Well, another trade deadline has passed, meaning all new creates and recreates will be entering the season 76 draft class. Looking at this list and speaking for myself (and perhaps you've noticed as well), there's something crazy about this draft class that I haven't seen since I joined (regularly) in Spring of 2020.
If you haven't noticed, I'll tell ya...
OVER THREE-HUNDRED NEW CREATES/RECREATES
Yeah, you read/saw that right. Currently in the VHLM, some teams are playing 4th liners. That's how far the VHL has come and it's a testament to the solid and continued effort of recruitment, word-of-mouth, advertising (shameless plugs, wherever those are), it's been ridiculous how many new folks have shown an interest. It's up to the VHLM management teams and dudes like myself to help with retention, and so far I personally believe it's paying off.
Ok so we got the warm and fuzzy feels outta da way, here's the big question mark:
VHL Draft is: Four rounds, 16 picks per round. That's 64 selections to be made into VHL prospects.
...that's roughly 20% of draft eligible players getting their name called...
I don't know what happens in instances like this, but I'm sure things will sort themselves out.
I'll provide a brief First Round semi-kinda mock draft thing here. For everyone that doesn't know the VHL Draft rules, there's a rule that a GM player can reserve his player for his team. It must be a first round selection, and he must have a pick in the first round. If he created a player and wants to draft him, but he traded his first round pick away, he cannot make the reservation, unless he falls into his lap in the second round.
Three of the TOP 5 selections are GM players:
Taro Tsujimoto @GustavMattias will likely not be the 1st overall pick, as he will be reserved for the HC Davos Dynamo club.
Muffbeav @.sniffuM might go 1st overall to Warsaw if they finish last. He may or may not reserve the player in this case if he's feeling lucky.
Sirkants Klamasteris @hedgehog337 will most likely be reserved for the Riga Reign. He may not. What do I know? I'm just speculating.
Trade scenarios during the end of the post-season and at the draft are very possible, some GMs try to trade down when they have a reserved pick to get some extra assets for their club. If you want an example, go check out the S73 Draft Class, where the (arguably) top TPE earner was Malmo GMs Marshall James Frostbeard, who was drafted 16th overall, the final pick of the first round.
Check out the (MASSIVE) season 75 draft class below. Some players have their dates highlighted in orange and some red. Orange means they haven't updated in two weeks, Red meaning no progression for over two weeks. These players will likely fall, meaning if you're in a good spot to be selected..
KEEP EARNING!!!!
Well I hope some of the community rookies learned something here, most of us that are regulars here can help out with anything. We were all once in your shoes, then once you get a little more involved, it does get pretty cool I must say. Have fun!
PLAYER
USER
POSITION
AGE
LAST UD
TPE
(S75) Taro Tsujimoto
GustavMattias
C
20
Oct 12, 2020
249
(S75) Muffbeav
.sniffuM
D
37
Oct 12, 2020
227
(S75) Pistil Stamen
DMaximus
C
27
Oct 12, 2020
225
(S75) L
gorlab
D
29
Oct 12, 2020
221
(S75) Sirkants Klamasteris
hedgehog337
G
25
Oct 12, 2020
210
(S75) Joe Kelly
emidas
LW
16
Oct 12, 2020
201
(S75) Jolly Greene Giant
DoktorFunk
D
16
Oct 13, 2020
201
(S75) Artem Tretiak
Molholt
G
35
Oct 13, 2020
190
(S75) RJ Thatcher
jhatty8
RW
18
Oct 12, 2020
188
(S75) Ove Dyrdahl
GRZ
D
21
Oct 12, 2020
186
(S75) Rara Rasputin
Victor
G
30
Oct 12, 2020
182
(S75) Kunibuni UnGuri
Berocka
G
19
Oct 14, 2020
177
(S75) R
Kylrad
D
29
Oct 12, 2020
169
(S75) Chicken Wing
chikn
D
19
Oct 12, 2020
163
(S75) Its Gucci
frescoelmo
C
20
Oct 12, 2020
162
(S75) Gustav Hjalmarsson
McLovin
D
20
Oct 12, 2020
160
(S75) Dolant Fertitta
Dolant
LW
25
Oct 12, 2020
159
(S75) Dan Dan
MMFLEX
RW
18
Oct 12, 2020
148
(S75) Ryan Ryker
Jayrad28
RW
17
Oct 12, 2020
148
(S75) Addison McLaren
tcookie25
LW
19
Oct 12, 2020
146
(S75) Cabe McJake
RedSus
LW
16
Oct 12, 2020
142
(S75) Jordan Tate
Aye my name jeff
C
19
Sep 30, 2020
139
(S75) Clinton Giftopoulos
Thranduil
D
25
Oct 8, 2020
133
(S75) Steve Eso
Eso
C
21
Oct 12, 2020
133
(S75) Shawn Andrei Zyuzin
TheLastOlympian07
D
18
Oct 13, 2020
131
(S75) Artair McCloud
Hoopydog
RW
18
Oct 12, 2020
128
(S75) Vivek Weiner
coochiman
C
16
Oct 13, 2020
126
(S75) Scotty Kaberle
fromtheinside
D
20
Oct 12, 2020
122
(S75) Kaladin Kvothe
DangerGolding
LW
21
Oct 13, 2020
121
(S75) Silas LeFriend
yevty
D
19
Oct 13, 2020
119
(S75) Vladimir Mlinski
Brrbisbrr
LW
22
Oct 9, 2020
117
(S75) Mike Sterling
SilverMike
G
19
Oct 13, 2020
117
(S75) Kelly Power
Nordin
RW
16
Oct 13, 2020
116
(S75) Justin Lose
youloser1337
RW
18
Oct 13, 2020
114
(S75) Nero Endrizzi
Jonessee27
C
18
Oct 7, 2020
113
(S75) Thomas King
Duddy
RW
19
Oct 12, 2020
111
(S75) Robert Bouchard
Gaikoku-hito
C
16
Oct 14, 2020
107
(S75) Linus Zetterstrom
Ledge_and_Dairy
D
18
Oct 13, 2020
106
(S75) Teppo McBighit
monttu
D
19
Oct 12, 2020
106
(S75) Cowboy Prout
Prout
D
19
Oct 12, 2020
106
(S75) Louis Louchard
Jérémy Louchard
D
16
Oct 12, 2020
103
(S75) Connor Sim
SimmerDown99
RW
18
Oct 12, 2020
103
(S75) John Callahan Jr
Callahan
LW
18
Oct 13, 2020
103
(S75) Blim Blam McFluble
Nicolai488
LW
21
Oct 12, 2020
101
(S75) Isau DaMoose
Eynhallow
C
16
Oct 13, 2020
98
(S75) Jakob Sosa
TMGSosa
C
20
Oct 13, 2020
98
(S75) Zachary Sirois
Zach386
D
16
Oct 12, 2020
98
(S75) Anthony Suzuki
Anthony Suzuki
RW
18
Oct 12, 2020
98
(S75) Pekko Viitanen
Xdjk93
LW
20
Oct 13, 2020
98
(S75) Martin Master
Martin Bradac
D
16
Oct 13, 2020
97
(S75) Nathan Steele
73MPL4R
C
20
Oct 13, 2020
96
(S75) Vick Fairchild
GreenGato
LW
24
Oct 12, 2020
96
(S75) Derek Redmarsh
greywolf139
D
18
Oct 13, 2020
96
(S75) Kevin Wu
kevinscix
D
20
Oct 8, 2020
95
(S75) New Player
I'll change this later
LW
16
Oct 6, 2020
95
(S75) Owen Taylor
Owen Taylor
LW
17
Oct 12, 2020
95
(S75) Trent Gibson
Caboose30
G
17
Oct 14, 2020
94
(S75) Nikolas DAndrea
Nikdandrea34
C
18
Oct 13, 2020
94
(S75) Michael Schmitdt
Kmatt
RW
16
Oct 14, 2020
93
(S75) Liam Fischl
linsangeles
RW
19
Oct 13, 2020
93
(S75) Ramarod Ramirez
Ominous
RW
18
Oct 13, 2020
93
(S75) Thadius Sales
thadthrasher
G
27
Oct 13, 2020
93
(S75) Not A Player
Nope488
D
18
Oct 12, 2020
93
(S75) Castor Bedard
Castor Bedard
LW
19
Oct 5, 2020
90
(S75) Luukas Lilja
Retuperkele
C
16
Oct 8, 2020
90
(S75) Lauri Korpikoski
Jansgasm
LW
17
Oct 13, 2020
90
(S75) IAmMarkour
Markour
D
16
Oct 6, 2020
89
(S75) Dominic Gobeil
domg5
LW
22
Oct 12, 2020
89
(S75) Raphael Switzer
Master2896
LW
18
Oct 13, 2020
89
(S75) Mando Blatsyuk
Hblatsyuk
RW
18
Oct 12, 2020
89
(S75) William Marquis
Willmarks8
LW
16
Oct 13, 2020
89
(S75) Jon Webber
Webberj
RW
18
Oct 13, 2020
89
(S75) Logan Moore
drewowo
D
19
Oct 13, 2020
89
(S75) Paul Webber
WebberP
LW
18
Oct 13, 2020
89
(S75) Grapes
Grapes-Tophat_Clan-
RW
18
Oct 13, 2020
87
(S75) Roman Grachev
humeller
D
21
Oct 5, 2020
87
(S75) Kjell Nilsson
glass
C
18
Oct 12, 2020
87
(S75) Sheldon Juniper
fyrefly
LW
18
Oct 12, 2020
87
(S75) Michael Fletcher
DragonFire420
G
27
Oct 12, 2020
86
(S75) Maksym Jankowski
Max12
LW
16
Oct 14, 2020
86
(S75) Victor Foles
Suzuki14
RW
18
Oct 12, 2020
86
(S75) Franz Ferdinand
-_____-
D
17
Oct 13, 2020
86
(S75) Hi Hello
Hello
G
25
Oct 12, 2020
86
(S75) The great
Jake Sumner
C
16
Oct 6, 2020
85
(S75) Evgeni Shevkov
Syzygy
C
19
Oct 13, 2020
85
(S75) Braxton Hunter
dshervill
LW
17
Oct 12, 2020
85
(S75) Jon Strider
Strider
LW
18
Oct 12, 2020
84
(S75) Bob Tristan
N0HBDY
D
19
Oct 12, 2020
84
(S75) Dill Pickle
Dill Pickle
D
17
Oct 12, 2020
84
(S75) Bep
bep3788
RW
20
Oct 13, 2020
84
(S75) Nathan Perry
tinafrombobsburgers
LW
24
Oct 14, 2020
84
(S75) Patrik Ipsen
BiPsen
C
19
Oct 12, 2020
84
(S75) Scotty Muldz
Mulderig26
D
21
Oct 12, 2020
84
(S75) Voohin Putamin
Xander Alexeyev
LW
18
Oct 13, 2020
84
(S75) Jackson Wilson
Jackson Wilson
LW
18
Oct 13, 2020
83
(S75) Drew
Drew
RW
19
Oct 12, 2020
83
(S75) Trevor Dzeirzgowski
Trevor PressCott
RW
19
Oct 13, 2020
83
(S75) D Guthrie
Dawson Guthrie
C
19
Oct 10, 2020
81
(S75) Grayson Slansky
GSlansky
C
18
Oct 12, 2020
81
(S75) Oskar Petrauskas
Sam16
RW
18
Oct 13, 2020
81
(S75) Wooshi Cat
Tropicalfire
LW
16
Oct 8, 2020
81
(S75) Bradley Senjo
Senjo1706
C
18
Oct 7, 2020
80
(S75) Jack dewan
Jack Dewan
G
17
Oct 6, 2020
80
(S75) Jason Beauregaurd
Bobby Bummhole
C
21
Oct 6, 2020
80
(S75) Brodin Mackenzie
Axes
C
18
Oct 12, 2020
80
(S75) Olof Samuelsson
Azlan
D
20
Oct 13, 2020
80
(S75) Jonny Pacheco
jpach
C
18
Oct 14, 2020
80
(S75) Alexis Luke
Mikael Kent
G
18
Oct 7, 2020
78
(S75) Austyn Fortin
Austyn Fortin
C
20
Oct 8, 2020
78
(S75) Benjamin Lachance
Ben Lachance
C
18
Oct 7, 2020
78
(S75) Benjamin Polyak
Benjamin3374
C
18
Oct 5, 2020
78
(S75) Brendin Axtman
starsfan24
LW
21
Oct 6, 2020
78
(S75) CHRISTOPHER WILSON
Cw51
D
18
Oct 5, 2020
78
(S75) Christopher
CNODS
C
19
Oct 5, 2020
78
(S75) Dakoulas nakamora
Kodabaer4
D
24
Oct 8, 2020
78
(S75) Dawson Burke
Dawson Burke
RW
18
Oct 7, 2020
78
(S75) Happy Gilmore
jbmcwolves9
C
17
Oct 5, 2020
78
(S75) Javale Christopher
A Lazz
LW
21
Oct 5, 2020
78
(S75) Luke OConnor
Luke OConnor
LW
18
Oct 5, 2020
78
(S75) Mathieu sansoucy
Mesa
C
25
Oct 10, 2020
78
(S75) Matthew Cusolito
MattCUS
G
16
Oct 8, 2020
78
(S75) Matthew Dion
Matt Dion
RW
18
Oct 9, 2020
78
(S75) Mike Sinz
EyeSin
RW
18
Oct 11, 2020
78
(S75) Nick Doerksen
Mitz
C
21
Oct 9, 2020
78
(S75) Sal Delmantio
Joy
C
19
Oct 7, 2020
78
(S75) Tyler thiessen
Tyty
LW
18
Oct 10, 2020
78
(S75) Vuffer Duffer
kumitappi
D
16
Oct 6, 2020
78
(S75) Wompus Cat
dbranco55
G
21
Oct 10, 2020
78
(S75) dickzy
dickzy
RW
19
Oct 9, 2020
78
(S75) Jonny Shaw
JonnyShaw
D
17
Oct 7, 2020
78
(S75) Matthew A Sovick jr
matt sovick
G
18
Oct 14, 2020
78
(S75) Gaspar Zakrevsky
Pythonic
LW
18
Oct 9, 2020
77
(S75) LaneTrain
Lane
C
18
Oct 10, 2020
77
(S75) Blane Ozbun
boz
D
24
Oct 7, 2020
76
(S75) Aksu Maronen
aksuko
G
23
Oct 12, 2020
76
(S75) Blake Bill
jakeclarkin
LW
18
Oct 13, 2020
76
(S75) Jackson richard
TheFattyMichel
D
20
Oct 12, 2020
76
(S75) Jean Luc LaFleur
Rusty Shackleford
RW
19
Oct 13, 2020
76
(S75) Mattias Duster
Mattias Duster
C
16
Oct 12, 2020
76
(S75) Max Kagan
Max Kagan
RW
16
Oct 7, 2020
75
(S75) Adam Potter
BigPapaPotter
G
22
Oct 10, 2020
74
(S75) Alex Fedorchuk
AFED
RW
16
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Alexander Blanchett
blanch92
C
19
Oct 9, 2020
74
(S75) Andrew Curtis
CanadianH22
RW
23
Oct 5, 2020
74
(S75) Anton Folke
Anton Folke
RW
18
Oct 5, 2020
74
(S75) Ben McMichael
londonknights
D
18
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Bobby Bottles
Mr Peep
D
19
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Brett Thyren
BThyren86
D
21
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Brin Vena
brinder9
C
30
Oct 8, 2020
74
(S75) Bubba McDaniel
pchockey45
LW
20
Oct 9, 2020
74
(S75) Canate
Canate
D
25
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Cian Regan
cian_1916
RW
20
Oct 6, 2020
74
(S75) Cody Werlinger
Nodakguy
C
18
Oct 6, 2020
74
(S75) Damon E Lavin
FiosCableBox
G
17
Oct 5, 2020
74
(S75) Dommy Hasek
Hasek_77
G
22
Oct 8, 2020
74
(S75) Dwayne Gretzly
Dwayne Gretzly
D
18
Oct 11, 2020
74
(S75) Eddie Dams
Eddie Dams
RW
18
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Edward Kenway
Edgy Mcedgelord
LW
18
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Feenixx Rising
FeenixxRIsing
D
23
Oct 6, 2020
74
(S75) Hans Schultz
HoPeFuLCheWBaCCa
D
16
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Hendrix Cobberson
Hendrix Cobberson
C
19
Oct 10, 2020
74
(S75) Hunter Hullberg
WildBill_99
RW
25
Oct 5, 2020
74
(S75) Jack Todaro
Jackjt04
LW
18
Oct 10, 2020
74
(S75) Jared Carter
jaredc7
D
22
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Jimi Stephens
DethByABK
D
18
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Kyle Casavant
Kyle l98l
LW
18
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Lawson Hayes
Lawson Hayes
C
21
Oct 9, 2020
74
(S75) Luke Spinelli
Lspinelli
G
18
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Math Belec
Keyzie
LW
18
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Matt Baker
Dysliptic
G
20
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Mirsad Omar Karlsson
adeninegaming
D
16
Oct 9, 2020
74
(S75) Mitch Abbott
s1mme
C
36
Oct 10, 2020
74
(S75) Nicholas Brown
nikhedonia
LW
21
Sep 23, 2020
74
(S75) Nick Young
nmy14
D
22
Oct 11, 2020
74
(S75) Nikita Shminov
Poggy...
RW
17
Oct 5, 2020
74
(S75) Niklas Lidstrom
Niklas Lidström
D
21
Oct 8, 2020
74
(S75) Ninja Nick
Ninjanik8
RW
21
Oct 10, 2020
74
(S75) Oliver Walsh
mrCookiedoughh
RW
19
Oct 8, 2020
74
(S75) Pavel Datsyuk
Pavel Datsyuk
C
20
Oct 8, 2020
74
(S75) Pucktickler
pucktickler
C
21
Oct 6, 2020
74
(S75) QuiGon Jinn
ShuckGnorris
G
20
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Rhysxx
RhvsXX
C
18
Oct 5, 2020
74
(S75) Sam Pacey
Notym8
RW
18
Oct 9, 2020
74
(S75) Swapnil Zickafoose
nevadaO
LW
17
Oct 9, 2020
74
(S75) Tom Gilbert
L7LGilbertL7L
LW
22
Oct 6, 2020
74
(S75) Tom Kot
Tom K
RW
21
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Tyson Schauer
Qew
D
18
Oct 10, 2020
74
(S75) Usilov Valentinovich
Usilov Valentinovich
D
18
Oct 7, 2020
74
(S75) Vincent Correll
correllvincent
D
22
Oct 8, 2020
74
(S75) asr0928
asr0928
D
20
Oct 5, 2020
74
(S75) John Moore
GrooveCat
C
18
Oct 5, 2020
74
(S75) Joe Savage
JoeSavage
LW
18
Oct 7, 2020
72
(S75) Julius Null
TheShipwreck1
C
20
Oct 9, 2020
72
(S75) John Mimis
Pocket
D
18
Oct 11, 2020
72
(S75) Jonathan Bustard
williamirc
G
20
Oct 6, 2020
72
(S75) Alexander Valentine
TheAntiHero
RW
21
Oct 7, 2020
72
(S75) Andrew Greene
Airbornexx720
C
22
Oct 9, 2020
72
(S75) Art Yemis
SofaKing
D
20
Oct 9, 2020
72
(S75) Avi G
Papes187
RW
38
Oct 10, 2020
72
(S75) Bailey Slotwinski
baileys1909
RW
18
Oct 7, 2020
72
(S75) Ben Gervais
Ben Gervais
LW
18
Oct 5, 2020
72
(S75) Bill McGill
SoppiestGalaxy
LW
18
Oct 7, 2020
72
(S75) Braden Salmon
askatingfish
C
18
Oct 10, 2020
72
(S75) Brandon Rockwell
Bigcheese2293
D
18
Oct 8, 2020
72
(S75) Brian Newman
roydhingley1
G
19
Oct 2, 2020
72
(S75) Cedric Charruau
Cedric Charruau
RW
16
Oct 4, 2020
72
(S75) Connor
Mr_Abcs
D
23
Oct 12, 2020
72
(S75) CrazeLive
CrazeLive
LW
23
Oct 2, 2020
72
(S75) Danny Nygaard
dangleswithwolves
D
17
Oct 7, 2020
72
(S75) Derek Nickerson
Luke Woodworth
RW
20
Oct 7, 2020
72
(S75) Dmitri Kiriluk
Dmitri Kiriluk
RW
18
Oct 10, 2020
72
(S75) Elias Medin
Quiznosy
RW
21
Oct 9, 2020
72
(S75) Enzo Zerksty
Zerk
LW
22
Oct 6, 2020
72
(S75) Ethan Atkins
Atkins
C
16
Oct 6, 2020
72
(S75) Even heartstoper
rachel
G
19
Oct 10, 2020
72
(S75) Georgio Costa
coolwhip120
D
19
Oct 10, 2020
72
(S75) Hinton Wells
hinton
D
16
Oct 5, 2020
72
(S75) Hunter Conroy
Hatty
D
18
Oct 4, 2020
72
(S75) Isaiah chadwick
Isaiah Chadwick
LW
19
Oct 10, 2020
72
(S75) Ivan Sierota
ItsBigIvan
D
20
Oct 7, 2020
72
(S75) Jannik Boros
Jannik Boros
D
17
Oct 11, 2020
72
(S75) Javier Baez
corrupto
D
25
Oct 9, 2020
72
(S75) Kane Austin
Redjuice1288
LW
20
Oct 10, 2020
72
(S75) Kikko Moskinen
MikkoKoskinensMistress
LW
32
Oct 7, 2020
72
(S75) Marde
Marde
D
21
Oct 9, 2020
72
(S75) Matty Hicks
Matty Hicks
C
19
Oct 9, 2020
72
(S75) Michael Brown
Brownieplayshockey
C
21
Sep 30, 2020
72
(S75) Mie Dickinson
garbageproducts
D
21
Oct 3, 2020
72
(S75) Nathan Brisson
Nathan Brisson
D
18
Oct 5, 2020
72
(S75) Nathan Thongphadith
GeekyXGlory
C
16
Oct 5, 2020
72
(S75) Noah Lancaster
Noah Lancaster
C
18
Oct 6, 2020
72
(S75) Pavel Datsyuk Jr
Tanake
RW
20
Oct 7, 2020
72
(S75) Rylan Rapidzz
rapidzz
C
18
Oct 9, 2020
72
(S75) Sheldon Kiser
sheldonk2901
RW
21
Oct 6, 2020
72
(S75) Stephen Parise
stev19
LW
19
Oct 11, 2020
72
(S75) Tias Sucks
Tehuhs
RW
16
Oct 6, 2020
72
(S75) Victor Fitzpatrick
RocketHockey
LW
20
Oct 4, 2020
72
(S75) ethan faria
ejf39
LW
22
Oct 10, 2020
72
(S75) Aivars Kiris
Aivarszz
C
17
Oct 13, 2020
72
(S75) Jordan Evans
Rylan Konowalchuk
G
18
Oct 10, 2020
72
(S75) Noah Mashford
Mashy
C
20
Oct 7, 2020
71
(S75) Rantheman
Flyguy28
RW
18
Oct 12, 2020
71
(S75) Leo Hozzi
Gustaf Wennstig
G
20
Oct 6, 2020
70
(S75) Pavel Hart
Green
C
18
Oct 5, 2020
70
(S75) PensCanuks
PensCanuks
LW
18
Oct 8, 2020
70
(S75) Randy Valgardson
Randy Valgardson
D
18
Oct 5, 2020
70
(S75) Chidumeje Madubuko
ChidWithNoBrim
RW
17
Oct 3, 2020
68
(S75) Cody White
brossford
D
18
Oct 4, 2020
68
(S75) Cohen Bidgood
Biddy34
RW
19
Oct 5, 2020
68
(S75) Deekyn Bray
Deeky789
LW
19
Oct 2, 2020
68
(S75) Denis Nord
Stars72
D
18
Oct 3, 2020
68
(S75) Francois Scheifele
KenKenGaming
D
16
Oct 2, 2020
68
(S75) Gideon Haviv
STUNT
LW
19
Sep 21, 2020
68
(S75) Jimmy Blaze
Jimmy Blaze
RW
20
Oct 4, 2020
68
(S75) Mark stocker
StockSauce
RW
22
Oct 4, 2020
68
(S75) Nathan T
Nathan T
C
16
Oct 3, 2020
68
(S75) Mike Kehl
Mike Kehl
RW
27
Oct 3, 2020
67
(S75) Adrian Andilo
Jomzza
C
21
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) Aiden Mojer
Bruinsfan509
C
16
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) Alexander Jensen
AFluffyFish
LW
19
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) Alfred Spangmark
Affespangmark
LW
18
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) Brad Blanchard
BIG BLANCH
RW
18
Oct 2, 2020
66
(S75) Brandon King
Mono
D
24
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) Brett Rowe
Rowesy
G
17
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) Carter Hittinger
Carter9
RW
19
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) Chris Woo
Cwoo
C
18
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) Clement Hamel
Le Clems
LW
17
Oct 2, 2020
66
(S75) Cody McNeil
Codymc
LW
16
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) DADE GORHAM
Dade Gorham
C
18
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) David Farkas
Dav1d.100
RW
18
Oct 2, 2020
66
(S75) Dusty Wheelcellysnipe
CarterSev22
C
21
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) Edgar Bibergers
eddie43
LW
21
Sep 30, 2020
66
(S75) Ethan
marsh
C
17
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) Gabriel Bartley
AltecZz
LW
19
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) Haniel Gaiya
Hanpluzz719
LW
18
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) Henry Simon VanBuskirk
Rasmussen man
D
50
Sep 22, 2020
66
(S75) Jacob Kunc
jake.k
LW
18
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) Jeff Rogers
Jeffr0
LW
24
Oct 5, 2020
66
(S75) Lamobot
Lamobot
D
18
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) Lane Haller
Tzatoky
C
23
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) Marek Jorgenson
Marek Jorgenson
G
18
Oct 2, 2020
66
(S75) Matt Gray
Vaun
LW
18
Oct 4, 2020
66
(S75) Nolan Davila
NOLAN31rulez
G
16
Oct 2, 2020
66
(S75) Olaf Bjerksson
Presinator
LW
17
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) Ryan Durocher
Chief TLine
LW
18
Oct 5, 2020
66
(S75) Ryan Hogan
ToxicWaste902
RW
18
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) Sam Davies
Stieds14
C
18
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) TapouT Jumba
TapouTjumba
LW
33
Sep 30, 2020
66
(S75) Theo White
rinkydink
LW
20
Oct 3, 2020
66
(S75) Weston Fisher
Weston Fisher
C
18
Oct 2, 2020
66
(S75) Andy Nexber
Domino Draws
RW
17
Oct 12, 2020
66
(S75) JT Thrash
Thrash94Gaming
LW
26
Sep 23, 2020
62
(S75) Joey Brady
Exogorthian
C
21
Sep 25, 2020
60
(S75) Roger Jone
Rick132
D
32
Sep 26, 2020
60
(S75) Trevor Ward
Makari Harris
G
19
Sep 24, 2020
60
(S75) Ashley Glover
Ash Glover
D
16
Sep 20, 2020
56
(S75) Reggie Dunlop
Lohik G
C
48
Sep 17, 2020
54
(S75) Sebastian Iver
ProfoundBeggar
LW
20
Sep 17, 2020
54
(S75) Big Sweg
Mugiwara
LW
16
Sep 10, 2020
50
(S75) Steve
Stevo71
D
18
Sep 7, 2020
50
(S75) Da Man
Dman00
D
17
Sep 11, 2020
48
(S75) Leafs
Leafs
C
18
Sep 3, 2020
48
(S75) Quincy Zerfass
BlazeRunner
D
18
Sep 2, 2020
48
(S75) Harrison gould
MRKFC
RW
18
Aug 31, 2020
42
(S75) Jordan Armstrong
GoPens23
G
20
Aug 24, 2020
38
(S75) Nicc Dudeskee
Nicc Dudeskee
LW
18
Aug 26, 2020
38
(S75) Bill Kapri
KODAK
RW
18
Aug 26, 2020
36
(S75) Isaac
Isaac
C
18
Aug 30, 2020
36
(S75) Loud Sly
Loud Sly
D
18
Aug 23, 2020
36
(S75) Louis Samsonov
Nosmas91
G
21
Aug 30, 2020
36
(S75) David Hewson
Big Blue 57
LW
18
Aug 26, 2020
34
(S75) Anthony Newyard Jr
Anza
D
18
Aug 23, 2020
32
(S75) Apollo Montgomery
nathanielagp
RW
18
Aug 20, 2020
30
(S75) Filip Javor
Filip Javor
C
18
Aug 22, 2020
30
33 games into the season and the San Diego Marlins seem to have found their rhythm and they are grooving quite nicely with one another. While some familiar faces from the rebuilding team returned, most of the team was formed throughout the draft and a trade or two and it is clear that drafting seems to be some of the best strats around. We're going to look at some of the key contributors of the team based on their stats:
Goals: John Merrick (29), Pietro Angellini (26), Roadkill Steve (24)
Assists: Han Jae Kuk (44), Pietro Angellini (37), Lucifer Olivier Leveque (37)
Points: Pietro Angellini (63), John Merrick (62), Lucifer Olivier Leveque (50)
+/-: John Merrick (+29), Lucifier Olivier Leveque (+25), Pietro Angellini (+21)
HITS: John LeClair II (163), Joakim Lund (95), Lester Green (90)
As we can see, there is a clear "top line" factor going on in San Diego, while the playing minutes are maxed for most if not all the major names on the team, the forward core is heavily lead by that of 1st overall pick John Merrick and former 42nd overall pick and tradee Pietro Angellini.
On the defense side of things, the pairing of Lucifier Olivier Leveque and Han Jae Kuk seem to be working their magic as they help the team secure some crucial points.
Finally our big heavy hitter with almost a 100 hit lead on our second place John LeClair II is showing people how its done, we're seeing signs of former Marlin Thomas Landry II who was the toughest man in the VHLM during his stint with us.
Overall, an amazing group, everyone is active and having fun and just good times, and we're going to continue.
Hello, and welcome to the first edition of a new season of Under 250: The VHLM Report. In these series, we will be taking a look at the trends and topics from the past week in the VHLM. What twists and turns will our minor league hold? Stay tuned to find out!
The Review
Eighteen games into the season and we have already found a hierarchy of teams to make up the standings. The Western Conference is leading the way with high performing teams, while the Eastern Conference is more balanced throughout, as even its worst two teams have found some small successes.
The Saskatoon Wild lead the league with 35 points, two ahead of their conference rivals, the Yukon Rush. The Las Vegas Aces follow closely behind, as this trio forms a juggernaut top three for the Western Conference. Filling the fourth position is the Mexico City Kings who, while not having quite the same record as the aforementioned teams, stand with a positive goal difference and a respectable 22 points, 15 more than the fifth placed San Diego Marlins. Filling out the West is the last-placed Houston Bulls, whose 4 points is worst across both conferences.
Going now to the Eastern Conference we have perhaps the pre-season favorites in the Halifax 21st given their nine picks in the first three rounds of the draft. They are living up to the hype, and lead the East with 34 points, just one behind the Wild for overall first place. Next come the Mississauga Hounds with 28 points, but this is where things get a little muddy. No other team in the conference has a positive goal difference, but both the third place Ottawa Lynx and the fourth place Philadelphia Reapers have 20 points or greater. While the Minnesota Storm and Miami Marauders, who met in last season’s Founder’s Cup Finals, may have more points than their counterparts in the West, neither look likely to catch the Reapers and make the playoffs. You never know, but it does seem like all of our eight playoff teams are more or less set just a quarter of the way into the season.
This rounds out our review of the standings. Let’s take a look at our ELO charts to see who has been our highest performers as of late, points notwithstanding.
The Teams
The Halifax 21st lead the ELO charts, as they have for the whole season, but in a somewhat curious fashion. The 21st has just one player in the top ten for points, Michael Hall, whose 37 points through 20 games places him fifth overall. They do it through a combination of depth scoring and killer defense/goaltending. 11 of their players have already reached the 10 point mark, and six of them are scoring at a point per game. On the other side of the ice, the 21st has allowed just 30 goals against, the lowest in the league by 16 goals, giving them the best goal differential despite scoring 17 less than Saskatoon. This is in a large part thanks to the fabulous goaltending thus far of Kevin Malone, whose .923 SV% is a league best for a starter, and whose 1.5 GAA puts VHL teams to shame. With a quarter of his games coming in the form of shutouts, the American goaltender is looking like a prime goaltender of the year contender.
Following the 21st is Las Vegas, who lead their Western conference rivals Saskatoon and Yukon in ELO despite trailing both in the standings. Led by star right winger Gary Rush, the Aces also dominate both sides of the ice, and have the next best defensive record after the 21st thanks to their blue line general, Kasper Kankkunen. The London United prospect is vital to the Aces defense, and is proving just what he can do once he makes his move to the big leagues.
The Wild closely follow the Aces in ELO, as they have for most of the season. While the Aces and the 21st may have the most balanced teams, the Wild have the deadliest. With a league leading 105 goals scored in just 20 games for an average of 5.25 goals per game, the Wild have four of the top ten point scorers, the most of any team. This includes current MVP favorite Brian Strong Jr., whose league leading 28 goals and league leading 33 assists (tied with teammate Florent Vericel) combine for a league high 61 points. The center is currently scoring at a 3 PPG pace, and has just been an absolute revelation thus far.
Next we have the Yukon Rush in the charts. They are about where you would expect from their standings bar them sitting behind the Aces. They are a very deep team, with top, top, quality across the board. They have a well balanced squad with a plethora of options at all positions; their only current weakness is goaltending. Both Kloxified and Artem Tretiak are young goaltenders, and while both are rapidly improving, they need to do better if the Rush want to contest for the cup. Yukon’s strength definitely lies in their blue line, which has some very big names represented, and look to be strong come playoffs.
Rounding out the teams sitting above 1100 in the charts is the Mississauga Hounds. The Hounds certainly have some strong players, including young defensive studs of L and R, but they have a lot of growth to do if they want to compete with the likes of Halifax or Saskatoon. Their goaltender Vsevolod Askarov is a great player, whose talent outweighs his poor statistical performances thus far in the season. It has been Taro Tsujimoto, however, who has impressed the most, sitting at fourth overall for points scored and really is the one star player on the team.
This is where the talent starts to drop off somewhat. The Kings are certainly a good squad, but lack the depth to compete with the big dogs this season. Following them and rounding out our playoff teams is Ottawa and Philadelphia, each of whom have strong teams but have been unable to string together the kind of performances we have become accustomed to seeing from the top four or five teams. Really these two teams have been slightly underperforming; expect them to possibly improve in the coming games.
Our next two teams were very evenly matched last season, but this season both Miami and Minnesota are in their cup run hangovers. We think that out of the two, Miami probably has more potential, with the likes of Rara Rasputin, of the famous Alfredsson agency, in net, as well as a reasonably solid blue line. Minnesota has a solid goaltender as well in Michael Olson, but lacks the depth in their other positions to mount a serious playoff challenge. Next comes the Marlins, who are struggling to find points. One brightside is they have a young team, with players like Lauri Korpikoski who can grow into the league in future seasons. Finally we have the worst team in the league by ELO and standings, the Houston Bulls. They are also a project team, with some very exciting prospects such as Vladimir Mlinksi, Ryan Ryker, and Kunibuni UnGuri, but have little to look forward to this season, as their 2-18-0 record can attest.
That’s all for this edition of Under 250: The VHLM Review. Thank you all for reading, and stay tuned next week for the inside scoop on all that’s going on in the league. Until next time!
Welcome back to another review session with me. Last week we had Saskatoon, now we have the San Diego Marlins. Their logo looks alright but to me it’s kinda gross. But just because it’s a fish and the colours make it feel and look slimy. Just me? Okay then. Let’s get straight to it then!
Team Review
The first draft that the Marlins were involved in were the S65 expansion draft. In that draft, they had 3 picks. They owned the 2nd, 5th and 8th overall picks. The Marlins are a relatively new team in the minors but they have nurtured many great players in the VHL currently. Example of great players that have step foot in this club are Pietro Angellini @okifenoki, Phil Marleau @Phil, Alex Bridges @Alex Bridges etc. Roadkill Steve @stevo has the most goals, assists and points in the club’s history but has never played a single VHL game and is now currently in depreciation. The current roster of the Marlins is not at its best, with 0 players passing the 150 tpe mark. Their highest earning player is Nathaniel N, at 133. San Diego had an above average run last season with 90 points and 5th place in the overall standings. Furthermore, they have never won an award since S70. When will their next award come?
Trade Review
September 9th saw 2 trades from the Marlins as their GM @InstantRockstar sent a S74 picks for 1 S75 pick. The 3 picks that was sent away turned out to be Haydon Learmonth, Da Man and Gaspar Zakrevsky. 2 picks were 5th rounders and the other was a 4th rounder. The second trade on the same day was with Las Vegas, sending Joakim Lund @Bouncyelf away for a S76 3rd and S75 6th. Lund is a welfare and practice facility claimer and has recently claimed is first gen bonus! A great addition to the already talented Sin city team. The third trade of the season so far is big. The Marlins send Lucifer Olivier Leveque to Yukon. In exchange for a S75 1st and S76 2nd. The conclusion of this is that San Diego is in a rebuilding state and is stocking up picks for the 2 upcoming seasons. These are all great moves by IR and Moose @IamMOOSE to help build a team that has what it takes to be succeed in the M.
Player Review
Nathaniel N @NathanN – He’s an average player to be honest with all of you. He chose to go with a playmaker build rather than a scorer and that is not going to immensely help the Marlins. Nathaniel had 31 points last season playing for the same team. His earning has recently gone back to being consistent. Nathan missed 1 full month of updates, making him considered as an inactive to some GMs. It’s great to see someone come back to the VHL once they have gone inactive for a while. Unfortunately, he is the highest earner so far for the Marlis.
Logan Hoffman @nickthe00 – Their second highest earner at 94 tpe, so close to that first-gen bonus! Keep it up buddy! For close to a month, he’s only been earning 2 tpe every week but that has changed as he’s claiming welfare too. But still not the best for the Marlins. In 72 games last season, he had 4 points. His stats have greatly improved this season, which came with the higher earning and better ratings. His scoring sits at 72 with no tpe spent on passing yet. Still he has a rather even point distribution with 5G and 4A.
Bjorn Wilhelm von Luxembourg @d3vilsfire – At 82 tpe, Bjorn has 10 points in the 12 games he has played this season. With 15 shots blocked, the German is definitely good in the D zone of the ice. His build is good, with him focusing on being a playmaker on the ice with good defensive qualities. He started to claim welfare after claiming 2 media spots right after joining the league. Oh no, is he inactive? He hasn’t claim any tpe since the week ending July 26. The Marlins need help in the O zone and him being inactive doesn’t seem to bother his stats at all.
Isaac @Isaac – This is another interesting one. He has 36 tpe banked and 0 applied to the ratings. 36 tpe, what a number. I hate to say it but it’s another inactive. His last claim was the week ending August 30 and that’s closing in on 1 month. However, Isaac already has 6 points in his rookie season. He was drafted by San Diego at 68th overall so no one can ask for much here. Towards the end of the M draft, this always happens.
*Both Isaac and Bjorn are likely to be replaced in the future as they are most likely not going to show any further improvement*
Lauri Korpikoski @Jansgasm – Back to great news, Jansgasm is active. It’s still too soon to tell if the earning will be consistent but considering that Jansgasm’s first player was created in June, I’m quite sure it’ll be consistent. Starting off with a base tpe of 54 sure helped! Lauri has 6 points so far into the season. With 33 hits and only 6 penalty minutes, Lauri Korpikoski sure is knows how to make clean hits on the ice. The scoring and passing ratings are even at 46 and 47 respectively so I’m not too sure what kind of build Lauri will have.
Michael Fletcher @DragonFire420 – Their only goalie has a save % of 0.865 and 4.4 GAA. There isn’t much to say when your team is 2-9-1 right now. He’s put into a starter position immediately after joining so that’s great experience and playing time he’s getting at the moment. Starting with 48 tpe, he’s earning welfare, practice facility and trivia and that got him to 62 tpe in 2 weeks. So keep earning and improving.
That does it for the San Diego Marlins. IR, keep up the great work along with the help of Moose. There are great plans set for this team and their GM is a great guy. I know and everyone knows, having him in the locker room is awesome. All the best to the Marlins! Next one, Philadelphia Reapers! @FrostBeard
Player Information
Username: Jansgasm
Player Name: Lauri Korpikoski
Recruited From: Returning
Age: 17
Position: LW
Height: 73 in.
Weight: 194 lbs.
Birthplace: Finland
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