jacobcarson877

Welcome!

So I’m getting to the point now that I’ve seen nearly everyone (re)create at this point, and we are coming on the last class before my own recreation. Well maybe? I’m considering delaying my recreation for a season to recreate with my dad, and beat him in fair battle. I’m really leaning towards running another goaltender, but I’d concede for a D or C if that’s what the Marlins need on waivers at the time. If I’m making a goalie, the build is pretty simple. If I’m running a D, I want to model my style off of Pierre Emile Bouchard, try to min max that style that did so well in the awards in S87, maybe take some inspiration from what Bo Johansson was building towards. If I run a C, I want to be the king of possession. I have a lot of research I want to do on giveaways and takeaways, as well as manipulating the possession numbers that we can see in the index. This would take some of what I’ve done with Landon Wolanin already, and probably take some inspiration from The Board Game Clue On Skates. Sort of a Lady Byng/Selke perennial contender is the goal. One of the really cool things about being a VHL GM is getting to know how other GMs run their teams, and why some organizations work, and others don’t. It isn’t necessarily the GM or their style that is an issue, it is who they target to bring into their fold to be affected by their style. Ricer has been absolutely perfect for the team we have in Calgary, but I’m very curious to start putting together an idea of who else would be a great fit for me as a member, not just as a player. I Imagine there will be a little more hype around my player next time around given my prolific earning and presumably decent public image, so I wouldn’t want to rope myself into one idea of how my career should go. I do love that my career has been with one organization so far, and by no means would I hold Ricer to keeping my player until retirement, he has an organization to maintain value in, but it has meant a lot to have been invested into as much as I’ve invested into it. Would it be kind of fun to hit free agency next player? Probably would, I’ve never really gotten to do that, but I imagine it could get me a couple more Media Spots worth of content! I wasn’t exactly in the midst of a rebuild in Calgary, but I was at the tail end of the rebuild and that alone, with the hype of coming in and dominating from the start was really fun. I’d also love to join a team at the bottom and force of will bring them to the top. I may as well take the time to copy Gustav and say that I’m working on (convincing my brain to start) some fun Data projects! I still have a lot of questions about player builds that only a larger body of testing can answer. It’ll involve doing some generic test sims (not VHL directly, mostly because I care about the fundamentals not the niche case) similar to what the league must have been up to leading into the hybrid era, to try to uncover some trends and bring to light some of the lesser known elements of STHS. I also want to work on some scraping and such to try to generate some more stats and maybe some more interestingly formatted commentary. I’ll be working on my professional portfolio in the next year or so, so whether these get directly used or are simply practice it’ll at least be useful experience.

Welcome back!

@cl4rk

1. Definitely doesn't feel like an abnormal performance. You never know the true value of goaltending until suddenly its your only concern, so hopefully we don't see that this season. 2. Nice to see DCD in a good spot, but strange to see LAS tumble. 3. Lets go to Nova Scotia! I want fresh seafood!!! 4. Sit him at a computer until he can write enough 500 word articles for every week of his career. 5. Scissors, if I'm feeling crazy I'll do rock. 6. I become a fan of whoever has the best draft every draft.

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I'm gonna go with yes on this one. Lets get this thing back on the road! @scoop can take us away.

Finals rematch had some angst to it!

Is this what they meant by a draft steal?

G - Jesse Teno @Spartan we are done!

@RileyL you're up now!

was selected already! pick again!

Welcome back!

@wcats you can also pick now, and pass along like usual.

BGCoS is now a defender, on your team silly

@JB123 plz pick @aimkin you can go now!

for the new page! 1. jacobcarson877 F - Ronan Lavelle F - Landon Wolanin F - Molly the Cat D - Phil Strasmore D - Pierre Emile Bouchard G - Jesse Teno 2. JCarson F - Sirdsvaldis Miglaskems F - Svatlopluk Puk F - James Teekirque D - Jake Thunder D - Brian Kowalski G - Lachlan Summers 3. RileyL F - Daniel Janser F - Henry Eagles F - The Frenchman D - Biggie Cheese D - Callum Murray G - Clueless Wallob 4. wcats F - Nico Pearce F - Sergey Preobrazhensky F - Larry Abass Jr D - Brian Payne D - Siyan Yasilievich G - Cole Pearce 5. JB123 F - Leandro Goncalves F - John Jameson F - Todd Cooke D - Hammar Voss D - Jens Lekman G - Matt Murdock 6. aimkin F - Tomas Sogaard F - Florida Man F - Igor Molotov D - Mo Probert D - Velociraptor Greg G - Henry Tucker Jr

@JB123 since you're the only one that needs a D you can make that selection anytime.

F - Landon Wolanin F - Molly the Cat @JCarson

D - Phil Strasmore D - Pierre Emile Bouchard @JCarson

What does it mean to have your father in the VHL with you? Here’s a few bullet points. Having to explain really strange internet slang. Listening to him complain about bad moves his GM makes. Listening to him complain about there not being a press conference yet. Getting asked “Did you read my article or just react to it?”, twice a week. (It’s about 50/50) Listening to him complain about not scoring. Listening to him complain about how slow his VHFL group is. Listening to him complain about the draft commentary. Trying to explain that some people are just off putting, they’re not trying to be mean. Having someone to make fun of when my player is doing better than his. Getting to ask “Are you at 500TPE yet?” for many months because I wanted my recruitment TPE. Having someone to complain about all league related things to. Forgetting to speak to my mother on long car trips as we debate the VHLE. (Sorry mom) And most importantly Having your father experiencing the VHL with you. Happy Father’s Day! (to all the VHL dads, but specifically mine)

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@JB123 when you see this, you can make a pick. Until then @wcats is free to keep this thing going!

I really hated this. Congrats everyone?