Pifferfish

@AJWgreat post man, loved reading it. Only thing I would try to modify for the future is those tables at the bottom, if you could make them embedded spreadsheets instead it would be ideal. Currently they are unreadable on mobile which idk how many people use mobile but personally I do. Idk it's a little thing but a thing of note. Love love loved it

DK71 Rookie Card acquired.

dude @DustyMclarenthis is incredible man.... you got like 3 weeks of claimable graphic on lock!!! thats whats up dawg!!!

i believe it... Montreal was too good for too long, now nobody is in on French Canada

The RRs are sweet! Love the Saved by the Bells 90s TV looking front too. Great work buddy

@twists @Lemorse7 @Pifferfish Red Panda Gang???

the factors i use for grading by the way are: pick quality performance compared to expectation next year outlook trade quality if anyone wants clarity on what each of those means to me you can feel free to ask.

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Howdy VHL, its Pifferfish back with another installment of me ripping apart the boneheaded draft moves of my fellow M GMs (just kidding, I love y'all). This time around I'm going to be going in reverse order of the current standings at time of writing. Let get to it! Ottawa Lynx - (19. D Celise Pereira, 39. *G Michael Perk Lund, 40. F Davis McLirath, 43. F Harry Callahan, 48. *F Danill Henriksson, 49. F Lucky Mitts, 69. *F Alex Carlson.) Ottawa was admittedly hurt by a lack of picks early in this draft with their first selection 19th. This is however not much of an excuse considering they had a 1st round pick but traded it for 2nd and a defenseman who went IA immediately. That 2nd rounder they then flipped for 3 late picks. Overall the trade shook out like so: Ottawa got McLirath, Callahan, an IA Dman, and an extra 5th for the 9th overall pick. I think at the time I would have said these trade were completely an L for Ottawa but they could end up with 3 total contributors for their team next season. The Lynx still did manage to nab up a solid Defenseman at 19th. Celise has shown a willingness to earn more than Welfare and will be a likely member of the Lynx next season. He is at nearly a point per game pace with a solid defensive build going. The -12 is also pretty promising considering this is a team in dead last. The next set of picks for the Lynx came at 39 and 40. Lund has been off to a rough start despite being a pretty high TPE goalie this season, none of that will matter though because tonight he is officially going IA which only means more trouble for Ottawa down the stretch. McLirath was on Ottawa as a waiver player and seems to be a consistent clicker. Currently is one of those very unfocused builds which can slightly reduce a player's value but overall not a bad player here. Callahan is a pretty exciting prospect so far. The build isn't perfect but we shouldn't expect that in the M from our first gens. The part of Harry that is nice to see is the Welfare Plus earning style. At 48, Henriksson was selected and this was quite surprising considering the couple still available earner on the board. Maybe @Grape had some interview that gave him hope Danill would earn but alas, this player went IA. At 49, we got the steal of the draft maybe with Mitts. This is a player one the welfare plus train as of late and with a decent build. Alex Carlson sadly (or not, depending who we ask) succumbed to that Achilles injury (:/) and would not return to action after his selection at 69 (nice one Grape). Trades: S88 OTT 1st (9) for S88 MEX 4th (40), S88 LVA 5th (43), S89 LVA 5th, and *D Xiaoping Benguin Dinghao Aland. Projection: 3 IA, 4 Returning, 0 Graduating Team Performance: 10th; 10-24-2 GRADE: C- - Saskatoon Wild - (1. **F Rip Wheeler, 5. D Tord Yvel, 11. F Montgomery Burns, 14. D Ben Laas, 21. F Otis Boudreaux Jr, 25. G Joseph Reed, 34. F Scuff McGruff, 41. *F Volt Sparks, 45. *F Thijs Mooij, 51. *F Michael Bell, 61. *D Perry Winkle) The Wild entered this draft with a war chest of picks and at the time I thought we could be looking at the next S86 Marlins type season. Sadly for the fans things have quite shaken out as planned. First overall pick, Rip Wheeler, ended up jumping the M to the VHLE leaving Saskatoon empty handed from their top draft selection. The next 4 picks for the Wild were splendid though. All of them are for the most part max earner week to week. The main concern is this is a team low in the standings and a lot of these guys are at risk of moving up as early as next season. Be on the lookout for some of these guys to move at the deadline. Yvel, Burns, and Boudreaux have all also managed an impressive combined -2 despite this roster's woes. Reed in goal hasn't been a total disaster but should he continue to earn we Saskatoon is set in net next year. McGruff was a waiver play for SSK last season so a face the fans loved to see return despite the results thus far. The final four picks for the Wild all currently are or are a day away from being IA. Trades: None Projection: 1 VHLE, 4 IA, 2.5 Returning, 3.5 Graduating Performance: 9th; 13-19-4 GRADE: F Thanks for reading. I will hopefully see you all back for part 2.

@nurxalso, based on what I know about you, it was likely an honest mistake, I also know based on our chats that you have been out of town and generally away for the past week. The timing of signing Bobo just made it look suspect as it seemed like you dropped an active to make room for your AGM's player. But yeah, we are all humans, mistakes happen, good luck because Blake is getting a shot at Miami twice in these coming games and for the storyline I think it's too good hahaha, gotta let him get a crack at the team that "dropped him for Jose Avacado" (even though that isn't really what happened)

I think the player you were confusing with Jeffery was Julien Tessier, he is IA.

Lightning fan so living it up rn. we welcome you to the fan base with open arms friend

W commishes

Note: Rights to player David Rashford also acquired by the Reapers.

@vincentlg2007congrats!! Need a new gif with the hounds uni to post in the VHLM Game posts lol!

Reapers PC Questions: 1. The team is on quite the slide down the standings after being top of their conference just a few short Sims ago. What needs to change in general to end this? 2. What can you personally be doing to turn the tides? 3. Who should represent the Reapers at the VHLM All-Star Game? 4. What team in the VHLM do you see as the Reapers biggest rivals based on the action so far this year or given past history? 5. Who you pulling for in the NHL playoffs? 6. What team do you want to see landing Connor Bedard by winning the draft lottery?

D - Siyan Yasilievich @UnknownMinion

G - Lachlan Summers

@UnknownMinionI believe you can now go and Eno can make their pick whenever

@Spartakiller2I believe you can now freely pick since it's been 14 hours.

F Ronan Lavelle F Sirdsvaldis Miglaskems @UnknownMinion

I'm interested to see what the most common selections are for sure. I think Minion will be the single most selected player but other than that I have no clue.

@Spartan holy fuck this was hard. Like an even 45 would have been nice lol.

I'm no expert because realistically it 90% comes down to overall team performance and usage on how well any individual guy does. Put a player on the right lines with a good enough team and he will produce. I have no way to predict accurately what players get the ice time though.

Prooly like Phil Stasmore from Calgary, Cadmael Ixazlouh from Toronto for a super duper darkhorse (better pick for the Super Coach format), but all in all of you focus on anyone I named in this podcast as being good and just cross the names off as they go then there should be enough to get you a solid finish.