Megster

I don't think 'ahead' is the direction you're thinking of.

Like the post and you will get a sig from me. Gatta make a stash before school starts again so like awaaaay

That wasn't short.

or do nothing and not let him dictate what we do and don't say, don't give him the power to actually change things in the league and that would be a change he would be more than satisfied with

The least gay GM....we'll win!

Real life? How dare you!

holy fucking devise post.

Don't wear a Cowboys jersey

American’s Mid-Season Grades 
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With just over half the season gone, the Americans can look back and say that so far they are progressing more or less on schedule. In year two of the rebuild, the Americans have gone from cellar dweller to back into playoff contention, giving fans plenty of things to cheer for this season. In 38 games this season the Americans have 22 wins and are currently in the playoff hunt, two points ahead of the Seattle Bears. Acquiring Odin Tordahl has been a key component as he spearheads the playoff drive while providing leadership for the young group. At VHL Hockey, we did some mid-season grades on the individual players and their key stats.
 

Odin Tordahl – FW 
24G 34A +19 297SH
Picking up where he left off last year, Tordahl has been playing well for the Americans as he looks to break the 100 point barrier again. The two way stud has been in good form, playing alongside rookie Tom Slaughter and sophomore Xin Xie Xiao. His hits are lower this year but that is the direct result of that line having such great puck possession. His 24 goals and 58 points lead the team and he has looked arguably like the team mvp since the season has started. 
Grade: A
 

 
Conner Low – D
15G 39A +14 165H
No signs of a sophomore slump here for the smooth skating Conner Low as he continues where he left off last year when he took the league by storm. Currently tied with Malcom Spud in defensive scoring, Low is looking to repeat his success as he sits in top 10 in both hits and shot blocking. On pace to break the 100 point barrier, Low is well in contention for team MVP as he looks to lead the Americans to a playoff spot. He just needs to keep his emotions in check as he is currently leads the league in penalty minutes as well, racking up 114 mins in the sin bin. The Americans would prefer him to be on the ice rather than in the box.
Grade: A+
 

 
Xin Xie Xiao – FW 
23G 20A +23 6 First Stars
Second in team scoring with 23 goals, XXX is looking like a future top 10 goal scorer. All but 4 of his points have come even strength this season so there is definitely room for him to improve on his point totals, but nevertheless he has proven to be a dangerous player 5 on 5 and highly proficient on the penalty kill. His impact in games cannot be understated as he has come up big at times when the team has needed him the most. He leads the team in first star selections with six. The Americans need him to take more shots as in his two season in the VHL, he has shown to defer more to others when it comes to shooting despite his proficient goal scoring in the minors. 
Grade: B
 

 
Giygas – FW
17G 25A 55.89%FO 15PPP
A free agent signing that has stabilized the second line for the Americans, Giygas has been an integral addition to the Americans this season. Giygas is on pace to shatter his previous season point totals. He is winning key face offs for the team and has been contributing well on the power play. Is still adjusting to his new linemates but that should smooth out in time. 
Grade: B
 
 

 
Tom Slaughter – FW
10G 30A +23 56.52%FO 
The rookie sensation has been making head lines and showing strong two way play in only his first season in the VHL. Already relied upon as the first line center, Slaughter has not looked out of place playing with Tordahl and XXX. Already he takes key faceoffs both in the defensive and offensive zone for the Americans and his 40 points sit tops among rookies and just outside the top 10 for centers in the league. The points will come, as he has mentioned to media previously, as long as he keeps up his strong two way play. Has room to improve in all facets of the game as he climbs towards his superstar label.
Grade: A
 

 
Simon Tremblay – FW
18G 17A 287SH
A year after leading the Americans in goal scoring with 45 goals in 72 games, Tremblay has hit the dreaded sophomore slump. While still productive, Tremblay’s 18 goals in 38 games puts him on pace for 34 goals this season, a mere shadow of his previous season. We expect his shooting percentage to come back up sometime through the year but when a down year consists of “only” 30 goals scored and close to a point per game, that’s still pretty good. Still needs to learn to utilize teammates better and could improve on playing without the puck.
Grade: B
 

 
Tony Stark – D
5G 16A 130PKM
What you see is basically what you get with Tony. He is on pace for another 40 point season which coincides with his typical performance. Still provides quality minutes as a depth player, there isn’t much else one can expect from Stark. Has done fairly in his role and played the second most penalty kill minutes on the team.
Grade: B
 

 
Andrey Zadorov - D
17A +4
The huge mobile defenseman Zadorov has been steady on the back end. He has played solid minutes even strength and on the penalty kill. Has been making good first passes out of the zone but his offensive ability from the minor league has yet to materialize thus far in the VHL. Despite not having much success offensively, Zadorov has still been very reliable if unspectacular on the backend. Lots of room for improvement still.
Grade: B
 

 
Logan Laich - FW
4G 4A 155H
Most didn't think Laich was going to make the team but he had a very good training camp and was ok playing depth minutes. Laich has untapped offensive potential but his skating is way below par. He still possesses all the tools, just needs to put them all together. Considering where he is in his development stage, he has given a very solid effort and plays with heart and energy as shown by his 155 hits which ties Connor Low for team lead. He is maturing very quickly.  
Grade: B-
 

 
Brick Wahl - G
16W 0.915% 4SO
Wahl has done fairly well this season, following up on a good rookie season. He has given the team a chance to win each night and hasn't really had any bad stretches. Still he will need to turn up his game as they go in for the stretch run towards the playoffs. Wahl is improving each and every game, and at his current trajectory, can be counted among the elite goalies in the league very soon.
Grade: B

If this thread brings weather luck, I wouldn't mind it becoming Spring 4 rlz now.  We got a week long teaser before Spring actually happened, but now it's been chillin' around -10 to 0 ever since.  My backyard has 2-3 feet of snow still and I want to use it for a party next week, but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen.  So with that said....
 
HAPPY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE +20 FOR TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT!!(?)

In honour of your overlord's (that's me) birthday, everyone who likes this post gets 1 TPE.
#teepz #lovevictator #tpeinflation
 
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I think I'm falling in love with Kuznetsov here.....dear god that guy can dangle around and just make some great plays to keep the puck in play and put it in dangerous spots. Two goals in this game basically generated by his creativity. 

WHAT THE FUCK DID I JUST READ THROUGH....................................

Linholm Judged “Too Talented” for VHLM, Forced to use Broomstick
Fans of Minot were stunned and disappointed today as the VHLM Commissioners office handed down a ruling today that Linholm will no longer be allowed to carry a hockey stick onto a VHLM playing surface for the rest of the season but will instead be forced to use a broomstick. The ruling comes after a stretch where Linholm collected 9 points, including 4 goals, in his last 3 games causing opposing team to call to the commissioner and complain about his dominance. “Watching the tapes I think we can all agree that letting Linholm use a hockey stick just isn’t fair to the other players,” the VHLM commissioner explained, “for the sake of league parity and the sanity of other teams players we had to make this decision.” Linholm himself didn’t seem too perturbed about the ruling as he was seen snapping pucks off the crossbar with his broomstick at a recent Minor practice. On an unrelated note Minot winger Bruno Wolf was seen attempting to use Linholms sticks at the same practice but found himself unable to lift the puck even with the Swedes magic stick, no wonder that bum is a 3rd liner.
 

Silly Wolf that's now how you stop

Greedy? We don't even have a frickin' Cup win to look back on. I have to look back on great memories knowing how terribly it ends. :/

He was also a two-faced turd that we all hated.

Watching highlights from 2011. Feels good revisiting these memories, but also makes me even sadder about how fast this team has fallen.

Good luck in the VHL this season guys! Hopefully you guys tear shit up this year. Can't wait until I can join the team but until then I'll just be an all-star in the vhlm.

I think it looks cute, I like it

I think Low should be our captain.

Elite Locker Room
 
The Victory Hockey League is a special kind of place where no actual hockey games are played and yet members all feel part of a team. What brings teams together is almost always the locker room. Now folks, I've been on some really good teams and some really bad teams. Some of my favourite memories in the VHL come from some of the other elite locker rooms I was in. The early season Wranglers with Slobo, Boulet, Smarch, Kendrick, Cujo and Janssen was a great time. The team evolved and we added guys like Devon, Bentz and Raw and the locker room remained top notch. It took awhile again before I found another truly fun locker room, but it came in Toronto with the likes of the Knight brothers, Devon, Brooks, Ray Funk, Nagger and Lobo. That was another absolutely amazing locker room. Now in Season 37 I believe I have stumbled upon another elite locker room with my new (old) team, the New York Americans.
 

 
Just who is on this amazing team you ask? Let's start with the elite members here. Terrence Fong, a guy who wins Cups everwhere he goes. Fong has made some of the greatest players in VHL history, all of whom have silly asian names. Now the amazing thing is that Fong and have ever never been on the same team despite both being around since he joined the league back in Season 5 or something. He was always one European teams while I was always on North American teams. I made teams like Calgary, New York and Toronto elite while he made Helsinki, Davos and Riga elite. Fong is a good guy and one of the top members in the VHL. I am pleased to finally share a locker room with him.
 
David Knight is still an elite member in the VHL despite his recent history of relative inactivity. David and I have a long history together in the VHL and on the same team. Most notably, we played on Toronto together, forming one of the best defensive pairings and teams in the history of the league. David was a longtime commish and an excellent member. He too has had a number of Hall of Fame players and is absolutely one of the best guys involved with the league. I am happy to have him as a teammate yet again.
 
My real life friend Smarch has an excellent defenseman in the making having just claimed a number of top awards (winning the Labatte as a rookie). Smarch and I have been on teams a number of times and we have natural chemistry as we've been friends since grade nine. We hosted a podcast together a long time ago and have had lots of success together at varying times in the league. He has a good sense of humour and is an all around good guy. I'm keen on playing on a team with him while he has an elite, Hall of Fame potential player.
 

 
I've never been on a team with Devise before and quite frankly he pisses me off sometimes when I have to read his 300 word posts. He likes to talk obviously and that's not a bad thing. Devise is an elite member in this league and provides a lot to a team. Since I've never been on a team with him I can't comment on how he is in the locker room, but I know he's a hell of a member who makes damn fine players. I look very much forward to having him as a teammate for once.
 
Boom kind of goes without saying. Boom is the best member in the VHL today. The most liked and easily one of the most respected. He's a great guy, a good poster and makes some very good VHL players. I've never been on a team with Boom before either, but this is a real treat for me. I know he posts copious amounts of naked women pictures in locker rooms that I stumble upon always after he leaves teams. Boom being on New York is for sure one of the top reasons why I wanted to come back to this team. He's the best, plain and simple.
 
Advantage is a giant turd so I don't need to say much about him at this point. I was on his New York team when he first became GM. I was pissed after Riga traded me to New York, but I learned that Chris is a top notch General Manager in this league. He is, in my opinion, the best GM in the league and he's a good leader for the team. I am very happy to work with him again and to be honest, I have been giving him my opinion on his moves over the past few seasons.
 
 
Meg is a largely polarizing character in this league. She gets into spats with other members regularly, but I really like her. She a person who means well, but is prone to some extra emotional reactions to things. I have always enjoyed talking with her and having her as a teammate. I want to see her succeed in this league because she has gone through a lot of shit.
 
Tylar is another member I don't really know, but I know he is a good guy and he has made some very good players in the league. I look forward to learning some more about this guy. I was on his team last season and he didn't say much so I hope we can learn more. Randomhero is a new guy in the league and has already showed us why he was worthy of going second overall. He seems like a really good guy with a real drive to learn and succeed. I think he'll go down as one of the best first gens when all is said and done. I look forward to seeing his player become elite.
 
Turner and GIYGAS are two guys who have been quiet in the last few seasons, but they both have history in the league. Damien in particular has made some of the best players in league history. These guys add a lot of extra character into the locker room. I look forward to working with them and getting to know them better too.
 
As you can see, New York has an absolutely dynamite locker room with some of the league's top members. I am really excited to see what this team can do in the next few years as they grow up a bit. The team has a nice mix of vets and youth and I really think they will be a close fourth this season in North America. Like Toronto in Season 29, I expect on of the big teams in North America to stumble a lot more than they anticipated and I think New York will be above average for sure.