Pifferfish

I hate you fish ... I been at work since you posted this!!! Ahhhhh

yeah, dude is a crypto genius

Welcome to WEEK 5 of updated power rankings where I spend the first 50 words explaining how this works for a bit. Firstly, all additions and losses are based on who was in the lineup as of the February 10th sims. In major news this week's rankings are accompanied by a super duper podcast with our analysis of these teams and their futures. I'm joined by @McLovin to hear his thoughts on these as well and glaze him 90% of the pod. Timestamps for each team's section can be found below in the written portion of this. Enjoy the updated format! Standings: 10th; 22-41-2; 46pts; -73 GDiffOverall Rank: 10th (-1) Overall Score: 23.83 (+1.03)Forwards Rank: 8th (EV) Forwards Score: 38.10 (+1.80) Defensemen Rank: 10th (-1) Defensemen Score: -8.45 (+0.40) Goalies Rank: 7th (EV)Goalies Score: 45.60 (EV)Additions: NoneLosses: NoneAnalysis Timestamp: 1:50 Standings: 8th; 25-29-12; 62pts; -28 GDiffOverall Rank: 9th (-1) Overall Score: 34.07 (+1.30)Forwards Rank: 10th (-1)Forwards Score: 32.27 (+0.90)Defensemen Rank: 8th (EV)Defensemen Score: 32.20 (+0.60)Goalies Rank: 8th (EV)Goalies Score: 43.20 (+3.90)Additions: NoneLosses: None Analysis Timestamp: 7:25 Standings: 9th; 22-39-5; 49pts; -57 GDiff Overall Rank: 8th (+2) Overall Score: 35.10 (+23.80)Forwards Rank: 9th (+1) Forwards Score: 36.27 (+9.77) Defensemen Rank: 9th (+1) Defensemen Score: 31.65 (+56.25) Goalies Rank: 10th (EV) Goalies Score: 38.50 (+1.00) Additions: D Milo Fox @Tate, D Lazlo Holmes @Gustav Losses: None Analysis Timestamp: 11:00 Standings: 7th; 27-29-11; 50pts; -31 GDiff Overall Rank: 7th (EV) Overall Score: 43.62 (-0.40)Forwards Rank: 5th (EV) Forwards Score: 49.40 (-1.23) Defensemen Rank: 7th (EV) Defensemen Score: 36.85 (EV) Goalies Rank: 9th (EV) Goalies Score: 39.80 (+1.30) Additions: G Tyrone Wood @K100man, C The Phantom of the VHL @Hogan Losses: None Analysis Timestamp: 15:00 Standings: 1st; 50-13-4; 104pts; +72 GDiff Overall Rank: 6th (EV) Overall Score: 51.52 (+0.70)Forwards Rank: 6th (EV) Forwards Score: 45.73 (+0.87) Defensemen Rank: 6th (-1) Defensemen Score: 39.10 (+0.80) Goalies Rank: 1st (EV) Goalies Score: 93.70 (EV) Additions: None Losses: None Analysis Timestamp: 23:40 Standings: 3rd; 39-22-4; 82pts; +16 GDiff Overall Rank: 5th (EV) Overall Score: 52.67 (+1.49)Forwards Rank: 7th (EV) Forwards Score: 41.70 (+0.63) Defensemen Rank: 4th (EV) Defensemen Score: 50.20 (+0.20) Goalies Rank: 2nd (EV) Goalies Score: 90.50 (+6.60) Additions: None Losses: None Analysis Timestamp: 32:05 Standings: 4th; 38-24-5; 81pts; +31 GDiff Overall Rank: 4th (EV) Overall Score: 55.47 (+2.43)Forwards Rank: 2nd (EV) Forwards Score: 66.53 (+1.60) Defensemen Rank: 5th (+1) Defensemen Score: 41.65 (+3.40) Goalies Rank: 6th (EV) Goalies Score: 49.90 (+3.00) Additions: None Losses: None Analysis Timestamp: 41:40 Standings: 5th; 34-25-7; 75pts; +17 GDiff Overall Rank: 3rd (EV) Overall Score: 57.30 (+0.65)Forwards Rank: 4th (EV) Forwards Score: 61.07 (+0.64) Defensemen Rank: 3rd (EV) Defensemen Score: 53.25 (+1.00) Goalies Rank: 5th (EV) Goalies Score: 54.10 (EV) Additions: None Losses: None Analysis Timestamp: 48:25 Standings: 6th; 35-26-4; 74pts; +20 GDiff Overall Rank: 2nd (EV) Overall Score: 63.38 (+0.75)Forwards Rank: 3rd (EV) Forwards Score: 63.53 (+0.80) Defensemen Rank: 1st (EV) Defensemen Score: 57.25 (+1.05) Goalies Rank: 3rd (EV) Goalies Score: 75.20 (EV) Additions: None Losses: None Analysis Timestamp: 57:30 Standings: 2nd; 38-20-8; 84pts; +33 GDiff Overall Rank: 1st (EV) Overall Score: 63.70 (+1.02)Forwards Rank: 1st (EV) Forwards Score: 72.23 (+0.96) Defensemen Rank: 2nd (EV) Defensemen Score: 54.45 (+1.60) Goalies Rank: 4th (EV) Goalies Score: 56.60 (EV) Additions: None Losses: None Analysis Timestamp: 1:04:35

I'd agm

@OrbitingDeath oh yeah, also can you make it so if you do any Os they are the Nordic one with a line Ø like this.

That crazy... Mississauga legend

Sick. Lots of goalies from my days as GM getting up there to the VHL is cool. Justin Lion was on my JST team once. Karl Herzlich is capped in the E. Bihler is goated Reaper. ElementalStyx just recreated in Mississauga.

It is more likely that you are president by 2036 than me actually ever coming back and editing this with time stamps by then.

No shot it's a legend in the flesh! Reapers royalty!

Where you at now?

If it makes you feel better, you are actually a really smart builder so far. Super efficient with the TPEs... Nice work... Keep it up. Need anything my dms here and on discord are always open .... Also, go Phillies (born into the fandom lol, don't hate me for it.)

Lol getting the full John Scott treatment from the VHLM faithful I see.

Oh I know this is like way way late ... But I believe if you use the actual index it shows total season long stats... Could be wrong. But I'm pretty sure last I checked it did.

@VaderTheTater100 TPE claim

Nope, has to be snussu

Never.... Unless @Snussuvenmos a billion vbuck

And to be clear. @Ricer13 is the GM I have the least concerns about this with. Dude has only ever been a complete professional in our interactions and he was actually a big draw for me to recreate early and rejoin Philly if I'm honest. Even though his AGMship was short-lived

Like I said. I'm not in those convos anymore but when I was a GM I do know this did happen from time to time. And when I see a waiver player tossed into a trade for a star, I worry that the competitive nature of the M is possibly outweighing the retention/development portion. I think just putting out this concern can help refocus the GMs and keep them honest. Like a reminder that someone out there is watching them... I'm pretty much Batman.

It's here now!

Welcome to WEEK 4.5 of updated power rankings where I spend the first 50 words explaining how this works for a bit. Firstly, all additions and losses are based on who was in the lineup as of the February 6th sims. Some players may have been signed, released, or just not present in the lineup since or at that point in time and thus were not considered in the new ranks or scores. Also, it may seem confusing but a team's score increasing does NOT necessarily mean an increase in rank. Every team has multiple players earning so they will mostly be increasing in score. Also, some teams may add players to the lineup but decrease in score, this is most likely the result of reducing the playing time of their best players. This data does not consider week cutoff so some players have their TPE for this week while others do not. On each line of ranks and scores the first number represents the present and the number in parenthesis shows the change from last week. Last note, I did change the way goalies are evaluated slightly so some may have actually reduced in score from last week and some saw jumps despite not earning or applying TPE. Enjoy the rankings!!! Standings: 9th; 20-34-3; 43pts; -51 GDiff Overall Rank: 10th (-2) Overall Score: 11.30 (-21.55)Forwards Rank: 10th (-3) Forwards Score: 26.50 (-15.67) Defensemen Rank: 10th (-2) Defensemen Score: -24.60 (-38.10) Goalies Rank: 10th (-3) Goalies Score: 37.5 (-6.10) Additions: C Bolor Khan @Bolor Khan, LW Wayne Smith @Jordan Messier Losses: C Antonia Bucatini Notes: Increase bot usage on defensive lines led to big drop there. This team actually has 2 recent waiver signings on defense that just haven't hit the lineup yet that will replace the bots I assume. Standings: 10th; 19-36-1; 39pts; -67 GDiffOverall Rank: 9th (+1) Overall Score: 22.80 (+2.05)Forwards Rank: 8th (+2) Forwards Score: 36.30 (+2.13) Defensemen Rank: 9th (+1) Defensemen Score: -8.85 (+1.00) Goalies Rank: 7th (+1) Goalies Score: 45.60 (+3.90) Additions: RW Cole Stermer @Bazeus, RW Anthony Simmons II @Starchychaff Losses: None Standings: 8th; 21-28-8; 50pts; -29 GDiff Overall Rank: 8th (+1) Overall Score: 32.77 (+3.62)Forwards Rank: 9th (-1) Forwards Score: 31.37 (-10.56) Defensemen Rank: 8th (+1) Defensemen Score: 31.60 (+26.20) Goalies Rank: 8th (+1) Goalies Score: 39.30 (+1.00) Additions: RW John J Juice @G.W. Wick, C Pierre Marc Bouchard @Gaikoku-hito, RW Leon Bruhmaninho @BigBruhman, D Masa Akimoto @Hokikeijot, D Russell Sprout @betta57 Losses: RW Annie Oaks, LW UghSike, LW Forum Content, C Braydon Emmell, D Ray Stanton Standings: 7th; 21-27-8; 50pts; -28 GDiff Overall Rank: 7th (EV) Overall Score: 44.02 (+5.04)Forwards Rank: 5th (+1) Forwards Score: 50.63 (+6.40) Defensemen Rank: 7th (-1) Defensemen Score: 36.85 (+4.35) Goalies Rank: 9th (+1) Goalies Score: 38.50 (+2.30) Additions: None Losses: LW Jose Said Perez Magallon Standings: 1st; 43-9-4; 90pts; +72 GDiff Overall Rank: 6th (-3) Overall Score: 50.82 (+1.90)Forwards Rank: 6th (-2) Forwards Score: 44.87 (-0.46) Defensemen Rank: 5th (EV) Defensemen Score: 38.30 (-0.80) Goalies Rank: 1st (+1) Goalies Score: 93.70 (+14.40) Additions: C Roy Belanger @Roy Belanger, LW Joe John @KalebDaGoat18, RW Maple Dogwood @dogwoodmaple, D Donald Carlson @AW13 Losses: D Viktor Vyzovsky Notes: I know they are quite good in the standings, but lets remember that Philly is playing against 3 of the bottom 4 teams a lot. Whereas teams like SDM, HOU, MEX, and LVA are all bashing each other up sim to sim. I'd argue this is partially inflating this teams success. If I was betting on a team to have a shocking flop in the postseason, I'd have to predict its these guys. Standings: 2nd; 34-18-4; 72pts; +14 GDiff Overall Rank: 5th (EV) Overall Score: 51.18 (+3.46)Forwards Rank: 7th (+2) Forwards Score: 41.07 (+4.37) Defensemen Rank: 4th (-1) Defensemen Score: 50.00 (+1.90) Goalies Rank: 2nd (-1) Goalies Score: 83.90 (+3.90) Additions: C Jack snipesalot @Topcheese, LW Wally Lose @youloser1337, G Connor Hellebuyck @HockeyFan4Life Losses: C Rain Olsen, RW Seamus Maxwell Standings: 4th; 32-19-5; 69pts; +30 GDiff Overall Rank: 4th (+2) Overall Score: 53.03 (+4.28)Forwards Rank: 2nd (EV) Forwards Score: 64.93 (+2.60) Defensemen Rank: 6th (+1) Defensemen Score: 38.25 (+9.25) Goalies Rank: 6th (EV) Goalies Score: 46.90 (+1.00) Additions: G Cash Antolak @Moneynation, D Ray Stanton @horoscope, D Vanman Stein @Vanman, D Jillian Woods @jacobcarson877, D Felicia Hardy @JCarson, C Jacob Longstreet @Dynamicmlb_42 Losses: D Russell Sprout, LW Alexis Laffayette, C Daved dangled Notes: @Mysterious_Fish I know this isn't as high on the list as you might have expected but the D core is comprised of 4 freshly created players who will need just a tab bit of time to get their sea legs. Trust you will enter the postseason 3rd or better. Standings: 5th; 30-10-6; 66pts; +23 GDiff Overall Rank: 3rd (+1) Overall Score: 56.65 (+8.55)Forwards Rank: 4th (+1) Forwards Score: 60.43 (+15.16) Defensemen Rank: 3rd (+1) Defensemen Score: 52.25 (+5.65) Goalies Rank: 5th (-2) Goalies Score: 54.10 (-5.50) Additions: LW UghSike @UghSike, LW Forum Content @frescoelmo Losses: RW Leon Bruhmaninho, RW Khail Lackey Standings: 6th; 30-22-4; 64pts; +14 GDiff Overall Rank: 2nd (EV) Overall Score: 62.63 (+12.88)Forwards Rank: 3rd (EV) Forwards Score: 62.73 (+14.36) Defensemen Rank: 1st (+1) Defensemen Score: 56.20 (+7.90) Goalies Rank: 3rd (+1) Goalies Score: 75.20 (+18.40) Additions: C Antonia Bucatini @CowboyinAmerica, D Toby Cook @KRZY Losses: C Bolor Khan Standings: 3rd; 31-17-8; 70pts; +22 GDiff Overall Rank: 1st (EV) Overall Score: 62.68 (+1.58)Forwards Rank: 1st (EV) Forwards Score: 71.27 (+3.84) Defensemen Rank: 2nd (-1) Defensemen Score: 52.85 (-2.25) Goalies Rank: 4th (+1) Goalies Score: 56.60 (+2.50) Additions: LW Pombo @samx, RW Annie Oaks @Noodle Enjoyer Losses: D Masa Akimoto, LW Hayden mcqueen, LW Moyo Smith Shoutout to all of the players in the VHLM that are improving at a great rate and making their teams the best they can be. In past weeks I have just listed each player who surpassed a certain threshold of improvement but since there was a larger gap between this update and the last, that list would consist of a whopping 32 players. Instead this week will be a top 15 list! *Both Goalies on the upcoming list were assisted by recent changes to the formulas we use to determine their ratings. They would have both still been within the top 15 regardless, just lower.* T-13. LW Filip Zinek @FiZi +11 T-13. LW UghSike @UghSike +11 T-13. RW Oliver Loo @Peiffy +11 12. RW Yermolai Nabokov @fonziGG +12 T-10. D Wwumbo @Fire Tortorella +13 T-10. RW Annie Oaks @Noodle Enjoyer +13 T-8. D Carson Tripp @Cartripp14 +14 T-8. G Jorgen Lovstrom @Pifferfish +14 7. D Benjamin Abenduct @Schnee +15 T-5. D Gul Dukat @MSouthworth +16 T-5. C Tyler Lawson @Nyx +16 4. D Lucy Leitner @LucyXpher+17 T-2. RW Nathan Ecker @Nathan_8 +18 T-2. G Ondrej Vencko @Mutti +18 1. C Wayne Gretzky @MubbleFubbles +24 Good luck to all of the players in the "Additions" categories and thank you to all the players just mentioned for your strong contributions to the competitive success of your franchises!

I did lol. Shit happens. Stanton got a point if I remember.

I discuss how amazing @Ricer13 and @McLovin are as GMs for their glorious deadline moves. Timestamps: TBD Shoutouts: TBD