Is Evgeni Shevkov The Best Player In The VHL Portal?

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Matthew Kai, Elfon Ashelf and Ian Smith

Jack Todaro and Haydyn

Chet Foreals and barry bigman

Dirty Caufield

Greg Santos

Majestic Buffalo

Dawson Thibert

Ches Morrison

Kiefer Leclerc

John Smith

Danny dimes

 

Leaderboard:

1: Matthew Kai

2: barry bigman

3: Greg Santos

4: Elfon Ashelf

5: Kiefer Leclerc

6: Chet Foreals

7: Dirty Caufield

8: John Smith

9: Majestic Buffalo

10: Jack Todaro

11: Ches Morrison

12: Ian Smith

13: Danny dimes

14: Dawson Thibert

15. Haydyn

 

It’s about time that the powerhouse Matthew Kai had a contender to the title of “Best Player In The VHL Portal” and the randomizer brings that challenger in the form of Evgeni Shevkov. Shevkov, created by the user Syzygy, was recruited to the league by the user Xdjk93 (who had the player Pekko Viitanen, a player we might wind up ranking at some point before the year 2050) and snuck into the overloaded Season 75 Draft Class by creating on the very last week of eligibility for that class. Signing with Houston for their pre-draft season, Shevkov didn’t post up super impressive numbers as they accrued 16 points in 30 games, but they did earn TPE in every single week in the leadup to their VHL and VHLM Draft date, which was enough to see them picked up by the DC Dragons with the 73^rd selection of the VHL Draft and by the Las Vegas Aces with the 67^th selection of the VHLM Draft. Staying down in the M with the Aces for Season 75, Shevkov only got three more points than they did in their 30 games with Houston the season before, but it’s worth pointing out that they were stuck on the fourth line of a very full roster, so only saw 12 minutes of ice time per game. The following season in the M was a vast improvement though as, now on the first line, Shevkov racked up a very impressive 119 points, good enough for sixth in the VHLM and an incredible 45 points more than the next highest point scoring player on the Aces.

 

Now in their third post-draft season, Shevkov had made their way up to the VHL with the Dragons in their final contract season, however they couldn’t help the Dragons avoid the bottom of the standings as, with limited minutes, they put up 21 points in their first VHL season. Entering Free Agency, Shevkov had started to show signs of inactivity having not updated in the two weeks leading up to it, but they still came back on to accept the L.A. Stars contract offer and played there in Season 78 for what was ultimately their last season playing in the VHL. Like with the Dragons, Shevkov found themselves deep in the rotation and couldn’t contribute enough to help the Stars make the playoffs, meaning Shevkov never played in a VHL Playoff game. While Shevkov did not retire until forced retirement following Season 82, they ultimately weren’t able to find a new home after Season 78, not even in the VHLE.

 

While Shevkov ultimately wound up going inactive towards the start of their fourth post-draft season, they’d had a very impressive run of updating in the lead-up to their eventual inactivity, missing only one week of updating between their creation in early October and towards the end of their third post-draft season towards the end of April. While they never submitted a PT, they did regularly submit welfare and also regularly submitted for trivia and press conferences earlier in their career. They also donated a few times which is pretty rare for a relatively new player who isn’t towards the top end of earning.

 

This is probably my easiest ranking I’ve had to do in a while as, while Shevkov is ultimately not good enough to be considered “The Best Player In The VHL Portal” as Kai spent far more seasons in the VHL pro league, they had a much more impressive career than barry bigman looks set to have, so Evgeni Shevkov will take their place as the second best player in the VHL Portal

 

Current Leaderboard:

1: Matthew Kai

2: Evgeni Shevkov

3: barry bigman

4: Greg Santos

5: Elfon Ashelf

6: Kiefer Leclerc

7: Chet Foreals

8: Dirty Caufield

9: John Smith

10: Majestic Buffalo

11: Jack Todaro

12: Ches Morrison

13: Ian Smith

14: Danny dimes

15: Dawson Thibert

16. Haydyn

[Shindigs 1,771]

The plot thickens!