Now that the parties have started to settle down after Riga hoisted the Continental Cup for the first time in six years(and only their second in the past seventeen years), the official start to the offseason of the VHL is practically here. After a few things get hashed out at headquarters, the ball will get rolling on all the exciting things around the league, and one of the most exciting parts for Jones Agencies and Defenseman Niko Bogdanovic is Free Agency. While Riga certainly hopes to retain the services of Niko, he made it official today that he intends on seeing what the league has to offer. “I am officially going to become a free agent and test the market.” Niko said “While Riga is certainly number one in my book, I just want to see what is out there. I am just coming into the prime of my career, and I am curious. I have been very happy in Riga, they took the chance on me in the draft, I have won a Cup with them, but I might only be a free agent once. I just want to see is all. I am curious, I am very curious, that’s all.”
It remains to be seen if there will be a market for the young defenseman, but if there is, You can certainly imagine a bidding war may be coming.
Now that the parties have started to settle down after Riga hoisted the Continental Cup for the first time in six years(and only their second in the past seventeen years), the official start to the offseason of the VHL is practically here. After a few things get hashed out at headquarters, the ball will get rolling on all the exciting things around the league, and one of the most exciting parts for Jones Agencies and Defenseman Niko Bogdanovic is Free Agency. While Riga certainly hopes to retain the services of Niko, he made it official today that he intends on seeing what the league has to offer. “I am officially going to become a free agent and test the market.” Niko said “While Riga is certainly number one in my book, I just want to see what is out there. I am just coming into the prime of my career, and I am curious. I have been very happy in Riga, they took the chance on me in the draft, I have won a Cup with them, but I might only be a free agent once. I just want to see is all. I am curious, I am very curious, that’s all.”
It remains to be seen if there will be a market for the young defenseman, but if there is, You can certainly imagine a bidding war may be coming.
Skye was doing what he could, but at the end our depth (Locke in particular) got the job done!
@Will - 2 hat tricks in playoffs, including in the last game! +1 award incoming imo. A true scoring machine, now I'm not even mad Locke robbed Fred out of RoTY back then.
@Kendrick - King stepped up when it mattered most! It's safe to say he's a best goalie in playoffs and he won a duel against Skye.
@Jonessee27 - Glad to see your best player to date ended up with at least one cup! Also, good defence as always.
@Tyler - maybe moving to defence wasn't the best decision for the stats, but it would've been harder to achieve this goal with two D's. So thanks for changing a position!
@der meister - now that's how you need to finish a career! And with that Ravenwing becomes the most successful S50 player with 3 cups!
@Smarch - not sure why Rusty was playing less than every active player (extra forwards thing perhaps?), but switching sides with Phil definitely helped him. Also, a true gentleman on the ice, Virkkunen award incoming!
@Phil - your GWG in game 5 was very important. Maybe Shankly hadn't the best season in terms of points, but the hitting game is always on point! A player that every team needs.
@gregreg - the last two players aren't even on our LR I assume. Thrower is a unique case - having a 100+ point season in Cologne and then two more successful seasons here. Wonder how he's gonna react on this if he comes back.
@Harry F'n Hans - good thing Styles was doing his hitting job, allowing Fred and John to do their scoring things.
RIG D3 - MVP!!!
Also, good to know I'm a more successful GM now than Banackock hehe.
Used to do this at whatever football league we were all at last lol, after Jason stepped down. That one was pretty basic IIRC, not sure what this one would all entail, but I'm slightly interested. Would anyone be willing to give me a rundown of what is all needed every week/issue? What programs do I need? photoshop, illustrator? (Don't have either anymore, but can get them)
The regular season has ended and we won the Victory Cup again. Not enough, need something bigger too, like CC.
@Kendrick - good season. I don't know about that Shaw award and what is more important, % or GAA but it's gonna be close one.
@Phil - you managed to overtake Jardy in hits (426), but I guess not enough for Boulet. Weird to see only 76 points and pretty low shot %.
@Tyler - you were close to match the rookie season so this is not a flop. The only problem is you won't get the most sportsmanship award.
@Smarch - because this award goes to Trombone with 0 PIMS and only 4 hits. You weren't so far from 100 point mark and I think this is the best Rusty's season to date.
@Will - you took away the Brooks award from me in last two games. Anyway, congratz on breaking the GWG record (21 now) and with the 6 GT you became the most clutch player in this season. The best Locke's season to date. btw: 7 hat tricks too.
@Jonessee27 - you were more physical this time with 240 hits and not concerning about points. Good defence.
@der meister - the start was slow but at the end of the day you finished Essian's last regular season with a solid 110 points. Not a pile of shit anymore.
@gregreg - ok dis inactive. Had a real shot at the Labatte, but slowed down in second half. Well, the Beketov award isn't bad too.
@Harry F'n Hans - good physical game. And yes, I know he's not in Riga LR.
@RIG D3 - MVP!!!
"The Process" was a frustrating long process, as it took forever for one of the top teams to finally sell off. When New York did finally sell off, I missed out even though I offered an additional 1st round pick, so I had to wait an extra year to truly compete, which was annoying. Fortunately, the S57 Calgary Wranglers are a legitimate contender for the Continental Cup. Here is a look at how we got there, every since I took over my GM spot from Kesler.
S54 Offseason
To
S54 NYA 1st (RW Verner Reinholdt)
S54 TOR 2nd (D Jon Snow)
S55 NYA 1st (LW Xavier Laflamme)
To
(S53) RW - Motherfucker Sharpe
My first trade in my second stint as Calgary's GM saw me trading away a high-level prospect for lots of picks. My thought process at the time was that the team had very little in the way of players or picks, so I needed to accumulate lots of draft picks just to be able to fill out a roster in the future. Also, @JardyB10 had let me know he was going to be a goon, so I decided to trade him before his 99 checking and fighting became apparent, and lowered his trade value. Looking at the haul of picks at the time, I thought for sure this was a win for me, as getting two 1sts and a high 2nd from pretty solid drafts seemed like great value for a goon. However, Reinholdt aka @Devise wanted out of Calgary to play be on the same team as Advantage and Jericho. So I had to trade Reinholdt for a high 1st, which turned into Jake Scheel. Additionally, I traded away NYA S55 1st as 1/2 of my payment to get first overall and select Felix Savard. So in reality, here is what the wild Jardy trade looked like:
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Jake Scheel
Jon Snow
1/2 of Felix Savard
To
(S53) RW - Motherfucker Sharpe
Overall, I would say this trade is still a win for me, but does not look as lopsided as before. Scheel was a promising prospect who went inactive, but still provides a decent depth player at 254 tpe. Jon Snow also was promosing at one time but is nothing more than a VHL superstar. The real piece that I think makes me win this trade is 1/2 of Felix Savard, as he is a stud #1 defenseman who could become the best defensemen in the league over the next few years.
To
S54 SEA 2nd (D Journeyman)
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(S50) LW - Asher Donovan
(S47) D - David Hamilton
This was a very minor trade. I traded away two scrubby depth players for a late round 2nd. However, I made this trade knowing i could take my 2nd player, Journeyman, who had only 30 tpe at the time. Journeyman only has 120 something tpe right now, but if I ever update him he could turn into a decent depth player. This trade was pretty much a minor win win for both sides, as we both got depth players during our times of competing.
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S56 STO 1st (D Ho Lee Fook)
S56 COL 2nd (D Emil Martinov)
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(S54) G - Marcus King
This trade was a really interesting one. Under old VHL circumstances, a reliable high tpe earning goalie such as @Kendrick would be worth a lot more than a mid 1st and early 2nd. However, the second player rule has really messed with the goalie market, as the supply of goalies exceeds the demand at this point, with many high-tpe earning goalies having trouble findings a team to play for. I fortunately realized this pretty early on, and traded King for decent value considering the supply and demand. I wound up trading those picks. Unfortunately, the S56 draft was one of the worst in recent memory, as there were only 4 active players, and I selected @Will with the 5th pick, who has turned into a major bust. Because those picks sucked, I give Cologne the W on this one.
Season 54 VHL Entry Draft
9. CALGARY WRANGLERS (from Stockholm): Markus King, 232 TPE 10. CALGARY WRANGLERS (from New York): Verner Reinholdt, 133 TPE
12. CALGARY WRANGLERS (from Toronto via New York via Cologne): Jon Snow, 65 TPE 13. CALGARY WRANGLERS (from Riga): Luca Volkov, 56 TPE
18. CALGARY WRANGLERS (from Seattle via Cologne via Calgary): JourneyMan, 30 TPE
This draft was a fun one, as it was actually a pretty deep draft. I already went over King in good detail, though i will say I was really shocked when he fell to the 9th overall pick. I felt the value at the time was too good to pass up, but I learned my lesson by failing in my trade later, as the goalie market is just completely destroyed. Reinholdt would have been a great pick at 10th overall, as he has turned into a solid tpe earner, but because @Devise wanted to play with Advantage and Jericho sooooo badly, I had to trade him away, even though he would have fit into the rebuild rather nicely. I had big hopes for Jon Snow at pick 12, as I thought he was going to be the next big first gen. He was pretty active for a while and seemed like a great guy, but then he messaged me saying he was busy with his job and moving into a new house, and we haven't heard from him since. My best pick in this draft was actually @Kyle, as he has been a one of the most vocal Wrangler supporters, and he is quality first pairing defensemen. I'm not sure how he fell to me at pick 13, but I was very happy to take him. Lastly, I took Journeyman at pick 18, knowing that I could trust myself with my 2nd player. Journeyman will never be anything more than a depth player, but considering I got him pretty much for free I will take it.
S55 Offseason
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(S53) C - Marc-Alexandre Leblanc
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S55 CGY 1st (C Peter Quill)
This trade was an interesting one, as both Leblanc and Quill have fulfilled their expectations and turned into the players they were expected to be. I wanted to move out of the rebuild stage into competing, so I traded for an already proven player in Leblanc, who is now a quality first line forward. In exchange, I gave up 3rd overall, which turned into Peter Quill. Currently I would rate Quill as more of a 2nd line player, but he is two seasons younger and should be a first liner by the time he is Leblanc's age. I would say this trade was even, and a win-win for both sides as I got the older more developed player in @Pandar to move me out of my rebuild, and Riga @Green as the younger player to suit their level of competitiveness as the time.
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S55 COL 1st (D Felix Savard)
To
S55 NYA 1st (LW Xavier Laflamme)
S56 CGY 1st (D Matthieu Bourdon)
This was one of my best trades I've ever made as a GM. I gave up pick 7 in the S55 draft, along with a non-lottery pick in the S56 draft. I suppose Punkhippie expected my S56 1st to be a lottery pick, but since I didn't own my pick in the next draft I figured I would compete and wound up making the playoffs. This trade was a clear win for me. @Frank is a stud number one defenseman, and will continue to be for many seasons. Laflamme is a fine depth player with his tpe in the 200s, and Bourdon turned into nothing as the S56 draft was poop. A stud number one defensemen in exchange for a depth player was a major win, and helped me turn this franchise around.
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S55 TOR 1st (C Jake Scheel)
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(S54) RW - Verner Reinholdt
I've already addressed this trade, so I will keep it short. Devise wanted out to go play with Advantage and Jericho, so I had to trade him to either Stockholm, Toronto or Davos. I will also add Devise was really butthurt that Davos didn't pick him for some reason. This trade was a loss for me, but I got as much value as I could for a whiny player who wanted out. Reinholdt is the better tpe earner, while Scheel is just a depth player at this point (though it did look like he had a lot of potential at one point).
Savard was the obvious choice at first overall, and he has fulfilled his potential so far. Scheel looked like another next big first gen, but also flaked out eventually. He is still a decent enough 2nd liner though. Klopfenstein was just a shot in the dark as this draft wasn't as deep, and only turned into a VHLM superstar. If I could redo this draft, I would have taken Niko Bogdanovic, who was selected one spot after Scheel. @Jonessee27 is turning into quite the stud defenseman, and him paired with Savard and Volkov would have just shut teams down.
S56 Offseason
I'm starting to run out of steam here, and my trades weren't very big this season, so I will keep it short. Also, this is where the trade tracker stops and I'm too lazy to make this look pretty. I pretty much just traded 2nds and 3rds for depth players. My biggest trade was trading Davos my S58 2nd for Elijah Dotran. That was a win for both sides, as Davos got a cap dump and a pick that maybe turns into something, and I got a solid depth defenseman. The S56 draft sucked, with only 4 active players. I had the 6th overall pick , and @Will's 2nd player turned into a bust for me, which sucks. Hitting on this pick would have helped with the rebuild, but this draft was just sooo bad. I had really hoped to trade for some higher tpe player this season, but was somehow beaten out even though I offered @STZ an additional 1st round pick for the same players.
S57 Offseason
To Calgary:
Shawn Gretzky @TheLastOlympian07
Motherfucker Sharpe @JardyB10
To Davos:
S57 CGY 1st
S58 CGY 1st
S59 CGY 1st
This was my one move this season, as I pretty much raged at the long rebuild and threw all my picks at Davos in order to get some higher tpe players. I consider this trade to be 2 1sts for Gretzky, and one first for Sharpe. I actually think this trade is pretty even, a past history has shown drafts to be some good and some terrible, so who knows how those late round picks will end up. If Davos hits on 2 of those 1sts, I say the trade is even. If Davos hits on 1 or less, they lost the trade. If Davos hits on all 3 of those picks, they won the trade. Gretzky is a great first line player to have, and I was glad to finally be on a team with @TheLastOlympian07. And I also found it funny how I essentially got @JardyB10 back for just one 1st rounder, when I originally traded him for 2sts and a 2nd. Also glad to have the rigger on my team too
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TurnDaddy got a reaction from CowboyinAmerica in Bog to Test Free Agency
TurnDaddy got a reaction from Da Trifecta in Bog to Test Free Agency
TurnDaddy got a reaction from diamond_ace in S57 All Star Voting
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TurnDaddy got a reaction from Kendrick in VHL Cup Finals, GM 6: Riga vs. Quebec
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