CowboyinAmerica

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3-2 Legion

202 Bears 203 Americans 204 Reign 205 Bears

Christ, Laflamme's gonna pass McAllister in points

Bears! Forsberg having a hell of a season

Weeee, like seeing a positive

173 Legion 174 Titans 176 Titans 177 Reign

3-2 Bears

NYA D4. The way this season's gone, why not?

Still saying that a win's a win.

That's much, much better.

1. What the shit happened to the goalies? 2. 5 goals and I still can't get one? Something's not right here.

A one goal win is still a win, I'll take it

141 Americans 142 Legion 143 Titans 144 Bears

3-2 Bears

Beautiful. We're starting to get back on track here.

Laflamme hat trick was not what I expected, but I'll take it!

You know when the draft would be? I'd be interested, but I'd want to be there for that.

Man, tough one. Really would have liked that win to get back on track.

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Earlier this offseason, the VHL adjusted its update scale, and in turn added a whole bunch of TPE to each player in the league. Of course, this change has ramifications beyond just player builds, most notably with the salary cap and player minimums - something that the commissioners said they are looking at for this upcoming offseason. However, since I have 200 words to write, here's another two places I'd suggest the commissioners and BOG take a look at adjusting with the increase in expected TPE: VHLM Cap: Historically, the VHLM has forced players to jump to the big leagues if they are over 175 TPE at the start of the season. 175, though, is a bit of an odd number to me, and with the recent changes, it's one that's easier hit. Factor in that the new update scale means that higher TPE players will have a harder time running away from newbies, and it makes sense to me to increase this number. 200 is a nice round number that makes sense to me, and it also correlates better with a likely salary system as well. Plus, it's a number that those in other leagues are familiar with. Carryover TPE: In speaking of that odd 75 number, it's also the cap for carryover TPE. Currently, players that retire in their eighth season carry over 7% of TPE; that means it takes 1071 TPE to carry over the full 75. But again, with inflated TPE totals, I'd expect more people to hit that number than ever before - hell, McAllister's going to hit it in my fifth season. And again, a harder update scale makes the difference between 75 and 0 a bit closer than in the past. So why not increase this one to another round number, like 100? That would take 1429 TPE to hit, which I don't think would be absurd in the current TPE earning range. And yes, this is wholeheartedly self-serving, but I think it's worthwhile too.

Seattle - It's been a slow start to the season for Gabriel McAllister and his agency, both off and on the ice. Due to his agent taking a vacation for the first time in many seasons, McAllister has not been available to the media in over a week. And perhaps that's a good thing, because the Bears, expected to be one of the league's top teams, are currently languishing in fifth place. "I have to say, this certainly isn't where I expected to be one-third of the way through the season," McAllister told the assembled media in his first press conference in a while. "We still have time to turn it around, but we need to get on that, quick." The big issue for the Bears so far has been scoring, as McAllister and Forsberg are the only Bears players above 10 goals. McAllister, meanwhile, has not been as much of a distributor as he expected, with only 9 assists so far this season. "I was originally going to work on my checking ability, but I'm thinking I might need to work on my passing instead," McAllister said. "Either way, something has to change, and I intend to make it happen."

Since that's my dude, let me know if you need any help with anything and I can let you know.

I mean, I guess this is a drunk post. But I'm in Spain and drunk for a good reason. Go Bears. Go me.

Lol. Naturally.