We have passed the halfway mark for the regular season and the results thus far are nothing short of fascinating.
Last year's champs, the Calgary Chinook sit in 7th place in the Corfield Conference, 7 points out of a playoff spot and currently on a 1-9-0 streak.
Meanwhile, the upstart Capeside Loons sit first overall in the league with what most people would say is an inferior roster to that of the Champs.
Other teams that started slowly have clearly heated up, the best example being the Georgetown Millers. The Millers were out of a playoff spot a few weeks ago but have climbed into 4th place in the Canosa with games in hand on everybody ahead of them in the standings.
A frustrating year for some teams, to be sure...
As Dayton has her own troubles right now, I can't profess to know exactly how to set Simon up for optimal performance. When I had a modest roster, I seemed to shut teams down and win a lot of 1 goal games. My offense was putrid. I then reshaped the team, adding some bonafide top gun offensive talent like Crosby, Kuznetsov, Benn, etc...only to see the team flounder around .500 or slightly worse since then.
In APBA, this wouldn't have happened, but we'd certainly be having other issues...At least Simon is more realistic. By a lot, I'd say...
I can say that generally speaking, the teams that grind through it and continue to send in line adjustments seem to do better than teams that stay with a set of lines for weeks at a time. Your mileage may vary.
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Who's hot:
CAP - 8-1-1
HAM - 8-0-2
DRT - 7-2-1
Who's not:
CGY - 1-9-0
ISL - 2-4-2
GIL - 3-7-0
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"You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast."
Junior Seau
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