Vice 460 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) By now we have all come to know and love the Victory Cup curse. For those who aren't aware, the team who has the best regular season record at the end of the season is awarded the "coveted" Victory Cup. During the S80-S82 seasons, Vancouver won both the Continental and Victory cups three times in a row (that story is for another time). In each of those three victories, Moscow would end up the runner-ups in each instance. On year 4 in S83, Moscow had finally won the Victory Cup and were on the cusp of winning their own Continental Cup... when they lost a tragic game 7 to the Seattle Bears. Since this moment, winning the Victory Cup was less of a feat and more of an omen - an omen of expectations and the need to break them. Which brings me to Davos. Lately we have been massively under-performing, to the point that we had a 6 game loss streak for the first time in quite a while, followed by many more repeated losses. At first, I thought maybe this was it - hubris was catching up to us and we were not as good as we thought. But no, this is the plan. First off, this thing is completely cursed. 10/15 of the last Victory Cup winners lost to a wild card team, 9/15 lost in the first round they played in (Conference Semis). So step 1 is to just not win the thing. Step 2 is to try and be the wild card team in a division where the Victory Cup will end up. Right now Davos is the 1st wild card and Helsinki is currently poised to win the Victory Cup. All according to plan. 290 words By the way, this is the breakdown of Victory Cup winners and how their seasons ended up since S80. Don't open the spoiler if you were a GM who got the Victory Cup since S80. Spoiler S97 Winner Malmo Nighthawks 57-13-2 (116 Points) Lost to wild card Riga in Conf. Semis S96 Winner Moscow Menace 56-11-5 (117 Points) Lost to #3 Davos in Conf. Finals S95 Winner Moscow Menace 53-17-2 (108 Points) Lost to wild card Davos in Conf. Semis S94 Winner Toronto Legion 52-13-7 (111 Points) Lost to wild card Moscow in Continental Cup Finals S93 Winner Malmo Nighthawks 51-17-4 (106 Points) Lost to wild card Moscow in Conf. Semis S92 Winner Malmo Nighthawks 52-14-6 (110 Points) Lost to wild card London in Conf. Semis S91 Winner HC Davos Dynamo 49-16-7 (105 Points) Lost to wild card Helsinki in Conf. Semis S90 Winner HC Davos Dynamo 51-17-4 (106 Points) Lost to #3 Prague in Conf. Finals S89 Winner Moscow Menace 50-18-4 (104 Points) Lost to wild card Prague in Conf. Semis S88 Winner Prague Phantoms 49-18-5 (103 Points) Lost to wild card London in Conf. Semis S87 Winner Vancouver Wolves 50-16-6 (106 Points) Lost to wild card Seattle in Conf. Semis S86 Winner Calgary Wranglers 48-13-11 (107 Points) Lost to wild card Vancouver in Conf. Semis S85 Winner Warsaw Predators 51-15-6 (108 Points) Lost to #2 Moscow In Conf. Finals S84 Winner Moscow Menace 54-12-6 (114 Points) Lost to #3 Warsaw in Conf. Finals S83 Winner Moscow Menace 55-14-3 (113 Points) Lost to #1 Seattle in Continental Cup Finals S82 Winner Vancouver Wolves 53-15-4 (110 Points) Won Continental Cup S81 Winner Vancouver Wolves 58-12-2 (118 Points) Won Continental Cup S80 Winner Vancouver Wolves 57-11-4 (118 Points) Won Continental Cup Edited April 13 by Vice Nykonax and Frank 1 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/156305-tanking-to-avoid-victory-the-davos-plan/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykonax 1,668 Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 13 minutes ago, Vice said: Don't open the spoiler if you were a GM who got the Victory Cup since S80. 13 minutes ago, Vice said: S82 Winner Vancouver Wolves 53-15-4 (110 Points) Won Continental Cup S81 Winner Vancouver Wolves 58-12-2 (118 Points) Won Continental Cup S80 Winner Vancouver Wolves 57-11-4 (118 Points) Won Continental Cup I didn't mind opening this Vice 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/156305-tanking-to-avoid-victory-the-davos-plan/#findComment-1058832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice 460 Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 1 minute ago, Nykonax said: I didn't mind opening this Nykonax 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/156305-tanking-to-avoid-victory-the-davos-plan/#findComment-1058833 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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