joelunk

1. I would very much like to hit 50 goals, that would be a huge step in the right direction and I definitely think it is possible.
2. My former GM on Mexico Justin Lose was tearing up the VHL in my first year and he helped me a lot in building a strong offensive build.
3. Riga took a chance on me and drafted me pretty early on so I am definitely a fan of theirs. I hope they will still be competing for first when I get called up.
4. Any and all Benjamin Franklin Chang GIFS. Those slap.
5. SUSHIIIIII. Sushi is the single greatest food and if you disagree you are wrong.
6.Daniel Clarke has a really nice build and a normal sounding name unlike Benjamin Franklin Chang and Faith Hope Love which are more similar to the names of NBA players such as Ennis Freedom and Metta World Peace.
 

1. I didn't pay too much attention to the all star game because I took a brief break from VHL however i enjoyed voting for some former and current teammates to make it.
2. Tkachuk is a beast, Danny Heatley had one of the greatest one and done seasons of all time, Ray Emery (RIP) was a top 3 goalie in the league for a while, Chara was only in Ottawa for a cup of coffee but definitely developed into a powerhouse d man for Boston and Daniel Alfredsson is one of the best to ever play for Ottawa. Thats my dream team.
3. I think we have answered all the questions with our lineup and are hitting our stride at the perfect time to lock up a better playoff spot. So we likely do not need to go hunting for more pieces.
4. The thrill of winning of course.
5. Ottawa is not the biggest market lol, let's get a nicer locker room.
6. Dr.Pepper is heaven in a bottle. It is the ultimate liquid and I stand by that opinion religiously.

1. I am more than happy with how I have been doing. My goal was to average a point per game and I am doing better than that so I am thrilled.
2. I think we still need a few defensive reinforcements. We score plenty however our goals against is still quite high.
3I considered it, however I worry that I will commit to doing so and then not being able to fulfill my duties if life gets in the way.
4. Definitely TV, I find it difficult to commit to spending two hours essentially doing nothing, whereas TV you can easily pick up on the go.
5. Watching it with my dad as a kid. It was the first sport I ever took seriously.
6. As of right now it is certainly Riga, they drafted me and this is my first player so I am very happy they took a chance on my player.

1. I think we need a bit more help on defence and if we can get that we are looking good for a three-peat.
2. The Reapers are really good so I want to take them down badly. We can do it we just gotta have some luck on our side.
3. I was in the VHLM last year and was on Mexico City.
4. My friend who is on another team in the VHLM told me about it and it sounded interesting so I joined a few days after he did.
5. Guess I'm starving.
6. We have a great attack and have had some really high scoring games. That being said I think or cohesion and lines are definitely top notch and give us a big advantage before sims even happen.

1. I think we need a bit more help on defence and if we can get that we are looking good for a three-peat.
2. The Reapers are really good so I want to take them down badly. We can do it we just gotta have some luck on our side.
3. I was in the VHLM last year and was on Mexico City.
4. My friend who is on another team in the VHLM told me about it and it sounded interesting so I joined a few days after he did.
5. Guess I'm starving.
6. We have a great attack and have had some really high scoring games. That being said I think or cohesion and lines are definitely top notch and give us a big advantage before sims even happen.

Hello all,
 
Since the removal of trivia we have seen members taking issue with the amount of secondary task options in order to finish off their weekly cap. While trivia is returning, hopefully for the start of the season, we still wanted to offer an additional way to get your capped TPE.
 
Therefore, as a secondary point task, members may complete a Game Recap in the appropriate sim thread. This recap must be at least 75 words, is worth 1 TPE, and may be claimed up to two times per week. The recap should cover topics relevant to the chosen game.
 
This includes, but is not limited to:
1) A recap of the game
2) Shouting out a great performance
3) Presenting an opinion/observation from the game
 
A member CANNOT recap a game if:
1) Their player played in the game
2) They GM one of the teams in the game
 
Prospects of a VHL and/or VHLE team are allowed to do recaps of those teams before they make that team's roster. ALL VHL-sanctioned sims are eligible for recaps, including the World Cup and WJC.
 
Claiming Game Recaps will be added to the portal and recaps can be claimed starting next week when sims start.

1. Not very, I was expecting us to do better for a while. At the start, we were a bad mix of guys underperforming and guys taking too many penalties but we resolved that issue and have turned it around.
2. Eldon has really been a force all over the ice. Getting to play with him definitely made me get more points which I am thankful for but he should be our MVP for sure.
3. This tournament gave me a very good idea of where I stack up in terms of people who made players around the same time I did.
4. I have really liked the experience, it has been a great group of guys and I can't wait to play with them down the road.
5. I am a little disappointed to say that I do not think we can come back from the deficit we find ourselves in. I think we will push a game 5 but will lose it then.
6. Probably not, I do not. have a ton of free time and have no experience being a manager in the vhl.

1. Not very, I was expecting us to do better for a while. At the start, we were a bad mix of guys underperforming and guys taking too many penalties but we resolved that issue and have turned it around.
2. Eldon has really been a force all over the ice. Getting to play with him definitely made me get more points which I am thankful for but he should be our MVP for sure.
3. This tournament gave me a very good idea of where I stack up in terms of people who made players around the same time I did.
4. I have really liked the experience, it has been a great group of guys and I can't wait to play with them down the road.
5. I am a little disappointed to say that I do not think we can come back from the deficit we find ourselves in. I think we will push a game 5 but will lose it then.
6. Probably not, I do not. have a ton of free time and have no experience being a manager in the vhl.

1. Not very, I was expecting us to do better for a while. At the start, we were a bad mix of guys underperforming and guys taking too many penalties but we resolved that issue and have turned it around.
2. Eldon has really been a force all over the ice. Getting to play with him definitely made me get more points which I am thankful for but he should be our MVP for sure.
3. This tournament gave me a very good idea of where I stack up in terms of people who made players around the same time I did.
4. I have really liked the experience, it has been a great group of guys and I can't wait to play with them down the road.
5. I am a little disappointed to say that I do not think we can come back from the deficit we find ourselves in. I think we will push a game 5 but will lose it then.
6. Probably not, I do not. have a ton of free time and have no experience being a manager in the vhl.

@Members Yes, you read that right, Trivia!
 
@Squidward0 has put his talents to use and has written trivia onto the portal; don’t go looking mind you, it’s not live just yet. This will allow users to not only to claim trivia immediately upon getting the answers correct (straight on the portal) but also alleviate a lot of the trivia head issues (we’ll still have someone running it, to be hired) AND allow the questions to be randomized from a pool per user so no more sharing 1 person’s answers across the whole league.
 
That last point does bring up an issue though: We need questions! @Victor had a bit of a stockpile of unused questions but we need more. By our estimate the question pool will need to grow by at least 20 questions per season to stay large enough so we need your help. We’ll get a more formal process going once the portal trivia is set up and running (hopefully for next season) but for now we just need things quickly so here’s how this is going to go down:
 
Everyone who wishes to submit a question (or questions) can do so by PMing me the question as well as 4 multiple choice answers (noting the correct one). You can do this for up to 3 questions. Questions should be as usable as possible for many seasons so please try to avoid using things that are too seasonally specific (For example who was last season’s HoF class).
 
We will take as many of these as are valid (ideally all of them) and put them into the question pool. When they all go in I’ll make a claim list with how many questions were used from everyone and for every question you submit that goes to the pool (again, max of 3 please) you will be given 1 uncapped TPE. I will lock this thread once we have put the questions in and are no longer accepting submissions in this manner.
 
Please make sure questions are sent only via forum PM and make sure the subject line reads “Portal Trivia Submission”

1. I am enjoying this tournament so far, I just wish my player was performing better as he has not lived up to his second round billing.
2. I think we will certainly bounce back, we need to stay out of the box and I know that once we do we will be unstoppable.
3. Our backstop has played amazing so I believe they deserve the MVP so far. We haven't been too helpful at slowing the onslaught of shots so we need to support our goalie more.
4. Probably not, I do not have the most free time in the world and my player is definitely not a fighter haha.
5. I think that our team as a whole will dial back on the penalty minutes so I believe that Pete will see a drop off in his PIM numbers.
6. Being on a new team and thus, getting to meet a whole new group of guys is very fun and exciting.

1. No I hadn't, I just assumed that in the offseason of the VHL there were no games but am pleasantly surprised by the junior showcase.
2. I do not look at my TPE rankings compared to other players often so I can not really say if I think I was drafted at the right time. I am happy to be drafted at all.
3. I like it a lot, getting a perspective of what a different locker room looks like is important as I will be on many teams in my career so it is fun meeting new people.
4.Of course, I am unhappy with how things were left in the VHLM and I want to get some wins.
5. I am hoping to be up there in terms of point scoring just like I was for my VHLM team this past season.
6. I am hoping to average a point per game as I tried to do in the regular season. Hopefully I will have more luck.

1. No I hadn't, I just assumed that in the offseason of the VHL there were no games but am pleasantly surprised by the junior showcase.
2. I do not look at my TPE rankings compared to other players often so I can not really say if I think I was drafted at the right time. I am happy to be drafted at all.
3. I like it a lot, getting a perspective of what a different locker room looks like is important as I will be on many teams in my career so it is fun meeting new people.
4.Of course, I am unhappy with how things were left in the VHLM and I want to get some wins.
5. I am hoping to be up there in terms of point scoring just like I was for my VHLM team this past season.
6. I am hoping to average a point per game as I tried to do in the regular season. Hopefully I will have more luck.

You thought I was done?! HA I've got some more up my sleeve.
 

 
Soooo....
 
$5 - me - @youloser1337(will claim the free week the week of the 20th)
 
*I've been told I'm an idiot. Sorry guys*

1. I am more than happy with how my player has been playing. Despite lack luster defensive play, I am getting top line minutes and am playing up to it.
2. My player is living up to how I have upgraded him and is a solid top line playmaker. My character's best skills are skating and passing so my many assists mean I am playing up to the hype.
3. I am unsure about how the draft works? I am currently on a team but am still am eligible to be drafted.
5. Montreal Canadiens forever and always, with Bergevin out they will be ushering in a new culture of winning.
6. Ovechkin will pass Gretzky there is no doubt in my mind that he will it is just a matter of time. I highly doubt he will retire before breaking the record.
8. I have been saying for some time that Calgary needs to rebuild, the current core has given them no success and I feel that if they do not make a deep playoff push this year, they will need to clean house.

1. I am more than happy with how my player has been playing. Despite lack luster defensive play, I am getting top line minutes and am playing up to it.
2. My player is living up to how I have upgraded him and is a solid top line playmaker. My character's best skills are skating and passing so my many assists mean I am playing up to the hype.
3. I am unsure about how the draft works? I am currently on a team but am still am eligible to be drafted.
5. Montreal Canadiens forever and always, with Bergevin out they will be ushering in a new culture of winning.
6. Ovechkin will pass Gretzky there is no doubt in my mind that he will it is just a matter of time. I highly doubt he will retire before breaking the record.
8. I have been saying for some time that Calgary needs to rebuild, the current core has given them no success and I feel that if they do not make a deep playoff push this year, they will need to clean house.

1. I am not expecting much out of Benjamin Franklin Chang, it is only my first season in the VHL. In spite of this I am hoping to see steady improvement week to week from my player.
2. I am looking forward to hopefully being linemates with long time friend Lucas Accardi.
3. My friend Lucas told me about the VHL and it sounded like a cool concept so I decided to check it out and was impressed.
4. I am aiming to be better than my friends when it is all said and done. All three of us made VHL players at the same time so I am hoping to best them in the end.
5. Sushi is by far my favourite food. If i was forced to eat any food for the rest of my life it would undoubtedly be sushi because of the ever changing variety and quality.
7. The Montreal Canadiens are winning it all, they are just off to a rough start but will surely bounce back and have a long cup run just like last year.

The Junior Review of First Year Mexico City Kings Player Benjamin Franklin Chang
 
I have been playing the wonderful sport of hockey for seemingly all of my life. Growing up in Botswana, there were very few hockey rinks as well as a strong lack of people wanting to play the amazing sport of puck. In spite of this, I grew up to love the sport due to my Canadian father's love of the game being instilled in me from an early age. My mother, a Chinese woman, was not nearly as fond of the sport as my father but still supported me through thick and thin.
 
Growing up as a Botswana hockey player definitely proved to be challenging, however I feel as though it has made me a more resilient person, as well as a more resilient player on the ice. While the lack of ice time certainly stunted my development as a player, once I moved to Canada when I was sixteen years old, I was able to catch up on the missed time on the ice. Coming to Canada and observing the Hockey and level of play across the country was a culture shock for sure. The love for the sport from British Colombia to Prince Edward Island was something I had only heard of up until that point. Because as previously mentioned, Hockey was a relatively new concept in Botswana, never mind a country wide adored past time. I am a proud Botswanan Hockey player and will represent the Blue and Black until I eventually decide to hang up the skates. Because of the lack of support for hockey in my home country, I am hoping to be an inspiration for younger generations of Botswanan boys and girls to pick up a stick and play the sport that we have all grown to love here in the VHL. I feel that by the simple fact of me being in the VHL, the game of Hockey is already being spread to my home country and I hope that in spite of the year round hot weather, that funding as well as public interest increase.
 
A main aspiration of my being in the VHL is to make enough money of the course of my career to be able to market the game of Hockey in Botswana by means of building the necessary infrastructure in order to support the growth and development of young players to eventually make a pipeline to lead them to the VHL. Overall, I am very much looking forward to the season and career I have ahead of me. Pictured below is one of the largest ice rinks in my home country. As you can clearly see, it leaves much to be desired. This is the primary motivation behind my wanting to increase the popularity of the sport among the youth in my hometown. 

The Junior Review of First Year Mexico City Kings Player Benjamin Franklin Chang
 
I have been playing the wonderful sport of hockey for seemingly all of my life. Growing up in Botswana, there were very few hockey rinks as well as a strong lack of people wanting to play the amazing sport of puck. In spite of this, I grew up to love the sport due to my Canadian father's love of the game being instilled in me from an early age. My mother, a Chinese woman, was not nearly as fond of the sport as my father but still supported me through thick and thin.
 
Growing up as a Botswana hockey player definitely proved to be challenging, however I feel as though it has made me a more resilient person, as well as a more resilient player on the ice. While the lack of ice time certainly stunted my development as a player, once I moved to Canada when I was sixteen years old, I was able to catch up on the missed time on the ice. Coming to Canada and observing the Hockey and level of play across the country was a culture shock for sure. The love for the sport from British Colombia to Prince Edward Island was something I had only heard of up until that point. Because as previously mentioned, Hockey was a relatively new concept in Botswana, never mind a country wide adored past time. I am a proud Botswanan Hockey player and will represent the Blue and Black until I eventually decide to hang up the skates. Because of the lack of support for hockey in my home country, I am hoping to be an inspiration for younger generations of Botswanan boys and girls to pick up a stick and play the sport that we have all grown to love here in the VHL. I feel that by the simple fact of me being in the VHL, the game of Hockey is already being spread to my home country and I hope that in spite of the year round hot weather, that funding as well as public interest increase.
 
A main aspiration of my being in the VHL is to make enough money of the course of my career to be able to market the game of Hockey in Botswana by means of building the necessary infrastructure in order to support the growth and development of young players to eventually make a pipeline to lead them to the VHL. Overall, I am very much looking forward to the season and career I have ahead of me. Pictured below is one of the largest ice rinks in my home country. As you can clearly see, it leaves much to be desired. This is the primary motivation behind my wanting to increase the popularity of the sport among the youth in my hometown. 

The Junior Review of First Year Mexico City Kings Player Benjamin Franklin Chang
 
I have been playing the wonderful sport of hockey for seemingly all of my life. Growing up in Botswana, there were very few hockey rinks as well as a strong lack of people wanting to play the amazing sport of puck. In spite of this, I grew up to love the sport due to my Canadian father's love of the game being instilled in me from an early age. My mother, a Chinese woman, was not nearly as fond of the sport as my father but still supported me through thick and thin.
 
Growing up as a Botswana hockey player definitely proved to be challenging, however I feel as though it has made me a more resilient person, as well as a more resilient player on the ice. While the lack of ice time certainly stunted my development as a player, once I moved to Canada when I was sixteen years old, I was able to catch up on the missed time on the ice. Coming to Canada and observing the Hockey and level of play across the country was a culture shock for sure. The love for the sport from British Colombia to Prince Edward Island was something I had only heard of up until that point. Because as previously mentioned, Hockey was a relatively new concept in Botswana, never mind a country wide adored past time. I am a proud Botswanan Hockey player and will represent the Blue and Black until I eventually decide to hang up the skates. Because of the lack of support for hockey in my home country, I am hoping to be an inspiration for younger generations of Botswanan boys and girls to pick up a stick and play the sport that we have all grown to love here in the VHL. I feel that by the simple fact of me being in the VHL, the game of Hockey is already being spread to my home country and I hope that in spite of the year round hot weather, that funding as well as public interest increase.
 
A main aspiration of my being in the VHL is to make enough money of the course of my career to be able to market the game of Hockey in Botswana by means of building the necessary infrastructure in order to support the growth and development of young players to eventually make a pipeline to lead them to the VHL. Overall, I am very much looking forward to the season and career I have ahead of me. Pictured below is one of the largest ice rinks in my home country. As you can clearly see, it leaves much to be desired. This is the primary motivation behind my wanting to increase the popularity of the sport among the youth in my hometown. 

1. I am not expecting much out of Benjamin Franklin Chang, it is only my first season in the VHL. In spite of this I am hoping to see steady improvement week to week from my player.
2. I am looking forward to hopefully being linemates with long time friend Lucas Accardi.
3. My friend Lucas told me about the VHL and it sounded like a cool concept so I decided to check it out and was impressed.
4. I am aiming to be better than my friends when it is all said and done. All three of us made VHL players at the same time so I am hoping to best them in the end.
5. Sushi is by far my favourite food. If i was forced to eat any food for the rest of my life it would undoubtedly be sushi because of the ever changing variety and quality.
7. The Montreal Canadiens are winning it all, they are just off to a rough start but will surely bounce back and have a long cup run just like last year.

1. I am not expecting much out of Benjamin Franklin Chang, it is only my first season in the VHL. In spite of this I am hoping to see steady improvement week to week from my player.
2. I am looking forward to hopefully being linemates with long time friend Lucas Accardi.
3. My friend Lucas told me about the VHL and it sounded like a cool concept so I decided to check it out and was impressed.
4. I am aiming to be better than my friends when it is all said and done. All three of us made VHL players at the same time so I am hoping to best them in the end.
5. Sushi is by far my favourite food. If i was forced to eat any food for the rest of my life it would undoubtedly be sushi because of the ever changing variety and quality.
7. The Montreal Canadiens are winning it all, they are just off to a rough start but will surely bounce back and have a long cup run just like last year.