 3 hoping to finish the season well over a PPG. Behind the obvious stars though, sophomore Jarmo Ruutu @jRuutu is about to pass his rookie season total of 39 with just 6 more points with 32 games left in the season. Rookie Leif Reingaard @Zetterberg is having a fantastic rookie run with 37 points in 40 games as a defenseman. Depth like David Rashford @Knight and rookie defenseman Celise Pereira @asteria are also exceeding expectations and putting up valuable points, with Rashford surprisingly 4th on the team in goal scoring.

While many contract situations are up in the air and roster spots remain tight with highly regarded prospects Adi Dassler @BOOM and George Richmond @badcolethetitan eager to make their impact in the VHL, Moscow management feels comfortable in their ability to navigate these personnel scenarios and come out with a strong roster for S93 and beyond.

2 minutes ago, BOOM said:

I have it on good authority that Moscow will be shopping Dassler soon. He's poop.

Isn't that the same thing you said about Voss before we gave you time to earn TPE and a solid build