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Hell yeah. GG NY

Thats more like it. GG Quebec

Very cool. GG Toronto

Got damn. GG Riga

Yeah GG

I don't even know what I was writing yesterday, excuse my intermittent retardation... Yay points!

You never go full retard. Ever

Eyyyyyy atta boy Koenig! Wranglers gon Wrang

This. Although I enjoy all the success my players having, we gotta figure out what works best for lines.

Just like last season, we got time to find out cup winning lines

Cote is a pass first center. Hello?

Yeah change is bad more playtime for me is good (for me)

Throw me on any line idc. As long as we are winning im cool. Great sim last night. Two good teams we put down let's keep it up

You young bucks will learn one day. The Wranglers gon Wrang.

GG Helsinki

Bang. GG Seattle

All hail the WinGod

GG New York

Damn Boom, putting in work I see lol

Something about the regular season and Cote doesnt mix. Cant I go back to playoff mode?

actually i think we started last season beating quebec remember that fun game :3

I do but that wasnt first sim, but it was early.

Point of the story is I aint even worried

Ill be back next edition. Been a crazy past few weeks

Keep calm and dont panic bruh. We didnt start out so hot last season either

So... fuck Quebec again?

GG Meute

WinGod is here to stay

OK, so who's the bitter rival now that Michaels son is in NY? Still QUE even though they suck ass?

Yeah id like to say NY with DT, but honestly whoever steps up to the plate, will get sat down

I for one read the entire thing, maybe it’s because I was expecting to be mentioned, who knows. I think you make a valid point that the old “tank, dominate, repeat” model has been broken down a bit in recent years. Teams that have looked amazing on paper have faltered compared to teams with depth but no star power.

 

I’m not 100% convinced on your theory as I read it (which may be wrong) in the sense that this is a trend the VHL is leaning towards. However, I do think it could be accurate right now. As our “team of 2nd liners” proved last season, star power isn’t everything and the gap between a 700 TPE player and a 1000 TPE player isn’t as large as one might think. With that said, the cap not moving with inflation has made it so that having 2-3 “star” 1000 TPE players is near impossible while having 5-6 “average” 500-700 TPE is more than doable. I think that is what’s currently breaking the repeating cycle model that the VHL thrived on for 40 seasons.

 

I think if inflation gets dealt with or the cap goes up, we’ll go back to that cycle. In a way, I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. At least it rewards GM’s for having to deal with shit seasons and drafting well. However, in another way I like your viewpoint that maybe this balancing of “good” players is creating a league parity that we haven’t had before. No matter what at least this creates an interesting viewpoint.

 

Fun fact: When I realized how long this post was I considered making it a 590 myself in response to this one. However I fear that could start a trend of people getting free TPE just for responses they would be writing anyway. So instead, enjoy this 300 word response.

Barely a week on Cologne and Beketov has turned into Devise Jr

Make sure you guys do this for some easy TPE later on. Will close soon and it's really not hard to do.

See this guy gets it. Get to it mofos

Yeah our team is looking top notch especially once Wylde gets here. Yall ready for another Cup? Cause its ours for the taking yall.