In a crazy turn of evens I ran out of multi-claims this week.

[Shindigs 1,771]

So I was planning on making an actual useful MS now that I've run out of of multi-claims on stuff. But I'm still nursing a fever, so I will opt for a pointless stream of consciousness MS instead. You're welcome!

 

The MS I was intending to write, and still will at some point, is about my hypothesis on how goalie attributes work in STHS, what that means for how good they are, as well as tying my conclusions based on that into what historical data actually tells us about some of the most successful VHL goalies of all time. Well, the spoiler is that what I came up with and what the data shows is basically identical. So the way I think stuff works is at least close enough to how it actually works that they have overlapping results. I won't get into the details as my brain is currently happily AFK. But the TL;DR is basically that Skating is garbage and Agility is a lot better than most seem to give it credit for, and that we seemingly overvalue Rebound Control (mostly due to Meta era PTSD).

 

So with that out of the way, what's been going on for me in sim leagues in general this week? Well, Vegas are finally actually in 1st on points rather than being 1st on tie-breaker but still 2nd in the standings, since STHS apparently doesn't understand it's own tie-breakers. Which to be fair, isn't surprising at this point. We now actually sit 2 points ahead of Ottawa with 1 game in hand, as we've been getting our Mississauga games out of the way lately. Our backup currently has 5 shutouts in like 13 starts. It *should* be 6 shutouts, but he did allow 1 goal on 3 shots against Mississauga that one game, which was quite unlucky. But overall, looking like we may very well be top seed for the 3rd season in a row. Remains to be seen how we finish off the season though.

 

In significantly less positive Vegas news, our stud 1C Antoine Barksdale @CrookedAnt announced that he will retire after the VHLM as despite having had a good time with Vegas, he simply can't get into hockey as a sport. Which I totally get that. Regardless he will always be remembered in Vegas as he's been amazing for us this season. Hopefully he can keep up the elite performance in the playoffs too and help lead us to another cup before he hangs up the skates for good.

 

In Chicago news, well it's mostly depression. N0H is having an awful season in net, our forwards are collectively having a pretty awful season. Our S% is awful and even Bo is dropping off lately as our PP% has tanked from like 23% to 16% over the 2nd half of the season. Just an absolutely cursed season, but hey it happens. Calgary kinda had that season last time around with Ben randomly being awful in net for them and nothing really lining up despite a very strong team on paper. So hopefully we still sneak into the playoffs and get something done in the post-season. And if we don't we can just hope that whatever slight we committed against Simon will be forgotten by next season. So we get to actually play to our potential again.

Edited October 9, 2022 by Shindigs

[CrookedAnt 78]

It's been an honor playing under you Shin Digs, and the VHL community is goated. 

 

May return some day, but it's just not my thing as of right now. I do like seeing the statlines increase which is why I've kept earning, etc. The impact my guy is having on the squad. It was fun and LVA is in good hands of Tidde, and Shindigs.