Advantage

I see how it is. Your a commish in the VHLM so you'd get one named after you. Fucking bias in this place is unreal.
 
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Sorry I couldn't resist. 

Also, while we're on the topic of driving people away, shall we talk about you picking fights with every single person who ever dares disagree with anything you say?

Will you ever speak sense? Your posts are so long with so little content.

Guys I must confess however, had it not been for my players, I wouldn't be in the VHL. You know who to blame.

I thought we established Devise for most biased?

Excuse my ignorance for looking here, but I assumed like many posts in the BOG it's not important, but let me intervene here
 
ConnorLowTho

@Advantage being all conceited
 

Why you gotta drag me into this. I don't like to exactly spread around how terrible I've been for 51 seasons. People think I'm good because I've been here so long, no need to correct them haha

Fuck you.

oh yeah you are a Habs fan!!

I MET HER SHE'S A WONDERFUL LADY!

The Season 52 Draft concluded last night and therefore will be the focus for this week's By the Numbers article.  I will be taking a look at three major headlines coming out of this season's draft.
 
8 - The number of selections the Stockholm Vikings made.  Three of which would come in the first round and five were taken among the first twelve players.  It seems quite clear that the Vikings have acquired five active players, including three players who appear to either be approaching or are over the 200 practice hour mark.  Rhett DeGrath, the goalie of the future for the Vikings, was selected with the second overall pick.  He promises to be a loyal elite goaltender that may be a key difference maker in future playoff appearances for the Vikings.  Lee King Snatch was a bit of a surprise with the fifth overall pick, but his raw potential showed too clear for GM Christopher Miller to pass up on him. Conrad Jenkins and some really long name guy were taken with the tenth and eleventh overall picks.  However, the biggest surprise of all came with the fourteenth pick (after two voided picks to Helsinki and NY) when the Vikings took Die Domi, who many GM's eliminated from their radar due to him not seeming as invested.  While that may remain true, Domi has since come out and said that he still intends on being a good player and someone that can be counted on in the future.  That pick could very well be a massive difference maker when looking back on this draft in five seasons.
 
4 - The team with the next most selections in the first two rounds was the Cologne Express, who took four different players including Alexander Thrower, who is apart of the GM's agencies.  They also proceeded to sign the Syndergaard twins who haven't been consistently active, but could work well together if they manage to make the pro team in a couple seasons.  Their fourth and final pick was Austin Hickey V who could be a solid pick if he gets back to training.  This is an interesting draft for a team that isn't necessarily in a full-swing rebuild at this point, and it will be quite interesting to see how they do going forward.  The most interesting note about this Cologne draft is that they were the only team that saw them select their own GM with one of their picks, being Thrower.
 
1 - We have to end this with the number one overall pick, Phil Shankly.  This was hardly a surprise pick as the member of the Phil agency has been long rumored to be the desired selection by the New York Americans.  We call this a quality pick with Shankly being the best player available and someone that will stick with that team in the long-term while fitting in with their potential interest in competing.  Do I see Phil being the best player long term? Given his agency's decorated past with the likes of Gerrard, Rafter, Hamilton, etc., absolutely I think he will be the top talent out of this draft.  It's going to be interesting if he goes on to have the best career, but I do think he landed in the right place to give him the best position to do so.
 
 
 

Should most improved be renamed breakthrough player to avoid conclusion?

Scotty Campbell Trophy - Regular Season MVP
CLEGANE, Greg (TOR) - 64GP, 45-15-4, .940SV%, 1.50GAA, 15SO, 1626SA
CLEGANE, Sandro (RIG) - 61GP, 48-10-3, .931SV%, 1.40GAA, 22SO, 1249SA
KOPONEN, Aleksi (CGY)  - 72GP, 60G, 75A, 135P, +94, 96PIM, 177HIT, 23SB, 15GWG

Daisuke Kanou Trophy - Playoff MVP
CLEGANE, Greg (TOR) - 18GP, 11-7-0, .950SV%, 1.47GAA, 2SO, 559SA
CLEGANE, Sandro (RIG) - 14GP, 8-4-2, .933SV%, 1.82GAA, 2SO, 388SA
 
Sterling Labatte Trophy - Top Defenseman
HAMILTON, Jeff (RIG)  - 72GP, 27G, 81A, 108P, +42, 98PIM, 217HIT, 111SB, 7GWG
HAMILTON, Phil (COL)  - 72GP, 21G, 91A, 112P, +67, 133PIM, 251HIT, 73SB, 4GWG
VELVET, Black (TOR)  - 72GP, 23G, 98A, 121P, +92, 100PIM, 221HIT, 95SB, 5GWG
 
Aidan Shaw Trophy - Top Goaltender
CLEGANE, Greg (TOR) - 64GP, 45-15-4, .940SV%, 1.50GAA, 15SO, 1626SA
CLEGANE, Sandro (RIG) - 61GP, 48-10-3, .931SV%, 1.40GAA, 22SO, 1249SA
WEINSTEIN, Ariel (STO) - 64GP, 56-4-4, .932SV%, 1.35GAA, 16SO, 1273SA
 
Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy - Top Rookie
SKYE, Apollo (DAV) - 64GP, 20-37-7, .913SV%, 2.79GAA, 3SO, 2065SA
 
Winner by acclamation? Absolutely
 
Scott Boulet Trophy - Top Two-Way Forward
SLEEMAN, John (QUE)  - 72GP, 50G, 47A, 97P, +17, 103PIM, 332HIT, 163SB, 12GWG
PARECHKIN, Zach (TOR)  - 72GP, 65G, 66A, 131P, +83, 92PIM, 434HIT, 39SB, 17GWG
 
David Knight Trophy - Top GM
Austin Gow (CGY)
Steve Smeall (RIG)
Mike Molholt (TOR)

Mikka Virkkunen Trophy - Most Sportsmanlike
COVINGTON III, Sir William (RIG)  - 72GP, 40G, 82A, 122P, +61, 12PIM, 9HIT, 48SB, 9GWG
ST. PIERRE, LeAndre (TOR)  - 72GP, 37G, 54A, 91P, +75, 0PIM, 14HIT, 22SB, 7GWG
 
 
Dustin Funk Trophy - Most Improved
KOHLER, Tyson (COL) - 72GP, 34G, 33A, 67P, +29, 34PIM, 129HIT, 20SB, 6GWG - Season 50
KOHLER, Tyson (CGY) - 72GP, 58G, 64A, 122P, +95, 37PIM, 76HIT, 21SB, 14GWG - Season 51
SKOVGAARD, Niels (COL)  - 72GP, 31G, 44A, 75P, +39, 14PIM, 85HIT, 19SB, 8GWG - Season 50
SKOVGAARD, Niels (COL)  - 72GP, 49G, 60A, 109P, +63, 31PIM, 83HIT, 9SB, 12GWG - Season 51
VELVET, Black (TOR) - 72GP, 16G, 59A, 75P, +45, 93PIM, 162HIT, 82SB, 7GWG - Season 50
VELVET, Black (CGY) - 72GP, 23G, 98A, 121P, +92, 100PIM, 221HIT, 95SB, 5GWG - Season 51
 
So my write-in here should emphasize why I cannot understand the votes for Hamilton. People are talking about how much Hamilton improved from a season ago, but his performance this season was barely an improvement on what he did two seasons ago (in fact I would actually argue that his Season 49 was just as good considering the extra defensive stats he had that season). Meanwhile, nobody else is voting for Black Velvet, who just posted significant (I'm talking over 50% more in some statistics) improvements not just from last season, but also in his career highs in assists, points and hits, 
 
I especially don't understand why we're now considering Phil when, if you go back two seasons ago, we had a very similar situation with Jorma Ruutu for the same award, but it seems like we all came to the same conclusion there that because he had been successful in prior seasons, he wasn't a good fit for the ballot, never mind winning! I just do not understand where this whole thing of "comparing it to last season and last season only" has come from. 

We are going to have chances at tall the trophies. Nobody is going to overlap with us except on the obvious ones.
 
Also fuck both of you for having VHLM trophies names after you.

tf is that alternate stockholm vikings logo in @Advantage avatar tho 

Ill do the Waitlist.

Accept 

Accept!

Die Domi
S52 - 4,000,000
S53 - 1,500,000
S54 - 1.500.000
 
Accept

Connor Low tho.

Just dont neglect passing completely
 
Perfectly fine build though.  Ill add some threads today basically saying this, but as smarch knows I believe players should build how they want and GMs work around that.  I am always willing to offer advice but its not my player so build how you want to cause thats the most likely way youll stay active.

I forgot about BIO and RP. That'll bump me too.

Just give me another top d-man and rookie of the year this year and I wont leave

Don't waste a season of your career in the VHLM. Pad those career stats.