Admin Victor 10,933 Posted May 4, 2016 Admin Share Posted May 4, 2016 The VHL's 20 in 20 series created by Zero, followed by ten more articles in S30 and another ten in S40, mostly written by me with a few exceptions, were a fine idea and if I may say so myself, quite decent articles in the end. You can find them all the Hall of Fame. However, they were also very time-consuming and unless someone else chooses to pick them up, there won't be a 50 in 50 addition to the league. Fear not though, as I will not simply let this momentous occasion slip by as resident VHL history, and I have a few ideas in store for the upcoming 50th (fiftieth!!) anniversary of the league. The first of these will begin to take shape in Season 49 on the pages of the VHL Magazine, with the idea laid out below. I don't think enough attention has ever been given to the quality of some past VHL champions so I decided to right this wrong following an off-hand conversation with Chris Miller, aka @Advantage. There is of course a very straightforward way of ranking championship teams, but not every championship team was at its best necessarily in the season that they won the Continental Cup. Additionally, some champions look much more impressive when seen as part of the longer dynasty. With that in mind, I felt it was necessary to rank all of the VHL's dynasties from S1 to the present day. Now, dynasty is a strong term which isn't really true for most of these, but it's the best term I could think of. The criteria to qualify for the below list was simple: win a Continental Cup (with one exception) and any consecutive playoff seasons around that championship will count as part of the “dynasty”. Again, there are a few more exceptions as Davos won the cup in S11 and S13 but missed the playoffs in S12. Meanwhile, Riga won the cup in S16 and made the playoffs from S15 to S21, but the years after S17 were a very different team plus they didn't win another cup. Otherwise, it's all quite uniform. List of “dynasties” to be ranked, in chronological order: S1-S4 Vasteras IK – S1 Continental Cup champions S1-S3 Calgary Wranglers - S2, S3 S4-S6 Seattle Bears – S4, S5 S5-S6 Helsinki Titans – S6 S6-S7 Avangard Havoc – S7 S5-S9 Calgary Wranglers – S8 S7-S10 Toronto Legion – S9 S8-S12 Riga Reign – S10 S11-S14 HC Davos Dynamo – S11, S13 S10-S12 Seattle Bears – S12 S12-S15 New York Americans – S14 S14-S16 Helsinki Titans – S15 S15-S17 Riga Reign – S16 S15-S17 Seattle Bears – S17 S18-S19 Calgary Wranglers – S18, S19 S19-S25 HC Davos Dynamo – S20, S24, S25 S19-S25 Toronto Legion – S21 S22-S24 Helsinki Titans – S22 S22-S23 Calgary Wranglers – S23 S25-S26 Vasteras Iron Eagles – S26 S26-S27 Helsinki Titans – S27 S24-S31 New York Americans – no cup, S32 cup winners split into different run S26-S30 Seattle Bears – S28 S29 Toronto Legion – self-explanatory S30-S35 Calgary Wranglers – S30 S28-S31 HC Davos Dynamo – S31 S32-S34 New York Americans – S32 S31-S34 Riga Reign – S33 S31-S36 Helsinki Titans – S34 S34-S37 Quebec City Meute – S35 S35-S39 HC Davos Dynamo – S36, S38 S35-S38 Toronto Legion – S37 S38-S42 New York Americans – S39, S41 S37-S41 Riga Reign – S40 S40-S44 Cologne Express – S42 S43 Seattle Bears – the battle against S29 Toronto will be intense S44-S47 Calgary Wranglers – S44 S45-present Helsinki Titans – S45, S46 S44-present New York Americans – S47 S48-present Toronto Legion??? The spreadsheet as it stands includes the length of the dynasty, the amount of finals and cups in that time frame, as well as award winners and eventual Hall of Famers. If you think something else should be included in considering this ranking and/or would like to have an early look at what it looks like, let me know by posting below. Otherwise, stay tuned to this ranking making its way to a magazine near you soon. CowboyinAmerica, BOOM, solas and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molholt 2,185 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Jarkkooooooooo Fire Tortorella 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyinAmerica 2,887 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 What, no S35-39 Seattle Bears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,741 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Dynasties are usually defined by more than one cup in a small timeframe though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,933 Posted May 4, 2016 Author Admin Share Posted May 4, 2016 2 hours ago, Kendrick said: Dynasties are usually defined by more than one cup in a small timeframe though... read? I also put in quotation marks specifically for that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Baozi 1,658 Posted May 4, 2016 Moderator Share Posted May 4, 2016 Go Davos and NYA BOOM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler 1,514 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 That realization that I have really been on only 1 good team in almost 20 seasons in the VHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,933 Posted May 4, 2016 Author Admin Share Posted May 4, 2016 3 minutes ago, brovy said: That realization that I have really been on only 1 good team in almost 20 seasons in the VHL. see that S43 Seattle? Should've been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Trifecta 1,896 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 16 minutes ago, Victor said: see that S43 Seattle? Should've been there. I was there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molholt 2,185 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 I've had a pretty good run in my time so far: S31-S34 Riga Reign – S33 S35-S39 HC Davos Dynamo – S36, S38 S37-S41 Riga Reign – S40 S43 Seattle Bears S48-present Toronto Legion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAVHLM-GM 1,858 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 S35-S38 Toronto Legion – S37 S40-S44 Cologne Express – S42 S45-present Helsinki Titans – S45, S46 S44-present New York Americans – S47 ones I have won the cups with, quite a nice list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler 1,514 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 2 hours ago, Victor said: see that S43 Seattle? Should've been there. I dont think Wolf would fit into the team model seeing as Wolf was a legitimate first liner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,741 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 9 hours ago, Victor said: read? I also put in quotation marks specifically for that reason. I did read you wanker. But usually regardless of quotations or not the work isn't just throw around for shits and giggles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,933 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Admin Share Posted May 5, 2016 4 hours ago, Kendrick said: I did read you wanker. But usually regardless of quotations or not the work isn't just throw around for shits and giggles Oi fuckface I said I couldn't think of a better word to use Plz help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Higgins 3,618 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Half of these suck, more specifically, all the ones I'm not a part of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,933 Posted May 5, 2016 Author Admin Share Posted May 5, 2016 14 minutes ago, Higgins said: Half of these suck, more specifically, all the ones I'm not a part of 20 hours ago, Victor said: S43 Seattle Bears – the battle against S29 Toronto will be intense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL 151 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Reviewed! Pretty good article even though a lot of the writing is just listing teams but it seems you put a lot of research into the article and it was an interesting read. Victor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,741 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 15 hours ago, Victor said: Oi fuckface I said I couldn't think of a better word to use Plz help Haha Im just razing you Stewart Downing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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