Some notes from your friendly neighborhood league commissioner!
Our first goalie usage update is due out this weekend thanks
to Mr. Kash. A lot of goaltenders on
pace to play over 70 games this season for their teams and we wanted to ensure
people had ample warning that usage could max out earlier than normal given the
extreme dependence on the true starting goaltender. I’ve got a few minor tweaks to potentially
look at for next season to improve realism with respect to goaltending, but we’ll
worry about that at a later date.
With respect to overall participation, it appears that the implementation
of the website lineup editor has done wonders with respect to submissions. While I think the number is inflated from
people hitting save, then making a minor adjustment, overall, it’s
substantially up and I don’t think that’s a fluke whatsoever.
We are on pace to double last year’s participation and
almost double the league record from the 2017-18 season – which is pretty darn
good. Having said that you could argue
that expansion teams are inflating the numbers, but the reality is that it’s
only bumped it up 32 on the season so it’s our existing membership still
driving the bus and participating.
We are still searching for somebody to take over Crystal
Lake. I’ve reached out to two people
today but again if anyone knows anyone, please let’s talk to them. Don’t forget, as of this season, it’s a bonus
to your team and who wants to let Max get all the referral bonus money this
season for bringing us his brother (LOL!).
I’m happy with parity in the league this year as well. We’ve been, as a league, one for years where
a few dominant teams emerge, and the selling starts across the league. Apart from a few teams this year who have
started to sell, most are in the hunt, and Simon has shown us that upsets are
very possible in the playoffs every year!
He usually loves showing it with Fort Erie as an example too for some
reason, but I digress!
The top 12 teams are separated by just 12 points and the
bottom 12 are separated by just 13 points so a five-game losing streak at any
point could really swing things across the league. It’s what you love to see at this point in
the year and I think everyone has a good handle on their teams making the CCHL
as competitive as it has ever been.
In any event, I just wanted to provide a few updates for
everyone and provide a few thoughts about the league as well this season. Hope everyone is having fun and let’s hope we
can find somebody for Crystal Lake sooner than later!
-The Commish
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