- 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).