.sniffuM

Hello all, I will not be recreating at this time. Big thanks to the many people who played a big part in this being my best VHL run and my favorite run I've had in any sim league. It was really cool to come back right before membership exploded and see where that took the league over the past few years 
 
I'll see yall whenever I actually get around to getting this tattoo

Damien Walec - Class of S79
 
Joined: S12
Jobs Held: VHL Magazine Writer, Grader, VHL GM, VHLM Commissioner, BoG
HoF Players (at time of writing): Tukka Reikkinen (S25)
 
Presently known as @.sniffuM, S79's Builder induction points its finger at a member known by many names across many different leagues. Though some know him as BBD, some as Dennis, and some as Crittenden, the VHL colloquially knows him as Muff, and as great as his sim league accomplishments may be as a whole, what he has been able to bring to the VHL in particular is sufficiently significant to warrant the highest level of individual recognition our league can bestow.
 
First entering the VHL scene shortly after the conclusion of the league's first decade, many muffins were left unbaked in the '10s. It took Muff an unusual amount of time to initially catch on--first drafted by Calgary in the third round as an inactive who remained inactive, he would subsequently recreate as Optimus Prime in S14 and be drafted a round earlier. Just before the midpoint of Prime's career (in his prime, one might say), though, things had dropped off again and Muff was recreating for the S18 draft with Joey Clarence, at first under an alias.
 
At this point, things started to take a turn for the better. Clarence would make Muff, once he was playing as Muff again, a well-known member with a good player--though not quite a Hall-of-Fame player, he would still legitimize Muff's name among the league's active members and keep Muff interested in league goings-on, as it was at this point that he would pick up his first league job as a writer for the VHL Magazine. And since the Magazine was still fairly young at the time, Muff proved central to its continued success, serving as a faithful member of the staff for almost 100 issues. It was during his time as a writer, though, that Muff would make his single greatest player.
 
Tukka Reikkinen was drafted 4th overall to Vasteras in S25, and got off to a solid start team-wise by participating in the team's championship win in S26 (Vasteras' last cup ever). The following season, Reikkinen won the Funk and led the league in goals and points (with 152!)--and Muff became GM of the team, thereby establishing himself as the face of the franchise on multiple levels. Though Muff's run as Vasteras GM would not come with a great amount of critical acclaim, it was around this point that he may have hit his early-career peak, with a Writer job (soon to become a Grader job) and a GM job while managing a player who, per his Hall of Fame article, qualified at the time as "one of the top five forwards ever". Reikkinen was a beast--outside of the championships and the awards, he put up 825 points, with four seasons over 100, and nearly 1,900 hits with a level of physical play not usually seen among elite scorers. 
 
Though the late 20s represented the most noteworthy aspects of Muff's career as a member, that's not to say that he dropped off or became insignificant. One career or one short period of time as a hugely active and influential member of the league will not lead to an induction--and Muff receives this induction as such a member with longevity. With a long-standing run of activity from the distant past to the present, the culmination of Muff's efforts to make the league a better place are just as impressive as anything anyone would find on paper. Today, and for a great length of time, Muff has been someone with a top-tier sense of humor who can always be relied upon to provide support or serious discussion, and has had a significant influence on the league's general atmosphere and dynamics.
 
Most recently at the time of writing, Muff has continued a legacy of building in the portal era with defenseman Marvin Harding, goaltender A Red Guy (who enjoyed a brief run among the league's elite), and role-player Muffbeav, and finally distinguished himself as a GM. 44 seasons after his Vasteras tenure ended, Muff was ushered in as the first-ever GM of the Warsaw Predators as part of the league's largest expansion ever in S73. Within a few seasons, in remarkable contrast to his tenure with Vasteras, Muff had flipped Warsaw around into a powerhouse and a perennial contender. Though he would once again leave the GM world after 6 seasons, this did not come until after he won a championship, his first ever as GM, in S78.
 
At the time of writing, Muff is a member of the BoG, and one who can always be counted on to provide honest, thoughtful responses to whichever issues are presented. Though he is no longer part of the new generation of VHL members, he is now a monument to what a fresh, new member may become, and will be remembered with this induction for VHL eternity as such.

Welcome one and all to the S80 Hall of Fame induction! This season we have a double first ballot induction, a fairly impressive distinction for 2 of the finest players of the past decade.
 
C - Andrew Su, S72-S79
RS: 576 GP, 301 G, 412 A, 713 P, +109, 260 PIM, 396 HIT, 234 SB, 41 GW
PO: 69 GP, 28 G, 43 A, 71 P, +12, 72 PIM, 58 HIT, 25 SB, 0 GW
 
S76 Scotty Campbell Trophy (Most Valuable)
S76 Mike Szatkowski Trophy (Most Points)
S77 Scotty Campbell Trophy (Most Valuable)
S77 Brett Slobodzian Trophy (Most Outstanding)
S77 Mike Szatkowski Trophy (Most Points)
S77 Alexander Beketov Trophy (Most Assists)
3x All-VHL First Team (S75, S76, S77)
One Continental Cup (S74)
 
First up, it's the man who jokingly tanked his own draft stock and fell to the 2nd round in S72, only to rise as the best forward of a generation. Su kept flying under the radar for the first part of his career but by his 3rd season was a key cog of a young Vancouver Wolves team that surprised the league by winning the Continental Cup in S74. As the team's veterans retired, Su became the focal point of the Wolves attack and rose to the occasion, posting 4 straight 100+ point seasons. After an era of the lowest scoring the league has ever seen, Su's rise was a throwback to a different time, with his pinnacle being two straight 120-point seasons in S76 and S77, in which he also filled out his trophy case with the VHL's most prestigious awards. Su stayed in the west with two 1-season stops in Calgary and Seattle to end his career, coming within 2 wins of a second championship while also breaking the 700-point barrier - the first player to do so since Julian Borwinn's retirement in S70. Congratulations @Da_Berr!
 
 
 
RW/D - Chris Hylands, S73-S79
RS: 504 GP, 233 G, 404 A, 637 P, +51, 628 PIM, 1,205 HIT, 523 SB, 34 GW
As RW-  333 GP, 190 G, 244 A, 434 P, +30, 321 PIM, 772 HIT, 172 SB, 27 GW
As D- 171 GP, 43 G, 160 A, 203 P, +21, 307 HIT, 351 SB, 7 GW
PO: 81 GP, 29 G, 65 A, 94 P, +15, 60 PIM, 177 HIT, 106 SB, 6 GW
As RW- 40 GP, 23 G, 26 A, 49 P, +17, 22 PIM, 90 HIT, 21 SB, 5 GW
As D- 41 GP, 6 G, 39 A, 45 P, -2, 38 PIM, 87 HIT, 85 SB, 1 GW
 
S73 Christian Stolzschweiger Trophy (Top Rookie)
S75 Daisuke Kanou Trophy (Playoff MVP)
S78 Sterling Labatte Trophy (Top Defenceman)
S78 Alexander Valiq Trophy (Top Offensive Defenceman)
1x All-VHL First Team (S78)
1x All-VHL Second Team (S75)
Two Continental Cups (S75, S78)
 
Conner Low, Matt Bailey, Black Velvet - we can now add Chris Hylands to the unique list of Hall of Famers who excelled both on offence and defence. Hylands didn't do a slow start - he was top rookie in S73 and hit 100 points by S75, a season in which he led Malmo to the franchise's first Continental Cup, being crowned playoff MVP (he would later become the Nighthawks' GM and masterminded their second championship in S79). As Malmo entered a rebuild, Hylands' points totals didn't dry - halfway through S76 he was probably his draft class' best Hall of Fame hope, before Su's big breakthrough. Many of us thought he wasted that chance by moving to defence once he was sold to the high-flying Warsaw Predators, but Hylands' talent transferred to the back easily. By S78, he was known as the VHL's best defenceman and a key contributor now to Warsaw's first ever championship. Like Su, a 2nd rounder who broke down barriers and accumulated unique accomplishments - congrats @hylands!
 
 
VOTING RESULTS:
Andrew Su - 11/12
Chris Hylands - 11/12
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Alex Letang - 2/12
Tyson Kohler, Jakab Holik, Alexander Pepper, Roque Davis, Erik Killinger - 0/12

Muffbeav defense

So today is it. 5 hours from now I'll have a wife 

Updates will come, but probably more likely to be tomorrow morning (or today late night)

this took me an embarrassing amount of time

https://anchor.fm/fishy3/episodes/i-recreated-e1950ea
 
i guess its not gonna embed

hey 3ppao contributors, i'm here for a review bc it requires half a brain cell
 
Excellent banter in this episode. You really milked every second of banter topics in this episode, and it really kept listeners engaged. I think the live format works really well for your style of podcasting, and I think it's especially helpful during the tier list creation. It gets confusing when listeners are trying to follow along as you describe things that are generally unfamiliar (i.e., emotes that I've never seen before).
 
My one critique is that I think this is one of your weaker tier lists. It didn't seem to me that you were really feeling this topic like you have with previous themes. Stay in your lane
 
Overall 9/10 best podcast that I listen to

always sunny did it better imo

Pretty much accomplished everything I could have hoped for.
 
A solid career, stuck with max earning until the end, an individual award, and most importantly, a cup. 
 
Shoutout to all the important people along the way, including but not limited to @Ricer13 @bigAL @rory  @dart @.sniffuM @dasboot @osens @flatl99 @Crstats23 @Renomitsu @KaleebtheMighty @Esso2264 (am I doing this rep farm thing right?)
 
Peace out dlamb.

Goodnight sweet prince, what an absolute legend in Warsaw. Thanks to @.sniffuM, @dlamb, @DMaximus , @Ricer13, and so many others who made this player's career special.

Life after VHL.

50 passing 🤮

but discord logos are circles

Bogdan Trunov has accepted a Signing Offer from Warsaw:

S81: $2,500,000

S82: $2,500,000

S83: $2,500,000

I did it

Title was relevant to article. 0/10

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