EXXEO

Uh-oh...didn't see that the Vandals decided to place another team in Clapper....very nice.
 
Good luck to everyone, so far Kim is up 1-0

Hoping to make my first ever GHL playoff appearance but it's going to be a tough one to get into. With my team seemingly falling apart and the veterans rallying their teams at the end of the season; these last few games are going to be clutch!

Coach Thor Viklander's speech after the Black Flag secured their stay in the SHL after a 5-0 game 2 win:
 
"Congratulations, you guys did it - you can all stay on the team! Except Seeger, Juarez, and Neskarov; you guys didn't have a choice. Alright now let's get ready for tomorrow's big game three finale where none of you will be playing! Great job everyone!"
 
WHISPERS TO ASSISTANT: "Ok, so I left you that beard and fake belly suit so you can play me tomorrow - I'm heading to Hawaii for some vacation, see you in a couple weeks..."

Coach Thor Viklander's speech after the Black Flag secured their stay in the SHL after a 5-0 game 2 win:
 
"Congratulations, you guys did it - you can all stay on the team! Except Seeger, Juarez, and Neskarov; you guys didn't have a choice. Alright now let's get ready for tomorrow's big game three finale where none of you will be playing! Great job everyone!"
 
WHISPERS TO ASSISTANT: "Ok, so I left you that beard and fake belly suit so you can play me tomorrow - I'm heading to Hawaii for some vacation, see you in a couple weeks..."

Coach Thor Viklander's speech after the Black Flag secured their stay in the SHL after a 5-0 game 2 win:
 
"Congratulations, you guys did it - you can all stay on the team! Except Seeger, Juarez, and Neskarov; you guys didn't have a choice. Alright now let's get ready for tomorrow's big game three finale where none of you will be playing! Great job everyone!"
 
WHISPERS TO ASSISTANT: "Ok, so I left you that beard and fake belly suit so you can play me tomorrow - I'm heading to Hawaii for some vacation, see you in a couple weeks..."

My team is so confused - we play great and beat the #1&2 spots and then get shutout in 3/4 games - what the heck?!

Pingu, that was one of the best matches I've seen in a while! Both goalies were studs, there were tons of shots, and there was even a fight! That would have been a game to see.

Alright, let's go out there team and not get relegated!!!

Alright, let's go out there team and not get relegated!!!

Alright, let's go out there team and not get relegated!!!

Thanks.  I'm sure they played a part.  Also tough break for you today with your goalie getting injured 1/2 way through the first period.  Think the game might have turned a bit differently if he did not.  Close games as always.  Now excuse me while I go get smoked by a GHL team :-)

After 7 missed seasons we are finally back at the poffs! It's just a shame we are facing Grizzlies and we are 0-1-0-3 against them this seasons ... Not getting my hopes up yet

You should be fine Exxeo.  Would take some bad breaks for you to be going down.  You better not anyway we need you up here

In terms of team focus i change it rather regularly with mostly positive effects. Knowing how to change it and what to is the important thing.
 
In regards to the tactics it is very possible to continuously change the team tactics to where none of them ever gets out of red and you win a lot of games however you have to precisely predict the tactics the opposing teams are going to use in each game to have any chance of success short of just having the best players by far. If the players are roughly equal and you guess wrong it is a near guarantee that you will lose with the only question being by how much.
 
 
I should have replied to this when you posted. I apologize that I missed it.
 
Team focus is more a game to game game plan thing yes. I adjust my teams focus depending upon the strengths and weaknesses of both my team and the opposing team. If the opposing team is a strong offensive team but a bit weak defensively or in net I will set my team to be more offensive as well because I have a defensive team with a strong goalie. I am willing to bet that my defense and goalie will outlast their offense better than their D and goalie can hold against mine. However if the opposing team is just better than mine (Protons) I will try to play a conservative defensive game trying to hold the score close and hope for a 1-0, 2-1 game where my team scores the last and hopefully deciding goal as I lean on my teams defense (its greatest strength) heavily to try to get a win.

I scoped out the competition - lot of good managers down there in the BHL playoff race but I have confidence in my boys...hopefully not too much...

Well off to relegation playoffs...not super excited about that this season

Team is in a nose dive - need to make some adjustments quick before things get out of hand...
 
"...by the way, does anyone know how to fly a plane?" (Chaos ensues)
 
-Airplane!

In other SHL news, the Leopards and Musketeers finished with the same point total and will face off in the first round of the playoffs as the #4 and #5 seeds.  We split the season series 2-2.  The crazy fact is that both teams promoted from BHL last season where they finished with the same exact point total there, too.  What are the chances?
 
 
Good luck, Exxeo.  Thought for sure you were going to dig your way out of having to play to stay.  Your team was on quite the tear the last 20 or so games of the season.

Go black flag!
 
Congrats paul and littleb!

That is an amazing statistic. Good luck in that match up.
 
I'm cheering for you Exxeo.

Once more it's down to the last game of the season to decide whether our team has to fight to stay or sits nice and cozy in 12th...Here we go Canucks!

Once more it's down to the last game of the season to decide whether our team has to fight to stay or sits nice and cozy in 12th...Here we go Canucks!

Team is in a nose dive - need to make some adjustments quick before things get out of hand...
 
"...by the way, does anyone know how to fly a plane?" (Chaos ensues)
 
-Airplane!

So we have people getting major injuries and major fights, what if we added a suspension aspect where players could get suspended after x amount of major penalties?

Would it be possible to add a shootout lineup option into the mix?