Tyler

Vasteras the GOAT, they just need me back then they'll win again

Owens as GM for breaking the Vasteras curse imjusbeinghonest

yes next week is gonna be Europe, and yes Vasteras is going to be number 1 cause I'm biased.

Ranking the VHL North American Cities Before you ready this article, this is not an article about where I would prefer my player to end up but rather an article discussing the five North American locations in the VHL, and ranking them based on my own personal preference. I may like a city, but not the team and obviously vice verca. The Victory Hockey League has always had two conferences, the European and North Ameircan Conferences. They both began with four teams, before expanding to five each not too long ago. Each city of the VHL offers their own history, their own culture and their own fan base and this article serves to try and rank them. There is no scientific forumla used here, but rather my own personal, admitedly biased, rankings and reasons for liking one city above another. Without further ado, here it is, Tyler's North Ameircan Conference Rankings. Five: Calgary, Alberta With a population of 1,096,833 people, Calgary is the third biggest city in Canada. It is a hockey hot bed and their NHL team, the Flames, have a solid fan base despite a poor team. The Wranglers are the VHL's most storied franchise and are the team with the most history in the entire league. Their fan base is as large as any in the entire league, but the city itself leaves something to be desired. Calgary is famous globally for the stampede held anually in July, but other then that, there is not much in Calgary. They have a CFL team called the Stampeders who are usually competative, but hockey is clearly number one in the city. "Cow town" may be a hockey hot bed, but personally, it is hardly a city that a lot of young people would gravitate towards. Four: Seattle, Washington North American's beautiful Pacific Northwest is home to the Seattle Bears who themselves have a storied history. Seattle has a population of 634,535 people and is one of the most popular cities in the Northwest along with Vancouver and Portland, Oregon. The Bears have always been a solid team and have a large fan base that stretches the entire west coast of North America, from California to Vancouver. The Bears are known for having a loud environment in their arena and for a ferocious style of play on the ice that has led them to be one of the leagues most consistent clubs. Due to its close proximity to the Canadian border, Seattle attracts British Columbian hockey fans to the games and as such has one of the leagues more loyal fan bases. Seattle has the Mariners in baseball as well as the Superbowl Champion Seahawks, who are known for the crazy atmosphere at home games. Seattle may not seem it, but with a very young population and a very liberal attitude about things, they are quickly becoming a sports town, and The Bears stand to benefit from this. Three: Quebec, Quebec Most veteran VHL users know how much I love all things Quebec. It is the most unique area of North America and its capital is a city that lives and breathes hockey. When the Nordiques were taken from them at the end of the 1994-1995 season, the people of Quebec were left without pro hockey until the Meute came in to existence. Quebec City has a smaller population than any other in the North American conference with just 516,622 but it may have the craziest fans in the entire league. Everyone knows the cultural importance hockey has in Quebec, and it is no different with the Meute. In a short period of time, they went from expansion team to cup champs as they took home the cup in Season 35. The celebration of this acheivment was legendary with street parties all throughout the downtown area and in to Old Quebec. Quebec City is as beautiful as it is in love with hockey, and with a powerful night life, it is a city any young hockey player would love to play in. Two: Toronto, Ontario Toronto is among the most populous cities in all of North America with a population of 2,615,060 in the city itself, and over 5 and a half million living in the metro area. Toronto is home to the Leafs in the NHL, Blue Jays in the MLB and the Raptors in the NBA, so the Legion are left to compete, but they do as well as any team in the league. The Legion have not won a title since Season 29, but the fans remain loayl, and with the team in the finals this season, they hope for a return to glory in Ontario's capital. With famous fans like Drake, Rob Ford and Justin Bieber (all Toronto natives), the Legion are represented better than any team in the VHL in popular culture. The players are treated like celebreties in the town and often have to deal with paparazzi, but the people of Toronto have the utmost respect for the players and management that is unheard of in pro sports. Toronto is Canada's biggest city and has one of the leagues wealthiest fan bases, and the fans spend money on murchandise like no other. The Legion, despite not having won the cup since Season 29, still sell the most murchandise in the entire league. One: New York, New York With a population of 19,949,502 people, New York City has the largest population in the entire United States. The city is home to the Islanders and Rangers in the NHL, the Yankees and Mets in the MLB and the Jets and Giants in the NFL as well as the Knicks in the NBA and of course, the Nets in the NBA as well. The Americans have a ton of competition, but with a population as big as New York's, this doesn't effect them too much and MSG is sold out on a regular basis for their games. The city itself is obviously vibrant and there is always something happening. It is rare that you can be bored living in New York City, and it is even more like this as an athlete. New York is second to only Los Angeles in terms of pure popular cultural power and the city is always alive at all times of the day. The Americans are not huge in the city, but this is almost a positive to some players in that they are not the same level of stars the Yankees players would be, or to the level even that the Rangers or Knicks players would be. New York City is the number one city to live in of all the North Ameircan VHL cities due to its pure cultural power and importance.

people are too quick with this shit lmao

EASTERN CONFERENCE (1) Boston vs (3) Montreal Winner: Montreal # of Games: 7 (1) Pittsburgh vs (2) New York Winner: New York # of Games: 6 WESTERN CONFERENCE (1) Anaheim vs (3) Los Angeles Winner: Los Angeles # of Games: 7 (4) Minnesota vs (3) Chicago Winner: Chicago # of Games: 5 btw I'm calling it now, I'm gonna regret picking Chicago 'cause Bryz is gonna shut them out 4 in a row.

Voted Cris Julien in every category

Phi Min SJ

Tyler - Hawks

Joffrey's lil brother as soon as she left

They highkey need to figure something out with the danny "freeing the slaves" storyline. So boring lmao

I'm the same tbh. Bars get really lame real fast. If you're not in a dancing mood, going to a club can blow, if you are, going to a pub blows. House parties never dissapoint.

Bern Royals & Turku Outlaws Tied At Two in Best of Seven Slovakian hockey is always in a very interesting place. It's never good enough to be one of the top countries on earth, but it is also never a bad team at any level. Slovakia itself is only a country of five and a half million people and its new hockey hopes rest on the shoulders of one 17 year old teenager, Milos Denis. Recently, the teenaged Slovakian was assigned to the Bern Royals of the VHLM, though many wonder if that is simply a formality since it is unlikely he will get any playing time with the conference winners, the Royals. Indeed through two games of the Royals playoff run, the young Slovakian player has yet to see any action on the ice and is likely just a bystander until he is to be drafted by a VHLM Team after the season. The Royals and Outlsaws are tied at two wins a piece in their best of seven series. The logic behind having Denis not play is simple; how can he fit in on a team as good as the Royals? Milos is a super talented player and would be among the most naturally gifted players on a team full of them, but he is not a coachable talent. He is the type of player who believes offense above all else and is more likely to try and dangle through the entire team than play to his teams actual strengths. As such, it would be foolish for any coach to insert Denis in to a winning lineup, as is the one Bern currently has. Though he may not actually play in the playoffs, Denis will no doubt be getting the experience he needs in order to be a significant contributor next season in the VHLM, and later on in the VHL itself. By watching one of the best teams in the league, the 17 year old is able to see what it takes to be a winner, what it takes to instill a winning culture, but more than anything he is able to see the work ethic it takes to be a winner in the league. By watching minor league stars like Ron World Peace, Earl Parker and Matt Rielly, the young player is able to pick up on the things that make them the players they are, and that thing is work ethic. The three players are all good at different things, with Earl Parker being the pure sniper, World Peace being an all-around stud and Rielly being a play maker; however they all hold their work ethic as being the real reason they are where they are today. So far Denis has only seen practice time, and it is unlikely he will play in the playoffs. “Without working hard, I wouldn’t be half the player I am today. I didn’t wake up good at the sport I love, it took a long time to get to where I am,” said Parke, who has a 27 percent shooting percentage through four playoff games. “Hopefully the boys can help (Milos) Denis get along in the locker room and he can learn something from us in practice. He’s a talented young man and I hope he succeeds in his career like I know he can,” said Parker once again. Denis is practicing with the team and is usually doing individual drills with the coaches in order to ensure he remains alert with his time off from playing games. “I might not play again until next year, but I hope when I get the chance to play, I get to use the stuff I am learning right now in game,” said the Slovakian teenager while being interviewed after practice on Friday. The Royals are currently tied in their series with the Turku Outlaws who are led by defenseman Vojczec Svoboda who has 15 points from the blueline in his team’s 9 games. The Czech defenseman is likely to be a top pick in the upcoming VHL Draft and he is showing exactly why in the playoffs. He is one of the top prospects in recent memory and will be a key contributor immediately to whatever VHL team selects him, but for now, his mind is focused on eliminating the regular season conference champion Bern Royals. “Being able to beat Bern in the playoffs is really all I care about right now,” said Svoboda in an interview with a Czech hockey magazine. “They are a really good team, but I think we can beat them. We’ve been growing a lot all playoffs long and I think at this point in time, we’re actually better then them, but I think we can leave all of the talking on the ice.” Turku has played some of their best hockey these playoffs, and sit tied with the Royals. With the series tied at two, the Royals are facing their first real dillema of the year. They are used to blowing teams out, yet here they are, tied in a playoff series against a rival team. It will be very interesting to see how the entire roster reacts to the adversity and whether it may offer a chance for Denis to enter the lineup. However, I wouldn't hold your breathe on it, since their coach seems content to ride with the roster that got them to where they are, and really, with over 60 wins, can you blame him?

every team in the history of hockey has weaknesses.

lmao not a chance dude. San Jose is a really, really good team. Best team in the West I've seen this year.

I think Chucky will be back round 2. I hope so, but I'm not overly worried, no use messing with a lineup that is 4-0 so far.

Stoll is a mutt

a lot of people I know hate her storyline tbh. I'm not big on it to be honest lol. and yeah Arya the GOAT

In what way? As a leader, character or hottness? If it's the last one frig off she's perfect.

Tampa had like 22 shots in a game they had to win. They fucked themselves over lol. Sweeeep.

For sure. I think he killed Joffrey because he wanted chaos, because him being as smart/sneaky as he is, he thrives under chaos more than anything. The throne is pretty wide open right now, especially seeing as how the only person with a leigt claim to it who seems to be trying to get it is Stannis. Now, I haven't read the books so I have no idea, but I could certainly see Littlefinger being the biggest winner out of all of this. Or he could be killed off next episode knowing this show lol

Littlefinger is gonna end up king somehow

It has been three days since Milos Denis was made available to VHLM Teams and the 17 year old Slovakian remains unclaimed. Pheraps teams do not want to add a player known to perform poorly in the playoffs so close to the post season, or pheraps teams have too full of rosters, but the skillful forward is yet to be claimed by a team. "It kind of sucks sitting at home waiting for a call, but it's the way things go sometimes," said the young man from Pesov who has played with the Kamloops Blazers the past year. "I really want to be on the ice with a team but it might have to wait until next season, I guess." Denis is likely to be a high pick in the VHLM Priority Draft anyway due to his immense skill set, although some wonder if a team may shy away from him due to work ethic related issues. He is known to have a bit of a problem being coached and does not typically play a style that teams salivate over. However, he is the type of player who will attract fans to games due to his insane skill set that clearly sets him above most players his age. His hands, his skating and his offensive awareness are elite for any player in his age range or draft year. Offense doesn't win championships, but it attracts fans for sure, and no player can attract fans like young Milos Denis can.

Milos Denis Pesov, Slovakia August 14, 1997 (17 YO) Kamloops Blazers (WHL) VHL Draft Eligible: Season 39 Early Life Born in Presov, Slovakia on August 14th, 1997 Milos Denis is a 17 year old hockey phenom. Standing at just 5'9" and weighing a meager 153 pounds, the young man from Slovakia has always been at a disadvantage due to his size. This has not however stopped hockey scouts across the globe from salivating at the immense skill the 17 year old possesses. It was obvious from the time the young man laced up a pair of skates that he would be something special. He was faster than the other kids, had better stick handling skills than anyone else, and more than anything, he had an ability to score that was at a superior level to the other kids he played against. Slovakia is hardly a hockey hot bed and although some relevant hockey players have come out of the country, it is not the place you’d expect to find “the next one”. Denis’ father Miroslav was a hockey player himself, though it was never a full time passion. He was good, but never great and made it to the second division of the Czechoslovakian League in the 1980’s and early 1990’s before retiring to become a school teacher. His mother Andrea was a former track star in Czechoslovakia who won two Olympic medals in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The sporting pedigree has always been there, but more than anything since his youth, the importance of organized sport has been preached in Milos’ home. His dad coached his youth hockey teams his entire life and always made sure Milos was eating properly, training hard and making sure to capitalize on the immense skill he had. Hockey has been a big part of Milos' life from the time he was young. Milos was always ahead of the pack in every meaningful way while playing in Slovakia. In his immediate youth, Milos played in Slovakia and by the age of nine had to play against the older kids because of his skill set. At nine he played against boys as old as twelve and showed no signs of being slowed down. He scored in bunches at a young age and continued to grow as a hockey player with the help of his father as his coach. Milos was soon selected to train with the Slovak Youth Team and did so until he was 14 years old. Milos played with the Slovak team for three years but at the age of 14, his family was approached by a Saskatchewan based Midget Hockey team in an effort to have Milos fly to Saskatchewan to train with, and if all went well, play for the team when he was of age. Milos’ family agreed to send their son to Saskatchewan and he moved to Canada at the young age of 14 years old. Saskatchewan Though the move itself was tough, and the culture shock was immense, his hockey transition was fluid as could be. Milos had to wait a few months before his 15th birthday, but when he first stepped on the ice as a Midget hockey player, it was clear he was destined to become a star at that level. Denis scored 12 goals and added 15 assists as a 15 year old in Midget AAA which, though a decrease in his point totals in point totals from Slovakia, the experience he gained playing against the best hockey players at his age group would be helpful in the future. In his second season in Saskatchewan, the Slovak player put up big numbers with 37 goals and 40 assists for 77 points in just 42 games played that year. Denis began attracting the attention of Canadian Hockey League scouts and was pegged as a first round draft choice if he chose that route. Milos was a star in his first year in the Midget AAA ranks. After some debate over Junior Hockey versus College Hockey, the Slovakian winger chose the WHL route and was drafted 10th overall by the Kamloops Blazers. He began play as a 17 year old rookie and put up tremendous numbers with 46 goals and adding 23 assists for a grand total of 69 points in his rookie year, placing him among the league’s top goal scorers in that campaign. In the post season, Kamloops was expected to compete for the league crown, but struggled out of the gate and lost in round one to the upstart and tight checking Moose Jaw Warriors in five games. Denis struggled with 0 points in the five games and many fans and critics blamed the European player for the teams defeat and began questioning aloud whether or not he had a second gear in the playoffs. After the playoff defeat, Denis announced his intention to leave the WHL and pursue a professional hockey career in the Victory Hockey League. The way he saw it, there was nothing left for him in junior hockey having already scored 46 goals as a rookie and especially with Kamloops losing many key pieces in the off season. Pro's Acceleration: If nothing else, the young player has tremendous acceleration. He has one of the best bursts of speed in all of junior hockey and is able to blow by the defense with relative ease. Teams usually have to play to him and not vice versa in that they typically have to line match to get their speedier defenders out against him. Any slow defenseman is usually caught flat footed against him and unless you check him tightly, he will usually be long gone before you even have a minute to think about how to defend him. His acceleration makes him virtually uncatchable on a breakaways and making him a shootout specialist in that he never gives the goalies time to read what he is going to do. Stick Handling: Having great acceleration means nothing if you don’t have great hands, and luckily enough for Milos, he does. He is able to stick handle in a phone booth and this was on display for many of his 46 goals in his only Western Hockey League season. Whether it is to dangle around a defenseman, or to move around a goalie, the young Slovak is one of the best in the world at his age for using his hands to create space on the ice. It is rare to see him lose the puck while stick handling and the only time his dangle seem to fail him is when he is knocked off his feet by a bigger defenseman, or when he makes one too many moves. Denis is a skilled offensive dynamo who lacks defensive awareness. Potential: Every prospect has some potential, but the truth is, very few in recent memory of had the potential to be great that Milos has. He has the ability to score at will; he can make plays out of nothing and is one of the most naturally skilled hockey players ever at the age of 17. He is a complete boom or bust player who will probably either be a future MVP, or a player who never sniffs a VHL ice surface. If he is placed in the right position, under the right regime and with the right people around him, Milos could become a 50 goal scorer and a 100 point scorer in the VHL, and very quickly. Con's Cockiness: Although you would be hard pressed to say he has an attitude issue, or to say that he causes locker room issues, Milos is seen as cocky by some. He sometimes will celebrate goals a little too much and rub some of the old guard of hockey the wrong way and is far too often the type to make an easy mistake while trying to be too creative on the ice. Milos relies too often on his skill rather than his brain and makes mistakes that players who are less skillful and more the "hard working" type of player would never make. This all goes back to his cockiness in the sense that Denis will sometimes believe he can do anything with the puck and end up giving it up and giving the other team a solid scoring chance. He has to learn his limits if he is to reach the potential he so clearly has. Defense: Despite obvious offensive potential, no one would be so foolish as to assume Denis has any real defensive awareness. He is usually seen wandering around the perimeter of the defensive zone and not really attempting much by way of defensive play. It is a rare thing to see if he is backchecking as hard as he skated in to the offensive zone, and you never see him apply a stick check on an opposing player. This obviously drives coaches crazy and has seen him benched more than once in his career thus far. It all goes back to a lack of effort on his part when things are not going his way, which is another thing that has followed him his entire hockey career. Milos is a small kid and will need to use his elite skill all of the time if he wants to be an effective player in the pro ranks. Shot: Even as a pure goal scorer, Denis does not posess the best shot in the world. It is more accurate than it is hard and rarely does he create offense based on just his shot alone, it is usually some sort of creative play on his part that ends up in the back of the net versus a shot. He will obviously need to add some weight behind his shot if he wants to be a goal scorer at the next level, and especially if he wants to be more of a finisher as opposed to just a creative goal scorer. His shot isn't horrible and it will give him a handful of goals, but the truth is, he needs it to improve if he is to ever reach his goal scoring potential. Pro Potential (9.0 D) We've spent a great deal of this write up taking about Milos Denis' professional potential, but what is it really? The fact is, the 17 year old can go as far as he wants to. He is fast, has elite puck handiling skills and is a talented goal scorer. He is however, lazy, uncoachable by some accounts and has a weaker shot than most would like. He could be the next superstar to grae the VHL ice surface, or the next bust who spends his time in the VHLM collecting points and never sniffs a VHL ice surface. The truth is, he will likely make it to the VHL, if only because he has such an elite repetroir of moves and he brings a flashiness to the game many others lack. It will be interesting to see if Denis ever lives up to the hype, but if he does look out.