sterling 1,996 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Reviewing the Deadline The trade deadline in the VHL is usually always a stinker with little to no action taking place. The history of the trade deadline was altered this year after we saw what was likely the best trade deadline in the history of the league. There were a lot of buyers and a lot of sellers this season which culminated in a torrid trade frenzy the two days leading up to the deadline. In this media spot I will quickly review the trade deadline we all just witnessed. The biggest buyer of the trade deadline was easily the Vasteras Iron Eagles who believe this may be one of their last stabs at glory with their current roster. New General Manager Boubabi started the deadline off with a number of cap dump deals before making a big splash with the acquisition of David Collier from the Cologne Express. Of course this wasn’t really an acquisition as much as it was a re-acquisition of a player the franchise traded away at the beginning of his career after the player was on the verge of missing practice. Collier went on to become one of the better forwards of his generation and finally he will have one real shot at a Continental Cup before her retires. The Eagles parted with their Season 41 second, which should be a good commodity, in exchange. The Eagles continued with their moves as they acquired veteran defenseman Jack Sound and veteran forward Chico Salmon from the Toronto Legion in exchange for their second round pick in Season 40 which will likely become a very good prospect. The move shows that Vasteras is serious about adding some veteran depth and championship experience to their roster, but both players are heavily depreciated. I must admit that I’m impressed with Boubabi for getting great value out of his second round picks. I would be surprised to not see the Eagles make the finals. The other big buyer on deadline day was Riga. Since there is a clear three horse race building up in Europe, the fight for home ice advantage has never been as important as this season. The Reign made two equally big moves to contend. With Quebec they dealt a Season 40 first round pick in exchange for defenseman Niklas Valiq and Seattle’s second rounder this season. The move is risky for Riga, but they did acquire a veteran defender with championship experience which should aide their horrid defensive depth. In another move with the Toronto Legion, Riga traded their Season 40 and Season 41 picks for veteran forward Jacob Kjellberg and Toronto’s Season 41 second. Essentially the seconds will cancel themselves out, but in the move Toronto picks up a draft pick that will likely be middle of the first round. Riga also left their cupboard incredibly bare in exchange for depreciated veterans. The final buyer on deadline day was the New York Americans who made a deal with the Toronto Legion. The Americans acquired centreman Bennett Wahl and a Season 41 second rounder in exchange for depth forward Riley Stevens, and two Calgary Wrangler second round picks (S40, 41). The deal provides a bit of an upgrade to the Americans forward corps and if they can manage to re-sign Wahl to an extension, it will be a win for them. The other move of the deadline saw the Wranglers ship disgruntled Season 39 draft pick Koji Yamazaki to Quebec in exchange for Mother Fucker Percy Miller and a number of draft picks. The trade appears to be fairly even at this point in time. As you can see, the trade deadline saw a lot of action as teams tried to one-up each other. The Toronto Legion, Vasteras Iron Eagles and Quebec City Meute are considered the winners of the deadline this season while I’d call the Riga Reign a loser (that can be changed if they actually win, but I have my doubts about them). Another loser may very well be the Davos Dynamo who were left standing pat with a complete and overachieving roster. I’d be very surprised to see the Dynamo win a seven game series against either European opponent despite their relative regular season success (riggery no doubt). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,828 Posted August 27, 2014 Admin Share Posted August 27, 2014 If we're overachieving with the the highest average TPE, then wtf is New York doing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,996 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 The problem is you have no depth and a lot of depreciation going on there boy. In all the test sims i ran, Davos never finished in first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglesfan036 4,593 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Riga gon win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,996 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Riga gon win Lies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molholt 2,185 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Maybe Ny will actually get to see us in the finals this year. I'd rather be over achieving than not achieving at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,996 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Maybe Ny will actually get to see us in the finals this year. I'd rather be over achieving than not achieving at all. I doubt that will occur, but you do have Jardy on your team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,828 Posted August 27, 2014 Admin Share Posted August 27, 2014 Test sims are pretty useless with regular sim updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,996 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Not really at all, most teams stay about the same throughout the season (skill wise) aside from teams like Seattle and the bottom feeders. Meanwhile the two other teams in Europe have improved their rosters. Your team is still worse than Riga and Vasteras. We shall see, but right now I'd wager on Davos being pretenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,828 Posted August 27, 2014 Admin Share Posted August 27, 2014 "still" implied we were ever worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,996 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 You were always worse. Whether its riggery or good luck, I don't know, but you shouldn't be ahead of those two teams. Hopefully the playoffs will prove my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molholt 2,185 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Don't be sad, 2/3 ain't bad. 3/4 won't be either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,828 Posted August 27, 2014 Admin Share Posted August 27, 2014 You were always worse. Whether its riggery or good luck, I don't know, but you shouldn't be ahead of those two teams. Hopefully the playoffs will prove my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond_ace 3,107 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 You were always worse. Whether its riggery or good luck, I don't know, but you shouldn't be ahead of those two teams. Hopefully the playoffs will prove my point. Riggery. Always riggery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIM-11 134 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 After uploading the most recent stats and files into the Chinese Department of Defense mainframe and running several million simulations, and factoring in potential player updates, I have calculated the chance of Davos making it past the second round to be 12.579% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,828 Posted August 27, 2014 Admin Share Posted August 27, 2014 Silly machine, you were supposed to specify the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIM-11 134 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 It is not the role of AIM-11 to point out the obvious in all situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,828 Posted August 27, 2014 Admin Share Posted August 27, 2014 Davos confirmed underdogs in S44. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boubabi 4,725 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Davos has a really solid team imo but Vasteras, WOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,996 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 What matters is none of you will win against slaughter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,996 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Also, I think you guys should have your coach removed, no other teams have coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molholt 2,185 Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 What matters is none of you will win against slaughter Is that because we won't have to face him? Just like last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,996 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Is that because we won't have to face him? Just like last year? Correct. You won't make it to the finals this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling 1,996 Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Also, I think you guys should have your coach removed, no other teams have coaches. Also I'm bumping this so it can be addressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,828 Posted August 27, 2014 Admin Share Posted August 27, 2014 #rigged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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