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1) Do you think we should add another VHL expansion team soon? 2) What is your opinion on theme weeks? I personally think it's kind of lame seeing the same topic talked about over and over again, though it is good to get people who don't usually do media spots to do them. 3) Do you think everyone having an assistant GM is dumb? 4) Do you remember our first trade neogotiation in the VHLM when we were both at mom's and I gave you two 2nd round picks for some inactive whose named started with J for like 160 tpe? 5) Do you ever go on discord?

3) If this was before Carter Hart emerged, I would say Bobrovsky, and it still very well could be him. If not, I would take Brayden Schenn back, the powerplay badly misses him and the Flyers really don't have many pure scorers. 4) I am a huge fan of Carter Hart. The way he plays, it never looks like he is making flashy saves because he is always positionally sound. The Flyers never have good goaltending, and we've seen over the years that a hot goalie can take a team far into the playoffs. 5) Tim TebowGow - Was among my most successful tpe wise, put up solid stats in the regular season, and really seemed to turn it on in the playoffs. It was fun winning the cup in Calgary and Toronto with him.

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If I am @Victor, I see 3 different reasons to select a player in the expansion draft. I am doing this based on the assumption that it's very unlikely Moscow wins a cup in their first few seasons. Also, for the sake of my sanity, I am going to assume everyone remains with their current teams, and no one becomes a free agent. I am also going to pretend I am every team's GM and protect 7 players 1) They are a young player with potential to help the team's long term success 2) They are an old player with a lot of tpe who I can swing for draft picks or other assets 3) A team trades me draft picks in exchange for not pilfering one of their good players and taking an inactive scrub instead. Calgary Wranglers Protect: Wahl, Diljodh, Zajaczkowski, Revchenko, Gebauer, Baxter, Canmore, Saint Available: Vihjalmsson (S60, 294 tpe) and Karl Von Moltke (S62, 266 tpe) +3rd round pick for having no active available Both available players are inactives under 300 tpe, so clearly Calgary doesn't have much to offer an expansion team. I would take Von Moltke even though he has less tpe because he is two years younger, and I actually like his build as a pass-first well-rounded player. Victor could keep him as a depth player for a few seasons, or traded him for an ok draft pick at the deadline for a team looking for cheap depth player. Quebec City Meute / Vancouver Protect: Nathan N, Iseult, Palo, Harding, Weyed, Davis, Louth, Gate Available: Mulligan (S62, 460 tpe), Fitzgerald (S63, 244 tpe) Quebec will have a difficult decision t o make in either protecting Gate, who is a not really active defesemen with 605 tpe, or Mulligan, who is active but I personally think has a horrible player build (most of his tpe is in hitting and discipline) if your goal is to win games. Quebec is losing some defensemen to retirement, so I have them protecting Gate. This gives Moscow their first active player, and he is young enough that perhaps he stays with Moscow his whole career. He is also young enough to be of a good amount of value in a trade. HC Davos Dynamo Protect: Madden, Davison, Jerwa, Jokinen, Randoms, Svoboda, Dahlberg, Warren Available: Connor McDavid (S64, 194 tpe), Dan Baille (S64, 236 tpe), Dimiro JR (S58, 151 tpe), Gonzalez (S63, 257 tpe) Of this group, Gonzalez used to be active but now appears inactive, and Dimiro is an inactive scrub. Baille and McDavid are actually very similar players from the same draft class who both do welfare a a little more, but aren't huge earners. Baille looks like he does a little bit more to earn tpe, so I have Moscow taking him. Helsinki Titans Protect: Pepper, Crosby, Wilson, Slipher, Charm, Borwinn, Odinsson, Bailey Available: Scrub prospects, Nano (S62, 348 tpe), Montgomery (S62, 459 tpe), Boucher (S63, 258 tpe), Helsinki will have a difficult decision to make in who to protect, as they have to let some pretty solid players become available. If this is who Moscow has to chose from, I would select Montgomery. All three players are pretty similar in being welfare-ish tpe earners who do a little more, so in that case I'm taking the person with the most guaranteed tpe so far in Montgomery. New York Americans (Booooo!) Protect: Materezo, Kingfisher, Sullivan, McWolf, Zabby, King, Ylonen, Wilinsky Available: Edvin (S64, 136 tpe), Parker (S64, 206 tpe), Hitz (S64, 160 tpe) New York also has a kind of difficult decision in who to protect, as outside of Materezo their prospects are decent but not franchise players, so I am protecting my guaranteed tpe over potential. All three of these guys are similar in being semi-active welfare guys, and Hitz is making a goon, so I would go with @Eparker24 Seattle Bears I'm going to save myself some writing and you some reading. I would be shocked if Evgeni Komarov (S64, 218 tpe) does not join Moscow, as he has stated his desire to be their enforcer. @Gooningitup will get his wish. Riga Reign Protect: Kriketers, Glade, Kastelic, Crimson, Peace, Cast, Twinger, Preencarnacion Available: Scrub prospects, Blake (S64, 277 tpe), Gary (S64, 215 tpe), Vanderhuuge (S64, 165 tpe), Moose (S64, 110 tpe), Nguyen (S62, 325 tpe), Pajari (S61, 440 tpe), Shan (S63, 346 tpe), Dabarno (S63, 215 tpe) Holy wow, how did Riga get so many players, was the rest of the league trying? While it will be difficult for Riga to figure out who to protect, they can easily afford to lose one of these guys. Of all these guys, if I am Riga I am taking Shan because he has the right combination of current tpe, youth, and growth potential compared to everyone else on this list. @Kisshan Toronto Legion Protect: Rift, Carison, Tzuyu, Ironside, Arroyo, Lawson, Trepanier, Lebrunette Available: Bronstein (S61, 279 tpe), Ball (S58, 222 tpe), Warlock (S58, 346 tpe) Of these three, Bronstein is the only one who is maybe active, as he has updated and done some stuff recently. Combined with being younger and having a decent amount of tpe, and he is the pick here. @troy Moscow's Expansion Draft: LW - Karl von Moltke (S62, 266 tpe) + 3rd round pick @alecbama LW - Konstantin Mulligan (S62, 467 tpe) @Pandar LW - Dan Baille (S64, 236 tpe) @wcats C - Dan Montgomery (S62, 461 tpe) @BarzalGoat D - Eric Parker (S64, 206 tpe) @Eparker24 D - Evgeni Komarov (S64, 218 tpe) @Gooningitup RW - Kisshan Shan (S63, 364 tpe) @Kisshan D - Lew Bronstein (S61, 280 tpe) @troy So let me know what you guys think. Am I crazy in these predictions? GMs, are my protection lists looking pretty accurate, or is there someone I missed who you think I will protect. I personally think I will have a pretty good success rate here, as I am a genius and Victor is almost as smart as me. I don't think any of these guys are pending free agents but if they are let me know. Also, based on this methinks Moscow would need to get themselves a goalie, which it appears shouldn't be a huge problem as we have tons of goalies in the VHL.

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Swaggy snipers

You need to ask 5

you retire every one of your players despite usually being a good tpe earner I retire my players once they turn into inactive scrubs. This player clearly isn't going to be that

If any GM takes @Trifecta with a top 5 maybe even 1st round pick they are foolish, look at his player history

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Nice article, cool to see players divided up this way. Glad to see you are a fellow puck-handling supporter Also, increasing puck handling increases overall points in general, so goals and assists, not just goals PS I'm at 174 tpe

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It looks like I recreated a season too soon I would have loved to play for the Philly team - actually I would love to GM the Philly team at some point too!! Also, I am very jealous of @Victor for getting to be the expansion team GM. That has to be the most fun thing ever getting to do the expansion draft

We have a team in Philadelphia!!!!!

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@McWolf I think you just missed my update I'm at 174 now

1) @Ahma is number one on my list because he refuses to tell you even the tiniest detail about his life, like if he prefers Nike or Adidas. It took me and @Victor 2 hours just to get him to tell us about his pet lizard RIP . He also claims to be from Finland, but I am convinced he works for the CIA and that is why he is classified. Also he sounds like a robot 2) @BOOM™ is number two because he is such a wild card on here. He has said he is retiring and permanently leaving this website probably 100 times, and goes from being very happy on here to being very sad. I love happy Boom as he is a really funny member on here, but you never know what he is thinking or what he will do. Always really fun to see his thought process in free agency. I'd add more members but I'm over 150 words so peace