CowboyinAmerica

Can I wait and claim higher TPE when other people get fucked up by the max start thing?

Of course it was Ball. Mr. Clutch.

Dynamo Bears Americans Legion

Riga 3-1

Fifth it looks like. I am the most knowledgeable about hockey. (I'm not.)

Well, the draft application isn't working for me on multiple browsers, and I don't feel like fucking around with it anymore, so it's an auto team for me! Good luck to all.

Only for lurking/subreddit filtering purposes

Pssh, no goals? Failure.

I mean, we have 4 forwards above 600 TPE - including the reigning MVP - with the three on the top line all having 99 scoring. Clearly, scoring two goals or less in 7 of our 8 games this season (and the one we scored 3 was against LeBeau!) makes all of the damn sense in the world.

ALL OF THE 2-1 LOSSES ARE BELONG TO US.

A: Yup, when you're drafted it's like a 3 year VHLM contract, only without the actual money. That goes with you even when traded.

It makes zero difference whatsoever to your point, but Oslo actually beat Brampton, who had upset Ottawa in the NA Conference finals behind Evgeni Chekhov and Filip Forsberg. The devil's advocate part of the argument is that super teams are full of players who are relatively active, and thus in turn can inspire their teammates to be as active as well in a way that complete parity cannot. Who's to say that, for example, Phil Villeneuve and Kai Randal (Bratislava's 4th and 5th picks last season) would still be here if not for their active team?

That's what I meant. Jerruh unfortunately has enough money to do whatever the hell he wants.

Different argument obviously, but I can see it as worthwhile.

I predict Steve Smith will go to the Broncos. Everybody else is...

I really, really hope Molholt nails it. But just in case... 3-1 Toronto

Glad you're sticking around man. I stayed out of the arguing threads on purpose, but I know that type of thing would scare away a lot of people.

So many people are picking Cologne and New York? OK then. Bears Reign Meute Dynamo

With Ware, it had to do with the structure of his contract. If the Cowboys traded him, they likely would have had to eat most of his signing bonus, which was at least $10 million this year IIRC. Through cutting him, they didn't have to pay as much guaranteed money.

So what really matters here: Can we please put this rule in big flashing neon lights in multiple places, as well as make sure all VHLM GMs know the intracacies? Because I feel like the real problem here is Bern banking on Olynick, when they possibly should have been more aware of the consequences.

FWIW, this isn't exactly the same as the Molholt situation. He would have sent Mike over the cap, while Cologne has plenty of room to bring up Olynick if need be. Just a note.

Pouring one out for Demarcus Ware. And throwing out an old piece of pizza for Miles Austin.

Four games into the VHL season, who would you expect to be the league leader in hits? Well, it’s not Odin Tordahl, everybody’s selection for best two-way forward. It’s not Anatoli Zhumbayev, either. It’s also not a defenseman like Lefevre, Jack Sound, or either defenseman Valiq. It’s the Seattle Bears’ Karsten Olsen, who has an incredible 30 hits through four games. “What can I say? I still think like a defenseman sometimes,” Olsen told assembled reporters after the team’s most recent game against Davos. “I like to hit guys.” In that game against Davos, Olsen went on a hitting spree, amassing 12 hits in just over 32 minutes of ice time. On two of those hits, Karsten went after his brother Jarkko, which resulted in the Davos winger losing the puck. At this current rate, Olsen would finish with an unbelievable 540 hits on the season. The current record holder is Tukka Reikkinen, who had 430 hits for the New York Americans in S30. While Olsen isn’t likely to keep up his current rate, is the hit record on his mind? “Not particularly,” Olsen said. “It’s way too early to think about that type of stuff. I’d just like to win a few more games first.”

Cap Control With Zach Warren For 3 seasons, financial analyst Zach Warren of Ernst & Young has been the man behind the mask, handling full salary cap handling duties for the VHL. Entering Season 37, he has decided to look at some of the cap situations of VHL teams a little bit more closely, revealing some of the inside scoop he sees from the teams’ current situations. Most teams (except for Toronto) are under the cap for Season 37. But what about Season 38, 39, or even further into the future? Warren has decided to point out a team from each conference that can fit into three distinct categories: Sitting Pretty (with cap space to grow moving forward), Surprisingly Solid (should not have any major issues moving forward), and Warning Signs (may have some issues in the future). Last week, we examined the North American Conference. This time, we focus our attention on Europe, where Davos is now ruling the roost. But will it continue that way into the future? Perhaps the cap can decide… Sitting Pretty: Cologne Express What if I said — and trust me, this is an outlandish concept in VHL circles — you didn’t have to completely bottom out in order to retool and go for a championship? While inaugural general manager Joey Kendrick may not have had the success he was looking for when he signed on as top dog, his ultimate Cologne legacy may in fact be leaving the pieces for new GM Alexander Schneider to be able to build a dynasty. With two first round selections this year, which turned out to be Blaine Olynick and Lars Strummer, and four first round selections next year, Cologne is set for the future. However, they also still have a present, with two years of Kameron Taylor and Malcom Spud, three years of Evgeni Chekhov (until Olynick is ready), and four years of David Collier. And the best part? Because Edwin Encarnacion is the only player to move from a rookie to a veteran contract for Cologne over the next two seasons, they are not likely to see a cap crunch with the current roster. So let’s move two seasons into the future, to S39. Taylor and Spud are gone. Chekhov is likely shipped off. Collier is depreciating. Is Cologne done for? Of course not! Olynick and Strummer will be in their third season, all S38 draft picks will be in their second season, and Schneider’s recreated player (which, remember, does not have to be a goalie with Olynick) will be in the pipeline. Cologne will not feel the sting of cap trouble until S41, the fourth season for all of those draft picks. That’s a great place to be. Surprisingly Solid: HC Davos Dynamo Already at the top of the European Conference, some VHL watchers may be expecting Davos to see a slight decline in future seasons as cap hits catch up to them. However, especially in the wake of Odin Tordahl’s departure to New York, GM Victor Alfredsson may not need to make many tough cap-related decisions after all. Next season, the Dynamo currently have $9,000,000 on the books, and, most importantly, many of next year’s contracts such as Matt Bentley and Lennox Moher include expected raises from rookie contracts to veteran contracts. The contracts on the books for the Dynamo will not need to be increased much past current levels to catch up to TPE minimums. That means, especially with Sergei Brovalenko’s recent retirement, the Dynamo will potentially have the money to re-sign once-again-active Jarkko Olsen or potentially add another piece. Past next season, the Dynamo won’t have any more players moving from rookie to veteran contracts — every player that could be on the squad other than Azmet Ali is S35 or older. In addition, Lebedev will have his $3.25 million come off the books, and Landry, Olsen and Zamora will all be creeping towards veteran contracts. The Dynamo won’t have much room to improve the roster in coming seasons, but they won’t lose many players either. Warning Signs: Riga Reign When exactly is the Reign’s expected championship run set to occur? Season 38? It better be, because once their rash of S36 draft picks start to hit prime contracts, the team’s cap situation could quickly start to turn ugly. Riga’s problem is one similar to Seattle’s and is a problem that any team would love to have: The team’s players are simply producing TPE at a too high rate to be sustainable. At this rate, Riga could very well see multiple players on $3,750,000 or higher minimum contracts by Season 39: Blade, McQueen, both Gows, and Szatkowski Jr. Add to those expected high prime contracts some high rookie deals with Fjorsstrom and KJA, and general manager Mike Szatkowski may be making some tough cap decisions quicker than he originally expected in this rebuild. In the past, Riga’s strategy for getting under the cap was simply to trade the goaltender. However, with a player from Szatkowski’s agent himself playing goalie, pulling a Sterling Labatte will not be an option for the team this time. So, with a potential cap crunch in S39 or maybe S40, who’s the player who gets the axe? Mikey Blade is the newcomer, but he also would hit veteran contract status before any other player. Brennan McQueen is likely to have the highest cap hit, but then again, high cap hit means stars. Mike may need to trade current pieces for younger (or older) stars in order to keep his run sustainable.

Who needs to score more when you can just hit everybody?