JardyB10

First of all, fuck Vasteras.
 
Second of all, love a 4-3 win from a 0-3 deficit. 

I bet @JardyB10 gets arrested in Mexico.

This why I am always a bit uneasy when we go to Denmark or the Netherlands (countries are flat as a pancake)... I grew up surrounded by mountains and I miss them when in areas where there are none to speak of.

Lol I never thought of it that way.  I swam in the ocean off the Spanish Banks beach and everyone thought I was nuts.  Prairie boy didn't know that the water ain't nice there with all the ships coming in.  Stick to the lakes and the rivers like your used to...

Goodness, I'd rather die. Which I guess would be easy if I did this 🤔.
 
We're moving to Campbell River, on the island! Although technically we haven't found a place yet because of our stupid pets, so we could end up in Courtenay/Comox yet too.
 
Interior BC would be amazing too! I toyed with the idea of applying to jobs near Revelstoke, but ultimately our path led us further west!
 
Perhaps this is why the ocean is appealing, I couldn't stand it if I didn't have an endless horizon to stare into 😂

I think my curse is bound with Vasteras. Bjork's bargain to keep Vasteras from winning prevents himself from winning as well.
 
Vasteras won the championship in their inaugural season, and never won again, as is tradition.
 
Bjork also won the championship in his rookie season, and hasn't won again.
 
It's like poetry, it rhymes.

I'm "working" through the weekend (i.e. sitting next to a road fucking around on my phone).
 
Big news though, I submitted my resignation on Friday, and in 4 weeks I'll be moving to BC with my bae. And in two weeks I'll be in Mexico! 
 
This is a forum topic 

I think my curse is bound with Vasteras. Bjork's bargain to keep Vasteras from winning prevents himself from winning as well.
 
Vasteras won the championship in their inaugural season, and never won again, as is tradition.
 
Bjork also won the championship in his rookie season, and hasn't won again.
 
It's like poetry, it rhymes.

I can't wait for Jardycast in downtown Vancouver rushhour traffic

Jardy when he has to work on infrastructure in a place that actually has infrastructure:

I'm "working" through the weekend (i.e. sitting next to a road fucking around on my phone).
 
Big news though, I submitted my resignation on Friday, and in 4 weeks I'll be moving to BC with my bae. And in two weeks I'll be in Mexico! 
 
This is a forum topic 

I'm "working" through the weekend (i.e. sitting next to a road fucking around on my phone).
 
Big news though, I submitted my resignation on Friday, and in 4 weeks I'll be moving to BC with my bae. And in two weeks I'll be in Mexico! 
 
This is a forum topic 

I'm "working" through the weekend (i.e. sitting next to a road fucking around on my phone).
 
Big news though, I submitted my resignation on Friday, and in 4 weeks I'll be moving to BC with my bae. And in two weeks I'll be in Mexico! 
 
This is a forum topic 

Best VHLE Players of All Time
I am about to embark on my first ever season VHLE, ironic as that is given I was one of the two founding commissioners 13 seasons ago. As such, whilst it is no notable anniversary or milestone for the league itself, I thought it was an opportune moment to look at the VHLE's past, specifically the best players to grace the league so far.
 
We're not counting one-season stars on their way up to the VHL, such as Omi Aberg and Kyosti Karjalainen in the VHLE's early days, future Hall of Famer and MVP trophy namesake Ronan Lavelle, or John Jameson and Jasper Davis more recently. These players wrote their name into the VHLE history books but haven't truly become part of its fabric; for them the league was more of a necessary pitstop.
 
Instead, this is a ranking of an arbitrarily selected 21 players who are best known for their VHLE exploits. Let's begin the countdown.

 
21. Al Land (S85-S91) – 379 points in 432 games – S89, S90, and S91 Renaissance Cup @Big Dee
Populating several slots towards the bottom of the ranking are the “lifers”, in particular those who managed to land on some of the dynasties that have come about in the second half of the VHLE's life so far. Al Land fits that bill perfectly, spending six seasons in the E, five of them on the Cologne juggernaut which swept all before them en route to a threepeat to end Land's career. Land never matched this 123-point season in the VHLM which earned him three individual awards in S84 but was a familiar face to VHLE fans and clearly a born winner, retiring with two Founder's Cups and three Renaissance Cups from nine seasons overall.

 
20. Adeline Delle Donne (S82-S89) – 490 points in 572 games – S87 Top Two-Way Forward, S83 and S88 Renaissance Cup @Dtayl
One of the all-time top scorers of the VHLE comes in at number 20 on this list having nearly cracked the 500-point mark largely thanks to longevity rather than being an individual standout. There was certainly a peak in S87 with 107 points and her only individual award but consistency was the name of the game for the most part. Delle Donne played for four of the current six VHLE franchises over her eight-season career, making the playoffs with each one and helping both Bratislava and Oslo to championships. Certainly a VHLE cult hero.

 
19. Arthur Kimura (S80-S88) – 477 points in 640 games – S80, S82, and S85 Renaissance Cup @FBR
Sneaking in ahead of Delle Donne in the longevity rankings, Arthur Kimura still stands as one of just three players with three or more Renaissance Cups, despite retiring pre-Cologne threepeat and more impressively doing it with three different franchises (Vasteras, Rome, and Oslo). In all, Kimura suited up for six VHLE teams, a genuine nomad who encapsulates the VHLE model – someone who would have been considered a burden on the depth chart of VHL teams pre-VHLE but managed to have a reasonably successful career at a lower level.

 
18. Rhys Trenton (S80-S81, S85-S86) – 277 points in 288 games – S85 Top Defenceman, S86 Renaissance Cup @DeeGoat
On the subject of archetypal VHLE players, here is an interesting case study of someone who started in the E, impressed enough to make the jump to the VHL (after a 99-point season as a defenceman in S81), held his own in the big leagues for a little while, but ultimately went back to the comfort zone for his best VHLE seasons. Fittingly, Rhys Trenton's three VHL seasons were all with European teams (London, Malmo, and Prague) and he was named the VHLE's best defenceman when moving to Rome in S85 before bowing out with a cup in S86.

 
17. Travis Clark (S84-S90) – 180-108-27 .929 sv% 2.53 GAA – S90 Top Goaltender @ClarkClanT
The first goalie and first Clark on our list, here is another player who had a VHL stint, albeit just one backup season with Davos back in S85. After another backup season in the VHLE with Oslo, an impressive 100% record convinced GMs that Clark was starter quality and he remained among the league's best for the remaining four seasons of his career. Individual glory came in his final season, which was also the closest Travis Clark came to the Renaissance Cup (losing to the other Clark in the final), but arguably S87 was his best regular season. A couple near misses push this Clark down the list however.

 
16. Nagy AL (S82-S90) – 560 points in 648 games – S84 and S88 Renaissance Cup @bigAL
Although VHLE career statistics are not tracked anywhere, Nagy AL is probably the all-time leader in points and games played. Possibly blocked shots as well. He never quite dominated the league but with 60-80 point seasons generally as a defenceman and two cups, he was ever-present for nine seasons of the league's existence. AL spent most of his time in Istanbul, winning that franchise's only Renaissance Cup before bouncing around the league, adding a championship with Oslo in S88 and having his individual best season in S89.

 
15. Jordan Bennett (S84-S85, S87-S92) – 463 points in 576 games – S87, S88, S90, and S91 Renaissance Cup @Plate
A perfect example of a late-bloomer and the impact of a position change. After two unimpressive seasons as a forward and even more so when playing that position for one season in Moscow in the VHL, Cologne's management moved Bennett to defence and reaped the benefits as he won three cups in four finals during his four-season stay in Germany. In between, Bennett snuck in another championship with Oslo in S88, making him the all-time leader in Renaissance Cups. Although his VHLE seasons were more solid than spectacular, that winning run more than earns a place on this list.

 
14. The Loch Ness Monster (S80-S84) – 363 points in 360 games – S81 Renaissance Cup @LuluSalesAway
Carrying on the streak of defencemen is the mythical Loch Ness Monster. He/she/they were actually in the VHL before the VHLE's formation, but fit in well into a five-season stint with Stockholm upon the league's creation. S81 was the highlight with 94 points in the regular season, and a tremendous return of 17 points from just 9 games in the playoffs en route to the Vikings' Renaissance Cup victory. The Monster remained a mainstay in Stockholm through to its retirement.

 
13. Florida Man (S80-S81) – 140 points in 144 games – S81 Renaissance Cup and Playoff MVP @zepheter
First trophy namesake on the list, Florida Man just about makes the cut despite only two seasons in the VHLE. As they were the first two seasons of the league, and Man's 20-point playoff performance in S81 was good enough to be more impressive than Loch Ness Monster's above, we have to afford bonus points here for being a formative part of the VHLE. Apart from the S81 playoffs, Florida Man didn't massively stand out in his two seasons in Stockholm, but with his VHL career being equally consistent without a massive breakthrough, this is not a case of someone using the league a stepping stone but instead becoming part of its fabric.

 
12. Sigma Freud (S87-S89) – 177 points in 216 games – S89 Top Defenceman, S89 Playoff MVP, S87 and S89 Renaissance Cup @CODENAMEJIMMY
Up next is in effect Florida Man a decade later, a short but memorable stint with a successful franchise. Sigma Freud joined the Cologne Express as they began to assert dominance on the VHLE, being a cog in the wheel for his first championship in S87. By his final VHLE season, in S89, Freud was now one of the leaders of the team, considered the league's best defenceman after a 94-point seasons and playoff MVP en route to another cup.

 
11. Ryan Li (S80-S81) – 191 points, 601 hits in 144 games – S80 and S81 Top Two-Way Forward @Ryan Li
A mix of several worlds – Ryan Li was someone who bounced between the VHL and VHLE and also did a lot in a short period of time in Europe. Li's career predated the league, as he spent a few seasons in a rebuilding Vancouver. Moving to the VHLE just as the Wolves embarked on their threepeat clearly inspired him as he had two of the best two-way forward seasons the league has seen, setting the bar for all those to come after him. Li then made his way back to Vancouver in time for their third cup, making his time in the E worth it.

 
10. Pope Francis (S89-S90) – 168 points in 144 games – S89 and S90 Top Defenceman @nurx
Another of the midtable pack of short but prolific stints, Pope Francis spent two seasons in Rome, fittingly, and was unmatched as the VHLE's finest defenceman in that time. The Gladiators fell short in the playoffs despite two strong runs, but no blame could fall on the Pope who delivered strong performances and made the most of his time in the E.

 
9. Aldwin Craig (S80-S84) – 320 points, 1,521 hits in 360 games – S82 Top Two-Way Forward, S81 Renaissance Cup @Eldredman
Ryan Li set the bar, but ultimately the man after whom the two-way forward trophy named is Aldwin Craig. After one unspectacular season in New York in S79, Craig joined the successful Vikings team of the early VHLE and was a formidable physical presence throughout his five seasons in Stockholm. The pinnacle came in season three with a scarcely believable 450 hits in 72 games – a marker was set and Craig's name immortalised.

 
8. Evan Bihler (S87-S89) – 98-76-11 .930 sv% 2.72 GAA – S89 MVP and Top Goaltender @Eb14
More recently known as Toronto's extremely dependable backup, Evan Bihler's time as starter in the VHLE was an indication of his underlying talent. Consistently putting up strong performances despite not being on the cup favourites, Bihler's crowning glory was S89, perhaps the VHLE's best goaltending season up to then which saw him crowned as MVP and left him well prepared for stepping in when needed for the Legion.

 
7. BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson (S87-present) – 433 points in 432 games – S88 Playoff MVP, S87 Renaissance Cup @JardyB10
The first player to specifically target a career in the VHLE, BjornaBjorkson may be disappointed not to be at the top of this list yet, but still has time to add more crowning achievements and chase down Nagy AL's records. The accomplishments so far are impressive enough, with two 97-point seasons and a rare playoff MVP as a member of the losing finalist. His loyalty to Rome means he hasn't yet been the face of the best team in the league, but coming off his joint-best seasons yet in S92, there may well be more to come from the VHLE lifer.

 
6. Clark (S90-present) – 113-58-11 .928 sv% 2.32 GAA – S90 and S91 Renaissance Cup and Playoff MVP, S92 Top Goaltender and MVP @cl4rk
The Clark that was promised. From S89 (down in the VHLM with Las Vegas) through S91, Clark was playoff MVP and champion for three straight seasons, and the spell was only just broken in S92, albeit after a regular season .940 save percentage which was certainly the best goalie season we've seen yet. It will be interesting to see how Clark adapts to the new scoring-focused rules in the league but Cologne remains a formidable force while he is around so a place in top five is still on the cards.

 
5. Justin Lion (S87-S89) – 127-45-20 .930 sv% 2.10 GAA – S88 Top Goaltender, S87 and S89 Renaissance Cup @Emperor_Fun
A big part of the Express dynasty was the seamless transition to Clark from Justin Lion who came beforehand. Lion was an even more dominant force in the regular season, with three straight 40-win and .929 save percentage seasons, with Cologne riding that wave to two championships in that time. Lion has moved on to a starting role in the VHL but certainly the highlight to date is his VHLE achievements placing him as the league's second best goaltender ever.

 
4. Zeljko Ranogajec (S80-S83) – 326 points in 288 games – S81 Top Defenceman @ColeMrtz
Before Cologne had playoff success, they had Ranogajec, the best defenceman the VHLE has seen. In his sole VHL season before the VHLE opened its doors, Ranogajec won the Continental Cup with Malmo, and brought an edge to the E which was almost unmatched over his four seasons in the league. The highlight is definitely 103 assists in S81 and whilst a championship eluded the Express, Ranogajec's 11 assists brought them close in S82.

 
3. Orion D H Chiester IX (S80-S86) – 210-116-46 .923 sv% 2.63 GAA – S83, S84, and S85 Top Goaltender, S83 Renaissance Cup @Donno100
Barring continued success from Clark, Chiester's goaltending throne remains secure. Unlike other award names where some debate could be had, after being the league's best goalie for three seasons running, it was hard to argue against Chiester being the name for future netminders to look up to. After a slow start to life in Bratislava, that winning period was clearly his peak, but he also has strong career numbers having spent seven full seasons as the Watchmen's undisputed starter.

 
2. Fred Hampton (S85-S87) – 235 points in 216 games – S86 MVP, S87 Renaissance Cup and Playoff MVP @TownBizness
The man who kickstarted the Cologne dynasty? Perhaps. After a forgettable season in Geneva, Fred Hampton put up 200 points in just two seasons with the Express, being voted MVP both in the regular season and playoffs. Unusually for a player who spent that long in the VHLE, Hampton still went on to make a significant impact in the VHL, winning a championship with Prague and putting up a 98-point season in S90, but it all started with the formative years in Germany.

 
1. Sebastien Dokis (S83-S88) – 430 points in 418 games – S87 MVP, S86 Renaissance Cup @Sebastien
Eventually famous for being the oldest rookie to win the Continental Cup in S89, it was part of a long but ultimately successful path for Dokis through the VHLE. Whilst some of the players already ranked had higher peaks and some have higher career totals, Dokis has the best of both worlds – four seasons of being a solid performer before a big breakthrough with 115 points in S87. More importantly, the late graduation to the VHL and finding more success there is a perfect story of how different VHLE journeys can be enjoyable which feels like a worthy story for top spot.

New York kills another great man 😢 

Hello VHL,
 
This post serves as my announcement of my resignation from Recruitment, GM of the New York Americans, Board of Governors, and as one of the VHLE Commissioners. Allow me a moment to explain:
 
On October 8th, 2020, I found myself with a lot of time on my hands. I was working part-time and earning my Master's degree while living in a world that was dictated by COVID. I saw an advertisement on one of Thrash94's videos for the VHL and I quickly joined. I came in eager to learn, eager to earn, and eager to make Hall of Fame-worthy players. I dove headfirst into the VHL community and loved every minute of it. Eventually, I applied to be a GM for Team USA in the WJC and since then I've managed in one way or another. I became a GM for the San Diego Marlins, then the Stockholm Vikings, and finally the New York Americans. In all of that, I helped manage various off-season tournaments as well. That escalated to me taking a position on the Recruitment Team, and being asked to work as a Commissioner for the VHLE, which I happily accepted.
 
While all of that was going on, my personal life and career were taking off. My wife became pregnant, we moved back to our home state, and our family grew. I finished my Master's, and started working full-time, and the time that I had to devote to the league dwindled more and more over time. This year though has been a tipping point. As some of you know, my mother struggled with addiction my whole life, and in April that struggle caught up to her and she passed. Then, my wife and I endured the hardship of losing two children through miscarriage. Those events led us to grow much closer, and it made me realize just how precious the time I have with my family is. It's only here temporarily, and it can vanish in the blink of an eye.
 
Those hard moments were, well, hard. But, there have been so many good things to happen in my life this year, most of them revolving around increased work responsibilities. While I love my work, I don't have the luxury of a job that runs 9-5 and is off on the weekends, so the free time I do get is rather limited and decreases more and more. 
 
All of that being said, I want you to know that I am not making this decision because I'm burnt out, nor because I've lost interest in the VHL. It comes down to the fact that I just don't have the time I used to when I first started, and I can't devote the way I want to the thing that I seem to be lacking. 
 
My goal, at this time, is to finish out my career with Dynamite and then...well, who knows? Maybe I'll take a season or two off completely and lurk every once in a while, or maybe I'll make another player and ride the pension/welfare train for a while. I don't know. What I do know is that I'm thankful for the time I've had here, and for the friends I've made. 
 

The Thadius Sales Trophy is named after one of the best GMs of all time. It’s awarded to the best general manager of the past season as voted by their peers. This season three GMs received votes. They are:

 
Rory of the Bratislava Watchmen @rory
47-22-3 97 Points(Renaissance Cup Champions)

Sjin of the Colongne Express @Sjin
50-18-4 104 Points(Renaissance Cup Finalist)
 
Zetterberg of the Vasteras Iron Eagles @Zetterberg
27-35-10 64 Points(Didn’t make playoffs)
 
 
 

Kicking off with the Season 92 Player Awards, The Ronan Lavelle Trophy is given to the player voted to be the most valuable; this year the nominees are;
 
BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson of the Rome Gladiators  @JardyB10
43 Goals, 54 assists, 97 points
 

 
Clark of the Cologne Express @cl4rk
48-12-4 , 0.940SV% , 1.86 GAA 11SO
 
 
 

I sense an opportunity to do something very funny

Hello VHL,
 
Not even gonna bother with a members tag on this one since it's pretty minor stuff but for the sake of transparency I'm announcing it anyway; the @BOG is still tackling bigger problems but we do love to discuss random small stuff too.
 
First up, goalies are just too damn good! Okay that's a bit of an exaggeration but because goalies weren't touched when we nerfed the meta and skaters got a bit worse they have been running away with things a bit more than historically. Save percentages have been climbing, Playoff MVP is almost a foregone conclusion, etc. We could change this with huge sweeping changes to goalie stats and adding hybrid attributes and all that, and that's still on the table for testing as a future option, but it's a bit more complicated than what we realistically need right now. From our testing we can bring goalie stats back down to more of historical averages, without making scoring go too insane, by simply adjusting the goals slider inside the sim. This means the amount of shots won't increase (at least not substantially anyway) but the amount of goals will. As always we aren't going to publicly reveal what our slider settings are but we felt like the league should at least know it's getting adjusted so they aren't confused as to why scoring increases. The slider change will impact all 3 levels of the VHL so the VHLE and VHLM will get it as well for consistency.
 
Second, and this one honestly doesn't come up a ton but it's best to get it in writing: We are formalizing that during the week you re-create you are allowed to max earn (that's 12 capped TPE per week) on both your retiring player and your new player. The caveat to this is that you still cannot claim the same task multiple times. So for example if you have job pay and a media spot on your retiring player in a given week and you re-create you cannot claim that same job pay or media spot on the new player. You can write a new media spot, it doesn't need to be a different kind of task, but it needs to be a new task. Does that make sense? We've kinda been doing this for a bit anyway but there was some confusion around it so we figured it was best to clarify. Also, before anyone asks, for multi-week claims you can still use the same task but need to use a new claim week. So for example if you have a 2000 word media spot and you claim week 1 on your retiring player you can claim week 2 during the same week on your new player and then have 2 weeks left. Each claim effectively is just treated as a new task, the same as it is any other time.
 
Like I said, minor stuff but there it is, enjoy.
 
 - @Commissioner

GG to @rory and the Watchmen, best of luck in the finals!

Welcome everyone,
 
We now entering the best part of the season, THE PLAYOFFS!!! After a really entertaining regular season and a race for the last playoff spot at the end of the season between Rome, Vasteras, and Oslo, we are ready to start the real thing. After winning the last three Renaissance Cup, are the Cologne Express going to be able to defend their title and win a fourth Cup in a row and a fifth Cup in the last six seasons? I guess we are about to find out.
 
Semi-final #1 – Cologne Express (1)  vs Rome Gladiators (4) 
 
Regular season series: COL wins season series 10-6-1.
 
It does not look like the dynasty of the Cologne Express is about to end and even with a good second half of the season, I am pretty sure that it is not the Rome Gladiators that will stop it. If you look at both team on paper, the Cologne has a better offense thanks to players like Anthony Simmons @Starchychaff, Theo Allard @InstantRockstar, and George Richmond @badcolethetitan. However, Rome can still count on the two highest scoring players of the league in the regular season in BjorkaBjorn BjornaBjorkson @JardyB10 and LeBen Aky @Ben_Reformed. Just like with the offense, the defense of the Cologne Express is superior to the one of the Rome Gladiators. Indeed, defensemen like Jordan Bennett @Plate and Joseph Dubois @Dubois are a big help for the Express. In the net, the Cologne Express have once again one of the best goalies in the league in Clark @cl4rk and we know that Clark is even better in the playoffs as he won the last two Florida Man Trophy who is awarded to the most valuable player in the playoffs. In conclusion, the Cologne Express are just too good for the Rome Gladiators, but I still think that they can win a game or two.
 
My prediction: Cologne wins in 5 games
 
 
Semi-final #2 – Bratislava Watchmen (2)  vs Stockholm Vikings (3) 
 
Regular season series: BRA wins season series 8-6-1.
 
This semi-final is a little bit different from the other one as the two teams are looking similar on paper. Indeed, the top three forwards of the Watchmen in the regular season (Chris Sanzone @handfullofbubba, Kimi Raikkonen @mattyIceman and Mikko Borisyuk @Minebro) have similar stats to the top three forwards of the Vikings (Riley Martin @Smarch, Alexandre Crosby @hockeyis66 and Isaac mclflopper @sportexperts show) as they have a total of points of 219 and 228 points respectively. It is the same thing with the defensemen with Darko Alexander Malkovich @AColdCanadian and Vlad Von Carstein @Dom for Bratislava and Guntis Gavilrovs @Girts and Hannibal Barca @DreMin15 for Stockholm. In the net, Pipo Popa @npuBeT and Giorgiy Costanzov @Mongoose87 also have similar stats. However, when you look at their team stats in the regular season, the Bratislava Watchmen had a way better season than the Stockholm Vikings. Indeed, Bratislava finished the regular season with a record of 47 wins, 22 losses and 3 losses in overtime for a total of 97 points in 72 games and Stockholm with 35 wins, 31 losses and 6 losses in overtime for 76 points in 72 games. So, it is difficult to predict this series, but I still think that I must go with the Bratislava Watchmen.
 
My prediction: Bratislava wins in 6 games.
 
 
Final – Cologne Express (1)  vs Bratislava Watchmen (2) 
 
Regular season series: season series is tied with a record of 6-5-1 each.
 
This series is going to be really tight, and it could honestly go either way. Indeed, when you look at the rosters of the two teams, you can see that they are almost identical, so if a team can end the sequence of the Cologne Express, it is the Bratislava Watchmen. However, when you look at what Cologne did in the last five seasons, it becomes really difficult to go against them in the playoffs.
 
My prediction: Cologne wins the Renaissance Cup in 7 games.
 
Thanks everyone for reading, I wish you all good luck in the playoffs and see you in another VSN article.

@Gustav  is a loser

@Gustav  is a loser

A little trivia in advance: In Europe All Star Games are much less common than they are in North America. 
 
Switzerland only introduced an All Star Game in 1996 after a tragic accident by Pat Schafhauser, a Minnesota born skater. Schafhauser together with his brother Bill played for my team, the EV Zug, before he moved on to Lugano. During a match for his new team, Pat was at the receiving end of a clean check. Unfortunately, he crashed into the boards and was not able to get up again on his own. He was flown into a special clinic where they diagnosed that he will never be able to skate again as he suffered irreversible damage to his vertebrae and will remain a paraplegic.
 
To his honour and to help him out financially, the All Star Games were born and some of the proceeds go to a foundation in his name, which helps out people who share Pat's fate.
 
So much for trivia and I wish it was more cheerful.
 
To now build a bridge to VHL relevant topics, I decided boringly and very umimaginatively to name my two CGY All Star teams from the past and from the last decade. To avoid any bias I will neither name me nor my brother for such team.
 
The Past:
 
On the Left Wing I already got into a problem. Who to pick? Rybak? The Ukrainian Dynamo is a Calgary lifer and leads the franchise in points and goals, despite Janser's recent efforts to break this records. Or Boulet? The Swiss has the trophy for the best two-way forward named after him and a ship load of trophies to his name. Or Bunclewirth? The Saskatoon native is also a Wranglers lifer but with a shorter VHL career, who not only played for Red-White-and-Black but simultaneously managed them. A very tough choice, but I went for the low hanging fruit and pick Boulet. I think you cannot go wrong with any of them.
 
On the Center, I nominate Donetsk native Alexander Chershenko. To this day the Ukrainian holds the franchise record for game winners, despite having played two seasons for the Americans.
 
On the Right Wing, I go with Brett Slobodzian. Also a Saskatoon native and despite a shortened VHL career of five seasons (all for CGY), he is considered one of the greatest to grace the ice. With a whole cabinet full of individual awards, it is no surprise that the trophy for the Most Outstanding Player is named after him.
 
On the defence, everyone not picking Labatte as one of the two to hold down the fort is a fool in my eyes. Another Saskatoonie, he is second in franchise scoring as a back. An other compulsive trophy hoarder, the award for the best defence man in the league is named in his honour.
 
Who will support Labatte, though? Sauve, Kendrick and Sullivan are all good options. I finally decided for Alexander Sauvé as the Bernese defender collected most of his silverware during his two stints with Calgary. 
 
Who's on first in net? A valid question as I did my choice based on retired numbers and it appears the only position where there is none is goalkeeper. I go with Red Deer native Norris Stopko. As he played a lot of games for the franchise and had some individual and team success as a member of the Wranglers (and his commute must have been very short).
 
Now on to the S80s All stars:
 
On the Left Wing I name Landon Wolanin. A very clutch player, never scoring below ppg with the exception of his rookie season. Twice at the brink on having a three digit season with Calgary, but Janser was just not good enough to convert the one pass missing.
 
On the Center I name Saku Kotkakoivu. It was a split decision between him and Gonçalves, Saku gets the nod for the best season in the hybrid era where he had almost zero support from a rebuilding Calgary team.
 
On the Right Wing it is the gritty Scouser Phil The Rock Johnson who provided the Wranglers with some sand paper in their game and valuable secondary scoring. Dude still holds the franchise record for hits.
 
On the back end I name Phil Strasmore and AirRig GoodBrandSun, as they were a staple in the Wranglers' defence during the eighties.
 
In net I decided for Oscar Lindbergh who helped Calgary to make the final push in the playoffs. Honourable mentions go out to Klamasteris and Dahl who were solid tendies but could not bring the Albertan team that success the franchise was looking for.
 
Who would win this encounter? That is indeed difficult two say, as it is almost impossible to compare different eras against each other to start with. Then add the hybrid attributes to the mix and you have a brainfuck par excellence at your hands. I leave that up to your, dear reader's, imagination. I would also be interested on different opinions on my CGY All Star selections.