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(Gonna hijack this for TPE)
 
1. I'm not on a team but am going to earn to prepare
2. Going to copy Steezy and say Malmo I guess
3. Not sure but Vancouver maybe
4. I haven't gone in years
5. You ran a jazzercise class all week
6. Sadly Pitt is at the bottom of the standings right now

PC Questions
Week Ending 10/31
Sorry was out of power till now
 
1. Playoffs are upon us. What have you done to prepare for the playoffs?
2. Who do you think is out biggest rival in the European Conference in this playoffs?
3. If we make it to the finals, who do you think we will face and what would the result be?
4. Do you celebrate Halloween and if so what is your most memorable costume you had?
5. (Fun one and a stolen one) Alright, it's yet another late presser and I want you to guess what I did all week. Wrong answers only.
6. How has your favorite NHL team been doing so far this season?

1. Playoffs are upon us. What have you done to prepare for the playoffs?
Been putting points into checking cause we all know there's more grind than skill in the playoffs. Hopefully we match up well against Prague.
2. Who do you think is out biggest rival in the European Conference in this playoffs?
Malmo, considering they're the defending champions and we matched up well against them in the regular season. 
3. If we make it to the finals, who do you think we will face and what would the result be?
I think we'll face Chicago and it'll go to 7 games. I'd rather not predict the outcome because of the jinx factor.
4. Do you celebrate Halloween and if so what is your most memorable costume you had?
My costumes have all been pretty terrible over the years. But my best would be the time I did a pub crawl and dressed as a basketball hoop.
5. (Fun one and a stolen one) Alright, it's yet another late presser and I want you to guess what I did all week. Wrong answers only.
You spent 238 hours coming up wth this presser. That's why you've resorted to this question.
6. How has your favorite NHL team been doing so far this season?
Terrible but that's as expected when you cheer for the Vancouver Cubs.

I apply, congrats to Hylands and Josh on such great tenures! 

I volunteer as tribute for both

I volunteer as tribute for both

PC Questions
Week Ending 10/31
Sorry was out of power till now
 
1. Playoffs are upon us. What have you done to prepare for the playoffs?
2. Who do you think is out biggest rival in the European Conference in this playoffs?
3. If we make it to the finals, who do you think we will face and what would the result be?
4. Do you celebrate Halloween and if so what is your most memorable costume you had?
5. (Fun one and a stolen one) Alright, it's yet another late presser and I want you to guess what I did all week. Wrong answers only.
6. How has your favorite NHL team been doing so far this season?

I am interested

Welp, I’m a rebel so here is a question. Holy crap, how did I end up in first? I was not expecting that.

Welp, I’m a rebel so here is a question. Holy crap, how did I end up in first? I was not expecting that.

Welp, I’m a rebel so here is a question. Holy crap, how did I end up in first? I was not expecting that.

Below are the S80 VHFL Payouts. Please DM me on forums, or on Discord (uɐʇɹɐdS#3393) if you have any questions or concerns. Please don't have questions or concerns.
 
S80 Skater Rankings
S80 Goalie Rankings
S80 User Rankings
 
To claim VHFL on the portal:
Player Management -> Claim uncapped -> Fantasy -> VHFL
 
Rank Group 1 TPE 1 @diamond_ace  (GM) 1443.62 6+1 2 @MexicanCow123 1403.95 5 3 @Crstats23 1391.66 4 4 @N0HBDY 1388.41 3 5 @MMFLEX 1286.48 2 6 @McKelvie 1273.94 1  
Rank Group 2 TPE 1 DQ   1454.35 6 2 @FBR 1450.36 5 3 @leafsman (GM) 1388.88 4+1 4 DQ 1358.94 3 5 @Tomat0 1294.61 2 6 @Prout 1266.55 1  
Rank Group 3 TPE 1 @dasboot 1439.36 6 2 @McWolf 1422.29 5 3 @Advantage 1401.86 4 4 @bigAL 1380.75 3 5 @youloser1337 (GM) 1271.01 2+1 6 @Gaikoku-hito 1252.28 1  
Rank Group 4 TPE 1 @BrutalBoost 1439.75 6 2 @Juice 1430.86 5 3 @Beaviss 1392.56 4 4 @Siddhus 1382.75 3 5 @DQ  1377.48 2 6 @Renomitsu 1358.81 1  
Rank Group 5 TPE 1 @Mr_Hatter (GM) 1522.35 6+1 2 @Esso2264 1417.74 5 3 @rory 1398.81 4 4 @jRuutu 1333.61 3 5 DQ 1288.64 2 6 @Kisslinger 1196.06 1  
Rank Group 6 TPE 1 @Bojovnik 1518.55 6 2 @Spence King - 50% payout 1419.36 2.5 -> 3 3 @Alex_J32 1400.62 4 4 @fromtheinside (GM) 1389.01 3+1 5 @zepheter 1322.66 2 6 @Vice 1164.88 1  
Rank Group 7 TPE 1 @Nykonax 1459.66 6 2 @MetalToday 1383.21 5 3 @Will3 1379.16 4 4 @fishy 1332.14 3 5 @BladeMaiden (GM) 1313.95 2+1 6 @Alexandre 1313.88 1  
Rank Group 8 TPE 1 @chikn (GM) 1459.55 6+1 2 @Peace 1412.36 5 3 @Blazzer 1386.35 4 4 @DMaximus 1319.94 3 5 @Will 1267.41 2 6 @Minion 1232.68 1  
Rank Group 9 TPE 1 @Moon_50 1441.95 6 2 @GustavMattias (GM) 1387.64 5+1 3 @ajwllmsn 1371.61 4 4 @Greg_Di 1343.36 3 5 @KaleebtheMighty 1335.75 2 6 @animal74 1234.28 1  
Rank Group 10 TPE 1 @GreenGato 1486.81 6 2 @Acydburn 1412.16 5 3 @Tate 1404.74 4 4 @Enorama 1364.75 3 5 @Spartan (GM) 1323.48 2+1 6 @Viper 1310.95 1  
Rank Group 11 TPE 1 @Banackock 1492.04 6 2 @BarzalGoat 1482.06 5 3 @rjfryman 1398.88 4 4 @Webberj 1338.61 3 5 @Red (GM) 1315.15 2+1 6 @MattBake12 1259.15 1  
Rank Group 12 TPE 1 @Telkster 1440.21 6 2 @hylands 1436.06 5 3 @JardyB10 1382.22 4 4 DQ 1363.08 3 5 @Brewins15 (GM) 1318.15 2+1 6 @Vkobe-v 1094.6 1  
Rank Group 13 TPE 1 @RomanesEuntDomus 1421.96 6 2 @dlamb 1410.15 5 3 @Ahma 1388.54 4 4 @OrbitingDeath (GM) 1354.21 3+1 5 @Tape-to-Tape 1350.68 2 6 DQ 1322.37 1  
Rank Group 14 TPE 1 @MattyIce 1442.26 6 2 @Birdman 1394.37 5 3 @tinafrombobsburgers 1393.55 4 4 @DollarAndADream 1368.41 3 5 @Seabass 1357.02 2 6 @Beketov (GM) 1322.28 1+1  
Rank Group 15 TPE 1 @solas 1419.74 6 2 @Jamomayo 1418.74 5 3 @Domg5(GM) 1411.37 4+1 4 @bukss_a 1278.21 3 5 @Agito 1190.08 2 6 @TheCHEESE 1127.6 1  
Rank Group 16 TPE 1 @scoop 1434.61 6 2 @Rhynex Entertainment 1410.15 5 3 @16z 1401.56 4 4 @UnkemptCL4PTP 1399.28 3 5 @Otto Numminen 1384.55 2 6 @Zetterberg (GM) 1310.86 1+1  
Rank Group 17 TPE 1 @NSG88 1528.46 6 2 @CowboyinAmerica (GM) 1468.94 5+1 3 @STZ 1453.62 4 4 @JB123 1431.55 3 5 @Timmy Turner 1332.61 2 6 @Frank 1249.68 1  
Rank Group 18 TPE 1 @Baby Boomer 1474.81 6 2 @v.2 (GM) 1424.95 5+1 3 @Josh 1373.34 4 4 @FrostBeard 1339.48 3 5 @Mr Bohannan 50% payout 1300.95 1 6 @Hogan 1292.36 1  
Rank Group 19 TPE 1 @Jubis 1438.96 6 2 @Phil 1362.26 5 3 @Ricer13 1352.48 4 4 @qripll 1335.14 3 5 @Matt thunder (GM) 1298.35 2+1 6 @Daniel Janser 1271.81 1

PC Questions
Week Ending 10/17
I know I am late, shhhhhhhh

1. Its yet another theme week. This time it about life after VHL. What would your life after VHL look like?
2. We have acquired a couple of new(ish) prospects. First we re-signed Leroy Johnson @Vkobe-v and second we acquired Jlloyid Blloyoiderson @Cxsquared. What is your thoughts on those signings?
3. Any other trades you would like to see before the trade deadline?
4. Prediction time. NHL pre-season is soon to end and regular season to begin. Do you think Ovi is going to have another great season like he did last year?
5. Philip Stein been knocked out as the point leader. Who is going to reclaim that throne?
6. What is your favorite cereal?
 

PC Questions
Week Ending 10/17
I know I am late, shhhhhhhh

1. Its yet another theme week. This time it about life after VHL. What would your life after VHL look like?
2. We have acquired a couple of new(ish) prospects. First we re-signed Leroy Johnson @Vkobe-v and second we acquired Jlloyid Blloyoiderson @Cxsquared. What is your thoughts on those signings?
3. Any other trades you would like to see before the trade deadline?
4. Prediction time. NHL pre-season is soon to end and regular season to begin. Do you think Ovi is going to have another great season like he did last year?
5. Philip Stein been knocked out as the point leader. Who is going to reclaim that throne?
6. What is your favorite cereal?
 

There's a level of relief to finally see the plans created in the S76-S77 offseason finally come to fruition. When @Victor announced that he would be stepping down as Moscow GM at the conclusion of S76, I, as his unofficial AGM, mentioned that it could be time to blow up the team and start a rebuild. @Josh had made it obvious well in advance that he wanted to send Roque Davis to LA, where they had built a young, budding core of their own to become competitive, and both Nate Telker (@Telkster) and Kris Rice (@Ricer13) were retiring, leaving massive holes in the 2-time Victory Cup winning organization.
 
Even though who the next Moscow GM would be was unknown, we felt it was best to give the organization a clear direction regardless of who was taking over, and decided to send out Alex Letang to DC for more assets. Once I was officially named the GM, I took it a step further, trading Mikko Lahtinen (@Beketov) and Jacob Tonn (@MexicanCow123) to London for a massive package including Philip Stein (@IHateBobNutting) and the 3rd overall pick in the S77 draft. Combined with the 1st pick in the draft which came from LA, we were able to select Duncan Idaho (@OrbitingDeath ) and Paul Atreides (@Mr_Hatter), effectively putting the rebuild in motion with the first pieces of our future.
 
The transition from one of the most competitive and successful teams in the regular season to a team that missed the playoffs in 3 straight years was.....difficult to say the least. Anyone who knows me also knows that I am very impatient. My attention and focus is lost easily, and if something doesn't engage me, I will move on without hesitation. Sitting through 3 straight seasons of regular season losses after losses was absolutely horrible for me, and I hated it. The only thing that kept me going was the plan I had in S76, and the people that came in because of it such as Hard Markinson (@STZ), The Seabasstard (@Seabass) and Papa Emeritus. Piece by piece, the core kept coming together, but the losses came as well.
 
At some point last season, I got fed up of losing and made a bit of a rash decision by trading for Aurelien Moreau (@Frank) from Toronto. Granted, I wanted Frank regardless of whether we made playoffs that season or not, but my greed for my own player in S81 meant we gave up a top 5 pick in S80. We probably won't even get my own player in S81 at this point. But we missed the playoffs again and at that point, I was just pissed. Then the new plan came into play, where we were going to swing for the fences and just go for it in S80, no matter what it took. Except out S81 1st, that was off-limits (I've learned, Victor, we don't trade all our picks!). We also traded for the rights of Tyler Walker (@Advantage) in an attempt to shore up our blue line in his swan song season, and Lexi Glass ( @AW13) to give us a scoring threat alongside Seabass. Those moves and their signings took us to about the edge of the salary cap which was dropped to 40 million from the old 45 million, which meant we had to do some cap finagling to get Rara signed in free agency. 
 
Honestly, I usually find sim leagues fun, even when updating or doing menial work within updating the VHFL spreadsheet. Trade chats are fun even when I want to bash my head into a fucking wall because the other GM is playing hardball and I just want to get a trade done so I can eat dinner. But working out the financials to get Rara on the team and keep the team cap compliant was the first time I actually felt stress. Depreciation hadn't been run, so updated player salaries weren't finalized either. Add on that we had like 4 players on the edge of salary thresholds, and even 1 miscalculation or projection error would leave us over the cap and ready for a swift spanking from the commissioners. Luckily, the calculations were on point due to some help from @BrutalBoost in the 11th hour, and everything went about exactly to plan, and we even had 500k in space left over as a buffer.
 
But we're finally not in the basement of the EU, instead 6 points in the lead in the conference with 2 games in hand on everyone. STHS is a bitch in the playoffs but for now, I'm satisfied with where our team is at. I'm very appreciative to everyone on the team for sticking it out through the painful seasons, and I appreciate your trust most of all. Hoping we can ride this momentum into a deep playoff run! 
 
MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW
 
(I've written too many words for a VHL.com again, you happy @N0HBDY?)

1. I'm pretty confident we can, we got a good crew here this year and I think we're gonna go far.
 
2.Malmo obviously, theyre the returning champs and are the closest to us in the standings. 
 
3. Maybe, but I feel like they're in the weaker conference so maybe not.
 
4.I'd like to hit the 50 point mark, almost there!
 
5. I don't know they're both having good years. Stein has been stellar though and there no indication that he'll let up anytime soon.
 
6. Slapshot hands down

1. We've been having a pretty great start to the season. Do you think we will carry this into the playoffs and win the cup?
I think we have a good shot. We have a really deep team at every position and I think anything is possible once we get in.
2. We are currently #1 in our conference. Who do you think is out biggest rival in our conference?
Malmo easily. We've been really good against them this season hopefully we can keep it up. Also hopefully that's a good sign for our playoff match ups. 
3. Vancouver Wolves are sitting in #1 overall rank. Do you think we will surpass them?
I'm surprised they have been as good as they have. The sim seems to love they're players this season especially when you look at their goal differential and their team tpa. 
4. What is your personal goal for this season, what would you like to accomplish?
I just want us to win a cup or two while I'm here. As for personal goals. Capturing the Beketov this season would be nice but I don't think that's likely.
5.  Philip Stein @IHateBobNutting is sitting in #1 for point leaders. Do you think he will continue sitting at #1 spot or will Duncan Idaho @OrbitingDeathwill catch up to him?
I think Idaho will catch him but Stein is providing insane value for his tpa. Much like what a lot of Vancouver players are doing.
6. What's your favorite movie for road trips?
Up in the Air it's well acted and written. It also features a ton of flying so that's relevant.

PC Questions
Week Ending 10/10
 
1. We've been having a pretty great start to the season. Do you think we will carry this into the playoffs and win the cup?
2. We are currently #1 in our conference. Who do you think is out biggest rival in our conference?
3. Vancouver Wolves are sitting in #1 overall rank. Do you think we will surpass them?
4. What is your personal goal for this season, what would you like to accomplish?
5.  Philip Stein @IHateBobNutting is sitting in #1 for point leaders. Do you think he will continue sitting at #1 spot or will Duncan Idaho @OrbitingDeath will catch up to him?
6. What's your favorite movie for road trips? 

Juice took Jiggs instead of Reylynn Reinhart, refer to first few comments on page 2 of this post. As far as new goalie, Thadius Sales

Skipping Siddhus @Spartanits his second. Picking G - Marcus Emerson Jr. @Beavissyou are on the clock

Not sure how Siddhus has only 2 picks left. I am pretty sure they should have 3 picks left, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to make a pick in last round. Also, never saw them pick Jiggs and I don’t see any comments picking Jiggs. @a_Ferktaggin you cause you be the GM of this here group and @Spartancause I feel like it. Jk, cause it’s your post

Press Conference
Week Ending 9/26
 
1. A lot has happened this week in a rapid succession. One of those things is several trades. What are you thoughts on the trades that did happen?
2. New season is starting right up, are you ready for it?
3. What are you prediction for this season? Will we compete in the playoffs? Do you think we have a chance at the cup?
4. Along with VHL starting this week, the NHL preseason is also starting this week. Are you excited about it? What team you cheering for?
5. What is your favorite pizza toping?
6. Finally, the draft was this past weekend. Welcome the new kids to the block. What is you thoughts on the VHL draft? Who were in your opinion the winners and the losers of the draft?

Alright it's opening week of Season 80 and every VHL team has gotten around 8 or 9 games under their respective belts. The Malmo Nighthawks and the D.C. Dragons were expected to both be strong teams this year and it seems like both teams have made good on those expectations by starting out the year with the early lead of their respective conferences. The Dragons (6-2-0) are currently leading the North American Conference with 12 points and the defending champion Nighthawk team (8-1-0) is currently the top team in the league and are leading the European Conference with 16 points.
 
Some team's like the Toronto Legion and the Helsinki Titans however have only recorded a single win so far are showing early signs that they're going to have to go through a rough times this season. The Seattle Bears who lost in last year's finals against the Nighthawks haven't been much better than the Legion/Titans and have had quite the fall from grace since making the finals and are struggling out of the gate and have only managed to pick up a couple of wins so far this season. 
 
Then there's the Menace. After being a VHL bottom feeder for years the Menace have come flying out of the gate with a 7-1 record and a suddenly explosive offense. They are currently trailing the Nighthawks by only two points for top team in the league standings. This is such a drastic transformation has got the league talking and the Menace bringing on a bunch of new bandwagon fans.
 
The Menace team went through quite a few changes during the last offseason and were hoping to make more of a impact this year as they are chasing their first ever playoff berth in 4 seasons. Their GM, Spartan made a lot of moves to pick up core pieces for his team during the last few years and I bet he's really hoping that those moves start paying off for him, now. Today I'll be highlighting Spartan's offseason changes to his Menace squad and I'll be touching base with him to gain some insight on some of these moves straight from the source.
 
Trading Kyle Glass for Kevin King
@Tbeez99 @IamMOOSE
Yeah yeah I know this wasn't a offseason move, but I felt I should talk about this trade deadline acquisition anyways since it did affect a future move made by the team. The Menace acquired veteran centerman Kevin King from the London United as well as a third round selection in S81 in return for a younger winger in Kyle Glass. Glass was drafted in 22nd Overall by Moscow in the S77 draft and wasn't getting much ice time with the Menace and was having a poor year scoring only 20 points in 62 games and going -10. He was given a change of scenery and has since broke out with the United team scoring 23 points in 21 games. King at the time of the trade was already a PPG player scoring 67 points in 59 games for London. Moscow's chances to make the playoffs were on the verge of being over and King who only had another season left to his career was a last ditch effort by the Moscow GM to make a cinderella run to a playoff berth. That obviously didn't work out as King only scored a single point for the Menace and went -3 to close off the year. At this point you just gotta hope that King still has enough left in the tank to return to form for his last season in the VHL.
 
Acquiring Tyler Walker
@Advantage
Spartan didn't fuck around and the day the trade freeze was lifted he made his first move of the off season and acquired veteran defender Tyler Walker in return for a third round selection in the S80 draft. Walker is a veteran of 7 VHL seasons and spent his last two years playing for the Calgary Wranglers before the trade. The Menace will be the fourth and last team he will play on as this will be his last season before retirement as he's been in the league a while and Walker will soon find himself needing a walker himself cus he's old as shit. Walker showed last season that he can still play at a elite level and is coming off a 62 point season playing on a mediocre Wrangler's team. Walker definitely improves this team as Moscow is still for the most part a younger team and veterans like Walker might be needed to push this team to the next level. Also, for the last few seasons the Menace has been pretty thin on the blueline and adding Walker to the group of Bob Tristan, Hard Markinson and Aurelien Moreau might now make this one of the best bluelines in the league.
 
Trading away King for Lexi Glass
@AW13
Remember that King guy I talked about earlier? Well turns out he didn't end up staying in Moscow after that 9 game trial run at the end of S79. Shortly after the Walker trade went down, King along with a 3rd rounder was traded to Warsaw in return for winger, Lexi Glass who is a year younger than King. A good thing to note is that Glass is a player that  has already played a total 67 career playoff games and has won the Continental Cup in S78 so Moscow is getting a boat load of playoff experience in this trade. Also this is a player that was just a single point shy from reaching the 100 point milestone last year. What Moscow is getting here is a prime time elite winger that knows how to win games and they only gave up a player that just wasn't gelling with the Menace's style of game for some odd reason. Hopefully Glass can experience a hell of a season here in Moscow and I hope we can convince her to stay here for another year after this one. 
 
Trading away captain Tristan for Johansson:
@N0HBDY @Gwdjohnson
All of a sudden, out from left field the Menace decided to surprise all their fans by continuing the habit of trading away their captains by trading Bob Tristan to Los Angeles in exchange for a cheaper defender in Arvid Johansson. This left people scratching their heads as Tristan was a vocal member of the team's locker room atmosphere. Spartan assured his team to have patience and that more moves were in the works and a drop in salary was necessary for future plans. Still Tristan will be missed as he was a steadying presence on a rather poor blueline for a few years while the team was going through their hard rebuild years. Still Johansson is no slouch he plays a very responsible game and already has the composure level of a VHL pro despite being a young defender. Johansson just finished out a solid rookie campaign with the L-A Stars scoring 29 points and going +24. Johansson still has time to grow as a player where Tristan was pretty much at his peak so this wasn't a bad trade to make at all. Yeah it's a slight downgrade but it might be a good move for the team long term and who knows Johansson with hard work can always end up becoming a better defender than Tristan ever was. After seeing how Moscow has the tendency to trade their captains I'm convinced the captain's seat in Moscow is in fact cursed and if that's the case new captain Philip Stein should be looking to sell his home in Moscow soon enough. 
 
When asked about the Menace Captaincy curse:
 
"I've joked around a bit that the captain role is a curse on this team, and I suppose there is some merit to it. The last time I named a defenseman, Fat Palloon, as team captain in S76, he was traded to Prague mid-season in exchange for cap relief and future assets. The captaincy in Moscow generally works in a simple way, where one of the longest tenured, active members of the team receives the C. It's been that way since before I even took over this team. It also sort of works in a negative way, since older players with a lot of tread on their tires end up as prime candidates for trades to acquire more draft picks, and to free up cap space."
-Spartan, Menace GM
 
Trading away Bowman and Lemiuex to Toronto:
@BrutalBoost @hockeyis66
This big trade didn't involve the acquisition of anybody really it was more of a move to get rid of a few contracts to free up some cash to make a gamble on some other moves and maybe acquire a UFA or two. The contracts the team decided to part with was Andrew Bowman and Jaromir Lemiuex and this trade must've hurt to make as Bowman is the AGM here in Moscow and this move must've tugged at some of Spartan's heart strings. But it ain't all bad. With S79 1st Overall pick, Papa Emeritus surpassing Bowman in TPE , Bowman was going to be relegated from the team's starting role to that of the backup. This trade gives Bowman a chance to continue being a starting netminder in the VHL. Jaromir Lemiuex who was also given up in the deal was a rookie coming off a spectacular rookie season in which he was third in rookie scoring with 50 points and was a contender for the Stolzschweiger trophy which is awarded to the league's rookie of the year. Unfortunately Lemiuex has vanished from the VHL hockey scene and is currently considered an inactive player, hence why Moscow could all of sudden want to part ways with him. 
 
When asked about how hard it was to trade Bowman away:
 
"It's usually quite difficult to trade away any active player, let alone someone who I rely on as my AGM and have a good relationship with. However, trading Bowman away in this instance was actually easier than you might imagine. We'd actually spoken about this quite a while ago, where he even brought up the idea of sending Bowman to another team for assets, or some cap help. Toronto was a great fit since they had no starting goaltender at all, so he'd get quite a large number of minutes which would be good for his development" 
-Spartan, Menace GM

 
The Acquisition of Rara Rasputin
@Victor
Once the UFA season came about it finally all made sense why the Menace was dropping all that salary. They were planning all along to make a free agency pitch to bring back goaltender Rara Rasputin who the Menace drafted 16th Overall back in Season 75 before trading him after his rookie season to Seattle in return for an older and more experienced netminder at the time Jacob Tonn. Rasputin of course then went on to have a pretty successful 4 seasons in Seattle and has won a Continental Cup and a Daisuke Kanou trophy with the Bears in S77 and has backstopped his team to three straight finals appearances. Rasputin like Glass is bringing in tons of playoff experience to a team who hasn't made the playoffs let alone play in them in a long time. This of course relegates Papa Emeritus to the backup role once again but @Beketov sees what's best for the team has been nothing but professional and accepting to his backup role.
 
When discussing the Rasputin trade the GM had this to add:
 
"We had our eyes on signing Rara Rasputin to the team from the time we knew he planned to leave Seattle. He was a former top pick by our organization years ago, and bringing him back in his prime was an opportunity we couldn't pass up. Unfortunately, we were in quite the cap bind, and our plan was to trade just Bowman and Lemieux away to make room for Rasputin. However, that would have left us with 5 forwards, 4 defensemen and 2 goalies, and we really wanted to run a proper 6-4-2. That meant that we had to send away Tristan and his $3 milllion cap hit and bring in two players on rookie contracts who would combine for $3 million - Johansson and Markov. A difficult decision to make, but one that was necessary for our organization, and also sets us up nicely for the future with two young players coming in to replace some veterans."
-Spartan, Menace GM
 
All this playoff experience will be highly valuable to this young team and I think the odds of this team making the playoffs this season has greatly improved with this years additions. The Menace just didn't have much when it came to experience and our team was consistently cracking under pressure last year and moves were made to address the problem. Now it's up to the younger players on the team to take in as much as they can from these veteran leaders while they're here and apply the new found wealth of knowledge to their own games. If that happens this year, the Menace might finally be a real Menace to the VHL standings in S80.
 
@Spartan