Moscow Menace Press Conference

[jRuutu 2,552]

We're off to a good start (10-2-1 as of the writing of this post) and second EU. What are your thoughts on the hot start?

Nice to see a strong start to the season! These early wins could come up huge in the end of regular season, so I am hoping we can keep it up and collect more wins.

 

We have 5 or more goals in 6 of our 13 games. What do you think is driving the explosiveness of our offense?

The new rule/bonus: you can skip practice the next day if you score a goal in a game. Players have responded well to it.

 

We're blasting a whole album in the locker room before a game. What's your submission?

Stan Rogers - Northwest Passage

 

What brand would you sign a deal with for gear (stcks, gloves,, helmet, skates)?

I would go with Koho and bring the brand back big time!

 

Which opponent's city would you most want to explore with a day off on the road?

Prague! The city looks and sounds fun, perfect for exploration.

 

What would you say is your player's most underrated skillset?

I can pass the puck where I want, where the puck goes - that is exactly where I want it to go.

[Knight 1,322]

We're off to a good start (10-2-1 as of the writing of this post) and second EU. What are your thoughts on the hot start?

It's Moscow innit, it's what y'all do. 

We have 5 or more goals in 6 of our 13 games. What do you think is driving the explosiveness of our offense?

When 3/4 of your defencemen are playing at a point-per-game pace or better, that's going to drive a lot of offence.

We're blasting a whole album in the locker room before a game. What's your submission?

Throw on some Coldplay.

What brand would you sign a deal with for gear (sticks, gloves,, helmet, skates)?

Great question, probably gloves since I feel like that'd be a bit of a novelty. 

Which opponent's city would you most want to explore with a day off on the road?

Probably Riga, looks amazing and I've never been to Latvia before.

What would you say is your player's most underrated skillset?

I think right now, nothing, but in the future I think David David will have a pretty high level of puck handling for a defenceman. 

[leandrofg 1,237]

On 3/18/2025 at 12:13 PM, flyersfan345 said:

A day late, but we're now a week in. Week 2 Press Conference:

 

1. We're off to a good start (10-2-1 as of the writing of this post) and second EU. What are your thoughts on the hot start?
2. We have 5 or more goals in 6 of our 13 games. What do you think is driving the explosiveness of our offense?
3. We're blasting a whole album in the locker room before a game. What's your submission?
4. What brand would you sign a deal with for gear (stcks, gloves,, helmet, skates)?
5. Which opponent's city would you most want to explore with a day off on the road?
6. What would you say is your player's most underrated skillset?

1. Yeah, we’re hot. But that’s what is expected of a team like ours and hopefully we’re giving the fans a good show!

2. We have top talent on the team, so that can only bring good things.

3. Tay-Tay! But I would go with the newer albums. I’d probably select Red or 1989.

4. Bauer!

5. Probably, London. Can’t say I’ve been able to visit the city and enjoy everything it has to offer.

6. Vision with a fundamental understanding of the sport. I believe that ties everything else together!

Edited March 23 by leandrofg
Word count correction

[flyersfan345 81]

S98 Week 3 Press Conference:

 

1. Fresh off a week 15 game win streak!! we've had an excellent start to our season but had two tough losses to Toronto. What do you think it is about Toronto that made it a tough matchup for us?
2. What award will Obuz take home this season now that he's a forward?
3. What rule would you add to the locker room out of pure superstition?
4. What annoying trend should be banned from the locker room and result in a 15-game suspension?
5. Who is a good dark horse team that we should watch out for this season?
6. Are the Capitals legit or will they fall apart in the playoffs as they historically had for most of Ovechkin's career?

[jacobcarson877 2,640]

9 hours ago, flyersfan345 said:

S98 Week 3 Press Conference:

 

1. Fresh off a week 15 game win streak!! we've had an excellent start to our season but had two tough losses to Toronto. What do you think it is about Toronto that made it a tough matchup for us?
2. What award will Obuz take home this season now that he's a forward?
3. What rule would you add to the locker room out of pure superstition?
4. What annoying trend should be banned from the locker room and result in a 15-game suspension?
5. Who is a good dark horse team that we should watch out for this season?
6. Are the Capitals legit or will they fall apart in the playoffs as they historically had for most of Ovechkin's career?

1. Well, Toronto is in my books the other top dog. Maybe not as star-powered, but I'd say they're likelier than any other team to make the finals this season.

2. I feel like it is always safest to bet against anyone winning any award ever. So I'll say that to complete the narrative, Obuz will win 0 awards this season.

3. The team is required to lose at least once a week so we have something to say other than college sports and declaring Spartan's suckiness.

4. Position Switching

5. If we're going by standings right now its definitely HSK and NYA. Both feel like a strong conference finals option.

6. I can assume their top 2 units even out any other opponent's top 2 units, but I can't say I guarantee they'll outperform. From there it comes to depth and goaltending, and again, I'm not certain that group can grind out some hard-earned goals. I say they fall apart to a scrappier squad!

[Spartan 4,756]

12 hours ago, flyersfan345 said:

S98 Week 3 Press Conference:

 

1. Fresh off a week 15 game win streak!! we've had an excellent start to our season but had two tough losses to Toronto. What do you think it is about Toronto that made it a tough matchup for us?
2. What award will Obuz take home this season now that he's a forward?
3. What rule would you add to the locker room out of pure superstition?
4. What annoying trend should be banned from the locker room and result in a 15-game suspension?
5. Who is a good dark horse team that we should watch out for this season?
6. Are the Capitals legit or will they fall apart in the playoffs as they historically had for most of Ovechkin's career?

1. I think they're just a good team, there aren't many of them in the league so they're probably our top competition outside the EU as it stands.

2. Dickhead award. He's a real ass in the LR and on the ice.

3. No posting dogs, I just don't like them.

4. Anything involving those stupid seal emotes, they're ugly and look braindead. Get rid of them.

5. Riga's crept their way up in the EU standings, so maybe they're not a dark horse anymore. But they're in a similar spot to us where they're leaning on some retiring players and they'll be hungry for a strong push in their final season.

6. I think they could go deep, certainly a good team that many teams are now trying to model retools after. I don't think it's feasible for the league to imitate them, but kudos to them for baiting teams into trying shorter rebuilds that are likely destined for failure.

[jRuutu 2,552]

Fresh off a week 15 game win streak!! we've had an excellent start to our season but had two tough losses to Toronto. What do you think it is about Toronto that made it a tough matchup for us?

Superior luck combined to lackluster competition of NA, they are able to get those favorable bounces and play against Moscow well-rested as majority of NA hardly gives them a sweat. Meanwhile, Moscow has to shovel away against elite-level teams in EU.

 

What award will Obuz take home this season now that he's a forward?

Some kind of award that makes him feel good for participating in VHL this season.

 

What rule would you add to the locker room out of pure superstition?

All the entrances must have bead curtains, but instead of beads the curtains are made with razor blades, all the players and staff must walk through the razor blade curtains to enter the LR and make small sacrifice to Simon T with their blood.

 

What annoying trend should be banned from the locker room and result in a 15-game suspension?

Turning off the music of Josh Groban should result in lengthy suspension

 

Who is a good dark horse team that we should watch out for this season?

London maybe, they have the most shots in the league, but have not won as many games as you might expect.

 

Are the Capitals legit or will they fall apart in the playoffs as they historically had for most of Ovechkin's career?

I think they will have solid run, they will try to win it for Ovechkin!

[flyersfan345 81]

4 minutes ago, jRuutu said:

 

 

What rule would you add to the locker room out of pure superstition?

All the entrances must have bead curtains, but instead of beads the curtains are made with razor blades, all the players and staff must walk through the razor blade curtains to enter the LR and make small sacrifice to Simon T with their blood.

 

What annoying trend should be banned from the locker room and result in a 15-game suspension?

Turning off the music of Josh Groban should result in lengthy suspension

 

 

99% of the reason I like doing this is so I can get these answers from @jRuutu

[Knight 1,322]

Fresh off a week 15 game win streak!! we've had an excellent start to our season but had two tough losses to Toronto. What do you think it is about Toronto that made it a tough matchup for us?

Y'all are cracked. They have a deep and balanced team, tough to exploit any weaknesses.

What award will Obuz take home this season now that he's a forward?

None, should've stayed a defenceman.

What rule would you add to the locker room out of pure superstition?

No phones in the locker room, gotta lock in.

What annoying trend should be banned from the locker room and result in a 15-game suspension?

Phone in the locker room.

Who is a good dark horse team that we should watch out for this season?

I always try to look at young teams where their players are developing quickly. They can really sneak up on unsuspecting teams. So, for example, if London makes the playoffs they might make some noise.

Are the Capitals legit or will they fall apart in the playoffs as they historically had for most of Ovechkin's career?

They have such a solid backbone to their team it'll be surprising if they don't make a run. The East isn't that strong this year either.

[flyersfan345 81]

S98 Week 4 Press Conference:

 

1. There's always a few bumps in the road in any season. A small rough patch has seen us lose some ground in the standings. What do you think went wrong?
2. The trade deadline is a week from today. Are you expecting any big moves to be made before then?
3. Theme week is also upon us, do you plan to take advantage and if so how will (or did you)?
4. If you could create any new player attribute, what would it be and what impact would it have?
5. If you had autocratic control over the league for the rest of this season and next, what would be your first order of business?
6. What unacceptable airplane behavior do you wish people would stop doing on the team plane?

[Spartan 4,756]

3 hours ago, flyersfan345 said:

S98 Week 4 Press Conference:

 

1. There's always a few bumps in the road in any season. A small rough patch has seen us lose some ground in the standings. What do you think went wrong?
2. The trade deadline is a week from today. Are you expecting any big moves to be made before then?
3. Theme week is also upon us, do you plan to take advantage and if so how will (or did you)?
4. If you could create any new player attribute, what would it be and what impact would it have?
5. If you had autocratic control over the league for the rest of this season and next, what would be your first order of business?
6. What unacceptable airplane behavior do you wish people would stop doing on the team plane?

1. I'm not too worried about small rough patches, I think it's always good to have a reality check once in a while and use that as fuel to keep improving and not remain stagnant.

2. I really doubt it, we've already had some motion with VAN trying to ice a normal roster and RIG trying to get a bit more juice for a push. I can't see anyone else really making a swing.

3. I have job pay, no writing PTs for me. I could, but I don't really care for this theme.

4. I'd love to see a true decision-making attribute. I hate that way it's currently tied into attributes where you tend to do more of whatever you have higher. There's no reason your player should mostly just shoot instead of make a good pass because of what STHS prefers for success. Or not dump the puck in instead of trying to charge across the blue line. A true IQ stat would be gamechanging.

5. Fire a few GMs, give recruitment a bigger budget and direct involvement with me, the league overlord.

6. @jRuutu keeps trying to make us all fight each other saying it's good for development. I'm honestly just scared.

[flyersfan345 81]

6 minutes ago, Spartan said:

6. @jRuutu keeps trying to make us all fight each other saying it's good for development. I'm honestly just scared.

Are we flying JetBlue?

[jacobcarson877 2,640]

8 hours ago, flyersfan345 said:

S98 Week 4 Press Conference:

 

1. There's always a few bumps in the road in any season. A small rough patch has seen us lose some ground in the standings. What do you think went wrong?
2. The trade deadline is a week from today. Are you expecting any big moves to be made before then?
3. Theme week is also upon us, do you plan to take advantage and if so how will (or did you)?
4. If you could create any new player attribute, what would it be and what impact would it have?
5. If you had autocratic control over the league for the rest of this season and next, what would be your first order of business?
6. What unacceptable airplane behavior do you wish people would stop doing on the team plane?

1. Honestly nothing, I think it was more of a case that too much was going right before and we're settling into the kind of team that we actually are. Which is still the top EU team, still in contention for the Victory Cup, and still capable of having individual league leading performances.

2. Honestly, I don't expect much to happen at all. There really isn't much spare talent kicking around, and most of the fighting over it happened before the season started. Maybe we'll see some flash sales from Vancouver and Seattle, but that'll depend on buyers having the room to buy.

3. Well I certainly will, and I plan on doing something like I always do, which is skirt the line of what technically counts as the Theme but isn't at all what the Blues meant.

4. I think I'd probably split Checking into Hitting and Stick Checking.  That way I we could still have dominant defensive players who would be able to do so separately from Hitting, which is prone to discipline.

5. I would get Gold Drafting set up, I would bully Josh into giving us a Portal API, I would set up farm teams in the M, and create a Co-GM job that gets paid 2 Capped/Week to get practice on the Farm Team's STHS, while helping with the culture and logistics of the whole franchise. I would drop Welfare to 2TPE and Pension to 4TPE. I would introduce some Goaltender Hybrid Attributes, assuming I couldn't get us a new sim engine.

6. I try to mind my own business but there is always one person who makes choppy video calls on speakerphone literally the entire flight, and the person on the other side sounds like they're running through a nursery that is on fire and also stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic. That's unacceptable.

[BOOM 9,071]

There's always a few bumps in the road in any season. A small rough patch has seen us lose some ground in the standings. What do you think went wrong?

 

The world has rallied against Putin(again!) and the Menace are suffering as a result.

The trade deadline is a week from today. Are you expecting any big moves to be made before then?

 

Yes, I expect you will be trading for that dude who threatened to retire and caused poor Seattle so much angst.

Theme week is also upon us, do you plan to take advantage and if so how will (or did you)?

 

Nope. I'll just buy a doubles week instead. I'd already done a sig before the theme announcement.

If you could create any new player attribute, what would it be and what impact would it have?

 

Sex appeal. Would factor into players strength and fatigue.

If you had autocratic control over the league for the rest of this season and next, what would be your first order of business?

 

Restore my ability to post beautiful women and their bits, for the enjoyment of all the red-blooded males and females who appreciate such things.

What unacceptable airplane behavior do you wish people would stop doing on the team plane?

 

Farting, and peeing all over the bathroom floor. The bowl is there for a reason.