Teema: III.5

Maybe you make the playoffs this year

Perhaps. At the moment, I think 10th is where I am likely to end up. But it'll depend on how my games play out against opponents in the 80-100 team rating range.
If I can't beat Noir and Candy this season, I won't be able to get in the top 8.

Pick up a solid goalie and you should do it

LesCinGler is in tier 2: hockey.powerplaymanager.c...

Not sure why they list me as last in the division. Also, not sure who was relegated, though am more concerned with my 2nd league game of the season as it is against Printemps and they will be fresh...

Bah, just looked at my schedule past the end of this month:

BOT
Printemps
Surrey
Arctic
Atlanta
Rousey (tier 2 team that relegated from season 21)
Posse
Scorpion
Burning

True, most of these teams I destroyed last season, but I figure all they need is some tweaks to have a shot against upsetting me (obviously Printemps and Surrey have a good shot of beating me outright, my money is on me vs Printemps, and on Surrey vs me (not giving it to you Rock obviously, just figure so early in the season your team will be better as your longterm problem IMO vs my squad is your team does not have as much depth...)).

I agree fully. You have an 80 pt advantage over me with your AOR22.

Not sure what AOR22 is (I only have 19 above 1K Overall Rating so not sure if that is what you are referring to or something else)?

Also just started scouting Rousey, he has 2 players above 1000 OR so going to be interesting to see how he/she fairs as definitely a much different type of relegated team from what we are use to (think Arctic Wolves with their 13 players above 1k OR)

Average Overall Rating for top 22 players = AOR22. I'm not too concerned about the new team. I'm actually really surprised that they were Div II in the first place!

Yah, it looks like he made it to Div II from a very weak Div III.1 and got blown out of Div II.1

Ah well my AOR22 might change. Am thinking of trading my top line RWer. Doing the numbers now...that said might replace him. Also top line D might go as well. I have a lot of players who went 3 to 2 and 2 to 1 in relation to longevity...

That's rough. That's the nice thing about developing my own players. I keep a constant supply of guys around. That being said, I'm also looking to add a couple guys to give me the push to first that I need while still developing my younger guys. Need to get my offense up a touch.

Will be an interesting season then. I am probably going to go tier 2 this season as this past season my sponsors all went average. I figure cause I kept tanking that final game so couple a boost in sponsor amounts coupled with the $12M from promoting it will be worth it (though will get creamed in tier 2 no doubt and knocked back to tier 3 the following season no doubt). Will be amusing if the one year I actually try to promote I do not (though in truth will be on the fence about promoting so in the end whatever happens will be cool about it I figure, lol)

In terms of new players, yeah I gotta get some new ones as well. The longevity drop really hurts as quite a few starters were the ones that dropped. Already tagged one on the market, hoping for more eventually as my bottom end defenders need to go, that said am watching my salary burn too...

I've been watching II.1 for a while. There are a handful of teams the same calibre as you and I. I don't think you'd be as bad off as you think. Looks like this'll be the year we all try to make that push lol

Ya, the salary thing is why I spend so much time developing my own guys. I have been pushing out veterans that don't fit my grand scheme of things in favor of youth.

Beat Printemps, just looked at his stadium and facilities, really not sure what he is doing...at first glance you figure he is coasting until he gets the cash and stadium plus facilities maxed to promote but really am puzzled by his stadium build...

Looks like he is getting ready to move up