MubbleFubbles

Week 4/4

When you hear someone making a podcast about eliminating a Swedish team and you manage one! But then you realise it's the other one For VHLE career lifer, as things stand (I've suggested other ideas to the commish so we'll see) you get to pick your pre VHLE-draft season team in FA, then like the VHL, you have a three season contract with the VHLE team that drafts you before becoming a VHLE Free Agent and all those are one-season deals, so at least you've got plenty of engagement in the off-seasons ahead! No depreciation as well so yeah, think you may well become the VHLE GOAT! Occurred to me during this that it might be worth the league introducing a new optional clause to contracts, a VHLE clause that gives the player the ability to pick whether they play up in the VHL or down in the VHLE since atm it's solely the GM's choice. Hey, maybe you don't have an award but at least you've got one of the four VHL divisions named after your player! I'll settle for just having the Thunderdome forum that you named after me! Lol, the Luna Sharp award sounds like something Encarnacion would have won like 6 times over! I've only left youtube comments on very small videos (like sub 1000 views) to answer questions that were asked by the creator. I used to frequent a website called giantbomb.com and they did a play through of Yakuza 0 and, as someone who completed the game, I gave helpful advice and got shouted out for helping on one of their videos once and that was super cool!

F - Nezuko @dogwoodmaple

https://anchor.fm/mubble-fubbles/episodes/MiniFubbles-Ep--18---My-VHL-Heist-e1qvsb8

D - Hari Singh Nalwa @NSG

Season Rank Name TPE Season Rank Name TPE S63 1 Ryan Kastelic 2000 S59 44 Joseph Bassolino 842 S66 2 Hunter Hearst Helmsley 1828 S83 45 Scotty Sundin 819 S77 3 Paul Atreides 1648 S35 46 Lennox Moher 812 S68 4 Condor Adrienne 1629 S41 47 Niklaus Mikaelson 799 S56 5 Gabriel McAllister 1613 S7 48 Layken Heidt 792 S80 6 Xavier Booberry 1579 S84 49 Art Vandelay 770 S61 7 Matt Thompson 1571 S5 50 Jochen Walser 768 S72 8 SS Hornet 1558 S55 51 Felix Savard 765 S74 9 Aloe Dear 1553 S6 52 Josh Vestiquan 754 S67 10 Lincoln Tate 1546 S27 53 Satan 737 S79 11 Papa Emeritus 1498 S21 54 Andreas Bjorkman 733 S45 12 Phil Hamilton 1459 S13 55 Alexander Sauve 695 S73 13 Groovy Dood 1436 S10 56 Tomas Jenskovic 694 S69 14 Cinnamon Block 1430 S9 57 Jack O'Reilly 677 S75 15 Pistil Stamen 1414 S78 58 Nils Tallinder 676 S60 16 Veran Dragomir 1389 S14 59 Malcolm Kelly 650 S62 17 Leph Twinger 1300 S36 60 Godavari Yumalatopinto 648 S40 18 Thomas O'Malley 1287 S37 61 Slaeter Fjorsstrom 647 S53 19 Franchise Cornerstone 1276 S47 62 John Sleeman 647 S30 20 Ethan Osbourne 1212 S11 63 Ginzou Fujiwara 633 S48 21 Black Velvet 1190 S54 64 Hudson Abbott 609 S26 22 Jarvis Baldwin 1152 S20 65 Japinder Singh 598 S28 23 Volodymyr Rybak 1134 S85 66 Henry Eagles 591 S70 24 Edwin THE Encarnacion 1133 S43 67 E'Twaun Delicious 578 S50 25 Diana Maxwell 1126 S2 68 Christian Stolzschweiger 577 S76 26 Red Lite 1117 S15 69 Max Kronenburg 574 S46 27 Zach Parechkin 1083 S8 70 Steve LaFramboise 558 S44 28 Edwin Reencarnacion 1079 S32 71 Jack Sound 556 S82 29 Vasile Lamb 1069 S34 72 Doug Clifford 551 S81 30 Nezuko 1034 S22 73 Clint Guite 540 S51 31 Apollo Skye 1032 S3 74 Patrice Reynaud 488 S25 32 Ansgar Snijider 1024 S65 75 Carles Puigdemont 477 S39 33 James Faraday 1020 S38 76 Vojczek Svoboda 470 S18 34 Daisuke Kanou 979 S86 77 The Frenchman 468 S71 34 Kyl Oferson 979 S49 78 Titan Kronos 405 S42 36 Bismarck Koenig 971 S31 79 Joseph Heiss Jr. 401 S64 37 Ryan Sullivan Jr. 965 S17 80 Jordan Berglund 400 S12 38 Matt Bailey 954 S16 81 Demetrjusz Dudek 396 S19 39 James Bencharski 950 S29 82 Al Wilson 379 S57 40 Chase Keller 939 S4 83 Alec Miller 375 S52 41 Phil Shankly 921 S58 84 Ivan Morozov 321 S33 42 Wesley Kellinger 903 S24 85 Matthieu VanCoughnett 235 S23 43 Leeroy Jenkins 870 S1 86 Robert Sharpe 188 Bold = Currently Active Underline = Players Created After Change to 12 TPE Weekly Cap Red = Player Created After Change to Nine Season Careers Don't know why I'm updating this guy's work, but this is updated for Season 86

G - Brandt Fuhr @dogwoodmaple

F - The Board Game Clue on Skates @NSG

D - Brian Payne @dogwoodmaple

12 hrs passed, @dogwoodmaple pick your player when you're next on. F - Saku Kotkakoivu @NSG

Pretty good draft class if you're after an elite center! (Click to enlarge)

Higher Frame-rate version at https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/11817847/ Also, I noticed that since RJ left, the draftee rankings hole hasn't really been filled, so here's a ranking sheet for all TPE W/E Nov 13th (with ups and downs based on TPE earned by W/E Nov 6th) Ranking Movement Player Name Member Name Team Position TPE TPE This Week AVG Capped TPE 1 = Randy Bobandy AJW OSL C 217 15 12.00 2 = Skor McFleury Alex COL D 215 22 12.00 3 Down 1 Mac Atlas v.2 OTT C 214 21 12.00 4 = Jimi Jaks kelvi HFX C 194 18 10.83 5 = Oreo McFleury JB123 SDM RW 178 13 11.50 6 = Yaroslav Trunov qripll SSK RW 177 15 12.00 7 = David Jokinen Ahma SDM D 154 15 8.67 8 = Kronchy Kardashian Garsh SDM D 152 16 9.33 9 = Reese McFleury Spaz LVA D 120 11 7.50 10 Up 7 Jack Jeckler Uncommon SDM D 118 45 7.00 11 = Logan Foley WildfireMicro MIS LW 111 12 8.67 12 Down 2 Hannibal Barca DreMin15 MIS RW 108 6 6.67 13 Down 1 Reinhard von Kongming Kylrad SSK D 103 7 5.33 14 = Admir Bala Tyler SSK D 91 7 4.17 14 Down 1 Big B Bigb33 MIS D 91 6 4.00 14 Up 1 Tyler Swift lilchrist LVA D 91 9 7.33 17 = Kai Bandz CrookedAnt PHI RW 89 16 10.50 18 NEW Sakari-Kari Erkkilaismakkyinen Edustava HOU C 88 6 4.00 19 Down 3 Keita Kourou woog SDM LW 86 6 5.60 20 Up 1 Tim Riggins Jayhawk MEX LW 83 17 7.00 21 Down 1 Full Player Name Matt_O SDM D 80 9 6.20 21 Down 2 Keno Akara Keno MEX C 80 8 8.67 23 Up 1 Ellis Woolfenden D3X MIA RW 73 8 5.00 23 Up 4 Grunkle Stan-dingyouup Big Newff HOU C 73 10 4.50 25 Down 4 Braeden Panarella ThatCasual HFX LW 72 6 5.00 25 NEW Richie Cohen StephenCurry5806N PHI D 72 8 6.00 25 Down 4 Steve Lattimer pugsood MIS LW 72 6 5.00 28 NEW Ziggy Dupree Ziggy Dupree SSK LW 70 10 3.00 29 Up 1 Connor McLauglin Connor Mclaughling HOU RW 68 8 4.40 29 Down 1 Niall Mahoney LiamFlannigan OTT D 68 6 3.75 31 Down 2 Ray Alexander TheRoyalEmpoleon HOU LW 67 6 2.00 32 Down 2 Anze Kopitar Bruh HFX C 66 6 4.00 32 Down 2 Austin Goulet Tuchy MIS RW 66 6 4.00 32 NEW Big Bacon BigBacon16097 RW 66 6 4.00 32 Down 2 Cole Rowson Coleman23224 MIS C 66 6 4.00 32 NEW Eric Bartel Bertle21 C 66 6 4.00 32 NEW Jeff Beukeboom jr Raph98 LW 66 6 4.00 32 NEW Troy Conlon Yort101 HFX D 66 6 4.00 39 Down 15 George Costanza fonziGG MEX LW 65 0 1.67 40 Down 14 Shawn Juhamatti Aaltonen TheLastOlympian07 SSK RW 64 0 4.00 41 NEW Artur Szczepanski Artur Szczepanski D 62 2 0.00 41 NEW Benjamin Taylor WildKnight LVA G 62 2 0.00 41 NEW Frederic Shwaykis Jonni Alicea D 62 2 0.00 41 NEW Johnn Wapkins Bosshop PHI D 62 2 0.00 41 NEW Jussi Laitela OsteriOssi HOU RW 62 2 0.00 41 NEW Oliver Oli HOU RW 62 2 0.00 47 NEW Barry Johnson squigmeister717 LW 60 0 0.00 47 Down 17 Beep Beep Bedard dart SSK LW 60 0 2.67 47 NEW Boston Leahy Hockeyboy RW 60 0 0.00 47 NEW Briley Pelletier BrileyB D 60 0 0.00 47 NEW Fishy McWishy FishyWishy C 60 0 0.00 47 NEW Ian Paton IGP392039 D 60 0 0.00 47 NEW Jeff BeaurovJr nimkiis beaudry jr LVA C 60 0 0.00 47 Down 17 Justin Alla Justin HOU D 60 0 2.00 47 NEW Martin Brunet Brunsy38 MEX C 60 0 0.00 47 NEW Michael brooks MIchael6383 G 60 0 0.00 47 NEW Misxue Guan Misxue Guan D 60 0 0.00 47 NEW Omar Abougouche Omz Abz D 60 0 0.00 47 NEW Phil Burkowski Hospital_Passer PHI D 60 0 0.00 47 NEW Zechariah LeFevre Zechariah SSK C 60 0 0.00 61 Down 25 Maxime Bepis MIA RW 56 0 1.33 61 Down 25 Rushin Spy Rushin Spy LVA LW 56 0 0.00 63 Down 25 Chris Visconsi MwyNyamBabyYoda MEX D 54 0 0.00 63 Down 25 Emil Lepisto Lele RW 54 0 0.00 63 Down 25 Hir Waah isikinkku RW 54 0 0.00 63 Down 25 MIKE coolguy321 C 54 0 0.00 63 Down 25 QuantumPiGuy CKTigerstar QuantumPiGuy47 LW 54 0 0.00 63 Down 25 Rich Richards Rickymcg MIS C 54 0 0.00 69 Down 25 Laytin Cupp laytin RW 51 0 2.00 70 Down 25 Jack Simms zarkaun96 MIA LW 48 0 0.00 70 Down 25 Joshua Yun Joshua Yun LVA C 48 0 0.00 70 Down 25 Michael Williams son_of_moose D 48 0 1.00 70 Down 25 Shane Wardell Shane Wardell LW 48 0 0.00 74 Down 25 Flynn OSteel tylerwest D 45 0 0.00 75 Down 25 James Chilzer eraserfrog OTT D 44 0 0.00 76 Down 25 John cena YOU BETTER STOP STOP LW 42 0 0.80 77 Down 25 Brandan Huinink Brandan8 RW 36 0 0.67 77 Down 25 Mr Fancy Moves xPro King Kiddx HFX LW 36 0 0.00 77 Down 25 Pete Vanderzwet Archaic80 RW 36 0 0.00 77 Down 25 Sebastian Berger BlueEagle RW 36 0 0.00 81 Down 25 Shane Sendaj mrdicknurballz C 30 0 0.00

That's really cool that you've created a character and carried them over with a few changes to multiple forms of media! Actually just looked into the name Lachlan to see where it originated (I thought it would be Scotland given I know of a few people called Lachlan from there), and apparently it came from Vikings in Ireland, which is pretty fitting given your current team haha!

Matthew Kai, Elfon Ashelf and Ian Smith Jack Todaro and Haydyn Chet Foreals and barry bigman Dirty Caufield Greg Santos Majestic Buffalo Dawson Thibert Ches Morrison Kiefer Leclerc John Smith Danny dimes Evgeni Shevkov Titomir Pukshuuter Laser Brewer George Patton Current Leaderboard: 1: Matthew Kai 2: Evgeni Shevkov 3: George Patton 4: barry bigman 5: Greg Santos 6: Elfon Ashelf 7: Kiefer Leclerc 8: Chet Foreals 9: Dirty Caufield 10: John Smith 11: Majestic Buffalo 12: Jack Todaro 13: Titomir Pukshuuter 14: Ches Morrison 15: Ian Smith 16: Danny dimes 17: Dawson Thibert 18. Haydyn 19. Laser Brewer In an unbelievable turn of events on the twentieth time of asking we’re actually going to ask whether a player who is actually active, updating and currently playing on a VHL team is the best player in the VHL Portal! Wow! So let’s talk about Calix Pearce, the user Laine’s follow up to their 1228 TPE player Patrik Laine. Calix, created as a sibling to both Niko and Cole Pearce, was created just over a year ago now and started off with a pretty strong earning rate, kicking off their career with six weeks of 10 capped TPE per week at a point where they were the Storm GM in both the VHLM and VHLE (as their player was created just prior to the transition from Minnesota to Oslo). However as their personal life became busier, the amount of point tasks they could do shrunk and, eleven weeks after creation, Pearce’s earning dropped from that 10 capped TPE per week to 4 capped TPE per week. While they do not currently earn every week, they do still at least make sure to claim welfare for their player at least twice a month, which you like to see cause I think too many players throw in the towel with a player too early whereas Pearce demonstrates you can still play a role in the VHL even after missing a few weeks. As for Calix Pearce’s performance on the ice, they haven’t accrued too many points, but I would say they’re actually getting more than is usually expected from a player built like Pearce as they have gone the route of building a physical defenseman. After having spent three solid seasons in the VHLE as a part of the Oslo Storm and Cologne Express roster’s, Pearce made the move up to the VHL for Season 85 and picked up 34 points in 72 games whilst also posting up the second most hits and third most shot blocks on the Seattle Bears roster. While those point numbers may look low, it’s worth pointing out that Seattle did not have the best luck in front of goal in Season 85 (lowest amount of goals of teams that made the playoffs) so it’s actually a pretty respectable total especially given their defensive efforts. Heading into Season 86, Pearce remains with the Seattle Bears as their third highest TPA defenseman, however with Seattle taking quite a few losses at forward it will potentially be tough for Pearce to improve upon their point totals from Season 85. But the big question is where do they rank, and it’s an interesting one given that Pearce still has potentially several seasons ahead of them (I will imagine they will at least continue until they earn 700 TPE so they can claim 5 TPE welfare from now on). Unfortunately I can’t place Calix Pearce as the best player in the VHL Portal ahead of the seemingly undefeatable Matthew Kai just because Kai has had many more seasons in the VHL than Pearce, although Kai might have cause for concern given that Pearce is the first challenger they have faced that will likely usurp their 479 TPE (as Pearce is only 13 TPE behind currently). However, given that Pearce broke the point totals that Shevkov put up over two seasons in just one season along with Pearce having maintained active for nearly twice as long as Shevkov, I feel comfortable in saying that Calix Pearce is the second best player in the VHL Portal, and hey, if Pearce continues at their current pace, maybe they will eventually take Matthew Kai’s place as the best player in the VHL Portal. 1: Matthew Kai 2: Calix Pearce 3: Evgeni Shevkov 4: George Patton 5: barry bigman 6: Greg Santos 7: Elfon Ashelf 8: Kiefer Leclerc 9: Chet Foreals 10: Dirty Caufield 11: John Smith 12: Majestic Buffalo 13: Jack Todaro 14: Titomir Pukshuuter 15: Ches Morrison 16: Ian Smith 17: Danny dimes 18: Dawson Thibert 19. Haydyn 20. Laser Brewer

For the week ending November 20th (can use it for 13th though if you submit answers today) Answer 3 Questions for 1 TPE Answer 6 Questions for 2 TPE 1. The start of the VHLE season is fast approaching, what schedule would you prefer to start the season; going up against the strongest teams for a tough challenge out the gate or a run against the less competitive teams to ease your way into the season? 2. There have been quite a few GM replacements over the course of this off-season. Is GMing something you could potentially see yourself doing in the future? 3. What's one suggestion you would give to the league that would potentially make the league easier to follow for a new player? 4. What sandwich filling do you think would be the most fitting for a team named "The Vikings"? 5. What did you make of the VHL Draft that took place on Monday? If you were in it, how do you feel about the team that selected you? 6. Which NHL team would you consider to be the most entertaining to watch from a neutral perspective?

Week 3/4

Captain - John Richards @John Cimarno Our tenth overall pick in the Season 86 VHLE Draft, Richards has been immediately promoted to the VHLM following a strong performance on the Ottawa Lynx in Season 85 where they led the team in assists as they finished the season with the second best regular season record. We look forward to seeing what Richards will bring to the team in the Captaincy role! Alternate Captain - Sadie St-Louis @sadie Our fifth overall pick in the Season 86 VHLE Draft, St-Louis was another member of the impressive Ottawa Lynx side in Season 85, and finished with the second most goals and third most assists on the team and was the highest first-gen player selected in both the VHLE and VHL Drafts so we're very excited to see what the future holds for Sadie. Alternate Captain - Alex Bridges III @Oatex One of four Vikings returning from our Season 85 roster, Bridges was brought into the team with our 35th pick in the Season 84 Draft. A phenomenal passer of the puck, Bridges currently has the fourth highest passing attribute in the VHLE, so we look forward to potentially seeing them high on the assists tally for Season 86! Alternate Captain - Lachlan Summers @kirbithan The ninth overall pick that was subsequently traded for in order to bring them into the same team as their friends John Richards and Sadie St-Louis, Summers had a terrific season in the VHLM with the Marlins in Season 85, recording the second highest save percentage in the league and played a big part in taking the league-leading Aces to a six game series, we look forward to seeing similar success in the VHLE for Season 86!

I mean he's not wrong to do so, I should have messaged him about the situation and there's no good excuse for not doing so and I've apologised to him through discord. The only thing that's slightly misleading is the notion that we traded them to a team which already had a max goalie, which I'm guessing is just cause Quik didn't know at what time the trade was made in comparison to the draft progress but when the trade was made, Rask wasn't on the team and we wouldn't have done that trade as it was if Quik was going to be a second goalie.

Stockholm Vikings extend an IA offer to Tadhg Byrne.

IA change, just won the waiver for them @Enorama @thadthrasher

So I wasn't aware of this, but somebody at work did mention you could do that, think it's something I'll look into next time, though I might look for a new data plan at some point as well cause I think that is due an upgrade

So last evening I took part in my first VHLE Draft as Stockholm Vikings GM (I took over Stockholm a few days after the draft last season) and I was entering the draft uncertain as to what to expect as it was difficult to gauge how the draft would pan out. There were players like The Frenchman and Yaroslav Bogatyrev who were by a distance the highest TPE players in the draft but, with the VHL Draft taking place following the VHLE Draft, there was no way to gauge whether the players would wind up staying down for Season 86. Then there were players like defenseman Elias Lampi, a very talented first gen who is staying in the VHLM, but with their earning rate likely seeing them surpass the VHLE soft cap of 300 combined with the number of active defensemen in the 300-400 TPE range that we've seen called up from the E to the VHL this season, there's every chance that Lampi may never set foot in the VHLE. But there was also a lot to be excited about as well as quite a few first-time players had stood out as very strong earners in the lead up to the draft. Two players not on the Vikings that stood out to me in particular were Leonard Triller and Wann Kerr, both players who had shown tremendous potential in the lead up to the draft and players who I think will inevitably be both very good players in the VHL and very good contributors to the VHL as members. My biggest concern heading in was, with the ambiguity surrounding whether the highest TPE players would play in the VHL or VHLE, whether I could get my number one choice for the fifth overall pick Sadie St-Louis given that, if you excluded The Frenchman and Bogatyrev, they were the third highest TPE skater in the class. But luckily Vasteras decided to go with Bogatyrev and that freed us up to draft Sadie, which I was very happy with as they've proven to be an excellent earner and have been great in the discord since joining! From there, the next logical step was to figure out if I needed to trade up to bring in John Richards, the second member I was set to acquire of the trio, and I think ultimately looking at the draft in retrospect, I think I would've had to as I struggle to see Richards falling to 13 given how much pre-draft TPE they had. I had no qualms about trading my first next season for what was a high second as I can see a lot of players potentially looking to skip the E from the next draft class, so I don't believe there will be a player that both has as much TPE and has the TPE earning capabilities that Richards has where my first pick will be next season and, ultimately, I wanted to make the trio united on the same team so it was a small price to pay to make that possible. Acquiring the final member of the trio in Lachlan Summers (who, like Sadie, has been great in the discord thus far) was actually the area I felt most confident in being able to get done heading into the draft as, while it would have been difficult to draft all three to the Vikings, I knew that I had a trade option saved up that I believed a GM would be happy to accept (which would have been more difficult to put together for the other two as I didn't really have a like-for-like trade like I did with the Summers-Bezos trade), and Daniel (who drafted Summers ninth overall) was happy to accept the deal and thus by bringing all of the trio in, I achieved my main aim heading into the draft, so I was more than happy with the results of my first two picks! I'm also exceptionally happy with who I was able to grab with my picks following acquiring the trio, especially since all five of my next picks have all seen positive results either through joining the team discord or responding through forum PMs. Bobo was a member who has particularly stood out to me ever since I joined the Chicago Phoenix with my player in Season 82 as an active contributor to discord and their current earning with their player Darius Marimoto II has been very strong and they definitely have a lot of upside with the amount of 6 TPE PTs they've submitted to date and I'm looking forward to them joining the Vikings in Season 87! We then added two more very strong prospects in the third round with a couple of Season 85 Marlins players in Thor Odinson and Adam Rage. I was impressed with the consistency that GoalPlays had been applying TPE to Odinson over their first VHLM season and, having seen them join the discord of the Aces after the VHLM Draft, I felt happy about selecting someone who I knew would help add to the active discord and would also, like Bobo, bolster the team in Season 87. Getting Rage at the end of the third round after having traded my Season 88 3rd for it was something I consider a big steal as I had Adam Rage pegged down as one of the top candidates for my 13th overall pick. Like Bobo and GoalPlays, Rage has been active in our discord since joining and I'd had Rage down as having one of the best builds in the draft class and their earning potential is great for an end of third round selection and they are already very near the 200 TPE needed to graduate so another player I'll be happy to have on the roster in Season 87. With our fifth and sixth rounds picks, I feel like we secured a couple of real steals in Tristen Gorlim and Jacob Bryla. One of the main stats I look into heading into the draft is how much capped TPE has a player added in the last three weeks in the lead-up to the draft, and, despite being taken 37th and 45th in the draft class, both of these players ranked in the top 30 in average capped TPE in the last three weeks leading up to the draft (Gorlim was 28th, Bryla was 18th) so both have demonstrated strong consistent earning and I really liked that Gorlim had submitted 6 TPE graphics in the lead up to the draft, which show great potential and, as mentioned before, Bryla's earning rate was matching some second round selections, so I'm really happy with those picks and look forward to their continued development! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So yeah overall, despite coming in with a lot of uncertainty, I was incredibly happy with how this draft worked out and I look forward to working with all the new members that have been drafted to the Vikings over their stay in the VHLE!

Inactive Change. @InstantRockstar has given permission for the change to be made as well as their contract holder. Thanks IR! @Enorama @thadthrasher

Stockholm extend an IA offer to Charles Williams