Subject: III.2

... Good luck

If you can avoid it, do so. Cats has been overplaying his 4th line all season so his top lines have a ton of energy.

Good luck!

Me, I'm at best finishing in 9th place so I'll see you guys int he playoffs next season.

Meme en vendant tes joueurs tu pouvais faire les series en te forcant

Probablement. Mais ça m'a pris du temps pour que l'expérience des joueurs soient suffisamment haute pour que je puisse gagner mes matchs à nouveau.

Anyway, l'équipe est plus jeune, elle est bien placée pour avoir un excellent potentiel à long terme alors je suis content.

Nan cest car tu continuais a jouer a tres faible...

Say YAY for my new goalie!

(he sucks)

Congrats to the team in the playoffs, well done! Best of luck for the playoffs!

I expect to finish where I finished.

I finished second but I don't think it will be the same next season

We'll see. You have a good team and if you don't care about promoting next season, you may well be as high as you are now since the other strong teams may be saving their energy for the playoffs.

Lets hope :S

Ok, time for another stat post Let's first look at everyone's strength:

Schrödinger's Cats 110
Les Explosions 98
Icemen 97
Think Tiger 96
Abbotsford Chapsticks 88
The Finest 87
Les Bests de Cheikhville 85
Amazing Magpies 79
Brampton Capitals 76
Les Marshals de Montréal 72
Z Panzers 60
West Coast Express 52
HC Purs Laines 40
Organized Chaos 38
Berserkers 37
Omertown Dragon 20
Calgary Chinooks 13

And now the energy level:
Think Tiger 94.05
The Finest 93.25
Icemen 91.51
Les Explosions 90.93
Schrödinger's Cats 90.90
Calgary Chinooks 88.96
Les Bests de Cheikhville 86.29
Amazing Magpies 85.93
Les Marshals de Montréal 85.33
Brampton Capitals 83.86
West Coast Express 83.76
US-GB† 81.61
Abbotsford Chapsticks 78.41
Organized Chaos 77.47
Peace River Stampeders† 73.50
Omertown Dragon 70.84
Z Panzers 66.63
Citadelles de Québec† 62.85
HC Purs Laines 60.14
Berserkers 50.86

Now a bit of a disclaimer: This is the strength of each team as of the last game of the season. It may not reflect their real strength nor does it reflect the fact that many will be playing 3 lines for the playoffs. Also, please note that the energy level reflected there makes the assumption that the lines are played equally in a 3 or 4 line scenario. I do know that this assumption is wrong in the case of the Cats who have played their 4th line 45% of the time and used his top lines a lot less. So yes, Cats' top lines have a lot more energy than showed here, probably about 25% less energy loss than this.

Let's do some predictions now:

I think the first round playoffs should be fairly straightforward.

Think Tiger vs The Finest: Think Tiger in 3. Finest made it to the playoffs and has a lot of energy available but Think Tiger is very strong this season and should prevail.

Les Bests vs Chapsticks: This will be a tough contest. I'd say Chapsticks will win but it could go either way. They both burned a fair amount of energy and their strengths are similar. Should be a fun one.

Les Explosions vs Magpies: Les Explosions in 2. Explosions has a lot more energy as well as a very experienced strong team. He should win easily.

Icemen vs Cats: And here, for a second season in a row, is where the real contest will happen. Cats has the strongest team in the league and has been saving his top lines' energy all season. Icemen also has a very strong team and has been saving energy all season. It's a bit sad to see two strong teams like this going head to head to start as either one of them would be a strong candidate for promotion. I think the Cats are favorite (Cats in 3) but it will be a tough contest. I just hope that these teams don't tire themselves too much in this first series which could hurt them later. On a personal note, I do wish for the Cats to promote this season, if only to not have another situation like this again next season where the strongest team is lurking middle of the pack coming into the playoffs.

Good luck everyone!

Great win on the first game 3-0