Phil

I mean, I know it's 2024, not 2014... the league, technological culture, the world, has changed a lot... but one of my favourite things about this community was coming to this thread late-night and just browsing the ridiculous threads that this subforum had to offer. Is that a thing of the past? Has Discord rendered this forum semi-redundant and inadvertently segregated the VHL community?
 
Regardless, hi all of you. Hope your weekend is going well and you're doing great. I'm here if you want to have some good vibes. 
 

I mean, I know it's 2024, not 2014... the league, technological culture, the world, has changed a lot... but one of my favourite things about this community was coming to this thread late-night and just browsing the ridiculous threads that this subforum had to offer. Is that a thing of the past? Has Discord rendered this forum semi-redundant and inadvertently segregated the VHL community?
 
Regardless, hi all of you. Hope your weekend is going well and you're doing great. I'm here if you want to have some good vibes. 
 

put in the work but most importantly just be consistent. You don’t have to be the best, but if you show up with effort and a positive mindset all the time, you’ll see the results you want 
 
 
I’d sign Dixon because not only is he a terrific player @Ricer13 is a friend and family member here. 
 
convince all our roster players to put TPE into leadership. It works, people!!
 
I usually read the VHL magazine (or these days the VSN) one just to familiarize myself with who’s in the draft, 
 
It’s the Leafs because they have ridiculous fans and they are the meme of the nhl because they cannot perform in the playoffs.
 
 
seeing Mats Sundin’s Xmas Turkey, or him handing me the puck through the glass at an open practice. 

It's with great honour I present to you the season 92 team Western Europe gold medal team. 🥇 
 
S92 Team Western Europe Roster
Forwards:
The Frenchman @OrbitingDeath
John Jameson @Frank
Jasper Davis @Josh
Owen Lazaro @traphag
Francesco Mancini @GioSivo
Sjin @Sjin
 
Defense:
Moritz Stauffer @GoodLeftUndone
Phil Strasmore @Phil
Obuz Schneider Canet du Bocage @Grape
Callum Gary Yannick Janser @Daniel Janser
 
Goalies:
Olober Syko @Spartan
Dalkr Vidarsson @KaleebtheMighty
 
Congratulations to all those selected! If you weren't selected, better luck next time. 
 

Poor opponents will face the True Grit of Strassmore @Phil and Janser, two of the hardest hitter in the league...

Rip Wheeler has finally earned his namesake and even though @Scurvy says @ScottyP is a useless fuck, Rip has actually contributed to his team.  Finishing his 4th season in the VHL, Rip Wheeler has made a mark and has solidified a position on Calgary.  His latest season being his best, it appears that Wheeler is going to be even better next season.
 
Now don’t get your head swelled up too big Rip, I mean, come on look at your team.  You’re surrounded by studs.  Calgary’s forward roster is stacked with experience; Randy Bobandy, @AJW, Oreo McFleury, @JB123,  and Sadie St-Louis, @sadie just to name a few.  How easy it must be to be fed the puck from these stars giving you clear shots on goal.
 
And then there is the defense, with the likes of Phil Strasmore, @Phil and Skor McFleury, @Alex, how could you not be an improvement to the team.  These teammates of yours make you look like a superstar.
 
Congratulations on your success and good luck Rip.  You can officially throw away the Jimmy name!!
 
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Phil Strasmore - PC 
 
One last time..  

Phil Strasmore - PC 
 
One last time..  

So this may come as a surprise to some and not to others. After the many seasons as being the GM of Prague I am stepping down. Life has become too hectic for me to handle everything at once so I am giving up my position as the GM of Prague. I will still be a commissioner though so I'm not leaving leaving. I wanted to thank everyone who has been/is on Prague. We were able to finally win a cup for the franchise!
 
So with that said we will be looking for someone to take over as the GM of Prague!
 
If you are interested in the opening, please post in this thread. Please do not contact the Commissioners outside of this thread, we will reach out to the chosen candidate privately.
 
***Please refrain from making comments regarding any candidates and their "worthiness" of being hired for this job, positive or negative. Any comment that is not an application will be removed to maintain a clean list of actual candidates, and (I hate that this actually needs to be said, but...) any member bashing will not be tolerated.***

Ahhh! I was thinking about you the other week! Didn't realize you were one and the same! Great to see you're still here haha! 
 
 

No I'm not muffins unfortunately! I think with the era you were around most, you'd probably remember me best as YEAH! (The Encarnacion guy).

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Tiebreakers, in order of priority: W (Total Wins), ROW (Regulation Wins + OT Wins), GDiff (Goals For - Goals Against)
 
That's from the Portal Standings page. Calgary has 37 Regulation+OT wins; LA has 36.

Theme Week - The All-Star Tournament Game Idea (for off-season fun)
 
After just watching the NHL All-Star week and All-Star game, there is no better theme week but to talk about a VHL All-Star game. From the sounds of things, there seemed to used to be a VHL All-Star game, and while All-Star week and All-Star game is really just a weekend of fun for kids to enjoy, it is still a wonderful concept to recognize each season's most dominate players playing in an All-Star game. Personally, I do not know whether the VHL had ever had an All-Star Game concept, however, I have an idea that may be of interest to the VHL community.
 
While it is indeed incredibly difficult to build up All-Star teams for an All-Star game with the limited number of teams in the VHL, we could and should entertain the idea of having an offseason event where everyone would build their own All-Star line up made from having one player chosen from each VHL team for the season (and participants could start building their team after each VHL teams' lines have been finalized after the season's trade deadline, so there's plenty of time to think of how you would want to build your All-Star team line up). We could then have an offseason tournament where all submitted line ups would compete in a quick one or two day sims to see which All-Star built team of players would win the tournament, and maybe the winner(s) could get some extra TPE for their player. Something simple to keep the possibly boring off-seasons more entertaining. This would also bring people like myself, who don't normally follow the VHL as my player is not the in VHL now, to be more engaged with keeping more up-to-date with the current events of the league.
 
Now let's have some fun as I try to build a god-awful team of All-Stars from this current VHL season 92, which could possibly have the potential to win a VHL All-Star Game Sims Tournament (abide we are not finished the season and trades could still happen with the trade deadline having not passed yet). With the rule of picking only one player from each team to build a team of 16 that could have a maximum of 12 forwards, 8 defence, and 2 goalies (although I do not know why you would want 2 goalies when you won't get to change your line up during the tournament sims, since that's too much effort and work for simmers).
 
For the purpose of choosing a test VHL Season 92 All-Star Team Line up, and also for my preference of having a team of 9 forwards, 6 defence, 1 goaltender, and with players playing their correct positions (ie. 3 left wings, 3 centers, and 3 right wings), I choose the following players from each of their respective teams: (Please note that there are no requirements for the line ups to have each player playing in their correct position such that there's a left wing, center, and right wing for each forwards line. This is just my preference, but if we do choose to incorporate this concept as an off-season event, it may be interesting to have the All-Star Team building line up to need to meet a positional correctness requirement.)
 
From the Season 92 Calgary Wranglers, I choose D Phil Strasmore @Phil this is a tough choice as D Skor McFleury @Alex is supposedly, at least on paper, the better defenceman, but I cannot skip on my buddy Phil.
 
From the Los Angeles Stars, I choose G Art Vandelay @Gustav this is another hard choice as there are so many good options up front at center, but I ultimately chose goaltending from the great season Art Vandelay is currently having with the Los Angeles Stars.
 
From the D.C Dragons, D Mark Calaway @Beketov let's be honest, choosing an All-Star Team that only allows one player from each VHL team is not easily! So many good choices, but only one option. This is why everyone's All-Star Team line up would probably differ in some way or another. I decided to choose a d-man, maybe my choice would be different if I actually spent time to compare the teams and think about my choices.
 
From the Toronto Legion, I choose C Jimi Jaks @ke1vi I need a center, haven't chosen one yet.
 
From the Chicago Phoenix, I choose RW Yaroslav Trunov @qripll I need a right wing to go with my center.
 
From the New York Americans, I choose RW FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY Analfist @STZ typically I feel there would be more available centers later and FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY has a pretty nice DF.
 
From the Vancouver Wolves, I choose D Liv Slater @Subject056 debatably the best player on the Wolves.
 
From the Seattle Bears, I choose C Severus Targaryen @Banackock likewise debatably the best player on the Bears.
 
From the Malmo Nighthawks, I choose D Jacob Stone @scoop dude's got a very good DF.
 
From the Moscow Menace, I choose LW Left Alone @okochastar I need a left wing, haven't chosen one yet.
 
From the Helsinki Titans, I choose C Daryl Dixon @Ricer13 how can I skip on Daryl Dixon?
 
From the Prague Phantoms, I choose LW Nikolas Kauppi @Tetricide I just chose another center, definitely need another left wing.
 
From the London United, I choose RW Molly the Cat @JCarson honestly a very tough choice between Molly the Cat and Leonard Triller @Triller Both right wingers are fantastic choices, you can't go wrong either way. I ended up choosing SC over PA.
 
From the Warsaw Predators, I choose D Rex Wolffe Gregor @oilmandan I need two more D to fill out the team (my preference for three D pairings).
 
From the Riga Reign, I choose LW AK92 Wit da Hoodie @hedgehog337 one of the best players and left wing to fill out my forwards.
 
And, from the HC Davos Dynamo, I would choose D David Jokinen @Ahma an obvious choice to round out my All-Star Team line up, sorry no offense @CrlineDijohn14
 
This would give me the following All-Star game line up: (Noted that I did not spend too much time choosing this line-up, so it's not a very tasking activity that anyone could easily participate and join in)
 
Rhynex Entertainment S92 test All-Star line up
LW AK92 Wit da Hoodie - C Jimi Jaks - RW Molly the Cat
LW Nikolas Kauppi - C Daryl Dixon -RW FISTED ANALLY BY A CIRCUS MONKEY Analfist
LW Left Alone - C Severus Targaryen - RW Yaroslav Trunov
D Phil Strasmore - D Jacob Stone
D Liv Slater - D Mark Calaway
D Rex Wolffe Gregor - D David Jokinen
G Gustav
 
Tell me your thoughts about this off-season game proposal! Who would you choose for your All-Star Game line up?
 
 
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[Claim for weeks ending 2024-02-11 and 2024-02-18]

1) Why should @rorybe banned?
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1) Why should @rorybe banned?
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3) Why should @leandrofgwin GMoTY?
 
Find out next time on Sass with Stras!

@Members
 
Better late than never right? I promise we didn't forget about the holiday prize raffle! The draw will be taking place Sunday, January 28th, around 7pm EST. As previously mentioned the prize pool consists of 14 prizes spread over 4 tiers.
 
Tier 1 - 5 Winners
5 uncapped TPE
 
Tier 2 - 5 Winners
$15 donation equivalent (IE you get the reward choice of a $15 donation without donating, can be claimed even if you have donated this season.)
 
Tier 3 - 3 Winners
Video Game of your choice (up to a max of $90 CAD, on any system)
 
Tier 4 - 1 Winner
Nintendo Switch (OLED) console OR an NHL Jersey of the winner's choice.
 
The draw will be streamed to my twitch channel which can be found here: https://twitch.tv/beketov_vhl
 
The draw will be at random and the number of entries you have is based on the number of 12 days of Christmas threads you responded to. Everyone who responded to at least 1 day has at least 1 entry and everyone, staff included, are allowed to win. As usual if you win something and would prefer to receive the prize from the tier below you can do that. Additionally we will not exchange any prize for cash value but a difference in prize that costs the same or less can be negotiated under certain circumstances.
 
Good luck to everyone and I’ll see you all for the draw on Saturday!

Wow that interviewer was a dick! Class response though 😎

Transaction ID: 41X01417JW741512R
Transaction ID: 14E7429108370941J
 
 
$1M Player Store Cash
5 TPE Uncapped
Doubles Week (6 TPE uncapped from a PT being done)
 

Selfishly, I'd like to see another Player Store option for a depreciation fighter for those brave souls that want to play 9 seasons in the VHL. We have one for 7 and 8 (along with Jagr) so I think we should also have one for the ninth season.

Selfishly, I'd like to see another Player Store option for a depreciation fighter for those brave souls that want to play 9 seasons in the VHL. We have one for 7 and 8 (along with Jagr) so I think we should also have one for the ninth season.

I figured that. With the hybrid attribute system, depreciation is already at least 2-fold harder than it was in the before-times. I would still make the upgrade expensive - possibly the most expensive purchase that could be made so potentially players may need to forego one of the other years of depreciation fighters.
 
OBNF is $12,000,000, and depreciates you from 12% to 10% iirc. So having that option again is one suggestion. Or even do one like "Crosby's Cranium" for $12-14M. It would work like Jagr (and in addition to it), and allow for one  additional stat to not depreciate at all.  That's still way more than you could possibly bank in one or two seasons so overall your player's performance will still be going down - you just won't feel too useless, after putting in over a year's worth of work into a player. 
 
 

Selfishly, I'd like to see another Player Store option for a depreciation fighter for those brave souls that want to play 9 seasons in the VHL. We have one for 7 and 8 (along with Jagr) so I think we should also have one for the ninth season.

Selfishly, I'd like to see another Player Store option for a depreciation fighter for those brave souls that want to play 9 seasons in the VHL. We have one for 7 and 8 (along with Jagr) so I think we should also have one for the ninth season.