fromtheinside

Ill take Groovy Dood @Ledge and Dairy you are on the clock

1. @fromtheinside (GM) F - Groovy Dood F - Cabe McJake F - Druss Deathwalker D - Reylynn Reinhart D - Scotty Kaberle G - Artem Tretiak 2. @Vice F - Matty Fire F -Nicholas Mariani F - Justin Lose D- Linus Zetterstrom D - Nathan Powers G - Rara Rasputin 3. @Bojovnik F - Red Lite F - Duncan Idaho F - Henry Tucker D - Kristof Welch D - Zeedayno Chara G - Kevin Malone 4. @Spence King - 50% payout F - Gunnar Odinsson F - Pistil Stamen F - Aloe Dear D - Kasper Kankkunen D - Matty Socks G Sirkants Klamasteris 5. @Alex_J32 F - Chris Reynolds F - Phil The Rock Johnson F - Nathan Perry- D - Robin Galante Nilsson D - Victor Grachev G - Jean Pierre Camus 6. @zepheter F - Brandan Telker F - Dakota Lamb F - Venus Thightrap D - Battre Sandstrom D - Jiggly Gumballs G - Markus Emerson Jr

@Juice God dammit im a proud papa Also congrats to everyone, and especially congrats to my Malmo friends who were well represented tonight!

im embarrassed you found this lmao ill stick to writing

Ill sign up and be a group leader too if possible!

I also am not a huge fan of the E, but to your main point of injustice to the clickers... I do feel like the idea of the VHL being the league for the best of the best and the people who are interested in putting the work in to make their player good enough. Just like real hockey, if you put in the hard work, you get called upon to play in the big leagues. It will be up to the VHLE GMs and AGMs to make the E a fun place to play in. I find it much more detrimental for VHL teams to be carrying a bunch of dead weight around and having less playing time for everyone because as a result. I However, on the other hand, I do think you did make some good alternative points. I think you're right about the VHL Drafts getting diluted. I also think it's going to cripple the M alot by lowering their player cap to 200. It really makes the M feel more redundant which sucks. I like the alternative of raising the M cap to 350 to be honest. Overall, though I don't exactly agree with all your points, it well laid out nicely and a good read. Nice work Beav.

Scotty Kaberle DF

wow what a steal

super proud of our team. GGs Seattle, hell of a series. GOOD SHIT BOYS!

the student whaling away on his teacher in the finals haha.

one more dub!

hell of a series @dlamb. Warsaw is a hell of team. You guys gave us a real run for our money. Cheers Predators

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Great writeup! Nice to see people excited for the tourney!

I would officially like to..... wish everyone the best of luck! Lots of good options for new GM blood in the M. Do a good job yall!

Welcome to the league Jon, hopefully some VHLM GMs will send you a waiver offer soon. If you have any questions on how to get started with your player, don't hesitate to ask! Best of luck!

yo YOU BOTH LIVE IN BUDAPEST!?! thats sick haha its cool that you guys have become IRL friends... great listen fellas

Review: Hot damn, this is a gorgeous graphic! It is so crisp and clean. The player render looks good and I love the details on the goalie mask. The font and the effects you used on it are absolutely gorgeous. Also little details like the little circular lens flare effects in the bottom right really add to the overall product. Keep making awesome graphics, you are super good at them. 10/10

Review: I like this graphic alot! I like the correlation between the Kanou and the Conn Smythe Trophy, makes a ton of sense. I think Beketov portraying Gary Bettman is hilarious. I love the filter on this picture, it kinda makes it look like it's out of a comic book or something, its cool. The Malmo logo swap looks great and I love that you chose to do your piece on my fearless GM hylands! All in all, you did great work as always Dom. 8/10!

Another reason why Dooms is the best wordsmith in the community. Such a detailed breakdown of everything that happened in Toronto, very well done my friend!

some great ideas thrown out there, and thanks for the kind words

Gunnar Odinsson and Why He Should Win the S79 Dustin Funk Trophy written by fromtheinside For those of you who don't know, Gunnar Odinsson is a right winger for the first place Malmo Nighthawks of the VHL. He is ran by none other than legendary community member @BOOM . At the time of writing this article, Odinsson currently sits at the very top of the leaderboard in numerous statistical categories including goals, points, plus-minus, game winning goals, and more. The Norwegian winger has amassed 45 goals and 57 assists to already eclipse the 100 point plateau on the season. He is currently a force that you cannot stop, but can only hope to temporarily contain. The synergy he has found with his new teammates in Malmo this season is truly something special as it seems General Manager @hylands has found lightning in a bottle so to speak. But how did Odinsson get here? Well it has been a long and winding road thus far throughout the winger's career. So far it's been a journey with a number of peaks and valleys along the way. Many readers may not know that Odinsson originally started off his VHL career as a highly touted offensive defenseman. He stormed onto the scene in Season 75 in the VHLM with the San Diego Marlins. He was part of Founder's Cup caliber team there and he enjoyed quite a nice season that got himself noticed by a ton of VHL teams. Come draft day, Odinsson was taken 11th overall in the Season 76 VHL Entry Draft by the Helsinki Titans. In a draft filled with incredible talent, the Titans got a slam dunk pick with pick eleven. To the surprise of many, halfway through his rookie campaign, Odinsson was sent to the Toronto Legion in exchange for Toronto's S77 1st round pick (which ended up being Aurelien Moreau). This move seemed like a huge win for Toronto, as they had just locked down their fourth major up-and-coming defenseman. Toronto's defensive core going forward would have been Jolly Greene Giant, Kristof Welch, Scotty Kaberle, and the newly acquired Gunnar Odinsson. Had this timeline played out, I often wonder how scary the Legion could have been. But, as many know, things change in the blink of an eye in Toronto. In Season 77, Odinsson converted into a winger, partially to help balance out the power in the Legion's roster. The immediate returns on this decision actually played out fairly well. Gunnar broke the 30 goal plateau and finished with over 70 points and the young and up-and-coming Legion got a taste of playoff action, albeit only for one round. However, things quickly went south in Toronto as Season 78 could only be summed up as a disappointing campaign both for Odinsson and the Legion. After constant trades and line juggling, Toronto lost all form of cohesion and chemistry. This eventually led to Odinsson being dealt to Calgary for Guy Lambert and a S80 2nd round pick. Odinsson ended up with just 43 points between Calgary and Toronto last season. Season 78 was unquestionably a step in the wrong direction for Gunnar, but the bright side was he was a free agent to start Season 79 and he was free to choose where his path would continue going forward. Fast-forward back to present day and he clearly made a great choice. Odinsson is part of a hungry core of players in Malmo that look to be lethal come playoff time. Odinsson has already more than doubled his point total from last year. He is currently playing at a 2 points per game pace, and should he keep it up, he would even double his best season back in Season 77 in Toronto. He has truly kicked his game into a whole new gear this season and he could be the recipient of a number of awards come the offseason. To me, I don't see how he isn't a shoe-in for the Dustin Funk Trophy which is awarded to the league's most improved player. Surely, there are a number of great candidates but you will be hard pressed to find one the caliber of Odinsson!

1) I already proposed this a season or so ago, but I think either one or both of a First Gen of the Year award or a a Rookie of the Year in the VHLM. I think either way an award or two awards like these would help drive up some extra hype in the M and especially amongst new users. 2) Changing to a newer version of STHS or straight up finding a different simulation system. The version of STHS we currently used feels super outdated and antiquated and feels off alot of the time. I'd love to see us try something new out at some point. 3) I really think we would all benefit from adding more simmers and instead of having one simmer for each league, have a team of simmers that can work cohesively. Having extra simmers would make for some extra consistency for sim times which would be nice.