Subject: II.3

Ditto...

I'm surprised none of the other div2 finals went to 3 games. Only us and I.1 in the top-two tiers.

... what the...

Wow! Never expected this result, but it's what I've been building towards for nearly 12 seasons. I'm really looking forward to playing in Canada's best division.

Thanks to all you guys for the seasons we spent together in this division. Here's hoping the next time we play against one another, it will be in I.1!

Good luck to everyone and my apologies to you for perhaps sticking you with canucks357 for one more season!

Loved the banter and dueling all season. Good luck in I.1... I look forward to our next meeting... may the rivalry continue!!!

Next season II.3 team participants (with current OTS)
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Dinomites, 156 (from I.1)
Brutal Deluxe, 196 (from I.1) or Royal City Redshift, 217
Screaming Weasels, 153
Georgian Bay Giants, 142
Stimulators, 156
The Infidels, 108
Fleur de Lys, 123
Yelloshirt†, 125
Calgary Patches, 132
Métropolitains HC, 136
Stormation, 97
Kicesie, 117
Laketown Loggers, 145 (from III.3)
Trail Smoke Eaters, 153 (from III.7)
Flying Piggies, 130 (from III.11)
brampton blitz, 115 (from III.15)
Hamilton Hammers, 144 or TML Mayhem, 71 (from III.15)
Winnipeg Warriors, 134 or Nordiquess, 112 (from III.11)
Badass Machine, 112 or Dashers, 118 (from III.7)
ProjektAnts, 114 or Cataractes, 133 (from III.3)

The Shifty ones are in tough against the Deluxe team from I.1. With the Pigs leaving, we welcome back the Piggies. Stormation's OTS will be competitive again at the season's start. We are stuck with a managerless team for a season.

Nice summary! I doubt I'll beat Brutal Deluxe. He has home ice and I have two training camps left to run... My top-2 lines are intact and I rolled them 85% of the time this past series so I should have the same team moving forward... only a more tired one.

Speaking of rankings, I compiled this at the start of this season: my end of year projections with current OTS in brackets.

1. RCR (207)
2. Raging Pigs (191)
3. FdL (175)
4. Screaming Weasels (153) - ranking is dependant upon expected decision to play the A-team; expect OTS to rise dramatically if that line-up gets fielded; could also finish as low as 10th
5. Yelloshirt (162) - hot start against good teams ought to give a shot at home ice in the playoffs
6. Stimulators (168) - should improve faster than Yello and already higher OTS, but may struggle to make up points against other stiff competition
7. Infidels (164)
8. Georgian Bay Giants (161)
9. Hamilton Hammers (152) - under-achieving line-up is probably playoff-worthy, but may not be playoff-bound
10. Kicesie (146)
11. Calgary Patches (138)
12. Stormation (148)
13. Metropolitans (143)
14. Winnipeg Warriors (137)
15. Badass Machine (134)
16. Projekt Ants (130)
17. Calgary Flames (128)
18. The Dream Team (124)
19. Auburn Bay Avengers (117)
20. Johannais (96)

Pretty close, I'd say.

I had the Weasels and Yelloshirt flipped (barely).

Georgian Bay exceeded my expectations to the detriment of the Stimulators and Infidels.

I had Stormation and Kicesie flipped.

The Metropolitans were a little disappointing dropping down 3 spots from my prediction, to the benefit of the Warriors, Machine, and Projekt.

I had the bottom 4 teams, but only Auburn in its place.

You forgot the top-2 teams being switched

Not for regular season placement!

"Georgian Bay exceeded my expectations" Oh Yeah!

I'm pretty sure I'm the only team that signed up in season 1, that's not successful.

Still have my original goalie from S1. Allan Maan.

That may be so, but you're making steps in the right direction with cutting costs and building up your arena. You'll be successful soon. I too have my day 1 goalie. He came with the team, wasn't pulled. Good old Tim "The Franchise" Newton. Not the NT-quality goalie he once was but can still steal me the odd game. He single-handedly took me to the NC finals one season and for that he'll remain at RCR until the manager dies.

Yup, heading in the right direction. Got my staff down to 420k a day.

This is a bad stat im just throwing out there. My total staff costs from S1 is 1,212,436,674