Senior Admin Will 4,604 Posted March 24, 2015 Senior Admin Share Posted March 24, 2015 The VHLM: Contraction From it's inception up until S31, the VHL operated with 8 teams. In S31, the league expanded to add 2 two teams, one per conference. With it, the VHLM also expanded in this fashion. It is now S42, and the general consensus is that the expansion worked wonderfully for the VHL. For the VHLM, however, that opinion is not shared. The issues with the VHLM as far as expansion goes are this: The influx of players to the VHLM is simply not high enough to sustain 10 teams. Players are spread out too thinly among the teams, leading to small rosters and therefore less locker room activity. Too often, we see teams that have only a few or even no active players. The result of having players so segregated with little activity is us losing members due to a lack of engagement. This is of course very unfortunate and should be rectified. As of the conclusion of the S42 Playoffs, two VHLM teams will cease to exist. Although it might be assumable that the two expansion teams would be the ones to get dropped, that won't be the case. In the past 10 seasons, the Founder's Cup was won by one of the two expansion teams 7 times. Instead of removing teams that have been wildly successful in recent history, we have decided to drop two of the worst performing and overall unpopular teams in the league: the Turku Outlaws and the Minot Gladiators. Minot Gladiators Last cup win: Season 19 Minot hasn't been victorious since Season 19, they are a generally disrespected team, and they are definitely the most out of place location in the Conference. Turku Outlaws Last cup win: Season 30 (as the Kolari Panthers) Turku was a tougher decision. Although Turku has been bad, they have been no worse than the Moscow Red Wolves (formerly Vasteras IK J20). Ultimately it came down to the fact that we already have Helsinki representing Finland in the league, whereas we have no other Russian teams. General Manager's Mr. Jones and iRockstar are the incumbent GMs of Turku and Minot, respectively. The decision to axe these two teams is not reflectant upon their tenure. They have both done good work and it's truly unfortunate that this announcement will have such an impact on them. The VHLM Commissioners have decided to guarantee these two GMs the next available teams. One team, Ottawa, is being managed by sterling until the end of this season, at which point it will be passed on to one of the above GMs. Draft Implications This is an ideal time to contract these two teams because they each will have very few active players remaining on their rosters at the end of the season. These few players will be added to the S43 VHLM Dispersal Draft. The MIN or TUR draft picks that teams other than Minot or Turku are in possession of will remain in the position they would normally be in as a result of S42 standings. Fortunately, neither team has trade any S44 picks. Draft picks that belong to Minot or Turku will cease to exist. Sim Implications A separate announcement relating to what effect this contraction will have on the sim will be made in the near future. TL;DR Version - VHLM Contracting to 8 Teams - Minot and Turku being contracted - GMs will be guaranteed the next available teams - Minot and Turku's draft picks will be burned, picks they have traded will remain in those position - Announcement on how this will effect the sim to be made soon ~The Blue Team/Board of Governors/VHLM Commisioners Kendrick, eaglesfan036, Da Trifecta and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,527 Posted March 24, 2015 Admin Share Posted March 24, 2015 Big step in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOM 8,401 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Communists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotAVHLM-GM 1,858 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 There was a time where I hoped to be drafted by Kolari Panthers with LeBeau. I feel this is justice for not giving in to my wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedgehog337 3,480 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 My ex team is out...good bye, Minot. JardyB10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molholt 2,183 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Jarkko was a Panther Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boubabi 4,725 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Nice nice Would have kept the outlaws logo though. My logo for the red wolves is awful Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowboyinAmerica 2,705 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 As if I didn't want to win this year before, I really, really do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler 1,514 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 WOOOOOOOOOOOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Trifecta 1,896 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Now raise the salary cap in the VHL and we are in good shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarch 2,939 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Good Shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodLeftUndone 171 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Seems just Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duddy 159 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 nice. should help with activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advantage 2,769 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Sad to see the Ex-Panthers go but this is definitely a step in the right direction Higgins 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil 5,010 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Great ruling. I think this is absolutely perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Moderator Baozi 1,635 Posted March 24, 2015 Head Moderator Share Posted March 24, 2015 Hmmm, how are they going to work this out sim wise. I thought all farm teams had to play unless we are using a separate sim client now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick 4,714 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Hmmm, how are they going to work this out sim wise. I thought all farm teams had to play unless we are using a separate sim client now? You live under a rock Fong. They are using a separate I'm file. Panthers are going, my baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munk 1,298 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Communists. Preach it boomer Damn kolari was the shiet i was on dat s30 winning team i tink or be4 Advantage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Moderator Baozi 1,635 Posted March 24, 2015 Head Moderator Share Posted March 24, 2015 You live under a rock Fong. They are using a separate I'm file. Panthers are going, my baby Its not like it was announced somewhere else that was for sure what they were doing. I like having confirmations and not just here say But that would work, though is there going to be another simmer then? Or we making Jardy sim two diff clients a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Admin Will 4,604 Posted March 24, 2015 Author Senior Admin Share Posted March 24, 2015 Actually nobody decided we were using a separate file. If we knew what we were doing with the sim, we would have announced it. Jardy is handling it and we'll announce it when we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,527 Posted March 24, 2015 Admin Share Posted March 24, 2015 - Announcement on how this will effect the sim to be made soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Moderator Baozi 1,635 Posted March 24, 2015 Head Moderator Share Posted March 24, 2015 Well my subtle point was that shouldn't that have been figured out beforehand so it'd be included with the contraction announcement lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler 1,514 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Raising the cap would be a great idea TBH. Da Trifecta 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Tortorella 2,653 Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Well my subtle point was that shouldn't that have been figured out beforehand so it'd be included with the contraction announcement lol. We have multiple plausible ideas on what we're doing, but just haven't finalized which direction we're going in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Victor 10,527 Posted March 24, 2015 Admin Share Posted March 24, 2015 If the cap is ever raised I will personally reinstate myself as commissioner to put it back to 32mil. Will and CowboyinAmerica 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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