1) Hottest Team? The Seattle Reign - what a story so far... Springfield and Georgetown have both righted their ships of late and look to be climbing up the standings if they can maintain it.
2) Coldest Team? Gillam Sharks with just 6 points in their last ten games. ISL, PAR & FNT are in close company, however...
3) Most OT Wins? MIN leads with 4, followed by CAP, DAY & NIA with 2 each...
4) Most Shootout Wins? CAP & DRT lead the league with 5 SO victories, followed by DAY, HAM & POR with 4 each...
5) Most OT Losses? Sudbury has 3 OT losses with SIB, MIN & POR checking in with 2 losses each...
6) Most Shootout Losses? The Portland Owls have had 5 SO losses already this season. But, right behind them is HAM, PAR, SPR & WIS each with 4...
7) GM Change in Fonthill - We're on the hunt for a new GM for the FNT franchise. Stephen had some time issues related to work responsibilities that prevented the level of participation he'd hoped for. If you know of anyone who'd be interested, alert either Matt Young or me, asap...
8) Sample size growing, corrections seem to be arriving- After cold starts, Georgetown, Fort Erie, and Springfield all seem to be earning their share of points over the last few weeks. Our reigning Champions, the Calgary Chinook have shown flashes of their potential but generally speaking, haven't hit their stride yet this season. As with any professional sports season, it's a work in progress. To some degree, players and teams usually revert to their mean statistically. Sudden statistical fluctuations for the good and/or bad usually are revealed to be aberrations more often than a "new normal" with established players. Younger players can often improve and reach new levels and older ones can decline in the later stages of their careers, but still seems to be predictability to these things. It takes study of underlying conditions to often see why something happened out of nowhere to a player. Was it a normal progression of a career? A normal regression? How are the supporting numbers like ice time, special teams time, shooting percent, etc., trending? Was it an injury that forced someone into a different role in which they may have thrived for some time? Did the performance of a team-mate alter the time on ice and opportunity for some player?
(Over time, usually, our best players wind up being our best players. Usually, lol...)
9) Upcoming Schedule Change - I'll be out of town on a holiday scouting trip through Cleveland and Pittsburgh from the 28th until the 30th. Games will be simmed as usual on Thursday the 27th, with the next games being simmed on Sunday evening the 30th, likely by 7:00pm, Dayton time...
10) 41st Game for UFA Signees fast approaching - A reminder that players signed during the most recent UFA bidding period will be able to be traded, waived, etc.. after their team has played its 41st game of the season. Once your team has played in its 41st game, all existing restrictions on player movement will be lifted.
To wrap things up in this issue, overall, the new sim seems to be challenging for all of us. Races are competitive in both Conference moreso than usual at this time, surprises await all of us and it should be a fun run to the trade deadline and beyond.
Have a great holiday, be safe, hold loved ones close and enjoy the rest of 2018.
2019 will be here before we know it!
Thanks!
Bill
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