I might have been a bit unfair to (S91) LW - Isaac mclflopper @sportexperts show since he is also on the roster in Helsinki and should develop nicely and (S93) C - Tyler Lawson (ROM) @Nyx as he should develop into a star. When I read back what I wrote I think I was too much focused on the fact that Helsinki need to find a replacement for Rask @Jubis as he is going to be missed badly in Helsinki!!
Helsinki drafting twice in the first round and top 6 should really improve the teams future prospects but they need to find a goalie (Draft - Soju @Frank) or wait and pick with the second 1st rounder pick (S94) Jon Webber III @Webberj; maybe even steal (S94) THE MIGHTY ICE WIZARD @DaddyFizz as he is a fast develop tender in this draft that I think a ton of GM might be sleeping on; similar to (S93) G - Herald Benson (HOU) @Benson last season.
When I first started this project, I started out with the idea of rating every teams’ prospects and then grading the team on the selections that they made but the more I dove head first into collecting data the harder it was for me to justify grading only the Prospect Pool list on the team page since a majority of the teams had a failing grade due to some teams draft heavily in some drafts and not at all in other drafts. I then decided that a Prospect should be a player that is still in the prospect pool but also still on a rookie contract. While this moved some of the team into a positive position, I am still not complete sure that this is an accurate show case of a team’s prospect pool but rather more a show where a team currently stands or will stand in the next few seasons as it is only a small three season snap shot. Team in a competitive window of win now will not be drafting near the first round or at least not often enough to affect their score in a hugely positive manner. While a team rebuilding the past two or three seasons will show positive since they have collected or should have collected a good number of prospects and lastly a team just starting into a rebuild will have a hugely negative ranking since none of the prospect have either joined the team yet or been drafted yet.
Take the ranking at face value is what I am trying to say but could be a good indicator of what teams might be up and coming in the next few seasons while it could also indicate, which teams might be falling off slightly.
Either way let’s take a look at each teams’ prospects:
Number of Prospects:
10
1st Round Picks:
0
2nd Round Picks:
3
3rd Round Picks:
4
4th Round Pick:
3
Prospect in the VHL:
0
VHL Ready Prospects:
1
Inactive Prospects:
5
Calgary Wranglers Prospects
(S93) LW - Miner vHLer (OSL)
@Rhynex Entertainment
17th (2nd Round)
(S93) RW - Oliver Loo (SSK) (COL)
@Misty
23rd (2nd Round)
(S93) D - Wladyslaw Mintus (HOU) (OSL)
@mintusaurus
37th (3rd round)
(S93) D - Carson Tripp (SSK) (STO)
@Cartripp14
29th (2nd Round)
(S93) LW - Hunter s (SDM)
@Hunter S
59th (4th Round)
(S91) D - Hezeus Ohmontegue-Steinhardt X (VAS)
@Sisyphus
35th (3rd Round)
(S93) RW - Trimiskez Artav (STO)
@jake
60th (4th Round)
(S93) D - Vanman Stein (COL)
@Vanman
55th (4th Round)
(S91) C - Hershey McFleury
@YaBoiDuggie
44th (3rd Round)
(S91) D - Thickums Mcgillacutty
@Jer_Lefebvre
46th (3rd Round)
Grade:
F
(score: 29.00)
Calgary Wranglers prospect pool is rather shallow due to draft location in the past three season with only three 2nd round picks with (S93) LW - Miner vHLer (OSL) @Rhynex Entertainment the teams current best prospect ready to join the roster next season. (S93) RW - Oliver Loo (SSK) (COL) @Misty is still another season away and should join in season 96; with two other S93 Draft picks ready the season after in (S93) D - Wladyslaw Mintus (HOU) (OSL) @mintusaurus and (S93) D - Carson Tripp (SSK) (STO) @Cartripp14. So, how does Calgary have an F grade with four players joining their roster from their prospect pool in the next three seasons? This is due to the inactive players and the fact that the team doesn`t have a need for top prospects being VHL ready in the past three season this season or next thus the grading system hurts them more than other teams.
Calgary Wranglers have two player retiring at the end of the season in (S85) D - Phil Strasmore @Phil and (S85) LW - Larry Abass Jr @RileyL; (S93) LW - Miner vHLer (OSL) should replace the retiring Abass Jr @RileyL nicely while Calgary will need to look for a temporary defender or two as the team waits on their top two defending prospects in (S93) D - Wladyslaw Mintus (HOU) (OSL) @mintusaurusand (S93) D - Carson Tripp (SSK) (STO) @Cartripp14; who won`t be ready until S97. Timing is also prefect for (S93) RW - Oliver Loo (SSK) (COL) @Misty as they should also replace the retiring (S86) RW - Adam Rage @MrMom at the end of next season should he resign this off season.
Overall, Calgary Wranglers are in an interesting position as they should be in a compete now situation but as if writing Calgary are tied for the final Wildcard spot and will hope that they can force their way into the playoffs. The team will need to re-tool or enter a rebuild in the next three or four season so should become larger players in future drafts and see their prospect pool become stronger.
Grade:
B +
(score: 78.33)
Chicago Phoenix has rather impressive depth in their prospect pool aided by the fact that four of the prospects from the past three season have already made the jump to the VHL for the team. More impress is the fact that they took a risk on (S93) LW - Jean-Pierre Devote (COL) @eagle_3450; who if I remember correctly had shown signs of inactivity just before the draft and seen his draft stock fall to the second round; in which now looks like a rather smart pick; as he is ready for the VHL next season along with last season 5th overall selection (S93) LW - UghSike (OSL) @UghSike. Mean while (S93) C - Vanuza Kolesinska (ROM) @chikn is still another full season away but means we will see three of the five players in the Chicago prospect pool making VHL debut in the next two seasons.
Chicago forward core might look a lot different next season with (S85) RW - Babay Shrimp @Blazzer as the only player set to retire but both (S93) LW - UghSike (OSL) @UghSike and (S93) LW - Jean-Pierre Devote (COL) @eagle_3450 set to join the roster; something will need give!! Luckily for Chicago they have a single forward signed at the moment for next season so should easily have room for the two forward prospects and (S93) C - Vanuza Kolesinska (ROM) @chikn the season after.
Overall, Chicago Phoenix look like a team moving in the right direction but will need to follow last season strong draft by adding more VHL ready prospects to an already deep prospect pool.
Number of Prospects:
6
1st Round Picks:
1
2nd Round Picks:
2
3rd Round Picks:
2
4th Round Pick:
1
Prospect in the VHL:
1
VHL Ready Prospects:
1
Inactive Prospects:
2
D.C. Dragons Prospects
(S91) C - Theo Allard
@InstantRockstar
10th (1st Round)
(S91) RW - Tom Dufour (VAS)
@Cookie
29th (2nd Round)
(S89) LW - Justin Chen
@Jchin1604
33rd (3rd Round)
(S93) G - Herald Benson (HOU)
@Benson
19th (2nd Round)
(S93) G - Connor Hellebuyck (MEX)
@HockeyFan4Life
48th (3rd Round)
(S93) RW - Brash Candicoot
@TrinityMonk
64th (4th Round)
Grade:
E
(score: 41.67)
D.C. Dragons are the defending Continental Cup champions and it shouldn`t be a huge surprise that the Dragons have one of the small prospect pools of all the team in the league but have some very key prospects starting with (S93) G - Herald Benson (HOU) @Benson, who like it or not is going to be the goaltender of the future for the Dragons. But there is a problem; (S85) G - Henry Tucker Jr @NSG retires at the end of this season and Benson is still a season away so D.C. has a huge problem and question mark around what they will do in the off season; to get a goaltender until Benson is ready. (S91) RW - Tom Dufour (VAS) @Cookie is ready to make the jump to the VHL next season but doesn`t seem to have a place within the current roster structure in D.C. so could be moved during the off season in either a deal to bring in another defender or a stop gap goaltender.
D.C. Dragons are still in contend now mode but will need to find a goaltender to cover off the development gap while they wait for goaltender of the future Benson to be ready and with an aging forward core could look to retool in the off season or the following off season as majority of the forward core will retire.
Number of Prospects:
18
1st Round Picks:
4
2nd Round Picks:
5
3rd Round Picks:
4
4th Round Pick:
3
Prospect in the VHL:
0
VHL Ready Prospects:
3
Inactive Prospects:
1
HC Davos Dynamo Prospects
(S93) C - Antonia Bucatini (OSL)
@CowboyinAmerica
1st (1st Round)
(S91) D - Sunset Moth (PHI) (VAS)
@McWolf
13th (1st Round)
(S93) LW - Forum Content (BRA)
@frescoelmo
6th (1st Round)
(S91) G - David Slezak
@ShawnGlade
20th (2nd Round)
(S91) RW - Ivan Ivanov (VAS)
@KmaddFPS
32nd (2nd Round)
(S93) G - Aleksanteri Kaskiniemi-Kekkonen
@Snussu
12th (1st Round)
(S93) RW - Steve French (ROM)
@Seabass
21st (2nd Round)
(S91) C - Piston Maicupp (ROM)
@MandyManiac
43rd (3rd Round)
(S92) LW - Dwight shcrute (STO)
@Jamomayo
17th (2nd Round)
(S93) D - Billy Joel (HOU) (ROM)
@The goat of hockey
27th (2nd Round)
(S93) G - Kendra Cavill (LVA)
@Firekiss
42nd (3rd Round)
(S93) D - Masa Akimoto (LVA) (STO)
@Hokikeijot
47th (3rd Round)
(S93) RW - Armas Jortikka (MIA) (OSL)
@Kavadar
50th (4th Round)
(S93) G - Da TypThond (SSK)
@Erik
Undrafted
(S93) D - Russell Sprout (MIA) (ROM)
@betta57
45th (3rd Round)
(S93) G - Austin Goulet lll (SSK)
@Tuchy
Undrafted
(S93) D - Blaze Thunderstrike (LVA)
@eaglesfan036
56th (4th Round)
(S93) D - Magni Jinn (PHI) (VAS)
@DontCallMeCarson
49th (4th Round)
Grade:
E
(score: 40.56)
HC Davos went with the quantity over quality aspect when it comes to their team’s overall prospect pool but that doesn`t mean that they don`t have quality within their prospect pool as Davos has three prospect ready to join the VHL next season in (S93) C - Antonia Bucatini (OSL) @CowboyinAmerica, (S91) D - Sunset Moth (PHI) (VAS) @McWolf and (S93) LW - Forum Content (BRA) @frescoelmo. Whom should be followed rather quickly by three more prospect the following season in goaltender of the future (S93) G - Aleksanteri Kaskiniemi-Kekkonen @Snussu, (S93) RW - Steve French (ROM) @Seabass and (S93) D - Billy Joel (HOU) (ROM) @The goat of hockey. So, six prospect in the next two season joining your roster should sound great right? Not when you have nothing on your roster in the first place. These six players are the starting blocks of foundation of a building and will need to hold it together for another season or two. Expect to see Davos at the bottom of the league for at least another season or two unless they start to move prospect for veteran player to build a competitive team.
Number of Prospects:
13
1st Round Picks:
2
2nd Round Picks:
5
3rd Round Picks:
3
4th Round Pick:
2
Prospect in the VHL:
2
VHL Ready Prospects:
0
Inactive Prospects:
5
Helsinki Titans Prospects
(S92) LW - Adi Dassler
@BOOM
3rd (1st Round)
(S91) LW - Isaac mclflopper
@sportexperts show
19th (2nd Round)
(S92) LW - Matthew Highmore (VAS)
@NineIQ v2
19th (2nd Round)
(S93) C - Tyler Lawson (ROM)
@Nyx
14th (1st Round)
(S90) RW - Barry McOckiner (COL)
@LanerDUST
33rd (3rd Round)
(S93) RW - Anthony Simmons II (MIS) (COL)
@Starchychaff
35th (3rd Round)
(S92) D - Dustin Moore (HFX)
@Maxx
24th (2nd Round)
(S93) G - Samuel Wazinski
@samthemancub
30th (2nd Round)
(S91) C - Keegan Vos (ROM)
@DDZ_44
39th (3rd Round)
(S93) D - Landon Flatt (OTT) (BRA)
@Lando10
62nd (4th Round)
(S93) C - Aiden Paige (MIA)
@Apaige131
Undrafted
(S93) RW - Cole Stermer (HOU) (BRA)
@Bazeus
57th (4th Round)
(S93) LW - Filip Zinek (HOU) (BRA)
@FiZi
32nd (2nd Round)
Grade:
F
(score: 30.77)
With one of your best prospect being a player that you just traded for in (S92) LW - Adi Dassler @BOOM; who came over via a trade with Moscow Menace shows that the team might be heading in the wrong direction. No VHL ready prospect for a team that is outside of the playoff looking in and traded away their starting goaltender without having a goalie of the future in place means Helsinki looks to be in a tight spot, needing to either trade for a starting goaltender or draft a starting goaltender this off season but likely means if the team cannot get a starter next season; will once again be watching the playoff next season.
(S92) LW - Matthew Highmore (VAS) @NineIQ v2 and (S93) C - Tyler Lawson (ROM) @Nyx are two season away and should replace retiring pair (S87) RW - Ellis Woolfenden @D3X and (S87) LW - Jarkko Laakkonen @Xdjk93 at that time. After that Helsinki will need to hope that they hit on majority of their twelve picks this coming draft as the rest of the prospect are rather slim picking at the moment; not helped by five inactive prospects. Helsinki seems to be throwing as many darts at the board and hoping a few of them will stick; not the best way of building a prospect pool in my opinion. If I am correct Helsinki with have twenty-four prospect by the end of this season draft. Luckily for Helsinki; they don`t have any major needs to build a roster next season other than a starting goaltender.
Number of Prospects:
8
1st Round Picks:
1
2nd Round Picks:
3
3rd Round Picks:
2
4th Round Pick:
2
Prospect in the VHL:
0
VHL Ready Prospects:
0
Inactive Prospects:
3
London United Prospects
Drafted
(S90) D - Joseph Dubois (COL)
@Dubois
37th (3rd Round)
(S91) C - Alexandros Mograine (COL)
@sliceruser
42nd (3rd Round)
(S91) D - Scrungle Bungle (COL)
@Novanod
21st (2nd Round)
(S91) D - Arne Holmquist (BRA)
@axtron
25th (2nd Round)
(S92) D - Vanellope von Schweetz (COL)
@Arce
13th (1st Round)
(S92) G - Hugo Boss (OTT)
@Dil
22nd (2nd Round)
(S93) C - Jacob Longstreet (SSK) (COL)
@Dynamicmlb_42
51st (4th Round)
(S93) LW - Owen two (MEX) (BRA)
@do3bo1
63rd (4th Round)
Grade:
F
(score: 12.50)
By far the worse prospect pool in the VHL but should anyone be surprised when the team has been super competitive for the past six or seven season; if not longer. An aging roster in a season of either win or bust means that they have either traded away most of their future picks, prospects or selected late in the first round to be competitive. This team is set to enter a rebuild regardless of what happens during this season playoff and will look to see their prospect pool depth increase in the next few seasons.
Doesn`t help either when 40% of your prospect pool is also inactive and your top prospect in (S90) D - Joseph Dubois (COL) @Dubois is also inactive. (S91) C - Alexandros Mograine (COL) @sliceruser seems like a hidden gem grabbed in the 3rd round and could make the roster as early as next season; rather impressive from such a late pick. While (S91) D - Scrungle Bungle (COL) @Novanod is two season away at best still but could play a large role as part of the rebuild in London. It will be an interesting off-season in London to see how they start to retool or enter a complete rebuild like I think they are headed for.
Number of Prospects:
7
1st Round Picks:
1
2nd Round Picks:
3
3rd Round Picks:
1
4th Round Pick:
0
Prospect in the VHL:
0
VHL Ready Prospects:
1
Inactive Prospects:
2
Los Angeles Stars Prospects
(S91) RW - Nico Belique (STO)
@Syzygy
24th (2nd Round)
(S92) LW - Joe Shmo (BRA)
@matt sovick
15th (1st Round)
(S93) D - WWumbo (STO)
@Fire Tortorella
22nd (2nd Round)
(S91) LW - Leo Neelson III (SSK)
@silentnyrf31
Undrafted
(S93) C - Taylor Swift (MIS) (ROM)
@lilchrist
26th (2nd Round)
(S93) LW - Connor simard (HFX) (BRA)
@Alex99
36th (3rd Round)
(S93) D - Connor Mclaughlin (LVA)
@Connor Mclaughling
Undrafted
Grade:
F
(score: 28.57)
Considering Los Angeles Stars took majority of their roster straight into retirement; they have done a fairly good job at starting the process of rebuilding their prospect pool by adding picks; which I am not reviewing and (S91) RW - Nico Belique (STO) @Syzygy via a trade from Vancouver Wolves. The Stars will need to hit on every pick in the next two drafts with limited draft picks and the fact that they have already missed on (S93) D - WWumbo (STO) @Fire Tortorella with their 22nd overall pick last season as he seems to have gone inactive. The only 1st round prospect in (S92) LW - Joe Shmo (BRA) @matt sovick has also gone inactive since being traded to Los Angeles from Vancouver. (S93) C - Taylor Swift (MIS) (ROM) @lilchrist and (S93) LW - Connor simard (HFX) (BRA) @Alex99 are still a few season away from joining the VHL and the Stars but should be joining the roster just as it starts to turn the corner.
The Stars have a large shopping list and they should be shopping this off season when the draft starts in a few more weeks. It will be interesting to see who they draft at either 1st overall or 2nd overall depending the outcome of the draft Lotto but with a very strong draft they should come out with three or four really strong foundational pieces to build their team around.
Grade:
F
(score: 37.86)
S92 Draft was very unkind to the Malmo Nighthawks as the drafted two players in (S92) G - Olafur Gunnleifsson (10th overall) and (S92) RW - Bjorn Ragnulf (26th overall) @ng1291; both have since gone inactive meaning Malmo came away from the S92 draft with no prospects. This forced them to double down and select (S93) G - Jorgen Lovstrom (7th overall) @Pifferfish their only VHL ready prospect following season. (S93) G - Jorgen Lovstrom @Pifferfish will join the team as the teams goaltender of the future just in time as (S86) G - Ash Sparks @DarkSpyro is set to retire of the second time in his career but with a season of transition means Malmo shouldn`t see any drop off in way of a team in the contention for the Continental Cup. With only one hole to fill due to surprise announcement that (S86) RW - Yaroslav Bogatyrev @Bojovnik was retiring a season early and no 1st round picks in the next two season; it looks like the prospect pool might remain rather slim pickings for at least a few more seasons. Not a huge concern since most of the team is still in the prime and a key piece already in place in (S93) G - Jorgen Lovstrom @Pifferfish.
Number of Prospects:
11
1st Round Picks:
6
2nd Round Picks:
5
3rd Round Picks:
0
4th Round Pick:
0
Prospect in the VHL:
4
VHL Ready Prospects:
2
Inactive Prospects:
4
Prospects
(S91) LW - Grimgor Ironhide
@FrostBeard
7th (1st Round)
(S92) C - George Richmond
@badcolethetitan
2nd (1st Round)
(S91) D - Leif Reingaard
@Zetterberg
3rd (1st Round)
(S91) G - Olober Syko
@Spartan
5th (1st Round)
(S93) D - Benjamin Abenduct (OSL)
@Schnee
9th (1st Round)
(S90) D - Didier Verhault (ROM)
@FTK
21st (2nd Round)
(S91) LW - Olumide Anderson (OSL)
@Theory
23rd (2nd Round)
(S92) D - Petit Hughie (LVA) (ROM)
@Sen
14th (1st Round)
(S92) D - Viktor Vyzovsky (STO)
@Vik
18th (2nd Round)
(S93) C - Walter Jinn (PHI) (VAS)
@Adrest245
31st (2nd Round)
(S92) C - Wernher von Braun (VAS)
@Prof. Zach Enron
20th (2nd Round)
Grade:
C
(score: 59.54)
Moscow has collected a lot of young talent over the past four or five season but I would have thought that they would have scored higher with four players already on the main roster in the likes of (S91) LW - Grimgor Ironhide @FrostBeard, (S92) C - George Richmond @badcolethetitan, (S91) D - Leif Reingaard @Zetterberg and (S91) G - Olober Syko @Spartan but missing on four draft pick seems to have driven down the score; not to mention either rebuild really started in S90 and I am only going to S91 due to rookie contracts. This shows that Moscow really has transitioned or really should be transitioning into a win now situation. Scary to think not only does Moscow have (S93) D - Benjamin Abenduct (OSL) @Schnee and (S91) LW - Olumide Anderson (OSL) @Theory ready to join the roster as early as next season but they also currently hold two first round pick in this season strong first round draft. How likely are we to see some of these prospect trade to rebuilding teams?
Number of Prospects:
5
1st Round Picks:
4
2nd Round Picks:
0
3rd Round Picks:
1
4th Round Pick:
0
Prospect in the VHL:
2
VHL Ready Prospects:
1
Inactive Prospects:
1
Prospects
(S91) D - Callum Gary Yannick Janser
@Daniel Janser
1st (1st Round)
(S91) D - Rin Kagamine
@Rin
15th (1st Round)
(S92) C - Wayne Gretzky (OSL)
@MubbleFubbles
11th (1st Round)
(S93) LW - Chris Reynolds Jr (OSL)
@Crstats23
11th (1st Round)
(S91) LW - Luna Everdeen (STO)
@Dee
34th (3rd Round)
Grade:
B
(score: 75.00)
S91 Draft was the last draft ran by the old management @thadthrasher before handing over the management duties to current Manager @STZ but set the team up for the future with (S91) D - Callum Gary Yannick Janser (1st overall) @Daniel Janser and (S91) D - Rin Kagamine (15th overall) @Rin late in the first round. These two prospects joined an already young developing core and have no helped push the Americans to two consecutive playoff appearances; which should continue to be the norm with one of the better, but smallest prospect pools. Add in (S92) C - Wayne Gretzky (OSL) @MubbleFubbles; who should be VHL ready next season and (S93) LW - Chris Reynolds Jr (OSL) @Crstats23; who will be VHL the following season allowing a steady stream of young prospect to continue to flow onto the teams’ roster. New York Americans are in a good place right now as they continue to improve!!
Number of Prospects:
6
1st Round Picks:
2
2nd Round Picks:
2
3rd Round Picks:
1
4th Round Pick:
0
Prospect in the VHL:
0
VHL Ready Prospects:
1
Inactive Prospects:
1
Prospects
(S91) C - Spanish Moon Moth
@Renomitsu
4th (1st Round)
(S93) D - Chuck E Cheese (LVA) (VAS)
@a_Ferk
24th (2nd Round)
(S93) RW - Jack Dickins (MIS) (OSL)
@Mystery_boy98
28th (2nd Round)
(S91) RW - Elle Aura Ashe
@Lynersify
Undrafted
(S93) C - Charlie klepacki (HOU) (STO)
@chuck.hockey7
40th (3rd Round)
(S93) G - Ondrej Vencko
@Mutti
8th (1st Round)
Grade:
E
(score: 45.83)
Prague Phantoms look all but set to be heading into a rebuild with (S85) C - John Jameson @Frank, (S85) LW - Nikolas Kauppi @Tetricide and (S85) G - Matt Murdock @Acydburn retiring at the end of the season. Prague prospect pool isn`t the deepest or strongest but do have some key prospect in place with (S93) G - Ondrej Vencko @Mutti being the most important as he takes over the starting role from Murdock likely next season. Prague will look to build through what should be a deep draft this off season with four picks in the first two rounds; but they will need to really hit on their selections or they could be looking at a long rebuild. Another key prospect already in the VHL for the Phantom will be (S91) C - Spanish Moon Moth @Renomitsu as likely a key piece to build around. Prague is in for an interesting off season and draft but have put in enough effort to keep them from getting an F so far!!
Number of Prospects:
12
1st Round Picks:
5
2nd Round Picks:
1
3rd Round Picks:
5
4th Round Pick:
1
Prospect in the VHL:
2
VHL Ready Prospects:
1
Inactive Prospects:
1
Prospects
(S92) LW - Kimi Raikkonen
@mattyIceman
9th (1st Round)
(S91) G - Red Panda
@Lemorse7
8th (1st Round)
(S93) D - Lucy Leitner (VAS)
@LucyXpher
3rd (1st Round)
(S90) RW - Stefan Nikolaev (VAS)
@Is_thatok
46th (3rd Round)
(S91) C - Dan jr (STO)
@Danzo
26th (2nd Round)
(S93) RW - Yermolai Nabokov (VAS)
@fonziGG
15th (1st Round)
(S91) D - Bric Sheithaus (COL)
@Oldhead91
38th (3rd Round)
(S91) C - Caesar Monterrey (BRA)
@CaptainGatsby
40th (3rd Round)
(S93) C - French Fries (SSK) (ROM)
@solyom
33rd (3rd Round)
(S93) D - Ray Stanton (HOU) (ROM)
@horoscope
16th (1st Round)
(S93) LW - Elf shoes (HOU) (COL)
@ELF_SH0ES
54th (4th Round)
(S93) C - Isaak Robinson (MIA) (ROM)
@isaak
38th (3rd Round)
Grade:
E
(score: 47.08)
End of an era in Riga as current GM @hedgehog337 will hand over the duties to a new manager at the end of the season; likely before this season draft. Hedge has done a good job collecting young roster just looking to breakout and collecting a steady stream of young talent that should give the new manager a few tools to help shape the team’s future. Three solid picks in the last three drafts (S91) G - Red Panda @Lemorse7, (S92) LW - Kimi Raikkonen @mattyIcemanand (S93) D - Lucy Leitner (VAS) @LucyXpher should make the team much better starting as soon as next season. All the other prospects are still another season or two away with eleven of the twelve prospects active tell you a lot about the scout effort put in by current so to be former management. Riga can afford to wait for these prospects to develop or use them to add pieces to improve the current roster moving forward since they have such a young roster. Add in two first round picks this season and they could really start to contend sooner than later; not to mention to see a strong prospect pool starting as soon as this season draft.
Number of Prospects:
10
1st Round Picks:
6
2nd Round Picks:
2
3rd Round Picks:
2
4th Round Pick:
0
Prospect in the VHL:
4
VHL Ready Prospects:
2
Inactive Prospects:
3
Prospects
(S91) LW - Toby Kadachi
@ROOKIE745
14th (1st Round)
(S91) RW - Gustav Mattias
@Berocka
16th (1st Round)
(S91) D - Mina
@Baozi
12th (1st Round)
(S92) G - Giorgiy Costanzov
@Mongoose87
5th (1st Round)
(S93) LW - Gianfranco Del Rocco (VAS)
@Victor
2nd (1st Round)
(S93) RW - Nathan Ecker (ROM)
@Nathan_8
10th (1st Round)
(S93) RW - Marek Nowaczyk (OTT) (OSL)
@Chillybro
34th (3rd Round)
(S92) LW - Alexis Laffayette (ROM)
@DustyMclaren
21st (2nd round)
(S93) D - Enn Jinn (VAS)
@jhatty8
43rd (3rd Round)
(S92) C - Brent Pritchett
@Brent
30th (2nd Round)
Grade:
C
(score: 61.50)
The Seattle Bears are back after a strong S91 Draft that seen them select (S91) LW - Toby Kadachi @ROOKIE745, (S91) RW - Gustav Mattias @Berocka and acquiring (S91) D – Mina @Baoziin a trade; all playing in the VHL for the Bears. Mix in a few veteran players; acquired via UFA and at this season trade deadline; and the Bears won the North American Conference after starting the season as surprise team even fighting for a wildcard spot. With only one retiring player in (S85) RW - Henry Eagles @Greg_Di and two prospect ready to make their debut in the VHL next season in (S93) LW - Gianfranco Del Rocco (VAS) @Victorand (S93) RW - Nathan Ecker (ROM) @Nathan_8; the Bears will need to make a few rosters decision this off season to make room but that is always a nice situation to be in considering that Seattle should still be a contender next season. I haven`t even mentioed (S92) G - Giorgiy Costanzov @Mongoose87, the team goalie of the future who made his debut this season but could move into a back-up role to develop a bit longer behind (S86) G - Fuukka Rask @Jubis allowing the team to continue to contend without seeing a huge drop off. The VHL was hoping for a few season without being mauled by the Bears; yeah that won`t happen now!!
Number of Prospects:
6
1st Round Picks:
2
2nd Round Picks:
1
3rd Round Picks:
1
4th Round Pick:
2
Prospect in the VHL:
1
VHL Ready Prospects:
1
Inactive Prospects:
2
Prospects
(S91) G - Toddly Bobbly
@ToddlyBobbly
30th (2nd Round)
(S93) D - Gul Dukat (COL)
@MSouthworth
13th (1st Round)
(S92) LW - Wayne Shotzky (STO)
@Kenamatic
16th (1st Round)
(S93) D - Phil Taylor (OTT) (STO)
@Legacy
61st (4th Round)
(S91) RW - Kel Varnsen (OSL)
@JayF
36th (3rd Round)
(S91) C - Rory Sullivan
@Odette.Boudreaux
45th (4th Round)
Grade:
E
(score: 40.00)
Toronto Legion have been contender for the past few seasons now after winning the Continental Cup in S91 so it shouldn`t come as much of surprise that Toronto doesn`t have the deepest prospect pool in the league but they have some very key prospect with (S91) G - Toddly Bobbly @ToddlyBobbly learning this season as back-up to soon to retire (S86) G - Joel Castle @animal74 and Toronto will hope he is ready to take over the net in the next season or two. Bobbly has looked good in his fifteen starts this season with an 7-3-1 record 2.84ga and 0.910sav%. (S93) D - Gul Dukat (COL) @MSouthworth should add some nice youth to the blueline next season and strength the team backend. (S92) LW - Wayne Shotzky (STO) @Kenamaticand (S93) D - Phil Taylor (OTT) (STO) @Legacy are still a few season away from joining the big club. Toronto still look to be competive for a few more season but that will depend on Bobbly transition to the starting role.
Number of Prospects:
9
1st Round Picks:
7
2nd Round Picks:
1
3rd Round Picks:
1
4th Round Pick:
0
Prospect in the VHL:
6
VHL Ready Prospects:
1
Inactive Prospects:
2
Prospects
(S92) RW - Logan Ninefingers
@Scurvy
1st (1st Round)
(S92) RW - Riley Martin
@Smarch
4th (1st Round)
(S92) D - Guntis Gavilrovs
@Girts
7th (1st Round)
(S92) D - Vlad Von Carstein
@Dom
6th (1st Round)
(S92) D - DB IV
@wcats
12th (1st Round)
(S91) G - Dalkr Vidarsson
@KaleebtheMighty
9th (1st Round)
(S93) RW - Annie Oaks (COL)
@Noodle Enjoyer
4th (1st Round)
(S92) LW - Loic Trepagoat (ROM)
@Trepagoat
23rd (2nd Round)
(S91) RW - Demko (ROM)
@Demko
41st (3rd Round)
Grade:
B +
(score: 76.67)
Vancouver Wolves have no problem selecting in the first round with seven of the nine prospects being selected in the first round of the past three drafts, with S92 Draft being a huge turning point in the teams rebuild; where they selected five players in the first round. All seven first round picks should be in the VHL as of next season when (S93) RW - Annie Oaks (COL) @Noodle Enjoyer joins the roster. Overall score for the Wolves was hurt by later round picks both as both are currently inactive otherwise this would have been the only team with an A grade. Luckily for Vancouver they have a chance to increase their overall prospect pool and prove that they can draft in later rounds with three 3rds round picks in this season draft; not to mention adding two more highly rated players as Vancouver will select twice in the top 6 again!! Ugh!! This team should be an interesting team to watch as they have the talent to contend sooner rather than later.
Number of Prospects:
14
1st Round Picks:
1
2nd Round Picks:
9
3rd Round Picks:
3
4th Round Pick:
1
Prospect in the VHL:
3
VHL Ready Prospects:
0
Inactive Prospects:
6
Prospects
(S91) RW - Thor Reingaard
@N0HBDY
2nd (1st Round)
(S91) LW - Behrens Minion
@UnknownMinion
18th (2nd Round)
(S91) G - Pipo Popa
@npuBeT
31st (2nd Round)
(S91) C - Jacob Smith Jr (VAS)
@jacobaa19
27th (2nd Round)
(S90) C - Aeschylus Jigglejawns CXXXVII II (BRA)
@.sniffuM
34th (3rd Round)
(S90) RW - Joseph Jec (STO)
@Joseph Jec
32nd (2nd Round)
(S90) LW - Jorji Costova
@Hybrid1486
31st (2nd Round)
(S93) D - Cody Toland (OTT) (COL)
@ctoland102
25th (2nd Round)
(S91) RW - Dietrich Reingaard (ROM)
@JigglyGumballs
28th (2nd Round)
(S93) RW - Leon Bruhmaninho (SSK) (OSL)
@BigBruhman
41st (3rd Round)
(S91) LW - Aanarsi Reingaard (HFX) (VAS)
@Laine
33rd (3rd Round)
(S93) C - Gavin Bebard (MEX) (STO)
@Gavin Bebard
53rd (4th Round)
(S92) LW - Commander Doom (LVA)
@Mech hi
29th (2nd Round)
(S92) D - John Season (HFX) (ROM)
@dylanjj37
28th (2nd Round)
Grade:
F
(score: 30.36)
With only one first round draft pick in the past three season in their current prospect pool you would think Warsaw has been a contender but sometimes things just don`t work out as planned; no matter how good they actually look on paper. Also, when I look at Warsaw this shows the state of the prospect pool and the league ability to generate top end talent more than Warsaw’s ability to draft. With nine second round picks you would think Warsaw has a decent prospect pool but it has been rather hit or miss. Four of the nine second round prospect have gone inactive, retired or have large stretches of inactivity. Warsaw actually has been rather unlucky. Warsaw is still a young and developing team; that really needs (S91) G - Pipo Popa @npuBeT to take over the starting role in a season or two from newly acquired (S86) G - Lachlan Summers @kirbithan. Warsaw will also look for (S91) LW - Behrens Minion @UnknownMinion to take a larger step forward along with the other prospects; who are still a few seasons away. (S91) C - Jacob Smith Jr (VAS) @jacobaa19 at the moment is the next prospect to likely make the Predators roster but that won`t be until S95 unless fast tracked.
Overall Ranking of Teams Prospect Pools:
Team name
Score
International Grade
Chicago Phoenix
78.33
B +
Vancouver Wolves
76.67
B +
New York Americans
75.00
B
Seattle Bears
61.50
C
Moscow Menace
59.54
C
Riga Reign
47.08
E
Prague Phantoms
45.83
E
D.C. Dragons
41.67
E
HC Davos Dynamo
40.56
E
Toronto Legion
40.00
E
Malmo Nighthawks
37.86
F
Helsinki Titans
30.77
F
Warsaw Predators
30.36
F
Calgary Wranglers
29.00
F
Los Angeles Stars
28.57
F
London United
12.50
F
It was a tough choice, but if we hadn't made that move, I'm sure your extension would have had an NTC on it. Just had to try and go for it while we still had some ELCs to flex with
i just REALLY like making these things they're so fun 😭, if you look closely you'll see Helsinki City Centre, and I might start putting more easter eggs into my graphics bc it'll be funny
i had this idea pop into my head while talking to the nice guys on the Helsinki Titans (@samx and @Triller), and I spent a stupid amount of time researching Finnish hockey only for it not really to matter in the end but HEY fuck it we groove
btw while we're here STREAM GLORIA GROOVE!!!!! and Ana Lua Caiano and idk message me if you want non-english music recs bc I have them like pokemon cards okay I'm tired i'm going to bed GOODNIGHt.
1. Removing the Louth rule and the other side of the Louth rule.
This would allow GMs to play whichever keeper they wanted as many times as they wanted. Now on this first observation of the rule, you think oh why not let everyone do what they want surely that would make the league a better place right? Well there are some scenarios where this would really hurt the players. First of all, you are a backup goalie who has just walked into the VHL, you know you will probably only play 8 games as you are one of the top teams who needs as many wins as possible. Well if there is no Louth rule, you probably don’t even get one start and if you need to play the back up role for 2-3 seasons there is almost 6 months of you not seeing your player do anything. Why would you keep updating and trying to improve if you aren’t even going to start. Also the same thing applies if you are a seasoned vet who has built up your player but your GM decides that they want to tank this season well that Bot goalie is going to see a whole lot more starts than you will that is for sure. There is another reason why this rule is beneficial to the players imagine you are a new goalie in the draft but all teams already have a star goalie no one is going to want to pick you because they don’t need a goalie at the moment and they can use the picks to get better players instead of a bench warmer.
2. Promotion/Relegation between the leagues
This seems like a cool concept in theory where players can help get their teams up from the VHLM into the VHLE and then win the VHL one day, you can see how this works in the English soccer system where you climb the ranks and your little local team could one day play Manchester United to win the Premier League. However this doesn’t really work without a full overhaul of the league rules including the draft and the waiver system. What it will lead to is three pretty set leagues where the same teams play in the same leagues every season and some yo-yo teams that are two good for one division but not good for the one above so they win the lower division, move up then get demolished in the higher divisions so they bounce back down again.
3. GM Maximum Terms
This sounds like another good idea in theory where your GMs can only be a GM for a maximum of 4 seasons then they need to reapply or get hired again. This however fails when you look at team identity when a GM knows that they can only be a GM for four seasons they need to make sure they go and win in those four seasons so by their last season they will make sure they are stocked up on players and they won’t care what the future looks like. This means when the next GM takes over they will have nothing to work with and we will see the old boom bust style system that the VHLM had for years.
@Mysterious_Fish asked me to run round 1 as they were busy.
So you're stuck with me (for now).
Another year, another disappointing cup run for [insert your favorite team here]!
To drown your sorrows, have some bonus TPE!
The form will close at 6 pm EST on Monday, 4/22.
ROUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AS SOON AS THE MATCHUPS ARE SET*.
*Unless NHL decides to start Round 2 early for some reason. Then I will do East / West if necessary.
SCORING SYSTEM (like last year)
Max - 225 points
Series winner - 10 points
Series Length (doesn't have to be the winner) - 5 points
1. The time has come, trade deadline is here and players can recreate for the S95 draft. With that being said, a new Right Winger joins Houston! Konstyantyn Shevchenko @der meister comes from Ukraine and is looking to add to our playoff push! How is Houston looking now heading towards playoffs? We currently are tied with Saskatoon for 1st in the Western Conference.
Houston looks to be in great form, and the addition of a quality player like Shevchenko can only solidify Houstons chances of glory.
2. Hulk Smash @Cuffy just recently got engaged! Congrats brother! Of course we will all be invited to the wedding, what wedding gift are you bringing? As GM I am bringing season tickets for everyone that was invited.
Poor bastard. It's all downhill from here. I'll buy a set of premium noise-cancelling headphones. They'll come in handy at some point.
3. Houston is cruising now! Less than 20 games to play and we still are fighting for 1st in the West. Playoff format follows as 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, and 4v5 by league overall. If playoffs started today, as 4th seed we would play 5th seed Las Vegas Aces. Is Vegas a team you do or do not want to face in the first round? Are there other teams you would prefer to play?
Well as an alumni, I always think that the opposition should be afraid. Very afraid.
4. I'm always itching for summer as it is my favourite season of the year and I don't have school to worry about. What are you most excited for this summer? I'm heading home to work on the water again and I am very excited for that.
Well we are into Autumn down here, so I'm looking forward to cooler temperatures and watching more Rugby.
5. Houston is a southern state known for Space Exploration apparently (google searched it, might need @LucyXpher to confirm). If you could travel through space where would you go? I'm heading out of the milky way to find aliens in other galaxies.
I'm headed towards the planet/galaxy that contains the sexy space version of the Amazons.
6. How has your week been? Anything exciting or fun happening lately? What do you have planned for this week?
My week has been pretty quiet, but knocking out sim league PT's and working towards the weekend.
1. The time has come, trade deadline is here and players can recreate for the S95 draft. With that being said, a new Right Winger joins Houston! Konstyantyn Shevchenko @der meister comes from Ukraine and is looking to add to our playoff push! How is Houston looking now heading towards playoffs? We currently are tied with Saskatoon for 1st in the Western Conference.
Houston looks to be in great form, and the addition of a quality player like Shevchenko can only solidify Houstons chances of glory.
2. Hulk Smash @Cuffy just recently got engaged! Congrats brother! Of course we will all be invited to the wedding, what wedding gift are you bringing? As GM I am bringing season tickets for everyone that was invited.
Poor bastard. It's all downhill from here. I'll buy a set of premium noise-cancelling headphones. They'll come in handy at some point.
3. Houston is cruising now! Less than 20 games to play and we still are fighting for 1st in the West. Playoff format follows as 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, and 4v5 by league overall. If playoffs started today, as 4th seed we would play 5th seed Las Vegas Aces. Is Vegas a team you do or do not want to face in the first round? Are there other teams you would prefer to play?
Well as an alumni, I always think that the opposition should be afraid. Very afraid.
4. I'm always itching for summer as it is my favourite season of the year and I don't have school to worry about. What are you most excited for this summer? I'm heading home to work on the water again and I am very excited for that.
Well we are into Autumn down here, so I'm looking forward to cooler temperatures and watching more Rugby.
5. Houston is a southern state known for Space Exploration apparently (google searched it, might need @LucyXpher to confirm). If you could travel through space where would you go? I'm heading out of the milky way to find aliens in other galaxies.
I'm headed towards the planet/galaxy that contains the sexy space version of the Amazons.
6. How has your week been? Anything exciting or fun happening lately? What do you have planned for this week?
My week has been pretty quiet, but knocking out sim league PT's and working towards the weekend.
1. The time has come, trade deadline is here and players can recreate for the S95 draft. With that being said, a new Right Winger joins Houston! Konstyantyn Shevchenko @der meister comes from Ukraine and is looking to add to our playoff push! How is Houston looking now heading towards playoffs? We currently are tied with Saskatoon for 1st in the Western Conference.
Houston looks to be in great form, and the addition of a quality player like Shevchenko can only solidify Houstons chances of glory.
2. Hulk Smash @Cuffy just recently got engaged! Congrats brother! Of course we will all be invited to the wedding, what wedding gift are you bringing? As GM I am bringing season tickets for everyone that was invited.
Poor bastard. It's all downhill from here. I'll buy a set of premium noise-cancelling headphones. They'll come in handy at some point.
3. Houston is cruising now! Less than 20 games to play and we still are fighting for 1st in the West. Playoff format follows as 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, and 4v5 by league overall. If playoffs started today, as 4th seed we would play 5th seed Las Vegas Aces. Is Vegas a team you do or do not want to face in the first round? Are there other teams you would prefer to play?
Well as an alumni, I always think that the opposition should be afraid. Very afraid.
4. I'm always itching for summer as it is my favourite season of the year and I don't have school to worry about. What are you most excited for this summer? I'm heading home to work on the water again and I am very excited for that.
Well we are into Autumn down here, so I'm looking forward to cooler temperatures and watching more Rugby.
5. Houston is a southern state known for Space Exploration apparently (google searched it, might need @LucyXpher to confirm). If you could travel through space where would you go? I'm heading out of the milky way to find aliens in other galaxies.
I'm headed towards the planet/galaxy that contains the sexy space version of the Amazons.
6. How has your week been? Anything exciting or fun happening lately? What do you have planned for this week?
My week has been pretty quiet, but knocking out sim league PT's and working towards the weekend.
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