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| A look at who's hot, who's not, player movement and other news across the league... |
(Hey guys, going to strive to post a weekly overview of all things CCHL each Monday throughout the season and at various times during the offseason. Everything is fair game from on-ice performance to transactions and Simon stuff...)
*New Season/New Simulator: After five months of training and planning the CCHL transitioned to a different simulator for the 2018-19 season. Having spent our first sixteen seasons with the old DOS based and long unsupported APBA Hockey Sim software, the move was made to the Simon T Hockey Simulator product. Windows-based and far more user-friendly than APBA, we see a much broader array of statistical reports available to us, dramatically easier Commissioner interphase for the actual simming of games and a robust set of options for enhanced league play going into the future.
*Scoring is almost identical to APBA: I compared the GF and GA on a per game basis from last year to our numbers so far this season, through last night's games inclusive. I reviewed the top and the bottom five teams in both seasons.
APBA - 2017-18 - Top 5 Goals for per game - 4.2 gpg
APBA - 2017-18 - Top 5 Goals for per game - 4.2 gpg
APBA - 2017-18 - Bottom 5 Goals against per game - 2.2 gpg
SIMON - 2018-19 - Top 5 Goals for per game - 4.1 gpg
SIMON - 2018-19 - Bottom 5 Goals against per game - 2.2 gpg
So far, it seems almost identical to what we saw the best and worst teams do in terms of scoring when we compare the two sims head to head on this metric. I can't think of any reason it would change dramatically going forward, but we'll keep an eye on how Simon compares to APBA for sure...
*Who's Hot: Team of the Week - Seattle Reign - With a perfect 5-0-0 record, the Reign sit atop the CCHL standings. Portland (4-0-3) and Georgetown (4-0-1) are the only two teams to yet suffer a defeat this season.
*Who's Not: Parry Sound Orrsmen - (0-6-1) The Orrsmen are just too good to continue on this way, look for a correction to arrive in the next week or so. Dartmouth and Gillam (both 1-5-1) are also off to a cold start and collectively share a -41 in goal differential on the young season.
*Who's Not: Parry Sound Orrsmen - (0-6-1) The Orrsmen are just too good to continue on this way, look for a correction to arrive in the next week or so. Dartmouth and Gillam (both 1-5-1) are also off to a cold start and collectively share a -41 in goal differential on the young season.
*Owls this possible? Who thought Mikael Granlund and Mikko Rantanen of Portland would be leading the CCHL scoring race after the first couple weeks?
*Finances are on the way!!! I was alerted by Bobby Nicol yesterday that we should look for the new financials to be uploaded to the CCHL website sometime Monday evening. Yes!
*Simon Stuff #1: To my knowledge, every team is now on board with the creation, saving and sending of lines into the league office. The inflow of lines into the league office seems normal for this time of year. Usually, I'll receive between 4-6 files a day from teams wanting to update their lines.
*Simon Stuff #2: A reminder that we track GM performance in several different categories throughout the season. We track how many lines a team sends in, how many illegal lineups that require correction occur, how many trade blocks are sent out and a misc. tracking of "other" type things like "I'll be out of town on such and such a date..." or "My computer just died, I may need help for a couple days until I get it fixed" are essential to keep good communication in place throughout the league's members and the league office. We also track complaints we get from GM's about other GM's not responding to trade offers. The expectation is to acknowledge the inquiry within 48 hours. Don't be that guy that doesn't respond, ok?
*Simon Stuff #3: I've been asked if there's a different way to handle trade blocks and my short answer is, no, there isn't. If I created a webpage on the site just for trade wishes, yes, the info would be in one central location, but unless a team actually went to the page, they wouldn't see the info. By keeping it on an email basis, the thought is that at least a GM will see the trade block in their inbox and (hopefully) give it a quick read.
*Try this: There is an additional way to communicate to the league who is available and who isn't within your line editor software. Open up your line software, go to your roster page. As you select a player, you'll see an area on the right side of that screen above the EXIT icon that says "AVAILABLE FOR TRADE" and "NO TRADE." Choose a player you want to highlight, and then click on the applicable option. This info will be saved along with your line combinations when you send it into the league office. Teams are able to review other team's info as to who's available and who isn't. This doesn't replace the trade block nor do you receive credit for it like sending out a trade block, but it may be a fairly easy way to passively communicate with other teams on this issue.
Have a good week!
*Simon Stuff #1: To my knowledge, every team is now on board with the creation, saving and sending of lines into the league office. The inflow of lines into the league office seems normal for this time of year. Usually, I'll receive between 4-6 files a day from teams wanting to update their lines.
*Simon Stuff #2: A reminder that we track GM performance in several different categories throughout the season. We track how many lines a team sends in, how many illegal lineups that require correction occur, how many trade blocks are sent out and a misc. tracking of "other" type things like "I'll be out of town on such and such a date..." or "My computer just died, I may need help for a couple days until I get it fixed" are essential to keep good communication in place throughout the league's members and the league office. We also track complaints we get from GM's about other GM's not responding to trade offers. The expectation is to acknowledge the inquiry within 48 hours. Don't be that guy that doesn't respond, ok?
*Simon Stuff #3: I've been asked if there's a different way to handle trade blocks and my short answer is, no, there isn't. If I created a webpage on the site just for trade wishes, yes, the info would be in one central location, but unless a team actually went to the page, they wouldn't see the info. By keeping it on an email basis, the thought is that at least a GM will see the trade block in their inbox and (hopefully) give it a quick read.
*Try this: There is an additional way to communicate to the league who is available and who isn't within your line editor software. Open up your line software, go to your roster page. As you select a player, you'll see an area on the right side of that screen above the EXIT icon that says "AVAILABLE FOR TRADE" and "NO TRADE." Choose a player you want to highlight, and then click on the applicable option. This info will be saved along with your line combinations when you send it into the league office. Teams are able to review other team's info as to who's available and who isn't. This doesn't replace the trade block nor do you receive credit for it like sending out a trade block, but it may be a fairly easy way to passively communicate with other teams on this issue.
Have a good week!
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