Victor

fuck we have Fong now?

The Los Angeles Stars are pretty bad. It's been a while since we've had a team quite as bad as the Stars are in S93. If they lose their remaining 20 games, which is not a long shot given they've only won 3 of their first 52, they will tie the very bad S11 Toronto Legion for the most losses of all time. If they get fewer than 2 points between now and the end of the season (again, within the realms of possibility given they only have 7 so far), they will have the outright least amount of points a team has ever managed in a single regular season. What stands out about this Stars team is that they're probably not the worst roster the VHL has ever seen. With 81 goals to date they are the ninth-lowest scoring team of all time but will probably get the extra 2 goals to escape the bottom 10. They're nowhere near the 400+ goals against that some historically bad teams have conceded in the past, including S81 D.C., who were tanking during peak meta era. But because the rest of the league, except Davos, is on a very similar footing, there's a lot fewer opportunities for LA to pick up points around the league than if there competed in the unequal seasons of VHL's past. Coupled with being the VHL's least successful franchise as of today, this season may well be the nadir of the Stars' existence so far.

Week 2 of 2

trailblazer Interesting, it feels like the original seven are untouchable at this point but NY has to be the easiest to cull if we truly want something fresh.

The anti-Sydney sentiment of all those not from Sydney is always amusing. Bern is gorgeous though, as is most of the country tbf. Same for Australia... I need to move

The Bears simply do not do fringe playoff team.

Is she here?? Do we have a Carson family situation? Or does she just proofread your work?

There's a way to see historical midseason standings??

Eagles soaring

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Halfway through the season, the VHLE standings have split into half between the contenders and pretenders. After a lot of parity to begin the season and unexpected wins by the teams expected to struggle, notably defending champions Bratislava, three teams have managed to separate themselves from the pack and are in a close race for the top. Cologne, off the back of four straight finals, looked to be running away with the regular season again but a surge by Vasteras puts them just five points behind. Oslo sits just three points behind Vasteras. These three teams are also home to the six highest-scoring players in the league this season and most of the league's top goaltenders, with the exception of Stockholm's Kaskiniemi-Kekkonen. It seems clear that, barring a huge upset, the Renaissance Cup will be heading to one of these three cities at the end of the season but what impact will winning the King's Cup have? Will it increase the pressure or will it help having an easier first-round matchup in the playoffs? Lots of storylines still to unfold in the E.

Teno and Summers all timers

I guess we have to eliminate you then