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so no research for the next 8 seasons then?

A Statistical Review of the S44 VHLM Dispersal Draft: Round Three Third Rounders Wesley Babiy (left) and Evgeny Nezhmetdinov (right) of Oslo celebrating a goal When a draft consists of just 27 names the list can certainly thin out before you even get to the 15th pick. In this past season’s draft, picks 15 to 22 were a mixed bag of goods. With some solid scouting up front there good choices made early, but a late surprise may have been the steal of the draft. Here are the picks: 15th Overall Evgeny Nezhmetdinov 53 GP 20 G 23 A 43 P +38 44 PIM 20 PIM5 6 SB 2 PPG 5 PPA 7 PPP 21:24 ATOI 3:04 PPATOI 0:01 PKATOI 6GW 1GT Nezhmetdinov is looking to be the best choice in the third round. Being picked first among his peers he clearly was the solid choice as his 20 goals and 43 points rank first among this group. One question about his stats so far is his relatively low PPP despite leading this group in PP time with over 3 minutes a game. Regardless he is still the best option. 16th Overall Archie Wagner 53 GP 8 G 28 A 36 P +28 46 PIM 10 PIM5 43 SB 6 PPG 9 PPA 15 PPP 22:53 ATOI 2:48 PPATOI 2:03 PKATOI 1 GW 0 GT Defenseman Archie Wagner has posted good numbers in the point department. As an offensive defender he has proven himself to be a quality player in any situation, sporting a respectable +28 and the most PPA among the group. His defensive ability isn’t a premium, but still good enough for a third rounder. 17th Overall Wesley Babiy 53 GP 10 G 23 A 33 P +16 12 PIM 0 PIM5 7 SB 20:11 ATOI 3 PPG 5 PPA 8 PPP 2:54 PPATOI 0:52 PKATOI 2 GW 0 GT Oslo continued their dominance in this round picking the first centre. Babiy has played well for the Storm in all situations, being used primarily as the number two centre in all situations. With 20 minutes a game he has done well for himself, tied with teammate Nezhmetdinov for assists by a forward, and posting the best PIM per minutes played. He has played some PK time over the season, but not enough to make an impact. 18th Overall Danger Van der Merwe 52 GP 6 G 3 A 9 P +1 7 PIM 5 PIM5 8 SB 1 PPG 1 PPA 2 PPP 10:51 ATOI 0:38 PPATOI 0:01 PKATOI 0 GW 0 GT Danger is the first pick that is looking to have not panned out in the third. At only 11 minutes a game there is nothing that Danger could really show with his opportunities given. He has been given minimal special teams play and the only positive to his game seems to be his discipline (one minor penalty in 52 games) and defensive play (8 blocked shots). 19th Overall M. Nocturne Shamalamalamalon 53 GP 8 G 14 A 22 P -22 79 PIM 15 PIM5 103 SB 4 PPG 5 PPA 9 PPP 21:60 ATOI 2:14 PPATOI 2:34 PKATOI 1 GW 1 GT Defender Shamalamalamalon has not had the offensive year that Wagner has put up, but with over a hundred blocked shots you have to appreciate the effort. Even if it has not helped him with a piss poor -22. 20th Overall Matej Križ 53 GP 6 G 3 A 9 P +13 18 PIM 0 PIM5 7 SB 0 PPG 0 PPA 0 PPP 14:09 ATOI 0:01 PPATOI 0:00 PKATOI 3 GW 0 GT Križ is the third Storm skater picked in the third round. With no special teams time Križ is far behind his teammates Babiy and Nezhmetdinov in terms of points, but his defensive play and secondary role on the team have made him a decent addition to the team. Clearly there were better options however. 21st Overall Lee Sang-Hyeok 52 GP 19 G 15 A 34 P -4 47 PIM 15 PIM5 13 SB 6 PPG 5 PPA 11 PPP 26:55 ATOI 2:57 PPATOI 2:40 PKATOI 3 GW 2 GT Sang-Hyeok is that better option. On the cusp of 20 goals the sniper has had a memorable year. With a ton of ice time and responsibility on a weaker team Lee Sang-Hyeok’s numbers may be a bit inflated but the results cannot be argued with. He has excelled in the Power Play (11 points) and the Penalty Kill (13 shots blocked) and should look to carry those accolades with him as he enters the VHL draft looking to get drafted at a much higher spot than 21st overall.

In the end "being put on waivers" when you're active isn't exactly an awesome thing to find out even if it's better for the team dropping me. Atleast could've spelled my name right too lol but I know it's Brovy so any letter combo that resembles my name is good.

I figure there are people here that would appreciate this: Got last minute box seats to see Man U/PSG at Soldier Field tonight. I'm slowly growing into becoming more of a soccer fan, so wasn't a transformative experience or anything, but it was a lot of fun. I like Zlatan even more after seeing him in person.

Wow.. To think I was traded. I actually got waived even worse of a dick kick. Especially when I was told before that was the center piece behind the trade that got me to QC, I get waived. Thank god I'm going to Helsinki.

Alright, so maybe it's not a mania proportion, but Mathieu Baptiste was claimed off waivers by the Brampton Blades and right away took into action. In just his first game, he notched a point with the franchise, making it the fastest point of his career, something he was expecting knowing his own abilities. A lot of people doubted his talents right out the gate, because his agent is one that has been known to make good players, however his slacker of a recent player really made people have judgments that could be called pre-judgement. Despite the people talking a lot of crap about him, Baptiste really wants to make sure that people take him as a serious contender for the present and future. He prides himself on a few things that make his game unique, his speed and his size in particular. No one in the game is particularly fast at a larger body size, so this is something people say are unique and something they say are actually crazy, something unseen by so many people, but Baptiste is unlike any ordinary player out there. As a French player, Baptiste has a very high standard both from himself and from his family, as they've invested a lot of time and money into the sport. He's been on a lot of teams radars in many different leagues, but has just landed here. If he can really show-up to the games each and every day, he's going to make for a possible future hall-of-fame player, but he's got way too much time on his hands to prove it.

There were some complaints that the trade deadline (week) was too predictable with trades like Faraday's move to Davos or Toronto selling everyone to Stockholm known well in advance. Well, trigger-happy Quebec GM Clinton Chevy has solved this issue by making some moves when no one expected him too. After some perfectly legal waiver shenanigans resulting in the departure of the once highly-rated Brandon Holmes and S43 cup winner Wolfgang Strauss, the Meute got S43 cup winner Brady Stropko and the once highly-rated third round steal King Czar III. Hmm. As it stands, Quebec is actually making a profit, as they have had their S45 second-round pick returned to them from Helsinki (with the first essentially going from Helsinki to Seattle). That's pretty good considering both players are upgrades and surprisingly only one year older (a S41 and S42 swapped for a S40 and a S41). There is expected to be more to come in the off-season but if they weren't already, the Meute seem primed to win their second Continental Cup. For Helsinki, they move likely ninth or tenth overall for a more sure thing (the Quebec third-rounder, not Strauss, of course) and probably improve their future cap situation. Seattle might be entering their most promising rebuild since the Seattle Six were formed in S26 and the S46 draft pans out, North America could have a few stacked seasons, even if Quebec implodes in the next two off-seasons.

Me I've always been a steal

Jason killing it in the later rounds as usual.

Context 3/3 a hiatus , interesting podcast going into the future would be cool. Professionalism: 2/2 yup Editing 1/1 sounds good Overall 6/6

Jardy again probably.

This scrub didn't have have 366 hits

dis shit cray

David Ma Fucking Price

Lee Sang-Hyeok has been making great strides for Asian ice hockey over the past season. One of the rare Korean ice hockey talents to make the jump to North America, Sang-Hyeok is known as 'the frozen pearl' in his home country, thanks to the skill and finesse which have propelled him to ice hockey stardom. He is a hero in his home country thanks to his hockey exploits as well as a storied League of Legends career which saw him dominate e-sports before moving onto his athletic career. Selected 21st overall by the Moscow Red Wolves in the S44 VHLM Dispersal draft, not much was known about the Korean phenom besides rumours of his talent. After a very strong training camp in Moscow, he was tipped to be one of the steals of the S44 draft. Through his first 12 VHLM games with the struggling Red Wolves, he posted 5 goals and 3 assists for 8 points. This offensive production paved the way for a move from the European Conference to North America, when Moscow cashed in on their 3rd round selection by trading Sang-Hyeok to the Brampton Blades for a plethora of high draft picks. The sacrifice of picks looks to be paying off for Brampton, as Sang-Hyeok has continued his high-level of play, racking up 26 points in his first 40 games with the Blades, which has helped them lock down a playoff spot only 52 games into the season. Despite all of the individual plaudits and fame in his home country, Sang-Hyeok, or as his teammates call him, "Faker", has made it clear to the media that he will not get ahead of himself and his priority is winning the Founder's Cup with Brampton this season.

I'll dazzle him between now and then.

Perron makes his mark in Brampton VHL.com | Brampton Blades BRAMPTON, ONT. -- There's been no sophomore slump for Maxime Perron in the VHLM this season. The seventh overall pick in the VHL's S44 Entry Draft has taken a victory lap in the league's minor league circuit in stride, and then some, tearing the league up to the tune of 43 goals and 82 points in only 50 games. With expectations sky-high for Perron this season, the Frenchman has responded by carrying his squad into the playoffs with little help from his supporting class. Perron's 82 points already eclipse the 74 he put up in S44 and he is already 30 points clear of the team's next leading scorer, Franklin Romanowski. Perron's big season has played a large role in helping the Blades qualify for the VHLM's playoffs, but with 22 games still remaining on the team's schedule, the work is by no means done here. His big league club in Helsinki will be keeping close tabs on their first-round investment, desperately hoping the 6-foot-1 centre can develop into a player capable of playing a regular role in the VHL next year. Early indications show that Perron has clearly outgrown the VHLM, but if he wants to make an impact at the next level, question marks remain just yet.

Thanks Kendrick <3 In the end the biggest positive is going to Helsinki

SECTION 7.2 OF THE VICTORY HOCKEY LEAGUE RULEBOOK READS: "7.2 – Sending Down A Player When sending a player down who has over 175TPE or does not have a two-way contract they will have to go through waivers for a period of 48 hours." Key wording = "When sending a player down who has over 175TPE" .... Teibert is at 159 tpe and therefore doesn't need to clear waivers. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡⊙ ͜ʖ ͡⊙) ( ͡◉ ͜ʖ ͡◉)

Come on Edwin...ROTY is still alive.

So Helsinki isn't going to claim and Brandon Holmes goes to Riga??? Quit playin games wit me Draper, ur pissin me clean off.

Welcome to the SQUAD boys!!! Glad we could finally rescue you from Pissronto.

The reason Im even in this thread is because I thought to myself: "now why the fuck would DollarAndADream be posting in the VHLM? Something big must have happened." goddamn S46 re-creates

Cologne with Dallas jerseys

On how Brovy treats his players:

It's on the PS4. Takes longer to create and edit players than on the PS3 also. You will be. I've created the Meute, and will probably create Cologne next.

And yet you're trying to use wins to argue that Mikaelscrub > Losegate.

A list of the possible top 10 under 20yo players to breakout this season in Europe, along with Youtube clips(I know, never scout from youtube, but I thought they might be of some interest) I found. 10) Breel Embolo (FC Basel) It is a mark of the potential of FC Basel striker Embolo that West Ham, Tottenham and West Brom have all been rumoured to be interested in paying £10m for his services this summer. Until now, the Swiss champions have batted away all suitors. Despite still being just 18, Embolo's career has already accelerated far beyond his years. He is one of only eight players to score in the Champions League when under the age of 18, and has three senior international caps for Switzerland despite only gaining citizenship in December 2014. He also scored ten goals in 18 league games for Basel last season, including a hat-trick against FC Zurich. The final word on Embolo goes to Basel captain Marco Streller: "My heart cheers when I see him playing." 9) Nikola Ninkovic (Partizan Belgrade) It is an inescapable fact that Nikola Ninkovic will forever be notorious as the player who racially abused Danny Rose when playing for the Serbia Under-21s. He received a 12-month international ban from the Serbian FA from his gestures. Aside from (but not forgetting) that, Ninkovic is a star. Partizan's academy has been a fruitful production line in recent seasons - Stevan Jovetic, Lazar Markovic, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Danilo Pantic, Matija Nastasic and Zoran Tosic have all come to England - and Ninkovic is the new kid on the block. Possessing wonderful technique and comfortable shooting or passing with both feet, there is no doubt that Ninkovic has the talent to reach the top, with Borussia Dortmund already showing interest. The only questions that remain are over his attitude. "He's our Zinedine Zidane and when the time comes, I'm sure he will become the most valuable player in the history of Serbian football," says Partizan coach Zvonko Popovic. 8) Jairo Riedewald (Ajax) Ajax have always been a club to put faith in its young academy products, but last season they took that principle to the maximum. Of the 26 players to start an Eredivisie match for them last season, 15 are still aged 23 or under; seven are 20 or under. Jairo Riedewald might be the biggest star of them all. Still just 18, he enjoyed the best possible debut when he came on in December 2013 with ten minutes remaining. Ajax were losing 1-0 to Roda JC, but Riedewald scored in the 88th and 92nd minutes to give them a 2-1 win. He became the youngest scoring debutant in Eredivisie history. Given his Champions League debut in the Nou Camp in October 2014, Riedewald impressed Ajax coach Frank de Boer enough in his 34 minutes to draw a hugely flattering comparison. "The position of holding midfielder is a complicated one," De Boer said. "Jairo has a lot of quality, though. He is very agile, quick and physically strong. He reminds me a bit of Frank Rijkaard. He's perhaps even more agile, although he's not as strong in the air." No pressure then. 7) Alessio Romagnoli (Roma) While the information listed above is factually correct, the likelihood is that Romagnoli will not be a Roma player for long. The central defender (who can also play at right-back) is a transfer target for Milan and Napoli, with Roma holding out for €30m. This is a player with only 13 Serie A appearances for the Giallorossi. The player himself is thought to prefer a move to Milan, having played under new coach Sinisa Mihajlovic while on loan at Sampdoria last season. Is this the man to lead Milan out of the doldrums? Romagnoli is not a passing central defender in the style of Fabio Cannavaro, say, but instead relies on tough tackling and stepping out of defence to intercept play. He possesses fine aerial prowess, but also an ability to read the game that is crucial to success in Serie A. It's a weighty price tag for a 20-year-old, but it could easily look a steal in three years. 6) Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen) One of the saddest things about modern football is looking at the disgustingly young faces of the newest stars and finally admitting that you will never quite make the grade. Julian Brandt is perhaps the most obvious example of this - even his Wikipedia photo shows dimples in his cheeks. One could quite reasonably say that a player with 25 Bundesliga appearances, four goals and a couple of assists last season may have already 'broken through', but this feels like the campaign when brand Brandt could really take off. Having joined Leverkusen from Wolfsburg on a five-year deal in 2013, Brandt has it all. He is a two-footed winger with notable speed, but the most striking aspect of his game is his physical presence. There aren't too many fleet-footed wingers who stand at 6ft 1in, pretty scary considering Brandt is still growing. 5) Ruben Neves (FC Porto) You couldn't move in January for rumours linking Liverpool with a move for FC Porto's latest wonderkid, but Ruben Neves eventually stayed put. It's only a matter of time before a European heavyweight takes the plunge. It's easy to see why Brendan Rodgers was interested. Neves has only played 24 Primeira Liga matches for Porto but has already established a reputation as the new Sergio Busquets in a football culture where nothing must be left uncompared. 2014/15 was a whirlwind season. Neves became the youngest ever player to start a league game for Porto (scoring on his debut), and then the following week became the youngest ever Portuguese player to start a Champions League match. Now closely monitored by Real Madrid and Juventus, Porto have slapped a £29m minimum fee release clause on their young prodigy. He's going to become the next Iberian central midfield star, basically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxoszLpFdKg 4) Jose Luis Gaya (Valencia) There were huge sighs of relief in Valencia when the club persuaded left-back José Luis Gayà to sign a new five-year contract in May. The circling vultures represented by Real Madrid were beginning to cast a shadow. "We are all happy," Gaya said after signing his new deal. "I have seen and heard many lies about the process, but I decided it was best not to comment on them. Both the club and my agent knew that I intended to continue here. I am very happy here and hope to stay for many more years." That may be true, but how long can Valencia stave off the interest? The good news is that the previous £13m release clause is now thought to have more than trebled. If Gaya is Real's long-term left-back, it'll cost them. Having already produced Juan Bernat and Jordi Alba, it seems only a matter of time before Europe's three best clubs all possess left-backs who are products of Valencia's academy? 3) José Giménez (Atletico Madrid) Having picked Jose Giminez as one of my top ten players to watch this summer, the defender played every minute of Uruguay's Copa America campaign, scoring the equaliser against Paraguay that took his country through to the knock-out stage. At club level, things are about to get a whole lot more interesting. The departure of Miranda to Internazionale leaves a space that Giminez can and will fill. He will form a partnership alongside international teammate Diego Godin - there is no doubt the 20-year-old is ready for his chance. Having already turned down a bid of £17.5m bid from Manchester City in December 2014, don't be surprised if that price rises substantially by the end of this season. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB_49Ql3pLY 2) Munir El-Haddadi (Barcelona) Any skilful forward coming through Barcelona's ranks will inevitably be tagged as the 'New Messi', but Munir El-Haddadi might be the first player to have the talent to match up to the expectation. Now 19, and having joined from Atletico Madrid in 2011, Munir has had to wait for his Camp Nou opportunities, unsurprising given the options in front of him in the queue. He made ten La Liga appearances last season, and also made his senior Spain debut in September 2014, having scored 11 goals in ten UEFA Youth League games the previous season. The potential departure of Pedro to the Premier League may be the chance Munir needs, and this could truly be his breakthrough season. The rumours linking Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City with a move won't go away, but Munir feels like he's very much one for Barcelona's future. 1) Youri Tielemans (Anderlecht) It's difficult to comprehend just how complete a player Tielemans is when you consider that he only turned 18 in May. I'd normally dissuade you from making up your opinion on players from Youtube clips, but just watch the video above. He was seventeen throughout all this. A composed central midfielder, Tielemans looks at home either in a holding role or further up the pitch. He already has three goals in seven appearances for Belgium's Under-21 team. He also said the following thing about life at Anderlecht: "Sometimes the older players like Silvio Proto or Olivier Deschacht say to me 'Hey, you were only born yesterday', but it's just banter." A Richard Keys fan! "Tielemans is a phenomenon. There are not many players better than him," says former Andelecht player Pär Zetterberg, while youth coach Mohammed Ouahbi is just as effusive with his praise: "We have always known Tielemans was a super talent. Whenever anyone asked me who I thought would go far, I would mention his name first." He might be Paul Pogba's nearest rival for the tag of the best midfielder of football's next generation. Anyone else to add?

Claimed. property

The Oslo GAAAAAAAATOOOOOORRRRRAAAAIIIIIDDDDDD chants are premium, but not as great as when Babiy comes out for a big third period face-off and they play this on the jumbotron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28A9Jgo92GQ

i am da new #1 MTL IMPACT fan of MLS

Graves at your service! Hellll yeeaaaah!