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Dakota Lamb - DF

The Warsaw Predators would like to congratulate several players on achieving new career highs! Almost every player on the team established a new career high in either goals, assists, or points. Going through every other statistical category would take quite a while, so I’ll just stick with these ones (with 1 exception). Obviously rookies Tynan Sylvester & Bogdan Trunov also established career highs as well, this being their only season. LW/C Aloe Dear @Renomitsu – Assists (77), Points (121) Previous assists high: 74 (Season 78) Previous points high: 118 (Season 78) C Dakota Lamb @me – Assists (64), Points (108) Previous assists high: 62 (Season 78) Previous points high: 104 (Season 77) D Victor Grachev @KaleebtheMighty – Goals (31), Assists (70), Points (101) Previous goals high: 20 (Season 78) Previous assists high: 57 (Season 74) Previous points high: 73 (Season 74) RW Lexi Glass @AW13 – Goals (47), Points (99) Previous goals high: 36 (Season 77) Previous points high: 88 (Season 77) D Chris Hylands @hylands – Assists (74) Previous high: 68 (Season 78) C/LW Leo Strauss @gregreg – Goals (34) Previous high: 33 (Season 78) D Tim Waters @Siddhus – Assists (47) Previous high: 44 (Season 74) D Hadrian @bluesfan55 – Goals (10), Assists (23), Points (33) Previous goals high: 2 (Season 78) Previous assists high: 13 (Season 78) Previous points high: 15 (Season 78) G Vsevolod Askarov @Gooningitup – Wins (45)* Previous high: 31 (Season 78) And last but not least: LW Chris Reynolds @Crstats23 – Plus Minus (+42), Shots Blocked (33) Previous +/- high: 24 (Season 78) Previous SB high: 19 (Season 76) Still putting up a monster 39 goals and 51 assists, Reynolds was just shy of his career highs set last season. I think he’s saved his best for the playoffs though. If an entire team could win the "most-improved" Dustin Funk Trophy, I think a case could be made for Warsaw. Congrats again to the team on a great season! Looking forward to what we can do in the post-season. *Split between CGY and WAR (i hope all the numbers are correct lol)

Congrats Cow

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1. Who has been the best offensive player on the team this season? Our offense flows through 1 player, and that is our star C Aloe Dear. She absolutely dominated the league last season, and has come back to Warsaw once again tearing up the league. 2. Who has been the best defensive player on the team this season? Victor Grachev for sure. 2nd on the team in blocked shots and 1st in hits, as well as the best +/- by a defender on Warsaw. He's been a beast on all 200-foot of the ice, and gets my vote for the best defender on the team. 3. Does anyone on Warsaw deserve any individual awards this season? Sterling Labatte Trophy - Chris Hylands or Victor Grachev Alexander Valiq Trophy - Chris Hylands or Victor Grachev Mikka Virkkunen Trophy - Lexi Glass Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy - Bogdan Trunov Aidan Shaw Trophy - Vsevolod Askarov 4. How do you feel about the team's performance this season so far? (Warsaw is 2nd in the league after 57 games played). Very happy. We had a poor start, but have since rebounded to become the team everyone knows us as. Definitely excited to see how we play down the stretch and beyond. 5. How has your player been doing this season? Very well. Lamb has a slight chance to set a new career high in points, but even if he doesn't do that, I'm very happy with his play this season. 6. How has life been treating you? Anything new going on? Work/school has been okay? Just got back from a camping trip, but other than that, just relaxing, swimming, drinking, and enjoying the sun. I've been pondering going back to school, but not quite sure on that front yet.

NEXT STOP HOF** **after a S79 cup

FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY for knight

Hey, if this image was high quality, you'd also be able to see it https://vhlportal.com/hof/awards/history/9 But it's the KEVIN BROOKS TROPHY, get your roleplay hat on!

1. Warsaw is 3rd in the league! How are you feeling?!?!?! Feeling great! It was a little discouraging having the start we had, but with just a couple of tweaks, we have shown the VHL that we have the ability to perform like we have in previous years, even if we are aging. 2. Can we bring home the Victory Cup? (Best Regular Season Record) I believe we do have a chance, but Malmo has just been so insane this season, it's definitely looking a little slim. But if we keep playing how we have been, who knows! 3. What has been the key success to our winning stretch? Contributing as a team. Different teammates are pitching in to get us the wins, and that's exactly what matters. We win together, always. 4. The NHL does not start for another two weeks, have you been watching any other sports while you wait? Not really, I'll probably start watching some football when the regular season starts, but right now I've just been watching TV shows and YouTube for the most part. 5. Out of all of the individual VHL awards there are, which one would you love for your player to win? I would choose the Daisuke Kanou Trophy for Playoffs MVP. A Kanou would be nice, but I'm not really too fussed about individual awards. Lamb's HOF chances were shut down the moment he didn't come up the season after he was drafted, so all I'm focused on is another Continental Cup. 6. Anything interesting going on in your life right now? Anything exciting? Not too much, looking forward to being able to go to the US again, and other things opening up, but nothing super concrete as of now. Just relaxing and enjoying the rest of my summer!

1. Practice Facility should act as an "activity check", and instead of being a button you click on the portal, you should have to comment on a sim thread per week or something. This has been said in discord before, maybe in a Gus article, not too sure. Or maybe just add a "sim attendance" like some other leagues have, for everyone who comments on the thread in a certain amount of time. 2. Not sure if it is possible on the forum host we have, but achievements under each members name would be cool, like SHL has. "S78 Continental Cup, etc etc." I guess it wouldn't really improve forum activity, however it would still give members something to strive for beyond their name on a page on the portal. 3. An UPDATED video tutorial on how to get started in the VHL. I didn't stay in SHL, however for the 2 days I was there, the starter video really helped and made me realize how useful one can be for new members. I think too many members are coming to the site, getting a bunch of VHLM offers, and not much beyond that. I guarantee you a video would increase retention and maybe even get some Welfare+PF new members to go beyond that. 4. Bring all-star games back, doesn't have to be in EA NHL, at the very least announce the teams

1. This past week we added a new goaltender, what are your thoughts on @Gooningitup (Vsevolod Askarov)? He's been playing incredible, and it has made us much more confident as a team. 2. Moscow and London are less than 8 points away from knocking us out of a wild card spot, how can we keep our playoff spot secured? Just keep playing our game. We've started a nice streak lately, and we can't let the outside noise distract us form what we do best - win games. 3. Has your player been performing well this past week compared to the rest of the season? Yeah, Lamb has actually been having a really good season. His career clock is almost done, so I'm sure he wants to climb the all-time points leaderboard while he still can. 4. We are 5-1-1 with our new goaltender Askarov, have they been the difference when it comes to winning? Like I said before, of course, even though they are not among the top by TPE in the league, upgrading to Askarov has given us new life and confidence that this core can do what they did last season. 5. How have you been lately, anything new in your life? Not bad, had a few birthday gatherings with family, but other than that just been enjoying what is left of my summer. 6. If you could anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? I would either go back to London, or check out what California has to offer. That's been on my bucket list for a while.

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Anyone got a link?

@JB123

he just got traded, his new helmet hasn't come in yet!

@Gooningitup

1. Warsaw is at an even record (9-9-2). What does the team need to do to start winning more games? Just need to stick to our game. We've found the goalie upgrade, now it's up to us to play to our potential like we did last season. 2. Are their any surprises in the league this season? Teams that are doing well that shouldn't be? Teams that aren't doing well that should be doing better? I'm quietly happy that Davos and Riga are finally doing decent, they deserve it after seasons of disappointment. Also NA being so strong as close has come as a big surprise to me. 3. Who is Warsaw's biggest threat this season if we have one? Prague or Moscow I think. We've been back and forth with them all season, and we need to beat those teams if we're going to go on a run here. 4. What upgrades are you planning towards your player's attributes? If you bank for depreciation, which attribute do you wish could be maxed (99 overall) at all times if you could pick one? NUTTIN'. My build is donezo, Lamb only has 1 season left after this, so it's all about protecting what I have. Scoring MAXED always, Lamb loves to snipe it. 99 faceoffs would be nice as well, but that's kinda overkill. 5. What are your hobbies besides the VHL? I play a lot of ball hockey, collect Pokémon and Hockey cards, and play quite a bit of CSGO. That's about it 6. Choose one: Filming a comedy movie with Adam Sandler, Playing 1v1 basketball with Barrack Obama, or Weightlifting with Dwayne Johnson. (I'm a 20 year old dude so these are the coolest things I could think of). Honestly probably 1v1 with Obama. Post-presidency he seems to be a really down to earth dude I'd love to have a conversation with. I would probably lose, but it would be fun. Maybe Sandler, that would be sick as well.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LETS GO WARSAWWWWWWW Thanks for the talks @Ricer13!

How do you feel Warsaw performed in our opening weekend? Not bad, not great. We still need to get the chemistry together with the new additions. It will come with time, I have no doubt. How has your player performed so far? Pretty good, scoring more goals than usual. However for me that doesn't really matter, it just comes down to wins and losses. Does our record (2-2-1, 4th in EU Conference) after the opening weekend predict the future for the rest of S79? Or is 5 games not enough to tell? Like I said before, no. Even sitting at 5-7-1, I know we can easily turn it around. Just need to take it 1 game at a time. What are your thoughts on Seattle's Expansion draft and the NHL draft that took place this past week? I don't hate it, I think they may have a solid team. Not going to make any solid takes, because look at what Vegas did. I do think it was a mistake not making any side deals for teams to protect certain players. Have you been following the Summer Olympics? If so, what events are you keeping track of? Not really. I'm basically only keeping up with how the Canadian Athletes are doing, no sport in particular. I would like to catch a Women's Soccer game though. How has you 2021 summer been going? So far, not too bad. My birthday is tomorrow, so that's definitely a plus.

That's what I get for opening VHL the moment I wake up @Domg5 we are done!