McWolf 3,116 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 (edited) VHL Top 25 Players Part III: 20-16 Welcome back to this third part of VSN's list of the Top 25 Players set to suit in the VHL ahead of Season 69. The previous part knocked five players off the list, already and, today, we dive straight into the top 20, up to position 16. 20. Randoms How I love it when meme players turn legit. Back when he was playing for the Las Vegas Aces, left-winger, Randoms was getting updated, like his name suggests, randomly, and he was turning out to be mostly a physical presence, registering over 300 hits in his only full VHLM season. However, upon reaching the major league, he realized that he had the potential to be much more than a bottom-of-the-lineup enforcer. From that point forward, Randoms developed his goal-scoring ability and grew into a solid offensive contributor for the Moscow Menace. He enters Season 69 having scored over 36 goals and 76 points in each of the past two seasons, while also gathering over 200 hits. The Latvian forward needed some time to reach his full potential but, now that he has, he should continue to be one of the league's best power forward on a Moscow team that's expected to compete for its first-ever Continental Cup. McWolf 19. Acyd Burn To be considered in the Top 25 VHL players as a player with just two years experience, there must be a certain level of talent and hard work involved. Acyd Burn has both the talent to compete with the best and produce as well as a work ethic second to none. A typical overachiever, Acyd found himself in a good situation being drafted into a rebuilding Seattle team that loaded up on high-end talent. A leader among that group, Acyd Burn has carried this group of players to a championship last season with an astounding 80 points as a sophomore. His meteoric rise isn’t stopping anytime soon entering his final year on his entry-level deal. Expecting high production - dare we say 100 points is not out of reach? - and a season of championship experience with him, it’s a no brainer that Acyd made it this high on our list. VanCanWin 18. Brick Wahl Brick Wahl has been a true powerhouse in the net for Calgary Wranglers. With last 2 seasons being a powerhouse in VHL and being considered as the best goaltender in the league, he has been able to perfect his game and be a player that everyone on Calgary can rely on. Skills wise, probably a Top 3 goaltender and could be making a case as the best older goaltender right now ahead of Kallis Kriketers who is manning the net for Riga and Alexander Pepper from Helsinki. That being said, Wahl is not ranked as high as many might think because of a few other reasons. There have been rumours about Brick Wahl being demoralized and having ideas of quitting the league and he has had issues with keeping his cool on ice as he had more than 2 times higher amount of penalty minutes than other goaltenders. In the end, Brick has all the tools to be the best goaltender this season and we could be rating him too low. I guess Brick has a lot to prove to everyone. FrostBeard 17. Jagger Philliefan Jagger Philliefan enjoyed a breakout campaign that saw him set a career-high in all offensive categories. Philliefan will most likely pair up with newly turned defenseman Diljodh Starload, or Jeff Downey, who is entering his sophomore season. Philliefan had depreciation hit him for the first time in his career, and his defence rating of 90 isn’t ideal for a team’s top pairing defenseman. Easily the most important stat you look for in a defenseman is shot blocks combined with a high point total, and a 90 in defence could hurt his shot block totals. Philliefan is a reliable 160+ hit, 100+ blocked shots defenseman, which are very solid totals. Combine that with his incredible playmaking ability which saw him set a new career-high with 66 assists last year (third in the league) and you have a player that can be your top fantasy defenseman. Was his success in S68 a fluke? We here at VSN don’t think so, as we have him ranked 17th on our fantasy rankings. Matt_O 16. Hunter Hearst Helmsley A big 6’3” 250lb centre, distinguished as a first overall selection in both the VHLM draft (S65) and VHL draft (S66), Hunter Hearst Helmsley came into the league with lofty expectations. Although not a bust, his first two seasons were mediocre considering his status as a pending superstar. Last season he broke out nearly eclipsing a point per game pace as he hit 30 goals for the first time in his career. Still not close to the production we expect coming from him this upcoming season, HHH makes this list based on sheer talent and remaining potential as an S66 player with over 1000 TPA already. His talent level suggests MVP level production but until he proves it on the ice he’ll remain just inside the Top 20 players in the league. VanCanWin That's it for today's edition. As always, let us know what you think about the placement of these five, and show us what your own lists would look like. Until tomorrow! Players mentioned: @hedgehog337, @Acydburn, @BladeMaiden, @Sonnet, @Philliefan, @DilIsPickle, @JeffD, @Beaviss VSN Writer McWolf Edited November 12, 2019 by McWolf FrostBeard, BladeMaiden and Philliefan 2 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePerfectNut 563 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 HHH aight Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motzaburger 1,590 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Ohhhhh I get it. MGS will be Top 5. That's why I haven't seen his name yet. McWolf and Beaviss 1 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayley 419 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 18 minutes ago, McWolf said: Skills wise, probably a Top 3 goaltender and could be making a case as the best older goaltender right now ahead of Kallis Kriketers who is manning the net for Riga and Alexander Pepper from Helsinki. Goaltender of the Year doesn't even get a nod into the top 3 goaltenders now. Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePerfectNut 563 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 As talented as HHH is and should be. A couple of season 66 players in his class has similar and even better stats then him. We all get overlooked when it comes to TPE against him rip We could name a couple of NHL prospects in real life who are in a similar scenario with HHH, but that we would not be ranked that high in our minds against other prospects who proved themselves. Keep up the good work boys tho, someone ha to do the dirty job. I don't want to seem that I'm just being negative. gorlab 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor_7 741 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 35 minutes ago, McWolf said: Top 3 goaltender and could be making a case as the best older goaltender right now ahead of Kallis Kriketers who is manning the net for Riga and Alexander Pepper from Helsinki. 16 minutes ago, Poptart said: Goaltender of the Year doesn't even get a nod into the top 3 goaltenders now. You would think that the top goalie and second top performing goalie would get the nod over Wahl but oh well, subbed Bayley 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWolf 3,116 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 i somehow knew HHH that high would be controversial, but he's too good to not perform at some point. I stand by my placement of him Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWolf 3,116 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Poptart said: Goaltender of the Year doesn't even get a nod into the top 3 goaltenders now. i didn't write that part, but let's just say the top 3 is the writer's opinion, not necessarily the group's opinion Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684852 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 11,015 Posted November 11, 2019 Admin Share Posted November 11, 2019 Putting HHH over Jaguar, smh @gorlab Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePerfectNut 563 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, McWolf said: i somehow knew HHH that high would be controversial, but he's too good to not perform at some point. I stand by my placement of him ''To not perform at some point'' Isn't it a list with the current best top 25 players and that most of them has a good reason to deserve it based from there previous performances? Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaviss 4,958 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 48 minutes ago, Victor said: Putting HHH over Jaguar, smh @gorlab Jaguar is poo Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConnorMcdavid 180 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 55 minutes ago, Jtv123 said: ''To not perform at some point'' Isn't it a list with the current best top 25 players and that most of them has a good reason to deserve it based from there previous performances? to be fair this happens all the time. We tried to rank to best 25 players. That’s based on past stats, pure talent (combination of total TPA and build type). Should Drew Doughty be in any top lists after last season? And yet he was because of his talent Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConnorMcdavid 180 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Strictly off of TPE HHH should be higher on the list Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorlab 4,321 Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Only top 20 HHH should be in is top 20 VHLers in need of a tpe audit. Mr_Hatter, Josh, oilmandan and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWolf 3,116 Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Jtv123 said: ''To not perform at some point'' Isn't it a list with the current best top 25 players and that most of them has a good reason to deserve it based from there previous performances? We didn't just order players by last season's point totals, if that's what you are asking. ConnorMcdavid 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-684939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philliefan 69 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Yet somehow I didn't win most improved...... Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-685016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berocka 2,263 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 11 hours ago, McWolf said: 19. Acyd Burn The one player not Bolded, why they hating on you Burny? Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-685094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrostBeard 2,061 Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 13 hours ago, McWolf said: Skills wise, probably a Top 3 goaltender 13 hours ago, McWolf said: could be making a case as the best older goaltender right now @Poptart and @Rayzor_7 - To put it simply, I don't think Wahl is better than Davison by any means. Plus, I personally consider Wahl a player that has the ability to be the best goaltender in VHL if given the right opportunity. That being said, Wahl outperformed both Pepper and Kallis, so I talked about that, as I don't see a point in trying to say something like this "Wahl as every other goaltender in VHL was horrible compared to what we saw from Davison this past season." Bayley 1 Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-685120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissioner Acydburn 1,618 Posted November 13, 2019 Commissioner Share Posted November 13, 2019 On 11/12/2019 at 1:25 AM, Berocka said: The one player not Bolded, why they hating on you Burny? Everybody hating on me =/ Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-685642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWolf 3,116 Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 50 minutes ago, Acydburn said: Everybody hating on me =/ you know it. Just know it's personal Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-685675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissioner Acydburn 1,618 Posted November 13, 2019 Commissioner Share Posted November 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, McWolf said: you know it. Just know it's personal I'm coming for you this season Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-685679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
McWolf 3,116 Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Acydburn said: I'm coming for you this season i'm waiting Link to comment https://vhlforum.com/topic/72271-vhl-top-25-players-part-iii-20-16/#findComment-685680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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