AlexanderRasputin

Congratulations to everyone on an epic Season 10! I have been doing these awards for Cage for a few seasons now, and I am going to import them into Buzzer, to recognize the outstanding players and performances we have season over season. Input is welcome on Buzzer-specific awards or anything else. I am making a judgement call on a couple of the awards and attempted to be transparent as to formulas - but feel free to discuss. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: VERMILION BLACK DEVILS (Alexander Rasputin) Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP): NIKITA MINEYEV (Vermilion Black Devils) - 12W 2L / 2.04GAA / 92.8SV% / 1SO GHL East Champion: VERMILION BLACK DEVILS (Alexander Rasputin) GHL West Champion: WARMAN FIGHTERS (Wick Schozen) Manager of the Year: Insera Reflex (Frost Giants) - 2nd place in Eastern Conference, playoff Conference Final first season after promotion ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points) AWALE PRUDHOMME (New Haven Ramblers) - 93 points Boleslav Zibrin (Lynx) Simon Mineault (Outlaws) OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer) BOLESLAV ZIBRIN (Wyoming Lynx) - 51 goals (New league record) Pavel Statnik (Frost Giants) Veijo Janhunen (Foresters) GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) JEAN-FRANCOIS MALONE (Hamilton Sea Warriors) / JASON MELLOR (Warman Fighters) - 54 assists Simon Mineault (Outlaws) Kyrylo Voloshyn (Lynx) VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender) AHTO KNUUTILA (Warman Fighters) Arnaud Belle-Lagrenade (Frost Giants) Nikita Mineyev (Black Devils) ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman) NICKOLAS MCCOLLOUGH (Harrow Hawks) - 74 points NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman) MICHAEL BUXTON (McMurphy Golden Eagles) ORR - Points leader among defencemen NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [+/- + BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward) YANIS CHAMBERS (New Haven Ramblers) Jamie Coursol (Buccaneers) Dustin Karacan (Hawks) Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant. LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player) PAVEL STATNIK (Fairford Frost Giants) - 86 points / 2 PIM Sylvain Monciau-Desormeaux (Frost Giants) Boleslav Zibrin (Lynx) Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM] HART TROPHY (League MVP) AWALE PRUDHOMME (New Haven Ramblers) Boleslav Zibrin (Lynx) Pavel Statnik (Frost Giants) CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie) PETER RINGBOM (McMurphy Golden Eagles) - 64 points Martin Oravec (Frost Giants) Dmitry Mandrykin (Black Devils) GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways) JESSE MAILLE-MAYER (Blenheim Pirates) - 92 giveaways (New league record) NEWTON AWARD (Highest Plus/Minus) JACHYM PAULIAK (Warman Fighters) / SANDRO KOCH (Vermilion Black Devils) / LOUKAS GADSBY (Vermilion Black Devils) - + 58 ANTI-NEWTON AWARD (Lowest Plus/Minus) JESSE MAILLE-MAYER (Blenheim Pirates) - -114 ROID RAGE TROPHY GARY AUCOIN (Batchawana Tornadoes) (Most Hits + PIM + MP) LATE-BLOOMER AWARD ZIKMUND BOWMAN (Metairie Buccaneers/Mississauga Movement) - 40 years old, 41W, 2.84 GAA, 90.2 SV%

Congratulations to everyone on yet another fantastic season! This series of awards has been crowdsourced via Discord, and discussions were had. I am making a judgement call on a couple of the awards, but generally, there was clear consensus, and as usual, discussions AND ADDITIONAL TROPHIES are welcome. You know the drill. GOLDEN CUP CHAMPION: BIG DELTA STEALHEADS (Paul T) Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP): JEREMIE CLINE (Big Delta Stealheads) - 19 points - (16GP - 9G/10A/+19) GHL East Champion: SLAUGHTERVILLE RED TIDE (Alexander Rasputin) GHL West Champion: ENIGMA RAGE (Wendel Clark) Manager of the Year: Jutsela (Coos Bay Commandos) ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points) JOESPH RACKLEY (Enigma Rage) - 92 points - NEW LEAGUE RECORD Fabrice Marinier (Vortex) Brendan Rowlett (Rage) OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer) SHMUEL ELIE-BRETON (Sheshegwaning Dragons) - 45 goals Jerald Whitely (Trojans) Matej Brincko (Duhawks) GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) FABRICE MARINIER (Maxville Vortex) - 57 assists Valery Gibazov (Rage) Patrick Gornell (Red Tide) VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender) JEAN-FRANCOIS SHORE (Enigma Rage) Kwesi Cutter (Regals) Michele Amick (Bangers/Elite) ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman) JAYDEN GARZA (Maxville Vortex) NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman) GABRIEL LINDHOLM (Enigma Rage) ORR - Points leader among defencemen NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [+/- + BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward) JEREMIE CLINE (Big Delta Stealheads) Elie Cuillerier (Elite) Valery Gibazov (Rage) Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] Hits and +/- also relevant. LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player) VALERY GIBAZOV (Enigma Rage) Brendan Rowlett (Rage) Maksim Yatchenko (Elite) Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM] HART TROPHY (League MVP) FABRICE MARINIER (Maxville Vortex) Joesph Rackley (Rage) Joaquim Harter (Trojans) CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie) MARCUS BEAUPARLANT (Canuck Red Dragons) Sagiv Schuppan (Red Tide) Henry Lux (Red Tide) GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways) MATEJ BRINCKO (Mango Duhawks) ROID RAGE TROPHY RICHARD YILDIRIM (Minnedosa Supersonics) (Most Hits + PIM + MP) LATE-BLOOMER AWARD WESLEY SOUDERS (Eldred Elite) *Notes: Calculations may not be entirely accurate due to limited visibility and inability to sort by position and outside Top 20 in GPHM stats format - if anyone sees mistakes, let me know and I will fix.

Since we already track all player stats and records season by season, it is even clear post-reset that a historical league leaderboard is needed to make league seem more “living”. Many of us would see huge value and added motivation if the League History page displayed player categories like Most Career League Goals/Assists/Points in a Top 20 format. This could be extended to a team format as well, with categories like Team Wins in [League Level], clearer records like Most Wins in a Season, etc. With elements like Team Stories and the blog becoming more active, these categories will let us keep better track on the league history and create more storylines to follow for our teams. Anders, I hope this is something you consider adding, as this was mentioned multiple times by a fair number of managers.

END OF SEASON UPDATE: 1) Elouan Scott - (94 F): Ovechkin + Gretzky trophies (Goals, Points*), Most shots* Close, but went cold in the last 3 games to finish just off in both key categories. 2) Simon-Delorme - (92 D): Most Points by a Defenceman, Highest +/- Not even close. Hugely disappointing season on a top offensive team. Questioning his necessity to this squad, and may be moving on next season. 3) Henry Lux - (86 F (rookie)): Most Rookie Points Likely would have got this without the injury that sidelined him for 8 games. Still, hugely impressive debut campaign with limited ice time and often in a defensive role. 41 points, +16, nearly 60% CF. 4) D Sharshin, D Nazarov, F Patrushev, C Stalin, C Putin 100 combined points by Russian players DONE. 158 points total. 4a) At least 1 goal scored + assisted by ONLY Russian players Actually did this, Patrushev from Sharshin and Nazarov. Surprising. 5) Sagiv Schuppan - (87 G (rookie)): 40 wins 31 wins, 4 shutouts, and finally settled in and been amazing late in the season with a couple of shutouts. Living up to his potential and 40 wins next season is not unthinkable. 6) Roger Muller - (92 C): FINALLY HIT GODDAMN 50 POINTS DONE! Just - exactly 50 points on the season. Frustrating, but there is progress. Team Objective: Score 300 goals, win 45 games DONE. 54 wins total including OT wins, good for 1st in the East. 318 GF. Record 1866 CF, and 57.9 CF%. This team absolutely destroyed at even-strength.

18 year olds as rookies will also be significantly easier to track. When I pulled the stats last few seasons, you just go by the previous year's draft - usually there are only 5-6 rookies who would be in that conversation, so that's quite easy to track that way.

Looks like you and I are going to be competing in some of these, Paul. Looking forward to it. Also aiming quite high, but some of these have precedent. I invested heavily in Schuppan and Lux, who are both rookies, and Schuppan my starting G, so very interested to see what happens. Plus, with Putin and Stalin motivating my team to perform like only they can, there is no telling how far I can go. 1) Elouan Scott - (94 F): Ovechkin + Gretzky trophies (Goals, Points*), Most shots* *current holder 2) Simon-Delorme - (92 D): Most Points by a Defenceman, Highest +/- 3) Henry Lux - (86 F (rookie)): Most Rookie Points 4) D Sharshin, D Nazarov, F Patrushev, C Stalin, C Putin 100 combined points by Russian players 4a) At least 1 goal scored + assisted by ONLY Russian players 5) Sagiv Schuppan - (87 G (rookie)): 40 wins 6) Roger Muller - (92 C): FINALLY HIT GODDAMN 50 POINTS Team Objective: Score 300 goals, win 45 games

I will be behind this 100%. Pohl came super close last year - what a story that would be. Might even tell my players to shoot wide when we play each other .

This is an interesting idea - I may do this with Russia as well. Great work!

Good win. Unexpected, but that can be the beauty of it. Congrats on the championship!

The trade platform does not take relegation into account, as simple as that. Especially advanced elements like the player being released due to a demotion clause. It would be complicated and next to impossible to account for all of those factors so the right move, in my opinion. Fair to bring up this question, though, for sure. If the 12 mil player will be released anyway, remove him from the trade and have the other team put him on waivers. No real other solution I can see with your cap as is.

Agreed on Steelers, must be. Wonder if they play Crash the Net. As for Pohl, I did seriously consider him, but we had 4 goalies who played over 60 games, I believe, and also had the stats to back their nomination up. The quantity of the games pulled it in their favour.

Congratulations to everyone on another great regular season! Good competition, some changing of the guard on certain teams, and another epic finish. Congratulations to Stealheads on the East title, and Hawks on the West title. You know the drill. ART ROSS TROPHY (Most League Points) ELOUAN SCOTT (Slaughterville Red Tide) - 81 points Joaquim Harter (Trojans) Theodore De-Nobile (Stealheads) OVECHKIN TROPHY (Top Goalscorer) JERALD WHITELY (Rome Trojans) - 37 goals Elouan Scott (Red Tide) Dejuan Clymer (Stray Cats) GRETZKY TROPHY (Best Playmaker) JOAQUIM HARTER (Rome Trojans) - 50 assists Bryan Middlebrook (Ricochet) Theodore De-Nobile (Stealheads) VEZINA TROPHY (Best Goaltender) KWESI CUTTER (Victoria Regals) - RETAINED TITLE Jean-Francois Shore (Rage) Osvald Lang (Minutemen/Dragons) ORR TROPHY (Best Offensive Defenceman) BRYAN MIDDLEBROOK (Ithaca Ricochet) NORRIS TROPHY (Best Defensive Defenceman) YAN SHARSHIN (Slaughterville Red Tide) ORR - Points leader among defencemen NORRIS - Calculated with the following formula among D-men [+/- + BKS - GVA + TKA], PER also taken into consideration SELKE TROPHY (Best Defensive Forward) MIKAEL NIKULA (West Chicago Hawks) Elouan Scott (Red Tide) Quentin Eberhardt (Rage/Gators) Calculated with the following formula among F: [PTS + BKS - GVA + TKA] LADY BYNG TROPHY (Most Gentlemanly Player) RUSLAN LOSKUTNIKOV (West Chicago Hawks) Douglas Giallombardo (Hawks) Dominik Corrado (Eastern Outlaws) Calculated with the following formula [PTS - PIM] HART TROPHY (League MVP) ELOUAN SCOTT (Slaughterville Red Tide) Kwesi Cutter (Regals) Yan Sharshin (Red Tide) CALDER TROPHY (Best Rookie) FREDRIK LIEN (Mount Airy Savage Storm) GOOD SAMARITAN AWARD (Most Giveaways) FABIAN FISCHER (Brownrigg Alligators) ROID RAGE TROPHY (Most Hits + PIM + MP) CECIL BRANCO (Scandinavia Steelers) *Notes: Calculations may not be entirely accurate due to limited visibility and inability to sort by position and outside Top 20 in GPHM stats format - if anyone sees mistakes, let me know and I will fix.

That is actually incredibly unlucky. And strange - I also had two players in the same position (2nd line RW and his replacement) both go down in my last two games. Certainly seeing an increase in playoff injuries, like you said.

Brutal. He was insane - I had to check twice when I saw his numbers. You still have a strong team, so may be worth it to set everything to 11 and go in guns blazing for the rest of this series and next.

No pattern or explanation that I've noticed aside from perhaps a Hard fairplay tactic or low physical ratings on your players.

You could try Game Plan Hockey, which is an online sim that I highly recommend. You can read up on it on GMGames, well worth your time.

There are some useful elements but do take it with a grain of salt. There are enough stats and advanced stats available to clarify any assistant comments, and those should be your go-to analysis either way.

Thanks very much for this, Anders.

Take a look at Endurance on your team, Paul. I would not be surprised to see a hidden Endurance meter that depletes throughout a season and is impacted by a player's Endurance score. Your team isn't exactly top in Endurance, especially your goaltenders - that may account for the late-season slides. Good assessment of my weaknesses - and I agree with the loose definition of "weakness", as well as seeing them as challenges to defeat. I just did a massive high-risk, high-reward trade in Buzzer that is going to bring new issues for my team - and I've never felt more alive . The size issue with my D-men I've solved since the beginning of the season by pairing them with larger counterparts - worked well so far. Goaltending...is complicated. Lie's stats are 2.86/90.2% - which is decent for a backup. Baudoin, on the other hand, isn't even in Top 20 in SV%, despite having 8 shutouts (Tied for 1st). That's how streaky he, or his cocaine supplier, is. I am nearly sure I've identified the exact issue with him (not Anxiety, surprisingly), but have not yet decided now to fix it. The Spirit comment is interesting. Never was a fan of the "winning = who has the most heart" argument, but winning teams have had high-Spirit players often (i.e. Kegashka). I have some lower-Spirit players the past two seasons because of trades, and I have been worse defensively, so reasonable guess. But my offence has fired up as a result, and I like that exchange. For now, at least. I will keep an eye on this going forward, though - good observation.

Interesting - my initial thought was your roster's Big Games and Ambition traits were lagging, but seems like they're actually quite good. Harmony and Heroic even, for the team. For me at least the problem is clear - goaltending. This is a lot more mysterious.

I actually enjoyed when random decent FAs appeared in season 1 before people started complaining. Not many, of course, but here and there an 85+ FA is a welcome addition. Otherwise the player pool becomes a) thinned out and b) distributed among many of these same teams that refuse to trade or are inactive. Look at our FA in Cage, it's nonexistent.

Absolutely agree with both of these points. And frankly, point A is a direct result of point B. I've targeted 4 goalies this season from 4 different teams, with all kinds of combinations of picks, players, PMs - and to no avail. Managers would prefer to sail along season after season with a completely mediocre team, rather than do a trade or two - it's brutal.

That's exactly what I've been doing on my Buzzer team. Just pulled a goalie off waivers for the same reason here. This season is just strange.

I'm joining you because my backup can't avoid getting pulled, so Baudoin ain't getting no rest and a losing streak is unavoidable .