hedgehog337

1. Happy belated fathers day! Did you celebrate it? 2. Or, do you ever plan to become a parent at some point? 3. Lots of members are complaining about the heat while I'm crying about ''only 20C''. What should I do to turn things around? 4. How's the Avs vs Tampa finals so far for you? 5. What are your feeling on EU conference still being stacked as hell? 6. How more do you think you can spend on sim leagues before calling it quits?

The E draft is soon and I'll have to witness on how far AK is going to drop. Or not. He has a good amount of TPE so he deserves to be high. Also, I won't even watch that draft because hedge sleep meme. Don't know much about the draft, I just know Istanbul has 5 picks in the first two drafts, that's wassup. Also, I've been contanced by 3 teams so far. One of them had to move out from talks quickly as they have too much defensmans. But hey, thanks for talking regardless. The offseason is about to end...in a week and half? Good lord, that's a long time. I guess thanks, cause I'm not gonna pay much attention to sim leagues from thursday to sunday and maybe even beyond. I've heard we're finally getting some heat and I'm ecstatic about it. Who cares about sim leagues when you can go to the beach and chill. Anyways yeah, only one trade from Riga so far. Carter had to go and considering he was pending FA. The price was somewhat fine. Got a second rounder plus a player on ELC which certainnly gives us an opportunity to make a decent roster with some depth. Another idea for a trade is swirling around so we may see an interesting trade soon probably. Speaking of which, @Frank is in shambles. His player is still hanging on Toronto and having a very uncertain future cause the cap space and stuff. I guess someone like Chicago is gonna put a cheap ass price to take him and make a decent contender, but hot damn. Also, Oilman retiring just to give Seattle a cap relief, that's some lmao moment. Not much sympathy for this team cause they managed to rob A FIRST ROUND PICK away from NY for pre much a cap dump. They'll be fine I reckon. And they did sign a 5.5M deal with a player who has a questionable build and already used the free reroll option...are they really really trying to go back to back? Anyways, EU conference is still a dogfight. 7 teams are having a chance for the playoffs and only Malmo can relax and dream about winning the first overall pick. Moscow - lost Idaho which is a hella blow imo. I know other players did good too, but not having this player might have a negative effect on offense. Still a major contender; Warsaw - looks pretty dangerous, but what's up with low skating defs. sheesh; Riga - the roster not ready yet lol. But should be fine regardless; Helsinki - finally a decent roster, though defense is a question. Think they should make it this season....to the playoffs, I did say nothing about winning it all; Davos - Alex is having his quest for the GMoTY award. team is depending too much on two big time forwards and goaltending. Might squeak into the post season; Prague - trying to step back from contending, but their offense is still decent. Might have some fight left in them; London - Dil is coasting to the rebuild sooner than later so he didn't do much this season. Probably too mid to make it. Malmo - no stress. But hey, NA is finally having some life too. DC brought Idaho, Calgary fortifying their D spot, Chicago is somewhere there lurking too. Too bad the playoff fight there is still too predictable but hey, at least some movements there. Ok, enough words. That's it and I'm out.

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I really have no idea why you tagged me definitely no reason whatsoever for sure it's not about VHL or managing something, right?

1. Do you plan on bulking or cutting in your training routine this offseason? Stay where it is. 2. Which attribute would you Jaromir Jagr right now (i.e., no depreciation)? Defensive coverage likely. 3. Who is your favorite prospect heading into this years draft? Outside of my player, Dogwood looked like the best first gen 4. What brand would you prefer to sponsor you? any sponsor that does good hoodies 5. Avs or Tampa? Avs 6. If you were to trade life with anyone for a day who would it be? No one lol. I'll just stay me instead

So the draft happened. Which I didn't attend to because I chose sleep. Could've been a trifecta of my most famous meme, but there was one problem...I had no picks to begin with. However, there was still an intrigue going around. About my player in particular. I had some idea where could I go, but there was nothing certain. I was mostly sure he will go mid to late first round, but where? First of all, I will name teams that did have some scouting on AK after my previous article. Moscow was the first team that approached me. I feel like Spartan was having an interest on my defenseman from the get go, but thought it was a pipe dream since we're both GMing European teams. So he was having a surprise moment when I was not ruling Moscow out. At the end, he was made it known he is very interested in drafting the hoodie guy if he drops to any Moscow picks. Then Toronto came. In that article I was putting them into the uncertain category. They had decent amount of younger defs, but neither of them seemed a big threat of my quest of putting big stats. We had a brief talk about my player, but that was about it after. Probably Doom wasn't really a fan of my answers I guess. A day or two before the draft two more teams approached me. First off Prague. We had some time talking trades with Acyd and in one of them he mentioned AK. He had a plan on drafting a franchise D with one of his picks. The move that came to frution, except he drafted another defenseman. Oh well. And the last team was Quebec...Vancouver. I'm not sure what exactly city the old-new GM Frank wants to represent lol. Anyways, this place was looking intriguing to me after Kowalski was traded out and I was mentioning it to him. Anyways, as we can see, AK92 went in the draft. Certainly lower than Dogwood Maple. Like I said I wasn't attending the draft. I was hoping to check the draft stream in the morning first so I couldnt have spoilers, but apparently it was done via YT instead of Esso twitch. I had to dig it to the discord for searching the draft stream link, but my eyes went too much over the place to keep it a secret. Seeing the ping in the Moscow LR meant that I didn't even have to search for the link anymore cause why would even Spartan ping me if he didn't draft me. If only as a joke or something. So the only question was - 13th or 15th overall. 13th. Spartan was for sure so excited to have the hoodie man that he didn't even want to wait. He definitely knew I was the part of the only Moscow championship to this date so he is pulling this strategy. Let's see if this thing work. Though, there are still some questions left. I'm pretty much sure AK's rookie season is about to be trash cause Markinson is about to take most of them stats. What about after him? Powers is still there and Flynn too?? Though he is about to be double regressed at the time of the debut of Hoodie. To be honest, to have some interest in my player I need stats. Without them, I don't think I will have lots of fun and even my TPE earning rate may slow down cause the lack of interest in my player. Time will tell what happens in the ELC period of AK. I can't predict what is going to happen in a month, two or in a year. I only can say that I want to max earn right now. Will it be doable? Shrug emoji. That's it and I'm out.

w4 oh no I have to write something again next week ffs

1. We lost to Moscow (again) how do you feel about your players performance in the playoffs? That was boring as hell. nothing really worked out 2. Who are you hoping to win the title now? I guess Moscow? let Spartan to cheer about something finally 3. Does Riga try it again with the same core next year? (only hedge can answer this ) No because Sandstrom is retiring following this season 4. Are you taking a vacation between now and the offseason training or heading straight to the gym? straight to the vacation and never coming back before the season. 5. Are you paying more attention to the NBA or NHL Finals? NHL 6. Do you have any pets? Not as of now

Go Riga

I know one person who voted for me but didnt expect there were more. Thanks in advance!

w3

1. What's your message for Riga as we head into the first round? Let's become the new meta! 2. What's the biggest surprise for you when it comes to playoff seeding? I know DC wasn't really supposed to be super competitive this season but really being swept by CHI? omg bruh oh hell naw man wtf man 3. Does your pregame routine change for the playoffs? lol no. just wear the gear and get into the ice 4. Any advice for the first time playoff teammates? don't be scared 5. Only 5 teams left in the NHL, order them by your preference of winning. Canes Colorado Rags Tampa EDM 6. We're almost into summer - any big plans? just hoping for the hot sun and having a vacation by the end of it

now that you liked my post and I forgot to put you there @FrostBeard for not leaving me here as the only notable Latvian here ok also @GRZ then too

1. We are at the end of the season with only a handful of games left, what do you think of Riga's performance vs your expectations at the beginning of the year? slightly better than I thought. though couldve been even better maybe? 2. Do you plan on re-rolling your play if you already haven't? no as of now 3. If you were forced to re-roll (hypothetically) would you build your player any different? not really. I'm not in mood to experiment with builds now 4. Based on the events so far, how do you think you are doing with your VHL predictions? not that gread tbh 5. Will a Canadian team make the finals this year in the NHL? 97 and 29 have to do even more carry from now on 6. Do you watch the World Cup of Hockey , if so, is it more for the players on your favorite NHL team or your country? mostly was watching for Latvia. well didnt make it to playoffs again so ehh

Today is Friday. It means I can relax and drink some. That means I could be more positive today for the theme week. Let's see. Appreciation media here. @Viedais - the person who brought me to this league and he didnt even know that. I have 2 hof players here? Thank him. I'm still Riga GM after 5+ years? Thank him. @hedgehog337 - the best member inn this league and don't even at me. @Molholt - being part of that three peat dynasty was cool even though Ben had to retire after first two championships. So here's my thanks. @hedgehog337 - the best GM in this league and don't even at me. @Tyler - helped me during my early days with Riga. I was a confused fella at that point, but he was chill with it and also was ok with swithing positions when it needed. By the way thanks for not reporting me for that tampering on Flyersfan lol. @hedgehog337 - the best human being in this league and a handsome fella in general. I appreciate that. @Kendrick - though he wasn't a fan of spending time in Riga cause he spent there previously for shitload of seasons already before. He was ok with giving it another go which certainly helped us in back to back. King was indeed a King there. @hedgehog337 - he's done so much for this league he need to be commish right now! idek what he did but for sure something big! @Will - John Locke ftw @hedgehog337 - @Victor / @MubbleFubbles - the S62 and 63 draft classes did also big, but the whole playoff streak started with these two. And Vic is a cool fella as well so there's an appreciation from me. Also shoutout to @Devise for producing a steal. @hedgehog337 - I think he should become a president! @Tate - some members were really baffled when I picked him at #1 OV back then....ok I didn't pick, but THAT WAS MY PLAN REGARDLESS!!! Glad to see I'm being proven right so there's my appreciation. Also my first AGM and a cool fella in general. @hedgehog337 - even being slightly drunk doesn't stop him from being handsome! @Nykonax - played a big part on Riga success in early 70's. Test simming goes hard. The longest tenured Riga AGM actually too. And actually it was him who picked Tate lol. @hedgehog337 - he's teaching us some lessons like if you're feeling tired, go to sleep. Even if it's the VHL draft day. Incredible insight! @Matt thunder - tbh a special member to me. He really was reminding of me when I was slowly getting into this league and becoming a steal with Zeptenbergs. The same happened with Thunder. I'm wondering if I wasn't holding him back from applying banked TPE on Thunder....maybe Riga would've been better FOR REAL? Idk, but still it was real nice to have him Riga. Good luck with your goalie! @hedgehog337 - did you see that S75 draft and which team had the most picks there? GOAT GM!!! Everybody should appreciate that they were witnessing that greatness. @Ledge - speaking of which. My third AGM and one of two survivors from the S75 Riga draft class. Really was helping me on drafts. Like Thunder, never was planning to leave Riga despite of meh results. Really appreciated here. @hedgehog337 - the creator of sleepy GM meme! so many members had a good time with this so thanks to him for that. @Eynhallow - the second survivor of that draft class. Also a huge contribution on forum locker room. Pretty much the last time Riga forum LR was relevant. Shame I dropped the ball by summer, but ehhh. Also got to know Leafs a bit better cause of him lol. @hedgehog337 - puts smile on members faces by his avatar! how could you not love him??? @Spaz - speaking a about activity...well, not in forum locker. But most of time Riga discord LR is poppin, he is there. So you know the level of his activity. Also helped us to not scramble for a goalie each offseason after Harvey was done. Shoutout to @Zetterberg and Ledge for suggesting Tobias to me, though I think Ledge actually did pick him, not me. @hedgehog337 - was making first gens happy by picking them early in the first round thus helping the retention! @Lemorse7 - the general of counting and red pandas are cool. Also thanks for not quitting after being caught on multis. Actually lots of memebers deserves thanks and appreciation. Like @jRuutu for banger medias, @boubabi, @pennypenny, @Bushito, early Nyko and @Dil etc for being entertaining by being in midst of some controversy or just having trolling ways. As the main VHL's bystander I do apprecitate that! oh yeah just remembered to appreciate @Renomitsu for having a successful comeback which def helped Riga. ....but also @hedgehog337 for being such an awesome guy! that''s it ad I'm out

it would've been cool if they were performing in playoffs like wolverines instead we got ravens 2.0 for a moment

w2

1. Which nhl series has surprised you the most? Nashville flopped and Dallas fought harder than I thought. 2. Did your team get knocked out, move on, or wasn’t even in the playoffs for the nhl? The team didn't even make the playoffs...welp. 3. What would have been your guess for game 7s this year in the first round? Mine would’ve been about 3-4. Probably in same range. Some series had game 7 written on it. 4. Us Reign have been fighting hard in what looks like a close 3 way race for 1st in the league, are you happy with our regular season so far? Fine. Gotta take less annoying losses and we're gucci. 5. What’s the funniest thing that’s happened to you in the last few weeks? being sick for the 4th time since last October...honestly it's funny at this point. 6. Favourite kind of croissant? Mine is a cheese one! choco would be cool

woohooo LA is saved!

Sad to see such a legendary team as LA being merged with some Americans!

Ruutu to Helsinki be like

next time on BSN: Problems in Malmo ?! The AGM is being abused by a tyrant Dom!!! #CancelDom #Malmao

I guess he won't be drafted by Riga