Daniel Janser

I am getting Serrano vibes here ('Major League') waking up Yobu.

I came here for a ScottyP diss and was sorely disappointed... Go for Deathwalker / Detroit

mom, I made the news! Very in depth analysis (did not read all of it yet though) and you make very good arguments why you put which team where. A daring task just to be ripped apart by the wisdom of hindsight when Simon T. whimsically throws everything overboard. Kudos to the effort and determination to write this summary.

I may have not been clear on this one. I did not mean overcrowded, but we all know that spots in the VHL are limited due to the cap. If a team is trying to compete, chances are that a nine year, max earning veteran is given preference over 2-3 mediocre (and I mean that in the best possible way) more casual earning players. In my opinion, this leads to a domino effect where young talents are just not signed and end up 'homeless' caught in the limbo of being too good for the E but 'undesired' in the VHL.

fair point on the first one. My assumption was that the 9 season career is the cake and the depreciation the price to pay. Also since the 'default' case is one season VHLM, one season VHLE and then 8 seasons of VHL bliss. I think sticking to the default is not milking the system but navigating within the rules as intended. Also one could also grind the first few months to either skip the M or the E (as per personal preference) and than more or less become a welfare/PF earner to mitigate the impact of the depreciation. I do not know how appealing a 9 season career of mediocricy is. on the second one I would actually argue the opposite. (and I am a little confused as well, as you make it sound as if after your desired revision the TPE total of the top players would be lower. this seems counterintuitive, given that you seem to wish to mitigate the fourth depreciation which would lead to a higher TPE/A of the said top earners then in the existing system). If a nine season career becomes more 'affordable', I suspect that more users would go for it. Which means that slower earners (with a maximum eight season VHL career) will get less opportunity to shine (or at least get icetime) when the nine season career players keep on hogging the spots... especially in the netminder position, where hybrid attributes are not a thing and an effective build is much less TPE thirsty than with skaters (and the spots are limited to maximum 32).

Callum was present at the ceremony for the VHLM dispersal draft. Multiple GM's had contacted him and stretched out their feelers, whether the Swiss defender would spend a season in the development league that is the VHLM or whether he will go back to Europe to hone his skills. And he replied to everyone of them that he would like to compete for the Founder's Cup, one of the few trophies his dad was not able to obtain. His patience was not really tested on draft night, as after Vegas' first overall pick, Belgian defender Didier Verhault, Callum's name was called by the Saskatoon Wild. He went second overall! His father, a Calgary legend and potential Hall of Fame inductee, only was picked at 36 in the S80 dispersal draft by the Mississauga Hounds. This was exciting for more than one reason. First, his talent was clearly recognized and second he needs to find a stay in Saskatoon as commuting from the Lake Ontario to Saskatchewan was clearly no option. His aunt Nicole lives in Saskatchewan, but a quick check on Google maps verified, that this would still be the better part of a five hour commute. 'Well, something will turn up. It always has.' And after the usual photographs and interviews as well as shaking hands with the Saskatoon brass, he started browsing real estates for rent/lease in the town he will call home for the foreseeable future.

I do not think one should be able to eat the cake and keep it. If one decides to skip a league (and let's be honest, one would need to severely grind to do that), that is one's prerogative. It is not that it is a well kept secret that depreciation will hit you like a truck in year 8 and 9 respectively. If one is willing to push for a 9 season VHL career, they ought to be aware that it comes at a price. I also dislike a notion of 'staying longer than necessary'. The league as it is now, was designed for 1 season VHLM, 1 season VHLE and then swing for the big league. If one skips one of the build up leagues then technically they are staying less than necessary. Let's not forget that is a problem only competitive earners will face (not saying that this makes the concern per se irrelevant) and the majority of players will never know a 9 season VHL career (also for cap reasons). Marcel, my brother was a clicker (with few exceptions) and he never suffered regression. He had a five season VHL career (2 seasons in the VHLM, 3 seasons in the E).

Interesting...

1. Yeap, never been near Saskatoon with my previous player (though Viper was AGMing during my time with the Hounds). 2. I have no clue how that feels It is nice to be recognized by your peers. 3. Go hard or go home, no time for a five season rebuild like other franchises I could name *cough*Toronto, Helsinki*cough* 4. 69 (nice!) points with DJ, not so good with Cal-Gary but he is a baby still in terms of TPE (and has no offensive talent to speak of). 5. Calgary might not get into the post season for the first time in over a decade. Still hoping they can make it though. 6. I think the defensive defender (whatever that is called) is achievable.

Huhu huhu, he said PP magic

You are milking this to the last drop TPE, aren't you

Damn! Ahma already there for his fourth season? Time flies if you have fun...

you probably would have owed your bookie money if you bet on it...

Why do I hear 'the Eye of the Tiger' in my head?

On a more serious note, places like Davos and St. Moritz are rather on the high-end pricewise all year round. Especially during WEF (World Economy Forum) the prices for accommodation easily reach four digit numbers per night. But yeah generally speaking, costs in Switzerland are on a similar level as in Sweden, Norway or Denmark.

1 Of course the best pick made at 2OA other than that Simon T will show us how good we drafted. 2. Nah, this is my second player and I know what I need to know. 3. This is difficult to tell and I am bad with predictions anyway. 4. I have not followed really what the other teams did. From the past it seems Philly can always muster a competitive roster. 5. Not yet, my entry draft will be S91. I am excited where I will land. 6. Well I would like to have the skill, but since I do not it is frustrating to do anything decent, so I stick to writing instead.

D James Marino

The Vasteras short cool bus

G Lachlan summers @wcats

D fradin mcgryer @chikn

I secretly own the league but I let Beketov pretend it is still his. me in summer, as I have too much money to only burn it in winter.

F Vincent Laroche-Gagnier @wcats

F Landon Wolanin @chikn otc