Some thoughts about VHLE, Killinger.

[Peace 1,562]

About twenty minutes ago I realized I still had money in the bank with Killinger -- who is retiring at the trade deadline -- so I figured I might as well buy a couple of PT Doubles and complete the media spots for a combined twelve uncapped TPE. Killinger's build is practically complete, has been for three seasons with London, so I'm not really sure where I'd spend the TPE but I'll figure it out. Maybe toss a dozen points into fighting, or try to get checking to 99 before shriveling up like a grape in the sun near the trade deadline. 

 

The league recently announced a third level of competition that slots itself between the VHLM and the VHL, exclusively located in Europe, which is a nice offset to the mixed VHL and entirely North American VHLM within our growing sim community. If we go by Victor's top four picks in his early look at potential VHLE franchises, we can easily see Sweden will be represented more than once with clubs in Vasteras and Stockholm, with teams also in Germany (Cologne) and Slovakia (Bratislava). The following two franchises appear to be undecided, so here is one of my suggestions for the VHLE Commish team to consider: 

The city doesn't have to remain the same for the history to apply to the franchise, so the logo and name can follow long as they're not marked like two of the teams have been. Don't like the Kolari Panthers because the town is too small, then perhaps moving the team to a different city could represent a wider area of Europe as a continent. Two teams in Sweden, one in Germany, another in Slovakia is a pretty narrow cone, so maybe a team in Finland could represent a more diverse hockey culture. Assume Bern makes it in as a fifth/sixth team and suddenly the scope is larger.

 

As a VHL general manager I'm intrigued to see how this new league will influence VHL teams, VHL scoring, but as a user I am almost certain my recreates will likely never touch European ice in the VHLE league. If I remember correctly Killinger was around 400 TPE by the time he played his first VHL game, and although that means I could have chosen to play in the VHLE, I'd probably have opted to go straight to the VHL had this system been implemented many seasons ago. I will say this, though: the 7% depreciation on a ninth season without the ability to fight it with purchases has got me thinking if spending nine seasons in the league would be worth it, but then those of us who are TPE whores probably wouldn't feel the impact. 

What it means to me is... well... no more quad digit TPA players, rather I'd find a place to stay and bank the rest so I can fight depreciation more efficiently. I don't anticipate the way salary brackets are calculated changing with the new league and a potential ninth season, which for the record is TPA + Banked, so the very least I would be sticking around the 900 TPA region. That would be my target anyway, but I'm confident I could at the minimum stick above 800 at the low end. 

[Beketov 9,140]

1 hour ago, Peace said:

the 7% depreciation on a ninth season without the ability to fight it with purchases

Of note just so it’s clear: you can still buy the Jagr. It won’t fight it A LOT but it will reduce it a bit. We just aren’t adding an additional one that lowers the percentage. So a stat at 99 is going to drop to 92 which is obviously quite a drop.

[Acydburn 1,618]

1 hour ago, Peace said:

As a VHL general manager I'm intrigued to see how this new league will influence VHL teams, VHL scoring, but as a user I am almost certain my recreates will likely never touch European ice in the VHLE league. If I remember correctly Killinger was around 400 TPE by the time he played his first VHL game, and although that means I could have chosen to play in the VHLE, I'd probably have opted to go straight to the VHL had this system been implemented many seasons ago. I will say this, though: the 7% depreciation on a ninth season without the ability to fight it with purchases has got me thinking if spending nine seasons in the league would be worth it, but then those of us who are TPE whores probably wouldn't feel the impact. 

 

Depending on what your TPE is at draft time you may just skip the VHLM draft and end up a season in the E. It's one scenario being discussed. 

[Peace 1,562]

1 hour ago, Beketov said:

Of note just so it’s clear: you can still buy the Jagr. It won’t fight it A LOT but it will reduce it a bit. We just aren’t adding an additional one that lowers the percentage. So a stat at 99 is going to drop to 92 which is obviously quite a drop.

Not sure if people would still have enough money for the Jagr on their ninth season... unless of course they did nothing but bank every dollar they earned. It'll be in a position to consider it eventually, maybe. haha
 

1 hour ago, Acydburn said:

 

Depending on what your TPE is at draft time you may just skip the VHLM draft and end up a season in the E. It's one scenario being discussed. 

Would that jumpstart your career clock even though you weren't VHL eligible for another season?

[Acydburn 1,618]

2 minutes ago, Peace said:

Not sure if people would still have enough money for the Jagr on their ninth season... unless of course they did nothing but bank every dollar they earned. It'll be in a position to consider it eventually, maybe. haha
 

Would that jumpstart your career clock even though you weren't VHL eligible for another season?

It's still being discussed but in theory no. The E would just replace the M and you would enter the VHL the next season. Like I said, this part is still in talks and working through it. 

[Beketov 9,140]

5 minutes ago, Peace said:

unless of course they did nothing but bank every dollar they earned.

Wait do people not do that? That's what I do usually haha.

 

You would need $47M for every single fighter over a career. The Jagr is best skipped in year 6 if you wanted to save some money since the depreciation doesn't hit hard so that would be $41M. I'd have to do some math to know if it's possible. Of course there's also the likelihood that since the 9th season is harsher than the 7th you could skip the Jagr in years 6 and 7 and to get it in year 9.

 

Main point was that, strictly speaking, it's still an option. It's not as much of a fighter as Still Kicking or Old But Not Forgotten but it offers something.

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Review - Certainly a timely topic.  Huge change for the VHL and one I'm not sure any of us really knows how it will play out.  Good points on the potential teams making the cut and widening the diversity in the league.  Certainly well written.  8/10