Lunaro

o nice then accept

To Cologne:
S59 SEA 1st Round Pick
 
To Seattle:
S56 - Matthieu Bourdon
 
I accept.  Appreciate @Lunaro and he is an awesome member but it may be a bit slow of a rebuild and this gives him a chance to compete fairly quickly and gives me a pick to align with my 57 -> 59 draft goals.
 
 

If you participated in the 10th Anniversary festivities, then your name gets put into a draw for a copy of NHL 18.

that's a lot of D

Who is ready for some playoff hockey?
 
@Symmetrik @Lunaro @crutchfield @bgreene21 @iRockstar @eaglesfan036 @mpclardy @Jonessee27 @InciteHysteria @ChiefNoka4 @Foehammer @AwfulHomesick and.... @Will

For memory number 7. I would have to say Winning the cup with Muller in Season 51 @KGR was a big part of leading me to that team with @BobertZ @Toast @JardyB10 were there @Evans with Titan Kronos @Lunaro and Virtanen. It was just a good time oh and @Green! Maximoff and Muller had some great chemistry. It was just fun. My first active cup win since Season 6 was a long time coming. I felt really bad when I asked @Banackock to trade me but I really wanted to win a cup. I told him I would come back but he didnt have enough cap room for me in my last season. So that was unfortunate. Shawn Muller is m pride and joy. I proved to myself that I can stay active with him and showed everyone else I won't disappear after about 300 TPE. I love the VHL so much. I hope we keep this going for a long time because I will always make a player 

Winning the cup in season 51 with
 
@TheLastOlympian07
@BobertZ
@Green
@Lunaro
@sterling
@Dmoushey_31
@JardyB10
@Toast
@Evans

The VHL is now ten years old (unbelievable), and a tournament between teams was announced, although I disagree with the format (6F 4D 1G). To me, there were simply too many deserving members that would be excluded from this simply due to luck. I decided to create full-size rosters in order to give every team a chance at showcasing more players from their respective histories; to further increase the fairness, I only included players drafted in between S31-S47 so as to give the expansion teams a fair shot. The other twist to these rosters is that they exist as if there were never any trades or free agency signings; these rankings are based on the idea that a player drafted by a team would player for that team for their entire career.
 
 
 TORONTO LEGION 
(S46) Zach Parechkin, TPE: 1,083 (HOF) - (S33) Niklas Lindberg, TPE: 1,125 (HOF) - (S33) Odin Tordahl, TPE: 1,311 (HOF)
(S40) Jerrick Poole, TPE: 801 - (S40) Tyler Cote, TPE: 768 - (S40) Sachimo Zoidberg, TPE: 745
(S42) Benjamin Zeptenbergs, TPE: 526 - (S37) Bennett Wahl, TPE: 632 - (S40) Shadhu Rathod Jr., TPE: 679
(S33) Evgeny Namestnikov, TPE: 516 - (S41) Raphael Pettyfer, TPE: 553 - (S31) Teemu Lehtinen, TPE: 534
(S32) Jamie Shetler, TPE: 295 / (S46) Sean Blacker, TPE: 277
 
(S32) Jack Sound, TPE: 635 - (S46) World B. Free, TPE: 626
(S34) Ville Sixten, TPE: 603 - (S40) Jaime Hill, TPE: 503
(S31) Nikita Lebedev, TPE: 596 - (S46) LeAndre St. Pierre, TPE: 489
(S47) David Hamilton, TPE: 324
 
(S31) Remy LeBeau, TPE: 1,301 (HOF)
(S41) Fedir Okranitz, TPE: 281
(S41) David Blind, TPE: 120
The Legion are without a doubt one of the strongest teams in this ranking. They have very good depth at every position, even backup goaltender. Their entire first line is in the Hall of Fame for god's sake, what more can you ask for if you're a Toronto fan? While they lack a true superstar defender on the blueline in these ranks, all seven of their eligible defenders are very steady players, and won't be anywhere near a liability on the rink.
 
 
 
 HELSINKI TITANS 
(S39) LW - James Faraday, TPE: 1,020 - (S35) C - Naomi Young , TPE: 1,013 - (S32) RW - Anatoli Zhumbayev, TPE: 935
(S44) LW - Marcel Faux, TPE: 716 - (S38) C - Don Draper, TPE: 1,011 - (S39) RW - Jackson Miller, TPE: 825
(S39) LW - Andrew Erikson, TPE: 313 - (S40) C - Oskars Harumpf, TPE: 725 - (S40) RW - Ryan Cattrall, TPE: 346
(S37) LW - Dexter Morgan, TPE: 230 - (S39) C - Tyson Stokes, TPE: 630 - (S39) RW - Jarome Iginla, TPE: 264
(S44) C - Maxime Perron, TPE: 245
 
(S45) D - Phil Hamilton, TPE: 1,459 - (S33) D - Willie Weber, TPE: 548
(S38) D - Vojczek Svoboda, TPE: 470 - (S31) D - Till Lindemann, TPE: 443
(S38) D - Chris Raymond, TPE: 403 - (S40) D - King Czar III, TPE: 332
(S42) D - Patrick Demko, TPE: 300
(S43) D - Thomas Duddy, TPE: 297
 
(S45) G - Greg Clegane, TPE: 908
(S38) G - Brock Waldron, TPE: 762
(S37) G - Kimmo Salo, TPE: 407
Helsinki is another team who would have a stupid-good lineup if these were the actual rosters for the tournament. They have superstars at every position, a dynamite top six, and absolutely lethal depth down the middle. Helsinki sure lucked out in drafting some great players in this era.
 
 
 
 COLOGNE EXPRESS 
(S31) LW - Reggie Dunlop, TPE: 537 - (S31) C - Kameron Taylor, TPE: 1,303 (HOF) - (S40) C - Thomas O'Malley, TPE: 1,287 (HOF)
(S38) LW - Leo Tesla, TPE: 327 - (S34) C - Davey Jones, TPE: 684 - (S31) RW - Zach Cuff, TPE: 362
(S38) LW - Steve Tremblay, TPE: 259 - (S37) C - Kez Kincaid, TPE: 276 - (S33) LW - Riley  Stevens, TPE: 201
(S33) LW - Mikhail Mikhailovich, TPE: 200 - (S37) C - Lars Strummer, TPE: 234 - (S45) RW - Evgeny Nezhmetdinov, TPE: 175
(S37) LW - Kai Randal, TPE: 138
(S34) LW - Boone Cassidy, TPE: 135
(S35) C - Frédérik Ernst, TPE: 135
 
(S40) D - Mason Richardson, TPE: 1,307 - (S37) D - Ron World Peace, TPE: 587
(S38) D - Dimothenis Vlasis, TPE: 327 - (S34) D - Simon Tremblay, TPE: 311
(S34) D - Lauris Prikulis, TPE: 273 - (S39) D - Lights Bokan, TPE: 69
 
(S45) G - Sandro Clegane, TPE: 901
(S32) G - Evgeni  Chekhov, TPE: 675
(S37) G - Blaine Olynick, TPE: 543
While the Express may be lacking in superstar skaters, they certainly make up for it by having three very strong goaltenders. They would definitely be one of the weaker teams in this tournament, although any one of Chekhov, Olynick, or Clegane could possibly steal a game on any given day for Cologne.
 
 
 
 SEATTLE BEARS  
(S35) LW - Brennan McQueen, TPE: 1,051 (HOF) - (S33) C - Keiji Toriyama, TPE: 658 - (S38) RW - Bruno Wolf, TPE: 1,165 (HOF)
(S46) RW - Shawn Muller, TPE: 893 - (S32) C - Zack Sound, TPE: 604 - (S40) RW - Lloyd Light, TPE: 981
(S33) RW - Sebastian Ball Jr., TPE: 779 - (S40) C - Niklas Kurri, TPE: 465 - (S33) RW - Karsten Olsen, TPE: 843
(S34) LW - Mikey Blade, TPE: 692 - (S42) C - A.C. Savage, TPE: 385 - (S36) RW - Godavari Yumalatopinto, TPE: 648
(S46) RW - Niels Skovgaard, TPE: 629
(S42) LW - Wolfgang Strauss, TPE: 595
(S41) RW - Jakub Rhinehart, TPE: 392
(S45) RW - Jace Hines, TPE: 274
 
(S46) D - Jeff Hamilton, TPE: 1,037 - (S41) D - Nicklas Karlsson, TPE: 454
(S43) D - Pablo Escabar, TPE: 430 - (S45) D - Bubba Nuck, TPE: 377
(S32) D - Damien Sandow, TPE: 276 - (S41) D - Borje Samuelsson, TPE: 231
 
(S41) G - Niklaus Mikaelson, TPE: 799
(S34) G - Steven Smyl, TPE: 744
Seattle's biggest strength here is their goaltenders and absolutely insane wing depth, considering there isn't room for a 600+ TPE winger in their starting lineup. Seattle would arguably be one of the best teams in the tournament just based on their offense alone, so having two great goaltenders and a superstar defender doesn't hurt either.
 
 
 
 HC DAVOS DYNAMO  
(S33) C -Wesley  Kellinger,TPE : 903 - (S42) C - Bismarck Koenig, TPE: 971 - (S37) RW - Azmet Ali, TPE: 383
(S41) C - Gifford Shock, TPE: 477 - (S47) C - Sir William Covington III, TPE: 769 - (S34) RW - Matteo Gallo, TPE: 325
(S41) RW - Mario De Rossi, TPE: 319 - (S41) C - AIM-11, TPE: 308 - (S44) RW - Giovanni Reuel, TPE: 236
(S35) LW - Earl Parker, TPE: 112 - (S40) C - Griffin Simons, TPE: 307 - (S41) RW - Kyle Kingma, TPE: 185
(S34) RW - Aelred Leskowsky, TPE: 101
(S41) RW - Yannik Zug, TPE: 74
 
(S40) D - Kurtis Hunter, TPE: 791 - (S40) D - Vladamir Komarov, TPE: 503
(S43) D - Souryuu Kaminogi, TPE: 462 - (S41) D - Jakob Ackerman, TPE: 438
(S35) D - Tony Stark, TPE: 400 - (S40) D - Joshua Rubin, TPE: 400
(S46) D - Benjamin Tumack, TPE: 126
 
(S35) G - Lennox Moher, TPE: 812
(S42) G - Callum Sinclair, TPE: 744
(S40) G - Soren Douffet, TPE: 92
If Davos was to win this tournament, they would do it thanks to having a stout defense and two fantastic defenders. Outside of two or three forwards, the rest of Davos' offense is composed of depth players.
 
 

 NEW YORK AMERICANS  
(S35) LW - Conner Low,TPE: 1,166 (HOF) - (S37) C - Tom Slaughter, TPE: 1,326 (HOF) - (S36) RW - Xin Xie Xiao, TPE: 1,019 (HOF)
(S43) LW - Jorma Ruutu, TPE: 876 - (S44) C - Edwin Reencarnacion, TPE: 1,079 - (S33) RW - Thomas Landry, TPE: 794
(S40) LW - Christoph Klose, TPE: 840 - (S40) C - Jody 3 Moons, TPE: 931 - (S39) RW - Milos Denis, TPE: 594
(S46) LW - Olivia Diamond, TPE: 252 - (S44) C - Alexander Davidson, TPE: 147 - (S43) RW - E'Twaun Delicious, TPE: 578
(S39) RW - Sam Keeler, TPE: 215
(S40) RW - Bobby Ricky, TPE: 111
 
(S45) D - Biggu Kyanon, TPE: 853 - (S37) D - Logan Laich, TPE: 750
(S36) D - Andrey Zadorov, TPE: 646 - (S43) D - Golden Jedtsson, TPE: 404
(S37) D - Jakob Linholm, TPE: 252 - (S39) D - Mikkel Boomgaarden, TPE: 180
(S36) D - David Januzaj, TPE: 172
(S40) D - Gunzerker Salvador, TPE: 120
 
(S42) G - Ivars Klajums, TPE: 96
(S44) G - Lenny Face, TPE: 65
New York's biggest downfall? Thier lack of drafting a successful goalie in all those seasons; it's a shame too, since they have a decent blueline and a high-powered offense. New York lucked out by always having a GM player goalie or acquiring one through other means, but it won't save them here.
 
 
 
 CALGARY WRANGLERS  
(S32) LW - Chico Salmon, TPE: 598 - (S37) C - Travis Boychuk, TPE: 926 - (S32) RW - Cody Inko, TPE: 428
(S40) LW - Marcus Hurley, TPE: 547 - (S33) C - GIYGAS, TPE: 547 - (S39) LW - Hudson Backenbauer, TPE: 99
(S40) LW - Superbman, TPE: 79 - (S33) C - Tomas Valiq, TPE: 525 - (S39) RW - Mike McGrattan, TPE: 72
(S41) LW - Matej Nemecek, TPE: 66 - (S46) C - Kol Mikaelson, TPE: 82 - (S39) RW - Dan Cooper, TPE: 9
 
(S44) D - Kerkko Hyvärinen, TPE: 422 - (S39) D - Koji Yamazaki, TPE: 403
(S43) D - Michael Clardy, TPE: 292 - (S39) D - Lukas Nykvist, TPE: 273
(S43) D - Chuck Goody, TPE: 253 - (S37) D - Jack Ryan, TPE: 135
(S33) D - Razzle Dazzle, TPE: 71
 
(S43) G - Hans Wingate, TPE: 1,301 (HOF)
Calgary has the opposite problem that New York has in this tournament; their skaters are mostly lackluster but they have arguably one of the greatest goaltenders in VHL history. Could Wingate repeat the success he had during his career again here?
 
 
 
 QUEBEC CITY MEUTE  
(S39) LW - Tyrone Williams, TPE: 411 - (S31) C - Sergey Brovalenko, TPE: 803 - (S47) RW - John Sleeman, TPE: 647
(S33) C - Felix Zamora, TPE: 612 - (S47) C - Felipe Rodriguez, TPE: 623 - (S38) RW - MF Percy Miller, TPE: 206
(S33) LW - Mario Corvia , TPE: 112 - (S31) C - Steven Stamkos, TPE: 358 - (S42) LW - Joakim Videl, TPE: 30
(S40) LW - Da'Brickashaw O'Neal Jr., TPE: 29 - (S44) C - Jefferson Jackson, TPE: 67 - (S39) C - Leo Dalton, TPE: 21
 
(S32) D - Niklas Valiq, TPE: 831 - (S34) D - Doug Clifford , TPE: 551
(S32) D - Mattis Trumbauer, TPE: 361 - (S41) D - Brandon Holmes, TPE: 268
(S32) D - Jesper Hellqvist, TPE: 222 - (S41) D - Jack Harkness, TPE: 51
(S43) D - Jed Mosley, TPE: 23
 
(S45) G - Ariel Weinstein, TPE: 1,039
(S34) G - Que Cumberbatch , TPE: 117
Quebec City's forwards don't really compare to many other teams in this tournament, and outside of their top pairing, their defense isn't too impressive either. What they lack for there they make up for in goal, as Ariel Weinstein could steal games for the Meute on any given day here.
 
 
 
 RIGA REIGN  
(S47) LW - Vincent Virtanen, TPE: 515 - (S36) C - Robin Gow, TPE: 924 - (S36) RW - Robert Gow III, TPE: 802
(S44) RW - Simon Valmount, TPE: 612 - (S36) C - Damon Tyrael, TPE: 774 - (S33) RW - Jarkko  Olsen, TPE: 762
(S46) LW - Jordan Maverick, TPE: 377 - (S43) C - Bronson Faux, TPE: 761 - (S37) C - Konstantin Azhishchenkov, TPE: 396
(S45) C - Wesley Babiy, TPE: 264 - (S44) C - Le'Sean Coutzen, TPE: 248 - (S40) RW - Alistar Graves, TPE: 210
(S31) LW - Josef Heiss Jr., TPE: 164
(S35) LW - Vincenzo Valentini, TPE: 107
(S43) LW - Josh Merica, TPE: 107
(S43) RW - Casper Solomon, TPE: 72
 
(S35) D - Edwin Encarnacion, TPE: 710 - (S36) D - Phil Villeneuve, TPE: 801
(S37) D - Slaeter  Fjorsstrom, TPE: 647 - (S34) D - Shane Baker, TPE: 494
(S43) D - MC Hammer, TPE: 197 - (S45) D - Tanner Hynes, TPE: 66
 
RIG G
Riga has some pretty decent forwards, and arguably an even more impressive defense, they just have one problem: they didn't draft a single goalie in all of the seasons required for this tournament. Sadly, I don't see any way the Reign could win this whole thing without a goalie.
 
 
 
/ VASTERAS IRON EAGLES/STOCKHOLM VIKINGS / 
(S34) LW - Willem Janssen, TPE: 968 - (S42) C - Severin von Karma, TPE: 869 - (S33) RW - David Collier  TPE: 684
(S42) RW - Vogon Jeltz, TPE: 318 - (S39) C - Devin Sundberg, TPE: 750 - (S41) RW - Jack Kowalski, TPE: 572
(S45) LW - Lucas Zhukenov, TPE: 245 - (S41) C - Rift Pajodcast, TPE: 451 - (S41) RW - Teuvo Ruutu, TPE: 417
(S40) LW - Rami Jakobssen, TPE: 559 - (S33) C - Adam Kylrad, TPE: 339 - (S41) LW - Valentin Taneyev, TPE: 166
(S35) LW - Leon Leitner, TPE: 185
(S42) C - Sam Teibert, TPE: 159
 
(S31) D - Malcom Spud, TPE: 704 - (S43) D - Francis York Morgan, TPE: 623
(S42) D - Prince Gigga-Bijou, TPE: 511 - (S40) D - Wesley Matthews, TPE: 377
(S36) D - Sami Kravinen, TPE: 353 - (S45) D - Marquis Hyvarinen, TPE: 373
(S42) D - Joseph Roy III, TPE: 333
(S31) D - Samu Heiskanen, TPE: 112+ 
 
(S42) G - Blake Campbell, TPE: 595
(S42) G - Jax Barnstormer, TPE: 307
Vasteras/Stockholm has what looks to be a middle-of-the-pack roster for this tournament; a decent starting goalie, some good defenders, and an okay set of forwards. Do I see them as a contender to win this whole tournament? No, but I think it's definitely a possibility that they could squeak out a win against some of the more stacked teams.

One of my better favorite memories was the S43 Seattle Bears. Where we shocked the VHL and the team walked into the Finals with ease. Then we would go on to face a tough opponent in the Cologne Express and it was a great series.
 
@Bushitroll was the co-mvp
@Phil was the stud defender
@Higgins was the GM and one of our best scorers
@Molholt was just there as the top line center
@Corco was just being corco
@Laflamme was the come up
@Wasty was the underrated Wolfgang Strauß
@Boomcheck had Jakub Rhinehart
@Lunaro the almost forgotten Nicklas Karlsson
 
And anyone else I may have forgotten.

@YEAH!stlemania @boubabi @Lunaro @bgreene21 @John Scott @evrydayimbyfuglien @GoodLeftUndone @CowboyinAmerica @Will @754 @pdp @Jericho @Daniel @HearnNation67 @Reinis Skele @Noppadet @Imperium @Marko @Doomsday @iRockstar @InciteHysteria @murguy @canucks30 @daBenchwarmer @.sniffuM
 

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job +1
 
+2 Passing: 65->67
+2 Skating: 60->62
+2 Scoring: 55->57
 
TPE: 97 (1 Banked)

Sup Bourdon! Ripping it up

welfare +4
Job Pay +1
 
+1 Passing: 62->65
+1 Skating: 57->60
+1 Scoring: 52->55
 
TPE: 92 (2 Banked)

My defense rating is off in the sim  it should be 70 liek my player page says
 
predictions +1
welfare +4
trivia +1
 
+2 Passing: 62->64
+2 Skating: 57->59
+2 Scoring: 52->54
 
TPE: 87

I'll PM the updater for you

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Job Pay +1
 
+2 Passing: 60->62
+2 Skating: 55->57
+3 Scoring: 49->52
 
TPE: 81

i was gonna do that today

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S55 Official IIHF VHL Rankings

All of the countries in the world that have VHL and/or VHLM representation
 
In this day and age, the VHL has truly become a global league, with players from over 30 different countries having players either in the VHL or VHLM. We have players from the farthest reaches of the globe, such as the wild Australian Outback, or the jungles of the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil. I have compiled statistics from every player in the VHL and VHLM (including inactive free agents), and have come up with the following ranking based on three components: # of registered players from that country, the average TPE of players from that country, and total TPE earned by players from that country. This gave me three separate rankings of which I assigned point totals to and added them together to get the final product, so without further  adieu, these are your Official VHL IIHF S55 Rankings. 
 
1.  Canada  
64 Points Overall (# of Players: 57 (1st) / Average TPE: 175 (12th) / Total TPE: 9,987 (1st))
Is this any surprise to anyone? Canada is the worldwide leader in hockey, and they are rightfully represented at 1st place in this ranking. Canada will always have a huge supply of not only players, but superstars as well, such as their current stars Unassisted and Black Velvet. Those two are getting old fast though, so younger up-and-coming stars like Xander Finn and Hudson Abbott will look to take on bigger roles with the team during international tournaments. Despite only having 3 goalies available internationally at the moment, Team Canada fans can rest easy knowing that 2 of that 3 are Rhett DeGrath and Markus King; one already one of the best goaltenders in the world and the other well on his way down the same path.

2.  Germany 
63 Points Overall (# of Players: 8 (6th) / Average TPE: 312 (6th) / Total TPE: 2,541 (3rd))
The expansion of the VHL to Cologne in the early S30s has done wonders for German enrollment in the VHL. The international team lost out to Canada for 1st place by a hair, and some pundits will say that this ranking is a bit unfair, due to the team not having any superstars other than Right-Winger Tyson Kohler. The Germans will most certainly fall a few slots in next years ranking due to the retirement of Kohler, but they definitely have some very strong young talent in players like Lukas Müller and Bastian Stolzschweiger. They may not reach the level of superstardom that Kohler did, but they will most certainly develop into effective players for Germany on the international level.

3.  Sweden 
59 Points Overall (# of Players: 12 (4th) / Average TPE: 204 (10th) / Total TPE: 2,451 (5th))
Fresh off Bronze Medal finish for Team Scandinavia in which a large majority of the team was Swedish, the Swedes rank in the top 5 globally, as expected. Sweden has always seemed to have a presence in the VHL, whether it be in the form of a team (the Vasteras Iron Eagles/Stockholm Vikings) or in the form of Hall of Fame players Niklas Lindberg, Alexander Valiq, and Anton Brekker. Those players are retired and gone though, and now Sweden relies mostly on their youth; Bruising winger Theo Axelsson brings some much-needed grit to their lineup, but Sweden's biggest strength is their youngsters; they have three young players who are nearly guaranteed to become stars in the VHL. The reigns in the crease have been handed over to Torstein Ironside from Joanna Akerfeldt for good now, and it looks like Ironside will be keeping the net to himself until the end of his career. Alongside Ironside is his new VHL teammate, the ageless wonder, Verner Reinholdt. Reinholdt and the third member of the Swedish youth trio, Mattias Forsberg, should be be striking fear into opposing international teams defenses for a long time. 

t4.  Russia 
58 Points Overall (# of Players: 15 (3rd) / Average TPE: 169 (13th) / Total TPE: 2,531 (4th))
The Russians, despite ranking 4th, are a team that appears to be longing for glory days of old. Gone are the times of Hall-of-Famers, Maxim Desny, Pavel Koradek, and Alexander Beketov; gone are the days of Team USSR as well, a former VHL World Cup team that has since dissolved. Russia's biggest problem is that they lack superstar, or more specifically, a playeer who can lead the country and team back to the prominence it used to have. Right now, the team has many solid depth players, like Maksym Barnyashev, Misha Tobolsk, and Grigory Kopralkov, but they lack a superstar level player (i.e. Kohler/Unassisted/Maximoff) that would propel them higher in these rankings. The team has two promising young defenders in Roman Solokov and Aleksei Federov, but not much outside of that. Journeyman goaltender Ilya Kopralkov isn't any younger either, and with no young goaltenders in the pipeline, the Russians may find themselves dropping a few spots in the next few years.

t4.  United Kingdom
58 Points Overall (# of Players: 4 (t-9th) / Average TPE: 399 (5th) / Total TPE: 1,596 (6th))
Here we find perhaps our first big surprise of these rankings: the United Kingdom. While their nations may not produce a large quantity of VHL talent, they certainly make up for it in the quality of the talent they DO produce. The country already has two bonafide stars in New York American (lol ironic) teammates Essian Ravenwing and Phil Shankly, as well as another future star and possible Rookie-of-the-Year candidate in the HC Davos-bound Rusty Trombone. Bringing up the rear is a very young goaltender, Brienne O'Tarth, who may not be very impressive at the moment, but could possibly develop into a serviceable goaltender. If she can become half the player that her idol, Scottish HOFer Adrian McCreath was, she'll be set. The team's oldest member is Ravenwing, and even at that, he still has more than a few decent years left in him, which means that the only thing really needed for Team UK to advance higher in these rankings is for O'Tarth to trend upwards on the development track.
 
5.  USA 
57 Points Overall (# of Players: 53 (2nd) / Average TPE: 147 (17th) / Total TPE: 7,812 (2nd))
If you told me before these rankings were made that the United States would be ranked 5th overall, I wouldn't believe you. How could a team with such talented stars like Diana Maxwell, Apollo Skye, and Travis Gowecny be ranked only 5th? Well, the answer to that question is pretty simple; the US has it's stars of course, but after examining their overall roster it appears that for every big-name VHL player, there are 2 or 3 nobodies who never even got close to sniffing the VHL. for every Shayne Gow/John Locke/M.T. Power, there are about three Buddy Nielsens. Despite this leading to low placement in these mathematical rankings, the States still usually do very well in international play, with their recent S54 World Cup Silver Medal as evidence of this. The team doesn't need to worry about the future either, with generational talents Gabriel McAllister and Jack Shephard in the pipeline. The cupboards are well stocked to support those two, with players like Jake Scheel, Pablo, Dexter Lane, and Bo Boeser waiting for their opportunity to prove their worth to the land of the free and home of the brave.
 
6.  Czech Republic
54 Points Overall (# of Players: 6 (8th) / Average TPE: 220 (9th) / Total TPE: 1,317 (7th))
Up next are the Czechs, who are similar to Germany in that the biggest reason for their high ranking is a single superstar player (New York Americans goaltender Jakab Holik). Holik is a household name in the Czech Republic, and for good reason; talent-wise he's the best goaltender in the world right now. Unfortunately for the Czechs though, Holik is extremely close to hanging up the pads for good, and when that happens, they're in trouble. Unlike the Germans though, the Czechs don't have the depth behind Holik to hold their spot in the rankings after he retires. Once Holik is gone, the reigns will be passed to...Robert Jelen? Jelen is the only other Czech to have played in the VHL, and even at that, he is a depth player at most. Once Holik skates off into the sunset, the Czech's average and total TPE counts will surely drop well past 20th overall. The country needs help, and fast.
 
7.  Ukraine
53 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (t-11th) / Average TPE: 453 (3rd) / Total TPE: 906 (11th))
At 7th overall, and like the United Kingdom, they benefit from having a talent pool that prides more on quality than quantity. Their player pool is extremely small, consisting only of two defensemen, New York Americans Captain Bobby Digital and S56 Draft prospect Aackckqz Ky. Digital is already known for being one of the best defenders in the world right now, and many Ukranians hope that Digital can serve as a mentor to Ky, and help him to achieve the same level of worldwide acclaim that his countryman did. Ky is still very raw at this stage of his career and development, and his future isn't exactly clear; will he be known for his pure offensive prowess like Daniel Braxton, will he turn into a purely defensive shutdown blueliner like James Lefevre, or will he settle in as somewhere in between, equally adept in both ends of the rink like Shayne Gow? No one can be sure yet, however one thing is for sure; Ky is a wildcard who many are interested in seeing develop as a VHL player.
 
t8.  China
52 Points Overall (# of Players: 4 (t-9th) / Average TPE: 265 (8th) / Total TPE: 1,059 (9th))
The Chinese are a team on the rise, all of their players are still young and have a huge amount of potential as a group. The group is headlined by recent S54 Playoff MVP Astrid Moon, who had a turnaround season for the ages in S54, improving by large margins in all major categories, as well as rising to the occasion when it mattered most in the playoffs, en route to the young netminder's first Continental Cup. The rest of the roster is nothing to sneer at though, as there are certainly Continental Cups in the possible future for centers Fook Yu and Rudy Ying. Bringing up the rear is defenseman Ho Lee Fuk, who is still pretty rough around the edges, but is signed to a player agency who has yet to produce a non-superstar player yet, so there are no worries there. All of these players are young and have a huge amount of potential; look for China to rise quite a decent amount in these rankings in the coming seasons.
 
t8.  Romania 
52 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 728 (1st) / Total TPE: 728 (13th))
Romania is an army of 1 in terms of VHL talent. Pietro Maximoff is all the former Soviet Bloc country has, but what they lack in numbers they make up for in talent level. The Stockholm Viking has more talent in one leg than some entire countries lower on this list. Maximoff's star power is bright, but stars don't shine forever, and it won't be long before this Romanian's supernova turns into a white dwarf. Until then the Romanians are riding Maximoff for all he's worth, as he is arguably the best Romanian-born player in VHL history.
 
9.  Mongolia 
51 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (t-11th) / Average TPE: 421 (4th) / Total TPE: 842 (12th))
For me this was the biggest surprise of the Top 10. I wouldn't even think of Mongolia as having ONE VHLM player, let alone two established VHL players. Both Conrad Jenkins and Franchise Cornerstone have already been to the VHL Finals, with the latter being successful at winning the VHL's ultimate prize. Despite being less skilled than his countryman, Jenkins has had some decent seasons as a mainstay on the Stockholm Vikings' 2nd line. Cornerstone meanwhile, is the heart and soul of the Helsinki Titans, and only appears to be getting better season by season. Despite their low enrollment, Mongolia should look to continue to rise in the rankings alongside their Chinese neighbors.
 
10.  Latvia 
49 Points Overall (# of Players: 7 (7th) / Average TPE: 168 (t-14th) / Total TPE: 1,174 (8th))
Ahh, who could forget the Latvians. These lovable Baltic guys always manage to find a way to squeeze into contention, but ultimately, they lack the starpower needed to make a serious statement as an emerging power in the international hockey landscape. You would think that the country would be more well-represented in the VHL community, given the popularity and success of the Riga Reign. Their best player right now is Guntis Petenis, who did actually manage to stun many VHL experts by winning not only the Sterling Labatte Trophy in S54 as the leagues best defenseman, but the Scotty Campbell Trophy for being the leagues Most Valuable Player as well. Petenis can't do this forever though, and many think that his production is certainly going to drop in the coming seasons given his trade to the Quebec City Meute, where he goes from being the #1D to #2/#3 and less minutes. The offensive future of Latvia lies in the hands of Fredinamijs Krigars, a young player from the same agency as Petenis. Many Latvians are banking on Krigars becoming their own Maximoff or Kohler, and while the potential for that to happen is there, it doesn't look likely. If anything, Krigars is more likely to follow a similar career to Petenis.
 
11.  Dominican Republic 
48 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 550 (2nd) / Total TPE: 550 (16th))
Following in the footsteps of Romania is the Dominican Republic, a country certainly not known for their prowess in developing hockey talent. But despite all odds, Edwin Threencarnacion has found a way to make it to the VHL after spending his childhood in the favelas and jungles of the DR. The struggles don't appear to be over for Threencarnacion yet though, as he has been stuck as a skilled backup VHL goalie behind even more skilled VHL starters, mainly Apollo Skye. Despite joining a new team in this past offseason, the HC Davos Dynamo, Threencarnacion still looks to be in a platoon role at best, given that Davos management has given indication that they would like to stick with mist4ke. Even if he never reaches full stardom levels due to being stuck behind better goalies, Threencarnacion is still by far the best hockey player the Dominican Republic has produced, and the inspiration he has provided to children in his homeland is enough to be proud of.
 
12.  Finland
43 Points Overall (# of Players: 9 (5th) / Average TPE: 117 (20th) / Total TPE: 1,057 (10th))
You really wouldn't expect the Finns to be ranked so low on a list of International Hockey talent, but alas, here they are. The country still sent a handful of players to the S54 World Cup to represent Team Scandinavia, and those players (Fabio Jokinen, Apollo Aho, and Diego Jokinen) came home with bronze medals for their efforts. The Jokinen brothers are really the only players that the Finnish can be proud of right now, as the rest of their representatives are VHL fodder. Combine that fact with how Finland lacks a goalie prospect as well, and you can see why we think that Finland will stick around this spot in the rankings next time around.
 
13.  Denmark 
42 Points Overall (# of Players: 3 (t-10th) / Average TPE: 184 (11th) / Total TPE: 553 (15th))
The Danes come next in the rankings, with nothing too impressive about them but nothing too embarassing either. They are a lesser version of higher-ranked quality over quantity countries like the United Kingdom and China. Their roster consists of the Syndergaard brothers on the blueline and netminder mist4ke. Aksel and Tomas Syndergaard started out with a lot of promise early on in their VHL careers but their careers quickly derailed, leaving many supporters wondering only what could have been. Denmark has had it's share of VHL talent, with Hall-of-Famers Aksel Thomassen, Zach Arce, and Lars Berger, any many Danes hoped that the Syndergaards could become a fraction of what those players were. There still is hope for mist4ke though, as he hopes to become the first Danish goaltender to make the Hall of Fame; it's certainly possible, he's still young and his agency has produced a Hall of Fame goalie before. Only time will tell.
 
14.  Singapore
41 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 271 (7th) / Total TPE: 271 (18th))
Following in the footsteps of Romania AND the Dominican Republic is Singapore, the tiny nation on the coast of Indonesia. Takashi Fujimoto is perhaps the only VHL player to come from the country, and he is certainly the only player from there playing in the league now. Fujimoto is just one of the latest in what appears to be an influx of Asian players into the VHL, with countries such as China and Mongolia seeing huge booms (pun) in their hockey enrollment. Fujimoto will certainly bring attention to the sport in his country as a budding young superstar for the HC Davos Dynamo.
 
15.  Switzerland 
40 Points Overall (# of Players: 4 (t-9th) / Average TPE: 166 (15th) / Total TPE: 662 (14th))
In terms of producing hockey talent, the Swiss appear to be a very hot or cold country in the VHL's history. Despite being a relatively small country, Switzerland has produced the 2nd most Hall of Fame players in VHL history, those players being: Matthew Pogge, Scotty Campbell, Petr Shirokov, Scott Boulet, Tomas Jenskovic, Leander Kaelin, Branden Snelheid, Matt Bailey, and Alexander Sauve. That list is certainly nothing to joke about, considering how it contains arguably the best player in VHL history, Scotty Campbell. The team arguably lacks any future Hall-of-Famers right now, but 3 of the 4 current players have a decent amount of promise. Rudolph Schmeckeldorf recently won a cup with the Helsinki Titans despite a disastrous statistical rookie season, defenseman Luca Volkov won a Four Star Cup with the Las Vegas Aces in the VHLM last season, and goaltender Key Perought had his first taste of international action as Team Europe's starting goaltender in the S54 World Cup. Youngster Nino Gisler appears to be playing in the VHL this season, but he doesn't look to have the talent level that the other three have, so don't expect to see him in the big leagues for long. Next year the Swiss should see their spot rise on this list due to the development of the aforementioned three players.
 
16.  Australia
36 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (t-11th) / Average TPE: 168 (t-14th) / Total TPE: 336 (17th))
The Australians have 2 registered players, although the lesser of the two, Kaylan Noffke is more or less the afterthought of a once-proud player agency. Their other player can do no wrong though; Alexander Thrower is the pride and joy of the land down under. Thrower is the best hope for Australian hockey, especially after his Rookie of the Year performance in S53. The pressure appears to be getting in the head of Thrower though, as he has not been showing up to his usual off-season training facility. Whether he improves or not is unimportant, the Australians are just happy to call him one of their own.
 
17.  Serbia
29 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 149 (16th) / Total TPE: 149 (21st))
Here is where this list really begins to thin out, as many countries have less than two or three players. Serbia only has one, Niko Bogdanovic, a defender for the Ottawa Lynx who was recently drafted by the Riga Reign. Bogdanovic looks to be on track to make the VHL, and although he may not have the pedigree to become a one-hit wonder like Pietro Maximoff or Takashi Fujimoto he definitely looks to be a steady all-around defender in the future.
 
18.  Italy 
27 Points Overall (# of Players: 3 (t-10th) / Average TPE: 89 (22nd) / Total TPE: 266 (19th))
The Italians stroll into the rankings at 18th, and they couldn't care less, as soccer will always be #1 in their eyes. Despite this, they still have managed to produce three players, one of whom (Luigi De Rossi) is about to play his first season in the VHL. He is the younger brother of former VHLer Mario De Rossi, a steady depth player in his time. Italy also has Mario Falconi and Luigi Linguini on their roster, and while the latter did appear to have a slim chance at making a VHL roster some day, that hope has faded by now.
 
t19.  Belarus 
26 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (t-11th) / Average TPE: 112 (21st) / Total TPE: 223 (20th))
Slava Aleksei is hoping to become a one-hit wonder like his fellow neighbors Pietro Maximoff and Niko Bogdanovic, and we wish him the best of luck. At his current rate of development, it doesn't look likely, but hey, anything could happen. Whatever happens, Aleksei has the weight of his entire country on his shoulders after VHLM vet Pavel Varushkin hangs up the skates after a dissapointing career.
 
t19.  Iceland
26 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 141 (18th) / Total TPE: 141 (22nd))
Perhaps the only person in the country with a last name that doesn't end in "sson" Jack Kraken recently got his little taste of Icelandic glory when he was named to the S54 Team Scandinavia World Cup roster, although he only registered one point at the tournament, the Icelandic people were jubilant to see their nation represented. The country is notable for having produced Hall of Famer Grimm Jonsson, although beside from that there isn't much to them in terms of hockey.
 
20.  Palestine
24 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 123 (19th) / Total TPE: 123 (23rd))
This is one of the most peculiar countries on this list. Palestine has more things to worry about than producing hockey talent but they're just saying fuck it and doing it anyway! Our Lady of Perpetual Motion was a key piece during last season for the VHLM's Oslo Storm, although sadly it appears that he development has stalled. Perhaps she enlisted in the military at home?
 
21.  Greece 
19 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 86 (23rd) / Total TPE: 86 (24th))
After the failure of the latest model, Aeschylus Jigglejawns CXXXVIII is Greece's latest attempt in producing a hockey-playing robot. Their last attempt, Aeschylus Jigglejawns CXXXVII was nearly a success, although he couldn't make it out of the VHLM due to problems with his circuits freezing up during games. Thankfully now the Greeks have fixed this problem and Jigglejawns CXXXVIII definitely appears to be headed to the VHL if he sticks to his developmental track.
 
22.  Brazil 
17 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 85 (24th) / Total TPE: 85 (25th))
Is Daring Do a real player? Or is Daring Do actually a Amazonian Tribesman? Is Do actually both of those things? I'm not sure, but whatever Do is, they're doing a pretty good job for the Saskatoon Wild. Could Do be the first Brazilian to make the VHL? It's very possible.
 
23.  Bulgaria 
14 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 61 (25th) / Total TPE: 61 (27th))
Emil Martinov actually looks like a pretty promising prospect for the Bulgarians. His development track is definitely trending upwards right now, especially after being given increased minutes from Saskatoon management. Could he turn out like geographical neighbor Bobby Digital? The Bulgarian Hockey Federation certainly hopes so.
 
t24.  Morocco 
12 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: / Total TPE: 60 (28th))
Sterling Archer is merely here on a mission. There's nothing else to see here. Morocco will have a decent player the day I stop over-valuing 3rd and 4th round picks.
 
t24.  South Africa
12 Points Overall (# of Players: 2 (t-11th) / Average TPE: 41 (29th)/ Total TPE: 81 (26th))
I'm pretty sure there has been a handful of South African players in the VHL before, it was definitely a trivia question or something. Logan Xylon and Shaka aren't going anywhere though. South Africa enjoys sitting just comfortably above the basement.
 
25.  Estonia
10 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 56 (27th) / Total TPE: 56 (29th))
Kristjan Härmä could possibly become a VHL caliber player. Is it likely? No, but I like his name and that's gotta be worth something. It would certainly help Estonia compete with their neighbor Latvia for Baltic hockey dominance.
 
26.  New Zealand 
8 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 45 (28th) / Total TPE: 45 (30th))
What happened to the other half of the Took twins. Darryl is lost without Carryl, and Carryl is lost without Darryl. I'm serious, I know for a fact they both created players together, somebody help. Until then the Kiwis in New Zealand are going to be overshadowed by Australia's Alexander Thrower.
 
27.  Iraq 
5 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 36 (30th) / Total TPE: 36 (31st))
The Iraqis are very happy that John Syeschel practiced hockey in their country for six hours and then left, that way they don't have to be tied for last place with the countries below.
 
t28.  Japan
3 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 30 (t-31st) / Total TPE: 30 (t-32nd))
Emiya Shirou joined the VHL with a VERY controversial username and then left? Coward.
 
t28.  Argentina
3 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 30 (t-31st) / Total TPE: (t-32nd))
Ciro Pertuzzi definitely sounds more Italian than Argentinian.
 
t28.  India
3 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 30 (t-31st) / Total TPE: (t-32nd))
Pradeep Padmanabhan HAD to have actually been from India. No way any non-Indian could come up with something so Indian by themselves.
 
t28.  The Philippines
3 Points Overall (# of Players: 1 (t-12th) / Average TPE: 30 (t-31st) / Total TPE: (t-32nd))
CarloC does NOT look like he will turn out to be a Thrilla in the Manilla.
 

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+5 Passing: 55->60
+4 Skating: 51->55
+5 Scoring: 45->50
 
TPE: 74

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close series so far. still got a point in every game so far too heh

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