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1. Def NOT. Team USA WC had a rough go of it. We couldn't get any offense going to keep up with the European powerhouses. We did hold Canada to 11 shots one game but still barely won. Rough go 2. I did. I missed out on Vasile Lamb but did get Payne and Thunder on Defense. Trying to get our own Girts Galvins next pick 3. Truly, I am not sure I understand it all. I know I am banking but I am clueless as to what will happen 4. Maybe 10 days or so to recharge. I also think a free TPE week would be nice during off season 5. Girts 6. Well its a tricky one. Mid season coaching changes are hard for players I think and takes a strong personality of the new coach to connect with players who might feel responsible for the former coach being fired. Currently the Vancouver situation comes to mind. They treated Bruce poorly in that one. I love Rich Tocchet but think it should have been handled better.

Although there is not much going on for most during this never ending off season I still need my much needed TPE to bank for my impending depreciation next year. So here goes another around the league in 500 words. TEAM USA DISSAPPOINTING WORLD CUP With high hopes in the S86 World Cup the Americans just couldn’t get anything going. The team played some great defensive games against the World’s best but just a bounce here and there kept them on the losing end. Best of luck to Team Nordic and Team Europe in finals. VHLE NEWS As I am bored and checking the forum and stat line constantly waiting for the season I saw that the defending champs Oslo Storm still have an amazing looking club that can repeat. One of the downsides of not being in the VHLE or VHLM for that matter is I look at what going on less and less. I need to be better about it since there is so many good players. Now I am not sure some of these players won’t get called up but if not, they are going to be deadly. With the addition of Oreo McFleury who scored 46 goals in the M their potent offense just got better. On D they have stud, Brodie Landry III (16 g 49 A 65 Pts) and in goal they have two options in Basileus Jute and The Red Menace. Added to this they have one of the best GMs @JB123In the E who will make moves to help the club. I am excited to see what Oslo does this year. Best of Luck Bo Johansson Takes Home some Trophies! I had the curse to play against BoJo @Shindigsin the VHLM where he destroyed defenses with his skill and knowledge of how to build a player. I was privileged enough to play with him in the VHLE where he truly taught me how to build the type of defenseman, I wanted Payne to become. This past season we saw BoJo take it to another level completely. He ended up #6 In points (105), #1 in assists (94), led all defenseman in points, was a +44, and even had 137 hits and 152 blocked shots. The only surprise this year was his low goal total on the Power Play, which I am sure will improve next season. Overall, it shows he was an easy pick for the Sterling Labatte Trophy (top overall defenseman), the Alexander Beketov Trophy (top assists), and the Alexander Valiq Trophy (Top offensive Defenseman). I feel this is just the tip of the award-winning iceberg for BoJo and am truly happy for him as Shindig is a great ambassador for this league. RECRUITING UPDATE Well….. I recruited my third player here and I talked about earlier my first two were 50-50. Jake Thunder @Thunder has been remarkable while my other one crashed and burned quickly. My latest recruit Rip Wheeler @ScottyPhad a good first week and got some good TPE and signed with the Las Vegas Aces, a great storied club with winning tradition. Well, week two of my latest recruit got him ….WAIT FOR IT…….2 F$CKIN TPE FOR PRACTICE. Now I work with ScottyP in real life and have hounded him all last week with no luck. I’m hoping it was just a down week and he will catch the bug like most of us do and earn, but I don’t feel optimistic.

My bad. Sorry

G-Cole Pearce @Pifferfish

F-Scotty Sundin @comrade cat

F- Vinny Detroit @Pifferfish

D- Jake Thunder @comrade cat

Who’s up?

D - Brian Payne @Pifferfish

1. Seems pretty good. I like that I’ve already met a few in discord which is good as they are active. 2. looking good. Maybe a goalie but I like our club 3. Team USA. I’m biased cuz I’m on the team 4. I went right to VHLe after draft. At that time you had to have 400 to get to VHL and I was at like 275 when I joined. It was fun. Met some good people 5. cup winners !!! I don’t care about stats 6. Still sitting in playoff spot but not great. I want them to win always but they disappoint me often

The Pro-Am just ended and I am excited to see that my club the Detroit Dodos won first place in a hard fought battle with the Babylon Wonderers. Tokyo Blue Shells took the bronze over the Giza Pharoes in 7 games. Overall it was a fun tourney and thank you to all the GMs and people who put it on. Was a fun way to distract as we await the draft and the upcoming season. Babylon had some beasts up front and its no surprise that Daniel Janser led the league with 58 points in 33 games. He also led the playoffs with 10 goals in 12 games. Detroit had some major contributions from Brian Payne, Doug Britton, and Fat palloon with 12 assists each in 11 playoff games. They also had top three in hits with Igor Molotov (58), Brian Payne (48), and the legend Juan Ceson (44) showing that Detroit was going to play physical against the highly skilled Babylon club. The plan worked and Detroit won in 6. Congats to all the clubs and look forward to next year.

As the off-seasons drones on its time for another installment of around the league in 500 words. I apologize if this is not as interesting as it is very hard to drum up topics in the off-season. I will do my best so let’s go! WELCOME NEW RECRUIT After months of hammering away at a friend and co-worker to join the VHL, he FINALLY did. He is an avid hockey fan so I thought it would be much easier but proved to be a struggle. I am hoping he becomes a solid earner and catches the VHL bug like I have. To date I am 50/50 on recruits. Jake Thunder @Thunderwas my first and became an immediate stud. Huge earner and has found joy in meeting new people and becoming one of the best defensemen in the game. My second was Huge Johnson. Huge languished in the VHLM for four or five seasons. Only clicked welfare and never once did a point task. I am hoping for my new recruit, Rip Wheeler @ScottyP will become a serious stud and frequent name in our community. I think it is important to attempt to recruit new members all the time and I am always on the lookout. WARSAW TRADE: In a late trade the Warsaw Predators traded for Calgary draft pick Tom Creeg @Creegan610. Creeg was Calgary’s 35th pick in S84 and has lit the lamp in his 3 seasons in the VHLM and won a Founders Cup with Philadelphia. Last season he was with the Rome Gladiators where he had 18 Goals 17 Assists with 35 points. At 604 and 185 the Preds are hoping he can help fill the void from losing all-star forward, Vasile Lamb. Creeg was a good fiscal pickup as the Preds are close to the cap so Creeg will be relied on to play good defensively and help score some goals along the way. Welcome Creeg to the Preds!!!!!! PRO-AM Well the Pro-AM is just about over with the playoffs starting. My team (Detroit) and the Babylon Wonders are playing soon I think, and it should be a good matchup. Of course, Daniel Janser is lighting the Pro Am up with 29 goals 29 assists in 33 games. Dude is a scoring machine. Excited to see who takes It all since they were evenly matched during the round robin. Detroit relies on Grit and physical play and have the top two penalty minute leaders in Brian Payne (91 PIM) and Juan Ceson (74 PIM). We will see if grit beats talent in the championship. BANKING FOR DEPRECIATION Well….last week I was talked about banking for deprecation next year and the temptation of adding points now won out. I Had 120 TPE burning a hole in my manage player page and it overwhelmed me. I added all but 24 points and it felt great. I am back to banking now but make no promises that I won’t add to Payne to try and help Warsaw get over the hump and back to a championship.

Nice. Welcome to the league

“Kahzak Kittens”. Hahahahaha

Sean and Wrench would be terrible! Especially Sean

Shit sorry. I started a new thread (didn't read directions). Ignore that last email @ScottyP and please respond to this one. Thank you. I recruited ScottyP today after months of bugging him. Don't let me down!!!!!

I recruited @ScottyP. ScottyP please respond to this

I thought your guys had the NA locked up. Amazing team and season. Shitty puck luck in the playoffs but it will turn around.

This is by far the best post of the season. I look forward to it every off season! Thanks for the hard work. Although I'd love to Payne up there in majors again!!

Ok the off-season is upon us and it gets harder and harder to do point tasks sometimes as a result. We have had a lot of stuff happen last week , a new VHL champ, World Cup, and Pro AM are starting so here we go with another Around the League in 500 words. Vancouver vs Prague The VHL finals came down to the wire and we saw two amazing teams battle it out in 7 games. Game 7 was very exciting and saw the Wolves needing OT to gain the win over a very underrated Prague club. Congrats to Pierrre Emile Bouchard @Gaikoku-hito for snapping home the OT winner, on the power play no less. Bouchard was first star with two goals and obviously a huge shout out to the two goalies, Brandt Fuhr and Clueless Wallob for such an amazing series. Congrats to the Wolves for a great season. MARLINS TAKE VHLM TiTLE I was happy to see the San Diego Marlins take home the Cup last week as that was my first team when I joined the VHL. I was happy to see Oreo McFleury @JB123 have an amazing season/playoffs as well. He lit the lamp with 11 goals 14 assists 25 points. I anticipate he will be a pretty high draft pick this off season and hope Warsaw is lucky enough to get him. Congrats Marlins! @jacobcarson877 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY I make it no secret that I abhor the off-season. I know it has to happen, but it always seems I am not ready for it, it takes so long, and point tasks become harder and harder. That being said, this off season I am super excited about the World Cup. As I scrolled through the teams on the forum it amazes me just how many talented players there are that get left out. It’s a good problem to have in a league and shows how many people work so hard to make their players better. Team USA has medaled in 4 of the last 8 World Cups and plan to bring back their 5th. They are stacked with team defense, plenty of grit, amazing goalies, and some up-front beasts at forward. The other teams are stacked as well so I am eager to see this tourney start up. BANKED TPE STRUGGLES Well, this is more of a question and a rant. I am going into 5th VHL season and have begun banking TPE in preparation of my depreciation in a couple seasons. I have not done the math yet but have been encouraged by those smarter than me to start the process of banking to cover my losses TPE starting next off-season (S88). I currently have 103 in banked TPE (109 after this media spot) and it soooooo hard not to put the points in. I try to max every week, will purchase fighters, and donate for that bump in player store cash so I am fighting hard to remain good in my final season. At the end of day depreciation make your career interesting and forces some effort to remain solid in those final seasons. Well, that wraps it up for this week. Congrats to the Wolves again for a great season, may you loses every game to Warsaw next year though !! LOL

Transaction ID: 46K620463C678592P Doubles Week 5 Uncapped TPE $1 million cash (player store)

I know right! He could easily fill my shoes. I am excited to have him in Warsaw now though

1. I think he did great. Ran into some tough clubs and didn’t get some bounces. 2. hmmm. Not sure who’s avail. A solid defensive winger would be nice 3. Grab a good earner regardless of position. 4. Hmmm. Been a great Dad. 5. probably a goalie. 6. continue working out and eating healthy.

As the dreaded off-season begins all VHL players look (and struggle) to fill the time until the start if the next season. Once such welcome distraction is the World Cup of Hockey starting here soon. I was excited to see the Team USA roster not only had my player, Brian Payne, but my good real life friend Jake Thunder @Thunderwas also going to be donning the Red, White, and Blue. Its already an honor to play for Team USA but as I looked at the some of the defense, I was getting to play with I was super excited. Erlantz Jokinsen @jRuutu, Max Torq,@Steve and Thunder are all formidable all-star defensive players. Each player brings toughness, play stopping ability, and the ability to lead an offensive rush. With solid team defense, gritty forwards that can score, team toughness (need I say more than Vinny Detroit), and amazing net minders Team USA is going to be very nasty to play against. Needless to say I am super excited for this year’s World Cup and want to wish the participating teams the best of luck.

Great series. Best of luck! Brian Payne...