Kylrad

Posted 22 hours ago (edited)
Chicago Phoenix Press Conference 
Answer 6 for 2 TPE; 3 for 1 TPE
 
 
 
1) Who is your favourite VHL blue team member? (Victor, Beaviss, Quik, Beketov)
Victor or Quik, or whoever has the most power at the given moment
 
2) Which VHL Expansion team do you think is the best besides Chicago (London, Warsaw, LA) and why?
LA i guess, cool city and Josh is cool
 
3) Chicago Phoenix is having a SECRET SANTA... Which teammate do you think would give the best christmas gift?
L would get people great gifts
 
4) Do you think VHL should take a few days off over Christmas? What would you do with your sim league holiday time?
Eat a lot of food and sleep and lose all my hockey abilities
 
5) If your VHL player were a professional wrestler, what would they look/act like? Would they be a hero or villain?
a villain, with a cool mask and hood
 
6) Chicago Phoenix is thinking of getting a locker room pet dog, what kind of dog would you like and what should the dog's name be?
idk what kind of dog it would be, would obviously be named ofer though 

1. What’s one good thing about your player’s position?
dont get blamed when the team cant score
2. What’s one bad thing about your player’s position?
forwards get all the glory
3. What do you dislike about the VHL?
nothing that i can think of right now
4. If Geoffrey Dee planned a team road trip, which place would you recommend us to visit?
the fuddruckers in saskatoon
5. Would it be a good idea if I let you guys do the PC sometimes?
nope I have no idea what to ask
6. Which player should get pranked?
L obviously he loves pranks 

D Condor Adrienne @IamMOOSE

1.       If you had to vote, who was the star player for Chicago in S74?
Jean Pierre Camus, I heard he had to make a lot of saves
2.      The biggest trade we made so far was one that brought Jeff Downey to us. What are your thoughts on the trade? Yay or Nay?
yay even if we don't have codrick past to carry him
3.       Who do you think chirps best on the team?
Most would say L but really its R
4.       Who’s your favourite player in the VHL?
L or Rara Rasputin
5.       Was picking 2 defensemen in the first round a wise choice for Chicago?
yes because it was R and L
6.       Did you like how the draft go?
yes because we got R and L

Thank you to all my former teammates, and my GM @hedgehog337 as well! I tried to fit most of the people who I spent significant time with in Riga, but with only 8 spots (to keep everything on beat) it was tough to decide who to put there.
 
People in the video: 
@Cxsquared @Tate @Renomitsu  @Greg_Di @Phil @Kylrad @Nykonax  @ZP16
 
Also used a quick clip of @dasboot from the first One and a Half Aussies podcast (check it out, it's been great so far)
 
 
Now, on to Calgary! LET'S GO WRANGLERS!!!

Not much intros out there. Just little disclaimer before I'm naming my ''dream'' top 6. All of them but one are basically former Riga players who managed to pop out of the nowhere with the surprisingly good performance while having a low number of TPE. You know, I'm still having fond memories of Krīgars and his out of nowhere HoF performance. There's no doubt I started to like these kind of players and I was always watching them tearing opponents down although they weren't really supposed to do logically. All of them played during my tenure (so from mid S53). 
 
 
F - Codrick Past @Kylrad
 
And I'll start with the most recent player who just retired last season with his career best 88 points. With 460 TPA. Back then it wasn't a low number, but nowadays not having much TPE in competing team most likely gonna give you mid tier numbers at best. Not in Codrick's case for sure. He changed his position to forward once getting traded to Riga, but having 70 skating didn't do him much favors. After a mere 39 point season he followed by another one with the same number. However, he started to show a potential with taking more chances and also updating the skating skill. It resulted in a jump in points production to 68 and then he dropped 20 more in his farewell season despite losing more than 100 TPE in regression. I was a big fan of his playing style - a guy who is gonna shoot the puck every time he finds a chance, even in tough situations. And he for sure delivered in his last season so he finds himself on my list. 
 
F - Ryuu Crimson @SlapshotDragon
 
Now, he wasn't a superstar forward, but dropping 89 points in S65 while still being behind Cast and Edwin was a big deal. However, the reason I put him here is his S63 playoffs showdown. He started it pretty slowly and then a hat trick against Quebec happened. After that, he was just unstoppable. At the end of the playoffs he was the only plus player in Riga and most importantly, he is still the only player in history who won the Kanou trophy in his rookie season. And that's while having EdwinCast in a team plus more big and experienced players. That was a definition of ''out of nowhere'' performance and for that he also will find himself on my list. 
 
F - John Locke @Will
 
There could be a debate that I should've put Krīgars here instead, but at least I updated him. Locke in other case was staying at 440 TPE for a long time cause Draper was basically inactive by that time. So that makes his S57-58 performance even more impressive. There could be another debate about ''out of nowhere'' situation. Before being traded to Riga, Locke was already showing that he is a big thing in Quebec. But I'm not sure everyone expected him to score 131 goals in span of two seasons. That was the case when 40/90 build brought him to the elite level and eventually to hall of fame as well. A combination of his steady low TPE number and his two blow out the water seasons in Riga I'm putting him in this list as well. But hey, I'll also put Krīgars as the honorable mention because why not. 
 
 
D - Alexander Thrower @gregreg
 
Can't even copy paste quotes on this stupid PC, but: 
 
''THROWER??? Inactive Greg is best Greg ever. Gawd lord'' - in courtesy of @Higgins. This was indeed a strange one and player itself was constantly doing out of nowhere things. I believe he never had more than 300 TPE yet he won two indivdual awards, one of them (Beketov) came during his time in Riga. He managed to finish his career with over 1 PPG as well despite puting only 27 points in his last season. He benefited a lot from Locke and Krīgars showdown, but all we are going to remember are stats (91 and 107 points with 95 of them being assists). And his numbers were really on point. He was traded to Riga in right time and he was put in right place in our lineup and for that he ends up on my list.
 
D - Dragon McDragon @JardyB10
 
Speaking about unexpected results, how about Jardy's last player who never had more than early 200's TPE. Like Thrower he was in right place and right time. This time, it was EdwinCast duo that boosted stats in S62 for other as well, incuding McDragon. That 100 point season (90 of them were assists, close to Beketov award) was his peak and he never put up anything similar performance to this. But hey, he also won a championship a season later. But since we're covering up low TPE guys with mind blowing stats, the S62 stats line is the one that will put Dragon into this list. 
 
I'd also put Guntis Petenis here for his S54 play which was pretty unexplainable, but he had 500+ TPE by that time so these two above made the cut before my own guy. 
 
 
G - ...uhmm nobody? eh. Kallis Kriketers (yeah that's me)
 
There was no goalie during my tenure that was performing above their TPE level. Kopralkov...well I didn't remember much, but I think he hadn't blow out of the mind stat number. Markus King performed like he should've been. Aamo sucked most of times. Davison and Eagles were/are solid like they supposed to be. So the reason I put Kallis to this list, making him an exception of that low TPE cut is his S69 performance. Even before that he had a lots of awards and he was considered as one of the best goalies in 60's. However, most of times he was somewhat underwhelming. Before S69 came. Now, it was also a defense first lineup that helped boosting his stats, but he also wasn't choking...before last two games in finals. Anyways, the .931 save percentage, 1.66 GAA and 11 SO was a big deal in the era when nobody (or almost nobody) could came even close to .930 zone. So after 6 seasons of just ok stats this one was a breath of fresh air. And somewhat unexpected. 
 
 
So this is my dream first line and goalie roster. And I somehow managed to get 1000 words on it. Wow lol. 
 
that's it and I'm out. 
 
5/10 - 11/10
12/10 - 18/10

Kyle Andersen has announced their retirement.

I don't think i've ever had two active players playing at once in the VHL, probably because i usually go inactive at the end of the current players career or just recreate later once they're already retired. In this case however i actually did recreate in time at the trade deadline and both my players were active and in the playoffs for a bit. My new player R signed with the Reapers and even though we got swept it was nice to get in a few games and being on the team for as short as it was, was fun, plus i got a goal. For my older player Codrick Past, he's still in the playoffs after beating Moscow in 5 despite the likes of Kyl Oferson trying to hold him back, hopefully I can win my 3rd cup with him basically making me the best player in VHL history since Podrick Cast. 

I don't think i've ever had two active players playing at once in the VHL, probably because i usually go inactive at the end of the current players career or just recreate later once they're already retired. In this case however i actually did recreate in time at the trade deadline and both my players were active and in the playoffs for a bit. My new player R signed with the Reapers and even though we got swept it was nice to get in a few games and being on the team for as short as it was, was fun, plus i got a goal. For my older player Codrick Past, he's still in the playoffs after beating Moscow in 5 despite the likes of Kyl Oferson trying to hold him back, hopefully I can win my 3rd cup with him basically making me the best player in VHL history since Podrick Cast. 

I haven't done one of these articles in so long, I can't even remember the last time I did one on my previous player, I wonder how long i'll last doing them now on this player, but gotta bump up those tpe numbers before inevitably busting. Speaking of busting I was pretty happy with Codrick Past's overall career, started off winning a VHLM cup and VHLM playoff mvp, then had a season in Davos and some decent ones in Vancouver along with a cup, and then some more decent seasons along with a breakout season into a Riga cup. Now i'm currently having my best season ever in my last season with Codrick Past and hopefully I can end with another cup. I've had a lot of success team wise with most of my VHL players but I think Codrick Past might've been one of my best individually but I don't really remember all the stats of my former players, it was also the highest tpe player I think out of all of them.

Thoughts on some recent retirements until I hit a respectable word count.
 
Codrick Past @Kylrad – Named after one of the finest players to ever grace the VHL with a success:TPE ratio suitable for picking such a blessed name.
 
Acyd Burn @Acydburn – One of a generation of unlucky players finally having the career season he deserves. Wish I could have rescued his career in Moscow – maybe next time.
 
Jet Jaguar @gorlab – God among men. The VHL was never worthy of his presence and his departure puts us back down to the level of lesser sim leagues.
 
Jerry Garcia @GustavMattias – See Acyd Burn above. Except the Moscow bit. Fuck this guy.
 
Virgil Ligriv @MMFLEX – Carved out a career in the new backup-becomes-starter niche developing in the ever-expanding VHL. Respect the hustle.
 
Ben Hafkey @McLovin – One of the two steals of S66 alongside the legendary Dean Clarke. Lowkey but solid, accurate reflection of the lowkey but solid Helsinki team he's best known for.
 
Mikko Aaltonen @GRZ – Impressively consistent, D.C.'s version of Dan Baillie. Also reminds me of Dan Wilinsky, genuinely not far from cracking the HOF ballot.
 
Charlie Paddywagon @DMaximus – None of your assholes commented on his retirement thread? Unbelievable. Underrated all the way to the end. Calgary definitely misses his steady presence this season.
 
Charles Drumm @frescoelmo – Exceptionally beautiful specimen. Deserved so much more.