Moon

[The room buzzes with the hum of anticipation. Reporters and media personnel adjust their cameras, microphones at the ready. The emblem of the Toronto Legion stands proudly in the backdrop as Mooner, the General Manager of the Toronto Legion, steps up to the podium, with Assistant General Manager animal74 by his side.]
 
@Moon: "Good morning, everyone. We're thrilled to kick off this year's training camp. After the rollercoaster of last season and the hard-fought battles in the playoffs, we're looking ahead, focused on growth and pushing our limits."
 
@animal74: "It's an exciting time. Our players have come back motivated, and there's an incredible energy in the camp. We've seen some promising displays of skill in the initial sessions, and we're optimistic about the season ahead."
 
Mooner: "We've also been closely working with our coaching staff and trainers to ensure our players get the best preparation possible. Our strategies, team dynamics, and training regimes have been refined, aiming for better consistency and resilience on the ice."
 
Reporter: "What's the main goal for this training camp?"
 
animal74: "It's multi-faceted. Primarily, we want to strengthen our team cohesion and ensure every player, whether a rookie or a veteran, is perfectly aligned with our vision and tactics. We're also emphasizing physical fitness and injury prevention."
 
Mooner: "Our fans have been phenomenal, and their unwavering support motivates us every day. This season, we aim to give them even more reasons to cheer. To our beloved Legion fans: The next chapter is about to begin, and we promise it's going to be exhilarating."
 
[Mooner and animal74 nod to the assembled media, signaling the conclusion of the press conference.]
 
 

GG Toronto.  Castles really came through in those final two games.

Hey All! As some of you may know the Recruitment Team was hiring and we have finally gotten through all of the applicants and we have selected who will be joining the team!

Before we announce who we have hired I would like to thank @N0HBDYfor his contributions to the VHL Recruitment Team and wish him and the best on whatever his future holds .

Now onto who we have hired! The two members joining the Recruitment Team are.... @vincentlg2007and @Tetricide!!! Super excited to have these 2 folks on board!!

Thank you to everyone who applied! I encourage all of you to continue applying!

-Moon

Hey All! As some of you may know the Recruitment Team was hiring and we have finally gotten through all of the applicants and we have selected who will be joining the team!

Before we announce who we have hired I would like to thank @N0HBDYfor his contributions to the VHL Recruitment Team and wish him and the best on whatever his future holds .

Now onto who we have hired! The two members joining the Recruitment Team are.... @vincentlg2007and @Tetricide!!! Super excited to have these 2 folks on board!!

Thank you to everyone who applied! I encourage all of you to continue applying!

-Moon

Hey All! As some of you may know the Recruitment Team was hiring and we have finally gotten through all of the applicants and we have selected who will be joining the team!

Before we announce who we have hired I would like to thank @N0HBDYfor his contributions to the VHL Recruitment Team and wish him and the best on whatever his future holds .

Now onto who we have hired! The two members joining the Recruitment Team are.... @vincentlg2007and @Tetricide!!! Super excited to have these 2 folks on board!!

Thank you to everyone who applied! I encourage all of you to continue applying!

-Moon

Hey All! As some of you may know the Recruitment Team was hiring and we have finally gotten through all of the applicants and we have selected who will be joining the team!

Before we announce who we have hired I would like to thank @N0HBDYfor his contributions to the VHL Recruitment Team and wish him and the best on whatever his future holds .

Now onto who we have hired! The two members joining the Recruitment Team are.... @vincentlg2007and @Tetricide!!! Super excited to have these 2 folks on board!!

Thank you to everyone who applied! I encourage all of you to continue applying!

-Moon

Hey All! As some of you may know the Recruitment Team was hiring and we have finally gotten through all of the applicants and we have selected who will be joining the team!

Before we announce who we have hired I would like to thank @N0HBDYfor his contributions to the VHL Recruitment Team and wish him and the best on whatever his future holds .

Now onto who we have hired! The two members joining the Recruitment Team are.... @vincentlg2007and @Tetricide!!! Super excited to have these 2 folks on board!!

Thank you to everyone who applied! I encourage all of you to continue applying!

-Moon

Hey All! As some of you may know the Recruitment Team was hiring and we have finally gotten through all of the applicants and we have selected who will be joining the team!

Before we announce who we have hired I would like to thank @N0HBDYfor his contributions to the VHL Recruitment Team and wish him and the best on whatever his future holds .

Now onto who we have hired! The two members joining the Recruitment Team are.... @vincentlg2007and @Tetricide!!! Super excited to have these 2 folks on board!!

Thank you to everyone who applied! I encourage all of you to continue applying!

-Moon

Hey All! As some of you may know the Recruitment Team was hiring and we have finally gotten through all of the applicants and we have selected who will be joining the team!

Before we announce who we have hired I would like to thank @N0HBDYfor his contributions to the VHL Recruitment Team and wish him and the best on whatever his future holds .

Now onto who we have hired! The two members joining the Recruitment Team are.... @vincentlg2007and @Tetricide!!! Super excited to have these 2 folks on board!!

Thank you to everyone who applied! I encourage all of you to continue applying!

-Moon

Hey All! As some of you may know the Recruitment Team was hiring and we have finally gotten through all of the applicants and we have selected who will be joining the team!

Before we announce who we have hired I would like to thank @N0HBDYfor his contributions to the VHL Recruitment Team and wish him and the best on whatever his future holds .

Now onto who we have hired! The two members joining the Recruitment Team are.... @vincentlg2007and @Tetricide!!! Super excited to have these 2 folks on board!!

Thank you to everyone who applied! I encourage all of you to continue applying!

-Moon

Hey All! As some of you may know the Recruitment Team was hiring and we have finally gotten through all of the applicants and we have selected who will be joining the team!

Before we announce who we have hired I would like to thank @N0HBDYfor his contributions to the VHL Recruitment Team and wish him and the best on whatever his future holds .

Now onto who we have hired! The two members joining the Recruitment Team are.... @vincentlg2007and @Tetricide!!! Super excited to have these 2 folks on board!!

Thank you to everyone who applied! I encourage all of you to continue applying!

-Moon

Hey All! As some of you may know the Recruitment Team was hiring and we have finally gotten through all of the applicants and we have selected who will be joining the team!

Before we announce who we have hired I would like to thank @N0HBDYfor his contributions to the VHL Recruitment Team and wish him and the best on whatever his future holds .

Now onto who we have hired! The two members joining the Recruitment Team are.... @vincentlg2007and @Tetricide!!! Super excited to have these 2 folks on board!!

Thank you to everyone who applied! I encourage all of you to continue applying!

-Moon

Bana Blabs Down Under in SYDNEY #92 


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Hey all! As the beautiful month of September looks to come to a close, so does our regular season for S90. Since my last article I wrote about visiting Melbourne, Australia, we managed to fly ourselves to Sydney for the second time! Unlike when we first came to Australia and spent a week in Sydney, this time we only stayed from the 24-26th. We figured we'd already seen it but it's just so beautiful that we wanted a few more days... and I'm so glad we did! Melbourne was cool, but Sydney is on a whole different level (probably a few up, to be honest and in my opinion). Our Air BNB had cute character for a loft and was perfectly positioned off the water this time close to the gardens, opera house and CBD (we were close last time too mostly - Birch Grove). We spent our time mostly walking around CBD, Darling Harbor and had a beach day where I went stingray hunting with gorgeous views of the Sydney Harbor Bridge and Northern CBD filling up the views behind the crystal blue waters. ALSO, first 5 minutes in our air BNB and I was outside feeding Banana's to two cockatoos (which was an incredible experience you  can kind of read about in the article I linked above!) and eventually even fed a Lorikeet from my hand which was way too cool and beautiful. For the Brisbane, Sunshine Coast, Cairns and home time article, I think that'll be all next week. Still living it up in Brisbane as we speak!
 
Flip into the shadows of the VHL walls and playoffs are 2-3 games away from finishing.. Unless what I was reading about on Discord about the portal not being updated is still a thing. If so, shit. Will have to do lines eventually and to be fair, Brisbane, Sydney, Cairns, Sunshine Coast >>>>> VHL.... Sorry, Melbs   Seattle has found a way to fall out of grace a little bit. We found a groove, started running well after trade deadline but have since fell right back down in time to play Vancouver. Due to this, I'm sure, they're licking their chops at the potential of some fresh, juicy, Bear meat. Could happen but has potential to be a good one! On paper, both are good. We'll see what STHS has in store. With that being said, let's blab... as this is enough for our VHL.com article lmao...
 
Frederick Elmebeck Award - The idea behind it and reason for it is very kind and thoughtful. I just feel it's a bit of a popularity, ass kissing award where a bunch of friends mass nominate people and sometimes leaves me questioning a lot of the nominees.. really? Them?! Surprised ____ was left off! They've been in the league for what.. 4 seasons? Just became a GM? Over___?? All they are is active really. I guess the wording is "makes a difference in SOME capacity to other members". You certainly see somewhat of a theme of members too.. Would be cool to be recognized though as it is a league nominated award. I think I have been a couple times but haven't walked home with one yet... Could this be the season? I have made amazing relationships this season and over the course of the last 42. Even members I never thought I would... have grown so much like @rory etc that I'm very grateful for. There was a day we couldn't get along! Now we're gonna share a brew at the heritage game. Things change when you give people a chance... who would have thought?? I've been travelling around Australia since February... I've been to Indonesia in this time.. and since September 20th have been on 3 planes.. with 5 more to go... and that's not counting my flights to this wonderful country, to Indonesia, and carrying around a SECOND laptop this entire time so that I can do my GMing duties... We won't even talk about the time zone difference... Still one of the most active GM's.. always a ping away and quick to help.. Have had so many members come to me over the years that needed some help... I was also the member behind the original idea of the Christmas Charity which has collected thousands and thousands of dollars for amazing causes all throughout the world.. (I feel like that's a lot more than some of the members on the list, no? ) and this last off-season, while in Australia and spending all my hard earned money in this wonderful land down under, I introduced the first ever Seattle Bears Team awards under my tenure and have introduced the first ever team award (that I'm aware of) that donates money to charity of the player/member/winners choice. It's just about doing good and trying to instill that into the league, the Bears brand and even myself. I do it often in life, but I really enjoy helping others. It also helps me as weird as that probably is... I want to make a difference and be part of the difference. Despite the little debt I have now from this trip (it's a little more than a little but also none of your damn business hehe), I created the Spirit Bear Award which gave our first ever recipient, @rory, their choice of charity to donate the money towards to help out.  
Will I be nominated? Maybe. I've been a few times but nothing that has ever been close. I've never been an official nominee I don't think.. Unfortunately, I feel like a few small things can have a negative chokehold on some, cast a massive shadow over your positives for some and for them, despite preaching kindness, don't know how to preach and teach forgiveness  At the end of the day, I just see most of them moving their fingers on the keyboard while the above is being done by others. 
 
GMOTY - Still a great team and we made MOVES this season to be where we are. The sim has just been weird sometimes and our competition in NA is strong.. but our goal differential has improved big time mostly.. As @Advantage graciously showed us last season, the BOG is separated on how to vote and most awards take a lot into account.. Maybe no clear rubric? Unsure.. Often confusion around it. Seems a huge jump in standings is a good enough cause to win the award sometimes... and overlook everything else... also seems to be quite a bit of influence in there from some members, wink, wink. For the second season in a row, we flopped all over the place as we managed the cap, roster space and the same old same off-season of 90% of GM's waiting too long, waiting for free agency and WAITING.. that's what some of these new GM's love to do is wait until the last minute and then pull the trigger on the first deal they get even though other GM's probably would have offered more... but makes sense. Why do the work earlier when someone else will do it for you later? lol.. and for I THINK the second straight season, we also made the most trades for teams. 11 this season and 9 last season. All while managing to still make the playoffs and be one of the most consistent, successful teams for almost 30 entire seasons now. I'm doing this all while hopping on planes and being 15,000 KM away from my actual home. Some struggle to respond to GM's in a timely manner.  
Will I be nominated? Don't come off as cheeky, Bana....  Am I not nominated most seasons? 😼 DAMNIT, Bana... Settle down, my VHL mob. I'm only playing to ruffle those pretty cockatoo feathers of yours. Will I win? Honestly, while I have an epic resume for this season, so do a couple others actually. @Moon has done an amazing job with Toronto this season. Great bud of mine, great job! So hard to pick one to root for in the NA but you're up there for me!! I really do think Mooner wins it this season based off how the award comittee etc operates. this time they might not be wrong though! @FrostBeard and @InstantRockstar found ways in the off-season and even @Frank continues to impress with consistency and strength.. Always does a great job. EU - I'd say @samx and @hedgehog337 lead the way for me. They improved the most when it comes to bringing in strong assets.. maybe their seasonal stats aren't as strong, but to be fair, I expected a lot more than 33-29-8 from HSK..  Davos hardly made any big moves... Good season and had some nice, meaningful moves but when you compare to the rest, isn't quite the same level... Same thing with Prague. Same roster, no moves. Good season, sure. Maybe some of these teams had bigger jumps in the standings but eh.. is it on the same level as some of the others like Seattle, Toronto, HSK, RIG, MOS etc? Not to me... One final team that can easily make the list is Moscow @Spartan. Dislike trading with them. Rarely pleasant experience hashing out deals and is comparable to Starbuck's coffee prices. Sometimes you get the odd easy one but that's the nature of this role too... but I look at their roster and draft picks. If you're not scared, you're silly. I strongly avoided Moscow until the last minute so I wouldn't gift them anymore like the rest of you lol...  Every GM is unique. Every GM's competitive levels are different.. While there is a set standard for value, lots of things also affect it personally for teams like the member, history, blah, blah..  For example, I met @Berocka and since then his value has dramatically dropped for me. Guys like 7' tall. Would cost too much for Seattle to keep him well fed.  But it's whatever. We get the job done and i'm not trying to really rip into them.. Their track record is proven and I respect that. Lots talk highly of them and I can appreciate that. We're two hungry managers..  I operate somewhat similar. This is my value. If you don't like it, go somewhere else. Almost always does someone pay... look at LA this off-season and any team that likes to "wait" (not LA in this case..). Often the longer you wait.. the best "fruits" are picked through too.. and you end up paying the same for a bruised peach..  Even though most GM's complain, the value is almost always the same everywhere else.. often times, comedically,  they like to spend a little more... and often you name a price, they say "F*CK no", complain about it somewhere behind your back and then end up trading for a more expensive asset that is less value.. so whatever lol  

Bana Blabs Down Under #91

 
Rod Laver Arena, NHL Global Series 2023, Melbourne ,"Melby", Australia.  (Good ole USA, hey, Melbs?)

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Salutations, Everyone. I hope that life is going good for you and that if you're going through some shit, you make it through it. You got this! Life has been a tornado of crazy, busy and adventure the last little while. On September 20th, AKA my birthday / Mel-birthday, we flew across the continent from Perth to Melbourne at 0230AM! The flight mostly sucked and I was folded like a very cheap, stale pretzel in the mid section of a JetStar plane. Fortunately, my 5'4" partner survived without issue. We spent the days exploring the CBD and streets, markets (which are awesome here everywhere), local eats and drinks, parks, river cruises and just other extras around and about... Then on September 23rd we had the absolute privilege of attending the first ever NHL game in Australia, as also mentioned by @Berocka HERE, and it was a lot of fun. They put a good amount of work into it outside with shooting, puck handling and other cool events including a meet and greet with Lord Stanley. The game was pretty good. Lots of goals, a crazy goal by a Coyotes player that made the place bounce pretty good, a sweet brawl where they danced around and really put on a show and even treated the fans to a mediocre shoot out! Another PLUS? Rogers you get a piece of pizza for what, $12 @rory? Here it's a small pizza for like $16.5   You bet your ass Bana was feasting at the game on some cider, hot chips and pizza! 
 

 
Prior to the game though, we walked around, bought some stuff and were waiting in an hour long line, chatting with some fans from all over the place (New Zealand, Australia, Chicago and even Wainwright, Alberta... How cool???), waiting to get personal hockey cards done (which turned out crazy cool, by the way). That's when I got the text "If you see people wearing blues gear with a baby thats us haha". A few short minutes later, a family walked by with a little one strapped on the front. Little nervous. You speak to these people for years. These guys are my favourite people on the VHL and you know them so well, but... you've never actually met them! I can talk to strangers no issue, but I was shitting bricks a bit for Berocka! lol Went up, had a quick little chat and had to go back to the lines as we were finally so close after waiting an hour! It was really cool being able to meet his family and himself as he's been a very important member for myself, the Bears and the VHL.  I do think we may have the chance to meet up one more time in his home city! Very grateful for this neat experience!
 
For the VHL, lots has been happening and the league is cruising along. Old man @Beketov took a few days off to go on vacation. Haven't heard where he's going but I hope he enjoys the break with the family! TDL passed and the Bears have started an upward trend. We have a few things to figure out but we have a really good roster and while the LR is a little quieter, we have a group of great people in there that I really enjoy getting to know more and more. Rest of NA is also zooming, but we're closing in on LA and the Vancouver Chihuahuas and their snarling underbite. With that being said, let's do this blab so I can go to the Beach in BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL Sydney, Australia.. so far my favourite city in the world (but see you soon, Brisbane!)
 

Lamington's are a cake like treat in Australia with Chocolate and Coconut! They're my favourite, so we nabbed these to enjoy a couple on our Air BNB's rooftop!
 
Bears are flying and I think a big part of that is adding in Shrimp at TDL @Blazzer. They've always been a member I've liked. They're so kind, smart and have been a pleasant experience in the locker room and with the Bears. Also, DEGEN! We've started rolling a bit and closing the gap. I'm sure we'll be entering the wildcard playoffs but you never know. @InstantRockstar and choking go hand in hand like Bert and Ernie, lol..  My player sucks. It's been miserable. I don't know how many sims I've had where I've had zero points. I actually haven't checked since TDL it's been that bad. At one point, I expressed frustration to @Zetterberg... had a trade kind of lined up but I did feel bad. I love Z as a member. Always supporting me and the Bears mostly... Always a good relationship. That meant 100x more to me than my player scoring a few more goals on a shittier team. I'd rather with with Vasteras and suck. Those relationships matter! I think a lot of people liked theme week this season, but not me! I don't know why! Maybe I've been so busy and used to writing these kinds of articles that my brain just struggled. 40+ seasons as a GM, I have shit to write about. Probably closing in on 50 seasons with players, I'm sure I have shit to write about it. Yet, I struggled.  Ah, usually not 4 points but am 10/10 excited for Christmas and our annual Christmas Drive!  

 
 
About the Photo:
When we first arrived to our BNB, we were looking out the window and this beauty popped up on our balcony. Initially, he was spooking away the smaller birds it seemed. I got close to the window and he came closer, right to the window and started nudging at where the handle of the door was (I'm not joking!). I opened it a bit and he started turning his head to look through it (they say they're as smart as chimpanzee's). I said fuck it! I swapped my shorts and shirt for pants and a longer sleeved shirt, found the courage I used when I approached @Berocka (LOL) and went out there with them...  eventually a second one flew up, scared the shit out of me as they're so big, so fast and it came out of nowhere. I chilled out there with them, fed them STRAIGHT FROM MY HAND... I expected them to just slam their beak in there to get it but they were so soft, calm and gentle... it was such an amazing experience.. I love wildlife and finding trust with animals.. and it can now be added to the animals I've hand fed here (looking at you Quokkas and the notorious Australian Magpies!!)
 
Been a great little while. See you next week to probably talk about Brisbane and this week VHL.com for Sydney  
 
 

GEORGE FUCKIN RICHMOND

Player Information
Username: Arce
Player Name: Vanellope von Schweetz
Recruited From: Returning
Age: 18
Position: D
Height: 65 in.
Weight: 150 lbs.
Birthplace: Greenland

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Congrats on a great career my friend! Siyan will be missed but im excited to see what your next player does!

Siyan Yasilievich (badcolethetitan) has announced their retirement.

Bana Blabs Down Under #85

2023 Women’s World Cup, Perth, WA. Team Canada Vs Republic of Ireland. My partner and myself attending the game, rocking our scarves and cheering proudly for our girls! 🇨🇦 we were so proud of them! 

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Hello VHL.  I hope you’re doing GREAT. VHL has been pumping it feels like lately so that’s a lot of fun. New round of playoffs started so we have good action everywhere. Then, in my personal life, we recently went to team Canada versus the Republic of Ireland for the women’s World Cup in Perth, and it was so much fun! It was my first ever football match and for a women’s match, it was so much fun. It rained on us pretty good for half of the first half, but other than that the fans were so much fun, and the game had a lot of good action. It was also very neat to be this far from home, attend our first every football match, it be a women’s World Cup game and you know, Christine Sinclair leads for most international goals and she’s getting up there in age (40, right?) Very cool to be part of. Ireland got up early 1-0 and the Irish fans went nuts. They put numbered us easily but there was still quite a few Canadian fans in attendance. After an own goal from the Irish to tie it up, the beast and one of our fave players LEON notched an energetic goal to make it 2-1. Wooooo! Outside of that excitement, let’s blab a small bit about the league and get to it. 
 
Riga already lost out to Davos. series there was 4-1. A little surprising but Davos has had a good team for some time now while Riga is still building I suppose. I think that’s the only series at the moment closed out. Every other series is 3-2. Rooting for Calgary to come back and Prague to finish off Moscow. Seattle found themselves down three games to one against the New York Americans. I noticed somethings going on with the lines that I unfortunately didn’t catch before. The reason that I didn’t catch them before was because they were working. We ended the season on an 11 game winning streak, and I think sometimes throughout those games I switch to the lines that we used at the start of this series. They seem to work in the regular season and even smackes Davos around 6-2 in the last game.. however, wasn’t working here. Made changes. Now 3-2.. tough to crawl back! My player in the playoffs for Houston has one goal, one assist and two points in five games played. This is Pretty shit and I’m not happy with this this play. Houston also lost out 4-1. Strongly disappointed with this. However, can I really complain? Seattle is in the same position, so how can you really blame the GM. Do you have a really good team that should win. Shit happens!  

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About the Picture/Video:
The weekend before we went down to the Scarborough night markets off the beach, got some food, watch the sunset, and went to light scapes. The weekend after it was super nice again. Not a single cloud in the sky, 20° and very beautiful for Australia winter. Figured what the hell, let’s go back to Scarborough. Figured I was hungry before we hit the beach, so my beautiful partner and I hit up one of our favourite places to eat here… GRILL’D… they have a huge promotion on right now for Barbie, where they have pink burgers, with their pink sauce and pink drinks. You know I had to do it, VHL! Perfect day, burgers, beach and good company… 


My iPhone 8 works just as good at taking photos as her 13 does 📸 😡 
 

Review: I really like this graphic! One of the first things that catches my eyes in 100% the lightning in the background and with the name Thor I would be disappointed if there wasn't lightning in the background.  I think the font that you chose works very well in the image as its bold and has a wet paint effect that looks really clean and completes this graphic! The one thing that grabbed my attention was the little strip at the bottom being a little bit of a different color and almost throws it off a bit for me personally.
 
Rating: This is a really awesome graphic keep up the good work! 8.9/10