CowboyinAmerica

Sent $20 for S42. Doubles Doubles Free Week 5 TPE (For reference, still have a free week from S41 I haven't used)

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Overview: 2/2 - I personally might have liked to see a little bit more in the introduction paragraph, but you included all the information that was asked of you, so can't complain. Pros & Cons: 3/3 - You had three of each, and they were well-thought out as well. Appreciated the humor of the cons. Great job here. Grammar: 2/2 - Might have been a little confused by some of your Drew Magary-style all caps exclamations, but nothing that I could find that was actually wrong. Presentation: 1/1 - The colors/underlining/bolding made sense and was easy to read. Overall: 8/8

Content: 3/3 - Excellent read, and glad to see you back! As long as you and everyone else on Davos stays active, could be a big year for the team. Grammar: 1/2 - I'm sorry, but going to have to take a bit more off here than my other grader for that number of easily-catchable mistakes in just over 500 words. If possible, I would suggest running your articles through some sort of spell checker before submitting it here. If the computer you're using doesn't have Microsoft Word or some sort of similar program, then using Google Docs is free and takes about 2 minutes. Given the amount of time it takes to write a normal article, I think it would be worth it. Presentation: 1/1 - Pictures and the title do it for me. Total: 5/6, Average: 5.25/6 Final: 5/6

Content: 3/3 - The coffee never lies, haven't you learned? One day you will, young Jedi. One day you will. (Oh, and well-written and kept me engaged and all that stuff.) Grammar: 2/2 - Honestly, didn't notice anything, which is a solid achievement from me. Good work. Presentation: 1/1 - I don't know whether that Sim is just depressed or really, really into his coffee. Total: 6/6

Content: 3/3 - Is it bad that I'm slightly dismayed at the complete lack of shit anywhere? Because I'm slightly dismayed. Grammar: 2/2 - I was considering being an asshole and saying that you spelled "favorite" wrong, but I'm not an asshole. Leading Team Brekker Bad .. made the = need a subject like "he" in there Presentation: 1/1 - Even the Blue Jay on Encarnacion's shirt has dumbells! I like that. Total: 6/6

Content: 3/3 - I like the brash types, and seems to have worked based on your VHLM Draft position. Well done here. Grammar: 2/2 - Yeah, run-on sentences are a bit of a problem, as the last grader put above. Out of the stuff the last grader didn't put, I care more about stuff like the below. Still though, was solid throughout, and I see these things as minor bumps as compared to a bigger problem. letting prospective = two spaces? as outwardly as he = outwardly.... what? adverb needs to describe something Presentation: 1/1 - Color/italics for the quote is a nice touch Total/Final: 6/6

An excellent run, congrats. Still crazy to me that Gow will be only the team's sixth GM in 42 seasons.

OH SNAP. I mean... Content: 3/3 - You're borderline man - without including the actual trades themselves and the captions for the photos, you're actually under 450 words. Would have liked to see a tiny bit more, but what was there was entertaining so leaning towards the positive side and giving full marks. Although I am sorry to hear about Salo's debilitiating mental injury. Grammar: 2/2 - Just the one small thing below. many deal = many deals Presentation: 1/1 - Works for me. Total: 6/6

Content: 3/3 - Solid writing, thought it was a good look back on the season. Nice job here. Grammar: 2/2 - A comma or two missing, but otherwise just that it's "Devin", not "Devon" Sundberg Presentation: 1/1 - Si senor. Always appreciate setting apart quote boxes too. Total: 6/6

Content: 3/3 - Beat the 500 word mark, was a well-written piece, and it kept me entertained throughout. Solid work here. Grammar: 2/2 - Yeah, maybe a thing or two I would have worded differently, but nothing here that jumped off the page as an actual error. Good job! Presentation: 1/1 - Pictures are pretty. Total: 6/6

Overview: 2/2 - See, without the Position/Number/Etc. stuff, it would have been less than 500 words. But it didn't really seem incomplete to me, so giving you the benefit of the doubt here. Pros/Cons: 2.5/3 - Would have liked to see that other con, but the ones that you did have were solid. 400 words on the pros/cons works for me. Grammar: 1.5/2 - I didn't find anything pressing that the other grader did not already catch, but those are enough for a small dock. Most of them seemed to be the same error though: run-on sentences. If all else fails, just stick a conjunction (and, but, or, etc.) in there with a comma to separate them out more and you should be good. Presentation: 1/1 - Very confused by that last "Focus" but gonna let it slide. Total: 7/8 Final: 7/8

... so if the Air Force base isn't special, then nothing?

So... guess I don't need to change my mock draft quite yet

Oh absolutely dreadful, but always entertaining. I like entertaining. And excellent job Kendrick! Don't plan on giving up that top spot easily.

I'll change my Wolf vote to Slaughter if someone else changes their Thomassen vote to Mike.

There was once a football sim team (GMed by YEAH!) based in my hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. It makes about as much sense as Minot for a sports franchise, only with more chance of dying (Murder Town USA)! But there's precedent, so that's where my support is going.

Happy to provide the inspiration. (To be fair, don't know anything about the SHL guys whatsoever.)

Yeah, originally had you at 4 before I realized Jeltz was draft eligible. Whoops. I'll change that tomorrow.

Calgary (AP) -- With the Season 42 VHL Draft now behind us and games set to begin, VHL scouting departments have already begun to look at the prospects in the minors for the Season 43 draft. One of them is goalie Hans Wingate, who recently told the press some... startling news. "I think I'm going to chance my name to Hans Gow. I need to get on somebody's good side," Wingate joked. Upon being pressed further, Wingate acknowledged that he's looking to attract the attention of the management in both Calgary and Riga, which are managed by the Gow brothers. Entering this season, Calgary and Riga are the only teams without a clear-cut goaltender answer for Season 43, and both could be looking goalie in the next draft. When asked whether this name change is the correct way to go about attracting attention, the man currently known as Wingate demurred. "Creepy? No, it's not creepy at all," the goalie said. "It's a term of endearment. At least, I hope they see it as endearment. Please don't take this the wrong way, Calgary and Riga! Please don't make me go to Davos and back up Sinclair again..."

“Mocks? Anyone know what the hell Frank's gonna do with 1st OVA?” - Michael Clardy, Hopeful VHLM player Ask and you shall receive. Leading up to Thursday’s VHLM Draft, there has been very little on the discussion front in VHLM circles. However, the notion that this will be a boring draft couldn’t be further from the truth. Five different teams hold draft selections in the top six. Oslo, meanwhile, has been loading up on veteran players. Yukon and Bratislava have no picks but return players from Finals runs, and Turku and Saskatoon are still around to liven up the party. Do you know what’s going to happen when the first name is called? I surely don’t, but it never hurts to make a guess. This is one man’s opinion of the Season 42 VHLM Dispersal Draft, with TPE figures accurate as of update pages at the time of this writing. 1. Brampton Blades (from Ottawa) – RW E’Twaun Delicious (103 TPE) What is the centerpiece to a VHLM team? Is it a high scoring center, such as Bismarck Koenig, or a stalwart goalie, such as Jax Barnstormer? Normally I would say goalie, but Brampton represents an interesting case. The team has mid-level VHLM players at both wing (Willcox, Zug) and goalie (Klajums), but none of the current players on the roster are currently practicing. Given the prevalence of high-TPE inactive goalies such as David Blind and Gunnar Skosvgard, however, I think that grabbing a goalie from elsewhere may be easier than a top-flight scorer. You can never have enough offensive threats. 2. Bern Royals – G Hans Wingate (138 TPE) Bern doesn’t have much going for it right now, and unlike Brampton, the team has no goalie to plug into the roster if all else fails. Hans Wingate and Blake Campbell – who is eligible to be drafted after being a waiver pick-up last season – are the clear candidates to be chosen here. I’m going Wingate just because of his new job in the league office and his overall potential. However, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Campbell went here either, especially with his new backing in the Stockholm league office. 3. Minot Gladiators – G Blake Campbell (133 TPE) I personally will be surprised if both top-flight goaltenders aren’t gone in the first four selections. It’s a homecoming of sorts for Campbell, who spend the end of Season 41 with the franchise. Similar to Brampton, Minot does have a backup option in place with David Blind, but in my opinion, no winger or defenseman would provide the same value that an active goaltender would in this spot. 4. Moscow Red Wolves (from Oslo) – RW Vogon Jeltz (107 TPE) The Red Wolves clearly traded up to this spot with somebody in mind, and given the presence of Gunnar Skosvgard on the team, it’s likely not a goalie. Jeltz is clearly the best player left on the board, holding a 40 TPE edge over every other winger. Moscow will need the firepower to replace Ziedins, and this sets them up for the season at the right wing slot with little worry. 5. Moscow Red Wolves – D Michael Clardy (43 TPE) Having just taken the highest winger on the board, it wouldn’t surprise me if Moscow then turned its attention to the defensive side. It’s rare to see a player jump in with both feet in such a strong manner, but with a biography, rookie profile and even a podcast already completed, Clardy has certainly already made his name known in scouting circles. Pairing Merica with Clardy gives Moscow potentially two of the highest upside players heading into the Season 43 draft, an advantage they certainly couldn’t pass up. 6. Brampton Blades – RW Josh Merica (44 TPE) Merica has been adamant that he should be the first overall pick, and based on the pure potential that he has shown in combines thus far, I’m not one to disagree with him. However, due to preexisting players that already held some TPE, Merica falls all the way down to the six slot. He’s certainly a steal there for Brampton, however, who may now have their right winger of the future for the next two seasons. Come playoff time, Merica may be one of the deadliest wingers in the league. 7. Minot Gladiators (from Turku) – RW Benjamin Zeptenbergs (67 TPE) After going goalie earlier, it’s time for Minot to turn its attention elsewhere. Not just the most well-progressed winger currently on the board, Zeptenbergs is still an active member of the community, even putting in time on the practice rink just a few days ago. Getting drafted by Toronto, his preferred VHL destination, should presumably push him forward with an even greater velocity. Zeptenbergs is a safe pick for the franchise. 8. Ottawa Lynx (from Saskatoon) – D Golden Jedtsson (51 TPE) I was tempted to put goalie Not Active in this spot knowing Ottawa’s need at the position, but he has not shown up much in the practice arena since declaring for the draft. Instead, I will go the best player available route. While I could certainly make an argument for Francis York Morgan as a higher upside defenseman, going the safe route with Jedtsson doesn’t seem to be a bad move. Already holding a job in the league office and with his player agency having placed players in the VHL before, Jedtsson should certainly know the ropes. 9. Bern Royals (from Yukon) – D Francis York Morgan (40 TPE) Having just joined the VHLM just over two weeks ago, Morgan has already made a name for himself with some strong practices in the early going. This draft is all about potential, and Morgan has it in spades, providing Bern some strong protection for the already-selected Wingate. The Clardy v. Morgan battle may very well become the talk of the Season 43 VHL draft if both players continue on their current rate, and Morgan being taken lower than he should here provides excellent motivation. 10. Ottawa Lynx (from Bratislava) – C Severin von Karma (86 TPE) The idea of a low-upside, high-TPE player fits in perfectly with Ottawa’s pre-existing team, which needs some sort of stablizing presence. But that’s not to say that von Karma will not improve. Eligible for the draft as a Season 41 waiver pickup, von Karma has progressed at a decidedly slower rate since the turn of the new year, but he has still progressed. Will his selection by Stockholm in the VHL Draft light a fire under him? It’s possible, but unless it shows itself by Thursday, it won’t be enough to put him up draft boards.

Content: 3/3 - Or, when in doubt, write an article about point tasks! I'm not necessarily sold on the idea (mostly skeptical that the league would be able to keep up the work involved), but enjoyed reading your argument for it. Grammar: 2/2 - I'm not sold on capitalizing each of the VHL-related terms like you did here, but it's not something that I'd ever dock for. Otherwise, it's just the one spelling mistake. Good job. trakcing = tracking Appearance: 1/1 - Good by me. Total: 6/6

Content: 3/3 - Three cheers for Harumpf! Definitely got some chuckles out of me, enjoyed reading it. Grammar: 2/2 - Just one thing of note here, was well-written throughout Harumpf enjoy spending time = Harumpf enjoys spending time Appearance: 1/1 - Mainly just for Olga Total: 6/6

Content: 3/3 - Good breakdown of the end of the season, and I could tell you did your research from the box scores. Well done. Grammar: 1.5/2 - A few errors, but mainly docking because it seemed to be a little sloppy towards the end. Read over once more before posting, and catching stuff like "to pot a couple" or the two periods should give you full marks. The Brampton Blades = "The" doesn't need to be capitalized Wild finishing the regular season = Wild finished the regular season 59 Wins, 11 Losses and 2 Overtime Losses = don't need to be capitalized and Yukon goalie = and Yukon's goalie less then 2 minutes = less than 2 minutes most complete season's = no apostrophe needed to pot a couple = to put a couple this to say.. = this to say: Appearance: 1/1 - I appreciate people who do captions on pictures. Total: 5.5/6