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As someone who finds building skaters and tweaking builds very fun, being a goalie is mad boring... Just for making it more enjoyable hybrid attributes pls

@LucyXpher so when is the number going to the rafters

i have a solution, add microtransactions to the vhl... use those to fund YT ads, done... dont ask me what these microtransactions earn you, idfk, im not the make the idea good guy... im the come up with an outline guy.

@LucyXpher

Well since Grape thinks Bana overpaid, I'm gonna have to say I know with certainty it's a perfect deal from Bana, good job Seattle!

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Understandable. As are the rest of us.. RIP

And like I said, I'm more so trying to view it from the lens of it's presented as an issue being there, and the stated issue was parity but I'm just assuming that was a misspeak by Bek bc it didn't make sense. I think the cap going down will be fine and not matter much... But like it doesn't necessarily solve and problems, if the goal is solving problems then I don't see it doing that.

@Spartan quote from the last line of the announcement "The goal of these tweaks is to spread out players a bit to get the league parity more evened out." End quote.

Ohhh lol, what's the record for trades in an offseason, he has to be close to it

How close to the record?

Not that a personally really give a shit but I do agree with @dstevensonjr, league parity argument is whack. Go back 10 seasons and look at how many teams have shuffled in and out of the playoffs right. Then you have the seeding of the finalists which is really telling. You have a league were 5 and 4 seeds make the finals somewhat frequently, and 3 do it a ton too. It's very cool. So I think this is purely an issue of labeling, we don't have a parity problem. we have a competition issue. Last season, the only reason we couldn't predict the 10 playoff teams easily is because out of 6 rebuilders, 4 shared a conference. This season it appears we are back to a 3 and 3 look. Which means we all pretty much know what 5 teams will be somewhere in the playoffs. If you want making the playoffs to feel more like a fight, make 5th seeds not a thing. No more WC! you may say, oh well that would just lead to more sellers and a 4 rebuilders per conference, with what cap room though, every playoff contender besides probably London has their sphincter to the cap and 2 teams are currently in kind of in a cap negative situation looking for solutions.

Time to join Riga so my updates go through faster JK congrats @v.2

If needed I will apply for this role, but considering my recent addition to Prague as AGM, if there is another suitable candidate I do recommend going with them. I do understand the need for a quick hire, so consider me in to fill that role to speed along this offseason!

If you are the most suitable candidate!

Nah, just when a certain regional group fills their lineup, their leftover players get sent as mercenaries to the teams without enough active players to fill out a lineup.

I feel offended a little bit. This looks offensive but like... I don't think it actually is.

If we get eliminated in Round 1, I'm posting an adoption thread and will drive my cat to the best candidate to adopt it and posting the whole road trip on YouTube...

Prague Phantoms PC! March 2nd 1. Draft is fast approaching and we are picking 7th, anyone you'd particularly be interested in us drafting? 2. Have you been paying attention to the forum content and drama around the trades of some of the other teams? 3. How close to the start of the season will your player get back in gym and start training? 4. Does your player have a home outside of Prague for the offseason, or do they slum it in Czechia year round? If they have accomodations elsewhere during the offseason, where? 5. What is your player's go to cheat day meal? 6. Where do you think you'll be at in TPE by the end of S98?

Oh I know, it would just be tragic if after like month I get it and it's Malmo, ya know? That would be play in traffic type of territory

Also, not sure how things are going on my request, but I would like it to be a Helsinki graphic.

Hello, my fellow maple syrup drinking, monopoly money spending, bardownski going, brewski chugging, milk-in-a-bag having, sorry saying, and 4-Nations winning Canadians!!!! How are we doing out there tonight!?!?!?!?! Now before I begin this announcement, some haters are referring to this iteration of team Canada in the WJC as the "Halifax 51st," and I personally will not stand for this kind of American propaganda surrounding my team! We lost in the gold medal game of the S96 tournament, and it's been a few seasons since our boys and girls got bestowed gold for our efforts. I personally think it's time to reclaim our sport and our national pride! I proudly, and patriotically, present to you, my fellow Canadians, the S97 Halifax 51st Team Canada Rosters!!! Starting off at the faceoff dot, making his second appearance for team Canada, hoping to have a big time bounce back from a 0-point performance in last season's tournament after his decent S95 run with Asia as a merc, its center Jackson Jeannot @Lucas anton of the Philadelphia Reapers!!! On his left wing, representing his home and native land for the second time in the WJC and the Halifax 21st, it's the only Canadian with an ounce of it in his heart, Hater Tottingham @Trunkxolotl!!! On the opposite wing, in his WJC debut, hoping to utilize that VHLM chemistry with Jeannot from the Philadelphia Reapers, it's the big old Jacob Seed @oilmandan!!! Centering this squad's second unit, after two seasons of being a mercenary for the Asian team in this tournament, returning home with gold medal winning experience, and representing Canada's own Mississauga Hounds, its Jay Sikes @JaySmacksss!!! Heading back to the right side, it's a skater represented by one of the most winning agencies this league has ever seen at any level, having represented the only VHL quintuple gold winner of all time. Hoping to once again have their client have the title of WJC gold medalist after an unsuccessful merc attempt with Team World in S96. He did just secure the Founders Cup less than a month ago with the Las Vegas Aces, it's the @Tyler agency and their new star client Raoul Cyr!!! On the left side of the faceoff circle, it's a mysterious figure from the San Diego Marlins, represented by the same agency that oversaw the rise of Hall of Famer Erik Killinger. They hope to repeat that level of success and a WJC gold medal in their debut tournament is a great first step. It's Zak Trokker and the @Peace Sports Agency!!! Some theorized after a bout of absence following the S97 regular season this former gold medalist would skip the WJC after a mercenary stint in Asia a season ago, but after some calls back and forth between myself and this amazing young faceoff taker, we got them to agree to represent their home nation and bring that medal winning pedigree back over the border from his cozy stay in South Beach with the Marauders! Its Sidney Sheppard @GoodLeftUndone!!! Break out the eyecharts, hearing aids, and walkers because our next player is coming to you straight from the Greatest Generation and his vacation home in Mexico City. Some say his dementia is so bad he actually thing these VHLM and WJC games are just his local beer league matches. Even if he doesn't know his own daughter's name or where he is - heck, he doesn't even know his own legal government name - he is an absolute menace to deal with on the ice, and he has been given the moniker of Old Man on Skates @Jason 2.0!!! The final forward to make the cut for team Canada after some tough deliberation is a player struggled in their last appearance for this great nation, but I believe in a major turnaround from. Representing another proud Canadian franchise in the Ottawa Lynx, it's the one and only Kyle Evans @Kyle Evans!!! Moving to the defensive side of things, it's a lover of shopping carts and kitties and all-around tomfoolery, it's a Canadian national treasure and two-time WJC tournament participant. Now representing the Los Angeles Stars AND the Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.... ITS BUBBLES LaFLEUR @AJW!!! Right beside this legend is a much lesser known but still equally as much a tough as nails Canadian. Some would describe the skill set of this defender as raw, but I see loads of potential to impress in this tournament next to our nation's best. Introducing, representing the Ottawa Lynx and making his WJC debut... Vincent Martinez @bigdolla!!! Now, sadly, Canada has neglected teaching the youth about how to play defense.... All the young Canadians want to be like 4-Nations hero, Jordan WInnington or Connor McJesus or Le Big Mac Nathan MacKinnon. We must outsource... *boos ring out from the crowd, trash thrown at the announcement stage* Alas, we found some true Canadians of the mind, body, and soul. First up, it's a player whose agency has in the past on many occasions skated with the intention of seeing the proud #BoatGang Halifax 21st lift the Founders Cup for the first time and has yet to find success in this endeavor. This player is shockingly making their WJC debut and coming off a Founders Cup win of their own with the Las Vegas Aces, from the Juan Ceson Agency, its Manuel Ceson @dylanjj37!!! Next to him, hailing from across the pond, a great ally of the Canadian people and home of our wonderful monarch (Long Live the King!), it's a player hailing from the shores of the United Kingdom! We find ourselves with another player who is making their WJC debut and will be flying from Mexico City after spending the last four seasons with the Kings (how fitting), it's Carl Erhardt @Elite Steel!!! Now in goal we had three really good options to choose from, but at the end of the day the two we chose are on their final seasons of WJC eligibility and each gives us the best chance to win night in and night out. First up, also representing the Los Angeles Stars after a run in San Diego, hailing from Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, probably taking a break from some hairbrained scheme and otherwise less than legal activities, its Canadian national treasure and scumbag, RICKY LaFLEUR @DarkSpyro !!! And lasst but certainly not least, coming off a gold medal win against his home nation, hoping to use that experience to bring hockey glory back to the Great White North, now representing the Helsinki Titans of the VHL... its Draw Mac @okochastar!!! That concludes this roster announcement, will all the gifs mess this up? I don't know yet. Do I think they are awesome? 100,000% yes I do. Is Canada winning gold in S97? Bet your maple-syrup-soaked asses we are! O CANADA!!!!!!!

And to add to this, historically speaking, not sure why but 3rd seeded team tend to do really good in the postseason over like the last 10 seasons. I forget the exact amount of finals appearances they made but I was pretty shocked by the frequency of it. Helsinki to me has taken the shape of last year's Riga team that made the finals but just a tier down other than in net (now) where it's probably even.

It must be nice to have an opinion shared by nobody else and call me pointing that out "defending Helsinki" as a way of deflecting from the fact that your take is trash. I wish I could live in your delusion Grape. Helsinki made some ass trades, and his 3 best ones in this offseason, were all with Malmo. @McLovin is trying to change the direction of his team and it's commendable and I think it's low of you, a guy with no stake in the VHL on account of the fact you can't get hired as a GM there, to talk shit on his moves. Also looking at the trophy cases, he has... 2 VHLM GMOTYs to your... Oh jeez, let me pull out the calculator.... oh yeah zero. Quiet down and enjoy the ride with the rest of us if you want, but let's not ruin others experience with this trivial mud throwing that you've made a habit of engaging in. Your parents either are, or should be, disappointed.

Grape please put your plug's number in my DMs bc we need what you are smoking. Helsinki in a year for contention and with another Goalie in there system to grow turned Trunov who is 3 seasons away from where Løvstrøm is now into him and an extra pick and cleared a ton of cap off their team.