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F - Perry Laperriere @BarzalGoat for next dq pick and previous picks as well

Tag me again once its settled pls.

@BarzalGoat since I don't think Sadie's tag went thru lol

Can I get a Triller bobblehead

F - Nils Godlander @Jakebryla10

G - Xavier Booberry @axtron

Transaction ID: 6GC28864T66188155 Free Week - Claiming for week ending 11/20 5 Uncapped TPE - Claiming for week ending 11/20 Doubles Week - Claiming for week ending 1/15/23

Woooo free TPE!

Leonard S. Kinnard, born and raised in the great southern state of Alabama, started his rise to local fame as a forward on the Huntsville Havoc in the ECHL. In the 8 seasons he played, he averaged 70 goals, 45 assists, and helped bring home 5 President's Cups. At the end of his last year, he looked to be on staff for his own team and was signed on as the interim coach. "Look, I don't think there's anyone out there in this league that loves scorin' as much as I do, but scorin' on other teams tends to hurt feelins' and in-turn they wanna to hurt you. I know it's part of the sport, and I love it, but I don't think my brain can handle much rattlin' around anymore." After serving 2 years as the interim coach for the Havoc and having nearly clutching the President's Cup each time, he was promoted to head coach and an old friend of his, George Straight (not to be confused with the country singer), was signed on as his assistant. In his 10 year reign, Kinnard brought home all 10 President's Cups. Heralded as the "Alabama Albatross", Kinnard left a legacy that everyone in Huntsville, Alabama still celebrates to this day. Several teams in the Southern Professional Hockey League extended very generous offers as his contract expired, but Kinnard declined them all. It was the Indiana University of Pennsylvania that won him over with an offer to be an assistant general manager for the Crimson Hawks. "Coachin' is fun 'n all, and I had a very successful tenure with the Havoc. They don't call me the 'Alabama Albatross' for nothin'! At the end of the day, you gotta think about you and your family's future. Where you see yourself in 5 or 10 years, or at least where you should be. I've seen incredibly talented prospects come and go and I wanna be a part of the process that sees that talent before they know they're coming into my locker room. I had several meetins' with the GM and a couple other staff members, and our values and ideologies just meshed really well together. We've already started discussin' our road to winnin' the next several tournaments in our division. This is a major steppin' stone for my management career." Kinnard didn't have nearly as successful of a run as an AGM as he did as a coach, but the Crimson Hawks did bring home 3 tournament wins in his 5 years as AGM. In his last year, the Crimson Hawks secured the Collegiate Cup in what is now known as the most successful playoff run in college history where they went undefeated. In the off-season, Kinnard was approached with an incredibly unique opportunity on the world stage to represent Team USA in the World Junior Championship as their general manager. "Oh, man, you have absolutely no friggin' idea how on fire I feel right now! HOO DOGGY! TEAM USA, BABY! Can you believe it? I still feel like I'm in a damn dream right now. I don't think the world is ready for the heat I'm bringin' to the arena because I've got my eye on the prize like always." Kinnard created the most successful USA team in the round robin series and first overall with 10 wins, 3 losses, and 1 loss in overtime. Team USA made it all the way to the final game against Team Europe where all the marbles were on the table for the coveted gold medal. Unfortunately, Team USA fell short 2 goals at the end and instead took home silver. "Second place is still pretty rock 'n roll to me! I absolutely could not have put together a more bad ass team together, and I'm honored to have been chosen and served as the GM for Team USA. Absolute beasts on the ice and I wish them all future success in their careers!" Following his success in the WJC, he was approached by Kris Rice @Ricer13 of the Calgary Wranglers, a VHL organization that has existed since the start. "I never thought in my short management career that I'd be a part of the VHL, but here I stand in front of you representin' the Calgary Wranglers as an assistant GM! Kris is a great guy, has a lot of insight and advice to offer, and we hit it off pretty well in the interview. We've got the draft comin' up and we're both pretty excited about makin' our picks. We have amazin' talent and comradery in the locker room, and I honestly just can't wait for this season to start." 777 words, claiming for week ending November 13.

And, thus, the VHL Blitz was born out of pure adoration and inspiration of the unsung player. Where absolute cracked-out-of-their-minds (and bodies) rejected players were accepted with open arms. Need a player with a 200 mph slapshot that burns through the net and breaks the plexiglass and catches an opposing defenseman unaware by breaking his stick over their head in celebration? What about a roid-raged defenseman that suplexes an opposing forward into the stands? Where just about anything goes, truly dedicated players with well over 10,000 TPE to the sport found their utopia.

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1. We won the renaissance cup ! How will you be celebrating this off season ? Congrats, team! Kauppi will be celebrating with his move to Oslo and eventually a home warming party that everyone is welcome to. 2. What’s your plans this off season ? Vacation ? Train ? Etc ? Kauppi's a gamblin' man. He'll be at the casinos. 3. Where’s one area your looking to improve your player before S86 starts? Strength. 4. What does Oslo need to do to repeat as champs in S86? I don't know what JB did, but exactly that. 5. Breakfast lunch or dinner and why ? Breakfast. When a place says "we serve breakfast all day" it's like oh yeah I can get some PANCAKES right now?! Whereas lunch and dinner it's acceptable to have most of the usual the rest of the day. Breakfast is just built different. 6. @JB123 is holding an end of season celebration, what are you bringing to the party ? BIg if true. I'll bring that expensive champagne.

Applying

I'm applying for both!

Official S85 Team USA Roster Announcement! Forwards: John Webber Jr - @Webberj Tom Creeg - @Creegan610 Robert Overmeyer - @RobBro34 The Mediocre One - @RElblein Rick Grimes - @tinafrombobsburgers Luke Glendenning - @ColeMrtz Daryl Dixon - @Ricer13 Ethan Mann - @Emann2003 Oreo McFleury - @JB123 Defensemen: Reid Johnson - @TopTiddee2 Skor McFleury - @Alex Nicholas Blue - @lidz Reese McFleury - @Spaz Goalies: Jesse Teno - @aimkin Jeremy Swayman - @Agito Congrats to everyone who made it to this season's team USA for the WJC! I'm looking forward to bringing home the W with this elite squad. Please make sure to join the WJC Discord server if you haven't already https://discord.gg/rgQUaTckkX .

I don't appreciate the@MexicanCow123 slander here.

I'm applying.

The finals of the Philadelphia Reapers and Las Vegas Aces are upon us! The playoffs for season 85 have been nothing short of exciting, and heart dropping for some. I got a little insight from a few GMs about their playoffs experience and I'll fill in those who missed each series on a quick summary. Miami Marauders In the first round, we saw the Miami Marauders 4-0 sweep Halifax 21st, but were eliminated by the Philadelphia Reapers in game 5 of the second round. Miami's GM @nurxsummarized the elimination as, "@Pifferfishread my lines like an open book. We had the better team, depth-wise." Comparing the lines it's true that Miami has better depth, but it seems Philadelphia had some tricks up their sleeves to ensure they could secure the series in their favor. I'd love to see Miami get some good draft picks next season and hopefully their returning players will help pave the way to a top seed and be a top contender in the playoffs. Halifax 21st Falling 0-4 in their series against Miami, Halifax 21's GM @ShawnGladeshared some interesting insight about what affected his team being eliminated. "I think just losing a few key players before playoffs hurt. Two top scorers due to inactivity and one to a TPE ban really sucked. I also think the sim engine dicked us a bit but it happens. Next season, just try and get a bit more depth. We were weak in that area this season." I would have to agree that the sim engine does some interesting and not so favorable outcomes against teams, but I'm hoping Halifax will pick up the pieces for next season to be stronger next season and maybe wrangle up the knuckleheads a bit better. Saskatoon Wild In round one of the playoffs, the Mexico City Kings swept the Saskatoon Wild in a decisive 4-0 series win. The Wild's GM was not available for an interview, however I think it's safe to say that it wasn't really fair to be put up against a stacked 4th seed that used to be 9th overall in the league. This was certainly true considering the first 2 games the Kings shut out the Wild. I'm not sure if there are any inactives on the team, but they're only losing 3 capped players to the European league next season. I'm sure the leadership in Saskatoon are looking to bring in some promising draftees and perhaps get some trades in their favor to be a raid boss for the upcoming season. San Diego Marlins The San Diego and Las Vegas series was interesting seeing as San Diego won 2 of 3 of their away games and winning the 3rd would've tied up the series at game 6. Unfortunately, even if they did take game 6, their trend of losing home games would have sealed the deal of them still being out of the series in game 7. @jacobcarson877 the GM of the Marlins had this to say about it and how they plan on being the team to beat next season, "First off, I think it’s fair to say that Vegas came into the series the stronger team. Much higher top-end TPE players, and superior positional depth. I think it was their series to lose, but what brought us the success we had was some experimentation throughout the lineup and some dominant performances by our goaltender, Lachlan Summers. We knew we had to take advantage of some of their few weaknesses, and that is what got us a couple of wins in the series. Next season we should line up a much stronger team right out of the gate, with six top-15 picks and some returning players to form our offensive core. We also have four 4th round picks that I’m really hoping can provide some of that depth we were missing this season. Continuing to win battles on the waiver wire and encouraging growth will be huge for us to separate ourselves from the other potential powerhouses next season." Ottawa Lynx The Ottawa and Philadelphia series was the most awe-inspiring of round 1 where Ottawa took the first 3 games and it was looking like they were the team to join Miami and Mexico City in the full sweep. However, Philadelphia had other plans and made Ottawa fully aware in game 4 that they aren't here to just give a series away. Not only did Philadelphia put a boot in their ass with a commanding 7 goals over Ottawa's 3, but they completed a boot-in-the-ass field goal with a reverse series sweep to bring them to round 2. "We did start off pretty strong in that series. I think a lot of our issues were on the defensive side of things. Only having 2 defenders against a forward heavy team like Philly I got put into the GM spot with no chance to try and help the defense, so we just had to roll with it and unfortunately we didn't succeed," was what Ottawa's GM @Moonsaid about their series loss. When asked about how they plan on being the next Founder's Cup winner, "I think going into next season we need to make sure we are solid on the defensive side of things as I think we've all seen defense win championships in this league." Philadelphia Reapers Round two was equally, if not more, exciting as the first. Philadelphia defeated Miami in their series 4-1 where one of the games Philly took was in overtime. Philly had an impressive 6 game win streak before Miami took their one game win. When asked about his experience so far in the playoffs and how he feels his odds are against either Mexico City or Las Vegas, GM @Lemorse7responded, "That first series was stressful, but when you have the momentum and come back from a 3-0 and win the series 4-3 we didn’t have the same break to relaxe and heal some injury. I think that’s why we won versus Miami. We still had the momentum and the energy from winning the Ottawa series while they had a huge break and something that can be a double edge sword. We beat each team in the regular season, but that doesn’t mean anything because playoff games and regular season games are two very different style of games. We are just ready for any opponent and ready to play!" Mexico City Kings I had a chance to ask the Kings about how important it is to win against the Aces. At the time of asking, the series was tied 3-3. "The Aces have really had our number in recent times. I think for us to win against the Aces would be absolutely massive for not just myself, but for the team as well. We’ve got an amazing group of players on our team this season and I don’t want to let them down," was Mexico City's GM @badcolethetitanresponse to the team's recent past against Vegas and how important it is to win this series. When asked about how he thinks the Kings will fare against the Reapers, "I think if we can beat our demons in the Aces, we should do fairly well against the Reapers, but they’re a tough team and no pushover either. I’m looking forward to seeing what will happen and I think we’ve got a great chance of winning it all!" Unfortunately, in the sims, the Aces took advantage of all the Kings penalties and were able to take both games 6 and 7. There will be several players moving to the European league next season, but Cole has shown that he can make a team work in his favor to get pretty far in both the regular season and playoffs. I wish him the best of luck next season and hope he brings that coveted Cup home! Las Vegas Aces Ladies and gentlemen, the Las Vegas frickin' Aces. The back-to-back Founder's Cup champions. Led by none other than @Shindigshimself, the Aces were the powerhouse team this season. Out of the 72 games played in the regular season, they won 54 of them with only 4 overtime losses. They're officially going to the finals against the Philadelphia Reapers, and looking at the record the Aces has against them (8-3-) I think it's a pretty safe bet on the Aces. I was practically playing phone tag with him, so I couldn't get an interview in time before publishing this article. I'll just say that should the Aces win the Founder's Cup a 3rd time, they'll be the first and somehow deserve it. Shindigs everlasting legacy of the VHLM before he steps down as the GM at the end of it. Either way, I wish both teams the best of luck! You're both there representing the best of both conferences and I'm predicting the Aces will win it in 6 games. Thanks to all the GMs I was able to reach out to for their time and responses. Thanks to all the GMs and players who have helped me as a new player get to where I am now, and I'll see y'all next season in Oslo! 1526 words, using for PT weeks ending on 10/23 and 10/30.

1. Mexico City is on a roll. Do the fans expect another sweep? I don't think it's impossible, but it certainly won't be easy. 2. How badly do you hope that Las Vegas advances so we can go up against them in the next round? A rematch would be epic. We didn't have a good record against them this season, but that was before we added some talent to our pool. 3. How many hockey games do you expect to attend as a spectator this year, whether it be NHL, AHL, OHL, CHL, EHL, Ligue Magnus, Alps Hockey League, Bantom, Bumblebee, … the list goes on? Probably none. I would love to go to a playoff game though. 4. Which Mexico City player will be the team MVP at the end of the playoffs? Swayman. 5. GM Cole is in the running for GM of the year. Describe Cole’s performance in 5 words or less. That man is the goat. 6. Would you accept 10,000 pesos (we are Mexico City) to not eat tacos of any type for one year? It would be hard, but yeah I'd take it.

Thunder, this is my favorite presser, by far. 1. What a week! What has been your first impression of the changes made by GM Cole this past week that has bumped us into 2nd in the division? Cole sees the trends that happens in the daily sims and fine-tunes the lines so that we get that next W. I told you he knows what he's doin. Started from the bottom of the standings, now we're up here! 2. Not since the Hanson Brothers, has there been a family to make such an impact. Which McFleury has been the most influential in the Kings’ success? The McFleury's have started a crucial dynasty in the VHL. You'd be crazy not to top 10 draft any of them. Skor's my top pick. 3. If you were a McFleury, what would your first name be? Oreo! That one already exists, but I'd still be Oreo because that one's my favorite McFlurry. 4. If all roads lead to Vegas, what is your player going to do while on the road at Vegas? Y'all know Kauppi's a gamblin' man. What better place than Paradise? 5. Playoffs are right upon us. Are you hyped or is this just another day for you? There is no better hockey time than playoffs! HYPED! 6. You can’t be pretty in the face, skinny in the waist going to fast food restaurants. What is your favorite fast food meal? Depends on if I'm in a beef or chicken mood... Beef - Wendy's Baconator, sans mayo Chicken - Popeye's chicken sandwich

Dude yes thank you. I appreciate this.

Idk if I'll make it my new sig, but I've gotta get back into making stuff like this. Rendering the player image was the worst part. No more white uniforms! I've also been thinking of making a gallery of rendered player images for those who don't want to go thru the trouble of doing so. Trust me...it saves you so much time and headaches..

1. Recent trades have made an immediate success. What are our chances of advancing deep into the playoffs now? We have a full roster now with what looks like the Hanson brothers from Slap Shot. I think we can get pretty close to a top 3 spot by the end of the season, and depending on how our lines play I think we have a real chance of taking the Cup home. 2. Have you ever suffered a concussion playing sports? Can't say I have. 3. Jeremy Swayman has faced almost 1400 shots so far this season and he’s still standing. How resilient is he and how much of an impact is he having on Mexico City’s success? Swayman is an absolute madman. I don't know how he does it. He's definitely a major contributing factor to our recent rise in the rankings. 4. Have you welcomed our new players, The Mediocre One and Ross Glagau? Do you think they miss their old team and they are happy with the trade? I have! I'm not sure if they miss their old team, but I think they love the new locker room! 5. If you could have one super power, what would it be? Easy...teleportation. 6. What is your favorite cookie? The old Famous Amos chocolate chip cookies.