Commish For a Day

[UnkemptCL4PTP 86]

If I were to be commish for a day I’d focus on two additions; relocations/expansions and new records. The first one applies to the VHLE and the VHLM while the second focuses on the league as a whole. None of this will ever happen of course cause I refuse to do more than one media spot a season. This will not change so buyer beware on drafting me in the first round.

 

Relocation/Expansion

The first half, relocation, will involve the VHLE. Since the idea around the VHLE is to represent the European men's leagues in real life, at least I think it is, then the teams should match those locations. The leagues I’ll be using are the KHL, SHL, LIIGA, NLA, DEL, ICE, Extraliga, and Slovak Extraliga. In this case will let Stockholm, Geneva, Bratislava, and Cologne remain in their locations. Vasteras, Rome, Istanbul, and Oslo will have to move to a new town.

To represent LIIGA I’ll send Vasteras over to Turku to revive the outlaws. They will play in the Gatorade Center just outside Turku. Sorry to all the Vasteras fans. To represent the KHL I’ll be moving Istanbul to St. Petersburg where they’ll be playing in the Ice Palace, same as SKA St. Petersburg. Namewise I don’t have any good ideas yet, maybe the onions (Though that is the wrong city). For the Extraliga I’ll move Oslo down to Brno. For the name I was thinking Royals since Brno sounds like Bern, not my best work. They’ll play in Winning Group Arena, let's hope they live up to that name. Since I’m going over the arenas I’ll add that each team will have their own arena and can change the name at will. Finally, for the ICE I’ll move Rome to Vienna. They can be the Fingers. They’ll play in the Erste Bank Arena. That’ll finish up the VHLE section. 

The other expansion I want to make is to return the VHLM to 12 teams. To do this I’ll add a team in New York but call them the New Amsterdam Tijgers #BringBackTheTijgers. For the west, I’ll give a team to Denver, call them the Ruffaloes. It feels weird having the VHLM not be twelve teams. 

 

Records

Some of these are just additions I want to be added to the portal now and others are fun suggestions. On the “This needs to be added ASAP” side we’ve got VHLE Awards. The only award any of my players has won is a VHLE Award and I want to see that on the portal. This would also help legitimize the league as it would have a dedicated spot in the HOF. Along with that would be adding a VHLE option to career statistics, single season, etc. 

On the “Fun Suggestions” side I’d like to see a counter for the most wins of an award. I.E. the Kanou would have a sentence below the award description saying that Rayz Funk is the leader in Kanou wins with 4. This would create a quick way for new players to learn about some of the greats from before their time. It could also lead to a once-every-20-seasons or so vote to see if the awards name should be changed to better reflect who represents it best; I.E. the Duncan Idaho Trophy instead of the Boulet. 

 

If any of these changes were to come into effect I’d rather it be the VHLE awards one. I want to have a visible trophy case since none of my players will ever have a major trophy at this rate.

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On 7/5/2023 at 8:27 PM, UnkemptCL4PTP said:

On the “This needs to be added ASAP” side we’ve got VHLE Awards. The only award any of my players has won is a VHLE Award and I want to see that on the portal. This would also help legitimize the league as it would have a dedicated spot in the HOF. Along with that would be adding a VHLE option to career statistics, single season, etc. 

THIS ^^^^