Wisborg Wisdoms

 So 23 games into the season we starting to get a grip on this season. There is no reason to try to sweet talk this. The Donuts are set for a run at the playoffs again, no kidding. We are again in a race but maybe not as close as it was last year at this time, where it was around nine teams neck and neck down to the wire.

This season Donuts choose to load up even further. The Donuts probably have the highest payroll that the CCHL has ever seen, over 2 mil a game. The team is so loaded that we have goal scorers that could fit on any team, on bench to wait out injuries.

So is this sane or not? Time will kind of tell. The stakes are high. The fall could be disastrous but the rewards can also be sweet. It is a gamle and nothing is ever certain in CCHL. Donuts have been knocked out 2 years ago, was on the losing end of a deciding 7th game before turing it around in OT three years ago. There is actually a lot of things that can go wrong.

So after all this where is the Donuts after 23 games? We ar e riding in a fairly comfortable first place so far and having a bit of a cushion to a mob of around five teams chasing. Lots of time remain, lots of trades will be done but so far I guess I am right where I wanted to be.

Every win is a paycheck, but the bonus money is in the equation as well. Let's see how we are doing.

Of course Donuts have a first line, but with lots of talent you can switch around fairly comfortable. So with three high end lines it is scoring on a committee. That translates to only one player in top 15 goal scorers, and only 2 players in the top 30 point collectors. That wont give a lot of bonus money.

With so many scorers on the team it should be no problem setting a great power play together. But the team scores in the top goals per game but comes in at a dismal 17th place in power play goal percentage. That wont give a lot of bonus money.

It is a no brainer that the road to the finals goes through series in own conference. A bit worrying then that 2 out of the 3 games so far against Victoria has been lost, and none has been won in regulation time. We will met up in 6 games this season so it can change. But I would lie if I am not worried, it could end in the start of playoff and that will spell a much smaller amount of bonus money.

Time will tell.