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I am a busy, grown-ass adult. I can't remember whether or not I bought a thing in any given season, or if it was the season before. Having a purchase history list would be convenient and save the store mods some time as well.

1 - exceeded expectations 2 - I would say yes, were it not for the word "everything" at the end. Sakamoto going pointless in the final 2 games really sucked, considering his final rankings 3 - It's not ideal, though I don't know the song 4 - I certainly hope so 5 - Again, I certainly hope so 6 - Such is life in professional sports

Get out of my Burger Hole

I like the letter W

Simon is playing a dangerous game...

The hell kind of sim is this?

Waiting on agent stuff still. Shit is depressing. It's so hurry-up-and-wait. On the flip side, I have a short that's over 10k views, my first video that has come even close. Next highest is just under 2k. The short, if you're not subbed to my channel yet for some ridiculous reason: https://youtube.com/shorts/xwz_xa6ozqQ?feature=share

2 games with no assists? What the hell...

Vote for me plz. I've been through a lot.

All right all right! Keep it going!

More wins, more points

Wow!

1 - yeah man. LR chat is solid. 2 -offense wins titles in this league, and they're both offensive 3 - doesn't matter. It will happen organically at some point, but it's a thing that fluctuates, you know? 4 - if he needs to, absolutely. But Bubbles has been as advertised 5 - what does the team get out of it? Is it a distraction? 6 - no comment

Been trying to prove a point with Sakamoto. Chemistry and strategy is more important than "the meta".

I truly don’t know how many more of these articles will be written about the career of defenseman Ryuji Sakamoto. The well-traveled blueliner, a true journeyman by every definition of the word, can’t have more than one more season left in the tank. While he still exudes the same youthful exuberance I noticed when he was a hot-headed 17 year old, I can see the tightness in his eyes now, hear the groans as he gets up off of his couch to make his way to bed. The wear and tear of a professional athlete, and one in a game as physical as ice hockey, takes its toll eventually. For Sakamoto, the signs are all there. Fatalism aside, however, he’s having a career year with the D.C. Dragons, currently ranked number 1 in defensive scoring, in the top 5 for league scoring, and in the top 10 for blocked shots. It took him a long time to get to this point, but his two-way prowess is finally paying dividends. The unfortunate thing is that it’s happening so late in his career. His 63 assists paces the league, with a 6 helper cushion on the league’s leading scorer, Todd Cooke. Sakamoto has 73 points in 53 games played, with a 3 point cushion in defensive scoring on second-place Brian Payne of the Vancouver Wolves, and a 7 point lead on HC Davos’s Skor McFleury. Payne has already announced his retirement, having been one of the most consistent defensemen of the decade, notching five straight 80+ point seasons across his time with the Warsaw Predators and the Wolves, and is well on his way to a sixth, with 70 points in 53 games. For Sakamoto, he passed his career best point total some time ago. It was a full 4 seasons ago that he notched 58 points in 72 games with the Seattle Bears. This season with the Dragons, Sakamoto has 10 goals, just one shy of the mark he reached with the Bears that season. He’s also at a career best +22 mark this season, and it looks like he’ll be setting a new career high in penalty minutes as well (131 currently, career high 151 last season with Warsaw). There’s even a chance that he passes his career high in blocked shots, also set last season in Warsaw (178 – good for just under 2.5 per game); he currently has 146 with 19 games to go (average 2.75 per game). So where does this leave us? Truth be told, and I know I have a bit of a bias here, but I think Sakamoto could very well be the leading contender for the Sterling Labatte Trophy for the VHL’s top defenseman. The fact that I’m even typing these words is staggering to me. Along with the Labatte, he’s had a stranglehold on the top of the Assists column since day 1 and could very well bring home an Alexander Beketov Trophy for his efforts in that category. Ultimately, though, I know the prize that Sakamoto truly wants is a Continental Cup. Long viewed as a bit of a black sheep, a laughingstock in the league, I guarantee you nothing in the league would bring him more joy, more catharsis, than winning the Big One at the end of the season. Could this be Sakamoto's future?

A+. Surprised there was no mention of him occasionally eating sandwiches during physical activity *clears throat*

That was Ghost, was it not? Zergling was a sick sniper, and Archon was the power forward, so I'm pretty sure Ghost was the 'tender. Either way, best of luck with Georgie Boy! Get that weight training in!

Somehow, I knew Mongoose would also be on the Ukrainian VHLer bandwagon. Mine is coming after Ryuji hangs 'em up.

Points!

Damn, London really has our number

Look, I know I have brought this topic up a number of times in the past, so you'll have to forgive the repetition, because I'm going to do it again. As soon as I see the word "FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY" as it pertains to the VHL, I can't help but think of my second player in this league, winger Christoph Klose. Klose was unfortunately the victim of bad circumstances. Perpetually the runner up for the league's award for top defensive forward, the Scott Boulet Award, Klose was a top-line staple across four franchises. The problem was Lord Karnage was always just a step ahead, winning four consecutive Boulets. He was also a key figure in his teams reaching the Cup finals in five of six seasons with three different teams, a feat that I don't believe has been done by any other player. The one blip on that radar was a Conference Finals exit in S42 with New York, aka a very near miss. With the New York Americans, he won a league title in S41, and the aforementioned Conference loss. Then came the Cologne Express years, where Klose was part of a dominant trio alongside Bismark Koenig and the legendary Thomas O'Malley. Unfortunately for the Express, they would lose in Game 7 of the Cup Finals against the Seattle Bears, and then Game 6 of the Finals against the Calgary Wranglers the following season. After two wildly successful individual seasons, he joined the Helsinki Titans, along with linemate Koenig. Klose would go on to notch the Cup-winning goal for the Helsinki Titans in the S45 playoffs, tying the bow on a comeback effort that saw the Titans fight back from a 3-1 series deficit against the Calgary Wranglers.Re-signing for an additional season, the Titans would go on to win the S46 Cup as well. Klose was a player who made every team he was on better. A three time Cup winner, he was a hairsbreadth away from an even more remarkable achievement - five Cups in six seasons with three different teams. He was a shutdown force, and well over a point-per-game player while doing so. He has 5 consecutive 300+ hit seasons, notched 237 goals and 559 total points in 504 games. As I've argued before, the biggest knock on Klose is that he wasn't Lord Karnage, which honestly shouldn't play a role in terms of Hall of Fame recognition, but it did. While it pains me to admit, in terms of individual accolades, Karnage was the superior player, but the idea of only the best player who excels at a particular can go into the Hall of Fame is silly. We obviously have a smaller player base than the NHL, but imagine that for the entire time that Wayne Gretzky played, no other playmaking center could be considered for the Hall of Fame because Gretzky was clearly the best. If Lord Karnage had come along a few years earlier or later, Klose would likely have had multiple Boulets to go with those accomplishments. My best guess is the lack of those Boulets is what kept him from the Hall of Fame.

Damn. Those are some battles with London.

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