Wendel Clark

As of Day 6
 
EASTERN CONFERENCE

 
WESTERN CONFERENCE

 
Top 5 Offensive teams:
1. Red Tide
2. Dragons
3. Natives
4. Rage
5. Battlin Bears
 
Top 5 Defensive teams:
1. Natives
2. Dragons
3. Yale Men
4. Red Tide
5. Trojans
 
Top 5 Goalie tandems:
1. Pegasus
2. Bulldogs
3. Doom
4. Plastic Attack
5. Outlaws

Agree with the sentiment, but disagree with some of the reasoning.  This conversation had been had before and I think needs to continue until there is a fix.
I agree that hoarding is an issue.  Not one of the games main issues, but definitely an issue.  So how do we fix it?  I am not a fan of gentleman's agreements, so if the game allows it, it's not cheating.  Asking managers to drop players or trade players is asking them to help the competition and why would they do that?
My solutions would be:
1. Roster Limits.  There's no reason a GHL team needs more than 30 players.  I understand this can be tricky with promoting teams, but I don't see how any team would have a major issue with this if managed properly.  It would also force teams to make quality decisions on which players to start, put in the affiliate or drop.
2. Better contracts.  Right now contracts are way too low and allowing managers to sign players too cheap.  Cheaper players means more players (and/or a team of all 90+ overall players, which is probably an even bigger issue).
Until those two things are resolved, hoarding will happen - and again, it's not against the rules.
 
But I'm having trouble with why you called out the teams you did given that your roster is 37 players.
1. The Hawks only have 31 players.  I'm not sure why you guys hate on him so much.
2. North Shore has 40+, but like you stated, they just promoted as well.  They only have 2 players 90+ on their roster, so any ill will their way is just misguided.  The reason for the post is to help promoting teams, but they just promoted 3 seasons ago and did fine with a not so stacked roster.  That should be appreciated.
3. Oshawa and Batchawana are on their own.  Their rosters are high and stacked.   Bash that all you want.
Could the bigger issue possible be teams like the Hawks and Black Devils who both have 12 players 90+ overall on their roster??  Number of players aside, this would be a bigger reason why promoting teams don't have success.  At least IMO.
If you want to read prior discussions on this topic, you can view them here (they are from 3 years ago): 
 
 

I can see a legitimate argument for 30 but not much more than that. The bigger thing that will go into fixing a lot in terms of player hoarding and a lack of FAs is having players demand more salary.
 
To give everyone a perspective on how easy it is to keep an absolutely stacked team together top players ask for around 6-7 million a season tops, unless they are greedy. The cap at the GHL level is 71.5. So top players are only asking for typically, at most, 10% of the cap available to a team. That means that teams can easily hold onto 6-7 of the top players in the league and still have enough room cap wise to fill the rest of their team with high end players. Those high end players playing more depth roles will, because they are playing depth roles, never ask for much more than depth role money even though they are players fully capable of playing top line roles in the league. Compare this to the NHL where top players get paid at least, with new contracts, 15% of the cap when you ignore the AAV adjustments due to back-diving contracts.
 
Crosby, when he signed his current deal, signed for 8.7 million against the cap, due to the contract being back-diving he was getting paid 12 million actual, when the cap was at 64.3 million. Cap wise he was getting paid 13.5% of the cap while salary wise he was getting paid 18.7% of the cap. It was rumored that Crosby was going to get 10 mil a season average against the cap. He would have if the last 3 seasons of his deal weren't 3 mil each. Either way, we can't back-dive contracts in this game so I am removing those 3 seasons from the discussion. Crosby demanded, and got, 18.7% of the cap.
 
The next big contract to look at is Malkin. He signed for 9.5 the next season when the cap was at 69 million. That is a cap hit of only 13.8%. Why was his lower? He took a "home team discount," partially forced by Crosby's contract the season prior and partially because Malkin didn't want a back diving contract. His cap hit should be higher as he is clearly the statistical outlier as I will show later.
 
The next big contracts were the duo of Kane and Toews. They both signed the exact same back-diving contracts of 10.5 aav and 13.8 actual when the cap was 71.4. Because we can't do back diving contracts the actual salary is what we are concerned with and 13.8 is 19.3% of the cap.
 
The next big contract to look at is McDavid's. AAV of 12.5 but a slight back-diving contract means that his actual early salary is 15 mil when the cap was at 79.5. That is 18.9% of the cap.
 
We are missing one massive contract example though. Ovechkin's 08-09 resigning. The AAV is just over 9.5 million but his contract was 13 years total with the first 6 being 9 mil a season and the last 7 being 10. So how do we calculate this one as it isn't back diving? It really won't matter as the cap was only 56.7 million that season. It is going to be 16.8% if you use the 9.5 something AAV or 17.6% if you use the 10 mil seasonal pay.
 
That is what NHL players are getting payed relative to what the cap is. The closest example we have to go by to our cap in the game is Kane and Toews. If we go by that and compare what top player demands are for us in game you will find that top players are asking for about half of what they should be percentage wise. Imagine McDavid getting paid around 7 million a season and how much that would help the Oilers cap wise. That is what is going on in our game at the moment as top players should be asking for about double what they are actually asking for at the moment. This doesn't mean that all players should be asking for about double what they currently are. However, players that fall just under the top rate players should easily be asking for 7-8 million rather than the ~5 million that they are asking for at the moment while 3-4 million players should be asking for 5-6 million.
 
Players asking for more appropriate salaries relative to their actual skill level, as well as relative to the cap, would go a long, long way into fixing both of the issues presented here. I'd even go so far as to say that a roster limit would be made redundant with the increased salary demands. Also note that I only think that player salary demands need to be adjusted at the GHL level. They seem fairly appropriate at every other level.

As of Day 7.
EASTERN CONFERENCE

 
WESTERN CONFERENCE

 

Rankings are updated as of Day 7 prior to the season opening games.
EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

 
TOP 5 OFFENSES:
1) Slaughterville Red Tide
2) Sheshegwaning Dragons
3) Big Delta Stealheads
4) Enigma Rage
5) Eastern Outlaws
TOP 5 DEFENSES:
1) Victoria Regals
2) Rome Trojans
3) Sheshegwaning Dragons
4) Pittsboro Plastic Attack
5) Slaughterville Red Tide

Season 5 Power Rankings - updated as of Day 10.  Hopefully the excel/screenshot method is readable for everyone.
 
EASTERN CONFERENCE

 
WESTERN CONFERENCE

 
 
Top 5 Offenses:
1)  Slaughterville Red Tide
2)  Sheshegwaning Dragons
3)  Enigma Rage
4)  Sault Ste Marie Battlin Bears
5)  Big Delta Stealheads
 
Top 5 Defenses:
1)  Victoria Regals
2)  Sheshegwaning Dragons
3)  Ithaca Ricochet
4)  Rome Trojans
5)  Slaughterville Red Tide
 
_______________________________________________________
The formula: 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF * 2) + (SG * 2)) / 26
Where: 
OFF = sum of 12 highest rated centers & forwards*
DEF = sum of 6 highest rated defenders*
SG = overall of starting goalie
* unless managers provided their unique roster set-up
Originally created by:
Erzac
 

Eastern Conference
 
1. Slaughterville Red Tide (Alexander Rasputin)
OFF: 88,5 DEF: 88,7 SG: 93 OVR: 88,9
 
2. Sheshegwaning Dragons (Ives Pa)
OFF: 88,0 DEF: 88,8 SG: 91 OVR: 88,6
 
3. Big Delta Stealheads (Paul T)
OFF: 88,2 DEF: 88,3 SG: 88 OVR: 88,2
 
4. St.Thomas Stray Cats (Erzac Ray)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88,8 SG: 96 OVR: 88,1
 
5. Sault Ste Marie Battlin Bears (Joe Leconte)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 88 OVR: 87,7
 
6. Lake Viking Bulldogs (Max Mol)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88 SG: 94 OVR: 87,6
 
7. Rome Trojans (Yann Rock)
OFF: 85,4 DEF: 88,5 SG: 92 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Maxville Vortex (Tyrod Gibson)
OFF: 86,7 DEF: 86,0 SG: 91 OVR: 86,7
 
9. Kingston Kamikaze (Antti Hänninen)
OFF: 85,0 DEF: 87,0 SG: 93 OVR: 86,5
 
10. Mango Duhawks (Dr. Jones)
OFF: 85,8 DEF: 85,3 SG: 91 OVR: 86,0
 
Tied 11. Bodmin Bangers (Sakari Lindholm)
OFF: 85,3 DEF: 86,2 SG: 87 OVR: 85,8
 
Tied 11. Cedar Rapids Minutemen (Richard Armour)
OFF: 85,5 DEF: 86,2 SG: 86 OVR: 85,8

13. Mount Airy Savage Storm (Jason New)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,3 SG: 86 OVR: 84,9
 
14. Frains Golden Bears (Computer)
OFF: 79,8 DEF: 84,2 SG: 82 OVR: 82,0

 
Western Conference
 
1. Kegashka Prairie Stars (Ferris Mason)
OFF: 87,8 DEF: 91,3 SG: 94 OVR: 89,9
 
2. West Chicago Hawks (Richard Feynman)
OFF: 87,0 DEF: 88,2 SG: 95 OVR: 88,2
 
3. Scandinavia Steelers (J Jono)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 92 OVR: 88,0
 
4. Vauban Tomahawks (Ben \)
OFF: 87,5 DEF: 87,7 SG: 92 OVR: 87,9
 
5. Eastern Outlaws (The Champ)
OFF: 86,3 DEF: 88,2 SG: 92 OVR: 87,6
 
6. Eldred Elite (Steven Bennett)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87,8 SG: 87 OVR: 87,4
 
7. Ithaca Ricochet (Marc S)
OFF: 84,6 DEF: 89,2 SG: 93 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Enigma Rage (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 87,4* DEF: 86,7* SG: 88 OVR: 87,1
(*Used two D as F)
 
9. Yonker Wolverines (Jiri Heikkala)
OFF: 85,7 DEF: 87,8 SG: 88 OVR: 86,8
 
10. Rycroft Red Thunder (Torbjörn Johansson)
OFF: 86,8 DEF: 85,2* SG: 87 OVR: 86,1
(*Used 13th C/F as 6th D, since there is only 5 D)
 
11. Richibucto Masons (Dr. Wendt)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,8 SG: 90 OVR: 85,5
 
12. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 83,8 DEF: 86,8 SG: 86 OVR: 85,4
 
13. Blenheim Pirates (Martin J)
OFF: 82,1 DEF: 84,7 SG: 88 OVR: 83,7
 
14. Thetford Mines Pegasus (Jeff Hamm)
OFF: 82,3 DEF: 82,0 SG: 83 OVR: 82,2

 
Calculated on day 8 of S4, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF*2) + (SG*2))/26
 
where
OFF: ovr sum of best 12 centers/forwards
DEF: ovr sum of best 6 defenders
SG: ovr of starting goalie

Eastern Conference
 
1. Slaughterville Red Tide (Alexander Rasputin)
OFF: 88,5 DEF: 88,7 SG: 93 OVR: 88,9
 
2. Sheshegwaning Dragons (Ives Pa)
OFF: 88,0 DEF: 88,8 SG: 91 OVR: 88,6
 
3. Big Delta Stealheads (Paul T)
OFF: 88,2 DEF: 88,3 SG: 88 OVR: 88,2
 
4. St.Thomas Stray Cats (Erzac Ray)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88,8 SG: 96 OVR: 88,1
 
5. Sault Ste Marie Battlin Bears (Joe Leconte)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 88 OVR: 87,7
 
6. Lake Viking Bulldogs (Max Mol)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88 SG: 94 OVR: 87,6
 
7. Rome Trojans (Yann Rock)
OFF: 85,4 DEF: 88,5 SG: 92 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Maxville Vortex (Tyrod Gibson)
OFF: 86,7 DEF: 86,0 SG: 91 OVR: 86,7
 
9. Kingston Kamikaze (Antti Hänninen)
OFF: 85,0 DEF: 87,0 SG: 93 OVR: 86,5
 
10. Mango Duhawks (Dr. Jones)
OFF: 85,8 DEF: 85,3 SG: 91 OVR: 86,0
 
Tied 11. Bodmin Bangers (Sakari Lindholm)
OFF: 85,3 DEF: 86,2 SG: 87 OVR: 85,8
 
Tied 11. Cedar Rapids Minutemen (Richard Armour)
OFF: 85,5 DEF: 86,2 SG: 86 OVR: 85,8

13. Mount Airy Savage Storm (Jason New)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,3 SG: 86 OVR: 84,9
 
14. Frains Golden Bears (Computer)
OFF: 79,8 DEF: 84,2 SG: 82 OVR: 82,0

 
Western Conference
 
1. Kegashka Prairie Stars (Ferris Mason)
OFF: 87,8 DEF: 91,3 SG: 94 OVR: 89,9
 
2. West Chicago Hawks (Richard Feynman)
OFF: 87,0 DEF: 88,2 SG: 95 OVR: 88,2
 
3. Scandinavia Steelers (J Jono)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 92 OVR: 88,0
 
4. Vauban Tomahawks (Ben \)
OFF: 87,5 DEF: 87,7 SG: 92 OVR: 87,9
 
5. Eastern Outlaws (The Champ)
OFF: 86,3 DEF: 88,2 SG: 92 OVR: 87,6
 
6. Eldred Elite (Steven Bennett)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87,8 SG: 87 OVR: 87,4
 
7. Ithaca Ricochet (Marc S)
OFF: 84,6 DEF: 89,2 SG: 93 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Enigma Rage (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 87,4* DEF: 86,7* SG: 88 OVR: 87,1
(*Used two D as F)
 
9. Yonker Wolverines (Jiri Heikkala)
OFF: 85,7 DEF: 87,8 SG: 88 OVR: 86,8
 
10. Rycroft Red Thunder (Torbjörn Johansson)
OFF: 86,8 DEF: 85,2* SG: 87 OVR: 86,1
(*Used 13th C/F as 6th D, since there is only 5 D)
 
11. Richibucto Masons (Dr. Wendt)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,8 SG: 90 OVR: 85,5
 
12. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 83,8 DEF: 86,8 SG: 86 OVR: 85,4
 
13. Blenheim Pirates (Martin J)
OFF: 82,1 DEF: 84,7 SG: 88 OVR: 83,7
 
14. Thetford Mines Pegasus (Jeff Hamm)
OFF: 82,3 DEF: 82,0 SG: 83 OVR: 82,2

 
Calculated on day 8 of S4, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF*2) + (SG*2))/26
 
where
OFF: ovr sum of best 12 centers/forwards
DEF: ovr sum of best 6 defenders
SG: ovr of starting goalie

Eastern Conference
 
1. Slaughterville Red Tide (Alexander Rasputin)
OFF: 88,5 DEF: 88,7 SG: 93 OVR: 88,9
 
2. Sheshegwaning Dragons (Ives Pa)
OFF: 88,0 DEF: 88,8 SG: 91 OVR: 88,6
 
3. Big Delta Stealheads (Paul T)
OFF: 88,2 DEF: 88,3 SG: 88 OVR: 88,2
 
4. St.Thomas Stray Cats (Erzac Ray)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88,8 SG: 96 OVR: 88,1
 
5. Sault Ste Marie Battlin Bears (Joe Leconte)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 88 OVR: 87,7
 
6. Lake Viking Bulldogs (Max Mol)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88 SG: 94 OVR: 87,6
 
7. Rome Trojans (Yann Rock)
OFF: 85,4 DEF: 88,5 SG: 92 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Maxville Vortex (Tyrod Gibson)
OFF: 86,7 DEF: 86,0 SG: 91 OVR: 86,7
 
9. Kingston Kamikaze (Antti Hänninen)
OFF: 85,0 DEF: 87,0 SG: 93 OVR: 86,5
 
10. Mango Duhawks (Dr. Jones)
OFF: 85,8 DEF: 85,3 SG: 91 OVR: 86,0
 
Tied 11. Bodmin Bangers (Sakari Lindholm)
OFF: 85,3 DEF: 86,2 SG: 87 OVR: 85,8
 
Tied 11. Cedar Rapids Minutemen (Richard Armour)
OFF: 85,5 DEF: 86,2 SG: 86 OVR: 85,8

13. Mount Airy Savage Storm (Jason New)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,3 SG: 86 OVR: 84,9
 
14. Frains Golden Bears (Computer)
OFF: 79,8 DEF: 84,2 SG: 82 OVR: 82,0

 
Western Conference
 
1. Kegashka Prairie Stars (Ferris Mason)
OFF: 87,8 DEF: 91,3 SG: 94 OVR: 89,9
 
2. West Chicago Hawks (Richard Feynman)
OFF: 87,0 DEF: 88,2 SG: 95 OVR: 88,2
 
3. Scandinavia Steelers (J Jono)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 92 OVR: 88,0
 
4. Vauban Tomahawks (Ben \)
OFF: 87,5 DEF: 87,7 SG: 92 OVR: 87,9
 
5. Eastern Outlaws (The Champ)
OFF: 86,3 DEF: 88,2 SG: 92 OVR: 87,6
 
6. Eldred Elite (Steven Bennett)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87,8 SG: 87 OVR: 87,4
 
7. Ithaca Ricochet (Marc S)
OFF: 84,6 DEF: 89,2 SG: 93 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Enigma Rage (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 87,4* DEF: 86,7* SG: 88 OVR: 87,1
(*Used two D as F)
 
9. Yonker Wolverines (Jiri Heikkala)
OFF: 85,7 DEF: 87,8 SG: 88 OVR: 86,8
 
10. Rycroft Red Thunder (Torbjörn Johansson)
OFF: 86,8 DEF: 85,2* SG: 87 OVR: 86,1
(*Used 13th C/F as 6th D, since there is only 5 D)
 
11. Richibucto Masons (Dr. Wendt)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,8 SG: 90 OVR: 85,5
 
12. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 83,8 DEF: 86,8 SG: 86 OVR: 85,4
 
13. Blenheim Pirates (Martin J)
OFF: 82,1 DEF: 84,7 SG: 88 OVR: 83,7
 
14. Thetford Mines Pegasus (Jeff Hamm)
OFF: 82,3 DEF: 82,0 SG: 83 OVR: 82,2

 
Calculated on day 8 of S4, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF*2) + (SG*2))/26
 
where
OFF: ovr sum of best 12 centers/forwards
DEF: ovr sum of best 6 defenders
SG: ovr of starting goalie

Eastern Conference
 
1. Slaughterville Red Tide (Alexander Rasputin)
OFF: 88,5 DEF: 88,7 SG: 93 OVR: 88,9
 
2. Sheshegwaning Dragons (Ives Pa)
OFF: 88,0 DEF: 88,8 SG: 91 OVR: 88,6
 
3. Big Delta Stealheads (Paul T)
OFF: 88,2 DEF: 88,3 SG: 88 OVR: 88,2
 
4. St.Thomas Stray Cats (Erzac Ray)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88,8 SG: 96 OVR: 88,1
 
5. Sault Ste Marie Battlin Bears (Joe Leconte)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 88 OVR: 87,7
 
6. Lake Viking Bulldogs (Max Mol)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88 SG: 94 OVR: 87,6
 
7. Rome Trojans (Yann Rock)
OFF: 85,4 DEF: 88,5 SG: 92 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Maxville Vortex (Tyrod Gibson)
OFF: 86,7 DEF: 86,0 SG: 91 OVR: 86,7
 
9. Kingston Kamikaze (Antti Hänninen)
OFF: 85,0 DEF: 87,0 SG: 93 OVR: 86,5
 
10. Mango Duhawks (Dr. Jones)
OFF: 85,8 DEF: 85,3 SG: 91 OVR: 86,0
 
Tied 11. Bodmin Bangers (Sakari Lindholm)
OFF: 85,3 DEF: 86,2 SG: 87 OVR: 85,8
 
Tied 11. Cedar Rapids Minutemen (Richard Armour)
OFF: 85,5 DEF: 86,2 SG: 86 OVR: 85,8

13. Mount Airy Savage Storm (Jason New)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,3 SG: 86 OVR: 84,9
 
14. Frains Golden Bears (Computer)
OFF: 79,8 DEF: 84,2 SG: 82 OVR: 82,0

 
Western Conference
 
1. Kegashka Prairie Stars (Ferris Mason)
OFF: 87,8 DEF: 91,3 SG: 94 OVR: 89,9
 
2. West Chicago Hawks (Richard Feynman)
OFF: 87,0 DEF: 88,2 SG: 95 OVR: 88,2
 
3. Scandinavia Steelers (J Jono)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 92 OVR: 88,0
 
4. Vauban Tomahawks (Ben \)
OFF: 87,5 DEF: 87,7 SG: 92 OVR: 87,9
 
5. Eastern Outlaws (The Champ)
OFF: 86,3 DEF: 88,2 SG: 92 OVR: 87,6
 
6. Eldred Elite (Steven Bennett)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87,8 SG: 87 OVR: 87,4
 
7. Ithaca Ricochet (Marc S)
OFF: 84,6 DEF: 89,2 SG: 93 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Enigma Rage (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 87,4* DEF: 86,7* SG: 88 OVR: 87,1
(*Used two D as F)
 
9. Yonker Wolverines (Jiri Heikkala)
OFF: 85,7 DEF: 87,8 SG: 88 OVR: 86,8
 
10. Rycroft Red Thunder (Torbjörn Johansson)
OFF: 86,8 DEF: 85,2* SG: 87 OVR: 86,1
(*Used 13th C/F as 6th D, since there is only 5 D)
 
11. Richibucto Masons (Dr. Wendt)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,8 SG: 90 OVR: 85,5
 
12. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 83,8 DEF: 86,8 SG: 86 OVR: 85,4
 
13. Blenheim Pirates (Martin J)
OFF: 82,1 DEF: 84,7 SG: 88 OVR: 83,7
 
14. Thetford Mines Pegasus (Jeff Hamm)
OFF: 82,3 DEF: 82,0 SG: 83 OVR: 82,2

 
Calculated on day 8 of S4, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF*2) + (SG*2))/26
 
where
OFF: ovr sum of best 12 centers/forwards
DEF: ovr sum of best 6 defenders
SG: ovr of starting goalie

Eastern Conference
 
1. Slaughterville Red Tide (Alexander Rasputin)
OFF: 88,5 DEF: 88,7 SG: 93 OVR: 88,9
 
2. Sheshegwaning Dragons (Ives Pa)
OFF: 88,0 DEF: 88,8 SG: 91 OVR: 88,6
 
3. Big Delta Stealheads (Paul T)
OFF: 88,2 DEF: 88,3 SG: 88 OVR: 88,2
 
4. St.Thomas Stray Cats (Erzac Ray)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88,8 SG: 96 OVR: 88,1
 
5. Sault Ste Marie Battlin Bears (Joe Leconte)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 88 OVR: 87,7
 
6. Lake Viking Bulldogs (Max Mol)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88 SG: 94 OVR: 87,6
 
7. Rome Trojans (Yann Rock)
OFF: 85,4 DEF: 88,5 SG: 92 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Maxville Vortex (Tyrod Gibson)
OFF: 86,7 DEF: 86,0 SG: 91 OVR: 86,7
 
9. Kingston Kamikaze (Antti Hänninen)
OFF: 85,0 DEF: 87,0 SG: 93 OVR: 86,5
 
10. Mango Duhawks (Dr. Jones)
OFF: 85,8 DEF: 85,3 SG: 91 OVR: 86,0
 
Tied 11. Bodmin Bangers (Sakari Lindholm)
OFF: 85,3 DEF: 86,2 SG: 87 OVR: 85,8
 
Tied 11. Cedar Rapids Minutemen (Richard Armour)
OFF: 85,5 DEF: 86,2 SG: 86 OVR: 85,8

13. Mount Airy Savage Storm (Jason New)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,3 SG: 86 OVR: 84,9
 
14. Frains Golden Bears (Computer)
OFF: 79,8 DEF: 84,2 SG: 82 OVR: 82,0

 
Western Conference
 
1. Kegashka Prairie Stars (Ferris Mason)
OFF: 87,8 DEF: 91,3 SG: 94 OVR: 89,9
 
2. West Chicago Hawks (Richard Feynman)
OFF: 87,0 DEF: 88,2 SG: 95 OVR: 88,2
 
3. Scandinavia Steelers (J Jono)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 92 OVR: 88,0
 
4. Vauban Tomahawks (Ben \)
OFF: 87,5 DEF: 87,7 SG: 92 OVR: 87,9
 
5. Eastern Outlaws (The Champ)
OFF: 86,3 DEF: 88,2 SG: 92 OVR: 87,6
 
6. Eldred Elite (Steven Bennett)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87,8 SG: 87 OVR: 87,4
 
7. Ithaca Ricochet (Marc S)
OFF: 84,6 DEF: 89,2 SG: 93 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Enigma Rage (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 87,4* DEF: 86,7* SG: 88 OVR: 87,1
(*Used two D as F)
 
9. Yonker Wolverines (Jiri Heikkala)
OFF: 85,7 DEF: 87,8 SG: 88 OVR: 86,8
 
10. Rycroft Red Thunder (Torbjörn Johansson)
OFF: 86,8 DEF: 85,2* SG: 87 OVR: 86,1
(*Used 13th C/F as 6th D, since there is only 5 D)
 
11. Richibucto Masons (Dr. Wendt)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,8 SG: 90 OVR: 85,5
 
12. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 83,8 DEF: 86,8 SG: 86 OVR: 85,4
 
13. Blenheim Pirates (Martin J)
OFF: 82,1 DEF: 84,7 SG: 88 OVR: 83,7
 
14. Thetford Mines Pegasus (Jeff Hamm)
OFF: 82,3 DEF: 82,0 SG: 83 OVR: 82,2

 
Calculated on day 8 of S4, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF*2) + (SG*2))/26
 
where
OFF: ovr sum of best 12 centers/forwards
DEF: ovr sum of best 6 defenders
SG: ovr of starting goalie

Eastern Conference
 
1. Slaughterville Red Tide (Alexander Rasputin)
OFF: 88,5 DEF: 88,7 SG: 93 OVR: 88,9
 
2. Sheshegwaning Dragons (Ives Pa)
OFF: 88,0 DEF: 88,8 SG: 91 OVR: 88,6
 
3. Big Delta Stealheads (Paul T)
OFF: 88,2 DEF: 88,3 SG: 88 OVR: 88,2
 
4. St.Thomas Stray Cats (Erzac Ray)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88,8 SG: 96 OVR: 88,1
 
5. Sault Ste Marie Battlin Bears (Joe Leconte)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 88 OVR: 87,7
 
6. Lake Viking Bulldogs (Max Mol)
OFF: 86,1 DEF: 88 SG: 94 OVR: 87,6
 
7. Rome Trojans (Yann Rock)
OFF: 85,4 DEF: 88,5 SG: 92 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Maxville Vortex (Tyrod Gibson)
OFF: 86,7 DEF: 86,0 SG: 91 OVR: 86,7
 
9. Kingston Kamikaze (Antti Hänninen)
OFF: 85,0 DEF: 87,0 SG: 93 OVR: 86,5
 
10. Mango Duhawks (Dr. Jones)
OFF: 85,8 DEF: 85,3 SG: 91 OVR: 86,0
 
Tied 11. Bodmin Bangers (Sakari Lindholm)
OFF: 85,3 DEF: 86,2 SG: 87 OVR: 85,8
 
Tied 11. Cedar Rapids Minutemen (Richard Armour)
OFF: 85,5 DEF: 86,2 SG: 86 OVR: 85,8

13. Mount Airy Savage Storm (Jason New)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,3 SG: 86 OVR: 84,9
 
14. Frains Golden Bears (Computer)
OFF: 79,8 DEF: 84,2 SG: 82 OVR: 82,0

 
Western Conference
 
1. Kegashka Prairie Stars (Ferris Mason)
OFF: 87,8 DEF: 91,3 SG: 94 OVR: 89,9
 
2. West Chicago Hawks (Richard Feynman)
OFF: 87,0 DEF: 88,2 SG: 95 OVR: 88,2
 
3. Scandinavia Steelers (J Jono)
OFF: 87,3 DEF: 88,0 SG: 92 OVR: 88,0
 
4. Vauban Tomahawks (Ben \)
OFF: 87,5 DEF: 87,7 SG: 92 OVR: 87,9
 
5. Eastern Outlaws (The Champ)
OFF: 86,3 DEF: 88,2 SG: 92 OVR: 87,6
 
6. Eldred Elite (Steven Bennett)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87,8 SG: 87 OVR: 87,4
 
7. Ithaca Ricochet (Marc S)
OFF: 84,6 DEF: 89,2 SG: 93 OVR: 87,3
 
8. Enigma Rage (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 87,4* DEF: 86,7* SG: 88 OVR: 87,1
(*Used two D as F)
 
9. Yonker Wolverines (Jiri Heikkala)
OFF: 85,7 DEF: 87,8 SG: 88 OVR: 86,8
 
10. Rycroft Red Thunder (Torbjörn Johansson)
OFF: 86,8 DEF: 85,2* SG: 87 OVR: 86,1
(*Used 13th C/F as 6th D, since there is only 5 D)
 
11. Richibucto Masons (Dr. Wendt)
OFF: 84,3 DEF: 85,8 SG: 90 OVR: 85,5
 
12. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 83,8 DEF: 86,8 SG: 86 OVR: 85,4
 
13. Blenheim Pirates (Martin J)
OFF: 82,1 DEF: 84,7 SG: 88 OVR: 83,7
 
14. Thetford Mines Pegasus (Jeff Hamm)
OFF: 82,3 DEF: 82,0 SG: 83 OVR: 82,2

 
Calculated on day 8 of S4, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF*2) + (SG*2))/26
 
where
OFF: ovr sum of best 12 centers/forwards
DEF: ovr sum of best 6 defenders
SG: ovr of starting goalie

I'm starting this thread so managers can post about game performances that should be acknowledged.  Whether it be a high performance rating you've never seen before, a hat trick, a multi-point game, a high-save shutout, whatever.  Not every manager sorts through every box score for their league every day.  Consider this the NHL Network for game world Cage where the analysts discuss the top plays and performances.
Anyways, I'll start.  There was a specific performance today that sparked this and the player is not even on my team.
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Season 3 - Day 51 - Enigma Rage vs. Eldred Elite.
Rage center, Brendan Rowlett, notched a Gordie Howe Hat Trick... and then some.  He registered 3 goals, 2 assists, a fight (which he WON), was also a +5 with a hit and a blocked shot.  And he did it with only 15 min TOI.
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I'm not sure if this will be topped any time soon, but the purpose of this thread is not a competition.  Just post what you feel deserves to be recognized.

Updated October 28, 2019
 
## Player ratings
The player ratings (or skills) are a measure of how good the player is in the different aspects of the game. The ratings display the player's strengths and weaknesses. The importance of each of the player's ratings vary depending on game situation and chosen tactics. There are 9 different ratings for players and 7 ratings for goalies. Ratings ranks from 40 to 99.
 
### Overall
The overall ratings is a summary of the player's ratings. This summary is never used in any game situation, it's only used as a comparable value. Note that the overall summary is weighted differently depending on the player's position and is not the average of all the player's ratings. 
 
### Skating
The skating rating is a combined value of speed, acceleration and balance. The skating rating of importance in tactics requiring speed both offensively and defensively. It's also important in different game situations like delivering and dodging body checks. 
 
### Passing
The passing rating is a measure of how accurate the player can pass the puck. It's also a measure of the player's split vision and offensive smartness. Passing is very important offensively when creating scoring chances almost in every tactic.
 
### Puck handling
The player's puck handling is used when the player dekes and tries to get pass the opponent. It's also used when deflecting shots trying to score goals. Even if mostly used offensively it can be useful defensively when trying to intercept passes and loose pucks. 
 
### Shooting
Shooting is a value of both power and accuracy. An out most important rating when trying to score goals in almost every tactic. 
 
### Defence
The defence rating tells how good the player is defensively, how well he reads and predicts the game. It is also used to tell how good the player is at positioning, intercept passes, poke checking and avoid being hit. It's also used offensively to make safe passes to prevent giveaways. 
 
### Physical
This is a measure of the player's physical strength and how well he makes use of it. The physical rating is used both offensively and defensively depending on chosen tactics. But regardless it's important in game situations like delivering body checks, receiving body checks, battles along the boards, fightings and resisting injuries. Players of great height and weight will impact the physical value even more.
 
### Spirit
The spirit rating is short for fighting spirit and is a measure of the player's courage, grit and with what intensity the player plays the game. The spirit value has a very diverse area of use in the game. Depending on the chosen tactic it may be used both offensively and defensively during the game. It's also used in various game situations like body checking, battling for loose pucks and fightings. It's also a vital part of the mental game and influences leadership, how well the player keeps cool when agitated and how well he can handle pressure and setbacks. It's also influences how much effort the player puts into training sessions.
 
### Endurance
The endurance rating is a measure of how much effort the player can handle during the game before being fatigued. The endurance rating will also influence how fast the player will recover and how well he can resist injuries. It will also influence the effect of training intensity.
 
### Face-offs
The face-offs rating is simply a measure of how good the player is at taking face-offs. Mostly used by centers.
 
## Goalie ratings{{skills}}
Goalies have their own set of ratings to display strengths and weaknesses.
 
### Overall
Just like the player overall the goalie overall is a weighted summary of the goalie's ratings only used as a comparable value.
 
### Reflexes
The reflexes rating is a measure of how fast the goalie reacts to incoming shots. Since goalies often get very little time to react when opponents deflect shots or blocks the goalie's view this rating is vital when stopping shots.
 
### Positioning
The positioning rating tells how well the goalie can cover angles and position himself in the goal. It's also a measure of how well the goalie can stand his ground which is making this value a multifaceted rating useful in most situations. Goalies of great height and weight will add another dimension to the positioning value.
 
### Puck control
The puck control rating is a measure of how well the goalie handles rebounds and loose pucks in front of the goal. This is important to prevent the opponent from regaining puck possession or bang in a loose puck in front of the net.
 
### Puck handling
The puck handling skills is how well the goalie can make saves with the stick and handle his stick with the puck. The latter is useful when the goalie acts as an extra defensemen intercepting the puck behind his own net both to prevent scoring opportunities but also to quickly set up plays and get the offense going.
 
### Athletic
This is a measure of the goalie's agility and the ability to make those impossible saves when the goalie is out of position or down on the ice. It's also a measure of the goalie's ability to quickly move from post to post. Goalies of great height and weight will have a bigger challenge when making athletic saves.
 
### Endurance
The endurance rating is a measure of how much effort the goalie can handle during the game before being fatigued. The endurance rating will also influence how fast the goalie will recover and how well he can resist injuries. It will also influence the effect of training intensity.
 
### Spirit
The goalie's spirit influences of how well the goalie can handle pressure and setbacks during a game. It's also a measure of the goalie's courage when fighting for loose pucks in front of the net. It's also influences how much effort the goalie puts into training sessions.

Just in time for the start of the regular season!
 
 
Eastern Conference
 
1. Slaughterville Red Tide (Alexander Rasputin)
OFF: 88 DEF: 89 SG: 92 OVR: 89,0
 
2. Sheshegwaning Dragons (Ives Pa)
OFF: 88 DEF: 87 SG: 93 OVR: 88,0
 
3. St.Thomas Stray Cats (Erzac Ray)
OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 96 OVR: 87,6
 
4. Sault Ste Marie Battlin Bears (Joe Leconte)
OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 88 OVR: 87,6
 
5. Lake Viking Bulldogs (Max Mol)
OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 94 OVR: 87,3
 
6. Big Delta Stealheads (Paul T)
OFF: 88 DEF: 87 SG: 88 OVR: 87,2
 
7. Kingston Kamikaze (Antti Hänninen)
OFF: 86 DEF: 89 SG: 85 OVR: 87,2
 
8. Netherhill Nightmares (Tyrod Gibson)
OFF: 85 DEF: 88 SG: 91 OVR: 86,9
 
9. Fairbanks Union (CPU)
OFF: 85 DEF: 87 SG: 92 OVR: 86,5
 
10. Cedar Rapids Minutemen (Richard Armour)
OFF: 85 DEF: 87 SG: 90 OVR: 86,2
 
11. Mango Duhawks (Dr. Jones)
OFF: 86 DEF: 86 SG: 90 OVR: 86,0
 
12. Becancour Patriots (Nick Menard)
OFF: 85 DEF: 85 SG: 87 OVR: 85,1
 
13. Wolf Trap Claws (Fango Wolf)
OFF: 83 DEF: 83 SG: 85 OVR: 83,2
 
14. Summertown Six Pack (Jonathan D)
OFF: 82 DEF: 82 SG: 87 OVR: 82,3
 
 
Western Conference
 
1. Kegashka Prairie Stars (Ferris Mason)
OFF: 87 DEF: 91 SG: 94 OVR: 89,3
 
2. Ithaca Ricochet (Marc S)
OFF: 86 DEF: 89 SG: 93 OVR: 87,8
 
3. Red River Red Bulls (Marko Vuoto)
OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 87 OVR: 87,8
 
4. Scandinavia Steelers (J Jono)
OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 91 OVR: 87,7
 
5. Vauban Tomahawks (Ben \)
OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 92 OVR: 87,7
 
6. Eastern Outlaws (The Champ)
OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 92 OVR: 87,6
 
7. West Chicago Hawks (Richard Feynman)
OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 94 OVR: 87,5
 
8. Enigma Rage (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87 SG: 88 OVR: 87,4
 
9. Yonker Wolverines (Jiri Heikkala)
OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 87 OVR: 86,7
 
10. Eldred Elite (Steven Bennett)
OFF: 86 DEF: 87 SG: 87 OVR: 86,5
 
11. Canuck Red Dragons (P K)
OFF: 84 DEF: 86 SG: 85 OVR: 85,2
 
12. Deadwood Vandals (Kim Vandaele)
OFF: 84 DEF: 85 SG: 85 OVR: 84,5
 
13. Parkville Lightning Bolts (Jan Rosa)
OFF: 82 DEF: 85 SG: 88 OVR: 83,9
 
14. Richibucto Masons (Dr. Wendt)
OFF: 82 DEF: 83 SG: 89 OVR: 83,0
 
 
Calculated on day 7 of S3, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF*2) + (SG*2))/26
 
where
OFF: ovr sum of best 12 centers/forwards
DEF: ovr sum of best 6 defenders
SG: ovr of starting goalie

As pre-season is well on its way and last player acquisitions for the season are on the works, this situation can be critical especially to the promoting teams. Waiver claims haven't been happening neither on day 3 (for example Caza) nor day 4 (for example Foy). This I think needs to be addressed quickly to make the situation as fair as possible for everyone. If the waivers are not happening and no one knows when they will again, this kind of situation probably hurts the promoting teams the most, and they are already in a very tight spot generally speaking.

Days 3, 4 and 5 now and still not running. This is not good at all.

I'm not gonna try to trade with them at least. Not today, not in three days, not in... well you get the picture.

Gratz Peek!

Yeah, looks like the weakness of the current system is the vulnerability to abuse (which could easily be countered by disabling inter-league trades of picks) and not the switching of the picks itself. The first one to me seems obvious and the latter debatable.

This has been in my mind for a while now. Good that Peekaboo now brought it up, so I have to do the same as well. The way I see it, stopping pick switching would solve/help with many problems while creating very little, if any.
 
First, the downside, if it even can be called that: the reward of promotion would come one season later. As the system is now, when you promote (and have your picks left), they turn very valuable and usually usable right away and helping in that next level you just reached (and are even highest overall picks in GHL). If those picks would not switch, when you promote (and have your picks left), those picks would come at the later end of the level you are about to leave, making them much less useful.
 
But then to the upsides, that also make that one downside very questionable or at least very much outweighs it in my opinion. I think it's quite safe to say that the current system's weaknesses culminate into one thing: the huge value change of picks in case of promotion/relegation.
 
Huge value change on relegation: It is already very hard to keep your place in the new league level after promotion. Or if for some other reason (like a re-building) you think you are in risk of relegation, it is a big stress factor in itself. In addition to that, you now fear your future picks will lose a lot of their value (even "crumble into dust" if I am allowed to exaggerate a bit here), and you will have to decide whether you just submit to this, or will try to trade them for something (probably for a discount since others will understand your tough situation as well).
 
Huge value change on promotion: This is even bigger problem because of how this is abused and in all likelihood will be even more so in the future. If you keep your picks and promote, fantastic and I don't have anything against it. But there are other issues about this. Like Peekaboo already wrote, it is "super abusable". It's easy to trade for these picks away from higher league level. And if (probably not if but when, as the worlds before this reset showed) this becomes more and more common practice, it will be very bad for the game, even ruin it for many. It comes down to "if everyone else is doing it" factor. I'll use SHL/GHL as an example, but I think the principles are the same for every league level. If you play in SHL and want to promote, it is tempting to offer your picks to GHL team to get players that would otherwise be harder or even impossible to get. You would get an advantage. Then if someone else would do this, but you wouldn't, you would be in a disadvantage. From GHL perspective: top picks are very valuable, and very hard to get, and the promotion SHL picks have the highest odds of becoming the most valuable picks in the world. So it is obvious anyone in their right mind would want them. But how to get them in the current system is very vulnerable and let's say it as it is: abusable. And then what applies to SHL, applies to GHL: if others do it, you have to do it too, or be in a disadvantage. So it can easily become "racehorse betting" that no one really likes but are half-forced to do anyway: offering scrape (for GHL-level) players to SHL teams they think or hope to promote and it becomes a race of who bets the right team and who gets accepted first. I personally hate it, and I know I'm not the only one. Probably most of us do.
 
Upside then for stopping the pick switches: the value of picks would be predictable. That is core reason that leads to other (all?) upsides.
 
If you promote to GHL (other levels as well, this is just my example), it is already tough enough to stay up. Even if you would relegate, you would know your pick to be great. If you opt to keep it, you will have a strong future asset almost certainly. If you opt to trade it, its great value is obvious to everyone, and the one wanting it would need to give really valuable price for it.
 
If you are promoting (to any level), you know your current picks are not too valuable, but the real reward comes later. You can also trade them, they still have value at least to the level you are currently playing and soon leaving behind.
 
Most importantly this change would reduce the very questionable and abusive practices from becoming more and more common and hurtful for the entire game and making the game fairer for everyone. Secondly, it would hugely help the teams that are in the risk of relegation (after promotion or for other reasons) since they would know that their picks would keep their high value.
 
So I would say this subject and post would better belong to suggestions category really. Stop pick switching! Or at least consider the ups and downs very carefully.
 
Opinions?

Here again for your viewing pleasure!
 
Eastern Conference
 
1. Deferiet Leopards (Paul T)
OFF: 89 DEF: 87 SG: 92 OVR: 87,9
 
2. Fairbanks Union (Eric T)
OFF: 86 DEF: 89 SG: 92 OVR: 87,5
 
3. Slaughterville Red Tide (Alexander Rasputin)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87 SG: 92 OVR: 87,5
 
4. Lake Viking Bulldogs (Max Mol)
OFF: 86 DEF: 87 SG: 94 OVR: 87,3
 
5. St. Thomas Stray Cats (Erzac Ray)
OFF: 86 DEF: 87 SG: 96 OVR: 87,3
 
6. Sault Ste Marie Battlin Bears (Joe Leconte)
OFF: 87 DEF: 88 SG: 85 OVR: 87,3
 
7. Netherhill Nightmares (Tyrod Gibson)
OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 91 OVR: 87,2
 
8. Sheshegwaning Dragons (Ives Pa)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87 SG: 87 OVR: 87,2
 
9. Mango Duhawks (Dr. Jones)
OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 90 OVR: 86,9
 
10. Cedar Rapids Minutemen (Richard Armour)
OFF: 86 DEF: 87 SG: 88 OVR: 86,2
 
11. Bergland Tigers (Pat Wyson)
OFF: 86 DEF: 86 SG: 84 OVR: 85,8
 
12. Becancour Patriots (Nick Menard)
OFF: 85 DEF: 84 SG: 86 OVR: 84,8
 
13. Bodmin Bangers (Sakari Lindholm)
OFF: 82 DEF: 86 SG: 85 OVR: 84,0
 
14. Mount Airy Savage Storm (Jason New)
OFF: 81 DEF: 84 SG: 92 OVR: 83,1
 
 
Western Conference
 
1. Kegashka Prairie Stars (Ferris Mason)
OFF: 87 DEF: 91 SG: 94 OVR: 89,1
 
2. Ithaca Ricochet (Marc S)
OFF: 85 DEF: 89 SG: 92 OVR: 87,7
 
3. West Chicago Hawks (Richard Feynman)
OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 94 OVR: 87,6
 
4. Brass Castle Berzerkers (Matt H)
OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 86 OVR: 87,3
 
5. Vauban Tomahawks (Ben \)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87 SG: 92 OVR: 87,3
 
6. Enigma Rage (Wendel Clark)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87 SG: 87 OVR: 87,1
 
7. Scandinavia Steelers (J Jono)
OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 89 OVR: 87,0
 
8. Eastern Outlaws (The Champ)
OFF: 87 DEF: 87 SG: 89 OVR: 86,9
 
9. Yonker Wolverines (Jiri Heikkala)
OFF: 86 DEF: 88 SG: 87 OVR: 86,9
 
10. Eldred Elite (Steven Bennett)
OFF: 85 DEF: 87 SG: 86 OVR: 86,2
 
11. Blenheim Pirates (Martin J)
OFF: 85 DEF: 86 SG: 86 OVR: 85,3
 
12. Red River Red Bulls (Marko Vuoto)
OFF: 82 DEF: 84 SG: 88 OVR: 83,4
 
13. Pittsboro Plastic Attack (Makate Naekfor)
OFF: 82 DEF: 84 SG: 87 OVR: 83,3
 
14. Rocky Mountain House Owls (Garry Brodersen)
OFF: 81 DEF: 80 SG: 83 OVR: 80,8
 
 
 
Calculated on day 7 of S2, using:
 
Team OVR = (OFF + (DEF*2) + (SG*2))/26
 
where
OFF: ovr sum of best 12 centers/forwards
DEF: ovr sum of best 6 defenders
SG: ovr of starting goalie

Yeah, looks like the weakness of the current system is the vulnerability to abuse (which could easily be countered by disabling inter-league trades of picks) and not the switching of the picks itself. The first one to me seems obvious and the latter debatable.

Yeah, looks like the weakness of the current system is the vulnerability to abuse (which could easily be countered by disabling inter-league trades of picks) and not the switching of the picks itself. The first one to me seems obvious and the latter debatable.

Yeah, looks like the weakness of the current system is the vulnerability to abuse (which could easily be countered by disabling inter-league trades of picks) and not the switching of the picks itself. The first one to me seems obvious and the latter debatable.