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Hey just so you know, multiclaim articles like this one, to claim for another week, you can just comment and use the comment as the link to claim again as the portal won't let you use the same link twice.

It has been a while since I’ve had this long of an offseason (although my Marlins are still in the mix!), and I’m just now remembering how long the offseason feels. It sounds like there will be major turnover for both the United and Wranglers, so I expect I’ll have a very different outlook over the next couple weeks. I want to give the United at least one more good go with the amazing group we have, and see how our prospects progress. I’m excited to start building up some picks again, and get the opportunity to build up a core from the bottom up. I definitely mourn the fact that I missed the first half of this core’s growth, because I feel a little robbed that I only got a couple seasons with them. And of course the couple seasons I did get with them was filled with a ton of transition and turmoil for a lot of us in our personal lives, so we didn’t get as much time to just hang out together as I had originally hoped. I’m very excited to get this offseason going, and hope we can push for another Cup!

With rumours swirling of a possible Landon Wolanin trade, we’re talking today with Landon’s agent, Ducky Quackerson. Interviewer: Well Ducky, it sounds like a change of scenery might be coming for your client, superstar Landon Wolanin. How has he been dealing with the rumours, and what could this mean for his future? Ducky: It has been an interesting few weeks to say the least. There has been a lot of conversation with Calgary management about the direction of the franchise going forward, and everyone involved seems to agree that with strong prospect classes coming up, and an aging core, that a rebuild is a strong way forward. Landon and Calgary have a strong relationship, and both parties agree that whatever is best for the franchise is best for everyone. Landon is committed to playing for Calgary as long as they employ his services. Interviewer: Have you discussed with Landon any potential destinations? Or are you just letting the higher-ups decide? Ducky: Landon has won a championship, and feels incredibly fulfilled by that. Next on his list is to take the opportunity to take these last couple seasons to take a fringe or rebuilding team to the next level. Get some good scoring opportunities, engage with some fun, young talent, and make the impact on the next generation that players like Saku Kotkakoivu and Daniel Janser had on him. It is very important for him to leave that kind of legacy behind before he retires. He also has a dream of bringing one of the perennial bottom-feeders to a place where they can attract real free agent talent, and start building a culture of winning. Interviewer: Many fans are noting the connection between Landon and the city of London. Is there anything there yet? Ducky: Not that we know of. Of course teams are checking in all the time on a player like Landon Wolanin, and with London’s window closing rapidly, it makes sense that they would have interest. The real concern is whether they would have the assets to pursue such a player, and then also compete in the rebuild market in the coming seasons, especially against a team like Calgary, who have drafted and developed really well over the last decade. Interviewer: Landon has always been floating in the top 10 for goals, points and shots for the last few seasons, but never really made a solid push for any of those leads. How does Landon think he can surpass the likes of Ronan Lavelle and John Jameson going forward? Ducky: Landon is certain that it is not a talent issue. I think most people would agree that those calibre of player are rare, and very difficult to separate. In the end, the player with the most opportunity, and play share will prevail the most often. We will see where the next seasons take him, but keep an eye on him over these last couple of seasons. Interviewer: Thank you for your time Ducky, and best of luck to you and your client this offseason! Should be an exciting one for Wranglers and Wolanin fans alike, and we can’t wait to kick off this offseason with some blockbuster moves!

This is amazing, great work!

People counted my play-in round win last season as a playoff series win, so I say it counts!

Legendary run! First off, so excited for you to be making a return to Western, take care of it for me! Secondly, @Triller for GM immediately (bonus points for a @Subject056 duo) Always refreshing to hear people stepping down for good life reasons, and I'm glad you got to be one of them AJ! Just don't forget to check in on us sometimes, even after you're famous

Very excited to see which VHLM teams deserve to be in the VHL!

i wanted an alliteration and peeling and scraping are like basically the same thing

All of these sound fun! I can imagine how they would be done, at least hypothetically!

1. I think we are just as ready as anyone to win this thing! Lets just hope the offense gets rolling, and Dilson is ready for the challenge! 2. I think with the 91 and soon 93 classes being as dominant as they look to be, it makes a lot of sense to commit to gaining from those huge classes in a rebuild. 3. Calgary and Riga! I think Riga is going to blow up the playoffs this season with a really well rounded and emerging roster. 4. I think putting together a social media post outline (taking your own or another person's graphic and coming up with a clever caption) could be a cool way to do some multimedia stuff. 5. I only ever fished as a kid with way too much energy and absolutely no patience. I think I'd like it now, but I didn't LOVE it back then. 6. Oh it has been many many years now thankfully. Although again, I was a kid, and sitting for hours watching a couple adults do a ritual wasn't my definition of fun, I'm sure a friend's wedding would be far more enjoyable.

Welcome back!

I wanted to formally introduce my project and get some feedback, and maybe some questions that the community has that I might be able to answer. For those who haven’t been reading every single thing I’ve ever written, I am currently working on my portfolio so I can get a job in the scary field of programming things, and I’ve taken a real liking to Data Analysis and Visualization over the last couple of years. Unfortunately, all of my projects involve school resources, and having recently graduated, those aren’t going to be available to me forever. So my goal is to start building up some projects using things I care about, to support my degree on my resume. So here is where you are involved. I want to showcase (and actually have) my talents with web scraping, text formatting and regression analysis. I have done some projects before using a couple seasons of data, manually copied and pasted, but I want to do some more work to make it far more simple, and to increase the scale of data. I have some individual projects that I want to culminate into a relational database, tying users to players, teams, leagues and seasons. All of the stats the indices (that we have of course) along with a few of my own creation (more on that later), in some form of searchable and exportable format. I am currently practicing with player pages on the portal, pulling individual elements from those web-pages and working on creating the player tables. So far so good, just learning how the source of the portal is organized and how I can make logic that works for players and goalies before and after the hybrid era. This won’t end up in the final result, as far as I’m aware, but I want to get something working in an environment I’m familiar with. The next one to tackle, and will definitely be harder, is the indices. I’ll start with scoring and roster pages, importing end of season, and end of playoff builds to make an impromptu build screenshot tool. I know that’s something that @emidas has made for the SBA and I think it’s really cool, even if I can’t perfectly replicate it. The last item, and the interesting one to you folks is parsing the game commentary. I know many of us cry every time we go to the portal and see the toggle for giveaways and takeaways but find out the stats aren’t tracked. I also want to try to track some fun stats like zone exits and entries, and passing percentage. I’ll also grab some of the stats that only the index has, like own shots blocked and own shots missed, and hits taken. I also want to find out how many hits lead to turnovers. If anyone has any other questions they want answered before the next phase of stuff (the actual regression analysis) let me know! What stats do you wish were tracked based on the game logs?

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1. All the regular season is for is determining who gets to compete for the Cup, and we are one of those teams! 2. Absolutely! We should have a strange late season boom that gives us too much confidence. 3. Not in the slightest, I have simply decided to be mid. But hey we had success throughout the lineup and that's what matters! 4. I definitely think there needs to be a team in Minnesota or Boston as those are huge hockey hubs. In Europe I think Madrid or Bern should get another shot! 5. What has a bottom at the top? 6. I play mostly management/strategy games, and then RPGs. My top games are Rimworld, Eastside Hockey Manager, Factorio, Skyrim and Cities Skylines. I have also unfortunately gotten hooked on Rocket League (no I'm not good).

Happy birthday VHL!

It is getting late into the season schedule now, so let’s take a look at the London United prospect pool. Alex Deluca @Deluca Seems to have disappeared for the last month, just shy of the magic 300TPE mark. Rome has a middling roster with a very lopsided talent curve, so I would expect them to be very interested in getting this player to return for next season. Anthony Simmons @Starchychaff Has been plugging away this season for a very strong Philadelphia squad. Earnings have slowed down significantly, but Vasteras will be glad to have his support next season nonetheless. Brad Marchand @McGriddy10 Very similar to Simmons, Marchand has had much less momentum these days, but has had a lot of success on the scoresheet. Hopefully their activity can be revived for Cologne to take advantage of this upcoming talent. Devon Giguere @omniscius Has been an absolute force in net for Houston this season, and will hopefully be continuing to keep this momentum into Vasteras next season. Grunkle Stan-dingyouup @Big Newff They have been showing up exactly long enough to maintain activity in the VHLM, and have been a very solid piece for Houston for some time. Unless the activity increases though, I can’t imagine much VHL upside. Marty Byrd @Marty B Earning at a very reasonable rate in weeks past, but has not been on the site in a couple weeks now. Seems as though he may need a check in soon to make sure that he doesn’t disappear. Nick Sansoe @Tipskid97 Picking away at the TPE, he is performing well in a depth role for the Istanbul powerhouse. They will need to work on establishing a build identity for when they get to the VHL. But there is lots of time to work on that in the offseason and the seasons to come. Sjin @Sjin I’m not sure what will happen with this player down the stretch, as this is the end of their dominant VHLM tenure with the San Diego Marlins. Has the TPE to make an appearance with either London or Oslo, so there will be discussions to be had in the offseason. Swinsola @Swinsola After a slower start in Geneva, their offense exploded in Vasteras. They have the opportunity to lead the team forward, and we shall see whether they will return next season to do the same. If they keep picking away and continuing to make good build choices, they’ll be a great player in the VHL. Thor Odinson @GoalPlays Thor Odinson will be joining the London United next season, and will hopefully be able to accrue some more TPE banked up to be a really useful piece for us next season. Really excited to GM this player for a second time, and see what we can do moving forward! There are a few other players under contract, or with the option of extension heading into the offseason, but until we see some more activity I won’t comment on their development and progression. Having a constant flow of prospects is important for maintaining good cap management and supporting our pieces through the next seasons. In other news, I just passed 3 years on the site! I’ve been all over the place the last few weeks working on a move to a new apartment, so it will be nice to get settled back into a routine here and keep up with the new and exciting content coming from our great members. I’m also heading up the Scouting division of VSN now, and with new writers coming in to join me I’m excited to see what we can do! We’re going to make a real emphasis on tracking first generation players on their paths to the VHL and giving them the spotlight to shine even compared to the top earning recreates.

Most certainly!

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Return of a Marlins legend!

God that Marlins recruitment one got us so many waivers. Nice to see a bunch of your awesome work bundled together!