MubbleFubbles

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mubble-fubbles/episodes/Cast-e2vke31

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mubble-fubbles/episodes/Broken-Tooth-Cast-e2uvmk3

Mocks are cool, drafts are cool. I figured I'd do a thing where I look at mocks from the past and compare where players went in the mock draft in comparison to the league draft and talk specifically about the player who dropped down furthest from the mock and the player whose stock rose the most and see how their careers played out and if they justified the rise and fall in stocks. I'm starting with the Season 38 Mock Draft written by Mike as that is the closest record I could find to a Mock Draft that was completed close to the draft's completion. I know Kendrick used to do some mocks but I think those got deleted after some things happened with his account and there was a Season 37 Mock by CowboyInAmerica that was obviously a good read as it always is with him, but also was written over a month before that draft so was a bit too far out to be an accurate gauge of draft stocks heading into the draft. Season 38 Draft Season 38 Mock by Mike Mike called all first ten players selected in the first round correctly (which wasn't as impressive a feat back then as it would be closer to now as there were sub-30 players in a draft class for many of the older classes) and half of those were picked exactly where Mike had predicted. There were only two players whose selections fluctuated by more than two draft positions and that was Dimothenis Vlasis (who rose from 7th in the Mock to 4th in the VHL Draft) and Ashton Galbraith (who fell from 5th in the Mock to 8th in the VHL Draft). The Mock Draft itself actually covers good reasons for why these players went higher/lower than they were predicted. Vlasis was the third best defenseman prospect heading into the draft, but the question was if Helsinki would go defenseman with both #1 and #3 given that they already had STZ's Season 38 defenseman and Hall of Famer Jake Wylde on the team via the GM rule. While the mock predicted against this (although did say there would be a possibility of it), Helsinki did wind up picking first-gen defenseman Don Draper at third overall having already taken Vojczek Svoboda first overall. Helsinki going with Draper at #3 absolutely wound up being the right decision as Draper wound up being one of two players taken in that draft (along with Hall of Famer Bruno Wolf) to surpass 1000 TPE and made up for Helsinki's first selection of Svoboda who was incredibly disappointing and lasted only three seasons in the league before retiring after Season 40, way earlier than had been anticipated. With Draper no longer available at #4, Cologne still looked to find the best defenseman available which is what led to Dimothenis Vlasis being taken three picks before the Mock had predicted. This was the right move as although Vlasis was not a star, you would likely have to say he had a better career than all of the skaters selected afterwards and goalie would not have made sense for Cologne here as they'd taken a goalie in the first round in the previous season's draft. Vlasis started off very strong, winning Rookie of the Year honours in Season 39, however after a down year the following season, they were traded to the New York Americans for a second round selection in Season 42. The only skater that perhaps rivaled Vlasis was Kachur's Chris Raymond who was selected seventh overall by Helsinki. Funnily enough though Raymond would make his way to Cologne via trade and was part of their cup-winning roster for Season 42 making him one of only three players selected in this draft to win a cup (the others being Vlasis and Percy Miller). Ashton Galbraith's career post draft more than justified his later selection than the Mock Draft anticipated. The user was marshall_222 who had previously managed the Hall of Famer Jochen Walser, however that Hall of Fame work ethic was not there with Galbraith unfortunately as Galbraith didn't earn a single TPE post VHL Draft and ended their career with 122 TPE. That did not stop them from playing in the VHL however as the Season 54 Bears snapped him up for 54 games, however they only played Galbraith for a grand total of 45 minutes, only having a chance to get a single VHL assist before never being seen in the pro leagues ever again. Despite that though, it'd be difficult to say Galbraith was much of a bust pick as there were only two players who got over 200 TPE that were selected after him, one of which Cologne drafted at ninth overall anyway in Leo Tesla, and both Tesla and Percy Miller were early retirees as well so Galbraith was not a big miss on Cologne's part.

https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/mubble-fubbles/episodes/Theme-Week-e2tv79v

That’s correct, it was just edited in by the commissioners, no change log was posted.

So unfortunately this was a rule that was amended into the rulebook by VHL commissioners a year ago (which is why Rory's position change went through because it was before the change). If you're wondering where the announcement was, well there wasn't one unfortunately. I'd pointed that out to them that they were going to make a change to the rulebook that they'd never actually announced, but I guess they thought it wasn't necessary.

- I think this is the first Point Task that I've done since Podcasts got moved down to ten minutes about a month ago after I spent nearly 4 years of moaning about it being 15 minutes, so naturally I decided to make it a Media Spot instead. I probably will get back on the podcasting train at some point (we're now at a point where I can do proper judging of each team's best and worst draft pick of the S80's so maybe I'll pick that back up) but it's been a bit weird at the minute with car journeys at the minute as my usual car is out of action right now. - I've fallen off with Wayne Gretzky over the last season or so, but just broke the 1000 TPE with still a season before depreciation kicks in so I can still contribute at a good solid level. Looks like I'm eighth in TPE when compared with players from the same Season 92 Draft Class as Gretzky so at least I've overtaken a few of the players taken ahead of me despite starting with 30 TPE on draft day. - Anyone heard anything about Theme Week for this season? Ordinarily I think this would have been the week it would have taken place (given the 50 game point for this season I think would be occurring around Tuesday 21st this season, and theme week is typically week before deadline), but it's understandable if it wasn't this week given there's still a valid doubles week from Christmas to be spent. Not complaints if it's not happening this season since we've had very generous helpings of uncapped this season, but just hope I've not pre-empted a Theme Week announcement and have to do another Theme Week article later in the week! - Naturally with our most prolific avenues for recruitment from the S60s-S80s not being as accessible or fruitful as they once were, it's been difficult to get close to the 100 player draft classes the league used to see on a season-to-season basis. The most important thing though is making sure the players that we do get feel engaged and want to keep active in the VHL and it's seems like we are acheiving that to some degree, with a fair few players drafted in the late 2nds and early 3rds of the recent drafts still maintaining activity post-draft, which is a far cry from the first 20-30 seasons I was here when many drafts wouldn't have VHL players outside the first round despite having half the teams of the current era. - I miss that the S97 VHL index search page is not working as it should, it used to be one of my go to places to find out how each user's attributes compared with one another as, to my knowledge, there's nowhere that really fits that same bill on the portal and you're limited to just looking at player attributes per team. Luckily, I can work around it by going to the Season 96 version , clicking submit on Player Rosters Menu and changing the URL from 96 to 97 though, so I can still wonder if making my Puck Handling the best in the league at 98 was a terrible idea (Current Verdict: Probably).

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