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the NYA are the victims to this rebrand. sorry not sorry.

this media spot made me cackle. great read, my friend!

You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of April 7th 2024 - April 14th 2024 1. Happy theme week, everyone! What do you think of this season’s theme: rebrand? 2. Now that we’re halfway through the season, are we performing as you’ve expected? 3. The rebuild is still going strong. Any draftees in the upcoming class catch your interest to add to our squad? 4. If you had the duties of coming up with a theme week topic, what would you choose for it? 5. How many goals and assists has your player scored this season? 6. Predict the NA and EU conference champion! 7. I went to a San Diego Gulls game last weekend! Have you ever gone to a professional hockey game live? 8. How well would your player fare in an Easter egg hunt?

HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of March 31st 2024 - April 7th 2024 1. Happy belated April Fools! Any jokes stick out to you on the forum or elsewhere on April 1st? 2. How big of an impact do you think the STHS tweak to goalies has had so far? 3. How is your VHFL/Super Coach team doing, if participating? If not, any particular reason why you didn’t sign up this season? 4. Did you get your VHL predictions in on time for this season? 5. If your player was an animal, what would they be? 6. What is your favorite thing about the sim league experience? 7. What is your favorite song currently? 8. Have you ever traveled internationally? If so, to what countries?

@CowboyinAmerica

great read, misty! i definitely have a lot of the same opinions as you when i first joined the league in 2022, now with a player who is about to retire next season. anxiety was also one of the things holding me back before i also decided to full send it and join. can definitely attest to the fact that the people in the league are wonderful! i've made some great friends and it's great that we can all bond over a shared love of hockey! hope to see you stick around.

HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of March 24th 2024 - March 31st 2024 1. With one week of sims down, is the team performing as you’ve expected? 2. Who do you predict will be Davos’ MVP this season? 3. What are your thoughts on our current prospect pool? 4. If you are participating, what does your VHFL or Super Coach team look like? If you aren’t participating, any reason why you chose not to sign up this season? 5. What is your most controversial VHL opinion? 6. If Davos had a mascot, what would it look like? 7. What sports do you enjoy watching besides hockey? 8. What was the last video game you played?

love the comic panel overlay on this one! really makes it pop and catches the eye. great artistic choices as usual here, subject! love watching your work evolve.

You may be thinking: another edition of Kirby Rambles already? Yes, that is indeed the case. So buckle your seatbelts because here we go! School’s still been killing me, given this is being written after a week of four exams. I have one more exam tomorrow afternoon and a quiz on Wednesday (don’t procrastinate, kids), then I should be free for spring break next week! It’s a break I have been looking forward to, because I am exhausted, both mentally and physically if I’m being honest. One of the worst parts of it all is that my friends and I all go to different schools, and they decided to stagger all of our breaks so none of us were off at the same time. Wow, thank you, California universities. Absolutely fantastic. On the bright side, went out to brunch for one of my friends’ birthday and the food and service at the place was absolutely amazing. That was something nice to come out of this week, at least. ANYWAYS, back to the VHL-related stuff after that quick rant! Lachlan’s got his first few games as a Warsaw Predator under his belt and it’s looking solid so far, with ten games played on the season and sporting a 7-3-0 record. Save percentage is at .934% with a GAA of 2.48, so not bad at all for an old geezer like this Aussie! No shutouts yet on the season but I’ll be eagerly awaiting the first, and hope I don’t regret picking myself for VHFL this year. But as they say, if you want something done, just do it yourself! I still got a good amount of banked TPE for one last push before Lachlan rides off into the sunset at the TDL next season and I’m excited yet anxious for that. Like I’ve said before, it’ll be bittersweet to part with my first player, who’s made himself a household name, brought home hardware, and helped secure Davos their first Continental Cup in what seems like ages, but it’ll be fun to receive a fresh start and go through the process of being a prospect once more! I truly hope Lachlan will have done enough to secure him a spot in the Hall of Fame. Now wouldn’t that be legendary? Going through the VHLM after picking a team and the entire prospect pipeline is probably one of the most fun things about the VHL and I really enjoyed my first-gen experience (and hopefully I’ll be less nervous about draft interviews now that a fair amount of folks know me and what I can bring to the table). It will also be my first with the new waiver system! Glad that the already hardworking GMs don’t have to bombard all the new player create threads to send their pitch, which definitely saves them a lot of time and energy. I’m still strongly considering building an offensive defenseman but after this season’s recreate class, I’ll see where things stand in terms of position and consult some other opinions to see what would be the best option for me. I’ve learned that I can truly talk a lot when writing these Kirby Rambles media spots and honestly, I think it’s because I just like dumping my opinions and thoughts somewhere where I can revisit them in a few months, maybe a year’s time, and then see how far I’ve come and where I was at at the time of writing. I’ll be signing off for now, folks! Hopefully the next time you hear from me, I’ll actually have the energy of someone my age.

HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of March 17th 2024 - March 24th 2024 1. As per tradition, what is your one bold prediction this season? 2. Who do you think will be this season’s league scoring leader? 3. What have you done to keep yourself busy this offseason? 4. What keeps you active and motivated as a member of the VHL? 5. What are your thoughts on meme player names? 6. Are you following the league on its social media platforms? 7. Creamy or crunchy peanut butter? 8. What are your thoughts on reality TV?

this was the most difficult decision in our GM careers for both myself and alex, but our captain this season is. . . @Ahma david jokinen! our first alternate is. . . david jokinen! and our second alternate is. . . david jokinen! it took lots of thinking and discussion to come to a consensus, but davos is extremely pleased with our captaincy core this season. GO DAVID!

HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of March 10th 2024 - March 17th 2024 1. We are coming off one of our most busy drafts to date recently! What do you think about the prospects we were able to snag? 2. Describe what it feels like to be a member of Davos in one word! 3. What are your thoughts on the team’s logo? Would there be anything you would change about it? Or bring back a retro logo? 4. Are you going to sign up for VHFL and/or Super Coach this season? 5. What is your favorite part of being a part of a sim league? 6. Were there any moves made at the NHL trade deadline that surprised you? 7. What was your favorite subject in school? 8. Any movies/tv shows/games you are looking forward to this year?

WARSAW, PL — It has been a week since Lachlan Summers, Davos' Cup-winning goaltender and team icon for so many seasons, had been dealt to the Warsaw Predators in a blockbuster deal that saw Davos sending Summers and two 4ths in exchange for Warsaw’s S95 1st round pick, Karl Pedersen, Sunset Moth, and Dwight Shcrute. The move may have come from a surprise to some, but Davos has committed to a full rebuild and had to part with their veteran goaltender. “There’s no hard feelings with the move. I think this was the best decision for both teams and I respect that as a player. I also appreciate that I wasn’t blindsided. I was told about a week in advance about a possible trade and got time to sort of come to terms with that,” commented Summers as he arrived at the Warsaw rink for the first time. Summers had just come off an extremely disappointing 17-40-6 season, with a .922 SV% and 3.04 GAA, although it was no surprise that Davos would struggle during S92 after losing most of their veteran players aside from Summers and fan favorite: captain David Jokinen. “It was an unforgettable run with Davos and I can't thank everyone in the organization enough for my time there, and I just want to play well, no matter what city I’m in. I want to be an asset to the Preds and bring home a championship for the team and the fans. They’ve offered me a warm welcome and I hope to make them proud.”

It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these, and since there’s lots to talk about and catch up on: let’s get this ball rolling! To start, holy crap— college has been kicking my butt. I hate that I haven’t been as active as I would like on the forums and Discord, which really hurts because I’m in that Davos AGM role and don’t want to let the team down, but I know at the end of the day, that getting my degree is my ultimate goal and I know I can’t put my grades on the backburner. On Monday (which is tomorrow at the time that I’m writing this), I have my dreaded three hour night class that runs from 7PM to 10:40 PM and starts with a quiz that I may have been procrastinating studying for. Yay. Good thing is, we only meet in person three times and the class ends mid semester: for the two quizzes and final which is next week, and starts my second hell week of the semester with four exams (send help). This Thursday, I also have a presentation that I have yet to finish, but have written out the script for, luckily, so that’s one less thing to worry about. Asides from college beating me to the ground, there has been a TON of things going on in the VHL, as expected during draft YPE season. Starting with the fact that Lachlan Summers is no longer a member of HC Davos Dynamo. While it was difficult to let him go, it was the best for our team and honestly, at this point, I was looking at this move from more of a GM perspective than a player one. I would have liked to have spent my first player’s career on one team, but he’s aging and Davos is in a rebuild. It makes sense to move him for pieces that can be used for our next cup window. I hope he can secure a place in the Hall of Fame with Warsaw, though that may be more challenging with the changes in goaltending for STHS coming up next season. Only time will tell! Transitioning into said cup window, I’m super stoked about our new prospects from yesterday’s exciting draft (complete with my favorite debate: is a hot dog a sandwich?). We snagged Antonia Bucatini, Forum Content, Aleksanteri Kaskiniemi-Kekkonen, Steve French, Billy Joel, Kendra Cavill, Russell Sprout, Masa Akimoto, Magni Jinn, and Blaze Thunderstrike, which marked our busiest draft since S87! It was exciting to see this was such a first-gen heavy draft and that teams were taking them high, and honestly, first-gens can have some of the highest ceilings of all players, if you take into consideration they may be more active and inclined to earn more than someone who has had two or three players. To round out this Kirby Rambles, I want to express how excited I am to be able to recreate for the first time. I do believe that picking goalie was the best thing I could have done as a first-gen because the TPE allocation isn’t as complicated as the hybrid system so it was easier for me to transition into things. It’s weird to think Lachlan will be retiring at S94’s TDL and that I'll have been a VHL member for two years soon, but I’m excited to bring my next player to the league! I have had my mind set on this since Lachlan was still in the VHLE and have decided to build an offensive defenseman as my next player. I know I’ll need a ton of help, but luckily, there’s many awesome people in the league that I’m sure will be happy to lend their advice! That’s all from me this fine Sunday evening, folks. Hope you have a great week and see you in the next edition of Kirby Rambles!

HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of March 3rd 2024 - March 10th 2024 1. We are officially in S93! Any last thoughts in reflection of last season? 2. Draft Day is also almost here, any prospects you want Davos to snag? 3. We are now rolling towards a full rebuild. Which concerns and holes in our team do you believe we should address first? 4. In a bittersweet turn of events, Lachlan Summers has also just been traded in a blockbuster after contributing six seasons to the team! Is he a certified Davos legend? 5. Thoughts on the current trivia system? 6. Have you ever gotten burnt out by the VHL’s weekly tasks? How do you get back on track/earn TPE consistently? 7. If you had a choice, which NHL team would you most like to see live? 8. Speaking of the NHL, what do you think about Fanatics taking control of jersey production next season after the Adidas contract runs out?

was an unforgettable run with davos! can’t say enough good things about the organization. should be an exciting fresh start with warsaw.

HC Davos Dynamo Press Conference You ONLY have to answer 6 of the 8 questions Week Of February 25th 2024 - March 3rd 2024 1. Have you got London or DC to win the Continental Cup? 2. Is a team’s winning record the best reflection of their success? Or another attribute? 3. Which VHL team is due for a rebrand? 4. What is one suggestion you would offer to make the offseason more interesting? 5. Will you be participating in the ProAm? 6. What is your favorite type of point task to do? 7. Favorite ice cream flavor? 8. Any upcoming films you would like to see this year?