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Ronan Lavelle @KaleebtheMighty

He just bought it @Josh @Brandon @Danzo to confirm just in case also tagging @MexicanCow123 on this change

2y later and the rules werent updated on this matter. bruh so its legal though sus

well, no. Never seen in rules that freshly signed FA cant be traded and I looked at it like 30 min ago maybe I'm blind or so

give @samx all the perms done deal

1. We made the playoffs (aka wildcard), what's the atmosphere like in the room? summer is coming atmoshpere, chilling outside 2. What do you think was your best contribution to the team this year? you mean who? Frenchman and Tucker Jr in this case I guess 3. Who did you think the team MVP is this season? Frenchman imo 4. Any guesses on who is going to win the VHL draft lottery (or who youd like to see)? dont care ngl. lets give it to NYA for lulz 5. Thoughts on Connor Bedard to Chicago? kinda indifferent....except Columbus was also in this fight. meh 6. What is your go-to beverage? I'm on my beer watch, third day in a row. iihf hockey is still on so more to come

1. by looking at our record so far, is it time to look forward for the next season already? 2. when do you think VHL could get back to good activity levels? 3. if you watch NFL, how did your team did in the draft in your opinion? 4. your opinion on the this season's theme week? 5. your opinion on the theme week as a whole? 6. do you plan to stay active on VHL in summer time?

1. Still bad. Time to panic? 2. What to do to revive Weaver? 3. The same for Torq? 4. Do you feel activity in VHL has dropped? 5. Your first thoughts on NHL playoffs? 6. Do you watch NBA? who you rooting for if the answer is yes?

For the first time in a long time I'm lost for words. I was just so close to claim a welfare and only having two more sim leagues kinda helped this cause. I do not know for how long it's gonna help me though. The time progresses as my thoughts about my place in simulation leagues. Sometimes I'm just wandering aimlessly through Riga streets with one thought on my mind. What am I even doing in sim leagues? I guess the post traveling depression or blues or wtf is that even called is a thing cause it's been so empty after I came back home. Driving courses, cinema, circus; none of these things helped me. I'm still empty. Now sitting here with yet another bottle of beer on side and being ready to take a cognac I brought from Albania to have a good sleep. The only hope left is the work. Maybe it will bring me back to life and restore my feelings towards sim leagues. Though for the latter part - do I even want that hope? The worst part is it's has nothing to do with the performance of Riga. It's underwhelming, what more can I say. Multiple lines changes resulted in empty results. Just like me right now. I did another one like two days ago and I think I will not ever change these this season. It doesn't matter anyways. Sim decided to give us a luck last season and took this shit away in this one. I don't get it. Apparently buying players = doing fuck all these days. Oh wait, I'm wrong. Not even the first time everything goes to south when I'm buying. I guess buying is forbidden for me. Only bringing free agents like DeGrooth and be happy with it. Yeah, that will work. Just stamped this thought in my notebook. Sorry GM's I'm no longer buying stuff. I don't even visit the team scoring or standings pages cause I have no interest really. I know Frenchman was tettering around PPG zone, but others were lower that mark. Clarke's luck is slowly declining and others are struggling to get that in the first place. I noticed Tucker has been brought to light again, but of course no win streak followed. That pretty much means everything here. Sim has no plans for us now. Torq having a huge drop in production having me looking at this with the ''are you serious'' face. Weaver having struggles to get back to his last season form. All in all, this season is describing me to the fullest. I went [to] south and the team performance went the same way right from the get go. Then I came back with the PTD and the team continues to perform empty games like not scoring at all. Now I'm floating around for a hope for something....the team has the same idea. Time will tell if this was just tough period. I think by the trade deadline it will be known. Specifically for @Spartan - AK is aight and I want more thank you very much. That's it and I'm out.

1. Riga currently sits last in the conference. What do you think has been the main contributor to this unfortunate start? Just not lucky and forwards needing better defending skills imo. 2. What’s the key to getting back on track in order to make the playoffs? being more lucky and forwards needing better defending skills imo. 3. Curtis Crumb currently sits Top 10 in rookie scoring. How well is he adjusting to the VHL? he's been fine. can't expect whole world out of him 4. What specifically do you want your player to do more to help this team make the playoffs? defending better 5. The Boston Bruins are the heavy favorite to win the Stanley Cup - do you think they continue the perfect season and if not, who is taking them out? idk too lazy to think. maybe leafs finally shocks whole world 6. BBQ season is upon us - what is your favourite thing to BBQ? the classic. shish kebab

Honestly the vacation completely shifted my mind from the sim leagues. It's been tough to get into the usual rhythm after traveling. And I'm not gonna lie, it remains to be seen if I actually can pull that off. I'm still not in good enough mood to talk much about VHL and stuff. It's just my second day in Riga since traveling as I was on my hometown tomorrow and today so all I can do at this point is yet another uninspired article. Mostly for affilate leagues. Back in the days the current Riga record (especially at the start) would've made me mad. During my absence, however I had a rather a meh reaction instead of a rage. I think we're a good enough team to pull it off anyways even in a ultra competitive Europe conference. Though some problems are still there - trash PK, not so impressive PP and defensive play is just lacking as hell. Add my inability to be often available into the mix as the wifi connection in Montenegro was not great. And I was not willing to pay a shitload for my own connection. So here it is, the product of all of these things. In hindsight, the questionable wifi there was a blessing for me as it gave me more chances to be outside rather than spending my times with my phone. I certainly was having more fun by exploring new places. And spending my time on phone was getting boring real quick because of that. So you know what? Sorry not sorry. Being out of the net made this journey more fun for me. Now that I'm back and still trying to get myself into this. I'm not sure what to tell. Not a good record. Not so much luck at the beginning though it's been a bit better as of late. Still ways to go and now that Tucker should have way better statline I think we will be back in it at some point. Clarke has been a pleasant surprise so far. He decided to take Weaver's bread and be a leader himself. The build change does some wonders I guess. Still waiting when the sim is gonna like Torq finally or maybe more lines changes needed. I don't know and I'm still lazy. Honestly it's been a unwelcoming surprise to see Preo and Weaver not having a good chemistry. Frenchman does still look as the more suitable partner for Weavs....and Clarke. Was thinking about reuniting Frenchman/Weaver/Sadie lineup, but if Clarke still has it why change then. Some trade talks were happening, but I didn't care enough to have any panic movement. We'll see how it goes by the trade deadline and then decide. Vancouver did some changes bit they seem retooling anyways so I was not really surprised. In overall, I still have a free week so maybe I'll use that time to stay outside more again. And then the summer coming....does that mean I'm on the hot seat already? That's it and I'm out.

Sergey Preobrazhensky forward @dlamb

Brian Kowalski defence still @Arce

The team has agreed to keep the same captains rosters as last season. Enough said. C - Daniel Weaver @ThePerfectNut A - The Frenchman @OrbitingDeath A - Henry Tucker Jr. @NSG HC - Sadie St - Louis @sadie Don't forget to congratulate our caps!

Henry Eagles forward @dlamb

Honestly, my mind isn't really focused on sim leagues as of now. The vacation is coming up with all of this preparation and stuff. So this article is very skippable, I'd say. Also, with the vacation coming in I'm not even sure if I'll even send lines. The index may be posted too late so I will have to ask someone. Worry not, I guess. Kelvie or Alex to the rescue! By the way, it looks funky - a Davos GM helping a Riga GM...oh yeah Skor is playing in my team so it all checks out. Nothing else is about to happen in offseason in Riga so here's the final roster for the season opener. Looks fine for me. People would argue our forward lineup isn't super elite...yeah I wouldn't argue much with this. We're having a balanced team with pretty much no weaknesses. And signing Crumb was a nice touch imo. The chances are signing a higher TPE def would just mess up with the roster's balance. Having a lower TPE player is nice and Crumb is still going to do some background job at defence and I'm fine with that. Two bigger moves happened before the draft though. Now that Riga actually managed to make the playoffs last season; it was a signal that it's time to make moves. The statline wasn't so pretty as our actual performance and staying put would put us in danger of missing this time. The first one was Preobrazhensky. I was already being teammates with him in Moscow so it's a nice touch here. Also I didn't even have to spend much. Just a 5 spot drop in draft. And we still managed to claim a quality draftee in Wheeler. Bulduray also signed with us for the rest 2 seasons of Sergey's career. All in all, I like everything about this deal. Now, with Torq. We already had a good defensive lineup, but I felt like we would fall short without a legit star at the blue line. Couple of searches later and my eyes were on the main Malmo's defenseman. Some back and forth with Kaleeb and the deal is done. It did suck to move Knievel though. In fact, I had more second thoughts about him rather than picks. Quite frankly, I don't really care about S89 picks. Even if the draft ends up as a decent one, I was still not feeling at that moment. So I was real fine to move these S89 picks out as long as I have S90 intact. Anyways, we needed more big time players and I pulled the trigger. That's the whole story. Not in details of course, but I'm not having much mood to do so. My only mood is the vacation so deal with it. I'm also hoping for a good start as I don't want to spend my time trying to figure out lines while I'm in Montenegro getting lai....no that's a bit harsh. While I'm chilling there, that's what I wanted to tell. That's it and I'm out.

1. Riga added Max Torq from free agency - how about a nice welcome for the stud defensemen? It was already mentioned, but yes he came in via trade. But also, HELL YE the defence is now a big deal! 2. Have you contacted any of the new draftees? Yes. It's my job actually. 3. What's your favorite thing about the offseason? trades and free agency. drafts less since these always happening at nights 4. How was the first day of Training Camp as we get back into the season? AK is still salty about not getting PPG season yet 5. Are you still invested in the NHL season given how close it is to the playoffs? on casual level at best. 6. Rank from best to worst: Pancakes, Waffles, French Toast pancakes, toast, waffles

Mo Probert defence @Baby Boomer

Brendan Marner forward @dlamb

Safe to say I can make some conclusions about this free agency. It was pretty mid, but some notable things did happen. So here's my thoughts about it. WINNERS DC Dragons Mostly because they signed Matt Avens. He is still a reliable second liner that could be sent in trade deadline for some more assets. Or just make DC less bad, that's a decent thing to do. Not that they were horrible to begin with, but with some luck they even could mess up with other contenders for the wildcard spot. Though I'm not sure if they really want that so I expect Avens to be on the block at some point. Doesn't takes away my grade though. New York Americans The one moment of our lives when we don't have to make fun of their mediocrity. They were very quiet this offseason, but could make up with this free agency. The bigger fish Vinny Detroit plus a fine player in Bridgers went to the Big Apple. Which is definitely a win in my books. I know the reason of Detroit signing wasn't really about contending for the chip and more about racking up hits. Still, a fine addition to the forward lineup which became somewhat decent. They still have ways to go before becoming the actual contender, but I think these signings can surely put them into the wildcard spot. And that alone is something to talk about. Their last playoff trip dated in...S78! Matter of fact, a wildcard round appearance as they lost there. And I don't even remember the last time they made it further than wildcard. S73? So yes, this FA has been a success for the team that is desperate of any sort of success. There have been more teams that were signing lower TPE players, notably Malmo and DC. Either for rounding up the roster or giving players a chance to play in pros. Good on all of them. However, there is one team that is having a disappointing offseason so far outside of drafting. LOSERS Chicago Phoenix The reasons were mentioned in my last article. But even with that I think they could've done more in this free agency. With Detroit or decent second line options being on the market. Yet the first offer came in just 6 hours ago when all of them were signed by other teams. For inactive Cobalt Burns. For a team that only had (and still has) 3 forwards on roster you would expect at least an offer for these players. There are some words going on that Chicago wants to make a trade, but for now they're burnt out. Yes, I did repeat myself from last article. Deal with it. Nothing much to say about other teams. I think Helsinki also could've done more, but with the EU conference being a dogfight most of times; I think Rayz just didn't want to get his team in too early. Although was there any reason to trade for rentals in the first place? Not sure exactly. That's it and I'm out.

1. How do you feel about Riga trades this off-season (Sergey and Max Torq)? I do feel very good about it. We needed more offense and I didn't even have to pay the whole world for that. 2. Who is your favorite teammate and why is it Daniel Weaver? funny thing is he is not even my teammate as AK is still dreaming about a PPG in Moscow 3. What did you improve to help the team this off-season? making trades. and Curtis Crumb 4. Do you think Riga is now a contender this season? for sure. last season has shown the chemistry here is impeccable 5. Who do you think will be the best player for Riga in the upcoming season? likely any higher end player who was put in the first line (Torq/Preo/Weaver) 6. Who will with the Stanley Cup this season if you watch hockey? Colum....no. let's say Leafs having a happy ending this year

ayo this shit exists forgot about it long time ago. Anyways, new Riga high res logo here please

btw I see DeGroot magic works on GM awards too. an interesting way to break the 29 season gmoty drought. Thanks I guess.

they really put 2 LA players into MVP ballot and Frost winning it makes having Vandelay in it even more ridiculous. but what I'm really struggling understand, WHERE IN THE BLUE HELL IS TUCKER JR????? How's that not at least the MVP ballot worthy performance? May people tell me the reason on not mentioning him there? Cause I clearly dont understand.

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