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Finally one more guy who has balls to create russian player

Yeah, that's fair deal. I mean, Vladimir is undervalued in terms of his impact on the club. I'm active in LR, earn enough and carry every team I play for (STHS blessed!) And being traded three times throughout the offseason is funny!

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Vladimir Trunov has not played a single game in VHL; however, you could see personal fans wearing Trunov jersey in Seattle, Helsinki, Malmo and now in DC. I wish I could say that Trunov has fans everywhere and I wouldn't be wrong, anyway, the reason is simple: during the offseason Trunov was traded three times. Seatlle traded him to Helsinki in an exchange for picks (1st + 2nd), Helsinki sent him to Malmo for Lovstrom, who is debatably the strongest goalie of the league right now, and the day after Trunov was heading to DC. We paid for him 12th and 2nd, I doubt I could buy someone similar for this price. Trunov is not the greatest player of his draft class. However, he was undervalued, and I took that chance. Trade tree under my tenure is growing up, it would be great to see someone examining every move I've made so far, but I guess it's too early to discuss it. Basically, I got Trunov for Ben Laas and 2nd DC. I think at this point this trade looks even better, Ben Laas was retiring veteran and getting 1st round pick for him at trade deadline was a mind-blowing deal, especially for GMs. Yeah, I am looking at you, Seattle. Ironically, Trunov won't stay long in DC. I've got an opportunity to move up on draft and with 3rd overall pick DC has drafted Toby Bob. He is the goalie I want to build my team around. Trunov is good for sure, but I think I want to see my player in DC jersey later, I assume it will be my next one and preferably a skater. To be honest, being a goalie is not that entertaining as I expected and I believe my 3rd player should've been skater because I doubt I will be able to earn as much as I do it now. It is what it is so Trunov's part of the trade tree will likely continue growing and looking at the past I am sure I did everything right. It was definitely a strange move to draft goalie prospect after I acquired future starter who is also my own player, but we will see how good I am at predicting and managing the team assests. Talking about DC, our draft ended after 5th overall pick. A week ago, we had 5th overall, 12th and 13th pick selections. Plus 21th and 24th in the second round pick. As I was pretty sure Malmo would take Bek and WAR would not draft Toby I decided to give up 1st DC S99 to get franchise goalie and close this position for years to come. So, taking that on my mind I decided to upgrade my D core and that's how Leif Reingaard became a dragon. World Cup winner brings winner mentality and experience in the team, moreover, it would be beneficial to Albin Aldgard to start his VHL path with such a great partner. I strongly believe that Brandon Petan Jr will win the Best Rookie award and Aldgard is the projected winner for the next season. Pairing with Reingaard will make Albin more productive and boost his development. With 5th overall pick, Dragons drafted first gen player - Agustin Martinez. Martinez was max earner and I am happy that we've got another great forward that will join us in S99. Sleepy is new to the VHL community, but I am confident that it won't be an obstacle to show the passion and fire burning out her soul. To conclude, this is how DC pre-draft moves look alike: Trunov < ---- > 12th OA (Bazooka Joe) + 2nd DC S99 3rd OA (Toby Bob) < ---- > 1st DC S99 + 13th OA (Lorenzo Mancini) Leif Reingaard < ---- > 21st OA (Chris Barbe) + 24th OA (Vincent Martinez) Just to make it clear, I don't rush with rebuild as most guys think so and acquiring Reingaard is mostly on-the-spot decision. Calgary couldn't find him a better home and I suppose I was the only guy who made an offer. There were around 21-22 actives on the draft, so 21st and 24th are almost useless picks and considering that I moved my 1st next season I am interested to perform better and fight for the wild-card spot. With that being said, I believe you agree that Leif is a perfect addition to the team. More than that, I don't prefer to have overloaded draft and currently I hold 1sts from SEA, VAN and TOR. These are from contenders; however it would be more than enough to get 1 active earner and 2 clickers from next draft. I still focus on getting more prospects and developing my future core, nevertheless, with cap tweaks it would be tougher to find a spot for every prospect if I stay in rebuild mode for too long. Before S98 starts, I would love to post some predictions: NA VAN TOR SEA CGY NYA DCD CHI LA EU MOS DAV RIG PRG HSK LDN MAL WAR Players that are likely going to be traded during S98: Maxim Anisimov, Big OI Doinks - NYA - Both players will play their last season before retiring and New York has no upcoming replacement. If they decide to retool a bit, it would be a smart move. Currently, NYA prospect pool has some promising stars: Pepe Silvia, Ryan Mantzz and Tina Hughes. However, you can't build the team constantly being mid. It is the condition where you don't get as much value as you want from drafts, and you don't fight in late rounds of the Continental Cup. Before cap reduces, I assume there will be a team willing to bring a star veteran on roster and NYA shall take advantage of it. Conference Prince-de-Galles - HSK - Another retiring player that might be a perfect addition to most contenders at trade deadline. HSK is going to be in wild card spot for sure, but in the worst scenario they have some assets to be traded and use the return to retool a roster. One of them is Conference Prince-de-Galles. Joshua Schwarzer - CHI - Joshua is the hottest winger on the market right now. 100% Chicago will trade him, and they had better do it faster to make more value. At the moment, Schwarzer is pending UFAs. Roger Eagles - LA - After tremendously successful S97 draft LA got screwed and had only one pick of S98 Draft - 23rd overall. It is not what you expect to go through the rebuild process, so to make it smoother it would be a good step to sell Roger Eagles for both sides. As the return will definitely be huge and player deserved to be in top team.

Vladimir Trunov is a star goalie prospect who has become Junior World Championship winner and went down the history as it was the first time Asia has ever won the tournament. Arguably, he was one of the best players on the ice and it is not a surprise that DC Dragons, the most promising team, acquired him from Helsinki Titans. G — 6' 3" — 190 lb. — S96, 10th overall. — Russian PROs Reaction: It is implied that Trunov has both amazing reflexes and reaction which make him the toughest goalie to play against. It is hard to find a way to score from different angles, due to the fact that Trunov needs minimum time to react on shots. Sizing: Vladimir is not the best when it comes to body measurement, nevertheless, he does his best to take advantage of it. With 190lb and 6' 3" he is fast and flexible. It wouldn't be exaggeration to say that Trunov is the headliner of active style of playing in the net and further generations will take him as a role model. Mentality: Vladimir was growing up watching Bogdan Trunov win the Continental Cup as a Warsaw Predators captain. He knows what hard work is and why he needs to be a better version than he was yesterday. The history doesn't remember the losers. CONs Consistency: The biggest concern of the scouting report that is pretty visible and it affected Vladimir pretty much, especially, in the playoffs. Hard to say what is the problem, however, Trunov had weak games during his tremendously successful regular seasons. Imagine how good his stats would have been if he could cope with it. Important games: Trunov hasn't succeeded in playoffs so far. With 19 games played he has mediocre 0.885 SV% and 2.76 GAA. To tell you the truth, Trunov was not the reason of poor performance of Ottawa Lynx and Halifax 21st. But, obviously, Trunov couldn't carry his teams on his back. Personality: As the third member of Trunov dynasty, Vladimir is the most competitive and selfish from his family. Scouts reported that Trunov chases personal awards more than anything and tooks failures personal. But we couldn't hear any concerns about his behaviour in the locker room. It seems we can't state that Vladimir has ever been a locker room cancer. And he likely won't ever be. Player Projection: Bubbles Utonium Projecting TPE: 1550 It would be curious to see whether we are witnessing the best one of Trunov's dynasty.

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DC Dragons S97 PC #6 Answer 6 to get 2 tpe 1. As we are going towards the draft. How would you describe DC draft history under the tenure of GM qripll? 2. Reingaard and Trunov are newly acquired dragons. How did you welcome them? 3. DC roster is almost full. However we are in need of both forward and defenceman. Who do you project to be a perfect addition to the team? 4. Winter is coming to its logical end. Share with us some of your bright snowy memories. 5. Rumors came true and league announced the cap reducement after S98. How would that affect the league, especially contenders? 6. Do you think the cap reducement is a desperate move considering current conditions of the league? 7. Choose one prospect from this draft class who will win at least 2 Continental Cups.

I said I really need that trading record!

I'd say WAR should go for best C as this position needs more time to develop into a decent player. But we'll see

I definitely approve @dstevensonjr's point of view. However, I'm curious to see how it will affect the league and how GMs will cope with adjustments. On the other hand, as soon as s100 prospects become eligible we will have to edit cap again. So, how long will we manage around 40m? S99-101, mainly. Then, we will have to adjust the cap again. Seems like a belated change, or just action for the sake of action.

Should've been dlamb Nevertheless, good luck @v.2.

go asia!