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HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of December 29th 2024 - January 5th 2025 1. S97 is officially underway! How excited are you on a scale of 1-10? 2. Which team do you predict will be our biggest rival this season? 3. What attributes are you focusing your TPE on as the season starts? 4. What will be Davos’ key to success in S97? 5. A season onwards from the removal of the VHLE, have you noticed any significant impacts this change has had? 6. We all know the portal is an essential tool in the VHL: are there any stats, additions, etc. you would like to see within the portal that haven’t already been added? 7. Did you sign up for VHFL? If so, how do you think your team will perform? 8. The Year of the Dragon is coming to a close: what is your Chinese zodiac animal?

LONDON, ENGLAND — In his second professional VHL game for the Moscow Menace, River Harrington managed to nab his first career point: an assist on a David Rashford goal in a thrilling 5-3 win over the London United. It was a strong showing for the youngster as the Menace had just come off an opening loss to the Prague Phantoms a few nights prior. “Feels great to show that I belong out there with the best hockey players in the world,” Harrington said when asked about the feat in a post-game locker room media scrum. “I know I have a lot of work to do, but this is a good start. Now that I’ve got the apple, I’m looking for that first goal. And I wanna make sure it’s a beauty.” Harrington, drafted 2nd overall in the S96 VHL draft, had been lauded by scouts as one of the highest-rated prospects in his class, and expectations will continue to skyrocket throughout the season as it progresses.

To start off this Kirby Rambles, the fall semester of my senior year of college just ended and I managed to get all straight As! Looks like all the pain and suffering was worth it. Despite the fact that I’m on break, it doesn’t exclude me from being busy unfortunately, as I had quite a few personal matters to take care of this holiday season, with my birthday coming up at the end of the week as well. This year wasn’t exactly sunshine and rainbows, especially these past couple of months, so I hope 2025 will be better, mentally and physically. Onto the VHL side of things (and more interesting side) now, River has officially graduated to the VHL with over 600 TPE! I’m hoping this will be able to muster up a decent rookie season, though I won’t go into it expecting a ROTY trophy or anything of the sort, considering the high quality competition he’ll be up against. Also since it’s the first time I’m building a skater, I don’t want to be too hard on myself, especially with the shortcomings I experienced in the VHLM last time around. I just want to see how he does and how I can build on it in the future, as well as contribute to Moscow’s success as a player. With a shaky EU conference this time around, both teams I’m associated with, Davos and Moscow, are expected to duke it out for the number one seed so I’m extremely excited to see how that battle pans out. My group also just finished drafting for VHFL and I ended up with a really solid team (in my opinion), in: Maverick Goncalves, Raimo Tuominen, Antonia Bucatini, Lucy Leitner, Felicia Hardy, and Spider Panda. I usually don’t do any research before jumping into the draft and wing it as I go. Since I had the 4th pick of my group, it was a slightly awkward place to be position-wise, but I think I did well with what I had. I usually go with a gut feeling and don’t overanalyze once I settle on who to draft because I don’t want any second guessing. Hopefully these players will bring me to glory, as I believe I’ve come in first out of all participants in VHFL for the past two seasons after a few second and third places finishes the seasons before, which is incredible. So that definitely gives me the confidence that I can once again do well this season, because on the other hand, I am AWFUL at Super Coach, so VHFL needs to make up for it. It felt like time had flown by with this new player. I definitely believe it didn’t feel like I was graduating to the VHL this quickly with Lachlan, and I think it’s because as a first gen, I was experiencing it all for the first time and soaking it all in. I definitely had a lot more work to do to earn TPE and learning the ropes than I do now and I’m grateful that this player has been a lot smoother to manage, especially now that I have connections I can talk to and reach out to whenever I need advice. While I know not every single player of mine will end up in the Hall of Fame, that won’t stop me from trying. I have also been extra cautious about burnout and hope to pace myself to prevent that, because you could definitely tell in the last months of Lachlan’s career my earning fizzled out. That’ll do it for this edition of Kirby Rambles. Thank you again to those who read to the end and I’ll see you in the next one!

Slava Kovalenko has reached 500 TPE! (+10 TPE for myself)

HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of December 22nd 2024 - December 29th 2024 1. The season starts soon! What is your bold prediction for S97? 2. What are your goals for the upcoming season for yourself and your player? 3. What is your favorite defunct VHL, VHLM, or VHLE franchise? 4. Do you have a favorite part of the offseason (draft, free agency, tournaments, training camp, etc.)? 5. Growing up, who was your favorite NHL player (if you had one)? 6. A few days ago, the New York Rangers dealt Kaapo Kakko to Seattle. Thoughts on this move? 7. Do you have any plans for the holiday season? 8. Is there a book, tv show, or movie you’d like to recommend?

HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of December 15th 2024 - December 22nd 2024 1. I would say it’s officially time to get into the holiday spirit! How festive are you feeling? 2. Davos has brought back the legend Ahma and the next in the Jokinen line! How do you feel about Davos’ draft? 3. Of the cities in the VHL in both the NA and EU conferences, which one would you like to visit the most? 4. What are your goals for the upcoming season? 5. What position do you believe is most fun to play as and build in the VHL? 6. What is one thing you enjoy the most about being a part of a sim league? 7. What is the most random object/trinket you have in your room right now? 8. Do you have a favorite video game? If so, what is it?

Onto the VHL. After a hard-fought Founder’s Cup FInal that resulted in a heartbreaking loss to the Mississauga Hounds and their captain Slava Kovalenko, River Harrington of the Ottawa Lynx is now graduating to the VHL with the Moscow Menace. It has been a long-time dream of Harrington’s to make it to the big leagues and now he is about to step onto the ice this upcoming season for a consistent European Conference powerhouse. Despite having some shortcomings in the VHLM, Harrington hopes that with some guidance from his GM, team, and experience in playing with and against the best hockey players in the world, he will be able to carve his name into the history books, like the legendary hall of famer Lachlan Summers, who was signed under the same agency as Harrington. Kirby, the founder of the Halberd Hockey Agency as well as the AGM of Davos, hopes to continue developing hall of fame players and truly become a trailblazer for women in the VHL. With Summers’ success, there are high expectations for Harrington. Only time will tell.

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Honestly, it’s so intriguing to see when/how everyone comes up with player names annd ideas and I’d love to hear more explanations from folks. Del Rocco has clearly been a long time coming!!

HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of December 8th 2024 - December 15th 2024 1. Coming off a heartbreaking Finals loss, we have a lot to reflect on. How did you feel about Davos’ S96? 2. How will your player spend their offseason? 3. Did you sign up for this season’s Christmas-themed ProAm tourney? 4. There have been some talks between members about a potential updated demographics survey for the VHL (age, gender, country, etc.), would that be something you’d be interested in seeing in the near future? 5. What would be the most important attribute you’d look for when scouting a player in the VHL? 6. Right now, who do you believe is the worst team in the NHL? 7. Now that it’s that time of year, what is your favorite holiday tradition that you and your family participate in? 8. Who was your top streamed artist this year on Spotify/Apple Music/wherever you listen to music?

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