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Congratulations to everyone on an epic Season 7! 
As usual, discussions AND ADDITIONAL TROPHIES are welcome.
You know the drill.
 
GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: SLAUGHTERVILLE RED TIDE (Alexander Rasputin)
Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP):

ROGER MULLER (Red Tide) - 18 points - (17GP - 9G/9A/+8)
Following his breakout regular season, Muller continued to be hot in the playoffs, centering the Tide's most effective line, and playing a key role on both the PP and the PK. He led the team with 11 TKA, and shared the lead with 2 PPG and most combined special teams time. 
 
GHL East Champion: BIG DELTA STEALHEADS (Paul T)        *NEW GHL POINTS RECORD (176)
GHL West Champion: PITTSBORO PLASTIC ATTACK (Makate Naekfor)
 
Managers of the Year: 
Makate Naekor (Plastic Attack) - West
Paul T (Stealheads) - East
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ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points)
ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide) - 97 points      *NEW GHL RECORD    *RETAINS TITLE
 
OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer)
RAPHAEL BOLDUC (Bad Apples) - 46 goals              
 
 GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) 
KIERON MONTGOMERY (Bad Apples) - 57 assists           
 
VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender)
JEAN-FRANCOIS SHORE (Rage)               
  
ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman)
ARTEM PSCHENICHNIKOV (Red Tide) - 88 points     *NEW GHL RECORD                       
 
NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman)
PIERROT RIDDLE (Goldville Knights)       *RETAINS TITLE                
  
ORR - Points leader among defencemen
NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration, removing +/- for more fairness 
 
SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward)
ELOUAN SCOTT (Red Tide)                   
Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant.
 
LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player)
LISAKKI JARVELA (Yale Men)               
Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM]
 
 HART TROPHY (League MVP)
 ARTEM PSCHENICHNIKOV (Red Tide)   
 
CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie)
ARTEM PSCHENICHNIKOV (Red Tide) - 88 points           *NEW GHL RECORD
 
GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways)
AADEN BABIN (Ithaca Doom) - 32 GVA
 
ROID RAGE TROPHY
CECIL BRANCO (Shebandowan Natives/Bodmin Bangers)            *RETAINS TITLE
(Most Hits + PIM + MP)
 
BEST BREAKOUT PLAYER AWARD
JUBA DESSANE (Bodmin Bangers) - 93 points after never scoring above 63
 
LATE-BLOOMER AWARD
SEET ESKOLA (Eastern Outlaws)
 
 
NOTABLE RETIREMENTS
YAN SHARSHIN (Red Tide)
JOAQUIM HARTER (Rome Trojans)
 

It doesn't get much more even than that, so that is not the issue.  I've seen teams play 40% line 1 and 50% first pair D with no problems.  My splits are very similar to yours.  When players get tired I'll usually adjust special teams as needed.

I don't pay much attention to the wording on the reports.
For example:


 
Exactly this.

Here it goes! First GHL season for me, Good Luck to Everyone!

I sent a PM to Anders, he said he was going to look at it/ fix it. That was 5 days ago...... Getting pissed every time i see that it still doesn't work properly

The player was signed after the trade deadline. He will only report to your team next season.

There as been a problem with the Draft Preference tool. Whenever i try to move players up and down, they move 2 spaces at a time. Also, i cannot save my Draft Preference. I always get an error report. This as been going on since the last update or so. Please fix this up, since it happens on both my PC laptop and a Mac.

Wrong topic, please delete the above post. Sorry

I was thinking about it when coming back to the game but almost four months for a season would have been too long for me. I feel like the 12 hour simulation is perfect to still be on top of everything while having the season progress at a good pace. 

If Anders ever introduced an 8 hour day game world that would be heroin. I'd flunk out of school 

Rain - do you feel the same way if a manager uses tactics that specifically call for Speed and Physicality?  I'm sitting here thinking, give me Player 1!  Haha.
 

In the game.  What you are saying makes a lot of sense.  I was just putting a bit of stock into what the game said as well. 
 
For example:
 
Dump and Chase
 
"An offensive strategy in which a team shoots (or "dumps") the puck into the attacking zone and aggressively pursues it in hopes of retrieving possession and setting up a scoring chance. Most effective for teams with enough speed and size to force opposing defensemen off the puck."
 
"Pros:  Good for teams with limited puck skills and effective against very defensive teams with a passive approach"
"Player characteristics: Speedy and gritty players that can work hard"
 
Spread
 
"In the spread, once the opponent takes the puck behind his net, a forechecking winger moves from the right to flush him out. The other winger then moves from the opposite side and forces the enemy skater to get rid of the puck.
 
"Player characteristics:  Speedy and physical players"
 
 
This would seem to insinuate that a player with higher Skating and Physical attributes would in fact have a defensive advantage.  Not to say that they are more important than the "Defense" rating, but if Defense is the same.
 
Hence my attraction to fast and physical players.

Ya that's what I thought at first, but not a single computer owned GHL team has an 18 - 20-year-old in their line up, and I scouted each team haha

That's a bit mor realistic and grounded I think, and in line with the original intent of the GHL being based around 80- 85 overall players before the ratings glitch caused massive inflation.

What would be the point of not having an advantage if you'r willing to spend more time and put more effort than your peer?

I would like to see a deeper statistical record tracking stats/rosters from past seasons.
I plan on running my team for a long time and I would like to be able to look back from time to time to see what my roster looked like in season 13/16/18, what the standings were that year, what the stats were.
I currently only see basic win-loss record info.
 
Maybe I haven't found the correct screen yet, but that's something that would interest me.

It 100% is.  It takes almost a complete different team when you go up to survive... and if you are prepared it is tough to be beat as a team going down.  
 
I think the worst of it is Bronze and up though.

We have one very happy 18 Year old then

What a (first) season in the SHL! I started 1-0-0-9 and at one point i was about 12-0-1-23, and then, i flushed 2 veteran and it took off. With 4 games left, i'm at .500! The gap between BHL and SHL was huge, and the SHL was very competitive this year (i'm not sure the 1st team will have more than 120pts), but i did it, i didn't get relegated.

Big shout out to Jon Carignan (Deadwood Irishmen) who agreed to reverse a trade I accepted by mistake!
 
Great sportsman!

Class act, Jon is.  These are the kind of things I like to hear!  There are still good people out there!

So the primary issues are that your checking line only has 1 decent checking type player and you have no two way defenders. Never mind the role that you set for your players. Basically you got players trying to do things that they aren't good at doing. Also all of your defensemen are defensive defensemen. You can set them to match line but stay at home would likely be best for most if not all of them. Only one of your forwards makes for a suitable player on a checking line so scrap the checking line for a two way line and adjust players as necessary.
 
Finally team tactics wise set it to what you want it to be. The players will develop into the tactics that you choose. Just know that it may take time to do. Also you don't necessarily need a 7th defender however seeing as how most of your defenders have relatively low endurance ratings if you find your defenders getting tired a lot it may be an option worth exploring. That said only playing 1 on each PP would almost do the same thing as it will actively cut down the amount of time on ice the defenders are getting and that alone may be enough.

Hi.  I just promoted from LIHL to IHL in biscuit.  My 1st year was great my 2nd season was a disaster.  So rather than change the style of play you inherited, concentrate on next season's draft and free agents.   Get a good a goalie!  Check the players in the next draft.  take time to find the players that fit your system and make sure to shortlist them and order your shortlist in the preference you want.  That does not mean you'll get the players you want but you're more likely not to get a draft full of garbage.   Good luck

You are correct and I don't disagree with your feelings about it being a bit crappy, I am just disagreeing that it is cheating.  Using a weak computer trading system to his advantage... absolutely but this should motivate the devs to somehow make it harder for these type of trades to happen rather than kicking him out for cheating. 
 
When I think of cheating... the guys who go into a team drop the players then sign into another one to pick them up is what I think of.    

"That's, like, your opinion man." -The Dude-

Clapper has some stiff competition.  It's very hard to make it to the GHL and stay in the GHL.  I wish you good luck though, Fred!