Beketov

We're getting closer to 50 CoDCasts and we're getting closer to solar and black sky camos! In this episode I attempt to grind out another sniper but am foiled by empty lobbies so I play around with the Howlizer instead. While doing so I answer questions from @gorlab and @punkhippie with a quick shoutout to @Da Trollfecta as well. I do have questions leftover that will be recorded tomorrow morning which will set us up nicely to get (hopefully) a huge pile of questions for Episode 50 next week. *For Holik

And the streak ends at 5, in pretty miserable fashion unfortunately. Still, I'll take a shutout streak over 300 minutes. though if it was gonna be broken against Toronto it would have at least been fun for Sokolov to break it haha

TBH I'll probably forget I talked about it and answer anyway

User Name: Beketov Cup Winner: Chicago EASTERN CONFERENCE (M1) Washington vs (W2) Toronto Winner: Washington # of Games: 5 (M2) Pittsburgh vs (M3) Columbus Winner: Pittsburgh # of Games: 6 (A1) Montreal vs (W1) New York Rangers Winner: Montreal # of Games: 6 (A2) Ottawa vs (A3) Boston Winner: Boston # of Games: 7 WESTERN CONFERENCE (C1) Chicago vs (W2) Nashville Winner: Chicago # of Games: 4 (C2) Minnesota vs (C3) St. Louis Winner: St. Louis # of Games: 6 (P1) Anaheim vs (W1) Calgary Winner: Anaheim # of Games: 6 (P2) Edmonton vs (P3) San Jose Winner: Edmonton # of Games: 7

Apollo Skye and Jakab Holik haven't skipped a beat despite their age coming into season 54, that's for sure. 4 games into the season the veteran goaltenders are both looking to prove their dominance as they did last season. In S53 Holik took home the Shaw for best goaltender while Skye was awarded the Campbell as MVP and the Funk as Most Improved. In any other season Skye's current stat line of 4-0-0, 0.975 S%, 0.49 GAA, and 2 shutouts would be impossible numbers to top. However Holik is currently doing just that: matching Skye's record but posting a shutout in all 4 games (240 consecutive minutes) to keep his stat line perfect at a 1.0 S% and 0 GAA. No records exist, so far as we can find, regarding longest shutout streak, let alone to start the season, but Holik's current pace is most likely record setting and could continue with his next two games coming up against Toronto where Roman Sokolov, also of the Beketov agency, will be looking to end the streak. It is worth mentioning that the 2 games Skye did not receive a shutout were against Helsinki and NY has yet to be tested in that way, however the battle is raging none-the-less. If anyone expected these two powerhouses to drop off this season it appears they were sorely mistaken. Holik's start has already allowed him to leapfrog both Satan and Aidan Shaw to place him 11th all time in shutouts with 53. Hitting Greg Clegane's career shutout record may seem highly-unlikely but if he keeps this pace up top 5 could easily be attained. Meanwhile Skye's haven't hurt his stat line either, cementing him 16th place and only 3 below the top 15 with 45 shutouts right now. Will they be able to keep up this pace? Will Holik be able to secure his second straight Shaw? When will NY allow a goal? Only time will tell. In other exciting news, Astrid Moon is currently sitting at a 0.900 S%, so that's good. @Velevra @Da Trollfecta *For Holik

You guys know the drill at this point, let's get ourselves a CoDCast, shall we? @eaglesfan036 @The Bread Man @der meister @Phil @tfong @Molholt @Banackock @gorlab @JardyB10 @evrydayimbyfuglien @Jericho @DollarAndADream @Kendrick @mpclardy @hedgehog337 @Devise @Smarch @Will @Streetlite @Green @punkhippie

I thought of that, honestly I suspect he may take part in it with an assist at least.

I don't think we have records on this anywhere but 240 straight shutout minutes to start the season must be a league record, right? I mean it won't last (though our next two are Toronto so can we stretch it to 6 games?) but still. Anyway, GG Cologne.

+4 For Sokolov

1. J. Locke (QUE) 2. Over 3. Over 4. Over

We'll just have to go for 4 then won't we?

What I'm catching from this thread is the following @Bushitroll and @Jericho don't get along. Everyone agrees the original logo was a good starting point Everyone agrees @boubabi did a great job with the new one Can #1 just be put aside for the betterment of the league so that we can focus on #2 and 3? As @Devise said there was really no time to even reach out because Boubabi got the new logo made so quickly that none of us even knew what was happening exactly. if everyone agrees it's what's best for the league then I really don't see why a petty argument is holding things up.

Big year for a lot of people. I'll take 5, especially tripled. I think I usually get like 2 or 3 so no complaints here.

I think Vegas does have a stranglehold over the VHLM more than Ottawa did last year purely because of having 2 fewer teams to compete against. Yes, Ottawa also had a VERY strong team but Yukon and Brampton were still quite competitive. Removing 2 teams from the equation + the normal cyclical nature of the VHLM has combined to make it so that Vegas has literally no one that can compete against them. It's going to be a year where the race is for 2nd place and that is unfortunate for the VHLM. However, and this is why I voted this way for the second question, your antics are at least making things somewhat entertaining. Yes, on the ice it'll be a relatively boring season because everyone already knows how things are going to go but the whole storyline of a team moving to Vegas and then immediately snatching up every player is an entertaining one.

Safe to say Holik is my best goalie yet. Top 15 in GAA and Shutouts with 2 seasons left. That pesky S% is being a pain though.

Short on questions this week but not on content! I struggle through sniper rifle camos (so close to gold when I start, can I get there?) while answering questions from @punkhippie and @der meister. I also go into a bit of rambling detail regarding why I chose NY in Free Agency and then fuck up my outro by hitting stop too early. Enjoy! *For Holik

I'd totally be up for that. The big problem being the timing of it. The CoDCast I usually record at like 7am (Atlantic) when my wife has gone to work but I haven't yet. My ability to record later in the evening is far more limited unfortunately. It would be cool to have a CoDCast with more than just myself though.

Feels good to finally get that Shaw, even I figured we fell short in the playoffs. Only took my 4th goalie before I finally managed one. Congrats to all the winners, a few of these were pretty tough votes.

This Its the VHLM, trades happen all he time to send people to contending teams. Plus it's the bloody minors, even if you don't have an amazing season your stats honestly don't matter anyway.

Mentoring advice: Don't retire before your career starts. That should get you at least started on the right path.

I feel as if it wouldn't bother you if I was haha

I caught that but it still doesn't explain autopsies. Those are performed to establish cause of death. It was a plane crash, cause of death is obvious. Investigating the cause of the "accident" sure but no need for autopsies. Unless of course @BobertZ was aboard the plane all along, drugged everyone on board with massive piles of cocaine and then parachuted to the top of a casino for his hooker and blow party. Then autopsies might be needed I suppose...Actually I like this theory.

Hey look, he didn't become an instant hall of gamer, who ever would have guessed that. Did making an eternal backup just lose its flair or were you worried about getting too close to leaving the VHLM? P.S why would they perform autopsies? Pretty sure the cause of death was being on a plane that fell out of the sky. They should probably focus on the reason the plane went down.

So I'm not losing it, you were just trolling, I can accept that haha