Around the League

[Scurvy 1,576]

I hate the off-season, but I will do my best to find some fun things to chat about for this week’s Around the League in 500 words. I was bouncing around the forum today and I see that today is dreaded depreciation day so for those of you getting stung by that, I am sorry.  Happens to all of us at some point but watching that delicious TPE fall truly hurts.  The cool part is free agency is around the corner and it’s always fun to see where people end up.  The Pro-Am is close at hand too so I anticipate some fun fight filled games.   

 

RIGA REIGN
First off, all congratulations to @Lemorse7 and the Riga Reign for their Cup victory over Toronto.  A truly stacked team they were impressive all season.  They have already added veteran defenseman, Mark Calaway @Beketov to the club this off-season so it’s looking like they will be deadly again next season.  Not sure their cap issues but looking up and down the roster with players like Axle Gunner @steve, Kimi Raikkonen @mattyIceman, and Shubham Anand @Will3 up front and fellow defenders’ tough guy Fradin McGryer @Fradin99 and 86-point scorer in her sophomore season, Lucy Leitner @LucyXpherthey will challenge for another deep playoff push.  

 

Prediction:  Red Panda will have breakdown when he plays Vancouver and give up record amounts of goals.  

 

TRIVIA DOWN

For the last couple weeks, it’s been noticed that trivia has ran out of questions.  A mild transition until a new person takes over the job but has left many without a chance for a couple TPE a week.  I spaced it last week and forgot to do some reviews to make up for it.  Question?   Can we do two VHL.com pieces in the interim?   

 

DRAFT ORDER

It appears Prague has the #1 selection in the upcoming S96 draft.  Followed by Helsinki, DC Dragons, London, and amazingly a team that ALWAYS seems to have multiple first round picks, Moscow has #5 and #8.  

Prague is looking to re-build quickly and have the option to draft.  They have needs just about everywhere and will get a “Can’t Miss” player at #1.  The current highest TPE player is Defensman, River Harrington @kirbithan at 403 followed by fellow dman Pan Daffleck @OrbitingDeath  with 389.  The first forward available is Brandon Petan Jr @sadie at 372.  The first goalie is Deadpanda @Alex with 293. So, either way Prague goes there really is no wrong answer as any of these listed players will be game changing franchise players.  

 

VHLM Dispersal Draft

Pretty exciting event occurring soon will be the VHLM dispersal draft.  Right now, Vladimir Trunov @qripll is #1 in TPE with 214 which would be cool to see a goalie go #1 overall.   3 goalies are currently top 10 overall in TPE so interesting to see if these are the future superstars of the league or if the goalie market is getting crowded.   

 

Brett Slobodzian Trophy update:

Right now, it appears that Moscow’s David Rashford is the leader for the most outstanding player award with 35 votes.  He had an amazing season with 127 points.  Hard to pick this winner as different positions, stacked teams vs re-building, etc. 

 

But I have one question for the group?  

 

If a player on your team is nominated, do you vote for them automatically ? 

[Alex 3,266]

4 minutes ago, Scurvy said:

If a player on your team is nominated, do you vote for them automatically ? 

For the Slobo yes

[Beketov 9,140]

53 minutes ago, Scurvy said:

Can we do two VHL.com pieces in the interim?

No.

[Scurvy 1,576]

1 hour ago, Beketov said:

No.

Ok.  Thanks ! 

[OblivionWalker 301]

Review: This was a very fun look around the league and I appreciate the gumption in asking if we could do two .com pieces even though Papa Bek said no and sent us all to bed without dessert. Hence, why you are getting this slightly silly review. If there is one piece of critique that I could offer, please, PLEASE don't have a dark background as well as dark text. When I'm trying to read things on my phone at work, it's nearly impossible. As you were!

 

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