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Joseph McWolf.
 

One of the nicer users on the site, his first player has gotta be a legit threat for the Hall of Fame. Originally drafted out of Founders Cup champion Ottawa as the face of the New York Americans rebuild, McWolf was as steady as it gets on the back end. 

 

He won his first of two Sterling Labatte trophies in just his second year in the league. After spending his first 4 years in New York, he was shipped off to Riga, where he would continue to be one of the elite defenders of his generation. Eventually he’d play 2 years in Riga, then a year in Malmo before returning to New York to finish his career. McWolf retired 11th in all time tpe with 1434. 

 

A constant lock for 60 points, 200 hits and 100 blocked shots, McWolf was the model for elite consistency throughout his entire career. And while he never won a Continental Cup, he won many fans in players across the VHL. 

 

McWolf for HOF

 

 

Kallis Kriketers.

 

By far my favourite goalie since I’ve been in the VHL. If this guy doesn’t get in then there is definitely something very wrong with the voting committee. 

 

Winner of a Founders Cup and a Skylar Rift Trophy is his lone VHLM season, Kallis would follow that up with a Continental Cup in his rookie VHL year. 

 

After that all he did was win 4 Greg Cleganes, 3 Aiden Shaws and one each of the Scotty Campbell and Brett Slobodzian. In a ridiculously good S69 he even won one of each. 

 

In 7 seasons in Riga, Kriketers won 299 of 463 games. Players loved playing in front of him as they always knew they had a chance to win every game. 

 

Heading to DC for his final campaign, Kriketers helped take the Dragons to its first postseason appearance and continued his rock solid play between the pipes. 

 

Kallis sits 7th in total tpe with 1591. 

 

Kallis for HOF. 

 

 

For my 3rd entry, this one falls under the Cam Neely category, but I’d say Elias Dahlberg deserves at least a look at immortality. 

 

Dahlberg is the poster boy for living fast and dying young, he burst onto the VHLM and VHL scene fast and retired at his peak. 

 

In S63 he dominated the VHLM with a whopping 118 points in Ottawa. He collected a Higgins, Osborne and Chershenko in his only year before getting drafted to Davos. He quietly had 23 goals and 36 points in his rookie season. And after that he exploded for a career high 45 goals and 105 points. The effort got him his only individual award, the Dustin Funk. Although he’d never break 80 points again, he was a solid bet for 30 goals 70 points and 200 hits a year. 

 

He would also be a better salesman for himself than anyone else could be, but for a first gen and for as short as his career was, it’s definitely a nice achievement. 

 

Dahlberg for a special wing of HOF

 

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dahlberg was only good at being mediocre