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Exactly to everything - but for Greyworm.. I'm 99% sure he's dead. If he isn't, that would be really shitty and unrealistic. And yes to @Banackock & @DollarAndADream seems weird that allll that build up is over in one night of fighting. I thought that they'd last the night by killing some of the WW's and the NK being vulnerable just retreating or something. After that - the threat of Cersei seems very underwhelming and kinda pointless.

I think the next episode is going to start flashback to how Arya got from a barricade room to flying outta the air at the NK, or what the heck Bran was doing while warging. We only see the ravens take flight but they just used that as a transition to get in the air with the dragons, Jon and Auntie D. Arya killing the NK with the dagger Bran got was cool and I suppose you could see it coming part way through the episode. As soon as the Hound and Beric connected with Arya, you could kinda tell that Beric was going to die saving her.. but still I felt that everything was leading up to Jon to kill the NK - or a surprise of Gendry. But Arya is a badass and now she and the Hound can go and fuck up Cersei and the Mountain (I predict Arya let's the Hound take the mountain so she can go right for Cersei, as she's top of her list). 3 episodes to wrap up everything - but honestly, after a battle like that, where 98% of everyone died (and only like 10% of main characters), it stands to reason - who really gives a fuck who's on the iron throne? At least you're alive. Cersei's plan of letting everyone go off and save the world seems to have worked. But I guess there's still at least one dragon left. But now, what purpose do a lot of these main characters serve? I was surprised Sam didn't die. He's told Jon the truth, which was he's main function. Mormont's House is now gone. Anyway, the point is - I expected more character deaths haha. Fucking fantastic television though. Wow. I'd love to rewatch that again for the first time.

In all honesty, it was the VHLm Expansion. When I left, the VHL was contacting and there was talk of getting rid of the VHLm all together. So to hear that the VHLm was expansion basically told me that the league was doing very well. So I decided to try my luck once more. I recently got married so now that I've adjusted to this style of living, it seems like as good a time as any to make a comeback! Also, my wife is from Mississauga, so having an expansion team there must be a sign!! Honestly, everyone who is here when I left, I am happy to see. I'm surprised to still see some members around: @Victor @Bushito @Kyle @street @gregreg @diamond_ace but that makes the surprise all the better. Any recognizable name - I'm happy! Just very good to be back. @Kendrick put his heart and soul into the league so it's disappointing to not see him around. @sterling doesn't seem to have a player, so that's sad. I vote him to recreate. @nagger will always be in my heart too. Honestly I haven't poked my head around the boards long enough to see who's not here. I will investigate over the coming weeks. So much has happened! The reintroduction of the portal (our first one was pretty neat - but didn't link at all to the sim), the depth of the league, the amount of teams, the names of teams, these press conferences, the Shield's Cup, England not being a place you can choose to be born (#BlameBrexit), the increase weekly cap for both leagues, Practice Facility being uncapped now, VHL Lottery (was just coming about when I left I believe), and the whole VSN. Those are just some of the changes. I'm sure there is more. Pretty below standard VHLm career I think. I created late, and don't have much to work with. I think I'll be a decent VHL player overall, usually in contention for the Boulet Trophy, but I really doubt I'll win anything, as much as I would like to. Marleau's being built as a two-way forward center. I guess it depends on how many TPE I can amass in his career. If I can average my career with a point-per-game and 2-hits-per-game, then that is my overall goal. Obviously it will! I just hope I can give those at the top some healthy competition. If I was looking for great success with my player I wouldn't comeback when the league was looking as strong as it ever has, I would have stuck around with Bennington when it seems like it was contracting. if I can sneak in a personal trophy here or there - that would be gravy. Realistically I'm looking at a top-10 finish for my draft class when our careers are over. Maybe top 15. Thank you very much for the questions! See you next week!

So..... all that happened.

HOT DAMN

AHHHHHH FIRST ROUNDER!!!!

Destined to play with Marleau!!

35 minutes!!!

Getting super hyped!!!!

Orion gunna Belt

Ego Waffles for breakfast lunch and dinner!!

Good luck tomorrow!!

But I guess these are still good:

Well Laid Out! Thanks Bana! Gratz to all the winners!!!!

Oh sweet! Thank you @InstantRockstar & @Jubo07 !! i will add them both into a sig rotator when I get home (and after the raptors hehe)

Would anyone be willing to make me a Phil Marleau sig? Using Patrick Marleau probably makes sense! ' Thanks in advance

All the best in the VHL!!!

All Answered! (Just so I don't forget for next week : )

Doubles Week Doubles Week 5 Uncapped TPE Free Week (12 Capped TPE) :) Season 66 Player: Phil Marleau Transaction ID: 8B008145ES4098106 Reward:

My goal is to now get picked higher than 12 nice article

Phil Marleau's Biography If Phil Knight knows one thing, it’s how to bring about English talent to the Victory Hockey League. He has already found 6 players (granted only one was a bust but nevertheless) and has found his next target: Phil Marleau. So in this piece we will explore how Marleau came to catch the eyes of this Hall of Fame Builder. On Marleau’s birth certificate, it says he was from the British Virgin Islands. This is of course, 4 of a chain of small islands in the Caribbean, and Marleau’s birthplace says he was from the biggest of the Islands, Tortola, and born in the capital, Road Town. Despite this, he is actually thoroughly British. Yes, he happened to be born there while he parents were taking a last attempt at a final holiday together. They left England when Marleau’s mother was 8 months pregnant and stayed for 3 weeks, instead of the originally planned 2. Unfortunately, Marleau wanted in on the sites of the Caribbean and popped out early to the backdrop of blue waters.* *It should be noted that the only reason he is actually from the British Virgin Islands is because when creating the player – there was no fucking option to pick England!!! This is super strange consider I can still opt to pick Virgin Islands, or Ethiopia, but no matter, it made a nice intro paragraph. Now as we all know, the Victory Hockey League is an international league, and teams fly around the world to play each other. With the work that Phil Knight has done scouting out English talent and exposing them to the VHL, the British eyes have been increasingly fixed on the VHL and so broadcasting the games have been more widely spread. So as romantic as it seems to have been born on a beach in Road Town to you, the idea of playing sports on ice was equally romantic to Phil Marleau. He started training seriously at the age of 7 and managed to convince his dad to take him into London to attend a Phil Rafter shooting clinic that he was doing for charity. Meeting the real Phil Rafter, being one of his personal heroes, was more than enough to convince him that one day, he would want to be successful in the VHL, come back to London and give a shooting clinic beside Rafter. That was his goal. Living in Liverpool (or anywhere in England really) Football dominated the culture, but the local hockey league, the Liverpool Lasers, had enough of a following for Phil to know that if he were to make it to the VHL, it would need to be done through that team. Besides, he read about it in the autobiography of Phil Gerrard. When you have a passion. You never complain about anything. You WANT to learn, you WANT to improve, you are DRIVEN to succeed. Marleau was the first on the ice and in the lockeroom, and you’d have to drag him out. After his house league games, he would go home and shower, and then fly back outside to shoot on the net in the driveway. He would beg his dad to go skating with him at the local rink whenever he could. He would train himself, emulating a shift of VHL hockey – bursting from one end of the rink to the other. Doing his own suicide drills, and when he was allowed, take his stick and puck onto the rink – though it would really depend which staff were working. Tony, who was a massive VHL fan, would let him, saying that he would be better than Phil Shankly if he continues to practice like that. But the old grouch Felonious would never let him, or anyone, bend the rules. It’s not even worth it to give you his house league stats. He scored multiples times each game, skated circles around the other lads, and continually offered his teammates tricks and tips. When he got old enough (16 years of age), he went to the tryouts for the Liverpool Lasers and blew the coaches and scouts minds. His natural skating ability, and the power he got in his strides, was unmatched. His shot power and accuracy was scintillating. He skated onto the first line and was awarded the “A” in is first year. More than just his skill though, he was always friendly with his new teammates and went the extra mile to help them improve. After the second team practice, he worked for over an hour with the top-line centerman, showing him the best ways to win the draw. The lad was so impressed, that the next day, he asked the coaches to make Marleau the centerman for the first line. This is how he wound up being a center. He always had thought himself more of a winger, with his speed, but he figured that giving his team possession of the puck from the start of play was the best way he could influence his team’s offense. Marleau’s first year was more than successful. They won their league with over a 28-point lead in just 50 games. Marleau put up 75 goals and 33 assists and won league MVP. They swept their way to the Championships. This was the year where Phil Knight noticed Marleau. He waited until after the playoffs to approach him and his parents, to ask if he was interested in playing in the VHL. Marleau was only 17 so he needed to wait another full year before being eligible. As Knight remembers: “Marleau’s eyes sparkled when he answered the door. None of my players have ever recognized me. He immediately said ‘You’re Mr. Knight! Rafter described you perfectly! Please come in’. There’s no other way to describe the look in his eyes as fire – the burning flame of passion. I asked him and his parents if he’d potentially want to make a career out of hockey… Marleau practically danced around calling me a straight-up idiot for suggesting anything else was a possibility.” He played one more season for the Lasers. He put up over 120 points, wore the C on his Jersey, was an active part in the coaching process, and won MVP. Knight spent a few hours each week preparing him for what lay ahead – the travelling, the uncertainty, the offers, the rivalries. Marleau’s eyes sparkled teal. Currently, Marleau is sitting at home, awaiting his flight to fly him to the VHLM Dispersal Draft on Sunday. April 28th. Who knows how he will fare in this renowned league, but one thig is for certain – He’s going to do his best to leave a mark.

1) I’ve just returned - so basically questions: What inspired your name 2) Why drives you as a goalie? 3) Any Pregame rituals you do? Most goalies are superstitious 4) Predictions on how the vhlm expansion teams will fare in their inaugural season? 5) sane question but for The VHL expansion teams! 6) How important is having a good goalie in the VHL? Are they arguably always the MVP of a team?