tinafrombobsburgers

All due respect to everyone else but you are the Calgary Wranglers!
 
Congrats on the the career and the Championship!
 
Time to admit I was your burner account the whole time! 

Always sad and disappointing to see a tenured, and very respected GM step down. We've had a lot of fond memories while GMing together but furthermore, always a positive & pleasant experience even before I became a GM. Have to say a huge hats off to you for everything you've done with Calgary and even your prior GMing experience at prior levels. Good stuff to you, for recognizing yourself that the time just wasn't there anymore, going out YOUR way, vs being 'taken' out of the role. Enjoy some more of your free time, and I suppose never say never to a return to the reigns? 

Best of luck with IRL stuff! I know you're not leaving, but hopefully all goes smooth. 

I would never have thought I would have wanted to spend 2 full careers with the same team but just days after being acquired with The Rock I knew this was a good home. Thank you for given me the chance to call it so. ❤️

Damn, thank you for everything you did as a GM, I really enjoyed my time in Calgary with my first player and our trade talks!

Wouldn't be where I am today without you! Best of luck in retirement and hope to see you back at it again soon old man!

Hello friends, 
 
   I am officially announcing my retirement as General Manager of the Calgary Wranglers. There are a few reasons as to why I have made this decision and now is the best time to take a step back from this role to better spend my time in other areas of the league and in my personal life.
 
    I hold a pretty high bar for myself when it comes to maintaining a certain level of activity for any locker room that I am in charge of. The day that became a chore is the day I knew it was time for a much needed break. I also live a super busy personal life and this has also made it harder to give the locker room my full attention.
 
    There is nothing to worry about in terms of my participation in the league. I still very much enjoy and love being apart of this league. I will have better focus on my player and the locker room I’m apart of there. I have my moderation gig that I’ll have more time to focus on and one day I do plan on stepping back into a GM role because it truly is a passion of mine.
 
    Lastly, thank you to all the GMs I have had a pleasure to work with since I’ve started, all the AGMs who have worked along side me over the seasons and the players who grinded it out and bought into the way I wanted things to run in Calgary. I am not going to ping everyone who’s been an important part of this journey, I think you all know who you are at this point. 
 
Ricer, out!! 🎤 ⬇️ 
 
**I do recommend that @leandrofg be considered to step in as replacement. He has been running the team behind the scenes this past season and has a really good handle on how things are going in Calgary. He also has a long history with the organization. I will respect whatever decision is made for my replacement.**

S91 is about to be one for the ages. There’s going to be some major shakeup throughout the league, with a ton of new teams and player pushing for standings points and awards looks. Of course, we all know that Simon does whatever he wants to (Praise be to Simon), but I’m hoping to take a way too early look at the teams and try to pinpoint what I think will happen this season.


Calgary moved a bunch of assets to skip the boring part of the rebuild, the rebuilding part. I project them to be a pretty low event team, being near the bottom of scoring amongst playoff teams, but also not allowing many goals. Could end up with a goal differential from like -10 to +10. They will need new addition Randy Bobandy to be a playmaking machine to take advantage of new wingers Oreo McFleury and Sadie St-Louis. Merome Dilson will also need to step into his own as an elite starter.

Expected Finish: 4rd in NA


The Stars stand head and shoulders above the rest of the NA Conference. I expect this to be a 100+ point team, really wreaking havoc on the rest of their local rivals. I expect Todd Cooke won’t take too much of a step back, and Larry Abass Jr will be a huge addition to their offense. The questions lie on defense, but while I imagine they won’t score a ton, Art Vandelay and co. should be well primed to take on any opponent.
 
Expected Finish: 1st in NA
 

Seattle has tapped out for the first time in a while, and while I don’t imagine this will last long, as they are probably closer to a wild card spot than some would expect, as is, they are probably out of the picture. Clueless Wallob will probably steal them more games than they’d like, and Svatopluk Puk may have a pretty incredible solo effort. This team is intentionally bad.

Expected Finish: 6th in NA
 

This team looks nothing like it did before. At one point their roster was 3 players. With the Brandt Fuhr era coming to a close, Frank wanted to find a replacement, and with teams like London and Los Angeles competing, and a lot of others indecisive on their position, Frank took the initiative to send the offseason into motion. Sending out as many players as possible and raking in a ton of draft capital, this team is begging to lose. Analfist will likely be a standout scorer, with some rookies putting up inflated numbers as well.
 
Expected Finish: 7th in NA
 

This team will probably be much farther up the standings than they would have hoped. Unfortunately for them, they’re just not that bad. I imagine this team will accidentally be around .500% on some nice performances from Scotty Sundin, and maybe a few glimpses of magic from Artyomov. Don’t expect a huge playoff push, but they may struggle to get a lottery pick with this lineup.
 
Expected Finish: 5th in NA
 

I suppose what we learned from last season was that we know absolutely nothing about anything. You don’t need SC or PA to get points, and sometimes, players just click with each other. This roster is mostly the same, minus a few depth options, replacing them with a few more. Newcomer The Frenchman is the major add here, and should make a deadly duo up the middle with Jason. Geoff Bezos gets the majority of the starts this season, and may struggle to put up numbers like the big guns. Nonetheless, this team should outscore any of its shortcomings.

Expected Finish: 3nd in NA
 

In case you hadn’t heard, New York is rebuilding. I know, you hadn’t heard anything else for the last… few… seasons. But this time, they’re doing it with intent. This is the only team I have ever seen without a goaltender on their roster. They even tried to lure one out of retirement. Any wins are going to be a surprise for this squad, even with Francesco Mancini and Jasper Davis trying to showcase their offensive prowess.
 
Expected Finish: 8th in NA


This is the team that probably has the most room to move around. I think if Jimi Jaks, Mac Atlas and Tomas Sogaard show up like we know they can, and Joel Castle is a top 8 goaltender, this team could be North America’s only hope against Los Angeles. Otherwise, they could be in the play-in round. I expect they will be better than that, and as such I place them in the only spot that makes sense to me.

Expected Finish: 2nd in NA

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In my mind, Davos is the team to beat this season. Alex once again threw us through a loop after appearing to be going into a rebuild, and coming out with a whole new look destruction machine. Yes, Jake Thunder will likely take a bit of a step back, but Jokinen should be primed to make up for it. Davos adds Leandro Goncalves and Dogwood Maple, who both have 100+ point potential. Lachlan Summers is a perennial MVP candidate and only gets better when the going gets tough.
 
Expected Finish: 1st in EU
 

What can I say about this team? On paper they should be as good as anyone, but much like Toronto, this projection relies so much on players meeting unproven expectations, except now, there should be teams biting at their tails. Landon Wolanin and Daryl Dixon could be the best duo in the league. Fuukka Rask has as good of a chance as anyone to be the best goaltender in the league. Bouchard has been the best defenseman before and might be again. But who really knows considering the lackluster performances of recent seasons?

Expected Finish: 4th in EU


I know, I know, here I am talking about being unproven and then gassing up one of the most historically mid franchises in the history of the league. This team is taking an approach that isn’t often taken, and will either pay off really well, or pretty well. This team can take some risks knowing that they have Jesse Teno to protect them. Molly the Cat, Leonard Triller and new arrival Wann Kerr need to show up, and deal serious damage to other teams. They will be the driving force of this team’s goal differential, and will be responsible for this team’s finishing position. Rookie Sjin and veteran Ivan Retoslav will need to grow at a massive rate in order to keep their unit from being a net minus.
 
Expected Finish: 3rd in EU


To finish this division of death, is a team that I unfortunately think will be buried under the absolute monsters above them. They absolutely have the scoring talent to push for a wildcard spot, but it will be entirely on Ash Sparks to give them the chance to get there. New addition Bogatyrev should mesh well with Henry Eagles, but I worry about a potential step back from Skor McFleury. This team has a lot of young talent, which ideally means a lot of growth, but right here, right now, this team is barely out of the picture.

Expected Finish: 6th in EU
 

While we all know this team is primed to win a championship now, with Eric Queefson in their defensive rotation, I can’t imagine they will bring all that much to the table as a team in the regular season. Again, very much with intent, but there could be some outstanding opportunities for someone like Left Alone or Jeff Lewis to take a step forward. This team will try to do what it can to learn how their player mesh and mingle, and should soon be back to their winning ways.

Expected Finish: 7th in EU
 

So Prague is an interesting one. Unlike London and Helsinki, we know what this team can be. Not much has changed since they won, but something just feels wrong. Not majorly, but I think this team is just a half-step backwards from where they were a few weeks ago. Kauppi and Jameson should light the league up as usual, and Murdock will be pushing for some Top Goaltender recognition. But outside of that, I just can’t imagine anyone else stepping up. All this to say that I think Prague is a top team, but not the top team.

Expected Finish: 2nd in EU
 

Well first off, as I’m looking at this, Riga is over the cap, very close to the start of the season again. Not sure what the plan is there, but for now we look at what exists. They have 3 lines of forwards, mostly in the 2-3.5M range. They have their usual 2 rearguards in Marino and Kowalski, and Henry Tucker Jr, who is always underrated. AK92 Wit da Hoodie should have a major breakout season, and Sock Monkey could take a major step forward with more minutes. Riga, Malmo and Helsinki should be pretty close, but I think Riga fits somewhere in between them.

Expected Finish: 5th in EU
 

Is anyone there? Warsaw has been rebuilding for a few seasons now, and while teams like Moscow and New York have players to show for it, Warsaw does not. With nothing more than a few extra seconds to show for their efforts, there is still a long way to go before this franchise is back in contention. I don’t really see any players that I imagine will surpass point-per-game, but look for this team to get some great shot blocking stats.

Expected Finish: 8th in EU


All in all, here are my Projected League Standings

DAV (~110 points)
LAS (~110 points)
PRG (~95-105 points)
LDN(~95-105 points)
TOR (~80-100 points)*
HSK (~90-100 points)
RIG (~80-100 points)*
DCD (~85-90 points)
CGY (~80-90 points)
MAL (~70-90 points)*
CHI (~60-70 points)
VAN (~40-50 points)
SEA (~40-60 points)*
MOS (~40-50 points)
NYA (~35-45 points)
WAR (~35-45 points)

* indicates major swing potential

Mason Rice has accepted a Signing Offer from Calgary:

S91: $1,500,000

1. Of the four remaining teams, which one is winning the cup?
 
2. Jonny Elgar has finished his season in the VHLE and will be joining Calgary for next season. Will he make an impact as a competent back up goalie?
 
3. Rumour has it, Calgary is looking to add some high end veteran pieces to the line up. Is that a wise move or should they save their assets and be more patient on the rebuild?
 
4. If you could rebrand the Wranglers color scheme, what would you change it too?
 
5. Which ex-Wrangler do you miss having around the team?
 
6. Bungee Jumping, skydiving or neither?
 
 
Answers 
1. I think that the Prague Phantoms are going to win the cup this year.
 
 
2. I would say yes because a human goalie is always better than a bot Goalie.
 
 
3. I believe that it could be a good move for the team but I think there is a chance that it could hurt them in the long run.
 
 
4. I think that gold with purple and grey would be a cool color scheme.
 
 
5. I miss Nathan Perry @tinafrombobsburgersthat played in the wranglers.
 
 
6. I would love to go skydiving because it would be the coolest to dive down without a parachute and just have fun in the air.
 
 
 

Helsinki receives:
Hammar Voss
S91 MAL 1st
S92 MOS 3rd

Moscow receives:
Bob Robb
S91 HSK 1st
S91 HSK 2nd


This trade has been accepted by all parties and is pending league approval.

Hello @Members!
 
You all can see the calendar so you know what that says right? It's theme week, and we totally didn’t just add that yesterday, not at all!
 
Of course, that also means that the Trade Deadline is Monday, July 10th at 3pm EST. This also means that anyone wishing to re-create for the S91 draft can do so starting at midnight that same day.
 
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Trade deadlines don’t offer TPE though do they? No, unless you plan on recreating (hey @Renomitsu) then what you’re really here for is theme week isn’t it? Well let’s get on with that then, the theme for S89 is:
 
Now obviously you aren’t going to actually be commish for a day, trust me you don’t want the job, but we want to see what madness you would pull out if you were. Perhaps you’d pull out massive expansion, or relocate VHL teams to Vasteras, or scrap the BOG and become a dictator. We aren’t too particular and nothing is too far fetched.
 
To earn your Theme Week TPE, write an article, create a graphic, or record a podcast with some connection to “commish for a day”. 
 
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In order to claim the theme week bonus of 6 Uncapped TPE, simply submit your Themed PT (Graphic, Media Spot, or 6-TPE Podcast), and claim it as normal. After claiming the PT portion, you can use the same link, and claim the uncapped portion as follows: Claim Uncapped > Other > Doubles Week. (Note: you do not need to post your link in this thread to claim either portion of TPE). 
 
If you have already submitted a Point Task for this week, or are in the midst of claiming a multi-week Media Spot/Podcast, you may still submit a Theme Week PT this week, and claim the capped portion on the next available week, following your multi-week claim.
 
Also, if you have a single job that pays 6+, you may claim the theme week bonus as long as you complete your duties for the week. If you are in the EFL or SBA and have completed their most recent Media Week, you may use that to claim the Uncapped theme week bonus, but a PT must be completed this week in order to claim the Capped portion, whether that is completed here or through Affiliate Welfare.
 
Note: Only players who are S90 or older may claim the theme week bonus.
 
@VHL GM
@VHLE GM
@VHLM GM

Review:
I must say you did a really good job making this look old. Great logo swap and I like how you got rid of the Blues logos. The whole graphic screams retro and that is all you needed to do. The yellowing on the side is a great touch as many of my old photos look just like that. I think the dust/specks are a bit too strong and you could have gotten rid of that effect on the yellowing part. Overall you did a great job, again.
9/10

Review:
Another fun graphic from you. This is a very interesting picture you used. It's telling a story but not sure what that story is about. I like the effects and the old feel to it. Your logo looks to be in a good position, well done. The text is readable. I think if you played around with the opacity of the logo you could get it to blend in a little better. Also, I think it would have looked good if both names were white. Just nit picking and think what you have is just fine. Great job.
9/10

Your Helsinki Titans Captains for the upcoming season are:
 
 Captain: Daryl Dixon @Ricer13 
     Assistant: Fuukka Rask @Jubis       
 Assistant: Rick Grimes @tinafrombobsburgers
 

duh, me... clearly misread, mea culpa

Fuukka Rask has accepted a Signing Offer from Helsinki:

S89: $3,000,000

S90: $3,000,000

S91: $3,000,000

S92: $2,000,000

S93: $2,000,000

Rick Grimes has accepted a Signing Offer from Helsinki:

S89: $2,000,000

S90: $2,000,000

S91: $2,000,000

S92: $2,000,000

S93: $2,000,000

Daryl Dixon has accepted a Signing Offer from Helsinki:

S89: $3,000,000 (NTC)

S90: $3,000,000 (NTC)

S91: $3,000,000 (NTC)

S92: $2,000,000 (NTC)

S93: $2,000,000 (NTC)

I just wanted to take the opportunity to congratulate the fine folks in the Calgary Wranglers' organization on their Continental Cup win over the HC Davos Dynamo. GM @Ricer13 has been around about as long as I have and the victory couldn't have gone to a nicer guy. There's a locker room full of character players and it's fitting that they were able to break Calgary's 24-season Cup drought.
 
Five players recorded over a point per game and after losing the first game in overtime the Wranglers buckled down and dispatched Davos by winning four straight with my former Vegas Teammate Larry Abass Jr @RileyL scoring only his second goal of the postseason at 18:14 of the third period to win the Cup for Cowtown in Game 5.
 
Most of all I want to congratulate my buddy Oskar Lindbergh @Doomsday. We toiled together for years in Prague to no avail and then he stayed loyal to Toronto for a long time before getting his chance with Calgary and showing the league what he could do and dominated in the playoffs. In the final game Calgary was outshot 33-19 and stopped all but one goal in a clutch performance to help his team become champions. 
 
Great job Calgary! Perhaps Cowtown should be renamed Cuptown.