Subject: II.1

Congrats! Woohoo!

Total brain fart--I left my backup goalie in from the weekend friendly for my game with the Attack...that could have gone real bad.

And the Razorback Thugs get me, can't wait to get out of this tough stretch. Unfortunately this is just pass 1 through these teams

II.1 is no slouch.

Yep. if you go by OTR, II.2 is actually 2 points higher than us, but II.1 and II.2 are ahead of II.3 and II.4

I'd rather compare overall team strength as opposed to OTR, because OTR can be misleading. A dominate III team can pile up league wins and OTR. My 2 cents.

I think that it's all misleading and you just have to play it out.

Currently, the average team strength in II.1 is 29.4 and the average team strength in II.2 is 26.8. These are of course influenced by injuries, camps, etc. and only show that II.1 was stronger in Monday's games (if I understand the interval team strength is calculated over). That includes one inactive team from each league (both at 22 team strength). There are a couple of teams in II.2 with team strengths lower than I would expect. II.1 has 9 teams with at least 30 team strength, while II.2 only has 5. Take it for what its worth.

Personally, I use the team strength primarily as a barometer for my team. When it goes up, I assume my team is getting better. For other teams, I consider it more of a range (+/- about 5) that I can expect them to play in.

I'm also sitting in 13th place, and have the least experience in the league (joined the game before game 9 last season). So new players that happen to read this don't put much weight in my opinion.

Good luck tomorrow Sparhawks, expecting an exciting game!

-Notso Fastos

Ouch, you destroyed me! And with your 4th line too

Wow, didn't expect that. To be fair Waldo Stanley is a high experience player who could probably play on my 2nd line. I just wanted some experience on the 4th line. Seems like that 2nd line went off. Tough game for your goalie.

He's not playing as well this year as he has in the past. Not sure if it's his age, or the higher competition, or if I threw him out of whack trying to improve his GK attribute. But he just hasn't been lights out like he has in the past.

Hey Razorbacks, what the heck happened to your goalie today??? 16 shots, 6 goals allowed...62 percent saves??? That makes it tough to win, even with 2K people at a home game. Ouch.

He is short lived for this team.....grooming his replacement now. One game he plays lights out, then he wilts like a tender flower in the sun. Ticks me off! Good game, see ya next time around

We'll how the "replacement" does on my ice